#Christ Concious

[shouyuus]

uh not to be super controversial but... i feel like /twirls hair/ complaints about fics should be... kept out of the tags? like... seeing it just makes me either want to write the thing more or quit writing (for that specific fandom / character) altogether.

[scopophobia-polaris]

I just want things to be better, things are complicated and I hate when people try to simplify it, I hate the boxes leftists will put themselves in, im tried of the boxes I PUT MYSELF in because I thought this was okay. I want to feel human i want to know what it's like again, i already killed the cop in my brain laughing at me for flapping about, and maybe all of this on the end boils down to

Because some people seem to truly forget who their enemy is

Okay, so hey, um real shit, im......look im gonna treat this account as my personal and for Art, because well, it's my account, I wanted to way to find my comic easy so I put it on a separate blog, im sorry if I like....blocked anyone at all it's just, i....I think I'm not starting to be able to handle what I think is gonna to happen, I know i got things up with me I mean...im on new meds and shit and the diagnosis process is well i had to throw it out now because of RFK!

Idk, i just don't think I'm getting a little more free about the block button. A lot of things are just fucked and idk treat it like a sorry I just.....just don't I dont know I'm sorry if I blocked you sometimes I'm just frightened, I dont have hard feelings don't take it personal sometimes I'm just....frightened.

Like, i don't think i like talking one on one it makes me scared, I like asks though, I really do, and I'm sorry if I blocked you, I really am, no I don't block anyone that tries to talk to me that's just mean it's more like...i guess I'm just sad and disappointed about things, and I hate hate the fact I can't fucking find out if I'm fucking autistic or not

[onlycosmere]

Real world inspiration in Brandon Sanderson's works

grandpa_fathom: As I’ve read Brandon’s books, I smile every time I come across allusions, borrowings, and references to real-world influences. I’m hoping the community can help me flush out this list (speculation welcome).

Kelsier as a Christ figure resurrected & starting a religion

Dalinar as Genghis Kahn

Shards as the Greek (or insert your favorite) pantheon

Wit as a Shakespearean fool

Chana & Shallan as Abraham & Isaac

Nohadon as King Benjamin

translation lenses (Alcatraz) as urim & thummim

Iriali exodus as the Mosaic exodus

etc.

Brandon Sanderson:

Kelsier as a Christ figure resurrected & starting a religion (More that he is trying deliberately to ape off of similar stories from Sazeds myths. Then ended up living, kind of, and now has to work with what he did.)

Dalinar as Genghis Kahn (More Subutai in military strategy and position. But I did intentionally include one Genghis myth for the history lovers in Dalinar's backstory. This is because one inspiration for the Alethi is the Yuan Dynasty, where the Mongols had to learn to rule China.)

Shards as the Greek (or insert your favorite) pantheon (Kind of, kind of not. More uplifted humans in over their heads. I wasnt looking at panthons here as they don’t really involve one another.)

Wit as a Shakespearean fool (Yup. See Lear and 12th night)

Chana & Shallan as Abraham & Isaac (Not intentional, but I can see it might be unconscious.)

Nohadon as King Benjamin (I doubt he was as silly, but this is an influence and a concious one.)

translation lenses (Alcatraz) as urim & thummim (Also not intentional. When I think about powers, I just wish I could speak and read all languages. But maybe there is something unconscious here? For all this looks like a slam dunk, I really think it was just me thinking of powers I wanted, and relating them to wearing glasses.)

Iriali exodus as the Mosaic exodus (Also not deliberately done...but you probably have something here. This is almost certain part of the inspiration.)

etc.

Dead_IM: Was the “Adon” portion in Adonalsium chosen because “Adon” means lord or god in Hebrew?

Would the same be true of Noh”adon”? Brandon Sanderson: Yes to both. I go to Hebrew and Arabic a lot for Roshar. The goal is not to create a full parallel, but to indicate a lot of these words have roots in world to older language variants that people would recognize on a subconscious level, same as we kind of recognize these morphemes.

