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Blog: I Went to a New Age Expo (Stranger in a Strange Land) – Why are There so Many Kids Here? And What’s with Reincarnation?
Welp, it’s that time of year again. The birds are chirping, the flowers are coming up, the dang mosquitos are back for no other reason than to spite us, and the weather is as indecisive as Taylor Swift where it can’t decide what it wants to be. In other words, its spring, and that means that my local New Age expo is back in town, which means y’all get to hear about the madness.
This expo is one of four this year, with two happening in spring, one happening in mid-summer, and the last in early fall. However, from what I’ve heard from the people who went in previous years, the one we went to was the biggest one of the year. That said, I wasn’t surprised about the sheer number of people who were there. The convention hall was super crowded, but one of the things I wasn’t expecting about the crowd was how many kids were there. The majority of the crowd was female, so it was only natural that there would be some moms, but I wasn’t expecting the moms to bring their kids, ages ranging from babies to pre-teens. I saw one little boy holding a crystal wand in each hand as he sat and meditated at a booth, for crying out loud.
I can’t tell what’s worse: kids running around at Sephora, or kids running around at the New Age Expo. At least Sephora doesn’t have several booths selling psilocybin.
But besides the absurd number of kids there, the main thing that my family’s conversations with people revolved around was reincarnation. Now, I’ll stick to the three most interesting conversations we had with the people there for the sake of brevity, but all three are weird.
The first person we talked to was a lady who identified as Roman Catholic and believed in various Masters of Wisdom, particularly that Jesus is the Master of Love and Buddha is the Master of Wisdom. Further, she believed in perennial wisdom, which is the belief that there was once an ultimate truth or religion that got turned into the various beliefs and religions held by everyone today. Thus, everyone is on their own path to the ultimate source of everything as they gradually figure out and accept that they have the divine spark within them and reach enlightenment over the course of thousands or millions of reincarnation cycles.
She also believed that since everyone gets reincarnated, they basically have infinite attempts to get it right. If the planet blows up in the meantime, that’s fine. You’ll get transferred to a different planet. And if you do get it right and become some sort of super enlightened spiritual master, you can get transferred to another planet to help other people reach their enlightenment. Doesn’t that sound fun?
Now, for those of you who have read the Bible, you might be slightly confused about who the heck Jesus is to this lady and how He fits into her belief system. After all, she was saying that he’s one of the various Masters you can follow while the Bible says that He’s your only shot to Heaven. Well, when I brought up John 14:6 when Jesus says, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me,” she said that Jesus is essentially the most enlightened person ever. He’s the gatekeeper to reaching God, so as the Master of Love, He’s the highest standard for everyone to follow to reach their divine spark.
Of course, that is not at all what Jesus meant in the Bible, but this is how she was interpreting it to fit with her worldview.
But that leaves the question of how Jesus reached such a high enlightenment status that He could claim to be God. According to her, it was through being unconditionally loving, thus reaching His full potential through the divine spark within, because God is love, whatever that’s defined as. It’s not like according to the Bible, while God is loving and merciful, He’s also just and must rain down His wrath on those who break His law or anything.
Overall, the path to the ultimate truth according to her was by being unconditionally loving and by following whatever truth fits you…which is entirely subjective and contradictory.
Another interesting conversation I had was with a member of what’s possibly the most obvious pseudo-Christian cult I’ve ever seen. This cult is called the Church of Shambhala Vajradhara Maitreya Sangha, and its leader is a dude who calls himself Buddha Maitreya and claims to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. As such, he believes that it’s his job to restore the Noosphere through Christ consciousness, amongst other things.
But what is the Noosphere? I’ll let him explain:
The Noosphere is the planetary sphere of mind or thinking layer of the planet Earth. To grasp the idea of the Noosphere, we must elevate our consciousness and open ourselves to the most general, elemental, and cosmic principles of life on Earth.
The Noosphere is the next stage in the evolution of human consciousness. As the mental sheathe of the planet, the Noosphere characterizes mind and consciousness as a unitary phenomenon. This means that the quality and nature of our individual and collective thoughts directly affects the Noosphere and creates the quality of our environment – the biosphere.
The historic process is changing dramatically before our eyes … Mankind taken as a whole is becoming a powerful geological force. Humanity’s mind and work face the problem of reconstructing the biosphere in the interests of freely thinking Mankind as a single entity. This new state of the world we are approaching without noticing it, it is the ‘Noosphere’.
