#u CANNOT stop me i will steal all the names

[vyva-melinkolya]

we all agree that the push towards short form, vertical video (tiktok/reels/shorts) is ruining fucking everything right? Tiktok has been useful for the dissemination of political information (e.g Gaza) i’ll give it that, but that feels moreso a result of meta and twitters algorithms being just a little *more*’evil and censor happy. And i want to make it very clear that my hatred for tiktok has nothing to do with the fact that it was a product of a Chinese company, because i see a lot of critiques relying on some sort of sinophobic conspiracy. On the contrary, it’s what tiktok has become in the vacuum of western popular culture and marketing that makes me fearful.

I know that every generation faces a new, polarizing technology and inevitably, there are those among said generation who will critique it. That is the nature of things. However, there is also something to be said about how, with the acceleration of technology (running parallel to the acceleration of capitalism, acceleration towards collapse etc), each coming generation faces an increasingly more malevolent “advancement”. TLDR, i’m going to talk my shit.

I’m going to speak on the aspect that is most relavent to me, as a musician. I am petrified by what short form video is doing to music and to musicians. I think that tiktok provides the illusion of making music and being a musician more “accessible” while actually pouring gasoline on the fire that the pop music machine had already started. Standards for what popular culture “expects” from music are being doubled and tripled. Let’s talk about song length. Success and marketability favoring shorter songs is not something new, it has been the trend for decades. But with short form video, it goes even further. You’re not just hearing the same song over and over on the radio, you’re hearing the same 15-30 seconds of the same song over and over again. This in-turn, starts to influence the way people write music, persuading people to make songs that *could* have that 15 second appeal. There is an art to pop music, there is an art to writing a catchy hook—this is something else. We weren’t meant to hear or understand music like that. There are so many songs from reels that i found annoying, until i heard them in their full context. It’s insidious. It makes everything feel like a fucking commercial, even if nothing is being advertised.

I’m going to pull directly from someone else’s experiences, someone who’s music seems to be everywhere on short form videos. The ambient musician My Head Is Empty has a hundred million streams on the song “i was only temporary”. Despite that exposure, they experience “never ending copywrite issues” and have “received death threats” by people who refuse to credit them when using their song. Pulling a quote here, from a comment on their own post

“vyva_melinkolya unfortunately it just gets worse. i saw a bot content page that steals pod cast footage and spams dozens of videos with my song stolen, comment on a "motivation" spam content , who actually made a post telling people the name of my song, and the previous page i mentioned, the pod cast spam commented on that video saying "Bro stop don't give out the sauce. this audio helps me pull numbers brooo" - so people are actively INTENTIONALLY stealing it and telling people to not credit me. like. u can't make this stuff up”

Beyond this, My Head Is Empty feels frustrated that despite all this exposure, the rest of their work (nine albums) as a musician remains under appreciated, and i think that frustration is 100% valid. People cannot fully appreciate music, or even understand it as a work of art created by another human, when it’s taken so far out of its context. Again, the soul being sucked out of art by “the machine” isn’t anything new but, this is a whole other level. Being a musician is more expensive than ever, streaming earns you fractions of a cent etc, it all feeds into itself.

When a song or a musician i love deeply finds its way on to tiktok (let’s use Duster’s “Stars Will Fall”, one of my favorite songs ever as an example)I am not upset that i cant “gatekeep” it anymore. I’m not upset by the idea of something I love and hold dearly finding a larger audience. I AM upset in the manner in which it is being disseminated. I’m upset with art I hold dear to me being chopped up and used as “trending audio”. When I saw Duster in concert recently, lStars Will Fall” was the song I was most looking forward to hearing. It was the last song they played, and it was the song seemly everyone chose to talk loudly over. The audience was mostly people my age and younger. This complaint might come off as petty or pretentious or cliche, i frankly do not give a shit.

Let’s talk about how musicians are expected to promote music on tiktok/reels. This is a matter of opinion, at the risk of sounding very pretentious: the “POV we are x band from x” “My label says i need x followers before x” “posting this video until c musician notices me”. I understand that some of it is in jest but, what the fuck? When did this become the norm? I do not blame anyone for promoting their music like this, but we should want more for ourselves. I’ve always said being a musician is deeply embarassing, inherently. If being a musician is inherently embarassing then what is this? I dont have a solution for this, and the music industry has always been ugly and bloodthirsty and seldom fruitful— but i feel like the very small amount of dignity we had as artists is now lost and I cant fucking stand it. Artists seem to promote the same single with dozens of reels over the course of months, hoping that something sticks. I dont want to sound like i’m shaming or, again, sound like i can provide a solution. I’m just very fucking sorry that it seems like this is “the way”. And personally, i’m scared that if i dont “get with the program”, im going to fail.

Again, all of this speaks to larger trends in entertainment industry and even larger trends in capitalism. But i’m just airing specifics right now because frankly? I cant take it anymore.

[bombuni]

first off I love your writing sm!! secondly, I've been thinking of this wooyoung and this picture from the acolyte and just cannot stop merging the two into one in my head, thinking about what master manipulator wooyo (qimir) would be like

contains: manipulative wooyoung (for the plot guys), dark side ? wooyoung, nothing bad but i fear potentially triggering for some ppl, pls be safe babies :)

bom note: i know next to nothing about sw or this show save for my poe phase in 2017 so pls excuse if this is inaccurate. i tried to do some research (watching manny jacinto edits on tiktok) but pls lmk if u want me to rewrite hehe!! i kinda rolled w this evil woo idea!!

You’re scolding yourself again.

As you watch him rise out of the clear, crisp water with droplets rolling off of his succulent skin, the voice in your head telling you to run quiets down. It all but turns silent when he smiles at you, canines on display. Your heart picks up speed because you’re reminded that he’s a predator through and through.

“You came,”

He acts surprised, but he knows you’d follow him anywhere. It took all but a glance to get you to fall for him the first time. Now, all he has to do is whisper your name and he’s sure you’ll come running.

You don’t say anything. Wooyoung’s lips twitch, “Thought you’d be happy to see me.”

“I’m not.” You spit these words out with a practiced venom, Wooyoung smiling at the betrayal in your voice. He can see through your lies from a mile away, trained until he could spot every little tic your sweet face gives.

He lets out a sharp, mocking laugh. Your body is confused on whether it’s infuriated or totally enraptured.

Wooyoung steps closer, but you take a step backwards. He looks you up and down, “Why not?”

You shake your head and back away even further, “Stop contacting me. It’s unseemly.”

He keeps stepping towards you, droplets of water rolling down his toned stomach, “You said that last time.”

Your back hits the rocky wall. You realize now how stupid it was to follow him out here to such a remote location. He’s probably done toying with you now, tired of the games you play and the chase you give. Your lungs try desperately to catch air now, with Wooyoung’s menacing stare and vicious smile all directed towards you.

He feels it. The quickening of your heartbeat and the pulse of your body. He walks to you again, pulling on the abandoned wool shirt he’d thrown haphazardly towards a rock earlier.

