#my opinions on this show are complicated

[little-lost-canary]

Uhhhh I feel this speaks for itself. Sorry?

#ghost art #ninjago #like I loved this show so much as a kid #then we stopped having cable after like season 3 so I could no longer watch it #there was a hot minute with the movie #idk if this is an unpopular opinion #but I liked the movie #I thought it was really funny #anywho you should know where this is gonna be going by now #I’ve got opinions #& I’m gonna make a damn super complicated AU that rewrites the entire plot for them #yes I know it’s not cannon #I’ve studied that god awful Lego cannon so hard specifically so I would know exactly HOW I was gonna throw it away #anywho this is a part 1? #it’s where I’m starting #there is a backlog of crappy stuff in my poor book that is now going to see the speckled light of day #this is for you @definitelynotyourcousin #you better see this June or I’ll end your puny life

[stopthatfool]

Wednesday WIP!

(ignore that Wednesday is almost over. (at least it is where i am idk) please and thank you) (ignore any typos! she's only been through phase one of my editing process!)

This is a mini scene from ch.7 (which is in the works i promise) but! it's from Ice's point of view! I did it to try and figure out his "voice" and to see if some of his choices and actions were in character or not blah blah blah who cares! (i do. i care) On to the WIP!

anyway! none of ch.7 will be written in Ice's perspective. The Jeep Universe (or where it's at currently) will remain in Maverick's perspective! I gotta tear Mav apart and then put him back together first! (and then (maybe) it'll be Ice's turn...)

#hm hm hm.. Ice you complicated man... #ice is like so aloof but then he notices everything so i'm currently toying with how much he notices #so like.. he saw that the chair is green and sunbleached-- good job buddy! proud of u! #but it's honestly way more than Mav notices #guys my lack of description of the cottage and the beach is on purpose. trust me. it's to show mav's character- wait where r u going?? #opinion: mav does not give a fuck what the cottage or beach looks like. he cares about the feelings or whatever #ice on the other hand... he cares a little bit (cut to him rearranging the kitchen in ch.6) (or was it ch.5?? idk. idc) #stopthatfool writes #wednesday wip #top gun 1986 #top gun #icemav #pete maverick mitchell #maverick #tom iceman kazansky #iceman #icemav fanfic #top gun fanfiction #no one look at me im embarressed

[tigergendermoved]

Remembering the toxic hellscape that was 2015-2019ish SU fandom and just how much hate the show got is really insane when you rewatch the show after it's been a while. Like the show is good what the hell were any of these people talking about

#do NOT quote me on those numbers i pulled them straight out of my ass #like the ending was rushed and the diamonds didnt get to be fully developed but liek #the whole reason that was the case is there was an entire 6th season planned #and then the show got axed early because rebecca sugar and crew refused the back down on the rupphire wedding. #and even rushedness aside like the point of the show was never that you should hug fascists and forgive people no matter what #the diamond were rose's (and his) dysfunctional family whose personal suffering became the basis for the cruelty of gem society #bismuth in The Real World would have been right to want to kill the diamonds as a force of revolution #but the point of the show is that even the most complicated people are still people who can change. even if you dont forgive them #even steven quartz universe the most loving boy in the world very obviously does not like being around the diamonds. but that is how it is #it was a children's show that emphasized compassion and communication and family as themes. of course steven didnt kill the diamonds lol #i really fully believe the stevenbomb format (which was not the crew's choice or fault) cooked peoples' brains #you had months between major arcs so every wrongdoing by a character had months to be warped and misinterpreted and so no resolution could #ever satisfy fans who were festering with their own opinions for way too long #like these arcs looking back are not that long and they resolve in fairly reasonable manners but they took fuckin forever in real time to #wrap up #and ppl on the internet with no other hobbies than arguing made the fandom suck to be in and gave su a bad name #even if you dont like steven universe i think the amount of vitriol thrown at the show is/was fucking INSANE for what it is lmaooo #people were so so jolly to accuse rebecca sugar (a jewish lady) of being a fascist/fash sympathizer and paint every writing shortcoming or #morally dubious character action as a sign of pure fuckin evil #ok that was a long ass fuckin rant in the tags i am so sorry i'm just kind of opinionated on this matter as i am all matters #i've been rewatching su with my dad lately and this very normal and well paced and fun watchthrough experience has been illuminating #just how insane and uncalled for the hellish discourse sphere around su was/is #i say was/is i have no idea what su discourse is like nowadays. i'm too scareds to look in the su crit tag

