#iscariot-rising

[godslove]

𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐬

The Bible has many stories with great lessons, but there is one small detail that the scribes forgot to mention. Jesus Christ also loved Judas Iscariot. He asked God to forgive everyone in His final moments on the cross.

Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” And they divided His garments and cast lots.

—‭‭Luke 23:34

Jesus knew the prophesies and what will transpire from the very beginning of their journey together, till the end. He became his teacher, taught him the Father's love, washed his feet, shared meals on the same table and loved Judas like a brother anyway.

As followers of Christ, we are to do the same. This is what will set us apart as children of God. We know the Father's forgiveness and Christ's redemption. We are to embody Jesus' compassion and gentleness in a world that does not know our heavenly Father's love.

“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”

—‭‭Galatians 2:20, Paul the Apostle

We are to love and pray for both our friends and our enemies, because Jesus loved and died for their sins as well.

‭‭“But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, ⁴⁵ that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”

—Matthew 5:44-45, Jesus Christ

I think the greatest test of Christianity is not only loving Jesus Christ, it's also loving Judas.

Like Judas, we are all sinners. And like him, Jesus also loved us. Jesus Christ is the ultimate example of what true Divine Love is. And it is far from the worldly, conditional love we know.

“This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ¹³ Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”

—John 15:12-13, Jesus Christ

To the child of God that is reading this, don't be so hard on yourself. My love, regardless of what you have done in the past, Jesus Christ also loved you unconditionally. He did it for you so that sin will no longer separate you from our heavenly Father.

So I invite you to see rightly in your heart what is beyond what scriptures, doctrines and laws written in books can teach, to know the embodiment of God's love that surpasses human understanding—Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ loved everyone, including you. So if you love Him too, REPENT, before you end up like Judas.

[codypunk]

seth & hunter & god as the father

akwaeke emezi - the death of vivek oji / leila chatti - portrait of the illness as nightmare / tumblr user disqualified-human-1103 / rise against - injection / ethel cain - sun bleached flies / stephen adly guirgis - the last days of judas iscariot / chelsea hodson / wwe

[tokoyamisstuff]

What would happen if Andrenson met an really beautiful but lustful woman whom he has no opportunity to kill? But who, perhaps out of spite, mockery, or stupidity (or all at once), openly harasses him. After all, Andrenson has such a body that you can give compliments and try to touch it all your life, but still something will remain unknown.

And he doesn’t like it. But he can’t help but enjoy such unique attention.

f! regenerator! Reader | not proofread | blood/injury | pretty OOC | some cheesy ass dialogue | enemies to whatever the fuck this is

Anderson has been called many things throughout his life - handsome wasn't one of them.

Before he met you he didn't really waste much thought about appearances. After all, every person was made after the Lord's image in his limitless wisdom and grace. They're all perfectly flawed in their own right.

But lately he finds himself staring at his reflection in the mirror for longer than the short time he needs to get groomed, wondering what anyone could see in that face.

No, that was a foolish thought. You say those things merely to distract him - and much to his frustration it seems to be working.

Because a tiny, easily muteable part of himself secretly looked forwards to meeting you again.

The first time you fought he had you pinned down beneath him, straddling your waist to keep you in place. "Hey! You should at least buy me dinner first" you had told him with that damn vibrant laugh of yours, infuriating him not only because you weren't taken this seriously. Can't even let him have this moment of victory...

"I'll kill you, maybe that'll shut you up!" he roared, pressing his bayonet firmly against your throat - but you looked up to him with a dreamy expression, mumbling "Mhh...what beautiful eyes you have..."

Much to his shame this unexpected comment caught him so off guard that you could easily use the moment to free yourself from his grasp and flee, but not without taunting him a bit. "Looking forwards to our next meeting, Father Anderson..."

Ever since then you had cashed several times, each without determining a winner. Not only because your powers were more or less balanced, but rather since your behavior always manages to strike a nerve with him somehow.

More often than not you'd resort to try and touch him. Nothing too indecent, but still way inappropriate on a man of the cloth. You'd let your hand run through his hair, feel the muscles beneath his cassock or even try to peck a kiss on his scarred cheek, all while showering him in shameless compliments.

The sensation is driving him insane, on the one hand leaving him seething with rage for having a vile heathen like you touch a holy man like him, yet on the other he is aching for more. Each time he freezes in expectation, each time he groans internally when you pull away.

While he's aware no one is immune to temptation, it surely hurts his pride that he's prone to such impure attention. Man of god he may be, you remind him he is still just a man and it makes him loathe both you and himself.

To add to his frustration, you're never truly trying to harm him. You keep saying you're only there to kill vampires, only ever deflecting his attacks or maybe throwing some non-serious jabs yourself.

One night he was called to purge a town that's been claimed as both Iscariot and Hellsing territory, and he can't help but be subconsciously thrilled about the possibility to meet you again. He even caught himself wondering if he looks presentable enough, bloody pathetic.

Suddenly you jump down from the ceiling and straight onto his back, burying your face in the crook of his shoulder. His body instantly betrays him and he feels goosebumps rising at the contact of your skin against his.

"Heya, handsome!" you cheer alluringly, your fingertips running along the scar on his cheek making him shudder. "Long time no see. Must be my lucky day!"

Anderson acts reflexive and throws you over his shoulder, trying to throw you to the ground but you land a few feet away from him, smiling mischievously.

"Touch me again, and I'll cut that hand right off, Hellsing scum" he warns, but you would only smirk amused, excited even at his attempt to threaten you. "Wouldn't be the first time, but it's always worth it."

"...stop messing around" the priest grumbles irritated, hesistantly drawing his weapons. "I'm here for the vampire."

"Already taken care of" you chant in return, invitingly batting your lashes. "Just the two of us left, darlin'."

He just gives a sour look at the comment and lunges at you before you could confuse his morals any further. It doesn't take long until he wears you out and finds an opening, one of his bayonets piercing your abdomen. You chuckle as you pull out the weapon, and for the fraction of a second he feels almost guilty when blood pours from the gaping wound until it heals almost instantly.

"Heh, I'd rather you stick something else inside of me." The mental image invades his mind despite his best efforts, his face already bright red when he shouts at you but struggles to find any insults. "You...damn minx! I'll teach you some manners!"

"Don't threaten me with a good time, Judas Priest." Another blow almost hits you and you leap backwards. "C'mon, love, can you blame me? You look too adorable when you're flustered." He grits his teeth, trying to remain menacing but stumbles across his own words. "I'm- I'm not flustered, I'm furious!"

"Whatever you need to tell yourself" you tease some more, and each word is like a punch to the guts for the man. It feels like hes getting tainted more and more, his resolve slowly but steadily crumbling.

After a while of futile attempts to overpower you, eventually a bold idea pops up in his brain: Fighting fire with fire. As soon as he gets close enough, he grabs the back of your neck and slams his lips onto yours, the shock knocking all air out of your lungs. He takes the opportunity and presses you against the next best wall, a knee between your legs keeping you in place.

"H-Hey, I was just fooling around..." you stammer as he glares at you with a wolfish smirk plastered across his face, gleefully enjoying how you writhe beneath his grip. "Nah ah-ah, no backing off now." Leaning in, your scent deepens the lustful haze encoating his mind, his breath hot on your ear when he speaks.

"So...what should I do with you now, beautiful?"

[mirthfulmoonshine]

Howdy Minty! I am politely asking for all the info i can have of Samone/Marlene pretty please 👉🏽👈🏽🥺✨️💚??

