#got some issues

[runninginrivers]

plagueeeeed with visions

[sasukehoe]

Diego is just a bag of fragile masculinity wearing a trenchcoat, huh?

[allaboutmyths]

How do you feel about Rick Riordan's characterization of the Greek vs Roman gods?

It’s been years since I read either Percy Jackson or the Heroes of Olympus follow up series. Due to this, my memory of the characterizations is very, very fuzzy. But what I do remember is that he went along the route of “The Roman gods are just Greek ones with different names” and clearly that rubs me the wrong way.

From what I remember as a kid, they mostly felt a bit bland and boring. I can definitely tell he did his research, but as a kid who had studied myths long before every picking up Percy Jackson, there was always something a bit lacking in the characterizations. If I had to try and pinpoint what it is that bothered me, it’s that they all felt rather one-note. There were attempts to give them depth but they all fell pretty flat for me, even then.

I didn’t particularly care from Kronos as a villain, but it made sense. Gaia, though...now that bothers me to this day.

[sc0tchtap3]

“I broke my head and all my thoughts spilled out Different than last time when blood spilled out I broke it different So, so, much different

Truths became lies and goals became distant dreams These tangled thoughts are monsters Spiteful and angry, sad and lonely All sorts of shapes and sizes but all down the same road

It’s a road I don’t wish to be walking but have stumbled upon it anyway Trees have sprouted to cover the sky The dirt turned to gravel beneath my feet The birds quieted their song and left only the wind to screech in my ears

Sometimes there will be a flower A patch of flowers I will pick them, relishing in their beauty and how sweet they smell I pick them and keep on this crooked path Slowly they wither and I drop them and it goes cold again Cold until I see the next flower and my skin warms up

It might be minutes between, or hours, or days, or weeks But it’s all the same I grab them while I can, dreading the day when the flowers are no longer there When everything turns to weeds”

--sc0tchtap3 (b.l.v.)

[awildthing-archive]

Kay @ everyone. :I Kay @ ppl 10+ years older than her. :)

[xoshepard]

me playing da:o: I LOVE ALISTAIR I’LL SING IT FROM EVERY MOUNTAINTOP I LOVE HIIIIIIM

me playing da2: *looks wistfully into the distance* I love Fenris............... I love him.........

[valarmorghulisforeva]

Yeah, I will be good in bed,

But, I will be bad to ya

[tasteslikelame]

It's be so nice to hug someone. Or kiss someone. Hold hands.

But I don't want to get too attached either, yenno?