#steal is my religion

[aalghul]

jason doesn’t feel guilty for the murders he committed!!! he can’t feel catholic guilt or want repentance or atonement for something he doesn’t feel guilt about! and there are dozens of religions we could explore jason in that would be so much more fun than catholicism or any type of christianity

#if catholic jason has no haters then im dead #i think everyone can have fun with characters and do what they want but christianity is my line #if a character has been cursed with it in Main timeline then rip them let’s do our best #but jason wasn’t christian in any main timeline so! the only time jason todd is touching a cross is for the aesthetic #im going to hold everyone’s hands and look everyone in the eyes when i say this: there are other religions #jason IS a character who’d be interesting if made religious. but there is more than one religion in the world #christianity is so boring on jason. lets get creativity yeah #shoutout to the cool catholic priest flashpoint jason arts though #everybody else: let’s get it together please. we can do better #not to mention that every christian jason thing i see is so exactly what helena has already done in canon that even i can’t defend anyone #from the ‘stealing canon helena’s character for fanon Jason’ allegations. and that’s my full time job im talking about #jason todd

[crybaby-bkg]

“Are you ever angry?” You ask quietly, head resting in Bakugou’s lap. His thumb pauses where it strokes your cheeks, the far away gaze in his eyes suddenly snapping into focus as he looks down at you. He looks…different than you remembered, before you both were cast out of the pearly gates.

His hair doesn’t shine as bright as it used to, and it falls a little flatter without the halo pulling it up, soft. His eyes still hold that hardened gaze as a battle angel, but they’re deeper now. More sunken in and hollow, the flickering ichor now a stained crimson. His face is scarred and his hands are rough after the fall but he’s just—different.

“About what?” He asks, his lips pursed in confusion. You reach a hand up, stroking over his bottom lip, smooth a hand through his hair. You can almost feel the throbbing light radiating from him, can almost see how broad and ivory his wings would spread and hold you tight to him.

“It all. Everything. The fall.” You whisper, try not to shrink into yourself with the way Bakugou’s lip curls back in disgust. He pulls away from you and you sit up, resting on your knees, looking at him in such a way that his heart pangs in his chest.

His heart, something he’s never had a reason for when he still had his fists bathed in heavenly fire and no ounce of rebellion hidden under sinless skin. It aches in his chest at the mention of life after being kicked out with the only thing he could hold onto—you.

“Why would I miss my thoughtlessness? My inability to make a decision for myself? Why would I miss being a pawn?” Bakugou is all snarls, all snapping teeth and jowls, but it doesn’t scare you. He’s never scared you, even when his gait was limp from the impact of hard soil, and his hands grew rough, and his back grew jagged from ripped feathers.

“I miss it.” You whisper so carefully into the humid night, hands reaching for his own trembling ones. “I want to be holy again, Katsuki.”

He hisses at you, snatching away like you’ve burned him, like you’ve seized his halo and ripped it into two until it split into horns. Looks at you with such heavenly fire burning in his gaze that you want to shrink beneath him.

“Well—well I don’t. Find someone else who will, cause it sure as hell ain’t me.” You wonder who he’s trying to convince here, with his shaky voice and fluttering eyes and trembling mouth. You stare at him for a long while, lips wobbling at the gravity of it all. Your head hangs low, gathering yourself in your arms, head bowed to him—it’s the only thing you’ve ever known.

“Just hold me for now.” You murmur, eyes low as you settle yourself in his arms, forcing your way into his hold. “Please?” You tack on, unafraid of his bite, his snarl, his growl. Bakugou sits there stiffly for what feels like a century, but you’re used to waiting.

He gathers you in his arms slowly, pulling you into his chest, his body covering yours completely. And if you let yourself relax enough, you can almost feel the warmth of his wings surrounding you again.

#can you tell I watched the first season of good omens today AKSJDKDJD #this is actually my favorite subject matter to write about!! #Ive been writing about it since I was a teen and it’s just so cathartic and relaxing and melancholic in a sense #but I don’t tend to write it for fics bc I usually just write p*rn ajdkdjd #I know this kinda stuff isn’t everybody’s cup of tea but it means a lot to me #at first I was gonna make you guys on either side of each other #but didn’t wanna do the bad boy demon x innocent angel reader thing #and I feel like somebody did the vice versa version too???? I can’t remember but I didn’t wanna unintentionally steal lol #so I just did both fallen angels which I love a shit ton lol #I’m rambling sorry!!! #bakugou treats! 🍬 #—new treat in the streets! 🍫 #cw religion #cw religious imagery #tagging just to be safe!

