#i’m not a christian blog sorry

[mugs-n-cans]

Hey CBS,

What would you do if any random person or any other freaks try to talk, flirt, and seduce AP, or if they get handsy on him and such?

Would you be jealous or what?

-💚

Well of course I’d be bloody jealous! I suppose talkin’ to him is fine but anythin’ else…well, I’d do what I do best, mate!

What kinda bloke would I be if I didn’t make clear what’s mine, eh?

[concreteburialplot]

Hey! hope you're having a good day:) was just wondering if you have any song recommendations from chase atlantic for someone who's never listened to them before?

oh i love this 😭 i love giving music recommendations especially about a band i love so much💕

i do have to warn you that chase is not rock or metalcore in any capacity so if you’re expecting that, it’s definitely not that lol

but these are some of my recs!

Vibes is one off my favorite songs of all time & has been since 2015💘 it’s exactly what the title suggests, a vibe

honorable mentions;

cassie, swim, call me back, idontlikedarkness, triggered & ozone💞

thank you for the ask anon 🥰 i hope you like them!

enjoy some lovely gifs of my boy Kras💕 (+mitchel lol)

[cathedralrosary]

If you were wondering, God will find you.

For years I’ve been researching saints and trying to kind of create my own little group of saintly friends to turn to. I’ve struggled so much with mental health, family issues, and loneliness these past few years and trying to find saints who had maybe been through something similar, who could join me in prayer, and who I connected to was a way of coping. And while I have some connections to some saints, those connections didn’t feel super strong. Which makes sense - you have to work to build relationships with anyone, the strongest connections don’t happen overnight.

But all that changed in a class project from last semester. I go to a state university in the US and was in a religion class and ended up with a project relating to Saint Anne. I chose the topic (of St. Anne) from a large list of topics, and it was one of the few options relating to Catholicism (I knew I wanted something Catholic-related if there was that option). As I did that class project (and the subsequent longer-term research project that came from that assignment), I very quickly felt a connection to St. Anne.

I didn’t think much of the connection at first, but I’ve realized over these past few months the ways God has worked to put St. Anne into my life. It wasn’t a random coincidence. The project in that course that led me to St. Anne was only possible because of a new course offering from my university. I just so happened to be taking that course in the right semester, after having to drop out and come back years later due to mental health. My professor said they almost didn’t include St. Anne on the list to choose from, but did for whatever reason and was glad that they did because the work was outstanding. I was able to get a grant (with help from my professor) to study St. Anne in an academic sense (this has only deepened a spiritual connection to her and of course God).

And what I think is most striking, is that for almost a decade, I have struggled with feeling like I don’t really have a grandmother (or grandfather, but that stings less for some reason). My father’s mom died before I was two, and I never met her. My mother’s mother plays favorites with her grandchildren and I was never close to being the favorite; she’s never been very interested in me. But St. Anne, Jesus’ grandmother, has come into my life and has become an incredibly important figure to me. I didn’t even notice it at first. Now I see that Christ worked in his own mysterious way and in his own time to give me his grandmother as a source of comfort and love in my life. Someone who can guide me towards her grandson and fill what has often felt like a void in my life.

God saw my struggles and my desire to grow towards him. He gave me the person I needed so quietly and gently that I didn’t even notice my answered prayers. In a public university, on some random day in September, while I was listening to Spotify, God put St. Anne in my life. You do not need to worry. God will find you.

[222anderson]

1. Micah!

2. 6teen

3. December :)

4. Sagittarius

5. Blue

6. I don’t think i have one but the numbers 2, 6, 1, and 0 have been my favorites for some reason

7. I have one dog and 6 cats spread across my mom and my dad’s houses!

8. The lone star state, Texas!

9. Short ☹️

10. I’m embarrassed for some reason 😔

11. 1 pair of converse, 1 pair of crocs, 2 pairs of vans, 1 pair of docs, 1 pair of platform boots, and 1 pair of dinosaur slippers :)

