#bishop cs

[st0r-fruit]

FINALLY!! A PROPER INTRODUCTION FOR (one of) MY CARMEN SANDIEGO OC!!

Meet Adya Hartono, or his codename; Bishop!

@the-cs-oc-archives you might wanna see this 👀

(ignore the mismatched shoe, it's actually fully black)

Do not steal my art!

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

[handdrawnfrog]

I want to write a fic with more info on giorria so this is

Mechanical errors

Bishop is @st0r-fruit Cs oc so go show them some love.

Giorria was ecstatic! A new vile faculty member was being looked into, and the current one, the mechanic, was great with cars and building as a whole. She was sat at her desk in Dr. Bellum's lad coding for new program. She was excited as this was going to be used in one of Dr. Bellum's new invasions tomorrow. The door slide open. "Oh! Hi." She mumbled, looking over her shoulder. It was The Mechanic. "Hello, love, what's this?" She huffed, gesturing to the screen. "Codding." Giorria whispered to her. Some greasy flying off her reach. "Be careful." She warned. "Oh come on, it's fine -" she poked the screen, causing it to blue screen. "No no no no no!" Giorria shouted...

Three months out of six were lost. "WHAT THE HELL?!" Giorria shouted at her, which quickly snowballed into a screaming match, stopping only as professor Maelstrom came in. "She deleted half of my codding that Dr. Bellum wanted for tomorrow!" Giorria shouted on the verge of tears. Maelstrom sighed and took her to her room.

"It was an accident Giorria. Please calm down." He hummed turning and walking out.

How was this fair! It wasn't even her fault! The Mechanic shouldn't have touched her computer! And... was that the time! Shoot! She had training. Giorria sprung up and rushed out of her room, wiping away her tears. She made it to the gym. "Hi, Coach Brunt! Um... who am I against?" She asked, putting her bag down. "Sorry, pumpkin, you're against Tigress." She told the young girl in a sympathetic voice. "Oh..." Giorria muttered, walking up to he floor. "It's a light match! I don't wanna see none of your claws' Tigress!" Coach Brunt shouted. Giorria slipped on her mask.

It started, El Topo and Le Chevre were both sat at a bench as her and Tigress started the match, immediately tigress was going far harder then needed! Giorria tried... but of course, she was distracted. She tried the push back, but of course, Tigress was beating her and won by the end of the match.

They both went to the benches near El Topo and Le Chevre. "What the hell! You went way harder than needed!" Giorria told her she was clearly annoyed. "Oh, please, bugs bunny. Everyone else it able to take more than that." She huffed, gesturing to el topo and le chevre as she took off her mask. "I... well coach Brunt siad-"

"Ha! Seriously? Coach Brunt wants you to push yourself, and you can't even do that!" She huffed, glaring at the now unmasked child. "The only reason you're here is because you're a kid who got lucky. You aren't meant to be here." She sneered, both men looked at her in shock, Le chevre looking especially pissed... it hit her hard...

It... well makes sense... she isn't entirely wrong.

She stood up and walked away. Once out of the gym, she ran off her room, not wanting to cry or lash out in front of them. Meanwhile El Topo and Le Chevre gave out to Tigress for saying such a thing, not knowing how it truly made her feel.

Bishop looked around campus. "Now, where is that little hare?" He murmured, walking around, going into Countess Cleo's office. "Hey Dash, have you seen Giorria? Normally, she's around you or Neal, but he said he hadn't seen her." Dash just shrugged. "She was meant to be here an hour ago, but Cleo said she's just resting, pulled yet another all-nighter coding." He told Bishop, rolling his hand towards the girl's room, with a small sigh. "Uh-huh..." Bishop hummed, glancing down the hall, it's rare for her to stay alone, especially if it means missing out on activities. He looked back at a curious-looking Dash. "Oh! Thanks dash." He waved goodbye going to her room. "Oh, Lily! Come on out, Nigel's waiting for us." He called out, knocking on her door.

Giorria paused for a moment, debating with herself. She's been looking forward to going back to London with Bishop and Roundabout. Especially since Bishop promised he'd take her to the new butterfly gardens at the zoo. "OK, I'm coming. Just give me a second!" She spoke through the door to him, her voice still a bit shaky. He tilted his head when she came out to him. "Hey sweetheart, don't you wanna take off your mask?" He asked gently, crouching to the younger girl's height with a gentle smile.

"No thanks." Shaking her head, she walked by happily to where the cleaners normally were. "OK, kid." He hummed concern swelling in his mind as she skipped past, he stood back up, whipping off his pants and following her. He started walking with her, expecting some rambling about her various interests or what had happened throughout the week, but she was quiet... he'd tell Nigel about that later, he thought.

She put her backpack into the boot and sat in comfortably. She smiled and now sat in the comfortable car, in the back as Nigel insisted on it for safety. Adya, who'd normally let her ramble on and on about bugs and coding, was expecting her to start speaking, as she normally did. "You ok there, princess?" Adya asked softly, looking at her through the mirror, she shook her head. She didn't feel like talking right now, and Adya immediately took note.

They got to the drop-off point, someplace in the middle of nowhere, just inside England's borders. There was still a good hour of driving to do, Adya gave a small, strained smile to Georgia, and it was getting dark. "Hey, darling." Adya waved and came over to Nigel with a small yet noticeably nervous smile.

