Farewell Online Privacy

take my quiz if you like EthosLab and/or Kakashi

So, let me guess– you just started a new book, right? And you’re stumped. You have no idea how much an AK47 goes for nowadays. I get ya, cousin. Tough world we live in. A writer’s gotta know, but them NSA hounds are after ya 24/7. I know, cousin, I know. If there was only a way to find out all of this rather edgy information without getting yourself in trouble…

You’re in luck, cousin. I have just the thing for ya.

It’s called Havocscope. It’s got information and prices for all sorts of edgy information. Ever wondered how much cocaine costs by the gram, or how much a kidney sells for, or (worst of all) how much it costs to hire an assassin?

I got your back, cousin. Just head over to Havocscope.

((PS: In case you’re wondering, Havocscope is a database full of information regarding the criminal underworld. The information you will find there has been taken from newspapers and police reports. It’s perfectly legal, no need to worry about the NSA hounds, cousin ;p))

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Immediately going on my calendar, I've been waiting with bated breath; only death or a coma will stop me from getting my name in there :D I am super normal about all of this definitely *silently frothing at the mouth looking at sketchy saturday posts*

Project LUMEN: APPLICATIONS ROUND 2 OPENING SOON!!!!

As you can see on our lovely lil poster (made by @pinkish29) we're opening applications for the next round on the 30th of April! The period the apps are open will be for nearly three weeks (ending on May 20th) to give anyone plenty of time to apply. See below the Project Lumen banner for more info on the roles we have open!

Have you ever wanted to know what the life series would look like as a video game? Well we've got the answer for you! Project Lumen is an RPG-like game revolving around all the series of the life smp, with twists and turns, multiple storylines that can possible diverge from the 'canon' timeline. There will be mini games, quests related to each episode of a season, and much more!

Here's a basic rundown of what we're doing:

You, the player, are introduced as the Watcher Child (WC for short. They're the character in the poster above!). You are an apprentice within the Watchers, and your job is to follow and guide the champions chosen by the Watchers themselves through challenges and enemies. Featuring unique leveling systems, DnD inspired classes, and, most importantly, the ability to impact the story with the choices you make… because, after experiencing all the Life Series seasons from both the Watcher and the Player side, maybe you’ll have a change of mind. After all is said and done and seen, the world is yours to shape, Watcher Child.

We are looking for both writers and background artists!

Writers will be in charge of helping getting the script together, creating dialogue and helping create both canon timelines and alternate timelines. Your job is to make the world real through the characters, the story, and the world. You don't need script writing experience though, you'll be given opportunities to learn if you're selected. We're just looking for those willing to learn and dedicate time towards this beautiful game!

Background artists, which are the most awesome people ever you should really become a background artist, will create the backgrounds for things like fights and loading screens. It's your job to mold the world of the life series for this project. You get to draw things like the Secret keeper from secret life, the relation-ship from double life, the forest burning and the desert deserting in third life, and everything in between!

Please keep in mind this project is a long-term project that takes many months to complete. The workload, though, is extremely manageable and everyone currently working on it is having a blast!

If you have any questions at all, give us a shout (an ask)! We'll be extremely happy to answer any questions, especially of what it's actually like creating for this project (it's awesome), because we're already partway through third life.

Looking forward to seeing all of your applications, and meeting all you lovely people who manage to get in!!!

-Team LUMEN

This is HEAVENLY

Music Sneak Peek!!

Hi-hey-hello, Arto here!!!

I write music, as most of you know. So I decided to show you a song---the official main title screen song :D I hope you guys like it and this is an idea of what I make… actually rlly praying you all like it!!

<3

"homosexuality is unnatural! there's only two genders! it's a sin-"

I'm sorry, have you seen NATURE???

ALSO THE ARTIST IS HUMON, FIND THEM AT HUMONCOMICS.COM!! was so sure I had included that but apparently I forgot, so sorry!

and there's so many more species than this that exhibit homosexuality, varying genders, etc. SO! MANY!

it's very much a natural thing. it always has been. unfortunately, while homosexuality is found in many species, homophobia is only found in one

EDIT: added a keep reading cause this is a long post lol

EDIT: everyone in the comments needs to shut up or I will turn comments off, stop arguing, jeez

bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

and now: a list of fake reasons etho tells people when they ask why he wears his mask

- thats just my face

- what mask?

