#deceitful spirits

[liuisi]

i feel like this is a topic that needs more than just a tumblr post to fully expand on but. i think that in modern-day christian culture we place WAY too much emphasis on Feeling and Emotion . and i think that this attitude is part of the reason why the most common struggle you hear is "God isn't speaking to me/I can't hear God". feels like the standard set is that you're constantly feeling a Supernatural presence and it's Big and Obvious and it Shows and you can't contain it... when that's just not it. God can be quiet. God can nudge. God's voice is contained in the Bible that you hold between your hands. If you're not "hearing Him" then maybe your expectation of what hearing Him is is flawed.

[aspirant1598]

[mothscotch]

art style crisis doodles (+ drawings i forgot 2 post (sorry goalie

bearded ghost design by kekamao its genuis

[kiichi-i]

[larrythefloridaman]

WOAH, HE'S BIGENDER? I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!

[everysongieverwrote]

WATCHED IN 2025: JANUARY

ACCUSED (FOX) - Finished S2: Still enjoying this show. I really like that every episode is a new plot with a new cast. Hopefully it gets another season but if it doesn't, it had a good run in my humble opinion.

HIGH POTENTIAL (ABC) - S1: This show easily became one of my favorite shows in 2024 and is still going strong. I'm a little sad that season one is ending soon but super happy that it was renewed for a season two. Can't wait to see more of this show.

WILL TRENT (ABC) - S3: Still enjoying this show in season 3, I'm really liking the addition of Gina Rodriguez to the cast so far and the new dynamic between Faith and Ormewood is really cute.

THE ROOKIE (ABC) - S7: I'm not gonna lie, this season has been kinda slow in my opinion. Nothing has really caught my interest yet and it feels like nothing is really happening (even though a lot is happening). We have gotten a few teases of what's to come but nothing really mind blowing so far (except for a few predictions that I have that might not come true in the end so I'm gonna keep them to myself). Still enjoying the show, I'm gonna keep watching the rest of the season and really hope we get through all this setup soon and that it pays off in the end.

WILD CARDS (CBC/CW) - S2: I'm so happy Max and Ellis are back on my screen! I really missed them. Just like High Potential, this show easily became a fave in 2024 and is still going strong for me in 2025. And to my fellow High Potential fans reading this: Watch Wild Cards! You won't regret it, I promise.

SCHOOL SPIRITS (Paramount+) - S1 & S2: I binged season one in one day, I don't know what that says about me or about the show but I really enjoyed season one. We're only 3 episodes into season two so far but I think it might be my favorite of the two...? I'm so invested in S2 right now and I will definitely gonna keep watching it (also the music in this show is 👩‍🍳💋).

VAGRANT QUEEN (2020, SYFY) - S1: I found this show one random day in January because I was bored and the weather wasn't helping (it was also streaming for free) so I watched it and it entertained me for a while. That's it, that's all I have to say about it.

DECEITFUL LOVE (2024, NETFLIX): Another show that I randomly found one day because I was bored and I watched it all in one sitting (it's only six episodes sooo 🤷🏻‍♀️). Listen! Did I only watch this show because the guy from Wild Cards is in it and because is set in Italy? Yes, absolutely. But I liked it, it keep me entertained. And it's on Netflix sooo 🤷🏻‍♀️

January's Top 5:

1. - High Potential

2. - Wild Cards

3. - School Spirits

4. - Will Trent

5. - The Rookie (barely made it there tho)

[badlydrawnbeastcookies]

If y'all had to pick a favorite cookie among yourselves who is it? >:)

[awesomecooperlove]

[hardcoregamer]

10 Games To Play If You Love Dead By Daylight

The game is far from the only cooperative horror-centric gem out there, though. There are plenty of like-minded gems that capture the vibe of terrifying killer versus survivors, while others may place everyone on the same team instead. Here are some exciting horror games that can bring friends together or tear them apart in the best way.

Take a look!

[an-unanonymous-messenger]

Did you ever hear of an absurd and idiotic teaching called the "prosperity gospel"? Well, apparently, some people say that we as believers are meant to be wealthy, healthy, and successful. As much as it sounds comforting, it is a lie. We are meant indeed to be wealthy, but not in money. We are indeed to be healthy, but differently. We are meant to be successful, but not among people. All three should be pointing to the Kingdom of God, where our reward is. Our reward is not on earth, but rather we are being given what we have in order to survive this evil world of lawlessness in order to make it to the end and spread the Good News to many. We are not citizens of this world, but of the coming one. Don't believe these heresies of the property gospel, but turn to the true Gospel of Jesus Christ, as written in the Bible. All the evidence of it being the infallible Word of God is around you; you just have to look. God bless in Jesus Name! Amen.