"Hello, love." Nigel hummed, pecking Adya's cheek, making him blush. "Hello Lily, how... oh." He watched her creep past him and throw her bag into the boot with a sniff. "Is she alright, Adya?" He asked, taking Adya's hands in his. "I don't think so... she won't tell me, but I don't wanna push the poor thing." He told Nigel, rubbing his thumb over the others' knuckles.

"OK... we'll figure this out, love," he murmured, sitting in the driver's seat, and Adya sat in the passenger seat. "Hey sweetheart, how was your day?" Nigel start. "It was fine." She shrugged off the question, not looking at anything in particular, seemingly lost in thought. "Alright, darling." He sighed, not wanting to push or argue with her. She was probably just tired... at least that's what Nigel told himself

The car ride was quiet, save for the jumbled whispers of the radio and the small sniffs of the young girl. When they got home, she went to her room and took off her mask. But she still felt overwhelmed. "Darling?" Nigel spoke through the door. "Come on, it's time to eat." He told her gently, watching her jump down from her bed and skip out and to the table. The TV was on, and it was loud on one random action move Adya seemed to be enjoying.

She sat and looked down at the pasta and chicken on her plate she ate some, but.

As the TV got louder, she got more and more overwhelmed the memories of Tigress' words replayed in her mind.

The TV screamed and one BANG of a gun pushed her over the edge.

She started crying...

Sobbing, to which Adya immediately turned off the TV, and Nigel knelt in front of her. "Darling, what's wrong? What happened?" He asked to which he was only met with two small arms wrapping around him as she sobbed. "There there, darling." Adya patted her back as she hugged Nigel.

Slowly, she calmed down, now softly hiccuping against Nigel's shoulder. "I... I'm sorry." She sniffed, pulling back, though Adya's hand stayed on her back. "It's ok, kid... what happened? You can tell us." Adya reassured she sniffed and wiped her hand, which was replaced with Nigel's. "I... The Mechanic came in, and she accidentally deleted three months of progress of m-my coding and-and then I-I had a match against Tigress, and she-she went so hard! Like-like she kept using her stupid claws when Coach Brunt said not to! And... and... she said I was just a kid who got lucky and... and I didn't belong there." She let a sob rack her bidy as Nigel wiped away her small tears. "I feel like... like she might be right." The poor girl sniffed, resting her forehead against Nigel's shoulder.

The two men looked up to each other. "Sweetheart. You do belong there, and here, with us, your family." Adya murmured, rubbing circles into her back. Nigel pulled Adya forward to him. "I need to call the rest of the Faculty, Adya, mind her for me." He whispered into the others' ear. "Yeah, yeah." He nodded looking to their little girl. "Come here, Lily."

He took Lily to the sitting room, setting down the plates of foods on the coffee table. "Don't mind that silly cat. Bet she has furballs for brains." Adya joked, making her giggle. "See!" He smiled, tickling her sides, making her sscreach in laughter. "There's my happy hare!" He smiled as she sat up. "OK, let's eat before traffic lights get off the phone and tell us to go to the kitchen."

Ok, this was a small bit longer. @st0r-fruit, me if I wrote Bishop right or wrong I trying desperately.

Tell me what ye think, and any other fic ideas.

Edit: I fixed the grammar mistakes, u think, and changed Bishop to Adya in the home parts to like show the difference of the academy and home life... so hope you enjoy.

[excessive-vampires]

Chapter 14: Frightened Wild Animal Part 1: Riley

Masterlist with CW

Taglist: @demyxdancer @softvampirewhump @d-cs

The house was probably the most upscale property Riley had ever been to, if the porch was anything to go by. Even the miles of woods separating the house from the rest of the neighborhood seemed fancy somehow. They wouldn’t be surprised if they found a spiral staircase inside. Riley was trying very hard not to think about what else might be lurking inside this practical mansion.

It was Mike who made sure the house was clear and opened the door, which meant Riley’s team was the last to go inside. 

The first thing everyone saw was three dead bodies laid out by the front door. One had its throat sliced open, another had a gaping burnt hole in its chest, and the third’s head was caved in. 

Someone in front of Riley swore. Riley grabbed their amulet as their head started spinning and their breath got shallow. Their stomach turned and they had to work not to vomit at the brutality of it. 

“Charlie Team, search this floor,” The head caster from Alpha team ordered. “We’ll take upstairs and Beta Team, find the basement.” 

“Yes, Sir.” Sil and Charlie Team’s head caster said at the same time, and the nine of them split up. Each other team had two casters and an artificer, leaving Riley’s team understaffed. But they had to be there in case they found anything relevant to Mason’s plan. Anything that could help identify what the rune from the cabin was for. The agents were supposed to be able to tell if there was anyone in the house before going in, but Riley seriously doubted Mike would have given the all clear if he had seen the bodies. And if Cliff could mess with the Bureau’s scrying artifacts then there could be literally anything in this house. Riley almost froze with fear but made themself keep moving their feet. 

“Riley, go wait in the car,” Mike ordered. 

“No,” Sil contradicted. “They'll be in more danger alone. Agent Bishop stays with us.” 

Riley fought to keep their breath from quickening as they nodded their assent. But they couldn’t stop their eyes from darting back and forth to every shadow like it was a tiger waiting to pounce, and couldn't stop their mind from picturing Cliff behind every corner.

Once the team found the door to the basement Sil went down the stairs first followed by Riley and then Mike. Just as they got to the bottom, muffled screaming came from upstairs. Mike immediately turned around to go back up. 

“Agent Green!”

“Don’t cite protocol at me, Sil, people are getting hurt.”

Riley would have said something, but they were shocked into silence. 

