#regligious

[sharkyswaters]

[all-too-unwell-13]

hi i'm bored so here's what i think marauders era characters would think about taylor swift 😙😙

(this is a part 1 with the marauders + valkeyries)

the marauders:

james - i don't think he'd have much of an opinion her tbh. i can see james listening to shake it off REGLIGIOUSLY, but other than some more tracks from 1989?? not much 🤷‍♀️

sirius - i genuinely don't think he'd care much for taylor at all. her music isn't his thing, but eventually remus would convince him to listen to some of speak now and i think he'd like 'haunted (taylor's version)' as well as 'mine' and a few other sappy love songs from some other albums that he associates with remus <3

remus - folklore is HIS ALBUM, okay? he listens to it daily, sometimes listening to evermore as well. remus prefers her softer, more lyrical music (this includes songs like 'new years day' as well as even 'dear reader' bc he'd relate a lot i think!!)

peter - like sirius, peter doesn't really listen to her music, and therefore doesn't have any opinion on her music. but if anybody turns her music on, he won't turn it off bc he does vibe with some songs (mainly the popular tracks, because i don't see him properly listening to a lot of her discography because he just prefers other music)

the valkeyries:

lily - the og swiftie of the entire friend group. she listens to taylor swift religiously and LOVES folklore (she was the one who introduced remus to her music and that album), as well as reputation (bc who doesn't, honestly?). her favourite songs from folklore are 'the lakes' and 'invisible string' !!

mary - forced swiftie i fear (she likes to joke that lily makes her listen to taylor all the time, but really mary also enjoys the music). she's a huge fearless tv girl and her favourite songs are 'the way i loved you' and 'jump then fall,' not just bc she might relate to either, but she just likes them!!

marlene - doesn't love taylor's music, but wouldn't turn it off if it came on 🤷‍♀️ she spends a lot of time listening to it bc of lily and mary, so she knows a lot of the lyrics, but she wouldn't listen to it herself, if yk what i mean!!

[athena-cat-wizard-official]

various delusions actually reflect cultural trends! apparently so called "regligious delusions" have trended downwards in prevalence whereas paranoia about tracking, such as via a smartphone, have trended upwards!

gotta wonder how all the mental illnesses that feature extreme paranoia about CIA spying and mafia kidnapping etc. manifested in small bands of hunter gatherers

[beautifulnrd]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vintage David Lindsley Wood Framed Jesus Shepherd of All Signed Wall Art.

[brionbroadway]

ok so i went to send u an ask and then i unfollowed u by accident IM SO SORRY but the reason im here is i wanna hear more about ur wips!!! small town hypocrites what is that about 👀👀👀 also thank uuuuuuuuu for tagging me i love u but i have barely any wips that are actually the ip part. theyre mostly wtaafbidkhtw [works that are abandoned forever because i dont know how 2 write) anyway LOVE U

hjfdhjfd honestly tumblr shouldn't snitch in moments like that! small town hypocrites is about a woman who left her small town after graduation to be A DANCER (i know you are shocked!), failed, and is coming back at the end of her 20s like what the hell do i do now? and she falls in love with a local actor who is like hey success doesn't have to look how society defines it, we can just do what makes us happy. but she also has baggage from her small town, like an ex she publicly rejected a proposal from and some fun regligious/purity culture trauma to work though. as you can tell, like all my wips, this is perfectly plotted and contains zero self-projection.

wtaafbidkhtws are a necessary part of the writing process!

[for-fucks-sake-h]

Even when I used harrysonlyangelsss regligiously, I followed maybe ten Harry blogs at any one time. It was a happy little corner of the internet and i loved it! I always come and see what you’re up to because you’ve always made me smile like a loon 😂😘

LAUREN 😭 omg I love you so much and MISS YOU. I hope you’re doing okay my love seriously sending you the biggest hug 💓

[sapphic-sex-ed]

Dating apps dont really seem to work for me and I want to meet other women but I don't know how otherwise? I dont really want to go to a gay bar by myself and dont have any other gay friends to take me. Is there another way to meet people? I'm feeling pretty hopeless like I will never get a chance to meet the girl of my dreams. How does everyone else do it?

