#and call it righteousness

[loveerran]

What Matters Most

when we are obsessed about people working on specific standards for personal purity, i think we sound a lot like we’re teaching folks to be the man in the parable who had only one talent and buried it.

turning outward and helping others? ministering to and welcoming and serving all of God’s children? that sounds a lot like the person in the parable who had five talents and gained another five on top of that.

would Jesus ask the church today if we were focusing too much on the small things? the wrong things?

“Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Matthew 25:40

[xoxoemynn]

I know it shouldn't surprise me, but it's frustrating af to step outside the fandom and read about OFMD's cancellation on more general entertainment sites and see the majority of reactions be along the lines of "oh well it was probably Taika being over it, he always gave me the ick anyway so, whatever," and then often devolving into comments about his personal life, or conspiracy theories that can be disproven if you use your brains for 30 seconds or maybe step outside and touch grass idk idk.

And this isn't me saying "omg how could you dislike Taika" bc truly unless you're being racist or antisemitic (which, let's be real, many are), I don't give a fuck what you think about him.

But the point remains that if you have a show that is all about celebrating queer joy and finding yourself later in life, that has a diverse cast of characters in terms of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and body type, that was WRITTEN by a diverse group of writers, that is receiving praise from critics and fans alike, that from all reports was one of Max's most successful shows despite them doing next to no promotion the first season, that had two successful seasons and the creator is on the record saying he had a plan to tell the entire story in three, and it gets CANCELED.

I don't give a fuck how you feel about Taika, or how you feel about OFMD. You SHOULD be concerned about that. Because your show is next.

And before you come at me with "it's just a show, have you seen what's happening in the world?" Yeah. I fucking have. And the arts matter. They have always mattered. It's how we've shared stories and fostered communities and passed down what's important to us as a society. And they've brought us joy. And I don't know about you, but I think we could all do with a fuckton more joy in our lives.

This is absolutely a huge loss, and unfortunately it's not going to be the last as streaming services continue to go deeper in crisis. If that doesn't concern you, idk, go enjoy yourself watching season 47 of The Bachelor.

[kinaaaard]

not to be petty or bemoan what should be a ostensibly ignored talking point but it is kind of ridiculous that so many of the anti-tommy people (mostly on twitter) harp on about how they don’t find lou to be attractive (to paraphrase some of the gentler sentiments passed around).

which, fine, YOU don’t have to find him attractive. that’s your prerogative! but your favorite tv character does find him attractive, which is what….matters. it feels indicative of a larger issue that….shipping folks need both sides of their ship to be CW-looking men. non-threatening with gentler features, model-tuned and effete. in the larger scheme of things, lou is VERY attractive. but when it comes to shipping fictional characters, they need to have softer, more affable features — almost like they need to appeal purely to a certain subsection of the female gaze! which is ridiculous.

lou is a man, LOOKS like a traditionally masculine man. which is part of the reason buck likes tommy so much. which is not to say that any other actor isn’t that (traditionally masculine, esp while playing a gay character) but once it breaches outside their accepted barriers of what a….shippable man should look like, it comes off as spiteful and childish, and ultimately, a deviation of what the “aesthetically pleasing” presentation of what a gay couple should look like. I don’t know lmfao i’m just really peeved at the people going after lou’s looks.

[mollysunder]

The biggest tragedy of Jayce's raid on the shimmer refinery wasn't just that he killed Renni's son, it's that that kid died slowly without any sort of comfort or aid. That boy was alive and wheezing by the time when Jayce and Vi slowly (kind of reluctantly) made it down to the ground floor and was still alive enough for Jayce to look directly at him as the light left his eyes.

What's worse is that he died surrounded by shimmer, a single drop could have saved his life! Anybody at the refinery that could have helped him, even in theory, was held at gunpoint by the Enforcers Jayce and Vi brought and could only watch him die. And then his body's just left there for his mom, Renni, to see. This boy was the kid that pulled the alarm on the Enforcers in the first place, he absolutely knew why shimmer was so important to their operation and once Piotover got involved he's deprived of it's aid.

