#dawm asks

[dreammeiser]

I wanted to answer this ask because it popped up very late in the night for me, but I also wanted to cut off the part that linked the blog to me because I ain't gonna give them the attention they want. Thank you for reaching out to me about this! I saw that they're a bunch of pro-shippers, which I've been very vocally and publicly against having in my viewership (as has Clown!), so... we shouldn't care what they think! It's also kinda funny because uh... I have been very upfront in the past that I was encouraged to post my work because of Welcome Home. It made me happy that there was an appreciation for our brand of puppets when I was coming back to social media :o) They also don't realize that the people they're white-knighting for are the same people they're insulting in that same ask, because a fair amount of people from the Welcome Home team also work on the DAWM team, so a knock at my work is a knock at the Welcome Home team's work as well. I just haven't announced their roles in this project, ha! But ya know what? I can't control what people think of me, or what they think of my project. I have been pretty open about it on my social media, but that only does so much. Sometimes people wanna just tear ya down because of their own insecurities or issues. Their hatred doesn't define us. I will continue to do my best to treat the folks around me with love, will continue trying to be mindful of how I leave folks and the spaces around me, and I will continue creating and working with my friends on this project, because that's the kind of energy I want to put out into the world and it's what I wanna see more of.

In a time where hate is often put on a pedestal and amplified, let's turn our backs on that behavior and engage in spaces where people nurture each other and do their best to be kind instead. People that are secure in themselves do not feel the need to tear others down like that.

[syntheticcharmva]

Let's say, both Welcome Home, and DAWM had official international dubs.

What voice actor claims you'd claim for Howdy, Barnaby and Roy?

Hmmm ya know i don't know enough about actors in different countries. BUT I'M SUPER CURIOUS.

So i'd rather hear all of you guys' voice claims. feel free to share in reblogs n such i'll give em all a look see

[shantimochi]

Who are the characters you're the most excited to see appear in the show or feel the most relatable to in DAWM?

Oh, and I just love how small, cozy, and friendly the DAWM fandom is!

There's no drama, everyone's so friendly and kind, little to no bad apples, no ship wars, etc. it's so nice here!

Looking forward to seeing the show once it arrives! And happy late thanksgiving! 😁

Oh I’m excited for every one of the characters really! There has been so much talent that has been poured into different aspects of the characters whether that be with design and writing, or voice work— Even their quirks and the way they carry themselves! All dripping with personality!

Earl is my personal favorite- he’s a blast to work on and has a lot of layers that I’m excited for the audience to have fun and play with. :]

I think I relate to several of them in different ways! As I hope you all will too 💖

There is something in them for everyone!

I get what you mean by how cozy the fandom feels! It’s always a bit of an adjustment for Mage and I when something blows up and suddenly there are more eyes on it than before. People can be kind of wild depending on the platform, (as is the way of the internet) but overall, the people who stick around have been the kindest, most supportive fans and it’s been a real honor to have ya’ll along for the ride in the early stages of the project!

[landorris]

blue jeans | max verstappen x fem!reader

part two to this

fc; ruby lyn

warnings; english is not my first language

taglist; @thef1diary @bigsimperika @shobaes @d3kstar @stinkyjax @the-untamed-soul @bibissparkles @judespoision @weekendlusting @formula1mount

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maxverstappen1

liked by yourusername, landonorris and others

maxverstappen: great job team💪🏽 another win to the count, let’s keep pushing 🦁🔥

yourusername: congrats maximilian

maxverstappem1: don’t.

user1: another one thank you

user2: he’s unstoppable

user3: 5 podiums in 5 races he’s insane

landonorris: mate let me win

maxverstappen1: 🤓☝🏽

user4: i live for this friendship

user5: yn girl where are you and why aren’t you coming to the races

your phone

yourusername

liked by yourfriend, maxverstappen1 and others

yourusername: girls trip w the gang (just us two👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏾)

yourfriend: love you pookie

yourusername: love you too girly

user1: theyre just girls😖😖😖

user2: i need a girls trip

user3: the vlog is gonna be so good

maxverstappen1: you’re in italy?? no way!! im racing there in a couple days

yourusername: what?! tell me more

landonorris: my friend thinks you’re cute and i think your friend is cute

yourusername: shut up lando

yourfriend: hey lando

your phone

yourusername

liked by maxverstappen1, yourfriend and others

yourusername: he just wanted a padel mate and got himself a gf☝🏽 Ik houd van jou [i love you] world champ🦁🧡

maxverstappen1: ik houd ook van jou🧡🧡🧡 [i love you too]

user1: they’re so cute

user2: so funny that he was the guy who was a terrible padle player

user3: parents

yourfriend: i feel like a proud mom

user4: he doesn’t deserve her

user5: take care of her max

maxverstappen1

liked by yourusername, landonorris and others

maxverstappen1: another win in the championship and also out of it, i finally got milo 🐱 i love you too ig🧡🧡 (this is a joke okay? i literally asked her if i could be her boyfriend i just love her sm, she’s my favorite win)

yourusername: max im literally crying i love you😭

user1: he has game??????