“Mike! Look at what’s in front of you!” Sil ordered. 

“Yeah, I don’t think you want to go back up there.” Avi’s voice caught Mike’s attention and he turned back around. 

Seven unconscious humans, seven demons. 

Mike rushed towards Clara Bolton. Riley and Avi both yelled “Stop!” at the same time. 

“The runes have them in suspended animation,” Riley explained. “Moving her could hurt her or you.” 

Mike looked at the rune. “This is inlaid into the floor, it’ll take hours to break safely.” 

“Please tell me there’s fifty more of you guys upstairs,” Avi said. 

“There’s six,” Riley answered as they walked over to Avi. 

“Fuck,” Avi swore. “You need to get out of here. Fast.” 

“We can’t just leave everyone!” Mike protested. 

There’s nothing you can do right now! None of us can leave!… Except…” 

“Except who?” Riley asked. 

“She’s human, she could leave this part of the rune…” 

Riley suddenly realized who the demon was talking about. 

“Listen, I have to protect her, it’s part of our deal. So I need you to take her and get out of here, leave the rest of us behind or you’re all going to die. Do you understand?”

“Avi—”

“Do you understand!” 

“Yes.” 

“Good.” Then they closed their eyes and Riley wasn’t sure who they were talking to. Maybe them, maybe the person they were possessing, maybe both. “This is the only way. You can figure out how to stop him, you can save me and everyone else. I believe in you.” They opened their eyes and stared into Riley’s. “Take care of her.” 

Riley thought about how they were planning to treat Avi like an unpleasant stranger. Well that plan was out the window. Seeing Avi trapped and helpless like this… They didn’t want that. They couldn’t make themself want that. Not after seeing how scared Avi looked. But at least they could justify it as just wanting to help an innocent woman. 

“I will.” 

“Thank you.” 

Then Avi began to glow, and what looked like molten gold began to flow out of their skin and pool on the floor. Riley caught a glimpse of deep blue eyes before the body passed out and started to fall out of the rune. Riley caught her. The mass of glowing gold on the floor coalesced into a short and fat humanoid with pearlescent scales for skin and gold horns framing slicked back golden hair. Their simple clothes were gold too. As they finished forming they spoke in a familiar voice.

“Go!”

Mike rushed over to help Riley with the woman. As they climbed the stairs they heard Avi and another demon talking. 

“Avi, are you okay?” 

“Yes. I-I think so.” Their voice cracked. “As long as they get her out of here safe I’ll be fine.” 

Riley and Mike each had one of the woman’s arms slung over their shoulders. It was rough going. Riley had to hunch over because of how short she was, and she wasn’t exactly light either. Still, they got within sight of the front door before Mason saw them. 

Sil acted fast, throwing out both her hands in opposite directions and activating two of the runes she had drawn in preparation of the mission. Two things happened at once. 

First, a small explosion erupted from Sil’s hand, with all it’s concussive force and heat directed towards Mason. He had a shield up, of course, but the surprise blow to that shield still knocked him back and off of his feet. 

Second, an invisible wall of force hit Riley, Mike, and the woman, pushing them forward until they all but crashed into the front door. 

Riley got the door open and Sil ran to catch up with the others as they moved as fast as they could towards their car. When they got there Sil slid into the driver’s seat while Mike and Riley hauled the woman into the back. Riley got in back next to her and Mike took the passenger seat. 

“Drive!” Mike yelled at Sil, and she put the gas pedal to the floor. 

Riley held onto their amulet and looked out the window until Mason’s house was out of sight. Then they turned to the woman on the seat next to them. Her face was expressionless in unconsciousness and that made her look somehow different from Avi, who always wore big expressions, whether they were genuine or not. 

The woman whimpered and curled in on herself a bit, Riley thought maybe she was waking up but no, her eyes remained shut and breaths even. Her hand was stretched out towards Riley, they held it. 

“You’re gonna be okay,” Riley whispered to her, because that’s what they wanted someone to say to them right now.

They really hoped Mason wouldn’t make them into a liar. 

[sheinthatfandom]

Got this idea from @bang-bang-gang since @mostbelovedaewwrestlertournament has so many people in the first round I wasn’t sure about spamming the posts all day so if you wanna know my votes and why it’s under the cute I added all 78 matches and tried to keep it in order

Aaron solo vs Yuka : Yuka all the way she’s fun she’s cute I love her style and her moves

Abadon va willow: this made me sad to choose between two people I live but I went with willow

Action vs Ospreay: I do not give a fuck about Andretti he had a very short window of me caring and it’s been a very long time since then

Adam Cole vs wheeler Yuta: YUUUUTTTTTAAAA BABY THEY DID YOU DIRTY PUTTING YOU UP AGAINST COLE.Yuta man Yuta best Yuta the one I vote for always

Adam page vs wardlow: hanger is amazing and probably the greatest wrestling storyteller

Alex Reynolds’s vs Vincent: I was gonna say Vincent but then got sad thinking Alex would have no votes had I known he was winning I woulda been honest.