[brittle-doughie]

Hello 4th time I've sent this sorry if I seem impatient. Hi brittle! How about, Chaotic Y/n interactions, but Y/n is Failboats chat (Y/n cookie is an empty vessel for your followers but as Failboats chat) part 1. P.s: You can replace Failboat and kirby with any cookie in the interactions and replace bandana waddle dee/chat with y/n(except no.2 cuz deez nuts joke)

1."Oh sweet brother in christ why can I not move my body I am concious, but this is a living nightmare I feel as if I hear 3,000 voices all at once."

2."Lets give them waddle deez nuts."

3."Bandana waddle dee says: Subscribe to Failboat."

4."Hey Kirby! did you know that my bandana is made of skin?"

5."This is gonna be a disaster."

6.Failboat:"Alright chat, destroy the body."

Chat:"Ratatatatatatata don't pee on the floor use the commodore."

7.Failboat:"HELP ME!"

Chat:"This beat down is sponsored by Raid shadow legends."

Failboat:"NO!!"

Chat:"One of the biggest mobile role-playing games of 2019, and it's totally free-"

Failboat:"Stop Shilling Bandana waddle dee!"

8."Reese's puffs reese's puffs, eat em up eat em up eat em up."

9.Chat:"Is it now a bad time to mention that I can't see?"

Failboat:"Your blind? I mean considering how far you are away from the combat I believe it."

10.Chat:"If you love me, kill me kirby, please."

Failboat:"I will kill you, only if you kill everyone else first."

This it for now, goodbye!

Gingerbrave: “Not if we have anything to say about it, Dark Enchantress Cookie.”

Y/N Cookie: “I will keep crawling out of hell to kill God. Or date her, I can’t decide.”

Gingerbrave: “W-what?”

[the-lark-ascending69]

I just got an idea for whump Ronance.

What if Robin and Nancy gets captured by Brenner?

Like, they end up becoming his new lab rats. Thry get tortured and abused just like El was.

What do you think?

(Also, what kind of powers do you think they would have respectively?)

Anon I am so sorry i wrote a long asf response to this and then it got deleted and I was so mad I didn't want to do it again but now I feel inspired and motivated to give it another try.

SO. Wonderful concept! I love it! Let me share my thoughts!!

So what I came up with is:

At age 15, they both get lost in the Upside Down. They only vaguely knew about the other's existance from school but when they found each other down there, they became inseparable. This is an AU in which Will never went missing. Anyway they're terrified and starving and exhausted but at least they have each other, and they hold hands almost the entire time because they both desperately need the comfort.

Eventually, they make it out on their own after finding a gate... and it's in the Hawkins Lab. They come out on the other end before the unbelieving eyes of dozens of scientists, who were convinced no one would survive a minute in there without the proper equipment. Yet these trembling, starving young girls covered in grit survived with only the clothes on their back for a week.

Brenner recognizes them immediately - Nancy and Robin, the two girls from the missing person posters circulating through town. Everyone already thinks they're dead. They made fake bodies of them, for Christ' sake, he's not letting this opportunity go, especially after the disappearance of his only remaining test subject, 011.

This will be a new experiment. A different one. They are given different numbers for ir - A01 for Nancy and A02 for Robin. They get that tattooed in their arms. The purpose of the experiment is to study the effects of short-term exposure to the Upside Down on humans of their height, s.ex, age, health status and weight. They call themselves doctors. They give them separate rooms and run a series of tests daily on them. They try to be subtle at first as to not scare them too much - they don't want another 011 - so they call them by their real names for a while. They ask questions about their lives before the Upside Down and reassure them this is meant to test radiation levels - a standard procedure, before they can return them to their parents.

They immediatelly call bullshit. Why can't they talk to their parents now? Why can't they see them through a glass, at least, or a camera, if radiation is what they're worried about? Why won't they tell them what that place was or why it led back to the Lab? Do their families know they're safe? What is going on? They ask so many questions about every procedure ran on them, resisting in more and more extreme ways until the scientists need to tie them down and drug them whenever they want to do anything.

Brenner notices similar brain activity in them to that of his old test subjects, and he suspects the Upside Down might have given them some kind of ability. He keeps them in the rainbow room, hoping each other's company will help them develop their powers, yet for a long time nothing comes. They can't move objects with their mind, or astral project, or open gates. Even despite everything they do to them. Despite every horrible procedure they perform on them. Drugs of all kinds, leaving them delirious and weak for days. Electrocompulsive therapy. Hypnosis. Pain tests. Sensory deprivation. Solitary confinement. Brenner wants to activate their powers in one way or another, desperate after losing subject 011.