[lightman2120]

Matthew 4:10

Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’”

[redenokjvbiblestudy]

Ephesians 4:22-24

22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

[biblebloodhound]

The Truth about Lying (Acts 5:1-11)

Like Ananias and Sapphira of old, our contemporary lying is typically to misrepresent who we are and how we are really doing and feeling.

Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet. Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the…

[dmbakura]

but I don't wanna stop, yeah, I just need to see if your love's the truth or the spirit of deceit

[yes-these-obsessions-are-healthy]

With his romance with Lavellan, Solas learned a horrific truth—that him simply as a humble man was enough to be lovable. He had been plied out of the Fade by Mythal because of her need for him, and out of devotion, he became something more and dreadful for himself, for her. And she never reciprocated that devotion with the same intensity. He spent millennia fighting for her as a thing he detested—a man of war and death, a being whose mortal body imbued him with innate qualities and emotions that would further twist his Wisdom nature. He was producing the very poisons that would normally corrupt a spirit by virtue of [Being a Person]. The external influences now harbored inside him.

But Lavellan showed him. That being you are, the one that wished to ponder and reminisce of spirits, who valued liberty and freedom and knowledge and the wry observation? That was enough. That was always enough. But he can’t accept it, because millennia of being Fen Harel, being devoted to Mythal and her cause.. to sunder it from himself would feel like a magnificent loss. He has been that for so long, is there anything yet truly left of the Wisdom spirit that once was?

Not only that, but given corporeality, Solas is compelled by the operant [If I can, I must]. He CAN do something about the Veil, so he will. If he doesn’t, then he is forsaking the memory of those he destroyed with his choice. He is forsaking his own principles. To do nothing in the face of injustice and cruelty is a sin he cannot bear.

He comes to the Inquisition as a “humble apostate”, both as disguise and because in his de-powered state he is of little greater use (if he had greater power I’m certain he would have nudged the Inquisition toward their goals). This is a costume he is wearing, or so he tells himself. He exists to advise, to suggest, to subtly direct toward more peaceful and humanitarian and spirit-friendly directives. He operates as something reminiscent of his former [Wisdom] spirit state.

And Lavellan grows to love it, to appreciate it. She grows to appreciate [Solas as Wisdom]. That part of him, the part of him that he has put aside for thousands upon thousands of years, though his nature craves to return to it. Without his ability to be Fen’Harel, it is pretty much all he has. And oh, this mayfly mortal born of a “forsaken ignorant people”, she is drawn to him, seeing him as a [man], seeing him at his (comparatively) weakest, most ineffectual state and finding it pleasing. Desirable. [Enough].

Enough. He is enough as Solas, simply Solas. But if it is enough for Lavellan, why was it not enough for Mythal? No, no, there was a reason. There was a war. War requires more of people. It requires limits to be broken and terrible mantles to be donned.

But Lavellan is fighting an existential war against Corypheus. And she does not demand more of him. She values what little he is able to provide—guidance, insight, his magic. It is [Enough].

We Solavellans have dissected and discussed at length about the nature of the relationship being one built on deceit, the moral and ethical quandary of love cultivated under a false identity. Veilguard has confirmed the existential struggle and quiet agony that Solas experienced by transitioning into [Being]. While Lavellan should of course had been informed of his ‘true identity’ before falling in love with him, an argument could still be made that Fen’Harel is not his true identity but a long-worn mask that he wishes he could ditch. The man Lavellan fell in love with is who he should be, who he wants to be. Far more underpowered than he’s comfortable with, sure, but the personality for certain. Just a person giving advice, discussing at length about topics he enioys, exploring memories and ruminating over them, smirking over small verbal sleights of hand and sly tricks, engaging in philosophical debates. All of that is already there, that is who he is in peacetime. The man has known war and conflict for so long that he has mentally split Solas and Fen’Harel as two people, because he needed to, but they are the same. Solas who wields the martial prowess of Fen’Harel. Fen’Harel who possesses the wry levity and artistic sentimentality of Solas. SOLAS YOU ARE BOTH AND MORE THAN THESE TWO HALVES.