#let's keep challenging god

[tiddiesoutwhenthetisout]

not me curling my laptop charger wire the way you curl band equipment cords HAHAHA god i miss it

[starry-bi-sky]

Another Danyal Al Ghul art dump! Minor compared to other ones but I quite like these ones.

[ae-cha08]

The prophet Isaiah says that when God pays you back, “He will give you a twofold recompense.” That means God will pay you back double.

In the Scripture, it wasn’t a coincidence that after all the heartache and pain that Job went through, he came out with double what he had before the testing of his faith.

When you’re in an unfair situation, instead of getting sour, have a new perspective—that just qualified you for double. They meant it to harm you, but God is going to use it to promote you. When He pays you back, you’re going to come out loaded down with blessings. ✨️

[catsafari25]

After reading Challenge of the Hordika, I'm still lowkey obsessed with the implications of the Hordika not only deferring from entering the Great Temple out of reverence, but because it almost tangibly felt wrong

Imagine. You return to a place of great spiritual importance. A holy ground. Even the wild rahi seem to sense that because it's almost untouched. It's meant to be a sanctuary for you. Home. This is the place where you were changed into heroes, where Mata Nui allegedly chose you to step up into the role of Toa, where you put aside your previous life for this one

and you can't enter

You discover you are now fundamentally antithetical to the temple and everything it represents.

By now, you've come to suspect the Rahaga who work alongside you have a similar story to tell – that they were also Toa once, altered and deformed – but they can enter. The temple – not their temple, but yours – doesn't abhor them. It doesn't halt them in their steps, repulse them, detest them as it does you now

(maybe it's the Hordika venom, a corruption, as the Rahaga assume, but maybe it's something deeper, you fear. maybe the temple now knows its mistake, maybe it knows you weren't Mata Nui-chosen, but Makuta-chosen instead....)

Anyway! Yeah, I'm obsessed with the understated horror of the Toa discovering they are no longer welcome in the Great Temple and all the emotional ramifications of that!

[rawliverandgoronspice]

You know, I have decided to go through a route with Impa that does humanize her, and I know why I did that and I like that I did that, but honestly there's absolutely room to interpret her as a Majora-grade villain, and that would both make sense, be terrifying, and be very interesting to unpack too

[sisterdivinium]

Guilt served as comfortable bed sheet, as did darkness — the price for the sacrilege of love.

But a mischievous light shone briefly from outside and Jillian perceived the shapes of the woman she had spent the night adoring: scars, dimples, hair and fat which she only loved all the more, growing ashamed of her shame, of hiding her own mangled arm.

Then she saw the thin, injured skin of Suzannes’s knees and understood.

She could not hide from God.

Jillian dropped to her own knees, cursing the cross, defying it; worshipping her lover with new passion under His resentful eye.

[eikonslay]

well. i wasn't gonna talk about this but there had been a few people who approached me about it, so i guess it's time to clear things up about why i'm on someone's DNI. all 12 mutuals who i have here already know i'm kind of a piece of shit so i'm not going to tell y'all that i'm a good person. here's what i will say though:

i'm not going to dispute this person's claims and say i didn't do the bullying and gaslighting they're accusing me of ( along with another person, but i won't speak for her. ) that is their experience of me, the impact i had on them, and they're valid for that. i don't recall ever setting out to do just that maliciously or deliberately, but you can hurt people regardless of intent. and for any hurt or damage that i caused this person in 2018 that obviously had a strong footprint on their experience here to this day, for whatever it's worth, i'm sorry.

however, i will say that there are two sides to these things. here's what i remember of this person and the impact they had on me:

while i won't speak for exactly what transpired between them and bubbles ( because i don't know lol ), i vaguely remember the issue being a breach of ship exclusivity by this person towards bubbles without prior communication.

i referred this person to my IRL job at that time. i vouched mostly for their character but also for their ability, but the latter i knew they had to and could prove themself. i remember that their lack of professionalism and irresponsibility put me in hot water and compromised my livelihood. for turning in subpar work, late work, and IIRC, kinda ghosting the company, we almost lost a client.

this is the impact they had on me. i was rightfully upset about what happened because they uh. ghosted me, too, and didn't tell me what was up with them. i understand sometimes people struggle with things and can undergo executive dysfunction or whatever else. to be honest, if only they gave me the courtesy of an explanation, i would have been open to it. but nah, they just blocked me everywhere for reasons i don't know to this day, because they never communicated it to me.

i let it go, though, even though i had to field questions from both my manager and my boss at that time. i take full responsibility for however my own upset manifested as stated above. i clearly hurt this person. they hurt me, too. it's not my business how they choose to protect themselves and set their boundaries, but i will say that i feel like i'm being watched, and that also makes me uncomfortable.

