#captured by sin

[tom4jc]

Genesis 14:14 Go In Pursuit To Rescue

Now when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his three hundred and eighteen trained servants who were born in his house, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. Genesis 14:14 Helping others out who are in danger can often be very dangerous. People tend to shy back from helping those in danger because they do not want any trouble or harm to themselves. Instead of helping, many…

[the-littlest-of-all-bitches]

🎉 It’s my birthday 🎉

So here’s me having a little boogie

[apollo18]

Concept: the justice league finds out that Blaze and Satanus, the rulers of hell, are kids of their ‘even more of a boy scout than Superman’ coworker’s “boss” and think Shazam is the Christian God. They ask Billy really vague questions that lead Billy into confusing them even more and they become convinced that Marvel’s Wizard guy is God with a capital G and Marvel’s either an angel or the second coming of Jesus.

Meanwhile Shazam doesn’t even know what the Bible is and his knowledge about religion is so outdated he still thinks Solomon’s Judaism is new age and not worth his time to research such a ‘fad’ religion, but he knows humans will make a religion out of anything as well as bastardize existing ones and very well could have mixed up actual tales that involve him, his allies, and his children into some sort of melting pot of a religion.

So when someone finally asks Marvel outright if his “boss” is God, Billy goes ‘wait… old guy in white robes and sandals, with long white hair and a beard… lives in space… aka the “heavens”, whose a ghost(Holy Spirit), and knows everything(historama)??? I need to dig deeper into this hold on guys’ and goes off to ask the wizard.

So when Billy asks the Wizard he just tells Billy “well, my boy, if so many things match up, maybe it is so and the tales of myself and my champions grew so estranged from their origins or mixed in with other beliefs that it can explain the things that aren’t true to our reality.”

Then The Canonical Character To The DC Universe, Jesus of Nazareth, shows up.

[betterinblackstairs]

wait guilty as sin is actually sooooo blackstairs coded….

[quatregats]

I'm rereading Master and Commander and I'm deeply in danger of just posting every single passage from it ever but I did love the way that the capture of the prize in Chapter 6 was framed on either side by the logbook's entry, and also the way he transitions out of it to set the scene and tone:

Sunday, July 1 … Mustered the ship’s company by divisions read the Articles of War performed Divine Service and committed the body of Henry Gouges to the deep. At noon dº weather. Ditto weather: but the sun sank towards a livid, purple, tumescent cloud-bank piled deep on the western horizon, and it was clear to every seaman aboard that it was not going to remain ditto much longer. The seamen, sprawling abroad on the fo’c’sle and combing out their long hair or plaiting it up again for one another, kindly explained to the landmen that this long swell from the south and east, this strange sticky heat that came both from the sky and the glassy surface of the heaving sea, and this horribly threatening appearance of the sun, meant that there was to be a coming dissolution of all natural bonds, an apocalyptic upheaval, a right dirty night ahead. The sailormen had plenty of time to depress their hearers, already low in their spirits because of the unnatural death of Henry Gouges (had said, ‘Ha, ha, mates, I am fifty years old this day. Oh dear,’ and had died sitting there, still holding his untasted grog) – they had plenty of time, for this was Sunday afternoon, when in the course of nature the fo’c’sle was covered with sailors at their ease, their pigtails undone. Some of the more gifted had queues they could tuck into their belts; and now that these ornaments were loosened and combed out, lank when still wet, or bushy when dry and as yet ungreased, they gave their owners a strangely awful and foreboding look, like oracles; which added to the landmen’s uneasiness.

[...]

Jack leant back against the curved run of the stern-window and let Killick’s version of coffee down by gulps into his grateful stomach; and at the same time that its warmth spread through him, so there ran a lively tide of settled, pure, unfevered happiness – a happiness that another commander (remembering his own first prize) might have discerned from the log-entry, although it was not specifically mentioned there: 1/2 past 10 tacked, 11 in courses, reefed topsail. AM cloudy and rain. 1/2 past 4 chase observed E by S, distance 1/2 mile. Bore up and took possession of dº, which proved to be L’Aimable Louise, French polacre laden with corn and general merchandise for Cette, of about 200 tons, 6 guns and 19 men. Sent her with an officer and eight men to Mahon.

