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bullet-prooflove · 2 years ago

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Works In Progress Board

I thought I would share my WIP Board you guys!

This means you can see the pieces I am working on and their progress as I update them!

I will be putting this link on my pinned post so that you guys can check in whenever you'd like to see what I'm up to.

Here's the link for you to have a little snoop!

Let me know what you're looking forward to!

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khaire-traveler · 4 months ago

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Digital Temples are really lovely, and I adore the fact that all these temples are suddenly popping up (I actually have been thinking of dedicating one to two deities as well), but the usage of the words "priests" and "priestesses" is genuinely concerning to me. It makes me feel a bit wary.

Why, might you ask, would that even be a problem? Let me explain.

These words carry a lot of power with them. With these words comes the implication of religious authority. If I went around saying that I was a Priest of Hermes himself, it asserts a sense of power and authority in a religious space. There are a lot of people who would love to use that power negatively; I have been directly impacted by this many times over. I am always wary of people who use this title as a result of what I've seen and experienced.

Those titles also carry the implication of having an established religious knowledge that others do not. It's not just a title used to identify people who are in charge of a Temple; it is a title that explicitly identifies someone as a researched, trustworthy, religious figure who is extremely experienced. This ties into how these words carry power. A lot of people I've seen stake claim to this title have also claimed to speak for the gods directly. Either that, or it is often assumed of them, and that bothers me a lot. I have yet to meet someone who genuinely speaks for the gods in every situation.

On the inverse, I'm sure some who use these titles mean it in a harmless and genuine way (I've met one before), and that's fine, but if you are one of such people, realize that these words seriously do carry immense implications along with them, and do not fall into the trap of moral superiority or dictating rules in a religion you do not own. The most genuine people I've met who identify with these titles are the ones who don't advertise them publicly. I'm not saying the use of these titles are wrong, but I am saying that people seem to be inclined to abuse them. Horrifically abuse them.

Instead, I suggest using a title such as "Cleric". I've seen another temple do this, and personally, I feel it is less intimidating and claims less power of authority. Or maybe not using a title at all. Why use one if you don't need it? Hell, you could call yourself literally anything else.

So, please, those who run digital Temples, I ask you to be aware of the power the words "priest" and "priestess" have before applying them to yourselves and ask yourselves why it is that you're choosing to identify with these titles in the first place.

#helpol #hellenic polytheism #hellenic pagan #deity worship #I'm going to ruffle some feathers with this I'm sure #and that's not my intention #my intention is to highlight how these words can be used to cause harm #even unintentional harm #like please please PLEASE be careful guys #this isn't a fun or silly or lighthearted thing to do; this carries serious implications about you as a person #and it puts you into a position of authority in the minds of many

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its-not-a-pen · 24 days ago

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mind the fourth wall guys, we've just renovated the place...

#qin shi huang #chinese history #qin dynasty #ying zheng #gao jianli #jing ke #i just realized this comic highlights the main conflicts of the text: ying zheng vs gao jianli vs the author

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rainypebble07 · 1 year ago

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Idk why, but the people on Ao3 who leave comments on, like, almost every chapter of a fic always give off the best energy.

Like, idk if it's some scientific anomaly, but every single person I've seen that does that has been the most unhinged and chaotic but also the funniest and best person ever, and I just wanted to give them some credit.

#ao3 fanfic #ao3 #fanfic #byler fanfic #byler #ao3 author #ao3 comments #they are all the best #There have been numerous people who leave so many comments on fics and they just make my day #And they're so into it too #Just the best ever #idk what else to say #the highlight of my career

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uncanny-tranny · 1 year ago

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You lose the plot when discussing and fighting for minorities when you buy into the specific brand of (specifically christianity) "suffering is Divine, and the more you Suffer, the More Divine you are."

Suffering is suffering is suffering - when you choose to ignore a marginalized group's suffering because they are not suffering enough or are not "good victims," you have lost the plot.

#politics #i've seen this a lot in some trans spaces and it's kind of scary #because honestly the whole 'suffering is divine actually' is pretty victim blame-y and it expects victims or whatever to carry that burden.#...if suffering is divine then is it not sacrilege to refuse that suffering? surely if you're suffering you are either...#...Deserving of suffering or you are Chosen for something Higher Than Yourself and are therefore a sacrificial lamb (not a person)...#...like do you see how that is inherently dehumanizing to have your SUFFERING be sympathetic but not you as a HUMAN BEING #like i need to stress that all you are doing is essentially fetishizing that somebody is suffering...#...and that you deem yourself high enough if an authority to Judge that suffering...#...and if it isn't good enough or they aren't being a Good Victim about it then they are shit out of luck in term of your help...#...i use the impersonal 'you' here but i need to highlight *why* this line of thinking is (imo) actively dangerous..

