Recluse Owner, Bookshelf Gremlin, and the Cute Cafe Guy
A new bookstore/cafe opens, almost overnight, in Gotham.
They say it can find very rare books, heck maybe even books lost to time, unfinished manuscripts, rare writings from famous writers, etc etc.
As long as you respect the books within you won't have a problem with the recluse and introvert owner GW.
As for the cafe side, you can always count on friendly Danny to help you out, either it be an order from his cafe or to finding a book if GW isn't around. (Though beware of the younger, sometime around Dani (with an I) is working, she's a bit of a troll compared to her brother)
Jason totally is checking the place out... You know cause its totally giving weird vibes (good weird vibes, almost like its calming the raging Pits) and not just because it has a first edition Jane Austin (that the owner is totally maybe thinking of selling to Jason cause he can sense this man would treat it with respect)... Or that the tea is calming as heck.... Or watching Dani ("I like you. You can totally call me Ellie!") chaotically troll everyone around her.... Or that her older brother is fucking cute as hell... Who he may or may not had watched accidentally kill the Joker when the guy had been closing up the shop alone one night and had been caught in the alleyway on his way home...
No its totally cause this place is... off. Nothing else.
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even ignoring everything else wrong with lore olympus (which in itself feels impossible) there is just something really egregious and insulting at the way a "modern retelling" over an ancient greek myth just full-heartedly whitewashes the entire culture and mythos.
and it's not like rachel is the first to do it - greek myths and legends have been whitewashed for centuries, depictions of the gods have been categorically stripped of their ethnicity and origins long before rachel got a hold of them. it's the fact that rachel goes out of her way to insult the original myths whenever she can, that she emphasizes and pushes a western-centric mindset and viewpoint over and over and over and not only reinforces the whitewashing, but continues it down the line.
like, this is the first episode.
rachel goes out of her way to mock the original styles and wardrobes of the ancient greek world, and i get her attempt was to make persephone feel "out of place" with the more "modern" clothing that the other gods wear, but it really just does more to a) demonize demeter, who is almost always in traditional clothing, b) sexualize persephone.
go even broader with it, move away from the clothing itself, and rachel doesn't even bother to use any of the ancient traditions that are core to the myths. like for the love of god, she uses a christian wedding for persephone and hades!
greece is the birthplace of modern democracy and had a powerful judicial system, and rachel instead uses the modern / western iteration of court because ... why not
(completely unrelated but the inserts of everyone except eros and aphrodite come from the stupid zoom session zeus had back when he first charged persephone with treason, meaning we have proof yet again that rachel isn't drawing the characters into the scene, she's making pngs and sticking them into pre-arranged backgrounds downloaded from stock images)
and there are ten thousand more examples i could pull, because this is just the whole entire comic. you can look at a lot of modern adaptions and see where things have been modernized respectfully, and where they are done with disdain for the source material - no one is claiming percy jackson, for example, is perfect, but the author took a great deal of care in his research, and the love for the original myths and culture shine through. lore olympus has zero respect for the original stories, exemplified in how rachel demonizes demeter - the actual crux of the myth. it's bad writing and bad research and further attempts to whitewash a rich and storied culture that had people from so many walks of life, who existed in full spectrum of lgbt identity, who did not conform or even know of the world that exists today. you can modernize without erasing it, and rachel's refusal to do so is one of the many issues tacked to lore olympus.
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duke is 100% the sibling the batkids go to when they need to get something off of their chest or need help but don’t want to share it with the class. because duke is not judgmental about his siblings and gives AMAZING advice.
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Jason, barging into Duke’s room without knocking: “I’m going on a date tonight.”
Duke, looking up from a magazine, smiling: “Cool! … Do you need help with something?”
Jason, crossing his arms: “No.”
Duke: “…”
Jason, looking at the invisible spot on the wall: “What do I wear.”
Duke, smiling as he hops out of bed: “Well, what are you guys doing?”
.-.-.
Steph, clearly annoyed: “Cass is being so stupid. I’ve dropped so many hints that I like her and she still hasn’t asked me out.”
Duke: “Well, have you tried telling her straight up how you feel?”
Steph: “Dude, it’s Cass we’re talking about. The girl knows everything. She definitely knows I like her.”
Duke: “Cass knows everything but when someone likes her. I’m telling you that you need to tell her.”
Steph: “…How?”
Duke: “Okay, so basically-“
.-.-.
Damian, politely knocking on Duke’s door and entering with his cat in his arms: “I request some assistance.”
Duke, already on his feet: “Okay. With what?”
Damian, who isn’t allowed to have a phone: “Drake has made some slanderous statements about me online and I wish to defend myself.”
Duke, smiling: “And retaliate?”
Damian: “Obviously. May I use your phone?”
Duke: “Of course. Do you know how to work Twitter?”
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Hey babes, sorry I've been dead, but I coulda been literally dead if I had not gone.
I didn't hurt myself and we're still figuring things out. I would love to share but I've already forgotten what I've learned. I hope I get more guidance and time for healing and learning on how to lead my life in a better direction than where I was. But that takes time and effort.
I hope to get some rest, get some support, and get it together. But right now, I don't think it's healthy for me to worry about art in the way I do now. I may not express it here, but trying to maintain my art endeavors/projects while there's so much bullshit going on backstage is not helping me. Especially since I'm not even obligated to do so. But trying to force myself to do something I am currently unable to do will just make me feel worse. I'll follow my dreams and passions one day, but I've been putting off the healing process for years.
So I guess it's better to get better now so I can get the ball rolling again. Why drive on a flat tire?
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new phone purchase is sending me into a stress spiral because. confession time. I've never bought a new phone in my life, ever. so now I'm looking at this brave new world and the prices are... WHAT? I can't wrap my head around it. I have some money saved. I could afford something cool. But why the fuck should I want to spend that much money on a phone I only use to chat and to take photos. But also I want this purchase to last a few years, so I feel like being cheap now might bite me in the ass later?
But seriously. WHAT the fuck are those prices. do people actually pay that much money. what
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show you what devotion is, deeper than the ocean is. 🤍
AHHHHH i can finally show you guys this AMAZING piece i commissioned from my incredibly talented good friend @senchee!! i asked sen to draw totk link as jeon jungkook of BTS in one of his promotional pictures for his new solo song ‘seven’ ft latto (which you should check out, banger song) and it turned out SO BEAUTIFULLY 🥰🙏 thank you so much to sen for your gorgeous work 🥺🫶 this is gonna keep me fed for like. ever. i love u sm ♡
(original reference photo of jungkook under the cut ^_^)
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