If Chipp was black it wouldn't actually make him colonizing South Africa thaaat much better because the fact is he'd still be a USAmerican imposing his own systems onto the region with little to no regard towards the people that actually live there especially especially because his story isn't one about black liberation (on account of him not actually being black) and is instead a weeb wanting to make a faux Japan vassal state because he thinks being a ninja is cool. I think Chipp's country is just an unfortunate unfortunate aspect of Daisuke being a nb South African & it'd be healthier for the health of the fandom for us to recgonize that this aspect of the story is shittt ass and racist. If you want to rewrite him sure have fun but it's not something that has a easy fix.
Re the anon asking if him being black would make his story problematic because his history would be stereotypical ; I recommend watching naylissah's videos on black stereotypes in character design.
I'm supposed to tell other Christians my sin so we can pray for each other. Well guess what, God, I'm ashamed of myself *cries* i don't want to talk about it. i commit sexual acts against my own body in the shower. I didn't do it last time and i was so grateful to God and proud of myself. All hope is not lost and the evidence is in the ask. Please pray for me.
Hi love, I’m just now seeing this message. It was sent years ago, and I’m really sorry it took me this long to respond. I lost my old phone and no longer have the number that was connected to this Tumblr, so it took forever for me to regain access. But I didn’t want to ignore your courage or your honesty.
What you shared is something many Christians quietly battle with. Feeling ashamed doesn’t make you weak...it makes you human. And the fact that you reached out at all shows that your heart was already fighting for freedom.
Please remember this. Your identity in Christ is not defined by a moment of weakness.
Even Scripture comforts us in this exact place:
“There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” — Romans 8:1
“My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” — Psalm 34:18
If you ever read this now, I want you to know I’m praying for you.
You’re not alone. You’re not dirty. And your struggle never made God stop loving you.
she looks mad mad. tbh i don't go berserk when i see idols get angry because i get angry along with them (like, cant the audio ppl in the back do their job?!?) but she does look hot while being professional
Here’s the thing about Kakashi.
He’s quite possibly Konoha’s worst (yes, you read that right) worst Sensei.
Mostly due to the fact that he’s so caught up in his guilt and past that he literally had nothing to give his students.
I’m not saying this to hate on Kakashi, he’s his own person with very valid struggles and I don’t want to slam him bc of his life experiences, but for the purpose of this here writing I’m going to ignore Kakashi’s right to be stuck in the past and talk about why he isn’t qualified to do the job the 3rd Hokage assigned him.
Specifically in relation to Sasuke (bc let’s be real, after shippuden started was Kakashi really Naruto and Sakura’s sensei anymore? also this blog is about Sasuke so if you’re expecting any other type of content IDK how to help you)
Let me start by saying Kakashi had a lot of potential to help Sasuke out; they come from somewhat similar backgrounds - prominent families in the village that at some point were no longer favorable to the village, and then losing said families. Both were child prodigies and (I assume) had a lot of external pressure to live up to and not enough time to work through their own feelings...
you’d think with everything they had in common Kakashi could have used his experiences to relate to Sasuke and then guide him down a much healthier path--but instead he only made things worse.
and here’s where we get into the main meat of this rant and my list of reasons why Kakashi was a horrible sensei (grab some popcorn bc I’m about to go off)
1) Kakashi identifies Sasuke’s issues early...and then does nothing.
without a doubt, Kakashi knew who Sasuke was. He knew what had happened to the Uchiha clan, and he could probably imagine what kind of pain Sasuke was going through and yet when Sasuke very openly admits that he doesn’t have any purpose for his future except to avenge his clan Kakashi simply makes a mental note that it was ‘just as he thought’
2) Kakashi doesn’t really say anything nice...
your mileage may vary with this one, and of course it’s a matter of personal taste, but Kakashi doesn’t say anything nice about Sasuke. Not to his face anyway. and it’s not just that he isn’t nice, he taunts him too.
