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dude i want to eat peaches so bad. if right now i had a basket of peaches i would just have a basket due to me eating the peaches

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If you want boys to respect you, show them you’re serious. Shoot something, blow it up!

iamthedevilswalkingstick

I came out to my mom as non-binary, and she was asking me about whether or not I wanted to change my name, and I was telling her about how a common joke for non-binary people is that we name ourselves nouns and trees

But here’s the thing

I forgot to account for the fact that my mom is a huge nature nerd

So I came home from school this afternoon to my mom with a list of different trees and bird names that she thinks I should name myself

Here are some highlights:

Devil’s walking stick

Titmouse

Cardinal (I’m not apposed to this one)

Jay

Peregrine

Pawpaw

Pileated woodpecker

Birch

Maple

Cypress (legit considering this one)

Dogwood

She legitimately thinks these are good names and she also came to the realization that a) she should’ve given all her kids gender-neutral names. She wishes she’d given in to her inner hippie and named us things like blue, moon, river, ocean, and sky.

and B) she wants to now give all of her kids tree/bird nicknames. She followed my sister around for an hour asking if she wanted to be named oak or spruce.

I love her and I’m so glad she’s so supportive, but this is not what I thought the reception to me coming out was going to be

enby-posi

That's so sweet!

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Why Super Paper Mario is the best game in existence.

Need I say more?

willow-s-linda

I had completely forgotten about this song [link], but today I listened to it again and felt like painting something that goes with it :)

theveshin23

It mebbe years ay watchin’ david tennant & peter capaldi but Ah understaun everythin’ Merida said😂

Subtitles:Ah gae mah mammy a cake,she turned intae a big bear,mah Auldjin(old man) tried tae dae her in,if that’s nae a pure mess Ah dornt know whit is!

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PERSEPHONE » QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD.

aradhels

-,’ types of people: greek goddesses ,’-

aphrodite: pretty hands, neat notes, small handwriting, soft lips, poetry, mom jeans, perfect eyebrows, roses, flirty, soothing voice, the scent of vanilla, gardening, plays the ukulele, strawberries, the colour red, rosy cheeks

artemis: pretty hair, animal lovers, cottage in the woods, hunting, loves small plants, believes in mythology, forest witches, wants the best for nature, wolves, competitive, archery, moonlight, vintage t-shirts, stargazing, sharp features

hera: old souls, hot tea, fashionable, wants to travel, oversized sweaters, high ponytails, very loving, intelligent, coffee shops, old libraries, bookshelves, tiny houses, genuine smiles, passionate, photography, starry skies, bookworms

persephone: bruised knees, very kind, misunderstood, very artistic, black coffee, believes in fate, midnight hours, astrology, leather jackets, red lips, thorns, springtime, writing stories, procrastinating, messy but lovable

antlering

Something that baffles me is when people compare Aphrodite to “bloody” goddesses (Anat, Inanna, Sekhmet, etc.) as a way to say Aphrodite is just a demure love goddess teehee, look how badass my warrior goddess is instead.

Aphrodite Ourania rose out of blood and the ocean and walked to land fully-formed. This Aphrodite is a Titaness, older even than the generation of Zeus. She has no mother. She is never an infant. She is the ultimate generative power, the fish, born from a male (upending societal norms) and wielding the power of creation and invention.

Aphrodite Areia is a war goddess - this is the title made famous by Athena and Ares, but Aphrodite does not get this title from her lover. She is a goddess of soldiers and fights on the battlefield of Troy. She is also Aphrodite Hoplismena, the armed, depicted in full armor with a shield and sword. This is the Aphrodite of Sparta.

Aphrodite Nikephoros is not only Aphrodite armored and armed, but Aphrodite commanding the power of Nike - Nike, the goddess usually found at Zeus’s side, ensuring victory. This Aphrodite is not one to be crossed on the battlefield, because you will not win.

Or maybe we just aren’t on the same page as the ancients when it comes to a “love goddess.” Aphrodite Pandemos is a goddess of frenzy, a goddess who incites war and madness, a goddess to whom it was said even the Fates would bend their will. To some Hellenes, Aphrodite was the goddess of creation because she is the spark of all love and desire - and to others, she was the creator of all.