[blluespirit]

one thing i really really really hope is that the netflix show doesn't fall down the rabbit hole of trying to make all the ships fit in and work. atla was SO GOOD but the one downfall to me was the ships. I felt like it really took away from the main story sometimes and the chemistry Wasn't Great.

I'm happy for them to explore different relationships, but I just hate when shows feel like they have to adjust for the most popular ship on the internet. It's almost always worse off for doing that.

i thought all the pairing off at the end of the show was very weak and honestly quite disappointing... and I just hope that netflix doesn't get bogged down in the pressure of pairing off characters.

#atla live action #netflix atla #zuko #katara #aang #sokka #suki #i love Not Knowing !!!! #i love leaving shit up to interpretation!!! when shows give you things to contemplate! #to be clear this isn't me saying that there should be No Relationships in the live action I just think that shipping has it's place in atla #and it shouldn't at all be at the forefront #of course this is just my opinion and I am literally just one (1) random person on the internet #so this post means as much as you want it to mean #(and my aroace ass is Tired of romantic relationships taking the forefront as if they are the Most Important Things In The Whole World... #esp for something like atla where they go OUT OF THEIR WAY to show you that there many different types of relationships that are special an #powerful and complicated in their own way.... see zuko and iroh... the gaang as a whole...) #live action series

[rawliverandgoronspice]

for no fucking reason: real life dictatorships in the 20th and 21th centuries are almost always allowed to thrive because of some empire's interests. If not, they get heavily demonized then dismantled by said empire over a relatively short period of time (unless exceptional circumstances, tho it's almost always applicable). the examples are countless; please read declassified reports and interviews from the CIA/KGB/other intelligence agencies across the world to lose your mind about it, especially those involving what happened during the Cold War and what happened in the Middle East (and still does).

characters like ganondorf are the epitomy of the fantasy that colonized/"exotic" countries naturally spawn evil incarnate and must be controlled/stumped/imprisoned/destroyed by the "responsible ones" while the perfect good place is perfect and utterly blameless about what went down and how the local population suffered (which, in real life, the empires of the world are most definitively not that --the amount of dictators that were ushered into power by western interests is staggering and we fucking love to see it don't we). And also, a blameless victim to whichever retribution eventually comes back their way.

It is a rethoric that denies interconnectivity and historical responsibility.

this is what I criticize about the narrative choices of a fictional conflict that *does not exist in real life* and has been entirely made up by human beings: the cowardice of blamelessness, and what little this kind of narrative brings to the table --especially today when we should be looking at the root cause of broken systems of violence instead of endlessly scapegoating minorities.

and well, especially given how effective this narrative apparently seems to be.

#thoughts #totk critical #zelda fandom critical #deactivated the reblog for this one gang #because I already spoke about that a billion times and I don't want to go back on that particular caroussel #but it is very! very frustrating that people's political ignorance makes them so brazenly hostile #even though we probably are on the same side and we could support each other in other circumstances #but I guess it's more ??? interesting to project a weird ass persona onto people you refuse to understand or show empathy for #like my grandparents lived under nazi occupation and my father grew up under a military dictatorship #a family cousin was literally thrown into the ocean from a helicopter #I am far from unfamiliar with the violence of a fascist Strongman and the marks they leave behind #had to deal with that generational trauma from both sides of the family! nice + fun #and I guess I still have the opinions I have??? incredible #almost like I didn't hold onto the first gut reaction I ever had or something #almost like the world is complicated and I expect fiction (yes even fiction for 12 yo and up) to acknowledge that fact #((sorry if I'm uhh a little bitter and not super gracious)) #((but I was already having a bad week)) #((and I suppose being called disgusting and lowkey fascist-apologist over liking a goddamn nintendo character will do that do you))

[dirtytransmasc]

Do you think that when alicent warn rhaenyra about the milk came from her nipple during the council she was doing it to humiliate her?

complicated.

personally it took me a few rewatches to totally get the scene (I'm autistic and the social and personal nuance of the scene was personally hell for me for some reason) but I can safely say, I believe it wasn't her intent.

