#your faith has saved you

[undeniablespice]

drowned god the weak little beast you put on this earth to write fanfiction and like greyjoys has been neglecting homework in order to reread the affc ironborn chapters and have way too many opinions about the soggiest man in the world. i have Had Some Thoughts on aeron, theon, and names

it really is striking to me just how little people refer to aeron by his name. not just in conversation, but in the narrative itself, with the most notable example of this being aeron himself in his pov chapters constantly thinking of himself not as aeron but as damphair or just The Priest. he refers to himself as damphair or The Priest instead of aeron like twenty times throughout the prophet, to the point where it's used almost as frequently as his actual name. in the drowned man it's only like eight times (which i think is mostly because the vast majority of this chapter is given over to the kingsmoot, where aeron is mostly a spectator and the narrative focus is on the events taking place rather than his reaction to them). in the forsaken, it's ten times, though while aeron is actively imprisoned he mostly thinks of himself as aeron, with damphair being used four times in flashbacks to events that took place in the past, once during a conversation with euron while aeron is defying him, and then three times after he is freed and he can see the sea again

the consistency and frequency of aeron in his own mind thinking of himself as something other than his name reads to me almost like a foil to theon and reek. the identity of the damphair allows aeron to dissociate himself from the burden of his past weaknesses and sins: his pre-drowning frivolity and alcoholism and euron's sexual abuse. for aeron, being damphair is as empowering as being reek is degrading for theon. he is constantly affirming to himself that he is a loyal servant of the drowned god and that this makes him strong. it gives him status and purpose he never had as aeron the boy, who was the youngest and weakest of his brothers. aeron-the-priest cannot be frightened by any mortal man any more than he can be frightened by the dark or by memories. kill the boy to become the man -> drown the boy to become the damphair

(although, of course, when aeron tells himself all this about how god chose him and it makes him strong and special and immune to fear, he is deluding himself. the damphair is haunted incessantly by his brothers. aeron has the tendency to reconcile his lasting fear of euron with his special god-given immunity to such mortal flaws as feeling fear by believing that euron is ungodly/an avatar of the storm god/literally the devil, and therefore not really a mortal man in the same way that balon and victarion are

which is a really interesting parallel to how euron must see himself, what with the whole apotheosis god-king thing he's got going on by twow. in a way, euron is aeron's real god. it is euron's abuse that first connected aeron with faith, and it is faith that aeron uses to cope with and overcome the lasting psychological scars of that abuse and urri's death. aeron doesn't think of euron as a mere flesh and blood human being anymore. he's mythologized the crow's eye in his own mind: euron is not just his abuser, he's a boogeyman, a devil, quite literally the thing that goes bump in the night. and euron knows this, and delights in knowing it and in taking every chance he can to tear down aeron's faith and replace the drowned god with himself as the backbone of aeron's life. which he does not actually succeed in doing, as of the forsaken! aeron keeps his faith like theon keeps his name. it cannot be taken from them)

reek, meanwhile, is not an identity that theon chooses to assume to cope with his trauma. it is forced upon him in the middle of the trauma and he has no choice but to accept it for his own self-preservation. ramsay devastates theon physically: flaying him, starving him, beating him, removing his fingers and toes and teeth and genitals. imprisonment and violence are the tools he uses to take away theon's physical strength to resist him, but reek is how he gets to all the parts of theon that can't be bruised or cut. it's the psychological equivalent of a flaying knife. reek is the weapon he uses to attack theon's identity and sense of self and personhood. though it's important to me to note that those were things theon was already struggling with well before ramsay came on the scene, and that he has an absolutely unbelievably strong will that allows him to retain a degree of his original personality under ramsay and regain his own name later in adwd even after enduring all the torture and abuse. he is a greyjoy of pyke. his name is theon, and if he dies, he will die as theon, not as reek. when he leans into being reek, it is as a means of self-preservation and protection from harm. he basically says as much to jeyne when he tells her to be arya: he believes that serving ramsay and capitulating to his whim is the best way to stay safe. you have to know your name.

ultimately, theon is as relieved to be rid of the name reek as aeron is relieved to see the ocean again at the end of the forsaken. theon's name is a source of pride to him, something that he clings to after he has lost everything else, something that will always be his even after all that has been taken away from him. aeron's name is a source of shame, something that he is reduced to when he feels weak, something that he reverts to when he is powerless at the mercy of his abuser

