#but happy passover to everyone else

[poppiesforthirteen]

Every time I have pork, seafood, a cheeseburger, whatever, there's a voice at the back of my head that goes "uh oh Poppy that's not kosher."

... I'm not Jewish

[alphamalereviewsfanfics]

CAN YOU TASTE MY LUST? CAN YOU FEEL MY SIN? By Heartofhubris

SUMMARY: “But, the issue had arisen during your nights when he filtered into your dreams. Nights of imagining him taking you in the pews,laying you out on the dark woodtostrip you bare to his whims.
When you focused back into the Father, you felt your blush travel up to your ears. The thoughts would only offer more confessions, and you didn’t want to add in more sins you had to confess.
“We are all sinners,” Father Ford said.

Enjoy the sacrilege, you damn heathen

Priest Ford AU where he's aware of what he can do and he does it.”

PREGAME: Happy Easter my fellow alphas!!!!! My partner requested this one and I thought it would be silly if I was a bit sacreligious on this holiday because I kinda hate it 😎😎😎 not because of like the religious shit itself but like because the rabbit shit doesn’t compute in my brain and also because of how my family celebrates good ole Easter but what can you do. I’m not catholic, but I was raised pretty non-denominational Christian and I haven’t been to church since I was 10 so like I know nothing about this shit. I’ll take most of my knowledge from watching midnight mass so like if it’s insanely inaccurate to how this catholic shit goes then that’s not on me that’s on the author, who describes themself as “catholicphobic.” Also I only read this twice instead of my usual five times before reviewing so sorry if the review sucks ass that’s just the alpha way though.

REVIEW: When I was younger I desperately wanted to learn latin. I watched this Wes Anderson movie called Rushmore (it was an earlier one so it wasn’t filled with the crazy aesthetics he has now) and I was in love with the idea of taking Latin and going to a Latin club and reviving an almost dead language. It drove me mad and I would try to teach myself Latin with google translate (because duolingo and sites like that weren’t really a thing) and I learned all about the etymology of words in the English language and I was obsessed with it and I would tell everyone what the root of certain words was and it annoyed the shit out of people (especially my sister). Anyways the point of all this is that Latin is not sexy. And it never will be sexy to me. And I don’t know why I was so fucking hung up on the mention of latin because like there aren’t even any latin words in this fic!!!!! It just mentions it!!!! So moral of the story don’t be me. This is pretty well written though bro. The author succeeds with constructing a kinda like repentance vibe in the first few sentences. Like it feels like there’s nothing else to be written besides priest porn. Like that’s the end goal. Even if there wasn’t priest porn in it I would get the vibes of priest porn like just read the first few sentences l think Aw man this’ll either be some good religious horror novel or some killer priest porn. And I respect the hell out of that bro like it got the tone down bro. And like the porn itself is pretty well written like man I’m bewildered that the tone just fit so well bro like I don’t get it I’m baffled bro this is insane!!!!!! Like the porn was so well written bro it has tone and emotion to it you don’t get usually bro trust me. Anyways my partner said they were really into this fic and I gotta support them on that it was well written even if I find the father thing kinda silly but like I don’t know I’ve never tried it. Also priests are silly and I couldn’t see Ford into religion like characterization wise buuut I’m putting the mischaracterization aside because it’s just made for people who want to get off to priest ford pines and I gotta respect that. So if you’re into ford pines and you’re into priest shit this fine Easter Sunday then do some sacrilegious shit and read this fic

RATING: 6/8 fingers (BETA MALE STATUS)

Happy Easter and Ramadan and Passover and death anniversary of Margaret Thatcher my alphas 😎😎💪💪🔥🔥🔥

[fuck-customers]

I work for a Jewish company and so we follow a Jewish calendar regardless of anyone else’s religion. We have Passover coming up so we have about a week and a half off. It sounds great to everyone else but we don’t get most federal holidays off so commuting to work on those days is especially difficult. We also frequently get yelled at by customers or have customers trying to get us to make an exception for them whenever they need their orders shipped out asap before we close. It’s annoying because the customers act like I’m happy with this set up. I’m not, I’d rather have the federal holidays off to avoid annoying customers and our terrible public transportation system.

@staff I HATE the new text editor!

