#telling the gospel

[tiffanyachings]

it would have been very beautiful. camilla would have had to cook (horrible bone soup)

[frownyalfred]

"you're ruining this fandom by posting [headcanon/fic idea]!"

yeah okay. sure. I'm the big bad wolf leading away innocent fans into my den of fanon and OOCness. by posting my silly little fanfic, I am absolutely doing real, actual harm to people online. and I have a...responsibility to....not do that? like, what? do people actually read what they're typing on here?

[doglikecadaver]

Hey, you mind if i interview you for my video spacecast?

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[gwensy]

hello... you may notice you are strapped to a chair infront of a computer screen.... you must either saw off your arms or read two hours worth of mcu influenced daredevil fanon

[finalgirlgretchen]

if one more person tries to claim that the oh hellos are no longer christian i am going to lose my shit

[shaunashipman]

'there's nothing inherently romantic/sexual about buck and eddie's relationship, it's fanon interpretation and the actor's natural chemistry' i mean you could say the same about 'invisible string theory' and everyone pretending buck/tommy is deeper/more well developed/better written than it actually is.

yeah. the invisible string theory is fanon. we know it's fanon. if you ask any bucktommy shipper about it, 99.99% will say it's it is just us seeing connections that weren't intended. nobody--NOBODY--thinks tommy was being written in s2 to be a future love interest for buck. nobody thinks tommy was actually being written to be gay in s2, outside of a maybe non-zero chance that a writer or lou just kind of had it in the back of their mind

as for bucktommy not being well developed: it's been four eps that he's been back, three eps that he and buck have been involved. again, we are aware that a lot of our ideas are fanon, that's why we usually refer to them as headcanons. are you aware of the difference between fanon and canon?

[ivie-ro]

As a young autistic child, I thought the only religious option for me was to be an evangelical Christian. I'm also a little shit and cannot accept things that don't make sense just because a figure of authority tells them to me. So here's the 6 steps I took doing a deep dive trying to make sense of things and save my faith.

Step 1.) Fully read an NIV copy of the Bible at 10 y/o and take notes about any questions. (The Internet is useful to define the words used.)

Step 2.) Observe the people in your church. What are they saying, doing, believing? Is it consistent with what you've read? Take notes on any questions.

Step 3.) Internet and library time! Research the theology and actual history of Christianity and the region at the time. Take notes on any questions.

Step 4.) Talk to your Church leaders, join a ton of Bible studies, and take a college level apologetics course to try and answer your questions. Take notes on any questions.

Step 5.) Become an atheist at 17 y/o because there are no good answers to your questions.

Step 6.) Spend the rest of your life knowing more about Christian theology, Biblical history, and Apologetics than the people trying to convert you.

[bonefall]

Hi Bones!! Thank you for you hard work on this project and for sharing it with us!

I've seen your posts about weird representation of society (regarding the "natural order of things") in xenofiction, especially in lion king, so I wanted to ask:

could you recommend any xenofiction media that has all (or most of the) animal species sapient? Or is the only solution to make just one or two species sapient while the others (especially prey) are plain animals?

Really sorry if you've seen this ask from me before - my account had a weird laggy period when I couldn't send or receive messages and asks, so I don't know if you got the previous one! I just know that now it's fixed so I double all the asks sent haha

Honestly I'm not totally sure! If any 3rd person has some good recommendations for "every being is alive" xenofiction types, feel free to weigh in.

If you want to jump in with me though, I am following the webcomic Africa. It updates every Wednesday. Africa is about a mother Leopard on the verge of a great ecological disaster, the relationship between her children and the animals around her, and the strength of both instinct and choice as the characters face an uncertain future.

Since it's ongoing, I still don't know how it's going to end and can't judge it as a full work! But it's absolutely fascinating and I think the author is doing a fantastic job so far. Bonus points for the way it portrays humans, btw.

No more spoilers though, if you're interested, it's on Webtoons.

(I'm also planning to read Oren's Forge soon. Ask me about it again in a few months over on Bonebabbles and I'll give you my thoughts)

As an aside though, funny you mention it because like... ever since I was a kid I've had a story I want to tell with the premise. It's a scintilla I've kept close to me for well over a decade but haven't done anything official with. So this is actually a theme I've thought about a lot.

