Ceies

I am Immortal.

[ceies]

First attempt at oil pastels. Not perfect but.... I guess I endeavor to get better :D

[plecotusauritus]

i want to applaud Sirius for never having to join a blood supremacist cult to realise that Voldemort is wrong

[northernsou1]

There wasn’t any proof in canon that Sirius was particularly pro-muggleborn before he was sorted into Gryffindor, to be fair.

Regulus was the most socially isolated of that generation of Blacks, but he still sacrificed his life to steal a part of his boss’s soul when he was no older than 18, without any outside influence or exposure to a different point of view, and he would have been very much alone at the time. Let’s not downplay that, speaking as someone who finds both brothers fascinating characters and who is not even a fan of Jegulus. No disrespect to fans of Chalamet, but Harry Gilby has always been my fan cast anyway.

It takes a strong person to admit they were wrong at their lowest point in life, let alone actively do something about it. Especially when the odds were stacked against him.

Also, feeling the need to “step up” when Sirius ran away would have definitely been a contributing factor to the Death Eater transition in the first place. Living in despair is an actual thing…

There’s also no canon proof to suggest that Regulus didn’t start having doubts after he joined, and Kreacher was the catalyst to his defection. So we don’t know if he was still a “racist” by then, just a thought. Mind blowing, I know! /sarc

“Yes, but the world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters,” said Sirius with a wry smile.

-OotP Pg 302 Ch 14 ‘Percy and Padfoot’

[plecotusauritus]

... Anyway, Sirius never had to join a blood supremacist cult to realise that Voldemort sucks and I applaud him for that

[dufferpuffer]

What's interesting about Sirius is that, even if it wasn't a fully formed thought/feeling yet, he was already questioning his family's pride as Slytherins before he got to Hogwarts. He was 11.

He likely hadn't had any interaction with Muggles or Muggleborns - and perhaps not even Half-Bloods and 'Blood-Traitors'. Kept in a Pureblood bubble, where everything is about pride and appearances. He would be rewarded with affection for certain behaviours and scolded for others. Yet even at 11 he was questioning his entire life.

I don't fault Regulus, or Draco, or any Pureblood little kid for buying into their parents' training. To expect otherwise is a big ask! To look at their own family - their entire world up until the small scraps of independence Hogwarts offers - and say 'you're wrong and I'm willing to risk you hating me for realizing that'.

But Sirius does just that. He does the big ask. He never had to join a blood supremacist cult to realize that Voldemort is wrong. He didn't even need to leave his home to start questioning what had been presented to him as facts, seeking out his own conclusions.

While I don't think Regulus having faith in his parents' way of life was his fault as a kid, he was absolutely not socially isolated. He had as much exposure to other ways of life as Sirius had: Hogwarts.

Being in Slytherin meant he had more pressure on him, socially, to be sucked down an extremist pipeline. But unlike, say, Severus who had no safety net, direct bad Muggle experiences and was desperate to find any way to find stability in an unfair society... Regulus had a wealthy family that wasn't even 'supportive' of the Death Eaters - just wasn't against them. He could have lived a quiet life with his beloved family, researching or working if he wished.

But he chose to be a little revolutionary, pushing back against the slow progressive changes the Wizarding World had been making in order to drag it back to a full aristocratic oligarchy, this time with a dictatorship flavour. He had a shrine in his bedroom to his favourite 50yr old man.

There is no canon proof to suggest Regulus didn't start to have doubts after he joined. There's also no canon proof he ever doubted the anti-Muggleborn rhetoric at all, even at his death. There is no proof that he had any change-of-heart whatsoever, other than that his beloved old man had betrayed his personal trust.

Kreacher was important to Regulus. Regulus thought he, the Blacks, were important to Voldemort - that he cared about the worries Purebloods had and wanted a better world for them specifically. None of that has anything to do with Muggleborn rights. That has everything to do with stepping on Regulus' heart.

