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Im like super embarrassed, accidentally deleted my Bellerophon Blog @/OneTrickPegasus very bummed about that. Lost all my posts. Anyway, im starting fresh with this one.

Im gonna mostly post about Andromeda, Narcissus, Adonis, and Bellerophon until I figure out what to do

I also have a Twitter account under @/1TrickPegasus

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Okay now imagine Proserpina or Adonis drawn as an Anatomical Venus

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"Often father and daughter look down on mother together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate."

— Bonnie Burstow

I know this quote is usually discussed in the context of mother/daughter relationships, but I can’t stop thinking about how perfectly this dynamic fits into my interpretation of Narcissus and his parents.

My version of Narcissus is essentially like a 1980s preppy legacy student. He’s the golden boy who idolizes his father, desperate for approval, totally blind to his father's faults while simultaneously dismissing his mother, Liriope. He treats her like she’s dramatic or overbearing, completely unaware that he is currently living through the exact same ordeal she did, being aggressively pursued by someone who won't take no for an answer.

He doesn't know the "mom lore," so he aligns himself with the father who caused it.

My personal interpretation of Narcissus and Cephissus being close comes from my reading of this

Claudian, Rape of Proserpine 2. 130 ff (trans. Platnauer) (Roman poetry C4th A.D.) : "[Persephone and her nymphs gather flowers :] Thee also, Hyacinthus, they gather, thy flower inscribed with woe, and Narcissus too--once lovely boys, now the pride of flowering spring. Thou, Hyacinthus, wert born at Amyclae, Narcissus was Helicon's child; thee the errant discus slew; him love of his stream-reflected face beguiled; for thee weeps Delos' god with sorrow-weighted brow; for him Cephisus with his broken reeds."

That’s where I get the vibe. Cephissus, to me, sounds like a man deeply proud of his boy, perhaps his one son among many daughters whom he hoped for greatness. Narcissus doesn't hate his mother, but he is distant from her because he is too busy trying to be his father’s son, unaware that the "collusion does not save him from the mother’s fate."

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props to Narcissus, the og selfcester

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Exactly

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I miss drawing Narcissus, I miss my boy but I dont know what to do with him 😭

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Wip of Narcissus in cute buskins

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The Prince of the Daffodils, Messy WIP

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I can't believe i never reposted this after I accidentally deleted my old account. Anyway, I still stand with this point

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I don't think there's any historical or mythological basis for it, but I find the idea of a young Zeus briefly serving as Kronos's cupbearer, without Kronos realizing who he really is, to be a fascinating concept.

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I’ve always loved Disney’s Hercules, visually it’s such a gorgeous movie. I started imagining what Cloacina would look like in the Hercules universe, only to discover she actually already appeared briefly in the Disney Villains: Hades comic

Her official design is SO cute, and I’m honestly sad she didn’t have a bigger role, so at this point I’m just adopting her as my OC because I already have way too many ideas for her lol

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Adonis Tammuz Bronze Statuette. Galleries of Ancient Greece and Italy, Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Br 411. I know I shouldn't get so emotional over one mini statue of Adonis but I genuinely love him so much, look how precious he is

My baby :(

Adonis and his doggies :)

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Another myth where Narcissus fell in love with someone other than himself...his own sister

There is another story about Narcissus, less popular indeed than the other, but not without some support. It is said that Narcissus had a twin sister; they were exactly alike in appearance, their hair was the same, they wore similar clothes, and went hunting together. The story goes on that Narcissus fell in love with his sister, and when the girl died, would go to the spring, knowing that it was his reflection that he saw, but in spite of this knowledge finding some relief for his love in imagining that he saw, not his own reflection, but the likeness of his sister.

-Pausanias. Descriptions of Greece 9.31.8

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This my take on Barbie and Raquelle being MLP ponies. I made the most gaudy cutie marks ever I love them. I will eventually make comics and so on for all the AUs I've made for these two, but for now I post pretty sketches. They have consumed my every waking moment.

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Opinions on Epic the musical?

I have no opinions on it. I never listened to the full thing and never got into it. I also just dont find the Odyssey that interesting at the moment

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Wip of Narcissus in cute buskins