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Uppies from gege
Springtime, lamen version <3
odyssey dashboard simulator
🚣♂️ captain.odysseus
between two choices here…
scylla
charbydis
to be so honest neither are looking great but sometimes u gotta make tough decisions. nobody tell my crew about this btw
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⬜ crewmate-238-deactivated12109
the sirens are dangerous to YOU. i understand them though. we are holding hands and singing and they're not even eating me
🧜♀️ siren.girl.40 Follow
no we’re not
⚔️ 0restes
OP being deactivated really adds something here
🎵 demodocus.sings.a.lot Follow
the sirens killed him
🐅 circe.without.mercy
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🤴 telemakhos.of.ithaka
just fucked up so bad i met queen helen from sparta and called her "helen of troy" in front of her husband who literally spent ten years fighting a war to get her back FROM TROY. about to throw myself into the sea
💅 face.that.launched.1000.ships Follow
omg no worries babygirl come back anytime :))) happens to everyone
🤴 telemakhos.of.ithaka
was no one going to tell me helen of troy had a tumblr
🤴 telemakhos.of.ithaka
FUCK i did it again
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⬜ crewmate-24-deactivated9823
for real though has anyone seen elpenor
#i could have sworn he was with us when we were at circes??
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⬜ crewmate-438-deactivated5764
dreaming of burger made of helios' cattle rn. mmm
⛰️ oracle-at-delphi Follow
it is actually insane that people are reblogging this. do you know how disrespectful this is to helios and to all of the gods?? those are literally sacred cattle, i shouldn't be seeing odysseus' crew blogging about how they want to make them into burgers. it's not funny and it's not a joke.
⬜ crewmate-438-deactivated5764
#it was gonna be such a perfect day for a bbq but its stormy all the sudden #:( #oh well i guess we will just eat our burgers inside
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🐗 antinous420
how long could it possibly take to weave a fucking shroud
📷 ithaca-fact-checker Follow
fun fact! it can actually take 1,543 years to weave a burial shroud for one’s father in law, depending on the materials, style, and craftsman!
🤴 telemakhos.of.ithaka
ayyy ithaca fact checker i missed you
🐗 antinous420
who the hell is running this account
#that has to be a joke right #otherwise that would mean that like only an immortal could weave these #ik athena is goddess of weaving but she cant be the only one doing it #right???
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🏐 what.up.its.nausica
not the random naked man i found on my shore who i almost got betrothed to being odysseus king of ithaca are you KIDDING me
🏄 pisistratus-son-of-nestor
i thought he was dead???
🚣♂️ captain.odysseus
im not
🏄 pisistratus-son-of-nestor
@ telemakhos.of.ithaca @ queen-penelope-official HELLO???
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🐅 circe.without.mercy
actually disgusting that people are still following @/calyps0 when she literally kept odysseus captive on her island for seven years. yes odysseus is incredibly problematic and he should be held accountable for actions. yes i dont support what he did to polyphemus and i will block anyone who said that was deserved. but he literally has a wife and son he needs to get back to and it's disgusting that she tried to impede him like this
🏖️ calyps0 Follow
hey what was going on when he stayed at your place for a year
🏖️ calyps0 Follow
lmfao she blocked me
#girl this situation is messyyyy
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🦉 goddess-of-wisdom
why is everyone so mad at odysseus. he’s just a silly little guy. my silly little mortal. he does tricks. free him
🔱 earthshaker Follow
he blinded my son
🦉 goddess-of-wisdom
ok??? have you considered that maybe your son was being a little bitch
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🚣♂️ captain.odysseus
lmfaoooo ive been sending anon hate to polyphemus and he still doesn’t know it was me, odysseus, son of laertes sacker of cities king of ithaca who lives at ithaca palace and is currently sailing home on the aegean sea. click the read more to track my voyage home
Read more
#what are you gonna do about it big guy #nobody cares
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👁️pol.y.phe.mus Follow
when i find whoever it is that is sending me these you are going to be so sorry
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👑 queen-penelope-official
like this post if you want to be included in the archery contest tomorrow!
#may the best shot win!
