#and the religion surrounding that

[transmairon]

I want to get into the Morrowind fandom but I genuinely despise the Tribunal so I don't think I would be welcome. 😔

[satsuha]

wait how could i forget... literally drew tmhk AA au bc it wouldn't stop eating at my brain

i didn't think it through too much but the way the games really emphasize the defense's mindset of "always believing in your client" vs many of the prosecutors' methods of always aiming for a guilty verdict... i can see tmhk thriving in those respective roles

i think it's also nice that they both have information-gathering path actions but both coerce and bribe are pretty shady in this context LOL

[ursidaez]

i like. it

[mayhemspreadingguy]

“I need a father. I need a mother. I need some older, wiser being to cry to. I talk to God, but the sky is empty.” ― Sylvia Plath

[demonictumble]

Matthias isn't my favorite character, but his personality and growth holds my heart.

His deeply religious background and how he tries so hard to keep his faith. His love for someone whose always been deemed "unnatural" in his world. His inner war with himself as he tries to balance his beliefs and nina.

it's beautiful towards the end, when he finally finds a way to merge his beliefs. I think I can read that chapter over and over again because it had been a long time coming and boom he had that revelation. It's beautiful.

how beliefs that encourage hatred and division can be altered to something that breeds love. it's a matter of perspective in religion. religion can be used to aid conquest, commit murders, everything and more. but it can also be used to spread love. Matthias is proof of that, he never got to spread his new revelations but the fact that he had them showed that change was possible. showed hope for a future not built on hatred and religious justification.

his story is one of hope to me. that one day religions can stop being used as tools of hate. that people can change. that people are not stuck in a box. that people can learn that there are no "unnatural" people and there just are people.

[uncanny-tranny]

I've been thinking about modesty from a specifically trans lense lately. I was taught that modesty indicates shame, that modesty means you're simultaneously ashamed of being human and having a human body, but also that you are "purer" because you adhere to a hegemonic idea of modesty. Frankly, I just don't agree with this, and it was very much steeped in the idea of specifically christian ideas of modesty.

Before I transitioned, I felt very unprotective of my body because it never felt like mine to begin with. I didn't really care what happened to it, and while I was modest by other people's standards, I certainly didn't feel it. Once I actually started transitioning (and especially on testosterone), I've found that I'm so much more "modest" because I've become protective of my body. There's this stereotype that trans people start "showing themselves off" after transitioning, but I honestly feel the opposite. I'm possessive over my body and exactly how it acts and appears because I actually like my body, and it finally feels like mine. I'm honestly kind of selfish about it, and I think I've earned the right to be.

I made this post because I think this is an interesting topic, and I think it's interesting the ways in which we internalize the influences that be. It's also a reminder that no matter how you feel about things like modesty, you should adhere to what makes the most sense to you and what you are most comfortable with. There are pressures to be modest in this way or that way, but what truly matters is what you decide with your body and yourself.

[abyssalaquarist00]

idk if I'll make this a fic instead or keep sketching out comic pages for practice

[sm-baby]

THE GIRLS ARE being assaulted.

[roakkaliha]

you ever notice how ppl think that only Completely scientifically unexplainable things can be ‘evidence’ of a higher power in a religious sense. like if a food is prepared in a certain way to bless it n that process makes it healthier for you, it must mean that there couldnt have been any sort of ‘blessing’, it was just science, you know. bc for some reason science and religion must be completely seperate things n science can never be caused by something divine. whats up w that.

mormons dni. this post is abt indigenous n other marginalized religions, not yalls colonizer club.

[frogoru]

i've had to indulge in christian scripture a lot for the past few months because personal life stuff and i need everyone to know that there's a book in the bible where king solomon goes on and on about how horny he is for his wife and it's SO SENSUAL and i didn't expect it at all (it's really beautifully written if anything but also sex funny. i put verses down below that invoked said feelings because its so wow)

"Your two breasts are like two fawns,     twins of a gazelle,     that graze among the lilies."

- 4:5

"...How much better is your love than wine,     and the fragrance of your oils than any spice! Your lips drip nectar, my bride;     honey and milk are under your tongue;"

- 4:10-11

"How beautiful are your feet in sandals,     O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels,     the work of a master hand. Your navel is a rounded bowl     that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat,     encircled with lilies.  Your two breasts are like two fawns,     twins of a gazelle.  Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon,     by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon,     which looks toward Damascus. Your head crowns you like Carmel,     and your flowing locks are like purple;     a king is held captive in the tresses."

