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Aziraphale’s demon aspect

As voted by 246 people!

The winner is

Owl

with nearly 26% of the primary vote

many people added in their free form answers that they were imagining a barn owl specifically

Owl was the front runner the whole way through this survey, but most of the time by a very beatable margin. The 40 or so people who voted in the last night really tipped it over, it was a tight race! And the results are crazy split imo, a quarter of votes constitutes a win! I love the different opinions and ideas we all have so so much

Ram/sheep came in a hearty second with 16.5% of the vote

A very regal demon there.

After that it gets a little murky, so I’m going to share the second graph I made when is every animal that got more than 1% of the vote. So it’s the top six animals

Magpie and Lion holding strong! Then Moth and Goat looking very good

The second question let you vote for as many options as you thought were appropriate for Aziraphale! So, there were a lot more write-ins! It’s crazy!

I’m using google sheets so I can’t get it to show you every name, but the raw data will be in a read more so you can scroll through everyone’s beautiful imagination there

Again, Owl winds with a solid 20% of the vote. Ram/Sheep coming in with about 15%, followed by Moth, Magpie, Goat, Lion, then Tortoise.

Tortoise was 11th in the first round, tied with Snake (but pale), and managed to surprise me by coming through so strong in the second. Slow and steady, baby.

Nearly everyone who wrote in about Magpies told me that Magpies hoard stuff, so it’s nice to see the hive mind at work there!

Five people told me they were voting goat because of that one piece of art by @hollow-head that shows Aziraphale scaling a bookshelf like goats do cliffs. As an artist myself I found it legitimately moving that this one image had stayed with people so strongly. That’s just beautiful. Here’s an example of just one person’s comment

idk dude i just remember one person posted art of him scaling the bookstore shelves like those goats scale mountains and just eating his clothes while he reads it was so fuckin funny but anyway goat eyes are great or he could have lil stubby horns that r covered by his hair

One moth enthusiast took the time to give me a short essay on their choice of moth. I have included a portion of it, cos it was so great

So if I had to choose an insect, it would be a moth, preferably a Megalopygidae, also known as the Flannel Moth. They are fluffy, white-beige and look innocent and fluffy, but their larvae can cause painful inflammations. A poodle moth would also fit because it's almost pure white.

Here’s a flannel moth for everyone

and a poodle moth, which i honestly thought was a hoax but i looked into it just now and it seems legit? There’s not a tonne of proof, but the og pictures are from a scientists who stands by them, so like, wow

And then a DIFFERENT PERSON put this in;

the moth i had in mind is Acherontia atropos, in polish called Zmierzchnica trupia główka (meaning more or less "dusk death's head"). i have a whole symbolism planned out and stuff

Fucking, moth fandom come through!!

I’m vaguely scared of moths, fun fact. I don’t like the thick thunking sound they make when they hit stuff.

Here is the second round but with all the animals that got four or less votes removed for ease of viewing

the one segment there at 12 o’clock that google hasn’t labeled for me is Swan at 0.9%

I cannot believe I didn’t put swan in as an option, that’s all write-ins

So, to summarise, I suggest you take a lot of this with a grain of salt. It is not meant as an instruction to fandom or to railroad creativity. I have a narrow corner of the Good Omens fandom that I interact with, and while this quiz was up for a week I’m not sure it reached a great variety of people. About 250 folks filled it out, which was tonnes more than I expected and I love each and every one of you for filling it out!! But I have noticed that Owl was first on my list and in the free form answers the example prompt I gave included, “such as a breed of owl that specifically speaks to you,“ so I think it’s possible I did that unknowing bias thing that practiced survey folk know now to do. So, grain of salt.

I also think that if animals like Swan and Cat were in the list of options they’d’ve gotten more votes because the people who voted for those were coming up with it fresh themselves. I suspect people would’ve voted for them, but it just didn’t occur to them in the moment. In much the same way it didn’t occur to me in the moment I was writing this survey.

So people know, I got the ten or so animals that I put in the survey from searching the demon!aziraphale tag on tumblr, so it was all stuff that other people had come up with. I was trying to avoid my own bias, but i think in hindsight i could’ve done better!

Having said all that, this was all so much fun and the results are clear!!! Love a good owl!aziraphale

Imma continue to draw my boy as a ram, though. Cos this was all just for a laugh <3

numbers and a few more things under the cut

So some of these have half a vote ascribed to them. That’s for people who in their freeform answer said things like this;

ngl, that one post about him being a swan still makes me laugh

Mourning Dove. Though that Scallop answer was fucking brilliant

And I kinda made a judgement call that that wasn’t a vote, but it was kind of a vote. So I gave them half a point.

There were a few situations where people would write in a specific species. If I got more than one vote for the root animal I just grouped them together, but if it stayed the only vote then it kept the species. Cat got the most specific species mentioned, and in the second vote Bat had a few species mentioned (albino bat being my fave), but I ended up grouping them all just under Cat and Bat to give them a better chance of getting on the graph. There were probably a few other examples but I can’t think of them. The one exception to this is the person who wrote-in Duolingo Owl specifically. For that one I figured Owl is already pretty solid, and that’s just fucking funny, man

I was also pretty generous about some stuff. So, this person didn’t vote for Moose but they clearly regretted it so I added a vote for Moose in the second one where you could vote for multiples. They kept their Ram and Goat votes, of course, but I added Moose for them

I get very bastard energy from my demon az headcanons. Like f-ing shit up for a laugh more than anything, but otherwise indifferent. That's kinda why I like the ram/sheep/goat thing so much because it reminds me of indifference and random chaos. Or a moose. Shit, I should have written in moose

So yeah, it’s hardly a double blind study that’d stand up to any real criticism, but it was fun and I think the essence of it is fun!! Scroll through and have a read. Imma pull a few more of my fave write-ins and put them down the bottom cos it’s great. Esp the ones that only got one vote, the reasonings were stellar on some of those

Here is the first vote results, where everyone could only vote for one animal each

Owl 63 Ram/Sheep 40 Magpie 28 Lion 26 Moth 21 Goat 17 Swan 4 Eagle 4 Dove 4 Cat 4 Tortoise 3 Snake 3 Scallop 2 Rat 2 Rabbit 2 Mongoose 2 Badger 2 Shima Enaga 1 Shark 1 Porcupine 1 Orangutan 1 Mouse 1 Long Furby 1 Hippopotomaus 1 Goose 1 Duck 1 Dragon 1 Cow 1 Cereberus 1 Boar 1 Bee 1 Bat 1 Alpaca 1

Second Vote results, where everyone could vote for as many as they wanted

Owl1 82 Ram/Sheep 136 Moth 108.5 Magpie 98 Goat 96 Lion 72 Tortoise 61 Snake 37 Eagle 33 Cat 9.5 Swan 7.5 Lizard 4 Rabbit 4 Badger 3 Mongoose 2 Dove 2 Mouse 2 Squirrel 2 Bear 2 Raccoon 2 Capybara 2 Dragon 2 Bat 1 Long Furby 1 Rat 1 Boar 1 Goose 1 Peacock 1 Pangolin 1 Lindworm 1 Moose 1 Chinchilla 1 Duolingo Owl 1 Cackatoo 1 Crow 1 Cow 1 Alpaca 1 Dodo 1 Shark 1 Big Dog 1 Snow Leopard 1 Scallop 0.5

All voting was optional. To help explain how scallop lost 1.5 votes from first to second, I believe the people who voted for it in the first question just skipped the second cos they’d said their bit.

In terms of how many people engaged with the questions, Q1 had 245 answers and one skip. Q2 had 241 answers and 5 skips, and Q3 where I just let people talk at me if they wanted to had 84 answers and 162 skips.

So please enjoy my selection of free form answers. They all made me smile but putting all 84 in seems excessive to me, so I’ve chosen the ones that are either full blown mini essays or that make me laugh. It’s still a lot, this project brought me so much joy

Shima enaga - It's the hair man

Cow (aka golden calf)

Scallop. He is a snack.

Swan. Elegant but very capable of fscking you up. Mates for life.

basically anything that is both gentle in nature and fiercely loyal, territorial and protective (but prone to anxiety). Also hedonistic esp. with food. For all of these reasons, I think a dog would be the best choice.

Dragon with his hoard of books

it’s about the teeth. just too sharp and too many to be human. (comment from op here, this person voted for shark, just for context)

Turkish Angora cat. Magnificently fluffy, incredibly intelligent, love heights and will jump off crazy high things and land on your head, gloriously dignified until they see a string and run into a wall, love one or maybe two persons to distraction and want everyone else to fuck off, will drape themselves over their person’s shoulders and go to sleep, range from “will jump in the sea to hunt fish and has a murder pit full of seagulls they’ve massacred” to “will fall over at the sight of a baby bird”, very particular about food and will yell at you if you get it wrong. Also the breed that some asshole took three cats from and bred parent to child to make Persians. The cautionary tale has been acknowledged and we love our crazy smart, single braincelled children.

I usually imagine him as an owl because they are nocturnal (and we know that Aziraphale can easily stay awake the whole night reading). Also the image of an owl puffed up is kind of ridiculous and reminds me of him, of how an annoyed Aziraphale would look. However the options above have made me think that a lion would suit him very well, too. A lion or just a very BIG cat. I mean, he makes pleading eyes to get what he wants, likes to be confortable, is a bit of a bastard and often puts himself in awkward situations from which he needs to be rescued. He just... acts very cat-like in my opinion. Also owls and cats are both predators, but are usually imagined (or, at least cats are) as cute little creatures, just like Aziraphale is an Angel of the Lord (a Warrior, actually) but looks all soft and cute and huggable. I dunno. Maybe I just want to pet an Aziracat.

I love all the other people's thoughts about demon!Aziraphale, but what about the honey badger? I try to explain why I have it in mind for demon!azi: its name (I think it's funny, expecially in English because 'honey' can make you imagine it's something sweet (it is for me), while the 'bad' in badger can be an alarm bell (like 'be careful! It is not like it seems!')); its face (ok, who can say its face isn't cute? I think, and hope, nobody can, and like the name, it is a misunderstanding: as always, be careful, it's not like it seems!, I think demons can say something about demon!azi as like "you don't seem like a 'good' demon, you can't be, your face (animal and human) is too f-ing disgusting sweet to be a demon!", I think maybe even angel!crowley, at the beginning, can think something like this ("how in the world somebody so cute like you can be a demon?"), then he discovered how demon!azi can be a very talented demon sometimes, but in Crowley's mind azi is still his little cutie angry furry); its furry's colour (black=demon, white/grey/silver/idkitsname= color of demon!azi's wings, because even if he fell, I can't say no to his white wings 😭); it is a snake's predator (and in my mind angel!crowley is still a snake); its solitary life (demon!aziraphale is alone and he doesn't mind it, unless it's angel!crowley we're talking about, then our cute demon minds it); its behaviour (demon!azi, even if he's cute, can be a really very talented demon: honey badger is fearless and dangerous, it can fight bigger animals if there aren't other chances and it can't escape); its skin is very tough (except for a soft/safe spot, behind its neck if I remember well, that only angel!Crowley knows and sometimes he uses it to calm demon!azi down or make azi do some good deeds); its diet (it has a sweet-thooth, for honey in primis, but it can eat everything it wants... Doesn't it resemble demon!azi?); it's smart (search for Stoffle on your browser if you don't know)... Ok,I think I finish, sorry for the novel 😅

I tend to think of animals that meet three criteria: (1) they exemplify “faults” in his character exaggerated to “sins”—gluttony, greed/hoarding, sloth, (2) they are species that favor fawning or flight as a defense mechanism but can also be bold on occasion, and (3) blend very well or have a keen affinity with human society, specifically thriving in urban (i.e., city) environments. This is mostly because I can’t see “Aziraphale” in a reverse AU that doesn’t preserve some of his core traits as an angel (a little hedonistic, hoarding, anxious, etc.). So I like city-dwelling bastard animals with bonus points for relation to scripture, like a rock dove or a fox or an owl.