[asteralien]

tear the pitch apart

not really please be nice-ish but i'm submitting a pitch to a literary festival pitch war and i need to be the most specialest goodest writer so the pitch war runners will say nice things about me in front of 50 people and maybe decide to agent me. haha what

A farm boy follows a thief on an interplanetary petty crime spree in search of a mythical deep-space monster. The Monster At the Bottom Of the Universe is a sweeping space opera about the myths we tell to keep ourselves alive — and what happens when those myths come true.

it has to be 280 characters or less (i'm presuming including spaces a la twitter) and this feels so shallow and uninteresting to me but i don't have ROOM for more and i'm trying to follow their pitch construction formula. would you read this book, is the second line too cheesy, is it too vague (I CAN'T HELP IT), should i temporarily change the 41-character book name so i have a little bit more room to pitch the damn book rather than its title, do i need to start from scratch

#i was going to just submit this as is because knowing myself #the longer i sit and stare at it the higher my chances of Not Submitting It At All #but like. idk. i'll give it three hours and if nobody has any constructive criticism i'll send it #technically i have a couple weeks but i Will Forget and i really do have to rush myself into doing this #i love this book So Much and it's been my pick for my first publication attempt for years #but also. i could maybe understand if i need to pick a different book #like this doesn't even cover the other POV character much less song's dead best friend #my writing #it's really not like an About Real Things book altho it is but mostly it is about space religion and monsters and depressed trans farm boys #and being afraid of space while driving your space van through space and eating space food and punching space cops #and would it be fucked up to visit a space haunted house and steal a haunted space rock or what

[jellysshitpoems]

#this originated as a text answer to a uquiz #:) #poetry #poem #literature #writing #my writing #spilled writing #spilled emotions #spilled feelings #spilled words #spilled thoughts #spilled ink #religious writing #religious trauma #i am tired of making a religion out of my suffering #lowkey stole that tag but it goes hard #can you steal tags?? #idfk #jellysworks

[goldiipond]

maybe this is me having too much faith in the people calling for the extermination of an entire ethnic group but idk. i feel like the fact that israel has the most powerful settler colony on the fucking planet bending over backwards to defend them from literally every other country should be enough to make at least some zionists realize that they are not the good guys

#skye's ramblings #i dont know man im just. so tired. im so fucking angry all the time. i want this to end #i dont understand how people dont see that this is literally just textbook colonialism. and how some do know and simply dont care #i dont have enough contact with the native side of my family to feel justified saying 'as a native person-' #and i certainly dont want to speak over palestinians but fuck man. this just cuts so deep. white people have been doing this for centuries #they dont care about the lives the history the rich beautiful culture they dont fucking care about anything that lacks 'pure western values #they dont fucking care all they fucking do is destroy and steal because everything belongs to them in their eyes #israel is an illegitimate state composed of europeans living on stolen land that they say is theirs bc they're 'gods chosen people' #the 'savages' are now 'terrorists' but the sentiment remains that they are a stain that must be erased to make way fr the good white people #your philosophy is a poorly disguised recreation of manifest destiny that uses judaism as a shield #as if your religion has any relevancy to the fact that people fucking hate you for gleefully slaughtering families and stealing their homes #i dont know. i grieve the lack of connection to that side of my culture and these people are having theirs ripped away from them as i speak #i dont know how people can support this. i dont know. i feel sick.

[mama-mera]

okay you know what? I think it's time for me to take advantage of the release of the Percy Jackson series to talk a little about the relationship between the Greek and Roman gods, because I have a feeling that we're going to have a new generation of people who are convinced that the Romans "stole" the gods of the Greeks and... um, I feel the need to talk and analyze this thing with you. Because the matter is much more complicated than you think

Like SERIOUSLY, the pjo fandom and Greco-Roman mythology enthusiasts in general need this chat.

First of all it is important to understand how the Italic populations came into contact with Greek culture, and who the first Romans were.

Southern Italy (Sicily, Calabria, Campania and Puglia) was colonized by the Greeks since the 8th century BC.

Like any colonization, the local population had to adapt to the culture, religion and language of the colonizer (in Italy there are still two dialects coming from ancient Greek. Griko in Puglia, and Grecanico in Calabria). Every part of the territory considered Magna Graecia (Megàle Hellàs) presents archaeological finds relating to the Greek colonies, and with them also temples dedicated to the gods. (So much so that in Sicily, at the beginning of spring the Antesphorie (or antephorie) were celebrated in honor of Demeter and Persephone, for example).

