#the character of God

[inconveniently-discorporated]

"Why not put it on the top of a tall mountain -- or even the moon?"

Oh Crowley, maybe God was never testing the humans. Maybe God was testing you.

I've developed a headcanon theory that maybe angels never really knew what evil was until the Fall. Perhaps they were never told, never warned, and perhaps many angels didn't mean to fall at all. Maybe if they had known, maybe if they were given the context, they would've made a different choice.

In that way, humans would represent a parallel to the angels. Innocent beings, living in paradise. A demon lurking amongst them (Lucifer in Heaven/Crowley in Eden). The fall from grace, by creatures who never really understood the consequences to begin with.

More specifically, they would mirror Crowley, for whom Lucifer was the serpent. No wonder he finds them so endearing. No wonder he finds it so miserable when they choose to do evil.

Maybe the question wasn't, "Will humans give in and eat the apple?"

Maybe they would never have eaten it if Crowley didn't tempt them. Maybe there was never a doubt they would, if Crowley went through with it.

Maybe the question was to Crowley. Maybe the question was, "Now that you know, will you make the same decision?"

Maybe the question was, "Was it worth it? Will you put them through this as well?"

Maybe every challenge thereafter was asking, "Will you show them the strength to keep carrying on?"

Feels sort of like bringing children into this world. We know there is pain and suffering in life, all species are molded by it by definition of there being species at all. We are who we are because we are who survived. The question is -- is it worth it?

Is the pain and suffering worth the beauty of nature, and all of the stars above us and all of the seas below? Is it worth the spark of a human connection, the joy of art, the thrill of being? Is it worth experiencing the depth of what a brain can do, the fact that we can imagine worlds bigger than our universe inside a circumference of around 20 inches of bone and meat?

Once you know, you can never go back to that paradise of innocence. And of course we all want to protect our children, but here's the thing: evil may likely find you anyway. And if it found the angels in Heaven and if it was so tempting that it pulled half of the entire host, it can find the humans on Earth.

And perhaps there was a question for Aziraphale, too: "Will you protect them? Will you show them what it means to have love, even in their darkest hour, even when we tell you they are not worthy of it?"

She plays an ineffable game of her own devising. Who knows what She was really planning?

(These questions thanks to I Only Ever Asked Questions - about an angel who got caught up in unionizing the host in the name of good intentions. I'm down to wrapping up editing on the final few chapters now, which ends where we begin: in a garden. Posting just about every day because I'm impatient to get it all out there.)

#good omens #good omens meta #Crowley's fall #i only ever asked questions #garden of Eden #humanity #the character of God

[greykolla-art]

Imagine spending all your energy being cool and mysterious 24/7.

What an idiot have I mentioned I love him?

Idea came from a cool post @nouverx made about Alastor’s possible sleeping habits. 💕

#grey art #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel fanart #hazbin hotel comic #Oh I am DONE coloring stuff for a while! it’s so boring! #I mean it looks great but I haaaaaate spending time on it! #get used to grayscale stuff for a while #also coloring multiple characters is stupid! no no no. #angel dust #husker #sir pentious #alastor #charlie morningstar #hazbin husker #hazbin alastor #god I’m glad to be done with this one

[beebundt]

im busy with an art trade but wanted 2 share some recent scraps of charlie. i haven't posted abt her in years oh my god

#nudity cw #my art #art #illustration #drawing #artists on tumblr #digital art #my ocs #oc #ocs #original character #charlie #charlie raine quill #god i need to change her name. n update her in general . CRY

[kdmiller55]

The God Who Sees

1 Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the chiefs and all the congregation, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying, 3 “Our…

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#Canaan #equity #faithfulness #God sees #God&039;s care #helpless #hopeless #inheritance #Israel #justice #Moses #omnipitence #orphans #promised land #sovereignty #the character of God #the five daughters of Zelophehad #the justice of God #widows

[ineed-to-sleep]

Collection of bg3 sketches I've been nibbling at over the month. teehee

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 fanart #astarion #karlach #shadowheart #gale dekarios #tav #orin the red #bg3 tav #oc.nawen #I'm soooo normal about these characters like so so normal not obsessed w them at all #still upset u can't sleep w orin tho #you can sleep w mizora but not w her??? I've never been so heartbroken #ALSO I've had to reject gale after astarion confesses his feelings and oh my god #he looked at me with the hugest roundest puppy dog eyes I've ever seen #I still feel bad abt it tbh #the image of him looking at me like that. burned into my mind #sleepyscribble

[bixels]

She hates robots. She fucking hates robots and she's coming to kill you.

