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jenivi · 2 years
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i kinda wish deep cuts voices had a more unique sound to diferentiate them from the squid sisters and off the hook. ofc the sound of their music is different, but it was nice hearing how marina and pearls voices had a different timbre from the squid sisters. they all sounded distinctive and it was easy to identify them. frye sounds like a slightly higher pitched pearl and shiver sounds like a mix of marina and marie
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orjustori · 2 months
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listen. LISTEN. i'm not one to kinkshame shipshame, ever. i'm pretty chill on that front, do whatever, ship whatever, as long as no one is getting harmed.
HOWEVER
i do reserve my right to not see it, sometimes. it happens very rarely, but some few ships are such a mystery to me. you do you!! but i will be filtering those ship names on ao3 to avoid them at all cost lol
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gemsofthegalaxy · 1 year
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Shout out to the bestie being so patient during my category 5 infodumping event as i tell them everything ive learned about greek myth and why LO is just okay tbh
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apparently most used tags are #jason todd and #perse won't shut up, in that order, and I feel like that's a pretty good representation of me.
I never shut up, and especially not about Jason Todd
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scriptorsapiens · 6 months
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Classicstober Day 3: Asterion (𐀀𐀮𐀳𐀪𐀃)
To those who don't know (or didn't play Supergiant's Hades) the Minotaur was born with a name: Asterion. There's a lot that I take away from the name, it's history, and it's implications, but I think the shortest version is "the worst monsters are the ones we make ourselves," so for him I wanted to show a tender moment between Asterion and his mother, the nymph Pasiphaë.
My rant about the Minotaur and my design thought process is under the cut.
Asterion was not a name pulled out of nowhere. It was the name of Minos' adopted father, the man who raised him and his brothers. Pasiphaë choosing to name him that implies that either A) Pasiphaë had a really cruel sense of naming conventions, which is not unlikely given her character or B) the baby Asterion was just that; a baby. Not really a monster, not yet, just a strange child who would be ruined by his adopted father. Seeing Classical art of Pasiphaë affectionately holding a baby Asterion (which partially inspired this piece) seems to support the latter, and given Minos' characterization it makes sense that he would see more value in a monster than another son.
Something that lots of retellings leave out is the presence of nymphs and gods in these stories. Pasiphaë (𐀞𐀯𐀞𐀁) was no mortal queen, she was the daughter of the sea-nymph Perse and The Sun (Helios), as well as a powerful sorceress. To reflect her divinity I always draw Pasiphaë as a glowing, terrifying white entity with inborn red accents (that latter trait being inspired by a line from Madeline Miller's Circe).
Her clothes are mostly based on a Minoan style (ask me about my thoughts on Minos and Minoan appearances) but instead of a tailored tunic Pasiphaë wears a bit of a call-forward to a chiton. This also allows her to bare her breasts, as IMHO most goddesses keep it all out, especially such a wild, nature based child of the Sun and the Sea. The colors are very rich to show how wealthy Minos is. I know the ancient Greeks equated the sun to silver more than to gold, but I wanted Pasiphaë to wear some bright yellow-gold as her primary palette.
Modern habit die hard, I guess.
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Hi I was scrolling through you blog and I saw the post about Rwby and the Racism issue and I was wondering how did Rwby failed in all 3 categories?
I have seen other POCs express their distain regarding fantasy racism and fantasy oppression because you are taking a real life minority experience and using it for your white race (Hunger Games and Bright are examples). Then we have some that says as long as that race is an allegory or being race coded is fine such as Zootopia. Did Rwby followed or try to followed these examples?
That moment when your blog is just chocked full of posts about this topic that you can't find the specific one-
So, I want to preface that this post is my perspective, and it will not always align with other POCs' opinions on similar matters. We're not a monolith, and I speak from my own experiences.
Long Post Ahead
I don't think I can answer the 3 categories you mentioned because I literally cannot remember which post has that. So I'm very sorry.
So I'll start with the next part. In matters regarding the Hunger Games and its usage of societal discrimination, I personally would not say that it's a bad example, and race plays a more subtle part in the totalitarian world of Panem. THG as a series is a commentary on what will happen when we let the government exploit and divide the people, keeping us under their thumb with a cruel system disguised as a form of social order rather than what it truly is. Hell, even the main villain of the series President Snow (spoiler ahead) in the prequel claimed that the Games are a method of showing order in a world thrust into chaos, that the tributes are part of a larger game of reminding everyone in Panem that they are only parts of a bigger machine in order to keep peace. Which the series clearly stated that what he's saying is propaganda, and the world isn't just full of woes. It is capable of love, kindness, and unity even in an environment where the people kill each other.
Sorry for the long rant, but I would highly recommend you read the series. Panem as a world setting isn't a fantasy perse, more like a hypothetical America or any similar nation where the discrimination based on race, class, and everything not considered "norm" is something inspired by real-life without making it a direct example, it's a series encompassing the struggles of being free and allowed to love without being oppressed, which can be seen by any race. I encourage you to get into a deeper analysis of this wonderful series, it's worth it.