#aeron greyjoy #theon greyjoy #house greyjoy #analysis #it makes me wonder actually at what point euron stopped assaulting aeron #from what i can see there's no textual evidence that it goes on until aeron's a teenager/young adult but also no evidence that it doesn't #it would be interesting if it stopped entirely after aeron was drowned #further supporting aeron's belief that as a devoted man of god he is now untouchable even by euron #and his faith will protect him #because it has to. because it must. because after balon dies it is all he has left #when the forsaken hits and what aeron wants is for his big brother victarion to come save him... #and it can't happen because victarion is gone and hope is gone with him #hoping against hope that your big sibling will come and save you #the theon-aeron paras are lelling at a dangerous rate #i've got more aeron meta and aeron-theon thoughts cooking in my sick little brain but we're not ready for that #op #religion #meta

[wiirocku]

Luke 7:50 (NASB1995) - And He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

#Luke 7:50 #He said #woman #Your faith #has saved you #go in #peace

[8bitmanna]

Verse of the Day💛

✨Jesus can help you. Jesus can heal you. God is good and fauthful. If you beleive in Christ, repent, turn away from you sins, dont live in that life anymore. Christ will save you. Trust in Him.✨

#verse of the day #daily verse #todays verse #daily scripture #Jesus loves you #Bible verse #Bible #Bible blog #Jesus saves #God is with us #love #christian blog #trust in the Lord #He is faithful #He is more than able #have faith #He has a plan for your life #He is good

[bugaboooooooooo]

thinking about willow/faith parallels again

#good god. christ alive #willow and faith both putting so much weight on who they are in relation to buffy. the way the narrative forces them to answer the question #who are you when youre not buffys friend anymore? and faith answers by becoming buffys shadow and enemy and willow answers by raising buffy #from the dead. and they both hurt buffy So Much by doing this. #thinking about how buffy has forgiven both of them over and over again for things shed never be able to forgive others for. #thinking about faith staking mr trick and thus saving buffy vs willow removing buffys bullet wound. do you get it. do you see what im sayin #FAITH SAVING BUFFY WHEN SHES BECOME EVIL VS WILLOW SAVING BUFFY WHEN SHES BECOME EVIL. #thinking about how willow and faith started out as such clear cut polar opposites and ended up being similar in ways theyd never imagine. #thinking about how hard buffy tried to save them but in the end it ended up being someone else who did. #faith and willow an willow and faith and their degrading morals and and and. #faith stealing buffys body away from her in who are you and willow stealing buffys body away from her grave. is that anything. #btvs #faith lehane #willow rosenberg #buffy the vampire slayer #my posts

[soldier-poet-king]

Can we have ONE extended family Saturday dinner w/ no politics, religion, pride flag discourse PLEASE

#franposting #SAVE ME #ohhh girlies i am IN to my cups #also like we just got a new archbishop #who is by everyones judgement very liberal very justice oriented v much like the current pooe #pope* #our old archbishop was. hm. well. he wasnt a man of the people lets say #he v much stood on principle when it came to formalities of hierarchy and travelling with an entourage #he was not the type to roll up his sleeves and wash dishes with the common folk #anyway. this came up. i voiced my support of the new guy #hm. a mistake. why do i ever open my damn mouth #and then my father complaining about learning abt other religions. like. oh my god. are u fuckin stupid #if you genuinely believe your faith is correct learning about other peoples shouldnt be a threat #not even going a universalist route just like a . maybe everyone has a little piece of god in them seeking good #and maybe there is beauty everywhere #anyway. im >:( not drunk enough for this #(ie. not at all. ive had half a glass of wine) #and i cant even escape home bc bro1 is moping being an ass #bc i think???? he broke up with his gf??? and i dont want to intrude or hell get abgry #like im sad for him but also like. for years ive been asking why shes dating him #hes lowkey mean and selfish and apathetic toward everyone not himself or his friends and rude so #ughhhhhhh. AND my hip is in the Agonies today

