#David Branch

[illustratus]

By the Riverbank | Hermann David Salomon Corrodi

[reasonandfaithinharmony]

"David, who carries the trauma of an emotionally unavailable family and a string of bad relationships, is hesitant to reveal too much of himself, preferring to present a curated image. Reassuring her skittish son, Moira tells him, '[Patrick] sees you. For all that you are.' So when David needs to extend an olive branch to Patrick, the clearest way to tell his boyfriend how much he trusts him is to make a public spectacle of himself — to let himself be seen."

– TV Guide:  Schitt's Creek Captures the Unexpected Joy of Being Seen (June 22, 2020)

Schitt's Creek:  Town for Sale (1x13)  |  Sebastien Raine (3x10)  |  Dead Guy in Room 4 (4x01)  |  Open Mic (4x06)  |  The Barbecue (4x07)  |  The Olive Branch (4x09)

[slavicgerman]

[thunderstruck9]

David Hockney (British, 1937), My Window: No. 610, 23rd December 2010, 2010. iPad drawing in colours printed on archival paper, image: 44 x 33 cm. Numbered 228/250

[danddamage]

[moominpopzz]

Southern William Wisp and getting in an argument with someone else in PD and they huff and in a really annoyed tone go “Oh whatever. Get me my switch.” And his life absolutely flashes before his eyes before he realizes they mean a Nintendo switch

[theexodvs]

“Cult” (n.) and “cultic” (adj.)

There is great confusion when describing certain groups and movements as "cultic." Since the most famous examples of cultic groups and movements in living memory include the Manson Family, People’s Temple, the Branch Davidians and Heaven’s Gate, the popular conception of a cult has become a centralized group with one leader with a type-A personality. This is not how most cultic groups take shape.

"Cultic" and "centralized" are not synonyms. They are entirely different concepts, and whether one group or movement is one has no bearing whatsoever on whether it is the other.

The United Pentecostal Church International and Pentecostal Assemblies of the World are both cults. They are part of the Oneness Pentecostal movement*. Note, the UPCI and PAW are not in fellowship with each other and have no official relations. This is because this movement is decentralized, encompassing various different groups that are united in few if any ways besides (some) similar teachings. Whatever leadership and governance model they have, shared or contrasting, is secondary, because Oneness Pentecostalism as a set of doctrines is itself cultic, meaning any group that espouses it is a cult by definition.

Christian Identity is a more pronounced example of a cultic movement that is decentralized. It is a white supremacist group that teaches that white people are the descendants of the ancient Israelites, and that "gentiles" (people who aren't white) can never be saved. Its footprint is almost entirely made of websites, prison gangs, and local congregations, which are not in fellowship with each other or with any larger group. I would hope any decent person would be opposed to this movement and its teachings, but an attempt to treat "cultic" and "centralized" as synonyms might keep one from recognizing CI as something that should be avoided.

Other decentralized movements that are cultic include the Word of Faith movement, the Men's Right Movement, dispensationalism, neurodiversity, the Sovereign Citizens movement, BDSM, the New IFB, kinism, and the Black Hebrew Israelites. Every group that is part of these is a cult, thought they may not be in fellowship with other groups within the same movement.

*The Oneness Pentecostal movement is not representative of Pentecostalism as a whole. Most of the world's Pentecostals belong to the Assemblies of God which has taught the Trinity for its entire existence. Pentecostalism is not necessarily cultic. Oneness Pentecostalism is.

[lettherightrobin]

guns of the branch davidian cult

vhs, 1991

[charlesoberonn]

@nyehfully-yours please tell me which non-Jewish religion also celebrates Passover, the holiday about the foundation myth of the Jewish people.

[slimeandsadness]

I'm loving all this analysis so much and there just keep being more layers to it. I know this was an April Fools gag, but there was obvsiously so much thought put into it and I need them to do more things like this. I'm not even a horror person usually, but I'd love more weird indie horror like this, or even other genres/mediums. They both have a lot of passion and talent and I really want for them to be able to express it in interesting ways.

In a way, April Fools has given them the "excuse" to do that, but I want them to not have to be restricted by any kind of expectation. Do more weird indie fiction projects, D&P!

[surfingkaliyuga]

“Waco” David Palumbo 2018 Illustration for the April issue of Texas Monthly.

[ratuszarsenal]

honestly who among us hasn't pushed the boundaries of medical hazard for the sake of wearing a binder just a bit longer. like when you're running from redcoats through scottish deserts after escaping a slaver ship and you have this tory acquaintance with you and you're not sure how he would react to you having naturals all of a sudden. like you might as well keep it on right

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

[beetleviolet]

David from Love It Or List It sounds like Branch from Trolls.

(And all of David's lines are all something Branch would say)

[mean-scarlet-deceiver]

Very cool pics by David Christie from his visit to Clapham Transport Museum in 1968.

[ronnola]