I don't think Alicent meant any ill will, she was trying to be kind, alerting Rhaenyra that she was letting down milk and that she needed to go clear herself up. they're both mothers, this is something they both know well, and I'm sure Alicent has gotten mastitis before and she felt sympathy for Rhaenyra. she had attempted to be discreet as well, Rhaenyra was the one who made the problem evident when she looked at it directly. overall, I think Alicent was just trying to be kind, one mother to one mother, even in her frustration.

I will say, I think her frustration caused her to blunter then she could have been and opened Rhaenyra up for potential scorn by the court. she was annoyed with her, pissed off about the betrothal offer and Rhaenyra's actions at council, so even in her attempts at kindness, some of that well deserved animosity seeped through. a kind gesture turned sour by her frustration with the other women.

I also think that alicent forgets that while Rhaenyra is not entirely immune to the judgement and misogyny of the court. it's s very small part of this encounter, but as Rhaenyra has always acted and been allowed to act above the court, I think she underestimated how much pointing out such a womanly problem could effect Rhaenyra. I don't know if that makes any sense, I don't really know how else to put this concept into words though so you'll have to bear with it.

at the end of the day, I don't think Alicent did anything explicitly wrong, but I can understand why people could feel like she had tried to scorn Rhaenyra or humiliate her. my thing is, is that she doesn't look at her in a way that would suggest that. she looks tired, she looks tired and frustrated, but you see her sort of "step out" of councilwoman mode to something much more natural and less... like a facade I guess. she makes this comment to Rhaenyra as Alicent, not the queen, not as Viserys's wife, not even as her stepmother (she only speaks to Rhaenyra like this a few times, but it's an honorable mention), she speaks only as a long lost friend and s mother who understands. she wasn't thinking about court or humiliating Rhaenyra, but only giving aid, even when she didn't want to.

#I hope this is intelligible #these scene throws me for a loop #oit of all the complicated scenes in the show this one was the modt difficult for me snd I have no real reason why #but I tried to explain my opinion best as I could #long story short: no it easnt her intent but it was an outcome of her frustrations #alicent hightower #rhaenyra targaryen #pro alicent hightower #pro team green #hotd #house of the dragon #alicent had to be so many people at once in this scene #I can't blame her for falling short at keeping her emotions in check #I wouldn't have been able to do any better

[laundrybiscuits]

(wait for the season to come back to me tag)

It hurts. Of course it hurts. But it’s not as bad as all that; it kind of reminds Steve of getting a tattoo, trying to stay still and not squirm under the steady, hypnotic pain. When Eddie finally pulls back with a wet sound, Steve nearly collapses sideways. It takes him a second to realize that the only reason he’s still sitting up is because Eddie’s arms are around him, holding him close. 

“Shit, I can’t believe you just fucking let me do that,” Eddie laughs. He sounds drunk. Steve’s blood must be painting the inside of his throat right now. The thought sends a full-body shiver through Steve, and Eddie pets his hair soothingly. “Took it so well. You’re really into this, aren’t you?”

“Huh?” Steve manages. 

Eddie wriggles in Steve’s lap, pointedly. Steve hadn’t even noticed himself getting hard, but suddenly it’s all he can think about. His hands snag in Eddie’s shirt and he lets out an embarrassing groan, bucking up like nobody’s ever touched him before.

Which reminds him that nobody’s ever touched Eddie before, and holy shit, Steve had absolutely no idea that that would get him going the way it does. He’s never felt like this with anyone else, feral and possessive, but nobody else has ever been Eddie. He wants to make himself a permanent part of Eddie’s history, the way Eddie is for him. No matter what else happens, he’ll always have been something to Eddie, the kind of thing that can’t be erased.

