#R for Repentance

[mr-ena]

Oh come on, what's the problem with having a little fun~?

ENA OC roleplay blog.

How might I make your life a little easier..?

MR ENA's two main sides are known as Mischief and Repentance. Mischief is the more dominant of the two, with Repentance occasionally peering out, primarily when MR ENA is struck with guilt.

Haha! You're funny, aren't you? I'd love to see what you're made of.

Mod is a minor. Having that said, a little suggestive is okay every once in a while, with more leniency given to friends.

How can I make it up to you?

[chrliekclly]

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it’s been 6 years exactly nd i apologize for everything about this

[tw: implied csa]

[mr-ena]

Boss? I'm not bossing anyone around, am I?..

{ The box seems all normal and fine, until it isn't. It explodes into confetti. }

{ MR ENA hums, sitting along a crack in the world, staring down into the glowing nothing. The polygons of her tail sway in the air behind her. }

{ She lifts her legs and lays back, staring at her fellow ENA with a mischievous grin. }

Hello :)

( @mr-ena )

ANOTHER ME!

Her head orbits around the other ENA for a moment, before returning to float above her body.

HI! HELLO!

[marmota-b]

Regarding Boromir, his death scene, and redemption / repentance (book vs film)

A bit of a callback to my original post on the topic of redemption, and inspired by a post calling (correctly) Boromir's trying to take the Ring one moment of weakness. I think I've finally figured out (I was low-key aware of it, but never put it into so many words) why I like the book version of Boromir's last moments much more than the film version, and why it pains me the film version seems to be what so many people prefer and so many fic writers inevitably reach for.

"I tried to take the Ring from Frodo. I am sorry. I have paid." ... "Farewell, Aragorn! Go to Minas Tirith and save my people! I have failed." "No!" said Aragorn, taking his hand and kissing his brow. "You have conquered. Few have gained such a victory. Be at peace! Minas Tirith shall not fail!"

Emphases mine, obviously, but when I think about it it's quite telling in which order they tell each other the things they say, and of course how exactly they say them.

The most important thing here, though it is on both their minds and it is what connects them and what their personal motivation is, isn't Gondor. Yes, Boromir is very worried about the fate of his country, but the first thing he tells Aragorn is what he has done, and that he is sorry.

And the very first thing Aragorn tells Boromir is assure him that he did not fail.

It's not a question of warrior honour, the way the film states it ("You fought bravely. You kept your honour."). It's a question of the main conflict of the book, that between the Ring's temptations and the ability to see it as the evil artifact it is.

The film keeps framing a lineage / authority / responsibility conflict between Boromir and Aragorn that's finally resolved, but that's not at all the conflict that matters (or, really, even exists) here. What Boromir is actually saying in relation to Gondor is "I now recognise that what I tried to do to save my people would have actually doomed them, and I recognise you have indeed been much wiser in this than I from the start. Please keep doing that, I can't change what I did now because I'm about to die." And some of it is present in the film, definitely, but it's muddled with the whole issue of both Aragorn and Boromir questioning Aragorn's legitimacy. Which means in the film Boromir's death scene ends up serving us Boromir repenting his behaviour towards Aragorn and... I hope we can all agree that's actually not the point Tolkien was making with Boromir's death scene in the book.

One moment of weakness. Boromir immediately saw that what he had done was wrong, and tried to make amends the only way he could at the moment. He did not keep trying to pursue Frodo, except to apologise (which admittedly Aragorn does not know, but it's still inherent in what Boromir tells him here). Boromir let go of the Ring even after being very, very sorely tempted, and Aragorn can see that. That IS a huge victory. THAT is a huge victory.

And the film frames that main conflict as it played out in the breaking of the Fellowship... wrong. The film leaves us with Boromir the man who succumbed to temptation, and died for his sins, and Aragorn the man who did not succumb and lived, and Boromir submits to the latter. That's not what happens in the book. In the book Aragorn simply never really went through a full moment of culmination of long-term temptation like that. Aragorn recognised and respected Boromir as someone who had reached the moment of culmination of long-term temptation, succumbed, and saw the light anyway. Meanwhile Boromir thinks he's paying for his sin and basically doomed, so Aragorn assures him that no, it was just a moment of weakness and he has overcome it. (Oh, and what also happens in the book is that after a long period of temptation even Frodo succumbs, and lives.)

