#Emeth

[artist-issues]

I love your post detailing greta gerwig's changes in her adaptation of little women, but isn't Narnia definitely flavored with some universalism? In the Last Battle, a worshipper of Tash ends up in heaven because he's like "truly seeking the face of God" essentially even if he knew Aslan by the wrong name because his culture only exposed him to Tash. Also, I was raised protestant so I don't know if catholics have a different idea about what counts as universalism or not, but basically I'm not so sure if this will get in the way of her working on the films, especially if she does the Magicians Nephew. Unrelated, I wonder how they're going to go about adapting the Horse and his Boy without it being lambasted for racism etc lol

I think "flavored" with Universalism is a good way to describe The Last Battle--and only The Last Battle, and only that bite of the meal that deals with the young Calormene. Because my understanding of Universalism is that they believe all people, regardless of their beliefs contradicting Biblical Christianity, go to heaven and are not condemned for choosing to be god-of-their-own-life.

You can't quite look at C.S. Lewis' entirety of work and believe he was a Universalist in that sense. He certainly believed in the Biblical truth of Hell. Otherwise, specifically in Narnia, there would be no "Darkness on Aslan's Left Side" that all the creatures who fear and hate him disappear into at the end of the world. That seems like a pretty straightforward representation of Judgement.

I think the whole thing with Emeth the Calormene is interesting. From the language Lewis uses, it seems like he's trying to say something about the posture of a heart more than the name one swears by. Emeth is confused that he's been allowed into the True Narnia because "all my life I have served Tash." But Aslan basically looks at the heart; he says if Emeth had been serving Tash, his deeds and his heart would match Tash. It actually seems more like Emeth didn't know who Tash was at all, or he would have been performing vile works to please Tash. Aslan also says Emeth would never have kept "seeking" for so long if his heart had been serving Tash, which implies that Tash is easier to know than Aslan.

All of that is fascinating (I do think it is the theologically weakest, if not worst, part of the Chronicles of Narnia series.) But I don't think it has anything to do with Universalism as we know it today. Unitarian Universalism is just "Believe whatever you want as long as your belief system doesn't judge other people's belief systems, and you'll be fine with 'God.'" Lewis certainly didn't subscribe to that unbiblical worldview, even with the Calormene in the Last Battle.

I don't know what you mean about the Magician's Nephew.

The real problem with Greta Gerwig is not that she claims Unitarian Universalism. It's that she can't tell a story that is faithful to the original books; she has to transpose it into her own values. So, for example in what we're talking about, if she were doing "The Last Battle," she'd certainly cut out The Darkness on Aslan's Left Side scene, and maybe even reduce the whole conversation between Aslan and Emeth to "all are welcome!" But the main thing she'll do is elevate Susan, Lucy, Jill, Aravis, and Polly to a disproportionate degree.

Finally, I would just say, I'd love for somebody to explain to me what makes The Horse and His Boy racist. (With a reminder that nobody on this website knows my race, so nobody can claim that race-based unconscious bias is what's keeping me from seeing it.)

Lewis invented his own race that, yes, is heavily influenced by Western-Arabian-Nights-interpretations of Middle Eastern cultures. But the Calormenes don't serve Allah, they serve Tash and other gods. The Calormene characters are not all ugly. The Calormen food is not all disgusting. Aravis is a Calormene, and she is a heroine and a main character. Not even every Calormene is even evil, or the enemy of Narnia, though the nation is. What, just because a non-white nation is depicted in Narnia and you can see what culture their fantasy culture is based on, that makes it racist? How? Because Lewis doesn't even write all Calormenes as good or evil, he writes them as humans. Explain to me how that's racist.

(I mean, not you, @childlessoldcatlady, I'm enjoying answering this question. I just meant, someone explain it, now that I'm on the subject. Thanks for the question. I'm Protestant, too.)

#Christianity #The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle #Emeth #Calormen #The Horse and His Boy #Aravis #C.S. Lewis #asked #answered #Greta Gerwig #Unitarian Universalism

[elrondsscribe]

Apparently on ao3 the consensus is that Tirian and Emeth are boyfriends.

