#a written testimony

[rizka-san]

"You see the butterflies of life. And the caterpillars of death. One flies towards it's destination. The other survives on the desecration."

Souls Of The Rhythm - Rizka

[pagesofkenna]

second draft of 'letter to the first presidency to express sorrow over new exclusionary policy' is currently a three-page talk including scriptural references. am i understanding the assignment??

[rise-my-angel]

I need this show to ask themselves how on earth centuries of history were all remembered as the same stories that were eventually the same stories lied about by maesters spreading pro green propaganda, when the in universe book of Fire and Blood did not exist for so many centuries after the Dance, that the man who wrote it was alive during Robert Baratheons reign.

Were the maesters even then, holding every Targaryean at knifepoint forcing them to spew out history literally everyone would know was not true just in case one man in 200 years future wanted to write a fucking propaganda book about it?

Did Rhaenyras own descendants just willingly spreading pro green propaganda too?

[friendrat]

The problem with the church today is that so many "Christians" do not actually believe in redemption.

[garden-of-thoughts-fruit-of-lips]

Isaiah 43: 10-12

You are my witnesses,” declares Jehovah, “Yes, my servant whom I have chosen, So that you may know and have faith in me And understand that I am the same One. Before me no God was formed, And after me there has been none. I—I am Jehovah, and besides me there is no savior.” “I am the One who declared and saved and made known When there was no foreign god among you. So you are my witnesses,” declares Jehovah, “and I am God

Revelation 11:3

I will cause my two witnesses to prophesy for 1,260 days dressed in sackcloth.”

Revelation 12:6

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God and where they would feed her for 1,260 days

[lord-squiggletits]

Between TF and my other fandoms like BG3 and TES, I keep finding myself making OCs that have some element of "battle hardened hero who is actually good and righteous, but so traumatized by the toll of war that even after the war ends they feel empty/wrecked and can't enjoy the fruits of victory" and I'm not sure if it's bc I gravitate to a certain type of media where such OCs fit in best, or bc I have a specific character archetype I like and gravitate towards media that contains those things.

[cantdanceflynn]

Also maya immediately feeling way more comfortable with Phoenix is ADORABLE

[curiosity-killed]

This is the funniest backhanded fic rec I’ve ever encountered. Absolutely incredible 10/10 no edits needed

[meliohy]

Idea: A tower of god fanzine made like a fake magazine "Special edition! Tournament for the slayer nominee's hand"

[shion2nd]

had to open my super old laptop thats been sitting in the closet for YEARS and the most horrid screenshots awaited me in the pictures folder

[cinoman]

astrology observations on tumblr be like:

people with moon in the 5th house are SUCH good listeners, they'll drop everything they're doing just to make sure you feel heard

having sagittarius 8H could mean that the native finds peace in traveling to graveyards

people with saturn opposing venus may struggle with being objectively beautiful

people with leo suns tend to dress in bright colors

source? trust me bro. the leo sun in my class only wears bright colors

[sasorikigai]

Hanzo DOES come with a relationship warning.

Part of the process of dealing with Hanzo/Scorpion's trauma is that the edges of him are rough and sharp and don’t allow a smooth approach at the beginning of the relationship. As such, people need to learn how to handle his reactivity and resistance in order to become intimate. For Hanzo, some of the hardest things to accept about himself are things that cause intense feelings of guilt and shame. Often the cover-up for these core feelings (mostly his intimidating allure and gruff and grumpy appearance) are masks that he uses to protect himself from allowing others to access those profound experiences he has lived that caused those feelings.

Resistance to change is like having a tight muscle; the more he works it out, the less tight it becomes and the more natural it feels to have more flexibility in that muscle or joint.

The feeling of freedom and loose pressure on something that used to bother him a lot is the result he gets from a lot of exposure and work on that particular issue to become less rigid and thus more flexible. Neurons and the mind are a flexible muscle as well. The more he stays in his rigid patterns, the less likely to form more flexible neuronal structures that allow him the neuroplasticity to completely reframe his entire reference systems. However, a very important aspect in the process of working out with such “tight muscles” is to give it the appropriate time to heal. Just like any physical injury, healing mental trauma has a time and pace to do it so it doesn’t overload him which ends up being the opposite of healing, but creating instead a new trauma from speeding up the process too much.

Trauma, just like an injury needs time to heal and an appropriate context in which resources are available to help in the healing process.

For Hanzo/Scorpion, the most important part of being intimate with him is the ability to share vulnerability and emotions together. As such, being able to express what he really feels without having to make a joke about it and create banter around the ideas he needs to share with his beloved. It may look more “masculine” and thus make him feel less vulnerable only creates longer journeys for discovering each other. Hanzo already knows, and as the relationship progresses, will grow exponentially comfortable and unashamed to identify what his emotional needs are, his thoughts and feelings, or to express how someone can help him fulfill these.

The practice of vulnerability is something that can’t be taught by any book. Not even therapy really enables him to get down from his head into your heart if he is not fully ready to take that commitment towards himself and work on his reactivity and get attuned to his real emotions. Mostly, the overarching message for warriors and men like him is that any weakness is shameful. And since vulnerability is often perceived as weakness, it is especially risky for men to practice vulnerability.

[jurygarroth]

Most of the time when people talk about Garroth being mind controlled, they sound like they actually mean manipulated just with magical influence, because Garroth is still making his own decisions he’s just being easily convinced to betray his friends and found family.

Making Garroth mind-controlled makes the betrayal arc feel kind of stale because then there isn’t any actual betrayal or wrongdoing on Garroth’s part. It absolves him of the shitty thing he did by just removing his agency in the act of betraying phoenix drop.

canon Garroth stuck between a rock and a hard place because on the one hand if he did all that of his own accord he's the worlds biggest loser asshole and never faces consequences for it but if it was all mind shenanigans it takes away his agency and all the weight of the betrayal

like I sincerely believe the finale arc was a victim of point A to point B writing without knowing how to get there. and Garroth got dealt the shittiest hand 😭

[aturnoftheearth]

eyes are blurry from how fast i was trying to finish that discussion board. anyway i thought mine sucked but then i read my arch-nemesis’ and his sucks more so. good day.

[player1064]

No no no you don’t understand I can’t stop rereading a catalogue of non-definitive acts I need you to write more beville soon because you’re the best at it and it makes my chest hurrt and I love to suffer

AAAAAAAAAAAA tysm this is such a massive compliment because as I say every update I LOVE pain and suffering

yes this fic originally started as a 'what if beville could be happy' thing (literally never been done before) and yet even when they're happy they're not quite. Happy..

I WILL write more beville they have a hold on me like nothing else tbh. after I've posted the epilogue I think I'm gonna say 'if anyone wants one-shots/specific events/different POVs from this au then I'll do them' but also I do want to write more fics separate from it..... I just don't yet know What bc all my current ideas and WIPs are carraville and ALSO all the requests in my inbox are carraville ahdjfjjf I guess they're a tiny bit special to me too.....

[aparticularbandit]

Bandit, why do you always use soulmate timers as your soulmate au?

....

I don't always because there are some places where it doesn't fit, but. I also have an extensive soulmate timer world built and ready for use, which makes it easy to use that one in a cinch.