#hes agnostic

[wistfulpoltergeist]

Episode 7

“Sometimes superstitions can make people delusional, Dr Stonefall.” Amadeo clicked with his tongue and nodded at the entrance.

“Let's take a look at your field of research and have some refreshments. But first, gentlemen, will you help me with my luggage?”

He flashed a look at Jason’s shapely arms.

“No problem.” Jason turned and walked straight to his BMW.

Barely they entered the hall when Dr Stonefall's phone beeped.

He peeked at the screen, excused himself, and said he should drive to the train station since no taxi driver was giving Elliot a lift to Hill House.

“Not at this hour anyway,” he added before leaving.

Jason emerged in the doorway with all the suitcases in his hands, not even out of breath.

“Where to, chief?”

“Oh, um... to be honest, I don’t know. I haven't seen much of the house...”

“But the master bedroom shouldn't be hard to find.”

Jason put the luggage down on the floor.

“With all due respect, sir, the master bedroom is known to be the most haunted one.”

“Nonsense!” Amadeo waved away with his hand as if wading off a nosey fly and strutted to the main staircase.

“Let's find it, and you'll see there is nothing to be afraid of.”

Jason shook his head and followed him upstairs.

♫Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out for a Hero♫

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[thecruellestmonth]

At some point, Post-Crisis comics Alfred isn't a person with independent will. He's the butler. His butler suit is pretty much his skin. He's like a Pokémon, and his Pokémon species is Butler. He goes back into the Poké Ball when Bruce tells him to. He likes it that way. He is not an adult person, and he can't be held to the standards of one. It's not in his function to contradict. Julia was erased, because this Alfred doesn't fuck. (Alfred wasn't always like this; I want to blame Chuck Dixon, but it's probably just a reflex instead of something I mean to argue. 🤔)

Jason never bothers to orchestrate any kind of Red Hood torture-gauntlet for Alfred, not even a cute mini-course scaled down for an old man. The only acknowledgment that Jason gives Alfred is to mail him that first-edition book. I interpret this as the equivalent of a young adult returning to his childhood home and gifting an apple to the family pony. It's a cute little gesture. 🤷‍♀️ Alfred is one of Jason's father's many marvelous possessions, one that Jason fondly remembers for producing delicious pot roast dinners and chocolate cake.

Okay, being a slightly less facetious jackass for a minute—I don't really subscribe to the idea that Jason would feel so betrayed by Alfred siding with Bruce against him. I'm pretty neutral on that. I lean toward the idea that Jason never knew an Alfred that wouldn't side with Bruce, and so Jason has never expected anything different from him.

Would Jason feel upset that the Wayne Estate will never be home to him again? Maybe. He could. Would he feel betrayed by the trees and the grass and the marble and the polished brass doorknobs for belonging to the Wayne family? Well. 🤷‍♀️

[potato-lord-but-not]

Some jewish Noel HCs based on conversations with my jewish girlfriend! To give you the gentile's digest version:

Personally, Noel being a religious jew is my favorite. He would reject the idea that The King and such other entities are actually gods -- which would probably piss Hastur tf off. Something arthur would probably appreciate is the fact that Noel EXPLICITLY would not prostelytize.

I think Noel would observe shabbat weekly (sundown on friday to about an hour after sundown on saturday, by the greogrian calendar) but maybe performs work if necessary (you arent supposed to, but saving lives takes precedent over holidays. Every time he does work during shbbat, he says "that's what Yom Kippur is for"). But his favorite holiday would be Rosh Hashanah. That's one of the holiest days in judaism, and I think he'd hold onto that pretty strongly especially following his experience in the Dreamlands. It requires a lot of prayer and specific customs, and I think that anchoring to his faith and his history would be grounding for him.

TAKING NOTES

[cherryinterlude]

owen teague lore has expanded. apparently he's in a band with his longtime friend?!>!#&

[anghraine]

Good morning to my fellow US residents on this, the worst day of our calendar. Fingers crossed etc.

[opbackgrounds]

I mean Zoro doesn't believe in God either, so that tracks.

[invinciblerodent]

Okay I feel like my experience of DAI might be a bit.... I guess I could say unique? because my main Inquisitor is a human who is a devout Andrastian, AND pro-mage/pro-elf (it's a long story, he goes through some Character Development), but since last night's post, i've been mentally pacing up and down, thinking about how the "truth vs. lies" narrative throughline applies to Vivienne and her personal quest.

Because... well, hers is the only one (iirc) where you can choose to lie to her. Not tell her to keep up a lie (Blackwall), or lie because she's asking you to lie (Sera), or to conceal what she's discovered (Cassandra), but just straight up lie to her face when she's expecting the truth, and whether she's lying to you or not in general is not even the focal point at that juncture: she just comes to you requesting help, and you can either give it, or deny her.

