#Even if it’s Christian tv

[asocial-skye]

as the holidays come to a close, i'm left to wonder....

how does religion work in the pjo universe?

#pjo #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy series #pjo series #pjo tv show #pjo hoo toa #pjo fandom #percy pjo #annabeth pjo #like i know rick riordan is a white goyische man #so he probably didn't think this through and just assumed that they all celebrated Christmas culturally #but how does religion play in the pjo universe #even if you're like christian do you just leave religion when you come to camp #like i understand that most kids are pretty irreligious and probably won't care about leaving religion #but as someone who went to religious school there's at least one kid who is devout as fuck and'll just keep practicing #also like plenty of religions practiced today are the same age as the ancient greek religion- ex. judaism and hinduism #how does that clash work-there were exchanges of jewish and hindu culture in the ancient greek era so it's safe to assume jewish and hindu #half-bloods would exist #also on the hindu can of worms- we are also a polytheistic religion #does belief in that renounce any connection to the greek gods #also the comedic potential of the clash in SO underutilized #i can see luke at some point just scraping the food into the hermes fire saying 'accept my offering- o g-d who is NOT greek' #or some other camper reciting the brahmarpanam or offering Du'a while offering food to the gods #you can't tell me at least one kid yelled up at the sky 'well i'm converting now! fuck you dad!'

[imagitory]

Okay -- so my visual aids for this post are very limited since Disney+ will not let me properly screenshot this and there are no good quality versions of this on Youtube anymore...but I need to talk about Disney's The Little Mermaid TV series for a second. Specifically, one episode very near and dear to my heart called Metal Fish, which features a human explorer going down in a fish-shaped submarine to the bottom of the ocean, getting stuck, and being found by Ariel and her friends.

Now honestly, watching the episode again, there's a lot I don't love about it. Sebastian's whole subplot with the crab scouts is really kind of annoying, and I skip every bit of it. But I love the character of Archimedes (even if he never appeared in the show again! Boo!), and -- more importantly to today -- there's this wonderful moment right toward the beginning of the third act of the episode where Ariel and our human explorer lay eyes on each other for the first time, and there's just this electric connection.

Something that bypasses words -- this sense of wonder, enchantment -- almost enlightenment. And is it surprising? No! Ariel is the spitting image of what the human explorer had in his mind, when he was dreamily sketching out what a mermaid could look like, back on land.

And of course, at the end of the episode, what else should the explorer end up being named, but Hans Christian Andersen? And what else would he do, after being rescued by a mermaid, but use it as inspiration for one of his most famous fairy tales?

Okay, yeah, admittedly Hans Christian Andersen was a much sadder and more dysfunctional brown-haired human being IRL (just watch this video for a nice deep-dive about this disaster gay/bi/honestly-maybe-even-romantic-ace)...not to mention he wasn't even half this dashing nor close to being vocally similar to the great Mark Hamill...but one thing I absolutely love about this episode, and the aspect I personally respond to most, is the choice the series' creators made to have their interpretation of Hans Christian Andersen and Ariel have a very striking visual similarity, as well as similar personalities.

Many theorize that the original little mermaid was a self-insert character for HCA, with his fairy tale being a fantastical lament about the one-sided love he felt for the son of his most significant patron, Edvard Collin, who -- like the mermaid's prince in the original -- fell in love with and chose to wed another. There's even preserved correspondence by HCA where he writes of his feelings for Edvard being "those of a woman." And although this is more likely about HCA struggling to express romantic feelings that felt out of place in the very religious, heteronormative world he was a part of than about HCA himself identifying as transgender, I still think it was such a sweet little gesture for this episode to highlight Ariel and HCA seeing themselves in each other.

And this is where I wish SO MUCH I had some good quality video so I could truly share this piece of the episode with all of you -- because the moment where Ariel and Hans see each other for the first time gives me such life.

When Hans first sees Ariel, he's lost for breath, and he sounds and looks almost bereft when she disappears from view. When Ariel first makes eye contact with Hans, she clutches her face and hair, almost as if seeing herself clearly for the first time. And the whole time, they're looking at each other not fully face-to-face, but through glass and water -- almost a reflection of each other. Because...they are.

