#special status

[azirafuck]

people will tenderly kiss crowley as he's in the middle of the snake-to-human transition looking like an expired cucumber but draw the line at. beard.

I'm also people

#good omens #is this ground to revoke the monsterfucker card or does it upgrade it to special status

[thejewishlink]

DeSantis notches legal win in battle over law revoking Disney's special tax district

DeSantis notches legal win in battle over law revoking Disney’s special tax district

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ law dissolving Disney World’s Reedy Creek Improvement District, rejecting the claims of a Miami lawyer running for U.S. Senate as a Democrat. In the complaint, three residents of Orange and Osceola counties claimed that S.B. 4-C, the law that eliminates Disney’s ability to operate an independent governmental…

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#DeSantis #Disney #Florida #Special Status #Transgender

[rapha-reads]

No but I gotta talk about Medusa for a minute actually.

It's been. A very long time since I read the PJO books so I don't exactly remember how Uncle Rick presents Medusa in the book. But the way the show introduces her myth? Fascinating. For me as a Greek mythology enthusiast, that is.

The show makes Medusa a victim of Athena. Of course, the show is mainly for kids, so they can't exactly say that, hey, kids, Medusa was Athena's priestess and she was raped by Poseidon, YEP, or protagonist's father, IN Athena's temple, nah, that's neither kid-friendly nor does it endears us to Poseidon. Not that Poseidon is very dear to us viewers/readers at this point, our narrator/protagonist can't stand his own dad.

But still what fascinates me is that even though they twisted the myth to ft the narrative they still managed to evoke Athena's curse as being actually a gift, and Medusa not feeling wretched over her condition but blessed.

Which is not a modern reading of the myth, actually. Saying that Athena couldn't punish Poseidon for his transgression and could only punish Medusa, but did so in a way that would give Medusa weapons to defend herself against whoever and whatever would try to harm her again, is a narrative that exists since Antiquity.

My point is that the re-framing of Medusa's myth, departing from the traditional, non-kid-friendly version while still incorporating both classic and modern elements, is a good frame of reference for the series (book and show)' entire approach to mythology. And I guess I'm saying that mostly for the non-book readers who are discovering this world, many of whom might be Greek mythology fans and might have gone "wait, why is Hades AGAIN presented as the bad guy when he's the chillest, most normal, most stable god in this entire pantheon", because that's a conversation the book fandom has been having (over and over again) for more than a decade.

Anyway, yeah. As a long time book fan and a show appreciative, here's my advice to anyone who knows WAY too much about Greek myths and still want to enjoy the ride without going every five minutes "wait, that's not correct": reframe. Contemporary rewritings, modern audiences and Fantasy genre.

#pjo series #pjo series spoilers #pjo #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #rick riordan #medusa #greek myths #greek mythology #rapha talks #the funny thing is that one of the art exhibition i've been giving tours of these past couple of months is about goddesses #and it has some statues and objects about both athena and medusa so i've been talking a lot about these two for weeks now #so even though i still remember some from the books and i know damn well uncle rick's priority wasn't myth accuracy #i still got a bit floored by the planet-size holes in medusa's myth in the show #not enough to dislike the episode (au contraire i quite enjoyed it) but enough to feel compelled to say a word about it #(can you tell my special interest as a weird little girl was greek mythology and how it still is to this day...)

[dearestdo3]

regulus who at first hates sev for being a poor, weird halfblood but for some reason keeps getting special treatment from his cousin and her fiancé

and years later he does the same thing

#snegulus #regulus x severus #mine #rkgk #i love this specific type of snegulus #hes a puppy dog just like his big brother #feral to those he dislikes but absolutely enamored to those he loves #he was baffled when he saw how much lucius endorses sev to everyone #and his idol lv taking a quick liking to him eventhough he's a nobody #and then it clicked in his head how special sev is despite his blood status #complete 180 after

[pigeon-noises]

Memorial

#venti #genshin impact #venti genshin #digital art #genshin fanart #I've always liked the design of the barbatos statue in mondstadt #a special thankyou to isnt-it-pretty for Lyre Consultation - I did my best! #myart #fanart #portfolio

[frayed-symphony]

Tales of Symphonia status screens I made for my friend's birthday for our original characters☔️

I make these every 3-4 years since 2007! We keep coming up with new AUs for them. I'll put the older ones under a cut;

2020

2017

2014

2011

2010

2009

2007

#tales of symphonia #reimi #beatrix #status screen #symphonia status screen #original character #I’ll have to make the next one in 2027 really special #that will be 20 years ???