i don't really know where this person is, what their blogs are, etc: i don't give a fuck. and i mean that as in: i have other shit going on, a lot of other shit going on. i'm not here, i have been so scarce on tumblr since the middle of 2024. i do not have the ample supply of fucks or energy to dedicate to this issue. i've known about the DNI bc someone told me last year. I DID NOT TALK ABOUT IT. i was asked again yesterday and people were like... well, how long has this been a thing? and lord jesus, i don't know.

but for some reason, this person keeps finding my blogs, finding and blocking my friends, even friends i only interacted with on this blog very, very recently. THIS BLOG HAS 12 MUTUALS, SOME OF WHICH ARE THE SAME PERSON WITH MULTIPLE BLOGS. not promoed anywhere, with only 100+ posts and they somehow found it. i did not talk about this blog on viciousgrace, before i followed 4 more people last month, this blog only had 7 mutuals ( not counting their other blogs. )

so how is this person finding me? how is this person finding my friends? i think it's telling how my wrongdoing is highlighted on a DNI but no responsibility was taken for the harm that was also caused to me. but see, i'm over it, despite it being my IRL livelihood that was affected. i don't need an apology or even acknowledgement or an admission etc. i'll leave that up to their conscience. and i don't care if they stalk me or find me in the FYP ( which idk how if we don't have mutuals in common and i rarely post but i also don't know how tumblr algorithm works so w/e i guess??? ) but for someone who is accusing another person of blog watching... that sure feels like a past time they both share.

anyway, go look at my blogs and all the writing i'm NOT doing, and all the activity that is not happening, lol. but please leave my friends alone. they don't know you, they did nothing wrong to you. i just think it's a little weird that you seem to be actively seeking them out to block them in association with me... i understand the need to protect your peace but actively tracking people, and for at least one case, repeatedly, is... man, idk. kinda weird? if you're finding me through them, i suggest you stop. i'll announce it now every time i make a new blog so you can find me easier that way and block me for your comfort.

[andragoras-in-vanity]

im sure ive alrwady said this but veilgaurd called me a bottom in evedy language, most strongly elvhen tho. i cannot stop thinking about elgar'nans lil spiel to the venatori saying 'all you must do is love me, and kneel' like bruh......if rook wasnt so spiteful they probably would have...just to see where he was going with that....

[villainsidestep]

#< i Can confirm cyrus would actually say “im sorry” but the “i didnt know it was you” is implied (@sidesteppostinghours)

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 thank u cyrus for saying sorry

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

today on my When All You Have is a D10 project: Rolling a 6 with a D100.

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1-16: Option 1

17-32: Option 2

33-48: Option 3

49-64: Option 4

65-80: Option 5

81-96: Option 6

97-100: Reroll

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if you get that last one you can reroll the ones column, tens column, or both, up to you. tune in next time for so fucking help me i WILL find an efficient way to substitute dice for a deck of playing cards

[thefluxqueen]

started the sims 3 legacy challenge. being myself i made a spreadsheet ta plan out how ta get as many points as possible n keep track of which lifetime wishes ive gotten. they dont call this thing a challenge for nofin yall like bein broke as hell ta start has genuinely got me thinkin bout the sims gameplay differently akjwerkkjwe HAVIN A GOOD TIME i love the sims

[ae-cha08]

Dear Lord, grant me the faith to know that You are good all the time, even during the most difficult circumstances of this life. When I am weak, lift me up. Enable me to accept the love and comfort from others who love me, but let me rely on Your everlasting love for me. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

[hill-y]

You want me to look at you but my gaze is set on what's above.

[truly-quirkless]

Twenty Day Challenge 2024 - Day Two

Type: Fluff Piece Timeline: Post-Yakuza Raid Location: One of U. A.'s Gyms

Sometimes, sparring sessions....end in a horrible way.

WARNINGS: A lil suggestive towards the end. Also very short, but fight.

They were silent as light reflected off the metal in their hand. Fin was brandishing a dull version of their personal blade, head slightly downturned as they took in a small breath. It wasn't even their weapon... But if it were their actual knife, they feared what they might do. How they'd FEEL.

Their gloves felt almost constrictive despite how long they'd had them, worried about the wires giving out. They shuffled, silver paint catching the sun.

They were already breathing a bit hard, a thin sheen of sweat on their exposed skin. Their clothes stuck to them in odd places, only making their overheating worse as they prepared to attack.