It takes a strong person to admit they were wrong at their lowest point in life... but it doesn't take much to lash out against someone who hurt you deeply. It doesn't take as much to try and die as a martyr when it feels like the odds are stacked against you. It takes a LOT to keep living and keep choosing love and compassion as a motivator even when everything has crumbled around you.

Sirius Black learned that. He stayed alive no matter what so he could keep loving, keep acting, keep trying to find something to live for.

[ceies]

My channel is slowly turning into a Sirius propaganda channel. Lmao. But I approve of this message. I do not know what makes Regulus supposedly the most isolated of his generation of Blacks. What makes him more isolated than Narcissa, Bellatrix or Andromeda. Specifically, when he had Sirius example in front of him, had every opportunity in Hogwarts to find contact to people outside Slytherin (as rarely as it is done, it's certainly possible), and we also know of at least one uncle (Alphard) who was not yet kicked out of the family but did apparently harbor some doubts also. Instead, Regulus joined the Death Eaters, going above and beyond to follow his parents ideas, even further than they themselves ever did.

Sirius made all these steps at age 11, when he was truly isolated. And despite his life falling apart, he never wavered on this path. At age 11, I assume he had no particular love for muggleborn (though we also don't see him abuse muggleborn), but certainly hatred of dark magic and his family's supremacist ideology. Even after joining Gryffindor, I assume, there would've been a way to please his parents by keeping his head down. Instead, at age 16, he ran away from home. As soon as he graduated Hogwarts he joined the active fight against Voldemort. By the same age Regulus had his first canonically evident doubts, Sirius had already joined the order of the phoenix and risked his life for a good cause. And I don't think Regulus was in any way more isolated than Sirius. Rather the opposite. Sirius brought himself out of isolation. As did Andromeda. I find Regulus an interesting character. But we know barely anything about him in canon, and as much as I enjoy theorizing about him, the most generous Regulus headcanon can not hold a candle to Sirius' canon. As much as we might be able to critizise Sirius for other things (and is often done) in this regard, Sirius, I think, has no equal.

[jenjentheboscostick]

Harry's Best Parent - Clearly only one answer

Every time I see a Reddit Post about Harry's best parent and it lists anyone other than Sirius Black, I'm like - the fuck books were you reading?

Dumbledore made it damn clear that he was NOT raising Harry. He didn't even talk to the kid for the first 12 years of his life and had 1 conversation per year until he was setting him up to take over control of a war at 17. He didn't raise him.

Hagrid constantly needed Harry and the trio to be there for HIM not the other way around. Like - can we be serious here? The man let 11 year olds get in trouble for helping him, sent Harry to the Giant Spiders so that "they would understand the story", put the onus of the Buckbeak thing on the kids, didn't help Harry with the tournament at all (HE ONLY HAD HARRY FOLLOW HIM TO THE DRAGONS THAT HE KNEW ABOUT BECAUSE OF JUNIOR), Put the pressure on the Harry/Hermione to take care of his giant brother, etc... like if anything the trio were raising Hagrid, not the other way around.

Remus wasn't around for MOST years - barely took an interest (that Harry to push him for) in third year. Said NOTHING in book 4, only showed up because of Dumbledore in Books 5 and 6... like lets be real. He didn't raise Harry.

The Weasleys - Molly, especially - are seen as "raising Harry" but let's be real, they never sent him letters, never showed him support in any way as he struggled. He spent a total of 16.5 weeks (about 4 months) in TOTAL in ALL of the books. And she didn't raise him - he said in Year 2 because he had to be BROKEN out of and the Weasley do nothing. After he saves Ginny's life, they don't do anything but send him back to that house and only see him 1 day that summer. They knew about the dragons and did nothing - when he was struggling with the tournament, no letters, no comfort. They didn't even talk to the Dursleys until AFTER Sirius died. They were good as his best friends' parents, but they didn't raise him.