[narutothoughts]

Naruto au where a woman giving birth to a dead man’s child is considered bad luck so the child is killed upon birth.

So when the newly widowed fem!Naru is confronted with the traditions of the Uchiha clan what is she to do except flee for the sake of her child?

When she finally gets out of fire she can’t help but collapse at the base of a tree to rest in the forest. What she doesn’t expect is to wake up to a circle of dogs and white haired kids staring at her with wide eyes.

[animunee-ee]

a change

[pencilofawesomeness]

For the wip folder ask game can we see Fairy Tail / Seven Deadly Sins: What it means to be (human) alive? That seems like a neat idea! Is it a full crossover with the different characters meeting or is it like Fairy Tail in the Seven Deadly Sins world or vice versa?

Hi! This is a slightly older wip but I still think about it often and wanna commit to it one day. It is a full crossover, so the characters of Fairy Tail meeting the Seven Deadly Sins cast. Specifically, they actually exist in the same world, except Britannia as a continent has been sealed off from the rest of the world due to some Old War Shenanigans, possibly Nemue style, and nobody ever bothered to fix it. (Am working out the kinks of that one.)

But essentially post Tartaros, when Natsu goes off on his training sad boi journey, except Lisanna comes with him to both be a friend and have her own sad boi hours, exceeeeept they get sucked into the demon realm for reasons and a group of outlaws figure out Natsu is a weird demon and poke him. (Details pending. There's a better plot in my head but I can't commit to everything yet.) Long story short, the plot truly kicks off when Zeldris (this is post NNT pre 4KOTA) intervenes and saves the trio, but only after they have been sufficiently hurt and traumatized, so the crew in Liones takes them in, and they later have to figure out how to get them home and stuff.

It's essentially a big Natsu angst fest because he finds out he's a demon with no context post-Tartaros but pre-Alverez. And nobody *actually* knows what the etherious deal is so everyone is guessing, especially Natsu. Also Lisanna is having isekai flashbacks. Fun times.

The scene I have actually written is some hurt/comfort bonding between Natsu and Elizabeth. (Also Natsu is temp-mute because of an injury :3)

Man, the queen was right though. The slow throat healing wasn’t what bothered him, even if it was hard. She was scary with how good she was at seeing through him. (Of course, everyone always told him he was obvious when he was thinking something, but he never saw it as a bad thing.) Natsu nodded miserably, unable to do anything else. He was never one to talk about his feelings anyway, because he let actions speak for himself, but now he couldn’t even if he wanted to. It really, really sucked. Elizabeth sighed, turning her gaze from the city to Natsu. She looked kinda sad. “You’re mad at Meliodas and Zeldris, aren’t you?” What? Mad? Was it that? Natsu knew he wanted to be angry at those demons that hurt him and Lisanna and Happy but… Was he mad at the…the demons that… saved them? That saved their lives? Was it…was it because they were demons? They were good though. Even though… “They only wanted you to live,” Elizabeth continued, interrupting his thoughts. “When we removed that magic mass—etherious, you called it?” Natsu nodded numbly to her question. He didn’t remember this, though. He lost consciousness somewhere in the middle. “When it was removed,” Elizabeth continued, “we started to lose you. It was connected so strongly to your life-force. Maybe…it was the only thing keeping you alive at the moment. I was already sustaining you, but Meliodas knew it was just temporary, and Zeldris noticed that… Well, you already had some miasma in you. They just gave you more, to fill that void. They really did mean well, although I know none of us were able to ask you for your opinion.” What was he supposed to say—er, do—to that? That he didn’t want to be alive? It would be a lie. Even though there were moments he was so miserable he just wanted to go to sleep early, he didn’t want to…not be alive. But he was kinda’ freaked out by all the changes. He didn’t feel comfortable in his own skin anymore, and he didn’t know whether it was because that black miasma stuff was there and smelled different, or if he didn’t recognize himself with the etherious demon missing. Both were actually a little scary to think about. Yet Igneel taught him to never regret living. Hell, Master taught him that too—and all of Fairy Tail for that matter. So why was this so hard? He squeezed his knees, trying to focus himself. The best response Natsu could give was to shake his head. No, he wasn’t mad. Natsu didn’t think he could describe what he was feeling if he could still talk. Ugh, this was why he never bothered with this kind of stuff. It…it hurt, and there was nothing to fight. The corner of the queen’s mouth turned up slightly, but her eyes didn’t change. “I see.”

