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#Disciples of the Land
autumnslance · 4 months
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"When you and your fellows launched the Ragnarok and took to the heavens, you…placed your faith in our work. Maybe you didn't have a choice. Maybe that was truly the last option left to mankind. But you─and the rest of the Scions onboard that ship─meant everything to us. Your safe return…meant everything to us. We all gave the Ragnarok strict instructions, you see. We told her to spare nothing in bringing you back. Even if it meant falling apart in the process. …And the old girl listened. Belated though the fanfare may be, allow us to officially welcome you home, [WoL]. You are and always will be the pride of Labyrinthos."
"...We made it home alive, thanks to you."
-"The Pride of Labyrinthos", Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, Patch 6.5 "Growing Light"
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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 1 month
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Lan Wangji Goes To Lotus Pier AU: Part 4: Deranged Bedfellows
(Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.5)
#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#mdzs au#lan wangji#nie huaisang#Yungmeng Jiang training arc AU#This is the *first* part of what was supposed to be a much longer comic (LWJ's morning routine in full).#I'll finish the remaining part as a reblog to this post! I just think this is the funnier chunk.#Lan Wangji absolutely is the kind of person who has a perfect internal alarm clock for when it is time to get up.#He already has a dedicated sleep schedule. He is accurate within 10 seconds of 5am every day.#I think the Jiang disciples are most likely used to waking up around 6:00-7:00am#But the allure of having a guaranteed time keeper getting you up in the morning is worth the earlier hour.#I imagine they started outside lwj's door and slowly moved closer as the weeks went on.#Now LWJ has to cope with being way too warm in the night from all the extra body heat.#LWJ is not a fan of this but they scamper off immediately after he wakes up and they at least show initiative to follow routine.#NHS joins in only because he is a chronically heavy sleeper and needs this level of intervention to get up early.#His boldness would be a death sentence in the cloud recesses but here? Whole new game.#Yungmeng Jiang isn't a lawless land. It's just a land with different laws.#And one of those laws is to forcefully domesticate the catboy coded Lan boy through any means necessary.#Completely different tangent: I drew the thumbnail for this before I did comic 134. I then realized they had the same visual gag.#So I had to space this one out so it didn't seem like I repeated the waking up joke. That's my secret and all of you have to keep it.#And in my land the law is that snitches get itches (telepathically transfers hives onto your body)
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fauvester · 2 months
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XJ nearly gets expelled from bai zhan peak in his second year for his truly astonishing lack of respect for authority (which in and of itself is impressive, nobody has ever gotten bureaucratically kicked off of bai zhan peak, although many have been physically) and is only saved by SQQ's quick thinking in ostentatiously offering to bring him into qing jing peak as a disciple ("If Bai Zhan has proven itself unequal to forging a fine sword from first-rate material, then it would be my pleasure to show them how it's done") and offending LQG's sense of pride. like LQG has never seen this kid but shidi thinks he's good enough to steal away? no THANK you that is HIS disciple.
SQQ on the inside is so big mad at his godson. like for REAL. YOU DID NOT LEARN THIS BEHAVIOR FROM ME.
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asmeeneh · 6 months
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cave-monkey · 2 months
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I think one of my favorite thinks about LMK is that Sun Wukong genuinely feels stupid old sometimes in the sense I am genuinely unsure if he knows the difference between a 2yo, a 12yo, and a 20yo. All the characters are fully grown adults, but Sun Wukong is over here treating it like a wacky preteen adventure show because he has no clue. MK probably told him his age once and Mr. Great Sage straight blue-screened for a second doing mental calculus trying to remember what that means for mortals and he still hasn't figured it out. Old enough to be away from his parents some of the time, sure, obviously, but like...only two decades? That's not very many. How many of those do humans usually get?
When he's not tossing it on the mental pile of 'probably not important' he's trying to figure it out from context like a name you don't want to admit you forgot. This has cleared up exactly nothing.
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apparentlyautistick · 5 months
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The red ink has possessed me so
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A Priest and His Disciples (by Hyakuzo Kurata): Book review
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Shinran(親鸞)
The play consists of six acts, and the two characters, Shinran, the founder of the Jodo Shinshu sect, and Yuien, who served him well, appear throughout the play. The age difference is just 50 years old, and it feels like the relationship between a grandfather and a grandson. Shinran will live to be 90 years old, but Yuien will die when he is 40 years old and will be reborn in the Pure Land. It seems that the process up to that point was a very difficult road.
