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bi | any pronouns u want

[ratboiharkness]

Downloading this app was the worst thing I ever did for my mental health.

It’s like I loaded up the gun and put it in my own mouth.

[greaterdionysia]

I was gonna let my friend beta read my fanfic now I've written about a third of it and then I remembered that means they may find my tumblr which I do not appreciate actually....

[greaterdionysia]

In my fic harkness and art are bffs and idk if anyone's a fan of that, but writing this fic has made me a fan of it sorry 🙏 they had to be just to make my fic structure work and it's became my fav element

[perfectimprecision]

today will go down in gay cinema history

[charlesoberonn]

The boulder pushing punishment is iconic. But I think more people should know the reason Sisyphus was punished to begin with, which was for cheating death, twice.

The first time he cheated death, Sisyphus had just angered Zeus by revealing the location of the Asopid Aegina whom Zeus abducted. Which is super valid, fuck Zeus.

Sisyphus knew that Zeus would send the god of death Thanatos after him, so he prepared a trap and trapped Thanatos in the chains meant for him.

After that, nothing on Earth was able to die so long as Thanatos was in chains. Which meant no animals could be sacrificed to the gods. This angered the gods, who made Sisyphus' life so miserable with pain and illness that he would beg for death. And so he released Thanatos.

But then came the second time Sisyphus cheated death. As he was dying, he asked his wife to dump his naked corpse in the middle of the public square. Denied a proper burial, his soul ended up on the far side of the river Styx, unable to cross.

He complained to Hades and Persephone about how his wife disrespected him, and begged them to let him return briefly to the world of the living to scold her and make her bury him properly. They agreed, and Sisyphus returned to life. He then embraced his wife, and refused to return to the Underworld.

It's only when he finally died of old age that he was sent to Tartarus and punished with the boulder.

I don't remember where I've seen it, but I like the interpretation that Sisyphus doesn't have to push the boulder. He can choose to stay in Tartarus and rest. But he was promised that if he managed to push the boulder to the top of the mountain, he'll ascend to Elysium.

And Sisyphus, in his stubbornness and cleverness, refuses to give up on a challenge.

One must indeed imagine Sisyphus happy, planning and scheming about how he'll cheat the gods next.

[what-even-is-thiss]

There’s some evidence that even though most people couldn’t read in Ancient Rome or if they could read they probably couldn’t afford books, there were probably public events and entertainments where people read books out loud to crowds of normal people.

Cornelia, get the kids and pack a lunch. We’re going to the forum to hear the books. I think they’re reading out the commentaries on last year’s military campaigns in Gaul today.

[nibeul]

everyday white women complain about weaponized incompetence with men and everyday they turn around and do the exact same thing to poc

[nibeul]

“I didn’t know what xyz meant!!” why on earth would you repeat it then without looking it up first if you didn’t know the meaning. google is right there you can use it.

“How am I supposed to learn if you don’t educate me?” once again, Google is at your fingertips, use it for the love of god.

“Well I can’t find any sources on [this topic]” found four within a minute, you just want poc to do the labor for you.

“Being mean doesn’t mean you’re right!” “You’re just aggressive!” “Well if you don’t want to have an ~civil~ conversation..” “You’re overemotional” do y’all even hear yourselves. Like do you never stop to think that maybe, just maybe the shit you’re parroting sounds a little familiar?

[hail-mary-38]

This fanfic thing is really easy

I WAS MEANT TO WRITE STEPPED

[greaterdionysia]

bro the other day I wrote 'art arts' instead of 'art asks'

[ermathebest]

The type of thing Ray's dad would wear to a baseball game because Ray made it for him

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

you've probably answered this already, but what is your stance on authors writing for Harry Potter/ Marauders. I've seen people say it is "reclaiming power" from Rowling by making all her white-washed characters queer and POC, whereas others say it is immoral as you are still supporting her work by using her characters.

already answered here.

“kill that moral cop in your head and enjoy whatever you want. I’m not in harry potter fandom, but a lot of my friends are, and I can tell you for a fact that, just because they like fictional wizards, none of them share the same opinions as jk rowling”

my stances are: do whatever you want with fictional characters. you can just enjoy and/or write about it if it’s fun to you. if you want to make the characters queer, trans, or poc, that’s cool. if you want to write them as what they are in canon, that’s cool too. fanfic writing, hobbies and enjoyment don’t have to be an act of activism.

[amazingspiderlad]

Nope, propping up a franchise that will continue to harm real people as long as it's popular is bad actually.

Saying "I disagree with her" while actively contributing to her being relevant doesn't mean shit, and I would really love it if people weren't so adamant about keeping their favourite children's book popular at the expense of my actual human rights.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

[eddiebaguettey]

reddie from both sides lmao

[hawkeye12]

I know there are headcanons about Collie having an intricate detailed hair routine but I think it’s funnier if he just uses some random ass shampoo and his hair just does that idk. Like one of the other boys use his shampoo once, does NOT look as majestic as collie and they are sooo confused

[twisted-mockingbird]

Yellowjackets Sad Fact:

Mari Ibarra died in the winter of 1997 which meant she never got to see the first episode of SpongeBob SquarePants which premiered in May of 1999 😢

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

“this person texts like chatgpt, they must’ve used it”, “that author writes like chatgpt, they must’ve asked chatgpt to write for them”. that could still be because chatgpt was trained on how humans talked, wrote and created. it’s trained to mimic real human. and whether or not you like it, it’s getting better.

if you suspect a work was written by ai and if that makes you uncomfortable, you can always stop consuming said work. but—I am saying this with genuine respect—public speculation, where you make a public post to accuse someone, and witch hunt harm real people whose art and creations are entirely human-made.

also worth mentioning that people who are on the spectrum and people who aren’t writing in their native languages are often wrongly accused of using gen ai

[trival-obsession]

I don’t understand why the babying and (for lack of a better word) twink-afying of Barkovitch and Hank is so common because both are like crazy strong.

You got guy who can sprint up the killer hill while yelling without breaking a sweat, dodges punches while laughing, is not visibly tired by the end, and can rip through his own throat. Then you have Hank the Tank who bodied like 10 carbine shots without a wince (BOOK), is carrying the most amount of stuff and requires twice the effort of the other guys and he still makes top 10, and (book again) he can walk with perfect timing up a steep hill without losing breath after losing his mind and while not having eaten for at least a day.

They’re buff as hell, any boy making it past the halfway point deserves recognition for their physical strength okay.

[greaterdionysia]

bro there's nothing i love more than a good old reddit fanfic. give me AITA give me relationshipadvice i just love the social media aus so much