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happyk44 · 7 months

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"I'm not leaving you behind! It is my duty," he hissed. "I swore myself-"

"Your swore yourself because you had no choice, Percy." Her eyes were endless dark, devoid of feeling, of life. "You had a price to pay for your mother's life and this was your only offer." Her thin fingers cup his face through the bars. "You didn't choose to be my protector." She gave a weak laugh that made his stomach plummet to the floor. "You're not even my guard yet, not really."

Like a phantom, her touch slid down his cheek. He caught her wrist before her fingertip stopped gracing his skin. He could feel the rounded edge of her fingernail poke against him. Silence held fraught between them.

"Bianca-"

"Percy," she cut in, voice so sharp it cut him to the core. "I want you to survive. You're free. Take advantage of that, and go. Now."

"I can't go back without you," he said, quickly. She didn't fight his hold, but still his grip tightened. As though the harder he held her, the more she would stop protesting her escape. "You are-"

"Dead." Her lips thinned. "I'm dead, Percy. I was dead the moment they got their hands on me and I will be dead before either one of us even makes it beyond these walls, but you-" Her voice cracked, eyes watering.

He shook his head. Blood pounded in his ears. He didn't want to hear what she was going to say, wanted her to stop, wanted it all to stop. Just for a moment.

But it didn't, and neither did she. With a deep breath, she carried on, "You can make it. You can live. But only if you leave without me, so go."

His lungs burned. She inhaled so deeply, spoke so forcefully, and it made him hold the air in his chest until he couldn't take it anymore. If he didn't breathe, maybe she would. But his chest ached. Self-loathing wedged itself like a rock in his throat as he let go. The sound of his own breath was like nail on chalkboard.

"Percy," she whispered. He shook his head and leaned in closer. Although tears hadn't yet fallen, her eyes were still wet. They glistened like the night sky. Her forehead pressed against the bars.

He looked away. The brick wall to his left was growing a fair bit of moss in the corner. "What's our star again?"

She laughed. It was a watery thing that choked him where he stood. Memories of standing the long grass, moonlight shining off the river, while she read her books beside him. Every so often, she'd look up at the night sky and search for the brightest star that month. She'd tell the stories behind the constellations. Or at least the stories from her kingdom. Any time she told a story, a fantastical myth, she'd follow up that her brother knew more - Nico, the quiet prince with a voracious appetite for legends and monsters.

Then, if she could spot the brightest star that month and if she recalled, she'd tell him what it meant for the people born that month. At least, in their hemisphere anyway. The stars were different elsewhere. Sometimes she'd crack open the newspaper, the stark image of her father, and read aloud the horoscopes.

He still remembered the incredulous sound she made when he told her they shared the same birthday. She'd dragged him to the library to refresh her memory on their star. Then argued furiously that he did not share the same traits as her.

It was a silly thing. She didn't believe it. He didn't either. But it was the first time they hadn't played the stiff act of royal princess and her knight-in-training. Not Percy holding his tongue and following strictly one step behind. Not Bianca doing her best to pretend he wasn't her shadow.

Awkward civility and stiffness carried thick between them from the moment Percy had been casted into his role. But that night, with the sound of yelling and laughter still echoing in their ears, they made an agreement. They didn't have to be the best of friends, but they sure could be casual with each other. After all, they were going to be stuck with each other for the rest of their lives.

At least... they were supposed to be.

Slowly each finger detached one by one until all that was left was his palm pressed against her wrist. Then that fell away too. Still he couldn't bare to turn his head and face her.

"Leo," she said. "The lion. Strength, pride, loyalty, confidence."

A stabbed orange toy on new year's day passed through his mind. "Sacrifice."

It was quiet for a beat. Then, "Yes." His heart hammered so fast he could feel it in his throat. "The lion represents sacrifice."

What was he supposed to say? He wanted to run, to turn the lock with the key he stole, take her and run. Run far and fast. But deep inside, he knew she was right. He could get by undetected. No one cared about a child knight, not even yet passed his training. He could blend in and slip out. Even if he got caught, they wouldn't nearly put in as much effort to get him back as they would if she were with him.

She was right.

She was already dead.

He swallowed thickly and met her eyes again. The night sky glistened back at him and he thought of constellations and warm handshakes and kind agreements and silly arguments. Breath caught in his throat. "I'll miss you," he whispered, voice hoarse.

Her lips twitched. "I'll miss you too." She blinked, and one tear slid down her cheek. He tracked the wet trace it left behind until it welled up at the bottom of her chin and dripped to the floor. "Will you do me a favour?"

"You're my princess," he said. "I would do anything for you."

It was a weak smile she gave before she spoke. The sight of it crushed him. "Tell my family I love them." Her breath escaped from her shakily. She pushed back her hair. A classic move to hide the nerves that drove her hands to tremble ever so slightly. "And take care of Nico. Please."

"I will," he promised.

Her smile strengthened ever so slightly. But the tears fell fast now, one right after the other. Her face tilted away at the first streak. He immediately turned his line of sight back to the brick wall. Weakness, sadness, grief - she hated being seen with any of them. He always respected it. Look away until she was done. Don't speak, don't ask her anything, don't help her. Just look away and stay silent unless she calls out.

So, even as his mind's eye was trapped in the wet track of tears on her skin, the hitched sound of her breath holding in a cry, he turned and headed back for the dungeon's door. The doorknob twisted in his hand. The door cracked open.

"Percy."

He held stiff. "Yes?"

"Don't forget the bracelet."

Heat burned at the back of his head. In his pocket, the bracelet felt heavier than the weight of the world. When he had first arrived, she gave it to him. When he refused to take it, insistent that she could deliver it to Nico herself, she shoved it into his pocket herself. Like a ghostly stain, his thigh still tingled with the forceful and firm press of her hand. He was sure it always would.