We stan.

#tirian #emeth #tirian/emeth #i ship em #chronicles of narnia #tcon gays #or disaster bisexuals

[evilhorse]

It has no name…

#the invaders #the golem #Jacob Goldstein #Warsaw #ghetto #emeth #world war two #roy thomas #frank robbins #marvel comics #comics #70s comics #bronze age comics

[radiophd]

emeth -- impermanence of being

#2000s #metal #death metal #emeth

[kanekohideshi-tyomag]

#tyo_mag #トーキョーマガジン #ファッション #fashion #シューズ #shoes #shoe 「KIDS LOVE GAITE 23SS展示会」へ〜☆ KIDS LOVE GAITE の新作と、2ndラインの「K.L.G. WHITE」のお披露目、そして「DIET BUTCHER」との合同展示会。気になったのは、ヘビーなヘビ柄の #サイドゴアブーツ ！ゴツいソールだけど、意外と軽くて、スニーカー感覚で履けちゃう。 #ウエスタンブーツ もヤバい！ あと、会場のDIET BUTCHER の ショップ兼バーのDB&BARで展開してた #emeth 。コレがスゴく良かったのよ〜☆ #kidslovegaite #dietbutcherslimskin #dietbutcher #bland #ブランド #メンズ #mens #植物 #plants #観葉植物 #東京 #tokyo @kidslovegaite @shintaroyamamoto28 @dietbutcher.jp https://www.instagram.com/p/ChuLhZ3PO_-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[snickers--bar]

take a break and have this jiggly thing

— emeth 🧺

#emeth 🧺 #did system #osddid #actually did #did osdd #endos dni #anti endo

[yugiohcardsdaily]

Centur-Ion Emeth VI

"During your opponent's turn, if this card is in your hand or GY (Quick Effect): You can target 1 'Centur-Ion' monster you control, except 'Centur-Ion Emeth VI'; place it in your Spell & Trap Zone as a face-up Continuous Trap, and if you do, Special Summon this card, also you cannot Special Summon 'Centur-Ion Emeth VI' for the rest of this turn. During the Main Phase, if this card is a Continuous Trap: You can Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of 'Centur-Ion Emeth VI' once per turn."

#centur-ion emeth vi #yugioh #yu-gi-oh #yu-gi-oh cards #duel monsters

[norts-trolls]

!!

Fuchsia | Scientist | Heir | RBF | The Emissary of Evolution EMETH SENQUI Emeth is the second blood related child of HER. He has relinquished his right the throne instead choosing a scientific life to pursue. Emeth is considered a genetic failure in HER's eyes yet they cannot seem to ride them self of him, a motherly mercy if you ask them. He has since proved his worth in his own way by developing most if not all the modern medicine and bodily improvement drugs for the Fleet. He isn't the most sociable but treat most he meets with respect or at least...non malicious disinterest.

With every “!!” i get, I’ll introduce you to an OC!

#Emeth Senqui #!! meme

[girlactionfigure]

DESPICABLE: Antisemites have vandalized a Jewish cemetery with swastikas in Cleveland, Ohio. 

Jewish volunteers arrived promptly to the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery to remove the graffiti. 

Local law enforcement authorities have remained silent on the matter.

#Ohio #Cleveland #Antisemitism #Jewish Cemetery #graffiti

[facesofnothing]

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thank you!

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ORTENSEL IS IN HOLD

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#adoptables #Faces of Nothing

[wisdomfish]

The Greek word for “truth” is aletheia, which literally means to “un-hide” or “hiding nothing.” It conveys the thought that truth is always there, always open and available for all to see, with nothing being hidden or obscured. The Hebrew word for “truth” is emeth, which means “firmness,” “constancy” and “duration.” Such a definition implies an everlasting substance and something that can be relied upon.

GotQuestions 

#greek #hebrew #truth #definition #un-hide

[lasaraleen]

no actually i would love to read what you have to say about cs lewis. share your extensive wisdom with us!

