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23 He / They Writer / Artist Can also be found at DehydratedPercy (tumblr) and FoxyAtlas / WhiteCeilings (ao3). Formerly Succulents-in-space-you-see.

[sayorithot]

hm yes the mysterious handy tool for unusual home adventures with a twist my favorite device

[gyarutau]

Haha yeah man thats- youre gonna call who?

[bonivers]

going on a guilt trip do yall want anything

[secondbeatsongs]

if you really cared about me you wouldn't have to ask

[anonimea1y]

odysseus in adaptations: (guilt-ridden with all the atrocities he's committed during the war)

odysseus in the trojan war: okay neoptolemus hit the second tower

[starlightshadowsworld]

People talk about Camp Halfblood being uneasy around Jason because of how much he resembles Luke. Not only in his physical appearance but in the way he’s a natural leader, skilled with weapons and the way he seems to act like everyone’s big brother.

With Annabeth in particular being very vocal about her suspicion towards Jason because of Percy’s disappearance and presumably also for the above reasons as well.

So with all in mind can you imagine how terrifying it must’ve been for her to see Jason possessed by the Eidolons?

To see someone who has such a striking resemblance to Luke look back at her with those eerily familiar golden eyes.

[vyky]

if anyone should've had rivalry with Jason it's Annabeth. unlike Percy, she'd totally fight about the chair. looking at Jason, like do you know who you're talking to?

Annabeth when Jason tries to take her seat:

it's not even one-sided because Jason knows Annabeth is his 'replacement' in Thalia's life, and he hates it

these two spend the entire time with carefully worded backhanded insults and side eyes, only to meet Thalia together who is so happy her younger siblings are getting along.

so now they have to pretend they're friends like they weren't about to fight like feral cats the entire time on Argo 2

[targetedknowledge]

[frankiesbullshit]

someone tell OP i did it, i spent about 3 hours on it

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

One flag to rule them all

[ceruleanheaven]

religion is so fucking funny the world is just too beautiful there must be a higher entity behind all this. lets oppress women

[moved-to-ofswordsandpens]

I can guarantee that the biggest perk Percy enjoyed most from the Curse of Achilles was literally just being able to skateboard without having to worry about eating pavement.

Cause like as I’m sure that anyone who has a skateboard can tell you - sliding across the asphalt is not a pleasant experience and Sk8ter boi Percy Jackson would love not injuring himself every other week from simply wrecking on his skateboard.

No more helmets or pads and what not. Fell off will you were grinding down the railing and tumbled down a flight of concrete stairs?? You want to try skating down that San Francisco hill and keep the skin on your body??? Literally doesn’t even matter anymore. Do it. 

Like I always head canon that Percy takes on the curse again and honestly I’d live for a scenario that he’d do it just so he could skateboard like that again.

[moved-to-ofswordsandpens]

Percy: After deep consideration, I’ve decided to bear the curse of Achilles again. Yes there are some cons such as fatigue but the pros vastly overweigh them: The invulnerability, especially in the mortal world without the protection of the camps, is extremely-

Annabeth: You want to skateboard in San Francisco again don’t you.

Percy: It was a life changing experience Annabeth

[innerchildabortionclinic]

interesting kink assortment on the dash

[rafalopesart]

[daisy-mooon]

How it feels posting writing analysis for a fandom of twenty people

[toothfairyinc]

never let the fact that you were born a girl stop you from being the gayest man alive

[ninakaina]

everybody leaving tags on my letterboxd roundup like "they didn't do the nobody scene??" we're so fucking past that i need you to catch up. i went into the movie knowing they wouldn't do the nobody scene and frankly i had made peace with it like okay if you don't want odysseus calling himself outis because you don't feel like the joke translates well enough WHATEVER you dont need to film every line of the poem. what i was NOT prepared for is that THEY DON'T SPEAK TO POLYPHEMUS AT ALL. they don't steal a giant wheel of cheese, they don't get him drunk, odysseus doesn't taunt him after their escape, AND he doesn't cry out to poseidon or the other cyclopes on the shore. it's "revealed" that he can speak in the cave before their escape as he prays to poseidon. someone asks odysseus "should we try to reason with him?" and ODYSSEUS says "we're past that." resulting in an adaptation where odysseus does not use wit or trickery to escape polyphemus at all-- which is the case with every single obstacle he meets. this guy does not lie and he does not play tricks. his intelligence is restricted to battlefield tactics, the administration and direction of his men as units. You have to poke polyphemus so he opens his eye before you can stab it! I am very smart. the only point at which he could be described as "tricking" polyphemus is when-- because the movie is allergic to making odysseus look stupid or silly in any way-- they tie straw to their backs to be mistaken for sheep instead of riding the undersides of the sheep, and we are presented with an action sequence of trousered and armored soldiers somersaulting and army crawling under polyphemus' gently dangling hand. which i hate because it is a less clever solution that only works if polyphemus is extremely stupid (shepherd who doesn't know how many sheep he has) -- and more importantly because it removes IMO the most emotionally efficient moment in the odyssey, which is polyphemus talking to the one sheep that's walking slow because it has odysseus on its belly like "oh no are you feeling okay today? you're moving so slow, maybe you're upset because i'm in pain? you're the best sheep in the world and i love all of you my sheeps" like that scene is supposed to instantly retroactively humanize polyphemus and make you realize odysseus has been torturing a person with feelings who basically just wants to be left alone with his pet sheep and it's extremely good at that in every translation i've ever read. but not one of odysseus' enemies are allowed an inch of humanity in this entire adaptation which seems to be a veiled metaphor for the vietnam war so what can you expect. and yes because odysseus never does anything wrong or stupid or silly, OF COURSE he would never reveal his name and allow polyphemus to curse him, and his crew only "believes" that he's been cursed by poseidon thereafter, which removes the ENTIRE MAIN ANTAGONIST of the story and changes the central conflict from man vs. god to man vs. ????

