#theme: god and the devil

[thatartiststudios]

Snake Boi Callum Week 3.0 — Nov 21

“God And The Devil”

Well he’s a broke down, yeah he’s a bad seed He’s all coked out, down on his knees He took a wrong turn down the wrong street And he, he got burned by his family He says, “I’m givin’ up” He says, “I’m givin’ in” Got the preacher man preachin’ ‘bout livin’ in sin He’s got God and the Devil fightin’ for his soul He got [bought] for a price and now he’s sellin’ it all, singin’ Hey man, c’mon down Singin’ hey man, c’mon down Singin’ hey man, c’mon down They’re sellin’ truth on the corner now Look at him all dressed in white Said the angels must’ve came into town last night

— C’mon Down–Poor Mans Poison / 5x08, 6x06, 6x03

[Edit based on a part from this AMV]

[morelikesin]

A storm brews.

To telos arhizi

To telos arhizi tora

Irthe to telos.

[seraphirism]

「砂漠に消えた湖」 - featuring Bastien, Ammon, Lucas and Teddy.

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price and Jane Asher -

The Masque of the Red Death (1964) dir. Roger Corman

[molinaesque]

On the topic of Raphael and him "being bad in bed".

Okay I'm only ever going to talk about this at length once and then never again. I've been avoiding talking about it until now because bringing it up always just seems to keep this topic in circles and it becomes an endless pit of nothing.

First of all, I know most of the time (like maybe 70% of the time) it's for the lolz. I get it. Hell, Raphael fans will be the FIRST to quip about this.

BUT

For those taking it seriously one way or another... It becomes such old hat VERY fast.

Those who use it as a jab towards Raphael havers are... Kinda dumb. Because it's like... Okay, and? You act as if somehow negates the entirety of his character somehow just because "HAR HAR HANDSOME DEVIL MAN IS BAD AT SEX" and it's so... vapid and boring? Also it seems a lot of people keep thinking "bad at sex" = JUST that he finishes too fast and nothing else but they seem to forget that the player character came up with that insult on the spot (rather than seeing it as a commentary about his pure selfishness and where it stems from). Haarlep is also a bias source. There's a semblance of resentment from them AND they're a damn incubus. EVERYONE'S terrible in bed in comparison (have you seen Tav? Little shit just lays there like a sack of potatoes during the Haarlep scene). This isn't me saying "Oh it means Raphael is terrific in bed because Haarlep's word cannot be trusted". HELL, no. Quite the opposite, actually. I'm saying "okay... What can I glean from that set of information?"

I feel like this goes for Raphael havers too who have this conversation. I feel like many tend to fall into this trap of odd desparity when they realise that "oh no our magnificent hot man is bad at sex" and somehow treat it as if it's forever a caveat and somehow negates the ENTIRETY of Raphael as a complex character. My first reaction when I got this information during House of Hope was laughing and then going "mmm that's so interesting and adds such a great layer to this already amazing character. Where else can I take this to". In fact, House of Hope as a quest does SO much in adding all these tidbits that make Raphael not just another boring, all knowing, god like, ineffible character. It made me love and appreciate his character even MORE. instead of going in circles and lamenting in how this is somehow "the worst thing ever", I think it's way more fun to explore it and delve into where the root of his narcissism and self esteem issues come from. The dichotomy and complexes of his character. There's SO much to talk about there and yet we're still just stuck on "haha devil man is a bottom and bad in bed" (which is another ridiculous thing btw because people seem to misconstrue bottoms as JUST being submissive. Y'all need to be more open minded 😂).

Apologies if this came off as ranty/condescending maybe. But it's coming from someone who's just minding her own business but have to see a variation of that line CONSTANTLY in the notes/tags on my art/gif posts and as I said... It gets so old REALLY fast. Like please be more imaginative than this, I beg of you. 😭

[ash-eats-film]

Late Night With the Devil is one of the greatest horror movies I’ve ever seen.

It’s the Exorcist of my generation.

I will fight tooth and nail to support that statement.

I have never left a theater so unsettled and driven home in stunned silence.

[shy-sapphic-ace]

Old Gods of Appalachia gives me the same vibes as listening to music by Lord Huron— it’s just the perfect blend of supernatural and folktales and being so deep in the woods it feels like the light can’t reach you anymore, and I am absolutely in love.

^ I mean, this is exactly what listening to the podcast feels like (at least to me)

[hauntingblue]

Gear 5 luffy's laugh is so contagious I just hear the drums and go insane how does this work. What did he do to me

[howifeltabouthim]

'Do you want me to teach you magic? Destroy your enemies? Show you how to become a god?'

Jenn Lyons, from The Ruin of Kings

[shoechoe]

My two overall favorite characters in anime/manga being Diavolo and Akemi Homura is such a funny difference tbh. Like one of these is a wrenchingly tragic and fascinating and incredibly well written character. And the other one is. diavolo jjba

[s-ccaam-era-crepe]

Does anyone else think about deviser podcast like I do. I’m literally so so normal about it

[clowningoose]

[aishasauce]

mythology / silent night + darkfire

i used a valentines themed trace base for this one but it turned out very halloweeny...

[victorianvampyr]

Religious trauma OC core

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price and Jane Asher - The Masque of the Red Death (1964) dir. Roger Corman

[sunb0ts]

WOOP!!!! TIME TO MESS WITH THE XP COMPUTER TODAY