#The Morning Star

[doloriads]

In the end, I’d do it all again. You’re my best friend.

unknown, coffeepeople on tumblr, ribs / lorde, mid90’s (2017), us against you / fredrik backman, war of the foxes / richard siken, radio silence / alice oseman, the morning star / anne carson, challengers (2024)

[zegalba]

Carl Schweninger: ‘The Morning Star’ and ‘The Moon’ (1903)

[owlinks]

I saw That macbeth poster and couldn't help myself

[irreverententity]

— The Morning Star (Lucifer) - Paul Fryer (2008)

[shawnfreki]

The Morning Star by Leilani Bustamante.

[fidjiefidjie]

Bon jour, bonne semaine à tous ☕️ 📰

Elsa Schiaparelli devant The Morning star 🇬🇧 Angleterre

Photo pour Life 1940

[transistoradio]

Alfons Mucha (1860-1939), “Lune et Etoiles [The Moon and the Stars]” series (1902): 1) “Étoile du Matin [The Morning Star],” 2) “Étoile du Soir [The Evening Star],” 3) “Étoile Polaire [The Pole Star],” and 4) “Clair de Lune [Moonlight].”

[hikariposts]

Do you ever catch yourself thinking “God this show has such amazing visuals” and the show is a podcast? *sighs* the magic of well crafted storytelling

Close-ups below the cut :)

You can find some wips and a time-lapse of the illustration (coming tomorrow!) on my Insta and the high quality version on my Art Station.

(tap on the pics for better quality and please do not repost without credit)

[majestativa]

Because I cannot grasp the moon, is it therefore to be 'sacred' to me, an Astarte? If I only could grasp you, I surely would, and, if I only find a means to get up to you, you shall not frighten me! You inapprehensible one, you shall remain inapprehensible to me only until I have acquired the might for apprehension and call you my own; I do not give myself up before you, but only bide my time. Even if for the present I put up with my inability to touch you, I yet remember it against you.

— Max Stirner, The Ego and Its Own, transl by Steven Tracy Byington, (1995)

[gekkerbeast]

Drew a fullbody Baphomet today

[gorez]

[thearksys]

“God talks to Lucifer and asks him, “Why are you doing what you’re doing? You’re playing with disharmony for My goodness for the earth.”

Lucifer says- “People need to know about good and evil.”- and God says, “Why would you want to ruin such a perfect life for My creation?”

“You can’t truly be good if you don’t have a choice to do otherwise. People deserve to have their own choice between good and evil.”, Lucifer responded.

And that’s where the disagreement came from. That’s how he fell.”

A story an angel told our friend about Lucifer’s fall.

[hjbirthdaywishes]

April 9, 2024

Happy 59 Birthday to Mark Pellegrino.

[anolis3]

"The Morning Star", by Karl Ove Knausgaard.

"The flat black surface of the fjord shimmered. And then, once again, it began to burn. In the mountains. I stopped. No, it wasn't a fire. Something was appearing in the sky. A star. A mega star. Did it really exist? Or was it a figment of my imagination too? As it rose, the light spread across the sky and sparkled on the water. A couple arriving opposite me had also seen it and were staring up at the star, mouths agape in their embrace. Below me, cars had stopped on the big bridge, their doors opened and people were getting out. I'd never seen anything so beautiful. A mega star. And it really existed.", from The Morning Star, by Karl Ove Knausgaard.

"Wake up, you sleepy head, Put on some clothes, shake up your bed Put another log on the fire for me I've made some breakfast and coffee Look out my window, what do I see A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me

All the nightmares came today And it looks as though they're here to stay", from Oh! You Pretty Things, by David Bowie.

[ask-fromthepinnacle-tothepit]

Family

His sharp canines bite into the leather of his glove and he slowly pulls them off, rolls up the sleeves of his dress shirt, and begins to undo the buttons of his vest as he takes a seat on the stool. Next, he takes his headphones, ornate ones with a golden and leather look, and places them on his head. He reaches over, picking up the sticks for the drum set, and then reaches for his phone with the headphones already plugged in. Lucifer hits play and music fills his headphones, his foot taps in beat with the strumming guitar. 4 measures of strumming and on the fourth measure, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1--! The drumming starts, steady and on beat with the music in his headphones and he begins to softly sing.