Owls aren't smart, and the pedant in me says not an owl. But, thinking on it, demon aspect, owls are perceived as smart, but designed as deadly silent predators, patient and solitary. So actually demon Aziraphale could take on more owlish aspects. I just like cockatoo better, since they are smart, and showy. Or a crow, although that does amusing things with Crowleys name.

god imagining him as a chimera is !!! (comment from op, there was this odd flurry of mythical animals being voted for one night. i think the survey hit a corner of fandom that leans that way. there was also dragon, another chimera, a griffon, and a lindworm all at the same rough time)

Magpies are great because they’re cute and fluff themselves up (go look at Sophie the magpie) and like hoarding their favorite things but also I’ve watched one just straight up kill another bird before because corvids are sneaky little bastards with no lack of a mean streak if they’re crossed

It’s the duolingo owl, I’m so sorry op but it just is. I genuinely don’t mean to clown on your post, but this take was delivered to me in a sleep induced haze and I believe it’s the god given truth. Demon Aziraphale WOULD try to make you learn a dead language and he’d go about it in a vaguely threatening way (comment from op, you’re so fucking right dude. also, shit like this is made for clowning, i’m with you 100%)

When choosing a demon aspect for a Aziraphale, I usually tried to keep in mind the artistic tradition of which animals are linked with demons. The Good Omens team seems to have drawn inspiration from that source because all the animals we do see are either reptilian or insectoid. Those species were often shown inhabiting hellish landscapes in Renaissance and Baroque paintings. However, Aziraphale never struck me as cold or slimy or hard like an exoskeleton. So if I had to choose an insect, it would be a moth, preferably a Megalopygidae, also known as the Flannel Moth. They are fluffy, white-beige and look innocent and fluffy, but their larvae can cause painful inflammations. A poodle moth would also fit because it's almost pure white.

Ok so the only reason I pick magpie is because those bastards are smart as hell but also know how and when to inconvenience the shit out of you, and if you gain their trust then they're absolute darlings but if they decide "nah, dont like ya" then you're basically done and you'll wake up every morning with shit on your car window. I also chose sheep/ram cuz I mean... idk it suits him. I don't remember my other choice but I'm sure I had a good reason.

I feel like a barn owl would suit him well but I'm not really sure why, I also think that a moth would suit him really well because of the whole "moth to a flame" thing and as a demon he would have gotten burned because of that attitude.

I write a reverse AU fic called Lambs to the Slaughter where Aziraphale's demonic aspect is an albino sheep! I imagine him as a mix between a wild Argali ram and the first woolly domestics. I chose an Argali because they're the largest species of wild sheep, but I wanted him to have traits of a domestic breed because he obtains his animal aspect from a sheep in Abel's flock which would be several generations down from the original wild species in Eden. I really think a sheep suits Aziraphale! They're an incredibly common animal and have been since they were first domesticated. Likewise, since the start of human history, Aziraphale has been living side-by-side with humans, providing for them, and protecting them. Due to how common they are, sheep are often unnoticed, which Aziraphale leans into. Crowley wants to stand out. He has a dedicated aesthetic and an obsession with human invention, where Aziraphale leans more towards simpler, known things and creature comforts. He fades into the background, and that suits him fine. He doesn't have to be outstanding to Heaven or to humans or even to Crowley -- it's enough to do his part, to trust in a bigger plan. People associate sheep (especially lambs) with innocence or ignorance which foils nicely to Crowley as the serpent tempting with knowledge, as well as with Aziraphale's own sharp mind and ongoing embers of faith in a system that is failing him, Crowley, and all of humanity. Sheep are, like Aziraphale, soft, cute, and hiding a hard-headed stubbornness and a surprising strength that makes them absolutely fearsome. Aziraphale is very much the sort to put his head down and push relentlessly forward regardless of the pressure and strain. Rams in particular have thick skulls to withstand the brutal force of headbutting one another in displays of dominance. While Aziraphale is clever, he's not above rolling up his sleeves and getting the job done, as messy and unpleasant as it might be (see: pulling a gun on the Antichrist). Also sheep are associated with Pan, a god associated with food, music, theatre, and the criticism thereof, which hit many of Aziraphale's personal interests and hobbies! I like the idea that in a reverse AU, the demon formerly named Aziraphale might be the original basis for Pan!

I wrote in Orangutan for the first question because if I remember correctly they are some of the most violent apes. Although I'd accept bonobo for him too. They fuck alll the time.

mothman aziraphale,,,,, thats it

Snowy owl, speremint's tortoise, and I just adore the goat.

moth - dusty and eats books

Long Furby the way Loni-Capri draws it.

I keep thinking about that Black Philip quote "doest thou wish to live deliciously" because... it fits so much with the general epicurean/hedonism vibe the Fandom has for him ... but in a demonic way and also I think a lot abt that art piece (already referenced many times probably but what the hell) of him climbing his own bookshelves, it's just so good!!

Albino Lion/white lion (matches his hair). I feel like maybe I should explain why I think Lion would fit him best, lol. Lions actually are rather sedate, inactive for 20 hours of the day (see: Aziraphale reading and unmoving- yes I pulled wiki for this to make sure I didn't spout anything terribly wrong, shhh) but also there's nomad lions. Lions that range widely and move around sporadically either alone or in pairs (*looks at Crowley after apoconope*) (pairs are more frequent among males who have been excluded from their birth pride) but also I think of lions as protectors, defenders, and what is Aziraphale if not that? If not an angel who fiercely protects humans, crowley, earth? (When he finally overcomes heaven and it's abuse) lions don't hunt unless they're hungry, don't attack unless they're defending. They've been known to sit directly next to jeeps full of people and just watch them, not attacking or being aggresive.

I saw art once (I have no idea who the artist is) of Demon!Aziraphale climbing his bookcases like a goat and absentmindedly chewing on his sweater while he reads. I felt like the goat aspect suited him perfectly.

Honestly I wrote Az with a rat aspect because, well, it fits who I see demon Az as. He's not super powerful but he is very consequential, like rats carrying plague fleas (this also describes how I see Az tempting). He tries to blend into a crowd, which is arguably one way rats survive, and can get himself into places/situations that should be impossible or super difficult. Like snakes, rats have been unfairly maligned by our culture for a long time, even though they are very social with their colonies, smart, affectionate, and generally good beans. Finally, male pet rats are known far and wide as the lazier of the sexes while the girls are super curious and adventurous.

Somehow his tartan pattern becomes either his colour scheme or his coat/feather pattern.

Eurasian eagle owl. A big, unapologetic grump of an owl that is soft as soft can be underneath. Possessor of the glare to end all glares to be used in such dire situations as being interrupted when reading or being told one has "had enough cake".

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TTDS: The Ring of Evil; Chapter 5

Torture Tower Doesn’t Sleep: The Ring of Evil infomine under the cut

Scene 1

Magion explains, as Gibbet listens (feeling as though this is not the first time she’s heard this), that he was born in Pharma, with his parents and his older sister. His dad ran a small company, and while they weren’t rich they didn’t want for much.

He learned a secret about his family two years ago, when he was fifteen years old. Their mother died (she’d been sick for a while so it wasn’t a surprise even though it hurt), and a week after her funeral he and his sister were called to their father’s room.

It turned out, they had different fathers. His sister’s father was from a previous marriage (their mother never gave the details on it to Magion’s father, though). Magion says that it wasn’t a huge deal to them—they were still siblings even if they had different fathers, and his sister apparently had suspected as much already.

Six months later, his sister suddenly vanished. The police couldn’t find her. One day, about six months later than that, Magion goes to find his sister, thinking perhaps she ran off to find her real father. And that is what he’s doing here—he’s in the middle of his journey. And he actually is not the leader of a company after all.

He then presents Gibbet with his bracelet—it’s the one from Gibbet’s dream. This triggers her memory, the one that she dreams about. The boy and the girl in the field of flowers with the bracelet. Magion often gave his sister presents when he was young. They were in that field of flowers when she got attacked by a large owl. The boy cried. There was a flash of light, and the owl was suddenly gone.

Gibbet is freaking out in an identity crisis over what she is and what she’s done (and why she hates humanity). She remembers.

She hated everything. She hated the town, she hated the filthy men who lived there, and her greedy father who sold her to them (This is vague but I suppose that means Magion’s father pushed her into prostitution for money). She hated Magion, who had no idea that’s what was happening. She hated all men, wishing she had a sister instead. And her name was Christabel.

She freaks out and catches Magion in a “witch spider”. Unlike the others though, instead of grabbing his arms and legs it grabs his head, plunging into his eyes and hoisting him into the air (basically, he’s dead). For the first time, Gibbet has killed someone directly.

Scene 2

Maiden doesn’t really want to fight Garnes. She feels he’s like her and her sisters, despite being human. Still, if it’s a fight he wants, it’s a fight he’ll get. He’s very good at fighting, incidentally, though it doesn’t last long (he’s still only human, after all, and he’s old).

He’s not afraid to die at all (he even chides her for thinking he might expect her to spare him). She then turns herself into her iron maiden form to execute him, sucking him inside. Strangely, though, it doesn’t kill him. Garnes communicates with her (as an inverse of when he was working on her earlier, he is projecting his thoughts to her rather than speaking out loud) and reveals that the mistake he wished to fix when making her was that she kills people immediately (thus not a torture device so much as an execution one). So he changed the spikes so that they won’t make fatal injuries (though you can obviously still die of blood loss).

He makes a utopia reference (“I suppose that Torcia Tower is a final utopia for you torture devices”), while also revealing that he didn’t care about stopping them or Beritoad—he just wanted to have a grand finale here, as the world is becoming one where torturers are unnecessary. Being killed by his own Iron Maiden is perfect for him (and Maiden doesn’t get it). They talk a bit more (him bringing up the idea that Hank is her adoptive father, and Garnes is her birth father), and then after suffering a bit longer he dies. It’s also worth noting that while the image depicts her holding Garnes, the text says that she stays in her Iron Maiden form to hold him inside her for a while (I know that’s worded badly but it’s better in context).

Scene 3

An unnamed “he” is in darkness (Benji). He thinks he’s dead. He doesn’t know what’s going on, but he can sense that it is a large black box. There is someone else in there—a boy that he recognizes (Amostia).

Benji asks Amostia what “he” (Romalius) is plotting, and he says that he is the weakest of the 72. He steals from those stronger than him. He stole pheromones that let him control snakes. He stole charisma that let him control an army. And other things besides, as he built up a good reputation for himself (the people he stole from—strong wraiths--are viewed as a threat by those that currently run the world). He also calls Romalius a cat? (from the viewpoint of the people who live in this world, I guess).

He says that the “cat” is currently trying to eat the “servant” and the “frog”. And also the “crow” that is between them. Then he will be the only “strong” person left in the world. At which point the “cat” will become a “lion” and eat the whole world.

Amostia is vague on how to stop Romalius, but suggests that Benji needs to open the iron trapdoor to release him.

Scene 4

When Benji wakes, he’s in a place he doesn’t recognize with a huge headache. Somewhere in Reverse Tower, at least. He’d been terribly injured on his head when Romalius struck him (he gets some of his blood on his hand), but it wasn’t fatal. He doesn’t remember it, but he must have escaped. There’s an awful rumbling above.

It’s the sound of battle above him. He finds a section of the ceiling that’s black, with a man-made hole inside it. Inside the hole is an iron panel, with a wooden platform right underneath it. He tries pushing on it, and the panel eventually opens when he pushes on it with the hand that has his blood on it. It slides to the side in reaction to his blood, leading up (this is the floor panel that leads up to the dining room in Torcia).

Before he can climb up, he’s startled by Johanson (the white wraith horse) poking its head in the hole. Rack is there too, and she’s amazed that the panel is open (humorously, she doesn’t remember Benji well).