(It's terrifying each time. Nancy is invaded by pure rage while Robin is paralyzed by fear. Whenever they take one for a procedure, the other waits impatiently for her return, fully concious of what they're doing to her - or so it seems. Nancy, at least, thinks she knows what they're doing to Robin. She thinks they do the same things they do to her - tie her to a chair, put an IV in her, maybe, or stick a needle into her neck. Brenner will do this while casually telling her she'll only feel a small pinch, before doing such a monstruosity to her that she'll be woken up by seizures at night. It takes Robin some time to tell Nancy the truth).

They seem completely useless for a long time, but that changes the moment they capture a russian agent.

He was a scientist, working from an unknown location beneath Hawkins, trying to get intel from the Lab when he was caught and tortured to extract information from him. Robin wasn't usually allowed to wander the halls alone, but someone left the door unlocked and she was curious, and soon she found herself in front of a closed door, hearing panting and ragged breathing after this man received the beating of his life. He was talking to himself - curses and meanderings about death and whether or not he'd see his family again. Robin, despite having never learned Russian, understood everything, and in a perfect accent she began to talk to him. She didn't know why - she didn't even realize they weren't speaking English. For a moment he thought he was being rescued, and he shared with her a lot of information.

Brenner caught her in the act and severaly punished her. Solitary confinement for one week. She would only see other people when they ran tests on her, and even then they wouldn't speak to her at all. He ended up not living up to his threat when, not two days after the event, he noticed her brain activity going wild. He has fascinated, and he asked her what had happened, if that russian spy gave her something like a drug. "Russian?" she asks, only then understanding what had happened.

They believe her powers are related to xenoglossy, the supernatural ability to know a language without having ever learned it. Something extremely useful in that specific historical context. She'd be an incredible spy, and oh, Brenner can't wait to experiment with this. They kill the spy after she tells them everything he told her.

They begin to give her a special treatment over Nancy - not exactly for the better. Brenner wants to understand this new ability, developed not in the womb like in other subjects but when subject A02 is a teenager, possibly caused by exposure to Upside Down radiation, though that's not confirmed. Maybe it had more to do with their experiments. He thinks he hit a dead end when it's revealed Robin already knew intermediate-to-advanced French, Spanish and Italian from before being captured - she'd be just a regular poltglot in that case, a prodigious one, right, but with nothing of interest for Brenner. But he quickly realizes this is not the case. Robin didn't know a word of Russian before, and he develops a hipothesis he'll spend the following year testing. He tries her ability with different languages, escaling on rarity, complexity and distance from English. From reading a single short text, Robin becomes profient in Finnish - a non-indoeuropean language Brenner doubts she's ever had any contact with. Proficient, but not fluent. It seems like she can very easily extract a language's grammar from a short sample text, applying it to terms she's familiar with, but she can't magically "guess" vocabulary of grammatical rules not present in the material she was given. For example, by reading a text in which all 15-16 grammatical cases of Finnish are present, she will be able to apply them to any noun in nominative case she knows, but she can't do it with nouns she doesn't know, and she can't use grammatical cases not present in the sample text given to her. She also can't guess spelling or pronunciation without both text and audio samples, and she can't speak in accents she hasn't heard (though she can easily switch accents in a way native speakers of the language can't, a skill that is curiously not translated (lol) into her native English). She learns faster with audio than with text, but even faster with a real-time conversation. Brenner brings a colleague who is fluent in Japanese to test her and he's amazed by how quick her progress is. His hipothesis, seemingly now proven, was that hers was an entirely mental skill, not a supernatural one, since she doesn't magically have access to languages she never had any contact with. This would make her ability not real xenoglossy.

