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RIP Prince of Darkness

See you on the other side

#ozzy #prince of darkness

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COME GET YALL FREE SEROTONIN (aka Copia giggling at Aether’s lil jump)

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You showed me yours...I'll show you mine 🚀

#ghostband #Skeletá #ghostfanart #MissiliaAmori

Sketch of my next piece ☺️

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An idea that came to me when I saw the Amadeus poster again. One of my favourite movies. Also based on the descriptions I've read here and there by those who went to the first concerts. It's still far from reality, it's just that I liked the way it looked.

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BAAWAAHAHAHA ..Just wanna tuck him into my bra for safe keeping 😜

UNABLE TO FORESEE

THE WIDDLE QUEEN

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This small intro to Copia is what hooked me into The Ghost Lore and the brilliant music...❤️🖤

Little reminder, ghouls! Copia has always been a hater <3

Here’s one of his first appearances, where he’s literally just dissing on Terzo

Love that for him

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Can't wait for them to hit the states!! 🇺🇸

The Band Ghost

Children of Scotland!

Once again you embraced us with all your love and for that we are thankful beyond belief.

Thank you

/ A Nameless Ghoul

@ryancphoto

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Pookie throwing kissies 😘

He's so cute I cantttt 🥹🥹

(video from @YourFavGhestie on Twitter)

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#scarysexypapav #donecrying #livefortheart

I'm done crying over someone like you

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Scary sexy #V

Putting the creature in "Creature Feature"

Perpetua, babe, you are so unsettling.

Reblogging is always appreciated! Please do not repost, post to other sites, claim as your own, or use without permission. 🖤

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Check out their art work! 🖤

#Darkiiicommissions

💜🖤💜

❤️Keep in mind that if you want NSFW, You must prove age plus it will be a bit higher❤️

❤️BUT ANYWAYS IF YOU WANNA COMMISSION ME JUST DM ME!!!❤️

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#masterpiece #papaV

🩶𝑺𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅🩶

[Prints] | [Commissions]

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#Imdonecrying #youknowwhoyouare

In the middle of the night it feeds...

And in the middle of the night I post...

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Fun Facts about Frater Imperator

Formerly known as Papa Emeritus IV

Formerly known as Cardinal Copia

He is the son of a human cannonball

Likes to put ice cubes down his pants

Banned V neck shirts from his workplace because he hates his twin brother (who he just learned existed at age 55)

His father passed away (on stage after playing a saxophone solo), but continues to be Frater Imperator’s #1 hater even after death by appearing as a ghost to torment him and shart in his car

He can do jump splits raw with no warm up or stretching

Loves to ride tricycles

Holds the esteemed honor of second most employee of the month awards

Can’t whistle

Likes to bark in front of thousands of people

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Tobias youre killing me here ..evil genius😈

Judith and Holofernes and Copia and Perpetua

Judith Beheading Holofernes Artemisia Gentileschi

The story of Judith beheading the enemy general who was terrorizing her people comes from the deuterocanonical book Judith, which is one of seven such books (Including, incidentally, the book Tobit. I'll get to that later.)

The book of Judith is present in the Septuagint - the earliest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible. It is dated from between 150 to 100 AD. While it's unclear in what language it was originally written, the earliest Greek versions contain many indications that suggest it was likely originally written in some kind of early Semitic language.

Judith's story has been seen as a triumph of wits, faith, and devotion to god's will. It's a parable, or perhaps could be considered an early historical novel.

So why is it important (maybe) to Ghost?

Let's talk about that.

First of all, who is Judith, anyway?

In the story, Judith is a widow who is living in the village of Bethulia, which is likely a fictional place name constructed of the Hebrew words betulah, meaning virgin, and yah, meaning god. In this case, the root word of betulah comes from the Hebrew word for severing or setting apart; it specifically refers to a maid who has an intact hymen. Hymen in Hebrew is betulim, coming from the same word root.

So despite Judith being a widow, and therefore having known a man, Judith herself is from an allegorical city that denotes purity, chastity, and maidenhood. She is virtuous, and trusts in god even though her fellow people have come to doubt his presence and favor.

Why are they doubting god?

Well, because for some inscrutable reason, god has allowed the invading army to absolutely fucking plough them. And not in the fun way.

In the first part of the book of Judith, Assyrian King Nebuchadnezzar has sent Holofernes, his general, to punish and subdue Israel in retribution for Israel not supporting his prior campaign against the Medes. One of the other generals, Achior, is unsuccessful in trying to persuade Holofernes to not attack. This does not go well for Achior.

