I need everyone to see this picture of a porcupine looking at stingrays in an aquarium

I see a very elegant lady in an interesting black and white outfit, fuchsia belt, looking at the aquarium

what the fuck is this child making

Thinking about Judas again

Thinking mostly about how he's written in the gospels and acts and apocryphal works. How his motivations have been studied for centuries now. In Matthew and Mark, they don't state specifically why he betrayed Jesus, only that he agreed to do it. In Luke, it says that the devil went into him. In John, Satan went into him the moment Jesus handed him the bread, and Jesus told him (or maybe Satan) "Do what you need to do." On the Gospel of Judas, Jesus had asked him to do it

He hangs himself in the book of Matthew. In Acts, he buys a field with the money from his betrayal, falls into it, and bleeds.

If we were to take the gospels as impartial, than Maybe he was in fact possessed. Then wouldn't his death have been unjust? And if Jesus telling him what he had to do was at the devil and not him, did he have any choice in the matter? In the gospel of Judas, he was asked to as well. His agency was not present there either. And if not possessed, and if the gospels were written biased, did the disciples think of him that way? To think of him possessed was easier than to think of him a simple betrayer? The first three don't cite him by name, only saying that Jesus had predicted a disciple's betrayal. Only John's gospel has Jesus physically point out the traitor. Matthew says he felt remorse. The other three gospels don't say anything about his death at all. Despite being one of the most controversial figures in the bible, so much of his actual motivation is so vague or hidden. His agency in the matter is so questioned too because wasn't he part of the great plan? Why did Judas betray Jesus? Did he have a choice? Did his friends mourn him at all?

WHERE IS THIS FROM

Happy winter holidays to everyone expect Silver oops

“happy endings” this “sad endings” that– you can debate the relative merits of each till your mouth goes dry and it’s still not a meaningful binary. Is the ending coherent and emotionally appropriate for the story? Cool.

#^this#does it match the tone of the story? does it do all characters justice?#does it reaffirm the themes of story instead of undermining it?#that’s how you know whether the ending is appropriate or not (tags via @eldritch-crone)

If you fall for a social media prank, do you reblog/pass it on to your followers?

This is funnier on mobile. It's like hot gluing a coin to the sidewalk but the glue pools out under it making it obvious at a glance that it is a prank.

If the gore in a gore/body horror movie is mainly cg then what’s even the point

Ma’am what do you want them to do murdwr the actors???

Ohhhh I forgot about practical effects

everyone’s homework before Dec 20th, 2024 is to play Sonic Adventure 2

Once I finish killing this guy the cycle of violence will be over, trust me guys

Womp womp

The beautiful creation I have made <3

Remember me? Neildad the Shuhite!

I’d like to share a short story I stumbled onto while reading Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman.

conversations with my sisters cat

me normally: i love!! acquiring objects!!

me packing: who the FUCK acquired this many OBJECTS

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) dir. Beeban Kidron

How does this keep happening to me

look at this SPECIMEN

my beautiful wet son Corn Cob

the opposite if mwah is hawm. fucking bite you.

There’s a branch of the Medicis that moved to Ireland and now are running a successful chain of fried chicken restaurants which is a very different vinbe from when they were like buying popes and stuff

The current heir to the main branch of the Hapsburg family is an endurance race car driver

#if he got rid of some middle names i bet he would be more aerodynamic and better at racing via @/honeyseller

Correction: it's not the Medicis who run the Dublin fried chicken shops, but the direct decendants of the enemies of the Medici; the Borgias. The chain is called Borza and is better known for fish and chips. They moved to Ireland in the early 20th century. They are also said to have introduced the deep fried Mars bar from Scotland to Ireland.

The Borgias, among the most feared and reviled families in European history, running a fish 'n chips shop with deep fried Mars bars is one of the funniest things I've ever heard. It's like something from a D&D campaign where they decided to completely change genres.