Tex @tex-treasure-chamber (I'm the person who comm'd you for sibling art of my Santana oc and Alucard)

Please know if you'd rather not answer on your blog that I would be delighted to talk via dm anytime I'm always thrilled to learn more about hellsing OCs ♡

OMG! How did I never see this? (I never check my inbox lol) Where do I start? A little bit has changed about her since my original post, just the usual OC developing over time thing y'know?

Salome is still a stenographer and secretary of sorts for the Round Table Conference, being hired by and working directly for Irons. She is amicable, professional, and very sweet -- she knows what doting can get her when surrounded by men. However, she never flirts or takes carnal bargains, she is quite prude when she wishes to be. Being a member of lower staff to the RTC is how she ends up meeting Walter. I say 'meeting' lightly-- they've met before, just in his capacity as vampire hunter.

So Walter's prowled around her terf? Go on. Okay I will. Salome is part of a small vampiric community in London called the Épicea Rouge, led by Ira Absil aka St. Bartholomew's Vampire. (pictured on the left below) The ER is a half way house of sorts for vampires trying to get by in London, with high standards for who can stay there: no gratuitous feedings and no senseless violence. This makes the ER vampires a relatively calm, non-violent group just trying to make a living in the world of the undead. Some of their friends get into trouble, often resulting in a Hellsing run in and Hellsing is slowly closing in on this vampiric haven.

So that's the tension with Hellsing: she's an undercover vampire in the den of the enemy that is slowly closing in on her special, loving community. Salome works at the ER as a laundress, doting especially on the young people who find themselves on the unexpected other side of life. She sympathizes much with them.

More details!

Salome has hemokinesis/blood manipulation, but only with her own blood; her favorite methodology is making a blood whip. She has vampiric strength, speed, and jump height! With Ira being her sire/once master, she has only a snippet of his strength but she can be a force to be reckoned with; she's held Walter off a couple of times. When irked extremely, she can blood siphon akin to Alucard.

Salome's alias at work is Marlene Steward and her birth name, prior to her undeath, was Marlene Harlan. She died in 1913 at the age of 25.

As a character, she is designed to carry into Seras' time as Hellsing's sole vampire after the Airship Incident.

She has a scar on her neck from her turning. She likes to come up with different lies about it.

Upon her hands are a miasma of red markings; these developed after she became her own vampire and left Ira's fledgeling-ship (?). These marks also travel along her spine.

Salome was turned in 1913 by Ira after his once friend, a vampire much older than Ira even named Ernest, attacked and maimed Salome. Ira saved her life, agonizing over the cost being her immortality (he has strong feelings about vampirism, being a vampire himself). Pre-Hellsing, the ER is eventually successfully raided by Hellsing and in the process, Salome is wounded by Walter and Ira is fatally wounded, causing a schism between any friendship or more she and the Angel of Death ever could have had in their 'normal human lives'. The raid of the ER radicalizes Salome and she becomes a strong vampire name of legend in London for a long period of time, rising from the shadows after the Airship Incident. In a post-Hellsing canon world, she would serve as a foil to Seras, questioning how Seras -- a powerful Draculina -- allows herself to be ruled by humans.

I HOPE THIS IS SOME GOOD INFO

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ASK, FRIEND!!!! <3 <3 <3 I am always down to talk OCs in DMs too! I have some Iscariot ones too :3

[psb-of-the-day]

5th of February 2025, SONG OF THE DAY:

If Jesus Had a Sister

Released in 2024 on the single 'Dancing Star'

Revealed to be written from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, this song contemplates what could've happened to Jesus - if only he had a sister*. Maybe she could “bring him down to earth” and tell him to get a job as a tradesman instead. Perhaps Judas is using this imaginary sister to tell Jesus all the things he wishes he could?

This song includes many biblical references, such as the sermon on the mount, and the paraphrased proverb “pride comes before a fall.”

Interestingly, the narrator seems to believe that only someone in the role of a sister could (successfully) 'stand up to' Jesus, so to speak. Even his mother Mary “never seems to offer any sensible advice.” Neil has an older sister, so it's possible he's using his own experiences growing up as an aspiring songwriter, and how his family reacted to this.

The song was released as a bonus track on the single 'Dancing Star', a song about the ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, who defected from the USSR. Maybe PSB chose to release 'If Jesus Had a Sister' alongside 'Dancing Star' to show a contrasting view of a story about the 'prodigal son's' rise to fame - this time from the perspective of those left behind. Obviously, the two stories are very different, but the songs share some similar themes.

*whether or not Jesus did have a sister(s) is interpreted differently by various denominations. Roman Catholic (as Neil was brought up) doctrine says he didn't, owing to his mother's virgin status.

.......A Jedus PSB song was not on my bingo card in 2024 but here we are.

[solarflicker]

Judas Iscariot: The Queer Iconoclast's Icon

With queer acceptance on the rise (at least compared to past decades), the experience of coming out of the closet has changed significantly. Coming out is often an occasion that calls for celebration, Pride is a corporate parade celebrated in every state with at least one major city. But for many queer people, particularly in the evangelical American south, coming out remains a traumatic ordeal (this is especially true for transgender youth). Coming out as queer means coming out as a liar and a traitor to everything you were raised to uphold. Within evangelical theology, one cannot embrace queer identity and be a Christian. One cannot belong in their community if one is not a Christian. To embrace your own queerness you must become an apostate in their eyes. To become an apostate is to be effectively excommunicated. With this experience in mind, it is not surprising that many queer people from Christian backgrounds have embraced the figure of Judas Iscariot.

An icon is an image of religious or political significance, and an iconoclast is someone who shatters an icon. For the purposes of this post, I am going to focus on icons representing saints and martyrs. The image and the person represented are both referred to as icons. The person depicted in the icon is an aspirational figure that one is meant to be inspired to emulate, a shorthand representation of a person at their idealized best. (This is not necessarily a bad thing, nearly every culture has icons of their own. Familiar queer icons include the likes of Marsha P. Johnson, Leslie Feinberg, and Sappho of Lesbos.) However, being upheld as an icon is not the same as being known as a full person. The icon is an inherently incomplete representation and can never be a complete, nuanced person.

A common experience among queer people, particularly in religious communities, is feeling the need to hide a part of themselves. But no matter how it manifests, queerness is not easy to hide and it only gets more painful over time. Being in the closet is more than simply neglecting to mention a preference. To be in the closet, first a closet must be built. Walls need to be constructed to protect ourselves from people who love us, and the most readily available materials are lies, secrecy, and deceit. While our real selves hide behind the constructed identity, the person we present as is one that meets the hegemonic expectations of cisgender heteronormativity, or at the very least respectable abstinence. The icon is a pretty picture, and we are rewarded with acceptance, but the fear of being outed is a prison. The only way to escape is to shatter that icon. 

Very little is known about Judas Iscariot within biblical canon. He seems to have been largely erased from the narrative outside of his famous betrayal kiss. The authors of the gospels did not see his experiences as relevant to the story, despite the magnitude of his role. To them he was nothing outside of a traitor. In popular culture his name is synonymous with betrayal, and his portrayal in biblical art is unflattering at best. Judas’s erasure is similar to what many queer people who are disowned by their family experience. Their picture is taken down from the wall and Judas’s story is unwritten. The life and love they shared with their family, everything about them that was inoffensive before is irrelevant. Judas is erased and so are they. All that remains is his icon, an image of a cold, heartless man who hated God and betrayed an innocent man.

