[10yrsy]

I am curious about somthing. are you familiar with the parachuting baby thing where you're skydiving with a christian baby who suddenly speaks and say "I will not open my parachute unless you renounce atheism and accept jesus". like, I feel like jesus would save you and the baby if you dont renounce atheism cause if he truly loves someone, he would help someone regardless of religion.

this scenario is riding on a whole bunch of false assumptions. for one, babies cannot understand/ choose salvation, so they’re automatically protected under God’s grace and go to Heaven.

second, to make this scenario accurate: Jesus was in the plane explaining to all the passengers that they needed to use His parachutes to jump or they would die. but some people still jump out of the pane without His parachute, expecting to be just fine as they plummet down. Jesus already spent the money and spread the word explaining the danger, so why are the people not accepting His safety gear?

it’s ridiculous to say that if Jesus “truly” loved someone, He’d send them to Heaven even if they believed in a different god. if someone hates you, would it be loving to force them to be with you for eternity? God respects our freewill and choice to accept His forgiveness or not.

lots of people seem to think getting to Heaven is just for people that are “good enough”. so they see people of other religions that are nice and think, “surely these people are good enough.” they don’t understand that Heaven is God’s Presence and only sinless people can be there. we have all sinned and broken the Law. Jesus, the Son of God, never sinned and died in our place. He rose again, and His sacrifice is attributed to us legally in the eyes of God when we accept Him. legally there is not other way but through Him.

Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me.” (John 14:6)

[10yrsy]

Can you pray for me? I hasn't been doing well lately both mentally and spiritually and my head is full of lustful thoughts that I can't fight against

i’m sorry to hear that, i’ll absolutely pray for you 🙏💙 i encourage you to ask the Lord to help you in these situations as well. don’t feel too embarrassed or ashamed to lean on Him for His strength, He wants you to! Jesus doesn’t think less of you.

(and choose some Bible verses to memorize and read out loud. demons hate those ✌️)

[10yrsy]

No matter how weak my personal faith in something good is, your works always bring peace. they bring a feeling of old and forgotten childish hope, as if I really have a chance of salvation. thanks for that

I hope you're doing well, take care<3

thankyou very much! 🥹💙 as the Bible says, anyone with faith like a little child will enter the kingdom of heaven. adults always feel they have to do something good to get something good, but the child understands simple joyful acceptance of a gift.

let’s say you were under arrest and your bail is 7 trillion dollars. Jesus comes in and offers to pay your bail in full. and then if you accept His offer, He’ll give you an additional 7 trillion dollars and adopt you into His family estate. on the other hand, if you try to pay your own bail.. you can’t. you’ll be broke and stuck in jail.

we’re all automatically headed to death row because of our sin nature. God is perfect and just, but also loving and merciful. so He legally took our place on death row so His justice could be full filled. our salvation is a gift from Him and all it takes is acceptance and faith in Him to receive it. if we don’t, we are choosing to pay what we can’t pay. we’re choosing to go our own way and be separated from Him forever. all good things originate from God, so what is left for someone separated from Him? ..please don’t choose to find out. accept your eternal present 🤲💗✝️

”For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” -Romans 6:23

[spidersmiceandeverythingnice]

Gaara is truly the Character of All Time

-Introduced as main antagonist in a tournament arc, the terrifying bloodthirsty ninja from a strange desert village who kills without remorse and has survived every mission without getting a scratch on him

-He's 12

-Character design 10/10 he has bright fucking brick red hair, literal raccoon eyes, a face tattoo that says "Love" and carries that weird ass gourd; between the fun elements and the interesting tie-ins to Tanuki Lore, I have never seen a more charming design in my life tbqh

-Immediately more emo and chuuni than Noted Emo Heartthrob Sasuke Uchiha by virtue of reciting weird poetry after killing a guy in cold blood

-We get his tragic backstory and by fucking GOD is it sad. I cry just thinking about it. Literally everything about it is just horrible and devastating.

