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If you had to pick ONE medieval text to give someone who knows nothing about the Middle Ages, what would it be?
Key difference between BG3 and Veilguard:
Baldur's Gate let your character believe whatever and act however, even to the detriment of the companions and their beliefs.
In Veilguard, your character could not give serious offense to anyone who wasn't a villain. It wasn't allowed.
The former is game design centered on player choice, the latter is — transparently — the writers' ethics forced onto the player character's personality. That's the activism people hated.
They hollowed out their own company and now they grieve that it collapsed.
I am very sorry for the people that lost their jobs.
I can't say I'm sorry that we won't get more Mass Effect. God knows what would've been done to it.
The basilica of Saint-Denis (France, 12th c.), a marvel of Gothic architecture and one of the most beautiful churches in the world.
Imagine what it would have been like to live in this time, to sit in the colorful light of the rose window and know that God knows you, too.
Translate this passage from the Wycliffe Bible:
Lord, biholde thou into thi seruauntis, and in to thi werkis; and dresse thou the sones of hem. And the schynyng of oure Lord God be on vs; and dresse thou the werkis of oure hondis on vs, and dresse thou the werk of oure hondis.
How far do we take this logic?
Reading about war can be frightening. Reading the news can be frightening.
Mind, I think there are some films in the horror genre that are just not good for consumption (e.g., explicit sexual content, relishing in violence for its own sake). I'm open to that convo.
But "avoid fear" is not the strongest argument, especially when the context of the "fear not" verses often directs us to trust in God instead of fretting about our *worldly needs.*
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The chalice of Abbot Suger of St Denis (12th c. France)
Note how the sardonyx catches the light and makes the contents of the cup look fiery, even alive.
Think about the sacramental implications of that choice!
my husband's been playing the new hellraiser game, so i've been thinking about this franchise a lot.
(i can't play it myself bc i am a chicken)
the cenobite labyrinth IS liminal queerness and i mean that with 100% sincerity
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"Most women before the sexual revolution weren't innately attracted to their husbands."
I'm sorry, but that is not accurate.
Plenty of women novelists of that period distinctly but subtly (of course) included themes of female attraction in their works. In fact, these women were sometimes reprimanded for such themes in published periodicals penned by male reviewers. That being said, Austen's heroines modeled marrying good men... to whom they were also quite attracted. And there's nothing wrong with that.