It's rare to see it done well though because like... its very premise butts heads with reality. The "natural order" that an animal follows is not something it moralizes. A tiger doesn't have the capacity to think about how fucked up it is to kill to stay alive, the deer doesn't know that if its population isn't controlled it will destroy the forest.

They're animals. They don't HAVE that agency. Your dog does not care about being sterilized. A snake doesn't differentiate between a pinky and an adult mouse except in terms of if it will fit in its mouth. But the minute you put human morality in there... they have the ability to reason, create and agree on the rules of a society, make choices about MORALITY.

If nothing is going to change about their world, you just end up putting human arguments about "natural order" in their mouths and, well... start telling a parable justifying this "natural order."

(Genuine) Does what I'm saying make sense? Animals DON'T rationalize or negotiate. HUMANS do.

So the minute you're approaching a world with that logic, like it or not, you are invoking those "arguments from nature." And you're putting them in a being that is not fully an animal or a human, but an anthropomorphic mix which CAN rationalize but WON'T make an effort to change their world.

(Which is why tbh the best examples i know of are works with a theme of "change.")

OH WAIT I also remember another that's interesting!! Leafy: Hen into the Wild actually has a fascinating take on it. It's not interested in "moralizing" or really being about an animal society. It's a very emotional sort of movie, and it's about joys in adversity, the freedom that choice gives you, how bad things are going to happen and you can never completely prevent them.

INTENSE movie emotionally, the ending will wreck you (especially in the English translation which leaves out a really important theme making it feel abrupt x_x) but it's really good. Check that one out.

OH and also You Are Umasou. That one has more pitfalls imo (it does try to moralize a bit) but it's super unique as a movie. And is about dinosaurs.

[hilacopter]

*on the floor trembling through gritted teeth* this made me grow as a person. this made me change for the better. good things have come out of this.

[incorrectwastelandgospelquotes]

Micah: So, how is it working with Vera at the store?

Ash: Good, she keeps me on my knees.

Micah: ...

Ash: FUCK. I MEANT TOES !

[beastsovrevelation]

A complete travesty in the Good Omens universe? Michael not being portrayed the leader of angels.

She's supposed to be the Supreme Commander, and she's supposed to be the boss. I sincerely suggest you don't fight me on this hill. For Hell's sake, the actress has the perfect vibe... A crime has been commited here.

Therefore, I swear to fix it in my fanfictions. General, I'll do right by you. ❤

If you can't tell, in spite of being on the opposite side, I'm attached to this figure. I'm protective of this figure. I'll defend this figure with claws and teeth.

[apostleofthreedimensions]

i just finished watching the flatland movie and literally nothing could’ve prepared me for the top-tier shitposting going on. much less the black screens with white text- “welcome to A. Square’s trauma-induced hallucination of pointland” is never leaving my head. overall 10/10 movie every single bit was hilarious and A Sphere could be a tumblr sexyman if y’all weren’t cowards

WE LITRRALLY HAVE TO SEXYMANIFY HIM RIGHT NOW

[dogmotifz]

The Carnivorous Lamb / Go Tell It on the Mountain / Sula / Mathilda / The Gospel Singer / Lolita

Books starting after it's too late

[incesthemes]

i like gadreel... he has so much soggy and pathetic energy. dude just wants to be loved, which is a perfect parallel to sam himself. they were both shunned by heaven and scorned by those they love and treated like monsters and still they seek redemption and salvation for the sins that were thrust upon them by the influence of lucifer.

i think the most painful part of this whole gadreel plot is that it's a tragedy to its core. none of this had to happen this way. if all of them had been honest and upfront and open-minded about their intentions and goals, i think gadreel could have made a strong and helpful ally. but gadreel was scared, and dean was scared, and none of them have room in their hearts for trust. suspicion has a ripple effect that causes more hurt.

[just-blahh]

So when cobra starship first came walking out on stage all I could see was some lanky white boy and because my brain is so stupidly broken from this website: for about 5 seconds I genuinely thought “omg it’s Dan and Phil, they’re gonna come kiss in front of the pride flag”

[kissmefriendly]

Man. Coming back to a podcast I haven’t listened to in a while is like coming home after a long exhausting day of adulting. Especially when that show has ended or is on hiatus.