#the betrayal

[astralalmighty]

Roleswap au where after Ballister receives his sword, he speaks up and says something’s wrong with it. In a bizarre and rushed conversation before the Director arrives, Ambrosius convinces Ballister to swap swords. Knighting ceremony continues. The sword Ambrosius is holding kills the queen.

Ambrosius is now the one framed for murder and on the run. Ballister is the underdog who’s suddenly been put on this pedastal to capture the Queen killer. Nimona’s doing the exact same thing in the movie but with Ambrosius now. And the Director is having a breakdown over her plan going to complete shit in minutes

[bookwormofmanyfandoms]

Rick Riordan naming Luke’s sword

Rick Riordan: hmm… Backstabber seems a little too on the nose…

Rick Riordan: hmmm….

Rick Riordan: oh i know! ✨ Backbiter ✨ they’ll never figure that out teehee 🤭

[lilyflxwers]

james got reg’s constellation tattooed across his back. which three weeks later, getting ready for quidditch, is how sirius found out

[incorrectly-quoting-mxtx]

Nie Huaisang: Who wants to earn 10 silver?

Jiang Cheng: How?

Nie Huaisang: I need someone to take the fall.

Wei Wuxian: What did you do?

Lan Qiren, in the other room: What the hell?

Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng:

Lan Qiren: WHAT THE HELL?!

Nie Huaisang: Make it 50?

Jiang Cheng: Deal.

Nie Huaisang: *gives him the money^

Lan Qiren, storming in: WHO DID THIS?!

Jiang Cheng: It was Wei Wuxian.

[la-cosmonauta-extraterrestre]

Jewish-Celtic Similarities

So I know I'm late to this, but a while back @nattitavi asked me to please tell more about Jewish-Celtic similarities. This is something that I, too, have some interest in. For context, I'm an American Jew with some Celtic ancestry (my dad's family is """Irish""") and am now living in a Celtic country (not Ireland-don't want to say where exactly I live on the internet). Unfortunately, I don't know of any "scholarly" resources on this topic, but there are some similarities I can think of off the top of my head and have heard brought up in discussions:

Both are communal cultures in which the people help each other out.

Historical dependence on sheep

Indigenous peoples who take responsibility for nature

Long history of persecution and being colonized

Many Celtic rock groups have a lot of Jewish fans and sometimes Celtic rock songs happen to have Jewish themes. For example, to me at least, the song "In a Big Country" by Big Country is clearly about Shoah survivors making new lives for themselves in Israel (but then shouldn't it be called in a small country?), "The Storm", also by Big Country, despite explicitly being about the battle of Culloden just makes me think of 7/10 whenever I listen to it since then, and "Blood" by Dropkick Murphys seems like a good song for Purim (or really any holiday that's "they tried to kill us, we survived").

Using the tree of life as a symbol (although that exists in other cultures, too).

There are some linguistic similarities between Celtic and Semitic languages! I actually do have a source for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAAmwtdP1bE

Could the Celts be one or more of the lost tribes? There's some speculation about this that's in the realm of conspiracy theories, but I think it's possible.

[random-mdzs-thoughts-dumpster]

JGY asking LXC why he didn't tell him about two extra guests becomes funnier when you consider LXC's been helping him plan that conference for a whole month.

[mintharasthrone]

you mean your bisexual wife you have piv with doesn’t see you as a lesbian 😧😲😯😵

[pokemon-leggins-arcoos]

Months ago, Akari was banished from the village for bringing the Red Sky upon us. I haven't heard of her in a while, and the Survey Corps doesn't seem to know where she is anymore...

On a completely unrelated note, a Zoroark has been spotted roaming the Fieldlands.

[felrend]

“You…you did this?”

[preseriesdean]

8.01 “We Need to Talk About Kevin”

[trolliworms]

Luke’s narration in the last episode I think changed something in the makeup of my brain

[vox-monstera]

and when the city chews you up and spits you out there will be no one there to hold you

[stonerbellybabe]

my boyfriend just told me I’m not allowed to drink Dr Pepper anymore 😭

[imagine-darksiders]

I thought you just get ejected! I didn't expect THAT!

[eddievedders]

Hey, boss. Here you go. TED LASSO — 2.02 "Lavender".

[la-cosmonauta-extraterrestre]

Honestly Ireland being the most pro-Palestine country in Europe is such a betrayal because there used to be so much Irish-Jewish solidarity. During Ireland's infamous famine, Jews from Eastern Europe helped the Irish out (along with indigenous Americans, which is why there's solidarity between the Irish and indigenous Americans that persists to this day). In the nineteenth century, Ireland fought for Jewish emancipation in the UK even though there wasn't much they could do as an occupied territory. In the early twentieth century, Ireland supported the Zionist movement because they recognized that we're both indigenous people fighting for control of our lands (and in those days, fighting against British imperialism).

There are also many similarities between Jewish and Celtic culture that I could write a different post about. Both groups have large diaspora populations in the United States (who generally get along well and have some shared history).

Then in the seventies Ireland had a Mandela effect and entered the alternate reality in which Jews are not indigenous to Israel. They now want to make the Jews go back (to where?) by any means necessary. Yes, I realize that one can be pro-Palestinian without being anti-Israel or antisemitic, but most people supporting the Palestinians today are blatantly antisemitic and in the case of Ireland their support for Palestine is clearly a Mandela effect betrayal of the Jews (and projecting their situation onto one that's a little different).