His hands land on either side of your head. He’s caging you in, “This’d be a lot easier if you just did what I asked,”

You can’t hear yourself think over the sound of the waves crashing. Or maybe it’s just Wooyoung who has that effect on you. He’s cold where his torso touches your revealed skin, eyes boring into yours as every second passes. You start to think he’s even stealing your air with his attempts to be as close to you as possible.

You start to feel claustrophobic, “What do you want from me, Wooyoung?”

The smile he gives you makes you sick with butterflies, pulling you in until you’re an inch away from his lips, “I just want you.”

His lips are still wet from the ocean. It’s salty and breathtaking. He’s breathtaking, like a jump from the highest cliff. He takes you over with just his mouth, exploring the inside of you with his tongue. You can feel his hands on your hips, possessively pulling you in as if you’re already his. The voice in your head is back now, shouting and pleading for you to ignore this giant ball of desire that’s imploding inside of you.

Wooyoung’s quiet whine into your mouth shuts that voice down again. He squeezes your hips, smirking into you as your entire body melts and dissolves into the entirety of him. You don’t even realize he’s won.

[wegc]

Iris please help… I actually cannot get roommate perv!seungminnie out of my brain right now. I feel like he’d be so blatantly obvious and nonchalant about it too >//< like once you find out about how he’s been stealing your used panties to jerk off, taking under-skirt photos of you while you’re intoxicated and too drunk to know any better? Truthfully you knew what was going on after the first couple panties went missing, as well as from the loud moans of your name you hear through the walls every night. He doesn’t even care when you find out, but the second he sees your pink cheeks he immediately starts degrading you like…

“oh… you liked that? god you’re dirty…”

like oh my lord… imagine how rough he’d be with you too. We all know that Seungmin doesn’t really express feelings very directly, but once you find out, that shy roommate Seungmin you once knew completely goes away, fucking you to his hearts content and stuffing your used panties in your mouth to gag you, the ones that are soiled with both yours and his arousal.

Anyways just very random thought >//< Also, quick question, do you do anons? If so, could I be 🪱? Thank you!

going so fucking insane rn what do i even add at this point. rather than outright admitting that he's the pervert, he forces you to become one!!!

he'd start groping you, much to your surprise, savouring the sound of your yelps and whines, and laughing at your weak efforts to stop him from fondling your tits or your ass, because if anything, from how heavily you're panting and how desperate your stare has become, anyone could tell you wanted it!

"see, look at you. you like me touching you like this?"

"didn't even ask you, bet you're so fucking wet right now, hm?"

"that poor cunt's been craving cock, yeah? you'd take anyone's, wouldn't you?"

"gross fucking slut. i'll ruin your fucking hole, you get that? no one else will want you after this."

sorry for this, i'm a little deranged. seungmin and degradation does something to me <3 and yes, baby, i do! of course u can be an anon hehe, thank you for this wonderful ask.

[crushedsweets]

Got any cool hip creepypasta headcanons?!?😱😱

DEPENDS... its hard without any specific prompts but yk what anon im capable of talking out of my ass no matter what.

this'll be talking about the main 12 i usually talk about, so if i say smth like 'so and so is the ONLY one who does this', they aren't actually the only one

toby rides a bike everywhere. he just steals random ones if he sees one he likes or knows hes hella far from home and doesnt wanna walk. brought home a pink beach cruiser once and natalie laughed her ass off. . .

the proxies (tim, brian, toby) have a cabin that tim and brian treat more like a safehouse rather than a home. tim and brian share an apartment near the city though. toby is the only one who lives there full time. they all have to pitch in for the bills, but toby has to scramble to get the majority bc again.. lives there full time.

the cabin only has 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, a connected kitchen/living room, and an attic. the small bedroom is filled to the fucking BRIM with random bullshit that they keep as storage but its just ridicoulous. like boxes filled with random shit toby steals (i kinda hc toby as a kleptomaniac too), tables, dressers, clothes, etc. a lot of it is also stuff that like, jeff or nat dropped off being like 'keep this safe for me' and it eventually just devolved into a storage room. the master bedroom is where tim or brian sleep IF they are at the cabin. toby made the attic his bedroom, but he falls asleep on the couch or in the master bedroom if the other two aren't home. he just likes that the attic is someplace nobody else really wants to go cuz.. why would they need to?

tim owns a busted rusty reddish colored pickup truck. he totally named it something like sheila and calls it a 'she.' brian prob just has a basic little grey honda. does not name it . .

natalie has huge issues w her gender. not in a queer way(well sort of in a queer way bc im projecting) but in a like. 'fuck this shit im fucking tired' because growing up, she was always a daughter, sister, niece, etc before she was her own person. she grew up in a house of men, and her extended family was largely ran by shitty, loud, sexist men that constantly ostracized her for being a girl. toby is legit the only dude she's fully like Ok. I'm ok with u. ur just fucking stupid. and she pokes fun at him being a mamas boy and says thats why shes ok with him. she stopped talking to him for like a month the one time he made a gender roles comment that he got from his dad.

natalie used to play volleyball and basketball growing up cuz again, grew up with boys and she was always really tall (like 5'7 in 6th grade, 6ft by highschool). sports and art were her ONLY outlets, but she was always degraded and shamed by her dad and brother for art. her dad loved that she played sports though, one of the only things he was supportive about . until she got a little older and he decided that being a tomboy wasnt as endearing on a teenage girl.

i cannot explain how close jane and her parents were. she was an only child in a upper middle class house to a lawyer and a real estate agent so she was always spoiled rotten, taken care of, always told how beautiful and smart she was. hence why losing them is the most fucking detrimental shit to ever happen to her. she literally worhsips her parents. she's wore mothers wedding dress to her own wedding. her uncle(dads brother) walked her down the aisle holding a framed photo of her dad. she almost refused to walk during her university graduation because her parents couldn't be there, despite the years worth of hardwork and dedication she put into it.

mary(janes wife) was janes bestfriend in highschool. it was one of those crazy homoerotic female friendships. they were eachothers first kiss even when they thought they were straight ("oh lets practice kiss for our future bfs!").

my idea of ben kinda combines the idea of ben the kid who drowned, and BEN the experiment to put souls into a digital afterlife. ben bought majoras mask from some creepy neighbor at a garage sale, and the neighbor had like. this completely absurd theory that he could put himself into a game or something. so he ended up tricking several kids into buying the same majoras mask cartridge, killing them after they beat the game together, and their souls DID get trapped in the cartridge but it didnt do much for his theory... WHICH MEANS that BEN is a culmination of several people, kids and teens raging from like 7-19, but the ben we know is sort of like.. the only one who escaped the cartridge (he was the last one killed and the reason the man got caught for murder)? but he was stuck in said cartridge for about like 7 years before he was 'reawoken' so traces of others souls are in him. ITS REALLY COMPLICATED it makes sense in my head but idk. he has a lot of identity issues that come packed with having his childhood stolen from him.

