#gregory x maria

[car-o-line]

About me <3

Hi!! My names car-o-line, I use she/her pronouns and I’m 16, I will be so real that I only made this account because I feel like I’ve read everything and none of my favorite posters are not posting :(

Okay so let’s get with the rules and whatever🥳

Rules:

No, no, no, no, no smut or nsfw stuff! I am a minor and I don’t have experience writing or feel comfortable writing that stuff. I will write romantic stuff tho, just nothing like weird weird- No rape, noncon, incest, pedo stuff, proshipping or anything like that(I doubt anyone would ask yet I still will put it) AND if I do write for like a SA’d reader all details will be vague and would have a trigger warning at the top.

Okay! Now that’s out the way we’ll discuss violence🤯 I’m fine with violence if it’s in a request and has a purpose or is like a disability but I’m not just gonna let something be like “reader lost a nose, a eye, a whole leg, all at the same time blah blah blah” I don’t know how to take care of a wound let alone allat. I have a right to decline a request because I said so(very rarely tho) Don’t be mean to me, please😀 I will also mostly do head canons, not that I won’t do anything else but like.. Always gender neutral reader til specified. Everything that includes a child!reader with an adult will be strictly platonic, same thing with an adult!reader with a child. Also I’ll mostly do x!reader stuff. Other than that please always feel free to give me requests!💕

Fandoms:

Kny/Demon Slayer: I WILL do: All Hashira, all Uppermoons, all Slayers(Tanjiro, etc.), all lower ranked demons, all nurse inhabitants(Aoi etc.), and basically everyone idk

Tbhk/Jshk: I WILL do: Hanako/Amane, Nene, Kou, Mitsuba, Teru, Tsukasa, Sakura, Natsuhiko, Yako, Mr.Tsuchigomori, Aoi(girl), Akane(boy), and Mei.

Omori: I WILL do: Omori, HS Aubrey, HS Basil, HS Kel, HS Hero, HS Mari, Mari, Sunny, RW Basil, RW Aubrey, RW Kel, RW Hero, Polly, Sweetheart, and Captain SpaceBoy.

TPN: I WILL do: Emma, Norman, Ray, Isabella, Sister Krone, Phil, Connie, Gilda, Don, Nat, Anna.

Side note: I haven’t watched season 2 cuz I heard it was bad but I will eventually come around to it!

Mad Father: I WILL do: Aya, Robin, Monica, Alfred, Maria, Ines, Orge, Snowball, and Girl with no eyes.

Fnaf/Afton Family: I WILL do: All FNAF 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 animatronics, all missing children(Susie, Gabriel, Jeremy, Fritz, Cassidy, Charlotte, and Andrew),

Afton Family(William, Mrs.Afton, Michel, Evan(that’s his name for me), Elizabeth, and then others like Henry, Gregory, and Vanessa.

Danganronpa 1, 2, 3, USG: I WILL do: Everyone from THH, GBD, UDG(except Haji🙄), and KH.

The Evil Chronicles: I WILL do: Story of evil- Riliane Avadonia, Allen Avadonia , Kyle Marlon, Michela Arklow, and Germaine Avadonia

Evil food eater Conchita- Pollo, Arte, Banica Conchita, Carlos(Josef)

Night Series: I WILL do: Butler, Doll Girl, Doll Boy, Maid, Lady, Village Girl, Mistress and Master.

Little Nightmares: I WILL do: Six, Mono, RK, RCG, all comic kids, The Pretender, The Janitor, The twin chefs, The Hunter, The Teacher, The Bullies, The Doctor, The Viewers, The Lady, and The Thin Man.

Poppy Playtime: I WILL do: Poppy, Huggy, MLL, Catnap(Theodore), smiling critters, Ollie, the prototype, Kissy, Pj, and Bunzo

Vocaloid: I WILL do: Miku, Rin, Len, Luka, Meiko, Kaito, Gumi, Gakupo, Oliver, and Flower.

Okay that’s all I have to say!! Have a wonderful week!!😘

[mariatesstruther]

seth and maria: (having their weekly yelling match after the council meeting that everyone avoids because it’s just safer than getting involved)

tommy overhearing: so yall just let him talk to her like this??? i think not

Stay with me,,,, (I'm half asleep so everything I'm saying is nonsense. Forgive)

Tommy and Maria being similar to Jake and Amy, right?

HOW DID TOMMY AND MARIA PROPOSE TO EACH OTHER?

cause I'm thinking of how Jake proposed to Amy and how it was the best thing ever, which made me think of tommy and maria, which made me think they should have a similar vibe

BUT IDK!!!!

OKAY OKAY OKAY I HAVE IDEAS ON THIS

first of all im kicking myself bc i read a tumblr post or fic or SOMETHING online somewhere before that inspired a small bit of how i imagine tommy would propose, and now i can’t find it??? so if this*** sounds familiar it’s definitely based on something i’m just blanking on what it is and will give full credit to op or whatever fucking thing im forgetting. this is also partly based off of how my dad and my mom became official

similar to jake and amy, i imagine them having a really goofy and sweet proposal story, like tommy has to ask maria a million times or sometimes does fake-outs like jim from the office, and maybe it’s something the entirety of jackson is invested.

im also thinking maybe maria wouldn’t want to reallyget married again, not necessarily because of her late husband but more because jackson just makes such a fuss out of weddings and she does not have time to plan that shit and she had a big wedding for her first marriage for the sake of her mother and hated it, so yeah no. she’s just maybe not big on getting married, and for the first bit of time she’s with tommy, she know he really likes her but isn’t surely thinking he wants anything serious. so for a while, maybe a year and a half to two years in, it’s just them being in love as tommy and maria, more partners than anything else to eachother, and that’s just fine with her

so imagine her surprise when one day her and tommy are eating dinner in the dining hall and one of jackson’s biggest gossips comes over and is like “y’all are just too darn cute—now tommy, when are we gonna see a ring on that finger?? it’s a shame this lady aint tied down” and tommy, cool as a fucking cucumber, just goes “oh don’t you worry, i got plans for that” because ??????????? huh????—?

she has to hold back choking on her fucking drink, she’s so taken aback. she waits until whoever that was goes on their marry fuckin way and then blinks, going “um????? you’ve got plans???” because maria is always the one with the plans. tommy hates plans. he says he loves that she loves them, but in a life an unpredictable as this, they often just get in the way; she doesn’t always disagree. but now, apparently, his plan for marriage is sure as his shooting aim, because he just smiles at her a dashingly and winks, murmuring out a smooth and flirty “yes, ma’am. i do i have plans.” for the rest of the dinner, her left leg bounces shakily under the table as he smirks as her from across .

because suddenly marriage doesn’t sound so bad, not when it’s marriage to her handsome cowboy goofball; the wedding she would still definitely rather just skip, but she’s sure she can convince tommy of that later. so for the rest of the night and week and month, she is on Red Alert to be proposed to, and unfortunately it just wracks her nervse

but because tommy is Tommy, he lovingly teases and fucks with her just perfectly enough to settle her mind down. he starts mixing in fake-out proposals (he does the shoe-tying one from the office while they’re hiking and watching a sunset during a romantic preproposal date two-person patrol, and she threatens to kick him off the cliff) with joking little asks for her hand in between mundane requests (hey baby, could you be a dear and marry me, then pass me the salt? im kiddin, just kiddin, i aint gonna ask like tha—what? what?? maria! come back!), also mixed with genuinely breathtaking little notes to declare how much he loves her one every few days (a note left on her dresser for her to wake up to one rare morning where tommy was up and out before her: “hey baby. just wanted to let you know how much i love you and how lucky i am to be here with you in my life. you guide me toward a greatness i never thought i could even achieve. i want to make you happy everyday. i can’t wait to call you my wife. seeya at lunch, mi vida. yours, tommy”) until eventually the pressure of being asked The Big Thing isn’t something she’s so anxious for anymore, until thinking about it just makes her smile. she’s looking forward to tommy being her husband more than anything

@bearrycool tysm again baby i got to go to sleep and wake up thinking abt this and it puts a big big big smile on my face

[riahlynn101]

"Swimming Lessons."