I'm sorry, I fail to articulate how utterly beautiful this is. No love story could ever capture the emotion this short scene instills in me. A platonic connection so powerful that it transforms you and how you see yourself forever. Meeting another person and, in doing so, truly knowing yourself for the first time.

However much I might praise The Little Mermaid TV series primarily for its music, there are also moments like this that remind me how wonderful Disney's adaptation of Andersen's story really is.

#sorry I just wanted to share these feels don't mind me #but I mean seriously the porthole is SHAPED LIKE A MIRROR #they literally see *themselves* while looking at each other!! #I know HCA was probably not trans IRL and I myself am cisgender but I'm sorry this just floods me with feels #yes these are pictures I took with my phone bc disney+ won't let me screenshot sorry for the bad quality #I must admit I do also find it funny that in frozen they also decided to make *their* hans a ginger even if I'm sure it wasn't bc of this #disney #the little mermaid #the little mermaid tv series #hans christian andersen #analysis #trans pride #lgbtq pride

[ghostsmp3]

The Chosen, 2.03 "Matthew 4:24"

#kinda the best boy ever. if you even care #he is so cute and his hair is so wild #john the apostle #the chosen #the chosen tv #religion #christianity #the beloved disciple #george xanthis

[mabith]

Riddle me this. Disability benefits review mental status appointment. WHY do they ask if you drink caffeine, then if you have ever had a drug or alcohol problem and nothing else on that theme. Usually they'd ask if you drink alcohol at all. If they're leaving that out (which they should probably, it's all fucking stupid), why are they still asking if you drink ANY caffeine. How is this useful information!

#now I'm home I can put all my rainbow shit back on and replace this normie sweater and 'nice' shirt with a hoodie #SHOULD any of that matter? obvi No #DOES it matter? impossible to predict but you know for sure they write what you're wearing because that's the hellscape we live in #Had to sit there Too Hot because I knew wearing flipflops when it's 40 out would be written up as Unusual Dress #even though it's very much related to heat regulation issues caused by my nerve disease #also the waiting room had Christian literature everywhere (again Hellscape) but also very surrealist art on the walls #at least the waiting room TV was on Bewitched (the original show not the remake movie)

[triple-pupil]

They did it.

They did a compilation of My son.

Go watch it and SEE how good this show is at making it's characters.

They show well his main conflicts as a disciple and as a person whose hated by his own people, Even his own family.

And it shows the beauty of it's music and just- everything about this is great.

#Idk what the purpose of this post even is #Anyways- Matthew my beloved #I love him #I didn't get to the part where he changes his clothes yet #I'm excited #religion #christianity #the chosen tv show #matthew the disciple #the chosen series #angel studios #autism #I wonder what people in the spectrum thing of him in this show #jesus christ #the chosen spoilers #the chosen tv series

[malyen0retsev]

i feel like gen z need to be sat down and explicitly told it is ABSOLUTELY OK to say the wrong thing and do the wrong thing sometimes. growing up actually means fucking up, and if you spend your whole life paranoid of being ‘problematic’ then you are legitimately going to drive yourself into an anxiety induced meltdown. watching or reading ‘problematic’ media does not make you a bad person, and tbfh sometimes watching or reading said media (provided you keep your analytical brain switched on) is a good thing to do. because just as we learn by seeing what’s right to do, we also learn by seeing what’s not right to do. 

and without wishing to sound horrendously horrendously ‘i am in my mid twenties’, you don’t need to let the entire world know what you’re watching and reading. you actually don’t need to let the entire world know a damn thing about you, and i feel like a lot of the anxiety i see from gen-z online is this terror of being called problematic precisely because the boundaries for oversharing are next to non-existent. growing and changing and learning are a fundamental part of being a teenager, and you will say and do ‘problematic’ shit which will make you cringe in your twenties, and that’s absolutely ok because you will have learned from it. 