"I won't."

"Stay safe," she said, a princess in a dungeon ready and waiting to die.

His heart shattered. Still, he kept his head held high. "I will."

Then, without another word, he left the girl he had spent the last three years training to protect. He was meant to die for her. It was the role he had accepted the night he and his friends had stormed the castle and pleaded for help with his dying mother. He didn't argue. He didn't plead. Without hesitation, he swore his life away for hers. Without hesitation, he swore his last breath would be hers.

Yet she was the one embracing the eternal coldness to come. She was the one breathing weakly so he could breathe strong. She was trading away her life for his. She was the lion, giving a mighty roar before the dawn of a new year. She was the sacrifice, held down by chains with a glistening sharp blade raised above her head.

But he wasn't the one lowering it upon her neck. No, he was the cold breath of winter. The first drop of snow. The wilting grass. He was the barren wasteland that drove her out into the open. He was the starving masses desperate to live. He didn't have to drop the blade. He didn't have to use his own hands to spill her blood across the ground. His survival was her end. And that made him her killer anyway.

#bianca di angelo #percy jackson #had this thought that was basically what if percy was bianca's bodyguard and became obsessed with protecting nico after she died #and this this happened #happy talks pjo #my writing #my fanfic #the lion leo constellation thing was spur of the moment so the whole sacrifice concept after was made up as i was going along #but anyway the thing i made up for it in this AU or whatever is that in hades' kingdom the start of the year begins with winter #so in the before times winter would come and the people would struggle but they'd be okay but one day the winter was awful #the food stores were ruined and the winter farms were weakened so people began to go hungry as they rationed the food #but the winter was so bad it also drove out the animals in the forest including a pack of lions which the people killed for meat to survive #so every new year as a tradition a lion is sacrificed as like a promise of survival and prosperity and health and whatever #a real lion is sacrificed publicly by the royal family. other people will sacrifice a placeholder like a lion toy or a painting of a lion #idk what they do with the lion after - maybe the royal family eats it or households do a lottery to get a portion of its meat delivered #could i not have just made up a separate new thing for percy's birthday month? yeah. but that would've required more effort and i'm so tire #fuuuck is it really 10pm? shit i need to eat

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echodrops · 6 years

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Voltron or Final Fantasy 7?

In my last Voltron post I mentioned that Voltron Legendary Defender is really just Final Fantasy 7 with robot lions, so I wanted to elaborate on some of the comparisons.

Obviously this is mostly facetious; there are still several note-worthy differences between the two series, and if you want to get technical, Voltron certainly existed before Final Fantasy 7. However, it’s pretty obvious that someone on the writing team for Voltron Legendary Defender has been influenced by the plot and characters of Final Fantasy 7.

I mean...

We start out our story with the world in the clutches of an evil dictator, who by all rights, has no logical claim to the parts of the universe he controls, except that he has consolidated access to a seemingly unlimited supply of energy, which gives him military and utilitarian power over the hapless masses. (Also, bonus for their outfit color schemes matching almost exactly.)

The energy that these two scumbags are powering their military forces with is not just any energy, no sir: it’s actually the lifeblood of planets, the force that keeps worlds and everything on them alive.

In one of the most blatant cinematic parallels of all time, they forcefully draw out and refine this energy, using it for various purposes from powering their cities, building massive weapons, to creating armies of typically monstrous super soldiers, usually hopped up hard on the energy drug.

Meanwhile, our evil dictators rule from the thrones of their conspicuously ring-shaped dark fortresses that continue to slowly drain the life and peace from everything in reach.

But everyone knows that any villain worth his salt is backed up by an even more morally bankrupt and terrifying Mad Scientist:

Whose preoccupation with a calamity from another world

and penchant for creating horrific chimeras of flesh and machine

is about to cause everyone to have a very, very, bad day. Now where else have we seen pink glowing eyes, hm...

Of course, evil never reigns without opposition, so we have to have the consistently-out-of-focus-for-the-rest-of-the-series band of well-intentioned extremist rebels:

Although they talk a big game, their biggest accomplishment seems to mostly be getting themselves blown up.

They certainly aren’t responsible for killing their respective evil dictators, for example. Nope, that honor goes to:

The mysterious light-haired pretty boy with weird bangs, cat eyes, a sword, and a big ass chip on his shoulder over his parentage. He seems calm and rational, even sophisticated and princely--but it’s a thin veneer hiding a life-time of trauma and horror, and one wrong reveal about the identity of his mother could tip him over the edge into no-holds-barred madness. A dangerous free agent whose loyalties are questionable and whose existence is inextricably tied to the calamity from another world. He thinks He is among the last of the ancient mystical race of Cetra Alteans, who were eradicated by the creature from the other world, who infiltrated their society by possessing some of their closest allies.

Lotor also has shades of Rufus Shinra: seizes command after his father’s death, possibly still evil but everyone loves him anyway, commands a Quirky Mini Boss Squad:

Featuring in order: the One Who Rushes Into Everything, the Most Competent Right-Hand, the Quiet One, and the Plucky Redhead.

Of course, when the world needs saving from certain doom, a most beloved band of bizarre heroes will arise to answer destiny’s call:

The Stringy Inherited-Sword-Wielding Hero With Wack Hair

It’s a running gag to refer to him as a lone wolf and disinterested in other people, but under his prickly facade is a much softer, confused boy who is struggling hard with identity issues. He’s forced into a leadership role for which he is particularly ill-suited, and even though most people will leave the game/the show with the impression that he really grew into his leadership, the sum total of his accomplishments is actually causing far more trouble than would have occurred if he had just stayed home.

His obsession with finding and defeating light-haired pretty boy causes everyone no small amount of grief and then he ends up siding with said light-haired pretty boy anyway...