Celine I adore you.

So, honestly I’m a sleepy girl but days later I finally am like, it’s time to talk about this!

First off, C. S. Lewis wasn’t the best guy around, I would like to be clear about that, this isn’t unabashed praise of him. He was still more progressive than people thought. Also, trigger warning for those with (specifically Christian in this case) religious trauma because I’ll be talking about hell a bit.

There’s a concept in Christianity called total depravity, where all humanity is truly evil and irredeemable, and unable to grasp our own depravity. C. S. Lewis didn’t agree with this. He thought that if people were completely bad, we obviously wouldn’t be able to tell that. Also, how could we be completely bad and made in the image of God? It’s contradictory. We also wouldn’t be worth saving if we were all bad.

That’s already enough to get someone at least side-eyed in the spaces I grew up in.

But then we get to with works The Last Battle, and also, more importantly, The Great Divorce.

Both of them deal with his idea of Hell and Heaven. Now, his idea of hell is completely different than most Christians I’d met growing up believed in. In his belief system, we essentially would create our own hell, by denying truth, or good things when they come to us. Think about the dwarves in the stable, eating food and saying it was hay.

In The Great Divorce, a man who made his wife miserable in life is allowed to see his wife in heaven, and she’s happy, and he immediately wants to destroy that again, instead of accepting he could be happy too. He wants to hurt other people more than he wants to accept his own happiness, and that creates his hell.

And now we come to Emeth. Growing up, I was taught that only Christians who believed exactly right get into heaven. Emeth in The Last Battle was a concept I hadn’t heard of. The idea that seeking truth and good were enough, and that the name we gave didn’t matter as much as what we were seeking. Emeth was a part of another religion, and yet, because he was seeking good, he was good.

C. S. Lewis was just a man, he wasn’t perfect, but he also was a bit more progressive than people think he was, based on the way people use his books now. Because they wouldn’t like what he had to say if they bothered to read them.

#badly done but you know 🤷🏻‍♀️ #I may come back and talk about this more with sources #yada yada yada blah blah blah I’m a mess

[wingedflight]

Sexiest Narnian Bracket Tournament!

That's right, we're doing this. Who do YOU think deserves to be crowned as the sexiest Narnian character?

Round 1 (Part 1)

Polls closed

Jewel vs Peter Pevensie Queen Helen vs Prince Rilian Drinian vs Swanwhite King Lune vs Aravis Jadis' Sister vs Lady of the Green Kirtle Miraz vs Lord Bern Rabadash vs Bree Ramandu's Daughter vs the Sea Girl Tirian vs Mrs. Macready Edmund Pevensie vs Jadis Shasta/Cor vs Emeth White Stag vs Maugrim River God vs Father Time Trumpkin vs Coriakin Glenstorm vs Susan Pevensie Tash vs Glozelle

Round 1 (Part 2)

Polls closed

Corin vs Aslan Digory Kirke vs Reepicheep Bacchus vs Lucy Pevensie Father Christmas vs Mr. Tumnus Mrs. Beaver vs Anradin Tarkaan Lasaraleen vs Prunaprismia Polly Plummer vs Roonwit Eustace Scrubb vs Aunt Letty Lord Peridan vs Ramandu Sallowpad vs Fledge Jill Pole vs Queen of Harfang Hwin vs Ram the Great Rhince vs King Frank Uncle Andrew vs Oreius Caspian vs Dr. Cornelius Mr. Beaver vs The Werewolf

Round 2

Polls closed

Peter Pevensie vs Queen Helen Swanwhite vs Aravis Tarkheena Lady of the Green Kirtle vs Miraz Bree vs Ramandu's Daughter Tirian vs Edmund Pevensie Shasta/Cor vs Maugrim River God vs Trumpkin Susan Pevensie vs Tash Corin vs Reepicheep Bacchus vs Tumnus Lasaraleen vs Mrs. Beaver Polly Plummer vs Eustace Scrubb vs Aunt Letty Lord Peridan vs Sallowpad vs Fledge Jill Pole vs Hwin King Frank vs Oreius Caspian vs The Werewolf