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🍽️ suitor-37
anyone noticed the quality of penelope’s wines at ithaca palace has kind of sucked lately
🕶️ ordinary.beggar.dont.worry Follow
i have a strong feeling that you won’t have to worry about this for much longer :)
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Mr Darcy: So I have learned from Elizabeth that Jane is in fact in love with you.
Mr Bingley: Oh my gosh, that's wonderful! When did Elizabeth tell you this?
Mr Darcy: When I proposed to her.
Mr Bingley: ...
Mr Darcy: ...
Mr Bingley: You proposed to the sister of the woman you said I shouldn't marry because of her family's unsuitability?
Mr Darcy: If it helps... she said no
Mr Bingley: *tackling him to the floor*
You need a love that will cradle you
Belarus is disappointed but not surprised.
sometimes i need to draw dumb things about dumb witches..
I ABSOLUTELY love your grimmlove art! I love love love it! I was wondering, do you think Grimm yearns painfully, or he's more collected about it?
Thank you SO MUCH for sharing your magical art.
Have a nice day ❤️ and all the happy days!
I am so so happy you enjoy my grimmlove fanarts!! I think Grimm's yearning is going to be painful as Leo is chaotic and might do painful actions as a way to sabotage himself and his relationship with Sebastian. But I am sure we will have also a lot of sweet moments too <3
Your Orufrey art is so wholesome and expressive! I love it so much :’) thanks so much for creating <3
Thank you!! I love them so much, they are so sweet!
My main issue with The Other Bennet Sister (both as a book and series) is that it operates on the premise that Mary actually understands and is upset that she is not as brilliant as her sisters, when Pride and Prejudice tells us explicitly that hearing herself described as 'the most accomplished girl in the neighbourhood' at the Meryton assembly is enough for her to have enjoyed a 'pleasant' evening.
I understand that Mary is somewhat of a blank slate (given how little she is in the original novel) and thus that ability to be able to project onto her would be appealing for an author because she is the most infrequently mentioned Bennet sister. But equally, she is seldom in the story because she is not particularly relevant to the plot; it's not an oversight on Austen's part. Her character is clearly defined and we have a good sense of who Mary is (selfish and sanctimonious, rather than neglected and overlooked) even if there are not entire chapters dedicated to her.
Mary Bennet is not heroine material and that is perfectly okay.
Mary is also, by the standards of the day, constantly putting herself forward in a way which was interpreted as a moral failing.
There's a reason we have so many scenes of Austen heroines and other respectable ladies demurring when first asked to play on the piano until the host/hostess insists some more. It isn't modesty, it's morality, and it's why Mary not waiting to be asked to play and not being aware of when she's performed an excessive amount is judged so harshly.
I don't personally agree with a lot of regency lady behavioural standards, but to contemporary readers Mary is attention seeking and vain, not demonstrating any modesty or that demure behaviour which spoke of a woman having good principles. In that way she's way more like Kitty and Lydia then modern audiences can easily see, though their exhibiting takes very different avenues. But it was still an indicator of improper principles.
It's why she's included in the 'that total want of propriety so frequently, so almost uniformly betrayed by [your mother], by your three younger sisters, and occasionally even by your father' (ch35) line that Darcy writes to Elizabeth. She isn't just awkward, unlikeable, or not well rounded - she was often completely lacking propriety. Elizabeth names this judgement on her family a 'mortifying, yet merited reproach ... The justice of the charge struck her too forcibly for denial' (ch36). She doesn't make an excuse for Mary, but includes her equally in the condemnation against the behaviour of Mrs Bennet, Kitty, and Lydia.
Here's the definition of the word propriety, as I believe Austen used it in this context, from the Oxford English Dictionary: 'Conformity to accepted standards of behaviour or morals, esp. with regard to good manners or polite usage; seemliness, decorousness, decency; (observance of) convention.' That is what contemporary audiences, and the sensible characters within Pride and Prejudice itself, thought Mary was lacking. She has a problem with morals, good manners, and decorum. Not awkwardness or being unlikeable, nor shyness or trouble socialising (and in fact, I'd argue that Mary's behaviour is the opposite of shy). Though she's such a minor character it isn't as important a change, many modern interpretations of Mary are very similar to the 'Darcy isn't a snob, he's just socially awkward!' thinking which ignores the book canon.