Sirius, on the other hand, his FIRST thought after escaping was to check on Harry. He watches over him in Year 3 (and probably year 4). He provides him with what he needs - the threat of him saves Harry the trouble with the Dursleys - when he can't give him the home he wanted to give him. He writes to him, gives him advice, listens to him like a PARENT does. He is the *only* person when Harry thinks "parent" he thinks Sirius in year 4. 2 months and he's already "a parent" despite Harry knowing Lupin, Hagrid, and the Weasleys for longer.

That says alot.

[mrstellmeafuckingsecret]

not even joking fanon sirius doesnt even make me mad anymore (that's reserved for everyone else fanon <3) but he just makes me........... so sad.......... like bro is in a straight up abusive relationship with the man he idolizes more than anything. and he is IN this abusive relationship because of his HORRIFIC home life in which his parents use illegal torture methods on him weekly/daily and he severely lacks any healthy relationships around him, he also never gets any praise (because he's stupid&horrible&bad at everything) meaning he's just going around begging for validation and love? and it's just a joke? like he is literally willing to hurt himself like omg by bby??

(that one incorrect quote where remus kisses sirius' hand because he gets a papercut and sirius asks james to punch him in the face. how is that funny. i literally was so sad. wtf guys.)

and like he gets into this rsp after going through a TON of homophobia and hes like constantly made fun of because he happens to love his bf (who HATES him). everyone (namely his brother: well talk abt him dw) is like "you can do sm better than sirius lmao" and remus is like "yeah lol" like blatantly in front of sirius and sirius is sad and its a funny haha joke like GUYS ITS HORRIBLE

and like !!!! he has no support system!!! he has no friends !!!!! no one loves him !!!!!!! fuck love no one even likes him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hes constantly patronized and talked down to by everyone. his hobbies are taken over (pranks: remus remus remus, bikes: i dont actually know but ive seen a couple "remus on sirius' bike 💞" and sirius freaking out when like bfr guys) . his best friend. his BEST FRIEND. goes BEHIND HIS BACK. TO DATE. HIS NAZI YOUNGER BROTHER.

THE NAZI YOUNGER BROTHER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOM HE WAS CONSTANTLY COMPARED TO AND DEEMED LESS WORTHY HIS ENTIRE LIFE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHO HE WA SALWAS THE SECOND OPTION TO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hes their parents favored son AND his bfs favored brother and now his BEST FRIENDS favored too???????? go away. fuck you.

and like . his younger brother whom sirius CONSTANTLY TOOK BEATINGS FOR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITH NO REGARD FOR HIS OWN SAFETY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nad everyones like lmfao why is he overreacting ths is why no one loves him lets ignore him 💀💀💀

and like his brother btw tf like he s always th emartyr nd sirius is indebted to him bc its only because of regulus apparentl y that siriu s was able to escape like gsgnlksfskl

and the PRNAK!!!!!!!!!! omg sirius is like gone in ths universe ok theres no way it wasnt n accident he told snape that and then remus HATES HIM for MONTHS?????? kys he tried so hard

dont even get me on post azkaban "im sorry remus ☹️" "my brothers a hero 🥺"

ugh i cant even word thngs anymore. but like have these these made me REALLY sad.

im in tears. i cant believe you fucks took everything away from sirius and then left him w his trauma. and the fact that this isn t evn a fraction of whats going on, like ffuck you all

[being-somewhere-else]

Fanart for the Fanfiction „Padfoot and Hound“ by SayItAll on Ao3 ( @ceies on tumblr)

[juleskelleybooks]

If you want books to exist, stop pirating them.

This sounds like drama, but it's not.

Not only is it well documented that pirating contributes to publishers not buying more manuscripts from an author (Maggie Stiefvater's experiment being the most famous), now we have evidence that Amazon's Kindle Unlimited algorithm is registering pirated copies of books online as the book being "offered" somewhere else, and punishing the authors for it.

