Life Like A Broken Record

INFP, Slytherin, Thunderbird, Leo/Virgo cusp

[sentientsky]

repeating this to myself forever and ever

[pomorama]

I find it incredibly funny from a meta/author perspective, that Ancient Greece decided to name their protagonist that angers many people “Anger Bringer” but, even funnier, is the in universe understating that anyone who meets Odysseus must have had the thought “oh dear, how unfortunate to be named hateful/hated” and then they have exactly One conversation with him and go “Ah I see now”

For reference, Odysseus’ name sounds very much like the Greek word odussomai, which can roughly mean “I am angry at” or “I am the cause of anger” (or simply “to hate” or “to dismiss”), a fact that is used for ironic effect frequently in the Odyssey.

It’s also specifically stated in Book 19 that Odysseus’ grandfather, a master thief and one who has also pissed off a lot of people, specifically named him this because “I am disliked by many, all across the world, and I dislike them back. So name the child Odysseus.” 19.428

Bro looked at his grandson and thought “Ahaha, this one’s going to be a troublemaker like me. Better get him started early.”

It’s like a terrible allegory for cause and effect or something.

[mikkeneko]

Assigned Problem At Birth

[what-even-is-thiss]

Always assuming the mermaids know about us. What if they don’t huh. It’s not like they’re sending drones to explore the dry. Unless they are. Hi, welcome to my new conspiracy theory. The UFOs are from mermaids actually.

[triatic]

[expressions-of-nature]

Italy by Daniel Plan

[gogeyama]

[a-gay-possum]

Reblog if you are ace, support aces or were knee deep in that Dragonology: The Complete Book Of Dragons book as a kid.

[lakesbian]

saddest thing that can happen is a cat so delicately and cozy putting their small apple head on your leg like a pillow to sleep while fully unaware that in like five minutes you're going to get up to go eat because they don't know human language or how time works

[sandersstudies]

Me, having been immobile for three hours: hmm I should get up and pee

The world’s tiniest angel: time for snomgol my mommi :)

[striders]

cat can:

snuggle

biting you

eat food AND plastic

so scared of car sounds

locate Bug

Make sounds

[icecreamorafelony]

[vindieselsfacebook-blog]

looove thinking of topics that would unite emily and luke at family dinner and get lorelai soo mad

[annabelle--cane]

in the club fully sober politely informing my friends that I don't like loud sounds and will be leaving early

[marusketch]

dragons is bugs

[marusketch]

bugs is also dragons

[teresa-tsareena]

Some Poké babies

[afterblossom]

Persephone hanging out with the puppies at night.

[nyctophilicnovelist]

It does, in fact, get better once you turn your brightness up for the first time in years

[skulldog]

Shout out to anyone that ever made a character that’s a ‘Secret Government experiment’ that escapes the lab and is now wanted and misunderstood. That’s top tier character design, thank you.

[insufficiently-advanced]

[biggaybunny]

I don't care about Dungeon Meshi otherwise but "Tallmen" is SUCH an elegant solution to placing humans in a fantasy setting that it's still blowing my mind. Just the term itself is enough to instantly recontextualize humans. They're no longer the default race. They're those big goobers with long legs, striding about all the time. I can so easily envision much more interesting relationships between humans and non-humans because of it. Like perhaps "tallmen" are stereotyped as shepherds by other races because they can watch over their flocks better, or as vagabonds because they are better suited to long travel on foot. And of course, they don't *literally* have to be taller than everybody else, they were just the tallest around whenever the label became the norm, or something like that. I just feel like it's so much better than what I've seen in settings like D&D that go "and humans are the... adaptable, generalist people :)!"

[stormtide-leviathan]

tags by @the-warlock-syndicate

[nasturbate]

“nice blog”

thank you im really good at clicking reblog