One can easily speculate about Judas. It seems unlikely that he spent years in Jesus’s ministry scowling in the shadows and plotting his demise. He could not have truly betrayed Jesus if Jesus did not trust and love him. Some apocryphal literature suggests that Jesus was closer to him than the other disciples and personally asked him to turn him in so that his mission could be completed. In this interpretation, Judas’s betrayal is an act of sacrifice and devotion, sealed with a kiss. And people think he deserved to suffer in hell forever for it. Modern retellings are often more sympathetic to Judas. Many are told by secular artists (Jesus Christ Superstar, The Last Temptation of the Christ, Judas (Boom! Comics)), but notably The Chosen, which is created by an evangelical studio, has taken humanizing approach to his character. Through this media he has been given a new image and become a completely different icon.

A queer relationship with spirituality and religion is often complex and deeply painful. Progressive theology can be healing and while I am not Christian myself I do enjoy engaging with it, but it doesn’t change the fact that this year at Pride, three different people told me that I deserve to burn in hell as they held a Bible in the air. I went to a Christian college and I had friends who were afraid of losing their scholarships if they were outed. I attended a protest against banning books at my local library and was called a groomer to my face. These are people that shop at the same grocery stores that I do and ask me what church I attend when I am in line at McDonald’s. One man openly sneered and turned away when I answered I was attending an Episcopalian church at the time. The people around me have made it abundantly clear that queer people are not welcome in their heaven. If Judas is in hell, he will find good company.

[tex-treasure-chamber]

F. Anderson & a vampire reader that kept their faith (this is Christian oriented, mind, for maximum angst)

G!n reader and relationship unclear; I used humour throughout because some of this can feel a bit well hurtful reading, even for me writing it jdjdjd

@tokoyamisstuff here is the post I said I'd make! I hope it helps satisfy those asking for this sort of HC post!

At first, you are an enigma.

No, not an enigma- you're not real to Alexander in the beginning; to him, you simply shouldn't exist (and not just because you're an 'abomination').

You defy his core belief system so succinctly, so precisely, that the moment you mention that you're a Christian (or heaven forbid, Catholic-- he'd prefer it if you were some 'dirty Protestant' than Catholic) he automatically thinks you're lying just to upset him.

I'm so sorry honey but he becomes a total neckbeard about religion toward you for a while :/

I'm talking, "Oh really? Name five parables, explain their meanings, tell me which books they're in, and recite them verse by verse then if you're a PROPER TRUE Christian...... Go on. I'm waiting." about Christianity toward you because you can't be a Christian, you're a bloody vampire! Act like it, damn it!

When you rightly call him out on his awful gaslight girlboss gatekeep behaviour he gets hellllllllllllllla defensive about it. Shuts down and just starts trying to (unsuccessfully) kill you again until taking his leave with a scowl. (Why are you so hard to kill anyway?)

He doesn't care if you didn't choose to be a vampire or if you did- not at this time, anyway. You're damned as far as he's concerned and he doesn't care (yet)

Each time you meet afterwards for the longest time, he calls you a false worshipper either to your face or inside his mind.

Also, each time you just smile that close lipped smile, politely hiding your fangs, telling him you forgive him for his hostility in that genteel tone, each time you 'turn the other cheek' and don't rise to the bait he tries to ensare you with to argue with you, the sight of it eats him up inside that much more.

He wants you to get angry-- no. He NEEDS you to get angry at him, needs you to lash out, to prove to him that you aren't as saintly as he thinks you're pretending to be. When you don't, when you just escape him, it leaves him feeling so hollow and confused inside.

'What's real? Surely Y/N isn't a real believer- how can they be?' He thinks when he should be sleeping, 'It's impossible- vampires are beyond salvation, aren't they? God has no love for creatures such as these, isn't that right? Surely I'm right, surely God--'

Wait. Is he ....? Trying to speak for God?

He closes his eyes. Goes to sleep.

It's not until you've managed to earn his respect just by being the you that you are that he even begins to consider that MAYBE.... you're telling the truth.

The implications that you even might be telling the truth only send Alexander deeper into a spiral of confusion as your very existence forces him to reevaluate what he knows of his own God vs what Iscariot has drilled into his head for years.

When he catches you praying on his behalf, praying to God and asking that He 'forgive Father Anderson' for his behaviour toward you..... that's when the change in his heart begins to start.

How could he cling onto the doubt fueled by his innate hatred of vampires when he's heard you ask God to forgive him?

It slips out of his hands slowly but surely like sand from the beach.

The next time you see him, he's... he's quieter. He doesn't stand as tall; he hunches in just a little as though trying to get a better look at you.

"Why do you still believe in a God who has forsaken you?" He asks, the usual contempt and arrogance in his voice snuffed out, replaced with only meek wonder.

There are so many ways to answer that; whatever way you do answer, it only leaves Alexander a little awestruck by you.

He asks for forgiveness. Truly asks. "Y/N, I... I'm sorry. Sorry for the way I treated you. Sorry for what I've said, what I've called you." he says, and it's clear from the slow, careful way he speaks that this is all a bit rusty on his tongue but he means every syllable.

Your forgiveness feels like a stifling blanket- it's too much; he doesn't deserve it. He knows he doesn't. He's already gotten to the point of thinking about how if the roles were reversed, he wouldn't handle the behaviour he had shown you with such kindness, such... grace.

From that moment on, he's there for you. He can't imagine the psychological stress of being a vampire and a person of faith might do to you, can't imagine the struggle you face daily with knowing what you are vs knowing what you believe in.

He knows what it's like to struggle with being oneself.

If you didn't choose to be a vampire, he reminds you gently that it's not your fault that you crave blood; it's who you are now, but it isn't who you have to always be.

If you did choose to be a vampire, you must have your reasons. He may not agree or accept them, but he quietly respects them because at the end of the day, your salvation or damnation isn't up to him and he understands that now.

When you express doubt that you'll ever get to Heaven, or that you'll ever see God's face because of your vampirism, he just reminds you that the fact you keep trying every day to be good and do good despite your vampiric condition should be enough to earn yourself sainthood.

It's not easy for you.

But it makes it easier now that he knows and supports you.

[loadinghellsing]

WARNING // LONG POST

Anderson is a character of two inverse extremes that he expresses with absolute unwavering certainty.

Best summarized as the belief that "all demons are evil" (bloodlust), and the belief that "all children are innocent" (care).

And everything in between is conflict. Because if all children are innocent, and all demons evil; humanity is the conflict between the two. Once the child dies, and no longer cries, it becomes nothing but a monster.

When Anderson is certain in his standing, his eyes are visible. They express the extreme. But the moment his beliefs conflict or overlap, He shuts down and closes off.

His glasses function as a physical portrayal of this. A barrier between himself and the world for those moments where he's processing, or feeling emotions he doesn't know how to express.

---

There are three core aspects to Anderson's portrayal, beyond the extremes in which he functions. Aspects that are all presented within his introduction.

Issues with Authority.

This interaction isn't exactly "extreme". But one must recall Catholicism is structured around faith in authorities. So, Anderson's questioning, the 'get to the point and explain why this matters', alludes to Anderson not cooperating if he doesn't approve. Regardless of authority. Regardless of shared faith.

*His issues with authority is also shown in the muesume

This scene goes a step further and presents a key conflict between Anderson and Maxwell's beliefs. Anderson thinks Maxwell is too clever. that he schemes and plots - for power, control, influence and Maxwell thinks Anderson is out of control because he acts without scheme.