He slides his hands down to Eddie’s hipbones, digging his thumbs a little into the crease of Eddie’s thighs. He has to swallow hard at the thought of how soft the skin must be right under his fingers, just a thin layer of denim away. His neck throbs.

Eddie lets out a gasp that sharpens into a snarl at the edges, hips jerking and rolling in Steve’s grip. Steve tips his head back and Eddie takes the wordless invitation, laving his tongue over the wounds in Steve’s throat and mouthing up to Steve’s jaw. 

Through the heady ache, Steve can’t help noticing that Eddie seems a lot less sure of himself, now he’s neither running his mouth nor pouncing on Steve like a predator. The way he’s pushing his whole body desperately against Steve feels great, but it’s definitely not all that smooth or coordinated. It fills Steve with an amazed kind of tenderness; Eddie’s so smart and picks up physical skills so quickly, and there’s a pretty good chance he’ll never be this clumsy again, not at this. Steve wants very badly to be the body that Eddie learns on. 

“Eddie,” he says. “Ed. What do you need? How do you wanna come? Let me get you there. Anything you want.”

“Fu-uck, Stevie,” Eddie groans. He stops grinding his hips so frantically against Steve’s, though he keeps rocking very slightly, just a little bit of friction to slowly drive Steve out of his mind, like he can’t help himself. “I mean. You wanna fuck me, right? That’s what this whole thing is about?”

“I—hang on.” Steve doesn’t—the way Eddie said it—

“What, you don’t want to fuck me now?” Eddie says it in a casual, teasing lilt, but there’s a tension in his jaw and he’s pulling back a little. 

Steve slides his hands up to Eddie’s face, fingers tangling in his hair, and draws him in for a real kiss. 

Eddie gasps like he wasn’t expecting it, even though Steve has been moving so deliberately. Steve takes the opportunity to slide his tongue alongside Eddie’s, slick and slow, and Eddie makes a noise almost like a sob. The tang of copper and salt coats Eddie’s mouth; a long luxurious shudder goes through Steve as he chases the taste. He pulls away and is deeply gratified to see Eddie swaying after him, lips parted and eyelids low.

“Eddie,” Steve murmurs. “You know I want you.” He presses another kiss to Eddie’s mouth, just a hint of teeth scraping and catching on Eddie’s bottom lip. 

“I’ve always wanted you,” Steve says. He feels out of his head, floating, with Eddie finally under his hands for real. “Every damn day for the last ten years. You’re—you’re everything, Eddie, I love you, I—” 

“No,” says Eddie. “Wait. Stop.” 

It takes Steve a second to process the words. Eddie’s gone completely still and tense.

“Shit,” says Eddie, closing his eyes. “Wait. Fuck. I can’t—jesus christ. I’m…I cannot fucking believe I’m doing this, but. Steve, this is a bad idea. I don’t—I can’t. Not with you.”

He pushes away from Steve, whirling around, and paces to the other side of the room. The absence of him, the distance, is like granite.

“Eddie Munson’s dead,” he says into the wall. “You didn’t know him then. You don’t fucking know me now. I can’t be him, and it’ll fuck me up if I try, even—for you.”

“I know you,” says Steve. “What the fuck, Eddie. I know you. You’ve been living here for months, you think I don’t know who you are?”

“I think you’ve got a shoebox that might as well have my name and epitaph on it. Rest in fucking pieces.”

“I’ll burn the fucking shoebox.”

“It’s not about—”

“Do you even like me,” says Steve. “Or do you like that I’ll do anything for you, no matter what you say to me.” He’s angry again, he realizes in a distant way; heat shifting in him from one thing to another. His neck is still bleeding sluggishly, though not as much as he might’ve expected.