And for Zootopia? I would not consider it allegorical. At all. It obviously takes inspiration from real-life racism, particularly that in the States, but just...
If you equate the predators in Zootopia, who are discriminated against because of their instincts to hunt prey and are faced with constant fear that they will kill their prey peers based on instinct or via drug, on any non-white groups in America, while the prey animals are white people? You... you see the issue, right?
You see the issue of making a fictional race that instinctually behaves very differently from humans via eating others an allegory to real-life races, especially black people, right???
That's why I wanted RWBY and the Faunus to be their own thing because the premise itself is fantastical. Don't Write Real Life Racism with Fantastical Allegories. PLEASE. RWBY shot itself in the fucking foot when they equate the Faunus to Black Civil Rights Issues when they aren't educated enough on the topic to even discuss it. If that was what they wanted, just write black people. There are other ways where you can write a fantasy racism plot without allegorizing it to real-life racism. Just write the fucking latter.
RWBY failed, and it failed badly. Even if you don't have the whole Faunus be about Black Civil Rights, the writers still INTENTIONALLY write a disabled child slave fighting for his rights after being abused by a corporation to be the VILLAIN. Not just any kind of villain, but the kind to abuse his loved ones, kill his own kind, aim for mass murder, and never actually gave a shit about his rights. That alone should tell you enough about whether or not RWBY failed or not.
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flor4zul · 4 months
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spaceagebachelormann · 4 months
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hi i’m stealing this from @solutopia <3
she did colours! but i’m associating my moots with artists instead for funsies!
also i couldnt put all of y’all cause some of u i haven’t spoken to enough to have a proper opinion :( but if u wanna be in part 2 js start sending me asks and i’ll be able to quickly make observations abt u!
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˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @juneberrie — LIZ!!! my silly pookie <3 ur so so silly and u make me feel like i can talk abt my interests without being judged or made fun of which is something my friends growing up didn’t give me, ilysm and ur artist is laufey
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @isitoversnowtvs — JAS!!! my wife <3 ur such a cutie and even if our music tastes are different i still thinks urs is really cool and unique and i love it and u sm ! ur artist is taylor swift
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @cannibalizedyke — MERE!!! my favourite frankenstein girlie <3 ur so bad at roblox /aff. but that’s okay cause ur really sweet and i love bothering u out of nowhere and u kinda remind me of lizzie hearts. ur artist is marina
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @renqiisnce — DAL!!! pookie bear ilysm. ur music taste is actually amazing and ur opinions are always so right. i’m mailing u peter criss. ur artist is kiss.
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @cau-lee-flower215 — LEE!!! ajsjejendjsndn u always have the best and silliest thoughts and ur so cool and ily <3 it genuinely makes me so happy everytime we talk ur so creative! ur artist is elton john
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @lunarluvbot — CHERRY!!! ugh you /j. ur so silly and match my energy perfectly and ur so fun to talk to and u let me rant abt peter pevensie for hours at a time. ur artist is madonna
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @lunarfleur — MICK!!! i love u. ur such a nice and genuine person and so fun and interesting to talk to and i wish we were closer </3 but ilysm and ur artist is elvis presley
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @madwickedawesome — JUNO!!! my absolute favourite person to bother. ur so fucking funny and i love playing roblox with u and u shoukd dm me on discord more often. ur artist is mischa bachinski debussy.
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @sluggmuffin SLUG!!! RAHHHH u have the best fulton thoughts (so does lee and mick) ajakaksjajsj. ur such a cutie patootie and we should become super bsfs do u have discord. ur artist is the beatles
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @solutopia — SOLANA!!! we dtm but ur so sweet and ur themes are always so gorgeous. ur such a beautiful person even if i don’t know what u look like and i have a lot of respect for u! ur artist is beabadoobee
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @presidentroarie — AUTUMN!!! my first mutual on tumblr! i love u sm and even when people don’t agree with u on sophitz ur so accepting of it and don’t judge them <3 i’m so glad we’re friends and i love u! ur artist is bob dylan
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @inkluvs — IVY!!! ur so pretty omg? and ur so sweet and ur fics and headcanons are amazing and even though we don’t talk a lot when we do it’s so silly and i’ll be giggling <3 ur artist is julie london!