Taking place within the "Of Heartaches and Headaches Universe."

One shot #1

Thank you, as always, to @halogenrobotics for editing this and giving me a plot outline. I couldn't have done it without you :D!!

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Vanessa groaned, using her hands to fan herself. It was the middle of summer, and in true Utah fashion, it was absolutely sweltering. And because her luck was nonexistent, her A/C had stopped working. She'd put a work order in for her landlord to fix it, but knowing him, it’d be fixed in time for Christmas. 

Gregory was sprawled on the floor. Crayons and coloring book forgotten, because of the heat. “It’s soooo hot!” He whined, and Vanessa felt guilty. She’d heard that little kids were more susceptible to the heat. 

“Sorry, kiddo. It’s a heatwave. Hopefully it won’t last forever. I can text Luis and see if he’ll let us crash at his place.” Vanessa stared at her phone. Luis was working a double shift today, and she would really hate to bother him. But staying in this heat was dangerous…

A thought popped into her head. “Hey, Greg?” 

“Hm?”

“Do you wanna go to the pool?” She couldn’t remember the last time she went swimming. A year ago? Two?

Gregory didn’t respond, and for a minute Vanessa thought he’d gone to sleep. “Greg?” She nudged him with her foot. “Still awake?”

He sat up. “I can’t go.” Gregory pouted. 

“Why not? Is there a height requirement that I’m unaware of?” Vanessa said it jokingly, but she wondered if there was some universal rule about bringing preschoolers to the pool. She was still relatively new to this mom-ing thing. She wished Maria left a book of instructions before she moved on. Maybe she could call-

Gregory burst into tears, startling her back into the present. “I can’t swim!” He wailed.

Vanessa processed his words. “That’s okay,” She murmured. 

He sniffled, wiping his eyes. “But I…I can’t go to the pool. And-and it’s sooo hot!”

She slid off the couch, sitting on her knees in front of Gregory. She patted him on the head. “Then, I’ll just have to teach you.”

“Teach me?”

“Yep, being able to swim is an important life skill.”

“So, I can go to the pool?” 

Vanessa chuckled, messing up his hair. He made a face at the gesture, reaching up to grab at her hand. “Of course, I wouldn’t be a very good mom if I didn’t. Now, would I?”

Gregory pursed his lips together, eyes getting an oddly serious look in them. He seemed to think it over for a few seconds, shaking his head in agreement. 

“Good,” Vanessa said, getting to her feet. She holds a hand out for Gregory. “Now, let’s get changed, and get to the pool before we melt.”

-x-x-x-

The pool was surprisingly empty, but that might have something to do with the fact that a newer pool just opened a block away. The lifeguard waved at them - probably excited to have something to do. Gregory waved excitedly back. 

Vanessa put their stuff on one of the many available lawn chairs. She sat down, motioning Gregory over to her. “Sunscreen,” she said. He scrunched his nose, but skipped over nonetheless. 

It’s a good thing that she bought Gregory a swimsuit a few weeks back. The Pizzaplex had a sale, and the pair of Freddy swim trunks with a matching swim t-shirt they had was too cute to pass up. The smile the outfit earned from Gregory was well worth the temporary blow to her wallet.

Her own swimsuit was a one piece she’d had for several years. Actually, Vanessa might have “stolen” this swimsuit from her mother’s closet as one final act of revenge. Oh, well. 

She guided Gregory to the shallow end of the pool. “Now, it’s going to be a little cold. But it shouldn’t last.” Eager to cool down, Vanessa practically skipped the steps into the pool and hops right in. 

Gregory eyed the water with a nervous expression. He stood on the top step, kicking at the water. 

“It’s okay,” Vanessa said, wading through the water and reaching her hands out. “You can reach this part. No swimming required yet.”

Gregory seemed to consider her words, taking another step into the pool. And another and another, until he was on the final step. The water reaches his naval, and he muttered something about it being too cold. 

“Good job!” Vanessa complimented, taking his hands. “First part done.”

“What’s next?” He asks. 

Vanessa moved back a little. “Keep walking forward until you can’t anymore.” She made sure to have her arms outstretched just in case she had to save him from going under. 

Gregory looked less than pleased with that answer, staring at the water like it offended him. “Okay,” he whispered. He walked forward, arms reaching towards Vanessa’s. 

He stopped suddenly. The water now reached his collarbones. They’d barely moved five inches from the steps. Vanessa smiles encouragingly at him. “Would you like to try floating?”

“Floating?” He asked. 

“Mhm, floating is when you lie on your back.”

A crease formed between his eyebrows. “No swimming?” 

“No swimming,” Vanessa confirmed. 

“O-kay.” 

She helped him onto his back. Gregory startled a little, cool water tickling his ears. “It’s okay, it’s okay. I’m right here.”

He calmed down, trusting her to keep him afloat. She placed her hands under his back, supporting him. Slowly (very, very slowly) Vanessa removed them. Gregory remained floating. “You’re floating all by yourself, Greg.”

His eyes shot open. “Huh!? Really!?” He shouted, ears still submerged under water. She nodded. 

Gregory smiles widely. “I’m doing it! I’m doing it!

Vanessa allowed him to bask in his newfound ability. Sometimes she wished she could find joy in the mundane. That childish glee that followed a brand new discovery. A few inches away, Gregory giggled, lightly smacking the surface of the water. But this, Vanessa thought to herself, is just as good. Better even. 

Eventually, Gregory grew tired of floating. He grabbed at her, trying to reorient himself. Vanessa kept a firm grip on him, as they’d drifted closer to the deep end of the pool. “Ready for step two?” She asks. 

He tilted his head. “Step two? That…that wasn’t it?” 

“Nope.”

Gregory clung to her like a baby Koala, or perhaps a boa constrictor (no matter how much she tried to distance herself, he just tightened his hold. Tiny limbs squeeze the life out of Vanessa). He shook his head frantically. “Nuh, uh!”

“Come on, please. You’ve already done part one.”

Gregory quirked an eyebrow, pulling away from Vanessa to eye her. “So?” For someone so sweet and innocent, it never ceased to amaze her how sassy he really was. Vanessa supposes she should be grateful that the little boy she found in an alley was finally showcasing his personality (and she is), but sometimes….