There’s nothing wrong in calling Aphrodite a goddess of love - she is, truly. But this doesn’t make her timid. She is not clawless. She is a complex goddess, inextricably linked to the awesome war goddesses of the Ancient Near East. Do not dilute her just because you’re not familiar with her or with the domain of love goddesses. I know this may seem trivial to some people, but don’t reduce one goddess to make another look more powerful - they don’t need it.

snartha

hufflepuff more like hufflePREP amirite

hogwartsconsultingtimelady

If you know what this is referencing you deserve a senior discount

vapidsoup

gold-is-trying

SOMEONE ELABORATE PLEASE

nuttyrabbit

inkedshepard

It’s beautiful, isn’t it?

And ofc Kass thinks with everything but her head. I mean…that look. Aspasia can stab me in the back any day of the week.

Also I sincerely hope y'all appreciate the bicep enhancing armour I picked for this gif set. ;P

ridzakun

a friend asked me to draw kassandra as meg and who am i to say no?

kalincka

A little bit of a rant here.

That scene in Odyssey? Is one of the most amazing scene in the entire game and no I don’t take criticism.

Because no matter if you play as Kassandra or Alexios, this scene holds both very heavy symbolics in the aftermath of one of the most difficult bosses of the game. (Man, that Medusa fight was hardcore.)

Think about it. You just fought the Writhing Dead that was terrorizing the whole island of Lesbos after finding out that the “Writhing Dead” was, in fact, only a name, since this condition is a curse passed down to the first one who touches the artifact (Apple of Eden?) once the physical state of Medusa is destroyed. The Eagle Bearer even wonders “How many people have become the Writhing Dead over the centuries”.

And then you think about Bryce and Ligeia; how Bryce was ready to go into the Petrified Temple even though it is known that those who wander there never return; she’s willing to go back for her lover, moreover a huntress of Artemis who’s clearly the most fitting out of the two to fight back the Writhing Dead (and we later learn that she was, in fact, strong enough to kill the monster, since she is the one who picked up the artifact and got turned into Medusa). And there’s this dawn-breaking realisation that Bryce was turned to stone by her Ligeia, who couldn’t be saved anymore. It was too late for the both of them. Bryce is doomed to stay still forever in the Temple where Ligeia was lost.

And all that’s left of the both of them is a single rose. (The rose which made Bryce late to her meeting with Ligeia; the rose that prevented her from seeing her dearest ever again.)

And then the Eagle Bearer kneels. And they quote Sappho.

Now bear with me. If you’re playing as Kassandra, obviously there is a lot of feels to break down in this scene. Because you’re playing as a woman whose sexuality isn’t defined in the game and which you can choose. If you played Kassandra as a sapphic woman this hits very close to home. (Especially if you’re a queer girl yourself because, hey. Sappho quotes am I right.)

If you played Kassandra as a sapphic woman AND romanced Daphnae (because at this point in the game, the level required to do the Medusa quest is high enough for you to have slain all the Legendary Beasts) this hits even closer to home because Daphnae was a huntress of Artemis, too. (And you lost her, too.)

BUT if you played as a strictly straight Kassandra, this scene still holds a very heavy emotional feeling. There is a silent women’s bond there. Kassandra is one of the very first playable women of the franchise– yes, I know Evie & Aveline were there before, and I’m all for them too, but let’s be real. Evie shared the game with her brother, and Aveline was in a game created for PS Vita which is, well, not a console as big as a PS4 or an Xbox One. Kassandra is the first female protagonist to be the only one in her story in a big Assassin’s Creed game– she’s the “canon” protagonist. So, yeah. Big wahoo for female representation. And as she kneels down for Bryce & Ligeia, there is this silent prayer she’s making: “I’m sorry I couldn’t save you both”. She honors them both by quoting Sappho, and then she leaves. Because she’s being, for us players, an embodiment of female empowerment.

Now, if you played as a strictly straight Alexios, that’s kinda the same thing, but it bears so much respect there. Because a straight man kneeling for lesbians is rare in media and in real life. Straight men are usually predatory for sapphic women (male gaze, fetishism, yay) but Alexios? Alexios kneels. Alexios tried to save them. He couldn’t do it and now he’s doing the best he can to leave them at peace. That’s such a powerful move.

And if you played as a queer Alexios, this respect evolves into solidarity. (Yeah, that legendary mlm/wlw solidarity!) Alexios, who may have had a thing with Alkibiades; Alexios, who melted for Lykaon; Alexios, who shamelessly flirted with Thaletas, understands in some kind of way. Of course this is Ancient Greece and mindsets weren’t equals at the time (straight wasn’t even a word yet) but again, for us players, it bears this symbolic. For a game out in 2018 it bears this meaning.

So, yeah. That scene where the Eagle Bearer kneels down and quotes Sappho at a dead lesbian’s rose? One of the best.