A few more fun facts about her "power":

Her pre-existing skill with Spanish, French and Italian didn't improve until she was exposed to these languages again after being captured. She becomes incredibly skilled at solving puzzles and cracking codes. Brenner believes her power developed thanks to her intensive studies in languages through her childhood. Her brain activity is similar to that of non-native speakers of a language during the few first minutes of having contact with a new language, but in less than an hour, it will be the same as with native speakers. She's confused by some reconstructed languages, but not others (Proto-Indoeuropean was easy for her to learn, Proto-Uralic took her some time before learning more finno-ugric languages than just Finnish. If this were happening in the 2000s, when the Dené-Caucasian theory was already formalized, then Proto-Dené-Caucasian would have sounded like absolute gibberish to her).Some of Brenner's colleages hipothesize that her knowledge of living languages help inform her of the grammar and syntax of proto-languages in an extremely accurate way, to the point she subconciously knows when a reconstruction is wrong. This would make her an amazing paleolinguist. Brenner is less interested in the reconstruction of ancient turkic languages in Siberia and more interested her use as a spy and code-breaker - though it wouldn't have hurt him to take a second look at the idea of turkic languages, because that Russian agent, he was from a region of Russia called Tartary, and he spoke another language aside from Russian, the Tartar language, though he never got to speak it in Robin's presence. Brenner and his colleagues, not familiar with the vast diversity of languages on Earth, spend a long time working with an incorrect hypothesis because they couldn't notice Robin speaking Tartar to herself as a distinct language from all the others they were teaching her. A year and a a half passes before someone spent enough time listening to her to notice the difference. It's a discovery that shatters completely Brenner's first hypothesis on the absence of a supernatural element in Robin's ablity, and he's once again fascinated when he discovers it. His new hypothesis: Robin's power grants her access to a person's mind through speaking to them in a strange, confusing way, and he can't wait to destroy her, pick her brain apart and figure out how it works even if he kills her in the process.

In fact, he does. Literally. He does it over and over and over again, and Nancy has to watch it happen time and time again.

Because here's the thing: Robin wasn't the only one to develop powers, and in fact, she wasn't even the first one.

If you've heard of the videogame Life is Strange, anon, then you'll understand Nancy's power here: she can rewind time. Her power is pretty much the same as Max's in LiS - she can rewind time up to a certain point, though it causes a great mental strain, and eventually, she will discover she can time travel to specific points in time through photographs she's present in, as her younger self.

She discovers her powers the first time Robin is killed.

Misbehavior got her punished - solitary confinement after a long testing session. She had an overdose in her cell, and no one noticed in time. Nancy barely remembers what happened then, other than the horror she felt, before the events of the day flashed backwards before her eyes and she was brought back to Robin - warm, alive, breathing - in the rainbow room.

She begged her to do as they said, to behave, to not fight back. Robin is confused but Nancy is in tears and she agrees to do as she says.

This time, when she has an overdose, they treat her on time. She was in a comma for a week, but soon she was back on her feet and back in Nancy's arms.

It keeps happening - over and over again. The time she swallowed her own tongue during a seizure because Nancy didn't hold her right, and she had to try over four times (and watch her choke and die four times) before she got it right. The time she didn't die - but she lost her ability to speak after hours of electroculpulsive therapy, and she had her fake an illness so they would submit her to less aggressive procedures. It happened again when, after a similar trial, she forgot her own parents and thought the scientists were her parents. But she mostly just died. Over, and over, and over again. Mostly from overdose or brain damage during seizures, but one time, she was purposely asphixiated during a test. To this point Nancy still isn't sure what was it that they wanted to test with that. She suspects it was just torture for the sake of torture. To break her, somehow.

Nancy is terrified of long-term effects of all of this on Robin's health. She's scared the damage will cross the point of no return too early, to a point she can't go back to, a point in which she can't stop it. She can hold Robin's head during a seizure but she can't stop the seizures, and the lasting damage they leave.

Robin is aware of Nancy's powers. Nancy didn't even have to prove them to her - she believed her immediately whe she told her, and she trusts her judgment completely. If Nancy tells her it's better to do X, you can bet Robin will be doing X. Robin doesn't tell Nancy about her newfound ability immediately - she doesn't want her to worry about something she can do nothing about. But she does share it with her, after some time. She felt the need to explain to Nancy why the sudden interest on her. Nancy worries about her Robin so much, so so much, because she's just become Brenner's favorite new toy, and he'll do anything and everything to exploit her. She's in much more danger than Nancy is, and Nancy wishes she could take her place, make herself into Brenner's toy, draw attention away from Robin, but they both know the best they can do for their safety is to keep Nancy's invisible power secret. Nancy hates herself for not being able to take Robin's pain for her.

