#The Angels Baptist

[transmutationisms]

…so can you expand on the psychological ramifications of stewy being in private equity? that has definitely been lost on me given that i barely understand what private equity is

ok this is an underrated funny aspect of the show imo, and also good insight into stewy and kendall. i'm trying to spare you a bunch of stupid business jargon but basically, maesbury capital (which stewy represents but sandy/sandi ultimately own) is a private equity fund, meaning it's a big pile of a bunch of rich people's money, and stewy's job is to take that money and invest in private companies. a PE fund can invest at a few different points: at the very beginning of a startup's life (venture or angel investing), at a point where the company is trying to grow or restructure (growth investing), or when a company is struggling financially, in which case the fund is usually planning to either dismantle it and sell it for scrap, restructure and go public, or sell it for cash to another company. PE firms like to present themselves as doing a lot of growth or venture investing, but in truth many/most are primarily engaging in this third category of investment strategies, because they're lucrative (and because many startups are stupid, and only good for generating investor payouts).

so, when kendall went and dismantled vaulter in season 2 because logan decided that selling most of it for scrap would be more profitable? that's basically a dramatisation of what stewy does routinely, except of course the exact financial instruments and strategies will differ because stewy represents a PE firm. like, if kendall's venture capitalist schemes tell us about his delusions of creating cool new products and services, stewy is sort of the opposite because his structural goal is usually to dismantle companies and liquidate them however is best for maesbury's backers. it's a total destruction of all use-value and a conversion of it into pure exchange-value in the form of capital (which goes into his pockets and maesbury's). stewy generates money by destroying utility, which is perverse if you think capitalism is supposed to create and sustain human life, but actually completely comprehensible if you understand that capitalism is an insatiable growth machine with inherently contradictory internal tendencies and no raison d'être beyond the endless accumulation of pure capital itself.

many viewers think stewy is insane because he is friends with kendall roy. this is true, but on a deeper level stewy is insane because his job is to participate in the inexorable tendency to more and more abstraction in the capitalist mode of production. it literally does not matter at all to someone like stewy whether people are fed or clothed or happy, or have any of their needs met. the point is solely to create money, to turn all social forms and values into numbers on a balance sheet. this is why, when kendall tries to threaten him on axos at the end of season 2, stewy is able to casually tell him that "it doesn't matter; it doesn't mean anything." he and sandy are convincing shareholders that their offer will be able to make them more money, "and that's all that this is." stewy speaks the language of business differently than logan, because stewy doesn't care about dick-swinging competitions or demonstrating dominance in logan's cringey old catholic military way. which makes stewy more rational in certain ways, but also more insane, in that he operates in a way totally detached from this type of social value system and solely motivated by cold hard numbers.

the irony is that, whilst being detached and disembodied in his business practices, stewy is also better than the roys at appreciating the material fruits of wealth. he eats; he dresses well; he enjoys the "several houses" he owns. kendall is always trying to come up with some grand moral bullshit masculinity reason that what he's doing is noble or whatever, and he's alienated from his body and afflicted with severe catholic martyr disease. stewy just bypasses all that shit, measures his success by his payouts, and enjoys wealth because he sees it as an end in itself and not a means to logan roy's respect.

this is also why kendall's line in 'living+' about "it's enough to make you lose your faith in capitalism" is so funny. kendall can't just accept that business is a bunch of meaningless bullshit confidence games played by coked-up assholes who like to win; he always has to try to convince himself he's making cool new tech shit, or saving the world from the spectre of death itself or some shit. it's like, insane that he made it to literally 40 years old, growing up in a media conglomerate of all things, and still thinks that what he's doing requires actual skill or creates actual social value—but of course, part of the reason he still thinks this is because he deified logan and was therefore incapable of ever seeing logan or waystar for what they really were. stewy would never say that line because he can't be disillusioned this way on account of he already knows the whole thing is bullshit. it's just that to him it doesn't matter, because being bullshit does not preclude it from paying well.

#some1 also asked about that kendall line and it seemed like it wanted to be bundled into this post lol i hope that answers yr q #blood sacrifice #typing this gave me flashbacks to when i did freelance transcription and i used to do this guy's podcast on angel investing #literal nightmare fodder. the hours-long homophobic baptist sermons were better

[illustratus]

The Wilton Diptych (1395–1399)

The kneeling King Richard II is presented by Saints John the Baptist, Edward the Confessor and Edmund the Martyr, each holding their attribute. In the right-hand panel the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child in her arms is surrounded by eleven angels, against a golden background and field of delicately coloured flowers.