[shoutsindwarvish]

i was in a zoom meeting (cameras off) with my team at work (about 15 people on the call) yesterday (tuesday)

meeting was informal (and included discussion of easter) and at the end my boss asked if anyone had anything fun going on this week

i decided to share that passover is wednesday night and that i’m excited for it

normally boss would ask follow-up questions (if i’d said i was doing an easter egg hunt there would definitely have been lively conversation)

instead boss sputtered for a bit and then said “happy..good for…i’m excited for you?” and everyone else stayed on mute. she ended the meeting almost immediately after.

honest to god you’d think these gentiles had heard me announce i’d be snacking on christian babies this weekend. and some of them might believe that! (they live in a very conservative area in wisconsin, i’m in minneapolis)

at least i got to make them uncomfortable for once instead of the other way around 😇

[solarpunkpresentspodcast]

Happy Spring!

Hello, solarpunks! And HAPPY SPRING. Woot! Woot! It’s finally here!

This year, it feels like the ancient Persian tradition of Nowruz are everywhere. Or, at least, it feels like they’ve popped up this week in every online news service I peruse. As have articles filled with top tips for spring cleaning. Meanwhile, although Passover is still a month away, Easter is coming up fast.

All of this has me wondering, how do I want to mark the Sun’s having crossed the Equator? How do I want to bid briefly goodbye to winter, and pat myself on the back for surviving that duration which, where I’m living now, is so grey, wet, chilly, muddy, flooded, and miserable?

I’ve also been wondering how a solarpunk community might celebrate the return of the green, fecund, and growing time of the year. Because what could be more solarpunk than a big party with feasting, music, dancing, bunnies, community, hope, rebirth, and love?! Or, how would people in general celebrate spring in a future where people value what’s good and spiritually moving about traditions but shun the aspects of organized religion that are dangerous, repressive, abusive, racist, misogynistic, controlling, and patriarchal?

It’s kind of weird growing up on the secular periphery of Easter/Passover. I feel like it’s one of my favorite holidays and yet, I don’t quite know what to do with it. Having not ever been Christian, I don’t feel the need to celebrate the resurrection of a martyr who means nothing to me. How can I be thankful for being saved from my sins if I can’t even grasp the concept of sin! (It is possible to be as moral as just about everyone else without feeling like there are such things as sins.) Not having been raised in any religious tradition, nor do I feel the urge to engage in a rite to protect my household from evil or witchcraft, nor do I feel the need to celebrate the Exodus, even though, through the murdered segment of my family that I never met, I almost certainly had ancestors who took part in it.

But spring! I love spring! And I do want to welcome it back. So, I’m all for ditching the moveable feast aspect of Easter and Passover, pegging the celebration of spring to the vernal equinox. This just makes sense and it returns the festival back to its pre-Christian and pre-Judean roots. Not that I’m any sort of practitioner of a pagan religion. And not there needs to be an originalist observation of the spring celebration. It’s just that I personally feel more connection to the astronomical and ecological aspects of the celebration than the theological ones. I also think adding a spring celebration on the vernal equinox would include everyone while simultaneously not precluding anyone from having a religious observation of Easter or Passover. It does overlap with Nowruz, but that wouldn’t need to be a problem. If people are already celebrating on the equinox, I say, keep it up!

In addition to just the plain old idea of a Welcome Back, Spring! celebration, I’m also personally totally for the colorfully dyed or hand painted hard boiled eggs, chocolate eggs, chocolate bunnies, panoramic sugar eggs, jelly beans, and marshmallow chicks (and marshmallow chick art) aspect of the Celebration of the Arrival of Spring (but, egads, we need to come up with a better name for the celebration). I’m also totally for a big bunny bringing that basket of sweets and hiding brightly dyed eggs in the backyard. I’d even be fine with replacing it with a gigantic hen. I must, however, say non to the the blessed, flying, chocolate dropping church bells the French went for because a bunny was just not Catholic enough.

Another tradition that I know and love is the Germanic/Northern European burning of an Easter bonfire, even if all that smoke gives me asthma and you have to be careful not to roast hedgehogs or bunnies. That being said, though, these huge bonfires, held the night or two before Easter, are now more about beer and sausages, chatting with the neighbors, and getting rid of all the debris you trimmed off your garden’s bushes and trees during winter than a deeply moving mystical celebration of the arrival of spring. Still, that’s not too many steps away from drinking alcohol and dancing wildly around a bonfire in order to banish winter and welcoming spring.