Rack is distracted and pulls away from the hole. A light flashes, and then Raymond pokes his head down there. At Benji’s urging, Raymond and Tsukumo hop down after him. He reveals Romalius’ treachery and bids them follow him further down into Reverse Tower.

They can hear Rack screaming at them to wait as she chases them.

Scene 5

Romalius knows that as the weakest, it’s his fate to be weeded out. So, using his only natural power, he continued to steal from those stronger than him.

Wraiths can live a long time, but they can still die. Romalius realizes this when he becomes ill (this is blowback for continuing to steal power from his fellows). He has now become obsessed with averting his death.

He wants to take Amostia’s power. The armor before him has changed, taking on body heat and a pulse despite being inanimate (sort of like the torture devices). Amostia’s outer shell was revitalized by the blood of one of the architect’s descendants (Luna) being spilt on it. Amostia is just glaring at Romalius from behind.

He realizes that he needs the “body”, not just the outer shell and the spirit, to revive Amostia (to steal his power from him). Amostia says that it’s not here—it was taken elsewhere when this place was built. He says it was taken by “Clockworker”, who was apparently a torture device creator, but he doesn’t know where.

They’re interrupting by Raymond and the others. Raymond charges forward and points the tip of his sword at Romalius’ throat.

They talk a minute, and Romalius suggests that Raymond has no actual reason to defend humanity from wraiths as he does, given all he has suffered from them—really, he attacks wraiths due to instinct and fate.

He says that those who created this “era” have determined that wraiths should not exist in this new era (I don’t know if he means “era” as in period), and those who live in this “new era” can’t go against the instincts programmed into them by the creators—hence why humanity has sought to eradicate wraiths. Beritoad, Romalius, and Amostia are different—they’re remnants of the “old era”, and so don’t obey the will of the current era’s creators. As such the creators wish to eradicate them.

Raymond of course has no way to tell if he’s lying or not. But he doesn’t believe he’s been manipulated. He wants to save the world from Romalius. Romalius insists he’s just trying to survive. Even if he’s been accepted by humans, it’s by betraying and killing his own kind. He figures they’ll turn on him eventually. After they discuss it a bit more, Raymond disavows his connections to Romalius, and insists on battling him one on one.

Romalius wonders how Beritoad would react to his death—when Raymond says he’ll probably stay calm, Romalius comments that he doesn’t know anything. Then they begin their sword fight.

Scene 6

At some point Gibbet has run out of the tower. She can see that the lake beside it is almost empty of water (and gets all melodramatic and thinks that it’s similar to her own heart being empty like that). She’s not sad. Her memories just annoy her.

She sees Rabiah flying towards her—he takes one look and realizes what happened, lamenting that Beritoad’s lost a pawn (though it doesn’t really matter at this stage). The fighting in the tower is dying down, and all the suffering lives are being taken in by Beritoad.

He asks Gibbet what she wants to do, and she asks him to tell her everything he knows about her. He produces an octahedron amethyst, something he had stolen from Stolasphia. It was through this that he learned what life Gibbet had led and everything about her—it has her memories in it. He returns it to her—it floats into the air and scatters, and then Gibbet regains her memories.

Stolasphia was a middle-power wraith among the original 72, but she had the power to gather many familiars and also bind her opponents’ power. She built her own country using that power, enslaving humans and living in luxury. She lost everything when the humans revolted, though. Romalius joined the humans’ side, and took her power to gather so many familiars. She managed to escape by changing into an owl, and wandered the country that had once been hers for a very long time.

She wanted to regain her country, but needed a new power to do so. No one would help her (even her brother Rabiah), as all the other wraiths had scattered to their own ambitions. As they did, though, they were disappearing. Some were killed in battles with other wraiths, some were sealed by humans, and some killed themselves (? cursing their fates? idk). Eventually, you could count the remaining original wraiths on both hands.

Only two wraiths really had any influence with humanity anymore—Romalius, who allied with them, and Beritoad, who fought against them (and Rabiah was on Beritoad’s side). They fought, and Romalius’ side won. Beritoad fled to Torcia tower with most of his power gone. Stolasphia decides to take this opportunity to steal Beritoad’s power, while he’s weak—in particular, his ability to make gold from nothing, something that she would use to rebuild her power base again.

At this point, Beritoad already has torture devices in human forms protecting him, as a note.

She fought with Raymond before the tower. The battle was going in her favor—despite not being particularly strong, she still had experience over a young half-wraith. But her cockiness betrayed her, and she was blinded by his lightning strike (particularly devastating on her bird eyes). Raymond then stabbed her with his estoc.

Marshalling the last of her power, Stolasphia broke herself up into three owls. One of them flew to Torcia tower and sealed the entrance so that no one could leave or enter. The other one flew at Raymond, and using a similar magic it imprisoned him inside a gemstone. The last one was the one that carried Stolasphia’s consciousness. It needed to find a new being to reside in before it dissipated. And that person had to be a hereditary evil raiser (exact same concept as in Evillious).

She would have picked Hank, except he’d died a short time before. She flew south, and right before her time was up she found Christabel Blanken and possessed her. However, weak as she was she was partially subsumed by her own consciousness, which resulted in them fusing. And a new consciousness was born from both of them.

She had both her memories as Christabel and Stolasphia. On the surface, her life in Pharma was fortunate—but it was hell itself. Her stepfather and the men in town were vile, and the only reason she was able to withstand it for fifteen years was because half of her spirit was Stolasphia’s.

She’d known Magion’s father wasn’t hers much earlier, as her mother told her. Her real father was Hank Fieron. She resolved to go to Torcia Tower upon her mother’s death, to learn more about her real father, and Stolasphia, who had not given up on reviving herself, agreed. So she snuck away from home.

When she arrived at Torcia, she met Rabiah by the lake. He had evaded the seal on the tower Stolasphia had placed fifteen years ago. He told her to unseal the tower, promising to help steal Beritoad’s power when she did. She agreed and did so. When she unleashed the seal on the tower, it also released the seal on Raymond (which she didn’t see coming). Her weakness of spirit after having her power stolen kept her from remembering that Rabiah was on Beritoad’s side.

She was captured and tortured by Maiden and Rack the moment she entered. Not in body, but in mind. Drugs, electricity, sound waves, etc. After one month, they brought her before Beritoad, an empty shell. And Beritoad planted in her the memories/consciousness of the torture device “Gibbet”.

Back to Rabiah and Gibbet, they talk a little about what she’ll do now that she’s got her memories back (which all depends on which identity she’ll choose to be). She isn’t sure.

Scene 7

Beritoad and Isaac are at the top of the tower, Isaac approaching him with a knife in hand. Basically, Isaac is there because Pere Noel feels that Beritoad betrayed the organization (even though he wasn’t born then, he was brainwashed into carrying out their purpose). Isaac then cuts off his head.

Beritoad’s head is still alive. He says that Isaac took too long to get up here. Isaac stomps on his head until it’s just a mess of gross meat, but it’s too late. The frog isn’t Beritoad anymore. The tower is struck by lightning, which chars everything inside (and blows Isaac out) except for what was once the frog, now standing on two legs in human form with long red hair.

Beritoad has recovered his power.

Scene 8

Rack is going through Reverse Tower, having gotten lost inside. She can hear a ruckus going on beneath. When she finally reaches the fifth floor down, she sees Raymond with his estoc, having felled Romalius.

She’d fought with Raymond earlier using Josephine R (pulled along by Johanson and Robinson), and it was in the middle of the battle when the trap door had opened.

She goes to hide and watch what’s going on, and sees Amo there. He rushes over to meet her. She demands that he tell her her true identity as promised, and he points her to the armor. He says it was something that protected the both of them once, long ago. He says that she is the princess in the story he told her, and he is the servant. And that armor is their castle. Like in the story, they were once one.

Rack can hear a bell ringing, despite there being no bells in either tower. Amo tells her to become one with him again—to become their true form of Amostia.

Scene 9

Raymond’s not really celebrating his victory—he had no idea that Romalius was so weak, and wonders why he accepted the duel. He’s stabbed him through the chest already. But things aren’t over.

Benji and Tsukumo run to him, and they hear a sound that sounds like the tower itself is being destroyed above them. Benji points out that the armor that had been in the center of the floor is now gone, as well as the spirit boy. They decide to head upstairs and see what’s going on.

First though, Benji goes to Luna’s headless corpse. He wants to find the head, but they don’t have time. He picks up her body and goes to take her with them upstairs.

At the third floor they leave Reverse Tower the way Benji and Luna and Romalius originally came in. They’re quickly greeted by Luna’s two subordinates. Benji hands one Luna’s body and gives a brief explanation. The other one points out that Torcia Tower is a flaming pile of rubble.

Scene 10

Raymond climbs up the lake wall. The flaming pile of rubble has spread to the nearby forest and some of the nearby buildings of the town. According to one of Luna’s underlings, the tower was felled in a lightning strike, and a winged figure flew out of it. Raymond realizes that this means Beritoad has revived his power.

However, he wasn’t the only one who destroyed it—there was also an enormous wolf-like monster that came out, flattening the whole thing with its tail. The wolf can also breathe fire. Raymond figures this is Rack.

He suddenly sees Amo (to be clear—from now on when I say Amo I mean the spirit, and by “Amostia” I mean Rack’s transformed self—the narrative from Raymond’s perspective calls her Rack, but otherwise it calls her Amostia) before him, and demands to know what’s going on. He says it isn’t Rack, but Amostia, and explains the deal with him being the soul, them having a shell, and then Rack being the body. He says that Amostia’s body was transformed into the torture device Rack by a human magician (not sorcerer but more like sleight of hand magician). He’d thought that he could merge with her again, but she merged with the shell and started rampaging before he could join in the fusion.

He points out that Beritoad and Amostia are fighting right now, out of instinct (the instinct that beings of the new era must kill the original wraiths). Normally this wouldn’t affect Amostia, but Rack is now a being of the new era, as a result of her time as a torture device.

They banter a little about religion (the concept of a creator and god and whatnot as it relates to this instinct thing), and Amostia disappears suddenly. Raymond decides whatever’s going on he can’t just leave two wraiths to wreak havoc over everything. He dashes towards Lion City, using his special eyes that he inherited from Beritoad to help him see through the smoke of the fire.

Rack’s wolf form is roughly the same shape as it was a year ago, but now it has large wings, and its skin has durable scales on it. Beritoad also has wings. He and Amostia (who is talking with Rack’s voice) banter a little as they fight.

Raymond debates with himself over whether or not to join the fight or who he should target when he does (both of them are bad news). He then hears Tsukumo call to him from behind, and when he goes to her he sees Maiden in tow. Tsukumo brought her along, as Maiden wants Raymond’s help (and with her poor memory she doesn’t remember Maiden as a wraith). Maiden wants Raymond to help Rack (more specifically, to stop her rampage).

Scene 11

Amostia is winning the fight with Beritoad. Despite him striking her (or him—narrative openly questions which pronoun would be better considering Rack’s current state) multiple times with the lightning, it doesn’t seem to be dong much damage through the scales (the scales which represent the armor that was Amostia’s shell). Beritoad is also slowly accumulating burn damage.

Also, Maiden is able to stay in her current form because Beritoad’s power has returned, and thus just being near him is enough to keep her animate. Raymond briefly considers the notion that killing Beritoad will make Rack inanimate, but figures now that Rack is Amostia that wouldn’t work.

Beritoad’s wings burn, and he falls. He runs to where Raymond and the others are (apparently his all-seeing eyes are burned too, so he knows it’s Raymond through sensing it’s him rather than sight). He bids Raymond help him, pointing out that he doesn’t want the world destroyed (given that he needs humans to feed on them), whereas Amostia will burn everything in the world.

Maiden urges him to help. Not out of loyalty to Beritoad, but out of love and concern for her big sister. Tsukumo presses him to help, saying that she’ll assist too (which is particularly significant given that Hargain ingrained her with the mission to destroy wraiths). After a little bit of a crisis, Raymond decides to first stop the giant wolf burning the town down.