12. I can’t remember sorry ☹️ i have very vivid dreams but this one was pretty tame

13. I can draw and i like to think that i can write sorta well but who am i kidding (I’m good at being weird too)

14. No :(

15. Futile Devices by Sufjan Stevens and Strangers by Ethel Cain :)

16. Dead Poets Society definitely

17. It’s NOT healthy in any way but i would like an older man (30-55) to take care of me but i know that’s not a real possibility (i NEED Ethan Hawke)

18. I don’t want to have children of my own but i want my siblings to have kids so i can be the cool uncle😎

19. Nope! (Also we would both be wearing white suits)

20. That’s a kind of hard question for me. I believe Jesus existed because the religion had to start somewhere, but i don’t really believe most of what the Christian bible says. I just believe that people were suffering and hurting and their families were dying and they needed something to give them hope that their loved ones weren’t suffering anymore. I understand why people believe and sometimes i wish i did too purely because they have so much faith and they seem to have security in their identities and that they have something to fall back on when they’re hurting (god.) i don’t have that. I went to church with my mom and my grandparents and i tried to listen, i really did, but i found myself getting overwhelmed and irritated and i just wanted to go home. I love Jesus and i think he’s awesome but I’m not a Christian. The art is so beautiful though!

i more so believe in nature and life and i believe that we are all connected. I worship the trees and the flowers and the animals. I worship life.

Get To Know Me Uncomfortably Well

PLEASE DON’T LET THIS FLOP AHHHH

1. What is you middle name? 2. How old are you? 3. When is your birthday? 4. What is your zodiac sign? 5. What is your favorite color? 6. What’s your lucky number? 7. Do you have any pets? 8. Where are you from? 9. How tall are you? 10. What shoe size are you? 11. How many pairs of shoes do you own? 12. What was your last dream about? 13. What talents do you have? 14. Are you psychic in any way? 15. Favorite song? 16. Favorite movie? 17. Who would be your ideal partner? 18. Do you want children? 19. Do you want a church wedding? 20. Are you religious? 21. Have you ever been to the hospital? 22. Have you ever got in trouble with the law? 23. Have you ever met any celebrities? 24. Baths or showers? 25. What color socks are you wearing? 26. Have you ever been famous? 27. Would you like to be a big celebrity? 28. What type of music do you like? 29. Have you ever been skinny dipping? 30. How many pillows do you sleep with? 31. What position do you usually sleep in? 32. How big is your house? 33. What do you typically have for breakfast? 34. Have you ever fired a gun? 35. Have you ever tried archery? 36. Favorite clean word? 37. Favorite swear word? 38. What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without sleep? 39. Do you have any scars? 40. Have you ever had a secret admirer? 41. Are you a good liar? 42. Are you a good judge of character? 43. Can you do any other accents other than your own? 44. Do you have a strong accent? 45. What is your favorite accent? 46. What is your personality type? 47. What is your most expensive piece of clothing? 48. Can you curl your tongue? 49. Are you an innie or an outie? 50. Left or right handed? 51. Are you scared of spiders? 52. Favorite food? 53. Favorite foreign food? 54. Are you a clean or messy person? 55. Most used phrased? 56. Most used word? 57. How long does it take for you to get ready? 58. Do you have much of an ego? 59. Do you suck or bite lollipops? 60. Do you talk to yourself? 61. Do you sing to yourself? 62. Are you a good singer? 63. Biggest Fear? 64. Are you a gossip? 65. Best dramatic movie you’ve seen? 66. Do you like long or short hair? 67. Can you name all 50 states of America? 68. Favorite school subject? 69. Extrovert or Introvert? 70. Have you ever been scuba diving? 71. What makes you nervous? 72. Are you scared of the dark? 73. Do you correct people when they make mistakes? 74. Are you ticklish? 75. Have you ever started a rumor? 76. Have you ever been in a position of authority? 77. Have you ever drank underage? 78. Have you ever done drugs? 79. Who was your first real crush? 80. How many piercings do you have? 81. Can you roll your Rs?“ 82. How fast can you type? 83. How fast can you run? 84. What color is your hair? 85. What color is your eyes? 86. What are you allergic to? 87. Do you keep a journal? 88. What do your parents do? 89. Do you like your age? 90. What makes you angry? 91. Do you like your own name? 92. Have you already thought of baby names, and if so what are they? 93. Do you want a boy a girl for a child? 94. What are you strengths? 95. What are your weaknesses? 96. How did you get your name? 97. Were your ancestors royalty? 98. Do you have any scars? 99. Color of your bedspread? 100. Color of your room?