-Talk No Jutsu at end of the tournament arc, Gaara realizes that he should, in fact, go to therapy and immediately decides to turn his life around

-The first thing he decides to do is apologize to his siblings <3

-Shows up a handful of arcs later with a cool new outfit and becomes friends with the kid he literally tried to murder and nearly permanently crippled in one of the best fights of the entire series

-Liam O Brian's English dub of Gaara is Stellar ya know what. The raspiness of the original appearance morphing into the Deepest Voice That Any Kid Has Ever Had Ever was a genuinely hilarious choice

-Has the only good filler arcs in the old show; he's such a good character that the entire show molds itself and rises to meet him

-Post timeskip he is Desert Ninja President at the ripe old age of 15 and is extremely good at it because he's the weirdest little nerd with no social skills (on account of his tragic backstory) and diligently applies himself to doing paperwork and going to meetings

-Has a fanclub in the village mostly of girls his own age that he never seems to talk to?? Or realize have crushes on him?? Oblivious king we love him.

-Dies in one of the most genuinely moving scenes. Comes back like 20 episodes of fighting later because where would we be without him honestly?

-Becomes Super General Ninja President of the Grand Army of whatever where he accomplishes such feats as forgiving his asshole father and emotionally healing from his childhood trauma, stopping a meteor, and nearly dying a second time.

-Collects cacti as a hobby

-Has the only good sequel series arc where it's revealed that in addition to continuing to serve as Desert Ninja President, he's decided to adopt a couple of orphan ninja kids so that he can break the cycle of parental neglect and stupidity that created his tragic backstory in the first place.

[cheaphalloweencostume]

not to be insensitive but some of the salem witch trials were so funny bitches like “i saw her at the devils sacrament!!!” girl… what were YOU doing at the devils sacrament 👀

[altospaceangel]

If ANYTHING is a heritage post it’s this.

[argumate]

you bottle Miette??

[dhavaer]

You crush Miette like the grape?

[jv]

Oh! Barrel for mother!

Barrel for mother for 15 years!

[10yrsy]

Just genuinely curious, do you still believe the end times are soon? I see Christians always thinking the eclipse or something is going to start it and I'm curious why??

Also I love your GO art <3

Much love!

hey, thanks for enjoying my art! ^-^ yeah, i definitely believe we’re in the end times right now. i didn’t think the eclipse was gonna be the “Kick Off” moment, but i was watching it for a number of reasons. 

in Genesis 1:14, God says He created the sun, moon, and stars to be “signs and seasons”, so that’s why Christians watch what’s going on in the sky (astronomy, not astrology). 

in 2017, the US had a solar eclipse that drew a line across the country. it went through a bunch of cities named Salem (after “Jerusalem” meaning peace/blessing). then 7 years later, we had this recent eclipse that drew another line that crossed over the first, creating an X. that line went through a bunch cities named Nineveh (like the story of Jonah, symbolically meaning judgement). the period of God’s Final Judgment in the end times is 7 years.. so IF that were to kick off this year, it would be like God was saying “7 years of blessing, 7 years of judgment.” He did the same thing in the story of Joseph. Pharaoh had two dreams of the future of his country: 7 years of blessing and 7 years of famine. 

there were other things about it, but over all, it was a pretty interesting sign! the reason we Christians are watching is because we’re waiting on our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to come get us before that judgment happens. God will judge the whole earth for its sins, but our sins have already been paid by the blood of Jesus. so we’re looking to our Blesses Hope; getting to go home to be with the Lord. and we’ve been warning people because we see the danger coming and we want everyone to be saved and rescued too 😊💙✝️

"For God has not appointed us (for His) wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we're alive or dead, we (shall) live together with Him." (1 Thessalonians 5:9-10)

[10yrsy]

Happy Easter!

