Zathoth Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 I just saw Benedict Cumberbatch sing Comfortably Numb with David Gilmoure, on stage. It was surprisingly decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honor Spren she/her Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Why do some people call Halloween the "Devil's birthday," if, according to Christian theology, Satan was never born and doesn't have a body? -.- Isn't it based off of an old Pagan tradition or something of that sort? (Looking at you for answers @Kaymyth) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 3 minutes ago, The Honor Spren said: Why do some people call Halloween the "Devil's birthday," if, according to Christian theology, Satan was never born and doesn't have a body? -.- Isn't it based off of an old Pagan tradition or something of that sort? (Looking at you for answers @Kaymyth) Well, if you want a lovely little comic playing all of the misinterpretations and research fails straight, you can't do better than the "Boo!" tract by Jack Chick. Just....be prepared to say "WAT" a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathoth Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Good ol' Jack Chick, he had the ability to be a special kind of really stupid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Just now, Zathoth said: Good ol' Jack Chick, he had the ability to be a special kind of really stupid. My grandmother kept those tracts in her house and read them. Unironically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer he/him Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 20 minutes ago, Zathoth said: Good ol' Jack Chick, he had the ability to be a special kind of really stupid. Didn't the DnD one get a movie adaptation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathoth Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 2 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: My grandmother kept those tracts in her house and read them. Unironically. Misanthropy rising... 1 hour ago, Edgedancer said: Didn't the DnD one get a movie adaptation? That would not surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv he/him Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 2 hours ago, The Honor Spren said: Why do some people call Halloween the "Devil's birthday," if, according to Christian theology, Satan was never born and doesn't have a body? -.- Isn't it based off of an old Pagan tradition or something of that sort? (Looking at you for answers @Kaymyth) This might be of interest for you https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dziady?wprov=sfla1 Dziady was a Slavic ritual preformed twice a year (around May the 2nd and 30th of October or 1st of November, depending of the moon phase). It was about communicating with the dead and helping them finish their earthly business if I recall correctly So yeah, Halloween is most likely inspired by pagan rituals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 2 hours ago, Edgedancer said: Didn't the DnD one get a movie adaptation? You mean Mazes and Monsters, staring Tom Hanks as either the dumbest, or most IC, roleplayer either? (Most IC assuming he was playing his character as outrageously dumb. Seriously, who sees a glint of something at the bottom of a pit, assumes treasure and jumps down after it?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaymyth she/her Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 7 hours ago, The Honor Spren said: Why do some people call Halloween the "Devil's birthday," if, according to Christian theology, Satan was never born and doesn't have a body? -.- Isn't it based off of an old Pagan tradition or something of that sort? (Looking at you for answers @Kaymyth) Traditionally speaking, Halloween is known as Samhain (pronounced sowwen) in Pagan circles. The lore says that this is the day out of the year that the veil between the physical world and the spirit world is the thinnest*, allowing various levels of crossover shenanigans. Properly, it is a time to honor one's beloved dead, work divination rituals, and other bits of magick that involve chatting back and forth with folks who wouldn't normally have such an easy time communicating. Somewhere along the line, certain subsets of Christian culture started equating it with devils and demons and such. Mostly because Christian theology generally teaches that any contact with friendly spirits is impossible, blah blah Satan something bippity boppity boo. In practice, I've done guided meditation spirit walks to the City of the Dead during this time of year. The place was lit up like freakin' Mardi Gras, man. Why? Because the spirits of those who passed on are excited. The ones who are there are people who have chosen not to move on yet; generally they're either just not ready yet or they're specifically waiting for someone. This is the time of year when they can easily slip over to check and see how their loved ones are doing without kicking up too much of a fuss. * It also thins up quite a bit around Beltaine, which is at the opposite end of the calendar year. But while Samhain revolves around honoring the dead, Beltaine focuses a lot more on fertility and the waking of life in springtime. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 @Delightful @Zathoth and generally @everyone_else I just remembered I was to post the thing I drew a couple of days ago. Yeah, i screwed up, but I drew something else to make up for it. WHY SO SIDEWAYS????? As you can see, the charcoal kinda ruined it. Spoiler A bit blurry, but here is the hierophant. Speaking into a mic carried by an imp, connected to a speaker that does not need electricity thanks to the elditch sigils on it. Oh yeah, that's a demon eye in the background. Oh god, that came out blurry. But anyway. There's Zathoths coffin. on the left is ol' Death, sittin on a beanbag chugging a beer. There are a couple of other guests, but the image cropped them. There's the necromancer. This one's to make it up to you. There's a twisted abomination attempting to ressurect someone in a graveyard. But he's just the host of another malvolent being. Death doesn't like it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathoth Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 I still like it XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer he/him Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 13 hours ago, Quiver said: You mean Mazes and Monsters, staring Tom Hanks as either the dumbest, or most IC, roleplayer either? (Most IC assuming he was playing his character as outrageously dumb. Seriously, who sees a glint of something at the bottom of a pit, assumes treasure and jumps down after it?) Nono, I mean a straight up Darkest Dungeon movie version. (Wasn't he like actively sabotaging the game or something? ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honor Spren she/her Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) 11 hours ago, Kaymyth said: Traditionally speaking, Halloween is known as Samhain (pronounced sowwen) in Pagan circles. The lore says that this is the day out of the year that the veil between the physical world and the spirit world is the thinnest*, allowing various levels of crossover shenanigans. Properly, it is a time to honor one's beloved dead, work divination rituals, and other bits of magick that involve chatting back and forth with folks who wouldn't normally have such an easy time communicating. Somewhere along the line, certain subsets of Christian culture started equating it with devils and demons and such. Mostly because Christian theology generally teaches that any contact with friendly spirits is impossible, blah blah Satan something bippity boppity boo. In practice, I've done guided meditation spirit walks to the City of the Dead during this time of year. The place was lit up like freakin' Mardi Gras, man. Why? Because the spirits of those who passed on are excited. The ones who are there are people who have chosen not to move on yet; generally they're either just not ready yet or they're specifically waiting for someone. This is the time of year when they can easily slip over to check and see how their loved ones are doing without kicking up too much of a fuss. * It also thins up quite a bit around Beltaine, which is at the opposite end of the calendar year. But while Samhain revolves around honoring the dead, Beltaine focuses a lot more on fertility and the waking of life in springtime. Thanks for answering that. I like that idea much better than just an excuse for cosplay and candy. Especially since my religion also teaches that spirits of the dead can occasionally make contact with us here on earth. I love seeing similarities between different religions. Edited October 1, 2016 by The Honor Spren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Just read it. The story is better the less you know going in. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted October 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 23 hours ago, ThirdGen said: Rogue indeed. I am prophetic! Muahahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted October 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 4 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: Just read it. The story is better the less you know going in. I'm so impressed how did they even Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer he/him Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 7 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: Just read it. The story is better the less you know going in. Spoiler Those kids deserve an award... and I guess 10 bugs. Still Lupin is a decent enough reason to pick up the series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 Just now, Edgedancer said: Hide contents Those kids deserve an award... and I guess 10 bugs. Still Lupin is a decent enough reason to pick up the series. Spoiler Hopefully the superior quality of the story will make up for the fact (to this customer anyway) that Lupin does not take off his shirt. Though I find the thought of the customer reading and going "Okay, maybe Lupin takes his shirt off in THIS book" quite amusing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soyperson Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) Here are four pictures of my oddly small cat! (They're huge, hence the spoiler) Spoiler Edited October 2, 2016 by bleeder 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 Ho, I'm...popular?? That's one of my great accomplishes ticked off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted October 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 (edited) Repent! Repent! Judgement day is nigh!* for real though. Rosh Hashana, Jewish New Year and yearly day of judgement is tomorrow. *or to quote my brother entirely: "repent! Repent! Judgement day is nigh! Ooh bikkies**!" **cookies to the Americans Edited October 2, 2016 by Delightful Mumble grumble well I thought it was funny 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer he/him Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 9 hours ago, bleeder said: Here are four pictures of my oddly small cat! (They're huge, hence the spoiler) Reveal hidden contents Oh fuzz, it's adorable! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 Quote Chocolate can only be a short-term remedy, however. Finding ways to fight off Dementors – or depression – are essential if one is to become permanently happier. Excessive chocolate consumption cannot benefit either Muggle or wizard. I BEG TO DIFFER, ROWLING DON'T TELL ME HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE, ROWLING NOBODY ASKED FOR YOUR PERSONAL OPINIONS, ROWLING 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer he/him Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 21 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said: I BEG TO DIFFER, ROWLING DON'T TELL ME HOW TO LIVE MY LIFE, ROWLING NOBODY ASKED FOR YOUR PERSONAL OPINIONS, ROWLING We must rally against this false believe! Sound the war cry! Spoiler 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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