💜sakebytheriver💜

@sakebytheriver

Call me Sake! *^.^* Askbox and IM are always open. I'm a DC bitch who hates the MCU so if you don't wanna see anti-MCU stuff don't follow me they/them pronouns or I'll cut you. Pro-union, pro-guillotine, pro-prison/police abolition, pro-choice, and anti-capitalist. no terfs, no swerfs, no racists, no sexists, no homophobes, no pedophiles, no nazis. #BlackLivesMatter #StopAsianHate [Disclaimer to minors: I will not stop you from following me, I will not block you, but I am an adult and I will post adult things, sometimes it will be tagged minors dni sometimes it won't be tagged at all feel free to block if uncomfortable] ao3 is also @sakebytheriver

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kibumkim

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afro-elf

and we're not allowed to say anything

afro-elf

"she says she's the healthiest she's ever been"

afro-elf

her fans keep saying she doesn't look that different and i felt gaslit so i looked up pictures of her from 2020 since that's only a 6 year difference and uhh

uhh

v v good comment in the replies about how audience disgust eggs ed sufferers on, thank you!!! i was thinking about this, too. about how her dancers are all fleshier than her, how she's wearing garments that emphasize the most concerning aspects of her body. she wants me to feel the way i feel but ughhh i can't just watch! i have no doubt that this discourse is also egging on the segment of her fans who are also suffering from the same illness. it's so tricky to navigate all of this

#this is honestly terrifying #shes withering #like i truly hope she gets the help she needs

ciricearts

cute pants<3

kingoftheu

One tragic aspect of the Odyssey that I've never really seen handled by any adaptation is the link between Odysseus' marriage and the Trojan War itself.

When Helen was of age to be married, all the Lords of Greece came to seek her hand. This was an issue for her stepfather the King of Sparta who could only pick one husband and then would have to deal with the far greater number of angry rejected suitors.

One suitor was Odysseus, then a younger man. He quickly ascertained that he had no chance of marrying Helen. Ithaca was too poor for him to even bring any proper gifts, let alone a dowry. But he did catch the eye of the King's niece, one Penelope.

Now Penelope was still a bit out of Odysseus' league, but not so much as Helen was. So he makes a deal with the King of Sparta. Support my bid to marry Penelope, and I'll give you a solution to this suitors problem. The King agrees, so Odysseus suggests all the suitors swear an oath to defend Helen's marriage from anyone who might strike against it. They all, including Odysseus, so swear, and Helen is married to Menelaus. The King proves as good as his word, and Penelope is wed to Odysseus.

Of course this means that Odysseus has now bound himself to fight for Helen and Menelaus. After an attempt to feign madness he is forced to fulfill his duty.

So his own plan, to marry Penelope and stop a hoard of ravenous suitors, ends with him forced to defend his own marriage from a hoard of ravenous suitors.