The entire Etruscan pantheon was strongly influenced by the Greek one. The indigenous deities were joined by the Hellenic ones, creating a new religion.

But still: who were the Romans? The legend of the foundation of Rome refers to Romulus and Remus, but from an archaeological point of view the Romans were probably the result of a mixture of Latin, Sabine (plus Samnites and Sabelli*) and Etruscan peoples. The latter influenced the initial Roman Pantheon the most. Just think of the similarities between the Etruscan goddess Menrva/Menerva and the Roman goddess Minerva.

The same applies to Maris and Mars, who among other things share holidays in March (a month dedicated to them moreover).

Unfortunately there is not much information on the Sabine and Latin ethnic group, but it is known for certain that Etruscans had contact with Magna Graecia, and the Greeks in general, so their culture was never unknown to the Romans.

So what does this tell us? That the Italic populations knew the Greek Pantheon, because they had been colonized and/or influenced by the Greeks. The first Romans can't exactly steal something that's already part of their culture.

*Samnites, Sabelli and Sabines were part of the same ethnic group, and although all three groups can generally be called "Sabines", I preferred to specify. At the same time it is not known how involved the Picenes and Irpinians were initially with the birth of Rome, so I have not mentioned them.

#it was a very quick and not very in-depth post #but it's late and I just needed to vent about this #if you want to make a joke about the Romans stealing religion from the Greeks that's completely ok #I do it too!! #but I think it is important to understand what really happened in the early period of Roman history #the Romans didn't wake up one morning thinking “you know what I should really do? steal a random religion” #the historical context is much more complex than what one might commonly think #and I understand that in schools outside italy there is no interest in explaining the phenomena that led to the birth of the Roman religion #but in doing so in my opinion it creates a great confusion that could be avoided #did the Romans assimilate numerous religions throughout their history? absolutely #just look at what happened with the Egyptian and Mithras #it wasn't a question of cultural appropriation but more of “I pray to all the gods that exist so no one can get angry with me” #greek myth #greek mythology #roman myth #roman mythology #roman history #greek history #pjo #pjo series #please learn about the Etruscan gods because they are much cooler than the Greek and Roman versions

[ahaura]

stealing library books because the connection between native americans and palestinians makes people "uncomfortable"...

#'uncomfortable' damn it's almost like the u.s. empire and its military base treat the people who were their first the exact same way! #the way palestinians talk about the land and olive trees and their homes is the exact same way natives talk about it here #i hear manifest destiny speak coming from the mouths of settlers #'we were meant to be here nobody was here when we got here but if there was #anyone here WE make the land livable and fertile and civilized' #i hear those words coming from settlers and im transported back to the time where my mother had that said to her face #and for fear of being misrepresented and seen as the bad guy my mother could do NOTHING. say NOTHING. #the same 'justification' used to steal land to kill our language to nearly wipe out the religion people already had to KILL & erase natives #the legacy of colonization haunts my mother's family it robbed her of so much to the point where speaking about it physically hurts her #so when parallels are drawn between native americans and palestinians i say YES i say it's the same thing just different place and time

[sheikah-simp]

Thelem’s name was almost Thelemar can you imagine how different the entire vibe of the book would be if Thelem had the scarier name

#it seems so fucking cursed #i just wanted to steal the word thelema from crowley the way he stole all that lore from closed religions #all my homies hate aliester crowley #thelem was gonna have a thing in stories from exile where he teaches the ethics class #and basically just vagues about how fucked up aleister crowley was the entire time #because let me be 100% clear: i may have taken some imagery from crowley like the hexagram #but he sucks #thelem #exile vilify #stories from exile

[timetravellingkitty]

And if I said I didn't like organised religion in the first place then what

#what makes you so special lol #i'm sorry but i can name maybe only one or two religions i would've actively participated in if i believed in god #honestly the most i do is celebrate the festivals my family/culture celebrates cause they're always fun #i definitely dont steal prasad. also i'm sorry but agarbatti smells good yall i love it i grew up with that i will die with that #i also do have this dhaaga on my left hand from raksha bandhan but well. it's not for religious reasons i just love my brother #personal

[marsianinspace]

❤️‍🔥

#me #lana del rey #lana #aesthetic #girlblogging #soft grunge #my pictures #ethel cain #preachers daughter #rosary #catholism #I love stealing from religions #meow #marsianinspace

[explodingsilver]

Below the cut: sad posting about an irreparable regret of mine

As some of you may know, I am a geologist. I don't have to reconcile this with my religious beliefs, because I've rejected religion entirely.