#and on a serious note too for the love of god stop digging up peoples tweets from a decade ago. that adds to this toxic cycle #i was an absolute moron in my teens idk how many times i have to say it #i grew up in a conservative area and went to christian camps do i need to Spell Out the sort of nonsense i believed as a teen #and would u look at me now. age 26 and queer and very open about the nonsense i used to say #and nobody judges me even slightly for it. because the consensus is just 'you were a teenager. you learned. you don't believe that anymore' #HOW SHOCKING THAT THE WORLD KEEPS TURNING #anyway that's admittedly my somewhat extreme experience lmao #but seeing younger teens rip themselves apart online for OH MY GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE I WATCHED THIS PROBLEMATIC TV SHOW #like my dudes when we were teens we used to look up clips from Saw on youtube FOR FUN #it's ok to make mistakes it's ok to be an idiot #what you've gotta be aware of is to stop documenting every single thing you have ever done online #because i swear it adds to the anxiety of 'what if someone calls me out on this' #just live and let live and don't actively be a prat and you'll be all good #ANYWAY #saw several posts about this this morning hence The Rant #sarah rambles #gen z #i guess??? #important

[cannibalspicnic]

RITA CONNORS and NANCY McCORMACK

PRISONER | 1979-1986

#AND THEY WERE CELLMATES #don't mind me #just obsessing over this 40 year old ship #i love them #even though they were responsible for the dumbest lagging incident in all of wentworth detention center #they were just too wrapped up in each other to think #more christian housewife/badass biker chick dynamics #prisoner #cell block h #wentworth #wentworth prison #prisoneredit #rita connors #nancy mccormack #glenda linscott #julia blake #tvedit #tvgifs #tvfilmsource #classic tv #prisoner cell block h #sometimes i gif

[rumor-weed]

i’m sorry VOTER FRAUD?

IN MY VEGGIETALES?

it’s more likely than you’d think...

#veggietales #ryan watches vt #he literally shows up out of nowhere hears 'happy place' and says 'I WILL BECOME GRAND MARSHALL OF HAPPINESS PARADE' and immediately #like no hesitation nobody saying anything is like 'I WILL STUFF THE BALLOT BOX and BE ELECTED' #now's probably the time to admit that I don't recognize any Larry-Boy or League stuff after Bad Apple as canon #and even then I didn't really like Bad Apple #I tried watching League but was way too old for it by then and had hit my limit #like I love rewatching classic VT because it's not just nostalgia it felt legitimately fun for adults #read phil's book it's great #but also like... past a certain point VT became 'oh yeah its cute and kinda funny still' #and this new show so far really doesn't have clever laugh out loud enjoyable for adults too moments #not like they used to have #they feel so... sanitized #and there's something weird about complaining like that #but it's not really complaining as it is just... noting how drastically different 90s kid media and 2010s kid media and 2020 kids media is #from 'family fun' meaning adults could get a chuckle and like it too #to 'family fun' means its 'Wholesome'(tm) Christian Media (tm) and if there's even a reference to an old TV show kids haven't watched #its a big Ordeal like #idk there's a whole lot to say there #and I probably should watch more eps before I say anything more #at the end of all these liveblogs I may give a wider explanation of my thoughts on the new series from a view of like... #a long time fan since childhood who HAS returned several times to the show and fandom into his adulthood

[khlur]

i love going on and on and on here abt growing up as a christian frm a community everyone except u could read as dalit because i have 20 yrs of intense shame to express and this is my blog (and even now i feel like i have to justify this to the faces of everyone following me)

#straddling the line between religious minority in Country but also a part of global hegemony vibes #except the global hegemony favours whiteness so even our local indigenous christianities are being erased by BVOV and God TV #fucking joyce meyer and kenneth copeland eating the brains of every tribal christian with a TV and raising trump supporters 8938 km away #but also churches in delhi and bangalore are being attacked and pogroms are carried out by the VHP and #my family members are denied promotions and raises and jobs unless they completely secularize themselves #that we are still seen solely as the products of colonialism instead of casteism

[theragamuffininitiative]

resurrecting on tumblr for five (5) minutes to confess I have once again joined a fandom that appears to consist entirely of myself and a brick, but I accidentally binged the show Irreverent this month and it's actually like....really good.

It helps that I'm a major fan of Colin Donnell and this is one of the first film projects where he really gets to show his acting chops alongside good writing. A criminal mediator from Chicago finds himself on the run after a job goes horribly wrong, landing him in a tiny town on the coast of Australia where he must impersonate their new minister in order to stay alive.