Angelico vs Trent Baretta: Angelico all the way wish it was closer cause honestly he’s a cute fun guy and deserves more votes

Angelo Parker vs Tony nese: it’s angelo there’s no thinking about it welcome back new daddy

Anna jay vs Toni storm: I picked Toni but I love them both it’s just Toni knows who she is knows her characters and is the greatest storyteller

Anthony bowens vs toa liona: Anthony bowens let’s start pushing him and not use the breakup to catapult caster

Ar fox vs the butcher: butcher all the way I miss this trio

Anthony ogogo vs thunder Rosa: they can never make me hate you it’s la mera mera

Daivari vs the blade: the blade again I miss this trio

Athena vs the beast mortos: I knew all votes would go to Athena so I wanted mortos to have a vote he’s not doing nearly as badly as I assumed but I love them both

Austin Gunn vs Taya: how you put two bad bitches against each other I went with Austin cause I haven’t see him in forever so I miss him more

Bandido vs tay melo: fuck that bitch anyone over tay but I actually do like bandido

Big bill vs swerve: one is the greatest and most charismatic wrestlers in the world wow who to choose lol swerve

Billy Gunn vs sting: I respect them both but I rather eat out Billy

Bishop Kaun vs skye blue: skye skye skye

Bobby lashley vs Shelton Benjamin: Shelton has more personality

Brandon cutler vs Shawn Dean: I went with cutler assuming he’s be outvoted I was wrong again lol

Brian cage vs serpentico: SNAKE MAN!!!!!

Brody king vs Serena deeb: an amazing man musician father and wrestler vs a pedo wife to whoever voted for her please block me I don’t wanna know you

Bryan danielson cs Scorpio sky: my BCC daddy the American dragon the clam digger

Bryan Keith vs satnam Singh: Bryan Keith but he deserves better than what he’s been giving now

Buddy matthews vs saraya: buddy hell I’d choose a pile of hot elephant dung before I choose saraya

Cash wheeler vs Samoa Joe: Joe Joe Joe got if he chopped me I think it might actually fix me

Jericho vs Sammy: I chose no one

Christian cage vs rush: Christian we love a cult daddy

Chuck Taylor va ruby soho: this is the Chuck Taylor website and I voted Chuck lol

Claudio vs Rodrick: Swiss sweetheart!!!!

Colt cabana vs riho: I went with riho but neither one is my most beloved

Colten Gunn vs richochet: Colten is coming back!!!! Sorry richochet especially now when you’re starting to show personality

Cope vs Ricky Starks: my big booty Ricky god I miss you the charisma the skill you deserve so much better the fact that cope has so many votes really tells me people get mad that a black man knows his worth

Danhausen vs Rey fenix: danhausen I do not care about Rey he ruined all good will with me last year

Daniel garcia vs red velvet: Danny!!!!!

Dante Martin vs rebel: is rebel still signed? I voted Dante

Darby vs aminata: the queen of course

Dax vs powerhouse: powerhouse and I’m so glad others are agreeing with me

Darius vs Preston: I voted Preston cause I knew he wouldn’t get many votes and I was right

Deonna vs Peter Avalon: Deonna

Diamante va penlope: call me Odysseus cause I’m obsessed with Penelope

Dmd va Paul wight: Paul again ruined all good will

Dralistico vs pac: my soggy wet man pac

Dustin Rhodes va ortiz: ortiz Dustin holding two belts hostage is tiring and made me stop watching roh honestly

Dutch orange Cassidy: I was going to give Dutch a pity vote but orange was the savior of the death riders story and he deserves all the votes

Eddie va Nyla: I’m sure she would vote Eddie too

Emi vs Nick Wayne: one I love in fics and one I love to actually watch wrestle emi for the win

Evil uno vs comoroto: evil uno

Griff vs Nick buck: Nick buck best buck

Shida vs mjf: holy shida

Harley vs Brodie lee: it’s unfair to have someone who passed away go against anyone I voted Harley rip Brodie

Hologram vs miro: legit forgot miro still worked here hologram for the win want him up against Harley

Hook vs Mike Bennett: hook mainly cause I like his current polycule more

Isiah vs nakazawa: Isiah he deserves a win cause lord knows Tony won’t give him one

Jack Perry vs Mercedes mone: Jack he doesn’t have a catch phrase and his whole thing with Danny is still feeding me

Jamie vs martinez: Jamie

Jay lethal vs max caster: I hate them both

Jay white vs matt Jackson: legit thought it would be all Matt and no one but me would vote jay so I’m glad to see others have jay some love he deserves it

Jeff jerrett vs matt taven: taven!!!!!!! Taven taven taven he’s got the skill the charisma the ship ability but also he’s not a misogynistic pos who cares more about pushing himself than the rest of the company

John Silva vs matt sydal: matt I knew he wouldn’t get votes I was right John is just too fun

Johnny tv vs matt Menard: daddy magic all the way

Moxley vs Quen: JON MOXLEY!!!!!!!!!! The heart and soul of professional wrestling

woods vs mark Davis: both have great asses but Davis has personality

Juice vs mark briscoe: mark all day every day I miss the word of the day and him with KOR

Julia vs Marina: I love Marina and she’s great in ring but aew doesn’t use her so I’m going with Julia

Kamille vs Mariah may: Kamille is a garbage person and Mariah is a goddess according to Nigel

Shibata vs Malakai: hopefully he doesn’t see this but had it been anyone else I woulda voted him but shibata got that damn Turkey leg in his shorts so I went shibata lol

Okada vs Madison rayne: okada is Madison still here

Keith lee vs Luther: I went Luther cause I knew he wouldn’t win and I did enjoy his character with timeless

Omega vs lio rush: best bout machine for a reason!!!