To a regular person this may not cause much damage, but we have to look at the fact that Sasuke has grown up alone and un-nurtured for the last 5 years and that the last person who was important in his literally told him that he was worthless and unfit for anything (hello root cause of Sasuke’s insecurity)
Kakashi’s words then become really destructive and damaging to any chance he had of creating a safe space for Sasuke to open up and feel looked after/get the help he needed
3) Kakashi didn’t get it
This happens during the infamous treetop chat, where he literally ties Sasuke to the tree so he can say what he wants to say.
(red flag right there bc honestly what is with this village and constantly trying to force Sasuke to do what they want him to do without actually taking the time to listen to him or address his problems directly. Seriously.
Also why are you waiting until just now to reach out to him when you’ve known he’s been struggling since day one. see #1 on this rant)
I hate this scene because it’s a really good moment outside of the context of, well, Sasuke and all that he is and has been through.
It was meant to be a call to reality scene where Kakashi helps Sasuke see that he’s not alone in his suffering, that he has friends who care about him, that leaving the village isn’t going to help him, and his life situation isn’t actually all that bad.
(can you spot the sarcasm?)
Spoiler alert: this scene is another example of people who thought they understood Sasuke and knew how to help, which is not the same as actually understanding him and knowing how to help.
See also Naruto, Sakura, and Gaara to name the most prominent other ones.
4) “sure, but everyone I ever loved is already dead... :)”
Ok listen. I get where Kakashi is coming from, I really do. but this line. I hate it.
Again, it’s a great line out of context of everything Sasuke is dealing with.
And yeah, I can see why Kakashi thought it might help.
But just to recap, Sasuke’s entire clan, his immediate family, probably the bulk of his friends because Bigotry™, his extended family, everything he’s known and loved and held dear, his security, the family culture he grew up with, any promise of a bright future etc. was taken away from him by his older brother whom he loved more than anything in one night. He literally lost everything that would help him gain any sort of bearing of identity and sense of worth, not to mention anyone to love him, in one night. and it was taken by the person he loved most, someone he trusted and looked up to and believed in. And then that person told him he was completely worthless.
Kakashi on the other hand lost his best friend during a ninja mission (a devastating loss but common within the context of everyone being ninja and it being wartime), and lost his father and other friend/crush? to suicide.
All very real pains, but different than Sasuke’s.
Sasuke’s lash out of “what if I killed everyone you ever cared about” was a plea for someone to understand the kind of agony he was carrying everyday, and Kakashi--who honestly out of everyone else should have sensed a need to sit and listen--ignored it by taking the opportunity to invalidate Sasuke’s very specific pain.
5) Kakashi kind of ....gave up?
At some point it seems like Kakashi just gave up trying to help Sasuke and decided that it was unavoidable and inevitable that Sasuke was going to “go bad” and leave the village.
I mean, he noticed it on day one, right? (srry, I’m salty about that one if you couldn’t tell).
6) Except he didn’t
At some point he decides that as Sasuke’s sensei he should be the one to take responsibility for Sasuke going “bad” and kill him.
Forget talking to him, forget apologizing for not taking the time to talk to him earlier, he decided that he’s going to fight Sasuke and “take care of the problem once and for all”.
I could go on, but at this point I think I should stop and take a really, really long walk.
In summary: While you’d expect Kakashi to have seen and treated Sasuke differently he didn’t, and while he was set up to be the perfect mentor character to Sasuke (Naruto got Jiraiya so you’d think Kakashi would’ve stepped in to help Sasuke more) he really fell flat.
Overall as a sensei I think he was too bogged down with his own pain and survivor’s guilt to really be present, and maybe he was too scared to help Sasuke grow because he thought if he fed the fire it would only get worse.
In any case, other than teaching Sasuke chidori, Kakashi was really detached from Sasuke’s struggles except when he thought it had gone too far. And by then it was too late to do any good.
