#Blind rulers

[dawnylives]

Simple bias test:

If you take all the articles and media you see about Palestine & Israel in the last 20 years and flip the two names, would you still have the same opinion you have now?

If the roles were reversed wouldn't Western governments be yelling out that this is the greatest human rights infringement of our time? Wouldn't they vehemently punish the oppressor? Wouldn't they demand an immediate end to it?

Something tells me they would have called for a ceasefire within a day, that they would have sent military and aid to protect the people if Palestine was doing to Israel what Israel is and has been so blatantly and shamelessly doing to the Palestinians. But I suppose that's not how politics works, especially not when you’re being paid absurd amounts of money by keeping your mouth shut and your eyes blind.

[basilpaste]

i know the popular consensus is that soul takes out hearts eyes but i like. the symmetry of mind being the one to do it.

[lady-corrine]

The fact that all of this:

Really turns the stomach in the disgusting way they imply Rhaenyra's worth as a woman and a queen is somehow in the number of pregnancies she had, her weight, her availability in terms of her married status, or her age, but I don't expect them to realize this when they absolutely despise her and refuse to use any literacy whatsoever.

[the-golden-mango-of-discord]

the worst crime this fandom ever committed was forgetting about the original lang ying. mxtx did not write an impoverished, grief-stricken man carrying his dead baby on his back for days just to find him a decent resting place, a man who acts as a tragic mirror to xie lian’s own wealth and the personification of the futility of his good intentions, a wholly sympathetic character who takes up the mantle of yong’an rebel general to take down the useless xianle royalty, a man whose motivations are so pure that in another story he would be the protagonist, who even after he assured yong’an’s victory and was established as king himself, never got what he wanted bc all he wanted was his dead wife and child back, who denied xie lian his unrighteous vengeance bc he was already dead and dying, only for the entirety of the tgcf fandom to never talk about him again

[phntasmgoria]

redoing the tags for my project moon muses so i can have them all in one place, especially since i just got new ones added lol

[brekkie-e]

Aloy and Avad during that little reunion @ the Spire during the tutorial

[tundrakatiebean]

Being served Artist Instagram reels is just like walking through a museum of the most fucked up organization methods you’ve ever seen

[solace-stars]

i want more fics (or fic recs pls) about the black brothers realizing they have trauma

cause like. it took me 17 years of life to connect my eating problems to my early childhood. and sure, maybe that’s more subtle than physical abuse but do you know what’s also subtle? manipulation and emotional/verbal abuse

how long did it take them to realize all the subtle tactics that were supplied to keep them in line? i refuse to believe orion and walburga didn’t twist sirius and regulus’ minds in order for their gain, that they didn’t pit the brothers against each other to stop them from realizing the bigger picture of walburga and orion being the bad ones, not their brother

if the black family really was a family of slytherins, of subtlety striking at the exact right moment, achieving their goal at any cost, i bet you it wasn’t until the much later years of hogwarts and maybe not even until much later after that (rip regulus) that they realized the full extent of the childhood abuse they suffered

[this-is-a-url]

I will always be crushed by the fact that neither Pharynx NOR Thorax have any merch. They're such good characters and this choice will not be forgotten

[selemina]

Dunn3 SMP Lore going hard as ever! So we had some Andrew lore, and some Atlas lore.... And Sal was in both of those! Also, we discovered that the SMP seems to attract a lot of rulers that want nothing to do with ruling! XD

[biglisbonnews]

03 Greedo Drops New Project 'Free 03' Ahead of Release From Prison 03 Greedo is finally coming home, and he’s got a new project featuring the late Drakeo the Ruler to celebrate his impending release from prison. https://www.complex.com/music/03-greedo-drops-free03-project-prison-release

[shatteredminds]

Vampiric dragon's are incredibly durable though that doesn't mean that they done have a certain amount of lives. Yes they are immortal, but they can permanently die. And no I don't mean what happen with Ragnar and nine of his ten Vamp drakes.

Like I said, each has a certain amount of lives they can lose before their souls are... relocated to a mortal body when they've lost one of their last two lives. The look of the mortals hair and eyes would be what the Vampiric dragons hair and eyes would be if their magic wasn't so strong that it changed their colors.

The amount of lives is affected by what they do and of their born with disabilities/ailments.

Ragnar- this man's been around a lot longer then 32,522 years, and I mean waaaay longer. Add like 2 million 5 hundred thousand years and that's about right. And despite what one may think, he's only lost 10 of the 20 lives given to him before he became a God.

If not for his cerberus being around in his youth and her being the voice of reason for this promiscuous, headstrong, and hot tempered Vampiric dragon he would have been down to about 4 of it wasn't for her death shortly after Arachne and Icarus's birth that sobered him by showing how fragile the lives of those he loves even if they are immortal like him.

Though if he were to be reborn his hair would be a unruly fiery red and his eyes silver.

Hina- the blind queen has always been careful do to her disability. Not to mention her older brothers (particularly Mammon) are very protective of her and and her cerberus was always with her as well.

