#revelation of truth

[allegorypaintings]

Philosophy Unveiling Truth

Artist: Louis Jean François Lagrenée (French, 1725–1805)

Date: 1771

Medium: Oil on copper

Collection: National Trust Collections, London, United Kingdom

Description

By allegorical means, this painting depicts the revelation of truth by the application of philosophy. The female personification of Philosophy on the right-hand side of the composition is seen in the moment of discovering the beauty of unadorned Truth by lifting away her white drapery.

[ryanranney]

Opening Message

I come to you as one of the low, one of the dark, knowing nothing of my own, but awakened to that which was given to me.  It was given to me as proof and evidence that it is the gift for all souls in the flesh, both male and female, both believer and as-of-yet non-believer (for ALL will believe one day) of all walks of life, all races, all religions, all faiths, all worshippers (especially…

[eveningrainstorm]

take responsibility.

[ryllen]

[ surely, it is something insignificant... if i can't remember..., no ?]

[gavilarkholin-deactivated116710]

I love how in the stormlight archive God has a wife who is also a God but she doesn't really do the whole "being worshipped" thing, she just camps out in the mountains and likes to make slippery orphans and guys who forget their wives and guys who can experience 1 day of divinity by becoming a sociopath. And she employs assassins. Also she and God are both Black. Also she's a dragon

[chimerafeathers]

you know what i think Mirabelle deserves to get a little fucked up freaky in how she processes learning about Siffrin’s loops post-canon. for fun. as a treat

thinking about this line in particular and stretching out the implications like taffy

this is a more romanticized, cutesy facet of her interests but she’s still framing Siffrin’s situation through storytelling. so like. What If.

i mean. this woman loves horror and gore and monsters and horrible things happening to innocent people. IN FICTION. in fiction!!! obviously!!!! and it’s beyond terrible that something even remotely close to any of that happened to her real friend in real life!!

BUT.

maybe. maybe sometimes, if the conditions are right, she gets a little too wrapped up in her imagination about the bloody, awful poetry of it all. maybe Siffrin tells a joke that's a little too dark and gory for anyone else, borderline or full-on Concerning, but she latches onto it without thinking about the Implications and plays along with increasing gruesomeness because FINALLYYYYY someone will play with her in the Horror Space (like Isabeau does in the romance space!!) and then. OOPS. the implications!!!! and she has to recalibrate out of Fun With Fiction mode into Oh No, My Friend Underwent A Horrifying Ordeal mode.

but being able to joke about things, even the awful things, is...kind of comforting, to Siffrin. makes them feel less like they're being babied and pitied and more like what happened was something...normal, almost? something that doesn't have to feel like the end of the world all over again every time it's mentioned, at least. so he tries to reassure her, and Odile and Isabeau have to go “actually can you PLEASE not joke about dying horribly it’s freaking us out and also might not be the Best for you? mentally???”

maybe Mirabelle will get a little Too Into trying to weave meaning and symbolism into the scant details that Siffrin gradually reveals, like she’s trying to finish the orange poem all over again, or eagerly meddling with the romantic reunion of the two actual people in the House with undelivered bonding earrings, writing their story for them without their input.

it’s easier to justify the tragedy of it all when it has a purpose, isn’t it? finding the beauty in the darkness, the love powerful enough to end the world. romanticizing the horrors until her friend can talk about them without shutting down.

and she feels guilty about hearing something and immediately thinking “ohhhhhhh this is JUST like Blorbo From My Novels,” because she should treat Siffrin’s situation with the gravity and care he deserves!! they’re a real person, not a character who exists for entertainment, to represent the ~themes~ of some story.

but if she admits as much…maybe Siffrin is safe to admit that he had started seeing the rest of them as actors, endlessly reciting their lines. maybe that’s just how people process things sometimes, grasping for metaphors when unfiltered reality gets to be too much. maybe it’s okay to talk about that part of it all, too.

[fictionadventurer]

Part of the reason that the ending of Ella Enchanted works so well is that the final command she resists is the voice of temptation. A voice tells her to do something she wants to do more than anything in the world, but that she knows the long run would cause immense harm. Her fight against this is difficult and heroic because she has to fight her own inclinations.

Ella's endured a million commands that force her to do something she doesn't want to do. We see the injustice in that. We don't want her to have to blindly obey. But if the curse was broken by resisting one of those commands, it wouldn't feel nearly as powerful. It would merely be an escalation of what she's already done. She would rebel against authority and do what she wanted to do, which could be good or bad depending on what it is she wants, but it is ultimately self-serving.