“Can you at least try? I promise I won’t let anything happen to you.”

Gregory stared at her with watery eyes. “Mama ‘Nessa. I…I can’t.”

It takes everything in Vanessa not to call it a day, pack up their stuff, and let Gregory off the hook. But doing that means subjecting him to this some other day. “No,” she agreed. “But you will.”

She spent the next two hours teaching Gregory how to swim. It was a slow, agonizing process. One step forward, two steps back. It also didn’t help that he seemed unable to let go of Vanessa, clutching her wrist for support. 

Twenty minutes into the second hour, Vanessa’s efforts were finally rewarded. She watched in amazement as Gregory doggy-paddled all the way to the stairs and back. It wasn't perfect, but that was okay. They could work on it another time. 

He looked so proud of himself right then, standing on his tiptoes in the shallow end. “Didja see Mama ‘Nessa!? Didja see!?”

Vanessa gave him a thumbs up. “Great job, Greg!” She opened her arms, ready to scoop him into a hug. Only to be met with a faceful of water. She wiped at her eyes. 

“Gotcha!” He shouted, giggling like crazy. It would be endearing if her eyes weren’t burning. In response, Vanessa splashed him back.

“Brat,” she teased him, dodging another one of his attacks. 

Gregory stuck his tongue out. 

They continued to splash each other, laughing and calling each other by endearing (but annoying) names. 

Vanessa wished this moment could last forever. The thought that it wouldn’t, made her feel sad, but in a faraway kind of way. Like the hurt was someplace else. Somewhere far enough away that it couldn’t bother her in the present moment. 

And that was okay with Vanessa. She was happy enough living for the here and now. 

[cruger2984]

THE DESCRIPTION OF SAINT BONAVENTURE The Patron of Bowel Disorders Feast Day: July 15

"We must beg the Holy Spirit, with ardent longing, to give us these fruits. The Holy Ghost alone knows how to bring to light the sweetness hidden away under the rugged exterior of the words of the Law. We must go to the Holy Ghost for interior guidance." -excerpt from the Holiness of Life

Known as Doctor Seraphicus (Seraphic Doctor) and the 7th Minister General of the Franciscan Order, Bonaventure was born Giovanni di Fidanza, at Civita di Bagnoregio near Viterbo, Latium, then part of the Papal States in the year 1221. Almost nothing is known of his childhood, other than the names of his parents, Giovanni di Fidanza and Maria di Ritella. Bonaventure did suffer from a life threatening illness effecting the bowels as a young child, and that prayer to St. Francis of Assisi saved his life.

In 1243, he entered the Franciscan Order at the age of 22, changing his name of Giovanni into Bonaventure, (meaning 'Happy-Future'). In Paris where he was sent to complete his studies at the University of Paris (Sorbonne), possibly under Alexander of Hales, and certainly under Alexander's successor, John of Rochelle. He became an intimate friend of Thomas Aquinas. When the latter asked him what was the source of his wisdom, he showed him a crucifix. He made his studies a continuation of prayer, and prayer for preparation for study.

A remarkable cheerfulness always appeared on his face, confirming what he used to say: 'A spiritual joy is the greatest son of the divine grace dwelling in a soul.'

Three years earlier his fame had earned him the position of lecturer on The Four Books of Sentences—a book of theology written by Peter Lombard in the twelfth century—and in 1255 he received the degree of master, the medieval equivalent of doctor.

At the age of 35, Bonaventure was chosen Minister General of the Franciscans and healed the division caused by the different interpretations of the vow of poverty. Thomas Aquinas, coming one day while Bonaventure was writing the Biography of St. Francis, saw him through the door of his cell in contemplation. Going away he said: 'Let us leave a saint to work for a saint.'

On November 24, 1265, he was selected for the post of Archbishop of York; however, he was never consecrated and resigned the appointment in October 1266.

In 1273, Pope Gregory X sent some delegates from Rome to appoint him Cardinal. When the delegation showed up at Bonaventure's friary at Mugello, they found him washing the dishes. He actually sent them outside to wait for him to finish the dishes. Legend has it, he asked them to leave the red hat (galero) on a tree outside. So the saint finished washing the dishes and then came to greet the papal delegation.

Bonaventure played a prominent role in the Council of Lyons which was called to bring about a reunion with the Eastern churches. Thomas Aquinas died on his way to the same council. A temporary reunion of the churches was achieved and Bonaventure preached at the Mass of reconciliation. However, he did not live to see Constantinople repudiate the reunion.

At the age of 52 on July 15, 1274, while attending the Second Council of Lyons in France, Bonaventure suddenly died and under suspicious circumstances in Lyon, Lyonnais, Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles (present-day France).

Bonaventure's feast day was included in the General Roman Calendar immediately upon his canonization in 1482. It was at first celebrated on the second Sunday in July, but was moved in 1568 to July 14, since July 15, the anniversary of his death, was at that time taken up with the feast of Saint Henry.

It remained on that date, with the rank of 'double', until 1960, when it was reclassified as a feast of the third class. In 1969, it was classified as an obligatory memorial and assigned to the date of his death.

[the-heartstring-chronicles]

A mostly ( but probably not totally exhaustive) list of the fictional ships and familialesque bonds you will see on this tumblr

Character ships I LOVE

Elliot x Olivia ( SVU)

Picard x Crusher (ST: TNG)

Janeway x Chakotay (ST: VOY)

Odo x Kira (ST: DS9)

Michaela x Sully ( Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman)

Booth x Bones ( Bones)

Maria x Georg ( Sound Of Music)

Turnadette ( Call The Midwife)

Han x Leía ( Star Wars)

Pongo and Perdita ( Disney)

George x Doris ( Same Time Next Year)

Character ships I really like

Mulder x Scully ( X-Files)

Janine x Gregory ( Abbott Elementary

Ted x Rebecca ( Ted Lasso)

Riker x Troi ( ST: TNG

Diana x Matthew ( Discovery Of Witches

Ariel x Eric ( Disney)

Lady x Tramp (Disney)

Mary x Burt (Disney)

Character ships I am really happy about but not fic level invested in

Luke x Lorelei (Gilmore Girls)

Castle x Beckett ( Castle)

Olitz ( Scandal)

Jed x Abby ( The West Wing)

CJ x Danny ( The West Wing)

Mary Margaret x David (OUAT)

SwanQueen (OUAT)

Brittany x Santana ( Glee)

Josh x Donna ( The West Wing)

Raffi x Seven ( ST: P

Dana x Kevin ( Kindred)

Kurt x Blaine ( Glee)

Roslin x Adama ( Battlestar Galactica)

Fictional family/ familialesque bonds I LOVE

Shelagh and Sister Julienne aka Shulienne ( Call The Midwife)

The Golden Girls ( The Golden Girls)

Maria and the Children ( Sound Of Music)

Mando and Grogu ( The Mandolorian)

The TNG crew: ( ST: TNG)

Fictional family/ familialesque bonds I really like

Hank Sr and Booth ( Bones)

Rory and Lorelei (Gilmore Girls)

Max and Bones ( Bones)

Mr. Feeny and Eric and Cory ( Boy Meets World)

[troybeecham]

Today, the Church remembers St. Bonaventure.

