#god is dead and we have killed him

[larphis]

On episode two of Painkiller. These saleswomen have some real sapphic tension. There’s something in the air, I can smell it.

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God is dead and we have killed him. This time is the last.

Being God is not just one mans hobby. It's closer to a job. Similarly to a Roman emperor, you are an omnipotent ruler, but just on a larger scale. And, of course, if you have a well defined role where you work at, it's easier than if you're "Brenda who knows all the ins and outs of the hellish accounting system".

Therefore, there have been many gods. I was the last. How does the process of change work? Of course, not by nepotism. Your son doesn't inherit the throne, why would he? As you're the god, you don't age. So, trial by combat. That's how it's picked. A mere mortal challenges you, perhaps wronged by the cosmos, perhaps just looking for "cool points". (Because let's be real. It's really cool to kill a god.) And so, the cycle begins. Certain, mostly small reforms.

Examplewise, Joseph, husband of the virgin Mary. Zeus, one of the current gods tried to seduce Mary. Joseph won the fight. So technically, Jesus was god's son. Thing is, they were wrong about it not being Joseph's son. Before Joseph, being a god was a team effort. Greek mythology pantheon and everything. But then, reform. Joseph became dictator, as was the style at the time. The Romans switched from power being held by a senate picking a few to lead the country to one man, merely twenty-seven years ago, so why shouldn't godhood be the same?

Then, getting too comfortable. Eventually, the cycle continues, again and again. Examplewise:

Fast forward roughly 1.8 thousand years. A man, Fredrik Nietzsche, challenges the god. He wins, but on one condition. He will only become god when he dies. Afterwards, he comes back to earth and writes "God is dead". Thanks to semantics, he was wrong, the current god would be dead soon. The position isn't in a threat. Also, he feared he'd be declared insane. So, he rewrote the context around the quote.

About how Christianity is "bound to collapse". Thing is, it didn't(!). Then, after roughly twenty years, he passed. The "wait until you die" clause was there to give Joseph the last laugh. His final statement as a god was "Nietzsche is dead -God".

Then, fast forward a hundred years. I, as a fool, decide to try getting the position of God. I mean why not? I win. Shocker, I know. Then, the cycle begins. Thing is, I'm determined to break it. So, a new system. A parliamentary democracy. Every single living creature, voting for the political party they believe in. If five percent or over of everybody votes for your party, you're in Parliament. Then, Parliament votes on issues. Yes, the parties have leaders, but they are nothing but figureheads. A charismatic voice, talking about what their party will do. The position of God is still there, but just as a figurehead. Every five hundred years, Parliament votes for a new God. Therefore, us humans have killed God. The position. It bears almost no resemblance to the original role except in name. So therefore, Nietzsche eventually became correct, even though he never expected it to be in this way.

-The end

[firewalkwithme92]

dear lord the humans you put on this earth (my neighbours) are blasting a twenty one pilots remix in the year of 2023

[rin-cchi]

I was forced to make this against my will

[sweetdreamspootypie]

We're feeling the impacts of generational trauma in this chillis tonight

[local-hellhound-steals-spaghetti]

Watching Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron again as an adult is so great because not only do you appreciate the nostalgia and joy of it, the stunning 2D animation mixed with early 3D techonology and well written tight story with a main character that never speaks.

But also you appreciate that the plot relies on horses, despite not being typical talking horses in cartoons, being extremely intelligent to the point that they are aware of their captivity and exploitation. And it involves a hyper intelligent horse dismantling (or, at the very least significantly delaying) American colonialism's expansion into the west.

This horse also very likely killed many colonialists when they were either launched at high speeds from his back, kicked in the head or blown up in a train explosion.

Good for him.

