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spurgie-cousin · 3 months

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The few times I’ve overheard them when my husband answers the door is “are you Brother (last name)” and my husband says “no they’re not here at the moment” and then some excuse of “I’m actually just going up to bed/it’s not a good time etc”. He wants nothing to do with religion as a whole so he doesn’t want to talk to them to begin with but they’ll just stand at the door for 10 minutes straight to make damn sure that nobody is home before they leave, so it’s faster to just open the door and send them on their way

One time I was upstairs watching out the window and there was a third person in their car with a computer or an ipad or something in their lap with the brightness all the way up. Once my husband got them to leave, I went around and made sure every door and window on the first floor was shut and locked. Like you show up where I am, after dark, AND I’m not expecting you? I’ve seen too many episodes of Criminal Minds for that, thanks.

Apparently they show up just to talk to my ILs, idk if it’s for actual church goodwill reasons, like how the church that I grew up in used to do home ministry for people that couldn’t physically make it to the building, OR because my ILs don’t go to any mormon church out here and the overarching church wants to keep tabs on them, like you said. I lean toward the second one but I’ve never been at their house when they’re home and the mormons show up (nor do I want to be, I don’t need them knowing who I am to stalk me like that)

Omg the mormons I was trying to ghost did the same thing, it was always young men in their mission outfits and they would stand outside for FOREVER, like 15 or 20 minutes after knocking. And listen, if I'm not expecting someone and they don't look like the mail person or police or someone official, I usually don't answer (the only people who'd do that around here are trying to sell you something). If there's no answer, most people leave in like 30 seconds so it legitimately did freak me out when I'd walk by the a window 10 mins later and catch these guys out of the corner of my eye (and hide lol).

I totally agree, in your ILs case I'm definitely leaning toward the second explanation too. It sounds like the same kind of behavior bc in my case, they were trying to get me to come back after the recruitment thing, and in their case maybe it's the same protocol for mormons who the church knows are in a certain area with a church but not attending.

I don't blame you for not wanting to engage. Don't get me wrong they're usually perfectly friendly, but they have a very vacuum salesman approach once you start a conversation. You have to really be firm and say no so many times, esp if it's not a first time thing and you're involved with the LDS somehow.

Thank you for sharing! That is genuinely so interesting, I wonder what their deal is...

#watch it turn out that they're just trying to be helpful to anons in laws lol #and i have this whole conspiracy about them #but to be fair that is totally something the LDS church would do like I've heard way crazier stories about how they treat members/ex-member #mormons #mormonism

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parachutingkitten · 4 months

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what does LDS mean?

It refers to my church: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You may know us better by our old nickname "Mormons" ;)

#lds #mormon #i am christian #like most everyone with religious beliefs #my personal relationship to my faith #my church #and my god #are complex #but i feel it's worth putting in my bio #as a way to reach out to other members #and to give full disclosure to those who may have church baggage #it pretty much never comes up #cuz i mainly just talk about ninjago #but you know #thanks anon!#asks

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quadrant-horror-stories · 3 months

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Kidnapped anon - NO7 BUG ANON - here, ou7 of 7he maze and you'll never guess wha7 happened. I was given "apology cake." I've now had cake for 7he firs7 7ime ever, i7's soooo good. I've forgiven 7he maze inciden7 on grounds of cake. Is 7his normal or am I jus7 falling for a dumb 7rick?

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nobodysdaydreams · 8 months

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The Glenns were probably fine (at least okay) people. They just didn't understand Nicholas and so they treated him like a "normal child" and hoped for the best

(Also I wonder if Curtain ever went looking for them...)

Anon, please know you have my respect, because you are BRAVE for this one. I have posted polls that have been (jokingly) like "pick an mbs character to hit with a golf cart" and I'll get at least 2-3 reblogs of people aggressively demanding the Glenns get flattened. So coming in my ask box with this take was a choice, but I'm very glad you did it because oh boy do I have some thoughts™️. (ESPECIALLY YOUR THING ABOUT CURTAIN LOOKING FOR THEM!)

Forgive me but I'm about to rant like crazy.

I think some just assume the Glenns were abusive parents and that Nicholas suffered a lot as child, and that's a perfectly fine head canon to have if you want it. However, we don't really see direct evidence for that. It is true that Nicholas' parents aren't mentioned again in the show, but if Nicholas is in his 40s/50s and his parents were in their 30s/40s/50s when they adopted him, they would likely be very old or deceased by the time the show takes place, it doesn't necessarily mean Nicholas cut contact with them.