user2: my girl

user3: dawm he got the girl

user4: parents

landonorris: she’s your favorite win, does that mean you’re gonna forget about the other ones?

maxverstappen1: you’re funny

landonorris: proud of you mate

fernandoalo_oficial: okay mr. i don’t have a crush on her

user5: they are so adorable

[footballfanficwriter]

You're Drunk babe

Summary:where Jude is Drunk and the reader has to deal with him

A/N: requests are open

Jude and I are at a club after his training and he's got a week before he has to Report back to club duty so we're spending as much time as possible

I see jude take his 9th shot of the night and I slightly begin to become concerned as this means I have to drive us home, because there is no way he is

"Babe come dance with me" he says

"Jude I can't, I need to make sure you're ok"

"I am, now stop worrying and relax and come dance with me

" Go ahead babe, I'll wait for you here, plus you need it more than me with how hard you've been working"

He stares at me for a while then kisses me on my forehead "I love you" and blends in with the crowd

I sip on my lemon water and slightly boping to the music playing

After 15 minutes I get bored and try to find Jude because I wanna go home

" Mate, what's your problem, I was just trying to get my drink"

" you did it on purpose"

"Oh get over it it's not like you died" Jude says walking away

"Hey love, you alright?"

"Yeah, you ready to go home?"

"Yeah c'mon let's go"

We walk out the club and to the car, I get into the driver seat and Jude in the passenger seat and start the car

"So this is what it feels like to be a passenger princess" He says clearly drunk

"Yep" I say

"You know, some times I wonder what would happen if... if... if, shit I forgot what I wanted to say"

I laugh at him and continue to focus on the road ahead

"Babe?" He says

"Yeah"

"Where are we going?"

"Home Jude"

"Can we take a roadtrip?"

"Not now hunny, first I need to get you home"

"Ok, babe?"

"Yeah"

"Can you please give me a kiss"

"No Jude I'm driving"

"I'll take the wheel" he says

"You'll kill us before we even get to live our lives together"

" Y/n?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you "

"I love you Jude"

I turn my head to see him fast asleep

When we arrive at the house I park the car in the Garage and wake Jude up

"Jude, Jude, babe wake up"

He wakes up and looks at me like he's just seen a Ghost

"C'mon we've arrived, let's go to bed" I say

We walk out the Garage with his arm around my shoulder with most of his weight on me

We walk into the house and walk up the stairs

I toss him in the bed and start undoing his pants and pull them down

"What's, what's happening he says abruptly waking up"

"Calm down it's just me"

"Oh" he says laying back onto the bed

He slightly turns his head to his left hand

And sees his ring

"Sorry lady that's undressing me what's that thing on my hand"

I look at him confused

"Uhm, your wedding ring I say"

"Wait what I'm married" he says

"Yep"

"Then get off me, my wife might walk in and think something is happening"

"Jude, how much did you drink tonight"

"I don't know, but what I know is that my wife won't be happ you seeing you undress me"

"Jude I am your wife"

"Wait really?"

"Yeah, babe we've been married for 3 years now"

"Wait so you're my wife"

"That's what I just said"

"Shit"

"What?"

"Nothing just thinking how beautiful you are, and you're my wife?"

"Yep"

"Dawm, that's mental, you're so beautiful"

I laugh at him and continue changing his clothes

"There you go now you're ready for bed"

"Thank you my beautiful wife"

I smile at his comment and make my way to the bathroom, so I can get ready for bed myself

"Where are you going?" He asks

" The bathroom"

"Can you leave the door open, so I can still hear your voice"

"Weird but ok"

I do as he asked and he starts asking me questions

"So how did we meet"

"We met at a meet and greet when you were signing shirts and posters for fans and I was one of them"

"Did I look good though?"

"Yeah babe you looked hot"

"What else"

"What else do you want to know"

"Did you ever hate me?"

"Nope if I did then I wouldn't be where I am right now"

"Right"

I walk out the bathroom and make my way to bed

"Can you come closer, I wanna cuddle" he says

I shift closer to him and he wraps his arms around me and his head on my shoulder

He pecks my neck and falls asleep

[puppethorror-confessions]

The main character, Archie, looks like Wally. Mae Flowers is very similar to Julie as they’re both rainbow creatures associated with flowers.

it also doesn’t help that the creator gives out too many hints of the story and on the nose with it. Aswell as revealing key plot points instead of having it unravel in the show, ruining the mystery by basically telling us it!

