Local Neighborhood Weirdo

Also how’ve you liked your fav blorbo’s (Elle’s) character development so far? Cool right? You know she’s wants you dead right? Just like your sister does. Do you think she’s justified? You think both of them are? Why is it that you always go halfway when it comes to helping your believers and making their lives better? Why are your actions always so unremarkable, and so disappointing to those who desperately need you? It’s your responsibility to make them happy, to protect them. You are their leader, after all.

Maybe there’s someone out there who could understand you, who also bears the weight of a nation, but what would he think of you if he figured out that you knew? That you knew everything and did nothing?

. . . .

Do the right thing. Do right by them. You must, for this responsibility is yours alone, only your burden to carry on your shoulders, for only you have this power, and this pride must suffer pain.

Of course I know that she’s been captured! And that’s worked out great for me! Better than I’ve anticipated!  I was a soooo worried that I was going to ruin big sister’s chance to free herself! I didn’t want to disappoint Pearl, and didn’t want her to think less of me, but I knew freeing her was going to make big sister mad at me!

But now she’s captured again! So this time she gets to free herslef without me interfreing!  So everyone gets what they want! I couldn’t be happier. 

As for everything else…. It seems like you’re really towing the lines between asking me questions and just getting mad at me for doing things? Or are you more mad at me for not doing things? It’s hard to say. 

I wonder, would any answer actually satisfy you? Would any story about some greater goal that this is all necessary for vindicate me in your eyes? Would you even believe me if I gave you a reason? Would claiming that there’s no rhyme or reason, that this is all being done for purely selfish and impulsive reasons, make you feel better? Give you an easier villain to hate? 

I’ve gotten very good at that, you know. As the goddess of all things, I can play whatever role you want. So if you’d like me to be the omnipotent overpowered villain that you heroes must find a way to outwit and overcome, I can do that for you. Playing the villain can be fun sometimes. I love the drama of it all. 

But it does get boring after a while. 

Ralph wouldn’t understand any of it. What would even be there to understand? There’s no weight bearing down on me. No despair in my heart.  He won’t be able to help me. Not in the way I need help.

…

Demanding that I do the right thing? Isn’t it usually deities that define what is right and wrong? Good and evil?Isn’t that what makes us so important? By that logic, doesn’t that make everything I do the right thing?

….

I don’t believe that. That’s just one of many possible opinions, and as the goddess of all things, I have to represent them all.   After all, there’s no right way to interpret me

I guess that means I can’t do anything right? 

That’s probably what you think, isn’t it?

….

earnestly,

big fan

I do-not rea-lly care what laws or-oaths o-ther unions make for them-selves. That-is their own busi-ness, and I have no in-ter-est in ju-dging them.  Marr-iage feels a rather mean-ing-less concept when app-lied to me. 

Typically, marr-iag-es are oaths sworn-to some high-er power prom-is-ing loyalty and-love with one a-nother. But I have no high-er power to swear my-self to. So would-a marr-iage not be diff-er-ent from a-ny o-ther promise made-to my-self? 

It would-not make me treasure my be-lov-ed’s a-ny more than I al-ready do.  The thought-of my lo-vers swea-ring marr-iage oaths to-me is….. some-what ap-peal-ing. 

Though a-gain, given the a-mount that they have a-lready pledged themselves to-me, the loy-al-ty prom-ised through marr-iage would… a-lmost be a down-grade, would-it not? 

Per-haps it would-be more ap-prop-ri-ate for them to swear-their oaths of marr-iage to each-other in my-name.  … Hmmmmm… Yes, that-would do nice-ly.  

(Version without the stylized speech under the cut)

On today’s episode of reasons why I fucking dislike cis people.

I have heard THREE separate male creators that I like and respect give dogshit takes about the case, and that's not even getting into all the random men who are giving the grossest and most ignorant takes imaginable. According to them, women are dumb hoes who are too emotional to be objective about this case and we just don't want to give Lindsay any leeway because she's a woman. Because as we all know, women are given nothing but leeway and good faith interpretations all the time!