- the true form of my lower face would drive you to madness

- im just really ugly

- curse of binding

- embarrassing sunburn

- The oath

- made a bet

- lost a bet

- i actually dont have a lower face. the mask stops things from floating into the Void

- stops leaks

- the canadian government makes me wear this

- why arent you wearing one?

- new fashion trend. im 30 years ahead of the curve.

- MY POSITION HAS BEEN COMPROMISED, ABORT ABORT *runs away*

- it tells me the stock prices

- i volunteered for clinical trial 9 years ago

- im allergic to air

- um, same reason you're wearing pants

- bad habit

- it stops me from killing

- wait, i'm still wearing it? i havent noticed lol.

- it gives me like 6 armor points

- i was raised by ninjas

- i was social distancing before it was cool

- for honor

- no one can know what i look like

- so the aliens cant read my brainwaves

- so the government cant find me

- my teacher caught me chewing gum once. it will never happen again

- so no one sees the straw from my drink helmet

- the bit

- i actually dont really like wearing it. i do it to uphold my reputation

- i just realized... i can forge my own path! do whatever i want to do! i dont have to stand in anyone's shadow and wear this anymore! i'm free!

- slight advantage in pvp. they cant predict my next move if they cant see my subtle facial expressions

- i'm built different. better. being able to breathe properly made pvp too easy. the mask limits the supply of bloodflow to my brain to be on par with everyone else. if i were allowed to reach my full potential i would far surpass the physical skills of every other person. the mask just evens it out.

- i am kakashi

- i kin kakashi

- between you and me im running from minecraft law. if any government officials ask, we didnt have this conversation, my name is richard l. sawman , and as far as you are aware etho s. labs died in Venezuela in 1993

- i cant let someone lick me again

- trust no one

- *gets really pale* you're not supposed to see that.

- there's a bug in the model.

- dont do drugs

- protest

- i tried getting mojang to fix it but they still havent responded to my letters

- aw man i just fixed that

- method acting

- sprained it

- it's just a really good tattoo

- this is what i was wearing when my wife left me at the altar. ive never moved on

- justin bieber stepped on it

- lucky

- im too beautiful

- the better question is how im wearing the mask

- what happened to "hello?"

- im not wearing the mask, the mask is wearing me

- dress code

- always read the terms and conditions

- i got it in the divorce

- it was this or the federal prison

- court-ordered

- i had NOTHING to do with those murders

- practicing

- i'm just better

- thats classified

Why are you lgbtq+? wrong answers only GO

Why do they never say this?

I'm not usually one to make posts like this, but I've recently started reading the Bible (both the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition and the King James Bible, for purposes of literary and translation comparison, and I saw something that made me pause. I want to preface this by saying I'm no sort of theology authority or even a Christian, I am merely a nerdy queer agnostic peeking around the corner.

In Genesis, there's the commonly cited passage by sexist men (and women) about man being first and woman being created to serve man:

GENESIS 2 20;The man gave names to all cattle and to the birds of the air and to every animal of the field, but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner. 21;So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. 22;And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. [NRSVUE]

And Christian MAGA and right-wing and sexist people always point to it to be like "See! See! Women aren't on the same level as men!"

But what they never discuss is that this is the SECOND story of Genesis.

Early on in Genesis 2, it seems that a shift of authors occurs, or a different oral tradition is included, because the entire tone of the text changes drastically. God is never called the Lord until this change occurs, and the digital NRSVUE on Bible Gateway notes this shift explicitly.

The thing is, in the first chapter of Genesis, which details the six days of Earthly creation, there is a direct opposition to man and woman being uneven.

GENESIS 1 27;So God created humans in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

Male AND Female. At the same time. Neither subservient to the other, neither greater or lesser. And this is a single chapter behind the cited passage. What's more, both man and woman are in the image of God, meaning that God has both male and female aspects, and separated humans accordingly (possibly arbitrarily) for an unknown reason.

Y'all. God canonically has boobs and a dick.

What's more: Why do we refer to God as a he? Why would he care? Did gendered pronouns even exist in his language before we assigned them to him? WHY WON'T "CHRISTIANS" WHO CITE THE BIBLE FOR EVERYTHING ACKNOWLEDGE THIS??

Ugh I just needed to get my thoughts in writing. Casually waving to the two people who might reblog this. 👍 See ya next time I have weird deep thoughts!