I also love the Germanic/Northern European tradition of hanging colorful eggs (these days made of paper or plastic) on a tree for a few weeks before Easter. And I love the Slavic tradition of intricately dyeing eggshells (although blowing the innards out of the eggs is a good way to make yourself dizzy—or perhaps I need to work on my technique).

And spring cleaning of your home and relationships, as I’ve heard is a part of Nowruz, also sounds super to mark the end of winter and the beginning of spring. Free your life of dirt and clutter! Wash the windows to improve your view! And make true amends to your friends and family for the niggles and failings of the past year so you may start anew with a tidier slate.

And the aspect of all of these celebrations like Easter, Passover, and Nowruz that involves bringing loved ones together to partake in a feast after the long months of winter darkness and perhaps also fasting sounds like the wisest, most wonderful part of a spring celebration.

If I was a part of a real life solarpunk community, or if I had a family that was amenable to altering their own traditions, those are the aspects of the celebration of spring that I’d weave back together into a new tradition. And I’d mash in a bit of Earth Day as well, celebrating, not just the arrival of spring, but the start of that year’s greening and growing of ecosystems everywhere (at least in the Northern Hemisphere). The spring celebration would be a time to celebrate new life and new growth in general and the health of, our respect for, and our connection to the natural world.

Okay, though, there are still wrinkles to work out. Like, what about the Southern Hemisphere? We’d have to move the spring celebration away from Easter/Passover and shift it to the austral spring in the Southern Hemisphere. And I’m not at all sure what a spring celebration would mean for people living in the tropics, which are not terribly seasonal. A spring celebration is definitely more of a higher latitude happening, ecologically speaking, so if you take the Abrahamic religion aspects out, I’m not sure what you’re left with in the tropics to unite people in celebration.

But hang on. I’m getting off track. I’m not trying to invent a new feast for everyone in the world. Just dreaming of how I’d celebrate the arrival of spring with family and friends if I was given free rein. I’d have chocolate, and bunnies, and colorful eggs, and colorful eggs hanging on trees, and a bonfire we’d dance around all night long, and a big feast with family and friends. And spring cleaning (beforehand) and a making of amends to love ones and maybe also to Earth. Because a spring celebration done my way would deeply involve loving and appreciating the Earth whose surface we live on.

But what about you? Comment below! If you could reinvent our celebration of the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, or start a celebration of the arrival of spring in the Southern Hemisphere, what would you want to include in it? What are your favorite parts of Easter/Passover/Nowruz/etc? Do you come from a family that carves butter lambs or does something similarly spectacular? What do you eat for your feast? Do you dye eggs? Do you paint them? I have so many questions!!! And I’d love to hear all of the things that you do to celebrate Easter, Passover, Nowruz, or anything else along these lines, or what cool ideas you can share from spring celebrations from cultures around the world. And I want to see photos of your Peeps dioramas and your gorgeously dyed eggs and anything else beautiful and breathtaking that you create for your celebration of spring!

[morgen92]

I’m back with... well no predictions (the ones I had for these last few episodes have had about a 50% accuracy rate) but some theories, because I had a scary thought recently. 

I’m starting to doubt Eden will be at the Crucifixion, because the writers would then have to explain why all four gospels omit Peter’s wife being there, yet one of them mentions Mother Mary’s relative (also named Mary). But then why would she be absent when all the other women show up? 

After watching the finale I’ve come up with three possible theories with similar premises but very different endings. Scenario 1 is the sad one I really hope doesn’t happen, and Scenarios 2 and 3 are happy ones that I do hope happen.

They all have to do with what we’re told in episode 3.07, that Eden’s sustained injuries that “might” keep her from ever having children. Key word there, “might”. So she could have children after all, but the injuries might increase the risk of premature labor or complications during delivery. 

First the sad scenario: She dies in childbirth before the Crucifixion (and there’s probably a poignant, bittersweet moment when she’s seen with the other saints rising from the grave when Jesus does).