[miralyk]

Respectfully, I was surprised not seeing you draw yourself as a fox and your face uncensored, you look cute!! Also, with your joke with your computer hauntings and assassin's creed 2, what about altair, are you playing assassin's creed 1 or playing out of order??

aaaaa thank you so much, i'm coming around to more self-confidence and being okay w showing my face! i'm still going to draw myself as a fox though, we'll see about me switching back and forth w either fox/human depending on whichever feels better, haha

as for gaming, yeah, i recently finished playing prototype and am now replaying ac1, ac2, and ac3 this winter break bc of nostalgia! i'm finishing ac1 atm and simply haven't doodled or said anything about it, but rest assured, the ghosts of desmond's ancestors (and co.) are freeloading on haunting my computer rn LMAO

#des and alex are simply My Top Favs hence their 'special' status as guardian angel and devil in the 'our computers are haunted' joke LMAO #should i tag everyone... for archive and blacklist reasons i'll do it jic here #desmond miles #alex j mercer #altair ibn la'ahad #malik al sayf #protocreed #ask #ghosts in the machine au

[daily-hanamura]

#p4 #persona 4 #hanamura yosuke #yosuke hanamura #pq #aaaaah the way naoto said he wanted to investigate something and yosuke making sure naoto wouldn't be alone. #volunteering himself so naoto had someone to watch his back #since pq was set during the cultural festival that means naoto had only just joined the IT #the memory of naoto being kidnapped is still fresh in yosukes mind!!! hes just looking out for his kouhai!!! #also “you guys got nothing to worry about with my partner there” uhhh yosuke i think the team knows #its cool tho the team probably gets it. just yosuke being his usual possessive self we love to see! #asserting his special aibou status before leaving for a bit #like dont you guys dare forget yu is yosukes aibou >:( #pinches his cheeks #he's good with his queue

[necrosummer]

im actually losing my mind over sweet pool and how youji is simply the best representation for being the sacrificial lamb, the martyr, the victim of a madonna-whore complex, a vulgarised allegory when loss of innocence keeps hunting him ??? where was the rotten part ?? inside him ??? could he be saved ??? no

#the virgin mary statue that simply “watches over” everyone in that school ??? masterpiece #he's just the god loves you but not enough to save you for me #makoto hes my special boy he gets hunger like no other #im actually insane with the whole symbolic power this game has over me??? .............. christian boys ffs #and then youji being the guilt-trapped entertainment of god like #i want to kiss him smsmsmsms #female monstrosity and it's that subway scene from possession then youji's teenagehood l!!! #do you believe in god? it's in me... #sweet pool #youji sakiyama

[bitchfitch]

MOTHER FUCKER SPOTTED T POSING. GAY SHIT IM GOING TO HAVE TO BANISH THE CHILD FOR TO ENSUE.

#totk spoilers #also can i just say how Fucking Scared i was that they were just retconning the champions out of existence?? #the divine beasts are gone and the story is going out of its way to avoid mentioning them or their pilots. #Miphas spring was the first time i found Any direct mention of them. #its an Area name. #Daruk and Revali may as well not have existed. #like. I didn't stop to talk to a lot of npcs bx i couldn't be fucked to do so #but Man. #It feels like they should have been mentioned in the main story at Some point #I straight up couldn't sleeo last night bc i was so worried theyd just fucking #Unexisted my second favorite character in this entire franchise. #Like i know Mipha isnt anything special by loz princess standards but i just love her ok. #i love her aesthetic #and seeing her statue was replaced in the domain was a bad feeling because like. that basically confirmed it for me that the game #was just going to pretend she never existed #which it still is but the spring having this name Helps. its a bandaid on a gunshot wound

[fromtheseventhhell]