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @faerieroyal — DOLLY!!! the only person who understands my love for adam and mr hyde,, literally my older sibling figure. ur so sweet and supportive and i feel so comfortable around u!! ur artist is ella fitzgerald
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @orangelovesyou ORANGE!!! my favourite ricky artist <3 such a silly and kinda babies me a little but i don’t mind!! so nice and silly and fun to talk to <3 ur artist is lady gaga
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @homeofhyperfixations — PERSE!!! i havent talked to u in so long :( but ur so creative and so nice and i love hearing about ur ocs and their lore and love interests it’s so interesting <3 ur artist is alice in chains
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @luckynature — BELLA!!! ur so funny omg? we should talk more pookie <3 i barely know u but u remind me a lot of ocean for some reason? also tammy? idk why !! also ur artist is weezer
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @moonlarked — AUR!!! my favourite hamlet lover! all ur hamlet thoughts and opinions are always so right and cause of u i now actually understand a lot more of hamlet then i did before <3 ur artist is type o negative
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @shefollowedthestars — NOVA!!! guys nova is the sweetest person to walk this earth. everytime we talk i live in fear of someone hurting ur sweet soul in anyway because u absolutely don’t deserve that. i heavily associate u with calm vintage music so ur artist is skeeter davis
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @doyouknowwhoyouare13 — NYX!!! ur so funny ily! i kinda forgot all of our interactions cause my memory is absolute shit but i always start giggling when thinking of u cause i remember u being really funny <3 ur artist is falling in reverse
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @starstruckwillows — JESSIE!!! omg i also need to talk to u alot more? ur so cutie patootie! one of my most favourite moot writers on this app /srs. ur artist is beyoncé
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @janesociety — JANE!!! pookie u always have rlly pretty themes and i love it! ur also super super nice and amazing and fun to be around! ur artist is the smiths
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @herrscherofsentence — JADE!!! ur hyperfixations are so cool! and i love all of ur names sm and the asks u send me always make me start giggling to myself cause they’re so funny! ur artist is tv girl
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @larsgoingtomars — SOPHIE!!! i genuinely love ur shifting stories so so much. and i absolutely love talking about bowie with u and u make me feel like i can talk to u about anything without being judged which i adore! ur artist is metallica
˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ @sp1rit-realm — HANNAH!!! i’m ngl i used to be scared to talk to u cause u seemed rlly cool,, but i’m glad i did cause that one james thought u sent me still has me twirling my hair over him. ur artist is guns n roses
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spookspokay · 7 months
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watching tiktok a while back and a guy was mourning that he got a brotherhood of steel tattoo because he liked fallout 3 and didnt know about the horrible faction it is (because you know, fo3 has horrible world building, so much so that faction of bos is considered separate), but even so i had to question, why you would admire a technofascist militia, even when theyre quote unquote "the good guys" in the game because the depth of the writters went as far as looking at classic fallout screenshots of their armor and thinking "that looks cool :)" it all kinda got explained when he mentioned he got the tattoo abroad when he was being deployed... from the militia. then he went on way too long trying to make a rant about how "actually fallout 4 bos isnt fascist perse cuz uh-" no my dude, they are a hoarders of technology prewar because they think anyone but them are savages that dont know how it works and want to kill anyone who isnt "human" in the same ominous vague term that could change meaning to justify their means. that sounds pretty fucking fascist to me. something about an ex-soldier trying to justify why the faction they liked isnt evil cuz he likes the aesthetic of hyper techno militia in post apocalypse kinda encapsulates why fallout was not meant to go mainstream idk.
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genericpuff · 1 year
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To me the problem with lore olympus and rachel is that she keeps the fan feedback too close to her chest, yes it does "affect her because she's very sensitive" which is smth rachel has said before in interviews and stuff, but the problem is that if u let fan opinions get in the way of ur work maybe u should set boundaries with the way u interact with fan content OF UR OWN WORK.
Im not sure if im explaining myself correctly, but the way rachel somehow always tries to prove criticism wrong and has slowly started ignoring the foundations she previously set is making everything just so flat and boring. She doesnt work with what we've already read but trying to somehow "fix" things that are sometimes not clear on the get go.
For example, u (and a lot of people) complained about how demeter explicitly said she always put persephone in white (when persephone has willingly been wearing that color through the entire series). Meanwhile, i remember having read a post from loreolympians on instagram (iirc) analyzing perse's change of color scheme during s2.
The problem with these things is that rachel has most likely been engaging with these fans who take for granted that she plans everything out or that everything has a deep meaning (which to a sense you should do, because having faith in the author is usually how to go about analyzing storytelling), and somehow it's become a strange echochamber and it results in these weird, very blatantly written to be noticed, details or moments htat try to be smart but are just flat bc rachel doesnt give any effort to anything else aand prefers telling rather than showing so she can feel like a good author when fans obviously point these out
Jdhdjd these are just my two cents and sorry for the long rant but yeah basically rachel should separate herself from the fandom and try to write more objectively and focusing on the narrative instead of taking every little criticism of her comic so personally
Honestly, I can get being a little squeamish around criticism, shit I've had analysis stuff on my work that's consisted of praise and it's still sometimes a little overwhelming to read (I've got a big one in my asks right now that took me like 10 minutes to get thru because I had to keep taking breathers and I still need to actually share it LMAO it's not even criticism! it's just got so much in it, ahfdsaklg)
When it comes to criticism, I still get a little "aw man" sometimes. I recently got feedback from Pyrrhic & Victoria on my Reaper redraws and even though I'm pals with them and know they aren't gonna be harsh, it's still an incredibly vulnerable position to put oneself in. Especially when it's projects that you hold very close to your sense of self.