he's so close to sally because he relates to her on that level. while their trauma was different, being a kid taken advantage of and fucking murdered is insane. despite coming from completely different time periods (sally died in the 1900s, ben died in the 2000s), ben can only find himself truly relating to sally on an emotional level. sure, him jeff and toby can laugh and play video games and wrestle and stuff, but sally is the only one who can even begin to understand what it's like to be a dead kid.

sally and ben kinda make a lot of comments about humans and stuff LOL. most of it is in the 'you ungrateful pieces of shit you THREW AWAY YOUR LIFE' but sometimes it's something more bittersweet. 'you lived to adulthood, you have so much, you can do so much, please keep going, there's so much left for you, don't let it go' etc etc. they can sometimes be the wisest in their perspectives of life, death, mortality. but theyre both so bitter and traumatized and hurt but it that it's mostly overshadowed by envy. that's why the two of them can be so close, even if they dont really sit and like.. philosophize about life. lmfao

ben has gotten into several like police and governemnt systems and removed so many cctv footage of everyone getting in trouble, or even wiped their shit from systems. he is like the main reason none of them are in jail unironically.

jeff is the only one who truly enjoys murder. he's a sadist at heart and has a fetish for all this blood and guts. toby and natalie did have their own periods in life where they killed for relief/as a power trip(toby only ever did it under orders, natalie took some sleezy guys home from bars). the rest of them either aren't killers, or don't do it by choice (brian and tim).

i was gonna ramble about nina next but im kinda embarrassed that i just spoke so much about them BAHAHAH OK THANKS ANON

[toxooz]

The canvases aren’t even safe 😭 they used the Boroque era as reference for their search engines. Like I’m losing my shit constantly over ai art so bad. Like this is totally gonna be a rant so forgive me but it’s driving up the WALLS. Ai art being readily available is killing the incentive for people to be creative. I cannot tell you how many times I think I’ve found a really cool fellow artist on tiktok and then see #midjourney. I take psychic damage every time that happens to me. And I’m starting to see it infiltrating business too where they generate ai images instead of hire photographers. I also saw someone selling tshirts with ai art on it at my local farmers market. MOTHERFUCKER THE FARMERS MARKET??? HAVE YOU NO SHAME????

NAW PREACH IT cause its become a nagging issue for me for a while that i simply try to not think about and dwell on but dear FUCKING god is it everywhere and it's painfully obvious too! just about every ad takes me 3 seconds to find damning evidence that its ai and im 99% ready to just delete facebook bc #1 i dont give a fuck abt anyone on there anymore and #2 Literally every other post is the most deplorable ai shit ive ever seen that everyone is carelessly oblivious to i mean total abominations that don't make any sense as an image but ppl share bc its the most bottom of the barrel ''relatable'' shit and that's just the sad reality of it is most people don't even give a shit what they're looking at as long as it looks pretty to their eyes for 3 seconds they don't give a damn

and that's just on basic everyday world shit like u said there's so many mfs i think are decent artists where i legitimately cant tell its ai until i read their fuckshit bio or somethin, like that midjourney i didnt even know it was an ai program i would've just thought it was the name of a video game or some shit! like I feel like I'm kinda turning my back on the whole art community involuntarily bc i just dont trust any image i see most of the time and its fukkin sad i ESPECIALLY feel for the real artists prior to this shitshow who have art styles that now look so much like ai that they basically hijacked to feed the machine like I couldn't imagine spending thousands of dollars on an art college and hours of practice just for your art style to be The Blueprint for empty soulless photos cranked out at inhuman rates by any stupid fucking lazy ass clown like Fuck Man it all sucks so much and the worst part is I just feel like it's one of those things where it will not stop until Something caves and i honestly dont know which one it will be but i just know its only going to get worse idk i try to remember that i can pick up a paintbrush or even whatever the hell i want and make something beautiful while 98% of these ai sacks of shit are just limited to stealing other peoples art on the internet and they couldn't even paint a damn flower if their lives depended on it and if i was stuck on a deserted island I'd probably still find ways to make art with whatever tools and resources i have cause that's an artist baybay but as far as The Internet and its grasp it has on the world and trying to make it as a digital artist and trying to make money from your homemade artwork is very grim man and dont even get me started on art and artists in just about every job field rn my heart goes out to them

[the-oldest-dream]

dear OD.

kindly asking you to retract the prophecy please it’s taken so long for lime to stop being a tsundere (sorry if you see this but im trying to save your life here) and theyre actually stupidly sappy all over dash now it’s worse but also better-

LIKE THE RELATIONSHIP HAS DEVELOPED SO MUCH. and now you want to turn mira into a dollar store yjh :(((((((

wait. my online name is SP. does. does that give me any sway over this decision if i use my secretive plotter name stealing for good.

sending this off anon simply so i get a notif for if you answer this 😔

ok SP-turned-uriel-fangirl is leaving now. you can keep the lime being a lee hakhyun kinnie bit. just not the dying part.

oh dear!

i'm afraid i cannot retract the prophecy (i can) so now they must live with the consequences of their actions 😔 (my actions)

i would never wish to turn mira into a dollar store yjh (i think it would be very funny)

nope! secretive plotter is not going to help you here-- sorry about that :(

but i like dying... ( [th e fou rt h w al l is loo ki ng at yo u.] )

[rosegoldenatlas]

welp its an hour later than usual but you know the drill

i had an. interesting day

spent too much time around my ex because i am a weakling who cannot bring up when something is making her mildly uncomfortable out of fear of making everybody hate her

but honestly me and my ex had a pretty productive conversation later where i explained that i really didnt want to be around her anymore at least for now because i still kinda hate her for how our relationship turned out even if it wasnt fully her fault and she was pretty understanding.

plus i got to see some friends so thats always fun

and i got to take a movie ive been meaning to watch off my bucketlist (it was scott pilgrim)

and i got to make turtle cookies! (they are my favorite cookies) (if i were to ever meet you irl those are the cookies i would make for you)

anyways i have a school day tomorow so sleep is probably important.

i hope you have a good night and a better day!

stay awesome

(also i learned a new word today its pistolpetaphobia which is the fear of cowboys)

Hey, were gonna use this as both my reply to yesterdays and tonights goodnight message cause I'm tired and lazy.

Im glad your day want too bad! And tell that lil gremlin that she needs to stop buying self esteem because she cannot get it off of Temu no matter what they tell her okay? She has to make it herself by slowly doing slightly more bold things all the time.

Im glad the convo with your ex went relatively well and that you got to see friends!

OOOO was the movie good? I haven't seen it yet!

TURTLE COOKIES??!!!! I shall meet you halfway across these fine lands on a mighty quest to obtain these riches! [Translation: I'll meet u in Oklahoma next summer while I'm visiting family and steal the turtle cookies from ur car while your sightseeing)

(wonder why the word was named that way)

This past two days has been very eventful, since I've had my permit I've been driving my mom everywhere, I convince her to buy me ice cream at a small locally owned shop and now I have a job there, my first shift is Wednesday (it was an accident, I dunno either), finally got my debut card from the bank and also my history teacher hates me.