They escape one day. It's a complicated plan including short-distance time travel, manipulating russian spies through a stolen radio, several forms of treason and going out the same way they came in - through the portal. Nancy does her best to keep them safe with her power as they search for the other gate, the one they first crossed three years ago. And then, they're out. They're found unconcious on the side of the road.

They wake up a few days later in the hospital, surrounded by their families. Nancy's brother, Mike, has a new friend - a quiet girl with long brown hair and a 011 tattoed on her wrist, and she knows she needs to speak to her desperately, but she's exhausted, so for the time being, she'll sleep for some time, feeling almost at peace now, knowing Robin is safe and in the good hands of doctors.

[blowjob-horseguy]

One thing you should know about Dana scully is that she's a skeptic and a catholic and that doesn't seem antithetical when she does it and she went to medical school before pivoting her entire career and joining the fbi and she's fully concious and aware of her daddy issues and how they affect her and she suffers more than Jesus Christ and she WILL point her gun at you. And you will like it.

[jasminewalkerauthor]

Deep dives into folklore: Unicorns

The unicorn, a mythical creature of grace and beauty, has captured the human imagination for centuries. Its history is rich and varied, evolving through a tapestry of cultures, beliefs, and narratives. From its early appearances in ancient texts to its modern symbolism in popular culture, the unicorn has been a symbol of purity, grace, and mystery. This week we explore the fascinating evolution of the unicorn in literature and mythology, tracing its origins, transformations, and enduring appeal.

The unicorn's origins can be traced back to the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley, where seals and artifacts dating as far back as 2600 BC depict single-horned animals. These early representations might have been inspired by the oryx or the Indian rhinoceros, both of which are known to have single horns. The idea of a single-horned creature gradually permeated the mythologies of various cultures.

In ancient Greece and Rome, the unicorn began to take on more mystical attributes. It was mentioned in the writings of Herodotus, Ctesias, and Pliny the Elder, each contributing to the unicorn's lore. The Greeks believed that the unicorn was a symbol of purity and healing, while the Romans associated it with virtue and virginity. The unicorn's portrayal as a noble, elusive creature was cemented during this period.

The unicorn truly blossomed as a literary and mythological figure during the Middle Ages in Europe. It became a potent symbol of purity and spirituality, often associated with the Virgin Mary. The unicorn's symbolism in medieval Christianity was most famously depicted in the "Hunt of the Unicorn" tapestries, where it was seen as an allegory of Christ's passion and resurrection. Its horn was believed to possess miraculous healing properties.

The unicorn also appeared in various medieval bestiaries, compendiums of mythical creatures, each with its own symbolic meaning. These texts emphasized the idea that only a virgin could capture a unicorn, reinforcing the creature's association with purity and innocence.

During the Renaissance and Enlightenment periods, the unicorn's image shifted slightly. It was still seen as a symbol of purity but also began to represent the pursuit of the unattainable or the idea of an elusive truth. In literature, such as Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene," the unicorn often appeared as a powerful and enigmatic creature.

The Enlightenment, with its emphasis on reason and science, saw a decline in belief in mythical creatures, and the unicorn's presence in literature became less prominent. However, it didn't fade entirely from the human imagination.

In the 20th and 21st centuries, the unicorn experienced a resurgence in popular culture. It became a symbol of hope, magic, and uniqueness. Children's stories, cartoons, and fantasy literature introduced new interpretations of the unicorn. Today, unicorns are often portrayed as playful and colorful creatures, far removed from their more solemn and mysterious medieval counterparts.

However, in a somewhat unpredictable turn of events the unicorn has managed to transcend even its own concept, something that we have yet to witness with any other mystical creature. The unicorn is no longer just a fictional creature but an aesthetic. You won't hear of a 'dragon frappuccino' and you certainly will not find a creature with as much widespread popularity among the general public concious.