RS has definitely taken it a little too far in tying LO to herself as a person. Criticism of the comic = criticism of her , and her fanbase seems to view this the same way, that if someone doesn't like the comic, that has to automatically say something about them as consumers when... it really doesn't. If anything their reactions to criticism say way more about them as people than the criticism existing lmao
What's more upsetting and simultaneously eye-rolling is the fact that Rachel goes out of her way to look for things to be upset about. On multiple occasions now over the past 4-5 years, she's snuck into groups containing criticism, attempted to strongarm power away from moderators so she could have criticism removed, and basically just ruined her own day over other people's opinions whether or not they were meant to be read by her.
It's why I stand by the fact that people shouldn't be directly messaging RS with criticism or hate because that would just be unsolicited cruelty. While she should be more open to criticism, that doesn't mean she needs to open the floodgates on her DM's because there are plenty of places for criticism to exist outside of her peripheral. But she keeps turning her head to look at it. Like, she'll throw a hissy fit over criticism that wasn't even really directly aimed at her, just meant for the sake of discussion. And that's where I'd really honestly wish she could just get a grip.
Like, I'm sure there's criticism of Rekindled out there already. Shit, I've had other projects from yeeears ago that ended up being made fun of outside of where I posted it. It sucked, but going out and actively looking for it for the purpose of erasing it from existence wasn't going to make me a better creator nor was it going to benefit me as a person.
It's a shitty reality, but the bigger you grow as a creator, the more you will have to separate yourself from your audience. You don't have to stonewall them completely, many people follow these works for the creators themselves, but you're not entitled to everyone's friendship and praise, and if the criticism really bugs you that much, then fucking work on the thing they're criticizing, don't double down on it or try to control how your audience consumes your content.
It's why it drives me so nuts when RS does infiltrate these groups because it's an incredible invasion of privacy as well as the creator-reader relationship. Q&A's, panels, and personal socials are where you go to interact with the creator. A creator sneaking into a Discord group or subreddit or FB group with the intent of "listening in" would be equivalent to J.K. Rowling showing up in person to a book club meeting. It's just disrespectful to your audience and makes you look like a huge asshole. Have some grace and for once, I'll tell Rachel and her fanbase to take their own advice - if you don't like it, don't read it.
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Me scrolling through the LO tag:
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Someone read the newest chapter, owo they have the screen shots! So pretty!
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Oh nice, new theories! Dionysus you say? Interesting.
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Oh nice more fanart! Oooo! And they're doing redraws of panels! Thats the best way to learn how to improve! I used to redraw the Teen Titans from the DVD cover.
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Someone making an introduction to their blog specifically made for anti LO and ranting about it
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Oh? More fanart! No wait, their just saying it's a redesign because they dont like the original. Damn I was missing the fanart.
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Someone making a new rant blog and introducing it like its new or special
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Oh wait look at that! A rant I agree with! Yeah I feel that way too!
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Anti... Percy Jackson? The fuck? How'd he get here? You don't even exist in this timeline yet!
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Oh lmao, a crack theory... Wait a damn minute that kinda makes sense.
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Ares X Perse ship! Rip to you, you are a brave, brave soul...
A moment of silence for all the brave shippers who ship what they wish, even knowing its not going to be endgame...
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midnightmah07 · 5 months
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💅😨🔥👎 FOR PERSE!!1!!!1
She is one of my favorite ocs of yours + I miss writing for her, so I will probably do once my writers block go away :33
Hehe I need to give love for Perse too it's been a while
💅🏻 - yes! She takes very good care of her appearance and that includes her nails, she loves painting them different colors to match her outfits and makeup
😨 - she's scared of her own emotions🥰 ok but like seriously now she's most scared of always being trapped into being a helper at Styx. This isn't the future she wants despite her intelligence and connections to the Shrouds
🔥 - tons. She regrets never being honest about her feelings for Idia, she regrets wasting the time of the boyfriends she had in her past, she regrets shutting her closest friends away because of her being an Achillea. That's why after book 6 she takes down all of her walls, she's tired of regrets
👎🏻 - hmmm I feel like she'd have a slight annoyance for Leona and Neige, the reason being bc Leona and Vil are constantly bickering and Neige bc well, he's competition for Vil and she will not stand for competition (yes she was extremely angry at the results of SDC to the point Ortho had to listen to her rant for hours so she wouldn't commit murder /j)
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arrogantsoap · 10 months
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back on tumblr to possibly stir the pot on tumblr queen fandom idk
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I was talking about it on twitter as you can see on the images above and decided to move it here because.
this is a huge rant, it might piss people off.