The return of Christ as the fulfillment of the Noosphere as well as the consummation of the universe. According to the Law of Time, the end of linear time begins the time of the Noosphere and the return of Christ Consciousness.But when will the return of Christ be if this dude is claiming to be the reincarnation of Christ? According to the lady I was talking to, who was a nun for this cult, the first coming occurred when Jesus came in His original body. After He died and was resurrected, she then said that He went to India (where He also spent His early years between 12 and 30), married, and somewhere along the line, was reincarnated in various forms, which is the second coming.
If you’re confused, I am too.
I asked her how that lined up with what the Bible (which she claimed to have read) says about the return of Jesus and how everyone will see Him and every knee will bow. Her response, like with many of the other questions I asked her, was, “I’m just a student.”
Some of the other questions I asked her included:
1). “Do you believe the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are the actual teachings of Jesus during His first coming?”
2). “What evidence is there that Buddha Maitreya is the reincarnation of Jesus Christ?”
3). “If karma is real,” – (they believe in karma) – “then if a woman is raped, then does she deserve it for something bad that she did in a past life?”
4). “What defines good and bad, or your concept of ‘virtue’?”
5). “What happens after we die? Do I get reincarnated or do I get to break out of that cycle?”
6). “If we’re constantly being reincarnated, then what purpose is there in repenting and following this guy if I’m still, maybe, going to get reincarnated?”
The answers to questions 4-6 could be summed up as, “I don’t know,” as she kept telling me, “I’m just a student. It’s better to hear ‘Jesus’ speak.” The other three questions, however, she did try to answer. On the first one, she said that while Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were okay about Jesus’ ministry, but it’s better to hear from Buddha Maitreya himself. Additionally, her group mainly focuses on the “Lost Gospels.” The Lost Gospels are basically a theory that Jesus, in the 18 years that we know next to nothing about between His childhood and ministry, went to India, did some stuff there, and travelled back to Israel to His thing. Of course, there’s no solid historical evidence for this, but this is what they roll with.
On my second question, her response was that some anonymous pastor/theologian in South Africa said that Buddha Maitreya was Jesus after listening to him. And with the third question, she just brushed that off entirely as absurd.
I hope y’all can detect the issues with her apologetic for this cult. If it wasn’t saying “I don’t know” or deflecting, it’s based on completely unverifiable sources or unsupported theories. It got to a point where we were both getting frustrated, her with the questions, and me with the lack of answers. Finally, she directed me to Buddha Maitreya’s YouTube channel, and I may do a deep dive post on him and his cult eventually.
Finally, the last person I’ll mention here is a dude I’m just going to call Wyatt. Originally, we thought he was a Wiccan, but actually, he was closer to a Luciferian. There are different types of Luciferians out there, but in his case, he believed that we are gods who came from some source that we later called “God,” and that we need to realize that we’re God to eventually reach our full potential as god at some point. Thus, Wyatt believed that he’s a god and that he can help other people reach their god-ness.
As we continued to question this belief, though, Wyatt started getting visibly flustered to the point where his neck was so red and splotchy that I was wondering if he was having an allergic reaction to something. Thankfully, we were able to end the conversation when my dad informed Mom and I that he had finally located a family friend who was also doing evangelism there.
So, that was my experience with the New Agers this time around. It’s honestly a depressing look at how easily people are deceived as long as they can feel like they are in control.
Until next time,
M.J.
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Apologetics: Flippin’ Fatwa Friday – A Comparison of Claims About the Insanity of Jesus and the Insanity of Muhammad. (Part 3)
Over the last two Flippin’ Fatwa Friday posts, I’ve discussed the possibility that Muhammad and Jesus were either epileptic or insane. Jesus repeatedly proved Himself to be of sound mind and didn’t show any sign of epilepsy. Muhammad didn’t pass so cleanly, with the theory that he had epilepsy or a personality disorder still standing. However, if neither man were epileptic or insane, this leaves what’s possibly the oldest and most serious accusation against either of them: demon possession.