In the first place, the teachings of Honen (Shinran) are based on Amida Nyorai's wish that ``If you do not realize that you are an evil person and save all the ``villains'' who seek your salvation, you will not become a Buddha. And since Amida Nyorai has already attained Buddhahood, even the wicked are saved.” There is no such thing as a perfect human being, and from the perspective of a perfect Tathagata, everyone is the same villain. Here lies the secret of the “absolute power of others” of the Jodo sect and the Jodo Shin sect.
By the way, even if Shinran and Yuien entered the path of faith, their worldly desires would never go away.
In the case of Yuien, when he was 25 years old and in his prime, he had an unforgiving love affair with a 16-year-old courtesan, Kaede. When the senior monks notice this, they accuse Yuien of saying that love is forbidden and ask Shinran to banish him from the temple. This attitude was as ruthless as the Pharisees of Christianity.
Shinran's answer to this was, ``It is true that Yuien may be a bad person. It is because he is a bad person that he is here.” Although it violated the general precepts of Buddhism, it was a reasonable judgment in terms of the doctrine of the Pure Land Gate.
Time passes further, and Shinran is 90 years old and is on his deathbed. Yuien is also 40 years old, married to him "Kaede" named "Katsunobu", and she has two cute children. For Shinran, the last worldly desire in this world was Zenran, the child he had when he was in exile. Zenran liked debauchery and was a do-it-yourself son, so Shinran severed the relationship between parent and child. However, after meeting him at the end of his life, Shinran will leave this world and go to the Pure Land.
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blackmagichedonist · 1 year
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"I gather more than just lumber out in these woods. . ."
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chibisatou · 1 year
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New Adventurer Portraits Let’s Goooooo!
This is my main, Satou Saothru, my first FFXIV character and the most played, with the perfect green and yellow hair that I remain obsessed with.
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Adventurer plate and my warrior images were carried over so they are the same, but all of the new quick portraits are under the cut!
Disciples of War and Magic:
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I have not picked up Sage yet.
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Disciples of the Land:
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Disciples of the Hand:
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Other glamour oriented gearsets:
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I tried to make dynamic portraits that captured some movement. I’m pleased with how little repetition there was in poses, even with the DoL and DoH sharing some poses with paladins. 
I had a lot of fun making these and look forward to seeing other player’s portraits!
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irunoart · 1 year
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Dues Paid - FFXIV Commission A tribute to Hiems Whiterock's long and amazing journey. I had an absolute BLAST drawing this one! This was a very especial piece, so it was an honor to be able to do it and to work with him 😊 
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theelka · 1 year
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disciples 2, Duke
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autumnslance · 1 year
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Anden: Whenever you come to visit me, [WoL], I can't help but think of Ardbert. Anden: It was winter's end, the snow melting in the valley… “Back to our journey,” said he. “But sooner than you think, we'll meet again.” …And that was the last I saw of him! Anden: As far as I'm concerned, the only real villainy he's guilty of is keeping me waiting here so long! No matter what the rumors claimed, I always hoped to see them all crossing the valley again someday, hale and whole. Laughing together, as once we did… Anden: Oooh, you didn't come to hear my sorrowful musings! Still, whenever I look at you, I feel as though something of Ardbert is there in your eyes… Heh, what a silly thing to say. My apologies. Anden: Promise me something, though, won't you? Go and visit your old friends from time to time. They miss you more than you could ever imagine.
One of the weekly post-custom delivery turn-in conversation options with Anden.
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albertfinch · 28 days
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CONTENDING FOR THE VISION
The day must come when we leave the wilderness and begin to take the Promised Land of God's intention for our Christ calling. . The light of the Glory of His Presence rises upon those who understand their Christ identity and are contending for the expansion of His Kingdom in the earth.
 Glory -- bearing fruit that remains, they have travailed with the Father and carry His burden for the lost and for the world. Since we are in union with Him, we carry His authority and the strategies to complete His will to save and transform nations and people groups. God does not exclude any who are willing!
ABIDING IN HIM KEEPS OUR DESIRES HEAVENLY
According to Ezekiel 36:36-37, first, we must ASK—we must desire to advance His purpose for our life (John 15:7) and receive it in our spirits as our calling in Christ. Second, we put our finger on His promises in scripture that apply to our calling and say, "As You have said Lord."
We hold God to His promises as David did: "You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. So Your servant has found courage to pray to You. You, LORD, are God! You have promised these good things to Your servant" (1 Chronicles 17:25-26).
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." - Hebrews 11:1
God cannot bless us beyond our belief, and belief will lead to action—to contending!