2. Belief in Innocence

While Anderson curses out Hellsing, the moment he goes on to say "It's England's problem" his expression closes off.

Because that's not a statement he means in its entirety.

Does he have issues with the people? Yes. But he also recognizes the diffrence between "demon" and "human".

And a vampire attack means there is a demon preying upon potential innocent. Innocent that are undeserving of the devil's wrath. Personal prejudice aside.

This is seen when he praises Maxwell for his faith, only to curse him out for his cruelity.

Contrary to when he's seen defending Integra. Regardless of her being their enemy. Because he recognizes her humanity.

Her humanity won his respect. Humanity means as much as faith, for the two go hand in hand.

3. Why he's an Iscariot.

Having issues with authority, and a conflicted heart. It prompts the question of "why does Anderson work with them?" and "why do they call upon him when he's a proven liability? " Well, the answer is because they serve the same goal. All demons are evil.

The moment Renaldo informs him the case is in Ireland, all of Anderson's frustrations are gone. Because that means he gets to deal with it. It's not that Anderson "works for them" per say. More "Anderson works with them".

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He wishes to be the bayonet of god, to serve god without emotion, regret, or conflict. Dealing with demons is something he can do with absolute certainty.

His bloodlust is fully invested, unashamed, and unmistakably lethal. Bloodlust not held by human law or command. But the will of God.

This is why he's fucking Terrifying. A monster of a fanatic without a leash to hold him back. A force that can't be swayed because his mind is already set.

He's to much of liability to rise through the ranks. But he's far to skilled (if not most skilled member of Iscariot) for them to set him aside. And even if they tried, well... it's Anderson.

Maybe, at best, he'd stay at the orphanage (hard maybe). Because the other half of his unwavering ideology is that "all children are innocent".

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You don't realize until you get to know Anderson. His self destructive tendencies, the dehumanization, the conflict. How he plunges himself into the abyss as a mere tool because he doesn't want to feel.

That the moments where he's open, alive, and without conflict. Moments where he's human. Genuinely himself. Without goal and a just a little awkward.

Are absolutely precious.

The first page, with the orphans. In Every. Single. Frame. Anderson's eyes are visible. And this continues to be the case if there is anything to do with the orphans. With only acceptations being...

His memory of Maxwell coming to the orphanage; It begins open, but closes off as he approaches Maxwell's corpse.

His expression remains closed off as he mourns. The child who was corrupted, and who he had to kill.

Whenever his two lives blur, such as being in a fanatic headspace at the orphanage, or a fatherly headspace in a war zone, he closes off unless he's left alone.

2. When he dies; With his eyes dried out and lost to the wind like dust. He says his final thoughts and prayer. And hold a final image in mind.

Being the orphanage and his kids. Them laughing, being unbothered by the mess of the world. Oblivious to the weight of life.

That is his comfort in those final moments. The thing he values over all else.

All children are innocent. All demons are evil. Innocence is deserving of protection. Demons are deserving of death. Because those demons are a threat to the exsistance of innocence.

That is what I'd say is the foundation of his character.

(more details/thoughts about this) (extended thoughts/commentary)

[a-mason]

Woods had been preparing a little surprise nearly months in advance, something he carefully spent time acquiring, going through documents after documents of paperwork to even get ahold of it. Yet, he found that as soon as he walked up from the basement (something he still wasn’t used to, and probably shouldn’t get used to, considering he only had around 17 more hours of this left), and heard someone, a cough, someone clearing their throat, he bolted.

It could’ve been an enemy, he could’ve easily gotten himself killed by rushing out without checking, but as soon as he saw Mason, alive, breathing, every thought left his head. He rushed over, shoving a table out of his way, dropping down to his knees in front of his lover (and being pleasantly surprised by the lack of pain from his knees), he began checking for injuries, rough hands lifting his shirt up and patting, watching for flinches, looking for any bruises, cuts, god forbid bullet wounds.

He didn’t realize he was crying until he couldn’t breathe. Hot, choking sobs wracked him, flooding his senses in a way that made him more delirious than he’d ever been in Vietnam. His arms wrapped around Mason’s body, holding as tightly as he could, completely disregarding Bell, as he lay wherever surely somewhere in earshot, or their other Bell, whoever they were lurking. The Valentine’s gift had been forgotten temporarily.

“Mason—I thought—“

Every word was a gasp for air, his lungs burning. Only a few hours ago, Mason had been bleeding out in the middle of fucking nowhere, and Woods hadn’t been able to do a thing. He’d gone and saved Bell, the kid being tortured by Rook, and Woods hadn’t been able to do anything. Even their other Bell had taken a bullet, protected Mason, and Woods had done nothing. He’d thank them later.

All he could do was cry, the Valentine’s gift, a messily thrown together bouquet of handpicked flowers from around the house, a few Polaroids of Woods, Weaver, Hudson and him, some of David, a keychain around one of the flowers, all wrapped together by a recognizable red cloth that a certain Russian Mason had known used to wear, had been dropped to the floor.

- @ask-woods

his chest spotted with reddening squares of thick cotton, wrapped in gauze, riddled with scars and healed and unhealed damage. sheer ghosts of rust ribbons running down his torso. m████ was wounded in action - but he was still alive.

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he startled at woods sudden appearance, damn near reaching for a gun until he recognized the wet face in front of him. as shock dissipated, he looked over the scene: a table knocked over; woods, sobbing at his feet and tenderly looking over his battered body; a smattering of flowers, polaroids and lovingly curated gifts.

never did he see woods cry so hard. even as a young boy he was as hard as stone, only breaking after hard blows. he could only imagine just how worn down the man was. after everything; the loss of war, the irreparable damage of death, the scarring of betrayal; woods had earned his tears and more. m████ took woods' face in his hands, gentle and soft, and thumbed a cheek dry. "i'm here, woods." m████ coaxed woods up and into his arms. pressing mindless, apologetic kisses to woods' cheek, he too was crying. "i'm home."

m████ breathed woods in, taking in the notes of whiskey, forests, and pennsylvanian rain forever embedded in his skin, melting into his warmth. woods was a fiery soul, emblazoned by his free spirit; radiant and sublime, always to rise from dead, live on and inspire. he was as beloved as the sun of spring.

despite his cruelty to him and betrayal, m████ was always welcomed back, loved, and forgiven by woods. like judas was by jesus. he was only spared of iscariot's fate by denying pantheon their chance to condemn woods, all for a kiss. and a kiss he'll steal.

pulling back, he took a moment to link eyes with woods - he looked like hammered shit. m████ couldn't help but laugh a bit before pulling him into a kiss proper.

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Incest and the Medieval Imagination, by Elizabeth Archibald: Chapter 3: Mothers and Sons: Medieval Oedipuses

Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 Part 2 | Chapter 3 Part 3 | Chapter 4 Part 1 | Chapter 4 Part 2 | Chapter 4 Part 3 | Chapter 5 Part 1 | Chapter 5 Part 2 | Conclusion

The rise of romance narratives in Medieval Europe lead to the widespread of incest narrative, as the romance was a genre that concerned itself with identity and the psychology of love. The incest also seemed to be the sin of choice for stories which focused on repentance, as it showed that even the monstruous sin of incest could be forgiven if the sinner confessed and did their penitence, which is a striking contrast to the suicides, mutilations and transformations that are usually found in the end of Classical incest stories.