Other than all a that I've had a good day, I'm sorry for not messaging often. Sleep well queenie.

[roachesinacoat]

Oops *posts dandy’s world ocs just cuz i love them sm

First Emvi the envelope

Emvi is a main toon and is kinda a mixed bag with her high skill check speed and stealth so u can build her a decent amount of ways

Her ability lets her give a item (rare or higher) to a team mate for 60 tapes (like spout with his heals) her passive lets her see people’s inventory at almost all times (may cause some fights about who stole a medkit tho ngl)

Her twisted is hard to distract since her agro she will throw her head that she is holding (basically as if it was another piece of mail to deliver) at a player then have to go pick it up stopping her agro making her attacks pretty slow but hard to distract she cannot see when her head has been thrown and is laying face down so this is a good time to run past her just don’t bump into her (like walk directly into her) or she will swig at u

Her trinket (Care Letter) will grant the player a flat item (Such as small items like candies, chocolates, energy bars and even the rare bandaid) every floor if a inventory spot is open

Miss the Mailbox

Missy is a normal toon and a distractor her ability lets her give one of her items to another toon (kinda like cosmo with his hearts)

her twisted like gigi’s will steal a iteam from u but unlike gigi she needs to hit up first to take it

Her trinket (Missy’s Missing hat) lets ur toon have a longer reach for picking up items when equipped

TOON HANDLER

me realizing i basically drew myself but like cool looking in the toon handlers uniform 😔

always forget how big the toons are and then boom they are next to a person and it’s like Ooop jump scare

Anyway since Emvi is a main toon i gave her a handler like all the other mains

Emvi’s handler is named Fig and they are also tasked with making sure most fan mail/fanart made by the children get to thier respective toons (atleast i think they would take on that extra role since it seems like something Emvi would do being a mailman)

Anyway working on elevator convos between Emvi and the other toons and ones between Missy and the others too also working on the hurt,finishing machine, and ability lines

[thefringespod]

I'm very late to the @224bbaker finale which means I can liveblog it without worry about spoilers

That being said: spoilers under the cut!

-I love Hampton Fawx so much he's just a dramatic little man and I love that about him

-*they wouldn't even need to change the name*

-my gods why are they awake at 3AM I get that things went a little sideways but 3AM is sleepy time

-I will never get tired of the jaunty lil theme tune

-THE JEWELS WERE STOLEN AGAIN? CAN THESE JEWELS CATCH A BREAKER?

-Hampton Fawx doesn't play dumb he just is (affectionate)

-"I'm apparently quite blinded by my own ego and ambitions" Hampton my beloved

-THEY KIDNAPPED JAMES??? JAMESNAPPED!! NO!!

-ONE HOUR

-O N E H O U R

-James is gonna die

-"You're recoiling cause you were successfully confident for the first time in your entire life?" Madge Stallion I love you

-Hampton Fawx having an idea for the first time in his life i love this for him

-"Deduction :)"

-Hampton *definitely* gets fidgety and indignant

-MADGE STALLION I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

-the power of lesbian leads to stealing jewels <3

-LETS! GO! FREE! A! STALLION!!!

-And Ambrosius <3

-I KNEW CRIMERIA STOLE HIS OWN JEWELS

-MY VOTE IN THAT TUMBLR POLL WAS RIGHT

-Unionize Oskar. Unionize. Union of one. I believe in you.

-STOP PUNCHING JAMES

-We wait.

-Jonathan Crimeria is a whiny little baby I hope Madge gets to punch him she deserve that

-Yes Madge is the only one of the trio that I believe can/has thrown a punch

-"its not my fault they dont execute criminals on sundays you can blame God for that" "I do" "so do I. Every day."

-I! KNEW! IT! WAS! INSURANCE FRAUD!!

-Also shout out to the editor very good punching (stop punching James though please)

-Hampton Fawx: right for the first time :)

-"Its a crimeria thing"

-I love that James is just sassing crimeria for being boring

-OH SHIT OSKAR'S GOT A GUN

-"wasn't a compliment" "with a different tone it could've been"

-Fidgety and indignant :)

-THE WAX CYLINDER!!!!

-You can hide a lot in a lady's bustle :)

-"So THATS why you were playing so dumb" James please

-I KNOW WHAT A SALAD FORK IS

-friendship is jumping in front of a carriage for each other <3

-DID THAT CARRIAGE JUST BLOW UP

-THEY JUST SOLVED THEIR FIRST CASE!

-its not every day tou get to blackmail someone with a wax cylinder

-you need ALL THE MINCE PIES JAMES

-THEY CREDITED HOLMES AND WATSON??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME??????? FAWX AND STALLION(S) DESERVE BETTER!!!!!!!!!!

-Hampton you did WHAT

-hes grown so much. But also. Please Hampton you deserve credit

-ARCHIE QUIT???????? YES ARCHIE!!!! LIVE YOUR BAKER DREAMS!!!!!!!!!

-To my favorite failure so far :)

-FOR AMBROSIOUS!!!

-Hampton Fawx, aroace disaster (I don't care if this is canon its canon to ME)

-THEY HAVE A CASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND A WHOLE TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My gods this show is an absolute gift. Congratulations to the entire Fawx & Stallion team for an incredible first season I cannot WAIT for season 2 and all the shenanigans that are sure to come :)

[twilightofthe]

okay i put all my cranky thoughts into a separate post that's now drafted and it made me feel better so i'll be able to watch this episode now lol but if it gets me worked up again i'm posting the rant i'm sorry i cannot be helped or changed or saved <3

ANYWAY AHSOKA EP 2

also i forgot to say so last episode but kevin kiner my ABSOLUTE BELOVED the return of the king is real so happy to have you here my dude the ending and full theme was absolutely gorgeous

anywayyyyyy so i am guessing sabine did not make like satine and survived her shish kabobing

well there's ahsoka

oh yeah there's bean she's fine she'll be fine xD

damn filoni really gave more handwaving to having a character survive a major impalement vs me twisting myself into fucking knots writing anakin getting run through lmao

ahsoka sorry but actually i'm gonna blame u for this you still kinda seem like a mess and i don't think you were a very good teacher to sabine and now ur dropping back in on her when she's convenient to you?

well at least we know why she's so adamant against training baby yoda lol

ope here's goth girl and the fuuuuck is his NAME again i keep calling him fucking bryan

i like the fancy sithy-looking sundial tho

pfff second ep is "toil and trouble" guess we're getting witchy!

OH YEAH WAS SABINE'S KITTY OKAY

THEY BETTER BE OKAY

I SWEAR TO GOD

yea ahsoka what happened to showing up in the nick of time and saving kanan and ezra from inquisitors in rebels u were slowwww girlie

OK GOOD THE CAT IS OKAY

that's all that matters

ope one more droid hanging around ezra's place

GIRL UR SITTING UP ALREADY?!