Idk, this is conspiracy theory but whatever, it's not like my opinion has any relevance. I saw a few comments on the thread of op's post mentioning how fucked up it is of roger and brian to contribute to borhap being the way it is (villainizing freddie for being gay basically). and like. idk. I've checked out of this fandom quite a while ago, so I'm not exactly keeping up with anything. but like it would be interesting to analyze them as a "friend group" again. because behind the scenes there might've been some fucked up homophobia going on, or some shit like that. like it definitely seems like the image they're trying to paint of themselves is only that clean to hide something else.
and now im going off my own tweet, like i see no reason for them to be so quiet/private about certain aspects of their lives (? idk how to explain this). like, you could argue that because they're still alive they still have an image to maintain of sorts. but idk. look at the beatles. everybody knew they were fucked up and now the remaining living ones just say yeah actually we were fucking insane. now queen seems a lil weird. they're a seventies rock band, im guessing everyone who knows anything about seventies rock bands will assume they were all fucking insane, but instead of ever elaborating on it (from what I can recall from more recent interviews I remember seeing/reading) they just don't really mention it??? like it's always about freddie, and how freddie was a tormented genius who fucked up his own life because he was crAazy guys!! idk. they (brian and roger more directly) never really let the people in their lives and their actual thoughts on things. they make sure to always mention freddie (because how could you not, really) but always say exactly the same things, i haven't seen an actual thoughtful retrospective by them. and it just feels like they're hiding shit, y'know? they seem very pr friendly.
and yeah maybe you could argue it's for privacy reasons. but they like talking about their past. just not about themselves and how they played a part in their past. borhap is the proof. they do like using queens image and !!to me!! it seems that it is solely for profit.
one of the great things about biographies and biopics and all that is the reflection about past events, revisiting events with a clearer understanding of context, being able to see clearly the different sides of the same story and all. but the remaining of queen seems to suffer from a chronic lack of self awareness when it comes to their own lives. and again !!!!to me!!!! that might be a sign that they weren't friends (with freddie) perse after all. mccartney can shit on lennon all he wants but he never diminished his importance or paint him in a bad light after his death for the sake of his own image, and that's a telltale sign of love and respect between the two of them.
and back to the homophobia bit, i don't think i explained it all that well. it's interesting how freddie was one of the biggest queer icons and impacted so many lives, but since his legacy was in the hands of the straight people around him it got all warped as soon as they had the opportunity. I could understand a biopic like borhap being made about him by some random director with loads of money to spend and no interest in queen/freddie besides the money their image could bring (think the movie yesterday). but it's completely different that roger and brian wanted the story to be told like that. that just shows that no matter how much they say they loved freddie (and who am i to say they didn't) they didn't bother to respect him.
idk. idk idk idk. this is just a convoluted way to say: queen's version of the story we've got so far seems iffy. i don't really trust it. but maybe im just misinformed. in that case just ignore what i said.
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magiqfetus · 1 year
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I don't like the Kronos arc in LO
I get that Perse is supposed to be a super powerful op fertility goddess and she ate the super powerful magic underworld fruit so she easily defeated an overlord that took six gods + presumably a group of allied titans + if we're going by mythology hundred handed giants, to defeat him before.
But that's a rant others have already gone on.
What makes me upset is the wasted potential, the arc was rushed and poorly written.
It would've been so much cooler if there was an actual struggle, if Kronos had actually gotten some hits in. If we genuinely thought that maybe, just maybe, Perse might lose. She could've gone into her titan form, fought him a little and lost, eat the pomegranate, and continue fighting.
It would've been more fun if Ares, Zeus, and Athena had been involved in the fight. Ares and Athena being war gods and Zeus being the God of lightning. There could've been some comedic and emotional lines shared between the father and his kids. Maybe with Kronos distracted Hades, Hermes, and Hecate could wake up and join the fight as we've never seen Hecate use her powers as the goddess of witchcraft, and Hermes just makes every scene better.
The citizens of the underworld could've woken up and joined the fight, there could've been references to minor underworld deities we wouldn't have seen otherwise.
It would've been so much cooler if Kronos scarred Perse instead of it just being her winning. If she had been cursed like the other traitors, the fight would've been more interesting AND she could finally relate to Hades. Hades and Hera bonded over their scarring by Kronos, have Persephone have to deal with the sacrifice she made by eating the pomegranate and choosing to fight Kronos.
I just, I didn't like the Kronos arch at all because LO was fine just being an office romance. I didn't like the Trial arch but it doesn't make sense that we went from one big deal to another big deal and didn't really spend time on the first big deal. But if you were going to make a Kronos fight scene, maybe put some effort into it.
(I also don't like that Kronos is just a 1 dimensional villain when it would've been interesting to see how he became that way, since Ouranos was known to be tyrannical but thats a rant for another day)
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PART EIGHT
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pairing: glenn rhee x fem!reader, daryl dixon x fem!reader (eventual)
description: back on the road again, the group needs to come up with a new plan to survive. meanwhile, y/n wonders about where she and glenn stand, and a member of the group goes missing.
warnings: canonical violence and gore, swearing
words: 2.8K
date posted: 13/07/22
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The CDC was gone, and so was a generous piece of Y/n’s sanity. It had only been a few hours since the impressively smaller group had just narrowly escaped their fiery deaths, though it felt like it had been much longer. Things were much different since the group had lost Jacqui, and the individual dynamics between herself and several others in the group had changed as well.
