"people who don't want children to read books with sex in them will be very surprised when their teenagers discover it's a thing anyway" — child, I think most people are in fact aware teenagers know about sex, they just want them to learn about it in somewhat more optimal conditions than a trashy romance.

fire is sooooo disappointing because you'd think its interaction with mortal flesh would be its own glorious thing but no it's just a very bog standard kind of pain

Why did rise change the entire order of spring awakening

timelines are so terribly weird, because like... wwii was only eighty years ago, but also very soon no one will remember it, but also anne frank was two years older than my grandpa, but he just passed away, and also tolkien died before my mother was born, but also he was kind of the same generation as some of my great-grandparents, and st. therese lived the entirety of her life in the 19th century but she was just the generation before that, and my mother was born just thirty years after world war two and eighty years isn't old for a building unless you're in warsaw and shakespeare lived five centuries ago which is so much but also someone could conceivably be just five degrees of separation away from him

okay I know we laugh about John feeling the need to make sure everyone knew he was faster than Peter, but we also know he waited for him before the empty grave instead of going in first. And I've often heard it stated as "John letting Peter in first out of respect towards his elders" but tbh... are we really sure John didn't just accidentally reveal he was scared to look inside a grave alone?

See, the vibe I unfortunately get from a large part of the American Protestant online space is far too many people unaware of their obvious scrupulousity positioning themselves as moral authorities, and it's frankly – dangerous.