The arm arrives at Bethulia and a surrender is demanded. The people of the town suffer thirty-four days of siege, and Judith says that this is a test from god, one that they must never surrender to because god is on their side if they remain faithful. I am heavily paraphrasing this to get to the point. Judith essentially calls out the capitulating leaders of the village by saying hey, you dope dingdongs, didn't you make a covenant with god? Then why are you being such fucking pussies about it (paraphrasing) and not waiting on god like he said? She is so well respected that they recognize her wisdom and see her true heart. She says listen up I have a plan, let me go out through the gate tonight and let me and my maid go, and they're like fuck yeah sis go off.

Judith puts on all of her finest things and walks into the Assyrian camp. The soldiers are like hot damn look at this fly-ass homegirl and they take her to Holofernes' tent. Basically they say that how can we NOT go kill all the men here because their ladies are so damn fine. Seems legit.

Okay so here is the fun part.

When Judith arrives at Holofernes' tent, he greets her with an assurance of peace and safety. He tells her that she is safe with him, and her people brought this siege upon themselves. "You have come to safety!" he says.

Judith tells Holofernes that they can never be defeated unless they sin against god and god removes his favor from her people. She says that she will stay with him, but every night she will go pray and find out whether or not her people have sinned, and if gods favor has been removed. Then, his army can strike. He praises her wisdom and her beauty and agrees. Holofernes sets her a meal with his own silver dishes and good foods, which she politely declines. She keeps her promise and stays there for three days, bathing and purifying and praying to god, then coming back to his tent.

Finally, there's a huge party with his officers, and Holofernes says hey, go get that super mega hebrew hottie I have back in my tent because I wanna HIT. They go and get her and she lays down beside him at the banquet and his passions were, as they say, aroused. Homeboy Holo was SPRUNG. He was IN. TO. It. He was feeling some kinda way for her, and at her urging, drank and drank at the party, while she only drank the things that her maid had brought with her.

Everyone leaves the party drunk and she and Holofernes are alone in the tent. Bro is passed the fuck OUT. Instead of getting his dick wet he gets a hot throbbing big strong sword to the fucking NECK that's right Judith goes katana mode and lops his head off like a bad bitch.

She takes his head and puts it in her bag with her ancient Lunchables. She and her maid go out like they normally do to take a bath, but she brings the head back to her people. They hang the head up on the wall of the city, and when the Assyrian army sees it they are like, so no head? and they cry and run home.

Now, there's a couple things I see in naming a new "spy" character Judith. Firstly, that this new Judith is young, very pretty, a little wide-eyed (although it might be an act) and seems not from the world of the Ministry. Unlike the ancient Judith, this one is invited in, not infiltrating, although it is possible that our new Judith (I feel like I need nicknames for them at this point) is greeted politely, treated with hospitality, given information freely, given guidance, etc. Both Judiths are treated with respect.

Chapter Judith may feel that she is infiltrating the ministry the way Bible Judith infiltrated the Assyrian camp, however. While the Assyrians would've been wary of a young, beautiful, richly adorned Jewish woman approaching them, the Ministry apparently was expecting her as a new hire.

But as regards the matter of infiltration / hospitality, it's important to note that from the perspective of the Assyrian army, they are perfectly justified in doing what they are doing. And, to be clear, the Israelites are MUCH WORSE in other stories, including the one where god specifically tells Israel to go back and kill more people and bring out the virgin girl children to distribute them among his soldiers. (Numbers 31:17-18 for those playing along at home.)

It is also interesting that our dear Frater does not have his own office prepared, because in the context of Bible Judith's story, the drama only takes place when she enters into the general's tent-within-a-tent. In the same way, Frater not having his own office could be an allusion to something eventually going down once he IS in his own space, probably after some kind of party. (I'm worrying about album release day!)

Another contrast that could be interesting is that while Bible Judith is telling the truth when she tells Holofernes that her god will only remove his favor and protection from her people once they break the covenant and defile themselves by either eating the food or animals intended for temple sacrifices, we have no such suggestion of Chapter Judity (if indeed she IS some sort of spy playing a parallel role) believing that her god has any way of removing his favor from her. If she is a spy, coming in to infiltrate and kill Frater, I wonder if they will mention something about the sins of another supposedly holy man we've seen before - and I'll donate 20 bucks to a charity of my choice if the last name we don't hear her say makes her Judith DeFroque.

All this said, I don't think we have to worry about Frater's demise - at least, I don't hope so. If Frater allows himself to give in to distractions (whether through substances or through his misplaced annoyance at his brother) then he will be vulnerable. But, as we've already seen him walk the path through self-delusion and move towards confidently accepting the Here and Now, I think he's capable. And, ultimately, Tobias is telling an uplifting story, and as much as he likes to tweak the nose of hypocrites I don't think he'd have a character actively beheaded by anyone but his own OCs.

Oh, and remember the book of Tobit? Aka Tobias? That's a story about how a man named Tobias destroys the demon Asmodeus. That's always made me giggle.

Good night, and keep sinning!

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I need a chapter 21 to explain chapter 20!

#bitecopiasfist #fuckenV #tobiasforge #teasemonster