#medusa's head

[jareckiworld]

Alberto Abate (1946-2012) — Medusa's Head  [pastel & tempera on board, ca. 1988)

#Alberto Abate #italian art #greek mythology #medusa's head #gorgons

[orbitsab]

they’re innocent

#i’d like to imagine this was after percy mailed medusas head to mt. olympus #anyway this is based off of the barbie movie trailer #percabeth #percy jackson #percya jackson fanart #fanart #annabeth chase #heroes of olympus #pjo #pjo fandom #rick riordan #my art #riordanverse #annabeth #pjo hoo toa #barbie #barbie movie #margo robbie #twitter meme #art template

[neathnights]

Tame the undergrowth

The landlord of the Medusa's Head wants a beer-garden. He has a convenient spot picked out, but the ground is choked with sucking daffodils and other botanical predators.

→ Aggressive gardening The plants of Fallen London scoff at photosynthesis. They get their vital nutrients from whatever they can grab and squeeze. The landlord provides you with a machete and a stout set of overalls.

Take that, you God-forsaken vegetable! You spend a profitable afternoon lopping back daisy chains, trampling copperweeds and ignoring the plaintive screams of the Cri-de-Coeur geranium. You've cleared a small patch of garden, and the landlord is pleased.

#medusa's head

[fgadfanpage]

#plants #tillandsia #medusa's head #nature #aesthetic #photography #photo #tillandsia medusae #random

[mo-mode]

Lin Manuel Miranda: He’s everywhere but no one really likes him. People think he’s selfish and annoying. A little shit

Hermes: ALSO everywhere but no one really likes him. People think he’s selfish and annoying. A little shit

Everyone: WHY IS LMM IN THE SHOW, NO ONE WANTS HIM HERE

Listen buddy, you wanted accurate casting-

#he fucking ATE okay? him mumbling the song immediately brought me in #i’m gonna say it #that resting scowl in the elevator like he’s not holding Medusa’s head in a box #“you’re not gonna believe this #JUMP SCARE Melanie calm down #get a grip people #LMM you’re doing amazing sweetie #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson and the olympians #pjo #percy jackson the lightning thief #percy jackson tv show #pjo tv show #pjo spoilers #lin manuel miranda

[significant-ace-nnoyance]

"the way they killed medusa was stupid" "using the hat to kill medusa was dumb" that's because this show isn't written for action and blood and gore its written for STORYTELLERS ofc the "fight with medusa" wasn't epic and bloody that would defeat the whole point INSTEAD it was symbolic and set up narrative arcs. it was annabeth passing on the invisibility her mother cursed her with to a woman who was cursed never to be seen. it was paralleling the original perseus myth where he uses the helm of darkness alongside his shield and shoes from athena and hermes. it was setting up the conflict between percy and annabeth about giving up the hat and making annabeth suffer an emotional loss to go on with the quest versus imposing the consequences of medusa's story and tragedy on the gods themselves.

imagine watching a scene where annabeth increasingly gets defensive and 12-year-old lashing out with "but my mother is always just" "that isn't how the story goes" and "you're a LIAR" imagine watching the air go out of the room as "i'm a survivor" "i was you" "i would have been content to worship her for a lifetime... in silence" medusa breaks her calm demeanor at having her story erased once more imagine watching annabeth appear out of nowhere and make medusa disappear with the powers that athena granted her so that a son of poseidon can murder her and your main thought being "awwwww but i wanted it to be more epicccccc i wanted blood and gore and decapitationnnnnn" imagine missing the whole point of the entire percy jackson series that bad

#also they needed to make it pg #its a kid show yall you keep forgetting that #no they cant explicitly say she was a survivor of sa but they did a great job with the implications and the tone and the unease #no they cant show her head getting chopped off #but also ASK YOURSELF WHETHER THEY SHOULD #IS THAT MORE NARRATIVELY SATISFYING??? #literally the writers do not deserve to have their genius overlooked like this #i didn't word this as well as i wanted to but there you go #listening to seaweed brain pod ep 3 and was struck with a bolt of inspiration #percy jackson #pjo <3 #medusa #annabeth chase #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo tv show #pjo tv series

[illustratus]

The Rescue of Andromeda by Henry Justice Ford

#perseus #andromeda #medusa #head #gorgon #art #henry justice ford #greek mythology #history #europe #european #sea beast #sea monster #sea serpent #beast #monster #serpent #mythology #ancient greek #ancient greece #gods #beasts #monsters #serpents #heroes