“Wow, fuck you,” Eddie spits. “You can’t offer to let me own you and then pull this shit like I’m the one who started it. You think I’ve been sticking around for my god damn health? I wanted a clean slate. You’re the one who literally dragged me back into all this past life bullshit. You’re the one who’s all like, oh Eddie, move in with me, let me feed you, let me—fuck you—”

“That’s not,” Steve starts. “It wasn’t like that. I don’t, I’m not expecting anything, I just want you to be—”

“You want me to be who I was,” says Eddie. “You want me to be yours. You talk a big game, Harrington. But I’m a dead man, and I can’t live like this.”

#this gets a little spicy but not enough to justify a nsft categorization imo #this is not an especially happy installment. sorry!! #but the fic as a whole will absolutely have a happy ending. it's just a little bit complicated right now. #possibly also influenced by the fact that I saw Medea at sohoplace for the second time tonight; got Greek tragedies on my mind #also if you get the chance to see Medea at sohoplace. you definitely definitely should. maybe the best of 50+ shows I've seen in ldn. #(I see SO much theatre and have SO many opinions) #fic: wait for the season to come back to me

[br1ghtestlight]

dying on the cross for cheaty cheaty bang bang my favorite s13 episode and maybe one of my favorite bob's burgers episodes overall even though Nobody else likes it and it was a direct follow up to the highest rated episode of the show. its okay babygirl i got u

#i dont think (most) people actively dislike it i just dont really see much discussion about it #which is fair bcuz it isnt overly complicated. its just cute and funny :) #my only opinion is that they could've replaced tina's whatsherface only seen one in the entire show bully with tammy instead #s13 being the season of randomly introducing characters we've never gonna see again has its downsides #not sure how busy jenny slate is these days but tammy has been massively underutilized. then again maybe they're trying to #soften her character since the growth in the s12 finale. in which case fine BUT SURELY YOU COULD HAVE USED ANOTHER GUY. okay sorry #anyway i love this episode so much. soo much. instant classic episode for me #s3 wishes she could pull off cheaty cheaty bang bang in terms of visuals and vibes and characterization #txt #bob's burgers

[cryptidafter]

LXC going from having a close confidant (someone he could trust who understood him 100%, a person he could actually be himself around) to being utterly and completely alone :)))))

Having to battle all of that anger, resentment, grief and despair all on his own bc everyone else is content with JGY fading into obscurity. He'll never get the answer to the questions: Who was he really? Did I ever know him?

Everyone expects him to move on. He has to move on. But he never does, does he? :))))

#mdzs #lan xichen #let that man rest #cryptid’s thoughts #like who is he going to talk to? #JL would be the most sympathetic and understanding but he's a kid #his brother isn't available (& this is just my opinion but I have always felt like LWJ won't ever admit that WWX & JGY have similarities) #god forbid LXC breakdown #god forbid he show any sign of not being okay #part of me can see a world where WWX helps LXC through his grief but idk it's complicated? #like I've read stories where it works really well but idk if WWX would want to get involved lol #xiyao

[crocodilenjoyer]

you know. i’m thinking about the horrifically awfulmessycomplicated relationship between ace and garp and i can’t put it into words but there’s so much resentment and anger and fear and disappointment there but there’s also love, no matter how poorly it came across. no matter how little it changed in the end. garp is there the moment ace is born and he’s there the moment he dies, and both times, he stands by. but he’s there. i don’t know if that’s better or worse.

#riko.txt #mfw theres messy complicated relationships in my messy complicated relationships show. whoa who put that there #i’m not far enough in to say how luffy’s relationship with garp has been affected #but god knows if a family member—no matter who they were—let anything happen to my sister you’d see me on the news #i don’t think it’d be an instance of forgiving vs not forgiving but the acknowledgement that the love was there would have to— #—sit beside what they did. both can be true. but i’d love to know how this plays out in luffy’s head #bc this is very much not a black and white thing but luffy immediately forms an opinion and sticks to it #so i hope this comes up eventually #ace #garp