[deadtower]

i have got to change my icon + blog theme + do an entire rehaul on my blog but i CANNOT be assed

[willgrahamscock]

I’m sorry you are a WHAT blog???

A Christian blog obviously, we talk about Jesus and Judas every day. Spreading their love ❤️

[urlocalmanicpixiedreamboy]

I slammed back into a tree….

it dented my car…….

I promise I’m a good driver….

@local-lover-boy @sunnyxjarrus

GUESS WHO’S NOW A LICENSED DRIVER!!!!!

MEEE!!!!💫

[radfemsiren]

genuinely liked your content, and really got me into rad feminism.. but degrading religious people, especially Christians, honestly was such a turn off. Some of the most feminist women I know are Christian women, including myself 🙃

You can not be a radical feminist while subscribing to patriarchal religion. You cannot be for the liberation of women while worshipping a man-made god in a religion that is merely a tool to control and punish women.

My blog got big because of my criticisms of Islam. If you can understand what’s wrong with Islam and not see the same problems with Christianity, turning a blind eye to ugly parts of the faith like God commanding Lot to sleep with his daughters, explicit verses allowing the beating of slaves, the punishment of homosexuals… historical movements like the witch burnings, abortion clinics being bombed, the Catholic Church covering up sex abuse… current movements like trad conservatives stripping away abortion rights from women… then you are not ready to be a radical feminist yet.

Everything good and feminist you’ve ever done came from yourself and your own humanity, not Jesus.

It’s insulting yourself to think this way. “Well I’m a good person because I’m a Christian.” If you are a good person, it’s despite Christianity. You can choose to stick around if you like, or not, my views are unchanging. I’ll never coddle or lie to you, and it’s my belief that organized religion quells individual thought and empathy, and encourages obedience and mob mentality.

Sorry if I don’t have a such a rosy, biased view of the faith. Any sparkle was lost to me when gun wielding protesters would surround my mosque as a child and chant “go back to your country!” at us. You only see the good parts because that’s what you choose to see. The ugly side is always in plain sight, but you’ve been intentionally programmed to ignore it.

[anniflamma]

This isn't a question, but rather a love letter to your art<3.

Thanks to you, I've started enjoying Greek mythology and the Bible again (I mean from a point of artistic, mythological, historical, and theological analysis; my status with any kind of religion is being agnostic XD).

And I already enjoyed Epic the Musical, but I really love the designs you make, how you empathize with the symbolism and lore of the Gods when designing them, and how you make Odysseus so human with his crude expressions that makes me empathize with him (And he's one of the characters I hated the most from Greek mythology lol)

And then there’s your art about the bible, I have to admit that I tend to avoid the biblical religion because of the weight it still has on our daily lives, the damage it has done from the past to this day, and how they deny it with current hypocrisy (I live in Spain, there the official religion is catholic), but your lgbt drawings have really encouraged me to open the bible and see it from an objective and neutral point of view, and just enjoy it as another book and not as something I’m forced to follow.

Also I didn’t know there was so much LGBT content in the bible XD Seriously, thank you so much, if you had a patreon, I would pay you for the amount of happiness and culture you have given me (^///^)

By the way, reading your posts I found out that you recently experienced an internet drama that has become so popular lately. I just wanted to tell you that I'm sorry that both you and that poor artist had to go through this, that human hypocrisy has no limits or shame, and that I agree with everything you say. Just because we like a character or an author doesn't mean we agree with their crimes or ideologies.

I hope you have a nice day<3

Hi! I’m sorry it took me a while to respond! I mean it, I’ve read this over and over, and it makes me so happy. I’ve been thinking about how to respond, but sometimes it's hard to get it out into words.

It makes me so happy that my biggest interests make others interested in it too. Heck, when people ask questions, I get all giddy!