Demonic possession manifests itself in different ways and can look like psychological dysfunction. (15) According to the instances of demon possession recorded in the Bible, demon possessed people can’t control themselves, exhibit new personalities and abilities, (Matt 8:29, 9:33, 12:22, Mark 1:23-24) speak in a different voice or make them mute, (Mark 5:9, Luke 11:14) have supernatural knowledge (Acts 16:16-18), and tend to be suicidal. (Matthew 17:14-21, Mark 9:14-29, Luke 9:37-43, 17:6) (3, 15)
In the Bible, Jesus was accused of being demon possessed numerous times. In Luke 11:15, after Jesus had driven out a demon that made a person mute, some of the members of the crowd said, “By Beelzebul, the prince of demons, he is driving out demons.” Similar accusations are found in Matthew 12:24, Mark 3:21-22, John 7:20, 8:48, 8:52, and 10:20. (3)
However, Jesus’ responses consistently disproved these claims. (Matthew 12:22-32, Mark 2:12, 3:22-30, 5:1-20, Luke 4:33-37, 11:14-23, and John 10:21) (3) At one point, he said, “Every kingdom divided against itself is ruined. And every city or household divided against itself will not last. If Satan forces Satan out, he is divided against himself. How, then, can his kingdom last? If I force demons out of people with the help of Beelzebul, who helps your followers force them out? That’s why they will be your judges. But if I force demons out with the help of God’s Spirit, then the kingdom of God has come to you.” (Matthew 12:25-28) (3)
In Muhammad’s case, he cannot effectively fend off this accusation. In fact, the charge that he was possessed has perhaps the best evidence to support it. Throughout Muhammad’s life, he experienced periods of great spiritual oppression or delusion. (22) Ibn Saad records that during Muhammad’s childhood, Halima would see a cloud shadowing him during severe heat. (10) This so greatly scared her that it prompted her to send him back to Aaminah. (7, 10) In Guillaume’s translation of Ibn Ishaw, page 72: “His [Muhammad’s friends] father said to me, ‘I am afraid that this child has had a stroke, so take him back to his family before the result appears. … She [Muhammad’s mother] asked me what happened and gave me no peace until I told her. When she asked if I feared a demon had possessed him, I replied that I did.” (paragraph 5) (13)
Various accounts of Muhammad’s first revelation are also damning. According to Karen Armstrong, ““Muhammad was torn from his sleep in his mountain cave and felt himself overwhelmed by a devastating divine presence. Later he explained this ineffable experience by saying that an angel had enveloped him in a terrifying embrace so that it felt as though the breath was being forced from his body.” (paragraph 5, sentence 1-2) (22) Sahih Muslim 160a writes, ““Then the Prophet returned therewith, his heart was trembling, and he went to Khadija and said: Wrap me up, wrap me up! So, they wrapped him till the fear had left him. He then said to Khadija: O Khadija! What has happened to me? And he informed her of the happening, saying: I fear for myself.” (1) Sahih Bukhari 4951 also says, “Then Allah’s Messenger returned with that experience; and the muscles between his neck and shoulders were trembling till he came upon Khadija (his wife) and said, ‘Cover me!’ They covered him, and when the state of fear was over, he said to Khadija, ‘O Khadija! What is wrong with me? I was afraid that something bad might happen to me.” (1)
Ibn Ishaq and many of Muhammad’s contemporaries also agreed that he believed himself to be possessed and became suicidal afterwards. (22) Islamic scholar al-Tabari, records that when the revelations ceased for a period of six months to three years, Muhammad became depressed and repeatedly attempted to jump off cliffs and mountain crags. (13) Guillaume’s The Life of Muhammad, page 106 contains Tabari’s record of what Muhammad said: “Now none of God’s creatures was more hateful to me than an (ecstatic) poet or a man possessed: I could not even look at them. I thought, Woe is me poet or possessed – Never shall Quraysh say this of me! I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself and gain rest.” (Paragraph 13-paragraph 14, sentence 1-5) (13)
When compared to the accounts of angelic encounters in the Bible, Muhammad’s initial encounter with Gabriel sounds more akin to the cases of demon possession found in the Bible. Whenever people in the Bible meet an angel, the angel always comforts them with the phrase, “Do not be afraid.” (Gen 15:1, 26:24, 46: 3; Dan 8:15-29, 10:12, 19; Matt 28:5, 10; Luke 1:13, 26-31, 2:10; Rev. 1:17) (3, 22) Then, after the visit from the angel or God Himself, while the people are understandably shaken and filled with reverent fear, they never experienced depression, much less suicidality. (13) In fact, many who were visited by God in the Bible were blessed with the opportunity to fellowship with Him. (Gen 3-4, 6, 12-18, Exodus 3-34, Isaiah 6, Luke 2, Acts 9) (13) With Muhammad’s encounter with Gabriel, none of that is present.
