(A question I have as an atheist raised by a former Catholic) If a Catholic sincerely believes they're worshipping God appropriately, but their beliefs or practice are heretical (if that term applies), either through miseducation or misunderstanding, are they judged by their good intentions or their wrong actions?
They’re judged based on their intentions (for the most part.) if they are a confirmed adult, it was their job to be properly informed. If they are a catechumen, then it is the job of their Catholic community (ie. godparents, catechists, priests, etc) to inform them when they are made aware of their misunderstanding.
For the moodboard requests, how about 70s lesbian buddy cops?
yes they were paired together by their exasperated chief against their will and yes there is a lot of banter and saving each other's lives as they form a grudging respect that turns into something more
41: How do you take your coffee? Don't really like coffee, to be frank with you. I prefer tea. DON'T SHOOT. I just don't quite like the taste? Maybe I've never had good coffee? It's just that coffee is like a beverage I have to work through, tea is lighter and doesn't have a bad aftertaste.
42: An app you frequently use besides this godforsaken site? On my phone? Youtube. I don't use any other social media, and I have no games on my phone.
Worst AU prompt: Dragon Age: Origins. AU where everyone meets doing a reality TV show where they all live in a house together.
i wrote a whole response after misreading the ask (because it's been A Whole Day) so i missed that you specified REALITY tv which would ALSO be very funny because lbr not a whole lot of interpersonal stuff would change but i honestly don't know much about reality tv and also don't want to write a second response when i gotta go to bed in like ten minutes
Mistake response to "dragon age but it's a tv show" au under the cut:
Gen i think we have vastly different ideas of what the word "worst" means because lmao that sounds hilarious does anyone remember that old "the blood gulch chronicles was a tv show and project freelancer was its prequel spin-off" post? No? Probably for the best lbr
Well first thing's first morrigan and alistair are actually best friends a la lena headey and peter dinklage, Alistair was a child star on thedosian disney channel and morrigan has no professional acting experience but Alistair tricked her into auditioning and was fucking thrilled when she got the part. Cailan is alistair's also non-actor younger brother whom he convinced to come over to the set and put on this stupid armor and play the king real quick because the original actor didn't show up and everyone's freaking out. They of course look notably similar so alistair's character, who was in fact supposed to be eamon's bastard, was quickly rewritten to be maric's.
I'm thinking flemeth is a world-renowned stage actress that kind of nobody can believe they actually got on dragon age (because it's a dinky little syfy show that everyone really expected to die after the first season but instead became a cult classic almost immediately) and she takes morrigan under her wing while they work together and form a lifelong friendship/mentorship.
Whoever the warden is, their race origin counterpart is their stunt double that they become great friends with over the course of shootijg (brosca and aeducan, tabris and mahariel, cousland and amell) and all the other possible wardens are other crew members.
Zevran was supposed to be a one-off baby antagonist that the warden kills at the end of the interrogation scene (possibly as a sign that they're becoming Darker and Edgier or something) but the second Zev got cast the writers looked at him and said "christ we can't waste this guy just by killing him" and quickly wrote him into the companions; a lot of his background behavior is a cross between orlando bloom's "no one told me what's happening in the scene" legolas and ryan reynolds' "all the writers are striking so i have to write my own character's dialogue" wolverine origins deadpool. He is, of course, a fan favorite and a heartthrob that gossip rags have reported as being involved with every member of the cast at least twice.
Sten's love of cookies is real and the rest of the cast kept ad-libbing jokes about it during takes so it just became canon for his character; he was originally a stunt guy too but then the original actor for the character dropped out first day of shooting so sten just stepped up to the plate.
Leliana is an atheist but takes inspiration for her character's faith from a very devout older woman she's been friends with since she was a teen.
Wynne is also a very experienced stage actor but nobody's surprised that she ended up on dragon age because that's like Her Thing. The only tv/movies she does are cheesy sci-fi and fantasy flicks because she thinks they're fun and relaxing.
Oghren has like three different degrees and is an actual trained fencer and likes his character because he barely has any written lines and gets to just make up inappropriate shit on the spot. He gets into debates with the writer/director about his character's background and motivation and when it's appropriate vs. inappropriate for his character to actually be serious about things.
The writer/director is a former popstar known in her youth as Andraste and the studio making dragon age is called Maker Studios.
This is really hard because I’m up to 74 so far, but I’m going exclude rereads! That narrows it down by like...four!
1. The Song of Achilles by Madeleine Miller
2. The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
3. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
4. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
5. Good Talk by Mira Jacobs
Oooh, but my top five books that came out this year are The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi, A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik, The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty, and Caste by Isabel Wilkerson.
Goodreads says 52 so far, which is a bummer but not unexpected- I read incessantly at the start of the pandemic, then abruptly dropped off into a slump where I could only lie around doing nothing. I am hoping to finish a few more (or at least some short stories) before December is over.
2. Did you reread anything? What?
During my pirate frenzy after watching National Theater Treasure Island, I reread The Windflower, a fun old pirate romance novel. I also reread Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton to celebrate having bought a nice new hardcover copy, and a bunch of the Squires Tales series while writing Arthurian fic. I had planned to reread at least one book a month, but that obviously didn’t happen.
9. Did you get into any new genres?
I’m not a huge poetry person, but the collection Salt is for Curing by Sonya Vatomsky was nicely moody and atmospheric. I also don’t often read spaceship books, but The High Crusade was hilarious, especially the ending. It’s about medieval knights fighting baffled aliens, which helps.
25. What reading goals do you have for next year?
Man, I just want to start reading at my regular pace again! I’m trying to ease into it by reading ebooks when I’d be otherwise constantly refreshing the same blog pages on the internet.
Atm it’s nobody. The celebrity spot in my life is completely occupied by my cat who is a diva. I know it’s an underwhelming answer, but I legit just live my life crushless.
11. what unusual talent do you have
The ability to get “above average” in anything I try to do while also simultaneously lose all the passion I had for it. Sounds like a bummer, but there are so many things in life to try. Except for sports. I’m disabled, so, can’t do sports.
I was only planning on boosting that new POTO ask game because I was feeling old/tired/grumpy that day, not gonna lie, but it was a nice surprise to get an ask from you, @general-sleepy! So I’ll go ahead and answer 😊
19. Favorite scene? Either the unmasking/STYDI or Wandering Child (for ALW)
20. What’s one detail you would change about your favorite adaption? My favorite version is the ALW musical and, honestly, I haven’t thought that much about what I would change! (For the original staging, at least.) I’ll say incorporating the name Erik, since otherwise the character is only canonically known as the Phantom/Angel of Music/OG/etc.
21. How would you make your least favorite adaptation better? I’m not sure how you can improve Rat Phantom! 🤷♀️🐀🤣 At least make him ugly??