Can’t overcome the fact that he is deeply connected to the very thing he must defeat; he has Jenova Galra genes that lead him to question his role in the universe and whether or not he is a monster.

Incurably socially awkward country boy. Let’s mosey!

He learned everything he knows from:

The Black-Haired Best Friend with a Scar on His Face

Older, wiser, and in every way more competent than the stringy hero, this guy, complete with noticeable black and purple color scheme, is REAL hero material. He’s been through it all: held captive for year(s) by the mad scientist, “upgraded” and experimented upon with intentions of creating a true Super Soldier, something-something clones everywhere something-something... He has the good attitude and the powerful loyalty necessary to be a shining example of a white knight for the princess and is the standard which stringy hero knows he will never exceed. Stringy hero looks up to this guy more than anyone in the entire world, and this guy would give it all--even his life--to protect the people who mean the most to him. Complete with dramatic mid-series meaningful haircut!

Despite being a fan favorite, the creators spend more time writing this guy out of the series than they do actually using him to his best potential...

Shiro also has some shades of Vincent Valentine: atoner who fears he has become a monstrous tool for the enemy, despite his deep-down incredibly good heart. Some people like to pair him with the Genki Girl.

Mostly seen in the company of:

Princess Last of Her Kind

Don’t let her soft looks and pink color motif fool you! The “princess” is a strong, independent girl who does what she wants, when she wants, up to and including sacrificing herself to save the day when all the other heroes fail at life. As the last of her mystical and mysterious race, she possesses strange magics that allow her to feel the life force of all living beings and tap into the very energy that Shinra the Galra Empire are harvesting. Capable of wielding a staff, her actual greatest strength is her healing magic, which has the power to bring an entire planet back from the brink of death.

Her people were destroyed from within by betrayal at the hands of the calamity, and their sole remaining Plot MacGuffin, the white materia Voltron is the only thing left that can save the world. Despite being technologically advanced beyond all reason, her people were ancient peacekeepers who still, inexplicably, built stone temples.

The Promised Land Oriande is not a faerie tale.

Strongly flower-themed:

Then we have:

The Brilliant Young Rascal

As a character, Pidge isn’t actually a one-for-one to anyone in FF7. Yuffie’s acrobatic stunts and mischievous Genki Girl personality embody one obvious part of Pidge, but Yuffie lacks Pidge’s tech-ish brilliance and competent follow-through. In that regard, Pidge is actually somewhat closer to Red XIII: smart, inquisitive, and usually mature, their deep inner-conflicts, especially regarding the fate of their fathers, reveal their weaknesses and the truth that they’re still young, uncertain people who fear for the future of their world and sometimes feel helpless in the face of the staggering tasks put before them. They are deeply attuned to nature but also raised by someone whose technology is capable of revealing incredible truths about the universe. Both of them are also fish out of water when it comes to befriending new people, and they often feel like they do better on their own than trying to rely on people who aren’t part of their trusted family.

Courage the Cowardly Cat

Although it’s certainly tempting to compare Hunk to Barret, based somewhat on appearance and even, to a certain extent, on personality--Barret is a huge softy underneath who just loves his family and wants to do right in the world--Hunk has much more in common with Cait Sith, the robotic cat/moogle combo who is secretly an alter ego for the brilliant architect Reeve Tuesti. Cowardly and often the butt of jokes from teammates and enemies alike, Cait Sith is frequently underestimated and flies under the radar, allowing him to keep his own secrets even while sticking his nose in just about everyone else’s business. Although he’s not initially sold on the heroes’ goal of saving the world, he soon has a change of heart that makes him into a fast and loyal ally. Despite the fact that he’s made of “fluff,” in the hour of greatest need, it’s Cait Sith who steps up to rescue everyone, essentially single-handedly saving the world.

His creator is an incredible and genius engineer who longs to use his creations to better the lives of common people, but he’s also sarcastic and unafraid to tell it like it is, even if that means he’s telling his own allies where they’ve messed up badly.

His predictions about the future always seem to come true...

The Emotional Backbone of the Party

Don’t get me wrong, both Lance and Tifa are formidable fighters on their own, whose talents shine in different areas of combat than the traditional sword-wielding heroes. But their greatest strengths actually seem to lie in their ability to support their allies. When stringy hero falls into despair and falters in his leadership, it’s this right-hand role who steps up to bear the weight and get the party back on track. The voice of reason and drive, Lance and Tifa are go-getters who won’t let anyone settle for giving less than their best, and they definitely aren’t willing to sit around listening to tired old excuses when they could be out saving the world. Razzle Dazzle time!

They are both influenced strongly by their families and tend to listen to the feelings and struggles of others much more than they are willing to share their own feelings and fears. The others come to rely on them as an emotional crutch, whose central job it is to reassure, validate, and empower the team, sometimes at the cost of their own happiness.

But they weren’t always this way, and in fact, in the past, they happened to be a bit shallow and excitable, with a penchant for throwing themselves into situations which were way, way too far out their league and for rarely, if ever, listening to good advice. Head-strong and romantic, they started out as dreamers before the war took its toll.

They definitely had a rocky beginning with their stringy hero--they were not friends--but, by the middle end of the series, have grown and matured as characters into a strong person who not only helps guide the hero but also holds up better in the face of all the trauma and suffering the party experienced.

Even being such a central character, they get a bare minimum amount of dialogue, leading many fans to interpret the character however they see fit, causing both Lance and Tifa to become common stand-ins for the fans themselves.

(Despite both losing their place as the “heart of the party” to the “Princess,” they never become jealous of her.)

