The Vanguard

This post isn’t necessarily about one incident or one religion or whatever. It’s more of a general post about a variety of things that I’ve observed, mostly within pagan groups. It’s just annoying me at the moment, and it’s all I can think about to post here, since I neglected to post last weekend. Sorry! Was very busy. >.<

(As an aside, I’m also posting this over at Per Sebek, due to relevance.)

Now, I know religion can be a touchy subject for some, and for those who are Pagan of some sort, it can be a subject they are unwilling to talk about due to a fear of harrassment. I get it. However, I don’t think that can really justify the notion that all these little pagan groups need to cut themselves off from anyone who doesn’t agree with them, as if somehow an alternative experience or view point might be the cause of the apocalypse.

‘They’re just a troll, ignore them’. I find this excuse somewhat pathetic. Sure, some might be genuine trolls, and fair enough, if they’re genuine trolls, so be it. But if it’s more of an issue of someone saying something you don’t like, or maybe expressing a belief that’s not necessarily one you hold, I am not inclined to call troll. I don’t think cutting yourself off from alternative perspectives helps anyone, and I think it gives the perception of a closed community, one that is conformist and not accepting of differing views.
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Dodgy subject line is dodgy.

For once, I don’t have anything in particular I want to talk about this week. Nothing is itching at me to rant about, there’s nothing pressing I haven’t talked about already. I’m quite… content, if that’s the right word. And also sneezing my nose off. Bloody hayfever I refuse to believe I have. XD

That said, it is a nice state to be in every once in a while. Being angry and frustrated takes energy and sometimes I just can’t be fucked. What can I say? I’m lazy.

So, in light of me not feeling like talking about anything in particular after spending the morning trying to find a prompt that caught my attention, I’m just going to post a video I found on TVtropes a few days ago.
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I haven’t been writing much of late. It is, perhaps, the dawning realisation that I have two weeks to write a politics essay about a topic I don’t particularly have much interest in. Ahh, fuck it, we’ll do the one about democracy. I can ramble about that for 1500 words.

Anyway. I suppose it’s been nice not feeling the urge to write so much. I mean, sometimes you need some space to just let ideas gel and emerge and form themselves into a coherent form, and sometimes that doesn’t happen when all you’re doing is writing.

Other writers might call this spate of not being able to write ‘writer’s block’. But I don’t see it that way. I’m not blocked, I’m just giving space to ideas. For me, in spite of my feeling that I would die if I couldn’t write, I don’t spend most of my time writing. I sleep, I shower, I eat, I watch TV and videos, I game, I go to class, I study, I spend time on public transport, I occasionally work. When I have the time, I write. When the muses prod me enough, I write. When I absolutely can’t keep the words in any longer, I write.
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