Now, the one thing I do agree with you on is that they are flawed parents. The most obvious flaw we see is them only adopting one twin and never taking Nicholas to even visit his brother. However, there are a few things about the scene of them meeting Nicholas that stand out to me. And honestly? I think we as a fandom need to be giving the orphanage director a lot more attention then the Glenns, because evil or bad-but-well-intention, people barely mention her. And I'd be happy to explain why they should.

In the scene of the Glenns adopting Nicholas, the orphanage director originally leads them to Nathaniel. Obviously the parents are uncomfortable with the way Nathaniel introduces himself and his monologue, but looking back on it, I don't just think it's because they found his monologue cringy and decided right then and there to adopt the other twin. I think the Glenns were uncomfortable because when they heard Nathaniel's name, they realized the orphanage director had accidently led them to the wrong twin and this wasn't the one they were planning to adopt, and they didn't want to seem rude. But then Nathaniel started doing his pitch to them, and asked them to take him and his brother, which likely made them feel really guilty. Why do I think this? Because despite leading them to Nathaniel, the orphanage director immediately goes, "oh he's right over here" and awkwardly saves the parents by leading them over to Nicholas, and the parents introduce themselves by saying "hello. We've heard you like to read." This means that the orphanage director A) can't tell the twins apart, because she knew they wanted Nicholas from the beginning, but initially led them to Nathaniel on accident and B) spoke to the parents about the twins earlier, and told them about Nicholas.

Now the question becomes: why would the orphanage director recommend Nicholas to a set of parents who can only take one child? Was it because they both loved reading and were such a good match that it just made sense, and people back then just didn't understand the importance of keeping siblings together? That's one possibility. It's also perhaps the most plausible. If the Glenns were told that Nathaniel was stifling Nicholas (as evidenced by the orphanage performance), and that it was best for Nicholas to be separated from his brother and have his turn in the spotlight, then who were they to argue with the experts?

There is however a darker possibility. In season 2, Nicholas (under the happiness) and Curtain are reminiscing about the science experiments they used to do and the chaos they would cause (they mention making a volcano that exploded everywhere and made Nicholas and likely countless other children sick for weeks). If they were known for causing disruption, the orphanage director might have been trying to get rid of them by any means necessary as quickly as possible (especially since the older they got, the less likely they were to get adopted). She might have done so by trying to push them individually on families that could only take one, but there's something else she might have done.

It's possible that the Glenns were actually initially open to taking both twins, but the orphanage director discouraged the parents from adopting both boys, because she worried that if they got into mischief together and the parents complained, the orphanage would gain a bad reputation. Since Nicholas was the "easy" twin, and his personality matched with these parents, she told the Glenns that it was better for the twins to be separated, because Nathaniel was controlling and it would be healthier for Nicholas to have his own family. It was what was best for him. And the Glenns might have been skeptical of this, but the orphanage director is the expert. And it's not a total lie, Nathaniel did stifle him. And surely Nicholas would say something if he was unhappy with the situation? And Nathaniel had said that it was okay if they could only take one and that they wanted what was best for each other, so surely this must be fine right?

Look, in the scenario where the orphanage director comes out looking the best, the twins aren't getting adopted because there just aren't a lot of parents looking to adopt sibling groups, and they're getting older and there also aren't a lot of parents that want to adopt teens. So she's trying to get them into homes as best she can and separating them was a last resort, or perhaps she genuinely believed it was better for Nicholas to be on his own where Nathaniel wasn't controlling him all the time. Unfortunately, she's overwhelmed, has more kids than she can handle, and can't tell the twins apart, which is what caused to her to accidently introduce the Glenns to Nathaniel before she realized her mistake. Which isn't great, but more understandable. Worst case scenario? She found the twins a nuisance and wanted them gone by any means necessary and was pushing for them to go to separate homes and using the fact that Nathaniel was stifling Nicholas to support her reasoning, even though Nathaniel was only 12 years old.