Talking about biblical/christian saints, greek myths, history, different cultural views and changes was kind of the whole point of why I started this tumblr blog. I have so many drafts filled with random info about LGBTQ+ saints..... Now… I post mostly thirsty drawings of greek gods with hairy chests... T.T

And I sympathize a lot when it comes to religious trauma. I consider myself lucky in these matters, my mom is Catholic, and she has her views that I don’t agree with and hurtful. Yet she still supports me in her way and watching my bible retelling animatics, everytime I post a new bible animatic, she writes me: "What have you done to Daniel..."

I also have my hurts and anger towards hypocrisies too, and I guess this is my way of countering that?

LGBT content in the Bible is something that really fascinates me. I think it's important to keep in mind that people from about 2,500 years ago had very different views when it came to gender and sex compared to how we see it today. In a way, the Bible does have strict social gender expectations, and if you didn’t fit in, then you weren’t considered part of that gender. But at the same time, it acknowledges that your sex. I think it’s in the Talmud were it discusses the fact that, throughout the Bible, there were about eight genders:

Zachar: male.

Nekevah: female.

Androgynos: having both male and female characteristics.

Tumtum: lacking sexual characteristics.

Aylonit hamah: identified as female at birth but later naturally developed male characteristics.

Aylonit adam: identified as female at birth but later developed male characteristics through human intervention.

Saris hamah: identified as male at birth but later naturally developed female characteristics.

Saris adam: identified as male at birth but later developed female characteristics through human intervention.

Some scholars even believe that Abraham and Sarah were Tumtum. A Tumtum is not considered to be very distinct but rather flexible between male and female sex/gender—"sometimes he is a man, and sometimes he is a woman." The simple fact that God said Abraham had a womb and from it, he would have children. Some say that this is why he is a Tumtum, while some historical linguists argue that ancient Hebrew didn’t have the vocabulary for male genitalia yet. Both arguments are valid, and I like them both!

There’s tons of stuff I could bring up—Joseph with his princess dress, Naomi and Ruth, David and Jonathan, and the discussions around whether Daniel was a Saris Hamah or a Saris Adam. We know he was called a saris, but we’re just not sure which. And then there's Jael, whose story is filled with a lot of phallic symbolism, and even her name is very gender-neutral.

I think I’m going to end here. I could yap about these things forever! But thank you again taking your time writing to me and I hope you also have a nice day! <3

[johnnyutah]

average adam faulkner stanheight fan: if adam isn’t in saw xi we riot! @lionsgate @kevingruetert @jameswan #adamlives #justiceforadam #corpseinconsistencies

average john kramer fan: What people don’t realize about John, is he’s such a genius that even when he makes mistakes, he planned on making the mistakes. He is the greatest villain of all time

average jill tuck fan: Appreciation post for the Women of Saw 🩷 [the same ten photos that get posted once a week]

average lawrence gordon fan: last night i watched a 2004 tv movie about serial killers called ‘the riverman’, followed by the cheesy family rom-com ‘a castle for christmas’. today my friends and i are going to binge the entire third season of netflix’s ‘stranger things’. none of us have seen a single episode of the rest of the show and we don’t plan on it. then we might rewatch ‘another country’ together

average amanda young fan: sorry i haven’t been online in 4 weeks i’ve been too busy trying to get the new pig cosmetic in the rift [posted 7 weeks ago]

average mark hoffman fan: [underneath a gifset of costas mandylor in a republican christian propaganda ‘sci-fi’ movie] #hes so fucking hot #i would give anything to put him in a sports bra and make him do jumping jacks in front pf me i would literally do #ANYTHING #i need to make him into a marionett and fist him lol

average daniel rigg fan: Here’s a quick low effort doodle I did of Daniel! I just love him so much ❤️ [a literal masterpiece, the best art you’ve ever seen in your entire life] [3 notes]

average allison kerry fan: i am hardcore attached to ONE ship which is probably either allison/amanda or allison/lindsey and my whole blog is devoted to them. there are dozens of us DOZENS

average lynn denlon fan: okay so i know bahar is a realtor now but in her last instagram post where she’s congratulating her son on some new achievement, both the first and last words in the post have 11 letters, AND there’s an X and an I visible in the background of her post 👀?? is this a reach???