Job 22:28 states, "YOU SHALL DECREE A THING AND IT SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR YOU."
To decree a thing is to contend for it! The Hebrew word for decree also means to decide, to make a firm decision, one where we will not waver; and the Hebrew word for establish means to rise.
A mature Christian will have learned the discipline of contending through much trial and tribulation and will see the rising of the vision and the dream.
DECLARE AND DECREE
It is time for the sons and daughters of God to TAKE the Promised LAND – Time to declare and Decree. Our promised land is the fulfillment of God's purpose for our life. 
Esther and Mordecai prayed, they fasted, then they decreed the deliverance of the Jewish people. (Esther 8:5)
The Lord is ready to perform His Word, saying, "TAKE OWNERSHIP! The Kingdom of God belongs to the Believers (Luke 18:16)!  Set your focus on the eternal not the temporal. Ask large! Bring all your appeals and petitions before the court of Heaven; the time of fulfillment has come. Show your faith; give Him something to work with. – show Him that you are willing to disciple others into their Christ identity so they will be effective in moving His Kingdom forward.  He is ready to perform His word!
ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY
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softly-and-suddenly · 5 months
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When I found out that in his Waste Land endnotes T.S. Eliot said that the stanza “Who is the third who walks always beside you? / When I count, there are only you and I together / But when I look ahead up the white road / There is always another one walking beside you / Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded / I do not know whether a man or a woman / —But who is that on the other side of you?” was inspired by Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition when the explorers fell under the delusion that there was always one more person there with them than there actually was, my brain shattered into a million pieces and I never recovered.
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Daily Mass: God speaks of the promised land. Catholic Inspiration
Photo by christine roy on Pexels.com Speaking with Moses, God promises the redemption of the people and a new home in a land flowing with milk and honey. Mass Readings – Thursday of the 15th Week of the Year *************** Catholic Inspiration Archives St. Apollinaris, pray for us!
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sunderwight · 3 months
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With moshang I think I'm equally fond of the possibilities/concepts where either Shang Qinghua is ludicrously attractive to demons in a broad sense (but doesn't realize it), or, where Shang Qinghua is just some weird little gremlin and everyone else cannot wrap their head around why THE Mobei Jun is so smug about seducing this man.
Or a combination, where no demon in their right mind would ordinarily look at Shang Qinghua and perceive a sex icon, but because such a high-ranking demon has clearly done so, they go "well there must be SOMETHING going on there" and then look closer and before they know it they're on the slippery slope to being horny about a guy who could help file their taxes or arrange to have their clan base's faulty plumbing fixed.
Basically it's all good. Demons en mass going "yeah yeah big scary dudes who punch good are a dime a fucking dozen around here, but do you know how hot someone who can skillfully use an abacus is?" vs demons going "the ice king is a respectable ruler but he has garbage taste in men, we all just smile and politely nod while he insists the weird rat guy he fixated on as a teenager is a catch" vs demons going "I really don't see the appeal -- wait he did what? he killed how many guys at once with 1 trick? he betrayed WHOMST? and lived?! and he knows how to get my door to stop making horrible squeaky noises?! okay yeah figures the king would marry him" but every option is a winner.
I'm also a big fan of both Shen Qingqiu and Shang Qinghua being not very attractive to demons in general, but it also being really common for demons to get super weird about first crushes and fixate hard on them, so in that sense they are completely normal choices for a couple of high-level demons to marry. Like the demon populace can appreciate the emperor actually landing his hot teacher and the king successfully marrying his teenage sweetheart. It's an idealized fantasy in terms of the scenarios, even if the actual guys are just weird humans. Nearly every average demon has lifelong daydreams about successfully seducing their first crush, so regardless of who those crushes turned out to be it's still a power move for LBH and MBJ to actually succeed.
Bonus if the fact that both SQQ and SQH are peak lords from the same sect leads to a bunch of demon kids developing crushes on the other remaining, unattached peak lords, and chaos ensuing. Especially for Liu Qingge. I think it would be funny for him to gain a flock of teenage demons with crushes, whom he keeps trying to fight off, only to discover that beating them up does NOT discourage them at all (actually makes the crushes worse). Or Yue Qingyuan getting mobbed like he's a pop star any time he makes a diplomatic visit to the demon realms. Sha Hualing deciding that she's just waiting for Liu Mingyan to become a peak lord before they make things official, since That's Obviously How It's Done, or Qi Qingqi doing a head count one day and realizing she suddenly has a bunch of unfamiliar "guest" disciples who sigh at her a lot and have funny-colored eyes...
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