The Last Supper

It appears to be a forest spirit of some sort from Colombia.

https://godsandmonsters.info/madremonte/

spin this wheel

you're now this mythical creature, congrats!

27+48

7+8=15

Carry the 1

1+2+4=7

75

i don't have the essay prepared but there's gotta be one in the wings about how much of fma:b's philosophy is that lotr-style "yes it's hopeless, but do it anyway"

like marcoh standing up to the homunculi to save his town even though it risks everyone else in amestris: yes, it's hopeless. no, you can't save them. try anyway.

ed and al's fight to restore their bodies without further sacrifice: yes, it's impossible. try anyway.

up to the very end, when al joins the chimera on their hunt to restore their bodies: yes, this is impossible. we're gonna try anyway.

it reminds me of the lotr concept of the irrational hope, the hopeless hope, the hope that is simply the absence of despair. the hope that drove theoden onto pelennor fields: no, we cannot defeat this evil. but we will meet it in battle nonetheless.

because you have to fight. even if you're doomed to lose. you have to try. you have to fight. you have to try.

and through that hopeless hope, that acknowledgement of "yes, it's hopeless, yes, i'm gonna try anyway" they manage the impossible. and that makes them mighty.

#yes please

The only acceptable ads should be shit like "groceries on sale" and "free event at the local library"

if completing tasks feels so good and reminds me completing tasks is easy then why is starting them the emotional equivalent of sending my first born to war

Olives and coconut. You are a monster 🤣🤣

👻 Trick or treat? 🍫

My first trick-or-treater!! Here ya go!

Can we normalize not swearing in public? There are innocent little ears around us that don't need to hear these nasty words and it is our responsibility to be good role models for children. We must not corrupt their hearts.

Traditionally there are three phases – Apprentice, Journeyman and Master. Of course, social conditions nowadays are radically different from those of medieval Europe. Apprentices no longer sleep behind the stove in their master’s house or work for years without pay. But these stages provide a road map for anyone who wants to become expert. 1. Apprentice. You start by knowing nothing. You watch and copy others, learning to do things as they are already done in your master’s workshop. Responsibility for your work and any mistakes you make lies with your master, and so does any credit for the work you do. 2. Journeyman. You launch your career as an independent expert. You leave your master’s workshop and move around the country. Now you take responsibility for your own work, and you have to deal with the consequences of error. You continue to gain experience, refining and extending your skills and developing your individuality. 3. Master. Finally you set up a workshop of your own and teach others. You pass on your knowledge and expertise to future generations. You do what you can to look after the individuals who are learning from you; you have a sense of stewardship towards your field more widely; sometimes you even take the field itself in new directions. These three phases are a useful way to think about the acquisition of skill. But they are descriptive, not explanatory. They identify points on a path, but they don’t show you how to reach those points or how to know when you’ve got there. They divide the process into segments and treat these as if they were static. They measure what can be measured. But much that is important can’t be measured. There are changes in who you are, not just what you can do. This process may be invisible from the outside. It’s difficult to quantify, and may even go unnoticed from within.

Roger Kneebone, Expert

The Immaculata and The Terror of Demons by Adonai Camilleri Cauchi