They revealed there’a going to be 4 main villains and confirmed in their Instagram stories that the main big bad guy is Roy, Teddy and Oddery are Ex-lovers, Teddy and Roy working together, Teddy worked at her family’s Marinette Theatre working as an assistant, Teddy getting into occult because he wanted to bring back Oddery who died in a fire and the body she’s inhabiting is an Marinette puppet he saved from the fire to use as a new vessel for her, and even revealing the reason why DAWM was canceled because some of the key crew members went missing because they ended up in dream along when falling asleep by watching Roy’s show, who uses his broadcast to hypnotize others and turning them into the characters including rewriting their memories in return for their skin. Basically revealed Roy is a demon, etc.

Another thing is the Ko-Fi. No updates regarding the pilot’s progress. No seek peeks. No concept art. No clips, rough art, etc. We have no information apart from unrelated illustrations and little animations….that’s it! We haven’t seen any progress apart from unrelated artworks and small animations irrelevant to the pilot. Yet they want people to pay 10 a month for a pilot with nothing to show for? Most inide projects at least show clips/voices, show progress, storyboards, etc and other things to show proof of concept before asking for money.





[alien-grave]

Thoughts on the whole Dreamie/Mage vs Confessions Anon.

(My personal blog. My thoughts. Fuck off if you take issue with it.)

As someone who’s been watching on the sidelines, and saw the original post when it was first posted as well as a back and fourth that occurred in the comments, this honestly is just proving to me that Dreamie/Mage is actively cultivating a toxic fanbase.

Should the confessions blog have tagged the original post using the DAWM or Dream Along With Me tags? Certainly not, but from what I’ve seen they have addressed this and corrected themselves. So honestly they did all they needed to do in my opinion in this situation. To blame them for posting in the tags the one post days ago, left unnoticed for a good while, is a bit ridiculous since it was a fan that sent it anonymously to Mage (too pussy to even do it off anon) that lead them to noticing at all. And again, they did their due diligence and quickly fixed their mistake.

The real person at fault for this was whoever decided it was a real smart idea to send any of this to Mage through their anon ask box.

It’s common sense that you, as a fan, DO NOT send your favorite creators anything that you consider ‘hate’? I saw the original post so I think labeling the critique and personal opinion of someone as ‘hate’ is just signs that you can’t take criticism, but I digress. Wether it was legitimate hate or not, what’s wrong with you? Why would you send that to your favorite creator if not to stir up drama or worse, thinking you are some kind of vigilante that needs to report to the creator of any nay sayers or anyone that DARES have any criticism towards them. A very childish outlook on how the internet works, really.

In the original Anon post, it was one single anon. Under the post, in the comments, a back and forth sparked between a very clear DAWM fan and someone else who was possibly the original anon. Essentially it was one person. One person that said something critical about DAWM. Just one. And of course, it could have been the same DAWM fan that was arguing in the comments, or a different one that noticed it, being the text book definition of a white knight and reporting to the creator this person that they argued with in the comments that they labeled a ‘hater’.

That’s already bad enough. What’s worse is the fact that Mage incited and handled it very very poorly. Just as childishly. To allow your fans to harass people in that way, for simply having criticisms of your project, to allow fans to SEND YOU anything negative someone might be saying. That’s toxic as hell and encourages policing, bullying and harassment from your fanbase. You claim to promote positivity and kindness but it’s very painfully clear that you perpetuate toxic positivity and have a very unhealthy relationship with fandom and the internet.

What gets to me is how Mage decided to address it. You honestly didn’t need to. It was ONE random person on a whole other corner of the internet stating their personal opinions. One. One that your fans couldn’t leave alone and simply block and move on. You incited petty drama over a confessions blog that had ONE PERSON saying something critical about you.

Surprise surprise it’s a confessions blog. It’s going to have opinions people feel safer expressing. And clearly there are people who, for good reason, DONT feel safe saying their personal opinions about your project. I wonder why.

(It's a cow farm, Your gonna find cows outside!)

The language you chose to use, as you posted the anon vaguely to your account and included no context of what was actually even said about you and your project, was as if painting that you were being hated on by several people. You worded it in such a way to almost make it seem like there were several people saying the absolute worse about you when that’s not even true! The only good thing about you vague posting was not posting the account they sent you. That’s the only point I’ll give you. The bare minimum of not directly blasting an account with your fans. Good job.

ONE. ANON. One person. Critiquing you. Which is going to happen a hell of a lot more the bigger you get, you realize.

My point is, to me it really came off like you were looking for pity points. You didn’t HAVE to address some meaningless opinion on the internet. You didn’t have to do it so vaguely either that you conveniently don’t even show what was truly said that was ‘so mean’. Yet, you did, and got the attention I’m sure you wanted. You wanted to have your fans come and baby you.

Aw poor Mage, what did those meanie weanies say about you? They’re just jealous! Don’t listen to them we love you!

That’s what you got. That’s the attention you wanted I bet. But here’s the thing, attention like that is a double edged sword when you try to spin it like a bunch of people were hating on you on a confessions blog. When it was really only one person being critical. Because now you’ve, stupidly, bought attention to it as well. Not just yourself. And it’s, in fact, AFTER you addressed it that the blog seemed to have this sudden influx of DAWM confessions sent to them. All critical of you. Before it was only one. After YOU bought attention to it, framing it like you’re being attacked, did more people seem to send things to this blog.

