#but this is like...

Honestly I'm not sure what they'd look like. I didn't even know TikTok had a relationship with Spotify???? But I do know that TikTok has changed.

TikTok should have multiple designs, much like Twitter. The first should actually be a different website all together, Musical.ly! A kind of Vine spin-off for cosplayers and fandoms. They could make videos to audios, then got bought out and merged with TikTok!

Then comes the mainstream era! TikTok's avidly used by teenages to connect with eachother. The pandemic happens and TikTok gets even more eyes on them. They get in trouble for selling data, but c'mon man! Everyone does it!

Then January 2025 hits. TikTok goes down. It's no longer itself when it comes back.

They start off the same as they were, no one really bats an eye. By September, people have caught on that Something is Wrong with TikTok. It's like... It's like someone hollowed them out and is using them like a puppet. A puppet with an agenda.

Its slow but they start recommending more... 'Traditional' videos. They hide the things that are contraversal, hide criticism, and silently remove those users who are... 'Troublesome'. People notice, people call it out, but nothing changes.

Of course, every Internet Human has banned users unjustly. But TikTok seems to be targeting those who speak out against real world political figures.

So yeah, three designs for the three eras of TikTok's history! Musical.ly should be more like a young indie singer, someone who's just getting their start. Mainstream TikTok should be like a pop star/movie star/celebrity, now more established with a bigger company backing them. Corrupted TikTok should be more villainous, now being used as just a tool to influence the masses.

I think "personal discernment" is part of "The body of Christ"

Quickly defining my terms to make sense:

"Personal discernment" is the concept that some Christians need to avoid things others don't because it tempts them to sin, like how recovering alcoholics don't/can't drink.

"The body of Christ" is the concept that Christians have different callings/roles in Christ, and no (God honoring) role is less valuable.

So let's say because of "Personal discernment", you can't get married, well that means you're called to the role of celibacy in The Body of Christ.

And inversely, if you can't realistically pull off celibacy, you're probably called to marriage!

In math terms, if you have to avoid X, it likely means you're called to Y.

//ignore any and all preconceived notions of mythology. Throw them away.

thought i already had but apparently they were not... quite... thrown away enough.

& honestly it isn’t even hades as an antagonist that i mind so much as hades being sadistic & evil. hades in greek myths wasn’t. particularly fond of living people coming in search of their lost loved ones, & usually trying didn’t go well for them. but. he heard them out, at least. he even gave orpheus an honest chance. he didn’t flounce around & gloat & take pleasure in their suffering; he was strict, often cold, but ultimately reasonable.

& that would’ve make for a fantastic antagonist for 5b !  even if emma won him over a la orpheus, myth!hades didn’t exactly make it easy for eurydice to leave, & adding in ouat’s huge clusterfuck of crossovers & contrivances... well. plenty of dramatic potential there with which to fill half a season.

Yesterday was miserable and stressful but today? I should be sleeping because I have to get up for work in two hours. But I can't because today is already amazing!!!

Like 2/3 of you weren't following me when she took a much needed hiatus. So I doubt that you know or understand how excited I am right now, but.... My friend is back and I missed her so much!