#middle ages #medieval #mediaeval #england #altarpiece #richard ii of england #english #king #saints #kings #saint #john the baptist #edward the confessor #edmund the martyr #virgin mary #christ child #angels #art #christianity #christian #religious art #religion #history #gothic #heraldry #house of wessex #anglo saxon #anglo saxons #flowers #richard ii

[koredzas]

Jan Mostaert - The Head of Saint John the Baptist Surrounded by Angels. 1520 - 1540

#art #renaissance #jan mostaert #beheading #the head #angels #saint john the baptist #surrounded

[tragediambulante]

Virgin of the rocks, Leonardo da Vinci, 1483-94

#madonna #rocks #virgin of the rocks #leonardo da vinci #15th century #louvre museum #art history #art #italian art #aesthethic #painting #rinascimento #angels #mary #jesus #saint john the baptist

[swallowedabug]

Dancing on the Edge (2013) // Lovecraft Country (2020)

#wunmi mosaku #angel coulby #jurnee smollett #lovecraft country #dancing on the edge #lovecraftcountryedit #perioddramaedit #ruby baptiste #letitia lewis #my edits #my gif #had a more elaborate set in mind #(of wunmi singing) #but this one's also something i've been meaning to post for aaages

[isa-ah]

send me ideas for how to make my new OC look. I was thinking rlly hard about the possessed by an angel horror narrative and I want to play w that & w angels and the abrahamic god not being. well. 👀 very nice shall we say. but I have 0 ideas for character visuals

#brother i was raised southern baptist and i can tell you that guy was Not Kind or Good or Nonviolent At All #im just turning it over in my head. how to connect the deep religious trauma with the possessed and wrong but its an angel narrative #i think i wanna do a h*karu vibe where the vessel was killed and then possessed so the angel has little pretense of his personality

[inafieldofdaisies]

Ships as Grid Playlists / John x Sabrina and Jacob x Mercedes

Saw @corvosattano and @nightbloodbix do this style of grid playlists for their ocs (linking both posts below) and I ended up getting the idea to do edits with two of my ships as focus. The spin here is I thought it would be neat to have A-side and B-side of a vinyl on top of the usual quote and track list edits. Chances are one day I might do a follow-up for Calahan and Mary May and the other ships from In Hope of Tomorrow. ❤️

inspo / inspo

#something about the red and black & white for this set makes my brain go brrrrr ❤️so we're skipping on the usual bluish paper style #the way I keep seeing butterfly shaped things in Sabrina's section of the edits (the mist resembles it; splotch on the paper) #Side A: Fate focused obvi #Side B: Mer's faux angelic as symbolism #oc: sabrina donovan #oc: mercedes “mercy” sibley #wip: in hope of tomorrow #john x sabrina #jacob x mercedes #ship: the diviner and the baptist #ship: the deceiver and the wolf #john seed x female deputy #john seed x sabrina donovan #jacob seed x oc #jacob seed x mercedes sibley #moodboard #character moodboard #edits #myedits #ship edit #ship moodboard #playlist #wip playlist #ocs #fc5 ocs #fc5 deputy #far cry 5 deputy #far cry 5 oc #fc5 fandom #far cry 5

[christliche-kunstwerke]

Die Taufe Christi, Detail 

#kunst #kunstwerk #art #artwork #unknown artist #unknown #unbekannt #unbekannter künstler #religion #religiöse kunst #religious art #jesus christ #christus #christ #taufe #baptism #johannes #john #johannes der täufer #john the baptist #engel #angel #holy #heilig #bibel #bible #glaube #faith #gott #god

[theprayingteacher]

#Strength

View On WordPress

#authors #Christian #Commandments #Devotional #God Holy Worship Bible Scripture Love Faith Truth HandofGod MarkofGod #God Sabbath Saturday Holy Worship Bible Scripture Love Faith Truth HandofGod MarkofGod #healing medical God Jesus Angels Prayer Biblical Spiritual sinuses herbs congestion #Miracles Healing #Prayer Religion Jesus Angels Worship Praise Fact Catholic Church Baptist Scripture Motivation Revelation BooksoftheBible #reading #Religion Jesus Angels Worship Praise Fact Catholic Church Baptist Motivation Revelation #Salvation Prayer GodJesus Grace Cross Spirituality Spiritual Soul Heart Motivation #teaching teacher educator highschool school students #writing