And regardless of what you do, the facts, the events, don't change, which is what gets me. Nothing tangible happens if you decide to screw her over: whether you give her the heart of a snowy wyvern or just a regular gurgut, her formula will always fail, and Bastien dies. The only difference your lie makes is in her feelings about you, and in her knowing that you're not above stabbing her in the back.

Because if you do choose to accept her request (even though you can just turn it down, and nothing happens besides some approval loss), agree to help her, and then betray her, Vivienne knows. I don't think the game says when she finds out (be it while preparing the potion and she just forges on, hoping that it'll work anyway, or upon looking into it after it fails to see why it failed), but she tells you that much: that she is well aware of your deception, and she doesn't mince her words in voicing her contempt for you.

And man, Vivienne in general is just so fascinating to me.

I mean, she's simultaneously one of the most honest and caring companions, and also one of the ones with the clearest ulterior motives. She, like Bull, basically comes right out the gate and tells you the moment you meet her that she is in this for the power and the opportunity that you present, essentially admitting to you that you are little more than a stepping stone, and early on, her approval can swing wildly: maybe more than for any other companion. And what I keep noticing about that is that these swings are most affected by conversations, where you can lie, far more than your actions, which kind of leads me to believe that she either values your agreeing with her, or in other kinds of setups, you having the good sense to tell her what she wants to hear even if it's not true.

And like, I don't have the brain power at the moment to dissect her deep-seated fears and caution, how her general disapproval tends to boil down to risks and danger, and her whole Deal with why she, as a mage, is so opposed to mage freedom, I'd have to replay the game again to be able to articulate all my thoughts and feelings on that, but it just..... It generally fascinates me how her approval can be maxed out through pretty much conversation alone, while making all the "good" but risky choices that she disapproves of (mage alliance with full freedom, allied wardens, etc.), and before you'd even talk about Bastien's family with her.

And, if she sees an ally in you, man, she's so kind. If she likes you, she's one of the only people to ask you if you're alright after Haven, she offers advice and tries to help the best way she can, and she approves of helping the people of Haven, and of you "yes, and"-ing her, and not wallowing in empty platitudes but letting her have her space to mourn how she wants to, and I just......

Gaaah, I love Vivienne and I keep thinking about her. She makes a terrible fucking Divine, but I just... I'm just looking at her with stars in my eyes, ready to agree with whatever she says and then fuck off to do the exact opposite, knowing that I got a good grade in agreeing with her anyway.

[t00thpasteface]

me and the bad bitch i pulled by having sympathy for the vulnerable and a simple zest for life

[solargeist]

the religious hermit list is growing slowly 👍

Grian - Catholic

Mumbo - Mormon

Skizz - Protestant 🎉

[arthur-lesters-right-arm]

Props to Arthur Lester for identifying as agnostic after god ripped his child, his eyesight, and both of his parents from him

[windsweptinred]

Dream offhandedly telling Hob that God and the Devil are real, sending him into a full on medieval religious crisis/relapse....

Dream attempting to remedy his faux pas, brings the Archangel Gabriel or bleedin Jesus Christ himself to talk to Hob... Most definitely making it worse! 😆

Jesus: Hello Robert, Dream asked me to come and talk to you about faith.

Hob: Hyperventilating in 14th century Catholicism

[leafpool-loves-ashfur]

guys we do realize Splashtail ISN'T an atheist right? we know the definition of atheist?

[colonelmajorkepler]

THE REVEREND PUTTING IN EVERYONE’S EROTIC CONFESSIONS INTO HIS NOVEL WITHOUT EVEN REALISING IT IM FUCKIGNG CYRIFNG

[shalom-iamcominghome]

Okay, I have decided that this section about the philosophy of religion is funny like...

They're defining judaism as one of the west's Largest Religions, and then this entire section is all presupposing that the g-d you're debating about is the xtian god like... I get that we're discussing mostly xtian philosophers but... I don't believe in a hell that g-d would send me to if I didn't believe in Him, and this entire text presupposes that things like hell are real. What's funny about it is just universalizing xtian belief and philosophy about g-d as though jews for example would feel compelled by the arguments. I'm feeling so uncompelled by these arguments and I'm a theist 😭

What's funny is the fact that judaism (and islam!) were presented as Major Western Religions but only one islamic philosopher was discussed and there is no mention of anything other than xtianity.

[worstwolverinesbf]

house being atheist and talking about it so much makes me happy

[loveakii]

“I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid of Him.”

— Gabriel García Márquez