This was perhaps why the story of Oedipus wasn't that popular in the Middle Ages, as neither mother or son seek God's forgiveness, instead, they give into despair and turn away from God's grace. However, the trope of unwitting incestuous marriage, continued to be used and adapted to fit this new context, leading to the rise of many Oediupus-like tales.

Medieval Oedipuses: Judas, Gregorius, and Their Literary Descendants

One of the earliest narratives derived from Oedipus is that of Judas Iscariot. Written versions of the story date back as early as the 12th century, and are found both in Latin and vernacular languages across Europe.

One of the most circulated versions is the one written by Jacobus de Voragine in a the Legenda aurea, which collected stories from the lives of many saints. It goes as following: Ruben and Ciborea lived in Jerusalem, and one night, the pregnant Ciborea is woken up by a dream in which her child turned out to bring the downfall of humanity. Fearing this fate, when the child is born, the couple exposes the child in a basket at sea, only that the basket is carried by the waves to the island of Iscariot, where the queen finds the baby and raises is as if it was her own. Judas grows up and when he finds out he's not the biological son of the queen, he kills his foster-brother in jealousy before fleeing to Jerusalem. There, he begins to work for a man named Pilate, who one day comes to desire an apple from a neighbouring orchard. When Judas goes to pick the apple, the enters in a fight with Ruben, who was the owner of the orchard, and unknown to him, his own father. After killing Ruben, Judas take possession of his lands and widow. In talking to Ciborea, he realises that she was the mother who abandoned him years ago. He goes for Jesus seeking help for redemption, and the two become friends. Eventually, Judas comes to betray Jesus.

In this story, the incest and parricide serve to highlight the evilness within Judas. Just how accusations of incest were (and still are) made to villainise real people, here they function to make Judas an even more despicable character.

In some earlier versions, the legend mirrors Oedipus even more closely, with the father being the one to dream that Judas would kill him and with Juda's legs being mutilated, which later allows his mother to recognize him.

Other hagiographies (a.k.a. biographies of saints) also feature incest, with sometimes the saint being the product of incest and other times, engaging in it, after which they repent and achieve salvation. Some, like Saint Gregorius, even fit in the two categories: the legend goes that Gregorius was the result brother-sister incest, and later married his mother/aunt,; it was the discovery of his sin that made him join the monastic life. This feats of double-incest were of particular interest to the Medieval writers, despite not having occurred in Classical stories.

The legend of Saint Gregorius (for it is just a legend) dates back to 1150, with the oldest attestations being in French. Around 1190, a German version of the story, in the form a poem Gregorius by Hartmann von Aue, reached new levels of success (it is this poem that centuries later, would inspire Thomas Mann to write The Holy Sinner).

According to Gregorius the life of the titular saint begins when the a Duke, tempted by the Devil, raped his sister. Despite this inicial encounter being non-consensual, the sister fell in love with her brother and gladfully continued the affair until she discovered that she was pregnant. When the baby boy was born, he was abandoned and then found my fishermen. Meanwhile, the Duke goes to the Holy Land and dies there from a broken heart, leaving his sister to become the Duchess. The fishermen name the baby Gregorius and raise him to become a knight. When Gregorius learns of his noble origins, he sets off to find his family, taking with a him an engraved tablet that was left by this parents in which the circumstances of his birth are detailed.

On his journey, he happens upon a city that is under siege of a rival Duke, who wishes to marry the reigning Duchess. Gregorius defeats this Duke, which impresses the Duchess, to asks Gregorius to marry her. The two are happily married for a while, until the Duchess finds the tablet, reads it and realises that Gregorius is her long lost son/nephew. They are both horrified at the discovery, but Gregorius insists that they must seek God's pardon.

To pay for his sins, Gregorius chains himself to a rock, where he spends many years, until two men from Rome come get him, wishing to make him the next Pope, due to his devotion to God and the way he has done his penitence. On his way to Rome, Gregorius begins to show healing powers. Hearing a new Pope with great powers, the Duchess goes to Rome to seek absolution for her sins. Arriving there, she learns that the Pope is her son/nephew/husband, and becomes a nun. From then on, they both live pious lives.

This ending adds another complicated layer to the relationship: as the Pope, Gregorius is the spiritual father of all Christians and is married to the Church; while, as a nun, the Duchess becomes the spiritual bride of Christ.

While the incest in Juda's story serves to demonize him, in Gregorius' tale, the incest is just an obstacle, something that Gregorius needs to repent for before achieving spiritual enlightenment. As such, "the point of the story is not to denounce human weakness and appetite, but to celebrate the power of remorse and penance, and the infinite mercy of God".

And Saint Gregorius wasn't the only saint to engage in incestuous escapades, as another saint, St. Andreas of Crete, also married his mother.

St. Andreas' tale always is very Oedipus in nature: a merchant receives a prophecy that his son will kill him, marry his own mother and then rape hundreds of nuns. So when the merchant's wife births a son, the couple main and expose him. Andreas is found and raised by a nunnery, until one day, when possessed by the devil, him commits a mass rape. Running from his crime, Andreas finds himself in Crete, where he gets a job as a vinery watchman. One night, his employer does in disguise to check if the watchman is doing his job properly and, thinking that the man in a thief, Andreas kills him. Unknown to him, this man was his father, the merchant. Andreas then marries the widow of the man he killed and inherits the lands (much like Judas did). The woman then recognizes Andreas by his scars and immediately sends Andreas to a priest to seek absolution. The priest, however, refuses to pardon Andreas. So Andreas kills the priest. And then two more priests who also refuse his request. Finally, the Bishop agrees to issue him a pardon, but says that Andreas' sins will only be forgiven if he stays chained in a cellar that's being filled with dirt. The mother, meanwhile, has to use a padlock on her nose and wonder around looking for the key in order to pay for her sin. After thirty years the finds the key and moves to a convent, while Andreas miraculously appears on top of the cellar once it's full of dirt. He's then made the next Bishop of Crete and becomes a Saint after hsi death.

Another 13th Century legend about Saint Albanus also combine the incest and patricide motifs. It begins when a windowed Emperor seduces his own daughter, who then falls pregnant. To hide the affair, the child is exposed along with some jewels. He is saved from death by the King of Hungary, who finds him, names him Albanus and raises him as if he was his own son. When Albanus is old enough to marry, the King arranges for Albanus to marry the Emperor's daughter, unaware that she's Albanus' mom. After a while, the woman find the jewels that were left with Albanus and recognizes them. When the incestuous relationship is revealed, a monk orders Albanus, his mother and their father all to do penitence by seven years, after which the three should reunite. When the reunion happens, the Emperor can't resist the lust for his daughter and they get back together. When Albanus finds out, he kills them both. To pay for the murder, Albanus is ordered to wander for another seven years, but he is killed by bandits. The place where is body is dumped begins to showcase healing powers and Albanus is then made a Saint.

Perhaps the biggest departure from other Oedipus-like myths is that in Albanus case, he first marries his mother and then kills his father, an inversion of the usual order. Not only it's out of order, but the knows the man he is killing is his father and the killing can even be seen as justified, as he was punishing a sinner who refused to repent.

