questionably literate in 2½ languages

Studying and reading - in theory at least. Main blog @occasional-owl

[pathos-bathos]

I'm Dylan (23, they/them), a student of information science and Classics (Latin and Roman history in particular).

Mostly read fantasy and scifi but dabble in various things (dear God help me with all the university reading).

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[ewaneneollav]

repeat after me: people don’t notice the little details. i’m going to get away with it. people don’t notice the little details. i’m going to get away with it.

[delicatetrashdelusion]

[ssofiasjournal]

Putting motivational malala on my blog to lock in

[pathos-bathos]

To summarize my thoughts on Katabasis

[pathos-bathos]

Does R. F. Kuang think her readers are stupid

[plasmapop]

10/07/2026 • jumps on the bandwagon. so we’re doing double dactyls now i guess

[pathos-bathos]

Am I supposed to believe this guy is working towards a phd...? In a field dependent on historical sources?

[owlish-creations]

My professor liked it!

[daciancatamite]

beautiful language

[toiich]

Katharine Hepburn by Cecil Beaton, 1934

[daciancatamite]

my ancient romans. i fear the situation is dire

[owlish-creations]

Ignore my horrendous painting skills. The vision is there

[catilinas]

sighhhhhh. imagine the youtube poops that could have been made from cicero’s speeches

[catilinas]

a beautiful remix of de imperio cn. pompei. by cassettius puer

[strugglingclassicist]

I think I just wanna be a woman in GLAM

[grrwoof-woof]

"but the text never explicitly stated it!!!" hey, so that's actually what they tried to teach you in those english classes you barely passed 😁

[aliferousmetal]

[sobcat]

I gave her a textbook so I'm not studying alone

[kuttithevangu]

Instead of doomscrolling lately I have been reading my PDFs and it turns out if you do this you learn a whole bunch of stuff. I’m afraid I must recommend it