Round 3

Polls closed

Peter Pevensie vs Aravis Tarkheena Lady of the Green Kirtle vs Ramandu's Daughter Edmund Pevensie vs Shasta/Cor River God vs Susan Pevensie Corin vs Bacchus Lasaraleen vs Polly Plummer Fledge vs Jill Pole Oreius vs Caspian

Round 4

Polls closed

Aravis Tarkheena vs Lady of the Green Kirtle Edmund Pevensie vs Susan Pevensie Bacchus vs Lasaraleen Jill Pole vs Caspian

Round 5: Semifinals!

Polls closed

Aravis Tarkheena vs Susan Pevensie Bacchus vs Caspian

Round 6: Finals!

Poll closed

Susan Pevensie vs Caspian X

Happy voting all!

Winner: Susan Pevensie!!

#narnia #chronicles of narnia #character poll #polls #tumblr polls #bracket #character bracket #sexiest narnian bracket

[autumnhobbit]

it's something I think Flannery O'Connor absolutely has her finger on, but the mystery of grace is truly that someone can do the most horrible thing imaginable and be as innocent as a dove because the Understanding was not yet there. it doesn't excuse what they did, of course, and they'll have to atone for it, but the truth of humanity is we all do things we shouldn't have for our own reasons. the idea makes me understand more what Lewis was on with Emeth.

#when he meets aslan and asks why he's there because he never acknowledged him #and aslan tells him he did even if he never knew it

[basedkikuenjoyer]

Seventh and last in either order, the fittingly named The Last Battle is a peculiar way to end a children's fantasy series. Everyone except Susan dies and people are maddest about the fact she's the only one who didn't. We've touched on how Calormen the totally not Arab bad guy country is iffy. Do remember this is written by a man "punching down" on the fallen Ottoman Empire in a similar fashion as if I used Soviet Russia as a template for baddies today. It's definitely not trying to make any specific arguments against Islam and actually makes a pretty respectful one by the end even by today's standards. I have a problem with the gripes about Susan though. Like, some of them just show the person making them really needs to pay attention to the real point of this tale.

The story starts with Shift the ape and Puzzle the donkey. Shift is manipulative, Puzzle dim and nonconfrontational. In political science terms I'd call them a perfect example of authoritarian leaders and followers. Shift finds a lion skin and convinces Puzzle to dress as a fake Aslan, who no one has seen in so long. Leads to atrocities. This is a great allegory for how good people get to "just following orders" coming out when WW2 was still a healing wound. It grows into reflections on how abuses of ideology lead people to just abandon ideals altogether. And what he has to say here with this framework leading into our climax is honestly really cool to put next to later backlash specifically because it's a rather tepid, hot take criticism to make more of Susan's absence than the story comes anywhere near. It's more about trying to act too grown up too fast she's willing to deny things she knows happened. A human counterpart to the dwarves.

The idea it's easy to dunk on an old Christian Brit, call him misogynist, and can score cheap "intellectual" points in certain circles today even if it requires ignoring usually the conflict ball goes to the shithead little boy all series to call Lewis a misogynist for this? Themes The Last Battle. preemptively and unintentionally called out. Funny thing is I could play this game too; Susan's the only one who didn't die in a train wreck directly because she's the one who focused on rad shit like parties and getting laid. CS Lewis, early feminist icon. Realistically that lens of feminism wasn't quite a thing yet by the time he died. Losing context like that over time is a theme too. Lewis died in 1963, I'm earnestly curious how he'd have viewed youth movements of the next ten years after that.