Interestingly, the accusations from Muhammad’s contemporaries that he was possessed aren’t just found in the hadiths. Record of these accusations can also be found in the Quran in verses and passages such as surah 15:6, (2) 44:14, and 37:36, (2, 22), 81:22-25, 69:41-42. (2, 13) The reason for these accusations, according to Tabari, could be rooted in a superstition from the pre-Islamic Arabs who believed in the demon of poetry. (13) The pre-Islamic Arabs believed that great poets were directly inspired by demons, which, combined with the fact that early Quranic revelations were poetic in nature, may explain why Muhammad’s contemporaries and Muhammad himself believed him to be demon possessed. (13, 22) So great was this belief that Muhammad was possessed that there are numerous verses dedicated to rebutting these claims, such as surah 7:184, 23:70, 34:36 52:29, 68:2, 81:22. (2) Further evidence that Muhammad had strange experiences with spiritual entities is found in Sahih Bukhari 3421, which records that he was attacked by jinn during prayer. (1)
Other accounts that support the claim that Muhammad was possessed is the infamous story of the Satanic Verses, which make up surah 53:19-23. (2, 11) According to accounts from Ibn Sa’d and al-Tabari in The Life of Muhammad, when Muhammad’s following was still small in Mecca, he revealed verses that pleased the Meccan leaders because it declared the existence of and endorsed the worship of three goddesses who were worshipped there. (11) When later questioned about it, Muhammad retracted it, (11) and claimed that Satan put those verses in his mouth. (13)
Additionally, various hadiths (i.e. Sahih Bukhari 4.490, 7.660, 7.661, 7.658, 8.89, 8.400) record an incident in which Muhammad was bewitched for a year, believing that he was having sexual relations with his wives when he wasn’t (13, 22) and was also referenced by Ibn Hisham in The Life of Muhammad. (13) Aisha narrates in Sahih Bukhari 3175, “Once the Prophet was bewitched so that he began to imagine that he had done a thing which in fact he had not done.” (1) Sahih Bukhari 6391, also records this and said, “[…] Allah’s Messenger was affected by magic, so much that he used to think that he had done something which in fact, he did not do, and he invoke his Lord (for a remedy). Then (one day) he said, ‘O Aisha! Do you know that Allah has advised me as to the problem I consulted him about?’ Aisha said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger! What’s that?’ He said, ‘Two mean came to me and one of them sat at my head and the other at my feet, and one of them asked his companion, ‘What is wrong with this man?’ The later replied, ‘He is under the effect of magic.’” (1) It continues, saying, “Allah’s Messenger went to that well and returned to Aisha, saying, ‘By Allah, the water (of the well) was as red as the infusion of Hinna, and the date-palm trees look like the heads of devils.’” (1)
People’s reaction to Gabriel were also telling, with as non-Muslims called Gabriel “Satan.” (Sahih Bukhari 2.225) (13) Aisha also couldn’t see Gabriel, (Sahih Bukhari 4.440) Muslims and non-Muslims thought Gabriel was a man named Dihya al-Kalbi (Sahih Bukhari 4.827), and Khadija couldn’t see him. (Life of Muhammad) (13) Gabriel also exhibited behavior that was inconsistent with a real angel of God, such as refusing to go into a house with a dog or picture, (Sahih Bukhari 4.450) didn’t understand genetics, (Sahih Bukhari 4.546), was unable to heal Muhammad when he prayed for him, and was responsible for the massacre of a Jewish tribe of Bani Qurayza. (Sahih Bukhari 5.448) (13)
Finally, as compared to biblical prophets – specifically those who the Apostle Peter describes – Muhammad’s revelations were closer to those of a spiritist or channeler. (22) John Gilchrist, a South African Christian author and well-known authority on Islam compares Muhammad’s revelations to the epileptic boy in Matthew 17, Mark 9, and Luke 9 who was demon possessed. (22) His conclusion was that it’s possible that Muhammad could’ve been such a case, with occultic influences causing epilepsy-like symptoms without amnesia, which has been recorded as happening to oriental ecstatics and mystics by missionaries and others. (22) Even more damning that Muhammad was a false prophet who may have been demon possessed is that not only did Muhammad die of poisoning at the hands of a Jewish woman after the conquest of Khaybar, (11, 13) but all of his male children died when they were very young. (13) Why this is important is because in Jeremiah 23:15, 34, God says that He will punish false prophets via “bitter food” and “poisoned water,” and that He would “punish that man and his household.” (13)
Overall, while it’s almost impossible to give a concrete diagnosis of the mental, spiritual, or neurological state of Jesus or Muhammad, from what we know of their lives, we can see if there is at least the potential that they suffered from some sort of disorder or spiritual oppression. While Jesus Christ has been repeatedly accused of having epilepsy, various personality disorders, or being demon possessed, He has repeatedly proved Himself to be completely sane. He denied being possessed, never acted as one demon possessed, and showed no symptoms of epilepsy or any personality disorders. Muhammad, however, when faced with similar accusations, is unable to give a satisfying rebuttal. From the accounts given by the hadiths and various Islamic scholars, the belief that Muhammad had epilepsy, a personality disorder, or was demonically possessed finds ground. There are strange accounts that support each theory, leading some to even speculate that he had a combination of all three. Either way, it’s clear that while Jesus was perfectly sane and was who He said He was, Muhammad was most likely a madman.
Until next time,
M.J.