[wiirocku]

Isaiah 42:6 (NKJV) - “I, the LORD, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles,

[fideidefenswhore]

the take that we shouldn’t consider AB a feminist (and yes, that’s an anachronism, fwiw) because she was unpopular amongst women in her time is… very strange. like, that is not the thermometer by which to judge whether a woman or, really anything, was feminist (whether or not the person or whatever is well-beloved or popular amongst women… if it were, the real housewives franchise could be considered a feminist entity)

[hazellvsq]

once you start seeing the madonna whore dichotomy perpetuated by certain parts of this fandom you can't unsee it

[awideplace]

The Lord will bring beauty from ashes.

[kisaraslover]

yeah Kisara was a self-banished wanderer, guilt ridden and afraid of her dragon but also like. who made the dragon. lol. theres always ALWAYS this quiet rage and grief, which claws at her skin trying to escape, just barely kept down at any given moment, and when her loyalty, therefore the dragons loyalty is bound to Seto there is not only no guilt, she surrendered completely, theres also relief and satisfaction. is he her enabler or is she his enabler trick question the answer is yes both

[handmedownpocketpussy]

Shabbat shalom, y'all -- my heart goes out to my Palestinian family who have been hit hard by the continued slaughter in Gaza, and have been pouring their hearts out doing advocacy on the local radio here, taking part in marches, and doing fundraising.

It's hard to see people framing anyone who shows sympathy for the Gazans being slaughtered as antisemites, especially as a Jew who wants the slaughter of my cousins to end.

I hope that the violence ends as soon as possible, please support your Palestinian friends and neighbors and support your Jewish friends who are against the illegal collective punishment being done to Palestinians in the name of retribution for the awful attack by Hamas

Pikuach nefesh, human life before all else. What we need more than anything right now is compassion and mutual aid for our Gazan friends in this time

I didn't want to drop 50 links so heres Vogue, of all publications, with a solid list if you want to help

[violetparakeetdraweroffurries]

if either oakheart or crookedstar were girls when oak called out crooked for ignoring silverkit in his grief after the deaths of willowbreeze and her other kits, the fandom would tear the girl version of either character to shreds

[mollysunder]

I don't see nearly enough discussion about the fact that the web of intrigue that leads Caitlyn to Jinx has shadowed her eye in the same way Silco's own has been scarred over. It's the same side too!

[lesbian-gene-wolfe]

talking to people online is like

me: "yeah i really like the murder manga, the one with cannibalism, the one where the mother commits atrocities and its like a mystery-"

idiot who had never read a real book: "yeah i love that one it's so messed up and interesting"

me: "-the bullying flower one and also the age gap/incest romance one"

idiot: "you should fucking kill yourself that's child porn/grooming material/etc"

meanwhile i have books from the last two centuries on my shelf that cover all these topics and more into way more detail that no one seems to view as "immoral."

by the way if you view some books as immoral and needing destroyed, you're a fascist! google Bücherverbrennung. if you think some topics are only for "degenerates" or call people that, guess what! i think you get the point.

[sylvanwoodring]

doing a new playthrough after a relentlessly pro-mage anders-friendmancing run is soo embarassing.

coming from a hawke that takes whatever anders says as gospel into a hawke that's only casual friends with him and hearing the same main character-esque lines... painful... buddy this is my story can you please speak normally.

[starlooove]

I alluded to this in tags awhile ago but like. IK continuity doesn’t work this way and when things shifted from kooky and silly 40s stuff with psas scattered to like dark brooding whatever we’re supposed to take it as like either time passing with some hand waving to personalities or ‘it was always like this for them trust’ but thinking about dick specifically going from holy galloping grasshoppers Batman to dealing with Bruce in spyral and shit is so so so sad I can’t articulate it well rn but like everyone kinda agrees the shift happened after two face and jason but like no dick saw it all he saw it while it happened he saw Bruce taking tim to baseball games and then gaslighting him at 16 he saw the man who’d take care of a random baby on the fly threaten to send his youngest son back to the league he saw the man who helped usher in a new era of young heroes treat Steph like shit he saw the man who inspired hope for a future in civilians heroes and enemies alike take advantage of cass’ suicidal thoughts and separation from her own humanity he saw everything and he just has to. Deal. To everyone else this is just Bruce and ppl like Tim and cass justify it to an extent bc they love him and get exasperated and when Dick is angry but how couldn’t Dick be angry? That’s his dad and he’s being so fucking mean and idk I’m rambling

[alatariel-galadriel]

The greatest kindnesses you will ever receive are from absolute strangers. it will mean nothing to them and everything to you