And finally:

Coranic The Mechanic

Coran and Cid Highwind don’t have that much in common in terms of personality, except both being extreme dorks with notable accents, but I wonder how much of that is because Voltron is a kids’ show and Cid’s chain-smoking, curse-laden, women-abusing attitude just wouldn’t fly in a place like that. In terms of story role, they fill the exact same niche: the older male mechanic who advises and leads when needed to, despite his advice often seeming eccentric at best to those he’s trying to lead. He’s in charge of flying the ship while the others race off into danger, and if you lay one dirty finger on his baby, he will probably throw you overboard.

Tough as nails, despite all appearances, but also tried, true, and loyal to a fault. Won’t give up, even in the face of insurmountable danger, and gets a big kick out of killing bad guys. Impeccable timing for dramatic last second saves.

PHEW, got ‘em all!

In case you need anything else to convince you that you’re watching an at least partially repackaged story, don’t forget the:

Bizarre Egyptian-themed ancient stone temple where the mystical race of the Cetra Alteans kept the deepest secrets of their magic.

Really unlucky magic rock from space.

Gigantic killer robot beasts.

An overly-drawn-out and somewhat poorly explained clone plot line that just leaves the fans even more confused.

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And OF COURSE: infamously long unskippable summoning sequences.

tl;dr:

If you’re in the game of predicting where Voltron’s future plot might go, you would not be misguided to go play FF7 as fuel for your predictions. And if you’re a Voltron fan who still hasn’t played FF7... What are you even doing with your life? Get out of here!

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dfroza · 3 years

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A True story of Light and eternal Love:

“Know this, dear brothers and sisters: the good news I brought to you isn’t the latest in fiction or the product of some creative mind. It is not a legend I learned or one that has been passed down from person to person, ear to ear. I was gifted with this message as Jesus the Anointed revealed Himself miraculously to me.”

A set of lines from Today’s reading of the Scriptures in the New Testament Letter of Galatians (chapter 1:11-12 in The Voice)

with the whole first chapter in The Message:

I, Paul, and my companions in faith here, send greetings to the Galatian churches. My authority for writing to you does not come from any popular vote of the people, nor does it come through the appointment of some human higher-up. It comes directly from Jesus the Messiah and God the Father, who raised him from the dead. I’m God-commissioned. So I greet you with the great words, grace and peace! We know the meaning of those words because Jesus Christ rescued us from this evil world we’re in by offering himself as a sacrifice for our sins. God’s plan is that we all experience that rescue. Glory to God forever! Oh, yes!

I can’t believe how you waver—how easily you have turned traitor to him who called you by the grace of Christ by embracing an alternative message! It is not a minor variation, you know; it is completely other, an alien message, a no-message, a lie about God. Those who are provoking this agitation among you are turning the Message of Christ on its head. Let me be blunt: If one of us—even if an angel from heaven!—were to preach something other than what we preached originally, let him be cursed. I said it once; I’ll say it again: If anyone, regardless of reputation or credentials, preaches something other than what you received originally, let him be cursed.

Do you think I speak this strongly in order to manipulate crowds? Or court favor with God? Or get popular applause? If my goal was popularity, I wouldn’t bother being Christ’s slave. Know this—I am most emphatic here, friends—this great Message I delivered to you is not mere human optimism. I didn’t receive it through the traditions, and I wasn’t taught it in some school. I got it straight from God, received the Message directly from Jesus Christ.

I’m sure that you’ve heard the story of my earlier life when I lived in the Jewish way. In those days I went all out in persecuting God’s church. I was systematically destroying it. I was so enthusiastic about the traditions of my ancestors that I advanced head and shoulders above my peers in my career. Even then God had his eye on me. Why, when I was still in my mother’s womb he chose and called me out of sheer generosity! Now he has intervened and revealed his Son to me so that I might joyfully tell non-Jews about him.

Immediately after my calling—without consulting anyone around me and without going up to Jerusalem to confer with those who were apostles long before I was—I got away to Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus, but it was three years before I went up to Jerusalem to compare stories with Peter. I was there only fifteen days—but what days they were! Except for our Master’s brother James, I saw no other apostles. (I’m telling you the absolute truth in this.)

Then I began my ministry in the regions of Syria and Cilicia. After all that time and activity I was still unknown by face among the Christian churches in Judea. There was only this report: “That man who once persecuted us is now preaching the very message he used to try to destroy.” Their response was to recognize and worship God because of me!

The Letter of Galatians, Chapter 1 (The Message)

Today’s paired chapter of the Testaments is the 65th chapter of the book (scroll) of Isaiah that points to the creation of new heavens and a new earth and forgetting what is past (tense):

Eternal One: I was ready and willing to help before anyone even asked.

I was found by people who did not seek Me;

I showed My face and said, “Here I am! I am right here!”

to a nation which did not call on Me.

I kept extending Myself to a people who don’t care a whit.

All day long I opened my hands to those who constantly work against Me,

Those busy pursuing their own rotten path, inspired by their own rotten schemes.

These people continue to insult Me, right to My face,

pursuing other gods, sacrificing in gardens

And offering incense on altars made of bricks.

They sit among the graves and spend their nights in secret rituals;

they eat the flesh of pigs and pollute their pots with unclean meats.

They have the gall to say, “Oooh, not so close! I am holier than you!”

These unholy people are smoke in My nostrils,

A fire that burns and burns all day.

Look and see what stands written before Me:

“I will not remain silent and watch this disgrace;

But I will pay them back for what they have done.

I will pour their pay directly into their laps.

They will pay for their sins and the sins of their parents too.

For they turned to other gods, burned incense on the mountains

And insulted Me on the hillsides.

I will bring everything they deserve back to them, to their very core.”

This is what the Eternal has to say:

Eternal One: It’s like noticing the promise of new wine in a cluster of grapes.

One will say, “Don’t destroy them all; some of them are bound to be good.”

So for the sake of My servants,

I won’t destroy absolutely everyone.