“Taste bitter on a guilty tongue

It's hard to see I'm the chosen one

Fake friends with a camera phone

Ugly, drunk, cold and missin' home”

Why this song? He wanted something cartharic, something to express himself in the ways he struggled to with words. Music was his escape and therapy all at once. All his anger, his pain, all of it vanished as he sung out in the music room. The drumming brings a physical aspect, where he needed to expend energy as he dealt with his feelings.

“This heart of mine gets blacker all the time

Affection makes me nauseous

Believe me, I don't want this

I hurt my blood tonight, I made my brothers cry

I never say 'I love you' even though I want to”

His chest clenches and he feels something well in his eyes, threatening to spill out, especially as he changed one lyric without realizing. Brothers. *His brothers,* who he has hurt too many times. Why was that? Why did he struggle to express himself when he felt so much? Was it his Pride? Lucifer’s mantra to himself was ‘be better’, but it never translated to the right things. He was better…At pointless things, not what mattered. His family. *His brothers.*

“'Cause I let you down and I lost my fucking mind

And everything got messy and everyone got angry

I cursed my blood tonight, it happens all the time

Is everyone against me? Has everyone goddamned me?”

Lucifer lost himself to the music, starting to project his voice loud enough that the sound was louder than the drums. His drumming, with the song, grew more intese. Lucifer began to sweat as he sung and played, completely lost in the music. It was reliving, the song voicing all his feelings for him. He felt so vividly, but only music gave him the release. A part came, and he lets out a gutteral snarl of the words, and tears begin to drip from his eyes. And, as quickly as the song picked up, it falls to a slow beat again and he sings the last verse.

“I hate goodbyes, so cringy I could die

We only say 'I love you' 'cause that's what we're supposed to

And most families lie, but I meant it every time

And treat you like you're worthless, I never said I'm perfect”

And stop! The room falls silent, minus Lucifer’s panting as he leans over his drums. Tap, taptap, tap. The sound of the snare sounds as the tears from his eyes drip down his cheek and land atop the drum. And then, as the song repeats, he sucks in a breath, realizing just how into the song he’d gotten. In a rush, he wipes his features with his sleeve and straightens up. In spite of his embarrassed flustered features, deep down he feels…better.

Song: || x ||

[theotheradversary]

Update, above and more importantly below.

No. Angels have been talked about waaaaay too much on Tumblr. They're crazy af, no wonder people are drawn to them. They're also the only (mostly) otherworldly beings described in the usual holy writs.

So..... Back to demons and the other religions texts. Yeah? Woo? We go back there yes? I got distracted. Forgive me fellow ghoulies and fiddly bits.

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First and foremost i should mention one thing.

Current Christianity, pretty much King James Bible and beyond has only one Devil. Lucy is the one and only. Every other name is just other names for Lucy. So Ghost is completely "biblically canonical" by modern standards.

Sad but true. It feels like a bit of a cop off doesn't it. Makes the world more dull and boring.

But we do have older sacred texts, those that are considered holy in the bits cut out, and forks of the whole lot to go through. So! Don't be faint of heart. There's stuff to find have fun with!

Not to mention the DCs universes interpretation of the whole shebang. That's a fun one that calls on some of the older texts. They sometimes hit on obscure aspects of the various holy writs. Comics eh? Learn more about holy writs in then than Bible school. Heh.

Anyways.

I'll put off talking about the singular entities, so we have a clearer view on the sitch. I mean, we know for a fact that Mormons believe they will ascend into godhood to watch over another planet. So you know there's got to be a few current beliefs that still have biblical daemonic references within their sacred texts.

I'll see what i can find and condense it into a form that's digestible. Then I'll choose one of the more fun sets of holy works to talk about. Demons are cool! Be like a demon and bow to none! Damn religions... Taking away agency from their poor victims... Oh well.

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Update, above and more importantly below.

No. Angels have been talked about waaaaay too much on Tumblr. They're crazy af, no wonder people are drawn to them. They're also the only (mostly) otherworldly beings described in the usual holy writs. 

So..... Back to demons and the other religions texts. Yeah? Woo? We go back there yes? I got distracted. Forgive me fellow ghoulies and fiddly bits.