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This is a general all-purpose blog. If I find something I believe is entertaining, meaningful, or just worthy of a reblog then it gets reblogged. Icon made by Bluhkiel. Go check her out! And yeah, that's me.

[wordfather]

this is inexplicably my favorite tiktok ever it brings me to tears every time why did he do thatttt

[wordfather]

me when i fucking GET you

[wordfather]

[speedlimit15]

When youre a kid youre like wtf adults are making themselves sick with poisons and when youre an adult youre like i need more poisons ASAP

[speedlimit15]

Of all the tags on this post this is the one that worries me most

[memorycycle]

dino saurs were not scary monsters they were mamas with eggs and when they drank water they were like fuckk yessss waterrrr

[intercal]

"it is what it is," he coped seethingly

[ootori0704]

1649

[datadegroove-deactivated2026042]

[catasters]

[natureaestheticdreams]

[bviralmedia]

Curious Tiger Chews on Cardboard Tube in His Outdoor Enclosure

[albva]

[mawmenny]

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[hollywolly3000]

Can you take your violent J tweet out of my home office its taking up a lot of space

[bacony-cakes]

DESTROY CENSORSHIP!!!!!!!

[flareonfloof]

ok that's an improvement but it's still in holly's home office

[dragongirltongue]

I sent the post to wet dry world is that better?

[hollywolly3000]

oohhh.h. its soggy now oooh,....... .. . . you soggyed it.......

[so-many-ocs]

*feverishly* fetch me images of the Character. Posthaste.

[bruzum]

[christianstepmoms]

I'm sorry for how I've been acting today I drank two bisexual monsters and I became a third

[rolodextra]

i like this post so much i printed it out and put it on my fridge

[christianstepmoms]

Dog I'm on somebody's fridge and they don't even follow me.

[yokowan]

Thats Right Its Pester Your Sister Tuesday

[yokowan]

My My Would You Look At The Time

[en-theos]

the thing about the catalogue of ships is that it is not Epic in the sense that it is elevated action sequences or lofty emotional drama but people are trying to read it in the same way that they read those scenes (and often they try to read it like they would a novel. which also imo doesn't work for the combat or drama parts of the iliad.) it is a Catalogue and should be read as a Catalogue. it is a depository of knowledge and condensed into stacked references. it's the IMDB of the trojan and even the entire greek mythos. its Epicness is in its referentiality/intertextuality

so reading it with full impact means either 1) having your wikipedia/mythology handbook/etc open on the side or relying on your mythological foreknowledge and suddenly instead of just reading a list of boats you are going 'that guy is a son of THESEUS???? wait that guy SACKED THEBES mere years before this??? wait that guy is descended from poseidon and a witch??? wait that guy is known for his magic horses???' and suddenly all these guys, when they pop up in the rest of the epic, gain a whole new level of characterization because you know the Lore. but since the iliad is a SUPERMASSIVE epic the Lore has been packaged into a neat list form for maximum efficiency. an ancient greek audience, with the mythological knowledge they would have had, could do this effortlessly and would have enjoyed it immensely.

the impact and imo the enjoyment comes out when you follow up on the cues the catalogue gives you.

[en-theos]

#AND THIS IS WHY I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!!#it is absolutely FASCINATING how the catalogue positions the trojan war within the context of wider mythos#which i think people knocking on it dont really understand this but. so much of greek myth & legend is tied together thru the catalogue!!#you NEED that list so that you can grasp both the magnitude of the war and how it fits into the cosmic order (if that makes sense)#it also is fascinating in the context of EIA greek polities (thebes is instead called ‘hypothebai’ which could have so many implications)#also the trojan allies section how do you guys not enjoy this portion thats essentially a window into how greeks perceived anatolians??#although you shouldnt read like toooo far into it (epic tradition was constantly evolving atp) its still an immensely valuable source#for how many scholars approach the population distribution+political dynamics+percieved powers during that transitional period#which we have no written records during and otherwise have to rely on archaeological evidence like pottery#[which is. its own can of worms]#iliad#catalogue of ships#catalogue of ships my beloved. my fuckin beloved. i’d die for you catalogue of ships @doloneia

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