GIRL HOW CAN U BREATHE

we do love the mechanic girl of my heart

sabine does love her explosions

no huyang hera just likes explosions

sabine works best under explosive pressure we LOVE HER

ope back to corellia i guess? we can reuse the old solo sets?

sabine

you were just

impaled

"but she's not the one who needs to hear it right now" ahhh there's the sabine and hera dialogue. ugh but i'm still not used to natasha and mary i can just hear tiya and vanessa doing it instead :(

WHY DO Y'ALL KEEP MAKING SABINE AND AHSOKA ANGRY EXES TF

"ancient ppl from a distant galaxy" waaaaaaait are they bringing in those eu dudes

no wait i think i remember something about these guys that was mention as the big bad in the canceled animated rebels sequel

or it could just be the chiss lmao

that could be it too, makes sense why they'd want thrawn

ok that is some real cool galactic map visuals i am an absolute sucker for a good starmap

ok but wait how the fuck did y'all get a map to thrawn anyway did the space whales write it

also sorry morgan but i don't personally think thrawn would go for u nothing personal you are hot but you don't quite seem his type

waaaait is fucking thrawn gonna have force sensitivity now THAT would be absolutely hilarious and he'd hate it so much

who's marrok i have no memory

y'all you can't just make thrawn work for you didn't he only work with the empire cuz he had to because it would advantage his people somehow (has read zero thrawn novels and only seen rebels)

please tell me sabine is in the fucking vents of ahsoka's ship

THERE'S THE GHOST WHERE IS CHOPPER

I AM NO LONGER FUCKING ASKING

okay so i think my issue with Mary is she doesn't have any of the same authority and purpose Hera's meant to hav

CHOPPER

CHOPPER

MY MURDERBOT

MY SON

MY ANGEL MY EVERYTHING

Anyway

yeah

oh yeah harping in that the new republic is a total fustercluck

ew a capitalist

bro you know hera used to steal from people like you for the rebellion

sdlkfjsdk omg sabine's mom needs to talk to the teacher to keep her from getting expelled

but also y'all sabine is like 25-30 right now she's not a kid

@ ahsoka bitch you have no fuckin clue what you're doing doooon't talk about readiness

y'know maybe the imperial era just advanced medicine so later impalements don't kill people

oh oh so it IS ezra's!

sabine go find luke he'd love to have you

STOP WITH THE GAY DIALOGUE

ok so yeah she likely doesn't have force sensitvity

goddammit huyang neverMIND

so sabine IS force sensitive :) and kanan and ezra just never brought it up :) great :)

hera my beautiful ship nerd ily

bitch do NOT fuck with hera she has more presence than anyone ever

hera my dude you know better than anyone that if a ship wants to take off you gotta go try and stop it in person

ah i have been waiting like 5 long years to watch hera best pilot there was kick aerial ass

we STAN

chopperrrrrrrrr

oh yeah ahsoka's fighting an inquisitor too lmao

CHOPPER GET THEIR ASS

CHOPPER ADD TO YOUR KILL COUNT

ok this hera and chopper banter is perfect i do love it

VICTORY FOR MY GHOSTS

oh and good job ahsoka lol

aghhh sabine and her therapy cat i'm ;_;

theeeeere's sabine's mando armor

SABINE AND KANAN'S FUCKIN KNIFE I'M GONNA EVEN IGNORE THE BAD MULAN HACKJOB ATTEMPT

okay it seems like mary's kinda on and off for hera so far, she has her moments but she can't hold them

rosario keeps losing me i'm sorryyyyyyyy

natasha is doing GREAT

aaaaaand we redoing the end of the rebels epilogue!

god this makes me miss zeb

and kanan obvs but i've come to accept his death

zeb's still hanging around where is he!!!!!

ah all is right

sabine has her gay haircut back

here we go gay roadtrip to find ezra time

alright so i'm still not really vibing with jedi!sabine at All but i have concluded that this show is watchable but honestly not that good, writing-wise, sorry dave, so i think i'll be able to watch it with my brain turned off

goddammit first i thought the holograms visiting morgan were nightsister witch ghosts xD

RIGHT RIGHT HIS NAME IS BAYLAN NOT BRYAN

morgan stop simping for thrawn i guaranTEE he's not your type

oKAY

we are through with the two episodes! it is very late for me so i'm gonna sit and think on what i've seen so far and shitpost a little. i did really like seeing my rebels blorbos again even if the live action actors don't quite have their groove yet. obviously very excited to retrieve ezra <3 so yeah that was that and i'll be back for more next week!

[sparkedblaze]

psst hello i love u so much. if u are not busy maybe could i please request some emergency delanceys to make me feel better

(angst and fluff and hurt/comfort are all on the table for making me feel better)

Do not have computer so cannot write actual fic things

But that won’t stop me from bulleting as many things as I can think of

(Also is everything okay?)

*

Oscar remember their mom vividly. He was almost five when she died. Morris was three, not that he’d remember her much anyway.

She left a note-three of them, actually. One to Walter, one to Oscar, and one to Morris. Oscar’s the only one who’s read them.

Walter’s was blame. She blamed him for ruining her life. For forcing her to have children. For ruining their lives. Their childhood. For ruining everything.

Oscar’s was apology. For staying with Walter so long. For abandoning him, long before her death. For making him raise Morris.

Morris’s was hope. Hope that he’d find a better life. Hope that he’d realize how bad Walter was for him and his brother. Realize that his brother needed him as much as the other way around. Hope that they’d find a better life in a better city and shed themselves of their father.

She assured both brothers that her death was in no way their fault.

Oscar is the one that found her, and he stuffed the letters into his jacket pocket before he went for pa.

He plans on showing Morris his. Eventually.

When they got to the city, the first thing Oscar did was find a new name for them. They were nine and seven at the time. They’d endured years of beatings and blame. They ran away from the Refuge steps, Oscar having to practically drag Morris.

The younger brother wanted to stay. ‘Pa’ll be back. He gon’ be back.’

Oscar couldn’t stop the anger rising in his throat at that.

Originally, Oscar was going to change their names completely. New names. New identities. New people. No connection to their father whatsoever.

Morris couldn’t remember them. Still called his brother Os no matter how many other names Oscar tried.

They were officially in the Refuge a week later, caught for stealing food.

Plz tell me if you want more 😬

I am not good at the writing if not have computer

[hazel-of-sodor]

A Screech in the Night

Ch.10 Theft

Other Chapters

 The smallest and oldest tender engine on the Uman and Din was Avon. A small 2-4-0 built by the original Great Western Railway before the turn of the century, before grouping, she was a shy, quiet engine who preferred to listen to others rather than speak herself.

One could be forgiven for expecting such an engine to flee at the mere sight of 4702, but instead, she could often be found alongside the eldritch giant, enjoying the companionable silence.

Avon hauled the stopping local passenger along the line. In recent years she had been joined by Enid upon the younger engines purchase, but before that, Avon had managed the service alone since her arrival in 1917, long before most of her fleet mates had been built.