I think if he had stepped in a little more, listened a little more, helped Sasuke channel his feelings productively, maybe even helped Sasuke work through said feelings, things could’ve been great.
He could’ve been the Iruka to Sasuke’s Naruto, you know?
but he wasn’t.
Anonymous- So let me guess: you think you’re Lucifer.
Yes, I do. But let’s replace the word think with believe. I believe I am Lucifer yes and I know that sounds very egotistical to say. What right do I have to call myself something like that, a fallen angel with big power and importance. Maybe I am wrong but that’s why I choose to believe it. I may not have material proof like wings actually growing out of my back or maybe shape-shifting powers. I don’t. Because right now I am human. The only thing I can do right now Is sense how people are without knowing them, a bit of healing and a bit of pyrokinesis. But that doesn’t matter.
I can believe what I wish to believe and of course others will oppose me because everyone has another belief and other opinions. But anyone can believe what they want as long as they don’t hurt others with it.
I will never go to another person who believes they are Lucifer and want to prove them wrong. I do feel uncomfortable when I see someone like that but let them believe what they want. If they don’t hurt me with that , why should I go attacking them and telling them how wrong they are.
I don’t care what anyone thinks of me. If I am a fake or not. That is up to you to decide. If you think I am and dislike me, just leave this blog. You have every right. But don’t go trying to tell me what a fake I am.
And if you like me and believe me than that’s great and I will welcome you here like everyone else who seeks knowledge or maybe even just a fun blog with weird posts.
Lastly, if you want to talk about anything to me at least get off of anonymous and actually tell me like you mean it. I don’t like people who do things half assed or hide behind others or anonymity to insult or prove someone else wrong. It only shows that you are just a coward.
Of course I could go on and on telling why I may think I am Lucifer but that’s not what this is about. And quite fortunately is non of your business if you disagree that I am anyway. But honestly I sometimes enjoy these mean anons. Thank you all for listening.
(response to "kydizzy boring as hell") TRUE... Dizzy is barely a character in strive, she's just ky's housewife. She only ever gets to talk about ky and how she serves him, it pisses me off so badly. I know that the misogyny in Dizzy's writing is kinda baked in by this point but god I wish they would let her be more than a wife. She could absolutely be a more fleshed out character, it's all mostly there already, but she just HAS to be some guy's wife. I Hate That White Boy
I struggle with sexual sin and ideation of rebellion
Hey friend, I’m only seeing this message now even though it was sent years ago. I lost my phone back then, and the phone number tied to this account was disconnected, so I couldn’t get back in for a long time. I’m sorry this reply is late — but I still want to speak to your heart with honesty and compassion.
Struggling with sin doesn’t mean you’re rebelling against God. It means you’re in a battle — and battles happen because your soul is valuable. Those thoughts you described aren’t signs of failure; they’re signs of spiritual tension, the kind Scripture talks about openly.
Paul wrote about the same kind of internal conflict:
“I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.” — Romans 7:19
That’s not a rebellious heart. That’s a heart under pressure.
Here are a few verses that speak directly to your situation:
“He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.” — Philippians 1:6
“Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” — Galatians 5:16
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” — Psalm 51:10
If you ever come across this reply now, please know that I’m praying for you even today. God has not given up on you, and neither should you.
(PART 2) to say that I had taken Monday off for mental health rather than feeling unwell, so I panicked and told her I tested positive for the virus even though I was negative. My office has been teleworking since March, and so I haven’t had any contact with my coworkers since then. However, now my HR Department is calling me, trying to get me to send them a copy of my positive test results and I don’t know what to do. I’m so embarrassed and ashamed and I’m afraid I’m going to lose my job.
Part 2
If this still lingers in your heart, I hope you know grace covers even that. What happened doesn’t define your character. It shows that you were under immense pressure and doing the best you could with what you had. God’s mercy reaches backward, it restores, not condemns.