[hella1975]

wicked game by chris isaak as a zukka song. discuss

#as THE zukka song even. ive been listening to this on loop this morning #it's also specifically very tams and taob zukka coded just bc it's got that jaded 'been through hell' vibe to it #'the world was on fire and no one could save me but you' hello... literally the war..... sokka pulling zuko out of it.... the gaang winning #'i never dreamed that id love somebody like you' GOES BOTH WAYS #also the chorus kinda reluctant to fall in love but it's happening anyway? VERY TAOB AND TAMS CODED #like i always said taob zukka's anthem was georgia particularly bc of 'if i fix you will you hate me' #and 'i dont want to fall in love with you (the world is only gonna break your heart)' gives similar vibes #and the tams angle is bc tams zuko's whole thing is that he wants NOTHING to do with the war #like he's had enough he's seen enough he's well and truly given up hope #he's lost his fight which is such a heartbreaking thing to consider for ZUKO of all people #and the gaang kind of. forcefully give him hope again and restore his faith in humanity and he's fighting it every step of the way #bc if he gets his fight back then it means he can't just be jaded and indifferent to the injustice he's seen and experienced #he has to deal with it head on and that's such a horrible scary thing and he just doesn't want to fight anymore #literally 'what a wicked game to play to make me feel this way what a wicked thing to do to let me dream of you' #in this essay i will- #twice as many stars #taob updates #<- very funny to me that i just use that tag as a taob dumping ground like it very rarely has anything to do with an update <3 #zukka

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

XO is actually a fascinating song from a Christian perspective but idk if I can figure out how to put it into words

#it's saying what good has one and done read the Bible save your soul television preaching hotel room Bible ever done for me #it's saying I need more. it's saying I need substance I need the humanity I need the LOVE #but just handing me a Bible and saying then there you go isn't enough #it's saying this lifestyle isn't sustainable but neither is the weak thin Sunday-Christian faith people try to say will save me #so there's my conscience. just as useless as the Bible in the drawer because where's the love? #you gotta open it up to get to the Love though #like it's a song that very much shows like... the cliche proverbial ''hole'' in a person that longs for God #but they're not finding Him in a way that shows love. they're being shown it in a cold uncaring impersonal way #when really it should be and IS in Truth the MOST personal thing #it's very bitter toward God but I think it's very much a thought a lot of people have. what has God ever done for me anyway? #idk. just trying to not knee-jerk argue with the songs I disagree with and instead analyze them I guess #Lu rambles #music #fob

[the-old-caius]

In Ten Commands: Nine Divines, the section about Akatosh says "Serve and obey your Emperor. Worship the Nine, do your duty, and heed the commands of the saints and priests.",

which basically assigns authority based on status, and whether that's just Imperial propaganda or not, it's still the idea that the Imperial Cult of the Divines operates under, and I think it offers an interesting perspective on Martin's character regarding his past as a daedric cultist,

where, instead of turning his baseline morality around completely, he simply went from seeking power for himself in the Cult of Sanguine to choosing to serve the Divine that granted might and authority to absolute rulers, essentially still assigning righteousness or goodness to those who hold the favor of Akatosh- vague as it is. The subsequent developments of the Main Quest put him in an even more interesting position like that. It all goes in circles; dragon-brain kicks in when he's young and he leaves the Mages' Guild to become a cultist, seeking magical knowledge and strength. People get killed and Martin becomes a priest, out of guilt or fear, now serving the powers that be- still viewing the vague idea of power as something good, presumably either regardless of whether an Emperor is morally good or not, or because he believes they are morally good, or because his own sense of morality does not matter in the face of a divine command. [Having the Emperor on the throne is a necessity at this point, but is serving them?] Basically, he hasn't actually changed the fundamental beliefs that caused the problem in the first place.

And then he's suddenly the subject of those ideas, now the people around him- the Blades, and citizens of Bruma- viewing him in that light, a figure in divine favor and thus worthy of servitude and admiration. And that's obviously not good- simply being the son of the Emperor doesn't make him an adequate ruler and he realizes this, and it very suddenly puts into questions the core of his faith. Which is probably why he's like that by the time the Battle for Bruma rolls around.

I like the guy a lot, and I think there's more to him than just going from a hedonist to a fantasy catholic

(This is obviously more of a look at the internal logic of the vague ideals that the religion instills; disputing the dragonborn Emperors' rule likely would've ended badly considering that's literally what the safety of Mundus from Oblivion hinged on for the longest time. (But that just makes the cease of necessity of the dragonfires after Martin's death more weighty.) It's not about whether the Emperors are good, more about that serving absolute and undisputable power is the core of the cult.)

#he had a crisis of faith and a crisis of identity and then Akatosh manifested #the irrefutable truth of a divine being and how it affects the understanding of religion etc #hes dead before he can have the next crisis about what it means when your god has done wrong before yet saved your world #what it means to have a god who is flawed like any being #can you worship something that is imperfect and unjust? #the elder scrolls #oblivion #tes iv: oblivion #martin septim #akatosh #an incomprehensible stream of pothead ramblings #ramblings

[faithfullyfound]

All the Devil does is lie. He'll say: You're unloveable.