But there's one thing both of these possibilities have in common: the Glenns would go into the adoption believing they were doing the right thing. That it was better for Nicholas to be separated from his brother. That they would better parents for Nicholas then Nathaniel, because Nicholas shared their love of reading and they had similar interests. That if Nicholas missed his brother he would have said something (obviously they're his parents, they should have just known, but the "expert" told them otherwise, and they're flawed people). They also figured that if Nathaniel said they wanted what was best for each other and the orphanage director said this was what was best, then there was nothing to discuss. It doesn't excuse what they did. They should have seen their son was upset, and should have done more to investigate the problem. Nicholas shouldn't have had to say anything. But I also don't think they necessarily did it maliciously (but they certainly could have, and if you want to have that head canon, you totally can).

Sorry for the rant. I'm not trying to excuse the Glenn's or the orphanage director (she needs a shorter name)'s actions, but I do respectfully think the "Nicholas' adoptive parents were abusive and terrible and the evidence is right there" takes should also consider the way the orphanage was being run. Overall, it was just an awful situation for both twins. They needed to go to home with parents who would teach them proper boundaries and respect their individuality, while also understanding the importance of them being a family. Nicholas admits that he didn't come back because he needed freedom, but the sad part is he could have had freedom and his brother if the twins had parents who would have stepped in and said "hey Nathaniel, we love you, but don't treat your brother like that." But no one at the orphanage ever did that, and Nicholas had no reason to believe his parents would be more hands on and involved than his teachers in that regard, because he'd never had parents before (and probably assumed parents just acted like teachers who gave you room and board and would just allow Nathaniel to continue to treat him like that, because what else is he supposed to think?). So he always thought he could never have both things. And that makes me sad, but in the best way, so thanks Anon.

FINALLY. Your statement on Curtain looking for them. OH BOY.

I haven't gotten to this part in my fic yet (and I don't know if I ever will) so possible mild spoilers I guess, but here's the thing: I think he did.

Because Nicholas promised to come back. And then days turn to weeks turn to months turn to years and he doesn't. At which point Nathaniel can assume two things. The first is to immediately assume that Nicholas didn't come back from him because he decided he was better off without his brother OR to assume that the people that adopted him are bad or abusive and that Nicholas might have tried to come back for him but failed, and he needs to be rescued.

I think you see where I'm going with this one. Nathaniel waits but Nicholas doesn't come. He thinks this is because his brother is in trouble. He runs away to find him. And eventually he does find Nicholas and discovers him living happily with his new family. Without him.

And the rest of the story writes itself from there. Well, actually it doesn't, and that comes later (why must my fic ideas be so long gosh dang it...) but I hope you like this.

Thank you Anon. Sorry this was so long.

#Long post #You've been warned #Thank you Anon #Bods Answers #nicholas benedict #the glenns #nathaniel benedict #ld curtain #ledroptha curtain #dr curtain #mr curtain #mr benedict

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carpisuns · 1 year

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How are you LDS & bi at 27?

Is that hard?

I have a lot of friends who since coming out have left the church.

I’m sorry if this comes across as rude, I’m genuinely curious.

honestly, it is hard sometimes. this is not any easy space to live in. i'm lucky enough that most of my IRL friends who share my faith have been really supportive, but i've also had very difficult experiences with family members. And also some pretty difficult experiences with people not of my faith who don't agree with or understand my choices about it—mostly here on tumblr. sometimes i feel like i'm being shut out of two spaces where i feel i should have a place, and i'm kind of trapped in the middle without a place to belong.

I also have friends who have left my church for various reasons, and i generally have a lot of empathy for them. it's hard. i get it. and i believe that many of those people will grow better and have a happier life outside my church than inside it.

on the other hand, you might be surprised by how many people are in the same space as me. i know lot of other members my church who identify as LGBTQ. There's kind of a range of how people respond to it, but there are so many people who are trying to make it work and be true to two things that are important to them.

it's really hard to explain spiritual decisions to people who aren't themselves spiritual, so I guess all I can say is that I've done a lot of soul searching, and i honestly feel that this is the best path for me and my life. i don't expect anyone to make the same choices as me—in fact, i hope every queer person is able to have the opportunity that i've had to find their own way and choose what will make them feel most comfortable and fulfilled in their life. i will honor that journey whether it looks the same as mine or not. i just hope they'll do the same for me, even if they don't get it

so to answer your initial question—i am openly bi and a practicing member of my church because that's what i choose to be. it's difficult and awkward and scary and lonely sometimes, but i've also found that it's really fulfilling. i've had the chance to have really important conversations and find others who like me are working in their own way to create a more welcoming and loving religious environment. that's something i feel strongly about and in some ways feel called to do. i don't know what my future will look like, but right now, despite the discomfort, i feel at peace with my choices and i feel they are right for me personally

#anon #ask #religion #christianity #lds #the church of jesus christ of latter day saints #mormon

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acourtofladydeath · 2 months

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🤲🏻❤️‍🩹🪽

Well HELLO FRIEND!