[deanpinterester]

having sally yell at baby percy feels so fundamentally wrong. i didn't mind when she got frustrated with him in the pool because that was just one instance of sally losing her temper but now it's like oh. this is just how the show version of her is.

like. idk. one of sally's defining traits was that she never got mad at percy. that didn't mean she was weak. that was her strength. that she could pull through tough times by putting a smile on her face, so that she didn't scare percy, so that she could protect him.

i just feel like it would have been a much more well-defined scene if we got to see how sally manages to talk percy out of the car by. being nice?? coaxing him??? explaining the situation in a way he would understand instead of just saying "there are things i have to do that you don't understand" (if you say that to a kid they are 100% not going to listen to you bc. yeah they don't understand!! so you have to explain it in a way they WOULD understand!!)

if sally had already been dating smelly gabe at this point, she could have leveraged this. she could have put a funny spin on it and said "i'm just trying to get you away from smelly gabe's stinky gym shorts." if she wanted baby percy to not feel like she was abandoning him and separating him from the rest of society, she could have said "the kids in there are just like you." she could have given him a keepsake, to show she will always be with him. there are SO many ways the writers could have spun this and they just didn't. they went the easy way out.

all of these flashback scenes are painting a very unfortunate picture that percy didn't actually have a good relationship with his mom. and i know that's not the vibe the show is trying to go for, but they've got to understand!! that not everyone who's watched the show has the read the books! we don't all automatically know that sally and percy have the bestest mother-son relationship ever! if you only show sally being frustrated at baby percy, we start to think oh dang, maybe this whole time percy doesn't actually have a good relationship with his mom!

#uhhhh me #i think the tag is: #pjo show crit #also i don't think 'it's a character flaw' is a good defense #because sally DOES have a flaw. her flaw is that she bottles up all her problems!! she acts like she's fine but she isn't! #at the end of book 1 this is something she has to overcome when percy gives her medusa's head and tells her it's time to save herself!! #i don't see a need for this to change #i generally don't mind if an adaptation changes things but the change has to make sense and. like. be good?? #and so far all the changes in the show have either been baffling or poorly executed #like idk maybe you shouldn't have marketed the show as the most accurate book adaptation we've been waiting for- #-if you're gonna make the most perplexing and unnecessary changes ever

[hermesmyplatonicbeloved]

This might be a hot take but Sally Jackson would not have approved of Annabeth pleading with Percy to stop attempting to kill Akhlys, and making him promise not to use poison ever again.

Like, this is the woman (the queen) that upon hearing that her son wanted to kill her abusive husband didn't disapprove. She just went, 'nah, I'll do it myself.' I guarantee you, if that scene with Akhlys happened with Sally nearby, she would've found a weapon (likely Percy's sword, Riptide) and she would've sliced of Akhlys' head. She would have finished the job for Percy.

#percy jackson #sally jackson #annabeth chase #anti percabeth #pjo #hoo #heroes of olympus #percy jackson and the olympians #rick riordan #pjo hoo toa #rrverse #i know a lot of you think Annabeth is badass. and she is #but she's not Jackson-level badass #like Annabeth would NOT have been cool with Sally killing Gabe with Medusa's head #and Sally would NOT be cool with the way Annabeth reacted to Percy defending himself and Annabeth from Akhlys #anti anti percabeth

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Head of Medusa; Head of a wolf.

(Decorative cover of an end of cantilevered beam of a ship)

Period: Reign of Caligula (A. D. 37-41).

Provinience: , Roman National Museum, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme (Roma, Museo nazionale romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme).

Medium: Brass

#ancient #ancient art #history #museum #archeology #ancient sculpture #ancient history #archaeology #1st century #medusa #head of medusa #wolf #head of a wolf #caligula #a.d. 1st century

[twinsarekeepers]

Both Annabeth and Percy feeling so guilty about getting the other in danger that they think the only way to remedy the situation is to sacrifice themselves 😭💔☹️🥺.

#annabeth feeling guilty that she brought them to athena’s temple for help #and then athena actually puts them in harms way #so she tells grover to take percy while she fights it out #and percy feeling guilty about getting annabeth in trouble when he shipped medusa’s head to olympus #so he pulls her down the stairs and locks her out of the room #percabeth #percy jackson #annabeth chase #percy jackson and the olympians #pjotv #pjo tv show #pjo #pjotv spoilers

[ayilings]

anthy himemiya scribbling

#revolutionary girl utena #rgu #shoujo kakumei utena #anthy himemiya #utenanthy #utena x anthy #utena tenjou #sku #blood #blood cw #the portrait is based on suzue miuchis art and the first one is based on persus w the head of medusa #the character of all time i think……no one has her range #and its movie anthy! pls ignore if the themes dont quite work out i just wanted to draw her performing righteous violence #anthy is so good because she works on a sparkly shoujo manga page and in a world thats gritty and dark #2023 #ayilings

[neathnights]

Rowdy times at the Medusa's Head

Rat-catchers, spider-crushers and monster-hunters drink here. If you want to be anything on the Hill, you'll have to prove yourself.