And I don't know how much you know about Kindle Unlimited, but the thing is, if your book is in KU, you have to check a little box that says you're not offering the book anywhere else for sale. At all. So when the algorithm is finding the pirated copies, it's pinging it as, Oh! The author lied! The author misrepresented their sales strategy! ACCOUNT DELETION FOR AUTHOR. NO ROYALTIES FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS.

Miette jokes aside, that's actually what's happening to very popular self-pub authors. Ruby Dixon just had her account deleted, her 15+ volume popular KU series taken down, and Amazon fighting her over the KU Pages royalties she'd already earned on those books. Now, Ruby's got her account back because she's popular enough that people shouted at Kindle executives very, very loudly, but what about other authors? This could ruin someone's career.

Well, why not publish wide, I hear you saying. Why stick to Kindle Unlimited? After all, Amazon sucks.

Here's the thing. Whether we like it or not, Amazon has a massive corner market on books, and for authors who are self-publishing, it is by far the most accessible and cost-effective method, PLUS, it's a great way to be discovered by new readers.

Because readers don't have to pay for individual titles under KU (they pay for a subscription, and then Amazon pays out authors based on how many pages of the book someone read), they can give new authors a try. They can take a chance on a book they're not sure they'll like. And Amazon tends to promote KU titles more aggressively because it's good for their business.

My little $0.99 short story, Swelter, is on Kindle Unlimited, and I can tell you that a good 85% of my royalties from it come from KU pages, not from people buying it. And that's for a story that costs less than a dollar and is not a big investment and has pretty good word-of-mouth in the f/f reading community.

Self-publishing is expensive, and time consuming. I'm getting away with it pretty cheaply right now because I am also a professional editor, and I have friends in the business who are willing to trade in kind rather than be paid. I have a really wonderful friend who is doing my ebook formatting for free because I beta read and do proofing for her. But if I were paying for all the services that I'm trading for, as most authors have to do? I'd be well over $1500 sunk into this little ebook coming out in a week that is going to cost $3.99 and be free to read on Kindle Unlimited. And that's not counting marketing. Because yeah, you have to pay for marketing. Hell, I had to pay $35 upfront to a popular site to be considered for their marketing campaign, and would've paid another $65 if they'd accepted me. (They did not, so I'm out that $35 without even a marketing campaign to show for it.)

And the thing is, I'm currently gainfully employed. I'm salaried. My spouse is also salaried, so I have enough disposable income to spend what I've spent on this ebook (which is still about $600, even with all the things I'm trading for). Most authors? Especially most self-publishing authors? Don't have that.

So Kindle Unlimited, for all its flaws, is a way to get more diverse voices in the business because you don't even have to buy an ISBN. Amazon assigns you an Amazon Sales Index Number (ASIN) and you're good to go, as long as you're not listing it on any other sites. Hell, they even have tools for you to make your own cover art if you don't want to pay someone to make it for you. They do a lot of their own internal promotion on Kindle. Readers can try you out for little-to-no personal investment on their part and maybe discover that they love your writing, and you've gained a whole audience. It's a great return-on-investment for self-published authors.

So that's why a lot of self-pub authors choose Kindle Unlimited. And a lot of authors will do a limited run on KU in order to get some early word-of-mouth and discovery readers, and then publish wide later. (That's my current strategy with Welcome to the Show, if it does well. If it's not doing well, I probably won't sink the money and time into expanding its availability.) But if this happens, if Amazon shuts down their account over "KU membership misrepresentation," then even if the book has been published wide and is available on other platforms by then, Amazon is going to dispute their KU Pages royalties and try to take them back.

So by pirating books, not only are authors losing "potential" sales (I know, there's a whole argument there), they could be losing real, actual sales that they've already sold.

In conclusion:

1. Don't pirate books.

2. If you see someone requesting where they can read a book "for free", speak up.

3. If you see someone providing links where people can read a book "for free" (if it is not provided by the author for free), speak up.

Thanks, and have a good day.