[shimmerluna]

i'm really not mad about how they ended it with wilmon tbh

#shimmer's thoughts #young royals #prince wilhelm #simon eriksson #young royals season 3 #young royals season 3 spoilers #yr s3 spoilers #yr s3 #i feel like it needed to happen. i would've been upset if it didn't happen #and whether or not it works out... i don't think i'll be upset. i don't think i mind #like. wille needs help and support. but simon isn't the person to give that to him. he's dealing with a lot too #so it's just. this felt like the right thing. this had to happen. yknow? #i wonder if this is an unpopular opinion? ig i'll check the tags after this now that i can unblock them #anyways. i was worried i'd be super stressed but i'm honestly quite calm about the cliffhanger. my brain is quiet now #wilmon-wise at least. i just won't get invested in the other characters until the show's over then #edit after glancing through the tags: to be clear i'm not saying wilhelm is a terrible person or anything #i think he's just struggling and clearly needs help simon can't give him. there are multiple sides to it #although yeah they're kinda/basically in an abusive relationship in which wilhelm is the abuser #things can still be complicated. it doesn't need to be black and white like that. it usually isn't in real life #and i think yr does a good job portraying that

[etiennebrule]

Aziraphale gives off such hobbit energy like he's dressed like Bilbo Baggins and he is obsessed with doing magic tricks even tho he can do literal magic pls does anyone else see this

#good omens #from the vaults #going through my drafts to post the least ridiculous opinion pieces for the audience to enjoy #brooo I have so much meta scribbled everywhere rn what am I doing why am I 14 again #i have complex feelings about the show as a diehard pterry fan and not the biggest gaiman fan but but but #its also one of my favourite books from when I was a teen and seeing it everywhere and getting to talk about my fave characters again #brings me so much joy #its complicated #and theyre in LOVE

[deacf-coffee-is-a-sin]

yall i know im late to the party but u HAVE to read 13 storeys by jonathan sims. holy fucking shit this book was so fucking good

#deacf talks #like omg im gonna be thinking abt this nonstop for like the next week lmaoo #like omg i loved seeing the progression of everyone showing up in each others storeys and trying to piece together everything #like i wasnt too into it at 1st bc this book kept getting marketed as like 'pure horror'which it really isnt at least to me. at most its #just extremely unsettling. Which is good!! some of the storeys like jason and Anna /really/ unsettled me!! #but yea its def not the straight horror all the quotes on the book made it out to be #its mainly reflective? if that makes sense #like all of the stories have the central theme of 'capitalism sucks!' and u get to see how either bc of their complicity with the struggles #of the working class below them or the struggles they face as being the working class influence the horrors they face #while also tying into fells misdeeds!! and its just so good #and it made me like sit there and while also trying to piece everything together be like 'capitalism Does suck :|' lmaoo #this is one of the few books where im REALLY looking forward to a reread bc i want to mark the book up #an keep track of who show up where and my own opinions on why these ppl r facing their specific brand of 'haunting' and how it ties to fell #but like!! yea!! i know im making no sense here lol im just trying to get my thought in order lmaoo #so many times id read like a sentence or paragraph and hear it in johnnys voice. like DAMN id love to get my hands on an audiobook #but go read the book!! its so fucked up in a good way! #but im gonna go Insane thinking abt this book lmaoo #thirteen storeys

[vermillioncrown]

you know what, textbook-anon? don't justify yourself to me. i don't know your life, goals, or competencies

be free

if it works, then yay; if not, rest assured there's another way to learn

#academic jerky #opinionated verm #jfc that's right...one of my friends studied for quals like that #we were trying to get the fundamentals down and he's out there finding supplemental material like #''this prof likes to ask about this edge case so i found five texts on that theory'' #my guy one chapter on that theory and basic ass euler is enough #everything else is 1) too complicated and empirical for the whiteboard #2) showing poor judgement on what is considered 'fundamental' for your area #but he's also insanely brilliant and killed it on the exam so w/e #both hands behind his back type of shit

[gotstabbedbyapen]

What’s your opinion on the Percy Jackson show? Personally I like that it’s caused a spike in interest in studying Greek mythology but I also dislike how it depicts Athena. She’s shown like Ovid’s version, not the traditional Greek, showing Athena to be cruel, cold, uncaring, mean and as being the one that cursed Medusa. It just makes me sad to see people being fed this version and assuming Athena is just horrible when that version was written by a man that was actively trying to turn her into a villain and make her out to be a monster that doesn’t care about her followers when there’s multiple accounts that contradict that.

