#will the christians come after me

[ahopefulbromantic]

Broke: pork is forbidden by the Law because of the symbolism related to the cultural significance of pigs in the time and place and society ancient Israelites lived in

Woke: pork is forbidden by the Law because the pigs in that region were sick with a contagious disease and Israelites didn't know about microbes back then so God had to save them somehow

Bespoke: pork is forbidden by the Law because Jesus as a human didn't like the taste of pork so His Father who loved Him very much made sure He will never have to taste it ever

[umbremom]

happily ever after

So excited to present Christian Princess Mikasa and Viking Eren from lost saints by @loneghostss!! 👸🪓

Full resolution + CC credits here

Thank you so much to @kerriganhouse @joojconverts for most of the clothing + furniture, @syninplays for the axe and @venusprincess-ts3 for the blood overlays 💓

[fictionadventurer]

I have a germ of a theory that good Christian fiction has stories that are less about shaving down your personality to meet some specific mold of what a good Christian looks like, and more about "how gloriously different are all the saints."

Not that the Christian life doesn't involve fighting against our own sinful nature and conforming ourselves to Christ-like behavior, but I think it makes for better, more realistic, and more universal stories when you also recognize that people have different gifts and flaws and they're going to be called to use their unique personalities to serve the kingdom of God in their own unique way, instead of assuming everyone has to conform themselves to a very specific (often secular-culturally based) image of good behavior. It makes for a much more vibrant story.

[elephantlovemedleys]

in case this also applies to anyone of you, one way or another

[riversaremeanttobefollowed]

We all know that the reason why Bruce Wayne isn't religiously Jewish is because dc are cowards, but also because many of the community itself is cowards. I personally believe it comes from a lack of knowledge about what it even means to be religious because most of the community is Christian or culturally Christian. So as someone that would probably be considered not religious by Christians, but Religious by most other Jewish people, I think that Bruce Wayne fits in this section of being Jewish.

Bruce can't go to the Synagogue often because of the whole being Batman stuff, but he still goes on the high holidays when he can. He celebrates with the Kane family as well! And Kate would obviously understand if he couldn't come because she's Batwoman! Give me a Bruce Wayne says Yiddish curses. Give me a Batman that has a bunch of Chanukkiot that are just so pretty because they are rich and definitely have a ton. Give me Batfamily shabbat dinners when they are able to. Rest days on Saturday for the Jewish members when they are more members in the Batfam to make it work (and it being a mitzvah when he does have to be Batman on Shabbat because its a mitzvah to save a life). Give me Mezuzot on every entryway. Give me a Bruce Wayne who inherited his mother's seder plates and actually uses them. Give me a Bruce Wayne that says stuff like kein ayin hara before giving good news! Give me a confused Dick Grayson when Bruce insults him (its actually a compliment, but to ward against the evil eye you will say the opposite of what you mean) and then Bruce having to explain after he realizes that Dick has no idea why he just insulted him. Give me a Batman that follows Jewish values (more than he canonically does)

Just because someone ins't actively involved within a wider community of that Religion doesn't mean they aren't Religious! Or at least don't give me a culturally Jewish Bruce Wayne that doesn't do any of this. Thats just you stripping away all the Jewish parts of him.

Bruce Wayne is Jewish and you can't just ignore that

[bonefall]

clear sky’s fridged women polycule when

This man's victims need more than a polycule, they need a domestic abuse shelter

[godbirdart]

realised that my misguided understanding of BC meaning Before Christ and AD meaning After Death implies that my brain just flatout accepted the idea that jesus was born, lived to be a grownass man, and then died betwen the years 1 BC and 1 AD

[origami-butterfly]

People who were raised with accepting parents don't know how lucky they are. I've had at least three older queer people tell me "You're going to have to come out as trans eventually! You'll feel so much better after coming out!". Shut up.

