#sparkrant

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

Educate your kids. but don't give them full freedom at like the age of 8 to the online world. tools exist for a reason, and it's better for a child to grow up more in the real world (ESPECIALLY IN NATURE) than with their eyes stuck to a screen

[freakingfreedo]

I really need someone to help me forget about my ex and just a really ready spark from collage, me my the spark last night and it just brought some old feelings, we are always at the wrong place in our lives and always just miss each other emotionally.

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

what is in the water this month goodness

we’ve got so many bad people being exposed (which I’m all for, don’t get me wrong, get them outta here)

just all in march? (Or like close to being march)-

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

This is a lil of a different post- probably quite a rare one. You can skip it if you'd like- (i'll be talking about Christianity- in a positive way, I'm explaining the misunderstandings of the previous posts).

1 ) One should not "fear" God, one should respect/revere him. All I've seen, even in confession brochures, is that you shouldn't be scared or fear God, but you should be ashamed of your sins because you love Him. If you wrong a friend, do you feel bad about it? I'd hope so. There are many churches who take the wording of some of the scriptures and instruct their followers in an incorrect way, telling them to fear God. 1 John 4:18 acknowledges exactly what you're saying; "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.” (the next verse continues with "We love Him because he first loved us.")

2 ) Hell is not really a punishment. One goes to Hell by choosing to be separate from God- and therefore, when one is separate from God, who embodies all good and love, then it will be painful. Scripture commonly refers to this as "burning", because that's the closest one can get to describing being away from all good.

3 ) "Christianity is one of the biggest shelter for abusers" maybe those who are Christian in name and not in action, but overall, true Christians should not abuse. Especially right now, Christianity has and is becoming more of a thoughtless badge rather than something that truly means anything to the individual- a social thing. Especially because many can assume that someone who goes to church wouldn't hurt others- which is incorrect, because many use Christianity to sort of deter others from looking into their doings. The important thing about this is that it isn't Christianity that's the issue, it's the people using it to cover up their misdeeds. You don't blame a mask for hiding someone's identity, you blame the one who put it on for using it.

There are bad people in the world. and there are about 7-8 billion people in the world. it sorta makes sense that some of those people would call themselves Christian and at the same time take advantage and hurt others. But that is not right. One should not fear God, one should understand that he is omnipresent and therefore respect his authority, but also understand that he loves his creation. Part of that love is letting us have the choice to turn away from him. For if you are made to love and be near something you've actively chosen to walk away from- that's not love. Turning to the common saying; If you love them, let them go.

This isn't a post to evangelize, but I myself believe that if you're going to make fun or criticize something, at least understand it first. Have a good day, everyone- if you would like to ask me questions, I am happy to answer them, but I request you ask the questions in a civil manner. Additionally, this is most DEFINITELY not a post to condemn anyone. I'm not in the business of creating anger or fear, just explaining things ! :]

Have a great day!

Christians hate when a gay man goes “fuck it, I’ll gladly go to Hell if you want me to so bad” because it takes the edge away from their tools of fear. If they can’t scare you with threats of eternal damnation then one of their main weapons is taken away.

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

[Vent] [TW include: violent language, mentions of sort of phantom stuff caused by being overwhelmed, etc]

I don't know why I'm so irrationally angry.

I've taken my meds. I've drank water. I've stretched. I've drawn. I've taken deep breaths. But still every time someone calls me to go help them do something or another I just get so frustrated. It feels like there are claws tearing into my back but I can't do anything to stop it.

There's so much to do and so little time. So many stupid odd jobs and chores that MUST be done RIGHT NOW because parent says so. I want to yell and scream and hide away and listen to music all day but I can't. And that's not healthy either. just AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I'm so tired of people. I'm tired of unforgiving, relentlessly demanding fathers. I'm tired of people excusing the deaths of thousands because it suits them better not to get involved. I'm tired of emotions I don't understand because I cannot understand where they came from other than "TOO MUCH."

Life sucks sometimes

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

Hello! I need medication for life to prevent my lungs from collapsing, this implies permanent treatment with steroids, oxygen therapy, control of oxygen in the blood and antibiotics to prevent the development of bacteria in the lungs.

I'm afraid I have to insist on this because it may be the only way to get my treatment.

I need medication for life to keep my lungs from collapsing, this costs around $700 per month.

Things are really tough on me,I can’t afford. Please donate🖤

I'm so sorry about your situation- I unfortunately cannot donate due to a handful of reasons-

to anyone reading this, here's a link to one of their posts:

<3

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

SOS SMP has been going on for a bit- and while I've only watched a little bit of it, the outrage around the lack of lore seems so weird to me.

Because for one- these creators owe nothing to you specifically. It is your choice whether to consume the content. If you want lore, go write it yourself! Make your own characters, then you have a world of adventure at your fingertips you can daydream about.