She was gifted with 25 lives and only lost 5 of them older the corse of her 1 961 670 years of life before becoming a Goddess.

Of she were to be reborn her hair would still be blond but it would be wavy and her eyes would be baby blue in color. She would still be blind as well.

Zente- the former warrior class was gifted with 17 lives, only loosing 9 of them before becoming a God. But that was not due to him being quite hot headed despite what one would think. That anger only increased when his scoliosis robed him of the ability to fight for as long as his father and brothers could. Ultimately benching him unless it was absolutely necessary for him to fight.

His cerberus, not even they could put out the flame of anger in their vampiric dragon and when they tried it was more like adding kindling to a forest fire. He remained that rage fueled drake until he met Scarlett whom had wandered over to where he was having one of his rage fits in a clearing. It was then the raging fire inside him started becoming smoldering embers due to her understanding of what he was going through. After all, her family was high up in the rankes of the Hypëřbøřiän royal guards for generations, and due to her poor eyesight she was able to. But she didn't let it get the better of her. Slowly he fell for her and they were mated.

If he were to be reborn his hair would be light brown, short, and his eyes green.

Kirsi- she was gifted with 13 lives and only lost 3 of them over her many thousands of years of life before becoming a Goddess. This due to the fact that if her Kingdom was under attack she wouldn't have to do much because of how cold her Kingdom is would either freeze the enemy's due time or they would get covered in snow.

If she were to be reborn her hair would be a chocolate brown, very curly, and her eyes would be a soft hazel color.

Castor- gifted 18 lives and only losing 5 of the before becoming a God. He has always been level headed man, always throughly ploting his attacks before acting on them. His ability to shift into many preditorial animal and also being able to communicate with them made his fights swift and often led to few casualty and injures.

If he were to be reborn his hair would be unkept auburn and his eyes brown.

Yōko- she was gifted with 12 lives and only lost two over her life before becoming a Goddess. This was due to the fact that only 1/6 of her Kingdom was on land whilst the rest resided under water. This also ment ghat she could easily sink ships from afar.

If she were reborn her hair would be black and her eyes brown.

Javid- he was gifted with 16 lives and lost 10 of them before becoming a God. This was due to his aggressive nature and being stubborn af, never planing his attacks before acting. Though he never has and never will think much if it. Though one of his lives were lost due to the corruption that Sibyl instilled into him as a hatchling and another from the spell that was used to by his siblings to purify him in a sense.

If he were to be reborn his hair would be long and brown and his eyes would be amber.

Vipin- he was gifted 22 lives due to his weakness to fire since he's 1/4 fauna. He only lost 12 of them but that was mostly due to catching fire during attacks. Ome of them was because of the corruption that Sibyl instilled in him as a newling while another was due to the spell his older vampiric dragon siblings had to preform to draw out all the corruption and purify him in a sense. Though that never stopped him.

If he were to be reborn his hair would be strawberry blond, curly, and his eyes green.

Kinscő- she was gifted 15 lives and lost 10 of the due to greedy enemies wanting the hoard of treasure she was protecting. Though she could fend them off, she wasn't very fast or good with anything but a bow.

If she were to be reborn her hair would be super curly, black, and here eyes would be blue.

Vulcan- he was gifted 18 loves and only lost 13 of them before becoming a God. Quite a few were due to his fight first plan attack later mentality before becoming head of the royal guard. One was lost due to Sibyl instilling corruption into him as a hatchling and the another due to the spell his older vampiric dragon siblings had to use to purify him in a sense.

If he were to be reborn his hair would be wild, auburn and his eyes blue.

Azura- she was only born with 9 lives due to being a premature baby. She has lost all but two of the over ther 1002 years of life. The first one was from Odysseus squashing her with a bolder as a kitten. The second from falling of a cliff and landing on a sharp rock which severed her spinal cord, she was running from monsters creatures Sibyl had commanded to chase her. Her third life was lost a year before the fall of the empire, Javid dismembered her since the corruption was starting to take over and the Insanity curse was taking hold.

Her forth life was lost during Kira's birth amd her fifth was shortly after the birth of Fura, Akatosh, Potema, and Zenithar. Her sixth life lost when Torbjörn dunked her in lava in an attempt to kill her in the early 18th century. Finally her seventh life was lost via her spine getting ripped out so that a shard of her soul that the Slavics found could be corrupted with Slavic magic and she could be used as a Russian sleeper agent.

Her eighth life if by far the most fragile and if it wasn't for Uriel performing that c-section during the birth of Sora, Fannar, Mirek, Blažena, Ursa, Sabrina, and Viggo. Promptly tying her fallopian tubes so she couldn't conceive any more newlings. She would be dead if he didn't do that.

When she dies and is reborn her hair will be wild, unruly, and firey red, her right eye would be silver and her left cobalt blue.