Screech had noticed the exact details of her arrival were vague at best. One day she'd been headed for the scrapyard, the next she was being overhauled at Swindon for service on the Uman and Din. Screech suspected the U&D's controller, Miss Morgan, was involved but knew better than to push. Even decades later, the woman was a force to be reckoned with. They'd met only briefly, but Screech was left with a sneaking suspicion that crossing the manager would be a grave mistake even for one of her existence. By all accounts, the woman had run the railway through her late husband before grouping and had been the one to wear down the other railway into selling her the line and its current engines.

On this night, Screech had run late with the last freight due to the other railway's train arriving over an hour late. She'd managed to make up nearly 30 mins when she pulled into the Uman yards, but it was still well past dark when she approached the shed. 

 A group of youths had noticed her absence and decided to take advantage in order to steal parts. Enid had stood guard, but her whistles had gone unnoticed as the workers had been busy unloading the late train. The engines in the shed glared at the youths carrying off arm-fulls of metal parts. None had noticed the unnaturally silent approach of the Eldritch giant in favour of a disagreement playing out.

A girl stood between Avon and the rest of the teens. "We are not stealing parts off of her! That's too far..."

"Oh shut up Molly." A boy snapped, the girl glaring at the name, "It's no different. It's not actually alive. It's just a machine that should have been scrapped years ago."

"How can you say that!" The girl demanded, the engines' angry rumbling behind her.

"Easily." The leader said uncaring, "as easily as reminding you who's in charge will be if you don't move"

"I'm afraid it won't be so easy as that."

Both youths and engines froze as the stalking beast made herself known.

The youths tried to run, but Screech flicked a large tendril and sent all but the girl flying across the yard, smashing into a pile of old pallets.

"Gywn if you would be so kind as to call someone to collect the hooligans."

A few tried to scramble free of the pallets before Screech continued, "Preferably before I grow hungry."

The youths in the pallets quickly decided the pile of broken pallets was far too comfortable to leave, and that they should stay where they were as Gwyn went to call the authorities

Screech turned her attention back to the girl trembling between Avon's buffers.

"Now little thief, what is your name?"

The girl gulped nervously, "Mali, it's Mali Miss Screech."

"Well little thief, it seems despite your good heart, you cannot be trusted to keep out of trouble. My driver used to say idle hands are the devil's playthings. Would you perhaps agree?"

Mali quickly nodded her agreement to the looming behemoth.

 "How wonderful. Well then, it would be quite irresponsible of me to leave you with so much time on your hands then, would it not? You will be here with the firelighters before dawn for your shift. They will keep you busy and out of trouble, so you can be the upstanding young woman you clearly already know how to be."

The young woman swallowed nervously, "Yes, thank you Miss Screech."

"Of course. Now run along little thief, you need sleep before your shift begins, and I would hate to need to come looking for you."

Freda laid a hand on Screech's cabside as she leaned out. "Wait at our car, dear. We'll drive you home."

"Thank you, Miss Jones." Mali slowly slid around Avon's buffers, keeping as much distance between her and the Eldritch Giant as possible, sprinting for the car when Screech began chuckling.

Avon smiled fondly at the girl's retreating back, "I like her."

"Indeed."

Screech shimmered as she flipped to face the other direction, backing slowly into her spot.

Enid was smirking at her.

Screech eyed the little tank engine tiredly.

"I saw those tendrils catch the youths right before they hit." She teased.

"The Lady has tolerated my existence thus far. I have no delusions that would remain to be so if I were to harm a child."

Enid's grin grew larger, "admit it. You're a big softie."

Screech reached a tendril above Enid, the tank engine watching curiously. The tendril lightly tapped the wooden beams of the shed room above her, turning them translucent.

Enid screeched as snow rained down on her from the newly intangible roof. Screech tapped the roof back into place as Enid trembled under the snow. The whisper cackling at the tank engine's predicament.

"I believe you'll find me quite cold-hearted my dear."

[safyresky]

Bernack! Fusion Lawyer

A late night treat for u all that I promised AGES ago, please enjoy the most unhinged instalment of Fusion AU: Bernack (have yet to think of a decent name for them u just cannot mix Jack/Bernard's names it just does not work. Jernard? BACK?!?!?!? BARACK? OBAMA?!?!?!?!!?!?!?), Fusion Lawyer.

I have barely edited these notes. I have only made them legible (3am Dani has bad spelling which is funny bc it's already atrocious with how fast I type) and I am NOT joking about the time this was originally written at:

Please note that these are like BARE BONES ideas. LORD KNOWS (now that I have reread it) if this is still the situation I'd have fucking bernACK appear in, but A TREAT FOR U ALL ANYWAY. I HOPE.

AHEM. Let's begin.

It starts with a dare to Jacqueline, with love, ur horrible friend Charlie

they're chatting about some odd and strange magical things, and Charlie cracks a joke about Leprechauns and gold

to which Jacqueline replies "dude. that's legit. And you know gnomes? garden gnomes? yeah they're accurate to size you see in stores and they constantly throw hands with the leprechauns about who owns the gold

Charlie is like. ur fucking me

Jacqueline's like I am NOT! I will even bring you over and SHOW U

Charlie's like BET!

And Jacqueline goes AIGHT CHOOSE A DAY

Anyway Charlie ends up being unavailable but he has activated his pal's trap card and Jacqueline, of course, hunts down Elle

"hey dude," she says, once she finds Elle. "wanna go stake out some gnomes and leprechauns so I can win a bet against Charlie?"

And Elle is like "It's March. OF FUCKING COURSE I DO. Nothing's happening round these parts rn let's fucking GO BESTIE

So off they fuck!

And after a very strange series of events, Elline is around, and she is fucking RUNNING from the leprechaun authorities bc they think she is stealing the gold

She fails and is captured by them

They think she is a gnome spy

Elline is like "I'm really not? I'm a sprelf, and I'm just tryin to prove a point to my horrible friend Charlie who constantly makes silly challenge bets with me and they end up like this

which is funny bc we're always like "wow our legends need to stop having silly contests that end with trouble"

"I'm half hypocrite on the sprite side"

ANYWAY

Elline is like really I'm not a spy. not a gnome spy. i swear. i dont even want the gold. i get paid v well and have so much pirate treasure it's fine honest

and the leprechauns are like THEN WHY ARE YA COMING OVER FROM THE GNOME FRONTIER?!@?!?!

GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT, they say, and LOCK ELLINE UP IN THE JAIL. TM.

Elline is like.

This is a goddamn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation dot jpeg

MEANWHILE, AT THE POLE...

Charlie runs into B, who's like, hey, have you seen Elle?

And Charlie's like maybe! I think she's out with Jacqueline. See, Jacquie and I were gonna do a thing, but I had another thing, but I finished the thing early and was going to call Jacqueline out on the gnome and leprechaun thing, but she's not around at all

and nor is Elle! So I'm guessing she took Elle with her instead!