#Allah #Apologetics #Bible #Books #Christian #Christianity #DemonPossession #faith #FlippinFatwaFriday #god #hadith #Hadiths #history #Islam #jesus #MentalHealth #Muhammad #Muslim #OpinionPeice #Quran #Religion #Writing -
‘Embassy’: Prime Video Secures Multi-Territory Rights To Action Series; Luke Treadaway & More Join Anna Kendrick, Sam Heughan & J.K. Simmons In Cast
#Acquisitions #Casting #News #AGCTelevision #AleksandarJovanovic #AlexanderKarim #AnnaKendrick #HasanAkil #JamesMurray #JKSimmons #KatieMcGrath #LukeTreadaway #LydiaLeonard #NatalieMendoza #PrimeVideo #SamHeughan #StephenOdubolahttps://deadline.com/2026/04/embassy-prime-video-uk-australia-more-more-casting-1236866923/
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Olivia Holt, Froy Gutierrez, Luke MacFarlane to Lead Anova Pictures’ YA Horror Thriller ‘This Is Not a Test,’ Blue Fox Launching at EFM (EXCLUSIVE)
#Variety #Global #News #AndrewMacdonald #FroyGutierrez #LukeMacfarlane #OliviaHolt -
Great idea! I'll start right away with the 2010s, okay? :BlobhajTinyHeart:
#TheCabinInTheWoods (2011)
#TheConjuring (2013)
#Babadook (2014)
#ItFollows (2014)
#TheWitch (2015)
#UnderTheShadow (2016)
#GetOut (2017)
#GeraldsGame (2017)
#Hereditary (2018)
#Mandy (2018)
#Midsommar (2019)#horror #HorrorMovie #horrorFam #MutantFam #HorrorCommunity #movies #moviecritic
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‘Rancho Dutton’ e ‘Marshals: Uma História de Yellowstone’ terão crossover? Atriz responde
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Marshals: Season 1, Episode 12: The Devil At Home TV Show Trailer
Link: https://film-book.com/marshals-season-1-episode-12-the-devil-at-home-tv-show-trailer/?fsp_sid=199371
#ArielleKebbel #AshSantos #BreckenMerrill #BrettCullen #CBS #GilBirmingham #LoganMarshallGreen #lukegrimes #Marshals #MoBringsPlenty #Paramount #TatankaMeans #TVShowTrailer
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Kelly Reilly Wants A ‘Dutton Ranch’, ‘Marshals’ Crossover: “Maybe We Will”
#News #CBS #DuttonRanch #KellyReilly #LukeGrimes #Marshals #Paramounthttps://deadline.com/2026/05/kelly-reilly-wants-dutton-ranch-marshals-crossover-1236888998/
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Kotaku: Star Wars: Ahsoka Is Quietly Showing That Anyone Can Be A Jedi https://kotaku.com/star-wars-ahsoka-episode-three-series-tano-release-date-1850788375?utm_source=regular #gaming #tech #kotaku #fictionalcyborgs #anakinskywalker #lukeskywalker #internetmemes #streamahsoka #kananjarrus #gerogelucas #sabinewren #darthvader #ahsokatano #lightsaber #starwars #obiwan #disney #grogu #jedi #hera #yoda #sith
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Kotaku: Star Wars: Ahsoka Is Quietly Showing That Anyone Can Be A Jedi https://kotaku.com/star-wars-ahsoka-episode-three-series-tano-release-date-1850788375?utm_source=regular #gaming #tech #kotaku #fictionalcyborgs #anakinskywalker #lukeskywalker #internetmemes #streamahsoka #kananjarrus #gerogelucas #sabinewren #darthvader #ahsokatano #lightsaber #starwars #obiwan #disney #grogu #jedi #hera #yoda #sith
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Kotaku: Star Wars: Ahsoka Is Quietly Showing That Anyone Can Be A Jedi https://kotaku.com/star-wars-ahsoka-episode-three-series-tano-release-date-1850788375?utm_source=regular #gaming #tech #kotaku #fictionalcyborgs #anakinskywalker #lukeskywalker #internetmemes #streamahsoka #kananjarrus #gerogelucas #sabinewren #darthvader #ahsokatano #lightsaber #starwars #obiwan #disney #grogu #jedi #hera #yoda #sith
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Kotaku: Star Wars: Ahsoka Is Quietly Showing That Anyone Can Be A Jedi https://kotaku.com/star-wars-ahsoka-episode-three-series-tano-release-date-1850788375?utm_source=regular #gaming #tech #kotaku #fictionalcyborgs #anakinskywalker #lukeskywalker #internetmemes #streamahsoka #kananjarrus #gerogelucas #sabinewren #darthvader #ahsokatano #lightsaber #starwars #obiwan #disney #grogu #jedi #hera #yoda #sith
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Making Tracks Episode 254: Not a reliable witness: With guest Luke Bligh
#MakingTracks #StarWars #FanthaTracks #MakingTracks #FanthaTracksRadio #RebelLegionUK #BluesHarvest #galaxypalooza #maulshadowlord #epicgames
Making Tracks is back for episode 254 with guest Luke Bligh.