[esteemed-excellency]

ok i'm almost done with the new firmament chapter, i have So Many thoughts 👀

[runawaycarouselhorse]

On the topic of autism, although it had no name in his time, so we'd never be sure, but Hans Christian Andersen was a very odd, childlike man who wrote beautifully, could befriend others in letters (like Charles Dickens), but made such a terrible house guest in Dickens' eyes and that of his family, the friendship ended, and it took Hans Christian some time to realize it was over. I could relate, I could easily befriend folks in text online, when they bonded with me over shared ideas, but some would become suddenly very cold and cut things off if they saw me in video (often had disheveled hair, I really hated brushing because it hurt...) or heard me speak over the mic.

People are terribly shallow and cruel. They won't want to associate with someone who looks or acts visibly different, they're worried about their prestige or reputation or whatever being sullied by being seen with this comically strange person... or find it too exhausting to accomodate someone with special needs.

Hans Christian loved to make shapes out of paper clippings since he was a child and Dickens' family hated it. Hans Christian couldn't shave himself and needed someone of the family to do it for him. Hans Christian could not bear negstive reviews and cried, face down, in the mud outside of Dickens' home. The family found him a terrible guest, but the poor man was clearly very socially unaware and needed support... of all the stories and character he wrote, he identified with the ugly duckling (and the little mermaid)... The Little Mermaid was my favourite and my first special interest growing up.I don't think it was that the duckling was only accepted when he became beautiful, but when he happily found his own kind and was accepted, when he realized he was judging himself by standards he would never fit into (a gosling will never become a duck, but he will grow into a swan!)... but maybe that wasn't immediately clear, because humans too only treated him kindly as an adult.

There's a lot that the ugly duckling says when he was younger, that if you keep in mind the author relating mostly to him...

"But it's so refreshing to float on the water," said the duckling, "so refreshing to feel it rise over your head as you dive to the bottom."

"Yes, it must be a great pleasure!" said the hen. "I think you must have gone crazy. Ask the cat, who's the wisest fellow I know, whether he likes to swim or dive down in the water. Of myself I say nothing. But ask the old woman, our mistress. There's no one on earth wiser than she is. Do you imagine she wants to go swimming and feel the water rise over her head?"

"You don't understand me," said the duckling.

"Well, if we don't, who would? Surely you don't think you are cleverer than the cat and the old woman-to say nothing of myself. Don't be so conceited, child. Just thank your Maker for all the kindness we have shown you. Didn't you get into this snug room, and fall in with people who can tell you what's what? But you are such a numbskull that it's no pleasure to have you around. Believe me, I tell you this for your own good. I say unpleasant truths, but that's the only way you can know who are your friends. Be sure now that you lay some eggs. See to it that you learn to purr or to make sparks."

"I think I'd better go out into the wide world," said the duckling.

"Suit yourself," said the hen.

And the finale, where the swan does not become conceited, because he still remembers how it felt to be excluded and hated.

I wonder if that's how his popularity as an author made him feel, after being strange and awkward as a shy, quiet child...

[https-reverie]

I have just these little thoughts abt my sillies but idk how to word some of them. They're also just inCREDIBLY slef-indulgent it's CRIMINAL. Like yeah that's WHY I moved over here, to post self-indulgent stuff, but my god..

[fictionadventurer]

Potential November Reads

In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden

The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton

Something by Charles Dickens

A nonfiction book

A piece of classic Russian literature

[elephantlovemedleys]

just feeling the insanity in my bones.....

[pegasusdrawnchariots]

anyone else losing sleep over the fact that Cyrano spoke abt willingly sacrificing the chance of ever being happy someday, as long as he knew it would ensure the happiness of someone he loves, to both Roxane & Christian separately — & then had it ripped from him anyway before he was able to make that sacrifice, without ensuring a thing? yeah me neither

[scorpiusmalfoylovesoscarwilde]

only hot girls get emotional about the relationship between jesus and judas every night

[darkmistandodddreams]

There's no "just want to see results" option, because I am forcing you to partake in the science if you wanna be part of the fun,

also please DO elaborate in the tags, I am expecting good explanations