But that’s just my personal opinion, and if you’re willing I’d like to also hear yours since I always like learning about what other people think! :D

This is going to shock everyone, but I've never read the Percy Jackson books before, much less watched its show 🤣🤣🤣 I only found out about this book series in 2022 when I dug into Greek mythology.

Because I've never seen the TV show, my opinions about it will be invalid ("You didn't even watch the show, why are you criticizing it???"). But I want to have my two cents on Athena-Medusa retellings in general.

(Disclaimer: This is my opinion as a passerby on the Internet, not a professional mythology expert. And to my anon, I'm sorry my rambles won't be too PJO-related!)

I hope mythology enjoyers understand that GREEK mythology and ROMAN mythology are different. Sure, they have a fair share of similarities, but even when the pantheons are syncretized, one culture's myths and characters should still be distinguished from the other's. Especially when we do know where that myth originated from.

Although Ovid's Metamorphoses is heavy with political biases, I still give him credit as a poet because his works are beautiful art-wise. However, Ovid's version of Medusa should be only classified as Roman mythology. The Roman goddess Minerva was the one who punished Medusa, not the Greek goddess Athena.

"Medusa was violated in Minerva's shrine by the Lord of the Sea Neptune. Jove's daughter turned away and covered with her shield her virgin's eyes. And then for fitting punishment transformed the Gorgo's lovely hair to loathsome snakes." (Ovid's Metamorphoses)

Minerva might be Athena's Roman counterpart, but Minerva is NOT Athena. Everything Minerva did was her doing, not Athena's.

I agree with anon that using the "Athena cursed medusa" version is a bad take. As far as I know, the PJO show features Greek gods and goddesses, so the production team shouldn't have made Athena transform Medusa because (like I said) it was Minerva who cursed her, not Athena.

#ask me anything #tumblr ask #anon ask #greek mythology #roman mythology #percy jackson tv show #percy jackson tv series #my ramblings #the whole “counterpart” thing is controversial among the mythology community #imo we should separate the Roman and Greek gods from one another in general #but my opinion isn't the final say #because the line between what is or is not Greek myths is vague #like Minerva is not Athena so what Minerva did to Medusa is not Athena's fault #but Ovid's Apollo can be identified as the Greek god Apollo since he doesn't have a direct Roman counterpart #it's complicated but you get the idea 😅

[animationismycomfort]

I wish twdg explored more on how though human beings can become closer through awful times…..sometimes that’s not always the case

#I mean I know they technically do that in the games but it feels half-ssed #I feel like they could’ve made that comparison with comparing clementines new group in season 2 to her old one #and have internal turmoil over why her first group couldn’t get along like these guys #why they couldn’t stop arguing for two seconds why they wanted each other dead most of the time #why they coudnt stand being in the same presence of each other and wishing they could just leave without the threat of death #and also make a comparison on how much worse it could’ve gotten with season 3 #show a group or town that is worse then both her groups #to really drive in the complication of something like this #and then with season 4 bring in a group that’s smart but naive maybe inexperienced #that way you can have all different types of groups to really round out humanity and how different people react in situations like this #and heck for the extras bring in more group dynamics that range from toxic to somewhat manageable #cause in the end twdg is about humans and humanity and how terrible it can really get BECAUSE of them #so why not drive that home fully #just a thought #my stuffy stuff #twdg #ideas #opinions #text #to add depth have that group not be as perfect as they seem let them have flaws that are and aren’t glaringly obvious to the character #have a character finally show their true colors and decide if it’s worth it or not(kinda like lily but less stupid) #idk I feel like it could’ve been cool #probably wouldn’t work as a long game though(then again the actual games aren’t that long to begin with)