#cult narrative

[bamsara]

Narilamb dancing doodles I made on art streams this last week, mainly trying to get the motion in mind for the Anchordeep Ballroom scene (its a lot easier writing motion and movement when you have a visual reference)

Also ngl I keep listening to 'Forbidden Friendship' from HTTYD for this scene because the build up from ' mock dance invitation' to 'timidly testing the waters' to 'actually having tons of fun dancing' to 'climatic pause after the dip + tension' fits REALLY well

also little bonus:

[zentendo]

Uncover the Horrors of the Bahnsen Knights on Nintendo Switch - A Tale of Cults and Cryptic Collective

Bahnsen Knights, the third installment in the Pixel Pulps anthology, takes a chilling dive into the horror of man. Available on PC and Mac via Steam & GOG, the apocalypse awaits on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5|4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. The religious cult, Bahnsen Knights, led by a former car salesman named Toni, unleashes biblical storms on highways,…

[that1notetaker]

The lamb keeps a braid as a way to honor the death of those who couldn't make it. Usually they have time to braid it but they take long because they're bad at it. They've got a sermon in 5. Favours for favours. Ps: Narinder isn't hiding his eyes, not exactly. But he is hiding something.

[unexpectedgeese]

Han Sooyoung showed up for 500 chapters and spent every single one of them assembling cults. she loooves to walk into a room and go 'hi I'm here to solve all your problems and I have the answer to every question you've ever asked, all you have to do is trust me ^_^' and the whole time she is rolled outta bed eyes crusty no clean jeans no money in the wallet style LYING. the avatar skill can take whatever memories it wants but it can never take away the fact that she is a LYING ASS BITCH WITH NO GAME. I want her to throw a lit cigarette at me.

[auxxrat]

so sick and tired of the “jedi are an evil and abusive cult that steals children” as if half the reason they weren’t protecting these children is bc sith were out killing them or TURNING THEM INTO SITH. they weren’t even STEALING children to begin with I thought we all knew that was Palpatine’s game not Yoda’s.

[eyeofthenewt1]

-to be whole again-

[scoobydoodean]

The thing is that when Cas first laid a hand on Dean in hell he was lost, and not actually because "For the first time, I feel". Cas had felt before he knew Dean. We know this because we know Cas had rebelled before. Naomi tells us Cas never did as he was told—that Cas had a "Crack in the chassis straight off the line" (something Chuck later echoes in a rage).

Cas's rebellion is far older than Dean and that rebellion is a function of what he feels. Cas just doesn't get to remember feeling. Each time he does, he's stripped of the memory of it... but subconsciously he starts to understand it as something he must keep secret.

Can I tell you something if you promise not to tell another soul?

Cas is in love with humanity, and we conflate this with Dean because Dean is the narrative heart, and the subject of Cas's greatest love, and because the concept of humanity and Dean are so deeply linked they're almost one in the same. We are not at all wrong to conflate the two, but make no mistake—Cas is in love humanity.

You misunderstand me, Dean, I’m not like you think. I was praying that you would choose to save the town.

Cas calls humanity a work of art, and the camera pans to Dean sitting on the bench beside him. Dean represents humanity. Not just as precious works of art, but also because humans get to feel. Humans don't get lobotomized for feeling. Dean encourages Cas to feel. He encourages Cas to feel by asking him to—begging him to, and by feeling for others, and by existing and deserving to be loved himself.

Dean echoes free will to Cas like a call from the wild. He's the beauty of humanity. He's the liberation and beautiful terror of choice. The reason "You always have a choice" and "There is a right and there is a wrong here, and you know it" works is because Cas already feels, already hopes, already loves.

You were gonna help me once, weren't you? You were gonna warn me about all this, before they dragged you back to Bible camp. Help me -- now. Please.

The function by which Dean gets through to Cas is through Cas's own feelings and convictions. He gets through because Cas is "not a hammer, as you say". Cas has questions. Cas has doubts.

Cas is in love with humanity, and every time he remembers it, he gets packed off to Bible Camp and he forgets. But he can remember again. What it takes is a push. What it takes is a hand reached out in the darkness. The day Cas rescued Dean from hell, two people were saved. A hand clawed out toward Cas too, breaking through his own torturous prison and offering him escape. For the first time in a long time, he felt.

