New oc time!!!
Need to cook up some law for him now
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forgive the brief jesus chris superstar rant but. there is a very important difference between the pharisees being villains and the pharisees being antagonists. they're technically antagonists because they're actively working against the interests of our protagonist, but i don't believe they should ever be played as villains. they're not evil or bad or wrong. they're terrified just like literally everyone else in the show is, and their actions are completely justified. to me that's the entire point of the musical. it's not about christianity; it's about the impact the roman empire's brutal and violent imperialism had on everyone on all levels. including jesus and judas, but also including the pharisees, and even herod and pilate. when a powerful coloniser forces their presence on innocent people they are the only winners. everyone else suffers, even the puppet kings and high priests who look like they're reaping some sort of benefit from it all. that's roman propaganda. the romans kept native rulers like herod and caiaphas in power to maintain the illusion of provincial autonomy, and keep populations appeased and therefore under control. everyone in the show is acting out of fear of the romans. the one roman character we do see (pilate) is acting out of fear of his own emperor. it makes no sense to cast the pharisees as two dimensional Bad Guys, especially when the same productions that do that usually offer a sympathetic portrayal of pilate. it would be so easy to stage and direct a production in a way that makes it obvious that the pharisees are doing what they're doing because they truly have no choice, and not because they're pure evil and want to kill jesus for the sake of it. it's not only an antisemitic trope but also undermines a really important theme of the musical. if you can see the humanity in the violent roman governor installed forcefully on conquered land then you can afford some humanity for the pharisees too. they are victims of pilate and victims of rome just like everyone else
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If you receive this, you make somebody happy! If you don't mind, list some things that make you happy <3
Aww, well that's a good thing !
I'm being so slow with asks lately I'm really sorry hhhhh- Feeling slow and a bit under the weather lately so I figured it'd be nice to think abt what makes me happy ! It's mostly drawing tbh.
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Is there something strange in your neighborhood? Better call the three weirdos from down the block
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No bcs why is one of my fic drafts a fic of them meeting in Church 😭😭😭😭 like Miles becoming an Altar Server and Sunday School volunteer while Gwen becomes the choir pianist what am I doing 😭😭😭
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I like how I'm apparently the priest fucker mutual to a bunch of people. My taste in hot priests is so warped that the vast majority of mainstream priest fanservice content doesn't even appeal to me. For some reason
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I just saw a post about how offensive immaculate is because sydney sweeney’s character read the bible out loud or some shit. out of the entire movie in which the church uses a young nun to incubate their demon child, you found the bible reading offensive. tbh sydney’s attempt at speaking italian was the most offensive thing in that movie
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