This would be a huge risk on the writers’ part, because it would probably make a lot of viewers really mad and feel like she’s been killed-off for drama. I can’t really see them doing it. Another argument against this is that it seems to me like the gospels would be even less likely to omit the death of Peter’s wife if it happened during the ministry.

2nd scenario: she gives birth right before Passover week and survives but needs more recovery time, so she and the baby stay in Capernaum (Probably under Dasha’s care) while everyone else goes to Jerusalem.

3rd Scenario (probably the least dramatic): Passover happens earlier in her pregnancy but the midwife/doctor has reason to think a long trip might cause premature labor, so that’s the reason she stays home. It would be cool if the baby came during the 40 days before Jesus ascends.

I feel like all 3 scenarios could play a big factor in why Peter denies Jesus after showing unswerving loyalty to that point. In the 1st he’s terrified his child will be orphaned, and Eden’s death might leave cracks in his faith that break open when He is arrested. In the 2nd and 3rd he’s worried about Eden and the baby, and what will happen to them if Peter’s arrested for following a blasphemer and insurrectionist.

[kitchenisking]

DAY 1

Hello Amazing People! as I said before RL has been a bitch and im late on my schedule to upload but here its is! First day of passover! im going to do the same thing I did last year. the recs will be posted in the evening signifying the start of the day as per jewish law. To everyone who celebrates have a happy and kosher holiday! to everyone else happy easter (im not sure when it is or was sorry🙈). Love you all❤️

All of me uncharted by ANTchan - (Rating: Explicit, Words: 13351, sterek)

I have this fantasy.

And maybe it's Stiles' favorite one. And maybe it's been buzzing under his skin for the longest time. So he makes a post about it. There’s nothing shameful about that. That's what blogs like this are for. He expects most of the responses he gets - the supporters, the enthusiasts, the creeps.

But the simple message: Would you trust me to give you that?

After that, all bets are off.

Up Against the Wall by selecasharp - (Rating: Explicit, Words: 1849, sterek)

Stiles's first time with Derek doesn't go quite like he'd imagined. But he is so completely okay with that.

Honest Mistake by E_Scribble - (Rating: Explicit, Words: 4496, sterek)

In which Stiles accidentally stumbles into the wrong apartment and meets a very grumpy tenant. Thrice.

I Thought You Would Like That by Emela - (Rating: Explicit, Words: 7325, sterek)

Yeah, that was pretty bad, but what was worse was having spent the last three years pretending to hate Stiles, because it was better than being the guy who failed at emotions and got rejected for them, and now Derek was locked in the same room as him under the promise they would only be let out when they “did something about their sexual tension”.

Derek and Stiles get locked in a room together at an office Christmas party and end doing something about all that unresolved sexual tension.

Mine by Destiel_Sabriel - (Rating: Explicit, Words: 584, sterek)

Derek and Stiles have sex, knotting ensues.

All You Ever Needed to Know About Knotting by orphan_account - (Rating: Explicit, Words: 4781, sterek)

Derek had started reading the column by accident. Really, reading strangers’ questions about knotting and heat had never really appealed to him. However, at that point in time, he was a little desperate.

And he was right: most of the questions submitted by anonymous readers didn’t appeal to him. The answers, though, did.

(Or: In which Stiles writes an advice column about knotting and Derek is smitten. Also they're neighbors.)

Focal Point by gremlins-came-and-got-me (Scared_Beings_in_the_Dark), PalenDrome (nerdherderette) - (Rating: Explicit, Words: 7040, sterek)

Stiles lets out a choked groan. He bends down to mouth the crook of Derek’s neck, his blunt teeth clamping down in an imitation of a claiming bite. The pressure is firm yet non-threatening, and Derek feels his heartbeat slow.

“Please,” Derek gasps. 

He doesn’t say ‘Alpha’, but it’s damn close.

Fire and Brimstone by StaciNadia - (Rating: Mature, Words: 3260, sterek)

Derek accidentally summons a demon.

When the Dust Settles (I'll Still Love You) by mysecretashes - (Rating: Explicit, Words: 23764, sterek)

Stiles had imagined his first time many different ways, but never like this.

Valentine's Day Candy in Aisle Four by linksofmemories_archive - (Rating: Explicit, Words: 8998, sterek)

“It’s so commercialist, and all it does is bring people down who don’t have a special someone.”

“Basically.”