If you had never addressed a situation that was barely even one, and decided to spin it as a way to feed your victim complex in order to fish for pity and compliments, no one would have even noticed the post to begin with. No one would have sent anything after either. But you did incite it.

The other part of this that’s telling to me is the whole brushing it off as ‘it’s just a bunch of pro shippers’ which made me laugh because, bunch where?? There was literally only one singular person. Where are these bunches of proshippers? And what does anyone being a pro shipper have to do with literally anything? It’s so irrelevant to bring up. It doesn’t discredit people’s opinions just because they think it’s wrong to harass people over fiction. But I guess seeing as you encourage that sort of thing, no wonder that’s a point you felt worthy of bringing up.

You also can’t control who is in your viewer ship. To basically say ‘I’m banning all proshippers from looking at my project!” That’s not how the world works. That’s not how the internet works. That’s not how fandom works. And for someone who desperately hates being compared to clown and WH, you certainly do a lot of comparisons with yourself and clown all on your own. Weird.

Certainly weird to boast about how you have some of clown’s staff working for you too. Very very weird and kind of creepy. But that’s just an opinion I’ve had for a while, sorry for the tangent.

As far as I’m aware, Clown has never once said anything about not wanting proshippers in their viewership. Not directly or publically as far as I’ve seen. Only you. I don’t recall ever seeing a post or anywhere that says anything about clown so much as address that kind of discourse. They generally simply don’t waste their time on it. (If I’m wrong I’m open to being corrected since I simply can’t see everything all the time but I did try to check, so I’m going to continue with the assumption that this is a false claim). So, assuming this is untrue based on what I’ve seen, you really shouldn’t put words in people’s mouths or speak for them.

Because unlike you, Mage, Clown has the maturity and understanding of how a fandom works. They understand that it’s WRONG for a fan to be sending you negative things about your project, or things like NSFW. That it’s toxically parasocial for fans to think that’s okay to do. They understand that in order to have that boundary respected, it’s not a matter of banning nsfw or content they don’t like from the fandom and to do so would only create worse toxicity by the fans that will then feel promted and even encouraged to harass anyone they see doing anything their beloved idol doesn’t want/like/approve of. No, instead Clown did the smart, mature, and understanding thing and said alright. I’ll create a tag for them, and I’ll ask that everyone please just tag accordingly and STOP sending things to me.

Clown practiced basic fandom etiquette. Used the tagging system for its true purpose. To allow for easier filtering and blocking for those who don’t want to see certain content or creators, while still giving those creators the space to exist safely without being harassed and allowed to do the thing that FANDOMS DO.

You could never.

Because you think that everyone else should be responsible for your boundaries. No. Your boundaries are YOUR responsibility and if you truly are going to grow as a creator and gain a bigger fan base, there are some basic truths you’ll simply have to accept. You can’t control who is a fan. To ban people over their stance on fiction is disgusting and juvenile, aren’t you an adult? Don’t allow fans to become so parasocial as to send you things that will obviously upset you, that should be a boundary you enforce. Use tags. People will have opinions, people will critique your work and it won’t always been full of praise. That’s not hate. And hate will exist the bigger you get. You can’t stop baseless hate any more than you can stop genuine critiques. Simple.

But you’ve done none of that. And you’ll have a toxic fan base for it. You already do.

And as always you and your fans will probably try blaming the nonexistent proshippers of which most won’t go anywhere near you anyways. Because unlike you people, they are more likely to respect simple and reasonable boundaries and generally don’t feel comfortable around people openly hateful and encouraging of harassment of them. But you’ll find a way. Your kind of people always do.

And if you ever see this, Mage, I know you’ll block me. To which I say, good for you. You got one piece of fandom etiquette down. Sadly only using it to further avoid reflecting on valid criticisms and take accountability of your actions. Either you’ll somehow come across this meaningless post made by one single random person on the internet, or one of your rabid white knights will find it and send it your way. Then you’ll block me. Then you will proceed to whine that someone was being a big meanie weanie to your grown ass self somewhere, and get more of that shallow praise and babying you seem so desperate for.

Because y’all are predictable that way.

[wouldyoustayvn]

Permission to start my chaos asks of unhinged Virgil again?

As much as I love the fluff and NSFW I missed making him unhinged af because gahd dawm is he hot af while unhinged

He likes to watch you, especially when you sleep :)

At times he even lays down in bed with you and stares. Of course he won’t touch you. Not without your consent. He wouldn’t dare betray your trust!

He can be a bit delusional at times. Like I said, his common trait in every versions of Virgil is being a caretaker, he enjoys to taking care of someone. And he still is! Just uhhh somewhat twisted that he didn’t even notice!

