The TFA anon has finished the first dream and is now working on the second dream! Yippie! Anyways, how was your day?
oh hell yeh. this is is funny because i was actually answering your ask when this ask came. can’t wait for the second one.
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Ya know what really sucks? When family members who are moving away decide to change schedules on your autistic ass last minute. Now you've lost most of the day, are feeling like shit because you know you won't see them for years, and can't be as productive as you were hoping.
I'm actually crying right now because I can feel how disappointed they are in me, but they left me no choice but to stay behind to help my brother because they decided to tell him the meeting was half-an-hour later than it actually was. This is such bullshit.
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good morning to marquenzo truthers, team tiny enthusiasts, dovquez enjoyers, marco polo connoisseurs, mabio supporters, and mirquez fans <3
to rosquez sufferers… good morning is not enough i'm also sending u my prayers......
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Riordan's work is only an "inaccurate portrayal" of the Greek gods in the sense they never raped anyone over the course of the books.
Oh dear. You see, this is the type of thing I’m talking about.
Anon, I’m sure you’re a fan of Rick Riordan’s, which prompted you to respond to a zero note post, tagged with critical tags, with the vigor of a wronged man.
@heliomanteia has several good posts explaining this. I highly recommend you go and read some of those.
To quote this post by them, which used words much better than I could, (and I recommend you read in full):
Riordan’s portrayal of gods is incredibly one dimensional, and is far from respectful.
Roman life was based around community, strengths, and security among other values. But RR, however brief he refers to it, portrays Rome as a militaristic, war obsessed land.
He moves the Greek god to America, and portrays the actual land of Greece with very little respect. It’s more of a “dead fantasy land”
Even RR admits his books aren’t accurate, as he bases them off different myths from different places (For example, he takes his Gorgone from Ovid’s (a LATIN man) version of the myth, despite Ovid not being greek and not worshipping Greek gods. (Interesting, but a little off topic fact, the Roman emperor Augustus, who ruled in Ovid’s time, introduces the Imperial Cult, which worshipped Roman emperors as gods.)
Before I go, however, I think we should talk about your comment. “ Riordan's work is only an "inaccurate portrayal" of the Greek gods in the sense they never raped anyone over the course of the books.”
Anon, you’ve proved my point here. Rick Riordan has boiled gods down to one dimensional characters who don’t care about their followers.
Anon, people worship these gods to this day. You’re viewpoint, which I would guess comes from knowledge you obtained through RR’s writing, continues the idea that the gods in these myths are cruel, uncaring, unkind, one dimensional beings, with no care for humanity.
Here’s a fun fact for the way: Ares, the god of war, doesn’t rape anyone in Greek mythology. Period. Despite RR’ portrayal of a thick headed, bros-bro, jock bully asshole who takes advantage of the world around him and has his head so far up his own ass he can see last nights dinner; Ares never rapes anyone.
I hope this inspires you to look more critically into RR’s writing, and come to enjoy it whilst still acknowledging the culture it’s built from, and the inaccuracy within in it.
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I don't know how I'd ever convey this in art but. Thinking very deeply about how in boy king au, a very crucial part of characterization is that Seb is a wolf in sheep(or lamb more specifically)'s clothing and Fernando is a sheep in wolf's clothing.
Seb is very unassuming, very delicate, seemingly very vulnerable and malleable. But, deep down, he can be very ruthless. It's in the the way he hesitantly declares war, with a spark in his eye and a suppressed smirk. In the way he challenges someone to a card game or a horse race, proclaiming that he's not great, but winning every round and prancing around the room and mentioning it ad infinitum. The way he's able to instantly turn the tide in a debate in one fell swoop. By showing all his cards constantly and letting himself be vulnerable, he's making himself invulnerable. No one would ever consider him to be able to make big moves, so he wins every single time, because no one even thinks to expect it from him.
Fernando on the other hand, is constantly committed to having a looming presence and harsh reputation, but deep down, he's soft. He knows what happens to people when they're vulnerable, and he's not going to let himself be taken advantage of. The way he keeps a brave face when being informed of the marriage proposal, but goes back to his room and cries. The way he proclaims that he was always going to be the rightful ruler of Spain, but confides to Flavio that he never thought there was any real chance of it ever happening. The way he takes himself so seriously in public, but inside feels so giddy whenever he can make someone laugh. Everything to him always feels unstable and ready to crumble at any moment, and he's not willing to contribute to that by letting himself relax.
I think thats why it's very difficult for them to get along at first, because they have completely different approaches to how they carry themselves and make their way through life. Seb is confused at Fernando because he feels that he's very bland and overly serious at first, but truthfully he's not really seeing the actual Fernando. And Fernando finds Seb to be naive and easily taken advantage of, but that's because he's never seen Seb at his most cruel. Seb really loves when he eventually gets to see Fernando being vulnerable, and Fernando really admires and respects Seb when he sees him being serious. I think it just takes a while for them to show the other their full and complete selves, even the parts they can sometimes be ashamed of. There's this very compelling dichotomy in Seb laying out all his cards, but still being very difficult to read, and Fernando keeping his cards to his chest, but his intentions often being easily seen through.
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