“Are you two seriously discussing your hatred of Valentine’s Day when a man with a gun is walking around the store?”

[atlafan]

happy first night of passover to myself and everyone else celebrating

this is going to be a somber one. being an american-jewish person right now is difficult. you're automatically lumped in with the groups of radicals and genocide supporters. If you condemn Israel, you're not being a good jew. I'm not sure who else is struggling with this, but I recently went to a seminar on standing up to jewish hate and how it focuses on america. not at all jews are affiliated with Israel, and I think assuming that we are, or assuming that all jews are zionists (which, please do more research on, like any political group there are radicals, and that's what we see in the media, but I digress)

I think it's pretty messed up to assume an entire group of people are all doing and thinking the same thing. That's like saying, well, I'll let you use your imagination about how other groups of people get lumped into one giant, negative thing. It's wrong, and it's unfair.

I have never been allowed to exist, ever. The reason both my maternal and paternal great-great grandparents came to America? To escape persecution. Jews are always being pushed out of their homes, and told to go somewhere else. Then when we do, that place becomes unsafe, and we move again.

Passover is when the Hebrews were freed from slavery. My ancestors built the pyramids. They were whipped and tortured and starved and murdered without a second thought. Obviously, the Jews are not the only type of people in human history that were forced into slavery. I'm not trying to discount or make light of that. I just think it's important to point out.

Please be kind to your american-jewish friends this week. Passover has a cloud of grief and anger over it this year when it's supposed to be a time of thankfulness for our freedom. And I know that sounds like "boo hoo, Kim, there are people that are dying" but it's really fucking hard when you're constantly seeing your "friends" reshare/repost things blindly about you and what they're sharing is just wrong. They don't realize how hurtful so much of it is. And then they wonder why so many of us keep quiet.

Christians get days off from work, grocery stores and other stores close so everyone can spend time with their families. Tonight is the first night of Passover, and I won't be able to have Seder with my family until Saturday, when Passover will be nearly over, because we all don't get time off from work to be together. We have to make the time. You're supposed to have Seder the first and second night of Passover.

I have been struggling so much with all of this. Which means many others have been as well. If anyone needs someone to talk to, I'm here

[spacefinch]

Since it’s Easter, what would the MSB kids would be doing during that holiday?

Arnold: doesn't celebrate the religious part of Easter, since he's Jewish. However, he does participate in the egg hunt and painting egg-shaped rocks. If I'm not mistaken, Passover is usually around the same time as Easter, so he and his family are probably getting ready to observe that holiday.

Phoebe and Ralphie are up with the sun for the traditional Easter bird-watching excursion with their dad. Before Ralphie became Phoebe's stepbrother, it was just Phoebe and Mr. Terese who would go to the river and watch birds.

I'm unsure which of the kids' families would actually go to church for Easter, but I imagine at least some of them do. Probably Carlos and his family. Sunday mornings are always really hectic, and even more so on Easter.

In the Li household, the Easter Bunny doesn't come. Both Wanda and Henry agreed that it was silly, since bunnies don't lay eggs. Instead, the Easter Alligator comes. They could have picked a cute spring bird, but no. They chose an alligator.

Keesha and her grandma make all kinds of sweet treats for Easter, and they watch a feel-good movie together.

Tim enjoys decorating eggs, and egg-shaped rocks. He's also the best at finding them during the egg hunt. He also makes "Happy Easter" or "Happy [insert spring holiday]" cards for everyone. And he always gets his pet bunnies some special treats, since it's their day.

Every year, D.A. and Evan get new books for Easter.

Activities featuring the whole class:

A picnic at Walkerville Park. The food brought includes egg salad, deviled eggs, a variety of sandwiches, cheese and crackers, fresh fruit, and veggies. Keesha's grandma brings the dessert.

Egg hunt. One person goes and hides the eggs all over the park while everyone else is eating. Then, the hunt is on.

After all the eggs are found, the kids trade eggs so they all have an equal amount, then open them. The eggs usually contain candy, coins, or small toys.

Spending some time in the community garden.

Other notes:

The Easter Alligator also comes to the Terese-Tennelli house and the Ramon house. Again, alligators lay eggs. Bunnies don't.

Some kids enjoy wearing their Sunday best for Easter. Others... not so much.