Moreover, the unicorn has made a significant comeback in the LGBTQ+ community, with the rainbow-colored unicorn serving as a symbol of diversity and inclusivity. This modern reinvention demonstrates how the unicorn has adapted to represent contemporary social values.

The unicorn's evolution in literature and mythology is a fascinating journey through time and culture. From its humble beginnings in ancient civilizations to its enduring symbolism of purity, the unicorn has adapted to reflect the values and beliefs of the societies in which it appeared. It has morphed from a mystical and spiritual being to a modern symbol of hope and diversity. The unicorn's enduring presence in our stories and imagination attests to its timeless allure and its ability to adapt to the changing needs and values of humanity. Whether as a symbol of faith, purity, or whimsy, the unicorn remains an enduring and enchanting figure in the tapestry of human creativity and mythology.

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[mossnrocksnmarshwater]

Okay you guys are allowed to tell me I'm wrong for this but I am going to tell you something that I think:

I don't think that we should be making Welcome Home Aus or like. theories. (looking at you MatPat)

I'm not against aus or fan theories: I actually really fucking love that stuff. However-- I hate it in this instance. Because Welcome Home hasn't even concluded chapter one, really. We Know Nothing. We know NOTHING.

I understand that like. aus and theories are going to persist; theories are part of interacting with continous media and such. HOWEVER. Please God Damn It Can We Fucking Realize That We Know Nothing. Stop making mafia aus! ! ! ! Jesus Christ we don't even know what is like. the themes. We don't even know what's coming. How can we in good concious make aus or theories that become excepted as fanon if not mistaken for canon?

Like. I'm so glad that Clown has recieved a lot of support for Welcome Home, but we've already seen that the boom was incredibly overwhelming and just. watching from the sidelines I'm a little confused about what there is to theorize or au? Like we have so little. Can we wait a little before we start saying what's going on with Wally Darling. Please.

[slylutfi]

okay more food for thought out of boredom that holds no actual truth value but its fun to imagine it does

its all connected

the demiurge, the gnostics, the sumerians, thoth, pole shifts, they all have the same conclusion to their stories and myths of ascending to some higher state, be it christ conciousness or something else, same concept, that the goal is to escape this reality, that its run by a malevolent concious agent or a deformity of sorts, that we are roughly given 13,000 years between each cycle to reach this ascension (younger dryas & pole shifts)

i might take all these wacky ideas and just write out a fictional story atp

[brightlotusmoon]

AGAIN WITH THE BREATHING. CONCIOUS BREATHING IS REALLY GROSS I WILL NEVER DO IT!!!

Jesus fucking Christ, I don't have fucking time for this. Breathing is free, it comes with your being alive. Go yell about it somewhere that's not my blog and stop being weird.

[viciouslyfilthy]

Joy and Prosperity.

((What started off as a small dash comm. ic as Sün turned into a whole ass mini OC interaction djdjd enjoy some new year angst (?) Writing with everyone's favourite old man group !! Happy New Year 🐀🐀))

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"It's my... hmm.. what a human would call birthday~ and I've been away far too long from my beloved, loyal guardians and defenders of my flock~" the Summer spirit cheerfully declared as he stomped into view.

The gang's all here! The other six sins sat by a long table, within what seemed to be a cave-like structure; it's 'walls' were littered with human skulls and overall remains, barely lit by torches some of Sün's cult members had set up.

Claude shifted nervously in his seat: they were deep within the Catacombs of Paris. He hated this place. It reeked of death and dread.

"Bring me a glass of water! Immédiatement! (Immediately!)" The aristocrat demanded as he looked over from his seat to where some members of the flock were located, hooded figures hidden within a tunnel entrance, watching from afar curiously.

"With all due respect, My Lord, if we want to get specific- this date of the year would be according to the Gregorian Calendar." Freddy spoke up, his emerald green eyes watching as a sheepish, hooded follower brought Claude his requested drink- which he pompously snatched away from the person's gentle grasp, causing them to flinch and quickly retreating back to where they belonged. Far from the table.

The personification of Wrath continued, "There are many, many different calendars depending on time periods, cultures- old and recent... that mark different dates of when the 'world' would have 'started', in a way. You understand." He said, before Eden quickly chipped in:

"Y-yes! He's right!"