[theo-the-door]

Trans guy going on T, call that Project Male Hairy

[libraford]

Happy anniversary to the time I ordered a burrito from taco bell and instead they gave me like 100$ worth of THC vape cartridges.

[libraford]

THE YEAR IS 2021 and I am on my way home from a VERY long day at my new job as a school photographer. Its 5:30, I have driven an hour and a half just to get home and all I want is a beefy five layer burrito and to go to bed early.

I go through the drive through at the taco bell. This is the same taco bell that, three years prior, asked us how many sauces we wanted. My roommate responded with "we'd like to get lost in the sauce."

To which he said "lost in the sauce. Ok boss!"

And gave us an entire brown bag full of sauce packets that we are still working through to this day.

So our conclusion is that this store is operated by stoners, which is on par for a taco bell.

But anyhow, 2021, all I want is a burrito.

Pull up in the drive thru, order burrito. Compliment the cashier's nails, take the bag without checking, drive off.

I get home. I carry the bag all the way to the kitchen and set it down. The sound it makes is not the sound of a beefy five layer burrito. It rattles.

I realize now that something is wrong.

I look inside.

I find this:

Which I realize now in 2022 after hanging out with potheads that this is considerably more than 100$ of THC products but that's unimportant. I sit there for a few moments and just kind of stare at them asking myself

WHY does this KEEP HAPPENING to me?

Girlfriend comes in and sees this.

"Did someone pay you in smokeables again?"

"No, this is the new beefy 5 layer burrito from taco bell. Obviously."

I could keep them, but what would I DO with them? I didnt know any smokers at the time that I could sell them to. You cant really... pawn THC products in my state because it's a consumable and uhhhh... possession of such products is probably illegal? Fucking I dont know, if there's a law about it everyone seems to be ignoring it.

And I cannot stress this enough: I dont smoke! And yet people keep handing me these things for some reason.

But more importantly: it is now 6:00, I am starving, and I did not get my burrito. So i make a decision and i grab the bag of vape carts and I go back to get the food I ordered.

I go inside and stand at the counter. I quietly tell the cashier that I ordered a beefy five layer burrito, and I got this instead. I lift the bag. I gently drop the bag. It makes the very non beefy burrito rattle sound.

The cashier knows by sound what is in the bag. Her eyes go wide.

"I'm not mad," I tell her. "I dont want anyone in trouble. I'm just very hungry and would like the food I ordered."

She very quietly takes the bag beneath the counter and produces six coupons for a free taco. "We'll get your order to you in a moment, thank you for your patience."

I am... containing my urge to burst out in laughter because this urban legend stuff. This is 'that happened to my friends cousin' kind of story material and I'm just... waiting for my burrito.

The manager on duty approaches me and says:

"I understand you received something uhh.. other than your order." She thinks I'm gonna tell corporate. This shit is too funny for corporate. I am not telling corporate.

"I dont want anyone in trouble," I repeated. "I'd just like to make sure it gets back to its owner and make sure I get the burrito I ordered."

"Right. Right. Right away."

She gives me six more free taco coupons.

It is deathly quiet back there and I am trying so hard not to laugh at the absurdity of all of this. Like... how did I get here? What happened back there to lead me to this awkward situation? What farcical theater piece am I now a minor character in? Will I exit left persued by a bear?

The cashier returns with a bag. "Once again, I'm REALLY sorry."

I take the bag. I check it this time.

This is indeed a burrito.

"No need, all is well."

I leave with my burrito, twelve free taco coupons, and the sense that I just created chaos for an hour.

[dogboybruisebait]

A local bar is doing like a puppy girl/cat girl rave type thing and they have plastered all over it “not a kink event, this is not pet play” and I’m like are u fucking kidding me…

[xenasaur]

this event is pet serious

[gothlyre]

[statictay]

once again i love how star wars takes place in a massive galaxy with thousands of planets and billions of people, and yet every bounty hunter knows each other personally

[dragonfox-in-a-teacup]

It's called networking babe

[youvebeenlivingfictional]

when Boba Fett adds you on LinkedIn you know you've made it