The plot has strong Music Man vibes but more crime lol. It's not a dramedy, it's a comedic thriller with a huge amount of heart, centering on a single lead character but featuring an ensemble of strong supporting characters. Whether you're religious or secular, you kinda get the idea that both the writers and the characters got all their theological knowledge from watching Jesus Christ Superstar, but it manages to be appropriately ridiculous and occasionally poignant even so.

One of the most compelling parts of the story is something Colin, who plays the criminal-turned-priest, zeroed in on during cast interviews: the charm and hook of the story relies on Paolo/Mack being able to be whoever and whatever he needs to be for whoever or whatever situation happens to be in front of him. Sometimes it changes within a scene. He's a reverend, a thief, a mentor, a scapegoat, a mastermind, a friend, an enforcer. It happens over and over, allowing Colin's acting and the show's writing to shine as he seamlessly transitions from humor to gravity, from being adorable and sweet to being downright intimidating and a threat. One of the best examples of this is when another character angrily confronts Paolo's complete lack of ability to lead the church and Paolo accepts the rather deserved tirade. Two seconds later, the other character is weeping at the end of their rope and Paolo steps in as comforter.

It's quirky, it's well-made, it crosses more than a couple genres and does so well. It had better get a second season and the second season had better complete the story because I didn't actually think I would like it much when I put on the first episode but now I'm invested and I need the remaining questions answered. Also I need somebody to make gifsets who can make them pretty. So. Go watch it, giftset makers.

tl;dr Irreverent on Peacock is highly enjoyable. It has pros and cons but basically if you watch the trailer up there and afterward feel like you want to give it a go, you'll probably like it too.

#irreverent on peacock #irreverent tv #irreverent tv series #colin donnell #i'm mostly here for colin we all know that #in the tags note of: i'm a protestant christian and some of the quips and things i wasn't super fond of #but even then it isn't any more irreverent than basically any other secular show that features a christian character or plot #and even in the midst of my eyerolls there were moments of 'hey you actually got that more right than you know' #language warning #tw: violence #cuz like there is drama and swearing in the trailer and the show lol #Youtube

[shekeepsmeworms]

Had some wine feeling good made a really shitty bowl in ceramics class this morning that I’m really worried has a bunch of air holes in it and had a really crappy therapy session where I didn’t talk too much but was honest about some other stuff which is good overall I guess but now I’m doing drunk crochet and watching the Duggar family documentary and probably going to stop watching soon once they start talking about the awful stuff but yeah day in the life of a woman doing her best I guess

#like both sides of my family are either Irish catholic. converted assimilation catholic. or part Jewish but raised catholic. #but my mom read the Boston glob report so I wasn’t baptized or anything and despite her born again phase I’ve never really been religious #so the thought of growing up in that environment is like I can’t imagine the pressure oh my god #like I’ve had Mormon friends and have some friends who were raised homeschool Christian married young and all and like #i don’t know it’s just wild how different our lives are like I’ve got a problems and def inherited the guilt complex thing for sure but like #I also never got told to submit to anyone or that god was watching #or to be modest or any of the purity stuff beyond normal patriarchy stuff #like I’m not saying my life is better but I didn’t do church after age 5 and only go to funeral masses so I like the comfort of like #doing sign of cross and saying Hail Mary and all bc it provides structure for grief but beyond that I can’t imagine living with all of that #these are very long tags with no real point beyond wow. that’s literally bananas to me. but did I mention I’m a little drunk #and even then my family isn’t like hardcore catholic. my grandma and her siblings skipped church to get donuts bc no farm work on Sunday #and my dad grew up like doing fasted mass and everything but heard the 2000s Harvey milk speech and realized gay ppl are okay #and then rest of extended dads side is like catholic but vote blue and think human rights are good and all #my mom has a student who’s like very traditional catholic like she was trying to teach him math and whatever #and the live coverage of waiting for pope confirmation was on tv the whole time #and he fights with her about evolution and learning about the existence of other religions and everything #so I guess even in my own family like. everyone’s down with basic science and civil liberties which is even weirder for me I guess #like not even among fundamentalists like just regular Catholics I’ve had a pretty liberal upbringing re faith. it’s just wild to me #to see the differences of worldview #and even non religion stuff was pretty liberal overall despite living in pretty red area. idk it’s just wild how different life can be