[tackykachowch]

By the way, did we ever talk about how stupid it is that they made Silco the reason Felicia died? I don't mean that he killed her personally, but that he jumpstarted violence on a peaceful protest. Because that's sooo who Silco is, right? A character who makes impulsive and poorly thought out decisions, right? A character who goes into a fight headstrong without carefully planning his moves and strategy and just YOLO-ing it, right? Right?? ......sigh

And don't even THINK about giving me the whole "wElL hE cHaNgEd SiNcE tHeN dUh" crap. Even s2 is smart enough to show us him writing something in a notebook in a flashback, which implies that he was the brains behind the Lanes' creation/revolution as a whole. And if he was he would never sabotage his own plans with something so stupid as throwing a single molotov at enforcers. Literally who does that???? Silco we know would probably organize an attack under the guise of a peaceful protest, but not just. Straight-up ruining just a regular peaceful protest. That's stupid. And Silco is the last character in arcane that would do something stupid. Literally the whole plot of season 1 relies on him being intelligent and sneaky with his plans are you kidding me.

[laniidae-passerine]

I am so not immune to a Medea moment. my beloved has left me. we had a life and a love and a child. my beloved has left me for another. I have lost my life and my love. I still have my child. my beloved deserves to pay. all he has ever really loved is our child. here is a stage. here is a role. here is the chorus to sing my sins. here is my beloved with his horrified gaze, fixed on me. here is my beautiful daughter. here I am, in her countenance, her phrasing, her cruelty and her mirth, mother that I am. punishing him. letting the light in. letting my daughter burn. and here I am, in those beautiful eyes of the girl I helped raise, the very last thing she ever sees before she dies. I am her and she is me; and all that is left of us both is utter agony

[unkillable-gays]

Unpopular opinion: by FAR the most interesting thing about Monty is his fucked-up relationship with Esther. And the forced transformation thing.

I thought I was completely bored by him as character, but then I realized shipping him with the main boys just doesn't really resonate with me, cause, like. He is still learning how to be a person. (Both in terms of thinking independently from Esther, and, like. Physically he's only been in a human body for a few days! 😅)

He wants Edwin because Esther designed him to. Like, yes, he eventually fell for him beyond her influence, but he was literally MADE to seduce Edwin, like. It's hard to argue he has agency there.

idk, I'm not trying to be a hater, but i think exploring Monty's relationship with Esther and his own body and autonomy is much more interesting than shipping him.

There's also the whole question of how much he's even capable of independent thought? Like, does he have human-sized thoughts inside his crow brain? And if so, is that only post-transformation, or has he always had that capability? When he's in human mode, how much of him is still just a bird puppeteering a vessel and following orders?

What does it even mean for him to be Esther's familiar? How old is he, really? Has she killed him before? Has he been any other animals, besides human and crow? Did he start out as a normal bird, or did she create him, like some kind of homunculus?? Was he ORIGINALLY a boy???

[stabbyfoxandrew]

Last night my father went on a drunken rampage and yelled at Jess and me for 20 minutes.

He told us it was our fault Rascal died, that we burned him to death, that we didn't really love him.

Then he came back and tried to apologize and hug me. I told him not to. To leave me alone. Then the crocodile tears went away and he got angry again! Surprise, surprise.

Anyway, does anyone have a single fucking clue of where I could get a job online? We have to get out of here before I kill myself.

[yuriinadress]

hey do you think Ekko has nightmares about accidentally killing Jayce?

[vaguely-concerned]

I don't know what I love more, the fact that as rook you can make a statement in NO uncertain terms that you are NOT responsible one way or the other for the theological implications of the shit you're discovering in the 'regrets of the dread wolf' memories. not my jurisdiction. quite simply none of my business. not my chantry circus not my chantry monkeys. irrelevant to the matter at hand here we'll kill that god if we get to him he can get in line. or if the best thing about it is seeing the lone little 'lucanis approves' that pops up right after choosing it. corvid with a knife about to commit deicide keeping it real and sensibly, pragmatically, wilfully agnostic with me here in this magical lighthouse today

[kneworder]

“You know, Damian’s half convinced you let it happen.”  Tim scoffs. “Sounds like him.”  “Not like that. He’s different now, he wouldn’t say that.”  “What the hell else am I supposed to think?”  “You confronted Azrael alone, in civvies, after he’d already beaten you up once just for getting in his way. Is it that much of a stretch for Damian to think you might have had a death wish?”  “I didn’t have a death wish.” Steph gives him a long look. "Sure."

missed posting my annual november reverse robins timsteph angst so to make up for it here's an even angstier than usual painting from this AU <3 more coming soon hopefully!!