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wonder-worker · 2 months ago

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"[Elizabeth Woodville] was the only member of [Crown Prince Edward of Westminster's] original 1471 council not already on the king’s council and her name headed the list of those appointed as administrators in Wales during Edward’s minority. [She remained on the council after it was expanded in 1473 and granted significant new governing and judicial powers]."

"In 1478 Prince Richard [of Shrewsbury] married the Mowbray heiress. Like his elder brother he had a chancellor, seal, household and council to manage his estates. His council, like that of Prince Edward, comprised the queen [Elizabeth Woodville] and a group of magnates and bishops, few of whom were Woodville supporters [...] It was Elizabeth who mattered, for Richard resided with her and Rivers treated his affairs as their own."

-J.L. Laynesmith, The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503 / Michael Hicks, Richard III and his Rivals: Magnates and their Motives in the Wars of the Roses

#good👏🏻 for 👏🏻 her #historicwomendaily #elizabeth woodville #15th century #english history #princes in the tower #my post #Reminder that these sort of additional official positions in governance were very unusual (unprecedented) for late medieval English queens #Elizabeth's formal appointment in royal councils (+ authority over her sons) should not be ignored or downplayed in the slightest bit #It should instead be considered one of the most defining aspects of her queenship that spanned over a decade and lasted right till the end #& should also be highlighted as one of the most vital topics of discussion when it comes to broader queenly power in late medieval England #I think it also says a lot about Elizabeth's relationship to Edward IV and the regard he seems to have had for her capabilities #'The only member of the original 1471 council not already on the king’s council' that speaks VOLUMES. Once again: good for her.#It's also really frustrating how some historians (Katherine J. Lewis; AJ Pollard; Laynesmith etc) have incredibly lopsided perspectives on #Elizabeth that fundamentally *do not work* when you remember these actual facts and what they reveal about her power and influence #I'm also still baffled at Lynda Pidgeon's claim that 'Elizabeth's influence with Edward IV was less than with family members who were #part of the king's council or that of her son Edward prince of Wales'. Like???????#First of all - we *already know* that Elizabeth had the most personal influence with Edward and was the one he trusted the most #The case in 1480 & his own will in 1475 (where he referred to her as the one 'in whom we most singularly place our trust') make both clear #Second of all - ELIZABETH WAS LITERALLY ON HER SONS' COUNCILS HERSELF. HER NAME HEADED THE GODDAMN LIST. How have you missed this????????#It's actually bizarre because it completely ignores the fact that 1) Late medieval queens *weren't* generally given positions like this?#If we accept Pidgeon's (false) interpretation we have to claim that NONE of them were influential at all #Which I'm pretty sure nobody agrees with? So why have I seen people agreeing with Pidgeon's FALSE take on Elizabeth based on that lmfao?#2) Elizabeth WAS in fact given such positions. She genuinely was given unusual authority and was an Exception™ rather than the rule #Forget emphasizing her atypical role - Pidgeon has outright erased it in an effort to diminish her #She does the same thing when talking about Elizabeth's role after Edward IV's death and it's equally ridiculous and incorrect #There's stupidity and then there's willful misreading & rewriting of history according to your own imagination. This fits the latter

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keepyourpantsongohan · 11 months ago

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Entertaining Highlights from Kakashi Retsuden:

Kakashi being immediately labelled as a heartthrob in Redaku despite the fact people can only see half of his face: “The village aunties are talking about him. They say he’s tall and handsome.”

Even the kid he's tutoring remarks on how good-looking he is: He also knew that they said he was a fine man. It wasn’t the whole cool thing of him wearing a mask, but maybe because his features were nicely balanced, he did look somehow like a painting standing there.

This description of Pakkun, Kakashi's tiny, grumpy pug, as told by a child: “But he shoots beams of light out of his mouth. His eyes are sharp, and he’s so big he can leap over a bear in a single bound.”

When Kakashi reads a book about himself and privately complains it doesn't depict him as awkward or pathetic enough!!

Kakashi dressed in a maid's uniform worrying about being discovered as ninja, but actually it's just more people talking about how hot they find him: Kakashi reflexively braced himself, hyper aware of the position of the knife beneath his skirt. The maids continued, eyes glittering. “Where did they find such a sullen tutor, hm!” “Right? I’m really into that kind of downer-ish old guy.”

Kakashi beating up fifty shinobi by himself, using only a pot and its lid, and his own body, as well as only half his vision (at night, no less) to put them all to sleep (and not thinking for a moment that only using one of his two equally-functioning eyes would be a disadvantage in a fight)!!