Everyone hates you.

Not worthy of life.

No one cares about you.

A burden.

Where the Devil lies God loves. He says:

Romans 5:8 - But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us

1 John 4:16 - So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him

1 John 4:19 - We love because he first loved us.

John 15:13 - Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.

Ephesians 2:4-5 - But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved

Write down verses about God's love on index cards, sticky notes, etc., and carry them around. When these lies creep into your heart, take out your cards and read God's truths.

#god loves you #god has a blessing with your name on it #christian girl #christianity #christian faith #bible study #faith in jesus #christian blog #jesus saves #christian art #jesus #God stands on truth #truth

[metacove]

Jacehawk is something that can be so personal. You have the world's most boring self-righteous rigid wanna-be supersoldier paired up with the most evil fucked up pathetic crybaby irredeemable anti-hero

And you find out through the eyes of one another the former is the strongest, most respectable formidable hero who is literally made of light and love and the latter is the sweetest most understanding (poor little meow meow) of a powerful wizard who was brought up in unfortunate circumstances

#and you think wow these two are literally made for each other #BAD FAITH POST #^^ 😬 #and then they kiss #jacehawk is actually about overcoming your circumstances like no matter where you thought you came from the past is wiped clean and all that #is left is to heal what is most painful for you and become the version of you that was always inside #okay so you think you're the most ordinary person ever helpless of changing anything around you. so you fight and you train for years #to become a weapon for your cause which betrays you. well it turns out your real superpower was love and bringing people together #(and becoming a GLOWING BEAST‐) and through this you can save everything. and everyone dear to you. and you'll never give up and you'll #never be truly defeated and your imprint will last and last and last and be defended by everyone you loved #now on the other hand #you think every move you make has to be perfect and love is never available to you because you always fall short. you're not only not- #powerless but in fact the decisions you make so often end up in tragedy and despair that you become a living cautionary tale #and maybe all the mothers DO warn their children about you. and maybe you ARE a monster. and whatever you do you can't seem to claw yourself #out. you can only hurt the people you care about. and so demanding yourself is the only way you can create peace. #and the only thing you can't do. #only to find out that love is all around you and yes even if you were literally a monster you would have love. and you would be saved #and the world is always saving you and transpiring for you to be loved and nothing that's happened defines you #and you look back and the ways you responded were always from the heart. even if they seemed to end badly. it wasn't the end! #it wasn't the end and you did everything you can and someday #you both get to choose who you want to be. and maybe you can't create your circumstances the way you'd like. but the way you respond to them #is everything you are. and everything you've become. and really even if you can't see the good in it yet- #someone will. #and they'll love you and cherish you and someday. you will too #(blows my nose) #hello jacehawks

[blazevillains]

im gonna chew through plywood

#RARELY has an ending in a video game left me with such a god damn Weight in my chest #as the damnatio memoriae ending of faith holy shit man. the soundtrack paired with the ending itself its just. #with your cowardace you have ruined lives. youve let one of the worst things that can happen to a person happen because you #pleaded to god to let you escape it #and you KNEW because he WARNED you that the fate of the one you failed would be sealed upon your head. And you said #anything to get me out of this. i cant handle this. #and you failed over and over and you failed to save her even when you came back and you let the world be consumed #because of your wavering faith and COWARDICE!!!!!!! AND ITS TORMENTING YOU!!!!!!!! #and you ask the one you failed why the others are tormenting you. and she cant say anything but impart judgement. #that you are unforgivable. irredeemable. because you let your cowardice consume you. #and she hates you so much that she will wipe herself out of existence because you left your mark on her.and everything you touched goes. #she hates you so much that to damn you she damns herself too. and youve failed everyone you love. theyre all gone #along with you. and it ate you up inside and you tried to fix it but you didnt. you couldnt bring yourself to. I FEEL ILL #BUT CONTRAST THAT WITH THE GOOD ENDING #wherein one of the prayers when you get hit is for the strength to protect those you love. and you SUCCEED #because in the true ending youve pushed through your fear. and she forgives ypu for failing the first time. #because youve set her free now. and youve protected those you love. and again im going to eat drywall

[kajiimotojiiro]