#portal 2 #chell #character design #fanart #my art #portal #artists on tumblr #god i love drawing mlp au stuff but i cannot tell you what a breath of fresh air it was drawing graphic scifi art again #reminder to all my new followers that i don't draw cottage core. i'm a scifi artist thru and thru

[bisexualpercyjacksons]

pjo tv show episode 5 alignment:

#percy and annabeth mighttttt be switched but grover as gaslight is undeniable #grover lying through his teeth captivated me I was like sweetie WHAT are you doing #annabeth said either help me or leave to a GOD amongst other things which is why she deserves girlboss #percy gatekeeps everyone (but himself) from sacrificing themselves which is as always true to character #pjo tv show #pjo #pjo tv spoilers #pjo tv #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #annabeth chase #grover underwood #character alignment #a god buys us cheeseburgers #like no one has posted content yet so I’m making something and going to bed #mine #gaslight gatekeep girlboss #humor #no one bully me on the image sizes I’m on my phone at midnight using photoshop without an account #which means I can only layer one photo at a time so each time I have to make it a new photo #I’m bullying myself don’t worry

[spooksier]

me when the emotionally repressed character is revealed to have had something happen in their childhood that was completely out of their control but changed them in a way they can never come back from

#text! #did post this on twt but this belongs on the crying about characters website #and yeah this is about jarchivist and also marc spector in the mk show #idk it hit me yesterday that they were EIGHT AND NINE!!!!!!! when their respective thing happened and that ruined me #like it wasn't their fault but they think it is!!! GOD!!!!!!!!!! #holds those autistic bi men close to my chest #should've never smoked that shit* (*took my brother to a cave/read that book) #now im irrevocably changed* (*tied to the shittest god possible/destined to be the antichrist) #edit: this is getting a bit of traction so pls know that blorbo tagging and oc tagging is SOOO encouraged #thank you to the person who added the flaming text miles edgeworth thats so funny

[gaymaramada]

First encounter with Death / Last encounter with Death

#my brain when parallels: #HSHFHGDGJGHJJDJS #i could talk about this cat’s character development all day #my god #ugh #puss in boots #puss in boots 2 #puss in boots the last wish #puss in boots: the last wish #puss in boots spoilers

[ruporas]

your love returns in tragedy (ID in alt)

#farcille #falin touden #marcille donato #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #coming face to face with the consequences of acting out of love - marcille u will always be famous #dunmeshi is really a series that keeps on moving bc it's about so many different characters and centered on the journey #rather than like... introspectively on one singular individual so i dont think we see marcille dwell on it but we can see her fatigue #her shock and surprise in the recent ep “don't hurt her she's just confused” Gah. desperately trying to grasp everything thats going on and #not to lose hope. bc undoubtedly the remains she put together was falin's - that short moment of reprieve the party had was with falin #she was able to bring her back her magic did it!! but the violence the fatal swings was not falin at all. #just pondering about holding that guilt... it's such a huge responsibility to be in charge of life in the first place and yet it is #a burden she'll keep trudging with. defying the natural orders to keep the people she love alive... i Lauv her... #also shared sentiment with the rest of the fandom but God. Chimera Falin... she is Everything.... #ruporas art

[chaoticfvckingdisaster]

Something I think about a lot is how Rick Riordan very rarely uses "girlfriend/boyfriend" to refer to Percy and Annabeth within their perspectives. They're so intertwined, even Annabeth says in hoh that the word boyfriend isn't strong enough, because Percy was a part of her. They are a singular soul, too wrapped around each others' fates that regular labels are far too weak for them. But, Rick Riordan uses "boyfriend" a lot in Nico and Wills perspectives, not because they love each other less than percabeth, but to show how much the word means to them. Nico uses it any chance he gets- "his boyfriend," "he actually had a boyfriend," because Nico has never been able to say that before. Their struggle with their queer identities mixed with Nico's catholic guilt and chronic everyone-hates-me disease makes the fact that he has someone to call his actual boyfriend so much more important to his character development.