Kakashi sending an All-Ages Version of Make-Out Paradise to his temporary student like the horrible little man he is (said with utmost love) and simultaneously using his endorsement sticker on that book to reveal that he was the Sixth Hokage all along!

#kakashi said: who do you think i am. i've never needed two eyes to fight #the author said: kakashi is SOOOO hot and everybody knows it but him #kakashi retsuden #kakashi hatake #pakkun #honourable mentions to: kakashi burning his hands on a boiling point bc he is too busy playing with a bird he likes #kakashi blushing bc he's called a powerful leader and the greatest shinobi #and his apparent crush on [candy by nct dream plays]#light novel highlights #light novels #kakashi retsuden spoilers #ayesha talks anime #naruto series

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halcyone-of-the-sea · 1 year ago

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The way that this next Ravishing Allure chapter is making me go feral is concerning

#i planned it out and i'm still in shock #me screaming #'KISS ALREADY'#when i'm literally the author is a highlight tbh #ravishing allure

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koolkat9 · 2 months ago

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So I've been reading the Canterbury Tales and all I can say is the Wife of Bath an icon, a legend and she is the moment despite being a female character written in the 1300s.

#yes girlie get those 5 husbands #rip up your husband's misogynistic filth #question the authority of the bible #literature #canterbury tales #the highlights of being an english major

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thearunadragon · 30 days ago

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Not enough art on the awesome tragic scar Eragon got from Durza to match Murtagh’s.

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speremint · 8 months ago

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V appreciative of BnR readers today because while everyone's been leaving consistently great comments since S3 started with theories and noticing my little details, this one commenter just?? Holy shit, amazing theory, so big brain, I'm so pleased!!

#bangtan's whalien if youre out there your iq is impeccable sjdklfje #personal #i'll delete this later but fr y'all are nailing it with theories #i hope when the series is over i can do a lil author's note and just highlight some little things im proud about #i know once the series is fully finished and ppl can binge read through it a lot of the plot threads will come together more cleanly #but thank yall so much to those who do remember some of the set ups in the earlier seasons #muu ily

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good-fwiend-in-wome · 1 year ago

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you know what it's 2023 and I'm done arguing. next time someone goes "oh man scp used to be cool and scary but now LONG and YOU SOMETIMES NEED TO KNOW STUFF ABOUT THE SETTING like oh no what happened to the good ol days of spooky monster men that kill you that was peak horror" I'm just gonna explode them

#oh no you're telling me that people wanna write more than 1000 words in a writing website #no fucking way are you saying sometimes stories in a collaborative writing website need context from other stories how the mighty do fall #what?! writers in a writing website are writing stuff that isn't only one genre for all time?#you read an article that was funny but not in the -j list? how will you ever recover?#🤯 sometimes pages look different from each other to highlight the vibe the authors going for this is just like the fall of the roman empire #scp #scp wiki #go ahead tell me more about how 166 was 'better before the rewrite'

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bumblingbabooshka · 1 year ago

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[TUVOKTOBER: Day 6] Based on this line of dialogue:

#I will forever be like 'what did you mean by that??' jennifer lawrence clip about Tuvok saying he 'spoke out against it'#He isn't??? A politician?? And never was???#Is his family one which holds a certain amount of sway??#I need to know if he 'spoke out' in an official capacity - like a way that mattered to the world at large or if he was just talking shit #I tend to assume mostly the latter - maybe talking shit to specific people but still. It reminds me of how in Gravity he says #HE chose to leave Jara and school when in reality he was kicked out and banished - adjusting the facts #anyway one of the things I sincerely love about Tuvok is that he would be like one of many petty Vulcan antagonists* in another series #especially when he was younger but it's not like he's THAT much better in canon #Ex: Though Tuvok agrees & praises the peace treaty he still seems to view B'Elanna unfavorably bc she's Klingon #<- Like what Neelix says 'That's just it!! You don't feel anything FOR me but you feel things AGAINST me' that's him a nutshell #<- Another example is how he treats Chakotay in the earlier seasons: Deliberately undermining him and questioning his authority #He can be very sanctimonious both about him personally and facets of himself without much tolerance for others or deviation #It's a legit character flaw and I do love highlighting it bc I love him even when I want to choke him to death he's fascinating <3 #It's also VERY interesting bc he WAS more of a rebel punk as a teen then he went to the monastery and now he is shown to be very #devoted to Vulcan ways and have a keen interest in monastic life.#I know Vulcan philosophy is NOTHING like christianity or catholicism but like forget that for a second. Ok. Now: 'Tuvok's born again swag?#off the charts' v_v thank you #bea art tag #Tuvoktober #st voyager #st voyager fanart #*And this never changes. Unlike Spock or T'Pol he never has moments (that I can recall) where the narrative's like 'GOTCHA!'#& he's never insecure about his identity as Vulcan. Never desires to feel or be more human. & I /do/ think this is bc he's older! We see #himas an ensign in 'Flashback' struggling with his identity as its pitted against humanity AND in 'Gravity' where he's shown to have disdai #for Vulcan culture & customs. It really makes me wish we had gotten more character-building episodes from him rather than character-breakin #ones where he's not really acting as himself in full. v_v #also one last thing: I recognize that other characters do try2 'GOTCHA!' Tuvok both seriously and lightheartedly but Tuvok is never framed #as being actually affected by this unlike Spock or T'Pol where it's a whole like Thing about their characters (humanity - feeling)#tuvoktober