He love to wear your clothes! It gives him the comfort that you’re with him! (Even if you’re not at the time-) but don’t worry! He’ll always wash them! Just don’t ask why some of your undergarments are missing he has no idea why! Maybe you have misplace somewhere?

He has this weird fascination about staring your face (yes that’s right more staring!) he likes to see every single detail of your face, your eyes, your lips, your nose, your flesh, everything, staring at you so your face can burn inside his memory forever.

He has your ip, your home address too, your government file says a lot about you/j

[nerdygirlwithanxiety]

Dawm quotes but as yugioh abridged ;

Duncan; huh..I think we just killed a man

Mercury; If anyone ask William did

Will; Yeahaha! Wait what?-

MEANWHILE THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY

Laughing Jack; ooo so many restraining orders just waiting to happen!

[dreammeiser]

Will DAWM be fully animated or like half animated and half comic?

I'm so excited for it!

I'd love to explore different avenues of storytelling with this project! I think I'd like to present the main story in animated form, but would like to create games, comics, and zines for it. Maybe even do something with my website? I have a lot of ideas for these, but for now am focusing on the main project. :o)

(little snippet of a doodle I made of Roy; his book's title is, "Are You There, God? Just Kidding. It's Roy.)

[shantimochi]

Can I just say I absolutely adore the Dream setting DAWM has? You rarely, ever, ever see media take place in a full on Dream setting and only Dream setting.

I wish more media would do that, as there’s no limitation to what you can do, plus lots of creative space to let your imagination run wild!

Oh same here! The moment I laid eyes on the project I fell in love with the dream setting it took place in and the soft aesthetics that come with it. It’s so conducive for nostalgia, the unexplainable, and the spooky! It really does feel limitless for what can be done and it’s very fun to play around with.

There’s some really cool world building that Mage has done with the dream setting in mind. We’re all stoked to show it off when the time comes!

[andersunmenschlich]

Genesis 1

In the beginning, we’re told, there was gods.

Yes, gods. Don’t like it? Take issue with the original: “אֱלהִים” wasn’t my idea. Stupid idea, if you ask me, pluralizing “אֱלוֹהַּ.” Did I ask the original writers of this book to do that? No. It was all their brilliant idea. Why did they think this was a good idea? I don’t know! Do I look like a necro-telepath to you?

Anyhow. In the beginning, there was gods. And gods went right ahead and created the ground and the space above the ground. Also there was a lot of water. And things were dark, because there wasn’t any light.

Also the spirit (or wind or breath or mind or…) of gods was hovering over the water, which I guess is to give us an idea of where they were in all this.

So we’ve got some ground, and some water, and some space, and a gods.

Then gods goes ahead and speaks light into existence. That’s right: they “hey, Siri”d light into existence, except without Siri because they’re gods and whatever they command just plain happens. Poof, light. Nothing emitting it. Nowhere for it to come from. But hey—there’s light. Completely and utterly sourceless. Don’t ask me how that works, because I have no idea. So far as I know it’s actually impossible. But here we are. Gods, right?

Next gods takes a look at the light and decides it’s all right. So they divide it from the darkness, which… apparently didn’t happen automatically. Strange, you’d think it would. How could light not be divided from darkness?

If you’ve got photons, you haven’t got an absence of photons. Got an absence of photons? Boy, do I have news for you: you haven’t got any photons!

But somehow light (the presence of photons) was indistinguishable from darkness (the absence of photons) until gods separated the two. How is this possible? I don’t know! This makes no sense whatsoever! Ahahaha! Gods, amiright?

Anyway.

Gods’s next move is to call the light “day” and the darkness “night.”

Oh, so we’re talking about some generalized light and darkness here, not “I lit a candle so now it’s day in my room” stuff… right? Right?

Note that there’s still no source for the light. “The sun is shining on this part of the planet, so it’s day here” is not a thing. Day is completely independent of the sun. The light fades out—evening—and fades back in—morning—and here we are, the first day. With no sun. Just light. Coming from… nowhere. Gods, man. They make no sense. Presumably there was a night in between that evening and morning somewhere, but who knows?

[cough]

So. Gods’s next move, on this first day of all days, is to create a firmament.

What the heck is a firmament.

“רָקִיעַ,” as it turns out, is an “extended surface.” So that’s what a firmament is: it’s a solid, flat, long and wide thing that’s useful as a base or a support. All right. Fine.

Where does gods put this firmament? Uh… in the water. Dividing it. So there’s some water below this firm, extended surface, and some water above it. And gods calls this thing “sky,” which is… interesting, because I’m pretty sure no airplanes or rockets or what-have-you have ever run into a firm, extended surface anywhere up there in the sky, and there’s no water outside the atmosphere, so—

No, no, don’t stone me.