Kiera vs Layla: I’m going with Kiera hogan she shows more fun in her personality

Killswitch vs leila grey: leila no offense but luchasaurus was better and what I remember that’s canon killswitch wasn’t more fun than everything Leila brings

Kip sabian vs Lee moriarty: I love them both but voted Kip cause he was sweet and kind to my family when we met him him Penelope and willow have my heart

Komander vs lee johnson: I went with lee I might have been the only one damn

Takeshita vs archer: I shoulda voted lance so he wouldn’t get spanked so badly but my love of Takeshita was so strong I hit vote before seeing who he was up against

Ibushi vs o’reilly: I still do not know this man hopefully that gets fixed now that Kenny is back and healthy kor for the win him and mark were the best together

Statlander vs Fletcher: I voted Fletcher sorry you won’t get to see the next round

[kimabutch]

a double congrats on seminary!! feel free to ignore this if it's too personal/complicated/you don't want to answer for any reason, but i wasn't aware that the anglican church was chill about queer people? most of my knowledge comes from having a special interest in cs lews though lol. is it one of those denominations that varies from church to church?

Double thanks!!

And the Anglican Communion is... complicated. Unlike the Roman Catholics, each national Anglican Church is independent and autonomous, and while they have occasional get-togethers (Lambeth Conferences) and make resolutions, those resolutions aren't legally binding. What this means is that Anglicanism can look pretty different depending on where you are and Anglicans worldwide have some pretty deep disagreements.

Queer people are one of those points of deep disagreements, and in fact at our last few Lambeth Conferences, there have been intense debate about it — at the conference last year, some conservative bishops refused to take communion with pro-queer bishops, and many pro-queer bishops (including my own!) wrote a letter affirming queerness.

The Anglican Church of Canada specifically is generally better about queer people; as you said, it varies, but more at a diocese (regional) level than a church-to-church level, because of the power afforded to dioceses to make their own decisions about things. My own diocese has allowed priests to preside over gay marriage for over 10 years, and has been blessing gay unions for 20. In various dioceses in Ontario, we've had openly gay priests and at least one gay bishop, and Manitoba's got an openly trans priest (so at least I wouldn't be the first in Canada!) I marched with my church and diocese in my local pride parade this summer; my church has a gay flag on it and has been pro-queer since before Canada allowed gay marriage. I have so many wonderful little stories about my church being affirming, actually, but I'll save those for another time — I'll just say that it's one of the places that I feel safest as a nonbinary person.

Other regions, particularly in the prairies, aren't so chill. Some conservative churches have broken away from the Anglican Church because anyone likes gay people. There's been a lot of effort at a national level to pass an act that would allow gay marriage throughout all Anglican churches in Canada, but it's still not happened, for reasons ranging from homophobic churches to COVID-19. I think one day it will, but for now, it's super shitty and sometimes causes me a lot of grief and anger. It's the reason I considered leaving the Anglican Church entirely, despite loving so many of its traditions and ways of worship. I decided it was worth it in the end, especially as I'm so supported in my region, but yeah, it's hard.

Anyways, yes, it's complicated!

[randomnameless]

In regards to how much of the Church bad rhetoric is supported by the Fódlan games themselves, from what i've seen of Three Houses' JP script there isn't really that much support for those arguments there outside of heavily biased sources that the audience should take with massive doses of salt like Edelgard, Dorothea or Lysithea; i'd argue that it wasn't until IS and/or KT decided to, for whatever reason, take the lolcalized church-demonizing script and fandom reaction of EN 3H to heart when making Three Hopes that they really started believing they wrote Rhea and the Church as being the hidden villains of the verse, and that JP 3H is (mostly) free of the issue of making stupid arguments just to try and criticize the Church for things it can't be reasonably blamed for.

I agree with the things you say, but about the biased sources...

Well, the games of course hammer the player with biased sources, Supreme Leader and her court, Claude, the Abyss residents -

Which is doubly funny for the Abyss residents, because their "Church BaD" is completely bonkers, given how it's the Church who offers them a crappy, and yet existing shelter.

"The Church wants us gone" Dude, if they really wanted you gone, Rhea would have deployed the knights to evacuate the Abyss as fast as she organised her expedition to put the Bishop of the Western Church to the sword.

Doubly funny bcs the Big Boss of the Abyss, Yuri, is sekritly Rhea's agent!

Of course being a secret agent, he can't tell people to use their mind and think - if the Central Church wanted them gone, why are they sheltering you all here, under Garreg Mach the most important site to them, and giving you, albeit in measly quantities, food and water? Rhea is the one who named the class "Ashen Wolves" - it would be pointless to give a name to the class of abyss resident who are considered unofficial students of the officer's academy, if she really wanted to purge the Abyss, right?

I understand in CS this was used as a red herring for Aelfie, who is akshually the one who runs the Abyss and spreads the "Church BaD Rhea BaD" sentiment because of his own agenda and opinions, but with 3 (counting the DLC) routes having biased narrators against the CoS in FE16 (out of 5) you'd have to wonder what was the point -

Was it only to sell Hresvelg Grey? To sell Billy becoming God and the "new" head of Church being a necessity so the former has to suck?

IDK.

FWIW, Nopes gave us one (1) NPC who, from the start, says something positive about the Church rebuking the biased statement everyone is throwing around, Mark the NPC, who says accusations of corruption of the Central Church and wyvern poo, since Rhea and Seteth both punish people who take bribes or commit crimes...

And yet, for one Mark, we have many lines spoken with bias against the Church, and no one bothers to correct them (the church forces you to marry ? Uh, no, I've heard the story of a woman who left her land to marry a foreign king! - Church forces you to have responsabilities through crusts : no? Almyra and Brigid have royalty, and Brigid royals want to protect their people thinking it is both their duty and something they want, and yet the Brigid royal line has no crust? Ditto for Almyra? - crusts are the reasons why nobles act like asses : No, Kleimann offed Lambert not because he was jelly Lambert had a crust, but because he wanted more lands and opposed the King's reforms?)