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astarlightmonbebe · 8 months ago

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the whole point being that taeoh, for all his intelligence and strategies, might still have made it to kangoh, but he would never have a chance to actually grab power without using inha’s ‘insider’ status, which inha seems to be ‘realizing’ these episodes. because at the end of the day, taeoh is still kangoh’s tool. he has no authority. he’s something for the chairman to use, never more than that.

#star stumbles #kdrama #the impossible heir #royal loader #star shots #ep 6 #could say more but what i’m thinking about is the negotiation #and inha saying he has the actual authority and undermining taeoh #‘he’s different than us…’#once again highlighting that one crucial difference between our three leads #who are all manipulative desperate selfish people #but while inha just wants the recognition and ownership #taeoh and hyewon both wanted no needed to escape their situations and level up #their desperation directly relates to financial stability which is one of the crucial differences - inha had money even without love and #they had no money and no love #but also we can see inha’s true colors and the realization that he would do anything to just get what he wants #and not necessarily saying the other two are any different #they’re all in the game to get what they want even if at the cost of each other #but you can’t deny the playing field was different to begin with #and also the audacity of inha to be like this when taeoh is the one reason he’s able to enter the game with his dad anyways…

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bruhger · 1 year ago

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If life is a box filled with gifts, then what is in a soldier's?

Happy Birthday Naib

7/22/20

#I'm jumping ahead on this one for Naib's Birthday #Happy birthday my boy #Identity V #Naib Subedar #Burger Scribbles #Also I just wanted to highlight that his name was left blank because I subscribe to the headcanon that “Naib” isn't his real name #It's only a title of authority and indication of responsibility :')#I also HC that he's hard of vision in his right eye so take that as you will as well :)

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peachybeins · 9 days ago

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Peachy's Dysphoria Busters Masterlist

Individual posts reviewing each book will be linked. Although might not review all books listed here as; I'm a slow reader and romance/erotica isn't my preferred reading.

🌈=TPOC ● 🏳️‍⚧️=T4T ● 🍆=bottom surgery rep ● 🐻 = Fat/Muscular TM/NB ● ��=bottoms anally ● ⚧️= M/NB ● ♂️ = M/M ● 🚻= M/F ��🔝=TM/NB tops ● ☢️= warning femme terms ● ✅️=No femme terms ● 🐱= front hole penetration ● ❌️= TM/NB doesn't bottom

Stripped by K.M. Neuhold 🐻♂️🍑🐱🔝✅️

The Assistant by John Tristan ♂️❌️✅️

Starting From Scratch by Jay Northcote ♂️❌️🔝✅️

Love Me Now by R.M. Virtues 🏳️‍⚧️♂️🌈🔝🍆✅️🍑

Reverb by Anna Zabo 🚻🔝✅️❌️

Saving Throw by Alex Silver ⚧️🍆✅️

Bo Next Door by Duckie Mack 🌈♂️🍑🔝✅️❌️

My postive rating Criteria is: no femme terms/feminising, no PIV, trans tops, diversity in age/body/racial representation, bottom surgery would be a plus, also the actual writing

Review scores meaning:

90-100% = S tier, Peak fiction as close to perfect as possible

70-89% = A, Great

60-69% = B, very good

50-59 = C, I mean it's alright I guess

40-49 = D, mediocre, bad even but could be worse

0=48 = F, Why were my eyes cursed to witness this? I want my time back

#ayo speaks #transblr #transgender #trans #queer romance #trans romance #Peachy's Dysphoria Busters #bottom dysphoria #doing this cuz us bottom dysphoric peeps gotta look out for eachother seeing as how nobody else does #as much as I'd like to limit this to only trans/ownvoices authors that is realistically not feasible #majority of the few trans authoured romance/erotica do NOT meet my requirements #so the cis get a pass #i will be highlighting trans poc and fat and muscle trans mcs bc welp I'm a bit tired of trans rep being white twinks

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