Look up if there are any LGBTQ+ organisations in your town. For example, in my town there is the Lesbian Breakfast that meets about once a month, and we have the queer café that the uni LGBTQ+ group organizes, and I believe both out local church, mosque, and synagouge have their own LGBTQ+ groups for regligious people. Then there are like three groups for trans folks spcifically, and then there are the anti-capitalist Reclaim Pride movement that have meetings though out the year, as well as out regular municipal pride group that organize the parade each summer. And then there are groups specifically for LGBTQ+ people at both the kink organizations too where one of them is a munch (basically a coffee meet-up) so no actual kink play happens and it¨s just hanging out. 

When I moved here two and a half years ago I knew of none of them. You can use facebook or instagram to find these, or your local place of worship’s website (if they are open minded). 

I am lucky to live in a larger town with a lot of oppurtunities, but most places have some type of LGBTQ+ community. If you can’t find yours, if it’s possible you could try a nearby city that’s maybe a little larger. You can also just google your area’s local queer culture (like “[place] LGBTQ guide” - that’s what I do when I’m lucky enough to travel to new places.

I hope this was helpful for you anon, and as usual if anybody has any additional advice or tips, feel free to reply or send an ask about it.

-mod liz

[nalsmusicbmi]

Bed & Blessings (TV PILOT)

[cowboycomrade]

if anyone played spore, spyro or pokemon regligiously as a kid you’re probably gay, goth or both now

[urmomification]

i get to write ab tthe regligious connections in the batman movie for a biblical literature paperand u guys dont

[beautifulnrd]

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vintage David Lindsley Wood Framed Jesus Shepherd of All Signed Wall Art.

[thewahookid]

Patrick and Nancy Latta of Medjugorje.

In 1991, Patrick Latta, a successful businessman and car dealer in Canada, and his wife Nancy, a commercial lawyer, received a great grace of conversion through the messages of Our Lady of Medjugorje. Leaving behind everything they had created in their material world, they moved to Medjugorje in 1993, during the height of the war. With Fr. Slavko Barbaric, OFM as their spiritual guide and confessor until his death in Nov. of 2000. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Retreat House was born, with a specific desire to support, renew, and foster vocations to the priesthood and regligious life. Now after 15 years of living in Medjugorje and 12 years construction, streams of pilgrims from around the world come to Our Lady's Retreat House to honor her as the Queen of Peace.

[ivedoneit100times]

A Retelling series…. To Split the Night (Part I) and Uncertain Hours (Part II) by AftertheFall with art by @ivedoneit100times that can be seen here Rating: Explicit Archive Warnings: (Part I) Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, World War II, Captain America: The First Avenger, religious themes, Bucky Barnes does not know Steve Rogers growing up (Part II) Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Religious themes, suicide ideation, Pre-Serum Steve Rogers, Drugs, Post-Captain America: The First Avengers, Torture, Hurt/Comfort Words: 20,043 Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers Tags: Period-Typical Homophobia, Bucky Barnes as Captain America, Peggy Carter is a badass as per usual, regligious themes, suicide ideation, Pre-Serum Steve Rogers, Drugs Summary: Part I: Snapshots of Bucky’s time with the 107th in war time: meeting Peggy Carter, the time leading up to Azzano, and the advent of the Howling Commandos.   “It should have been you, Pegs. We both know it."  "Yes, well. I suppose I can do a lot more for them behind the scenes than on the frontlines."  "And get none of the credit for it."  She did not refute his statement.  "I would have looked better in those tights, that’s for sure."  Of that, Bucky had no doubt.  Part II: After the fall, Bucky once again finds himself in the clutches of Arnim Zola, "genius” scientist and ass-ugliest motherfucker this side of the Maginot Line. While Bucky attempts to keep his sanity through the seemingly endless barrage of torture and drugs, an angel appears to help him through the dark. 

[un-enfant-immature]

Twitter Q3 misses big on revenues of $824M and EPS of $0.05 on the back of adtech glitches

Twitter today reported its earnings for the quarter that ended September 30, and the numbers delivered a big surprise, falling on both sales and earnings per share. Revenues came in at $824 million, and EPS at $0.05. That represents sales up 9% year-over-year but far below what analysts had been expecting: (non-GAAP, diluted) EPS of 20 cents per share and revenues of $874.03 million (or higher, $883 million, depending on which group of analysts you’re following).