Alex had been uncharacteristically quiet since they had left Atlanta. Y/n couldn’t get the image of him at the CDC out of her head. The boy who had normally been so eager to drop anything to protect his younger sister had been frozen, leaving the both of them remotely defenceless, not that there was really much he could have done other than . Y/n didn’t blame her brother, perse, though it had given her the sudden realisation that she was pretty well dead to the world if she were to be left without him, or if he were to ever slip into such an unresponsive state again. 
The young man had not physically changed much, still adding his occasional sarcastic jabs and wearing the same goofy grin, though his shoulders hang lower than they usually had in his confident stance, and his eyes often became lost and unfocused when he was left to wallow in his own thoughts. In the time that they had been travelling, she’d felt more disconnected from her brother than she had in a long time, even more so than the period of time between him moving to Georgia and her coming to visit him.
Her relationship with Glenn had changed drastically as well.. Neither had outwardly discussed what the events at the CDC meant for them, but they had grown closer during their time on the road. Y/n wasn’t sure what to refer to their relationship as, but judging by the way that he pressed his shoulder to hers as they sat at the booth in the RV, or the way her eyes followed his every move, they were most definitely more than friends.
The remainder of the group barely glanced at Y/n for the remainder of their travels away from the city, though she wasn’t exactly complaining. It gave her an opportunity to keep a watchful eye on the others. She never missed T-Dog’s sarcastic quips, or Andrea’s constant scowl, and she surely never missed Shane’s longing stares whenever Lori or Carl were in his sight, and those of disdain whenever he spotted Rick. She spent her time watching these interactions, hoping to pick up on any threats that one member of the group may cause another, only half hearing Shane’s long rants about Fort Benning.
Fort Benning was nearly a hundred miles from Atlanta; A hundred miles between them and safety, likely to have dangerous obstacles in the way, but anything had to be better than what they had found in the city, and she found herself more and more relieved with every second that they were out of what remained of Atlanta.
Y/n cried out quietly as T-Dog nearly stepped on her hand as he exited the bathroom, shrinking into a fetal position from her place sitting on the floor.
“The hell are you doin’ on the floor?” He asked, stepping back abruptly.
She glanced over to where her brother was sprawled across the mattress, mouth agape to release soft snores, tilting her head at him to gesture silently. T-Dog grunted in realisation as he nodded, bracing the wall for support as the RV came to a sudden halt.
Y/n stood and moved past Shane and Andrea at the table, gripping the back on Dale and Glenn’s seats as she peered out the dirty windshield, “What’s going on?”
“Roadblock,” Dale responded, leaning out to call to Daryl as he circled back on his motorcycle, “You see a way through?”
Daryl squinted at the man, briefly making eye contact with the girl behind him before nodding, turning to lead the caravan through the scattered cars.
“Uh, maybe we should just go back,” Glenn suggested, “There’s an interstate bypass--”
“We can’t spare the fuel.”
Glenn glanced over his shoulder, sharing a look with the girl for a moment, though the loud sputtering and thick cloud of white smoke brought their attention back to the front of the RV.
Dale swore as he stepped out to inspect the issue, “I said it, didn’t I say it? A thousand times. Dead in the water.”
“Problem, Dale?” Rick asked as he appeared beside him.
Y/n stepped out onto the steaming pavement, silently watching as Dale continued to ramble on about how right he’d been.
“Just a small matter of being stuck in the middle of nowhere with no hope of–” He paused, finally glancing around at the hundreds of abandoned vehicles parked on the highway, “Okay, that was dumb.”
“If you can’t find a radiator hose here…” Shane squinted as he stared around him.
Daryl began rooting through the trunk of the nearest car, pulling out a few items of interest, “There’s a bunch o’ things we can find here.”
“I can syphon more fuel from these cars, for a start.” T-Dog suggested.
“Maybe some water.” Carol added.
“Or food.”
Lori shook her head, “This is a graveyard. I don’t know how I feel about this.”
The group members glanced at each other, all seemingly having decided that they would be searching the cars, despite Lori’s concern. Y/n’s stomach rumbled loudly at the thought of finding some food in the cars. As horrible as she wanted to feel for searching the cars where so many people would have died, she couldn’t find it within her to care once she imagined digging her teeth into a granola bar or some crackers.
Y/n began by searching the trunk of a little green car, sifting through the many pieces of luggage to see what she could find. She smiled a bit as she pulled out a stylish pair of sandals, a pair that she would have killed to own before, setting them down to grasp a small pink hairbrush. She ran her fingers over the handle, plucking the few hairs that remained in the bristles out before running it through her matted hair.
She glanced up as a flash of red danced in her peripheral. Carol swayed back and forth slightly as she held a red dress against her body, a small smile appearing on her face. That smile fell as she caught Lori’s eye, reading the judgmental expression on her face, rolling the dress into a ball and dropping it back into the car she’d been searching.
“Ed never let me wear nice things like this.” She explained.
“It’s pretty,” Y/n told her, “Would look really good on you, too, I bet.”
Carol blushed, pulling a suitcase out of the car and dropping it next to the pile that Lori had begun, “We’re gonna need clothes.”
