Menelaus rambles a lot about not only Helen, but also Hermione. About how she used to say Olive like "Olifs". How she lost her first tooth running too fast and running into a low branch while out with Helen. How he'd sometimes wake up to Hermione leaning over him and poking his face to say, "Dad, can we go see the horses?" even though it was barely daylight. How she was much nicer waking Helen and how he thinks Hermione did that on purpose because she found "dad's face funny". How her favorite color was every color.
And Odysseus listens.
And he thinks about how his son only had a few teeth coming in when he left, teething on everything. How he could only say one syllable with his babbles. How his son needed balance to stand but Odysseus was so proud that Telemachus was very good at rolling over. How his son loved pulling at his and Penelope's hair.
How his son would be talking, walking, maybe even lost his first tooth by now. And he doesn't even know if he'll ever know his son's favorite color.
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it occurs to me that jamie's conversation with ted at the pub in 2x02 might be the first time he talks about his dad with someone who already knows that james is abusive (with the possible exception of georgie). which means that the first time he hears an outside perspective on the situation, it's ted telling him that his dad's abuse is what made him great
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today was exhausting - my friend was here for about 7 hours and I just. oh man I love her and all but it's just a lot sometimes. it's probably for the best that we only meet up like 2-4 times a year now (gives me enough time to forget how draining it is so I look forward to it, and recover afterwards)
I don't talk to anyone but my husband most days, and he doesn't really talk. so that's maybe 15 minutes total of talking. and today it was literally. 7 hours. no breaks except when we were eating (but no even then someone was always talking).
first of all ouch, it hurts (my voice is very hoarse now). and also. it's so so so draining. like. we really have nothing in common at this point. but she's my oldest friend and I do love her so it's tolerable... but just barely. these days there's way too much diet/food/weight loss talk, and also she seems to be getting into alternative medicine which I cannot fucking stand (it's one topic where I can't pretend or be nice about it either). lots and lots of very preachy vegan stuff too (I don't have any problems with it, I admire people who can do it, but fuck dude you know I eat meat and that I've said many times that I *can't* go vegan (I would starve. there's not enough foods that would be left. seriously.) and it feels pretty shitty to keep going on about it every damn time. I'm not sitting there trying to convince her that she should really be an atheist or something, because I know what her thoughts are about that and I respect it.
when she hangs out with her other friends a lot it's mostly just talking about all the issues that come from that (they fucking suck). I don't know, it kind of feels like I'm her therapist. when I talk about something I'm interested in she doesn't ask many questions and it kind of sucks. like, dude I don't care about your plants either, but I'm interested because you care, so. maybe try that too. would be nice!
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Wait, wait, NYR has a captain now and it’s not Kreider? Was this… expected? I’m not a Rangers fan, I get the majority of my info from you and sort of twitter because I really like how they’ve been playing and they seem like good boys, but I thought if they would give someone the C it would be Kreider. So, I’m confused.
It's one-hundred million percent because Chris and Mika could not split the C like one of those plastic best friend heart necklaces, circa 1999. If they cannot share it, then they are not interested in it.
But also, what Chris has failed to consider is:
(jk, i understand. it's because he's obsessed with mika)
Listen, Jacob Trouba seems like a mostly stand-up dude. He loves his wife. He's got cute dogs. He hits people. He's my husband's favorite New York Ranger.
AND YET
Chris Kreider is the heart and soul of this stupid team of codependent, hug-prone idiots, and I am so, so, so incredibly sad that he will not be the captain of them. Collectively. Legit, thinking about Jacob Trouba, stand-up dude he may be, standing outside the tunnel as the last person off the ice, makes something in my chest ACHE. Is that weird? Maybe. But I am also a little codependent on the New York Rangers and their continued success in the sport of hockey, and I WANTED THIS A LOT.
Justin had a game last night and then I left before he woke up this morning and this is the message I got after the official announcement was made:
RIP sign I brought to Buffalo that said MAKE KREIDER CAPTAIN YOU COWARDS.
YOU'RE ALL COWARDS. I'M UPSET.
Maybe the NHL and the New York Rangers and the world were simply not prepared for the power of watching Chris Kreider get the Cup first and then immediately handing it off to Mika while making in-love eyes at him. Like the camera would just shatter or something. To maintain balance in the universe.
That's my story, and I'm sticking with it.
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