Looks like you might wanna talk about a fic, eh?

Take These Broken Wings is my current passion project.

Are you a glutton for punishment? Maybe a lover of all things whump sprinkled with a little hurt/comfort?

Possibly intrigued by the idea of a polyamorous relationship that may become a three person mating bond?

Have Illyrian politics every interested you? Maybe the dichotomy between female trauma and male trauma within the same society is something you’d like to explore.

Do you want to explore the different facets of trauma, healing, and regression as they relate to mental illness and political change?

Have I got a fic for you.

3/7 chapters of this fic have been posted, with chapter 4 completely drafted and in edits.

Did I mention I’m also working on a playlist?

If any of that sounds remotely interesting to you, check out Take These Broken Wings (TTBW) on AO3 now. Please mind the tags and your own mental health before reading.

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midnight-in-eden · 11 months

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This subject matter is heavy... but I was wondering if you or any of your followers could explain what they were taught, concerning "Outer Darkness." (aka: a Hell Mormons invented so can still say 'we don't believe in Hell! :DDD' to potential converts). Through the 90s, I was told it was reserved for those who knew the 'truth' of the church but denied it. Isolation in darkness, a lot of scary things lurking, implied pain. Though at the end of all things eventually those souls, would be saved no matter what, it simply would just take much longer and they would struggle and suffer for a long time in isolation before being forced to accept the truth. I was told recently that what is being taught is different, that the souls in Outer Darkness have one last chance but then their souls/spirits just dissapear, forever. Is this unique to one wacky bishop my friend was subjected to, or is this more widespread? Am I the odd one, here?

I’m sorry this took a while to get to! Apologies in advance for the essay. Feel free to ask clarifying questions bc I’m not sure if I explained this very well, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I tried.

In recent years, I have heard members try to redefine outer darkness as a punishment only for people who have literally seen God and still rejected the church. This is not what the church has always taught.

The Gospel Principles manual describes people who will go to outer darkness:

These are they who had testimonies of Jesus through the Holy Ghost and knew the power of the Lord but allowed Satan to overcome them. They denied the truth and defied the power of the Lord. There is no forgiveness for them, for they denied the Holy Spirit after having received it. They will not have a kingdom of glory. They will live in eternal darkness, torment, and misery with Satan and his angels forever.

Notice that it doesn’t say “These are they who have seen God in the flesh.” It says “who had testimonies of Jesus through the Holy Ghost.” In other words, people who genuinely believed at one point but have rejected the church. The only unforgivable sin is to deny the Holy Ghost, meaning to have a testimony through the Holy Ghost and reject it. That’s what earns a person a one-way ticket to outer darkness.

After death but before physical resurrection and final judgment, spirits who have rejected (or simply not received) the gospel will go to spirit prisons, whereas baptized Mormons will go to spirit paradise. Spirits in spirit prison will be given the opportunity to repent and choose to accept the gospel (and accept the temple work Mormons have so graciously done for them by proxy, at which point they can upgrade to spirit paradise). What you’ve described—a place akin to hell, where people will suffer but ultimately be able to be saved—sounds like spirit prison to me. Outer darkness, however, is something different. Outer darkness comes after the final judgment, and the people in it will not get to repent. They’ve missed their chance.

You can think of spirit prison as Mormon purgatory while outer darkness is actual permanent Mormon hell.

And no, souls in outer darkness will not disappear/die forever. The bishop who said that may have been confused by the fact that, while everyone will be resurrected from physical death, people in outer darkness will not be saved from spiritual death. But “spiritual death” in LDS doctrine just means separation from God (you can read about that in the Gospel Topics essay on “Death, Spiritual”, if you are inclined).