If the Bible says the sky is a solid thing with water above it, well. Who am I to question the Bible, right? I’m sure there wouldn’t be any misinformation in here. The Bible is a great source of scientific knowledge, or so I’ve been repeatedly told.

Maybe there was an OS update later, or something. “Remove solid sky.” Who knows? Gods move in mysterious ways.

So. Speaking the sky into existence in the midst of the waters so as to put some water above it and some water below it takes up the whole of the first day! The completely sourceless light fades out, then back in again, starting up the second sunless day. Was there a night in there? Who knows! It’s not mentioned! You’d think we could assume, but—gods! Gods be weird, man. They might just be skipping it.

Second day, gods talks the water under the sky into bunching up into one spot so as to clear some dry land. You’d think this would result in a big pile of water towering over the land, but—gods! Maybe it was like that. Maybe it wasn’t. We don’t know.

Anyway, gods names the gathered-together water “sea” and the dry land “earth.”

Gods checks out what they’ve got so far, and decides it’s good.

This doesn’t take all day, by the way! They’ve still got time, so next they tell “earth” to sprout some plants: stuff that produces seeds and stuff that produces fruit that’s got seeds in it and stuff that produces fruit that is a seed. So… potatoes? Strawberries? Almond trees? Sunflowers? That kind of thing, I guess.

And earth sprouts the stuff. Pretty good considering gods never bothered to create any helpful microorganisms. Or a sun. And that they put all the water in existence either on the other side of the sky or in a big heap off to the side somewhere.

Gods, man. I know I keep saying it, but they defy reason, they really do.

So. They check it all out and go, “Yup, that’ll work.” And just in time, too, because the light fades out and back in again, and the third day starts.

Third day, gods figures it’s finally time for some sky decoration.

Why a sun is needed to shed light on the earth during the day when we’ve already had two perfectly well-lit days with no sun at all, gods only knows. The moon and stars make a little more sense, since light’s been completely excluded from the night—but wait, isn’t light day? And doesn’t sticking day into night kind of….

Well, never mind.

The point is, gods speaks a whole lot of lights into existence: a big one, a smaller one, and a lot of really little ones.

The idea is that these will really set the day and night apart from one another all fancy-like, and also they’ll be good for miraculous signs and omens and showing people what day or year or season it is. Super handy.

Now, don’t you get on my case about the sun and moon and stars being set up deliberately for use as signs from on high. This wasn’t my idea. “וְהָי֤וּ לְאֹתֹת֙,” gods says: “let them be for signs, omens, warnings, assurances.” I didn’t write this. Stop glaring at me like I invented the idea of the horoscope.

[sigh]

Well. So. Gods sets all these lights in the firmament. Yes, that’s right—in the firm stretched-out thing dividing the water under itself from the water above itself. Right inside it.

Don’t look at me like that. It’s not me that says this, it’s the Bible.

Incidentally, the sun and moon and stars are all the same type of thing: lights. Every one of them is a luminary—you know, an object that gives off light, a source of light.

Stop looking at me like that.

I’m not the one who says the moon is the same type of thing as the sun, only lesser. Anyway, who are you to say the moon doesn’t produce light? The Bible says it’s the same thing as the sun, just smaller and weaker! Who are you to question the Bible, huh?

So the sun and the moon and all the stars are inside the solid expanse of the sky, which has water above it. I don’t make the rules.

This little job takes all of the third day.

That’s right: commanding things into existence is time-consuming work.

The light fades, presumably taking the sun with it this time, then comes back again (probably bringing the sun with it this time, too), and here we are: the fourth day.

Gods commands the water to produce a whole bunch of living things. Does this include the water above the sky? That is up for debate! The Bible never says. Maybe there are fish above the sky. Maybe there aren’t. We don’t know, because we aren’t told. We could make guesses, or assume, but—gods, over here. Anything is possible.

Gods also commands there to be flying things, to fly above the earth, across the face of the sky.

So over the earth, under (but right up against) the firmament.

And that’s how everything in the sea and everything that flies got created. Right there and then. Fourth day. Gods checks it all out and yup, it’s good. But they’re not done there, oh no. They gotta endow all these creatures with the ability to reproduce. So they do that, and then they’re done, and the day is over.

Evening, morning, fifth day.

Would this be a good time to mention that traditionally, for the people who first believed this book, each new day starts at sunset? Sun sets, one day’s over, the next one’s started. So technically Wednesday night belongs to Thursday.

Yeah, not really important. Just a side note. Fifth day!

On the fifth day, gods tells the earth to sprout living creatures. Yeah, it’s the same word from when the earth sprouted plants. “יָצָא.” Once again, not my idea.

So the earth sprouts mammals and reptiles and bugs and all that.

Gotta emphasize here—this is gods making this stuff. Not the earth. Gods told the earth to do it and the earth did it, but that still counts as gods doing it. Okey-doke? Good. Glad we’re on the same page.

Gods inspects the lot and calls it good.

