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[daggersandarrows]

that was the sweetest response to my anon. like. ever. you’re cute. and nice. i like your blog lots. pls keep being unapologetically & authentically you.

i'm so perplexed as to who this is but you are!!! so sweet omg <3 i definitely will, i am finally happy enough with myself to not care what anybody thinks about what i post :)

[marlowe1-blog]

The Book of Job Chapters 1 & 2

I'm going to put the first two chapters together because they are the ones that everyone pretty much knows about. There are certain implications that one might not immediately get, like holy fuck these are some dark chapters. I just read The Magician King and I feel like Julia's story has a similar theme which is "DON'T GET GOD'S ATTENTION". Of course in the Magician King, the world is polytheist so they get the attention of a god, just not the one they wanted. And if you've seen the first season of The Magicians, you know what happens (I'd recommend the show over the books, but the books are not bad).

Ok. That's not the real theme of the opening. It feels like it when you read it fresh, because almost everything that happens to Job is because God is going "Isn't Job the best. He's so faithful and nice" and then you got Satan going "Well why don't we fuck with him and see how faithful he is" and this happens at least twice (maybe three times.) and every time Job gets fucked over even more.

Oh by the way, since I have the Jewish Publication Society translation, they go with "The Adversary" for Satan. A major part of this book and about the history of religion is that Satan seriously changed with the Christians getting ahold of him and putting him in the role of the enemy of all Christians. Zoroasterianism seriously influenced those guys.

In the Bible, Satan is a job description. There's a use of the word as a verb when the Angel is blocking Bilaam from going to curse the Israelites but the angel is not necessarily Satan. So this is where Satan gets a name, but it could be any angel. There are some very weird thoughts on angels in the Bible. Are they a holdover from paganism? Are they ways to have G-d talk to people without taking away the fact that Moses is considered the only one who is talking to G-d directly? There seems to be a general belief held up by the text that Angels are just agents with a job and that job is in their name. So Raphael is the healer and Gabriel gives strength. Most of the time the angels don't even get names in the text itself (although midrash comes in for certain things. LIke when three angels visit Abraham, Raphael stays to heal Abraham from his circumcision while the other two go off to destroy Sodom).

So JPS changing the name to Adversary is just translating the name outright so we know that the main thing about Satan is that he's a literary function. He's G-d's "devil's advocate" and the one who challenges everything.

This seems to be a movement away from monotheism, when monotheism really only took hold a few centuries before this book (it's written in Aramaic so it's definitely a later book in the canon). But also this is a philosophical novel without a necessity in believing it as anything more than a philosophical novel (Oh I'm sure there's an evangelist who will argue that literally Job existed and had a very stressful conversation with his friends and it was all recorded, but evangelicals are fucking idiots. The guy who stands outside my building smoking pot believes in every conspiracy theory available including one about how there is no outerspace because of the firmement of heaven line. Like the Bible says that we are under a bubble so there's no such thing as Mars. I actually still talk to this dumb fuck because he's so stupid that he's almost funny when he's not horrifying).

So here's the point you know about. God says "Hey isn't Job great" and Satan goes "hey let's fuck with him" and God goes "Ok!" So JOb loses his children, his money and his health. And his wife tells him to curse G-d and die which is advice to kill himself. Because really how can he live after losing everything?

Then come Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite who sit with him in silence for 7 days. So now we have the rules of Shiva (mourning) where the first seven days people accompany the mourner but they don't talk unless the mourner talks first. And they stay silent for seven days.

They are going to come off like assholes in the rest of the book, so that part should be remembered.

Note - I'm kind of happy that my mom died during Covid so I didn't have to host people for a Shiva. I don't think my creepy roommate would have liked that and sometimes it's just not worth it. I have people over for Shabbos but he can hide in his room for a few hours.

[microwavedspaghetti]

I've completed my quest and gathered all seven keys.

💗It's finished💗

[level250hedgewitch-blog]

Just an Opinion

This, is going to sound a little strange at first, but let me explain before you judge. I liked that Julia was denied magic and went into depression in The Magicians.

As a huge fan of both the books and the show, I often ponder over the lives of the characters. One of my favourite parts of the whole trilogy is Julia’s time in the safe-house scene, and then at The House at Murs.

I loved those chapters and episodes partly because they brought magic into the real world, making it feel tangible and possible, more so for the development it puts Julia through.

It’s more evident in the show, but even in the books, Julia is sort of dismissive of Quentin and his dreams of magic and Fillory, not understanding that those are the only things giving his life meaning.

Her knowing about magic but not being able to have it, then going into a Q-like depression as he gets everything he ever dreamed of, was beautiful poetic justice.

[litlemonbooks]

The Magicians Trilogy

Lev Grossman

“It didn’t matter where you were, if you were in a room full of books you were at least halfway home.”