"A wolf with a fish in its mouth?" It made her laugh. "That would look silly. Besides, if a girl can't fight, why should she have a coat of arms?" Jon shrugged. "Girls get the arms but not the swords. Bastards get the swords but not the arms. I did not make the rules, little sister." (Arya I, AGOT)

--

The girl smiled in a way that reminded Jon so much of his little sister that it almost broke his heart. "Let him be scared of me." The snowflakes were melting on her cheeks, but her hair was wrapped in a swirl of lace that Satin had found somewhere, and the snow had begun to collect there, giving her a frosty crown. Her cheeks were flushed and red, and her eyes sparkled. "Winter's lady." Jon squeezed her hand. (Jon X, ADWD)

When Arya supports KITN!Jon + passes Robb's crown onto him and Jon supports Arya as the Lady of Winterfell >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

#jon snow #arya stark #house stark #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #Jon gave Arya the sword and Arya will give Jon the arms! #the two outcasts with the closest bond among the starklings supporting each other becoming leaders of House Stark #would be so satisfying...Arya supporting Jon despite his bastard status and Jon supporting Arya and her non-conformity #Alys being similar to Arya in looks and personality + mistaken for her in Mel's vision...she's definitely a proxy for Arya in Jon's arc #I think about these two 1000% more then I talk about them they are so special and important to me #they love each other so much and I can't wait to see them interacting again in the story

[poems-of-a-lover]

will never be over this honestly

#BC WHAT THE HELL. WHAT. #WHYYYY DID THEY. WHY!!!!! #they knew good and well...... #god. insane!! #'world class insomniac' yeah right #seriously tho the 'i cant fall asleep easily (falls asleep immediately around That Person)' trope GETS ME #its so important to me #feeling a level of safety and trust and comfort in someone to be able to fall asleep around them is so special #shoutout to My Guy who ive fallen asleep on call with multiple times JGHSKJK unmatched imo #the way that they both just look so incredibly comfortable. literally not a care in the world. #they forgot abt their status and the rest of the world and everyone else bc they were with each other!!!! do u get it!!!!!!! #goodness i need to go to bed its nearly 2 am #this film is going to be the death of me #rwrb #red white and royal blue #alex claremont diaz #henry fox #henry george edward james hanover stuart fox

[thepringlesofblood]

don't make me tap the sign

[image id: screenshot of the simpsons "don't make me tap the sign" meme, where the sign is edited to read "“Hastur was a Duke of Hell. Crowley wasn’t even a local councilor” - Good Omens (1990)" /end id]

update: re-read the book lately and realized they spell it "counsellor" bc they're british. this makes sense but it also means my american ass can't help but read "counsellor" as the american "counselor" which is like a therapist or mental health consultant (the way i spelled it originally is like. someone who sits on a council. which is what i'm sure they meant). just wanted to share the fun image of crowley as a therapist ("I see I see. have you tried yelling at plants?"), or even funnier, that "Duke" as a title is like. a level above therapist. grand therapist. high throne of therapy. tier 1 therapist hastur la vista.

#it's very important to me personally that crowley is truly just some guy #like yes he's the serpent of eden and technically invented human sin #which basically just got him a pat on the back and then put to work for the next 6000 years #while the ceo (satan) largely gets the credit for the whole apple thing #bc good omens is a critique of bureaucracy and capitalism #crowley's not special bc of his status with hell or even who he used to be in heaven #he's special bc he's *crowley* #he's special bc he's imaginative and creative and optimistic and clever #he's lived and loved and worked on earth for so long that its had the same profound effect on him that it does on aziraphale #that gives them the perspective that heaven and hell lack #idk its just. a lot of feelings for me #good omens #original post #image id

[summertimemusician]

Unenlighted: Sky and Wild don't have that good of a relationship due to Sky's guilt and Wild not feeling he's good enough when compared to any of his predecessors because he failed the kingdom once and it gets exacerbated by the events of TOTK, similar case with Flora and Sun.

