#how God treats people

[tom4jc]

Ezekiel 20:44 How God Deals With You

“Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have dealt with you for My name’s sake, not according to your wicked ways nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel,” says the Lord God. Ezekiel 20:44 How a person deals with another person often depends on what was done and who that other person is. Dealing with a loved one is often different than with a total stranger or an actual…

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

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[the-woman-upstairs]

God, of COURSE the reaction to “Anyone can wear the mask” is “but not everyone will accept that.” And Miles internalizing the heartbreak of that kind of rejection from what he considered (hoped) to be HIS people leads to him understanding the next step is to reject the system that says he doesn’t belong.

[kacievvbbbb]

Something about Vegapunk using the dna and blood of a caged and experimented on child to create more caged child experiments and the cycles we perpetuate.

Because what does it mean that all that King has left as proof, that the lunarians were real, that they existed as a tribe, as a people, are seven manufactured children he doesn’t even know about, enslaved as weapons to the government that wiped out the culture they’ll never get to be a part of, and Alber himself another enslaved child lost to something he’ll never fully know.

And what of the warlords? Already young once and hurt by their government, young again and slaves to it. Boa looking at a version of her practically pulled out of time stuck in her worst nightmare or Jimbei looking at a version of himself living out a past he escaped by the skin of his teeth but so many he loved didn’t, even Doffy once again at the mercy of the people that already abandoned him, has Kuma not suffered enough? Given enough, is this child version of him doomed to repeat the same path he already could not escape from . Property of the world government, beholden to the celestial dragons, this version of me that cannot go free?

It’s interesting that Vegapunk joined the government so that he could do the most good, but look at the long line of people right infront of him that he’s hurt with his own hands.

[luck-of-the-drawings]

EDYN TIDESTRIDER, CHALLENGER OF THE UNDERSEA, RIVAL OF THE DEEP. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOUR BROTHER WAS CHOSEN TO BE A WEAPON OF THE GODS? HOW WILL YOU UNDO WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO HIM?

[lorebird]

In which Ford struggles so badly to relate to other people that he wonders if he’s really human at all. The more isolated he becomes, the harder it is to reconcile with his own humanity.

[nevermeyers]

There's absolutely no way people are now saying that all the gege-hate train is just an internal joke of the fandom. There's no way you're this out of touch with what has been happening.

I've been in the fandom since 2020 and it doesn't take a lot of smarts to see there's been a change in tone in the way some people say that in the last year. Since this new arc of history began, destructive criticism, massive hate and threats have overflowed into hundreds of profiles. It's no longer "oh, I hate Gege akutami" now and for a while now it's "I hate Gege akutami - his manga is horrible I'm gonna drop it (they never do) - he doesn't deserve popularity - he doesn't know how to write - he pretends to have an illness."

And yet, it's not normal to make jokes about wanting to kill someone, hon. Go check yourself if you find that funny, you're no better than let's-joke-about-sensitive-issues reddit incels

[looseinthecatroom]

Right. Let's get this REAL clear here, yeah? For as much as I hate diving into the clusterfuck of bad takes surrounding Nandermo, I gotta say something real loud and clear;

There is NO universe, none at ALL where I give a flying kaleidoscopic fuck if Nandor and Guillermo ""go cannon"". Or get together in some sort of idealized monogamous soulmates situationship. None.

What I DON'T like is how throughout the entire show run, the IDEA of Guillermo and Nandor as a couple was never explored. (other then as a joke once or twice)

PLEASE feel more then free, feel OBLIGATED (if you want them to be platonic) to bring up IN TEXT that they simply aren't interested in each other in that way. There are ten thousand ways to do it!

My kingdom for in the next episode (there is some weird... last episode thing still right?) it's mentioned that they got together for like a week before they both decided that just wasn't what they wanted. Or that they used to fuck when Guillermo was new to the vamily but it low key sucked.

My hand in marriage for a mention of Guillermo having, or specifically not having for whatever reason, a crush on his super cool idealized REAL VAMPIRE boss man when they met, but getting over it the longer they spent together.

My heart for ANY acknowledgement that these are two queer men deeply interwoven in each others lives in a show where the entire rest of the cast is constantly hitting on each other and having chill low key background sex on the reg, and if they are platonic (completely fucking fair) acknowledging in any way in text the idea that they could not be platonic if they wanted, but that they do not want that.

I DO NOT care about ~""shipping""~. There is a history far older then the medium of censoring, or even just being really fucking weird about, queerness, vs the decade or so of increased visibility we've just had. And all I need is simply to see the possibility actually acknowledged and then discarded in text if that's what the writers prefer. I need to see... actual explicit character development and acknowledgement of who these two are, what they mean to each other and why. Not this string along shit (with a side of making fun of the fans, because THAT doesn't clearly shoot any claim to good intentions/ignorance in the foot and lay out what kind of people are in charge) unless you ARE planning to pay off the "will they won't they" tension. (INCLUDING with a "they won't and here's why"!!)

[buwheal]

Damn, Spam, did the cake taste that bad? - bad joke. Sorry you're havin' a rough day. We're here if you need to talk, or if you just need a distraction.