[twistpixel]

regarding the difference in jason's actions towards two-face when he learns of willis's murder vs. his desire for bruce to have avenged his own death: rather than a change in morals or caring more abt bruce than willis this case shows jason's own hypocrisy. jason forgives and pities harvey bc hes a deeply empathetic person. i personally think that contrary to what he may say if bruce had died in jason's place, jason would've reacted very similarly to how he did in willis's case. after his resurrection jason latches on to the specifics of joker's continued existence, but inwardly what he's really feeling is a deep sense of his own worthlessness. he sees that bruce has moved on as though nothing happened, as though he never mattered; this triggers a deep sense of insecurity in him because he cannot so easily move on. he's stuck in the moment of his death, 15, waiting for someone to prove to him that they love him as much as he loves them. this discrepancy he feels between himself and bruce leaves him unbearably vulnerable. to assuage his own humiliation and feelings of inferiority he fixes on a problem which rapidly becomes black and white before his eyes: heres what bruce should have done if he actually loved me. id have done the same had it been him. however, as with almost anything jason says or thinks after his resurrection you have to ask yourself is he really being truthful to himself, consciously or unconsciously? when jason encounters earth-51's batman in countdown who did kill joker in response to jay's death, he seems instinctively to find this version of bruce lesser. he says to him 'we're both dead "batman." any fool could see you've been dead inside for years.' jason can't reconcile the caring person he had known with someone who would have become what that bruce did.

i think the reality of the situation is that jason would likely have reacted badly even (or perhaps especially) if bruce had killed the joker because the situation is just so fucked. bruce can't react in any way that jason isn't able to twist inwards into self-loathing. jason is simply unable to admit to himself that what he really wants is not for bruce to have killed the joker, but for his life, his death, his tenure as robin, to have been meaningful; for bruce to have unconditionally loved him as jason loved him in turn; for bruce to continue to love him, in fact to continue to need jason; more than anything though--he wishes he hadn't died, because ultimately he wishes desperately for things to be as they were -- but neither of them can ever go back to being those people.

... the tldr jason thought process is essentially -> bruce doesnt love me bruce never cared about me at all or not in any way that mattered i loved him wholly i would have done anything for him i would have died for him i would have killed for him. but LOL he would not have done that!

I love that you brought up earth 51 Batman because i think about him a lot and I think I’ve said it before how they’re both just hanging out with shuffling corpses BUT ☝️ I would attribute Jason calling this Bruce dead more to how he keeps calling Jason “Jason” and ignoring and not addressing Jason’s attempts to distinguish himself from dead-Jason. I think it’s very palpable to Jason the uncanny valley and horror of the situation because when Jason talks about dead-Jason bruce says “you” for both of them. And yet in the end bruce dives in to help when that Bruce is in trouble even tho he’s sooooo doomed. (Funny as hell for Donna and Kyle to just give Jason space to do that like in context it’s a sad moment but “we’ll just be over here”. )

I do think Jason has hypocrisy ngl but I will also but you here- I think it’s what you’re saying about the desire for proof of love but also with a combo of a change in morals. The difference could lie quality of the bad guy. I mean we get that out of Jason’s mouth, “I’m not taking about X Y and Z” but you’re right that you know, we can’t always take Jason’s word for it. But the other half of that line “doing it because he took me away from you” I think Jason thinks killing people is okay. It’s how the world works to him.

Tbh preface that I don’t think modern Jason feels this way about Bruce anymore, but the joker thing specifically was UtH Jason feeling Bruce was living in naïveté and that Jason’s death would be the thing that took him by the shoulders and forced him to confront that it’s okay to kill people sometimes. It wasn’t, because I don’t think anything is, although I see people saying he would if it were a different character and I get a little :(

Thanks for the ask, sorry I only talked about where I disagreed with you

[unproduciblesmackdown]

winston my quant of billions

[sebbyisland]

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