Scene 12

Raymond explains the whole thing about having Tsukumo enhance one’s powers to Beritoad, and hands him a bracelet. Beritoad makes it a gold chain and connects all three of them with it. Beritoad says that they can’t pierce the scales, so they need to shoot for the inside of Amostia’s mouth when it opens to spit fire.

Raymond figures he’ll defeat Beritoad after they handle Amostia.

Raymond and Beritoad both pour lightning power into Tsukumo through the chain. They time the attack just as Beritoad suggested, and then Tsukumo—despite struggling with the power output level a little—fires an enormous lightning sword. It strikes and seems to make Amostia stagger, but it isn’t enough. They try again (Tsukumo struggling but hanging in there), but Amostia’s jaw snaps shut so it can’t strike properly.

Then Gibbet uses her wires to pull Amostia’s jaw open. Maiden calls this “The Thread Gleipnir” (Or “Gleipnir’s Thread”? note—Gleipnir is the name of the bindings that hold down the wolf Fenrir in Norse mythology). Tsukumo aims the lightning sword again, but right before it can fire Maiden suddenly takes the blast into herself.

It fires Maiden (in iron maiden form, emitting light) clean into Amostia’s throat region (even through the scales). Amostia collapses. Beritoad figures out that Garnes must have made Maiden able to absorb and repurpose lightning energy specifically in preparation for Beritoad getting his power back.

Meanwhile, Tsukumo faints from the energy surge. There’s no way they’re gonna get another shot off, so all they can do is hope that the wound took care of Amostia.

#()torture tower doesn't sleep

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It’s a Crime

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Republican and conservative apologists for Trump have adopted a two-prong strategy in their efforts to defend the indefensible, i.e., Trump asking multiple foreign governments to investigate his chief political rival, Joe Biden. First, they are trying desperately to redirect attention away from Trump and onto Biden. Second, they are proclaiming that, regardless of whether what Trump did was proper, “there’s no crime here.”

SIDE NOTE: Trump apologists find themselves saying that a lot. For example:

On July 8, 2017, Donald Trump Jr. issued a formal statement insisting that his infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a Russian government lawyer was “primarily” about Russian adoptions.

Within 24 hours, Donald Jr. admitted that the statement was false, and that the meeting’s true purpose was to get dirt on Hillary Clinton for his father’s campaign.

Trump and his lawyers repeatedly denied that he’d had any advance knowledge of or anything to do with his son’s false statement.

On June 2, 2018, Trump’s lawyers admitted that Trump had actually dictated the statement himself, and lied to the public for nearly a year. They then argued that “misleading journalists is not a crime.”

This time, they’re wrong.

There is a crime here. Two, in fact (three if you count Trump’s efforts to conceal them as yet more obstruction of justice). They’re the very same crimes for which Special Counsel Robert Mueller originally declined to indict anyone due to lack of sufficient evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Since then, Trump and his surrogates have been falsely proclaiming that the Mueller report was “Total EXONERATION,” and that all of the allegations against him and his campaign were entirely false, fake news, a witch hunt, a conspiracy theory, and the like. Trump apparently believed his own press, and ignorantly thought the lack of indictments meant he was free to ask foreign governments to interfere in U.S. elections on his behalf with impunity. The law begs to differ, as the Mueller report itself confirms.

(Please feel free to reread the Mueller report for yourself, if your recollection needs refreshing.)

Collusion

Volume I of the Mueller report spelled out that there is no such thing as the crime of “collusion,” the term that Trump and his team kept tossing around until everyone else adopted it. The actual criminal act would be “conspiracy.” From page 2 of the report:

“In evaluating whether evidence about collective actions of multiple individuals constituted a crime, we applied the framework of conspiracy law, not the concept of ‘collusion.’ ...collusion is not a specific offense or theory of liability found in the United States Code, nor is it a term of art in federal criminal law. For these reasons, the Office’s focus in analyzing questions of joint criminal liability was on conspiracy as defined in federal law.”

The crime of “conspiracy” requires “coordination” between two or more parties. The Mueller report also explained the specific legal meaning of “coordination” in this criminal context. From page 2 again:

“We understood coordination to require an agreement--tacit or express--between the Trump campaign and the Russian government on election interference. This requires more than the two parties taking actions that were informed by or responsive to the others actions or interests. ”

The Mueller report detailed multiple instances in which the Russian government took actions that it knew would benefit the Trump campaign. It also detailed multiple instances in which the Trump campaign had knowledge of the Russian government’s activities and took steps to maximize the extent to which they would aid the campaign. Finally, it detailed numerous instances in which the Trump campaign was “receptive” to offers of assistance from the Russian government, and actively concealed those offers. From page 5:

“[T]he investigation established that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome, and that the Campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts.”

What was missing was evidence proving “coordination” beyond a reasonable doubt. The fact that Russia knew the Trump campaign would benefit from its actions didn’t prove that the Trump campaign had requested those actions. The fact that the Trump campaign knew that Russia was the source of stolen information and capitalized on its release also didn’t prove that the campaign had asked Russia to do it. And although the report confirmed that Russia did expressly make “offers of assistance to the Campaign,” none of those particular offers ever came to fruition. Some examples:

Dmitry Klokov is a communications director for a large Russian electricity company, who had previously worked for Russia’s energy minister and had contacts in the Russian government. In November of 2015, Klokov offered his assistance to the Trump campaign, specifically offering the campaign “political synergy” and “synergy on a government level” by setting up an informal meeting between Trump and Vladimir Putin himself. It never happened, because Michael Cohen erroneously thought Klokov was a former Olympic weightlifter of the same name so he never communicated the offer to anyone else on the campaign. (Pages 72-75.)

The Trump campaign spent months in 2016 trying “to arrange a meeting between the Campaign and the Russian government” regarding information “damaging to candidate Clinton.” But “No meeting took place.” (Pages 6 and 89-92.)

In the spring of 2016, a Russian named Henry Oknayansy a.k.a. Henry Greenberg contacted the Trump campaign and offered to sell “financial statements demonstrating Clinton’s involvement in money laundering.” The campaign declined to pay for it, however, and the purported documents never materialized. (Page 61.)

When the Trump campaign set up and attended meeting at Trump Tower with a Russian government lawyer on June 9, 2016, the campaign expected to receive “official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary.” But Russia provided no such information. (Pages 6 and 110-119.)

A Republican named Peter Smith spent almost a year leading up to the 2016 election trying to recover Hillary Clinton’s emails. He claimed to be working on behalf of the Trump campaign, and also claimed to be interacting with people “with ties and affiliations with Russia.” But Smith never received any emails, and moreover the Mueller investigation found no evidence to support Smith’s claims that he was actually in contact with Russian hackers. (Pages 62-64.)

Now, however, the Ignoramus-in-Chief has publicly solicited involvement in the 2020 election from multiple foreign governments. This is express evidence of “coordination,” the only piece Mueller was missing to prove a crime in connection with the 2016 election. And Trump just graciously supplied conclusive evidence of doing just that. If any foreign government takes action that could impact a U.S. election after Trump has requested it, that constitutes the “tacit” agreement that Mueller previously lacked--the final element of an illegal criminal conspiracy.

Knowledge

On June 9, 2016, Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort met with Russian representatives at Trump Tower, for the specific purpose of obtaining information from official Russian sources that they could use to help Trump’s presidential campaign and damage his opponent, Hillary Clinton. This violated federal campaign-finance law, because the campaign was expecting a “thing of value” from a foreign government. The reason Mueller did not charge them with any crime is that “the government would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that that the June 9 meeting participants had general knowledge that their conduct was unlawful.” From pages 187-188:

“The investigation has not developed evidence that the participants in the meeting were familiar with the foreign-contribution ban or the application of federal law to the relevant factual context. ... Additionally, in light of the unresolved legal questions about whether giving ‘documents and information’ of the sort offered here constitutes a campaign contribution, Trump Jr. could mount a factual defense that he did not believe his response to the offer and the June 9 meeting itself violated the law. Given his less direct involvement in arranging the June 9 meeting, Kushner could likely mount a similar defense. And, while Manafort is experienced with political campaigns, the Office has not developed evidence showing that he had relevant knowledge of these legal issues.”

In other words, Mueller concluded that the government could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they specifically knew trying to get dirt on a political opponent from a foreign government was a violation of federal election law. Unfortunately for Trump, that anticipated defense is no longer valid.

Back in June, after the release of the Mueller report, Trump crowed that he would absolutely accept damaging information on a political opponent from a foreign power in the future: “There’s nothing wrong with listening. It’s not an interference. They have information. I think I’d take it.” When reminded that FBI Director Christopher Wray told political campaigns to notify the FBI if a foreign entity contacted them, Trump insisted: “The FBI director is wrong.”

Both Democrats and Republicans roundly criticized Trump’s remarks. The very next day, in response, the chair of the Federal Elections Commission promulgated a formal statement “reiterating, emphatically, that foreign assistance is illegal in U.S. elections”:

“Let me make something 100% clear to the American public and anyone running for public office: It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a U.S. election. ... Anyone who solicits or accepts foreign assistance risks being on the wrong end of a federal investigation. Any political campaign that receives an offer of a prohibited donation from a foreign source should report that offer to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”

Trump can no longer claim he doesn’t know soliciting damaging information on a political opponent from a foreign government is illegal. Nevertheless, he has directly solicited damaging information on his political opponent, Joe Biden, from multiple foreign powers. He is therefore guilty of not only a criminal conspiracy against the United States but also a violation of federal election laws. Either of these alone constitutes “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors”--i.e., an impeachable offense.

Not that any of this matters, of course. Trump will never resign, as Nixon did; that would make him a “loser,” his deepest fear. House Democrats will surely impeach him, but just as surely Senate Republicans will (as usual) elevate party above country, disregard all of the evidence, attack the Democrats, scream about Obama and supposed “deep state” conspiracies, and ultimately refuse to vote in favor of a conviction. The End.

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1892: Ida B Wells and her Anti-lynching Campaign

39: The Fierce Ida B. Wells

Ida B. Wells-Barnett, 1862-1931, lead an extraordinary life. Born into slavery in Mississippi, she was three years old when slavery was abolished. Yellow fever struck her family when she was 14 years old. Both her parents and younger brother died. Wells took a teaching job in order to support and care for her remaining siblings and later moved everyone to Memphis, Tennessee.

In 1883, she was on a train from Memphis to Woodstock, TN, where she had a teaching job. She had paid for a first class ticket to avoid the rowdy and crowded second class cars. The conductor asked Wells to move to the second class car because of her race. She refused, insisting that she had fairly bought a first class ticket. She was forcibly removed from the train and even bit the conductor and tore part of her dress in the scuffle. (This was 72 years before Rosa Parks politely refused to sit at the back of the bus.) Refusing to be mistreated in such a manner, Wells sued the railroad company for damages. She won the first trial but it was overturned by the state supreme court in 1885.

In 1892, Wells had just started her journalism career in Memphis when three African-American men were brutally lynched in a neighborhood called The Curve just outside the city. It was a purely racially motivated attack designed to intimidate the African-American community. The root cause was that the African-American owned “People’s Grocery” was more successful than the white-owned grocery in the same neighborhood. Link to the full story listed below.

She decided to investigate the real reasons why African-Americans were being targeted and set up for lynching attacks. She wrote several newspaper articles and a pamphlet. The locals were outraged by this and burned down her printing office while she was away. Under constant threat of harm, she left Memphis to go to Chicago where she continued her national anti-lynching campaign even going to England to bring international attention to cause.

In Chicago she met and married William Barnett, a lawyer and newspaper owner. Wells choose to hyphenate her last name. The couple had four children and she continually balanced motherhood with her suffrage and civil rights activities. She said, “I honestly believe I am the only woman in the United States who ever traveled throughout the country with a nursing baby to make political speeches.” Baby Herman was with her in 1898 when she met with President McKinley and lobbied congress (unsuccessfully) for an anti-lynching law.

