#Simonia

[its-booker]

Straight ships so good even the queers love them!

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PMMM x TTGL Crossover where it is just-

Homura: I miss my wife.

Simon: Same.

[coredrill]

Episode 09 | Episode 17

[phoenixlionme]

Who Would Win? Battle 96

Eurenton

vs

Simonia

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God, I miss them

Happy birthday to me! celebrating with some wholesome gurren lagann art.

i think the name says it’s by cliona

[giuseppelaporta]

Benedictus, il primo Vescovo usurpatore di Termoli

[bvd11975]

Avani. Avani. Avani. Avani.Avani. Avani.

They all chant her name. Inquisitively, out of anger or fear, the tone of her superior scolding her-- praising her for a job well done. Avani. Agent Avani. Help me. Kill them. Fetch this.

Avani. Wear this crown, be the new head agent and face of the BVD. Avani. Replace Adrian. Avani. You're the protector. Avani. You're the killer.

Nestor! But she cries it and it's enough to make her finger stall on the trigger for half a second.

What do you see when you look at me? She wonders.

I know what I see when I look at you. A terror stricken face, hands flexing at the ready to take action but she has no idea what to do. The victim of a cult, caught in the crossfire of bloodshed once more. This child Marie had once helped protect from all the evil the world tried to throw at her now stood bloody - willingly. With amber eyes set ablaze like a wildfire, widened with clarity and focus with every execution she exacted.

You're a cosmic joke of everything I could have been if I didn't go so wrong. The self-awareness is almost painful as her finger pulls the trigger. She doesn't look at the enemy agent, she is only looking at Marie. There's a disconnect almost as she watches her pseudo-aunt flinch backwards in horror as another corpse hit the once stainless floor. Searching... for that emotion that should be there.

But she's tired. Tired of looking for it. Tired of pretending her insides haven't been hollowed out. She works better alone if only because all this negativity drew entities towards her like a beacon. She works better alone because at the drop of a hat she was this thing that stole life with brutal efficiency.

And yet even as she stares in this disconnect she felt no envy for Marie and her emotions - for the tears that formed in her eyes. Yes, the truth of Nestor was that some part of her soul still wanted back that love and safety - to feel like she could be vulnerable again. But in this moment she felt no envy. She felt... too tired to carry such things.

Yes. In this moment she let such desires slip through her fingers like sand.

Behind this doe eyed face was a violence most should hope to never witness. She didn't want to be seen. She never wanted to be perceived like this if it could be avoided. This cruel thing that screamed inside of her day in and day out. Even now, with blood on her hands, it screamed still.

She knew Marie could see it. That horror wasn't just for the violence committed here and now, but because it still was there. In every rise and fall of her chest. To think, Nestor had been all smiles as they had fetched themselves ice cream earlier.

"Sure, Nessie can be a bit weird but she means well." Marie had once said.

Avani. Avani. Avani. Avani.Avani. Avani.

Amber eyes lowered to her hands, to the empty gun in her grasp. Confronted with something new. Something different. Do I... mean well? She had to ask herself now. I don't know... if I mean well.

I don't know... if I want to.

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//Imagine being Walprug and being too scared to show up because you don’t wanna scrap with this little 5/6 ft robot-//

[cursedfortune]

I love angry mean girls who are genuinely angry and genuinely mean. It isn't masking softness or upset, it's just cruel outrage.

Mortem is a furious woman. That fury is felt so deeply and only about four people really see it in the entirety of her life.

Her ally, head of the faction (Simonia) that resulted in her exile and traitor conviction. The man who has made the majority of her problems.

Nestor, because the type of dynamic they have affords it by then.

One of the time keepers overseeing the events.

And her own 'patron' fae. Who, honestly, loves to ensure she stays furious. Which she easily does, because he's also part of why she's pissed off.

Mortem's anger isn't hidden away or denied. It lives inside her, constantly burning. But to exist as long as she has, she has to compartmentalize that rage. She has learned various ways of being mean that aren't always so direct.

Which compliments Nestor's other fury. Mortem is unashamedly furious, she just doesn't much care for others to know her goddamn business on that personal of a level often. Whereas with Nestor, despite being the protagonist, is incredibly wrathful and thinks she should feel ashamed of it (even if she doesn't). So she swallows it down to be the polite protector the people need.

