I'll follow thee and make a heaven of hell

He/Him/His

[shakespearesfag]

Ok so I want to rant about Greek/Roman literature and contemporary interpretations so I’m going to. I’m reading this book on classical myths and it touches on changing perspectives regarding like relationships and it touches on Achilles but primarily focuses on Briseis leaving Patroklos as his dearest friend and footnote.

Like Homer literally writes that Achielles says to his mother

“seeing that my dear comrade Patroclus has fallen—he whom I valued more than all others, and loved as dearly as my own life? I have lost him”

LIKE THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.

And once again an academic source negates this and it’s not even an old book. It was first published in 2008 but still.

History Hates Lovers

[paladinsbrainrot]

i feel like what a lot of people miss about will's character nowadays is that he's literally a LOSER. pathetically so. like this guy dresses up as a wizard and sings show tunes in the desert like he is NOT the cool nonchalant guy everyone makes him out to be. he is such a cringefail. please remember the nerd we're talking about.

[shakespearesfag]

Modern au Will Byers knows all the lyrics to Micheal in the Bathroom. No I refuse to elaborate

[shakespearesfag]

My entire tumblr page is a mix of random ships, half naked men and Shakespeare. Honestly that’s pretty on brand for me

[byjove]

more than once????? lol?????

[byjove]

“I was soooooo disappointed to find out I was having a daughter 🥺” I’m so disappointed in your lack of decorum and choice to publicize your misogyny but you don’t see me making videos about it

[byjove]

“I love my daughter just as much as my sons except I was disappointed in her before she was even born. This is very healthy and normal and good parenting.”

[byjove]

“We need to normalize gender disappointment.” is such a crazy sentiment to express? Like, it’s been a thing since the dawn of time, so much of history has been spent handholding men who are disappointed they don’t have a son. Let’s do the opposite. Let’s start embarrassing these people into shutting the fuck up about how disappointed they are in their fetus’s biological sex. Idk. I’m so tired of gender reveal culture, boymom culture, new takes on things as old as time itself.

[shakespearesfag]

Gender disappointment is such a Henry VIII moment omg 😍

[komodocloud]

do you guys ever feel like an outcast even in a group full of outcasts. like i'm autistic and even in groups full of neurodivergent people i'm still excluded sometimes. i don't understand why

[shakespearesfag]

Yeh idk it’s hard to put into weirds but it always feels like cause my behaviours present differently. Less quiet more unapologetically loud that I didn’t really fit in and people struggled to understand me. Even within groups of marginalised communities made up of neurodivergent people.

[wonderstruck]

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

[horrorfilmdyke]

who is the first david you think of when you hear the name david

[shakespearesfag]

The biblical David - David Tennant

I need this man biblically

[depsidase]

[shakespearesfag]

10/10 would go on my knees for a real redneck

[white-pilled]

writing job applications and thinking that perhaps I wasn't made for this world

[shakespearesfag]

Was made to be a blue crayon.

[luulapants]

How about a story where the hero realizes that the villain has the capacity to change and for once, instead of convincing them to turn themself in and take responsibility for their crimes, understands that prison is the absolute worst environment in which to heal from trauma and make positive changes to one's relationship with society. The hero keeps the villain out of prison but then realizes they are now responsible for babysitting an unredeemed villain, what a monumental task they've taken on. In a moment of righteous anger, they lament the lack of non harmful options at their disposal. Prison will make them worse, but otherwise how can the hero ensure they do no more harm?

This is the hero's villain origin story.

[shakespearesfag]

Think I read a Tony Stark x Loki fic that was basically this

[mynowherenothing]

Some of the book recs I see online.. id rather be reading the back of my shampoo bottle

[variousbitsofnothing]

Me about any Sarah J Maas book

[shakespearesfag]

Makes me feel so much better, I couldn’t get through a court of thorns and roses

[aletheyass]

friendly reminder that YOU 🫵 can make even the most relaxing innocuous activities into high stress situations if you’re mentally ill enough. always believe in yourself and your incapacity to conquer catastrophic thinking!

[shakespearesfag]

YES SARGENT

I got stressed out and in tears from just listening to music. Like I had like a full on mental breakdown from just a couple songs.

Catastrophic thinking is what’ll make me useful to the military

[unbidden-yidden-deactivated20240]

Fun reminder to all leftists especially, but really literally every single person who advocates for mob violence or tries to excuse atrocities committed by mobs: if you wouldn't support the state taking the same actions as a legal punishment after due process, then you shouldn't support a mob enacting that same punishment without due process.

Either the death penalty is wrong or it isn't. Either rape is wrong or it isn't. Either torture is wrong or it isn't. Either terrorism is wrong or it isn't. Either cruel and unusual punishment is wrong or it isn't.

Your pet cause does not get an exemption.

[shakespearesfag]

Glad I’m on the side of tumblr I agree with ✌️

[wiisagi-maiingan]

Also vaguely off topic but if you make fun of people for being virgins/single/whatever then I am spraying you in the face with a water bottle.

[longcovidrat]

ngl i would be sprayed just for fun. just to feel alive

[shakespearesfag]

Why is this such a vibe. I need the spray of water to remind myself I’m not dead yet

[traegorn]

I feel like the people freaking out in the notes/tags about the walrus/fairy thing don't realize how many of their fellow humans firmly believe in the possibility of the fae being real. 😆

Like I don't mean certain they're real or anything, but moreso like "Oh yeah, that folklore might exist for a valid reason and I'm not completely ruling it out."

But I am completely ruling out a walrus being able to make it up the stairs to my apartment and fit outside my door, let alone navigate the hundreds of miles on land to my doorstop.

[jakeperalta]

I'm curious. what job would you do if money was no object (you just automatically had an income you could live comfortably on)? including work like volunteering, studying etc. please share in the tags :)

[aletheyass]

i only masturbate to etymological dictionary entries unlike you degenerates