Happy Resurrection Day!! 😃✝️💗

[10yrsy]

Woah, to see you post again is a little wild! I used to follow you on deviantart, genuinely like a decade ago at this point. We chatted quite often!! I would have been a pre-teen, and I just turned 25. I think of you often, as you helped me branch my creativity and designs out :))

You were a huge inspiration to me, and I’m glad to see you still around <3 hope life treats you well :)

aaw thankyou so much! i appreciate hearing that 🥹 i actually still post frequently on my DA, and my art blog @10yrsyart. but this account is just my main for reblogging, and i don’t peruse my tumblr dash much anymore hahah. i hope you’ve been doing well! 💙

[10yrsy]

Have you ever lost someone before? How did you deal with that?

Faith is.. rocky. I'm rediscovering it after a loss but it's a trust fall I just can't complete fully. How do I know there's an afterlife when I have no signs? How do you just trust?

i’ve dealt with lost, though not to the extent that some people have. but i know how crushing it is. Jesus is the only one that i can turn to for support with loss, and i say this with all seriousness. deep mourning is something that can’t be touched by the physical, and only He can bring comfort spiritually where there’s no comfort.

it’s not blind faith though. why do i believe in Heaven? because i believe what Jesus said and did.

He preached He was the Son of God and the only way to Heaven, He performed miracles, and He raised the dead. ancient historians confirmed He made these claims and miracles. He died on the cross for our sins, and the Romans confirmed His literal death. He was buried and on the third day His grave was empty, confirmed by his enemies the Pharisees. and He rose to life again and appeared to over 500 witnesses, including His apostles, who were brutally murdered for their accounts of this. you don’t die for a lie if you know it’s a lie, especially if you have nothing to gain.

He fulfilled over 300 prophecies of the Old Testament, that were written thousands of years before He was born (which is statistically should be impossible.) billions of people have testified to being radically and completely changed by faith in Him over the last 2000 years. and that’s barely scratching the surface of all the evidence God has left for us.

so when Jesus said, “There are many rooms in My Father’s house. If it were not so, would I have told you I am going to prepare a place for you? When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so you will always be with me where I am” (John 14:2-3), i believe Him. the only way to combat mourning is hope, and the Blessed Hope of eternal life with the Lord is a solid foundation to rest on.

“The Lord is close to the broken hearted; He rescues those whose spirits are crushed.” (Psalm 34:18). “God blesses those who mourn for they will be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4) ✝️💙

[10yrsy]

I think your interpretations of the Bible and visualization of Jesus and God was what led me on the path to rediscovering my faith and relationship with God. Just wanted to stop by and thank you for that, kinda funny that it started from me liking your Good Omens comics lol

thankyou so much Anon.. you don’t know what that means to me 🥹 it’s truly humbled and blessed me to hear that 💙💙💙

[sysig]

Just thinking about @10yrsy’s Things, y’know, casually (Patreon)

[10yrsy]

aaah what a blast from the past, @sysig! ;o; i think about these boys sometimes, but it’s bizarre to think that other people do too hahah! i love all of these, especially the second one with Myk and Snarp. truly the essence of their friendship, gentle tol and shouty smol 😂💗 tbh i’m honored that my work had an impact on you back then, enough that you still think of it. thankyou ;v;💙

[10yrsy]

I also saw that twitter post and thought I recognized the art, it made me pretty upset to see them making fun of your art like that. Like, right now it’s much more widespread to draw the turtles as poc, but it certainly wasn’t as widespread not too long ago, and I think it’s very unfair of them to hold up such old art to current standards. At the very least I think it was scummy of them to go so far back just to find art they could make fun of. I hope you don’t take any of this to heart, and I recommend not checking out the post for your own self care, the people commenting don’t seem to have any context for it

thankyou to the people looking out for me and my art! i didn’t go looking for the post (cause who needs that drama XD), but the reposter has been in contact with me. they’ve taken it down and expressed that it wasn’t their intent to mock. i’m not super offended though, comments that have no context to the original 10 yr old work shouldn’t be taken seriously. please don’t rag on them anymore, i don’t want any parties to be harassed. people are more important than art ✊ and thankyou all again for supporting me 💗