KT wanted their golden route, but because Supreme Leader is the main thorn to any Golden Route (tfw the person who wants to conquer neighboring lands has to work with the people who don't want to be conquered and are fighting for survival in a war the previous person started :( ) everyone has to ally against a common enemy, and it fell on the CoS (with Dimitri getting the nonsensical Zahras scene) - is it it because Nopes follows an Agarthan narrative, as opposed to FE16 having Billy stand-in for a Nabatean centred narrative?

I still find it hilarious that the Nopes writers bent Dimitri, and, arguably Clout, in bonkers versions of themselves to justify Nopes, but couldn't find a way to, uh, have Supreme Leader realise the Mole People are the biggest threat to the world and the Lizards aren't that evil to begin with, provided you don't try to kill them ; that's why Supreme Bullshit started to be something interesting, Supreme Leader targets the Mole People first, but then it became a traditional Supreme Leader route, erasing the lizards took precedence over everything - even if she knows Uncle and pals are still slithering around since she never caught him - so the second she can become Emperor, she returns to her original plan, not giving a fig about Uncle and hunting Lizards to MAGA.

Compare this to Rhea, in the very same route, at the end, who has to fight against the Empire (who's out for her head) and the Mole People - and Rhea dgaf about the Empire anymore, the biggest threat to Fodlan are the Mole People - she doesn't target/aim/attack Supreme Leader and Barney in the ending cinematic, she flies over them, to defeat the "real" enemy, Thales.

[dragonoffantasyandreality]

@llamawrites And I was just finishing "The Quest" by Chris Bishop on Spectrum HQ, boy was it a doozy! And "White Christmas Carol" a few days ago by the same author (which became one of my favorite CS fanfics, for obvious reasons) 😆

(via FlimsyFlamingo on Twitter)

[persistent-wallflower]

;) Maybe I can privately ask through all these gamer questions because these are so good but let's start with 2, 5, 13, 21!

Baby. :33 You can ask about it all, anything you want :D

2. Top 5 games of all time.

Starting with a hard one 😵‍💫 Especially since I don't have my steam library with me! :D I'll try to think of some personal favourites. 1. Pokémon ranger: Shadows of Almia may be my favourite Pokémon game. I know making loops around Pokémon isn't as replayable as battling, but interactions with Pokémon and the storyline is very dear to me. 2. Endless Ocean. I spent hours diving all over the ocean on my Wii. It felt like a different universe. I played it again recently and I loved it just as much. :D And the soundtrack... 3. Civilization 5. It's been ages since I've played it but it really made me crazy about strategy games. It started it all so it deserves a place. I remember vividly playing it and listening to Ceremonials by Florence day after day :D 4. Assassin's creed 2, with all expansions. I just love Venice! ...and killing people. :3 5. I have to mention Dead by daylight :D Logging in feels like going home to my little hell home :D Maybe these aren't the greatest games, and I can think of many other or probably better ones... Like Resident Evil, Life is Strange, Top Spin 4, Disco Elysium, Hades, Zoo Tycoon 2, Prince of Persia, Pathologic 2, Animal Crossing... But I like my choices. :3

5. Most memorable gaming moment?

Ahh, there are many of these special moments in games. For some reason I thought of the moment you find the insulindian phasmid in disco Elysium? And talk to it? It definitely felt special when it happened for the first time. :D

13. Coolest enemy/boss design?

House Beneviento baby from Resident Evil 8 has to be up there?? And bishops of the old faith from Cult of the lamb maybe?

21. A game you thought you wouldn't like, but ended up loving?

Hitman! I thought it was a game for masc ppl... Like CS or something, you know, guns and killing and militaristic themes and all that... But agent 47 is a bald diva.... It's much more of that stealthy approach and interesting methods of assassination, many choices of weapons, and many silly moments, especially when you fail. :3

Thank you Dear. <3

[dennismakilingborlas]

Presbyteral Ordination of REV. DEXTER VALEROSO IGNACIO, CS officiated by MOST REVEREND BISHOP MEDEL S. ASEO, DD, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tagum held at San Roque Parish, Mawab, Davao de Oro

[st0r-fruit]

ROUNDABOUT X OC!!!

Oc: Bishop/Adya Hartono

Art by @soyoni , thank you for the birthday gift broski :3

[ashlakh]

ASH!!!!! RANDOM SPAM INCOMING!!!! GIVE ME YOUR FAVOURITE TV SHOW AND FAVOURITE TV CHARACTER!!!!

WAIT NO- YOU CANT DO THIS TO MEE ITS TOO HARD I REFUSE COS THEY'LL COME AFTER ME-

Okay...so they keep changing and recently iv binge-watched mcu alot so Tv show- ECHO cs it awesome and amazing (ik i just watched pjo but-) and Tv show character....idk there r too many...Kate Bishop from Hawkeye cos she's gorgeous and badass and funny- need i say more

TRUST ME THESE CHANGE REALLY OFTEN

[adventism-atheism-orthodoxy-me]

I am periodically reminded of why I do not participate in community discussions - whether in person or on-line. My daughter says I'm neurodivergent. As part of that unofficial diagnosis from a college student, I see connections and make leaps in my thinking that others just don't see. Any time I participate, I am brought up short by people's reactions that I have not anticipated, and that seem to have no relation to the discussion at hand - indicative that my points were completely missed and led people into the weeds.