I'm also a proponent of the idea that, where Kitty and Lydia demonstrate the flaws of seeking experiences and no reflection, Mary demonstrates the flaws of seeking only reflections and disdaining a lot of real world experiences. A situation rectified somewhat at the ending of the book, as with her sisters gone, 'Mary was obliged to mix more with the world, but she could still moralize over every morning visit' (ch61). Hopefully this situation also made her more self-aware, and less inclined to put herself forward indelicately when she didn't feel the need to compete for recognition.
It's so understandable that modern readers project social awkwardness and shy bookish-ness onto Mary, because social standards of behaviour have altered so much in 200+ years and she's a minor character, but Austen did actually write her as confident and forward to the point of vanity and disregarding morals. I have yet to see any novel that focuses on Mary recognise that, and work within that framework for her character arc. And, because it's missed, so too is the nuance of why she's disparaged by the narrator and not praised or particularly liked by Elizabeth and Jane.
This has a flow-on effect of authors needing to find some justification for why Mary is so overlooked, which, since they don't recognise Mary's own flaws, generally means they need to invent or exaggerate flaws in other characters. Which is why you get characters suddenly focusing on likeability, or looks, or social prowess, to a degree that they never did in canon, if at all. I enjoy reimaginings, but you have to be really careful and knowledgeable when making beloved characters shallower or meaner in a way they weren't in canon in order to white-wash a minor character for it to work well, and I'm not convinced they've done that in this instance.
I know I've been very harsh on Mary's character here, so I should add the disclaimer that I actually adore Mary, as I do Kitty and Lydia (yes, even Lydia). They're teenagers whose education (and emotional well being, in the case of at least Mary and Kitty) has been neglected and thrown out into society at a young age to figure it out for themselves, so I'm not at all surprised they've misstepped and gone too far in seeking external validation. Mary sure as hell didn't get enough of it growing up. But Mary isn't judged by the world because she doesn't fit the pretty, sociable, likeable mold her other sisters do, she's judged because of her own actions and the values that demonstrates to respectable society.
I just wish that more works focusing on the younger Bennet sisters recognised the actual (contemporary) errors of their behaviour in a sympathetic way and worked to show how they might improve as they grow, rather than excusing all or most of it and saying that it's everyone else who is acting wrong.
Captive Prince by C. S. Pacat
Listen I get it but you CANNOT use "sensory nightmare" as an excuse to avoid essential things. You HAVE to find a way to make it work, such as finding effective alternatives. But you can't just avoid it.
You need to eat some vegetables in your diet or you will become a lich.
You have to wear a life jacket or you will literally drown and die.
You need to be able to exist in public spaces with children.
You have to find a way.
good LORD the piss is flying all over the place in that comment section! If you're poor do NOT leave your house you're definitely gonna get caught in the crossfire.
How dare you say poor people shouldn't exist in public
Sprints at you fast as fuck
hearing anything about the nolan odyssey is so funny. it's like "they cut the extremely important and infamous nobody scene" "the cyclops is a giant puppet that they put in an actual historical cave + gave circe animatronics for her pig transformation instead of cgi" "they dumped plastic skeletons in an environmentally protected location they were not supposed to be in" "they recreated ancient greek instruments in order to have an accurate score" "all of odysseus's agency is basically gone" "anne hathaway actually learned how to weave ancient looms" "the women in this movie are treated like shit" "they actually buried actors alive to get those underworld shots" "did you see what the fuck zendaya was fucking wearing holy shit you can't DO THAT, MA'AM" "what do you mean there was a legitimate epic the musical reference" "NOT A SINGLE FUCKING GREEK WAS CAST IN THIS MOVIE"
like did nolan have two guys standing at his side at all times whispering ideas in his ear and one told the truth and the other told lies and they didnt tell him which was which until they wrapped production cause
all my life, i've never known where you've been
Just got out of the odyssey screening and yooooo