My main problem with the film version is that the films inadvertently downplayed the main conflict and main theme of the whole story and served up the wrong moral.

[hillvalleywrites]

if I could make edits I would make the most mind-blowing edit of helly & helena to 'stay down' by boygenius

[thebindingofpillo]

Visage is one of my favourite bosses design wise but good lird

[supernovaa-remnant]

Other deities: whatcha got there?

Dream in god form holding wilbur up like a cat: portable power station

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the other immortals and deities, shaken: that's.. that's great mate... you're not gonna upheave the entire balance of our universe again, right?

dream: :3

[keatxu]

just playing som e"the bidnign of isaac"

cool game 🦈👍

[jaywhere]

Filthy Johnkat shipper... your days are numbered!!

ive been blessed by his holy degradation...thank u daddy kerm

[fayt30l0v3]

I read trimax. Went thru the biblical meat grinder. Made this.

[mr-ena]

Can I smooch you

A-are you sure???

[gnosisandtheosis]

I know I shouldn't pick fights in r/TrueChristian but I can't help it.

[generaldavila]

GUERRA EN LA OTAN ¿EN IRÁN? General de División (R.) Rafael Dávila Álvarez

  “He sido condenado no por falta de palabras, sino de atrevimiento y de desvergüenza; por negarme a deciros lo que tanto os gusta escuchar; por no lamentarme, llorar o hacer y decir muchas cosas indignas de mí, como antes señalaba y que soléis oír a otros” (En Apología de Sócrates de Platón). Este Gobierno de España es incompresible, va más allá de lo racional, pero hay que reconocerle que está…

[lunaastal]

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[emyerss]

hay cierto alivio que se instala automáticamente en pecho cuando acepta alternativa. mirada se prenda de la femenina, se queda ahí por un momento, en silencio, como si así pudiera adivinar cada pensamiento que surca mente a través de sus ojos. no puede, nunca pudo, y supone que continuará como un misterio. comisura tira en apenas una sonrisa. "rara vez lo haces." menciona, pero tono sugiere que es más bien un halago más que un juicio, y es que la rebeldía le sentaba como anillo hecho a la medida. sorbo que da a propia soda es lento, como si de esa forma pudiera engañar a su mente de que, realmente, esto es lo que quiere y no lo que contraria sostiene entre dígitos. si se descuida, cree ser capaz de sentir el regusto amargo del ron al final de la coca-cola. "la salvé." respuesta parece simple, evasiva, pero es la mayor demostración de honestidad que puede dedicarle. mirada se eleva de líquido oscuro y se posa en mirada contraria. "más bien la salvaron." porque esfuerzo por ebriedad no había iniciado por ella, sino por una intervención de quién en su momento había sido la persona más cercana para ella. cejas se alzan apenas cuando curva en labios es una más agridulce. "dos años y medio." revela. "aunque ahora no sé si te estabas refiriendo a eso."

exhalación leve, casi inaudible, le cruza los labios. no es decepción, tampoco alivio. es otra cosa, algo que no tiene nombre, pero que sí tiene peso — justo detrás del esternón. no insiste, nunca lo hace. observa el gesto ajeno como si fuera parte de un ensayo que ya ha presenciado, pero esta vez con una variación que le llama la atención. ‘ eso cuenta. ’ lo dice sin adorno, sin subrayado emocional, pero con una honestidad rara. terrosos caen un segundo de más en vaso de soda, no con desprecio, sino con una curiosidad silenciosa, como si allí flotara algo más que burbujas. luego asiente, con esa media curvatura en comisura que no suaviza, pero concede. ‘ puedes acompañarme... aunque no prometo portarme bien. ’ da un sorbo lento al pico de la botella, deslizando par de tragos ardientes, leve carraspeo como única reacción al amargor del alcohol. ‘ ¿qué hiciste con la chica que se prendía en llamas? ’ no es burla, sólo una pregunta lanzada al aire, como si no esperara respuesta alguna — o como si supiera que, en el fondo, todavía está ahí.

[gloombog]

repenting