Dean's importance is that he touches Cas. He makes Cas remember. And he keeps making Cas remember. Through touch, through words, through the expression of his own affection for Cas and for others. Because Dean cares, Cas cares.

[dafaddu]

figuring them out slowly :)

[cringefail-clown]

no-sburb aus are so fucking stupid to write bc so much worldbuilding is tied up to that green rainbow-eyed motherfucker. how do you even twist alternia to make sense without his influence. im jumping through the hoops and landing face-first on the pavement and exploding into fairy dust

[orgasming-caterpillar]

Charles Leclerc is my favourite driver not because he's hot or he's babygirl or whatever. He's my sacrificial lamb. He's god's favourite offering. His fur is soft and his eyes have a look that say "doomed since the beginning". Every Sunday the blade meets his throat and he bears no resistance. He's catholic guilt personified

[mamawasatesttube]

every time i remember how bendis completely destroyed the kon & clark bond i want to start biting and maiming. literally what is the point of it all!!!! just kill kon again im begging!! it'll be funny when the second time around comparatively nobody gives a shit fdklsjdjkd

[trainwreckgenerator]

hey do you guys remember razias shadow? cause i just did

[autisticrosewilson]

So do you guys actually think that Jason's entire story, relationship to the others, and philosophy amounts to him being a rebellious teen who wants his dad's attention? Like are you 100% serious? I thought you were joking about that but too many of you are saying it with your whole chest.

And what the fuck is this "Bruce antagonizing Jason is fanon!" Shit I've been seeing? You guys are aware that a parent can love their kid and still be a shit parent right? I know you guys don't want to fathom the thought that maybe your blorbo might also occasionally have to face responsibility for consistently endangering children but let's not start being delusional now.

Bruce does love his kids, that doesn't mean that he hasn't hurt them. And I'd also argue that for the most part he feels in the right for it, and he's said multiple times that he believes it's for their own good, so you can't even argue that he's sorry about it. It's okay for you guys to admit that your PERSONAL INTERPRETATION of the character wouldn't do that but don't sit here and pretend that it's not a facet of the source.

[tswwwit]

I have sooo many questions abt the reincarnation au.

1. Does bot contracts stay through each incarnation, the first one-Where bill is a familiar and has a physical body is there but what about the marriage one along with the bill tattoo

2. If the second-marriage- contract stays does the bill-shaped tattoo stay as well and is it like the birthmark where it pops up in different places?

3. Is dipper being an illusionist the same in each incarnation?

4. Does dipper gain all his memories of each life or just the first dippers memories?

5. How many years between each incarnation (other than the 18 years after he’s born)?

6. Can the reincarnation spell be redacted if dipper no longer wants to be reincarnated?

7. Does dipper ever gain his memories before meeting bill(and if he does, does he psyche himself up to be some sort of hero that is destined to protect humanity, but slowly realises his past self fell in love so now hes screwed/pissed)?

Thats it! Chapter six was soo good and my suggestion is ‘Silent Devotion’ as the ao3 name!! Have a good day💕💕

The first contract - the familiar one - definitely! The marriage contract is also.. mostly in place? Reincarnation makes some of the terms wibbly.

No tattoo for the reincarnations - Bill's gotta reapply it if he wants to slip the ol' wedding circle back on.

Maybe? Or maybe not!

Dipper gets all the memories back eventually - but his first life is always going to be the most clear and powerful. That's where he started after all!

The time between death and rebirth could be anything from near-instantaneously to a few decades. Depends on what's going on in the afterlife.

Bill almost certainly made the reincarnation contract pretty wiggle-proof. There's no way he's just letting Dipper escape. That being said, Dipper's probably figured out a way to get out if he really wanted to. He hasn't taken it yet, and may not ever!

He could get the memories back pre-Bill, for sure! This is actually a pretty interesting premise, too; A Dipper who wonders how the FUCK he could EVER fall for such an evil conniving jackass, only to finally meet Bill and have that 'Uh Oh' moment.

[st-just]

My actual Dragon Age hot take is that the series has yet to do a single actually interesting story about/centered around dragons.

[envolvenuances]

lesbian masterdoc and the unforgivable damage of making people hear compulsory heterosexuality and think of "can lesbians have crushes on men?" (no) instead of "are heterosexual women settling in unhappy marriages with men bellow their worth because of economic and social pressure?" (yes)