As you can probably tell, this was of great concern to me when I was a believer 😅 I was pretty convinced my sexuality and my inability to “repent” of it meant I was denying my testimony and I was therefore condemned to outer darkness. Ironically, as someone who had a testimony and now rejects the church, I now actually do meet the criteria for outer darkness…but I feel much less anxious about it now lmao.

Anyway. Tl;dr outer darkness is the permanent destination for people who had a testimony of the church and then rejected it, while everyone else including Hitler will end up in one of the various castes of heaven.

#outer darkness #exmo #exmormon #LDS doctrine #anon #ask

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empiressmpheadcanons · 2 years

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(Hi before I post the headcanon, I wanna say this blog is really cool!!)

S2 takes place a looong time after S1. I'd like to say at least a few hundred years. Some of the S1 cast is still alive.

You can find the seablings still wandering the world, both lost. Lizzie without any of her memory like at the end of S1 and Jimmy who can only vaguely remember the ones he once loved, forgetting their faces from how long he's been wandering.

Gem being the head wizard of the council of wizards (like witch Shelby has her council of witches), being feared for her dragon who's now more then fully grown.

And Shrub, who you might find still wandering the nether. Forever looking for her home, even though it's gone.

thanks!! : -D

this makes me really sad,,,

and though he is not living, some say in the mountains you can find an ice sculpture of a brave young king impaled. who sacrificed himself for not only everyone in his kingdom, but everyone in the world.

#empires smp #headcanon #solidarity gaming #ld shadow lady #geminitay #shubble #anon

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leotello · 1 year

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Oh my GOD OKAY SO;

I have a different ship for every iteration, so working backward of the ones I know is:

2018 leotello bc I just love them. Two smart people come together to make a whole idiot. Also just. Twins. It gets to me. My OTP. Rise leotello owns my soul.

Bayverse ot4 because. Because. I don't know man, they're all just. So adhd. They're all just a mood and I just cannot see it happening any other way.

2012 ot4 because of that one post you made about Leo falling in love with his brothers. Also because it just feels like he could never love any of his brothers more than the others. Idk, I just think it works. But leo/Casey Jones is cute in this iteration too.

2007 tbh? I'm torn. I love Leotello. I love leoraph. I love leomikey. I love ot4. Anything works here. Honestly, I just like him coming back and having to deal with them kinda moving on without him and struggling to get back into their good graces.

2003 leomikey. Ngl this is kinda bc I hardcore ship raphtello in this iteration but I also just like leomikey in this iteration. Leo needs to fucking relax, honestly, but also I love when he has that moment of "oh, hes not just the baby sibling, is he?"

So yeah.

leotello! my url. i am a sucker for twincest, apparently even if they arent even canon twins. there's just that "other half" thing that i find so romantic. and twin telepathy! the way they understand each other so well. mmm such romantic tropes

i dont ship anything in bayverse, but that is cute. i feel like if they got into a relationship it would be all of them.

and YES, god ot4 with leo falling in love with them is SO close to my heart. leo is the incest king and i just cant imagine him not falling deeply in love with his family.

07 leoraph is the SHIT ok, like im sorry but the rooftop fight scene sold me on it. theyr so homoerotic. theyre so obsessed with each other. they love each other so much it causes problems. they NEED to fuck it would do them so much good. but like, i can also see the ot4 there, like you said, with leo trying to find his place in the family again. and oooh, can you imagine if his time apart allowed certain... feelings... to fester, and now, being around them again, those feelings have to be dealt with? impossible to ignore, now

03 leomikey is SO good, dude i was just talking to PF on twitter about this. leo has a soft spot for mikey, canonically. watch grudge match--leo lets mikey get away with things that raph and donnie cant do. mikey also defends him to raph and donnie and points out everything he does for them, where raph and donnie didnt even seem to notice or realize. mikey appreciates leo in a way raph & donnie don't. which is not to diss them or anything, i know they love leo with their entire souls. all three of them do. but they're obviously less aware of how hard leo works for them. mikey is consciously aware of the fact that he can goof around all day like a normal teen because of leo. i also hc leo as the subbiest sub in the house and mikey as the dommiest dom... so yknow. its a good match.

and mm 03 raphdon is good shit. theyre such stupid sappy idiots in love, but also fucking horny.

#alv posts #ask #raphdon #leomike #ot4 #leotello #leoraph #LR #LD #LM #leonardo #anon: i love raphdon #me: [squints] shellarious?#/j i know im probably wrong

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