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There are actually a lot of rules to magic.

Like yes, there's no rules, but if your takeaway from that is that there's literally no rules, then I think you missed the larger conversation about the specific ways in which there are no rules.

What "there's no rules" means is that there is not one universal set of rules that applies to every practitioner.

It means that nobody gets to act as an authority on what the rules are for everyone else.

It means that if you show up on somebody else's post saying "the first rule of witchcraft is that you must only use magic for good" you will probably (and deservedly) be told to fuck off.

What "there's no rules" does NOT mean is that there are literally no rules. There are SO many rules. People just work within their own set of rules.

Some rules come with the territory of working within a specific tradition.

Some rules are set by entities that practitioners work with, and might be quite specific to each individual.

Some rules are like laws of physics. They define the mechanisms by which magic works within a paradigm, and what the limits are on what it can do. A magical practice consisting of "I can do literally anything," is typically a practice that hasn't had a lot of genuine thought put into it. I have yet to meet anybody who can literally turn invisible or fly.

Some rules are more like a personal code of ethics.

So, when you burst into someone else's post to announce that there are no rules, you might not be told to fuck off quite as quickly as if you turned up to impose your personal rules on other people, but you are essentially signaling that you do not understand the concept of rules within a magical practice.

Disclaimer: some people are going to be obnoxious and make their own posts about how everyone else should be following their rules, and while it might be tempting to correct them, in my experience these people tend to get 0 notes, and you're more likely to give them the exposure they desire by starting a flame war. When they find that followers don't come flocking to them, they eventually get bored and give up.

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my friend cass got kicked out of her housing due to an insane sequence of events and a terrible roommate last month as according to this reblog chain

while xe will be staying with me from july 10th on, i would appreciate any donations for xer for groceries, medications, etc. as xe waits for xer court date in mid august to decide if xe gets to have disability money from the government or not. any amount is helpful.

c$happ @ $saccharinesunrise

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Anti-cop poster spotted in Seattle

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Because Queerness is a political label as much as a sexual or gender markee, I firmly believe there is no such thing as a queer cop or soldier, that soldier might be gay but they aren't queer

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you punch nazis!

(requested by anonymous)

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100% my favourite part of the d&d movie was that holga had pit hair. i zoomed the fuck in on that. YES your female barbarian has armpit hair YES she does YES you fucking get it, yes this makes her a million times hotter. good fucking lord

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this!! is like 40% of the reason i got stuff to try linoblock printing!!! because it makes me SO damn happy. im gonna have to get ink in the #nonbinary flag colors so i can make it extra clear what the joke is (for those that want it) but, as per usual, im extremely jazzed with my in-joke and i hope yall are too

this is going in my queue but most likely by the time it comes *out* of my queue, these patches will be up in my ko-fi shop!!

they measure apx 3x4 inches and run $8usd/ea

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There is no canon reason for Lucifer's rebellion in Christianity. It is frequently attributed to "pride" but that's more of a motivation than an actual cause. Depending on who you talk to, people will say Lucifer wanted to take God's place, objected to Man's creation, or basically suffered a logic paradox due to conflicting orders from God. But there is no specific reason ever given in scripture (anything in scripture that people point to is actually a misinterpretation).

Personally, I like the idea that Lucifer rebelled out of love *for humanity*, but that has no more support than any other reason one might give.

reading a 13th century Arthurian romance, and in it one character states that man was created to replace the 10th order of angels, who were the fallen angels under Satan. i've literally never heard this "10th order" idea anywhere else, does it have precedence somewhere?

Traditionally in Christianity there are 9 orders of angels. Though, this goes back to the notably mystical and dubious Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopegite. (Who was probably a pagan philosopher sneaking late-platonism into Christianity.) In his book "The Mystical Theology" he outlines nine ranks of angels which mirror the nine tiers of church life, from low level scribes all the way up to the papicy.

I think this medieval author is saying that the fallen angels would have been a "10th rank" had they not sided with Satan.

Although didn't the angels rebel BECAUSE God created man? I dunno I'm not an expert on Arthuria.

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therapist: cunt dracula is not real and cannot fuck you.

cunt dracula:

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you don't "hate kids," you hate being forced into a caretaking role.

you don't "hate kids," you hate censorship passed off as family values.

you don't "hate kids," you hate the constrictiveness of the nuclear family.

you don't "hate kids," you're just not used to occupying fully age diverse spaces so you're not used to the noise or the many different kinds of needs.

you don't "hate kids," most public spaces just aren't built for kids, and so the few kids you see are always uncomfortable and distressed.

you don't "hate kids," you hate the intense social rules assigned to kids and anyone who interacts with kids.

You don't "hate kids," you hate how society reproduces its most restrictive elements and how kids are powerless to resist it.

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ATTENTION VAMPIRES

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What we’ve gotta understand is that “the modern Internet is abolishing spaces for adults” and “the modern Internet is abolishing space for children” are compatible phenomena. Neither group is being favoured: the modern Internet is abolishing spaces for adults (i.e., because grown-up topics aren’t advertiser friendly) and the modern Internet is abolishing spaces for children (i.e., because online communities which consist principally of people who have no money are hard to sell things to). The Internet that contemporary corporate interests are trying to build isn’t a space for anyone – it’s the digital equivalent of an Ikea showroom.

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Illustration from the article, “The grotesque.” Form, a quarterly of the arts. April 1916. Austin O. Spare (1886-1956), artist.

Heidelberg Universiy

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Everything I did for this episode was inspired by and dedicated to these two people standing on this stage beside me. A year ago, we were broken, drunk, and defeated. Today, we stand triumphant, glorious!

Game Changer 6x03 "Sam Says 3" | 7x01 "One Year Later"