Y/n nodded, moving to dig through the back of a truck. She sighed as she discovered a brown backpack, praying that whoever had owned it may have been similar in size to herself as she tore it open. Inside, she found multiple items of clothing, seeming just a bit too small for what she would have picked out for herself, but it would do. She pulled her muddy sweatshirt from her body, tugging a powder blue zip-up sweater over the tank she wore underneath. She giggled quietly, thankful that the girl who had previously owned the clothing had been somewhat stylish.
“Hey, Y/n,” Carl called to the girl, waiting for her to join his side before continuing on. “Look what I found.”
He pointed in through the window of the car in front of him, finger gesturing to the single packet of Skittles laying on the passenger seat. Y/n’s mouth watered.
“Oh my God,” She reached into the open window and snatched the red plastic, staring down at it in awe, “Carl, you’re amazing!”
The young boy flushed at her praise, “Well, I thought maybe we could… I don’t know, share them?”
“Yeah, of course.” She tore the packet open, dumping a few into his hand. “Hey, Sophia, you like Skittles?”
The young girl gasped joyously at the sight of the colourful candies, rushing forward to accept some of her own. Y/n moaned at the taste, closing her eyes to relish in the sweetness that she hadn’t been able to enjoy for nearly two months, now.
“Lori, under the cars,” Rick whispered loudly, catching the attention of his wife, son, and the other three females who had been accompanying them. “Carl, Sophia, Y/n, get down now.”
It was then that the blank expressions of the dozens of walkers caught her eye, freezing her in her place as they stumbled down the highway towards them. Sophia tugged at the older girl’s sleeve, dragging her to slide beneath the car where they had found the candy. Y/n placed a protective hand on Sophia’s back as she sucked in a breath, watching in fear as rotting feet began to step merely a foot away. Carl laid beneath the car beside them, and one over was the hiding spot of Carol and Lori, both of whom watched their children with teary eyes, Lori’s slender fingers clamped over Carol’s mouth to prevent her from calling out to her daughter.
Her mind moved to her brother– was he okay? Had he managed to hide from the dead, just as she had? What about Glenn, would he escape an untimely death? Different members of the group flashed before her eyes; T-Dog, Dale, Rick, Daryl… Any of them risked the possibility of not surviving, and Y/n wondered if another death would be the final straw for her sanity.
Walker after walker shuffled by, more in one place than she had ever seen, and then, after a short period, Y/n finally released the breath that she had been holding, relief washing over her as the final walker staggered past. She waited a beat, listening for any more shuffling footsteps before tapping Sophia on the shoulder lightly, motioning for her to slide out of their hiding spot, though Sophia’s terrified shriek made Y/n’s blood run cold.
Two straggling walkers reached for the young girl as she stumbled back into their hiding spot, forcing Y/n to scramble out the other side, narrowly avoiding one of the walkers as it turned the corner of the car. Sophia’s small body slammed into her own with a force she hadn’t been expecting, sending her tumbling over the guardrail and sliding down the side of the highway. Sophia skittered down beside her, walkers struggling to catch up.
“Sophia!” Y/n chased after her, shrugging off the pain that had settled in her shoulder from the fall as her feet carried her in the direction that the young girl had sped off in.
She finally caught the younger girl, pulling her along behind her at a fast pace as she struggled to remember exactly which direction she had come from. The moans and grunts of the walkers became louder as her chest heaved, legs burning from running.
“Y/n,” Sophia whined, pressing her small body against the older girl in fear, “I’m scared.”
“Don’t be,” Y/n’s voice had come out several octaves higher than it had already been, “I, uh, I’m gonna get us out of here.”
An arm wrapped around her waist, pulling the pair of them behind the cover of some shrubbage as a quiet shriek fell from her lips, fearing that she would be met with cold, dead eyes that wanted nothing more than to tear the skin from her bones, though she found herself instead looking at the wild eyes of Rick Grimes.
“Y/n, Sophia,” He kept his voice low as he glanced over the two girls’ bodies for injuries, “You both okay? Not bit?”
“Shoot them!” Sophia lunged for his gun, Rick barely preventing her from unholstering his weapon.
“No! Those walkers on the road would hear it, then it wouldn’t be just two, it’d be hundreds.” He snatched Sophia, lifting her to hold her on his hip as he grasped Y/n’s hand, racing to lead them away from the walkers, who had come closer.
He led them into a creek, water splashing beneath his boots and Y/n’s sneakers as she followed behind him closely. Rick set Sophia down at the edge of the river, pushing her to where the roots of a tree created a private nook, perfect for hiding from two hungry walkers. He pressed a hand into Y/n’s back forcing her to follow Sophia to the hiding place, stopping her to explain that he was going to lead the walkers away.
“No! Don’t leave us!” Sophia cried.
“Listen, listen, listen, listen. They don't get winded; I do. I can only deal with them one at a time. I wouldn't be able to protect you. This is how we all survive. You understand? Okay? Go go go go. If I don't make it back, run back to the highway, back to the others straight the way we came. Keep the sun on your left shoulder.” He glanced up as the walkers appeared above, stepping back to catch their attention, “Come on! You ugly son of a bitch! Come on! Come on!”