But I will bring up children from Jacob’s line to inherit this land.

To Jacob’s son Judah I will give My mountains.

These, My chosen ones, will inherit it;

these, My servants, will live there and call it home.

From the plains of Sharon to the valley of Achor,

My people—who look to Me and no other—

Will have pasture for their sheep

and safe places for their herds.

But those of you who ignore Me, the Eternal One—

who turn away from My sanctuaries

And reject My holy mountain

to chase Lady Luck and cater to Destiny—

Will find yourselves a bit unlucky and your destiny an early death.

You’ll bow down and be killed like sheep brought to the slaughter

Because when I called you, you did not answer;

when I spoke, you refused to listen.

Instead you did all the wrong things and made terrible choices—

what I expressly said that I hate.

So this is what the Lord, the Eternal, has to say:

Eternal One: My servants will eat and eat well, while you go hungry;

My servants will drink and be satisfied, while you are parched with thirst;

My servants will celebrate with joy, while you are put to shame.

My servants will sing with gladness in their hearts,

While you cry out in anguish and despair and bemoan your brokenness.

And when you are gone, your name will become a curse—

a repugnant byword—to My chosen people;

The Eternal God will put you to death

and call His servants by a new name altogether.

Whoever speaks a blessing in this special land

will invoke the God of truth;

Whoever takes a vow in the land of promise

will make his pledge by the God of truth.

For the bitterness and pain of earlier times will nevermore come to mind;

they’ll be hidden even from My eyes, God says.

Eternal One: Now look here!

I am creating new heavens and a new earth.

The weary and painful past will be as if it never happened.

No one will talk or even think about it anymore.

So take joy and celebrate with unending gladness

on account of what I am creating.

Look carefully! I am making this place I’ve chosen, this Jerusalem, a city of joy.

I’m making her citizens, My people, a people of gladness.

This Jerusalem, My pride and joy, and her people will be a delight to Me.

Though you listen at every corner,

You will never hear crying, never hear despair or grief.

Never again will a person not live a full life,

for the young will live to be a hundred

And any who die earlier will be considered cursed.

People will confidently build houses and make them their homes;

they will plant vineyards and enjoy their fruit for years to come.

They won’t worry that someone else will come along, drive them out,

and take it all away.

For My people will live as long as these age-old trees;

My chosen will use up and wear out whatever they make.

They will not work hard for what others take away;

they will not lose children to sudden terror and death.

For they are the offspring of those blessed by the Eternal;

they and their descendants will enjoy God’s blessings.

I’ll anticipate their prayers and respond before they know it;

even as they speak, I will hear.

But they’ll all eat together like friends—wolf and lamb, lion and ox,

and the biting snake will feed on dust.

When that day arrives, there will be no evil, no violence, no hurt or wrong

in all My sacred mountain.

The Book (Scroll) of Isaiah, Chapter 65 (The Voice)

A link to my personal reading of the Scriptures for Thursday, August 12 of 2021 with a paired chapter from each Testament of the Bible along with Today’s Proverbs and Psalms

A set of posts by John Parsons that looks at humility and turning the heart to God for healing:

The advent of the “Season of Teshuvah” reminds us that we all fail, that we all are broken people, and that errors and mistakes are part of our daily spiritual life... We journey toward humility rather than struggle for perfection; we confess our need for forgiveness and seek reconciliation with all those we might have harmed... During this season it is common enough to hear messages about our need to turn and draw near to God for life, but it is equally important to remember that God turns and draws near to the brokenhearted for consolation. As it is said, the Lord is near to the nishbar lev (נִשְׁבָּר לֵב), the one with a broken and crushed heart (Psalm 51:17).

Brokenness is the means through which God performs some of His deepest work within our hearts. A.W. Tozer once said, "It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply." Likewise Alan Redpath once wrote, "When God wants to do an impossible task, he takes an impossible individual – and crushes him." William James called this deep work of the spiritual life Zerrissenheit, a term that roughly can be translated as "torn-to-pieces-hood," or a state of being utterly broken and in disarray... The brokenhearted live in day-to-day dependence upon God for the miracle... [Hebrew for Christians]

Perhaps you (like me) once learned Psalm 19:7 as, "The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul." However, the Hebrew text might better be translated as, "The instruction (i.e., Torah) of the LORD is perfect, returning the soul." This is the message of teshuvah (תְּשׁוּבָה), or "repentance," of course. We turn away from ourselves to discover that only the love of God given in Yeshua gives life to our dead hearts (Mark 1:15). Teshuvah is therefore first of all a matter of faith, of trusting in the miracle of God. And though it is indeed a great gift from heaven, it requires that we pass through the "narrow gate" of humility by confessing the truth about who we are (Matt. 7:13). We turn away from our pride; we acknowledge our inner poverty, our neediness, and we mourn over the loss and hurt caused by our sin. Teshuvah turns us away from our attempts to defend or justify ourselves and instead turns to God to heal our separation from love (Rom. 8:3-4). The miracle of love buries our old nature and transforms us into a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17). [Hebrew for Christians]

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Today’s message (Days of Praise) from the Institute for Creation Research

August 12, 2021

God Our Savior

“But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared.” (Titus 3:4)

Six times in the pastoral epistles Paul refers to God (evidently meaning the Father) as our Savior (1 Timothy 1:1; 2:3; 4:10; Titus 1:3; 2:10; 3:4). Usually, however, he and the other New Testament writers identify Jesus Christ as our Savior. “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18, for example). In the same fashion, Paul relates that his commission to preach the gospel came from “God our Saviour” (Titus 1:3), while elsewhere he says his commission came “by the revelation of Jesus Christ” (Galatians 1:12).