[henbased]

Since u have like 20 cats, who's ur top 5?

this is fucked up i do not have 20 cats

blind, obvi

eboy my son eboy

rose. she doesnt live here but she visits often enough, and when she does she's always making me laugh. like girl you were born and raised here stop snarling and huffing.

miss lady. shes not our cat shes a stray we feed. most polite girl in the world. sits on the front porch patiently waiting for some food as the house cats go batshit insane in the window, signaling to me we have a miss lady visit.

baby. shes my 6 year old baby but the reason shes so low is because oh my god stop causing problems. no STOP fighting everyone. STOP screaming to go outside. STOP stealing everyones food. oh you want to cuddle Right This Very Second when i am Busy do you? i love her so much. cannot behave to save her life.

[aria0fgold]

I'm gonna put my theorizing and headcanon cap on and analyze the title of the book, The Cursing of Chateau Castle to figure out exactly what the cursing aspect of it is all about!

So... the series has been going on for years most likely by the fact that there's been 87 issues of it. That means there's a high chance it first got released Before the King took over Vaugarde. So the cursing aspect couldn't be about being frozen in time. Chateau castle is the name of a place in it but chateau also means castle (specifically one designed as a fortress). Sooo in a way, Chateau castle is both a castle that people can live in and a fortress of defense, which is a pretty cool thing in a way to have the rulers of a country live in a castle made to keep attackers away.

But theeeen, a curse happened to it. But what kinda curse is that? I have no idea cuz it wasn't mentioned at all buuuut, there's a high chance that each castle has their own unique curse. Considering the fact that the entire story is about Josephandre and his party destroying castles and saving people. Pierre-Jacques-Erneste even went and sacrificed their Own castle to save Josephandre. Whatever the curse is, it's Directly tied to the building itself and the best way of getting rid of it is by destroying the structure. Which, for nobility is an extreme way of practically dethroning them (instead of just taking the crown, throne, or any item that signifies their authority, their Entire castle gets taken away which is practically the biggest indication and symbol of their power).

So I'd like to think that the "curse" is heavily tied to the history of the people living in that castle, it could be born from the sins overflowing in the place, it could be born from an object that was locked deep inside the castle and its seals broke. It could be anything! Whatever the case though, I am neck deep in the brainrot juice and now I'm thinking bout Pierre-Jacques-Erneste that is infected by a curse after that self-sacrificial act he just did which would result in a near death experience around the end of the series (since Mira was wondering if Pierre survived before Siff found the last issue).

[angryborzois]

ngl another part i miss about my old school was how interesting every day was

[madewithonerib]

2.] How money is spiritually dangerous

Well the question then is: How is it spiritually dangerous?

Now in order to answer that question in a way I think JESUS when HE makes a statement about the danger of wealth is assuming knowledge of the Hebrew Bible.

It's assuming knowledge of the OT & if you were in Church last week, we did do a kind of survey of one part of the OT.

   •  In proverbs, the OT says an awful lot about        wealth in general. By the way, the Bible sees        wealth creation in more positive light than        socialistic societies do.

   •  But it also sees wealth as a more powerful        corrupting influence than capitalistic societies

Who would admit the Bible's attitude toward wealth does not really fit the spectrum between free-market capitalism & socialism. [8:50] 

It sees it as so absolutely crucial, & powerful, that in a way—it has more power.. Basically I would say the Bible has a more positive & a more negative view of money than any of our existing economic systems

     because it sees the spiritual power of money      so the background is actually pretty rich—but      all I can do here is to not look at the positive      the Bible says plenty positive things about      the relationship of wealth

     to hard work, lots of positive things about the      importance of wealth creation I would like to      show you because JESUS is highlighting if you      are oblivious to the negatives, the dangers

So how is money a spiritual danger?

Let me give you 5 ways of the OT the Bible says money is spiritually dangerous and it's the background of what JESUS is talking about here

2.1]  Money is a huge temptation to be dishonest &          the more money you have—the greater the          temptation to be dishonest.

         I know it went into the spectrum, Proverbs 30:8-9          if you were in Church last week you heard about          this. There is a danger, the poverty does tempt          people to steal.

         What's intriguing about this is that as your wealth          grows, temptations of dishonesty grow too. Why?

         If you're making hundreds of dollars—cheating          will make you hundreds more. If you're making          thousands of dollars, then cheating will make          you thousands more.

         In other words, the more money you have the          more cheating, and accounting sleight of hand          deceptions, the more money you frankly make          through dishonesty.

         Therefore the pressure grows & grows & grows          the more successful you are, the more pressure          there is to be dishonest.

         I'm not going to spend more time on that just to          say that's just a fact & that means of course if you          are dishonest..

         What can that do? When you start to do things          that actually are not really on the up-and-up is          making you money.

*******************************************************************          Whenever you lie, whenever you deceive others          you always to some degree feel justified in your          own heart, which means you never fool other ppl          without fooling yourself! *******************************************************************

         You never deceive other people without          deceiving yourself; you never lie to people          without lying to yourself

         Therefore dishonesty, deception, lack of          integrity always is spiritually incredibly          hardening & blinding.

         The more money you have, the more successful          you are—the more that temptation grows. Some          money can make you dishonest.

Grace of Generosity P1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 | Timothy J. Keller [Luke 18:18-30]