Sophia curled into Y/n in fear, pressing her face into the older girl’s chest to keep her cries quiet. Y/n grunted as she leaned back into the dirt, eyes widening as loud thuds and grunts echoed through the trees. For all she knew, Rick was losing to the two walkers, and there was a chance that he needed her help. The hardness of her pocket knife felt heavier in her back pocket as she pried herself from Sophia’s grip.
“Soph, I’ve gotta go help Rick,” She whispered to her, “You stay here.”
“You can’t leave me alone!”
“You heard what Rick said, if we don’t come back, keep the sun on your left and go back to the highway. I can’t stay here knowing that he could get hurt.” Diana squeezed her hand within her own, “And when we get back, all three of us, we’ll find some string and I promise I’ll help you make a bracelet just like mine.”
Sophia nodded hesitantly, finally releasing the older girl from her tight grip, watching her slipping out of their secure hiding place. She pulled herself up the side of the bank with the help of some low-hanging branches, stalking towards the faded growling as quietly as possible.
Y/n finally found the man she’d been searching for, gasping in surprise as he straddled one of the walkers, slamming a rock into its forehead repeatedly until blood and small flecks of brain sprayed against his face, oblivious to the second that crept up behind him. Y/n hurried forward to grasp the shoulder of the second walker, fist clenched tightly around the handle of the knife as she forced it through the temple, grunting as she put what little strength she had remaining into pulling the knife out. The corpse dropped to the forest floor with a thud, leaving her to find Rick’s large eyes.
“Y/n,” He heaved with exhaustion, “Where-where’s Sophia?”
“I, uh, I told her to stay put,” Diana told him sheepishly, “I knew you didn’t have a knife, and that you wouldn’t use your gun.”
Rick nodded, glancing around at their surroundings, though there was very little that he could see beyond the cover of the trees. He placed a hand on her shoulder to begin pushing her in the direction that they had come from, “C’mon, we gotta get back to the highway before any more walkers come our way.”
Y/n nodded, tucking a thin piece of hair that had fallen from her ponytail behind her ear, allowing Rick to guide her back to where she had left the younger girl.
“Sophia,” Y/n whispered loudly as she crept down the bank, mud squishing beneath her sneakers as she manoeuvred through the running water.
In any other situation, Y/n may have stopped for a moment, perhaps even lowered herself to feel the coolness of the water against her dry skin. She relished in the feeling of it as it lapped at her legs through the denim of her jeans. Her lips quivered into a small smile as it brought back the nostalgic feeling of visiting the beach, or joining her father on his boat in the late August evenings.
Then, the smile fell as she turned to peer through the tree roots that had created the small nook, “Sophia?”
But there was no answer.
Sophia was gone.
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Circe by Madeline Miller. (a review) Circe the daughter of Helios, and famous witch of Aiaia. is not all bad, (read the f*kin book) she just wants to know what they all know, she just want to be known, to be loved. she wants to be acknowledged.
⚠️🚨SPOILER ALERT!! 🚨⚠️
Her story speaks that, its never the flower's fault to have thorns and fruit poison, if not of the environment she could have continued its sweet blossom. Ive never felt so sad reading the fresh chapters to know that nobody love her! not even her own parents! if they dont even want her why did they tortured and pour thier venom of love. And the worst! the ungrateful brother who she raised! Aeetes just stick to her becuz she admire him more! the son of the b*tch do not treat her as sister as much as he speak of the word, he doesn't even care what the shit she feels, all he cares is not to be stupid and not get his divinity ruin. And the shitty mortal Gaucos, the heck he doesn't value Circe if she not have grantedd him blessings from her grandmother. And the best i could see that could almost love circe is Scylla to which circe had bent her to a monster out of jealousy, even if Scylla is a b*tch too atleast she talked to circe like a friend i supposed.,
i hope atleast someone will love circe in the following chapters, im here in the page of witnessing her run around the island and is in extravagantly prepared exile of a paradise. The whole house is prepared for her to live alone and enjoy her stay! The HECK. And you know, i am outrageously impressed of her being strong and bold and thick faced, despite her depression.
She had cried a lot! but the thought of turning into stone and what-not makes her move further, to look for a better and brighter future. its the trait she has, the strength to not easily giving up, to be resourceful because then again she is a witch, its that she wish to live better than this, and to all she can do ( or what she believes she can) she do things to get it to which alot saw it as greedy or prideful because she is the daughter of helios
(i hate Helios, although circe had grown greedy or prideful, or its just that she wants to be acknowledged and so she sells off all of her dignity to be heard. i teared up at the line where she finally can sing freely because she is never allowed in their house (perse, she is NOT mother at all, a b*tch only) i wish i could hug circe!! even tho she can be a little stupid and perhaps morally grey, pls could at least someone love her and change her! make her see! or at least some kind person to love and take her as her and to all she wish!! Its never her fault! its always been the surroundings!
—self essay/rants
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