In the comments of this particular article, the subject of Western abuses in the name of Christianity came up. To my mind, specific liturgies and rites can't be immediately be castigated for their origins.

Society is a fabric, or a mosaic of many different parts. Orthodox societies are composed of different elements and components then are Western societies - think of those elements as different pieces of colored glass and mortar, or perhaps threads and pigments. The elements could be considered to have a flavor corresponding to their various cultures.

That Western Societies are dysfunctional is beyond question among outside observers, The United States, I think looks particularly dysfunctional, even to Western Europe. Rampant poverty, unsustainable production and consumption, societal distrust of almost every civil institution, the list could go on... Our tapestry is tattered, worn, with gaping holes - if it were a mosaic, I would say large pieces of colored glass were missing, or the edges have been chipped off.

Orthodox societies may not be perfect, and I would say could be as wildly distorted, if not more so than Western societies - I would offer the modern "Russian Federation" and Ukraine as cases in point.

However, my feeling is that Orthodoxy has the potential, as the Bride of Christ, to repair the cultural tapestry. Though modern political realities show that just as in the West, Orthodoxy can be distorted into a caricature, a mockery, of the Life in Christ, that is in no way a given. Care is needed.

Specific Rites, Liturgical variations, and all the rest need to be sensitive to the mosaic, the tapestry... Whatever is going to be created, or rather repaired, by their implementation. The goal should be to fix the tapestry, mosaic or whatever so that the culture can become a complete whole - or at least as close to a complete whole as can be attained on earth. The first time this happened, it was with the Greeks, later the Persians, and so on...

Throughout Orthodox history not only have the Bishops been instrumental in this, but the laity has been part of this creation also. There are cases in Church history where the laity has refused to abide by council rulings and persisted in reversing bad decisions. I could be wrong, but I think both Arianism and Iconoclasm were defeated this way.

Managers need not apply.

I have great faith in the triumph of Orthodox Christianity.

"For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." -- 2 Timothy 1:7

[excessive-vampires]

Dealing with Demons Chapter 7: Having Fun Despite Extenuating Circumstances Part 1: Riley

Masterlist with CW

Taglist: @demyxdancer @softvampirewhump @d-cs

Riley was running late for work. They had treated themself to breakfast from a nearby coffee shop to celebrate solving an "alien abduction" case. It was never really aliens, usually it was vampires messing with their victims while they were still suggestable, or the fae collecting materials for the magical equivalent of mad science. This time it was the later, so a joint fae/Bureau team had hunted down those responsible. They were apprehended, and the case was closed. As far as Riley had heard the offenders were going to be spending the next century doing something in between community service and indentured servitude.

Sil hated working with the fae though, which was why Riley was getting her coffee and a chocolate croissant, to help celebrate no longer having to work with them until the next fae-related case came up. But the line was longer and slower than expected, and Riley ended up ten minutes behind schedule. Not a good look for just a week after getting back from being suspended. Still, the world wasn't going to fall apart without them while they got breakfast.

When Riley opened the soundproof waiting room door chaos leaked out. Everyone was running somewhere and yelling, every face was full of panic. The elevator opened to show a small crowd of researchers, each with an armful of files, who rushed out towards the hastily made cluster of desks that seemed to be where everyone was running to or from. There was an agent at the center of the chaos who seemed to be barking orders at everyone he saw. Riley couldn't remember the man's name, but recognized him as the leader of the team assigned to investigate the missing person cases.

Riley rushed to Director Coleman's office.

"What's going on?!"

Coleman looked up from where she had her head in her hands. "Andrew Bell disappeared from prison."

"Like, escaped or—"

"Disappeared. We sent people to Clara Bolton's house to protect her, but..."

Riley's heart sank. "No."

"She's gone too. Just vanished. No two disappearances have been this close together before. This is an absolute clusterfuck. We have the agents working on the other disappearances briefed on the situation, but I'm having Agent Silverman's team take point. Including you. And listen, Agent Bishop, I need you to contact Avi."

"What? Why?"

"Because they'll know if Bolton is still alive."

Riley fished out their phone and hit the call button under Avi's contact information.

"Riley? What—"

"Meet me at the Bureau. It's important."

"Why?"

"I'll tell you when you get here."

"I'd rather know what I'm walking into."

"Just get here! It's an emergency!"

There was a pause. Then, "I'll be outside the building in five minutes."

Riley hung up and walked towards the exit. Coleman followed. Soon they were outside, and, after a moment of waiting, the already cool morning air chilled and Avi appeared. The demon was dressed professionally. Their expression was serious and guarded. They crossed their arms over their chest.

"What do you need?"

"Is Clara Bolton alive?" Riley asked, trying to keep the desperation out of their voice.

"Yes. Why?"

"Give me your word she's alive!" Riley demanded.

"I give you my word she's alive. What's going on?" The panic that had infected the base was starting to leak into Avi's tone.

"She's been taken," Director Coleman said. "By supernatural means."

Avi's eyes went wide for a moment. Then they composed themself. But their ever present smile was still missing. "I assume you know who I am. Avi, they/them if you don't. Who are you?"

"Director Sarah Coleman, she/her. I'm in charge of this base."

Avi's expression darkened. "I can assure you I had nothing to do with her disappearance. If I were to end her life, even indirectly, our deal would be broken."

"I guess that rules out the demon of envy," Riley said.

"Maximilian? Why?"

"Andrew Bell was taken too."