→ Arm-wrestle a rat-catcher A realistically defeatable opponent. Although still a respectably muscular one.

Success! You've won. Scarred men bristling with weapons clap you on the back and buy you drinks.

→ Arm-wrestle a Clay Man A much more challenging opponent. Clay Men are employed in the nearby docks to do the work of any three normal men... but they're not too bright.

Astounding! You took advantage of the poor fellow. You started before he was ready; you distracted him by singing energetically, and then by pretending injury; and you kicked him under the table. You are cheered, and bought drinks. Clay Men are not popular.

→ Subdue unruly drunks Ensure the guests behave, pay, and don't throw up on anyone too important.

That'll show them. You knock heads together until all the troublemakers are unconscious, or have remembered their manners.

→ More than just a landlord The Cheery Man, the landlord of the Head, is connected in alarming ways. Perhaps you could engineer a conversation with him.

A sceptical grunt "Let's talk later."

#medusa's head

[pseudepigraphon]

Image description: Digital art of Umineko: When They Cry. Battler Ushiromiya, white as a statue, has an arm raised in triumph, but his bloody fist is closed around nothing. His own head has been severed from his body and is lifted up by the silhouette of Beatrice. He stares forward in shock. Above his head hovers a forward-facing head of Medusa, wide-eyed, grinning with boar tusks, tongue sticking out. The background dissolves in loops of smoke between brick-red, dark yellows, and blues, with chessboard-square motifs, the scissors of the Fates, and the abstracted bodies of some of the people on Rokkenjima curling behind Battler. End ID.

gorgoneion

#umineko #umineko when they cry #umineko no naku koro ni #beatrice the golden witch #battler ushiromiya #newt art #battler's pose referenced from cellini's 'perseus with the head of medusa' ;)

[kammieceleek]

Episode 4 thoughts

I haven't been posting about the episodes because I didn't feel a need to with the first three.

This, though?

Thank Miss Athena for this one, because Owl-Eyes PISSED ME THE HELL OFF with that little petty stunt.

I am well aware that Athena is petty in mythology. Hell, she's even petty in Percy Jackson (see every instance here she discusses Percabeth and how she doesn't approve of the Son of Poseidon). Yes, I am aware of all of this.

She...

Oh, gods, help me.

SHE SENT THE FUCKING *CHIMERA* AFTER HER DAUGHTER, LETTING IT INTO HER *OWN TEMPLE*, TO PUNISH ANNABETH FOR NOT STOPPING PERCY'S IMPERTINENCE.

ANNABETH. HER PRIDE AND JOY. THE MOST FORMIDDABLE DEMIGOD ALIVE WHO WILL ONE DAY ACHIEVE A QUEST THAT NO CHILD OF ATHENA HAS COMPLETED IN *TWO THOUSAND YEARS*. SHE PUNISHED HER FOR SOMETHING *HER FRIEND DID*.

This shouldn't make me as mad as it does, but I'm someone who proudly declared Athena my favorite goddess when I was in middle school (before I read PJO) and kept her as my favorite for a very long time. She has toppled a very long way from that throne in my heart and Miss Ma'am, you had *better* make it up to your baby girl or I will be throwing these dam hands.

#percy jackon #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #athena #salt #episode 4 #spoilers #percy jackson spoilers #pjo series #pjo tv show #seriously i think my own childhood bias is making this worse in my head #you'd think the goddess of wisdom would know better #but considering medusa definitely not #brb gonna strangle a goddess

[lorcandidlucienwill]

You're telling me Nesta Archeron, the human girl with the AUDACITY to steal from the literal goddess of the Fae, who got every High Lord to listen to her without using threats or aggression, doesn't end up as a High Lady, but Feyre a girl who nearly cost Prythian the war on Hybern over a stupid vendetta is? Sounds fake to me.

#pro nesta archeron #nesta archeron #i'm a sucker for those impertinent characters #it's giving percy jackson sending the head of medusa to his dad energy #anti feyre archeron #high lady nesta #anti inner circle #tamlin deserves better #nesta deserves better