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i DON’T have the answers actually. But have you met the carpenter from Nazareth?

#This‚ I think‚ should be my new pinned post #Christianity #Testing the comma‚ hoping for good copy-paste-ability #Yeah‚ this has the tag comma still. Cool.

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manda-kat

Did you know that races and nations in fantasy stories aren't always representative of real life people? Sometimes a race of evil creatures who are born wicked is NOT a stand-in for whichever race the writer hates.

An evil nation can represent things like corruption, despair, sin, sickness, hatred, self-doubt, trauma- anything that poses a threat and must be overcome by good can be represented by an army of evil. Often an evil race represents evil itself and the hero defeating them is good triumphing over evil. Call it cliche, but it's rarely racist. Would it be less problematic if the good guys killed good people rather than evil monsters? If the heroes represent pure good, then their villains being evil isn't racist. It's normal.

Not to mention that even in the scenario where the evil army in a story represents a real group, it still might not be racist. Great example: Fantasy Nazis. Is it fair to say that every person in Nazi Germany was pure evil? Absolutely not. Do we need to address that nuance in a fantasy story about their victims? No!

Some people don't read stories in good faith. They make a checklist of forbidden tropes and use them as proof that a story is problematic. Instead of policing the words creatives are allowed to use, we should focus on what they use those words to say.

fillyreports

Also I think if you see a fantasy race and immediately think "well they're terrible! They must represent X race!" Perhaps. The problem is you.

#REAL

freenarnian

Poirot voice: The little dots. They begin to connect.

calicofae

someone in Sunday school today said, almost in passing, “whatever you fear, you inadvertently give reverence to” and I think it rewired something in my brain

#Christianity

florencemachines

The Princess Bride (1987) dir Rob Reiner

+ IMDB Trivia

#The Princess Bride

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wecanbepirates

Btw a psa for all of my mutuals: I love you. I love knowing your lore. I love knowing your favorite songs and shows and artists and books and movies and poems. I love knowing your favorite time of year. I love when you blog about your day at work or school, your crush or your partner, your random experiences throughout the day. I love your lyrical analysis and hearing about your favorite characters. I love knowing about your favorite foods and the places you love. I love hearing about your family and your pets and your lives. I love you and I am rooting for you and I love seeing your posts.

biglawbear

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He—wait. Why dost the Lord hath clippers.

biglawbear

The Lord sheareth me.

#sheep!#xD #One laugh tag to rule them all #Christianity

writers-hq

musewrangler

😂😂😂😂

#especially the second one but the last one has also worked on me. Not sure about the rice.#though you never know… I’ve never been put into a bag of rice

favfemfits

Pleading Dress

Éowyn — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Éowyn has the peak medieval fantasy wardrobe to me... Just look at this gownnnnnn

#FAVE #…I should really make time to work on my cosplay shouldn’t I?#Eowyn #LotR movies #behind the scenes #one cast to rule them all

zannolin

"i asked chatgpt" well i asked benjamin franklin gates and he went on a 20 minute incomprehensible spiel about the historical origins of the thing i asked about, only 5% of which i understood and none of which i asked for. i asked riley poole and he said "snorkel."

#Help #One laugh tag to rule them all

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keplercryptids

i don't "date" and i don't "chill" and i don't "hang out." i make pacts. i swear oaths. i forge unbreakable bonds. this makes me a cool breezy person to take on road trips et cetera

#Is this Erandir or Merian or a mix of both of them? XD

soundoftheirwings

What vexes all men?

The sea?

Sums?

The dichotomy of good and evil?

Remaining time: 3 days 19 hours

#xD #it didn’t click till the last one #PotC

shiftythrifting

gallusrostromegalus

For those of you that are wondering, please have one of the fiest pieces of radio comedy ever:

jaynavajasso

the first time i watched this i laughed so hard i nearly puked

orwellsunderpants

THIRD BASE

lordkevington-deactivated-deact

Since I was 8 and found out about this for the first time my family has always followed up on someone saying “I don’t know,” with shouting “THIRD BASE”

j-sprrr

soychronicprocrastinator

Oh my gosh this is my first time seeing hearing the original! It’s even better than I thought it would be!

#One laugh tag to rule them all #it’s been a while since I listened to the whole thing

peartreetheft-deactivated202407

I still have agonizing periods where I wonder whether I actually believe or if I'm just going through the motions. But I always try to snap myself out of them by saying "Why would I bother going through the motions if I didn't believe?"

physicsgoblin

"Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys."

-C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (Screwtape, a demon, calling God "The Enemy")

that-catholic-shinobi

As someone who has experienced some dark nights this is very comforting

domina-honoribila

When I don't feel much or anything from God (which is most of the time, tbh) I just think/pray the word "serviam."

"I will serve."

It's the opposite and inverse of what Satan said, "non serviam," "I will not serve."

Some days that's all I got, but that's all God needs some days.

herbofgraceandpeace

Previous tags!

queer-as-used-by-tolkien

very little of what God expects from us is emotion. He repeatedly defines love as an action. From Christ on the cross to "if you love me you will keep my commandments"

If I'm keeping the commandments I'm loving him.

If I'm reading the Bible and "not feeling it" well I'm still reading aren't I?

If my prayers are selfish, at least I'm making my requests known to God, I'm showing that I trust him enough to let him know, to expect help or comfort, etc.

If I'm singing along to worship music but not really paying attention - well, I decided that is what I'd play. I am singing it with my lips.

Even if I'm only doing it because of some habit or commitment - I still put in the work to build the habit, I still cared enough to make the commitment. This worship, this prayer, this chapter I'm reading - it's an expression of myself and who I have become through Jesus Christ.

#Once more unto the breach dear friends (going back to the register when I have rarely felt less like giving good customer service)

rawstrap

"!!" is its own word to me

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homunculus-argument

Wednesday the 15th. What an excellent day. Middle of the week, middle of the month. Truly, we are in the middle of things.

#I’m close to the middle of my shift

skinofalien

#Tolkien #not my art #<3

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