Avi took a step back, their mouth fell open, their arms dropped to their sides. "If someone is collecting people who've sold their souls, whatever they're doing can't be good. For those that have been taken or for the demons connected to them. Is this related to the other missing persons cases that have been in the news?"

"We don't know yet, but at this point we have to assume they are. I trust we can count on your cooperation with our investigation?" Coleman asked.

"Director Coleman, no offense, but if I'm going to be working closely with people who know how to banish me back to the psychic plane I'm going to need some assurances."

"Name your terms."

"Let's make a deal. I will assist your agents in this investigation in any way I can short of endangering myself, do whatever I can to not hinder the investigation in any way short of endangering myself, and not harm you or anyone under your employment for the duration of the case. In exchange, you and everyone under your employment will not banish me, imprison me, harm me or attempt to harm me, or interfere with my making and carrying out deals for the duration of the case."

"I won't make anyone promise to not interfere with deals that involve people getting hurt," Coleman said, staring Avi down.

"Fair. And I won't be stepping foot inside that building." Avi pointed at the base, apparently unintimidated. "Do you accept these terms?" Avi held out their hand.

"I accept." Coleman shook it. "Now, the two of you wait here while I get Agents Silverman and Green. You're going to investigate the crime scenes."

"While we do that someone should be making a list of relevant missing persons reports. I can go to their homes and determine if they've summoned a demon recently and what kind."

"That would be invaluable," Coleman said. "Thank you, Avi."

Their smile finally showed up. "No problem, new boss."

Riley turned to Avi as Coleman left. "For a minute there I thought you were going to ask for her soul."

"Deals can be for things other than souls, and I figure I can give you this one case for free since I'm already involved in it."

"What about the Bell case?"

"That one was a favor to you. Now I'm officially part of the team. Like a consultant or a liason." Judging by the demon's tone, this seemed to greatly amuse Avi.

"So if we need your help with another case then you'll want her soul?"

Avi shrugged then leaned forward. "I probably won't ask for hers," They said conspiratorially.

"Oh." Riley's blood ran cold. Avi wanted their soul.

Avi put a hand on Riley's shoulder. "But that's for future us to worry about."

Then Mike and Sil arrived. Sil walked up to where Riley and Avi were standing.

"Avi."

"Agent Silverman." Avi did a mock salute. Mike stifled a chuckle. Sil's frown deepened.

"For this mission I am your superior. You will listen to what I tell you to do, and you will not act without consulting me."

Avi's face got serious. "Understood."

"Good. We might just get through this without disaster. Now come on, we're taking car five."

Mike called shotgun as soon as they were in sight of the parking garage and sprinted towards the car. Sil sighed and quickened her own pace. This left Riley and Avi somewhat alone together.

"So... Riley... are you working on any new playlists?"

"Can we not talk unless it's about the investigation?"

"Oh." Avi frowned. Okay."

Riley put in their earbuds and played their de-stress playlist. Today was definitely not going how they thought it would.

......

Soon they were squeezing themself into the backseat of the car next to Avi, because no matter how much they were reeling from the revelation that the demon wanted their soul, they were still more comfortable around Avi than the rest of the team was.

"How long is the drive going to be?" Avi asked.

"Forty-five minutes," Sil answered.

"Hmm." Then Avi leaned their head back and closed their eyes. Mike looked back at them and then got Riley's attention. They took out one earbud.

"Do demons sleep?" Mike whispered.

"Not that I know of." Riley's tone was similarly quiet. They moved to put the earbud back in but Mike gestured for them to stop.

"Then what are they doing?"

"I don't know."

"Ask them."

"You ask them."

"No way, they like you."

"I'm not going to—"

"I'm meditating," Avi said. "But I can still hear you just fine."

Sil laughed. A blush rose in Mike's cheeks and he turned back around. Riley put their earbud back in. They wondered why a demon would need to meditate, but not enough to ask.

[greatcstarcher-arch]

— character info sheet.

(repost, don’t reblog)

name: katherine elizabeth bishop

name meaning: pure

alias/es:  kate , hawkeye

ethnicity: we're going with hailee's ethnicity so a bunch : jewish , african american , filipino , english , german , scottish

one picture you like of your character: my sweet baby girl , always awkward

three h/cs you never told anyone:

she doesn't visit her mom in jail due to the guilt she carries for putting her in there. she still and always will love her mom, but she's too afraid to face her again.

she doesn't feel smart enough to be part of the avengers, which she feels like she needs to prove herself more. especially when she only has a bow and arrow.

sometimes she wonders why clint caved in to letting her be his partner.

three things your character likes doing in their free time: 

learning how to make different kinds of trick arrows

binging netflix shows with lucky

learning kpop dance routines , that that by psy and suga is her go to

two things your character regrets:

learning the truth about her mom and sending her to jail

getting clint in trouble and almost having him miss christmas with his family

two phobias fears your character has:

her mom not learning her lesson the moment she comes out and doing the same thing

not honoring the hawkeye name

TAGGED BY : @aigonakru ( ily )

TAGGING : YOUUUUU

[kobikate]

NSFW ABCs- Kate Bishop

X = X-Ray (Let's see what’s going on in those clothes, picture or words)

Kate probably has Cs, and her body is muscular. She has a few scars from the various missions she's been on, and she always has some bruises and scrapes littered on her body. She wears them with pride though and will show off the particularly gnarly ones with a grin.

She's had insecurities about her body, but nowadays she's happy with how she looks. Kate loves how strong she is and will just sass anyone who has anything negative to say about it.