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[catnippackets]

Since you like dragons, which dragon is your favorite ?

idk my instinct is to say night furies cuz they really are such good dragons but I like all dragons. I just think that if it inspires awe then it's a good dragon

#ask #cjbolan

[nysus-temple]

I’m convinced “EPIC: The Musical” will make everyone revisit the 1997 “The Odyssey”

Oh that would be peak, actually. Regardless of my current issues with the musical, it has already made people read the actual Odyssey, so, yay

#the odyssey #epic the musical #answered #cjbolan

[dootznbootz]

You mentioned Telemachus having sharp Naiad teeth. Imagine if he used those teeth to take out all the suitors. With Odysseus’ help of course.

Sadly, would probably leave him open and vulnerable to attacks :'D So he probably wouldn't unless really desperate.

Sharp naiad teeth are more for "I can rip through any fish scale and bone and be fine." as an adaptation for water life than for battles between mortals. Odysseus watches so lovingly seeing his Water wife and Water son devour whole fish.

Telemachus is around 37.5% Naiad and he'd probably be using water from the canals to trip suitors. Even then, he can only work with a certain amount of water. Penelope has MUCH more control and she's kind of there as well. Imagining Odysseus seeing a bunch of dudes drowning, only to realize it's not Telemachus, itches my brain. He starts cackling and gets a special bloodlust when he realizes she's "there". It's another reason why he's so hurt when she firsts rejects him as "We were basically flirting during our dinner, you drowned some suitors. You KNOW it's me! WHY?!" but uh...He doesn't know that Athena had to tell Penelope not to drown the "stranger". She was mostly trying to make sure Telemachus stays safe and along with you know, killing the suitors now that she has "permission". There's more to it but yeah lkasjdf sounds nuts but I think it'll work.

Penelope looked him in the eye during that dinner, tears still damp on her cheeks, and says "You say all these things but My Odysseus, who fidgets with his clothing and who bounces his knees in time with my own, would never leave me weeping while he sits. He would throw his arms around me!" "...He would if he could." Then he goes to sleep outside and she's pissed and he's a mess. :D The "Beggar" looks nothing like her husband but he moves and talks just like her love, his voice unsteady as he praises her. What the fuck is going on? Basically she knows it's him but also is like "Why would he keep himself from me?" Like how Odysseus tells HER during the treebed scene

And Athena is editing her fanfiction document for these two as "You little fucks weren't supposed to be doing this! I kept your tears from falling, Odysseus, why do you have to be such a sap?! Shit! Back to the storyboard."

Anyways!!! :D

Naiads usually don't bite people unless they feel they have no other option. Odysseus is an exception as he does have ONE "special bite" from his special wife because he's a little freak who wanted it rdtfygufgh. Penelope bit Palamedes on his forearm as he held her back as he took Telemachus from Anticlea and Penelope rushed after him. Odysseus is haunted by the image of both his wife and son sobbing while her teeth are stained with blood. He gets sick pleasure seeing that scar on Palamedes' arm before he gets him killed.

And as a whole, there are actually a couple "rules" Naiad born soldiers have to follow that are very important within war.

With battle, even if you ARE naiad born, you have to ask the river god "Hey, this is getting really bad. Can we work together for this?" As River gods are usually like "I am here for your consumption, bathing, and healing. You will not use my water for violence." (Why Achilles gets his ass kicked and why Naiad born soldiers don't just "drown people")

If someone/something is attacking your river or YOU, like an animal wreaking havoc (like the big catfish! :D ) or a person trying to kill a single naiadborn, then self defense is fine. Daphne got turned into a tree because Apollo outranks nymphs and the river gods. River gods don't fuck with Olympians but he still wanted to protect her.

Though once you have your own water source (canals, vase full, etc.) you're technically free to do whatever you want with it. (Penelope loves this loophole 😈 The Palace waters are hers. and Telemachus' too but you know.)

With the war aspect, however, there are so many wounds that are like "wow, you probably have an extreme infection or should've killed you eventually". BUT it's convenient when you have Naiad born soldiers that can "heal you up" (Penelope's brothers are part of Menelaus' army btw!!! :D )

It's kind of why it's become a "If a man is still alive when they're picked up and rescued, that doesn't mean shit. A naiad born person will fix it before they even bleed out. If they don't die instantly, they just come back."

Same with fighting among nymphs btw.

Even if you're naiad born, you can't just act like how you do at home with a foreign river. Feel free to jump and swim and wet your scales but stay out of their business. If the naiads of Athens decided to punish people by poisoning the waters, you, as a Spartan naiadborn, do not meddle! Can't start purifying it to give to the citizens. Maybe for your OWN people who came with you on the foreign expedition if you ask but don't meddle with foreign river problems. Each culture is different.

