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[doppy-enjo]

LOOK WHAT YOU'VE TURNED ME INTO. LOOK WHAT WE'VE BECOME.

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

[yossariansliverpain]

i remember someone on reddit disputing the whole "this book changed my life" thing wrt catch 22, saying that once u finish reading u feel all motivated and awakened, but u don't actually change as a person or do anything different, and u probably already agreed with the book. it bothered me when i read that bc i did think that c22 was life-changing for me, and i couldn't really think of an argument against this redditor bc i also didn't change as a person or do anything different.

but with some more rereads under my belt, i think i can properly disagree with what they were saying now, and not just out of defensiveness. yes in some respect i agreed with the ideas in c22 going in, but it gave me new language to express and analyse those ideas-- pointing out the catch 22s in everyday life means not just identifying a contradiction but analysing why it exists, what those in power are trying to force us to do, and think about ways we could break out of it. and in each instance the book reminds me that no matter how normal everyone thinks these systems and contradictions are, i'm not crazy for seeing them and thinking they're wrong, and i should fight to find a way out.

c22 also reframed my thinking about societal issues-- the way death-causing issues are usually framed is so impersonal, and even if ur against, say, homelessness or the neglect of disabled people, you find yourself inclined to discuss these things impersonally bc that's what everyone else is doing. but seeing how directly and confrontationally yossarian acts towards milo, cathcart etc., makes me feel like i can be just as confrontational about all the politicians and ceos in real life whose actions cause suffering and death. i feel emboldened to call them murderers without feeling hyperbolic, bc c22 showed me the logic and objectivity of saying so. and when i started thinking about politics like that, i felt more outraged and more inspired to contact and harangue powerful people about the suffering they preside over.

so i would say it's life-changing, and i would say it changed me as a person. it taught me a lot, and i'm very happy to have read it

[yossariansliverpain]

i remember someone on reddit disputing the whole "this book changed my life" thing wrt catch 22, saying that once u finish reading u feel all motivated and awakened, but u don't actually change as a person or do anything different, and u probably already agreed with the book. it bothered me when i read that bc i did think that c22 was life-changing for me, and i couldn't really think of an argument against this redditor bc i also didn't change as a person or do anything different.

but with some more rereads under my belt, i think i can properly disagree with what they were saying now, and not just out of defensiveness. yes in some respect i agreed with the ideas in c22 going in, but it gave me new language to express and analyse those ideas-- pointing out the catch 22s in everyday life means not just identifying a contradiction but analysing why it exists, what those in power are trying to force us to do, and think about ways we could break out of it. and in each instance the book reminds me that no matter how normal everyone thinks these systems and contradictions are, i'm not crazy for seeing them and thinking they're wrong, and i should fight to find a way out.

c22 also reframed my thinking about societal issues-- the way death-causing issues are usually framed is so impersonal, and even if ur against, say, homelessness or the neglect of disabled people, you find yourself inclined to discuss these things impersonally bc that's what everyone else is doing. but seeing how directly and confrontationally yossarian acts towards milo, cathcart etc., makes me feel like i can be just as confrontational about all the politicians and ceos in real life whose actions cause suffering and death. i feel emboldened to call them murderers without feeling hyperbolic, bc c22 showed me the logic and objectivity of saying so. and when i started thinking about politics like that, i felt more outraged and more inspired to contact and harangue powerful people about the suffering they preside over.

so i would say it's life-changing, and i would say it changed me as a person. it taught me a lot, and i'm very happy to have read it

[everydaywomble]

in my mind, the thing 1982 and catch 22 are sisters

[serendipititties]

Me and the mutuals fr

[eatmyeyes]

one of my favorite writing tropes is an unsuspectingly unreliable narrator. someone you initially believe the perspective of, but as the story goes on, their sanity slipping becomes obvious. it's especially good when you go back and realize they were never sane to begin with. that shit hits so good

[rubinecorvus]

Snowden's secret. [Slight gore below cut]

[gigizetz]

I had a vision of Circe with short hair

[artbymeow]

Ares: BEST CHRISTMAS EVER

[irunaki]

this is how it went right

[snekysonjr]

Dad nobody hurt me (Poseidon design by the great @neal-illustrator)

[saturnsconstellation]

Men use “I’m just a man” to cheat on their wives. Odysseus uses “I’m just a man” to kill, slay and torture people to get back to HIS wife. They are not the same.

[quackysprouts]

ares slays his daughter’s rapist

[pippastrelle]

Penelope: Yeah, this shroud is taking me 20 years.

Suitors:

[fangirling-phoenix]

Can we please appreciate Odysseus being a silent stalker in the shadows, taking out suitors with his bow, not deigning to speak to them as he takes them out one by one

until some of them go "we have to strike him in the darkness too! we know the halls of this palace! the odds can be tilted!"

and Odysseus, built this palace with his very hands, has to step out of the shadows like "are you this fucking stupid"

[k9t33th]

It's always that damned distance

[thequeenoftheentiregoddamnworld]

sometimes the problem is what lies in between