#sanctuary 5

[cassierain]

Cassie's Comforting Mac'n'cheese

Ingredients:

1 can of Spam original

1/3 brick of Velveeta

1 box pasta shells

Splash milk (any)

Cube and fry spam, set aside. Cook pasta according to box or to taste, mix in 1/3 brick Velveeta while still hot. Stir vigorously. Add milk until desired thickness. Mix in fried spam. Consume.

For added nostalgia, pair with a glass of tang.

[scificrows]

“I was having an emotion, and I hate that. I’d rather have nice safe emotions about shows on the entertainment media; having them about things real-life humans said and did just led to stupid decisions.” ― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy

Title sequence designs inspired by the real-life shows Martha Wells based Murderbot's favorite shows on.

[teambyler]

Churchgate update: the vines suggest the church is a sanctuary and the theme of forbidden gay love (aka Byler) is likelier than ever

(This and other pics shared by will80sbyers)

For those who don't know, ChurchGate is a theory of how a hugely significant development in Mike and Will's romantic arc might happen in a CHURCH, that intersects with the show's theme of love vs. hate and religious fundamentalism. That hype has intensified recently as it appears Noah and Finn will film a scene alone in the church this month(!)

I'll just add to all this by pointing out how significant it is that the shots of the exterior of the church seem to show that the church is keeping out the vines and therefore is being used as a SANCTUARY from the Upside Down. (Either in the UD itself, or perhaps the UD has spilled into Hawkins.)

Historically, churches have been not only instruments of the status quo, but also refuges for people fleeing persecution. They once were places the government could not enter, and while that is no longer true they still have much of that significance. In the modern era, the Catholic Church worked to protect Jews fleeing the Nazis, and houses of worship of many faiths have served as sanctuaries for draft resisters and immigrants.

The idea of seeking refuge in a church might drive Mike and Will to run to this church in the first place. The writers could have chosen so many other places, but they chose a CHURCH. The idea of MIKE AND WILL needing refuge in a church HUGELY suggests that their potential romantic pairing -- which Christian doctrine simultaneously says is immoral but churches have a history of sheltering the persecuted -- will be a focus of this scene.

Their taking refuge in a church takes on a note of irony, obviously for Will, who the show has established for the GA is in love with Mike. ST has established the themes of homophobia in this 80s small town, and fundamentalist hysteria against the Hellfire Club blaming them for the murders and the gates opening at the end of s4.

But Bylers know it is also significant for Mike. Plus, remember that s4 opened with the song California Dreamin' as Mike read El's letter. It has the following lyric:

Stopped into a church I passed along the way Well, I got down on my knees And I pretend to pray

Mike and El were both seeking refuge from the cold in a traditional church (their relationship), presenting false sunny "normal" versions of themselves to each other.

If s5 opens with Mike realizing the Painting Lie and staying in the closet, running into the church takes on significance with Mike. His church surroundings would dramatize that he has an internal conflict as well as dealing with the external threat of the Upside Down outside.

All this is to say: in a show where a theme has been that love can conquer hate, Mike and Will's scene of seeking refuge in a church strongly suggests that they (and their likely relationship) are central to defeating not only the UD, but also the forces of homophobia and fundamentalist hysteria in Hawkins. Mike and Will might actually transform the church (literally and thematically) in s5 -- which has both a tradition of oppressing LGBT+ people AND a tradition of promoting love and compassion and sheltering the downtrodden -- through their own actions. (Btw I have my own theory of how their love confession happens, possibly in the church, for those interested.)

This is just further confirmation that the final shot of s4 really DOES foreshadow the central role that Mike and Will will play in s5, where even the ONE FLASH of lightning (which resembles vines) is aimed at Mike and Will:

-teambyler

[fore-seer]

various art i've done for chat plays conquest over the past year

[xyl4-4444]

BOO!

Hi have some Gen 5 ghosties (+ Unowns) for the spooky season!!

[albino-parakeet]

Ongoing manga series using solid color background for cover art my beloved.

[oyeixcher]

Soobin ✧ The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY - Concept Clip ‘KNIGHT’

[skag-lick]

i can't think about the moment in the son of crawmerax dlc where brick laughs at mordecai when he says he's sober and clearly doesn't believe him or i will blow up. btw.

just. from brick! thats gotta feel like hell. nevermind the fact that it took him telling brick and lilith directly that he was sober for them to put it together, and even then there was that moment of disbelief when he told them.

[marksartsypalace]

Testing my new watercolors I got for Christmas

[oathkeeper-of-tarth]

Drabble Challenge 2024 - Day 3: Unhealthy

Fandom: Baldur's Gate 3 Characters: Dame Aylin/Isobel Thorm

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Agonising recognition floods Isobel the instant she lays eyes on the macabre, unhealthy things. That the traitor managed any flight with the wings in this state is a wonder. That someone her father could have done this to her angel, alive or after an impossible death, is--

Fear of the ghoulish claws flashing around her, the bone-deep weariness clinging to her ever since she drew her first breath in a century - it all vanishes, seared away in a blaze of vicious, incandescent fury, wildly aimed at any foe within reach.

For a fleeting, precious moment, Aylin feels so very close.

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[luuxxart]

posting these from twt/retrospring bc aaaaa the boys and their chao 🥺🥺🥺

[slaughter-books]

Day 8: JOMPBPC: Matching Covers

I love this manga series' matching covers! 🦖💞

[savage-rhi]

Fuckgenta

[enchantingruinscandy]

BRO LET HER LIVE

[molluskzone]

poor song choice

[samabigailalan]