#serious discourse

[durnesque-esque]

Sorry wait can i ask about catholicism? (Pls feel free to ignore of youd rather not, no pressure)

The pope chooses a name? The last popes name wasnt actually Francis? Why??? I assume they pick a Saint name but like.... whats wrong with their own personal name?

Thanks, hope youre having a decent day.

Turtle i saw at work for tax <3

Hey there - yeah, kinda like Kings / Queens choose a regnant name, Popes choose a Papal name. Although, this may also be something you're unfamiliar with, given the last King and Queen of England have both chosen to use their own names as their regnal names. But Queen Elizabeth's father was Albert but adopted the name "George" as King - "to emphasise continuity with his father and restore confidence in the monarchy." In Catholicism, it's a tradition that developed after a few centuries and an oft-cited reason is that Jesus called the first "pope" a new name - "Peter" rather than his given name "Simon."

Bible verse: "Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah,[a] the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you, you are Peter,[b] and on this rock[c] I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it."

I throw quotes around the word "Pope" up there because Peter was a leader of early Christianity, but the tradition of the Papacy didn't really solidify until the 400s. The Catholic Church, however, draws the line of the Papacy to Peter through all the early Bishops of Rome - which remains the official role of the Pope. The Pope is the Bishop of Rome. Anyway, back to the point, the choosing of a new name symbolizes the beginning of the new role and Popes will choose their names to signify their intent and inspiration as new Pope. I don't know how familiar you are with Catholicism, but one sacrament of the Catholic Church is Confirmation wherein members of the Church become recognized as adults. As a part of this tradition, believers will choose a Saint that they draw inspiration from or feel represents a need in their life and will take the name of that Saint as their Confirmation name. Not one they'll use in real life, but they are called by that name during the Confirmation mass.

For example, as a wayward youth I was constantly losing things (whoot undiagnosed ADHD!), and St. Anthony is the Patron Saint of Lost Things, so my Confirmation name is Anthony. So again, Popes will pick a new name that signifies the beginning of their new life as Pope and that is usually significant to them personally and as a signifier of the kind of values they hold / ideals they aspire to. In this case, the previous Pope Leo - Pope Leo XIII (Pope from 1878 - 1903) was known for his modernism (of the time) and intellectualism. "In his famous 1891 encyclical Rerum novarum, Pope Leo outlined the rights of workers to a fair wage, safe working conditions, and the formation of trade unions, while affirming the rights to property and free enterprise, opposing both socialism and laissez-faire capitalism." He is also "particularly remembered for his belief that pastoral activity in political sociology was also a vital mission of the church as a vehicle of social justice and maintaining the rights and dignities of the human person." (same source as prev).

So we might hopefully anticipate then that Pope XIV (birth name: Robert Prevost) intends to focus on the well being of the poor and the rights of the working people of the world - which would be a continuation of Francis' general direction.

Pope Francis' name btw was originally Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He was the first pope to choose the name Francis. St. Francis was creator of the Franciscan order - an order known for its devotion to poverty, chastity, & obedience. I think we can see that Pope Francis was devoted to care for the poor - as much as any Pope can be.

Anyway, that was a crazy long answer, but hopefully informative. I should say here that I have not been a practicing Catholic in almost 10 years - haven't been religious in any meaningful way for almost as long - but I do have 2 theological degrees with a foci on Church history. So I'm not speaking out of my ass here. While I may no longer be a member of the Catholic Church, as an activist, I am deeply interested in the Papacy as an indicator of direction for the Catholic Church. Because, like it or not, it will be a driving force on the world stage. It is better for the world to have a good Pope than a rigid conservative Pope. I am optimistic - given his opening address and name choice - that Pope Leo XIV may be a better Pope than some of the options we were spared would have been.

In the Papacy, much like politics in general, a liberal is often followed by a conservative - to get a centrist with SOME liberal leanings, is a far better outcome than what we could have had. Imagine if we'd had another Ratzinger aka Pope Benedict?

Oh and cute turtle. <3

[darryl-art-and-rp-area]

I hate doing this but...

Impperfect, you literally bullied PleasantSpark into silence and there's video evidence of you doing that, you're not the "bigger person", you're actually part of the problem. Congrats on being dense and showing your lack of self awareness though, it shows you didn't listen and didn't learn jackshit from what happened and still firmly believe that you were a sad, poor, little victim throughout the entire fucking discourse, bet that you aren't even sorry for bullying Orion into silence either, but what do I know?

And the evidence of Impperfect (here using his main account, by the way) bullying and manipulating Orion into silence is here:

So no, Hunter, shut your mouth and listen to Anon, you dense buffoon. What you did wasn't "respecting boundaries", what you did was literally bully a handicapped person (Orion) into silence just because you wanted to shush the discourse through the wrong means.

Fuck you, Hunter.

[questioningespecialy]

y'all ever thought about the progression of s*x work thanks to the internet? and the progression of streamers thanks to anime titties, i mean, animated avatars? 🤔

[insanedykerants]

yeah this might be freak shit, but i do think maybe… the concept that maybe some people gravitate to butchfemme for residual internalized heteronormativity reasons & as a result bring a lot of heteronormative toxicity to the relationship schema… would like perhaps be a worthwhile INTRA-community discussion. would never ever ever wanna let that escape the community tho lmao.