Is this a contradiction? No! In fact, references to God as our Savior should not surprise us, for it is found in numerous places in the Old Testament. (See, for example, Psalm 106:21.) Furthermore, our understanding of the Trinity insists that all three persons of the Godhead are One in God. Of course, Christ made many references to the fact that He was not acting on His own but came to do “the will of him that sent me” (John 6:38). Paul himself seemed to be comfortable with this seeming overlap, for in one sentence he wrote, “God our Saviour;...Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour” (Titus 1:3-4). Such usages further confirm also that Jesus is God.

While Christ was the primary instrument of salvation as the perfect sacrifice for sin, God the Father is the source of all human salvation, and the application of the title Savior to Him is proper. Indeed, we derive great comfort as we see the role of all three Persons of the Godhead involved in our salvation.

“Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:10). JDM

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Do you really think these skinny actors who all of a sudden look like Greek Gods, or guys like me who make their living by being huge, don’t have a few tricks up their sleeve?…

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MUCH MORE time resting and eating normal food

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LET ME REPEAT…

I’m talking about several POUNDS of lean muscle every week.

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I just have to WARN YOU about something, and you have to promise you’ll take this warning seriously before you continue reading!

This website is getting a lot of attention

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These guys have billions of dollars, plenty of cash to sue my ass, and there’s no way I’m going to be able to keep this website live much longer if this pressure continues

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– Or, worse than that, you can gain muscle, but you’ll pack on some fat while doing it

You’ve been LIED TO

…And today, I’ll prove it to you

Oh, I’ve seen it all

I’m a pro bodybuilder, so you can only imagine what I’ve seen guys do out of desperation and greed over precious muscle

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I’ve seen dudes take outrageous amounts of illegal gear, enough to kill them if they keep it up

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Good guys who are just wanting to add 10, 20, maybe even 30 pounds of rock-hard muscle in just the right places

A bigger chest, better arms, cut abs, and delts that look so killer, it looks like you’d have to turn sideways to get through a door

And let’s be honest:

You want more attention? (hey, it’s normal)

Attention from women? (sure, it’s gonna happen)

Jealous friends in the gym? (bound to happen too)

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Getting LEANER as you get BIGGER makes everything look and feel HARDER

Just like these guys have done, and literally hundreds of other guys I shared this one stealth technique with over the past several months

And let me save you some time:

You’ll never hear about this in a magazine, because I’ve made 100% sure EVERYONE I shared it with kept their mouths shut about it

And, for good reason:

This unusual method of training was just reviewed and studied by a major university, and I didn’t want anyone talking about their insane results until after this training protocol was proven to work scientifically

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I wasn’t ready to tell the world about this muscle revolution until I had the science to back it up

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Each of these balloons represents one of your muscle cells.

Get these cells bigger, and YOU get bigger, and I bet you know that already

Now, here’s what you may have never heard before:

You build muscle WHILE RESTING, not while at the gym

Your mission in the gym is SO SIMPLE:

Stimulate your muscles into growth… Period! End of story.

Stimulate, then go home and eat, that’s what you do

You don’t just, “lift weights”

Come on man, you KNOW for a fact that isn’t working for you

It’s the way you lift during your last 4 minutes of an exercise that makes ALL the difference

These 4 minutes create 200% more muscle gains… FACT, not theory, and these 4 minutes are the difference between looking average

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Want proof?

Click the image to see the science.

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EXPANDS THEM.

Normal training tears down muscle fibers and forces your body to go into crisis mode, trying like hell to repair it before your next workout

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In fact, that’s exactly what my patented, university-proven system is called:

Cell Expansion Protocol Training, or CEP Training for short

It’s unlike anything you’ve ever experienced, and it takes a whopping four minutes per exercise to automatically trigger the CEP Response

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Take a balloon…

If you were to train the old-fashioned way, this balloon would swell up temporarily.

That’s the pump we all love, right?

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How would that feel? Orgasmic, that’s how

I’m going to demonstrate on video CEP Training for Biceps today

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It goes back to what I mentioned to you before: Satellite cells

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10 pounds, 15 pounds, 25 pounds, hell, 100 pounds if you want

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By now, you’re wanting to get started using CEP as soon as possible

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How do you get started? What do you do first?

Here’s your choice

You can keep reading, and you’ll see me demonstrate CEP Training for biceps

And then you can try to figure the rest out on your own

Good luck with that, because you’ll need it

CEP Training is extremely specific to each body part

What works for biceps definitely will NOT work for chest, for example

Hey, you can TRY

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Radically decreasing the time it will take for you to walk down the beach with a body other guys would kill for

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CEP Practical Application Guide

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This guide will show you how to bring theory to the REAL WORLD in meathead English that even the most hardcore numbskull can understand and start getting their BEST RESULTS EVER.

This guide is gold

Nutrition Guide

Good results start with good nutrition… AMAZING results start with CEP-style Nutrition!

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God results start with good nutrition… AMAZING results start with CEP-style Nutrition!

Supplement Guide

With a billion dollar industry breathing down your neck 24/7, it’s hard to separate fact from fiction… and with so many supplements out there, who’s got time to do the research?

Well, BPak’s got your back! 😉

This guide not only tells you THE best supplements, it tells you WHEN to take them in a WHOLE RANGE of different situations….

Not sleeping well? …I’ve got a protocol for that!

Feel like you want to be able to push harder in the gym? …covered!

On a budget? …I’ll lay out just the essentials so you can work with what you have!

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FAQ Guide

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Workout Sheets

The most intelligent muscle-building workouts EVER designed, ready to print and take with you to the gym.

No matter your starting point, I’ve got a workout for you!

3 levels of workouts that will kick your butt… but leave you wanting more!