In 1913, Wells founded the Alpha Suffrage Club, one of the first suffrage organizations specifically for African-American women. She and 60 delegates from Illinois went to the 1913 suffrage parade in Washington D.C. They were told that African-American delegates had to march at the back of the parade so as not to offend the southern suffrage groups. She argued to march with the main Illinois group, “Either I go with you or not at all. I am not taking this stand because I personally wish for recognition. I am doing it for the future benefit of my whole race.” She was still told to march at the back of the parade. Wells appeared to comply but at the last minute she doubled back and joined the all white Illinois group with the support of her white co-suffragists, Belle Squires and Virginia Brooks.

Wells was a major suffrage leader among African American women but despite her education, fierceness, and qualifications, she faced racism from most of the prominent white leaders of both suffrage and temperance movements. Her militant and fiery temperament was necessary for her to be so courageous but it also worked against her. Even African American groups like the NAACP found her to be too radical to be an effective leader and often distanced themselves from her association. Leaders like W.E.B. Dubois felt that African Americans should be their best selves under Jim Crow Laws to show their dignity and peacefully win public support; Wells argued that there shouldn’t be Jim Crow laws at all and wanted people to push back against discrimination. Wells was put so far off to the side that she was not even mentioned in the NAACP article published in 1912 about the people who had led the campaigns against lynchings.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett deserves more recognition than she has had. It’s easy to take her often inflammatory quotes out of context or be put off by her intense nature. She was willing to make a scene in public to stand up for racial equality. She would not go to the back of the parade, nor the second-class car. She called attention to the inhumane horror of lynching and made it real to general public by showing graphic pictures of the mutilated bodies. She was fighting for her people and for women’s rights despite the personal risks of being an outspoken African-American woman.

Many times it takes uncompromising radicals to call attention to issues even if it’s the more moderates who eventually find a way to make the changes happen.

This week’s song pick:

“Strange Fruit” sung by Jill Scott (Intro by Morgan Freeman) https://youtu.be/OkXAxpzE6Gk

#FightForThe19th #SuffragetteCity100

Episode 39 Sources:

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/ida-b-wells-barnett

https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/ida-b-wells-and-anti-lynching-activism/sources/1113

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/against-all-odds-65322127/

Detailed account of the Curve lynching incident:

https://blogs.memphis.edu/benhooksinstitute/2015/09/30/memphis-and-the-lynching-at-the-curve/

Lynchings were not limited to African-Americans. Italians were the second most common target.

http://www.iaovc.org/lynching-of-italians/

#idabwells #ida b. wells #anti-lynching #lynching #civil Rights #the Curve #women journalists #african-american history #black History #Rosa Parks #1913 Suffrage #suffrage #suffragist #suffragette #19th amendment

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I keep wondering if any poor soul at the docks witnessed Kaz meeting Inej’s parents and tried to tell people he had seen the bastard of the barrel desperately fixing his tie, gloveless, as he almost lost it over meeting The Wraith’s parents, like imagine trying to get someone to believe in THAT

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Six of Crows as John Mulaney Quotes - Part 2

You know the drill, attention to Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom spoilers!

The crows invading the Ice Court:

Kaz when he came to Ketterdam:

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Sometimes in the quiet of the night I remember the time in 2019 that a Brazilian mayor, named Marcelo crivella, from Rio De Janeiro, attempted to ban marvel’s “Children’s crusade” because of the kiss scene between billy and teddy, claiming it was sexual content and shouldn’t be available for kids. For context, this is the scene that made the dude freak out:

He insisted the book should be inside a black plastic bag with a warning for inadequate content to protect children. The book was being sold on the Book Biennal, one of the most important events for literature in Brazil. The organization of the Biennal refused to censor the copies of Children’s crusade. Because of the whole confusion, all the copies of this comic were sold out in 35 minutes as a protest to Crivella.

He then ordered that his employees went to the book fair, fiscalized the books being sold there and removed those that were considered “inadequate”. They found nothing that wasn’t according to the law. Then, Justice had to get involved and state the obvious: the government has no right to “arrest” books.

As a result of the controversy, many libraries and book publishers came forward to oppose the mayor’s posture and one of the country’s most famous newspapers put Billy and Teddy on the cover of their edition to discuss the issue:

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Me at every Sara and Felice scene:

Sorry I don’t make the rules

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I think we as a society don’t talk enough about how Vision is incapable of producing a single straight child:

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Parenting & Pornography Report - Netsafe: Online safety for New Zealand

This report presents findings from a bigger quantitative study about parenting, digital technologies and online threats. It concentrates on moms and dads and caregivers 'awareness and mindsets concerning their child's direct exposure to sexually specific material online. The study was carried out in New Zealand based on a nationally representative sample.

Summary of findings

Parents' main online concerns are their kids sharing nudes of themselves, being dealt with in a painful way, and seeing sexually explicit material.

1 in 5 parents stated their kids were exposed to sexually specific content online in the previous year.

Parents reported children's exposure to raunchy content increased with age; and direct exposure to raunchy material was more common amongst young boys.

The main factors moms and dads provided for their kid's exposure to this content were: it turned up on the screen/device, interest, and unexpected gain access to.

39% of parents said they remained calm after discovering their kids were exposed to sexually specific material while 22% were mad, and 10% disregarded the circumstance.

Many parents believe they understand what to do and say if their kids gain access to or are exposed to sexually specific content.

After a scenario took place, the majority of moms and dads (72%) talked with their children about raunchy material on the internet.

Many moms and dads are confident talking with their children about porn, while 2 in 10 feel ashamed. Over half said they go over sex education and sexuality with their kids, while 3 in 10 do not.

Half of moms and dads know where to access information and resources about kids and pornography, while 4 in 10 do not.

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reedreadsgreek · 6 years

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Matthew 26:69-75

69 Ὁ δὲ Πέτρος ἐκάθητο ἔξω ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ· καὶ προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ μία παιδίσκη λέγουσα, Καὶ σὺ ἦσθα μετὰ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Γαλιλαίου. 70 ὁ δὲ ἠρνήσατο ἔμπροσθεν πάντων λέγων, Οὐκ οἶδα τί λέγεις. 71 ἐξελθόντα δὲ εἰς τὸν πυλῶνα εἶδεν αὐτὸν ἄλλη καὶ λέγει τοῖς ἐκεῖ, Οὗτος ἦν μετὰ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναζωραίου. 72 καὶ πάλιν ἠρνήσατο μετὰ ὅρκου ὅτι Οὐκ οἶδα τὸν ἄνθρωπον. 73 μετὰ μικρὸν δὲ προσελθόντες οἱ ἑστῶτες εἶπον τῷ Πέτρῳ, Ἀληθῶς καὶ σὺ ἐξ αὐτῶν εἶ, καὶ γὰρ ἡ λαλιά σου δῆλόν σε ποιεῖ. 74 τότε ἤρξατο καταθεματίζειν καὶ ὀμνύειν ὅτι Οὐκ οἶδα τὸν ἄνθρωπον. καὶ εὐθέως ἀλέκτωρ ἐφώνησεν. 75 καὶ ἐμνήσθη ὁ Πέτρος τοῦ ῥήματος Ἰησοῦ εἰρηκότος ὅτι Πρὶν ἀλέκτορα φωνῆσαι τρὶς ἀπαρνήσῃ με· καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἔξω ἔκλαυσεν πικρῶς.

My translation:

69 And Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. And one of the servant girls approached him, saying, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.” 70 But he denied it in front of everyone, saying, “I don’t know what you’re saying.” 71 And after he went out into the gateway, another saw him and says to the ones there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene.” 72 And again he denied it with an oath, saying, “I don’t know the man.” 73 After a little while the ones standing there approached and said to Peter, “Truly you also are one of them, for your manner of speech makes you evident.” 74 Then he began to curse and swear, “I don’t know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed. 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, having said, “Before a rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

The last use of ἐκάθητο in verse 58 was, from context, inceptive: Peter began to sit. Now, in verse 69, it is progressive: Peter is continuing to sit.

EGGNT notes that the perfect participle εἰρηκότος (v. 75) takes on a pluperfect tense, since it is dependent on the aorist verb ἐμνήσθη. But I don’t think this affects the English translation, “having said”, unless you translate it like a relative clause, “the word that Jesus had said.”

#Matthew #Matthew 26 #Peter

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justsuchatime · 7 years

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Listen for Your Rooster

In my Bible study this week, one of the things we covered was Peter’s denial of knowing Jesus. For context, let’s look at the verses* that made me start thinking:

John 18:26-27 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Did I not see you in the garden with him?” Peter again denied it, and at once a rooster crowed.

Mark 14:70-72 But again [Peter] denied it. And after a little while the bystanders again said to Peter, “Certainly you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.” But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak.” And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” And he broke down and wept.

Matthew 26:73-75 After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of them, for your accent betrays you.” Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

Luke 22:59-62 And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted, saying, “Certainly this man also was with him, for he too is a Galilean.” But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

(Emphasis through bold text is mine)

How much shame do you think Peter felt in that moment to start crying like that? How much guilt? Two of the gospels use “wept bitterly” to describe Peter’s immediate reaction to his realization that he had denied knowing Christ. Other translations from the Matthew and Luke passages use “cried bitterly” and “cried painfully” (the verb form is changed on occasion, but the verb-adverb combination stays the same). The Message translation describes it this way: “[Peter] went out and cried and cried and cried.” The Voice translation of Luke’s account reads as follows: “so [Peter] left the courtyard and wept bitter tears.”

Personally, I like Luke’s account of this moment the best because it has the kind of details that I like to read. I like knowing how long Peter sat around that fire, how Peter was practically interrupted by the rooster, how the Lord turns and looks at Peter in a gesture that would have felt like an “I told you so” but was full of nothing but love. And, most of all, I like hearing how Peter is so distraught by his failures that he can do nothing but weep bitterly.

I like to imagine that Jesus turned and looked at Peter when He heard the rooster, causing Peter to look away in shame. I’d like to imagine that that awful heaviness sank into Peter’s chest as he stumbled away from the courtyard and that he started running to get away from it as so many people do with guilt. Maybe he tripped on something in the low light, a physical fall to correspond with the failure. Perhaps then is when he begins to weep, too overcome with shame to even consider getting up. Peter, a grown man who pays taxes to the Temple and to Caeser and who fishes for a living to support his family, cannot find it in himself to get up from the path and stop crying. And maybe that’s just speculation, but it’s how I would respond.

We are human just like Peter, and this helps us grasp how real he was. People don’t just cry over nothing; there is motivation behind each and every tear that falls. And, in this moment, let’s not forget that Jesus came to us as a human, too: Jesus Himself wept over Lazarus, and Peter weeps over guilt in this passage.

I’ve wept like that before. I’ve cried bitterly, disgusted with my own self. One verse that is particularly convicting to me is Ezekiel 6:8-9 “Yet I will leave some of you [the House of Israel] alive. When you have among the nations some who escape the sword, and when you are scattered through the countries, then those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken over their whoring heart that has departed from me and over their eyes that go whoring after their idols. And they will be loathsome in their own sight for the evils that they have committed, for all their abominations” (emphasis is mine).

I think for as much grief as we give Peter, we should also take a hard look at ourselves and confess our guilt. Just as the rooster reminded Peter, may we be reminded by the Holy Spirit. Amen.

*All verses quoted in this post are from the ESV unless otherwise specified.