Ralphie usually gets a stomachache from eating all his candy in one sitting.

[sleuthdaily]

happy passover/חג פסח שמח! and happy upcoming and ongoing holidays to everyone else, too. I hope whatever table you're sitting around is happy, loving, and full.

[neverwritewhatyouknow]

hello hello~ i saw your post about rw&b from another blog and decided to give your blog a look through. i just wanted to say really thank you for bringing these representation issues to the conversation, even if it's tiring and hard :')

i thought about it and i really could only name a few characters on tv that i've seen recently who were jewish (jake/gina from b99 and dr. taub from house md). as a jew, even nonreligious like many of us are, the culture is still such an important part of the community, and yet none of us really get to see this representation on screen - especially minorities within the jewish minority (i have a friend who's half chinese half jewish for ex).

i didn't grow up with religion (we only celebrated passover sometimes and we usually forgot to light the hanukkah candles after day 3), but we ate latkes and matzah and hamantashen and my mom and grandparents (also nonreligious jews) regularly used yiddish words like schlep and schmutz which I didn't know wasn't normal until i had college friends ask me what they meant.

anyway this ask doesn't really have a point but i'm really glad to see that this kind of issue is being talked about at some level, especially as you've seen, it keeps getting denied and pushed down (like saying having a jewish producer on a movie means we shouldn't have jewish actors??? wtf). even though i haven't experienced much discrimination myself (i don't have an easily identifiable/stereotypical jewish name or appearance) many many people have (for literally thousands of years) and there's so much antisemitism in our society. it's exhausting seeing it, hearing about it, reading it in books, etc. sorry for the very long message but sending much love and gratitude <3<3 you're amazing

Thank you so much for this!!!

I was just talking to someone else about Jake from Brooklyn 99, I’m gonna watch the show because everyone keeps telling me great things! And Taub… yikes… his character isn’t bad, but man do they really use his Jewishness as a punchline sometimes, granted House does it with everyone, but it feels more offensive with Taub. Dr Cuddy in House is Jewish too, played by Lisa Edelstein. But that was more of the case that she was Jewish and they let her character be too. But yeah, Jewish rep is such a small fraction of characters, and meaningful Jewish rep even more so.

There will be “Jewish” TV shows like The Goldbergs or Maisel, and people consider that rep… but 1. There are almost no Jewish actors in either of those shows, 2. Heavily stereotyped, 3. If the only time you can see more than one of two Jews on screen is in a show that is about Jews… It’s still othering Jews by literally putting them into a different show. I can easily name more than a dozen shows with no Jewish characters, which is just so terrible. Especially because there are so many different Jews in the world. Not every Jew is from New York and speaking Yiddish. There’s an entire other type of Judaism called Sephardic Judaism and there’s almost no rep there. Plus, there is barely any rep for Jews of color (especially played by Jews of color). I also have a friend who’s Jewish and Chinese, apparently that’s a super huge sector… yet, I can’t remember the last time I ever saw that represented by an actor who is. Sorry, little rant.

I love hearing about people’s Jewish upbringing, because there’s such a diverse range in the way people live their Jewish lives, and it doesn’t make any Jew more or less Jewish than another. I’m really glad you’ve never been discriminated against, like honest to god that makes me so happy. I’m the total opposite. Nearly been killed and attacked a handful of times, so any time another Jew tells me they’re able to live without worrying for their life, it makes me so happy and hopeful that maybe one day we all can. Probably a big hope lol, but maybe.

And yeah, Jewish representation is something that people don’t wanna hear about, because it would require people to understand more about Judaism and Jewishness, and due to history/society/culture, many think they already know everything and learning more would make them reevaluate things. And many don’t want to.

Thanks again for your message, Anon! Great to hear from you!!

[awellboiledicicle]

[stumbles in with my pre-passover gummy bears]

GUYS FABLE/ELDEN RING AU THOUGHT

what if Theresa is able to see in other worlds because an outer god chose her and now she’s using the Spire like Marika used the Erd Tree, just in a far more contained and secretive manner?

What if The Tarnished of No Renown is the sibling of Logan and the hero of brightwall? Like long ago one of the Tarnished in Godfrey’s army settled in Albion--against all common sense-- and had kids with a Hero and it spiraled from there. Perhaps the weirdness of the Lands Between contributing to how weird the fourth type of hero is in general.

