#biblestuck

[scoundrellyfeline]

not really sure why you chose to advertise on tumblr of all places ://

[crusty-the-snowman]

if you get this joke im sorry

(his hair was based on this tweet: https://twitter.com/mechanicalkopec/status/1493718067892813825?s=21)

[kwithh]

lord of time jesus drawn on a whiteboard with @zungravez

[bramblepatch]

schizotypalvexen replied to your post: For the record, my favored Gospel-flav...

but what about jesus christ superstarstuck.

honestly I’m not really feeling an interpretation that depends so heavily on the passion at the expense of the movement before and after? given that from what we see in HS canon the political situation around Signless’s execution doesn’t actually seem to track all that closely to the political situation around Jesus’s execution

[bramblepatch]

For the record, my favored Gospel-flavored Biblestuck interpretations:

Signless as Jesus. Obviously. I shouldn’t have to explain this one.

Dolorosa as Mary, Mother of Jesus. Again, I think everyone knows the clear textual and subtextual parallels here. Title is derived from Mater Dolorosa (Mother of Sorrows), a representation of the Virgin Mary used in Christian iconography.

Psiioniic as Simon Peter. Generally seen as Jesus’s second-in-command and a major leader in the movement both before and after Jesus’s death; stubborn and loyal, although often not the brightest. Pre-scratch, Mituna’s headstrong and impulsive nature and occasional flagrant disregard for his own safety implies his Alternian counterpart may have had a temperament appropriate to the guy who did shit like attempt to go water-walking with Jesus (which, to be fair, he almost pulled off).

Disciple as John the Apostle/John the Evangelist. I know lots of people interpret her as a Mary Magdalene parallel, which is valid, but I prefer her as the one who wrote a gospel that was equal parts “nigh-incomprehensible figurative language” and “friendly reminder that Jesus liked me best,” and also possibly the Book of Revelation. John is also believed to be the only of the twelve apostles not to be martyred, but rather to have died in exile. 

Neophyte Redglare as Paul the Apostle. A well-educated legal scholar and early persecutor of the church, converted well after Jesus’s actual death but within the lifespan of his contemporaries, and was ultimately martyred with more dignity than generally allowed to convicted Christians at the time because of his Roman citizenship. Now, we don’t know whether Redglare also invokes the theme of sensory loss the other Pyropes do, or when or how she came to the Cult of the Signless Sufferer, but unless canon sees fit to tell us otherwise, I’m sticking by my theory of “caught out in daylight on the road to Troll Damascus, blinded, taken in and nursed back to health by Signlessist cultists.”

I don’t have as strong of headcanons or as extensive of justification for them, but I can also give you an option on Darkleer as Longinus, and the Handmaid as an extremely pissed-off Archangel Gabriel.

[mcskullykins]

I think I love biblestuck too much

[geekofmanytopics]

Dolorosa 6:1-19

1The child was six sweeps old when he discovered a mysterious power. 2One day while the child slept, watched over by The Dolorosa, visions of peace and visions of war came onto him. 3Great and terrible were these visions and the child woke. 4And comforted by The Dolorosa, the child spoke of his visions. 5The child spoke of a gathering of trolls from across the hemospectrum and of how these trolls came together to achieve a great triumph for our species. 6And the child spoke of a system in which the highbloods used their great power to help even the lowest of the lowblooded castes.

7And The Dolorosa was amazed for she believed these visions to be of the past and of the future. 8But The Dolorosa worried for the child for the ideals these visions brought were hated by the highbloods and by Her Imperial Condescension. 9But she did not scold the child, for The Dolorosa believed in these ideals as well. 10The Dolorosa spoke to the child saying, My child, these visions are a great blessing onto you for ideals of peace are surely needed in these times. 11But to what end these visions will take you I cannot imagine."

12And sweeps passed in relative peace within the hive on the edge of the cluster. 13The visions of the child became more vivid as he matured and each night he would tell The Dolorosa what he saw. 14And looking upon the poor hives of the lowblooded cluster from afar, the child became filled with a righteous fury and he wished that the visions of peace he saw would come true. 15And when the child was nearing his ninth sweep, he spoke to The Dolorosa and pleaded with her, "Custodian, I wish to teach others of the peaceful ideals my visions have brought to me. 16It is my hope that through my actions, my visions will become reality. 17Will you accompany me through the land and protect me?" 18And The Dolorosa agreed and she and the child left the hive on the edge of the cluster. 19The child took up the name of The Signless and on this cycle did he begin his righteous journey.

[geekofmanytopics]

Dolorosa 5:1-10

1When The Dolorosa returned to the hive where the child was, the child became frightened of The Dolorosa. 2The Dolorosa soothed the child saying, “Fear not, my child, for I will never harm you.” 3And The Dolorosa and the child stayed in their hive for three more cycles for The Dolorosa was still wounded.

4When it came time to leave, The Dolorosa led the child to a hive which was on the edge of a cluster of hives. 5And The Dolorosa told the child, "Here we shall dwell for a long time, my child. 6For now I must live off the blood of trolls and through fear and superstition I shall protect you."

7And in time rumors began to form about a Rainbow Drinker living in the abandoned hive on the edge of the cluster. 8And trolls who stayed outside just before dawn began to be culled by The Dolorosa for their blood. 9And trolls avoided the hive and the child was safe. 10And The Dolorosa and the child lived in the hive for many sweeps.