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1. did you eat the baby?

2. are you schizophrenic, louis?

3. and then what?

4. fuck, man, are you the zodiac killer?

Oczy’s experience about religion is what sums up the use of geocentrism model to enforce fear as a way to rule over people. That Earth is removed from god’s grace, full of suffering for people to be punished. But with heliocentrism, it means Earth IS already part of the heavenly order. The beauty of being part of this grand, logical set-up of how multiple planets revolve in a calculated fashion that can be understood by mortals. Humans understanding God’s work. When put this way, it elevates common worshippers to be knowledgable, to not be less than priests and the educated. They, too, can understand a divine work. It erases the class divide the church is desperate to maintain to keep their power. People are supposed to fear God, and the church is weaponizing the very faith of their people.

Look, I love Vax. And I really enjoyed his relationship with Keyleth in cr1. But for Everlight's sake, I'm an adult who not only can handle a story about loss but also can find beauty and comfort in it. Vax's sacrifice was important, so was Keyleth's grief and they made me cry but that doesn't mean I wished for this situation to be "fixed" by bringing Vax back to life. His sacrifice should be respected, not treated as something that had to be reversed for the story to have a happy ending. He sounded relieved to be able to go see his mother again, all those years ago. Let him have his rest instead of pulling him back to a place that wasn't really his for so many years, that moved on (Deanna vibes, anyone?)

And Keyleth too should be allowed to get her happy ending without Vax being back - no matter if that means moving on and starting to love someone else or remaining alone but finding happiness in her people and friends.