Took a while for Penelope to adjust and improve relations with Ithaca naiads because of this. And when Tyndareus and Icarius were exiled, it was a culture shock for them as they're 50% naiad. Even with non-naiadborn, it's a shock. Menelaus and Agamemnon were in Sparta during their own exile had to adjust too, though Menelaus definitely fit right in. (I'm so excited to write about 18-20 year old Agamemnon's first interaction with 9 year old Penelope. It's a misunderstanding at first but it's wholesome. Spoiler: Have you ever been in a place and then a random little kid starts talking to you and then they give you a leaf or something? YEAH >:D It's that but sillier. It's cute.)

Honestly, I'm playing around a lot with the whole "Sparta being very military-focused" thing as it's really kind of fun to think of people having children with naiads/naiadborn as somewhat of a strategy. If you can't have demigods, nymph born children are still better than fully mortal ones. It's why there ARE so many naiad born and why interactions are basically informal in Sparta in my fics compared to other places. Like Ithaca.

I got really offtrack but in conclusion: There are special rules and customs of each freshwater source. And how battles are affected by it. Telemachus doesn't bite any of the suitors but probably uses water to help him and to heal his and Eumeaus' wounds.

#Mad rambles #shot by odysseus #my headcanons #Water Wife #Naiads #I...I think a lot about this stuff. I have so much stupid lore that always needs explanationnnnn #ask #cjbolan #Odysseus loves his sharptoothed family🥹

[wolfythewitch]

Have you seen the 1997 "The Odyssey" ? It had Armand Assante as Odysseus, my favorite version next to "EPIC: The Musical"

I've not! I might check it out after midterms

#cjbolan #wolfy tedtalks

[artistic-moth-man]

Decided to draw my buddy @cjbolan's interpretation of emily! So much is going on with her tail i love it

#emily windsnap comic #tail of emily windsnap #emily windsnap #emily windsnap fanart #windsnap fanart #windsnap comic #windsnap #cjbolan

[sidecharactersdomatter]

“Tftoml is not going to have the story be blatant Caucasian Conservative propaganda” do you feel like the original Disenchanted was that? (genuine question)

Yes I really do think it was that. To sum it up, it basically focused on it’s white protagonists trying to live in their new suburban home, Giselle goes from being a successful fashion designer to a stay home mom and not once does she make anything out of the carpet, curtains, and duvet cover (that’s when you know something’s off.) Malvina and later Giselle act like the competing Karen moms over the allegorical PTA leadership and it enforces heteronormativity through Morgan and Tyson’s unnecessary and poorly built up romance. Sorry if that’s all I got for my answer, I’m busy trying to finish Chapter 2 this November. Tftoml’s going to be my own Nanowrimo fanfic project.

#Side answers #Disenchanted critical #Disenchanted salt #Anti disney #disney critical #disenchanted #disenchanted 2022 #Giselle Philip #Malvina Monroe #Morgan Philip #Tyson Monroe #Disenchanted au #The fairytale of my life #Tftoml #My fanfic #my fic #cjbolan

[asongofstarkandtargaryen]

Just finished the Emily Windsnap series, where the title character's parents remind me a lot of Rhaegar Targaryen/Lyanna Stark!

They're the starcrossed lovers in forbidden love, they're a tomboyish woman who loves "masculine" pastimes (sailing for Mary, horseback riding&fighting for Lyanna) and a man who enjoys "feminine" activities (poetry and jewelry for Jake, singing for Rhaegar). Also they secretly give birth to the hero of their series (Emily/Jon Snow) ;)

(artwork to the right is by this person)

Hi!!

I haven't read this book series, but in your description those two couples seem to share some similarities.

Isn't it beautiful when you read a book and find similar themes or similarities between some characters with your fav. book/book characters? It happens to me all the time to either find similarities between various book characters and Jon Snow or to think how the said characters would interact with him :)

#asoiaf ask #rhaelya #jon snow #reading #cjbolan

[ariel-seagull-wings]

FICTIONAL CHARACTER ASK: KERMIT THE FROG

Asked by @cjbolan

@softlytowardthesun @princesssarisa @thealmightyemprex @the-blue-fairie @themousefromfantasyland @amalthea9 @moonbeamelf @goodanswerfoxmonster

Favorite Thing About Them: I love how he mixes melancholy, introversion, romanticism and idealism with a dry sense of humour, uptightiness and irritability as a character who has to find his own growth while leading a diverse and chaotic group of people to find the artistic potential in their qualities that otherwise are rejected as "abnormalities" in the rest of the world.

Least Favorite Thing About Them: Besides that one episode of The Muppet Show where he ignored that you must pay your workers every year, learning the backstage story that his second puppeteer, Steve Whitmire, let the fact that he played Kermit get so over his head that he started mistreating colleagues and had to be fired because of that is just so terrible.

Three Things I Have In Common With Them:

*I can be a melancholic introvert.

*I would like to make other people happy trough art.

*I love the theater and music.

Three Things I Don't Have In Common With Them:

*I'm not a frog.

*I don't play the banjo.

*I can't handle the pressure of leading a huge group of people like he can.

Favorite Line:

From episodes of The Muppet Show

"Good grief, the comedian is a bear!"

"Pay Day? Again? It was Pay Day last year! Seems to be getting to be a habit around here."