Read the whole story at the below link:
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Luke Skywalker and that missing Episode VII Bespin scene
#LukeSkywalker #TheEmpireStrikesBack #StarWars #FanthaTracks #theforceawakens #thankthemaker #lukeskywalker #robertboulter #collider
The climactic battle between Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader was recreated for The Force Awakens.
Read the whole story at the below link:
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Lueskelin nyt Wanderhome -roolipelin ilmaisversin ja vaikuttipa mukavalta, kuulemma tässä voi jo ihan hyvin viettää pelisession hahmoja rakennellen ja jättää kamppiksen vaikka siihen.
Mielenkiintoista on pelin ohjeissa painotus sille että tässä keskitytään matkaan, ei päämäärään ja että matkalla kohdattujen paikkojen ongelmia ei tulla ratkaisemaan.
Ratkaisun avaimet kun ovat paikallisten käsissä ja heitä voidaan toki autella, mutta ulkopuolisten matkalaisten tulee jatkaa matkaa. Toisaalta hyvinkin Nuuskamuikkusfiiliksiä ja toisaalta täysin sitä vastaan.
Tässä vielä ihana kohta säännöistä:
"Once we have our place, some kith and each other,, we’re going to want to start playing. Every time we gather to play Wanderhome, we will answer these questions together:
- What sort of place did we just travel from?
- Do we feel our journey has been long?
- Is there somewhere we hope to go?Every time we gather to play Wanderhome, we will each answer this question silently, in our heads:
- Will I someday find a home?"Tämäkin meni nyt uhkaavasti paisuvalle pelilistalle, ehkä joskus tulevaisuudessa osaan jotain pelistäkin sanoa, enkä vain sen lukemisesta :meow_comfy:
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#BehindTheScenes
#TheEmpireStrikesBack (1980)
Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.Director #IrvinKershner with #AnthonyDaniels #CarrieFisher #MarkHamill
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Sideshow Collectibles: Luke and Leia Deluxe 1:10 Scale Statue from Iron Studios
#IronStudios #SideshowCollectibles #StarWars #FanthaTracks @IronStudios #IronStudios @StarWars @ CollectSideshow #SideshowCollectibles
From Iron Studios, the Luke and Leia Deluxe 1:10 Scale Statue, distributed by Sideshow Collectibles.
Read the whole story at the below link:
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"STAR WARS
Episode IV
A New Hope
The Story of an orphaned boy who becomes radicalized after a military strike kills his family.
He is indoctrined into an ancient religion,
Joins a band of rebel insurgents,
And carries out a terrorist attack on a government installation that kills 300,000 people."
| #StarWars #EpisodeIV #StarWarsEpisodeIV #ANewHope #LukeSkywalker #Treatment #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay #MayThe4th
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#Funko is evil! *Throws wallet at screen* #StarWars #ReturjOfTheJedi #DarthBader #LukeSkywalker #EmperorPalpatine
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Art: "The Star Wars Last Supper" by Eric Deschamp, inspired by the original by Leonardo da Vinci
#EmperorPalpatine #DarthMaul #BobaFett #Chewbacca #HanSolo #PrincessLeia #LukeSkywalker #DarthVader #C3PO #MaceWindu #ObiWanKenobi #Yoda #StarWars #DailyFett
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CW: More #StarWars editorializing
The #LukeSkywalker in #ReturnOfTheJedi surrendered to the #EmperorPalpatine and #DarthVader, two of the most believably corrupted characters in film, because he believed Vader was redeemable. There's no way he would have given up hope and refused to fight with Leia, no matter how cut up he was over Kylo Ren's betrayal. If he was off-the-grid, he would have been looking for something, to give them the edge against the FirstOrder, not hiding out drinking seal cum.
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Mangan ja sarjakuvalehtien lukeminen & keräys on kivaa, mutta säilyttäminen on vaikeaa.
Kirjahylly täyttyy nopeasti eikä hyödynnä huonekalun kaikkia mahdollisuuksia. Lisäksi pieniin osiin jaettuja pitkiä sarjoja on vaikea liikutella sujuvasti asunnon sisällä tai muutoissa. Kokoelma pölyttyy ja imurointi on vaikeaa.