Twitter said the huge drop in performance “was impacted by revenue product issues, which we believe reduced year-over-year growth by approximately 3 or more percentage points, and greater-than-expected seasonality.” Specifically, it also noted that it discovered and took steps to fix bugs “that primarily affected our legacy Mobile Application Promotion (MAP) product, impacting our ability to target ads and share data with measurement and ad partners.” Also its adtech personalization was also not “operating as expected.” It also blamed the bad numbers on a slower summer for big events and launches compared to a year ago. 

Meanwhile, monetizable daily active users came in at 145 million, versus 124 million a year ago and 139 million in Q2. That actually exceeds the 14% growth analysts had been expecting (it’s up 17% year-on-year). Net income came in at $37 million.

“We drove strong growth in monetizable DAU (mDAU), up 17% year-over-year, driven by ongoing product improvements,” said Jack Dorsey in a statement. “We’re continuing to improve relevance while testing ways to make it easier for people to find what they are looking for on Twitter.  We also continue to make progress on health, improving our ability to proactively identify and remove abusive content, with more than 50% of the Tweets removed for abusive content in Q3 taken down without a bystander or first person report.”

Ned Segal, CFO, spoke more directly to the disappionting numbers:

“Despite its challenges, this quarter validates our strategy of investing to drive long-term growth. More work remains to deliver improved revenue products. We’ll continue to prioritize our ad products along with health and our investments to drive ongoing growth in mDAU. We remain confident that focusing on our most important priorities, and delivering higher performing, better ad formats will deliver better outcomes for all of our stakeholders for years to come.”

The company has made a significant shift in the last year to tracking a new user metric of its own making, monetizable daily active users, which tracks those who are being served ads.

Twitter’s argument is that these are the main users to watch, since their growth (or decline) is more closely linked to how Twitter’s business is doing. It helps also to take attention away from more established usage metrics such as daily and monthly active users, both of which had stagnated and even declined in recent years, a mark a longtime challenge for the company: Twitter is addictive and used almost regligiously by some people, but ultimately the company had not managed to grow traction with a mass market.

The US continues to be Twitter’s largest single market but still outweighed by business outside those borders. Average US mDAU was 30 million, compared to 26 million in the same period of the previous year and 29 million in the previous quarter, Twitter said, while average international mDAU was 115 million, compared to 98 million in the same period of the previous year and 110 million in the previous quarter.

Ad revenue was $702 million, up 8% year-over-year, with data licensing and other revenue coming in at $121 million, up 12%. US revenue continues to outpace international, at $465 million versus $358 million.

For some context: Last quarter the company reported EPS also of $0.20 on revenues of $841 million; and actually down by one cent on a year ago, when the company reported earnings of $0.21 on sales of $758 million. 

More to come.

[ao3feed-stucky]

To Split the Night

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2vWM559

by AftertheFall (you_took_everything)

“It seems we all need something to kill for to seek & claim to treasure till it screams in elemental dark to argue with the Gods over--” - yusef komunyakaa

Words: 9585, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of A Retelling

Fandoms: Captain America (Movies)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con

Categories: Gen, M/M

Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers

Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers

Additional Tags: eventual slash, regligious themes, suicide ideation, References to Suicide

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2vWM559

[dailybiaffirmation]

I identify as "open" (i'm not used to the label bi yet) and I'm a minor. My parents are very regligious and homophobic, and every time I slowly mention things for the LGBTQ+ community or a gay character on TV, they say "oh, and you're supporting that?" in a very mean and condescending tone. I love my parents and I want them to know, just in case I end up marrying someone of the opposite gender, but I just don't think I can tell them.

(Yeah I like using “open” too sometimes, I used it a lot when I was younger.)

If you don’t feel like it’s safe or gonna end well if you come out to them, I’d say please don’t, at least not yet. It’s best to wait until you’re an adult and have some form of financial stability, or a backup plan like a friend who would allow you to live with them. If it’s safe too, you could try and gradually open their minds, like talk about “a gay friend I have” and break down their stereotypes…but that can take a long time and doesn’t always work. 

I’m sorry. Please hang on tight