You ever notice what things gods inspects and what things they don’t? The ground and the space above it and the water—they never inspected that. Never checked it out and saw it was good. The darkness? Nope. Just assumed that one was all right, I guess. The firmament? Once again, free pass.

Anyway, creating every living creature on the land that doesn’t fly takes less time than creating a firmament, so gods goes on to another project.

“Let us make ‘Adam’ in our image, similar to us, and have it dominate all over living things and even the earth itself!”

Yeah, “אָדָם,” “aw-dawm, adam.” Just means “human,” basically. Or “man.”

Hey, “man,” “human,” what’s the difference?

So poof, there’s Adam, or Human, or Man—whatever you want to call it. Created in the image of gods, male and female.

...Okay, okay, I hear you! First we’ve got the plural “אֱלהִים” for one being, so I’m stuck saying “gods” when there’s a perfectly good singular “אֱלוֹהַּ” available, but I can’t use it and just say “god” because that’s not what the Bible says—and now we’ve got the singular “אָדָם” but it’s male and female so there must be two of it, right? Or is it intersex? Are “gods” a single being? Is “Adam” more than one person? Gaaaah!

The only thing to do is look at what the divinely inspired writer is actually saying.

Gods is plural. Adam is singular. Multiple gods created a single human, and that human was both male and female.

“But,” I hear you say, “this isn’t what I was taught in church!”

Well, I can’t help that, can I? It’s what the Bible says! It’s right there in divinely inspired black and white! “אֱלהִים” is plural! “הָֽאָדָם” is singular! This isn’t my idea! It clashes with what I was taught, too! But here it is! You want me to pretend these aren’t the words this divinely inspired writer used?

Thank you.

The gods endow this dual-sexed being with the ability to reproduce itself using basically the same words they used to bless the sea creatures and the flying things with that ability—“be fruitful and multiply”—which I guess means asexual reproduction was the original plan for humanity. Then again, who knows? These are gods. Maybe the plan was for Adam to split into two for the act, then recombine. Or some other weird thing that I can’t even think of. They’re, you know… gods. Anything is possible.

Incidentally, Adam is another thing that gets a free pass on the inspection deal! The gods don’t bother to check and see if Adam’s any good, nope. They just charge right on ahead into setting up what Adam’s going to eat (seeds and fruit, in case you were wondering), and what the other non-sea-based creatures are going to eat (the plants themselves).

Yes, vultures ate plants. Lions ate plants. Mosquitoes ate plants. Don’t question it. These are gods. They can do what they want.

Still the fifth day here, in case you were curious. Unless the time before light and darkness got separated counts as a day, in which case it’s the sixth day—but still. This is a lot to get done in one day. Guess they’re really hitting their stride, these gods.

And they’ve got time left, so they look over everything they’ve made and decide it’s all a-okay.

Evening, morning, sixth day starts.

Or seventh, depending on how you’re counting.

[yocalio]

Hello! I've been playing hzd and I'm level 23 now and I feel like I burn through my medicine pouch and potions very quickly when I'm in fights? I try to be stealthy but when that fails I feel like I'm screwed. Would you reccommend any equipment or mods that would make Aloy more formidable? Thank you!

Utilize all of your traps, they will save your ass every time. For emergency health situation, the first step is upgrading your medicine and potions pouch (pick all the plants whenever you can) so you have the max safety cushion. Other than that, stock up on all the health potions when you are buying from merchants. I can’t remember what it’s called but get the yellow one for sure because it has an armor element to it. And if you have melee/fire/shock resistant modification weaves, apply those to Aloy’s outfits. 

[puppethorror-confessions]

I wanna financially support DAWM. But there isn't really anything that prompts me to.

It's been around since March of 2024. Considering how active the creator is and how they're constantly making a lot of animations of the characters and rambling about the show and making illustrations. You'd think they'd already have a bunch of process like rough animations, scripts done, concept art, seek peeks, voice recordings, background art, animatics, VAs announceds, and everything for the pilot done, right?

NO! They've just now finalized writing the entire script for the pilot. And nothing else.

It feels really scummy wanting people to fund your project when you don't show any progress regarding its development apart from unrelated conversation sprites made only for ask sessions in instagram. It feels like they enjoy taking more about the project rather actually revealing content for it.

[discoveringthebible]

Biblical Names We Pronounce Incorrectly

            On Facebook I am a part of several nerd related grounds. Many of them are not Christian. One group in particular, “Galactic Hitchhikers” is almost anti-Christian. This group formed out of a community love for a fantastic novel and its sequels: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Many memes on this page include anything related to sci-fi, space, movie adaptations, quotations, evolution and even Christian shaming. One thing I have noticed, besides the lack of Christian content, was one reason why several of the group’s members find Christianity “bogus”. When I read about it, I thought, “This is a relatively easy problem to solve, if we can get Christians on board.”  Some people are put-off by the Anglican/American pronunciations of Hebrew and Greek names in the Bible. They ask, “How can a dark haired middle-eastern man be named David? Or Joseph? Or fill-in-the blank.” They believe that if we are authentic (and we absolutely should be authentic), how could our English pronunciations infiltrate? To them, they think our pronunciations of Biblical names, were the actual names of everyone we read about, and they can’t stand it.