Keksin juuri (tuskin ensimmäisenä) kuinka hyvin nämä saa kenkälaatikkoon. Niitä taas on helppo siirrellä ja pinota kaappeihin.
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Just released my latest project #SIFTMetal - a Metal implementation of the #SIFT algorithm for image processing. Perfect for use in mobile and Apple platforms. Check it out on GitHub and let me know what you think! #ComputerVision #Swift #OpenSource
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Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord – Chapter 10: The Dark Lord (2026) – Review
The Dark Lord brings the first season of Maul – Shadow Lord to a stunning close. It ties together the threads established across the ten episodes while delivering a tense, focused finale centred on survival and confrontation. The episode picks up directly from Chapter 9’s Vader cliffhanger and explodes into action straight away. The arrival of Darth Vader shifts the stakes dramatically. His presence looms over the proceedings, forcing Maul, Devon Izara, Jedi Master Eeko-Dio Daki, and the remaining allies into desperate defensive actions.
AdvertisementsThe whole chapter is wall-to-wall action. Multiple lightsaber engagements unfold across urban ruins, underground passages, and an abandoned structure with various combinations of fight partners taking place. The choreography remains clear and purposeful. Maul and the Jedi’s duel with Vader stands out for its intensity and the contrast in styles – an acrobatic approach meeting Vader’s measured power. Vader is just toying with them, his fighting style exactly the same as it was against Luke in The Empire Strikes Back, mainly using one hand but switching to two when he need to take control.
The decades old question about who would win in a fight between Vader and Maul is answer virtually straight away. Vader hobbles Maul with his second swing, cutting deep into Maul’s hip, effectively winning from the get go before the episodes title card has even come up. Maul is on the back foot from this point and there is no coming back for him.
AdvertisementsEverything leads to Maul’s subtle betrayal of Jedi Master Eeko-Dio Daki. During the chaos of the final confrontation, Maul deliberately force pushes Daki towards Darth Vader to give himself the opportunity to escape. The act is swift and understated, consistent with Maul’s strategic nature, and results in the Jedi’s death at Vader’s hands. Brander Lawson is the only one to witness this betrayal, creating a quiet but significant tension that adds moral complexity to the episode. This choice highlights Maul’s enduring self-interest even amid temporary alliances. Lawson later appears to be gunned down by stormtroopers but as he is the only one with this critical knowledge, the likelihood is he will return.
Vader is portrayed throughout the episode as a silent killer. He moves with deliberate, unhurried purpose letting his actions convey overwhelming power and inevitability. The animation emphasizes his imposing physicality and precise movements, and his silence makes his interventions feel cold and methodical. This approach heightens the terror of his presence, positioning him as an unstoppable force of the Empire. The sound design, centred on his mechanical breathing and the clash of his lightsaber, reinforces this quiet menace effectively.
AdvertisementsChapter 10 handles its responsibilities as a season finale perfectly. It provides a resolution that wraps up the adventures on Janix while leaving enough ambiguity for future seasons to pick up any dangling threads. The consequences for the Devon’s final discission, something the whole season has been building to, feels earned and you want to know where this goes next.
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord as a full season stands out as one of Lucasfilm Animation’s finest achievements. . Dave Filoni and the creative team have crafted a story that respects Maul’s complicated history across all medias while carving out new ground in the early Imperial era. The series maintains consistent quality across its ten chapters, with strong animation, purposeful plotting, and character-focused writing. It expands the criminal underworld and Inquisitor operations in satisfying ways, all while delivering engaging action like we have never seen before. The stylised visuals, brush-stroke textures, and atmospheric direction give the show a distinct identity that complements other series like Rebels and The Clone Wars.
AdvertisementsThe series excels in its handling of Maul. It presents him as a formidable figure driven by long-standing goals but capable of adaptation. Interactions with new characters like Devon and Daki add nuance. The inclusion of familiar elements, such as Crimson Dawn connections, only make the narrative stronger and the season demonstrates thoughtful world-building and respect for Star Wars lore.
Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord has established as one one of the finest pieces of Star Wars storytelling ever produced. Will very different, this deserves to be mentioned in the same breathe as Andor when talking about the strength of Star Wars television. Chapter 10 exemplifies the approach that defined the season—measured pacing, strong action, and attention to personal stakes. It brings the story to a satisfying point while highlighting the creative team’s ability to craft compelling narratives within the Star Wars universe. Who said Star Wars was dead?
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[Art and Inspiration] Marvel Star Wars #1-6 (1977)
I was just thinking how people completely miss out on one of the most interesting aspects of this comic series. Marvel Star Wars ran for 108 issues, concluding in 1986. But at the beginning the first few issues adapted Episode IV A New Hope, or as it was then known “Star Wars” into comic form.