[bookishdiplodocus]

4. If you want to read free books, go to the library.

[stormcallart]

Horikoshi just did us Endeavor lovers a favor! Look at those hands! That chest! The smolder 😳

[moghedien]

the expanse is good because it has all of my favorite character types:

- a never ending series of female girlboss war criminals who we stan regardless of what war crimes and murders they may or may not have committed

- a pure hearted pastor who is a lesbian with a wife and kid who is the only non-war criminal woman in the series somehow

- Amos Burton

[phluphfy]

tumblr allowing titties again is cool and all but are they gonna do anything to un-blur all the accounts that have been blurred for things like titties.

[thirstybipeach]

Tumblr isn't doing it themselves, but I was able to get this blog unflagged manually! I went through the process at the end of this page, and in the comment field for the form just put "blog now conforms to new Community Standards," and in about two hours I was unflagged!

[ceies]

Askeladd and Björn

I love Björn, I liked his final moment and this beautiful somewhat murderous friendship between him and Askeladd. When I first met him, I thought he was a brute and I wouldn’t particularly like or care for him. But over time, although just as brute-ish and brutal as I had expected, he reall grew on me. Last episode when Askeladd mentioned that he wouldn’t make it, I was really sad. Now, well… I guess, that’s it. I really liked how he went out. He wanted to die with his sword in his hand. He also chose his last moments to … essentially tell the most important person in his life, that he just wanted to be friends, no matter how much Askeladd hated him.

Saying that Askeladd probably even hates himself seems very true. I mean this man always has to introduce himself as ‘My name is Askeladd’ (which I found out just yesterday wasn’t even a real name) ‘Son of … my mother’s slaver’… Argh that has to hurt. And he hates the Danes, but is one himself…

Björn really understood him, and I love it that in his final moments Askeladd admitted that after everything he in fact was his best and only friend. But it is very sad.

Up until then this episode went amazing for Askeladd. His schemes are paying off, he gains more and more influence, his plans seem to have plans of their own and everything works out. This - losing his friend - wasn’t much of a surprise to anybody, but still it might be a sign that his luck is turning. The only people around him now either don’t care about him, only use him for political schemes or just outright hate him. … Looking at you Thorfinn. (Though I think Knut might still hate him too, he just doesn’t show it)

So Thorfinn finally gets his… I assume final match against Askeladd. With all the build up to it, I think this has to be it. I’m still somewhat in denial… Like… tbh. after everything they went through together, I know Thorfinn hates him, has every reason to hate him and Askeladd didn’t try very hard… if at all to, you know, try and placate him - which probably wouldn’t have worked anyway… but after everything I don’t want Thorfinn to kill him.

I somewhat expect Askeladd to lose this fight. He is injured, he is getting old, meanwhile Thorfinn - while injured - seems to be stronger than ever having just defeated Thorkell (if only with a bit of conniving Askeladd as support)… It looks bad. It also looks like it’s gonna be the final fight… and I still don’t want him to die that way.

I don’t really expect him to survive this season, because he just collects too many powerful enemies with too few friends (basically none at this point - Björn!) and too much going right for him at the moment. We had talks about ‘his luck turning’ like five episodes ago… and so far it didn’t. There were a lot of death flags throughout the show… So I’m just waiting for it to happen. But I still DON’T WANT HIM TO BE KILLED BY THORFINN!! Screw you, Thorfinn! It just seems unfair for him to die before the big finale… I mean just in general, after all the teasing of Thorfinn being the only one allowed to kill Askeladd, wouldn’t it be way better if he didn’t ultimately? (That’s me just being hopeful.)

Anyway talking about Thorfinn… Before the thing with Björn happened, I thought him meeting Leif was my highlight of the episode. I really like Leif. He’s such a nice guy trying so hard to find Thorfinn. I felt really happy for him when he saw Thorfinn. And then really sad that he had to see Thorfinn like that. Not even asking for his mother and sister. They finally meet after 11 years… And I think Leif has imagined and expected the worst. He was constantly looking for slaves that look like Thorfinn. He might have been very happy at first, not just that he had found him, but that he seems free and strong and doing his own shit - even if that shit is ‘killing people’… but then I think seeing Thorfinn in such a dark state of mind in a way might have been worse than finding out he had died… I’m not sure… but I think it’s a very conflicting and dificult situation for Leif.