This type of narratives weren't created just for saints. The Italian tale La Leggenda di Vergogna is one exemple of a non-hagiographic Oedipus-like tale:

A baron seduces his daughter. Their son is exposed as a baby, and eventually is adopted. The baron goes on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and dies there. The daughter becomes the rules of the lands until one day, a neighbouring barons attacks her lands, and besiege hers. The son, now grown up, hears of the invasion and goes to rescue the baroness, not knowing of their relationship. As a reward for saving her, the Baroness marries him, but after some time, he tells her of how he was exposed as a child and the Duchess realise that he is her son. They go to the Pope, seeking redemptions, who orders them to go to two separates monastery in Rome; there they stay until they die. They are buried in one tomb, with an inscription indicating that they mother and son, sister and brother, wife and husband.

Another story that doesn't involve saints can be found in the Prose Tristan, a 13th Century prose romance that recounts the story of Tristan and Isolde, linking it to the Arthurian Legend. In this romance, one part is dedicated to the story Apollo Aventureus, son of Chelinda and her first husband Sador, who is believed to have died in ship munity. When Apollo is born, he is exposed by his mother's second husband, Thador (sometimes called Canor), the King of Cornwall, who dreamt that the child would one day kill him. Apollo is found my a maid, who raises him. Meanwhile, Sador himself is still alive, having survived being thrown off-board, and becomes friends with King Pelias of Leonois.

Pelias meets Chelinda and falls in love with her, and so requests that Sador steals her from Thador and brings her to him. Sador accepts to do so, but when he recognizes her as his wife, they run away together. Their happiness don't last long as they are kidnapped by a giant, who lets them go after a while. This giant then takes Pelias and his son, Luces, hostage. Apollo grows and becomes a knight. One day, he finds the giant who poses him a riddle and tries to kidnap Apollo when he answers correctly. Apollo is stronger and kills the giant, freeing Pelias and Luces. Pelias returns to his kingdom and declares war against Thador, but is quickly killed and replaced by Luces as King of Leonois. Sadoc is involved in the war, fighting by to avenge Pelias, and gets by injured Thador. He then sees a man wearing the emblem of Cornwall and attacks him, but this is not Thador, rather it'ss Apollo, who defends himself and kills Sadoc.

Luces, son of Pelias, sees this and leaps in to protect Sadoc from Apollo, but he's too late and Sadoc dies. Ten Luces attacks Thador, who injuries him. As Luces lays dying, he tells to Apollo to take the throne to Leonois. Apollo then kills Thador and becomes King of Leonois. As king, he needs a wife and so requets the hand of the most beautiful woman in the land: Chelinda. Since she is a widow, she has no choice but marry Apollo. Their marriage lasts a long time, until Saint Augustine revels the truth about them being mother and son. Chelinda doesn't belives Saint Augustine and orders him to be killed, but instead, she's the one to die, hit by lightning (much like Antiochus and his daughter in some versions of Apollonius/Pericles). Apollo, not wishing to be damned, chooses to convert to Catholicism, believing God to be his only salvation.

(This story is included in Archibald's book, but at the opening of the second part of the third chapter. I think it fits better in the first part of the third chapter, as it concerns unwitting mother-son incest. Also, Archibald doesn't go in full detail, I made a more in depth summary from reading the tale myself).

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They often walked together, not often than not arguing - No one could get a rise out of Jesus like Judas could. I can remember when Jesus emerged from an argument with Judas, positively furious - shaking his head wildly, snorting, and clicking his teeth, red-faced with exasperation - and he would tell me what they had been fighting about - still agitated - but, inevitably, he would end up staring into space and sighing - smiling. I think that if someone were to say that Judas was good for Jesus that they would not be mistaken.

- The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.

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#DAVECHELLA

to be updated each week! or whenever i have the time y'know.

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15) Billy Gibson: I Just Don't Care That Much // Matt Maeson runner-up: Meds // Placebo

smthn i really like about gibson--which is easy to forget, what with [waves hands at hickey's whole thing]--is that he's the one to start the mutiny. seriously, go back and watch the beginning of ep7-- he's the first to express Doubt in the captains' plans, specifically doubting that fairholme's party is coming back with help and that the natives would be friendly. over the course of the episode (and ep8) it spirals into a bigger thing, more of an active mutiny than simply taking supplies and striking off on their own in order to move faster, but gibson was still the spark here. hickey does not have the monopoly on bastard actions in that relationship and it makes them more interesting.

14) Tom Hartnell: Like a River Runs // Bleachers runner-up: Ashes // The Longest Johns

i got really attached to tom hartnell when i saw that poll that was like "which of the characters would you most like to work with" and i realized that i've actually worked with several tom hartnells before, which is to say, young well-meaning dudes who fuck up on occasion but earnestly try to make it better once they realize they've fucked up, and i'm like yeah :) i'll have tom hartnell on a job site any day. pick up a coffee for him on break when it's cold. swap the aux cord in the work van. he'd tease me for being old but also listen to my advice. look when i went back to trade school i was in a class of almost entirely dudes straight outta twelfth grade and i wound up adopting most of them as honorary baby brothers ok???? don't @ me

13) Henry Collins: Overboard // Johnny Manchild & the Poor Bastards runner-up: Sea Song (You Waded Out) // Apocalyptica

rip henry foster collins, dead 1848 of The Years Start Comin' And They Don't Stop Comin'

i didn't notice until i rewatched with subtitles that he's the one who ordered billy orren up into the rigging immediately before he died :') gosh i love it when this show hurts me and hurts me and hurts me

12) George Hodgson: Iscariot // The Vassar Devils runner-up: Delusional // Charlie Allen

oh hodgson you're so. you're so unsuited for command T_T what are you DOING out here, you should be back in england playing the clavier and making delightfully eccentric drawing-room small talk. he's basically one of [these birds] and what i wanna know is who thought it'd be a good idea to bring that to the arctic

11) John Bridgens: Our Time Is Short // Gang of Youths runner-up: Genesis // Amelia Day

[riffles angrily through all 5 of the somft romantic songs i own] dave k if you don't make at least one of these nerds listen to punk i'm gonna be in trouble

10) Solomon Tozer: Death of Me // Red runner-up: Believe // The Bravery

just so you know i'm having a completely normal one and i haven't chewed even a little bit of drywall over tozer's playlist

my initial music choice for him was just the entire discography of Rise Against. then the official playlist dropped and i blacked out and woke up surrounded by Flesh by Simon Curtis and Blood in the Cut by K.Flay and other such things and also i was wearing my leather gloves for some reason? so narrowing down my options here was somewhat of a trial

9) John Irving: Tell Me How It Ends // David Wirsig runner-up: I'll Be Good // Jaymes Young

the narrator of Tell Me How It Ends is a dying man who's struggled with faith all his life and the song is addressed to god [UPSIDE DOWN MELTING SMILEY FACE] ANYWAY HOW BOUT THIS HIGH STRUNG SELF HATING LIL MISS ANGER ISSUES, i want to poke him with a stick until he has some sort of breakdown <3

8) Thomas Blanky: Frozen Pines // Lord Huron runner-up: Heavy Rescue // Doomtree

give it up for the guy i have zero ideas for! i mean i love him don't get me wrong, i just don't know re: music. shrug emoji

7) Thomas Jopson: The Rockrose and the Thistle // The Amazing Devil runner-up: Seamstress // Dessa

i had 2 thoughts when Davechella was first announced and one of them was that modern jop only listens to death metal. "turmoil on the inside needn't show on the out," he says, putting on his extremely high end headphones and making his ears bleed

to which hodgson is like "why spend $2k on headphones just to listen to music where you can't understand the words?" (<- also spent $2k on headphones but sensibly listens to opera) and nedward is like "you're gonna be stone deaf by age forty :/"

to which jopson is like "hah, as if i have to worry about living that long" before remembering that normal people tend to take those jokes poorly I'M NOT PROJECTING YOU'RE PROJECTING