But the interesting thing was that it was not adapting the movie as such, it was clearly working from the screenplay, as there are scenes in there that never got used, and the designs of the movie were not finalized yet, so we encounter lots of interesting things in there which never, or nearly never, showed up again. These get less over the course of the adaption already, but the usual Marvel style and colors of the day never really disappear.
By the way, regarding the cover: at what point is Luke in this movie ever in a position to destroy the galaxy?! Also why is Vader green? I mean, it suits him, but still…
This looks much more like an action movie than the movie actually ended up looking like, despite it being Star Wars and everything.
You might not know that there’s a hole scene set in Anchorhead where we are introduced to Biggs (who we meet later on Yavin IV) and Luke’s other friends. The scene can be found on YouTube, unfortunately the only footage is so destroyed that they didn’t even attempt to put it into the Special Edition, leaving Biggs as a somewhat obscure character forevermore. On the other hand the scene was called “American Grafitti in space” before, and it would have sucked out a lot of energy from the beginning of the story.
I just want to note that this is the torture droid that comes into Leia’s cell. Another one of these designs that don’t come from the movie itself. Also note the pink walls of the Death Star.
Oh look! It’s our favorite Huttese… ape… person?
Yeah, the scene was filmed back in the day, and it was intended to replace the stand-in they used for filming it with special effects monster (although who knows if that wasn’t Lucas fibbing again), before simply giving up on the scene altogether. They later redid the scene with the worm-like Jabba for the Special Edition in 1997 and used a CGI overlay for that.
The ape-like Jabba the Hutt from the comics reappeared in the comics a few times more, before the release of Return of the Jedi and the slug-like Jabba made him disappear into a puff of retcon-scented smoke.
The fun thing here is that we don’t have a clue how big those star destroyers actually are from the picture. If we hadn’t seen one in the very first issue I’d have thought these are way smaller crafts and not the massive dreadnoughts that appear on screen. In fact the previous issue doesn’t really help with that either, as unlike the movie you don’t get a sense of scale in there. Likely because besides some basic design the artist didn’t have a clue what size they were supposed to be. Actually…
…look at this panel from the first issue. This makes the Star Destroyer look tiny, tinier than the Tantive IV. I assume the artists didn’t know until the film actually came out how the sizes of these ships were to relate to each other.
By the way this makes it look very much like a S-Type scout from Traveller, which came about just a few months prior.
This is a way more trippy way to depict hyperspace than the movie, and I think we all lost something when this was replaced with the usual starfield turning into stripes design. Yeah sure, they did it because they didn’t have a clue how it’d look in the movie. But look at it! It’s amazing!
I do have to say that the fight between Vader and Obi Wan is way more epic than what we get in the actual movie. The movie makes it look like the fight between an old man and a paraplegic that it actually is, but of course back in the day it was the height of excitement. It wasn’t every day you saw a samurai cyborg battle a space warrior monk with laser swords after all. Unlike today where the glut of Star Wars media lately seems to have brought up excactly that.
This implies a very different story than what the prequels in the end gave us, yet it still fits with what we got in Episode 3 and the Clone Wars TV series.
By the way the series is very interesting to read even after this. Clearly they were struggling with finding any story to tell, but the comic book was too successful to just end it. So the next few issues were about Han reenacting The Glorious Seven/The Seven Samurai with a green space rabbit and a delusional Don Quixote who believed himself to be a Jedi knight. It did get better, but the first few years seemed like a desperate attempt to somehow squeeze more material out of this one movie.
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Musk is doing the bare minimum (no pun intended) to deflect legal action over GROK's nudes and we should not fall for it. Geoblocking can be circumvented with a VPN, LLMs it is known can be easily tricked into dropping safety rules, and the statement only seems to refer to images of natural people and not AI fakes.
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Musk is doing the bare minimum (no pun intended) to deflect legal action over GROK's nudes and we should not fall for it. Geoblocking can be circumvented with a VPN, LLMs it is known can be easily tricked into dropping safety rules, and the statement only seems to refer to images of natural people and not AI fakes.
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Musk is doing the bare minimum (no pun intended) to deflect legal action over GROK's nudes and we should not fall for it. Geoblocking can be circumvented with a VPN, LLMs it is known can be easily tricked into dropping safety rules, and the statement only seems to refer to images of natural people and not AI fakes.
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Musk is doing the bare minimum (no pun intended) to deflect legal action over GROK's nudes and we should not fall for it. Geoblocking can be circumvented with a VPN, LLMs it is known can be easily tricked into dropping safety rules, and the statement only seems to refer to images of natural people and not AI fakes.