[10yrsy]

i’m not really sure how to start this message tbh, and idk what can be done about it, but i wanted to let you know that your art of the different iterations of tmnt as humans has been reposted on twitter with the intent to mock it. i guess the most recent iteration of tmnt, rise of tmnt, has coded the turtles as black? so these ppl are saying your versions are “too white” or “white washed.” which imo is really not fair of them to say. its fucked up that they thought it was ok to repost someone else’s art and make fun of it, for any reason. i don’t think i can link it, but the name of the twitter account is oreosmoothussy . they made the post on june 14th

hey man, thanks for letting me know! tbh there’s not much to do about it. that art is super old and i already decided many years ago that it was “too white” for my own standards too. if they bother to find the original post on deviantart, they would see that 😂 but even so, i agree that none of what they’re doing is right. humanizations of non human characters is up to the individual artist (excluding blatant attacks on ethnicity of course), and art shouldn’t be stolen just to be mocked like that. artists have to start SOMEwhere if they want to grow their skills, and they usually start with what they know. i have much more variety now and that’s only because i kept trying.

[marcirose]

Nobody understands Kingdom Hearts that well cause everybody compares it to shonen anime when it's actually a magical girl anime because it has:

-A protagonist who is an ordinary lad who got given a special power that could save the universe

Teammates that the protagonist can lean on and who help the protagonist with said special power

A love interest heavily involved in the plot that both motivates the protagonist and is motivated by the protagonist

A monster of the week format that has its own standalone conflict that eventually leads to the next major plot point in the story

Overarching themes about love and friendships and connections and identity

[daylighteclipsed]

So, in my experience, a shonen anime can have these things and in many cases does. I think what mainly differentiates a shonen from a magical girl anime is that shonen places emphasis on physical strength and magical girl anime places emphasis on emotional strength.

Kingdom Hearts is unique in that it’s pretty much a shonen protagonist running around in a universe that operates on magical girl values. Sora begins as a 14 year old boy who wants to get stronger, to physically best his rival Riku. Sora spends much of KH1 relying on the Keyblade’s might, eager to put his battle skills to the test and become a hero.

But Sora doesn’t really become a hero until he declares that his power doesn’t come from his weapon but his friends. He doesn’t need a sword. He has his heart.

From here on, the series consistently demonstrates that the heart is always mightier than the fist. But Sora himself struggles to see the value in compassion and understanding over physical prowess and capability, thereby failing to recognize his own inherent strength.

They are without a doubt his greatest strengths, but he still perceives these traditionally feminine values as inferior to the masculine values someone like Hercules, at first glance, represents in the face of a fight. The height. The muscles. The godly strength. Sora wants to be just like Hercules.

(Which is ironic since Herc’s whole thing is how a hero isn’t measured by the size of their strength but the strength of their heart. But it’s not like Sora has watched the movie.)

This is why the aftermath of failing the Mark of Mastery Exam is such a blow to Sora’s self esteem. Why the taunting by villains about how puny and weak Sora is gets to him. Sora thinks he’s useless if he can’t fight. He thinks learning the Power of Waking is all about getting his physical strength back.

And while physically grinding like he does in KH3 doesn’t hurt; war is upon them, after all… it doesn’t really bring him closer to the Power of Waking, right? Because the PoW has nothing to do with how well you can throw a punch, swing a sword, cast a spell.

It’s strength of heart. Strength of feelings and connections. Again, the things Sora is gifted at. Mastering the PoW in KH3 would’ve been a breeze if Sora wasn’t thinking like a shonen protagonist and instead recognized and accepted his inherent, “feminine” strengths.

All this is to say, I think it’s hard to define Kingdom Hearts as shonen or magical girl because it really is like, hey let’s throw this shonen protagonist into a magical girl story and see what happens! And what happens is Sora lmao

[ostdrossel]

Another one for the Grackheads.

They were the highlight on this gloomy day.

[ginkgo-bilobas]

I was born in the late nineteen hundreds