[funstealer]

Numéro #37, October 2002 Ph.: Jean Baptiste Mondino

#Jean Baptiste Mondino #Angelical Natalia Vodianova #Numéro #Editorials

[gleecontext]

GLEE S05E11 City of Angels

#glee #s5 #s05e11 #city of angels #blaine anderson #jean baptiste

[empirearchives]

The Four Seasons — Summer

Jean Baptiste Debret

1804, Napoleonic era

#artist is one year older then Napoleon #pretty #detail #art #painting #neoclassical #neoclassical art #Jean Baptiste Debret #debret #Jean-Baptiste Debret #napoleonic era #napoleonic #first french empire #19th century #french empire #france #art history #angel #angels #Cupid #cupids #cherub #cherubs #classical #horoscope #classical art #astrology #mythology

[angeltreasure]

I love this so much! Get himmmm

There’s so much we can talk about for this art! Truly inspiring.

#St Joseph #St John the Baptist #Mary #Jesus #God #Holy Spirit #angels #demons

[kai-keda]

So uh...

Hi, hello, I am very Catholic.

And Hazbin Hotel has me calling Lucifer "My Poor Little Meow Meow"

I think I like this show

#hazbin hotel #im usually SO INSANELY PICKEY about how demons and angels and lucifer etc is depicted in media #not in a westboro baptist church way but more in a stable adult who likes cartoons way #like - if I don't dig the interpretation I move on yaknow? #the number one reason i casually lost interest on blue exorcist was cause the way they tried to make the devil sympathetic was terribly done #which i think everyone agrees with tbh #but hazbin hotel is different somehow???? #like #he's sympathetic and im rooting for him and he's CLEARLY meant to be a representation of the actual christian devil #gonna be thinking about this for awhile and analyzing everything i can about this show to figure out what is the magic sauce in jt #to make me genuinely care about the actual christian devil himself #when most shows that try to do it make me roll my eyes

[derelictheretic]

SHIP TRAITS

Tagged by @scorpiosleeps ! Thank you for the tag <33

Rules: bold/color the themes that apply to your ship, and italicize the theme if it’s one-sided, within your story.

height difference (totally average height kings stick together) / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ / family disapproves / would die for each other / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly (John and his disrespect for perosnal space)/ and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews / getting a pet (Dean's dog Baby <3) / have kids / want kids (Dean didn't think he wanted kids but Charmeine is his lil angel) / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies / keeping secrets / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well / happily ever after / love letters (do violent pseudo romantic radio calls count?)

height difference (Anya the 6ft queen) / mutual pining / first kiss / wedding / in-jokes / lgbtq+ / family disapproves / would die for each other / would kill for each other / fake relationship / arranged wedding / cuddlers / pda friendly / and they were roommates / holding hands / secret relationship / opposing worldviews / getting a pet (Sasha and Lev <3) / have kids / want kids / grow old together / relationship failures / rests head on shoulder / share a bed / relationship doubts / they have a song / first date / sharing a blanket / mutual interests / study buddies / bathing together / crash into hello / accidental nudity / laundry / same hobbies / cooking for each other / big fancy gala / forehead touches / hair stroking / sitting on each other’s laps / sexual tension / can’t be together (Could have been if Anya communicated) / battle couple / Friends to Lovers / Enemies to Lovers / Lovers to Enemies (Anya can't have nice things) / keeping secrets / love after loss / exes / declaration of love / flirting / love triangle / destructive romance / envy / “I Don’t Want to Ruin Our Friendship” / shared values / slow burn / does not end well (They have an alternate happy ending I swear—) / happily ever after / love letters

Tagging @trashcatsnark @deputyash @strafethesesinners @megraen and anyone else who would like to do it!!

#misc: tag game #ship: The Angels Baptist #ship: Pick Your Poison #Far Cry Tag

[clichey]

Angel Anna Paris Fashion Week SS24 - Schiaparelli - Angel Anna Book┃IG

#Angel Anna #Fashion #Fashion week paris #Jean Baptiste Soulliat #Model #Models #Paris #Paris Fashion Week #SS24 #Schiaparelli #Streetstyle #Tiana Lirr #backstage #mode #pfw #portrait #pret à porter