Ora pro nobis.

He was born at Bagnorea in Umbria, not far from Viterbo, then part of the Papal States. Almost nothing is known of his childhood, other than the names of his parents, Giovanni di Fidanza and Maria di Ritella.

He entered the Franciscan Order in 1243 and studied at the University of Paris. In 1253 he held the Franciscan chair at Paris. A dispute between seculars and mendicants delayed his reception as Master until 1257, where his degree was taken in company with Thomas Aquinas. Three years earlier his fame had earned him the position of lecturer on The Four Books of Sentences—a book of theology written by Peter Lombard in the twelfth century—and in 1255 he received the degree of master, the medieval equivalent of doctor. After having successfully defended his order against the reproaches of the anti-mendicant party, he was elected Minister General of the Franciscan Order. On 24 November 1265, he was selected for the post of Archbishop of York; however, he was never consecrated and resigned the appointment in October 1266.

Bonaventure was instrumental in procuring the election of Pope Gregory X, who rewarded him with the title of Cardinal Bishop of Albano, and insisted on his presence at the great Second Council of Lyon in 1274. There, after his significant contributions led to a union of the Greek and Latin churches, Bonaventure died suddenly and in suspicious circumstances.

He steered the Franciscans on a moderate and intellectual course that made them the most prominent order in the Catholic Church until the coming of the Jesuits. His theology was marked by an attempt completely to integrate faith and reason. He thought of Christ as the "one true master" who offers humans knowledge that begins in faith, is developed through rational understanding, and is perfected by mystical union with God.

Bonaventure was formally canonised in 1484 by the Franciscan Pope Sixtus IV, and ranked along with Thomas Aquinas as the greatest of the Doctors of the Church by another Franciscan, Pope Sixtus V, in 1587. Bonaventure was regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of the Middle Ages.

Bonaventure wrote on almost every subject treated by the Schoolmen, and his writings are very numerous. The greater number of them deal with philosophy and theology. No work of Bonaventure's is exclusively philosophical, a striking illustration of the mutual interpenetration of philosophy and theology that is a distinguishing mark of the Scholastic period.

Much of St. Bonaventure’s philosophical thought shows a considerable influence by St. Augustine. So much so that De Wulf considers him the best medieval representative of Augustinianism. St. Bonaventure adds Aristotelian principles to the Augustinian doctrine, especially in connection with the illumination of the intellect and the composition of human beings and other living creatures in terms of matter and form. Augustine, who had introduced into the west many of the doctrines that would define scholastic philosophy, was an incredibly important source of Bonaventure's Platonism. The mystic Dionysius the Areopagite was another notable influence.

In philosophy Bonaventure presents a marked contrast to his contemporaries, Roger Bacon, Albert the Great, and Thomas Aquinas. While these may be taken as representing, respectively, physical science yet in its infancy, and Aristotelian scholasticism in its most perfect form, he presents the mystical and Platonizing mode of speculation that had already, to some extent, found expression in Hugo and Richard of St. Victor, Alexander of Hales, and in Bernard of Clairvaux. To him, the purely intellectual element, though never absent, is of inferior interest when compared with the living power of the affections or the heart.

Like Thomas Aquinas, with whom he shared numerous profound agreements in matters theological and philosophical, he combated the Aristotelian notion of the eternity of the world vigorously (though he disagreed with Aquinas about the abstract possibility of an eternal universe). Bonaventure accepts the neo-Platonic doctrine that "forms" do not exist as subsistent entities, but as ideals or archetypes in the mind of God, according to which actual things were formed; and this conception has no slight influence upon his philosophy.

Like all the great scholastic doctors, Bonaventura starts with the discussion of the relations between reason and faith. All the sciences are but the handmaids of theology; reason can discover some of the moral truths that form the groundwork of the Christian system, but others it can only receive and apprehend through divine illumination. To obtain this illumination, the soul must employ the proper means, which are prayer, the exercise of the virtues, whereby it is rendered fit to accept the divine light, and meditation that may rise even to ecstatic union with God. The supreme end of life is such union, union in contemplation or intellect and in intense absorbing love; but it cannot be entirely reached in this life, and remains as a hope for the future.

Like Aquinas and other notable thirteenth-century philosophers and theologians, Bonaventure believed that it is possible to prove the existence of God and the immortality of the soul. He offers several arguments for the existence of God, including versions of St. Anselm's ontological argument and Augustine's argument from eternal truths. His main argument for the immortality of the soul appeals to humans' natural desire for perfect happiness, and is reminiscent of C. S. Lewis's argument from desire. Contrary to Aquinas, Bonaventure did not believe that philosophy was an autonomous disciple that could be pursued successfully independently of theology. Any philosopher is bound to fall into serious error, he believed, who lacks the light of faith.

A master of the memorable phrase, Bonaventure held that philosophy opens the mind to at least three different routes humans can take on their journey to God. Non-intellectual material creatures he conceived as shadows and vestiges (literally, footprints) of God, understood as the ultimate cause of a world philosophical reason can prove was created at a first moment in time. Intellectual creatures he conceived of as images and likenesses of God, the workings of the human mind and will leading us to God understood as illuminator of knowledge and donor of grace and virtue. The final route to God is the route of being, in which Bonaventure brought Anselm's argument together with Aristotelian and Neoplatonic metaphysics to view God as the absolutely perfect being whose essence entails its existence, an absolutely simple being that causes all other, composite beings to exist.

Bonaventure, however, is not only a meditative thinker, whose works may form good manuals of devotion; he is a dogmatic theologian of high rank, and on all the disputed questions of scholastic thought, such as universals, matter, seminal reasons, the principle of individuation, or the intellectus agens, he gives weighty and well-reasoned decisions. He agrees with Saint Albert the Great in regarding theology as a practical science; its truths, according to his view, are peculiarly adapted to influence the affections. He discusses very carefully the nature and meaning of the divine attributes; considers universals to be the ideal forms pre-existing in the divine mind according to which things were shaped; holds matter to be pure potentiality that receives individual being and determinateness from the formative power of God, acting according to the ideas; and finally maintains that the agent intellect has no separate existence. On these and on many other points of scholastic philosophy the "Seraphic Doctor" exhibits a combination of subtlety and moderation, which makes his works particularly valuable.

In form and intent the work of St. Bonaventure is always the work of a theologian; he writes as one for whom the only angle of vision and the proximate criterion of truth is the Christian faith. This fact influences his importance for the history of philosophy; when coupled with his style, it makes Bonaventure perhaps the least accessible of the major figures of the thirteenth century. This is true, not because he is a theologian, but because philosophy interests him largely as a praeparatio evangelica, a preparation for evangelism, as something to be interpreted as a foreshadow of or deviation from what God has revealed.

In a way that is not true of Aquinas or Albert or Scotus, Bonaventure does not survive well the transition from his time to ours. It is difficult to imagine a contemporary philosopher, Christian or not, citing a passage from Bonaventure to make a specifically philosophical point. One must know philosophers to read Bonaventure, but the study of Bonaventure is seldom helpful for understanding philosophers and their characteristic problems. Bonaventure as a theologian is something different again, as is Bonaventure the edifying author. It is in those areas, rather than in philosophy proper, that his continuing importance must be sought.