ANYway im not cool enough for dave's jop (i can't be in the club i'll be saying shit like perchance & thrice) but my contributions are more about the show than the modern AU

6) Edward Little: Bad Things // Social Animals runner-up: Downhill // Lincoln

[cracks open my Depression Jams playlist like a tepid beer!]

i do find it pretty funny that one of the Edward Little Certified Sad™ images for shitposts etc is actually the bit from ep3 right after franklin kicks the bucket bc like. that's not ned being sad that's ned looking at fitzj like Oh God He's Having A Whole Ass Breakdown Here. Oh God Please Get Me Out Of This Room Before He Starts Sobbing What Do I Do Oh God We Are So Cooked

5) Harry Goodsir: (beginning) beach piano // The Narcissist Cookbook (end): Bitter Medicine // The Crane Wives

oh, doctor mister harry goodsir. there's much i could say about him (and i've already said some of it) but here i'll just keep it to: more than any other character, i think, even crozier, he's split into a Before and After over the course of the show. so that's what my two songs are here, rather than a main and a runner-up like all the others.

i'm screaming abt beach piano btw. you see it right. i can't bear to not understand things. you can't keep the frog and dissect it. but when all you have is a scalpel / then everything looks like a cadaver.

4) "Cornelius Hickey": I'm Always Walking as Somebody Else // American Murder Song runner-up: Apotheosis // Kai Straw

"#A SECOND WRITER'S FAVORITE CHARACTER HAS HIT THE DAVECHELLA" lmaoooooooooo well today i dedicate my SSRIs to edward little and henry collins. cheers lads

my second davechella thought was oh. American Murder Song for hickey and it's not just because i'm super gay for terrance zdunich's voice i promise. [sidebar: The Indiana Man for the au in which he fled to america instead of tryin for the sandwich islands? he woulda thrived here, we love a horrible charismatic rat-faced grifter] but like c'mon his Carnivale costume was himself if i can get away with picking an on-the-nose song for anybody it's this guy.

3) James Fitzjames: Achilles Come Down // Gang of Youths runner-up: Cleopatra // The Lumineers

dave k week 1: don't read too much into this dave k week 13: [twirling hair, kicking heels] here's my third separate fanfiction :3

the thing that interests me the most about jfj is the undercurrent of self-sabotage to nearly everything he does. "i'll bring a cheetah on this boat! i'll walk across siberia! i'll pick fights with the bad-tempered coworker i'm stuck with for a minimum of two years! i won't promote any more lieutenants to replace the ones that are gone from the ship that's my responsibility now! i'll hide how badly i'm rotting from all my fellow leaders and the men who depend upon me!" like as long as it's sufficiently impressive and/or noble, he doesn't care if he gets hurt or dies. he's perpetually watching himself, even at the end of vanity, to the extent that he doesn't notice when people need him or when this attitude screws anybody over.

2) Francis Crozier: Way Out There // Lord Huron runner-up: Spite // Vandaveer

all of the Somebody Lives / Not Everybody Dies AUs in which the crew gets shunned on return to england-- that's not how it'd go. look at history. look at franklin's history, even. the Coppermine Expedition was a failure by all definitions, half his men died for nothing, and he was knighted for it. they made him a hero, and that's the worst thing that could happen to crozier after all he's done and failed to do.

1) Silna: Higher Ground // The Crane Wives runner-up: Fraud // Jonathan Coulton

i've already written a lot about her and most of the rest of my feelings can be summed up by the poem [I, Minotaur] by Natalie Diaz. i went to grab a link for y'all and reread it and now i'm screaming and crying!! i have a name yet no one who will say it not roughly!!!

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and that's all folks!

stay tuned next week for my playlist DAVECHELLA_final_Final on spotify and 8tracks: a single song for each character in this order, plus a small handful of encore songs for characters who didn't make it on this list.

[danzameccanica]

Ammettiamolo, The Principle of Evil Made Flesh non è il mio album preferito dei Cradle of Filth e forse è anche quello che fino al Duemila è nel gradino più basso del podio. Anche se dietro questo album si sono nascosti tutti i detrattori dei Cradle, me compreso, e lo hanno alzato come l’unico vessillo degno di nota della band di Suffolk in realtà è un album davvero interessante ma acerbo. I Cradle of Filth (assieme ai Dimmu Borgir) sono stati coloro che hanno utilizzato per primi la tastiera come uno strumento a tutti gli effetti nel black metal. E con questo intendo utilizzarla come se fosse una voce o una chitarra e non relegarla solo al compito di amalgamare gli altri strumenti. Anche; ma non solo. Prima ancora di essere stati messi sotto contratto i Cradle of Filth hanno regalato all'Inghilterra un incredibile tour con gli Emperor a luglio del 1993, prima ancora che Faust fosse imprigionato. "Darkness Our Bride" ci proietta in un mondo che nel 1994 era davvero inedito, fatto di atmosfere gotiche, di ispirazioni letterarie ottocentesche, di testi in rima e in inglese antico.

Le urla lancinanti di Dani (spingendo agli estremi Burzum) e il drumming iper-ossessivo di Nicholas sono forse le cosa che si notano di più al primo ascolto. Ma poi, il songwriting in generale, con tanti riff e diverse strutture prese dall’heavy metal, dalla NOBHM ma passata al tritacarne. L’omonima traccia è famosa per le sue cavalcate, per questo nuovo modo di fare black metal che in realtà ha tutta la velocità e l’adrenalina del death, del thrash e, di nuovo, dell’heavy. Le chitarre che fischiano in "The Forest Whispers my Name", i riff più gravi di matrice death metal si fondono coi power chords e con altri in tipico stile Darkthrone o Immortal (al minuto 4:00 ditemi se non sembrano i fratelli bastardi degli Iron Maiden !!!). Ma l’estrema varietà dell’andamento dei brani, i diversi registri della voce di Dani, le voci femminili e i continui inserti di piano e synth creano per la prima volta qualcosa di teatrale, complesso, estremamente dinamico. In tutto The Principle of Evil Made Flesh non c’è la tipica monumentalità o malinconia del black metla norvegese, ma piuttosto i vicini movimenti svedesi. Se non fosse per le accordature gravi del death metal, i Cradle si posizionerebbero davvero molto più vicino agli Edge of Sanity, agli Entombed o agli At the Gates piuttosto che ai vicini-di-stile Mayhem o Enslaved o addirittura gli Emperor, con cui hanno condiviso palchi e influenze. Ma Celtic Frost, Slayer, Venom e Possessed sono le band più riconoscibili spulciando i riff dei brani di questo album. Magistrale davvero unico il creare interludi di tastiera ("Iscariot", "One Final Graven Kiss"...) per calare l’ascoltatore ancora più all’interno del loro unico mondo fatto di horror, erotismo e sacrilegio. Alcuni fra questi frammenti da colonna sonora verrano inclusi in successive composizioni; ad esempio "A Dream of Wolves in the Snow" diventerà l’intro di "Queen of Winter Throned". "The Black Goddess Rises" (uno dei primi brani mai composti dalla band, fin dai demo) ha davvero diversi retaggi death ma ormai, in versione definitiva, diventa più mortifera e atmosferica. "Summer Dying Fast", uno dei brani più amati dei Cradle della prima ora (tanto che verrà ri-registrato una decina di anni più tardi) ha un andamento heavy dove chitarre e organo si spalleggiano duellando fra loro fino ad arrivare nel momento clou ed epico che è quello dell’assolo. Questo è forse l’unico momento malinconico e ipoteticamente contrassegnato da un epilogo, dove cala il sipario su questo debutto cruciale. Fra synth e violini scorrono i titoli di coda

[quornesha]

Prophecy And Symbolism of the 5-Spotted Hawk Moth

The Following Channel is from higher powers, Divine, the ancestral plane and is prophetic through Quornesha S. Lemon|

Whether the 5-spotted Hawk Moth appears in dreams, visions, waking life or synchronicities, it is a sign and message that in this season, others are warned to play with you at their own risk. The divine will not play about you. There’s a 5th dimensional layer of protection over you. You yourself are beyond this realm/world. You have many abilities that are beginning to come to the forefront of your life. You are beginning to see things in 3’s which is confirmation.

