#St John Family

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

favourite twdg villain?

I'm a fond enjoyer of the St. John's as villains. I don't know if they're my favorite just because they're only in one episode, but I love the concept of this family almost immediately jumping into cannibalism toward the start of the outbreak, dealing in human flesh to bandits, and casually feeding this group their friend's legs.

Like... what the hell was this family like before the outbreak that all three of them were like, "Hey now listen... nothing should go to waste, the dead are eating people so why shouldn't we? We gotta survive and in our defense, we only target those who were gonna die anyway... like y'all."

Dude, Mark was shot in this shoulder with an arrow. He wasn't going to die from that injury. It's so fucked that these seemingly friendly people took the group into their home and then fed them Mark's legs.

If we take the idea that everyone is infected and have the capacity within themselves to become walkers, to become monsters, then the St. John's were infected long before the outbreak, y'know? Not literally, but something was wrong with them and the outbreak just further spread that infection and changed them.

But again, are they my favorite? I dunno if I can say that since I have a lot more appreciation for Lily now. Yeah, some of her writing gets a little wonky in ep3 of TFS when she goes on her monologues and shit, but y'know what? I'm into it.

You have to remember who we're talking about and the fact that she's the antagonist; Lily isn't some anti-hero in TFS who secretly has a heart of gold that's brought to light because she reunited with Clementine... she's a fucked up woman who did fucked up things in the name of survival. She's full of rot now. She sees kidnapping children and turning them into soldiers to protect her home as a means to an end, but she doesn't actually give a shit about the people she's taking. They aren't people to her, they're as the episode title suggests, toys in her game. The only one she sees as a person is Clementine, and while that makes her hesitate at first, she sees Clementine's a prize to bring back.

She remembers what happened in S1; her father had a heart attack and as she tried to save him, Kenny smashed his face in with a saltlick and then expected Lily to just stand up and help him get back to his family because "he did what he had to, he made the hard choice." Yes, Larry was a piece of shit. No one liked him, and you can even question Lily on him and she'll tell you that he has a lot of pain. Yes, it makes him an asshole, but he's still her dad and he's all she has. I mean... the simplification is daddy issues, but in all seriousness, I don't doubt for a second that many of Lily's issues stem from Larry being a shitty father to her.

Then everyone thought she was losing it when she insisted there was a traitor in the group, which she was right about, but she was unstable. She was unwell, but how do you help someone like that when you don't have training to go about it? Then Lily ends up killing either Carley or Doug and the group turns on her, and either she's left behind or she steals the van and runs away.

Then we don't know what the hell happened to her until we see her again in TFS, but like... a lone woman with decay festering inside of her joining the delta? Exposing her to their methods? I mean, what else did she have to lose? She had nothing, she lost everything, and she has a lot of issues. Survival is easy when you're numb, when you don't care about the individual; they're all just cogs churning to make the system run, and if a piece doesn't cooperate, you get rid of it and find a new one.

Plus I think there's something to say about Lily not wanting to be perceived as weak again. That whole display she put on in the cells? Telling the story of what happened to Minerva and Sophie? I get the criticism that it feels like Lily did a 180 between episodes but like... yeah dude, because it's a performance. It's not just her and Clementine anymore. It's a display of power and authority. She's playing the part and thriving in it as she ensures everyone else is terrified of her.

But then when Clementine and AJ get the upper hand? Again, she's not afraid to play up the pleading to earn enough sympathy to spare her- hell, just to let their guard down enough to strike and get the upper hand again. I mean, she's got nothing else to lose, right? If she doesn't go for it, she'll be killed and sure, you can kill her anyway but at least she tried.

Honestly, I look at Lily in TFS and still see that scared little girl playing the tough bitch, just like Carley said in S1. It's just now escalated from "tough bitch" to a downright vile person. She's so... lost? I suppose? Lost within herself and the monstrous means she's taken to survive.

I get the criticisms of how she was used in TFS, but for me, it's like when people complain about Minerva not getting the redemption arc she supposedly should've gotten, y'know? There's no saving her. Lily was never on our side, and there was no getting her on our side. She wasn't ever going to redeem herself. Even if you spare her and she drifts away on her raft, can someone like her actually find redemption? Or will she just find another group that'll feed into her rot?

Truly, I say let her be horrid. Let her be the piece of shit villain with a few fleeting moments of humanity. Let her drown in the blood she's spilled.

[simplegenius042]

Here’s a missed Far Cry 5 opportunity for ya!

Imagine being able to actually explore and liberate the Veteran’s Centre. But it’s special.

Unlike other outposts, this one is the highest difficulty and one that is also creative. Like it’s a BOSS base guys. Jacob’s base!

(Kind of like Pagan and his governors' bases in Far Cry 4)

Chosen! Judges! Flamethrowers! Stealth! Explosions!

What happens if you're spotted while sneaking around? "ONLY YOU!" (Better take out those speakers!)