Mortem is outwardly warm but inwardly cold. Nestor's politeness appears warm when she's actually rather frigid, but her insides are on fire day in and day out. These mirroring factors are absolutely what contributes to Nestor being able to convince Mortem to give her aid. Because she can talk openly to the fury they both share at the circumstances they find themselves in.

And the way they are mean mirrors one another. Mortem intentionally, Nestor unintentionally. Mortem believes in the potential of people, likes people, likes the idea of people and therefore is honest with them usually. Which means being mean. Whereas Nestor is cynical, she wants to believe in people and so she tries, she doesn't want to engage with people - just do her job of protecting them. Her being mean is unintentional because is comes in the form of disengagement, neglect, false sincerity. Mortem will be sincere when she insults you. Nestor just is too tired to care. Direct, indirect.

I have just been having fun musing over my ladies, lmao.

[rpallavicini]

Nihil sub sole novum

Come dire… son passati quasi mille anni e siam sempre lì… Grande riformatore ed eremita, Pier Damiani denunciò piaghe come la simonia e l’omosessualità nel clero. Ma il suo Liber Gomorrhianus risultò scomodo anche ai papi che erano d’accordo con lui, probabilmente perché sentivano la pressione dei chierici sodomiti. Sorgente: San Pier Damiani e la denuncia dell’omosessualità nel clero – La Nuova…

[magicalpeacekeepers]

She's laying on the bed in her hotel room now, her mama asleep in the next bed over. She'd seen a mech (cool!), seen more Grief Seeds than she'd ever expected in one place (utterly terrifying!), and even scored some for herself. But Simonia had brought up some good questions...

What did happen if her Soul Gem was broken, or fully darkened? Why did Kyuubey go looking for magical girls- Was it just to fight Witches, or was there something more to it? And, thinking on it... What did he do with the Grief Seeds they gave him?

She closes her eyes and reaches out telepathically, trying to reach the weasel, but-- No, nothing. "What a pain. He's never around when you need him unless he wants something." Well, maybe she could go looking for him sometime before they went back to Shinjuku, maybe ask around a bit, use those Grief Seeds as bargaining chips... Or she could ask the girls back home when she did return.

Well, that was a few more questions to add to the mystery of her life, alongside the one that she'd been coming back to more and more lately...

What did she wish for, anyway?

[jacopocioni]

Storia delle badie fondate dal Gran Barone Ugo di Toscana: 6° parte

Prima parte Seconda parte Terza parte Parte quarta Parte quinta Parte sesta Badia a Passignano di San Michele Arcangelo “Angelo Guerriero” – Barberino Tavarnelle -

La fondazione di questo complesso monastico, sembra sia stato opera dei Longobardi. La data della sua erezione si crede sia avvenuta nel 395 ad opera di un certo Sichelmo con suo fratello Zenobio. Nel Rituale Passinianense dell’anno 1316 il 18 ottobre risulta un suffragio per i due fratelli. La notizia si trova scritta in una frase latina: “de officio Sichelmi, qui edificavit hoc monasterium”.  Nell’archivio del monastero si trovava un atto rogato nel marzo 884 presente tale Willerando “scabino” (Durante il Medio Evo era il nome di esperti in legge di buona condotta, che dal tempo di Carlo Magno costituivano il corpo dei Giudici permanenti della Contea). Un altro atto del marzo 903, ci segnala i monaci presenti nel monastero. C’era un Abate, un proposto o preposto o prevosto (nome di una dignità esistente primieramente in antico nei monasteri. Veniva dopo l’Abate, era incaricato dell’amministrazione dei beni temporali). La comunità nell’XI secolo accolse la riforma vallombrosana promossa da Giovanni Gualberto, nella dilagante lotta contro la Simonia (commercio dei beni spirituali e delle reliquie).