Imagine if they’d died on the same expedition where Logan faced the Crawler and the damage was just too great to be countered by Hero Blood. All they remember is cold and pain and laughter... followed by darkness. Then, decades later, they awake to the cave they died in. A glitter of gold worming its way from their palm to their chest. With it, an intense need to go somewhere, but where? Enter Theresa. They recognize her, of course they do-- Sparrow spoke of her often. The tone and impression of these talks varied, but she was still a common topic. Mostly good, though. Mostly. She tells them that death, it seems, is no longer their destiny. So she tells them that they must go on a journey, one even grander than their parent went on--far, far afield, beyond the wall of fog even the best cartographers were puzzled by.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Theresa teleports them to the Chapel of Anticipation with no further guidance than “Seek the Elden Ring” and imparting upon them a guild seal so they may grow in experience. 

They get knocked out falling from the cliff and are sick of caves. Just deeply sick of them when they wake up later. 

They assume Varre is a bandit and is just happy to not be instantly attacked. They assume everyone in the Lands Between is either insanely skilled or insanely brave for being outside. Melina chooses them because they seem rather impossibly determined.. and totally not using runes. When she lays a hand upon them, she can see the memories of thousands of beings interwoven into their very being. See the runes sitting untouched as their very soul plucks information from these slain spirits clinging to them and then... consumes it. Becomes stronger from it. She doesn’t know what they are, but she knows them not to be a tarnished. She chooses them regardless because she has... no other real option.

They do honestly, with complete confusion, ask Margit what the fuck he is while they’re fighting though. “You’re too big for a Hobbe, too thick to be a balvarine-- did your mum fuck a troll?” This does nothing to stop Margit’s dislike of them.

The Roundtable just assumes they’re tarnished and.... old. Or just sort of dim. Which is not true, their knowledge base is just.. Albion and Aurora centric. Some Samarkand and northern land info, but not much.

I imagine they wouldn’t wear armor and that would make everyone either impressed or deeply nervous.

Ooh Theresa could appear about midway through their quest to try swaying them to give the physical manifestation of the Ring to her upon quest completion. To ‘safeguard’ as she has the Spire. But Hero here has been learning and growing attached to this place and is reasonably sure the lands between would have some major, major bad news come if the ring physically left. “world in its influence collapsing” bad news. “Scarlet rot running rampant because the greater will isn’t keeping it in check” bad. But it could turn out she was pulling a Fable 3, turning them against everyone else so it would be easier to manipulate them so her outer god could take over. She could probably convince them that they would be countering the god of rot, appearing at a grace in Caelid and talking there. Melina stays hidden during Theresa’s invasions.

Ooh that could spur them trying to gather allies over just killing things, because then there’d be a structure to the land they’d inherit-- a net of influence to air recovery. A reason to apologize for calling Margit’s mother a trollfucker. Especially given they’d find out its Marika at some point and go “oh, well. uh. oops”

Oh no i’m drafting this in my head and it owns bones.

[thegospelofstjohn]

"The Fervent Power." From the Gospel of Saint John, 12: 34-36.

John says check the attitude at the door and one might just possibly live forever. By lowering the defenses of the ego, in particularly those towards its need to cling to nonsense, nonesuch, and whatnot, John says this cleans out room for Jesus in the Self. Societies that are able to face facts without their vision being too blurred by religion, that can actually see in the light, are called the Son of Man.

Jesus says it is a process of continual "lifting up." There are always going to be fukchucks and criminals who are going to try to do something strange or make wrong turns and tell everyone else they are crazy, so the mission of the Christian Church, Jesus says, is to keep the lights on. Anyone who was hurt by Donald Trump, his family members or the Family Research Council will empathize that at times this feels like someone should remove a toilet tank lid and bludgeon him to death for it, but Jesus says there is a more ethical approach called the Law:

34 The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”

35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. 

36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.

The Values in Gematria are:

v. 34: The Law must be heard forever. The Number is 12242, יב‎בדב‎, yav badev, "the ink will be worked."

The concept behind the Torah and the Gospels is that the study of their tenets, to wet the mind with their ink will dry out the self of all wicked tendencies and then, one at at time, society will become less impure.