"..come at me." He was standing as he would any other day...but there was something more menacing in the air- nearly an aura that poured off of him, toxifying the atmosphere. Yagi's eyes flashed as Fin dashed to the left. He didn't move- keeping an eye eternally on them.

They back-stepped at the last second. A hand thrown back. Pitch-black, needle-thin threads snapped towards the opposing side of the gym. Yagi barely had to move to dodge. Fin was already twisting. The wire was retracting, pulling them along at breakneck speed- barely discernable.

Yagi snapped back. He raised a hand, feeling the metal rod Fin was using as a weapon smack against his palm. He was already turning. Another wire had snapped towards another section of the gym- the first detaching and evaporating, black mist flowing back towards Fin.

The wire disconnected as Fin spun. Their leg met with a block from Yagi, shoving them backwards- and into a roll.

He already had another metal 'knife' out. He slammed it into Fin's own weapon, feeling the vibration echo up his arm. The sting of the hit burst in his fingers, but he didn't let go.

"You're getting faster."

"No." Fin vaulted back. Their shoes activated, kicking them slightly up into the air- hovering just barely off of the ground. I don't improve. They pulled their pipe back.

Yagi was on them in a moment- his own weapon smashing downwards. They just barely blocked it with theirs. Fin shoved- Yagi was sent flying backward. He righted himself, landing on his feet as one hand dragged.

"You are." He pulled the pipe close. The two knew too much about each other's fighting style- he could see the last of the 'mist' vanishing back into the small barrels on Fin's gloves. "But..." They were readying their next attack.

"I'm faster." In a blink, he was in front of them again- forcibly knocking them to the floor from the surprise and sudden change of weight. Fin's back smacked into the concrete with a dull oomph--- the air escaping their lungs in a wheeze.

"What do you say, love?" The 'razor edge' of his weapon was pressed to Fin's neck. "....do you surrender?" One of their hands was raised, less than an inch from ripping his own away- but they'd gone still. Their chest rose and fell as they gasped for air.

"When-- Hell freezes- over." The wire shot out of their hand, knocking the pipe from Yagi's grip. Just as fast as their other, Fin had flipped the two over. However...their own pipe was also across the floor. They were less than an inch apart, breath coming in small gasps. Hazel and sky blue refused to look away from one another. "What-- about you,...give up?"

There was a twinkle to the Hero's eye as he smirked. What the Hell was he--

"..Make me." One of Fin's hands had slid to the upper part of Yagi's chest, fingers pressing into the fabric. He could see the tell-tale whispers of pink starting to burn at their cheeks. Those hues flashed with embarrassment- and he took that moment to flip the two back over, slamming Fin once more into the floor. There was another huff of air, leaving Fin gasping for it.

The two were both breathing hard, every pant echoing into the steaming air. A small bit of blood was attempting to escape Yagi’s mouth. His tongue swiped over his lips, watching Fin’s eyes catch on the action. He gulped. They were underneath him,- sweaty and gasping- his mind fell down the possibilities. Memories of the two’s past ‘spars’ flickered behind his eyes.

"Or better yet..." He leaned in close, his smirk growing slightly wider. He could feel their heart, thudding just under his hand. "How about I make you, Hazelnut?" Brown hair slightly wild, their face slowly getting redder, their breath speeding up-- he was leaning in, slowly getting closer-

"For the love of..." A third voice broke the moment. Both heads immediately shot towards the source- a certain raven-haired Hero, looking as dead-tired as always, glaring at the duo. Yagi felt his own face slowly beginning to heat up as he scrambled off of Fin, trying to help them to their feet- how much had Aizawa seen---

"H-hey, Aizawa--- didja-- need somethin'-"

"Nezu wants to speak with All Might." Fin could just about feel their soul shriveling up in their chest. Aizawa's one seeable eye flicked between the two. "...you can finish up whatever this is later." The raw annoyance in his voice just about knocked Fin flat.

"Alright." He wasn't about to argue- but damnit. Aizawa was already turning around to leave, leaving the couple momentarily stunned on the floor.... "....see you later?" His voice was quiet- leaning over to give Fin a small peck on the forehead. Their silent nod made him smile as he got to his feet- brushing himself off before helping Fin up as well. "Until then."

"Yep." Fin gave a wave as Yagi walked out of the gym with Aizawa- before slumping to the floor, their face red.

"....okay...Earth,...y'can go ahead n' kill me now, please..."

[ittybittybumblebee]

A thing about me is whenever i like a piece of media i think they shouldve hired me to work on it myself and do whatever i want because i could do it better (no i could not but i would very much like to think so </3 😢)

[aastraeus]

damn they never really close the circus at psg do they