Enlightened: Sky and Wild have a pretty good relationship, but it's still strained because of both their problems and the strain grows bigger after TOTK when Fi breaks, Sun likes Flora just fine as a descendant while Flora is incessantly tormented by the fact she always believed her entire life she'd never measure up to the other Zelda's because she couldn't fulfill her duty anymore than Wild could, and it causes communication.

Ascended: Sky and Twilight having a full blow custody war in the back because they both see Wild as a better successor than he believes himself to be due to the parallels to BOTW, TOTK and Skyward Sword even though it's technically Twilight Princess' spiritual sucessor (since it was originally made to be a sequel to that game) and Sky and Wild both get along well with one another, and instead of getting angry at Wild for breaking Fi he's more so worried for him and her equally (and then has to be held back by the rest of the Chain along with Twi to not eviscerate whatever's left of Ganondorf's body) meanwhile Sun all but surprise adopted Flora as a sister and is super supportive of all her pursuits and number one hype woman because she was as unhinged as her at her age and Flora is flabbergasted but really really happy and relieved she doesn't see her as a disappointment or anything and they get along like the sister she never had growing up. Specially since they can both bond over not being quite regular humans anymore and can help one another deal and learn more about it.

I will not elaborate.

#linked universe #tears of the kingdom spoilers #kinda? #eh #give me the found family dynamic in full and more Sky and Wild and Sun and Flora parallels and bonding folks #you're telling me Sky wouldn't see Wild's arm and not immediately be asking for names? specially after he sees Fi? #It's their who did this to you moment #Friendly reminder Sun was supposed to have an independent mode in SS we were robbed off #and also that the first thing she did upon getting to the surface was not sticking around Impa in the temple #but explore and want to know more. she jumped onto the Kiwi Elder's stomach just to get to a temple so she'd try learning more #she was trained as a knight much like Link was and possibly for longer than him #and she's Hylia's mortal vessel #you can't tell me she wouldn't have torn Rhoam a new one or that she's fully human #or that she also wouldn't have stabbed Ganondorf if she had the chance #she pushes Sky off Skyloft and off the goddess' statue with no warning #and presumably it's not the first time she was ready to throw hands with Groose over Sky in SS #She's as feral and capable as any of the other Zelda's and it honestly shows in Sonia so she'd definitely encourage Flora the most #Summer's Sleep Deprived Rambles

[patron-saints]

i was tagged by @memesmadefullmetal in a "list 5 topics you can talk on for an hour without preparing any material" post, which, what an honor, hello <3

so!

fullmetal alchemist brotherhood/manga (but i could honestly just do an hour on femslash rarepairs no problem)

tenchi universe: character analysis, ship dynamics, writing choices, inconsistent timelines, gender, you pick

MDZS/CQL/the untamed: recently @waitineedaname and i did a phone call where we basically talked about the untamed for 6 hours without stopping so i'm pretty confident i could carry just one on my own lol

trying to think of things that AREN'T fiction is really hard because most of the stuff i'm really passionate about is fiction BUT i actually am developing somewhat of an academic expertise on queer culture in the 1940s-60s in the US or at least an expertise on how to best research it! i made a guide with over 150 sources and i've written a paper on historic butch/femme culture too

cheese! it's my favorite food and i used to work at a cheese shop so i know a lot of fun facts

tagging: @waitineedaname @acornered @iernos @bunramen and @princeheathen but no pressure!!

#the number of fictional media i could talk about for an hour is INSANELY high so i tried to pick three recent ones #but name ANY past special interest and i got it on lock #i think i did just fifteen minutes the other night arguing with a friend about lust's status as a girlfailure i could easily do a whole hou #on anything fma #also hello to my new mutuals/friends from boop day

[sexy-sapphic-sorcerer]

dealer: I got some straight gas. this strain is called 'doctor who'. you'll be blaming everyday scenarios on supernatural entities

me: yeah whatever. i don't feel shit.

5 minutes later: dude I swear I keep dropping things

my friend, the doctor, dancing: the goblins are tricking us

#add to the list of normal things to be scared of #statues? weeping angels #forget something? the silence #shadows? vashta nerada #clumsy? goblins. #doctor who #doctor who christmas special #the church on abbey road #ncuti gatwa #15th doctor #ruby sunday