[theboy-thebitch-thelegend]

my toxic trait is listening to classic rock and becoming convinced that actually i can totally fail my classes and somehow get a classic car and pursue my middle school dream of being a paranormal vlogger getting income from ???? and this is totally realistic

#no becoz i saw one (1) episode of supernatural the day i also like Officially decided i wasnt christian #becoz of some church shit that happened earlier that day #and decided i wanted to be like dean winchester i guess #which in hindsight was probably the transgenderism #but that discovery would come much much later #anyways i found out a girl i had a crush on at the time really liked supernatural #and based entirely on that like. 5 minutes of assessing dean's character #decided to REALLY lean into that #and now i listen to certain classic rock songs and its like war flashbacks lmfao #also i prolly saw a ghost today so that's part of it rn #IMPORTANT CONTEXT I NEVER ACTUALLY WATCHED SUPERNATURAL #I DONT EVEN KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT IT #IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE ON THE TV WHILE I WAS HAVING A LIFE MOMENT™ #i dont know what the fuck a destiel is except for the memes #it has something to do with a gay angel apparently which like. ok i can get behind that i guess #but yeah. #long story short i was like one degree removed from full on kinning dean fucking winchester despite never watching spn

[paigesplatforms]

i shit you not i am constantly thinking about that moment in acoc where they are mid battle with the church (i can’t remember if it’s THE episode or if it’s another but anyway) and Ally says something along the lines of “ Brennan, we’re always fighting the church, thank you for that.” Then Brennan says “You know I always saw my stuff more as anti capitalist but sure we can go anti church too.” SIR THE EVIL PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH WHAT DO YOU MEAN

#i think about religion in d20 quite a bit #because it is so christian because the us and most of western culture is so christian #even if they are atheists they are still talking about the christian church because that’s just apart of their culture it’s all they know #i’m getting quite sick of it #and the allegories of other religions aren’t too good either #and this is coming from an ex-christian who’s country is extremely culturally christian #let me know if i’ve overstepped in the tags though and i will delete them #a crown of candy #dimension 20 #dropout tv #college humor #religion #daisy originals

[famousblueraincoatmp3]

people are going to be shocked when they join catholicism because of tumblr and then they find out most catholics are fucking insane

#sam.txt #even the progressive ones have really like. Congrats for being decent I guess? energy to them #i saw someone say most catholic priests are progressive? are you guys fucking fr LOL #IN COMPARISON TO WHO? ronald reagan? #im sorry this is such a perplexing cultural renaissance. im personally praying for the church's downfall for their various crimes #its funny when catholics go on tv and complain about targeted advertisements and how its actually not the spirit of christmas. #tell me how much you ask of your congregation again and whether or not you pay taxes communist kings? #i saw someone revisionise the entire history of the church by saying catholics are more progressive than christians #when it was LITERALLY formed because people were like. actually this is not hardcore enough for me we need to stone people to death

[puzzlesandcons]

They really are making a complete and utter mockery of the Moroi culture from the book huh. Like fuck Romanian culture that was the basis for this we will make a mockery of it all.

#vampire academy #rose hathaway #dimitri belikov #lissa dragomir #christian ozera #and like the cast has grown on me i am still iffy only on christian and adrian bur that the fuck even is #im watching the 8th episode and this whole reality tv show vibe mixed with hunger games vibe thay habe is just not it

[bijoumikhawal]

every Israeli that talks about that 'Indigenous Judean' stuff owes actual Indigenous MENA people compensation for having to read and debunk that crap seeing as how it literally adds fuel for supremacists to discredit us and puts us in danger

#cipher talk #Including my ass! #Fun fact: one of the most memorable moments of antisemitism I've faced from an Arab was because he took me talking about #Indigenous MENA struggles from a Coptic perspective as evidence I was a Zionist #He didn't even realize saying 'shut up Jew' was pretty literal! He probably assumed I was a Christian #It was memorable because it was so bizarre #Yall can't even use the actual Nubian flag in those dumb infographics. You use one that was made up for a fictional TV show #I'd shoot myself if I fucked up that bad while trying to make a solidarity post with Nubians