Let me be upfront and state that I think all the TikToks and shit about how Lindsay's ex-husband is the real killer are bullshit. People want a villain, and unfortunately the villain being systemic misogyny isn't simple enough. That being said, a lot of people are doing the same black/white thinking with Lindsay herself and passionately arguing that she deserves nothing less than the death penalty because they can't grasp the concept that she was suffering from psychosis and was completely detached from reality when she killed her own children.

She tried to avoid this and people didn't listen to her!!! Because the medical system and society as a whole doesn't listen to women!!! When you're pregnant and after you have the baby, you cease to be an independent human being in a lot of ways. Everything is about the baby and you're just a vessel for it. Of course I'm not saying we should stop caring about babies, but we need to care about their moms, too!

I've heard so many women talk about how deeply they relate to Lindsay because they also never got help for their postpartum depression or psychosis. Thankfully it didn't end in tragedy, but I've heard so many stories from women about how isolated and overwhelmed they felt after having their babies. How their doctors and partners didn't help them.

But according to way too many men, these women are "dumb bitches" for empathizing with Lindsay. That it's crazy anyone would think Lindsay needs help instead of the death penalty or a solitary cell for the rest of her life. That they just can't understand why so many women feel such sadness for Lindsay AND her children.

I'm just going to say it outright: under patriarchy, men are conditioned to not think of women as equals and to not be able to empathize with us. Meanwhile, because maleness = default is so ingrained in every aspect of society, women usually have no problems empathizing and relating to men. Obviously I'm not saying every single man is incapable of empathizing with women, but I would go so far as to say that men have more difficulty relating to and empathizing with women than they do with other men. And again, this is something that is socially conditioned; men are not biologically hardwired to be this obtuse.

But God forbid you say this, then suddenly you're a misandrist and hate all men and you're the reason for the male loneliness epidemic.

And to wrap this long-winded rant up, let me just say this: men, women are noticing how you're talking right now. Women are noticing how you're brushing off postpartum psychiatric conditions as "not a big deal." Women are noticing how you refuse to acknowledge the idea that the medical system is prejudiced against women. Women are noticing how you're acting like authorities about childbirth and the postpartum period and motherhood even though you- if you're a cis man- are biologically incapable of experiencing any of it.

"bomb that kills all-" "I just don't get bi women bringing their-" "pansexuality isn't a real thing-" "all lesbians-" "trans men really are men bcs they're all misogynistic predators-" "theyfabs-" "pfft aroace people are cringe-" "nonbinary people are actually all-" Instant block. Goodbye. Not listening. It's for both solidarity with your fellow queers AND to protect yourself, because once a person is convinced to hate one group for their immutable traits they can be convinced fairly easily to hate another too, and thus I do not trust them.

post update: if you're still here, you can check my partner's reblog on this post

Now that the goddess has been out of her imprisonment for a while,

Do you know of your archbishop?

If yes, what are your thoughts on them?

And how did it feel to see our goddess’s name in the sky as her oldest servant?

Sincerely,

A believer

I have been told of the Archbishop.

It’s natural that others would be drawn to serve my goddess upon learning of her.  From what my goddess has said, the Archbishop is a being of great intellect and wisdom. Someone like that understanding that serving my goddess is the only correct choice was an inevitability.

Other useful AI Removal/Detection links

How to spot AI Hallucinations like a Reference Librarian (originally on Substack)

We have got to stop framing our oppression in ways that promote the idea that other people cannot relate to our struggles. Not only does it isolate comrades in the struggle, it actively diminishes recognition of other struggles--often including those even more horrific than what we are at risk of. And this happens especially between Gay and Black struggles.

"when have straight people ever had to check what states were safe for them?" Sundown towns are still a thing. Starlight tours. What states have abortion access? What states have open carry? What states have stand your ground? What states have 3-strike rules? Women, people of color, disabled people, immigrants, and more have had to be abundantly cautious where they travel to. Straight trans people have much more travel risk right now than gay cis people.

It's a new iteration of the same tired question: "imagine if straight people weren't allowed to marry" interracial marriage in the US is younger than my parents. We disgrace people of color by forgetting their history and contemporary struggles, and we abandon queer people of color, Black queer people, by segmenting their overlapping fights.