"And even with our oldest recorded calendar... the mesolithic arrangement, dating all the way to back 8 thousand years Before Christ, as you'll know-" Freddy paused again, expecting Eden to continue- to which he wasted no time:

"The exact timing, date of the very 'beginning' of our life, more importantly- yours... fro-..from the moment you begun to breathe o-on this planet... to when you actually became self-aware and concious as an entity... remains to be unclear and unknown, eh.." the priest trailed off, resting both of his bony old hands over his belly, shyly smiling. Happy to share information alongside his best friend.

"Yes?" Sün simply asked, leaning over the table as two of his claws tapped on it's wooden surface.

The rat-priest awkwardly had a staring match with the deity, growing uncertain if he was meant to reply...

"Are you both quite done with your history lesson?" Sün asked once he was met with silence, his tone condescending. The air tensed up a little with this response.

"I've said this before, and I'll say it again: I do not care for date accuracies. What matters is the planet having successfully spun around, completing the three-hundred-sixty-five solar days. Another year... not in celebration of my birth, you fools. My aging is not as limited as a human or an animal, to be celebrated; another year in celebratrion of the very planet WE LIVE ON!" Sün suddenly screamed, his tone abruptly going from calm and collected- to absolute fury as he slammed a clenched, clawed fist down on the table and causing it to shake.

This caught off guard many of the sins- Claude choked on his drink, causing it to spill over his chest a little; Rotgut and Eden flinched back in their seat; Jeremiah simply lifted his head up from his palm and his gaze finally focusing on the angered God, and Willy practically fell out of his chair with a yelp and cowered in fear, pathetically hiding behind Eden's chair, shakingly clutching at his clothing.

Freddy was the only one that remained perfectly still and unphased by Sün's reaction, although he begun to sweat as he nervously looked down at his hands, worrying for his friend's safety.

Silence. Some cult members could be heard whispering amongst themselves.

"I keep this beauty alive. My heart makes it thrive with life. I want what my essence keeps alive to be cared for and praised. And I myself want to be given the respect and acknowledgement I deserve." He rambled as his heavy footsteps echoed, he circled around the table, observing each and every one of the sins.

Willy scrambled underneath the table, fearfully hugging Eden's legs as Sün's walking pace slowed as he approached the rat-priest, until he fully stopped right behind him. Eden didn't dare turn around, he was shaking with dread and fear. His rats within him squirmed and anxiously gnawed on his bones.

"And what do I get instead?" Sün asked condescendingly as a clawed, dark hand gently wrapped around the old priest's neck, "Disappointment. With useless information I have lived through." His warm grip quickly intensifying in heat and tightening around him. The poor man could feel his rats, his precious babies, squeak in fear and worming around his insides in an attempt to get away from the heat.

They would burst out of him. They didn't want to, but they would dig their way out in an instinctive attempt to escape the rising heat, just like that one old torture method...

Freddy's hands clutched together with anxiety, though he kept an emotionless face; Rotgut seemed to want to say something, but he felt... cowardice, he felt his words would hold no value even if he tried, Sün would just brush him aside, no...?

Finally, as if by miracle, liquid getting splashed on the cruel deity's hand caught his (and Eden's) attention; the heat quickly vanished and his grip softened.

Claude held his empty glass before the both of them, it dripped some droplets of water still; he was standing up from his chair.

"Suffit. (Enough.) " He mused, his tone flat and slightly bothered- as if he was watching some high school drama and was annoyed by it.

"Indeed. I think that would be enough for all of us." Freddy chimed in, suddenly grabbing the God's wretched hand and tearing it from his friend's neck with force as he, too, stood up from his chair. Now he did have an expression on his face: frustration, anger.

Eden gulped heavily, his rats still tense but slightly more relaxed; he stumbled his way up, avoiding Sün like the plague as he speed-walked to the other side of the table with Willy in tow, the wild fox-man absolutely terrified still- he couldn't even choke up one word, only heavy breathing.

"Unless you wish to start your new year by starting petty fights in front of your flock, when we're all supposed to bask in your glory, hm?" The scientist added, now using that same condescending tone.