Hell, you could have given this treatment to any of the other Seed's "main" bases (Seed Ranch for John, either Jessop Conservatory or Eden's Convent for Faith). I would have included Joseph's Compound (for obvious reasons) but given it's the last location you go back to at the end of the game for Joseph's boss fight, probably not.

Additional add-on: John actually trying to get his Ranch back, or the Seeds actually trying to get their outposts back just like in Far Cry 4 (I LOVED THAT GAME MECHANIC! It was just realistic)

I don't know, I just think it would be pretty neat.

[artandthebible]

Holy Family

Artist: José de Madrazo y Agudo (Spanish, 1781-1859)

Date: 1839

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Collection: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Description

In a very tight foreground enhanced by the studied use of lighting devices, the Virgin Mary appears sitting and holding in her lap the Christ Child , who sweetly rests his hands on her body while gazing at Saint Elizabeth. Saint Elizabeth leans over little Saint John, who is kneeling and delicately laying his clasped hands on the Christ Child . Together as a group they establish an almost sculptural cohesion, magnified by the excessive size of the depicted figures. In the background, the absent figure of Saint Joseph beholds the scene with delight from the shadows, following traditional iconographic models.

[catxbandeetos]

old telltales twd fanart from awhile back!! Andrew could get it

[royalchildreneurope]

Prince Albert II of Monaco, Prince Jacques of Monaco and Princess Gabriella of Monaco attend the St. John's Day celebrations, at the Prince's Palace in Monaco -June 23rd 2024.

📷 (1) : Michael Alesi/Palais Princier de Monaco.

[sixaus-meaa]

SIX THE MUSICAL - MODERN!AU: illustration

Rocky's family tree

[noahhawthorneauthor]

It's been too long since I've visited Rune and the gang. I have listened to this so many times that I read it in the narrators voice.

[yen-sids-tournament]

Nana v Pascal

Nana

Animal: Dog (St. Bernard)

Person: The Darling Family

Movie: Peter Pan (1953)

Pascal

Animal: Chameleon

Person: Rapunzel

Movie/TV Show: Tangled (2010)/Tangled the Series (2017-2020)

[thepastisalreadywritten]

The Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran is celebrated by the entire Church.

It marks the dedication of the cathedral church of Rome by Pope Sylvester I in 324.

This church is the cathedra (or chair) of the bishop of Rome, who is the Pope.

A Latin inscription in the Church reads: “omnium ecclesiarum Urbis et Orbis mater et caput.”

Translated, this means: “The mother and head of all churches of the city and of the world.”

The basilica was originally named the Archbasilica of the Most Holy Savior.

However, it is called St. John Lateran because it was built on the property donated to the Church by the Laterani family, and because the monks from the monastery of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Divine served it.

[morgane-art]

Alaric : sorry you couldn't come to the wedding.

Enzo : It's okay, I'll go to your next one.

[thecrusadercomrade]

Totally anonymous ask but, what do you think would've happened if Lee never discovered Mark upstairs during Episode 2? Would dinner had gone as planned?

Hello Totally Anonymous Tumblr User! Thank you for the ask!

To be honest, I think that the group would've ended up being captured in the end either way. There was no way they'd all leave the farm without at least checking on Mark, and unless the St. Johns are idiots, they can't have expected the group to never find out what they'd done. Once they made the choice to cut up Mark, the confrontation was inevitable.

The main difference from canon would only be that everyone is even more traumatized over the whole thing, since they've all eaten a full meal of Mark's legs. The St. Johns are sick enough that I think they'd want to let them eat their fill before doing anything.

[daenysthedreamer101]

[adobongsiopao]

Watercolor illustrations of "World Masterpiece Theater" enteries in the 80's painted by Tan Xiaoyong.

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1980)

"Swiss Family Robinson" (1981)

"Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow" (1982)

"Alps Story: My Annette" (1983)

"Katri, Girl of the Meadows" (1984)

"Princess Sara" (1985)

"The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love" (1986)

"Little Women" (1987)

"Little Prince Cedie" (1988)

"Peter Pan" (1989)

[cato-of-blamesociety]

"Take Me Home" @vincestaples remixed by @cato-of-blamesociety for #32weeksMixtape

This song is week 15, one away from the halfway mark. This track is special due to Cato's openness about where/how he was raised. In Saint Louis, it is widely known that the segregation/white flight/redlining left its mark in the city and surrounding areas. The sad part is the confusion a child feels growing up in the midst of it. Feeling not black enough but still being profiled is a crazy experience. I believe the visuals do a fairly good job at showcasing the emotion/story from @cato-of-blamesociety head.

Full song/video👈🏾

[atwas-meme-ing]

!!! Antoine?!? The cowardly weasel who's tried more than once to get Sonic into some kind of trouble, in an attempt to get himself noticed. Just punched Geoffrey- to defend Sonic!!!

Well, okay, then! Ant just earned a little of my respect.

[sammysdewysensitiveeyes]

Does anyone else imagine their favorite X-Men character yelling about literature, or is it just me?