- 7:1-5

"Your stature is like a palm tree,     and your breasts are like its clusters.  I say I will climb the palm tree     and lay hold of its fruit. Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,     and the scent of your breath like apples, and your mouth like the best wine.

She

It goes down smoothly for my beloved,     gliding over lips and teeth.

 I am my beloved's,     and his desire is for me."

- 7:7-10

In verse 8 of chapter 5 his wife says "I am sick with love." and that makes me feel really AHHHHHH oh my god?? it's so intimate

[tlsafterdark]

GOD. Sometimes I think about Fritz Ludwig and I find myself wanting to be just almost teasingly, indulgently tender for him. I want to kiss along his neck and jaw while I stroke his cock, want to murmur praise that almost feels like such wonderful sin pressed against his skin. Maybe I bring him to sink further against the crook of my neck as the pace of my hand grows, maybe I ride him slowly with my temple pressed to his and my hand over his heart, but I want him to feel the true weight of devotion in every ounce of worship I shower upon him, to feel the sheer warmth and strength of sanctuary as he cums for me.

AND ALSO. Sometimes I think about Fritz Ludwig and I really want to give him the chance to take his pleasure from me. I need to feel his fingers tug my hair as he loses himself to the pleasure of the warmth of my mouth. I need that man to praise me like something truly sacred all while his pace is something downright unforgiving when he’s inside me. There’s prayers in the lovebites that cover me and worship in every thrust, and oh, I can truly feel the bliss of heaven when he cums inside of me.

anons here are mastering the art of religious erotica with a dash of blasphemy over this one guy and i personally love that for us

[100mgzoloftscript]

[pinchan]

there's no religion in the world where geto suguru will see heaven

[mists-reading-nook]

Rlly tempted to write a creator!reader where reader has religious trauma/ religious anxiety or smth. But would ppl read it,that's the question 🤔

[lumeha]

Looking at an old post, does Religion in FIre Emblem still interest you?

YEAH !!

TBF, it interests / fascinates me in a way that is, like... even the most developped religion in a FE game (the Church of Seiros) is so bare-bones that there are a lot of things people tend to add just from their own experiences with religions, which, in the case of the Church of Seiros in particular, tends to hurt it a bit in the Western fandom IMO. But. (waves hands) that's.

That's something else.

But yeah, I actually still really like that topic ! Because, beside Fodlan, religion is both such an inherent part of the setting and yet such an ignored part of the setting that it's really fascinating.

Take Valentia. Do we now anything about the Mila and Duma faith ? Not really. We know... basic philosophies that oppose Mila and Duma (and once again I will say that the game putting them on the same level is actually crap because we're supposed to see the bothof them as highly flawed because "Mila encourages indolence" but my guys my gals my pals the fields aren't gonna till themselves even if the land is fertile !!! people are gonna work out in the fields !!! the nobles may be lazy and indolent but you can't tell me you expect flour to get into people's hands without work !!), but do we know anything about... either the beliefs or the practices of either religions ? EHHH. Discutable.

We know both faith "fuse" after the games, venerating Mila & Duma together, and there's something bittersweet about it, and I like that death doesn't stop them from being deities. Because truth is, in many religions, gods are alive from their deaths. Be they deified humans or deceased gods. I think there is something, there. And, hell, we know that despite her death Mila is still kinda. there. in a way. in spirit. So why would that stop.

In Elibe, we know a religion is centered around St Elimine. Do we know ANYTHING about it ? Shit no. We know St Elimine, Mario Kart Double Dash Bonus CD Character, we know she participated in the Scourge (if my memory serves me well), we know she has a really damn powerful staff, but. Beside that. Uh. No ??

But it's actually kind of fascianting to me. I kind of want to build on that at some point. You have priests. You have at least one theocracy in Magvel. Why is it a theocracy ? GOOD QUESTION WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S SO FUCKING FUNNY TO ME

But. Yeah. Religion in FE. It's a mess.

I love it though

[navree]

gonna be entirely honest the ten shitmillion 'can't believe they abandoned adding queerness to alicent because she has sex with a man' takes accompanied by all the screaming and crying and throwing up absolutely REEK of biphobia, and that's not a good look for y'all during pride