#yeah ik I'm solangelo posting again listen tsats is fucking me up ok #please god don't take this as me saying will is only important when he's in love w nico he's his own character #and I just read a bit from hoh #rick riordan #percy jackson #annabeth chase #percabeth #nico di angelo #will solace #solangelo #pjo hoo toa #riordanverse #tsats #the sun and the star #house of hades #chaotic's posts

[catmask]

with that said there are characters that a fat maybe not canonically but they are spiritually. to me. they may not be drawn that way but i know whats true. ive seen it like a sort of prophet

#serizawa. send post #he did NOT live his life as a shut in for almost a whole decade to be drawn SKINNY! not by me at least #also like so many characters over the age of 30. no more fit moms and dads GIVE them that divorce body fat NOW! #*strikes you down with the force of god* #but honestly alternative for serizawa that ive always liked is that he gains weight when he starts working for reigen #because he can now go out and eat new foods :D he has actually gained an appetite because he's moving around more #and isnt just eating like instant ramen or whatever his mom brings him #see how easy it is you can just believe it with your heart. you just have to find the ways to make true waht u know #scratchpost #txt

[almostshamelesspenguin]

Character: I think boys are pretty

Fandom: oh! They're gay! That's canon!

Different character: I have no interest in romance or sex. I don't understand it. Relationships confuse me. They seem pointless to me. I have no desire to be in a romantic or sexual relationship. I am an aromantic asexual.

Fandom: well, I guess you can interpret them as aroace...I don't see it though.

#has. has anyone else seen this or am i complaining about a virtually nonexistent issue #this is about a particular fandom that im not going to mention tho #not saying theres anything wrong with the first one either #but. cmon #bitches will give any excuse before having a character they can romantically ship #not every character needs shipping. not every character needs a realtionship #shut up for the love of god #aroace #aromantic #asexual #aroace erasure #aromantic erasure #asexual erasure #aroace rant

[jakejeffreyperalta]

sally jackson is literally the only person ever. she's so amazing. she's perfect. she's so kind it makes people cry. she listens to nirvana. she's beautiful. she fought a bull. she can cook. she's everyone's mother. she's a writer. she sings sad songs and applies them to her life and cries. she killed her abusive ex husband and sold him to get money for an apartment. she used to work at a candy store and bring percy samples of his favourite flavours. she shot a monster with a police gun in the middle of a war. she started making food blue because she's petty and she knew it would piss gabe off. she's an icon. she's the moment. no. 1 milf. no one's doing it like her.

#when i say she's literally the best character in the pjoverse i really really mean it #shes everything. everything #i love her to death #ALSO SALLY JACKSON MIXTAPE DROPPING WHEN I LOVE HER MUSIC TASTE SO FAR #COME AS YOU ARE WHILE MAKING STIR FRY??? JEALOUS GUY BY JOHN LENNON. OK QUEEN #pjo #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #the chalice of the gods #chalice of the gods #sally jackson

[kdmiller55]

The Instability of Bad Theology

6 “For to the snow he says, ‘Fall on the earth,’     likewise to the downpour, his mighty downpour. 7 He seals up the hand of every man,     that all men whom he made may know it. 8 Then the beasts go into their lairs,     and remain in their dens. 9 From its chamber comes the whirlwind,     and cold from the scattering winds. 10 By the breath of God ice is given,     and the broad waters are…

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#Almighty God #blasphemy #compassion #Elihu #God #grace #holiness #Job #Job 37 #judgment #loss #love #mercy #pain #punishment #suffering #the character of God #the God of the universe #the sovereignty of God #the ways of God #theology

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Photographed by Martin Schoeller for The New Yorker in 2002:

 "I was hired by the New Yorker in 2002 to photograph Robin Williams, and after doing my research what stood out most for me was that he was a very physical comedian. I came up with this idea to photograph him swinging from a chandelier in a grand hotel room. Most publicists shoot down these kinds of wild ideas, so I didn't tell anyone what I was up to, but rigged up a chandelier at the Waldorf Astoria hotel for him to swing from. When Robin got there and saw what was happening, he lifted up his shirt and showed me this enormous scar on his shoulder. He'd just had surgery and couldn't so much as lift his arm. He was so disappointed! He really felt bad about not being able to do it, because he loved the idea and really wanted to help me accomplish my vision. 

Unlike most Hollywood stars, he was unfazed by his success and position. He talked to everyone from stylists to the crew, to the hotel staff. We ended up asking a maid at the hotel to swing from the chandelier instead, and I asked him to just sit there and read a newspaper, which I think in the end was an even funnier, more unexpected picture.

[Follies Of God]

#Follies of God #Martin Schoeller #The New Yorker #Robin Williams #my favorites #photography #portrait #characters #humor