But this is not working because we have impure pundits telling the country and the world that is is okay for scoundrel to skate past the law into a position of supreme power and this is not holy or okay. It is blasphemy against God and the Law.

To make matters worse the US Gov is telling Trump's victims to bear the brunt of the shame of his hideous acts, all the while acting completely powerless to do anything about it, and this is not how it is supposed to go. Now everyone feels icky and we had such high hopes.

Now how in the hell am I supposed to tell people Jesus is good, God is good, His Words are true and correct while this bullshit is going on?

I have been trying to tattoo the Great Hillels on your eyelids, and just look at all the foolishness you have done? You are trying to put a child molester back in the White House.

About this Jesus says:

v. 35: Whoever walks in darkness does not know where they are going. The Number is 17429, יז‎דבט‎‎, Yaz Shebat, "Shabbat is God's Commandment, the yoga pass."

Once a government agrees to enforce the law, that is what has to be done. What hope do the people have for happiness in a nation that allows scum to reign? The yoke of the law is the passport to freedom, about this Jesus does not relent.

v. 36: Become children of the light. Do not allow a freak of the darkness to run this country. There is too much work to be done.

The Number is 8540, ח‎הם, ch‎hem, "use fervent power."

Good people should be free. Criminals should not be free. This is the fervent power of the Passover, instituted by mankind the same year Jesus was born. He needs to be reborn, and the power of the Passover must be witnessed by this defeated world.

[muse-bs]

Also! Sorry I haven’t been on today I was busy with the cats and also my sister came over

I will probably continue to not be on much today lmao

But! Happy easter to those who celebrate, happy passover to those who celebrate, happy sunday to everyone else

[aubigney]

it's getting pretty dire.

i'm taking a break from one of my jobs (the ghostwriting one, not the tutoring one) so i can not slip into burnout as much. having two part time jobs and a youtube channel which is like a part time job is exhausting. so i'm going to go back on centrelink to pick up the slack. having more than one obligation is wearing me out so badly. i just need to not think about things for a while.

and on the subject of youtube, i'm once again reevaluating my entire channel. when i think about what lasting impact i want to leave, it's akin to lily simpson's (check out our interview here) - the media analysis beast in me wants everyone to know i have hours worth of thoughts about dean winchester.

i have a video for tuesday and then MAYBE a video for friday if i can get it edited in time. it's a long one, and it requires a voice over, which is difficult to do because i can't do that in the living room while the aircon is running. and babes, it's still fucking hot. it'll be hot for at least another 5 days before the temperature dips, like it always does, right around my birthday.

oh yeah, i'm 31 this month. what a wild wackadoo series of events that has led me to this point in my life. i'm grateful i even have a youtube channel AND that there are people who want to watch it. i'm grateful for so much else, as well.

it's also easter, ramadan and passover all in one day. usually on easter sundays, my family gathers to have a huge lunch and enjoy each other's company. despite how i used to look forward to these lunches, which would happen every month or so, i have never enjoyed any of them. it's wild to think i didn't know i was in an abusive situation for all those years. i didn't know that my stepfather getting drunk and yelling at me, in between bouts of not talking to me and refusing to acknowledge my presence. i didn't know my mother's oscillation between loving me from a distance and giving me advice that kept me in painful situations that made me want to kill myself was abuse. i didn't know that my family lying to me and keeping me in the dark about so many things was abuse. i didn't know that them making me feel bad and eroding my self esteem with nasty comments and always putting me last and never giving an actual shit about my wellbeing or mental health was what was actually going on. i just thought it was normal. i thought wanting to die everyday because i was miserable was just normal. i thought having an eating disorder was okay because i was worthless if i wasn't skinny. i thought no one caring about me was okay because they had bigger things to think about. all of it tormented me my entire life and none of them ever even tried to alleviate my pain. they only made it worse.

so good fucking riddance to them. happy ramadan, happy passover, get fucked margaret thatcher, and cheers to better days.

[halfwayinlight]

I've had a really complicated relationship with my faith over the past year or so. This is a strange place to be at during Easter. Here's to everyone else working through these very complex layers.

and happy holidays to all of you who are observing Ramadan, those celebrating Passover, and those celebrating Good Friday and soon to be Easter