average jeff denlon fan: No seriously let me finish seriously when you compare him to the other shitty men in Saw he’s NOT that b

average david tapp fan: i’m 39k away from publishing my 40k tappsing Everybody Lives AU <3 this is going to be epic [account has been deactivated for an indeterminate amount of time]

average brit stevenson and mallick scott fan: Hey I stayed up making this instead of writing my thesis paper for grad school. Here’s a 30,000 word document about the implications of Brit’s promotion within the Marshford group and how it would lead to her eventual demise and also how she rose to the top in her group. It also delves into her relationship with Mallick, whose existence, I believe, is an obvious literary reference to an ancient Roman play read by only me and three other people currently alive. I translated relevant passages and included them in my work. I got understimulated around page 8 so I did take a break to pierce myself in the same spot that I believe Mallick would have a piercing. If you read my fics on AO3 you will already be familiar with the location.

average peter strahm fan: haha peter does CRACK cocoaine haha i think he sniffeds some drugs! why else would he be so MANIC HYPER CRAZY!!! i love my crazy JUNKIE man LOL get him some andderall STAT!! if hoffman didn’t kill him the SPEED certianly would of! LOL!

average lindsey perez fan: i love lindsey perez i’m such a big fan of the character lindsey perez

average matt gibson fan: i literally would eat garbage out of a dumpster

average ezekiel banks fan: holy shit i just finished spiral what a good movie what the hell!!! what a cool addition to the saw universe! i bet everybody else loves this as much as i do! let me take a big drink of water as i check tumblr dot com to see all the nice things people will have to say about darren lynn bousman’s Spiral

average william schenk fan: my hobbies include: being a fujoshi,

average cecelia pederson fan: [pic of cecelia yanking on the metal loop around her neck and smirking] https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT3f5IIzt5PG-M7G9_Z-gjY4gZaiUneTdMlYrFAcdBGcJo0-N-RDQcj2JfxOaBTxKa6J_DiDQNgqVpg/pub

average logan jigsaw fan: What people don’t realize about John, is he’s such a genius that even when he makes mistakes, he planned on making the mistakes. He is the greatest villain of all time

[inquisitor-apologist]

What was Jedi's look on relationships (new to Star Wars sorry) How come marriage was forbidden?

Ok, I don’t usually do these kind of posts, but I’ll try. Look to blogs like @/david-talks-sw (generally does more on Lucas’s intentions for the Jedi) and @/gffa (generally does more on what is shown in canon, has a long-running project nailing down every bit of Jedi Order stuff here) for more in-depth stuff, this’ll be pretty quick

From what I understand, Lucas built a lot of the Jedi order from his own views on religion. He identified as a Methodist (his Christian denomination) and as a Buddhist (convert), so both heavily inspired the Prequels.

To my quite limited knowledge of both faiths, the Christianity is more apparent in Anakin’s story and the Buddhism is more apparent in the Jedi’s worldbuilding. Buddhist monks are known for living in temples, practicing non-attachment, and not getting married. Some of them are warriors, they wear robes, they meditate, etc., it’s pretty well-established that they’re the primary inspiration for the Jedi.

So that’s probably why Lucas initially decided that Jedi couldn’t get married.

For the in-universe reason, I’ve got this older post, but it basically boils down to: the Prequels/High Republic/whatever Jedi Order went all around the Republic, risking their lives and being out in the field for months to years, which requires incredible commitment.

Serious romantic relationships like marriage also require full-time, absolute commitment, so you can’t do one without half-assing the other. Considering the life-threatening nature of Jedi missions, if you’re half-assing that, you’ll die, and if you’re half-assing your marriage it’s unfair to your partner and going to fall apart. So they don’t do it.

There you go! This is the pretty standard explanation on the pro-Jedi side of the fandom, I’m not a trailblazer or anything.

[sootchild]

Hey, I’m just reaching out to people on Tumblr, it’s not one of those weird sexual blogs trying to get your attention. I’m just curious, you’ve probably heard of Jesus and God, but have you ever reached out to Jesus for problems in your life? Big or small. If you don’t want to talk, that is completely fine, I truly don’t want to force anything on you because that isn’t very kind and it kinda sucks. I hope you’re having an awesome day!!