Ugh

#im going to ramble in these tags for a bit so that the potentially triggering tags #are located way way way down and no one will look at them i just #so uh yeah hows the weather anyone else having insane sinus drainage #i actually had a patient call me today worried because her nose was running and her head hurt and im like #well if it isnt getting worse and its only been a few days and you have no other symptoms you probs have sinus issues like everyone else #in this state but if youre super worried and antihistamines dont help please contact your doctor i appreciate your faith in a pharmacist #being able to diagnose over the phone but i actually legally cannot do that #are these tags long enough yet #possibly but who knows anyway if youre here uhhh tw animal death ahead #im a petsitter and have been for like. 10 years now and i share sits with my mom sometimes bc i work full time and cant always get there #anyway at one of our shared sits today she went in and one of the little cats was just #suddenly dead. like she wasnt that old and yet she was just. stiff and gone and we're both just so fucked up over it #like i wish there had been some sign and we could have saved her even though it was likely an unfixable heart defect #and her people apparently had taken her to the vet LAST WEEK and didnt bother to tell us that she seemed to be feeling poorly last week #and theyre just like oh we'll get a new cat when we come back #meanwhile my ocd has been going insane since then bc i have really bad intrusive thoughts centering on keeping my cats alive #like half of my rituals are specifically for my cats #and i just keep think about poor sammie dying alone and scared bc we werent there with her and her people had been gone since friday #and it just makes me so fucking sad my heart is breaking but i cant stop thinking about it and no distractions are working #rip sammie you were such a sweet little cat and im so sorry you had to go alone and scared

[protagonistscum]

the fact that pestilence mode cuts out all story cutscenes...

#PLEASE i want to threaten the gods of the old faith while worrying about my sleep / food bar #kallamar doesnt even beg for his life? what's the point.... #and i can't kill ratau on my main save..... but if i kill him i do want to speak to narinder bc he has shit to say. BUT HE DOESNT SPEAK EVE #ALSO? the fact that you cant hold the hearts of the gods and show them off to your cult? :(

[hauntingblue]

HINA IS BACK

#also sai!!! where is your wife #but more importantly!!! dr kureha with a eanted 100 berry shirt for chopper's bounty akshkajs #carrot helpimg sanji cook.... first time he has been helped cooking???? #BARTO REALLY IS EVANGELIZING PEOPLE TO THE LUFFY FAITH AHSIABSKSHAKB I WAS JOKING #'every girl wanted me and no one wanted to marry another man' ....cavendish coming out??? abandoned his country bc of homophobia??? #am i getting this right???? *melania trump voice*: hello? #impel down???? someone wants to keep doffys mouth shut (forever).... #is it called mary geoise??? not mariejoa???? omg. the translation #big ass refrigerated strawhat??? and who is that #talking tag #watching one piece #episode 885 #leo the only man with guts in there #RUCCI!!!!!! #they got rid of kalifa???? wtf #take me to the sea with you still hits after watching it like 82 times #not the fucking tenryuubito otohime saved lmao..... #donquixote even??? jesus #episode 886 #garp asking if she remembers marineford..... #i will remember rox tho ✍️✍️ #kid has his nails painted??. how did i not notice that before #SHANKS TALKING SHIT ABOUT LUFFY TO THE FIVE ELDERS OF THE WORLD GVMNT???????? I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #NASTY OLD MAN CANT BE TRUSTED!!!!!! #episode 887

[snekdood]

you ever message a random stranger on tumblr.butt hoping to initiate a debate

#bc i sure dont #i usually save that for the replies or reblogs. and even then i dont expect anyone to respond #oh and i also dont make sure to check their dni and if i apply to it #i also sure as fuck dont start it off with 'nyeh *smirks* im someone you hate' #yeah im sure you'd totally not be bad faith #personally? when someone has opinions i dont like? typically i just block them or ignore them #instead of hoping they'll debate me. you're on your hands and knees begging #ig this is what happens when you're desperate for attention huh :\

[kimberkingrivers]

Can someone please explain to me why I’m getting Archer ads

I’m not a guy

I’m not gay

I don’t read gay fics

And I don’t download dating apps

Don’t understand how I’m apart of their target audience?!?

#rants and ramblings #how the fuck am I your target audience #I get being supernaturals target audience #emotionally unavailable teenager girl with no social life no boyfriend definitely believes in spirits but also has no faith in humanity #yeah I get exactly why I’m supernatural target audience #but not archer the new gay hook up app for men #like how the fuck #how the actual fuck #what the hell #tumblr can you fix the fucking adds please #I’d rather not get ads for gay hook up apps and match doc come but with your links instead of interests I read smut not have sex #why do we hide the best part of these posts in the tags #tumblr tags #hidden #ranting #fuck dating apps #also fuck daylight savings #oh an while I’m at it - fuck hook up culture in general