Ella's resisting a command that offers her the greatest desire of her heart is heroic because it is self-sacrificial. She is called to obey a voice that is greater than her own desires. This resolution rings so true because it points to ultimate truth. The curse of obedience is broken when she obeys--not the voice of authority, or the voice of temptation, or the voice of her own desires, but the voice of virtue. She breaks the bonds of obedience by choosing to take on the bonds of love.

[kaddyssammlung]

WE HAVE NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!

There is a code in the German website with a phone number and when you call that number then you get this message:

Thank you anon :)

I recorded the message if someone wants to hear it.

According to twitter the morse code spells out: endurance and end / end...

[starlight-eclipsed]

“What?!” both Sky and him shout in unison, utterly shocked. Nearby, birds startle out of the trees at the sound.

Go read A Dark Among the Lights by @luckylectio! It's a story in which alarmingly few heroes are aware of who their patron goddess is (or at least haven't been keeping up with the recent lore updates).

[bklily]

So aside from being a heartbreaking line, is anyone getting the vibe of....

I mean. I don't know if they would have the balls to do that but. It sure as hell is interesting 👀

[starrynightskies12]

Alya being so torn between her principles and her loyalty to Marinette that she chooses to forget about what she saw. Knowing that she would either keep the secret and go against her morals or she would tell the truth and betray Marinette, knowing no matter what it would eat her up inside.

[kingjasnah]

can we talk about the fact that thinking of kaladin was what prevented adolin from giving up and letting nihilism take over in his darkest moments this book… kadolin may be uncanon but it lives in the hearts of men

oh my goddddd an insane fucking moment when you take into consideration the amount of times it's kaladin laughing and cursing adolin out for doing the exact same thing. every time he was like (extremely fond) "maybe adolin shouldve come to shinovar he'd actually know what to do. fuck that guy lol"

[lanada]

Chema Mendez

[professional-girlkisser]

hilarious tweet but more importantly, armand suggested something with color for the empty wall??!! this once again brings me to the conclusion that the black aesthetic was mostly about louis' grief and mourning of claudia (rather than armand's control as ppl have suggested). louis literally calls the penthouse his coffin so it makes sense that it's a representation of how he feels on the inside. and when he finally starts to heal, we see him slowly let the color back in 🥹

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[tvlandofficiall]

revisiting ch1 for the anniversary and one thing that's always stuck out to me is the couple of times darkness is associated with being able to "see the way". i don't know if it means anything or if it's just me reading a bit too much into some flavor text but if it does mean anything i definitely think it has something to do with how, like how venturing further into the darkness reveals the truth of what's hidden there (the switch in the ringaround puzzle room or the path to a key, for example), entering the dark worlds themselves reveals the hidden truth of the objects of the light world to us and the lightners — that they're not just ordinary objects, but living beings. the darker it gets, the more the whole of these worlds and how they are connected is revealed to us.

[reality-detective]

EXPOSED: The Jesuit Order Controls the Vatican and the New World Order!

Unmasking the power behind the curtain: The Jesuits rule the Vatican and steer the New World Order’s religious agenda! Hidden in plain sight, they manipulate governments and religions to create a global empire.

Former Bishop Gerard Bouffard exposes the truth: The Black Pope, Jesuit Gen. Peter Hans Kolvenbach, commands the Vatican, the Pope, and the Illuminati! Bouffard, who worked at the Vatican for six years, says the Pope follows orders from the Black Pope, making the Jesuits the true power behind the Church and the world’s destruction.

He declares: The Jesuits infiltrate all religions and governments to impose a one-world Luciferian religion! The Vatican controls Israel, plotting to destroy the Jews and ignite global chaos. They hide behind black robes and false piety while worshipping Satan through secret rites!

Bouffard, a 37th Degree Freemason, says Freemasonry is the Church’s secret weapon to execute the Illuminati’s agenda. High-ranking priests and cardinals secretly belong to Masonic lodges to bring down America from within.

He reveals that Fr. Alberto Rivera, a former Jesuit, was murdered for exposing the same truths. The Vatican erased Rivera’s records, but Bouffard confirms: Rivera was real, and the Jesuits poisoned him for telling the truth! The Jesuits’ history of genocide, assassinations, and infiltration dates back centuries, yet their evil agenda continues unchecked!

The Jesuits already control U.S. institutions, including the CFR and the Federal Reserve, tightening their grip on America’s fate. They will stop at nothing to destroy freedom and impose their satanic one-world order!

What?

Do You See It? 🤔