#and so . the complicated feelings about religion

[miraculan-draws]

I AM NOT DONE YET BECAUSE I LOVE ELF SHIT!!

More Astarion speaking elvish. More complicated emotion in regards to religion—for a high elf named after the stars, one who tried all the gods and was ignored. More about being abandoned by Correllon, the Protector of Elves, the Father, who guides wayward souls by starlight. More about his FAMILY because he's not even that old!! They're like most definitely alive!! Where are they from? Did he leave home on good terms? More Astarion as our translator, more Astarion gossiping with Elf Tav and feeling so much more at ease and less prone to performing, but if you EVER BRING IT UP he'll shut down. He's all pointy ears. I would like to discuss the pointy ears and their implications.

[6footeel]

haven’t made any decisions about his colors yet so i kind of just had fun with it lol

[boysborntodie]

You all have no idea how much I think about the ‘Dally has religious trauma’ headcanon

[glownery]

wishing everyone who celebrates a happy easter and an even happier transgender day of visibility 🐣🪩🫶🪽

[deansmom]

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the way people are responding to what's going on in Gaza right now. And listen, ex political science major here - I do know why. I understand the political implications, the complex chokehold a certain country has on the western countries and why that is. Intellectually, I'm fully aware of why we're in the place that we're in. Why the rhetoric is what it is.

But.

They told them to evacuate, and then bombed the evacuation routes that they told them to use. They've all but said they want this to be a g*nocide. There are at least 45 generations of Palestinians that have been wiped out this week. At least 600 children have died.

They're restricting access to power to not just civilians, but hospitals. There is no clean water left in Gaza.

They're restricting access to power so that the people who live there cannot document what is happening to them. They're using chemical weapons with no regard for the innocent people who might get caught in the crossfire. I mean for fuck's sake, half of those 2.2 million people who live there are children under the age of fifteen because the life expectancy for that area is fucking 30 years old. It is internationally known as the worlds largest open air prison.

T*rrorism is wrong. Killing civilians is wrong. But this is a completely disproportionate and inappropriate response to what happened. And frankly, it just seems like they've been waiting for an excuse to do this.

My brain is having a hard time understanding the cognitive dissonance that allows people to post pictures of Gaza and Palestinian children with the caption "pray for [blank]” and then delete it when they find out what/who the pictures are actually of. Like... why are they different? How can you claim to be inclusive, to support things like BLM, but do this?

Again, I understand politically why and how we ended up here. I understand why people in power are hesitant to openly denounce these actions. I can even understand why and how Jewish people can be in support of this. Generations of (let's call it what it is) propaganda is going to be hard to unlearn. They've spent their whole lives being told that they're the enemy. The government talks about Palestinians like they're animals and not real, tangible humans.

Two things can be true at once: I can love my Jewish friends and family and grieve for the people who lost someone to a terrorist attack, while also acknowledging that this is wrong. And I don’t want to be silent about this. Especially not when I’ve seen multiple videos from people in Gaza begging for the rest of the world to not let them be forgotten, and to not take our eyes off of this. They’re not asking for help because they know it won’t come. They’re just asking us to bare witness to them, and that we don’t let history forget them.

So, to those of you who are staying off of social media this weekend in an effort to avoid the coverage of this event: don’t. Avoid the graphic videos and pictures, but don’t do them the disservice of burying your head in the sand. They’re not even asking for help. They just want to be seen.

[katierosefun]

i’ll always have a weird relationship with religion and specifically christianity but the way i’ll always be at least a little glad that my parents brought me to church, solely because lil’ old me heard the pastor talk about how each and every story is about how humans long to go back to a home that they can never reach while they’re alive on this earth and maybe that did something to my brain. anyways humans are meant to tell stories and we all want to go home and we never know where that home is. if you even care

[quatregats]

Yes my finals are going great! (<- has been obsessing over Solomon a Gaenor for the past 48 hours and has been rendered completely incapacitated by it)

[daddy-socrates]

so glad i have therapy tonight im. Ready to talk about scary things

[iqmmir]

Hmm this is probably why i dont like thinking about amane much

[kelila]

It's weird when burnout doesn't cause a lack of motivation. Because like it's like "I'm going to write because I really want to and I'm really excited to" but then you open the doc and it's like '...uhhhhh I don't know how words work'

So it's like, okay, take a break, go play stardew valley or something. But I'm like reluctantly mentally stomping my feet all the way to the shortcut and like, play for a while. (and genuinely have fun! I am! it's relaxing) but then I'm like "Okay, I put in the relaxing break tokens, may I please have write tokens?"

And no, I may not because I'm trying to force it. And it doesn't work that way.

[sunflowerseraph]

Having such complicated emotions about jesus rn

[happi-tree]

Grant, Scary, and Taylor for the character ask!!!

Hiiiiiiii Bababird!!! Hope you're doing well 🖤🖤🖤 (also for reference: "I want to kiss them" means I want to kiss them on the forehead and tell them that everything will be. Dare I say. Alright <3)

First up: Grant Wilson! God this character can fit so much projection in him. Queer kids raised conservative Catholic got fucking ATTACKED by this guy and I am no exception! Also one of my moots (hiiiiii Seisei 🥰🥰🥰) just finished ep 35 a few days ago so I am chock full of Grant emotions. Something something the Wilson cycle of violence and hypocrisy and meaning what you say but not saying what you mean and. Sobs for one thousand years!!! Bingo for the gamer boy ever it's what he deserves <3

Up next: Scary Marlowe! She's my fucking SISTER my DAUGHTER my DARKENED MIRROR okay. Truly one of the teen girls of All Time and I literally have tears in my eyes as I'm typing this she means!!! So much to me!!! I am holding her gently in my arms and I am shielding her bodily from some of the meanies on this webbed site. She is also a fave of one of my moots (hey Ivy ✌️) but tbh I think she's become so dear to me that she's evolved Pokemon style from proxy blorbo to perhaps. Second blorbo. Favorite dndads character to play dress-up with also <3 I am literally so in awe of the arc she's had so far and I hope to everything that she finds happiness and belonging and- *rant fades out into the distance*

Ok so! Someone else ALSO asked for Taylor so I think I will tackle him in that one if you don't mind hehe :D Rest assured though I have Many Thoughts about this boy 😌

[futilechildhooddream]

y’all spiritual health is a thing whether you believe in a higher power or not, it just looks different

if you’re feeling all out of wack, e s p e c I a l l y if you come from a faith background, that could be why

[becca-alexa]

i really do appreciate my friends trying to set me up on dates but where in the world had they gotten the idea that i, at 25, would be interested in dating a 41 year-old ??

[vonlipvig]

me: this is my new oc, who i’ve just created. he’s still a little basic, but that’s ok. i’m gonna play around with him a bit and see how he develops. let him grow on his own, you know?

me:

me: [at 1AM] YOU WANNA BE A LAPSED CATHOLIC?

[eyesopentv]

the part where he said immediately after his first kiss with a girl he wondered if god was watching and if he’d go to hell even though he wasn’t religious.