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Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

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7 Day Primer Phase

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A world class program such as MI40-X requires world class attention to detail to get the most out of it! To make sure you possess THE most OPTIMAL form… that you are on the road to having a world-class MIND-MUSCLE connection just like the elite-level pros… you MUST run through this program!

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….this guide is a learning curve for many, but an ideal primer for ALL!

7 Day Detox Diet

A no-brainer as to what this is right?

…well, it’s better!

This guide not only tells you what to eat and when to eat it… but the diet is specifically designed to prepare your body to MAXIMALLY use EVERY oz of nutrition and supplementation you give it as you run through the MI40-X program!

If your body isn’t efficiently using what it gets, then do you expect your results to be optimal? Of course not! The chances are high that what you’re eating now has left your body in a poor state to jump right into MI40-X… you’ll be wanting AMAZING results, not ‘okay’ results. To make sure that happens… enter, the 7-Day Detox Diet! A perfect companion to the Primer Phase!

I recommend you run this program for up to 3 weeks before jumping into MI40-X… but even if you’re just too excited and just can’t wait that long to begin the program, even a week on this diet will have you well on the way to achieving results you didn’t think possible!

This diet is a great addition to your nutrition arsenal away from the MI40-X program too – you can use it for one week out of every month to optimize your health, and to increase the chances of success on any other program you may decide to engage in in the future.

The Exercise Execution Guide

Every body part, every exercise, every freakin’ detail spelled out for you so there’s absolutely zero guesswork needed on your part.

You’ll always know EXACTLY what to do, and precisely how to do it.

The Execution Guide is your exercise bible for recreating your physique from head to toe using super-simple, common sense, no BS-style instruction that has only one goal in mind:

Your most muscular, ripped, and perfect body!

The CEP Training Blueprint

Inside, you’ll discover the methods of training you absolutely MUST AVOID if you want to actually LOOK like you lift.

Face it, most guys who train look like they play soccer or something…

You want to look like a dude with MUSCLE!

So, turn to page 6 as soon as you get the Blueprint in your hands to discover all the messed-up training methods that the magazines and idiot gym rats have tried to pass off as fact.

Trust me, I guarantee you are using some, if not ALL of these waste-of-time methods, and they do far worse than waste your time:

They are keeping you from the body you want!

They literally HALT muscle growth and PROMOTE more fat storage!

You’ll also discover the reason why I insist you enjoy your food…

Even as CEP Training is stripping all that unwanted fat off your body, you’ll be laughing in the faces of guys doing hours of cardio, HOPING they’ll see an ab one day, if they’re lucky!

With CEP, you don’t NEED CARDIO.

And you don’t need to overdo it on the diet…

Listen: I know you enjoy a few beers with your friends, and that you have better things to do than eat all damn day!

That’s why I made the CEP Training nutrition guidelines so dead simple.

Now, that’s not all you’ll be receiving today:

I also want you to have private access to my

MI40 CEP Training Video Library

I’ll be your personal trainer on every exercise, so you can be 100% confident you’re doing the CEP training to get all the benefits!

Yet, the Library offers you a lot more than that:

I break every CEP Training exercise down into 3 phases, just in case you’re just starting out, or you’re fairly experienced, or perhaps you’re a fitness pro… doesn’t matter:

Everyone, from newbie natural to pro athlete is covered in these 3 phases!

Plus, each video focuses on ONE body part, so you can pick and choose which body parts you most want to focus on.

Some guys want bigger arms right away, so you can start there…

Or maybe it’s your legs

Your chest

Your back

You font-18px text-bold opensans it, it’s covered in the CEP Training Video Library

Hey, I’m not finished yet! You’ll also receive your copy of

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And here’s why you need this:

CEP Training cannot be done for every exercise

Only specific exercises use CEP Training

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You’ll end up getting nowhere, or worse.

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These videos contain a TON of tips that only pros know to get the most out of every second you spend in the gym

So you can spend LESS time, and get the hell out and go enjoy your life

Knowing you’ve done just the right amount of ass-kicking work to stimulate those cells to expand.

Now, you may believe that a program this unique is pretty damn expensive

With all the time and money I’ve invested into it — almost three years of research, testing, paying lab geeks to prove the theory to be fact — not to mention the decades of training and learning I’ve done to bring it all together in my own body…

So, when I initially set the price for the entire MI40 CEP Training System at $197, my girlfriend Amanda almost kicked me out of bed… literally!

“Ben, if you sell your system you’ve worked so hard on for less than you charge for a single hour of consulting, I’m not sleeping with you for a MONTH!”

Yeah, she’s hard-core

I did what any other guy would do

I lied.

She thinks I’m selling the MI40 CEP Training System for $397

And that would be a steal

Yet, I’m not

At least not yet

I made myself a deal:

I said, “Ben, even though you decided to release this to the world, you have to keep it stealth”

Otherwise, MY competition will just get tougher

And, to be honest, since I treat every MI40 CEP Member like a kid brother, I just don’t have the time or energy to spend by letting a million guys into the mix

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The 7 Day Primer Phase…a short program, intelligently designed, to prepare you for MAXIMUM results during MI40 CEP!

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You read that right

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Listen, I’m going to put that into crystal clear perspective for you:

You’d spend that much or more on a one session with a pathetic gym trainer

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What a joke

Most so-called “trainers” piss me off because they haven’t got a CLUE how to help the average guy build crazy muscle insanely fast

Hey, if you carelessly decide to try one of these (cough, laugh) “trainers” make damn sure he’s CEP Certified

And he won’t be, only my guys are, and they’ll charge you about $200 minimum to consult with you, and well over two grand a month to actually train you

Sure, there are rich guys that pay us that kind of cash, I’m just offering you a rare opportunity to get the same exact value for a fraction of the cost!

