Gaheris, Mordred And Lady Of The Lake For The Arthurian Asks :)

Jewish Literacy, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin. Image taken from @gnnosis post

The thing about a Midwestern politician calling people "weird," isn't just that "weird" means "anti-social" in Midwestern-ese, it's that commenting on behavior at all is a condemnation. Midwesterners turn the most neutral statements into scorching disapproval.

In Appalachia, they will come up with the more colorful, creative metaphor or simile imaginable. In the South, they will use some phrase that has 3-5 different meanings that it's legitimately used in so they have plausible deniability to tell someone else they just read the situation and usage wrong.

But Midwesterners are mostly "keep your eyes on your own paper" people. We can be helpful and kind, but for the most part, we are just not gonna comment on what you are doing for good or ill. Most of us do not take compliments any better than insults. There's a lot of tall poppy syndrome around.

So if Midwesterners comment, that comment means, "I am Noticing what you are doing, and I had damned well better Stop Noticing it right quick."

It's why "weird" means "anti-social." It means, "This stands out, and it stands out so much I'm going to have to say something despite everything in me telling me to mind my own business."

It's why you hear us say things like, "Well, that's different," and "Isn't that something," and "He's doing his best, isn't he?" and, "They're just weird." It is all said with the most skepticism possible.

Selkie by Anette Pirso

Jupiter Enthroned, Heinrich Friedrich Füger

To forge your own manhood is to become divinity itself

wish there was a non rude way to be like “I understand your criticism, I don’t even necessarily disagree with it, but I am doing these things on purpose, because I like them and I want to, and therefore your opinion has no value, because you might think me painting a room entirely pink is tacky, but I did it on purpose”

⚔️ Arthurian Asks ⚔️

Arthur: What do you like most about yourself?

Avalon: If you had the opportunity to be immortal, would you take it?

Balan: What is your favorite thing about your best friend?

Balyn: Do you have a temper?

Elaine: What is one thing you could spend all day talking about?

Excalibur: What was the most thoughtful gift you ever received?

Gaheris: Do you have any regrets? What are they?

Galahad: What’s your favorite story about yourself?

Gareth: Which fictional character do you relate to most?

Gawain: Who do you admire most in the world?

Guinevere: What do you think makes you beautiful? Or how do you define beauty?

Kay: Do you have any siblings? Or what do you think of your family?

Lady of the Lake: What is your most prized possession and why?

Lancelot: If you could change anything about yourself, would you?

Merlin: What is your favorite book/who is your favorite author?

Mordred: What is your greatest fear?

Morgan Le Fay: What would be the title of your memoir?

Percival: Are you religious?

Tristan and Iseult: Have you ever been in love?

Uther: What is an epithet you would want to follow your name?

 Ask me some of these or whatever else you’d like! ♥️

Thoughts on Judas?

i think god’s first words to judas were: ‘you’ll end up hanged in a field.’ i think judas’ response was: ‘i’ll see you there.’

this video has been going around for a while but the English subtitles didn't match the energy of the spoken French at all. i had to fix it.

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the illustration // the inspiration

did you know sometimes the holy trinity was represented as a trio of hares in medieval manuscripts? man I love history

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