#Peter #Bible study #rooster #john #john 18 #john 18:26-27 #mark #mark 14 #mark 14:70-72 #matthew #matthew 26 #matthew 26:73-75 #luke #luke 22 #luke 22:59-62 #Christianity #Jesus

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witch-cub-blog · 7 years

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105 Witchcraft Asks

1. Are you solitary or in a coven? Solitary! 2. Do you consider yourself Wiccan, Pagan, witch, or other? I don't know at this point... But I don't follow the Wiccan religion, I can tell you that much. 3. What is your zodiac sign? Leo Rising and Taurus Moon! 4. Do you have a Patron God/dess? Nah. 5. Do you work with a Pantheon? Nah. Used to, though! 6. Do you use tarot, palmistry, or any other kind of divination? Yes, I do! I use tarot cards, palmistry, pendulum divination, and Futhark runes! I also use coin divination, though I want to get into scrying. 7. What are some of your favorite herbs to use in your practice? (if any) Rosemary, sage, and bay leaves! 8. How would you define your craft? Messy? Haha. All over the place. 9. Do you curse? If not, do you accept others who do? Oh, yes I do. Names are power, and if you've pissed me off, you better hope I don't know yours. 10. How long have you been practicing? 13 months and 11 days! 11. Do you currently or have you ever had any familiars? Yes! I used to have a crow familiar, but he's since moved on, I think. Right now, I kind of consider a stuffed dragon of mine I enchanted my familiar. 12. Do you believe in Karma or Reincarnation? Reincarnation? Yes. Karma? /shrugs/ 13. Do you have a magical name? I don't know what that is, so I'm going to go with nah. 14. Are you “out of the broom closet”? To all family members and close friends. 15. What was the last spell you performed? I enchanted a plush to give to my mother for Valentine's Day! 16. Would you consider yourself knowledgeable? Not at all haha 17. Do you write your own spells? I do! Most of the spells I do are of my own creation, actually. Normally on the spot. 18. Do you have a book of shadows? If so, how is it written and/or set up? I call it my grimoire, and its a tag on my blog. 19. Do you worship nature? Worship? No. Honor? Yes. 20. What is your favorite gemstone? Rose quartz! 21. Do you use feathers, claws, fur, pelt, skeletons/bones, or any other animal body part for magical work? Not yet, but I want to so bad... 22. Do you have an altar? Yes! It's my favorite part of the bedroom. 23. What is your preferred element? Fire, but only because I'm a Leo and I'm biased. 24. Do you consider yourself an Alchemist? Nah. 25. Are you any other type of magical practitioner besides a witch? Not yet, though that might change if I research into it more. 26. What got you interested in witchcraft? It's kind of hereditary, actually? My step mom was a witch and she introduced it to me, and my eldest sister was a Wiccan. 27. Have you ever performed a spell or ritual with the company of anyone who was not a witch? Yes! I've made a charm for my sister while she was with me. (Not the Wiccan one.) 28. Have you ever used ouija? No, but I'd like to! 29. Do you consider yourself a psychic? I don't think my psychic skills are honed enough to give myself such a title, but I do have skills. 30. Do you have a spirit guide? If so, what is it? Everyone has one, but I don't know who or what they are yet. 31. What is something you wish someone had told you when you first started? "You don't have to rush into it." 32. Do you celebrate the Sabbats? If so which one is your favorite? Kind of? I acknowledge them and bake to celebrate, but I don't know enough yet to actually properly celebrate them. 33. Would you ever teach witchcraft to your children? If they asked me to, yes! But I wouldn't hide it from them, if that's what you mean. 34. Do you meditate? All the time. 35. What is your favorite season? Autumn or Spring! 36. What is your favorite type of magick to preform? Charms and enchantments! 37. How do you incorporate your spirituality into your daily life? I carry charms with me, pray at every oppurtunity, throw up wards and cleanse myself nearly anytime I feel I need to. 38. What is your favorite witchy movie? The Witches of Eastwick 39. What is your favorite witchy book, both fiction and non-fiction. Why? I don't think I have one? Every witchy fiction book I've read is super gimmicky and I haven't read a non-fiction one. 40. What is the first spell you ever preformed? Successful or not. I cleansed my room with essential oils and cleared out the bad energy! It was successful. 41. What’s the craziest witchcraft-related thing that’s happened to you? A spirit impersonated the gods I worshipped at the time. 42. What is your favourite type of candle to use? Plain white pillar candles! 43. What is your favorite witchy tool? My deck of tarot cards that I made <3 44. Do you or have you ever made your own witchy tools? ^^^ Also runes. 45. Have you ever worked with any magical creatures such as the fea or spirits? Spirits, yes! 46. Do you practice color magic? Trying to incorporate it into my practice, yes. 47. Do you or have you ever had a witchy teacher or mentor of any kind? Not really? I'm self-taught. 48. What is your preferred way of shopping for witchcraft supplies? Going to Dollar Tree, Walmart, thrift stores. Amazon is nice, too. 49. Do you believe in predestination or fate? Mmhm! 50. What do you do to reconnect when you are feeling out of touch with your practice? I just roll my sleeves up, blow the metaphorical dust off of my energetic center, and do a simple, low-spoons spell! Or I meditate and try to manipulate the energy of something around me or myself to keep those muscles strong. 51. Have you ever had any supernatural experiences? Mmhm! 52. What is your biggest witchy pet peeve? Gatekeeping witches or spirit workers. Pretentious people in general. Thinking witchcraft is a closed off, exclusive club. 53. Do you like incense? If so what’s your favorite scent? Haven't used it yet, but I'd like to! 54. Do you keep a dream journal of any kind? Mmhm! 55. What has been your biggest witchcraft disaster? Trying to conjure spirits on my own. Without wards. 56. What has been your biggest witchcraft success? Breeching my own expectations. 57. What in your practice do you do that you may feel silly or embarrassed about? Well, if you were to walk into my room, you would see dried candle wax. Ev. ery. Wh. Ere. Plus, how passionate I am about it. 58. Do you believe that you can be an atheist, Christian, Muslim or some other faith and still be a witch too? DUH! It's not an exclusive club! 59. Do you ever feel insecure, unsure or even scared of spell work? Oh yeah. It's to be feared and respected. 60. Do you ever hold yourself to a standard in your witchcraft that you feel you may never obtain? Nah. I am myself, and I am capable of anything I set my mind to. 61. What is something witch related that you want right now? The Wild Unknown tarot deck, more crystals, more altar decorations-- Lots of stuff. Also a faery garden! 62. What is your rune of choice? /clutches self-made bag of runes to my chest/ Don't make me choose. 63. What is your tarot card of choice? Death! Bet you saw that one coming. 64. Do you use essential oils? If so what is your favorite? Yes! I really love Mint. I love Mint everything. Or Patchouli! 65. Have you ever taken any kind of witchcraft or pagan courses? Nah. 66. Do you wear pagan jewelry in public? Used to! 67. Have you ever been discriminated against because of your faith or being a witch? Nah. 68. Do you read or subscribe to any pagan magazines? Nah, but I'd like to. 69. Do you think it’s important to know the history of paganism and witchcraft? Of course! Historical context is super important. 70. What are your favorite things about being a witch? The idea that I am not like everyone else, that I have a deeper understanding of the world around me. That I am capable of amazing things, things even the most intelligent mundane could never understand. 71. What are your least favorite things about being a witch? How expensive it can be :'( 72. Do you listen to any pagan music? If so who is your favorite singer/band? THERE IS PAGAN MUSIC. WHAT. SOMEONE GIVE ME RECCOMENDATIONS SCREAMS 73. Do you celebrate the Esbbats? If so, how? No? Those are a thing? Jeez I need to do more research. 74. Do you ever work skyclad? ???? No? What is that??? 75. Do you think witchcraft has improved your life? If so, how? Mmhm! I think it's helped me grow and better myself. It's helping to pull me out of my depression because I have something to do that's constructive! Plus, it just makes my house feel so much nicer. 76. Where do you draw inspiration from for your practice? Other witches here on Tumblr! :3c 77. Do you believe in ‘fantasy’ creatures? (Unicorns, fairies, elves, gnomes, ghosts, etc) Of course! 78. What’s your favorite sigil/symbol? Everytime I make a new one, I'm temporarily in love with it lmao 79. Do you use blood magick in your practice? Why or why not? No, but I want to try it one day! I think it would add a personal connection and increase the power of the spell, since we witches are such powerhouses. 80. Could you ever be in a relationship with someone who doesn’t support your practice? Oh, hell no. If you don't accept me for everything I am, you don't deserve me. /flips hair/ 81. In what area or subject would you most like your craft to grow? I want to be a better Death witch... :'( I want to be more involved in mortality and visit graveyards and take care of bones and hides and not just twiddle my thumbs and dream about it. 82. What’s your favorite candle scent? Do you use it in your practice? Pumpkin spice! No, not really. 83. Do you have a pre-ritual ritual? (I.e. Something you do before rituals to prepare yourself for them). If so what is it? Set up wards, cleanse myself and my space, and light some candles. 84. What real life witch most inspires your practice? All of you lovely witches on Tumblr! 85. What is your favorite method of communicating with deity? Divination! I like getting clear answers :/ 86. How do you like to organize all your witchy items and ingredients? I wish I organized them better tbh. I just keep it all on my altar, though I'm working on getting a spice rack or something. 87. Do you have any witches in your family that you know of? My old step mom and my eldest sister. 88. How have you created your path? What is unique about it? Trial and error, trying new things and applying what I liked. I think it's unique because I made it, really. I can only feel the way about it that I do, I can only do it exactly like I do. It's unique to me. 89. Do you feel you have any natural gifts or affinities (premonitions, hearing spirits, etc.) that led you toward the craft? If so what are they? I've always been sensitive to spirits and extremely empathetic. 90. Do you believe you can initiate yourself or do you have to be initiated by another witch or coven? You can initiate yourself. Don't be pretentious, guys. 91. When you first started out in your path what was the first thing or things you bought? A bunch of pretty rocks, herbs (sage and rosemary), and a bottle of mint essential oil. 92. What is the most spiritual or magickal place you’ve been? My eldest sister's house. I swear to God there had to be a faery ring or something nearby. 93. What’s one piece of advice you’d give someone who is searching for their matron and patron deities? Research, and trial and error! Just introduce yourself, spend some time researching and praying, find out what works for you. Not every deity is going to mesh with you, and you won't mesh with every deity. 94. What techniques do you use to ‘get in the zone’ for meditation? Binaural beats or music! I have to lay down, I can't sit up and meditate. 95. Did visualization come easily to you or did you have to practice at it? I'd say it came easily, though it takes a bit for me to concentrate and not let my ADD ass wander off. 96. Do you prefer day or night? Why? Night. Energy flows so much easier under the moon, and spirits are more abundant! 97. What do you think is the best time and place to do spell work? Whenever you feel like it, wherever you are most comfortable 98. How did you feel when you cast your first circle? Did you stumble or did it go smoothly? I felt a little giddy! I stumbled a bit, but it worked out. 99. Do you believe witchcraft gets easier with time and practice? Oh no way. It gets harder the more you learn, but its super rewarding. 100. Do you believe in many gods or one God with many faces? Hard to say, really. 101. Do you eat meat, eggs and dairy? Yep! 102. What is your favorite color and why? Mint or teal! Because its pleasing. 103. What is the one question you get asked most by non-practitioners or non-pagans? How do you usually respond? "Oh that's so interesting! What's it like?" I usually say: "Thank you! And it's not as crazy as it sounds. It's pretty simple, actually. Just a lot of salt slinging and shouting." 104. Which of your five senses would you say is your strongest? None of them are particularly strong, to be honest. I'm hindered by a lot of things, though I think that my intuition is pretty sharp. 105. What is a pagan or witchcraft rule that you preach but don’t practice? USE WARDS. I forget too often.