But I had a friend back in college, also a geology major, who was a very devout Christian (specifically of the denomination I left). He was also very intelligent and had the greatest ability among anyone I've ever known to have levelheaded discussions with people who didn't agree with him on everything.

I would have loved to have a conversation with him at least once about how he reconciled his faith with everything we were taught in class. Not a debate, just hearing his thoughts about theology and natural history that surely must've been interesting because in this field, questions about the origins of the world and humanity are unavoidable. But I'll never get to have that conversation with him, because he's been dead for years.

#death cw #religion #note the lack of my usual religion tag here #original content do not steal #yes it feels weird to use that tag on a post as serious as this

[wanderingandfound]

I love being petty but I don't think I'm very vindictive???

#Context: I'm in an intro-to-Wicca class taught by my grandma (and ohhhhh this is not the religion for me AT ALL) and people keep asking #for rules and guidelines and how-tos for CURSING???? #What??? Why???? #If you believe this......... why would you want to curse someone for stealing your purse? #personal

[hartmannyoukaigirl]

thinking abt this one interaction i had w my aunt where i said that i was involved in alot of drama and met rlly horrid ppl online and so she went "ooooh so thats why you say you hate people! of course online people are terrible!" ...compared to the actual angels irl who instead of being manipulative and hypocritical took the direct way of, yknow, physically bullying me and stealing my stuff and making even the teachers turn on me. yes. wow. what a difference. it's like im in hell comparing between torture demon #1 and torture demon #2

#idk chief i think religion and ethnicity has nothing to do with it maybe #the human nature is to be the biggest most entitled rudest narc i think #no bc this ultra religious girl who used to have the quran memorized and all was the one stealing my stuff. girl ? ? ? HUH #hypocrisy is one of the biggest sins in islam too lol like lmao 💀💀 not even joking it is a huge deal #yeah sure they were kids but i was too and i didnt deserve any of that so they should kill themselves actually + never forgiving that #i dont understand how children stupidity can lead to personal bitter bullying like huh??? and why did their stupidity seem to affect only #me? #eitherway #idk point is i love tumblr and talking w mutuals and the silly interactions here and lowkey wish 99 of all people ever to die and go to hel #sorry for the vent ish post i never do this i prommy

[42redteeth]

Battle between Heaven and Hell for an art assignment.

#art #digital art #demons #angels #religion #religious themes #if you steal my art i steal your kneecaps

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

til in some legends a demon is born from kama’s ashes and menaces the devas for like 60,000 years. This demon is NOT mara his name is Bhandāsura. He had a boon from shiva that anyone who tried to fight him would forfeit half their masculinity and strength to him so no one did-the devas literlaly went immolated themselves to avoid him. He ended up being defeated by a female goddess- tripura sundari/lalita (who also resurrected literally all of the other restored gods from her body). After she vaporized Bhandāsura with her arrows she restored kama back to life from the demons ashes��

Why the FUCK didn’t they go with that vastly more interesting interpretation as opposed to mashing kama with Mara if they wanted to make them evil like if they were gonna start fusing stuff together at least that’s pulling from the same religion and the SAME ASHES and tripura sundari is closely associated with parvati (she’s a bit like a feminine version of narayana/vishnu, whereas parvati is Vishnu’s sister) so it would actually make more snes then for their to be a bit of a rivalry/bitterness if they played into that like COME ONNNNNNN

#this most likely is not 100% accurate but if I in like 30 min of googling found this out #then a fucking game studio could be assed to put in even a little bit more effort #good evening it’s 10 pm and I’m disappointed in their lack of giving a shit about any religion other than their fav again #bc it’s all so GOOD and has such good messages and themes and stuff and they just ignore it #but like even a female kam that steals your manhood and engages in debauchery. that still wouldve worked #my post

[brightgnosis]

Happy Gratia 🙏 Things I am grateful for this year:

Mashed Potatoes and Gravy- no matter what form they come in

Dr. Teal's 'Chronic Pain and Fatigue' Fibromyalgia Association Approved Foaming Epsom Salt Body Soak

Finding a great GP on the first try 6 years ago

My Husband and our current 5 furry- and horribly but adorably devilish- "Children"

Savella / Milnacipran HCl's parent company finally releasing a savings card last year that makes it $20 / month (instead of the original $500+ price)

Finally being able to afford getting my teeth fixed last year

My new Garden space we built last year (and all the hard work my Husband put in to help me build it)

My Heated Sunbeam Blanket

The Method.Body 'Pure Peace' Soothing Peony, Rose Water, and Pink Sea Salt Body Lotion I found last week

Tylenol Extra Strength Rapid Release

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