Everything anyone even thinks about that is wrong against you, will fail. Justice and karma is being sped up, your enemies will run back to you asking for you to lift things off of them, but it is not YOUR doing, it is divine’s. Know this, whatever you’re doing is in alignment with God’s will and plan for your life. If you’re not currently, you will soon in the immediate future. You’re walking your purpose, and are in alignment with heaven. You are reminded to LET PEOPLE WALK AWAY. If it no longer serves their purpose to be with you, let them leave, someone far better, that exceeds what you’ve been praying for will replace them. Divine does not want you to chase anyone.

Whose for you is still on the way. That’s friendships, relationship, marriage, partnerships, business, etc. Whatever the case may be. Be authentic, open your heart and love on people. How they treat you is their karma. Whoever fumbles you after you’ve sown good seeds will meet the same measure that Divine’s enemies have been met with. Judas Iscariot, Pharoah, and the like. Whoever betrays you, also betrays Divine, whoever backstabs you also backstabs Divine, whoever curses you, also curses Divine. Allow people to be exactly who they are. It is SAFE for you to love. Allow your light to illuminate every room you walk into. If you already have your divine connection then the bad will become resolved quickly and easily. Not a single person is without flaws. As you love people, you are loving God/divine, as you’re good to people you’re being good to God/divine. Your enemies will receive the accommodation owed to them, Karma.

Where you once rejected, you will be approved, where you once low you will rise higher, from being manufactured to the mansions, from being alone to having a community of supporters. The only words that will be able to come out of people’s mouths are YOU ARE APPROVED, YES, AMEN, AND IT IS DONE. Watch God/divine carry you through this season, wherever the enemy wishes you harm, God will bless. His armies are on alert for you. You are special to divine and the kingdom. Know this, the kingdom is indeed within you. Imagine dreaming big, and God/Divine saying, “It was my plan for you all alone”. A series of big dreams are about to manifest. You deserve this, do not apologize for it. People, will support you.

This message isn't, obviously resonant with all whose paths it crosses, as perhaps you may encounter someone of this vernacular, mastery or skill. Therefore, it is a sign from the universe that you're meant to work with such a person. 

Need further clarity or your own queries answered? Book your own reading as my schedule is full and I do not guarantee a reply on social media regarding this post.

If this is not you, then it is time to get clear to rejoin your tribe or the rest of the world of infinite beings. It's time to bring your light to the forefront. However, if you aren't able to invoke, heal or otherwise on your own, call on the assistance of shamans, healers, intuitive people, etc. to assist you. This synchronicity can possibly have specific meanings for you, it's time to get insight. 

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 Luke 22 ►Mount of Olives / Betrayal

New King James Version

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The Plot to Kill Jesus

1Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called Passover. 2And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might kill Him, for they feared the people.

3Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve. 4So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them. 5And they were glad, and agreed to give him money. 6So he promised and sought opportunity to betray Him to them in the absence of the multitude.

From &lt;https://biblehub.com/nkjv/luke/22.htm>

The Prayer in the Garden

39Coming out, He went to the Mount of Olives, as He was accustomed, and His disciples also followed Him. 40When He came to the place, He said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

41And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, 42saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” 43[f]Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. 44And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

45When He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping from sorrow. 46Then He said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation.”

From &lt;https://biblehub.com/nkjv/luke/22.htm>

2 Samuel 15 ►Mount of Olives / Betrayal

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Absalom’s Treason

1After this it happened that Absalom provided himself with chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. 2Now Absalom would rise early and stand beside the way to the gate. So it was, whenever anyone who had a lawsuit[a] came to the king for a decision, that Absalom would call to him and say, “What city are you from?” And he would say, “Your servant is from such and such a tribe of Israel.” 3Then Absalom would say to him, “Look, your [b]case is good and right; but there is no [c]deputy of the king to hear you.” 4Moreover Absalom would say, “Oh, that I were made judge in the land, and everyone who has any suit or cause would come to me; then I would give him justice.” 5And so it was, whenever anyone came near to bow down to him, that he would put out his hand and take him and kiss him. 6In this manner Absalom acted toward all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

7Now it came to pass after [d]forty years that Absalom said to the king, “Please, let me go to Hebron and pay the vow which I made to the Lord. 8For your servant took a vow while I dwelt at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If the Lord indeed brings me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.’ ”

9And the king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.

10Then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’ ” 11And with Absalom went two hundred men invited from Jerusalem, and they went along innocently and did not know anything. 12Then Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city—from Giloh—while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy grew strong, for the people with Absalom continually increased in number.

David Escapes from Jerusalem

13Now a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are [e]with Absalom.”

14So David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, “Arise, and let us flee, or we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring disaster upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

15And the king’s servants said to the king, “We are your servants, ready to do whatever my lord the king commands.” 16Then the king went out with all his household after him. But the king left ten women, concubines, to keep the house. 17And the king went out with all the people after him, and stopped at the outskirts. 18Then all his servants passed [f]before him; and all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had followed him from Gath, passed before the king.

19Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why are you also going with us? Return and remain with the king. For you are a foreigner and also an exile from your own place. 20In fact, you came only yesterday. Should I make you wander up and down with us today, since I go I know not where? Return, and take your brethren back. Mercy and truth be with you.”

21But Ittai answered the king and said, “As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in whatever place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also your servant will be.”

22So David said to Ittai, “Go, and cross over.” Then Ittai the Gittite and all his men and all the little ones who were with him crossed over. 23And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people crossed over. The king himself also crossed over the Brook Kidron, and all the people crossed over toward the way of the wilderness.

24There was Zadok also, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar went up until all the people had finished crossing over from the city. 

25Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, He will bring me back and show me both it and His dwelling place. 26But if He says thus: ‘I have no delight in you,’ here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him.”

 27The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer?[g] Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. 28See, I will wait in the plains of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.” 29Therefore Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem. And they remained there.

30So David went up by the Ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered and went barefoot. And all the people who were with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went up. 

31Then someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Lord, I pray, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

32Now it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he worshiped God—there was Hushai the Archite coming to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head. 33David said to him, “If you go on with me, then you will become a burden to me. 34But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king; as I was your father’s servant previously, so I will now also be your servant,’ then you may defeat the counsel of Ahithophel for me. 35And do you not have Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? Therefore it will be that whatever you hear from the king’s house, you shall tell to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. 36Indeed they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son; and by them you shall send me everything you hear.”

37So Hushai, David’s friend, went into the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem.

From &lt;https://biblehub.com/nkjv/2_samuel/15.htm>