"Wouldn't that be hypocritcal and embarassing, My Lord?" He practically hissed that title between gritted teeth as he stared daggers into Sün's glowing pupils, the ponytail holder beginning to make a sizzling sound before breaking and freeing the man's milky-white locks; his mane growing warm as the tips of his hair became almost flame-like.

"Drama de ano novo... de novo. Exatamente o que eu desejava. (new year drama... again. Just what I wished for.)" Jeremiah mumbled to himself quietly in a sarcastic tone as he rubbed his eyes with two fingers, tired of this already.

"... very well." Sün replied, his collected tone 'miraculously' returning- although he tore his hand away from Freddy's grip.

They both continued to silently stare at eachother for a moment, as if they were intensely fighting only with eachother's gaze. And just like that they parted ways, Freddy going over to be by his friend's side.

"I suppose it would be more of a waste of my valuable time..." the deity continued,

"Such a little thing such as a rat wouldn't be worth the punishment during such an important but short event... even if the year date of our universe never changes...ah, the 'canon', as the modern term puts it." Sün chuckled lightly at pronouncing that 'modern' word.

[runthepockets]

"Oh but even if you're one of the good men you still benefit from patriarchy and male privilege" yes sure I've never denied this but I think folks are starting to treat male privilege like it's a concious thing you can wield and not happenstance. Yeah you have cases of dudes who call their girlfriends psycho and crazy even though they were the ones making them that way but again that's a cherrypicked margin of men. Most of us are Tommy The Thrift Store Book Keeper meal prepping turkey sandwiches to save a couple bucks at a time a week. Like yes of course be wary of strange men and check for red flag patterns and behaviors in your male partners but I'm nowhere near the level of a blantant servant of the 1% / ruling class state which was built entirely to surpress and dispose of the lives of black and indigenous men and women by virtue of my identity, Jesus Fuckin Christ.

Saw some dude on IG say telling folks "not all men" is the same as saying "not all cops" and refered to the sentiment as "redpill/conservative talking points" and idk man I think we're losing the plot a little. You can choose to be a cop you can't choose to be a man first of all, unless you legit believe in the terf world from Manhunt where you think force feminization would fix everything wrong with society (it doesn't and won't), second of all I'm not sure why it's bad to say that not every guy is as bad is the cherrypicked douchebags at the bar? Like legit how is that downplaying women's issues or whatever the fuck. I just don't think generalizing entire populations of people on the actions of a few ever leads to anything good for anybody. It's also just kind of juvenile and lame, and third of all.....like. Idk man do you really think I'm on par with a blood thirsty white supremacist gang full of narcissists just because I have testicles? Be so fucking serious.

[abombihoney]

If I'm correct, the reason bugs can't fly anymore is less because they choose not to and more because of evolution/crystal mutations. That said, Omega being part of the reason can probably work: perhaps the bugs that could fly better/more were killed by it, leaving the ones less good at flying to propagate? As for Vi, I personally believe she can fly just as well as any other Bee. She just doesn't because she's lazy (and she flies short distances when carrying Kabbu because he's chubby).

mmmm yeah she is also lazy. but like, she also refused to fly for any reason, even though it would make their lives easier, until she was ordered to by the queen.

She also never flies higher than like, a foot off the ground, which again is most likely game mechanics. Which could also be she is carrying kabbu.

but yeah omega (if its that old) or previous ... versions? ancestors? just fucking, catching bugs out of the sky and thats why they dont fly no more is neat idea.

i do believe you are right tho. i think its stated in a lore book that they just stopped flying and then slowly devolved their wings. which is how it works really. it's likely more energy efficient to walk over fly. and evolution is about laziness lol. so they stop flying and then over time wing muscles become weaker and weaker over generations of not using them/not caring about them.

so now all they can do is like, move them a little, but not really fly.

[bbg100]

Some of y'all wanna hate travis mcelroy, not because of the valid reasons, but because he has a speech impediment and y'all haven't examined your ableism yet

[marvel-hip-hop-variants]

Monsters Unleashed #1 (2017) Joey Bada$$//B4.DA.$$

[esprit-de-kyung]

“Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.”‬‬

‭‭James‬ ‭4:17‬ ‭NLT