#set an example

[vintage-tigre]

[thelordismylightandmysalvation]

Verse of the Day - 1 Timothy 4:12

[richelle-goodrich]

"The most effective, lasting, compassionate form of teaching is through example. If you want to teach a child to write, write passionately. If you want to teach a child to dance, dance with abandon. If you want to teach a child to care, extend a hand of service and compassion. If you want a child to listen, listen to him intently. If you want to change the world, then be that change. Your example is more influential than you can imagine."

― Richelle E. Goodrich, Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year

[the-entity-down-the-street]

Voting isn't enough I need to eat Ron DeSantis' heart on a skewer

[randomnestfamily]

How To Set A Mighty Example

Have you faced a challenging situation recently? Let this devotion INSPIRE you to shine your light in every situation! . . #light #shine #faith #devotion #inspiration #liveinspired #randomnestfamily #dailydevotion #example #fall

Setting a mighty example is a powerful way to live out our Christian values and inspire others. In “How To Set A Mighty Example,” we explore Philippians 2;14-15 with a challenge. “In everything you do, stay away from complaining and arguing, so that no one can speak a word of blame against you. You are to live clean, innocent lives as children of God in a dark world full of people who are…

[bacchuschucklefuck]

truly this one's just for me. I can do what I want foreverrr

[taraxippos]

I think people tend to assume that any criticism of worldbuilding is ultimately a demand for a story to grind itself to a halt and give the reader 20 paragraphs of exposition, and like. Most of the time good-faith criticism of this nature is coming from a core aspect of the story not being grounded in the setting in a way that outright detracts from the story's quality. You fix it not by Explaining but by Showing it passively in the makeup of the world.

Like the last instance I saw this critique in was like 'you can't expect an author to stop and exposit the nuances of gender roles/Queerness in a fictional society' and it's like yeah I don't, and in fact this is actually one of the easiest things to show in the text without exposition. If a society has gender norms to begin with you'll see aspects of these norms baked into EVERYTHING. You'll see it in its stories, its religion, its taboos, its etiquette, its clothing, its family structures, its language, its insults, its labor, its leadership, etc. It will have massive impacts on how characters interact with one another and how they perceive themselves. It will help Shape your characters.

If you do this legwork to begin with for the core facets of your story, you will find very natural places for these concepts to be demonstrated without derailing the plot and with little to no exposition. THAT sort of thing is what's being asked of you.

[yeehawesome]

"what radicalized you" idk probably opening my bible & reading verses like this:

[cup-o-stars]

Part four of old GF sketches

The twin thing, Stan and Ford edition

[lurkinginnernarrator]

I need Shen Qingqiu, who left for a week-long mission to not return. I need the peak lords to look for him, scouring high and low.

Only, they find him. He's crouched behind bushes, journal in hand fastidiously observing Malevolent Mango-Leopard Birds. He looks crazed. It's the dirtiest they've ever seen him. He has rivers of notes and illustrations.

He shushes them all and tugs them behind the bushes.

"The mating rituals of Malevolent Mango-Leopard Birds haven't ever been documented before. It's believed they only mate once every thousand years."

"Shen-Shixiong was here... watching birds."

"Shen-Shixiong didn't send word because... He was too busy watching birds. Mate."

"...don't say it like that."

[richelle-goodrich]

"Mind what you say, but mind more closely what you do. For though children close their ears to you, their eyes remain wide open."

― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

[i-am-a-fish]

what is one thing you would really like to do this week?

you're under zero obligation to actually do this thing, but please comment something you'd really like to try working on/finishing

[canisalbus]

For your gay little dogs

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[aingeal98]

This might be my favourite cover because for one thing it gets me invested in the potential story like WHY is Cass in jail. I can think of a thousand reasons why people would want to arrest her but why has she let them, that's the part I'm most intrigued by.

Secondly, Cass looks so much like Shiva here that I'm pretty sure her mugshot would give Bruce a jump scare.

[driftwoodpony]

this hasn't left my mind

[albaricomics]

He can't stay awake during his own divorce