And listen:

You’re going to WASTE far more money than $97 over the next 30 days, simply from eating the wrong foods and taking BS mass-produced commercial supplements that you actually just piss down the toilet

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debrajess · 5 years

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Everything conspired against me watching S8 the second it dropped, but I did watch it over the weekend. I'm also avoiding the fandom meltdown over the ending. Sorry, folks, I've been in fandoms for far too long to get upset because Hollywood didn't validate my ship. If you were expecting otherwise, you're going to have a miserable life of crushed expectations.

Having said that...

Spoilers!

I understand how upsetting it was losing Allura at the end, but I kind of look at it like this: It's an almost an anime tradition to kill off important characters. Back in the day, everyone was praising Robotech for killing off characters and not bringing them back. Original Voltron sent Sven to the hospital planet because you weren't supposed to kill off characters on American daytime cartoons. I'm glad they brought him back (both in the original and now), but I can see from a storytelling point of view how killing him in the original paved the way for original Allura to grow up and pilot a lion.

I didn't like Legendary Defender Allura at first because of the whole drill sergeant thing in S1 (which should have been Shiro's role), but she grew on me and now I ache for Lance who loved her from afar, finally captured her attention, had a relationship with her, and then lost her. I love that she passed along her Altean markings to Lance in the end. I'd like to think that meant that were married.

And as far as I'm concerned, Allura sacrificing herself to make sure that Honerva kept her promise to restore all of the realities - I'm good with it, though it's bittersweet. I can see from the point of view of the writers of a show that's trying to capture an audience that is the age we were when we first discovered Voltron. Do they want to pass along a message that killing your enemies i.e. Honerva is the only way to save the universe? I don't like the message though it does have some primal satisfaction.

For me, even though Lance will spend the rest of his days preaching that Allura saw the good in Honerva, that doesn't mean that Honerva was redeemed for everyone. It's like Luke forgiving Vader in Return of the Jedi. Sure, Vader was redeemed by saving Luke, and gained Luke's forgiveness, but the rest of galaxy will always remember him as a murdering bastard. Same with Lotor and Zarkon -- their legacies are nothing but enslavement, misery, and death, regardless of whether or not we believe that Honerva is reunited with her husband and son in the nebula.

So anyway, I'm satisfied with the end we got. Everyone is, if not happy, at least content. Lance is on his farm in Cuba and will hopefully someday find someone worthy of him. Personally, I don't think Lance gave up on flying. He probably still has a license so he can crop dust, or fly a ship to New Altea to visit his friends whenever he wants.

Shiro found his guy, though I would like to think it happened after he had a couple of more years as Captain of the Atlas. Curtis is cute and he was part of the bridge crew so I can see this happening. I want to believe that, like Keith, Shiro still has a larger role to play in the larger galactic universe. I could see him and Curtis either training the new pilots at the Garrison, but occasionally taking a diplomatic post on New Altea, visiting Coran, and keeping the peace with Galra, or maybe joining Blade of Marmora and helping Keith in his new role.

Hunk will also pave the way to intergalactic peace through food. I'm going to have to look at his apprentices again because I'm not sure if the Balmarian is Shay. I want Hunk and Shay to be happy together. I think he'll stay on Earth and keep in touch with Lance, unless he's called to cater a big event. I could see Lance supplying Hunk with food from his farm, and Hunk supplying prepared meals for the Blade of Marmora when they need extra for a humanitarian crisis somewhere. There's a nice circle of life there that warms my heart.

I love the idea that the the Galra asked Keith to be emperor and he said "no" (with a few choice words about finally getting them out from under the rule of emperors and not we're not starting that shit again). Yeah, in my heart, Sheith is my ship, but I think turning the Blade of Marmora into a humanitarian organization is brilliant. Obviously, not all is peaceful in the new reality, so the Blades will still need to keep their fighting skills sharp to deliver aid. Keith, Acxa, Cosmo, Zethrid, and Ezor can handle that. Zethrid especially will throw down with anyone who threatens the peace as long as she has Ezor by her side. I also think Keith and Acxa will make a fine couple. If Kolivan and Krolia hook up, I'm good with that too. What's more important is that Keith, with or without Acxa, has a family unit of his own. His relationship with his mother and mentor will make him a great leader, even beyond the Blades. I'm sure Shiro and Curtis will him visit often. We don't know where those two settled after they got married. The canon ending says Shiro left the battle behind, so I doubt he and Curtis would join the Blades, but I can see him maybe in an administrators role - still leading, but not fighting. I wouldn't blame him one bit. What I wouldn't give for a Blade of Marmora series.

The only character that really burned my toast, was Colleen Holt. JFC, Pidge is an adult, she's a paladin of Voltron. She's a brilliant mathematician / physicist / computer hacker, and how dare her mother think she can ground Pidge for running away to save the entire fucking universe. Screw you, Colleen. Not sure how I feel about "Chip" at the end, but why did they have to cut Matt's hair? Damn. It must be a Garrison thing. Still, if the background characters are the new generation of Garrison pilots, dare we dream that we'll see a Vehicle Voltron in the near future? That would be wonderful. I would still like to know if Pidge ever found someone. On one hand, not everyone needs or wants a spouse, so it's kind of nice to know that Pidge is just doing her thing, but there's no confirmation there one way or another.

I'm also glad they toned down Coran this season. Never liked him, though I was sorry he didn't have a chance to say good-bye to Allura.

As for the Lions flying off into the nebula after saying good-bye to their new Paladins -- makes me ugly cry every time I watch it. We do see Allura's image in the nebula, so I'd like the think she's in there with the original Paladins and she called the Lions back to her to keep them safe should they ever be needed again. Hey, if Honerva could keep the spirits of the original Paladins alive in whatever reality she constructed, then I would like to think that before Honerva died, she did the same for Allura. Allura in the nebula with her father and mother, watching over New Altea.

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