Bernard, knowing full well how those two magibeans be: oh FUCK

Prior to this, Charlie ran into Jack who was like hey junior. you seen Jacqueline around

and he said the same thing to Jack!

Jack, also knowing full well how those two magibeans be: OH FUCK

are they talking about elle/jacquie or the gnomes/leprachauns? we'll never know (it's the latter but this works for the former too I am realizing)

SO. JACK AND BERNARD KNOW ALL ABOUT THE NONSENSE AND ARE LIKE AH SHIT

BOTH OF THEM CONTACT ELLINE (u know. telepathy/magical legend/legate link) LIKE "WHY THE FUCK DID YOU GO CANVAS THE GNOMES AND LEPRECHAUNS ????

And Elline is like I HAD A POINT TO PROVE

ANYWAY. I'M IN JAIL.

CAN YOU COME GET ME?

And so Jack and B go ALRIGHT GUESS WE'RE GOING TO BAIL OUR LOVED ONES OUT OF LEPRECHAUN JAIL

so off they fuck and go to post bail and the leprechauns go oh no no NO. THEY are getting a TRIAL. We can't let the gnomes think we don't know. They need to know. They need to know we know their TRICKS.

Jack and B are like OKAY FINE BUT WE DEMAND TO BE THERE

And the front desk leprechaun goes "oh NO you do NOT. closed court, only the plaintiff, defendant, lawyers, etc. no visitors. unless ur their lawyer which i KNOW ur not. so BYE."

Jack and B are FUMING

B: I'm head fucking ELF I know enough about magibean law to be a LAWYER.

Jack: I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL

B: you did-you-what? why?!

Jack: long story. got bored, needed to make the law work for me, went to law school.

so anyway. some kinda crazy discussion happens for sure that ends in ELLINE NEEDS A LAWYER

ELLINE. THE FUSION. NEEDS A LAWYER

WE BOTH HAVE THE KNOW HOW.

IF WE FUSED WE COULD LAWYER THE SHIT OUT OF THOSE GUYS AND GRAB ELLINE

They're like this is batshit insane. absolutely crazy

but you know, so is leprechaun court, and gnome court???? gods forbid

they have a brief discussion about concerns given that when jack fused with elle, they had to get separated by force courtesy of berline, v scaring and scarring, very jarring, do NOT want a repeat of that

but in the end they can put aside their differences/worries/concerns bc their loved ones are in TROUBLE.

so they do it. they fucking fuse.

Enter:

BERNACK! FUSION LAWYER

you know slannen the elf from ella enchanted? yeah. That's basically bernack

he appears, he looks SO normal. It's actually surprising.

he has a briefcase

he knows a LOT about LAWYER STUFF

he is READY TO KICK ASS IN THIS COURTROOM AND MARCHES THROUGH THE DOORS

they are the ULTIMATE lawyer

they have the boston accent

they shove over some leprechauns like IM WALKIN HERE

they got that DANK HETEROCHROMIA IN THE EYEBALLS!

they go BACK to the front desk, put their card down (which somehow they have an official business card???)

"I'm here to represent elline. it's non negotioable"

and BARGES into the courtroom

Elline is like. WHAT AM I SEEING. WHAT IS THIS

And Bernack is like this is me slash us getting your asses out of LEPRECHAUN jail. this was so stupid. why did you do this.

I HAD A POINT TO PROVE

Okay shut up, don't say ANYTHING. let me do the talking

Elline is like. I am concerned about this but also, intrigued

She like. does the thing where u zip ur lips and throw away the key

Bernack is like good choice. Also, keep an eye on me, if this goes south we'll need to pull a jackington

Elline (unzips lips) how would u like your death

Bernack: the less memes the better

Elline, the meme loving fuck: i make no promises (rezips lips, folds hands, sits and smiles)

Elline is basically ready to stab That Bitch at any given moment, but also, living for the chaos that is about to ensue

and chaos DOES ensue

the trial is stupid. it's rigged. bernack has to run loop holes around loop holes around loop holes. That's okay tho that's his specialty, loopholes and clauses

there is an ace attorney reference. multiple maybe even

this is SPARTA reference that ends with Elline kicking someone

U WANT THE TRUTH U CAN;T HANDLE THE TRUTH moment

but ANYWAY the trial is beyond frustrating because the leprechauns are STUBBORN and WANT to make a big move like showing the gnomes their spy apprehended, and so finally bernack is like I am AT my LIMIT and snaps their fingers or something and suddenly, fire!!

YEAH. BERNACK HAS FIRE POWER.

Of course, Bernack immediately thinks ARSON?????

He's perturbed but also. Intrigued. And also, burning the courtroom sounds great at this point it's been HOURS

And Elline thinks back, thrice as loud, ARSON! BURN IT DOWN! DO IT! LET'S BUST OUR ASSES OUT OF HERE. AHHHH

You'll never guess what they do

FIRE. That's what

And they trash the courthouse and book it

They win the case by default

Bernack's like TOLD YA I'D GET YOU OUT OF THERE as something explodes

Elline's like DON'T LOOK BACK AT THE EXPLOSION

Bernack's like COOL GUYS DONT LOOK BACK AT EXPLOSIONS as he pulls out shades and rushes away without looking behind him

I don't THINK they'd need to be forced apart. Pretty sure Jack and Bernard would be like "I've had enough of this guy" and just like. poof back to themselves

But not before giving Elline a piece of their mind

ELLINE YOU FUCKED UP ALL THE SHIT

SO DID YOU

BUT IT WAS AWESOME

YEAH IT WAS!

they high five and get iced cream or something.

idk man.

I feel like these are the most chaotic fusions that could exist. Chaotic in positive???? ways?????

BUT YEAH

Anyway back at the NP Elline kicks down the door to Charlie's room like GOT UR PROOF BUCKO, AND WE GOT TO DESTROY A COURTHOUSE!

And Charlie's like ): NOT because he was proven wrong but bc he did not get to destroy things with them ):

and that's the story of BERNACK! FUSION LAWYER!

[theshippingcorner]

SAge u cannot say that and not expect this. Jill x Leon with "Rookie" somewhere, u decide the plot

When my friends are screaming at me they call me Sagel so do with that what you will.

Ever since Raccoon City Leon and Jill had been co-workers, spending a lot of time together on and off the clock really as Jill was a bit of an energetic puppy in contrast to Leon's more serious attitude. She was always playing keep-away with his things, and he always had to pick her up to get her to stop...but really they both had a blast with it. Today was no different, Jill snuck up on Leon while he was doing some paperwork and yoinked his flask from his pocket, holding it away from him with a playful smile!

"Gotta keep your guard up, Rookie~!"

Leon paused and huffed, rolling back in his chair and grabbing for the flask she kept just out of his reach.

"Come on Jill give that back, I don't need Chris seeing that I have it at work he's going to be all annoying about it. Besides, I told you not to call me that!"

She just giggled and got up on a chair to hold it up over him as he got out of his own to try and take it from her, she waved it a bit I the air.

