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[Penelope]

I’m confused.

Are you sure you’re not confusing Judaism and Christianity?

[Penelope]

I’m part of the LGBTQ community and I absolutely agree with you about rape and slavery, but I’ve read the Ten Commandments and there’s nothing in there about goats. That’s probably one of the kosher dietary laws (although I think they say you CAN’T mix meat and milk, but I’m not 100% sure).

[Penelope]

TheCountAlucard my friend is an evangelical minister and he told me that the coming of Jesus abolished all of the old laws except for the Ten Commandments. (Granted, he doesn’t actually know I’m a witch, but still.)

I agree with you that Christianity is badly flawed. That’s why I’m not Christian. I’m just saying that if you get rid of some of the more extreme passages (the one about menstruating women is pretty bad, but I don’t even know anyone with crushed genitals...), the central tenets of the New Testament (Love thy neighbor) is not that bad.

If this triggers...

[Penelope]

TheCountAlucard true, but the New Testament isn’t really that bad. Fornication (hooking up) is only criticized once in a laundry list of like twenty other relatively minor sins, while adultery (cheating) is condemned in all four Gospels. Unfortunately, the patriarchy completely distorts what Jesus actually said to the point where it’s totally unrecognizable.

[Penelope]

I believe it. I’m not a Christian, but for every action there’s a reaction. For every Goddess there’s a God. I believe that the Abrahamic God exists. He’s just not the god I worship.

Anyway, Imma go watch The Bachelor. Thanks for helping me figure this out.

[Penelope]

Ohhhhhhh

I get it!!!

You mean what if Lazarus from the Gospels was actually a vampire.

Hmmmm. Maybe.

I think the beloved disciple from the Gospel of John was actually Mary Magdalen, but I’m not sure if that’s relevant.

[Penelope]

TheCountAlucard but Lazarus Embraced the founder of the Lamiae, and the Lamiae were around in the Mythic Age of Greece, long before the time of Jesus. Doesn’t that mean that the Methuselah Lazarus can’t possibly be the same Lazarus from the Gospels?

Not arguing with you. I’m genuinely curious. I love history.

[Penelope]

Fascinating. Thank you.

[Penelope]

That’s what I thought. Thanks. Is it true that Lazarus was the progenitor of the Lamiae bloodline?

[Penelope]

Or is he another Cainite with the same name? I’ve been told that Lazarus is just the Latin version of the Hebrew name Eliezer.

[Penelope]

My friend is playing a Selkie and his character is going out with a regular human girl who’s aware of his fae nature. Our ST just bought Isle of the Mighty, so we’re going to be traveling to England and Wales next time we play.

[Penelope]

johntfs I thought about what you said.

Do you agree that it would be helpful if someone with a high Presence and Manipulation score who wanted to convince another person to do something also had the Striking Looks merit?

Also, “little” in that song means short. Petite. He’s not demeaning her.

That being said, thank you. What you said above is the most useful advice I ever received on a gaming site.

[Penelope]

johntfs shit. I never looked at it that way.

[Penelope]

Mateus Luz

[Penelope]

@mateusluz my friend is kind of heavy and people still find her attractive, but usually only after she lets them see her boobs (except for the ones who actually like her like her).

My point is, appearance is somewhat subjective, but it’s still important. However, I do agree that it can be accurately represented by the Striking Looks merit. You don’t need a whole separate attribute.

Thanks for talking this out with me.

[Penelope]

I actually like that better than my idea. Thanks.

[Penelope]

Oh come with me my pretty little one
Oh come with me my honey
I swear by the blue eyes in my head
That you’ll never want for money...

“My pretty little one.” Not “my high-Presence little one.”

[Penelope]

But it some of the old games Appearance was a separate attribute. Did people back in the Nineties think beauty was objective?

[Penelope]

Ghosts are just light from a dead star...

Richard Papen in The Secret History when he sees Agent Sciola (the FBI agent who asked him about Bunny’s murder) on an anti-smoking commercial the year after he died from lung cancer.

[Penelope]

Hmm. Maybe. Some people might think pink and blue hair is beautiful, but someone else might disagree. Is that why you mean?