[abcd-em]

1!!!

Guilty as Sin? - Taylor Swift

PeterMJ

MJ gets the news halfway through her shift. Lennie snaps at her for having her phone in her apron then shouts again as she dashes off to take the call but it all fades away when her agent confirms the impossible: she booked a job. She booked a fucking job.

She is only a swing for a few of the cast. It'll be more work than anything she's done in her life, trying to learn multiple tracks for the possibility that she'll make it on stage - it would take all the main troupe being out as well as their understudies. But. It is a job! A real one.

The temptation to text everyone the news bites at her fingers but she swallows it down, accepting Lennie's beratement as she goes back to serving coffee and doughnuts. Half scared that if she were to tell someone then it might all vanish away, that it was all just a figment of her imagination.

From the doughnuts shop, she heads to her second job and keeps her silence there as well. It isn't until 2am that MJ is trudging into her shared apartment and of course he is the first person she sees.

Of course he is the only one awake in the apartment.

And of course he is the first person to remember what today meant to her.

Of course he is the first person to ask.

"Did you get it?!"

She doesn't get a chance to reply. Her face must betray her because one second Peter is across the room, mask still in his head and the next, his mask has been abandoned to the floor and Peter is hugging her tightly.

His breath is puffing into her ear as he laughs in excitement and relief. Her skin breaks out in goosebumps as he whispers how proud he is.

"You need to tell Gwen." He says, and a bucket of cold water is thrown over MJ as she realises the scene that'd been building in her mind isn't the one that's real.

Peter is already half turning to shout down the hallway to shout towards her before he stops and glances back. His face younger than the years he carries on his shoulders, boyish and sheepish. it reminds her of their days in school when he'd carry his mischief and anger in equal parts. "She's ah-- sleeping. I probably shouldn't wake her."

"Probably not." MJ agrees. "I can tell her in the morning... you should go to bed. She'll want to know you got home alright."

She needs to remind herself of the facts. Peter is her friend. He has always been her friend - A small high school crush that never amounted into anything because he met Gwen, her best friend and roommate. He is the source of Gwen's greatest happiness. He's hers.

MJ's own feelings just... seem to have forgotten that memo. She blames it on her breakup with harry. She blames it on the own ache in her chest, latching on in jealousy to the way she sees Peter and Gwen act, spinning every kindness he sends in her direction into something it isn't.

She'll never act on it. She would never hurt Gwen like that. She isn't so idiotic to believe that a crush, on Peter Parker of all people, is worth losing her friend for.

Every flutter of her stomach and warmth spreading into her cheeks, every grin that Peter shoots in her direction feels like a complete betrayal despite the lack of action.

"Yeah... I'm just too wired to sleep right now. I don't wanna disturb her, you know?"

"Bad patrol?"

"Something like that." He shrugs, standing back from her. She wants to reach out and squeeze his arm, comfort him in a way that doesn't sit right with her.

She has a job now. Seems as though her first real paycheck in the industry will be going to finding a new apartment. For the sake of her own sanity.

[aruyuri]

assorted sins from the trenches....

[moe-broey]

One day. I will be able to find the words. To explain what the difference is between Lif and Mani. There is a Core Difference between them. Of what they Are. Today apparently is NOT that day though.

[livelaughbone]

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[undefeatablesin]

Once again thinking about the most incredible Bloodborne clip I ever captured

[starfish-comics]

I shall never take this off.

[andersdotters]

While it does seem hypocritical that the Traveler is okay with Childe, but not with Lyney and Lynette, it's important to remember that this is not the first time they have dealt with House of the Hearth members. The Traveler has first hand experience with the crimes and cruelties the group has committed, but have not experienced the same with Childe. So it would only make sense why they're more on edge with the twins.

[daincrediblegg]

They didn’t cast Jared Harris as anybody in game of thrones because they knew he would be too powerful. An immediate fan favorite. Ian McShane bit parts are a dime a dozen but the one smart move that D&D made was keeping Jared out of it because if they didn’t and killed him off people would be more mad than they were about the ending because he’d be so beloved they would literally riot in the streets if he died because he out-acted everyone in the main cast and YES! That includes Charles Fucking Danse