Myths and Monsters

a blog They/Them - adult

[vulpes-aestatis]

Baby sphinx trying to be like mama and waylaying travelers, but all its riddles are completely non-sensical like the ones a 1st grader would tell

[thecactifindahome]

[athetos]

I love the meme that is essentially “if you brought [insert historical figure or fictional character from a fantasy novel here] to present day United States they would not talk theory with you or start a revolution they would just sit in front of a microwave in awe for 5 hours”

However it does not apply to Baru Cormorant. I firmly believe if you let her loose on Wall Street you would get substantial results within 24 hours.

[lleyksie]

moles + worms + shrew

[thestuffedalligator]

“When we were kids, the Phonics Wizard came to our town to show off how the letter E can change the sounds of vowels. He turned a can into a cane, a pin into a pine. This one kid had a cap and he changed it into a cape, that kind of thing.

“And we loved it, we were all having a great time, but then he saw my sister and I, and he just got this - this look in his eyes, and then-”

She hesitated, worrying the coarse material between her fingers. “Things got pretty bad after that,” she muttered. “I know it’s silly, but I try to keep - her - comfortable. We don’t know if she can still hear us, or see us, or if she’s even still in here, but I like to think she is. I talk to her when I can, I leave music on when I’m out of the house. I tried to convince my parents to bring her with us when we went to Disneyland, but they didn’t - didn’t really take that well.”

After a moment, she put the ball of twine back onto its pillow. “Anyways. They tried to arrest the Phonics Wizard, but he had a plan in case something went wrong and he turned it into a plane and flew away.”

[bodyintheriver]

Relax bro ain’t nobody taking it from you!!

[txttletale]

the amazing... its back!

[reimanticism]

have a corona

[5ner]

[cheeeerie]

I do really like the way season 3 is treating Faile and I understand why they have to condense the plot in a lot of places, but I am a little sad about the fact that we’re gonna miss Perrin’s exchange with Moraine after he meets Faile for the first time because it basically goes like:

Perrin: Moraine can you tell if that girl is a dark friend?

Moraine: No, why?

Perrin: She’s won’t stop looking at me.

Moraine: Maybe it’s because you’re jacked and she wants to tap that.

Perrin:

Moraine:

Perrin:

Moraine:

Perrin: …nah that’s not it.

[yoan-le-grall]

[daresplaining]

Daredevil vol. 1 #132 by Marv Wolfman, Bob Brown, Klaus Janson, Michele Wolfman, and Joe Rosen

Presenting one of Matt's tragically lesser-used nicknames.

[numberonevirginiansimp]

Diversity win! Spiritual successor to the Folgers incest comercial is gay!

[machine-unlearning]

When I (M29) was a young boy (M7) my father (M35) took me into the city (X167) to see a marching band (M23, M21, M22, F22, M24, M25, F21, M

[machine-unlearning]

He said “Son (M7) when you grow up (F33) would you be — wait what”

[leftbooblover]

☀️☀️☀️

[mothids]

[cacen]

in Wales we don’t say ‘I love you’ we say ‘nid yw'r brechdan hwn yn flasus iawn’ which means ‘you are my heart and my soul’ and I think that’s beautiful

[textpostscymraeg]

yng Nghymru dydyn ni ddim yn dweud ‘rwy'n dy garu’ rydym yn dweud 'this sandwich isn’t very tasty’ sy'n golygu 'ti yw fy nghalon a fy enaid’ a dwi'n meddwl bod hynny'n brydferth

[cacen]

YOU

[bethanydelleman]

I don't know exactly how to articulate this but... if you repeatedly show historical fiction women rejecting traditionally female skills/duties and doing swords instead, because swords is obviously the Most Important Thing, you are kind of implying that all the work that has been traditionally done by female hands for millennia was useless all along and not, you know, keeping civilization going. Because it's usually rejected not as a personal preference but as This Is The Important Stuff (male work) and That is The Dumb Useless Stuff (women's work) and that kind of bothers me. The message was supposed to be Vital But Underpaid and Underappreciated, not women's work is insignificant so let's all go do swords.