[slutforpringles]

So many people this season/year waking up to Lando crying on the radio to be let past his teammate. Meanwhile us dirlies who experienced it while he was Daniel's teammate at McLaren have been talking about it SINCE 2021 and yet we were called delusional and biased DR fangirls for doing so.🙃😤

[moodypetrichorlove]

tom holland in uncharted is a treat to watch. just hits different. iykyk.

[crazysodomite]

the thing about phalloplasty is that its painfully obvious that people think you shouldn't do what makes you happy with your own body because they think your body only exists to serve others. thus the posts/jokes about 'your dick not working' and 'mutilating yourself to get a dick that doesn't work' or whatever. and then people who actually got the operation talk about how it literally does work in every way they want to to be happy with their body nobody listens bc people think your body should only exist to pleasure and serve others, thus you're "ruining yourself" by getting an operation that makes You happy instead of what cis people find to be normal/desirable

[kelocitta]

There is currently a rather large discussion ongoing about the RW fandom behavior, drama, etc. I am not going to talk about the specifics of whats happened for a number of reasons. But what I do want to say is that if at any point you've harassed people over it, whether that be through anon asks or public posts- you did nothing but damage the ability for people to correctly process what is happening. You contributed nothing but harm to an already delicate situation. It does not matter what "side" you were on and I will not tolerate further interaction with me or my work if I found out you did such. If you let your personal hate for anyone boil over into threats, wishes for long term harm and petty comments meant to contribute nothing but slander or mental distress for the individuals involved who were already distressed (or acting irrationally) you did nothing but make it harder for people to process their emotions, thoughts and behaviors constructively. Regardless of who you think was in the right, who fucked up, whatever. It doesn't matter if they deserved it, or earned it, or if its an eye for an eye. Its difficult enough as it is to think clearly when presented with any kind of stressful situation and heckling people does nothing but make it worse and harder for them to explain themself in any capacity. I don't want you anywhere near me if you think that is an acceptable way to act.

[flydinom]

He's very fun at parties..

inspired by @okultraoldmanyaoi 's (and someone else I think but I can't remember their username) take on gary's breakdowns (i cant stop thinking about that since i saw that post)

[pokimoko]

The fact that Main-verse Ooo is as good and as kind as it is (relative to the other universes shown so far, at least, it's obviously not perfect) all because of the same character that starts off as the OG series' antagonist, the person we were made to see as the bad guy (albeit an often ineffectual one) for several seasons, is making me lose my mind.

Imagine finding out the guy you spent your childhood beating up and saving princesses from is in fact a driving catalyst behind you being able to exist, and not only exist but also live in a world that knows what kindness is. All because that man, the same man who you've witnessed do terrible things, once met a little girl and taught her how to be good.

Simon's story really shows us that even if you lose your way and forget how it is to be good yourself, the world keeps the memory for you. That act of love Simon showed Marcy by protecting her and seeing her as more than the monster she thought herself to be created ripples upon ripples, small at first but eventually enough to help give their wreckage of a world—a world that easily could have been forsaken, its goodness overlooked because of its inhospitable remains—a chance to grow into something beautiful. Because of those very same ripples Simon created, the people of Ooo grew up in a world where they know enough about kindness that they were able and willing to spare the 'bad guy' some, to see beyond the wreckage and allow him to grow too.

In saving Marceline, Simon helped to not only to save the world, but also himself.

[elkian]

Also one reason Bauhauzzo really speaks to me is how he takes in the beauty of the world. Of being alive. Not just natural beauty like sunsets and sunrises, but the beauty of human effort and interaction.

I get choked up all the time thinking of ancient manuscripts with cat pawprints on them, graves someone 400 years ago made for their faithful dog, stick figures with far too many fingers made by bored kids centuries past.

Humans have always been and will always be humans, and there are dark sides to that, but it's not all doom and heartache. Bauhauzzo talks about authoritarian-worshipping goosesteppers, but he also talks about the joys of innovation. He fondly remembers Cobigail's acts of fun and kindness alongside her pranks. He waxes poetic about how someone went to all the effort of breeding a blue rose, a thing that does not exist in nature. He remembers the light of the flames of war on the water in the same paragraph as he remembers the scent of a loved one's home-cooked meal.

I've said it before but what makes him such an excellent God of Memory and History is that he understands the past, he remembers it, but he doesn't live in it.

I haven't gotten all his anecdotes yet, but I did get the one about the Spire, and I think it's really characteristic of him. He remembers its lifetime fondly - he asks you to kiss the doorway. But he doesn't say, "everything is ruined forever until it is restored to its former glory". I don't think he'd be opposed to its restoration, necessarily (depending on the why of it, given how BuzzHuzz goes), but he acknowledges the movement of time and accepts the present, while still maintaining a fondness for the past. The Spire conversation opens with him talking about loving one's home, and I think the reference to Marie Kondo's system of Sparking Joy is deliberate. Keep what brings you joy, but you don't have to hold on to things just because they were once important to you.

Bauhauzzo loves and acknowledges and embodies the past, but never truly lets it hold him back. He understands that the present, and the future, are as important to History as the past. He doesn't want the world to stop, even if he feels a bit of nostalgia from time to time. He knows that's a natural feeling, and he might be a bit culpable for the BH situation, but it was never his intention. He was deliberately taken advantage of by the very people who claimed to be there to help him, and the very first thing he asks of you is to help him right this wrong.

Bauhauzzo is great.