Also!!

Your art is amazing!! 💕

If this wasn't an Anonymous, I'd have just politely ignored and deleted the message. I don't like to drag people but because in the book of Matthew (5:15-16, ESV) it states:

"Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."

This ask is Anon so free game in my opinion.

This is the second time this type of message has been given to me. Now were I to have shared some sort of trepidation or worry of late, like for example my current contract coming to an end Fed 21 (which true), and you went, "Oh my, you are feeling insecure! Let me share with you something that gives me comfort, maybe you will find comfort in it!" Then fine, I'd thank you for the thought, BUT that isn't what prompted this.

You looked at my body of work and went, "Oh my! This person clearly has no relationship with the Lord! I must tell them there is a better way!" You made an assumption as to what my personal relationship with the divine is and unprompted and anonymously tried to "save" me. Being previously an Evangelical, I get it. I was once young and fervent, wanting to champion for the Lord. I learned that like anything in life, consent is king and leading by example and enriching the lives of others is so much better than proselytizing.

For clarity, I am in fact Christian. I maybe a Polyamourous, pansexual, hedonist, but my relationship with Jesus, pretty tight. Been so my whole 37 years of life. To the point that I tell my retired pastor of a father that I am older in the faith than he is (he hates this, it is hilarious). EDIT: Also it doesn't matter that I am Christian, I clarified to show that assumptions can one look foolish. Even if I were of any other faith or without faith, it is arrogant to assume to know a person's relationship with the divine. There is so many different ways to interact with the universe and as long as we are adding goodness to it, that is the important part.

I get that you meant well but rocking up to my Asks being like, "I think you need Jesus! But let me put a pretty bow on this message by saying you make nice art!" Not as flattering as you think it is.

I wish you the best and sorry if this cuts deep but so everyone knows, I don't appreciate this sort of unprompted messaging.

[genderqueerdykes]

Hi there, I’ve recently discovered ur blog and it has helped me a lot. I have a question… I hope I’m not being insensitive or rude but.. okay I’m a trans dude, but sometimes I’m nonbinary. Sometimes I’m a guy and other times I’m nonbinary- it’s like gender-fluid but without the she/her… I don’t know… is there a name for it? Or am I just weird? I also need some advice.

Everyday makes me feel horrible for being a trans dude. Everyday I hear horrible stories about men and everyone seems to be in agreement of “eeF Men!!” and men being idiots. And I can’t help but agree- but then I feel like crap for being a guy- a trans guy no less. (Not to mention how horrible it is to stereotype men- it’s something I’m working on) My family is Christian and when I was found out… they were far from welcoming. Which doesn’t help with my raging dysphoria. I don’t have anywhere to turn to about this because there is no one like me- everyone makes fun of the LGBTIA+ community and no one respects my pronouns. I try to defend myself but I can’t get mad cause then I feed into the stereotypes. Everyone hates guys and everyone hates trans people. I don’t know what to do, nothing I can do cause of my age. Do you have any advice? Just… anything, tips or stuff.

- Coins

hello! theres no right or wrong way to be nonbinary or genderfluid. genderfluid people can experience any genders there's no rules. you can also use whatever pronouns you want

i'm sorry it's so hard for you right now. the man hating really is out of control its literally so normalized right now it's brutal. people think it's causing a problem somehow. i would say it's okay to embrace yourself as a man. men are not the problem, it's toxic masculinity, the patriarchy, the cages we have built around manhood. being a man is not a problem. experiencing manhood is not a problem. it's okay to be a guy.

it's okay to acknowledge yourself as a guy. join spaces for trans men and talk to others who get you. focus on building up your sense of self. seeing other people living their lives really helps with this. remind yourself that this is literally all petty bullshit and you're not a walking problem. you're a person who deserves to love themselves. take care

[devildomwriter]

do you dislike israelis?

it sounds pushy sorry..you dont have to answer..

I don’t dislike anyone. I’m not going to hate an entire population because of a few.

I’m American and our politicians are crazy but that doesn’t make me a bad person, I’m also a Christian and they haven’t always made the best choices especially in the past, but I’m not guilty of that so why should I judge people by what they cannot help and did not do?

