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ˡⁱˡʸ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ᶜᵒᶠᶠᵉᵉ , ˢᵘᵐᵐᵉʳ , ˢʷᵉᵉᵗ ᶜʳᵃⁿᵉ , ᵐⁱᵗˢᵏⁱ , ᶜᵒᵘⁿᵗʳʸ , ᵖʳᵉᵃᶜʰᵉʳ'ˢ ᵈᵃᵘᵍʰᵗᵉʳ .

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why-i-love-comics

Absolute Batman #19 - "The Straw Man" (2026)

written by Scott Snyder art by Nick Dragotta & Frank Martin

twsfdc

He's such a Disney princess that he can summon crows with his whistles omg

little-lamb-lyosha

El mundo si Tita de la garza se hubiera quedado con el Doctor Brown

lewadny

Maekar & the boys

frey-williams

When every virgin reader is a petite, white sundress, childish, pigtailed, ‘doe eyed’ innocent girl

my-name-is-apollo

for uhm personal reasons I need to know all about feminine apollo so please tell me more

Aha, that's something I love to talk about. I was about to make a post about this anyway so: There's a lot of ancient greek vase paintings that show Apollo wearing feminine robes and accessories that were usually worn by women. For example,

a veil

(Heracles ascending to Olympus)

Multi pinned sleeve

(Apollo helping Hector in the Trojan war)

Cross sash

(The musical contest between Apollo and Marsyas)

Periskelis (the thigh band)

(Orestes seeking shelter at Delphi)

Here, he is wearing the chiton in a way that girls wore

And these lithographs of ancient art have him wear such pretty dresses

Since he is an eternal youth, 99% of the times he has long hair and youthful face - those are the very important physical traits of Apollo. There are many paintings where you will confuse Apollo for a girl.

Apart from these, I have found quite a few statues and marble reliefs too. Many of these are from Hellenistic Greece and Roman era:

As you can notice, most of these present Apollo as a musician, so maybe music played a part in Apollo being effeminte? Did the Muses have a lot of influence on him?Idk, food for thought I guess. Oh and there are a number of headless statues identified as Apollo Patroos (fatherly), where again Apollo is wearing long robes.

Lastly, some quotes from literary sources (FYI I have not included the hundreds of quotes describing Apollo's long hair and smooth chin):

"And ever beautiful is he and ever young: never on the girl cheeks of Apollo hath come so much as the down of manhood."

- Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis (trans. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.)

"Apollo puts his hair in order by shaping his flowing locks with soft foliage and braiding it with a golden diadem."

- Virgil, Aeneid 4.147 (trans. Ingo Gildenhard) (Latin poet C1st B.C.)

"These children Niobe placed above those of Latona [Leto], and spoke rather contemptuously against Apollo and Diana [Artemis] because Diana was girt in man's attire, and Apollo wore long hair and a woman's gown."

- Hyginus, Fabulae 9 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.)

[describing an effeminate man]: giving himself excessive airs of daintiness and indulging in all sorts of effeminacy; sometimes darting his eyes about; sometimes throwing his hands hither and thither...sometimes personating Aphrodite, sometimes Apollo"

- Tatian, Address to the Greeks 22 (trans. Pratten) (Assyrian Theologist C2nd A.D)

"[in the fragments of Lucilius' satires (C2nd B.C)]: Taking issue with Apollo, whom Romulus mocks as a pretty boy (pulcher) with a fondness for effete dance, Romulus rants against foreign luxuries"

- The Cambridge Companion to Seneca (ed. Shadi Bartsch, Alessandro Schiesaro)

fair number of Renaissance paintings continued this tradition by making Apollo look feminine and beautiful. But for some reason most of the modern adaptations make him macho, the typical Manly Man 🙄 Come on people, you're throwing away the potential here! I wanna see an Apollo who can rock a suit and a pretty dress. Give me more of Apollo and Dionysus hanging out together at drag parties.

Edit: since this has been getting some attention lately, here's another post where I ramble more about Apollo's gender representation.

wolfythewitch

Lament

arkimessa

My dearest Orpheus ❤️‍🔥 and some verses I wrote (I don't dare call it a "poem"😅).

(This is the English translation):

One night I entered

the gloomy black cave,

the one hidden

in the depths of the Soul.

I did so without fear, for there I recognized

oblivion in its purest form.

I saw it written on its walls,

marked on each of its stones.

That cave, like flesh,

embraced ancient bones.

And the sad dead voices

whispered lost memories.

I followed the river, deep crimson,

flowing sorrowfully, sobbing without tears,

for I knew of its inevitable end,

when it meets Immensity.

And I understood, heart in hand,

that we are all one river,

that feels eternal fear

when it contemplates the color of the abyss.

I thought I found all the answers,

deluded, in a single journey.

When all I could accept

was that I was wrong.

I awoke with wide eyes,

I felt the New Light bathing my entire being.

My Soul had dawned pale white,

but the Mysteries remained infinite.

And so, they will remain.

And that was Death for me, once again.

staarrrluvr-deactivated20260531

likeee hahaaaahah

rylandsgrace

That was the last sunrise I ever saw. Perhaps the kindest thing the dark gift has given me. // It was the last time I saw my brother. It was the last time I saw the sun. It was the only time I ever felt free.

Interview with the Vampire (2022 - ) // Sinners (2025)

community-gardenss

Sketch for a project I'm doing for class because I haven't posted in forever hiiii. Clytemnestra and Iphigenia you will always be famous to me

mothermakkar

☀️ when fate's footsteps returns to zero, an enshadowed version of you will manifest as an enemy and process along the fate you have etched into being