Almighty God, you gave to your servant Bonaventure special gifts of grace to understand and teach the truth as it is in Christ Jesus: Grant that by this teaching we may know you, the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Amen.

[chrancecriber]

Antenne Vorarlberg Chillout Lounge (July 03, 2023)

23:57 Armin Van Buuren & Avira Feat. Sam Martin - Mask 23:55 Above & Beyond - Quieter Is Louder (Original Mix) 23:51 Gitano & Deep Josh Feat. Koo - Residence Lounge 23:48 Ofenbach & Ella Henderson - Hurricane 23:46 Trinix & Ian Urbina - Bad Things 23:40 Nora En Pure - Polynesia (Extended Mix) 23:36 Nora En Pure & Lika Morgan - In The Air Tonight (Sons Of Maria Remix) 23:33 Sons Of Maria - Elevate 23:27 Alejandro De Pinedo - Cancer 23:24 Daniel Steidtmann - Pigeon Lake 23:22 Troels Hammer - Azur 23:19 Mount & Emdey - Venus 23:16 Nora Van Elken - Honshu 23:12 Emmit Fenn - Blinded 23:09 Ck West - Aldebaran 2021 23:05 Blank & Jones - Sunshines Better (Feat. Mick Roach) 23:00 Thievery Corporation - It Takes A Thief 22:57 Together Alone - Let Go 22:54 Schiller - Once Upon A Time (Cahill Remix) 22:47 Cell - Idea Spiral (Ozora Festival 2011 Live Edit) 22:44 Vize & Tom Gregory - Never Let Me Down 22:41 Klingande, Wrabel - Big Love 22:38 Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) 22:35 Gamper & Dadoni - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! 22:30 Lux - Secret Fish 22:26 Passenger 10 - Voices In Her Head 22:20 Dreamerproject - Horizons (Glenn Main Remix) 22:13 Nora En Pure - Birthright (Club Mix) 22:10 Alan Walker X Hans Zimmer - Time (Alan Walker Remix) 22:07 Paul Oakenfold, Bolier, Luis Fonsi - The World Can Wait (Bolier Remix) 22:04 Mike Perry Feat. Shy Martin - The Ocean 22:00 Brendon Moeller - Emerging 21:55 Tinlicker Feat. Nathan Nicholson - Always Will 21:52 Melosense - Polarization (Original Mix) 21:47 Schiller - White Nights (Don't Let Me Go) 21:44 Bernward Koch - Lonely Dream (Solo Piano) 21:38 Mollono.bass, Ava Asante - Feeling Good 21:36 Tiësto & Karol G - Don't Be Shy 21:30 Mm Project - Sand 21:23 Monolink - Don't Hold Back 21:21 Luca Schreiner Feat. Johnny Chicago - Its All Gonna Be Good (Junge Junge Edit) 21:16 Lamb - Gabriel 21:12 Arden - Open 21:04 Doyeq & Jay Medvedeva - Break Into My Walls (Armen Miran & Hraach Remix) 20:59 Oliver Koletzki - A Tribe Called Kotori 20:56 Lizot - Daddy Cool 20:52 Nora En Pure - Epiphany 20:49 Sam Feldt - Show Me Love (Original Mix) 20:46 Consoul Trainin Feat. Steven Aderinto & Duoviolins - Obsession 20:43 Robin Schulz Feat. Alida - In Your Eyes 20:39 Sanavé - Deja Morinor 20:36 Magnofield - Lupino 20:29 The Orb - A Beautiful Day 20:26 Cotone - Faded Glory 20:24 Meduza Feat. Goodboys - Piece Of Your Heart 20:18 8000below - Turnaround 20:15 Tomas Skyldeberg - Outside The Window 20:10 Valante - Rissa 20:05 Kinobe - Lotus Eater 20:01 Eli & Fur - Come Back Around 19:56 Mike Candys & Jack Holiday - La Serenissima 19:53 Blank & Jones - Flaming June 19:45 Kygo - Freeze 19:42 Nora En Pure - Wetlands 19:37 Loui & Scibi Feat. Nuwella - Your Love (Ian Tosel Remix) 19:32 Eelke Kleijn - Woodstock 19:25 Menachem 26 - Hal (Anatolian Sessions Remix) 19:22 Lucas Estrada & Henri Purnell & Neimy - In My Fantasy 19:19 Avaion X Vize X Leony - Pieces 19:16 Sting - Cool Breeze 19:08 True & Berger - Imprint Of Pleasure 19:02 Bay Area - Dolphin Rider (Pianodreamsession) 18:55 Tom Odell - Another Love (Zwette Edit) 18:52 Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground 18:43 Super Flu - Mygut (Solomun Remix) 18:37 Coastline - Adriatic Sea (Milews Remix) 18:34 Undressd - Forever Young 18:30 Arty Feat. Cimo Fränkel - Daydreams (Sultan Shepard Echoes) 18:26 Blank & Jones - Grown Minds 18:24 Chris Avedon - The Letter 18:19 Moby - Extreme Ways (Bourne's Legacy) 18:16 Avaion, Paulwetz, Nu Aspect Feat. Yuma - Sleepless 18:05 Cell - Above The Clouds (Live Version) 18:01 Karen Ramirez - Looking For Love 17:58 Dennis Kruissen Feat. Liza Flume - Another Soul 17:54 Avira & Kiko Franco Feat. Nathan Nicholson) - Ocean 17:46 Boris Pillmann - Love You 17:43 Dj Antoine & Dead-line - Shout 17:40 Felix Jaehn, Cheat Codes Feat. Bow Anderson - I Just Wanna 17:37 Jan Blomqvist, Elena Pitoulis - More (Original Mix) 17:34 Edx - Neptune 17:29 Cats On Bricks Feat. Zach Alwin - Planes Over Ushuaia 17:23 Depeche Mode - When The Body Speaks 17:21 Mount & Illian - Fool 17:16 Chicane Feat. Bo Bruce - Still With Me 17:12 Lstn - Undecided 17:09 Vize & Alan Walker Feat. Leony - Space Melody (Edward Artemyev) 17:05 Tania Zygar, Sofia Zlatko, Vijay - Wildest Dreams (Extended Mix) 16:59 Rìfìs Du Sol - On My Knees (Oliver Schories Remix) 16:50 Martin Roth - An Analog Guy In A Digital World 16:47 Schiller X Ro Nova X Tricia Mcteague - Illuminate 16:43 Ac Venture - Penang Waltz (Roberto Sol Remix) 16:37 Shkoon Feat. Fruiterama - Napauken 16:31 Morcheeba - Trigger Hippie 16:29 Reece Lemonius, Munich Monstrs - Miss You 16:26 Zoe - C'est La Vie 16:19 Thievery Corporation - The Glass Bead Game 16:16 Blank & Jones Feat. Jan Loechel - Beautiful Life 16:13 Sway Gray Vs. Sal De Sol - Crosses 16:08 Blank & Jones Feat. Zoe Durrant - One Evening (Lofi Selection) 16:04 Tinlicker Feat. Hero Baldwin - Rebirth 15:59 Lenny Ibizarre - Smooth Temptation 15:56 Blank & Jones - Swept Away 15:53 Glockenbach Ft. Clockclock - Brooklyn 15:49 Ypey - Life Time 15:44 Faithless Feat. Nathan Ball & Caleb Femi - I Need Someone 15:42 The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card 15:37 Jazzamor - Way Back 15:35 Sons Of Maria - A Kiss Like This 15:33 Buchs Feat. Nokyo - Cheverolet 15:28 Lovers Lane - Island Memories 15:24 Mike Candys & Jack Holiday - Saltwater (Rework) 15:21 Dynoro Feat. Gigi D'agostino - In My Mind 15:18 Majestic & Boney M. - Rasputin 15:16 Möwe - Bad Intentions 15:09 Phil Mison - Lula 15:06 Nora En Pure - Stop Wasting Time 15:02 Julian Wassermann - Painfully 14:55 Adana Twins - Strange 14:48 Avira & Diana Miro - The Worship (Mark Knight Extended) 14:45 Milk & Sugar Feat. John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air 14:38 Richard Grey - Need Your Lovin (Murjd Remix) 14:34 Purple Disco Machine - Hypnotized 14:32 Lunax & Zana - Gone Tomorrow 14:28 Liberdade - Otra Vida 14:26 Mila Feat. Uwe Worlitzer - Teil Von Mir 14:19 Watermat - Bullit (Original Mix) 14:15 Filous - Let It Snow (Original Mix) 14:11 Passenger 10 - Serving The World 14:08 A-ha - Take On Me (Kygo Remix) 14:04 Junge, Junge Feat. Jamie Hartma - Wicked Hearts 14:01 Nora Van Elken - Interstellar 13:58 Blank & Jones - Fall In Love 13:55 Rosa Linn - Snap 13:51 Sofi Tukker & John Summit - Sun Came Up (Radio) 13:48 The Alan Parsons Project - Mammagamma (Instrumental) 13:45 Raffa Fi - Ritmo 13:38 Jean-michel Jarre - Equinoxe, Pt. 4 13:32 Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing (Kygo Remix) 13:26 Tebra - Suton 13:20 Groovecatcher - Intoxicated 13:16 John Summit & Hayla - Where You Are 13:12 Pretty Pink Feat. Mark V - Don't Dance 13:07 Deep Dive Corp. - Guitaria 13:02 Passenger 10 - The Lonely Boy Who Wanted To Make Friends 12:58 Sound Nomaden - The Morning After 12:55 Kygo Feat. Parson James - Stole The Show 12:52 Mike Candys & Séb Mont - What's On Your Mind 12:48 Nora En Pure - Enchantment 12:41 Heather Nova - Aquamarine 12:38 Sam Feldt & Sam Fischer - Pick Me Up (Vavo Remix) 12:33 Pete Tong & Tale Of Us Feat. Jules Buckley - Time 12:25 Deep Dive Corp. - Bali Hi 12:23 Alok Feat. Alida - Love Again 12:19 Karsten Kiessling Feat. Zach Alwin - Live It Up (Peace, Live And Love Mix ) 12:16 Lucy Neville - Shameless 12:12 Fritz Kalkbrenner - Good Things 12:06 Max Denoise Feat Claire Willis - Bring To Me Life (Original Mix) 12:02 Lstn - Sky & Sand 11:59 Loud Luxury - Cold Feet 11:55 Mila - Herzlos 11:53 Lika Morgan - Ding Dong 11:49 Klangperlenspiel & Puzzls - Kyoto (Wish You'd Move On) 11:43 Schiller - The Future Iii 11:41 Viva La Panda, Finding Molly - Chances 11:38 Tiësto & Ty Dolla $ign - The Business, Pt. Ii 11:33 Tosca - Gute Laune 11:26 John Kah - Carina (Enui Remix) 11:22 Max Johann Feat. Pearl Andersson - Bette Davis Eyes 11:20 Nora Van Elken - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) 11:16 Robert Manos - Silver 11:11 Afterlife - Solstice (Vocal Mix) 11:08 Gibbs & Code X - Close To Your Heart 11:04 Nihoni - After Sun 11:01 Light Of Aidan Feat. Note For A Child - Loving You 10:58 Alle Farben & Fools Garden - Lemon Tree 10:54 Laniia - Fireflies 10:52 Lost Frequencies & Zonderling - Crazy 10:49 Munich Monstrs - Shine 10:47 Carstn, Jason Walker - Could You Love Me (Munich Monstrs Remix) 10:40 Lstn - Sïstër 10:37 Oovee Feat. Alesha Dixon - Higher Love 10:33 Above & Beyond Feat. Justine Suissa - Little Something 10:30 Hagen Feetly - Cry 10:24 Lemongrass - Feel Good 10:20 Gestört Aber Geil & Anna Grey - Thank You 10:15 Tebra - Istok 10:09 Nora En Pure - Tears In Your Eyes (Extended Mix) 10:06 Glockenbach - Dirty Dancing 10:04 Gil Glaze Feat. Dante Thomas - West La 10:01 Crying Robot, Abi F. Jones - Different Sides 09:58 Chaël Feat Kaii - Don't Speak 09:56 Feder & Ofenbach Feat. Dawty Music - Call Me Papi 09:52 Jazzamor - Song For Maggie 09:49 Audax Feat. Ron Caroll - Falling For You 09:42 Faithless - Crazy English Summer (Brothers On High Remix) 09:36 Anrey - The Forgotten (Extended Mix) 09:33 Rita Ora - You Only Love Me 09:30 Serafim Tsotsonis - Small 2 09:24 Good Guy Mikesh Feat. Filburt - Place Of Love (Mp Edit) 09:22 Kamrad - Feel Alive 09:18 Kygo Feat. Valerie Broussard - Think About You 09:15 Fedde Le Grand Feat. Vince Freeman - Devils 09:10 Goa Foundation - (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight 09:04 Alex Cortiz - Enter The Matrix 09:00 Karsten Kiessling Feat. Helin - Fight Like A Lion 08:52 Garlington - Falling To Pieces (Extended Mix) 08:49 Kygo Feat. Kodaline - Raging 08:40 Dino Lenny Feat. Artbat - Sand In Your Shoes 08:35 Rameses B - Never Forget (Original Mix) 08:33 Avian Grays & Azteck - Endlessly 08:29 Klangkarussell And Givven - Follow 08:25 Tiesto - Everything (Acoustic Version) 08:22 Daniel Portman - Sensual Desires 08:17 Eelke Kleijn Feat. Diana Miro - You (Frankey & Sandrino Remix) 08:11 Electribe 101 - Talking With Myself 08:08 Pulsedriver & Tiscore Feat. Anna Grey - We Are 