The 3 taboos:
• She must not travel through time
• She must not abandon her post at the door • She must never stop time or her life is forfeit

Okay, but like WHO PUTS A CHILD IN SUCH A LONLEY POSITION. Even if Pluto is the daughter of the God of time, Chronos; this just feels wrong. Even Luna refers to her as the solitary warrior and notes the saddness in her eyes.

“𝗬𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗼𝗯𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗿𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗦𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗻.”

keyofjetwolf:

You know how sometimes you wonder which is more in control, the writer or the character?

These are the moments where you know, without question, it’s the character, AND THEY ARE SCREAMING AT THE WRITER

If Neo Queen Serenity couldn’t bring herself to kill Wiseman, that makes even less sense than her being unable to kill him. We’ve already seen the senshi kill Beryl and assorted minions without hesitation. I mean, maybe it’s the difference between killing someone mid-battle and not having the death penalty, but it’s expressed in terms of Serenity’s personal feelings and I don’t know why she suddenly cares or why this is the one time they captured an enemy.

keyofjetwolf:

I KNOW. I accept the translation correction, but jesus wept, it just makes everything that much worse to me. I mean fuck, Rei awakened as Sailor Mars on one page, and was LITERALLY ALREADY KILLING JADEITE before the end of the next. The first thing she does is summon Phobos and Deimos, and the next thing she does is roast a dude alive. SHE DOESN’T EVEN NEED PHOBOS AND DEIMOS TO DO IT I ASSUME SHE JUST INVITED THEM OVER TO WATCH.

Then fast-forward a thousand years, and we have Death Phantom/Wiseman who (assuming correct translation) DESTROYED THE ENTIRE CITY, killing gods only know how many people, and Neo-Queen Serenity’s just “oh I don’t know, I don’t want to think about it, let’s just send him somewhere else”. I mean you’d think maybe the Senshi might’ve been “Yeah, sure, leave it to us” and then fucking killed the guy anyway. NQS clearly had no intention of thinking about him the second she sent him away, so how would she know?

WHICH BY THE WAY HOW INTERESTING A STORY WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN DEATH PHANTOM RETURNING FOR REVENGE AND NQS LIKE “WTF WE BANISHED YOU” AND THE GIRLS LIKE “UHM YEAH ABOUT THAT”

This keeps making me think about how irritated I was by Episode 200, though, where Usagi’s just like “Oh I’m sure this’ll be fine, bye now!” NO IT DOESN’T WORK THAT WAY. As the only person with any power to make them stop fucking murdering – which can assume NQS must be, since the only account we get is centered around her feelings and actions – then it’s AT MINIMUM her responsibility to make sure they don’t do it again. If her conscience demanded she banish Wiseman, then her conscience should have fucking demanded she know where he was and what he was doing at all times. Instead, she called it job done and went for a beer.

That’s the part I’m really struggling with. It’s so unbelievable irresponsible, and I just KNOW there won’t be any repercussions from it.

𝙄’𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙇𝙖𝙙𝙮

fyeahsailormoon:

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What are good resources for someone just starting to learn about Judaism (esp with a Christian background)?

keshetchai:

Sure thing!

First, a note on finding actually Jewish books, and not evangelical Christian ones – Reliably Jewish publishers include JPS (Jewish Publication Society), any of the major Jewish movement publishers (Reform’s CCAR, or Orthodox’s OU as examples), ArtScroll, Koren. If you’re not sure, double check to see if you can find it on the Jewish Book Council Website.

Specific text for this: What I wish My Christian Friends Knew About Judaism (Shoen)

Resource One – Tanakh or Torah:

Recommended: JPS The Jewish Study Bible*, Robert Alter’s The Five Books of Moses*, or a Chumash version (like organized Torah portions and commentary), like the Stone Chumash or Etz Hayim (for example.)

+ Understanding Torah: Who Wrote the Bible? (Friedman) and Essential Torah (Robinson) or Biblical Literacy (Telushkin)

Resource Two – Introductory Guides:

Jewish Literacy (Telushkin) *

Essential Judaism (Robinson) *

Judaism’s 10 Best Ideas (Green) *

The Jewish Book of Why (Kolatch)

Settings of Silver: An Introduction to Judaism (Wylen)

Resource Three – Theology Books:

Finding God: Selected Responses (Sonsino)*

What do Jews Believe?: The Spiritual Foundations of Judaism (Ariel)

The Sabbath (Heschel) *

God In Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism (Heschel)

I Asked For Wonder: A Spiritual Anthology (Heschel)

Resource Four – History:

Either of the books “A Short History of the Jewish People” (or whatever that title is. There’s two different ones. People seem to prefer the shorter of the two, with the blue cover)

The Jews, God, and History (Dimont – dated but a compelling read imo.)*

The Story of the Jews (Schama).

Above * are my personal priorities

Shoah History:

The Holocaust: A New History (Rees)

Nazi Germany and The Jews (Friedlander, 2 volumes or abridged edition)

Denial: Holocaust History on Trial (Lipstadt)

Websites:

Can’t go wrong with MyJewishLearning.com, honestly!

– For reference, there is one scholarly Jewish contextualization of the Christian New Testament. It is NOT an evangelizing text – it is a scholar’s commentary. This book is published by Oxford University Press, and is called The Jewish Annotated New Testament. Jewish scholars and scholars of Judaism annotated/commentated the NT in Jewish historical/cultural perspective.

4th of July PSA

informative-feminist:

Please don’t do fireworks in residential neighborhoods.

Aside from being disrespectful to the average person, they are often huge triggers for anyone with gun-related PTSD.

That includes veterans and people who have witnessed or experienced non-combative gun violence.

Please. Don’t do it in residential neighborhoods.