How JK Rowling went from being part of that trend to the weird bent she's on now is such a perfect example it is fucking hilarious. Framing prejudice as "protection" while doing stuff like tapping a former prison warden with a history of allowing abuse to head your "safe" shelter? Shift & Puzzle. They give a great thinly-veiled jab in there at Stalin misusing egalitarian language on top of the obvious religious commentary. It's a critique of rigid belief of any stripe as much as it is priests who abuse doctrine. A rigid orthodoxy is a bad thing, whether it be fundamentalist religion or radical politics or a social group drifting into tribalism because once it becomes a game of repeating slogans a charlatan can make those slogans mean anything. I love how we use this motif of a phrase you should be familiar with by this point in the series. "[Aslan] is not a tame lion."

Aside from that it's a good conclusion. I remember as a kid appreciating that it had a little weight. Offered something I could tell I wasn't yet old enough to really understand. It and Utena were the two big things younger me made a note to revisit later. King Tirian & Jewel the Unicorn are fun Narniabros and Puzzle is so precious. Shift is one of Lewis's best antagonists as well and Tash is scary as shit. I love the dialog between Aslan and Emeth the virtuous Calormen. Kinda boils down to like, any earnest devotion glorifies God regardless of the name being prayed to. The end of the Narnia we knew doesn't have quite the same pop as Nephew's song of creation but it is very vivid and forlorn in its own beautiful way. All in all, The Last Battle ends up being a suitable conclusion with a fittingly meta & timebending lesson in not being too rigid about the lens we view the world through. And that's pretty cool.

#chronicles of narnia #the last battle #the sidestory between the years

[tideswept]

So~ I saw a couple of people doing this, and figured, why not? My tumblr is almost entirely Obikin/Hartwin focused atm, but I do ship other things! Rare ships! (Things that's hard to find content for tbh!)

So if you ever wonder/want to talk about other things--here's a handy list of Ships (And Related Series/Movie/Etc) Berry Will Cheerfully Listen To/And/Or Talk Your Ear Off About!

ANGEL SANCTUARY: Kira/Setsuna, Lucifer/Alexiel, Rosiel/Katan

BATMAN: Bruce/Dick

DOCTOR WHO: 9/Rose, 10/Rose

FAST & FURIOUS: Dom/Brian

FE3H: Byleth/Dimitri

FF13: Lightning/Hope

FFXIV: Emeth-Selch/WoL, Emet-Selch/Azem/Hythlodaeus, Sicard/Emmanellain

GANKUTSUOU: Edmond/Albert

GARO: Kouga/Kaoru/Rei

GENSHIN: Wriothesley/Neuvillette, Kazuha/Lumine, Ayato/Thoma, Fischl/Mona

HARRY POTTER: Snape/Harry, Tom Riddle/Harry, Sirius/Harry/Remus

HAVEN: Duke/Aubrey/Nate

HETALIA: Turkey/Greece, Greece/Spain, England/America, France/Spain

KINGDOM HEARTS: Riku/Sora, Riku/Namine, Roxas/Namine, Axel/Roxas, Terra/Ventus, Aqua/Cinderella

KINGSMAN: Harry/Eggsy, Merlin/Eggsy, Charlie/Eggsy

LABYRINTH: Jareth/Sarah

MARVEL: Bucky/Steve, Deadpool/Peter Parker, Loki/Thor

NARNIA: Lucy/Edmund, Caspian/Peter

NIER: 2B/9S

PERSONA: FeMC(Kotori)/Shinjiro, Yuu/Rise

RE4: Leon/Ashley

SHERLOCK: Mycroft/Lestrade

STAR WARS: Obi-Wan/Anakin, Qui-Gon/Anakin

THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES: Elias/Jon, Tim/Jon, Peter/Jon

THE MUMMY: Ardeth/Jonathan

THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE: Balthazar/Dave

THE VAMPIRE CHRONICLES: Lestat/Louis, Armand/Daniel, Marius/Daniel

TSUKIUTA: You/Yoru, Arata/Aoi

TWEWY: Josh/Neku

TWIN PEAKS: Cooper/Audrey

X-MEN: Charles/Erik, Rogue/Gambit

I'm probably forgetting quite a few, but uhhh this is pretty darn long already.

#berrytalk.txt #not even going to try to tag all this