words cannot express how hilarious this was to dissect in the newest FP episode-
and I'm not talking about the Hera thing, or the embargo thing (trying to be vague so I don't overly spoil people lmao) I'm talking about THIS specifically:
This is a very real panel that showed up in this week's episode of LO. Right smack dab in the middle of the comic as the word "Xenia" was spoken. Not at the bottom of the episode, not in the author's comment or in the comment section itself, nah, it was put directly into the comic like an author's note shoved into a shitty Wattpad novel/fanfiction.net AU. And no specific URL either, it's just "princeton.edu" which you probably can guess just takes you to the general Princeton University page and not to the specific article Rachel's getting this "research" from.
But it gets better.
Because if you google "Xenia greek mythology" you get THIS-
Word. For fucking. Word. Even the typo error that's missing a space between the : and Zeus' name. And the URL that's sourced? "princeton.edu" with the slug being abbreviated. This is where Rachel got her source.
BUT IT GETS BETTER.
Because if you actually CLICK the article link (which I doubt Rachel even did), you get THIS:
Oh boy. There is so much to dissect about this. First of all, for anyone who might be confused, this isn't an academic paper or anything of the sorts, it is a reading guide for Princeton University students... from 2004. And hot damn, does it ever LOOK like it's from 2004 because this website looks like something I would have used in my middle school computer classes. It's unstable (literally "Not stable" in its network protection), has broken image links, BUT IT GETS EVEN BETTER-
BECAUSE ON THE HOME PAGE, IT INFORMS STUDENTS THAT THE SYLLABUS "HAS BEEN UPDATED" AND "OTHER LINKS ARE LESS RELIABLE."
THIS IS A READING GUIDE
MEANT FOR STUDENTS STUDYING IN A SINGLE SEMESTER FROM NEARLY 2 DECADES AGO
THAT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED OR UPKEPT
AND EVEN ITS OWN PROFS ARE DISCREDITING IT AS A REPUTABLE SOURCE BECAUSE OF HOW OLD IT IS
AND THIS IS THE SOURCE RACHEL - A 'SELF-PROCLAIMED FOLKLORIST' - PUT INTO HER #1 BESTSELLING WEBTOON ABOUT GREEK MYTHOLOGY, LITERALLY COPY PASTED WORD FOR WORD WITHOUT ANY SHRED OF DEEPER RESEARCH BEYOND THE FIRST 3 RESULTS OF GOOGLE.
I'M FUCKING CRYING LOL IF THIS IS THE EXTENT OF HER 'RESEARCH' NO SHIT SHE WAS DOOMED FROM THE START 🤣 I HAVE SEEN BETTER AND MORE RELEVANT RESEARCH DONE AND SOURCED ABOUT MY O W N CULTURE AND MYTHOLOGY WHICH BARELY HAS A PULSE BECAUSE OF COLONIZATION.
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“he’s a wizard, he’s not going to beat that [DC 15 on athletics check]”
siobhan thompson how does it feel to be the funniest person
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WHERE'S YOUR GOD NOW JOANNE?
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this is ian and mickey cooking dinner thank you for your time
MELLIE ASFKSGKSK i'm on the fucking floor 😭 this is so good 😭 it is nice to be understood, isn't it? [stirs pot] mmm tastes...feral?
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LMAOOO LOOK AT THE SHITTY PHOTOSHOP WALMART TRIED TO PULL💀🤚
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Today on: "serial killer or doll customizer":
"Using a saw, I'm going to cleave her straight in half down the length of her torso"
"Use a strong pair of shears to hack off the limbs"
"Mark where you want to cut off the face, then go to town with a razor blade"
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anyway it was 110% the correct decision to cut this, because it absolutely ruins the entire tone of a really beautiful, heartwrenching scene, but Viren in the novelization not knowing what a hug is when Harrow and Callum have their emotional embrace after Harrow gives him the letter will never not be funny
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How badly I want enjou and capitanos man tatas to suffocate me
hi hi anon!
and how badly i want enjou to make me into his personal cumdump bc of my size kink and have capitano lemme touch his titties with permission,,
i'm too horny for my own good lmao,,
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You will be best man at Babemagnet McSexlord and I’s wedding.
OYE WEY-
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