[grimalkinmessor]

When I tell you that I have read fanfic characterizations so OOC that they'd classify as an original character, trust me I have read THOUSANDS. But you know what I don't do? :) Tell the author of those fanfics that they might as well classify that character as an original character if they're going to write them like one. Because that's fucking rude. People don't owe you your preferred characterizations. The back button is free.

[sadgirlautumn]

Very tempted to do the Taylor Swift song sorter right now but I won’t

[whimprone]

Season 1: talk it through as a crew

Season 2: eat some soup as a group

[idolomantises]

Twitter does fascinate me, because I feel like tumblr has been a lot more accepting of people who draw women with big boobs, who draw adult art on the side, and who aren't afraid of being sensual and intimate.

But twitter seems to be actively terrified of anything that could turn them on. For years I've been harassed for my art. Way back in 2020 I was called out for "sexualizing" Ankha, but this was the image they were referring to.

This fear of adult works and porn has to end man. Queer artists shouldn't be harassed or labeled as bad, untrustworthy people because they want to draw women with curves or big chests, or draw some NSFW art on the side.

[milquetoad]

bells hells suffers so deeply from not having a diplomat in the group i am so serious. c1 had percy and vex and eventually keyleth. c2 had fjord and occasionally caleb and even beau grew into it as an explicit part of her arc. the hells have a high charisma caster whose only two modes are ‘greymoral girlboss’ and ‘i just work here’ and an overly deferential soldier who speaks from the heart but cannot handle a spotlight. they have no one who can or even will speak in a way that endears them to ANYONE; they are constantly combative, belittling, and defensive. every time they meet anyone in any position of authority i get genuine second hand embarrassment because it’s like watching a group of high school freshman try to get the last word in an argument with a teacher. i wish eshteross had lived long enough to get them some fucking etiquette classes

[questioningespecialy]

SiNoMC: for the Love of Rei

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1ST IMAGE...

Rei sits with her back diagonally to the viewer on a foldable chair in her 1 bedroom home dressed in school clothes and looking down at something in front of her. A single light source coming from the crack between the long window curtains to her left shines a streak of blue directly infront of her and into her otherwise purple dark room. In the room is what appears to be: 1) a mini fridge (with freezer) diagonally to the front right of her, 2) an open box on the floor to the left of it with bandages sticking out, 3) a satchel hanging from the right side of the fridge, 4) various things sitting ontop of the fridge, 5) a roll top dresser with two books ontop in the corner to her diagonal front left, 6) a partially made bed diagonally to the rear left of her on a low metal bedframe, 7) a wide lamp attached to the “headboard” side of said bedframe, 8) a few articles of clothing on the floor diagonally to her rear right, and 9) an open doorway to her far right. The bedroom wall in front of her is composed of large squares that’re almost a third of her height each and reminiscent of padding.

2ND IMAGE...

Rei (left) and Shinji (right) stand around 2 feet apart on a metal platform in front of a cylindrical tank of small fish. They both wear all-white clothes: Rei a knee-high skirt, Shinji ankle-long pants, both matching closed toe sandals. The image stops just below their buttocks, showing the underside of Shinji’s fingers.

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[yappacadaver]

are u pro-thing or anti-thing. u must be one or the other and NOTHING ELSE also u must declare publicly so me and all my friends can decide whether or not to treat you like dirt/an active threat. if you don't declare adequately i'll take it as you being on the wrong side. if u declare adequately but surreptitious social audits provide contrary evidence, i will take it as you being on the wrong side. also i hate fascism btw

[ssseriema]

its ok guys you can stop asking creators directly about ships and shipping i PROMISE youll live if you dont send that ask or that discord message. its not like necessary ..

[charmac]

GETTING HIT FROM EVERY ANGLE.

[rowyndodendron]

Diomedes really cranked the "simp-o-meter for Odysseus" from 0 to 12 in approximately 0.6 seconds in book 10 (choose ur spy buddy) and im snort-laughing.

Partially because of how Unnecessarily Extra Diomedes is.

And then even more so because of how Extremely Done Odysseus is in his reply (every time he uses the "long-suffering Odysseus" epithet i fucking DIE laughing. I can FEEL the -_-)

But also, because I feel like the opposite is more typical (Odysseus having the flowery flattering speeches and Diomedes just, like, "read at 2pm"-ing him in return):

I am choosing to headcanon that Dio is very subtly/very gently teasing/mocking Odysseus. And that Ody has done the "oh i pick Diomedes the incredible, the unmatchable, unwinnable force of the gods' will!!!" thing to him recently and Dio is now just throwing it back at him in a "do u hear what u sound like when u talk???" Kind of way.

Which is why Ody is peak "i am Unamused by this, diomedes" in the scene. Because he knows he's being gently roasted in a way the others likely won't pick up on/which is Just For Him.

And i think that's beautiful

[profic-orbot]

🔴 I just think sometimes people are trying to paint things a certain way to make sure others agree with them... when the reality is... much dumber.

[devotion-disorder]

Am I the only one who only thinks of the Scooby Doo collar when looking at Asa's? Once I saw it I couldn't think of it any differently and now everyone shall suffer.

(PS, I accidentally failed in a conversation with someone and brought up Vaginal Yeast Anon)

💀💀💀💀💀💀bro

but you have a point...have we ever seen Asa and Scooby-doo in the same room together at the same time? much to think about...