i attended a memorial service for a distant relative a few months ago, held in the local megachruch, and ive been thinking about it regularly since then. while i knew that i found the place and the very idea of the church fascinating,* the main emotion ive felt on reflection has been disappointment, and i didnt know why. but i figured it out;
the building is massive, the services must be huge and grandiose, and yet the pastor spoke of God in the most boring, uninspired way, and the whole church is industrial mid century modern. it was all just so bland and dispassionate and uninspired (the empathy and love on display for the dead was very genuine, im referring to the Rest of it). the place clearly feeds from the faith of its patrons but seems uninterested in inspiring them in turn
no ounce of me is religious, but i know for a fact the very idea of God can be much more beautiful and imposing and comforting than that. theres way to much blood and paint in its history for that not to be true. you have a huge congregation and all this money and youre selling one of the most captivating stories in human history and this is its presentation? this is sufficient? not only to the pastor and the church staff but to the people attending worship? i knew itd be strange and modern and absurd in there but i guess i expected at minimum a slightly-charismatic pastor and accompanying staff. or at least one with a confident and well presented knowledge of the bible
i felt disappointed cause it was disappointing
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"God loves you so much he wont let you die horror trope" is basically the plot of the first few seasons of the venture bros from hank and deans perspective except instead of god its rusty and also they spend like 16 years not knowing this is happening
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so was anyone gonna tell me the PQ being shadoo hc actually had canon bias beyond “oh they were both made by the ancients and hate them lol” like I had assumed for ages bc HELLO? WHY DID I NEVER SEE THIS DIALOGUE UNTIL NOW..
Also semi related/feels relevant to maybe explain how tf PQ becomes shadoo hypothetically if it is legit?:
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Sonic prime season 3 spoilers
ALSO GUYS GUYS CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE RUSTY ROSE VS NINE'S METAL AMY???
THE WAY RUSTY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SHE WAS OPPRESED AND LIED TO
AND THEN SHE ADMITED THAT HER FEELINGS DIDN'T COME FROM BIRDIE (WHO SHE THOUGHT OF AS THE HEART AND THE SOURCE OF HER POWER) BUT FROM HERSELF??? HER FEELINGS ARE HER OWN AND HER OWN ONLY??? CAGED BIRDIE REPRESSENTED HER OPPESSION AND THEN SHE LET IT GO??? HELLO???
AND THEN SHE PROCEEDED TO KICK ASS
For a kids' show her character is so well written I'm-
Also will someone draw the last pic she deserves some recognition
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Its so funny how the fanon version of cloudtail is “lazy kittypet dumbass” meanwhile in the books he he literally went batshit insane when firestar lost his first life bc his atheist ass thought he was permanently dead
Also the passage this article wrote for the moment made me tear up I love these cats too much man
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no but if every near death scene gets the seriousness that the ones we've seen so far have I will lose it omg
like even as it fades in time, as they get more used to them (and the fact that they will is insane) and they lose some of that weight,,,
that's still a lot of near deaths happening for T W E L V E YEAR OLDS
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I have a question that I don't know the answer to. And I'm not sure if there's already an answer to this or not.
Why is Wally the only neighbor with no noes and no eyebrows? Was that like a way to make Wally seem like an outcast or something??
It droved me crazy with confusion the first time I realized this.......
And PLEASE don't see this as an ask of me "JUST noticing now". I noticed a month ago (ever sense I first started loving Welcome Home as a hyperfixation) but I kept it to myself because I was too embarrassed to ask to really know. And it's really ok if you don't know either.
oh yeah no to my knowledge we don't know why that's a Design Choice That Exists! could be to make him look a little more unsettling than the others (more out of place within his own niche to kinda mirror how he's Different despite filling the role he's made for & existing in the place he Should Be In) bc this is a Horror project, or just because no nose/eyebrows looked best on him-
but it might be something we're not In On yet! lore we haven't learned! we just don't know
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