“That was the thing about the world: it wasn’t that things were harder than you thought they were going to be, it was that they were hard in ways that you didn’t expect.”

*Trigger Warning: There are some themes in this series one might find uncomfortable to read.*

I can try to lie…

[patronsaintsofpopculture]

Let's Talk about "The Magicians" S2

[pupsandpages]

"He was a professional killer, efficient and businesslike....He was like a baker, except instead of making bread he made corpses, and he wanted to make Quentin into one." #themagicianking #levgrossman #whatimreading #bookstagram #booknerd #mustlovebooks #bibliophile

[to-lacuna-and-back-blog]

One of the strangest fantasy novels I've ever read, *The Magicians* by Lev Grossman is like if *The Chronicles of Narnia* had an existential crisis ✨ I never kept reading after this book even though I see the other two books all the time and tell myself I should read them. Did anyone read all three? Should I keep going? 😕 ************************************* #bookstagram #bibliophile #booknerd #bookish #booklover #bookphotography #readersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #booklove #bookaddict #bookporn #becauseofreading #bookblogger #books #read #literature #tolacunaandback #TLAB #themagicians #themagicianking #themagiciansland #levgrossman #magic #wizards #fantasy

[yuyachan7]

#currentread #realaxingtime #TheMagicians #TheMagicianKing #TheMagiciansLand #LevGrossman #bookstagram #shelfie

[daggersandarrows]

just did a quick follower clearout and was surprised to learn that the majority of the new ones were actually not bots! i guess people actually are coming here from reddit? anyway, hi new followers, have some general info:

this is generally a critical role blog, but i'm not really following c3. feel free to spoil me

i write fic (lots of it) (too many wips) (help) that can all be found on ao3. i've archive locked my account bc of ai stuff, but feel free to message me for an invite if you don't have an account

other fandoms/interests that you'll generally see: dimension 20, star trek, star wars, welcome to night vale/wtnv presents, wolf 359, the bright sessions, hazbin hotel, helluva boss, the locked tomb, the raven cycle, pokemon, good omens, doctor who, flight rising, web development, dogs, the ocean, poetry.

i tag all the common triggers i can think of. lmk if you need one and i'll attempt to accommodate.

some interaction stuff:

i am part of a median system. this blog is mostly run by me (thane, it/its, 23) but all of the adult members of the system have access to it and may post occasionally.

i don't gatekeep other systems. if you've got headmates and you wanna call yourself a system because of it, alright. i don't care enough about whether or not you're actually having audio hallucinations or ptsd flashbacks and mislabeling them to harass you about it. that's your deal. if you're a system you're safe here. conversely if you hate endogenic systems, don't bother me about it. we're traumagenic but endos are safe here.

we're a pretty fictive heavy system. my fictives do not interact with the fandoms of their respective sources as it can feel weirdly fetishistic or even painful for them (we've tried. people got weird about it.) this is not to say don't interact with my fictives if you know where they're from, just...treat them like any other person you know nothing about besides their internet presence.

my discord handle is @/themagicianking feel free to send me a friend request if you wanna chat, i hate tumblr's message interface

anyway. hi hello welcome have a cat for getting through that wall of text

[microwavedspaghetti]

🌌I want magic more than I could explain with words🌌

Almost done

🌈🔐🌈

@CollinCullin @AbsoluteTattoo

[l-a-r-r-yspellslove]

When the book does the thing. 😏 #bookstagram #themagicianking

[abeautiful-nightmare]

Good food ,good book and some alone time what else can one ask for #pasta #themagicianking

[striderzsthroughobscurity]

24/365 The Magician King #books #book #themagicianking #levgrossman #magicianstrilogy #fantasynovel #fantasy #365project #365dayphotochallenge #365challenge #365photochallenge #lazydayphoto the day got away from me so i took this quick shot of the book I'm reading before bed.

[houl]

The Magicians King by Lev Grossman Books I’ve Read in 2018 #25 Second book in the trilogy, weaving two story lines with the same sardonic humour as the first. Easy and enjoyable read for a relaxing time of year. This time, the wizards who were in fake Narnia, got kicked out, now want back in. #themagicianking #levgrossman @levgrossman #booksivereadin2018 #booksivedrawnin2018 #minimonotonebookclub #booksreillustrated #illustration #bookstagram #houlart #houl (at Fillory & Feather) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br-R79Ihpt3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=14g884257vv7a

[highlanderpathfinderstormbr-blog]

The show is awesome... the books are an addiction... I had to get my hit🤓😍 @katbmw @sandy_dunsford @sarahkenney27 @georgianbaybooks #ratsandpimpsbookclub #themagicians #themagicianking #booklover #booklife #booknerd (at Georgian Bay Books)