"Oh don't worry Rookie Chris won't even notice, he never notices when you bring Rum to work~"

Besides, she didn't like his drinking habits. Its why she played keep-away with his flask more than anything else. Regardless Leon huffed and picked her up off the chair she was standing on by her hips causing her to squeal, dropping the metal flask as she grabbed onto his shoulders so she wouldn't fall.

"Leon!"

He laughed a bit and slung her over his shoulder while he got down to grab the flask, making sure he didn't drop her.

"I win~"

She pouted and wiggled her way out of his arms, ruffling up his hair

"Oh whatever, I could still deadlift you easy Rookie you know that."

He rolled his eyes and sat back at his desk

"I have a name, Jill. You know that."

She got in front of him, grabbing the arms of his chair.

"Yeah and I don't have a nickname from you so who's the real criminal here?"

Leon paused and laughed, pulling her down into his lap with a hum as he rested his chin on her shoulder

"What would I call you then, Puppy~? You sure act like one with all that energy~"

He laughed softly as she blushed bright red, pouting a little bit at the teasing but ultimately she caved and held his arms around her waist

"Puppy works."

Leon was surprised to hear it but chuckled softly, rolling back to his desk to work again with her on his lap

"Alright then Puppy, just don't steal my things again today, I don't feel like playing fetch with you~"

He laughed softly as she gently kicked his leg but smiled, staying sat with him with a content hum

"Yeah yeah, Love ya Rookie~"

[yhwhrulz]

A Bible Devotional 27th August 2023

God Is Not Your Problem

JAMES 1:17 ESV 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

We all face many problems in life, but God is not behind our problems.

God is your answer, not your problem.

Insurance contracts may call natural catastrophes "acts of God," but they are wrong. They are not acts of the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, but acts of the god of this world, the devil.

2 CORINTHIANS 4:4 NLT 4 Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

Jesus made a clear distinction between the work of God and the work of the thief in John 10:10.

JOHN 10:10 ESV 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

When terrible things happen, it is not unusual to find people saying "God, why did you do this to me?" This assumes God is responsible for every thing that happens. But the Bible gives us a different message.

1 JOHN 5:19 NLT 19 We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.

The devil is behind the evil in the world. And people have allowed the devil to do his dirty work. So, ultimately, we humans are to blame. We cannot blame God. He has given us authority to stop evil, but we have failed to exercise our authority as we should have.

God gave mankind dominion on earth.

GENESIS 1:26 ESV 26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

When Jesus redeemed mankind, He restored to us dominion through His Name. We are responsible for what we allow to happen on earth, because Jesus has given us His authority.

LUKE 10:19 ESV 19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.

MATTHEW 18:18 NLT 18 "I tell you the truth, whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.

Heaven will back us, but we have the responsibility to stand against evil on earth, using our spiritual authority.

Anything that steals, kills, or destroys is not from God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, but from our enemy, so it should be resisted.

Jesus Christ perfectly represented God and He went around doing good and healing people (Acts 10:38), not hurting people. Jesus was a giver, not a taker. And He is still the same today.

SAY THIS: The problems I face are not God's fault.

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[eyelessfog]

hey let me hear about hollow knight !! tell me the lore of those funky looking creatures!!!

gmornin! lordy, okay, hollow knight lore is. where do i even start….

so, the basic gist is that youre this little guy, in a dead kingdom, fighting basically all of the citizens, who have been infected by this disease that makes them violent. like, the kingdom is super long dead, and youve come at about the same time as a lot of other new people: quirrel, tiso, zote, uh. it cannot be just those three. NO wait okay there’s also cornifer and iselda, theyre married.

anyway, so nearly everyone is infected. you fight them all. and. okay, so theres this temple, up at the beginning of the game? and it has three masks on it and you have to go get the masks, because the masks are keys.

thats the basics. lets get into. like. stuff evan isnt allowed to see bc evan is playing blind

so the masks are attached to people, right. three famous guys that the old king told to go into a coma and then, if they ever woke up, their key would be broken.

the three people are monomon the teacher, herrah the beast, and lurien the watcher.

monomon is protected by a big jellyfish. uumuu. <- love this guy. quirrel helps u defeat it.

herrah is protected by her whole home. deepnest is. not for the faint of heart. if you dont like bugs dont play it with sound on.

btw if you kill her at the right time, hornet, who is one of the first main bosses, will be waiting outside to be like “yeah she was my mother. kind of screwed up that she died but… tbh i didnt really know her. but you get that i’m allowed to mourn her anyway”

hornet is your, the player’s, half sister 👍 her mom is herrah and your mom is this tree?? and your dad is the king

anyway so then there’s lurien and its so. waugh. you KNOW hes the most favoured by the king because he has 13 knights to defend him??? you dont have to fight all thirteen but you do have to fight, like, five. but yeah, lurien was like.. the mayor of the main part of hallownest, the kingdom. herrah was from a completely different and smaller kingdom, where she was queen, and monomon was like. her own little spot. she just had the archives

anyway, why dont we talk about the pale king. so the pale king is the dad guy. he’s a god, by the way. and basically he’s fighting this little war with the god of dreams, her name is the radiance, so she decides to screw up ALL of his people and give them all a disease if they dream. and everyone dreams/has a dream so she got like. everyone, right?

and the king was like NO okay we have to stop this. so we’re going to make a jail. and then a SECOND jail, for that jail.

the first jail was his kid. you are also his kid. not the same kid though. okay so basically he had a bunch of kids. like SO many kids. with his wife. who is also a god. and then pumped the kids’ eggs full of void, WHICH IS ANOTHER GOD. so the kids 1 1/2 god. which is difficult to do. anyway

look up birthplace cutscene and grab the longest video or the first one that shows up to see how many kids is a lot of kids.

anyway, so he fills the kids with void so that they dont think or feel or dream, but he messed up because his test was if any of them could get up to him [they are all in a pit] he would bring them along and they would be the knight. the jail. but if they managed to get all the way up????? they had a want to get up there. so that was his like. 1000nth mistake.

so both you the player and this other one got to the top, but only the other one got OUT.

so they shoved the radiance into the knight, and then locked them up and then closed the door and shoved masks on the door.

okay so i have to go do stuff now but like. you have to go kill your dad [hes already mostly dead] in his dream to steal 1: his throne and 2: half of this charm, and then go to your mom and bother her until she gives you the other half, and then go into the abyss and do the cutscene, and then you get the shadesoul <- i think? shade soul or shade heart. whatever

and THEN you can go fight the hollow knight and you have the ability to unlock the secret boss because hornet will rush in and stop the hollow knight and you can dream nail them and then you get to fight the RADIANCE who has SWORDS and LAZERS and it SUCKS. <- its kind of fun i am just sosososo bad at it. anyway

to be clear you can beat hollow knight without having to do all this stuff but if you wanna fight the radiance. white palace. buzzsaws….. <- pretend they are quaking in their boots but like not actually because they love white palace tbh