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venusbled-archive · 7 years

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meta repost ( incomplete )

i've organized all my mini essays into sections for easy reading, and also because i don't expect many people to want to read this entire analysis. there's so much i've packed into here about shimizu's characters, and perhaps only one of these many topics interests my followers. so, for the sake of organization and accessibility, here are the various categories upon which i will touch:

i. beauty + subsequent reactions of the public ii. body image + public reaction iii. ( internalized + externalized ) reaction to rumors / whispers / affections iv. shimizu as a nominal fanservice character v. personality traits ( meyers-briggs, moral alignment, etc. ) vi. astrological sign traits vii. the irony of shimizu's character ( misconceptions, surprises ) viii. the irony of shimizu's character ( comedic appeal ) ix. connections between other characters ( friends and teammates / adults ) x. abilities xi. roles ( canonly ) xii. roles ( based on hq extras ! ) xiii. positivity + pros of shimizu xiv. negativity + cons of shimizu xv. what happens when she's gone ?

also, i try to source everything i mention in this meta from either the manga or the anime. so for reference, my abbreviations are as follows:

- vol. for volume - ch(s). for chapter(s) - s. for season - ep. for episode

i. beauty + subsequent reactions of the public

furudate makes it well-known to the reader that shimizu is an attractive character. through the use of special panels, characters' reactions, and common beauty tropes, he defines her as one --------- if not the most --------- attractive character of haikyuu!! of course, this is always open to opinion, but based on the context which he's given us throughout the manga, it would appear that only shimizu and oikawa, who constantly receive attention from the opposite sex no matter where they are, are the characters that furudate pointedly and explicitly marks as attractive.

common beauty tropes that shimizu shows are in her size, her beauty mark, her glasses, her style of dress, and her facial expressions. she's one of the taller female characters in haikyuu!! --------- a trait which has her pegged as different, in a good way. it's one of the more defining physical characteristics which separates her from being "cute" and instead alters people to describe her as "sexy" or "beautiful." something about height inherently changes the words with which one can be described, and because her taller stature is also paired with other beauty tropes, shimizu is considered more attractive than other characters. what do i mean by this?

well, her beauty mark is remarked as being an "erotic" feature rather than a "cute" one (yahaba, vol. 2 ch. 11). in nearly every experience she's had at practice matches with other schools, training camps, or official tournaments, people always call her "beautiful," and once yachi joins along, she officially becomes "beautiful" whilst the word "cute" is reserved for the younger, shorter, less-composed manager.

shimizu's glasses also make her out to be sexier than she might've been seen without them. in lots of official art, her glasses are a key symbol of her, and label her as the type of "sexy/hot librarian" trope that one constantly sees in modern day media. furudate has even remarked in an interview that when he created shimizu's character, he had intended for her to be a "secretary" type (hence, the glasses --------- a stereotype of secretaries). we can infer that the glasses, in addition to the decision to make shimizu a "secretary," separate her from cuteness and allow her to mature to beauty and erotic appeal.

her style of dress also lends itself to her relative attractiveness. while she's a conservative dresser, never showing her legs, the fact that she's so fashion-forward in official art where she's OUT of school (chs. 78, 150, 219 coloured covers), and has such a nice physical form (crow's angels side story, vol. 13 promo images), she's seen as more attractive physically. she's able to pull off different styles, and even when wearing her regular uniform, tracksuit, or manager outfit during tournaments, she's always presented as extremely attractive (s.1 ep. 2 @14:48-14:55).

additionally, her facial expressions, though reticent and not varying much, are always common focal points for other characters whenever they meet her. for example, terushima says that he loves shimizu when she "looks shy," and even the slightest blush from her sends tanaka and noya into a stupified state (source unavailable; i can't find the name of the extra).

overall, it's undeniable that she's physically attractive and it's nigh impossible for a character to not --------- at one point or another --------- have pointed out her attractiveness (all karasuno teammates except kageyama, tsukishima, kinoshita, narita, and ennoshita have at one point or another been thrown off by her beauty; and in addition, it's not uncommon for her to be gawked at whenever the team travels and she's subject to being seen by boys from across the prefecture). however, there's a distinction in her attractiveness that makes her more "hot" than "cute," and it's likely a result of her self-presentation, maturity level, and appearance in comparison to other female characters in the series.

ii. body image + public reaction

i previously mentioned in the section about shimizu's beauty that she's remarked as having a beautiful figure and always portrayed with a beautiful body no matter what she seems to wear (crow's angels side story, vol. 13 promo images, s. 1 ep. 2 @14:48-14:55). she's canonly a healthy weight for her height, and like many female characters in manga series, is well-endowed in the bum and breast regions, and thin at the waist.

but this also, obviously, leads to a lot of inappropriate comments by other characters regarding her body, and while for certain this can't be attributed to the fact that she dresses somewhat conservatively and always covers her legs in official art, it may influence shimizu's behavior. the volume 13 promo images include her dressed in a sarashi, the only thing that prompts bokuto, kuroo, and oikawa to participate in the promotion. at the end, bokuto exclaims that he got shimizu's pictures while she was dressed in the attire, and immediately both kuroo and oikawa ask for him to send them the photos. shimizu is shown in a small panel as looking upset, with her arms crossed and a frown on her face -------- either in disapproval, discomfort, or distaste for bokuto's actions and kuroo's/oikawa's response. then, in the that's absurd! extra, again, bokuto and kuroo are infatuated by shimizu's body, and appear at the movie premier in order to see kiyoko-chan's skintight body suit. however, most of her movie/extras costumes are rather revealing, though this may be attributed to fanservice rather than her personal preference. nonetheless, she's never voiced any canon concern for her manner of dress, nor does she seem to be affected in any way by the many boys that point out how sexy her figure is, or how erotic she looks at any given time.

iii. ( internalized + externalized ) reaction to rumors / whispers / affections

it would be nearly impossible for shimizu to be unaware of her influence on boys, given the amount of attention she receives on a daily basis (not just from tanaka and nishinoya, but also other first and second years, and even girls). by virute of being a center of attention, though unintentional, shimizu must have some sort of self-realization and thereby be aware of her influence. however, while she may notice how she affects others around her, she's never acted upon the whispers she must hear day-to-day.

for example, the most obvious cases in which she blatantly ignores the attention she receives are whenever tanaka and nishinoya tell her, "kiyoko-san, looking beautiful as ever today!" or some other variation, and she walks away without responding to them (vol. 1 ch. 1), or when terushima asks for her number and she would rather just leave without engaging in conversation (vol. 12 ch. 105).

additionally, shimizu has never been shown to turn her head in public whenever those around her comment on how beautiful she is (vol. 5 ch. 37, vol. 9 ch. 72); yet if tanaka and nishinoya attempt to be protective over her to keep these suitors from approaching her, shimizu tells them to stop, which insinuates that she had at least heard the whispers before and therein knew why tanaka and nishinoya were surrounding her. in general, she keeps composed and ignorant of these affections, and doesn't so much as blush whenever she must hear them.

i've also mentioned how rumors have shaped her life as karasuno's manager. in vol. 2 ch. 11, yahaba is talking to kindaichi on seijou's campus about a beautiful manager from karasuno he'd heard word of. assuming that karasuno hasn't been to seijou in POTENTIALLY 2 years (as yahaba is a second year and obviously hadn't seen shimizu in person, but oikawa's current concern had listed that when he tried to talk to shimizu she ignored him --------- something which may insinuate that they had met as first years, or may just be that they met in their third year), rumors of her beauty had still spread across the prefecture to seijou and ended up in yahaba's "circles." because seijou is one of the top four schools in the prefecture, and --------- at the time --------- karasuno was considered a school of "flightless crows," it's incredible that rumors of shimizu's attractiveness could actually reach seijou if karasuno's practice matches were limited in the past years to other lower-level schools. AND it's incredible considering the fact that seijou COULD BE all the way across the prefecture (though technically we don't know the canon locations of all schools and their geographical relations between one another).

iv. shimizu as a nominal fanservice character

i have to bring this up because i think this meta would be incomplete if i didn't address the elephant in the room: the sexualization and tailored appeal of female characters in manga to suit the "fanservice" role of women. i would be stupid to deny that shimizu doesn't serve as a fanservice character, but even stupider if i said that being a fanservice character was all she was. nonetheless, i still feel that it's necessary to bring up WHY she's classified as one and what her fanservice role entitles.

i've mentioned facts about her appearance --------- it's a subject that isn't brushed over when shimizu is described in the manga. she's obviously attractive both bodily and facially, and to bat, her personality does at first fulfill a fanservice trope of being passive/shy/quiet. granted, there are other types, but shimizu is what i would describe as the "shy bespectacled beauty" (as we can't forget the trump card of her glasses: one of her more defining characteristics which incidentally classifies her as a certain type of character). she's now physically and mentally very attractive and appeals to male readers.

additionally, though the manga isn't sex-centric, there are still lots of sexual references or questionable material. s. 1 ep. 2 @14:48-14:55 includes shots of her bum and her breasts, in the "sparkling anime background" meant to set off characters as being otherworldly or worth mention. many of her outfits in ennoshita's movies are revealing, and even her roles are rather sexualized for the sake of a potential increase in viewership (skintight bodysuits in crow's angels and that's absurd!, a very revealing costume that shows off most of her cleavage in final haikyuu!! quest, the "stoic yet sexy military officer" in haikyuu!! fighter, and even the nun in house of crows). this also occurs in special manga covers (chs. 36, 78, 86, 99, 111, 131, and 179) and in the vol. 13 promo, so although the manga is tasteful in not including too much sexualized material, the extras try to make up for this by sexualizing shimizu and making her a more visually appealing character, thus subjecting her to fanservice.

MORE TO BE ADDED.

#if this doesnt prove how much i love shimizu idk what will

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Can Auburn break a 21 year drought this season?

Here’s the list of receivers in Auburn football history to have had at least 1,000 yards receiving.

1999 - Ronney Daniels (1,068)

1970 - Terry Beasley (1,051)

That’s it. That’s the list.

Darvin Adams fell just 3 yards shy of joining that list in 2009 and came close again in 2010 with 963 yards. But it’s been 21 years since an Auburn receiver crossed the 1,000 yard mark. For comparison, both Alabama and LSU had two receivers last season with at least 1,000 yards.

But that could change in 2020. Chad Morris has produced seven 1,000 yard receivers in his career and inherits Auburn’s three leading receivers from last season. Could this finally be the year we see that drought end? The braintrust at C&M are here to answer that very question.

AUNerd

I am all in on this 2020 Auburn passing offense. I already explained why I believe Bo Nix crosses the 3,000 yard mark this season. Doing so makes it very likely an Auburn receiver reaches 1,000+ yards. Given Nix’s penchant for targeting Seth Williams, boundary wide receivers in Chad Morris offenses putting up 1,000 yard seasons and Seth Williams’s elite ability, I feel pretty confident we are going to see an AU receiver end the drought this fall.

Verdict: Yes

Zac Blackerby

Like most people following the Auburn Football program, I am ridiculously high on what Seth Williams could do in 2020. I’ve gone on record saying that I believe with the help of Bo Nix and Chad Morris, Williams will put together the best receiving career from an Auburn player ever. Throughout last season, fans saw the timing between Nix and Williams improve game after game. With another offseason under their belt, the next step they take will be a big one.

Verdict: Yes

Jack Condon

We’re turning to history here in an effort to provide the context for Chad Morris’ offense and what it can do for Auburn’s passing attack. Since Morris took over at Clemson in 2011, here are the leading receivers each year there, at SMU, and at Arkansas (even though that might not matter as much):

Clemson 2011: Sammy Watkins - 1,219 yards, 82 catches, 12 touchdowns

Clemson 2012: Deandre Hopkins - 1,405 yards, 82 catches, 17 touchdowns

Clemson 2013: Sammy Watkins - 1,464 yards, 101 catches, 12 touchdowns

Clemson 2014: Mike Williams - 1,030 yards, 57 catches, 6 touchdowns

SMU 2015: Courtland Sutton - 862 yards, 49 catches, 9 touchdowns

SMU 2016: Courtland Sutton - 1,246 yards, 76 catches, 10 touchdowns

SMU 2017: Trey Quinn - 1,236 yards, 101 catches, 13 touchdowns

Arkansas 2018: La’Michael Pettway - 499 yards, 30 catches, 4 touchdowns

Arkansas 2019: Trevion Burks - 475 yards, 29 catches, 0 touchdowns

I’m tossing out the Arkansas years, since he had a team with minimal talent and a zero match as far as personnel to run his system. Chad Morris has had a prolific receiver nearly every season. Seth Williams is as talented a guy as Auburn’s had recently, and even if he doesn’t quite reach the effectiveness of a Sammy Watkins or a Deandre Hopkins, he could hit the 70-catch, 1,000 yard plateau with relative ease. I think we’re going to see the record books fall at Auburn this season across the board on offense.