So … that was Episode 21. I will watch 22 right now… also… realized I really like this new intro. At first I really liked the visuals not so much the song… Now, I love this song. Normally, I skip intros after hearing them once or twice, this one I just enjoy.

Also … just realized that I don’t really know… is it Björn or Bjorn? I’m watching german subs, so he’s called Björn there. But the hashtag says bjorn… so which is it? Just checked with the Vinland Saga Wikia and they don’t seem to be sure either.

[shishiodtorasstuff]

Dane here - It’s Bjørn 😊. Means Bear.

I just rewatched his final moment in the anime for the nth time. And I still cry.

Didn’t expect this to happen but ended up growing a sore spot for his character. Sure, he is about as brutal and violent on the battlefield as you can expect but… Outside those situations… He kept surprising me. Unafraid, he always spoke his mind to Askeladd, voiced concern for others, asked questions in a non-confrontational manner (in contrast to Ragnar’s at times nagging attitude), always seemed to keep an eye out for not only Askeladd but definitely also Thorfinn. In his own subtle, non-smothering way, he seems to understand both of them quite well and show them his own form of care, through the series. His last moment when he finally spoke up and confronted Askeladd about his feelings broke my heart. And my gods it was beautiful. Very well fitting for a man of his caliber.

I’m just so sad that he’s not coming back 💔

[ceies]

Makes sense, lmao. I should've just checked the Danish version. For whatever reason I had it in my head to look for the romanization of the name in the japanese Manga rather than just the Danish name.

We have the name Björn here, but since Bjørn is Danish, obviously.. I should've just realized that myself. Thank you!

And I absolutely agree on your thoughts. He really grows on you in a way you don't expect.

[kah-zix]

[ceies]

Ahh this is so cute! Look at them! How wholesome they are.

[omghotmemes]

Time to bully winter fans

[politishaun-deactivated20230409]

Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91

Stephen Sondheim, one of Broadway history’s songwriting titans, whose music and lyrics raised and reset the artistic standard for the American stage musical, died early Friday at his home in Roxbury, Conn. He was 91.

His lawyer and friend, F. Richard Pappas, announced the death, which he described as sudden. The day before, Mr. Sondheim had celebrated Thanksgiving with a dinner with friends in Roxbury, Mr. Pappas said.

An intellectually rigorous artist who perpetually sought new creative paths, Mr. Sondheim was the theater’s most revered and influential composer-lyricist of the last half of the 20th century, if not its most popular.

His work melded words and music in a way that enhanced them both. From his earliest successes in the late 1950s, when he wrote the lyrics for “West Side Story” and “Gypsy,” through the 1990s, when he wrote the music and lyrics for two audacious musicals, “Assassins,” giving voice to the men and women who killed or tried to kill American presidents, and “Passion,” an operatic probe into the nature of true love, he was a relentlessly innovative theatrical force.

The first Broadway show for which Mr. Sondheim wrote both the words and music, the farcical 1962 comedy “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” won a Tony Award for best musical and went on to run for more than two years.

In the 1970s and 1980s, his most productive period, he turned out a series of strikingly original and varied works, including “Company” (1970), “Follies” (1971), “A Little Night Music” (1973), “Pacific Overtures” (1976), “Sweeney Todd” (1979), “Merrily We Roll Along” (1981), “Sunday in the Park With George” (1984) and “Into the Woods” (1987).

In the history of the theater, only a handful could call Mr. Sondheim peer. The list of major theater composers who wrote words to accompany their own scores (and vice versa) is a short one — it includes Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Frank Loesser, Jerry Herman and Noël Coward.