           As Christians, and especially the preachers of the Gospel, we do not want our actions to deter anyone from coming to the saving power of Jesus Christ. Every decision we make has a cause and effect. So, if people aren’t coming to Christ because of our “simple” pronunciations, then we should change, or at the very least, learn that our pronunciations are actually wrong.

           If we want to be as authentic as possible, we should learn the proper names of all of our favorite Biblical characters, especially when the salvation of others is at stake. To you, it might seen like a silly, insignificant thing, but to those who recognize it, it is significant. I am not suggesting that we learn the proper names and then use them only—we just need to be aware that we, as English/Anglican speakers, are not doing it justice.

           This multi-part series investigates the correct pronunciations of Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek names in the Bible. The source I am going to be using is “The New Strong’s Complete Dictionary of Bible Words (1996) by James Strong. (This is not a complete list of all Biblical names.)

Part 1: Genesis

Adam                                      aw-dawm

Eve (Chavvah)                        khav-vaw

Cain                                        kah-yin

Abel                                        aw-bale

Enoch (Chanowk)                  khan-oke

Seth                                         sayth

Noah                                       No-akh

Shem                                       Shame

Ham                                        Hawm

Japeth                                     yeh-feth

Abram                                    ab-rawm

Abraham                                ab-raw-hawm

Sarai                                      saw-rah-ee

Sarah                                      saw-raw

Melchizedek                          mal-kee-tseh-dek

Ishmael                                   yish-maw-ale

Hagar                                    haw-gawr

Moab                                      mo-awb (We do pronounce this correctly!)

Ben-Ammi                              ben-am-mee (We Do pronounce this correctly!)

Abimelech                              ab-ee-mel-ek

Isaac                                       yits-khawk or yis-khawk

Beersheba                              be-ayr sheh-bah

Nahor                                     naw-khore

Rebekah                                 rib-kaw

Keturah                                  ket-oo-raw

Esau                                        ay-saw

Jacob                                      yah-ak-obe

Judith                                    yeh-ho-deeth

Basmath/Basemath               bos-math

Rachel                                    raw-khale

Leah                                       lay-aw (If we use Star Wars for reference, we pronounce this name correctly too!)

Bilhah                                    bil-haw (We pronounce this name Correctly!)

Reuban                                   reh-oo-bane

Simeon                                    shim-one

Levi                                         lay-vee

Judah                                    yeh-hoo-daw

Dan                                         dawn

Naphtali                                 naf-taw-lee (We pronounce this name correctly)

Zilpah                                    zil-paw (We pronounce this name correctly, for the most part)

Gad                                        gawd

Asher                                      aw-share

Zebulun                                  zeb-oo-loon

Dinah                                      dee-naw

Joseph                                    yo-safe

Laban                                    law-bawn

Israel                                      yis-raw-ale

Shechem                                 shek-em or shek-kem (We use the first pronunciation correctly)

Hamor                                    kham-ore

Deborah                                 deb-o-raw (Sometimes this is pronounced correctly)

Benjamin                                bin-yaw-mene

Potiphar                                 po-tee-far

Tamar                                    taw-mawr

Perez                                       peh-rets

Zerah                                      zeh-rakh

Zaphenath-paneah/

Zapnath-paaneth                   tsof-nath pah-nay-akh

Manasseh                               men-ash-sheh

Ephraim                                 ef-rah-yim

Rameses                                rah-mes-ace or rah-me-sace

Issachar                                  yis-saw-kawr

[miketheawsome1134]

T.A.O.M chapter 2

As Mike woke up he found himself in a hospital “ugh…what the fuck happens?”mike said then a doctor walked in and said “AH good your awake”the doctor said surprised “you should be all good to go though….we had to replace you spine and fingers with metal and bandage up your stomach”the doctor said “DAWM WAS IT THE CAR CRASH THAT BAD”Mike yelled then mike noticed the blood stains on the bed”ugh I’m outta here” Mike said as he walked back home “honey I’m home…” Mike said tiredly “OMG WHAT HAPPENED MIKE” mikes wife yelled “STOP YELLING IM TIRED”mike yelled back”ugh is the kid asleep”mike asked”yes honey they are”mikes wife replied “good I’m going to bed”mike said

THE NEXT DAY

As Mike woke up he felt a strong hunger in him so he went downstairs and got him some beer and some cereal but when he drank or eat some cereal it went out his stomach “ugh now I can’t eat”Mike said frustrated guess I should just…idk walk to work I guess but as he was walking he blacked and woke up in a place filled with fire and one deamon standing in-front of him named virus

TO BE CONTINUED