wisdom to the mighty; honor to the brave

"In Him there is no darkness at all." 1 John 1:5. As He died to make men holy, we must live to make men free

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congratulations! I'm so happy for you! now that you're out of there, you can start your real life!

My real life has been ongoing for years. Living in Gilead wasn’t fake.

But thank you, anon, for the thought. 

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Wait, your Alexander is that lilies-on-water person? Because um I looked at their blog and apparently they go by Lily and like to wear dresses, so if they're the only "guy" you've been attracted to, you.... might not be that gay after all. Just really good at subconsciously noticing trans people.

He isn’t the only man I’ve been attracted to in retrospect, he goes by Alexander with me, and even if this were true, the term “SSA” specifically doesn’t make that distinction. 

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well. so you were lying all along about not being ssa. I guess it proves that we are too lenient on you dirty bastards, you will all betray us in a heartbeat and go back to your filthy ways given half a chance.

I wasn't lying. I was wrong. And now I'm here with Alexander and I'm not wrong anymore.

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like, are you referencing something??? jokingly accusing satisfy of being evil??? i can't tell

She isn't evil; that wasn't my intent at all.

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whaaaaaaat. okay, that has to be a weird joke, right? except i'm not sure i get it. something something satisfy is turning people into heathens??? would you mind spelling it out for a confused anon

Satisfy isn't turning anyone into a heathen; she meant for me to stay in Gilead and live a normal life here. But she gave me the courage to do the right thing anyway.

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[A photo of the outside of a Cascadian airport.]

Thank you to everyone, especially @satisfy-you-always, who helped me go through with this.

I don't know if I've ever been happier.

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chatlog between Sasha 💜 and Marlo

02:34 >I miss you >I’m not sorry I kissed you but I’m sorry I hurt you

02:46 >>>why do you do this?

02:46 >I don’t know what you mean.

02:48 >>>it’s been a year since I responded to anything you sent me, and you don’t stop. >>>why?

02:49 >I miss you >it’s not about whether you answer

02:57 >>>...I’m not going to magically trust you, you know

02:58 >I know you aren’t >I wouldn’t deserve it if you did >is there anything I can do?

03:13 >>>...send me all the information you have on Gilead >>>every classified email you got in the last year >>>and if it’s true then we’ll see

03:14 >okay >okay, I can do that >thank you >💜

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How is being a cop not making the world better? You realize countries need laws, right, that without law enforcement bad people would be free to do horrible things?

I’m not making a statement about police in general, only about myself personally. What I did wasn’t making anything better. 

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What was your job? Were you smuggling refugees to Cascadia or something?

No, I was part of the police force.

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what happened to your friend? you stopped posting about him a while ago and I don't know if you ever mentioned why

He left the country. Hopefully I’ll get to see him again soon, though. 

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okay. I put in my two weeks’ notice. 

a few of my coworkers have said they’d write letters of recommendation but I don’t think they’d help me in any field I’d want to be in. 

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explanation: that last post sounds like it's about giving a guy oral sex

I’m aware that the double entendre exists, but are you sure that’s the explanation for the ask? Because the ask sounded remarkably like it was about suicide. 

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If that last post is referring to what it seems like, then.. I am so, so sorry that you're hurting, but please reconsider, life is a gift from God and He wouldn't want you to do anything rash. Even if things seem difficult, know that He loves you and wouldn't give you a burden you can't bear - meaning everything will be okay, in the end, if you just hold on a little longer.

I don't know what you mean; it's a reference to praying.

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The Sacrifice of Isaac, Juan de Valdés Leal, 1657-59

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ugh stop giving advice to people with ssa, you're het and you don't know what you're talking about

I'm kind of curious how you're so sure of that.