Verdict: Yepperz

Josh Black

I’d love to sit here and be as optimistic as everyone else seems on this particular statistic. There’s no doubt Seth Williams is the best threat to break the 21-year drought and cement his name in the Auburn record books with a season we have rarely ever seen. I’m excited to see what Morris can do with Bo Nix in a more pass-happy scheme, especially with Nix’s penchant for targeting Williams. I do believe a 1,000 yard season is possible. And you know, at Auburn funny things happen in year 1 of a revised offensive system.

We’ve seen undefeated seasons with Terry Bowden assisting his brother Tommy, Hugh Nall and Steve Ensminger fail to run someone else’s offense because apparently the head man thought it was just about calling a playbook (!), Al Borges prove why he is truly gorgeous, Tony Franklin telling the media that he deserved to be fired because of being so miserable being surrounded by a group that wanted nothing to do with his offense, Gus Malzahn set passing records with Chris Todd, [name redacted] do whatever you want to call that offense in 2012, Gus Malzahn take a Georgia DB to an SEC Championship from the QB position, and Chip Lindsey do wonders for an offense that saw an SEC West title with the guy that ran Tom Brady out of New England.

So yeah, I’m optimistic about Morris. But I can’t go so far as to predict a 1,000 yard season for Seth Williams. Why? Well for one I don’t want to jinx it! Two, unknowns along the offensive line and Bo Nix needing to show steady improvement, both without the benefit of spring ball to input some of the finer points of an evolved passing attack. All of this, plus the unknown around if we’re going to play a 12-game season due to COVID-19 give me pause for predicting records being broken in 2020. That being said, give me 2021 as a year where we see this thing out in full force and observe what could be something truly special for the Auburn offense as a whole.

Verdict: I ain’t jinxing it.

James Jones

Seth Williams is a supremely talented receiver, and Auburn will hopefully have the kind of updated passing offense that will result in more production from the receiver group, but I’m just not willing to go there yet. Honestly my hope is that Seth Williams ends up with around 950 yards, but the combination of Eli Stove, Anthony Schwartz, John Samuel Shenker (yeah, I said it), Shedrick Jackson, and Harold Joiner add up to somewhere around 2,000 yards. That would certainly get Bo that 3,000 yard mark discussed a few weeks ago.

Verdict: No, but because the production will be spread out.

Son of Crow

I love Seth Williams. I think he has the most NFL ready game of any receiver Auburn has had in a long time. I think he wasn’t helped out much last season by the offense, his qb, or the other receivers. This season, I think he will get as many chances to touch the ball as he wants. I really see him being a focus of the offense considering we don’t have an established bell cow runner returning. I don’t really know what I’m talking about but I just proved anyone can talk football. Give me....

Verdict: YES. Seth Williams will get 1k in 2k20.

Will McLaughlin

Last year, Seth Williams had 59 catches for 830 yards, averaging 14 Yards Per Catch. If Seth Williams averages 14 YPC this season, it means he would have catch 72 passes to get over 1,000 yards. With the offense poised to be seemingly more pass-reliant this year, it’s certainly doable. Put me down for Seth getting 75 catches, 1,050 yards and 9 TDs.

Verdict: YES

Ryan Sterritt

Let’s be clear - it’s Seth Williams or bust with this question. With a healthy 2019, Seth Williams is going to go down as a the second best receiver the school has ever seen. With 70+ receptions, 920+ yards, and 6+ touchdowns, he would be second all-time in each category for Auburn. Those numbers seem likely, again assuming a clean bill of health.

The question is how the Auburn passing game will be melded with Chad Morris’s schemes. While plenty of people look at Seth and see comparisons to Clemson products Sammy Watkins and Deandre Hopkins, I think Courtland Sutton, who played for Chad Morris all three seasons at SMU, might be the better comp.

Over three years with Morris running the show, Sutton caught 193 balls for 3,200 yards and 31 touchdowns. He was a big bodied receiver (6’3”, 218 lbs at the NFL Combine), with respectable (but not elite) speed and leaping ability to make plays down the field (4.54 40-time, 35.5” vertical). Scouts loved him for his physicality on smaller defenders, and for his ability to win contested catches and track difficult back shoulder balls.

I see a lot of the same in Seth Williams. The Tuscaloosa product is similar in stature, coming in at 6’3” 224 lbs, and his measurables coming out of high school weren’t that far off Sutton’s at the NFL Combine (4.53 40-time, 34” vertical). It’s easy to assume those numbers have only improved after three years in an SEC weight room.

But again, the question is if Seth can get to 1,000 yards. The optimist in me says Seth meets all the criteria to get him to #2 on the Auburn stat leader boards, but the realist says no, he doesn’t get to 1,000 yards. It’s Auburn, we have 1,000 yard receivers about as often as we win in Baton Rouge.

Verdict: No, but barely. Somewhere between 920-1,000 yards.

Now what say you dear readers? Will Auburn FINALLY have another 1,000 yard receiver this season?

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MARK 14 Mark 14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. https://youtu.be/IZS5Q3z8hro Mark 14 https://youtu.be/1bPsOg2PZn8 The park https://ccoutreach87.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/8-1-17-mark-14.zip https://ccoutreach87.com/8-1-17-mark-14/ ON VIDEO- .Filmed downtown C.C. .Freely give .Passover .Alabaster box .What offended Judas? .He was stealing the money donated for the poor .The garden [In Hebrew means oil press] .Watch and pray .The betrayal .The trial .The true temple .The judgment .The conviction .The denial .Crow nation and Bobby .His Body broken .Will I finish this study in N.J./NYC?

NEW- [Past teaching- verses below] Jesus and his men prepare for the Passover meal- Jesus himself is the Lamb who will soon be crucified- and fulfill the symbol of this Jewish feast- 1 Corinthians 5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations

A woman comes to prepare his body for the burial- by breaking the alabaster box of ointment and pouring it on him- Mark 14:3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. Judas takes issue with this- John 12:3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.John 12:4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,John 12:5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? [Note- On the video I taught how we read a more detailed version in John’s gospel- that it was Judas who took issue- Mark just says ‘some had indignation’ – John tells us it was Judas- for the reasons I taught on the video] Mark 14:4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?Mark 14:5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

Judas was the treasurer- and was stealing out of the bag- John 12:6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. The primary use of the money that was collected was for the poor- and Judas had no concern for the poor- he used them as an excuse to get gain. This was the final straw for Judas- and he goes out and seeks opportunity to betray Jesus- for 30 silver coins- Mark 14:6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.Mark 14:7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.Mark 14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come afore hand to anoint my body to the burying.Mark 14:9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.Mark 14:10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. Jesus predicts the denials of Peter- Mark 14:29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.Mark 14:30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And at the end of the chapter the prediction comes to pass- Mark 14:71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.Mark 14:72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. Jesus goes thru a great test in the garden- Mark 14:32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.Mark 14:33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;Mark 14:34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.Mark 14:35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. And his men fall asleep- in the hour of trial- Mark 14:37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? He exhorts them- Mark 14:38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. Yet- he accepts the will of God and is betrayed into the hands of sinful men- Mark 14:41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. He is brought before the high priest and speaks the truth- Mark 14:60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?Mark 14:61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?Mark 14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.Mark 14:63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?Mark 14:64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. This truth was the cause for his condemnation before the court.

When Jesus ate with his men- he showed them what this was all about- Mark 14:22 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.Mark 14:23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.Mark 14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. Jesus would die for the sins of the world- his Body broken on the Cross would be bread- life for all who would believe. His Blood poured out- is the Blood of the New testament.

The Old covenant of law has passed away- Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.Romans 3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;Romans 3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

The covenant of works has been accomplished in Christ- he is the only one who kept all the law- and then took our sins upon the Cross- and paid the penalty for those sins- 2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

His men didn’t fully see all the implications of what was happening- but over time they would see more- John 16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

Jesus established a New covenant and new way for men and women to become righteous in the sight of God- Hebrews 8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

The price was heavy- Jesus did not fear physical death- no- that’s not what the struggle was all about. He was going to pay the penalty for sin- which was separation from God- Romans 6:23 [Full Chapter] For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Isaiah 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was always with the Father- he never experienced this alienation from God before. That was the cup he was speaking about- Mark 14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.

Yet in the end- he drank the cup- and because of that act- we drink it new with him- in the kingdom- Mark 14:25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

PAST POSTS- https://ccoutreach87.com/john-complete-links-added/ [I taught some from John chapters-1, 2,12 and 18 on Today’s post- MARK 14]

I mentioned apologetics also- below are my past teachings on the subject- https://ccoutreach87.com/qm/ https://ccoutreach87.com/atheism-apologetics-links-added/

Here are my past teachings on other bible books I either quoted from or mentioned on today’s post- https://ccoutreach87.com/1st-2nd-corinthians/ https://ccoutreach87.com/hebrews-updated-2015/ MARK- https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/02/28/jersey-city-ride-mark-1/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/02/mark-2-north-bergen/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/04/mark-3-isaiah-61/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/14/mark-4/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/03/27/mark-5/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/05/mark-6/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/16/mark-7/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/04/30/mark-8/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/05/14/mark-9/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/06/07/mark-10/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/06/22/mark-11/ https://ccoutreach87.com/2017/07/14/mark-12/ http://corpuschristioutreachministries.blogspot.com/2017/07/mark-13-mark-1324-but-in-those-days.html

VERSES- Matthew 26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, Matthew 26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. Matthew 26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. Zechariah 13:7 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. Matthew 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Matthew 16:18 [Full Chapter] And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Proverbs 4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Proverbs 22:3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Proverbs 27:12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations Isaiah 66King James Version (KJV) 66 Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

Mark 14:1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. Mark 14:2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. Mark 14:3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. Mark 14:4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? Mark 14:5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. Mark 14:6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. Mark 14:7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. Mark 14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. Mark 14:9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. Mark 14:10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. Mark 14:11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. Mark 14:12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? Mark 14:13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. Mark 14:14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? Mark 14:15 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. Mark 14:16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. Mark 14:17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. Mark 14:18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. Mark 14:19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? Mark 14:20 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. Mark 14:21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born. Mark 14:22 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. Mark 14:23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. Mark 14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. Mark 14:25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. Mark 14:26 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. Mark 14:27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. Mark 14:28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. Mark 14:29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. Mark 14:30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. top> Mark 14:31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all. Mark 14:32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. Mark 14:33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; Mark 14:34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. Mark 14:35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. Mark 14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. Mark 14:37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? Mark 14:38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. Mark 14:39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. Mark 14:40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. Mark 14:41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Mark 14:42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. Mark 14:43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. Mark 14:44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely. Mark 14:45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him. Mark 14:46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him. Mark 14:47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. Mark 14:48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? Mark 14:49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. Mark 14:50 And they all forsook him, and fled. Mark 14:51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: Mark 14:52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. Mark 14:53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. Mark 14:54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. Mark 14:55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. Mark 14:56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. Mark 14:57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, Mark 14:58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. Mark 14:59 But neither so did their witness agree together. Mark 14:60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? Mark 14:61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? Mark 14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Mark 14:63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? Mark 14:64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. Mark 14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. Mark 14:66 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: Mark 14:67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. Mark 14:68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. Mark 14:69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. Mark 14:70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. Mark 14:71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. Mark 14:72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

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