I love and accept everyone. As a Christian we are taught to love and accept everyone regardless of who they are, where they are from, or what they believe. I do my best to live by that.

If my choice not to hate bothers you so much you want to unfollow me then feel free. This blog is for positivity and a game I enjoy.

This will be the only time I discuss politics. Thank you for listening to my TED Talk.

[prolifeproliberty]

Heyyy again. Sorry if I bug you with questions, I just found your blog so helpful over the years. Is teaching really a bad career to go in these days? I’m looking into substituting to get a taste of what it’s like at a Christian school. But after seeing all the people coming out of the woodwork giving horror story after story, I’m starting to second guess…I know it’s bad but damn looking at some comments lately has me questioning my decision….

Hi!

For private school, it really depends on the school. If you’re thinking about teaching at a particular school, I definitely recommend subbing/volunteering to see if you like it. Unfortunately, many of them now are virtually indistinguishable from public schools besides having chapel time and Bible classes.

You also need to look at what the salaries are for those teachers and whether that is enough for you to make ends meet - it’s the reason I didn’t go private school when I became a teacher, even though I would have loved to.

For public school, I would absolutely say stay away.

I’m hoping to make a career change in the next year to get out of teaching, but if things go the way I hope I may have some extra time in my schedule, in which case I would consider teaching a class or two for a local private school that does a la carte classes for homeschool students (aka you can take just a math class or just a history class or just a theatre class)

I love the actual teaching part, but I feel less and less like I’m actually able to teach.

[aurelim]

Hey do you know any other mermaid/siren whatever of the water merfolk sort IF's? because there aren't a lot

I also loved as the ocean lures, hope to see more of it in the future

thank you so much! I hope to write more of it in the future 😂

As for mermaid/siren/anything water-like creatures, I’ve got a few. Most of them are just intro posts and ones with demos that are pretty short, so I’ll split it up into two categories along with their tumblr blogs. There are some finished ones as well but you’re going to have to pay for the entire game so I don’t know if you’re going to want to pay in order to read the whole thing. I won’t put it but I can add some if you’d like!

I don’t really follow VNs so you’re just going to get text-based games. Sorry about that 😅

There was another demo for a game called Kalopsia but it seems to have been deleted. And there’s another game where you’re found and then saved by a captain. Both were on itch.io but I can’t find either one.

Demos

Abysm’s Veil [thread] by Jacic (inspiration for ATOL, about the rusalki)

The Sea Maiden [thread] by Jacic (they have some other games but they’re short if you really want to check them out!)

Beyond the Waves by @allthatwrites (inspiration for ATOL, related to The Little Mermaid)

Voiceless: A Siren’s Song [thread] by Fare (MC is not a mermaid but they can help one!)

Disenchanted by @disenchantedif (you can choose to be a siren)

Drown With Me by @barbwritesstuff

Siren Call by @darkpetal16 (it’s based on Undertale and while MC is not a siren Sans definitely is)

Intro Posts

…And I Am Undone by @fakeyellow (short story based on Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid)

When Silence Speaks by @whensilencespeaks (seems to be on hiatus but the idea is really interesting!)

In Deeper Tides by @indeepertidesif (Disenchanted spin-off)

Through the Waves by @throughthewaves-if (this just came out recently and honestly I wouldn’t have known about it if I didn’t look at Zee’s reblog of it!)

I know there’s more, but I just don’t remember them or have yet to see them. If there is, please let me know!

There are some other IFs that are water related like @riptide-if (which is surfer related) but they’re not about mermaids or sirens.

Also, here’s interact-if’s list of mermaid IFs or water-related stuff if you’d like to take a gander. You can also just look up forums and Reddit for any mermaid recs. I’ve seen a few posts for them and people have given some. But I think I’ll cap it off here.

I’m so sorry to all the people I’ve tagged, but it makes it easier for people to just go to your profile and look at the amazing things that are cooking right now. Also because I’ve been making this list for about an hour and a half nonstop and I’d like to give my hands a rest 😅

(although I will tag @elegantunknownphantom as Zee probably has some IFs too that I didn’t list)