Secondly, there is so many more lore SMPs out there you could watch, that are just as good as what your favorite big streamer's or youtuber's do. Go back and watch Pirates SMP! Look for other SMPs, like Kaboodle SMP, Fable SMP, Siege SMP, etc- Go back and watch Outsiders SMP, or Rats SMP!

You are not entitled to anything from the creators you watch. Sending death threats and harassment because this one SMP doesn't have lore compared to the thousands that do is just showing how much of an entitled child you are. Suck it up, and if you don't like it- don't watch it!

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

Is anybody else's like- non human phantom limbs uncomfortable?

I don't consider myself therian or otherkin, rather just leaning more towards hyperphantasia and writing non-human characters throughout my life- especially from 8-ish onward (such as cats, half-human half-animal characters, dragons, etc)-

My phantom limbs usually only appear when I'm feeling very strong emotions. I usually get wings, long ears, and a lion-like tail (but I have gotten like- felt like my legs were faun-like). But its usually just the wings and ears that get uncomfortable. Generally it's also linked to when I'm feeling more negative emotions. So I'm unsure if it's just like my negative emotions concentrating in a physical area and then becoming uncomfortable (or even like- overwhelming in and of themselves, or causing a minor amount of pain).

But anyways I'm just a bit confused about why they're uncomfortable- and if there's any way to fix this?

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

Friendly reminder that while I and everyone else love beginner roleplayers. I am begging you, and I mean begging you to separate your dialogue from descriptions with something.

Preferably the good ol' reliable quotation mark ("). Ex: She waved her hand dismissively, "That won't be needed, thank you."

But even with anything else! Apostrophes? sure! Italics? sure! Bold? Sure! But PLEASE, pretty please, do something.

If you're roleplaying I know you made it past 5th grade... you know basic comprehension, I promise you. Please do not try and be quirky and use something like spoiler marks (on discord), I will cry.

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

as we go into this arc of Fablesmp, I'd like to say it again as the mods have been doing- this applies to any lore smp

Backseat lore-ing is not cool

As "things" in sherbert's chat- technically we are outside people

However... other chats haven't set up that boundary. There's not really anything that says the auras or allays or sparks or fish would know that information! Of course the souls would know, but they can't hear them

It would rush the story if they listened... and don't you want more episodes of Fable?

etiquette, folks, etiquette.

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

I live with my grandma and my room gets really cold. We cant set the Heat above 68 or the heating unit throws a fit- so my room sits at like 65-67. But I can't have a space heater???? Im going to go insane oh my goodness

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

help guys my fam is just trying to sleep and my brother just had someone cuss him out and threaten to beat him up because he asked them to stop slamming doors at midnighttttt

hope I don't dieeeeeeee

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

Does anyone else who's demi-aroace and has/had a partner mind giving me a bit of advice on this?

So I'm dating a guy rn (I'll refer to him as Okapi btw!)- and I'm like- 98% sure I'm in love with him. But I have a really hard time describing what that feels like, exactly- just like.... I want to be around him. and I trust him. I like when he smiles and how when he gets excited about things his eyes light up. He's a great storyteller as well.

But... My therapist asked me what makes him different from a friend- and I'm not sure if it was just how caught off guard I was, or if it's just.. me? I couldnt really come up with an answer past "It feels different."

but like- we started as friends. But I'm not sure if that makes it different appearance wise compared to like- normal dating? Additionally- we've never kissed. Most is handholding and hugs/leaning on each other and all. I like sitting near him- but I don't quite fancy the idea of kissing him? it might be that I've never kissed anyone before? I mean I also dont like fantasize about what he looks like shirtless. It doesn't really matter, I suppose- at least to me-

Has anyone else had a similar experience? do you have any advice?

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

I hate the fact that my grandma forced me to take one of HER raincoats and then I accidentally lost it and she won't keep pestering my MOTHER about it. Ma'am I am past the age where you need to cry to my mom. Treat me like an actual adult and ask ME. Yeah I lost it and I'm sorry for that but I also told you 50 TIMES i didn't need it but noooo I really needed it even tho I already had an umbrella.

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

My history professor keeps criticizing my assignments because I don't focus on literally every detail. Sir you gave me 400 words. We discussed like 12 things. I can't do that in 400 words

[sparks-chaotic-cove]

Was explaining to my sister about how the terms "designated ____ at birth"/"assigned ___ at birth" are helpful terms both to trans people and to cis people who happen to be intersex (because if you were outwardly female as a baby but technically have more of the male hormones and all- there's not really a category for that-)

I hate having to explain that intersex people are not 1 in a million. It's literally 1-2 in 100. Intersex doesn't mean having outwardly two different parts- that's not how it works. Shaking people. Why.