Though Mr. Sondheim spent long hours in solitary labor, usually late at night, when he was composing or writing, he often spoke lovingly of the collaborative nature of the theater. After the first decade of his career, he was never again a writer for hire, and his contribution to a show was always integral to its conception and execution. He chose collaborators — notably the producer and director Hal Prince, the orchestrator Jonathan Tunick and later the writer and director James Lapine — who shared his ambition to stretch the musical form beyond the bounds of only entertainment.

Mr. Sondheim’s music was always recognizable as his own, and yet he was dazzlingly versatile. His melodies could be deceptively, disarmingly simple — like the title song of the unsuccessful 1964 musical “Anyone Can Whistle,” “Our Time,” from “Merrily,” and the most famous of his individual songs, “Send In the Clowns,” from “Night Music” — or jaunty and whimsical, like “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid,” from “Forum.”

They could also be brassy and bitter, like “The Ladies Who Lunch,” from “Company,” or sweeping, like the grandly macabre waltz “A Little Priest,” from “Sweeney Todd.” And they could be exotic, like “Someone in a Tree” and “Pretty Lady,” both from “Pacific Overtures,” or desperately yearning, like the plaintive “I Read,” from “Passion.”

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

If I may once again dip my toe into the discourse surrounding Greek Mythology, a lot of people like to rewrite or reframe the story of Medusa, and that’s great! Highly encourage it. But, DON’T YOU DARE GO AND DEMONIZE MY BOY PERSEUS!

Perseus isn’t some vile misogynist who hunts down and murders Medusa for the hell of it. He’s a scared kid who’s trying to save his mom from a forced marriage (whom herself has been a victim of terrible abuse from her father) to a creepy evil king and gets duped by the Gods into cleaning up their mess for them. He’s not the villain, he’s just another pawn. So if I see one more motherfucker trying to make him out to be the “real monster” I will throw hands.

You know what would be way more interesting?! Medusa sees Perseus rolling up to her crib and freaks out cause ‘holy shit this is a fucking kid. a fucking toddler with a sword and shield.’ and they hash it out and then TEAM UP to kill the evil kind trying to force marry Perseus’ mother! Think of the dynamics that you could write! The interactions that could occur. I mean, one of ‘em is gonna have to wear a blindfold but hey, minor problems.

What I’m saying is, gimme a buddy cop movie where Perseus and Medusa team up to fight evil in Ancient Greece.

[thebestworstidea]

I’m just picturing Perseus as this fairly well built sixteen year old kid, who looks a little underfed, and he’s like ‘ma’am I’m so sorry, I have to bring your head back to save my mom’ and medusa is like ‘okay, start over. We can work with this’ and compare trauma over some watered wine.

[inkandarsenic]

Danae and Medusa can get married and Perseus can have TWO Badass Moms

[incorrectsmashbrosquotes]

[yallidarityforever]

Ok but the really cool thing about this? This is kinda how mythology in general and the Classic Hellenic religion specifically have always worked. “I don’t like this version of the story so I’m making my own!” I think it was a Roman poet who rewrote Medusa from a generic monster (one of the three Gorgon sisters) into a victim of the violence and pettiness of the gods. My takeaway of Hellenic mythology is that happy endings are rare and the house always wins, but that’s depressing. There’s nothing wrong with writing a happy ending if that’s the story you want or need to write or see.

[sambeckdraws]

These 4 short comics are all free/pay what you want over on my gumroad. I’ve had them at conventions over the past years and if you’ve bought them from me in the past I appreciate it so much. 

https://sambeck.gumroad.com

[tomochingus-moved-courtmartialm]

running out of time

[ceies]

are you all right?? you suddenly vanished

Hey anon,

Thanks for your concern, that's very sweet of you. I'm perfectly fine, just at the moment not very active on Tumblr as it seems. Overall, I have a bit less time on my hands these days, which means I have both less time on social media and less time to write. But I am not gone, you won't get rid of me so easily. Ha...