"Me not crazy? I hired the others."

From The Muppet Movie

"Who sayed that wishes would be heard and answered when wished on the morning star?

Someone tought of that and someone believed it.

Look what it's done so far.

What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing and what do we think we might see?

Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.

The lovers, the dreamers and me."

"Hollywood. Gee. I'd miss this old swamp, but... Millions of people happy."

From The Great Muppet Caper

"It's just... sort of amusing that the roast beef is the same prince as an Oldsmobile..."

brOTP: Rowlf the Dog, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo and Scooter.

OTP: Miss Mousie, Miss Piggy, Gonzo.

nOTP: Denise from the 2015 ABC series The Muppets.

Random Headcanon: He started studying publicity and worked as a newspaper reporter before deciding that directing, producing and performer in theater, TV and film was his calling.

Unpopular Opinion:

1° In 2011, the Disney studios demanded that from them on, the brazilian dub refered to the character in his original american name, Kermit, instead of Caco, as he was known here for decades. I get using that name in the original language and when writing about the character, but for me, watching a production of the franchise, he will forever be Caco.

2° Not wanting to diminish the talent and effort of other puppeteers, but after listening Brian Henson perform so many roles competently and become a talented Muppeteer in his own right rather than just relying on "being Jim Henson's son and heir", I wish that he stepped up to try doing the role of Kermit.

Song I Associate With Them:

It's not Easy Being Green

Frog Went a Courtin

Yet, I Still Love You

Rainbow Connection

Movin Right Along

One more Sleep 'till Christmas

Love Led Us Here

Favorite Picture of Them:

Tales of the Tinkerdee

With Robin (inside the basket) in The Frog Prince

In the desk at the Muppet Show

As a baby

Chilling in the garden

Playing his banjo in the swamp

Riding his bycicle

Testing a movie câmera

Posing for the wedding portrait with Miss Piggy

Hugged by his dear friend, Jim Henson

#fictional character ask #character ask meme #cjbolan #kermit the frog #sesame street #the muppet show #the muppets #jim henson #Youtube

[greek-freak101]

Have you seen Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny ?

Not yet!! Can't wait to, I have plans with my sisters to go to the nearby drive-in in a couple of weeks when we're all in town together 🙌

#asks #indiana jones #indiana jones and the dial of destiny #cjbolan

[yellowmagicalgirl]

7: Top 3 fictional families

I'm going with "fun to watch" and not "family I want to be part of"

Lake family (including Blinky)

John, Gideon|Kiriona, and John's polycule

Tridentarius twins

Ask My Top 3's

#trollhunters #tales of arcadia #the locked tomb #answered ask #cjbolan

[angelshizuka]

Since you’ve talked a lot ab parental abuse, and about how people can still love their abusive parents … what do you think about “Return of the Jedi” when Luke(I think) forgives Darth Vader but his sister Leia doesn’t ? Luke was immediately ready to see the good in Vader.

Ngl, I've never watched Star Wars in my life, I only know this franchise by basic key points, so I can't really judge this one.

#star wars #cjbolan #ask

[green-ajah-aes-sedai]

LOVE your moodboards

Thank you 😊

#asks #cjbolan

[arocrows42]

I love all of y'all with interests that are niche even for tumblr

Like this is the weird niche interest website and y'all take it even farther by being obsessed with something that very few other people here have heard of on this site!

The coolest and bravest people show their passion even in the smallest of fandoms

#this is specifically about one person #but it also applies to other things like bot fighting and set it off for me #anyways @cjbolan this is for you

[dootznbootz]

Your HCs about Penelope and Telemachus being part Naiad, remind me of “The Tail of Emily Windsnap”. It’s about a girl discovering she’s part mermaid, raised by a single mom named Penelope, and goes searching for her missing dad at sea. It honestly has a lot in common with “The Odyssey” (sirens, sea gods, suitors, memory-wiping food, etc.)

Honestly, I'll have to check out the series! Thank you! :D

#I think I started with the SECOND book. and then got confused as it was the second book. when I was around 9. #Honestly kind of interesting to know what a more modern take would be :P #ask #cjbolan

[yvesdot]

🎇 Year-End Asks 🎇 GENERAL: Question #1 (if you're still taking asks)

I answered this here! For a bonus emotion I'll say exhaustion, too, because I keep overbusying myself and with great feedback comes great... putting things out... edness. So while I'm very happy with everything I did there was also a lot of stress behind the scenes, due only to my own insanity.

🎇 YEAR-END ASKS 🎇

#txt #asks #ask games #Thanks so much for asking!! It's so sweet how I get a couple more every time I rebeep the post... #I also just love seeing everyone. Oh yes cjbolan my friend cjbolan...

[princesssarisa]

@cjbolan, @leporellian, @tuttocenere, @supercantaloupe, @ariel-seagull-wings, @simone-boccanegra, @notyouraveragejulie

#opera #poll #tosca #don giovanni #madama butterfly #madame butterfly #il barbiere di siviglia #the barber of seville #rigoletto