08:06 Carstn & Ten Tonne Skeleton - Safety Dance 08:01 Faithless - Evergreen 07:55 Consolidation Feat. Moguai - Ode To Joy 07:51 Armin Van Buuren & Avira - Illusion (Mixed) 07:44 Hraach - Delirio 07:39 Rìfìs Du Sol - Next To Me 07:35 Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love 07:32 Above & Beyond - The Inconsistency Principle 07:29 Nightcall X Henri Purnell Feat. Eke - When The Morning Breaks 07:26 Klingande, Stevie Appleton - Sinner 07:22 Audien - Blue 07:18 Sofi Tukker X Mahmut Orhan - Forgive Me 07:15 Bob Marley - Sun Is Shining 07:12 Iossa, Ken Holland - The Seed Feat. Iossa (Original Mix) 07:09 Dj Antoine Feat. Ablai - My Corazon (Dj Antoine Vs Mad Mark 2k21 Mix) 07:06 Emmit Fenn - Lost In Space 07:03 Sono - Trusting You 06:56 Armen Miran & Hraach - Gravitation 06:53 Norman Feller - Retrospective 06:50 Valerie Dore - The Night (Zyx Edit Remastered 2021) 06:44 Afterlife - Breather 2000 06:41 Blank & Jones - Coastline 06:36 Kid Massive, Yuji Ono, Dtale - Pray (Wolf Krew Remix) 06:33 Clangusar - I Promised Myself 06:30 Hugel - Can't Love Myself (Feat. Mishaal& Lpw) 06:27 Gibbs - Waiting For Lonely 06:22 Jazzamor - Lovin' You 06:19 Blank & Jones Feat. Zoe Durrant - Erase Rewind 06:16 Moby - My Only Love 06:11 Schiller - Mittelerde 06:04 Beyhude - Alabora 06:01 Maxim Lany Feat. Freya Alley - Anymore 05:56 Mind Against, Dyzen - Freedom 05:54 Christopher Von Deylen - She Never Told Him Her Name 05:49 Martin Böttcher - Old-shatterhand-melodie (Orbient Mix) 05:46 Kai Schwarz, Cayus & Yass - My Love Is Your Love 05:43 Hanns Feat. Lu - Chemistry 05:38 De-phazz - Anchorless 05:34 Above & Beyond - Is It Love? (1001) (Original Mix) 05:30 Edx - Vommuli 05:26 Duke Dumont Feat. Jax Jones - I Got U 05:20 Blank & Jones - Coh 05:17 Nora Van Elken - Okinawa 05:11 Tosca - Dave Dudley 05:09 Steve Forest, Te Pai - Never Gonna Give You Up 05:03 Beyhude - Terso 04:56 Kruder & Dorfmeister - Black Baby 04:52 Dvine - Unknown Reality 04:49 Ennio Morricone - L'estasi Dell' Oro 04:43 Sirius & Nyla - Infinity (Remastered Remix) 04:36 Julian Wassermann - People 04:33 El Profesor - Bella Ciao (Hugel Remix) 04:31 Srtw & Mave Feat. Sønlille - Last Train Home 04:28 Fritz Kalkbrenner - Daylight Is Falling 04:24 Kygo & Rita Ora - Carry On 04:20 Above & Beyond Feat. Zoe Johnston - We're All We Need 04:15 Blank & Jones - Twilight Moon 04:12 Tim Plvnk - Just Tonight (Extended Mix) 04:09 Gamper & Dadoni Feat. Joe Jury - Satellites 04:07 R3hab X Lukas Graham - Most People 03:58 Royksopp - Sordid Affair (Maceo Plex Mix) 03:55 Kryder & Natalie Shay - Rapture 03:51 Lenny Mac Dowell - Summertime 03:47 Stepha Schweiger - When I Was A Bird 03:43 Ambyion - Motion 03:39 Robin Schulz - Sugar (Feat. Francesco Yates) 03:36 Sons Of Maria - Always 03:32 Kyla La Grange - Cut Your Teeth 03:29 Junge Junge Feat. Kyle Pearce - Run Run Run 03:26 Nora Van Elken - Let It Go 03:23 Twisted Harmonies Feat. Mougleta - You & Me 03:18 Yantra Mantra - Ascension Into Heaven (Chandini Mix) 03:14 Blank & Jones - Sunny (Summer Vibe Mix) 03:11 Shouse - Won't Forget You 03:07 Jaques Raupe, Stereoact, Peter Schilling Feat. Peter Schilling - Terra Titanic 03:03 Trinix - Vision Deluxe 02:59 Stephane De Lucia - Trippin 02:55 Freischwimmer - California Dreamin 02:47 Miyagi, Sascha Braemer, Dan Caster, Jan Blomqvist - Woodpeckers Love Affair 02:41 Fous De La Mer - Waiting For The Sun 02:34 Le Roy - See The Light Ahead (Extended Mix) 02:31 Monoir, Eneli - 3 To 1 02:27 The Timewriter - Soulstickers 02:23 Milkwish - From The Earth To The Moon 02:16 Dale Anderson Feat. Anil Chawla - Pimento Grove 02:13 M22 - Good To Be Loved 02:11 Rene Rodrigezz & Tristan Henry - Let Me Go 02:07 Armin Van Buuren Feat. Angel Taylor - Make It Right (Trinix Remix) 02:03 Redondo, Bolier Feat. She Keeps Bees - Every Single Piece (Original Mix) 01:59 Jean-michel Jarre - Oxygene, Pt. 4 01:55 Alok Feat. Bruno Martini & Zeeba - Never Let Me Go 01:49 Banderas - This Is Your Life (Easy Life Mix) 01:45 Mefree - Horizons 01:39 Marra Kesh Khetama - Sunshine 01:31 Maxim Lany - Riding The Wave (Extended Mix) 01:28 Lucy Neville - Ransom 01:23 Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy 01:20 Paratone - Time After Time 01:16 Lstn - Thoughts 01:10 Depeche Mode - Sister Of The Night 01:06 Glide - Y Môr 01:03 York - On The Beach (Kryder & Jenjammin Sax Edit) 00:59 Morcheeba - Under The Ice 00:56 Kygo & Sasha Sloan - I'll Wait 00:52 The Alan Parsons Projekt - Eye In The Sky 00:49 Hypnosis - Pulstar 00:45 Robin Schulz & Felix Jaehn - One More Time 00:41 Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line 00:38 Martin Trevy Feat. Hedara - Talking To The Silence 00:36 Above & Beyond - Quieter Is Louder (Original Mix) 00:30 The Rhythm Slaves - The Light You Will See 00:27 Armin Van Buuren & Garibay - Phone Down 00:23 Blank & Jones - High Fly 00:18 Melounge - Too Much Sugar 00:15 Mike Candys, Sb Mont & Salvo - Turned To Dust 00:13 Kush Kush & Sickmellow Feat. Kazhi - Blacklight 00:07 Massive Attack - Teardrop 00:04 Wave Wave Feat. Lena Sue - Repeating 00:01 Lilly Wood & The Prick And Robin Schulz - Prayer In C

