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[amelie-von-krolock]

“But down in the Underground You’ll find someone true Down in the Underground, A land serene, a crystal moon… It’s only forever Not long at all Lost and lonely That’s Underground, Underground…” - (“Underground” - David Bowie) - I’ve been planning to paint Jareth again for a long while, and he seemed to be the perfect character for this soft, summer evening colour palette I wanted to try out…

[matt-mercer-deactivated20231105]

As the pain sweeps through Makes no sense for you Every thrill is gone Wasn’t too much fun at all But I’ll be there for you-ou-ou As the world falls down

Falling As the world falls down Falling Falling in love

— Costume design: Brian Froud, Ellis Flyte

— Choreography by Gates McFadden

Labyrinth (1986), dir. Jim Henson

[wulfhalls]

this entire episode was about computers waging artificial war and suicide machines why are they like thisssss

[wulfhalls]

paul atreides / GODHOOD

[thecommunityoftrustworthysinks]

william shatner: WHY DO YOU THINK KIRK IS BISEXUAL

william shatner looking at men:

[t-rina]

we sure do

[wulfhalls]

OSCAR ISAAC as Duke Leto Atreides

[steampunktendencies]

Astronomical Clock 1540, Munster, Westfalen, Paulusdom Photographer: Groenling 

[ghostlystarlightbluebird]

There's chaos in water; much more than you can imagine...

[hiilaris-deactivated20230318]

— i just wish we had more time. i need you to remember that i love you.//t.c

[dinasaurconspiranoic]

PHOTOS OF OSCAR ISAAC THAT JUST MAKE ME FEEL THINGS

[lightsenseless]

He DOES make me feel things...

[obiwan]

#America’s Next Top Mercenary

[sidelyamievi]

Queen.

They say; the queen was born from a mussel. The foam of the waves hit his body, his delicate shores.

cr: EnvieP1 on Twitter.

[lovelylovelylovel]

[anistrange]

MEDUSA AND THE SEA

An analysis lightly inspired by @coloricioso and @diioonysus

I'm gonna be honest with you, If you have preference for Ovid's version of Medusa and how to modern sensibilities this can be interpreted as a powerful message of the female rage, the clearly biased patriarchal behaviors that are still practiced in more subtle ways even within progressive countries; Go for it, it's a story that it might relate to you and may have hit some fibers in your heart. (Reception Studies, a concept that I'll always be in favor)

With that being said, it's important to notice that when it comes to the subject of Medusa as a whole, it seems like many people tend to forget very important aspects not only of her character, but the way how she interacted with the greeks, Not only as an apotropaic symbol (Which I'll write later in another post) but often as the dangers of the sea, and I'll explain this in very detail.

Medusa and her relationship with the sea

It's no surprise that apart from sky and earth gods, sea deities were very respected, feared and venerated among Romans, Egyptians, Greeks and Phoenicians, and yes, that includes Medusa.

It's also not a secret that before Ovid (fukin 800 years of difference), Medusa was a sea goddess who slept consensually with the monarch of the ocean Poseidon (Which by standards of Ancient Greece, that was pretty impressive tbh) However, it's important to notice how her background it's a key element to understand how this relationship came to be.

Hesiod clearly states that Medusa is the daughter of the Sea Titans (Phorkys the father, Keto the mother) whose offspring were clearly allegories of the sea dangers and creatures unbeknownst to man; Ladon, Ekhidna, Skylla, the Graeae and a plethora of siblings whose Medusa can relate, they were the bad boys of the area, cute Oceanids and Nereids were the benevolant part of the sea, but Phorkys and Keto's kids were the type of guy you would never cross any eye contact (heh, pun)

Medusa's bond with the sea is very defined and Poseidon clearly saw in her the epitome of wilderness that he likes, a wilderness described in scarying mortals to their very core, petrifying them like rocks his nature is complemented by hers; Sea, Mystery, Terror, the perfect match; You'll see this in every sea related-myth, Odysseus and the Sirens, Jonah and the Whale, Ran and her net.

No wonder why Amphitrite (the Queen of the Sea) is not eager to hunt her or punishing her kids unlike Hera, because she's an important part of the reign, And a fair headcanon of mine, She has no time to deal with bullshit like that, she has kids to take care and ruling the seas while Poseidon is just vibing back and forth.

And no wonder why Medusa even with her head only, she still keeps the bond with her home very close, note this with Perseus and Andromeda. Where do you think the monster that was going to accept Andromeda's sacrifice came from?? THE SEA and Perseus could defy the power of the sea if not with the very symbol that represents this same wilderness. Which it can be an interesting layer when it comes to apotropaic symbols again. But this is for another post.

Greeks did have some degree of fear and respect to this vast mass of water that extended from Egypt to Morocco, sure, for them it was the most effective route to trade goods, ideas and people, however The chances of being shipwrecked were absolutely high, either by storms, reefs that could run your ship aground, dangerous animals and sharpest rocks that could kill you at the slightest contact.

It's no surprise that in an attempt to cope with the hardships of such an unpredictable force of nature they decided to assign divine background, Poseidon is the storm in the middle of nowhere, Medusa and her sisters are the reefs or creatures that could petrify you to death, the Sirens were old ships destroyed at the rocky cliffs waiting for the next oblivious sailor.

To this very day, the fear and respect for a grandiose mass of water is still ingrained in our minds, the fear of being castaway, The curiosity to knowing how many mysterious creatures roam at the bottom of the ocean, of the lives of people where the sea is their last resting place.

So for those who still want to give Ovid a fair shot for making something groundbreaking, again, fair enough, but I'll keep saying that you're only seeing one aspect of hers while the other part is still unexplored and it makes a huge disservice on how she's very degraded to a simple victim -> cursed -> killed dare I ever say "trope"; Take this more as an encouragement to expand and analyse more of her character if you want to have an extended and more complet interpretation of Medusa, Anyone having an opinion on this are free to speak and I'll hear you.

[owlyjules]

Since I can’t stop drawing moth characters these days, have a Lunar moth ghost!

Those will be mini 4 x 5.5 prints on my shop later today!

[redslug]

A general in her ceremonial attire and a noble girl in her ball gown.

Moths and butterflies tend to incorporate armor-like elements into their outfits even if they are not connected to the army, though these elements are significantly lighter and more ornate than their functional counterparts. Sometimes this decorative armor is made of porcelain.