In questo monastero, venne organizzato nel 1050 dall’Abate vallombrosano passignanense Leto, per l’estate di quell’anno un incontro fra il Papa Leone IX (Brunone dei Conti Egisheim Dasburg) e Giovanni Gualberto per la conferma della regola. Nella lotta fra Giovanni Gualberto e il Vescovo di Firenze Pietro Mezzabarba accusato di essere simoniaco, si tenne presso la Badia a Settimo “l’Ordalia” ovverossia la prova del fuoco. Si trattava di una prova per stabilire, affidandosi al giudizio divino, chi fra i due contendenti avesse ragione. I due contendenti dovevano passare per un corridoio fra cataste di legno infuocate. Quello che fosse passato illeso avrebbe avuto ragione. L’Abate di Passignano Pietro, campione dei Vallombrosani (Giovanni Gualberto era molto anziano), percorse il corridoio infuocato senza scottarsi, meritandosi da allora l’appellativo di “Igneo”. Con questa sconfitta il Vescovo di Firenze Pietro Mezzabarba, abbandonò la cattedra di San Zanobi ritirandosi presso l’Abbazia di Pomposa dove morì. Giovanni Gualberto morì presso la Badia di Passignano il 12 luglio 1073. Il conforto più grande lo ebbe quando venne eletto al soglio di Pietro il Vallombrosano Ildebrando di Soana con il nome di Gregorio VII.

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MY SHAYLAS!!!

[norteenlinea]

Un vistazo íntimo a lo que es ser mujer: Simonia estrena disco “Asunto de Niñas”

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[phoenixlionme]

My Favorite Fictional Couples Part 41

NOTE: Be respectful of my choices; the OTPs are not ranked, just of who I thought when making this list.

BoJack Horseman: Todd Chavez + Maude = Toddmaude

2. Dreamworks' Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken: Ruby Gillman + Connor = Alge-Baes

3. Disney's Amphibia: Sprig Plantar + Ivy Sundew = Sprivy

4. Disney's Big City Greens: Cricket Green + Gabriella Espinosa = Crabriella

5. DC Comics: Wally West aka Kid Flash + Artemis Crock aka Artemis/Huntress = Spitfire

6. Disney's Phineas and Ferb: Candace Flynn + Jeremy Johnson = Canderemy

7. Castlevania Netflix: Trevor Belmont + Sypha Belnades = Trepha

8. Castlevania Netflix: Greta of Danesti + Adrian Tepes aka Alucard = Gretacard

9. Disney's The Ghost and Molly McGee: Geoff + Jeff = Geff

10. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Simon the Digger + Nia Teppelin = Simonia

[inviaggiocondante]

Inferno XIX

Una parola sul XIX canto in studio oggi, prima che la giornata chiuda (prometto maggiori riflessioni nel fine settimana, mi sembra di non aver mai tempo in questi giorni).

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Bene. Parliamo di Simonia.. di Chiesa... Dante infilza tre papi, Niccolo III, Bonifacio VIII e Clemente V... uno dopo l'altro. Senza pietà o esitazione.

Dei cinquantasei anni della sua vita, Dante, ne ha vissuti almeno ventuno (!!) sotto pontefici che riteneve di dover disprezzare.

L'invettiva contro i papi simoniaci è qualcosa che passerà alla storia.. tra i versi che prima di tutti inizieranno a circolare fin da subito.

Paolo VI regalerà una copia della Divina Commedia a tutti i partecipanti al Concilio Vaticano II... un velato invito ai Padri Conciliari a fare bene perché la storia li avrebbe giudicati e ridicolizzati senza pietà?

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Oggi mi pare ci sia una ridicola ipersensibilità riguardo alle critiche al papa da parte di fedeli cattolici.. se non erro per essere cattolici è necessario riconoscerne l'autorità, rispettare i suoi legittimi atti di governo.. MA.. il 'dogma' di dover sempre e comunque approvare tutto che ciò che dice e fa .. e il modo in cui lo dice e lo fa... beh... non esiste.

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Dante, come stiamo imparando, ci invita sempre ad un parlare chiaro. Sono più pericolosi quelli che mugugnano... 'sorridendo'.

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Ancora due parole sul XIX canto.. quello dei papi all'inferno per il peccato di Simonia.

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Simonia è un morbo: dentro il corpo, ma contro il corpo.

Simonia è l'adesione a una logica di potere. Un potere che voglio comprare. Ma quel potere non ti appartiene: con le cose di 'quaggiù' puoi solo e sempre comprare altre cose sempre di 'quaggiù'.

Il Cielo non conosce arrampicatori.

Le cose di 'lassù' non sono assoggettabili ad alcuna 'iniziativa' dal basso... ma solo e sempre donate... all'uomo è richiesto di 'rispondere' ad una iniziativa che sfugge completamente al suo controllo.. Pura Grazia.

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Dante fa bene a incazzarsi. La sua invettiva v88-117 andrebbe studiata a memoria nei seminari per evitare disastri: tipo il "tariffario" in alcune chiesa...