[sweeterthanmydreams]

10 songs with names in the title. Dear Maria & Dorothea were already mentioned, so I’ll leave them off. Links are Spotify links because it’s faster for me that way.

Tim McGraw by Taylor Swift

The Cult of Dionysus by The Orion Experience

Chrissy, Wake Up by The Gregory Brothers (Stranger Things spoiler warning)

Nancy Mulligan ; folk song, version by The Wellermen

Sarah Come Home by Allie X

Freya by Maria Celin

Lulu’s Pie Song by Sara Bareilles for Waitress

Cornelia Street by Taylor Swift

Cassiopeia by Sara Bareilles

Haus of Holbein from Six the Musical

Bonus round: Say My Name from Beetlejuice the Musical

(No I did not do this from memory; I would have started & ended with Dear Maria, Count Me In if I had.) Gonna cheat & retag my sisters @wokefromdreaming & @maybeinthefuture​ since I haven’t seen them do it yet, plus @yuyaasou @kittenkanaya & @kuipernebula.

I was tagged by @marzipanandminutiae to name 10 songs I like with names in the title!

"St. Teresa," Joan Osborne

"Morning Elvis," Florence and the Machine

"William Taylor," which is a folk song with a number of variations

"Stagger Lee," another folk song—yes, this is someone's name

"Suzanne," Leonard Cohen (covered beyond belief, but mostly these days the original is listened to)

"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," a Bach piece that is only dubiously a song but that I'm including because I got made fun of for listing it as a favorite song in elementary school

"Basil," Mark Knopfler

"Bilitis," Nakamori Akina

"Hello, Minnie," which is an absolutely insane moment from Puccini's infamous (in some circles; said with utmost love for it) yeehaw opera La fanciulla del West. You know that "firing a rifle into the air while balls deep in a squealing hog" Cards against Humanity card? Yeah, that, senza hog, is how this opera INTRODUCES its main soprano.

"Eärendil was a mariner" from The Fellowship of the Ring but specifically the Adele McAllister setting.

Tagging @wedding-shemp @clarascuro @mayasaura @s1mpl1fe @itsallwearecalledtodo @absynthe--minded @stracciatellino @sagebrushed @notyouraveragejulie @staghunters

[roswellnmsource]

I’m just so pleased to see such a big crowd for Maria DeLuca.

[greenleaf777]

Am I not supposed to ship Greg and Maria? Because I definitely do. It doesn’t help that Gregory Manes is the most beautiful man on earth….that chemistry tho.

[youngsamberg]

👽 ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO 👽

🛸 3.09 "Tones of Home”

[mariadelucadaily]

Ooh, I would love to.

[lesbianmaxevans]

Maria & Greg || Tones of Home

[Image Description: Four stacked gifs from Roswell, New Mexico.

Maria and Greg sit outside by a campfire. Maria: Maybe I’m a little tipsy. She takes another sip of alcohol. Greg laughs. Maria: I’m just really, really glad I’m not dead. Greg: I’m really glad you’re not dead too. Maria throws her glass into the campfire and pulls Greg into a kiss.]

[mariailoveyou-guerin]

only scene of micheal that matters to me man still whipped for maria deluca as he should also who isnt even gay guy calls her dream girl

oh its bad for him its very very bad for very whipped micheal guerin

[dreamer-of-ships]

They’d done it, defeated Jones, and now life in Roswell could finally be what it was always supposed to be; A small desert town that no longer held the mysteries of the universe.

It’s months later, and Michael and Alex are well and truly in love, and with their chosen family surrounding them, they’re happier than they ever have been. They’re trying their best to live their lives without having to look over their shoulders, and they’re getting there.

But one day Michael, Isobel, Dallas and Max are suddenly inundated with all the memories of their lives before their parents put them into their pods. At first, they think it’s a blessing, knowing where they came from, having a firm understanding of the events leading up to the crash, but what happens when it’s their loved ones that are left to pay the price?

— Yay! I can finally reveal the first chapter to my brand new Roswell fic. I am so excited to share this with you guys! I have so many ideas for this story, and I’m beyond ready to share them. I hope you’re ready to read it to because I have a whole rollercoaster of emotions planned.

Here’s a short excerpt from the first chapter (AKA: A big Malex love fest)

*** Michael removed his cowboy hat a moment later, placing it on the table to join the empty beer bottles. He then bent down, nuzzling into Alex’s neck before giving the side of his face a quick kiss. Alex leaned into it lovingly, which elicited a long drawn out awwwww, from Isobel across the booth.

“You guys are too cute,” she said a moment later.

“You’re drunk,” Alex said, taking a sip of his beer.

Maria laughed, nodding her head in agreement. “No, you guys are pretty darn cute.”

Alex scowled. Nope, he was not having this. He was many things yes: a war veteran, a cyber intelligence specialist, a Purple Heart airman, but the one thing he was not was cute. He could probably kill a man with his bare hands if he wanted to.

“Oh, yeah, you guys are super adorable,” Dallas said, a knowing smile broadening across his features.

Michael had his chin resting on top of Alex’s head, his arms hanging loosely around the other man’s upper body. He chuckled softly into Alex’s hair, knowing how much his boyfriend absolutely hated that adjective.

“Hear that, babe?” Michael said, his voice teasing as he buried his face into his neck, squeezing the man tightly between his arms. “We’re so fucking cute!” He proceeded to rock them back and forth in Alex’s chair, planting kisses all over the side of his boyfriend’s face.

“We’re not! Get off!” Alex tried to break away from the embrace, but to no avail, although now he couldn’t stop himself from smiling no matter how hard he tried. He noticed the teasing grin on Michael’s face, and it only made his heart flutter even more.

He shook his head as he grabbed his bottle of beer. Just as he was about to take a sip of the alcohol, Michael grabbed it from his hand and downed the rest of it in one go.

“Guerin! That was mine,” he said, watching as his boyfriend slammed the bottle back on the table. Alex looked at him, trying not to laugh, but Michael had already let him go and was walking backwards away from the table.

“What’s yours is mine, baby,” he said with a wink. Alex rolled his eyes, then watched as the other man turned towards the bar, obviously seeking out a beer of his own.

“Oh my god, all this sugar is going to make my teeth rot,” Isobel said, fanning herself with her hand. Maria grinned beside her, and they clinked their bottles. Alex looked between them, far from impressed.

Maria laughed as she took another sip of her beer. “So fucking cute,” she mocked.

Alex looked at her, deadpan.“ I hate you all.”

“You love us, really,” she said as she leaned over to cup his chin. Alex felt the edges of his mouth turn up once more, because yeah, he really did.

Maria stood then, figuring it was best to head to the bar to serve Michael before he decided to raid the place.

Read it on AO3

[thedooristhebluecushion]

I’ve percolated on this for the whole season & 10 days so here is my probably unpopular opinion.

I wish Maria & Greg weren’t a thing this season. I wish they both had the opportunity to grow, with brief flirty interactions & that next season we got to see them get together. Because looking back, it just feels like Greg was there strictly as a love interest for Maria, and that felt forced.

Do I think they’re good together? Yes.

Do I want to see them together in season 4? Yes.

But I’m kinda sick of main characters NEEDING a love interest in order to be considered compelling. Maria’s journey this season WAS compelling (episode 3:08 will be my favorite forever & ever amen).

Greg was just an unnecessary tagalong for the ride. I would have rather seen him grow in his relationship with Alex, with cute little *bumps* into Maria along the way. Her oblivious that he’s crushing & Alex teasing him.

Man now that I’ve gotten this into words I’m even more annoyed it’s not what we got. Any fanfic writers wanna help a girl out?