#probably did

[yummycrummy]

I wonder if Caine did try to confess how he really felt with Ragatha (since knowing his big crush on her 👀)

He always turned into a stuttering mess when he tried so she eventually did it for him

[lazaraphim]

this fandom will never make me like the Mono hero-complex theory

anyways, unrelated Mono doodle

thats its, that's the post

[soundbuster]

Immortal Helen Ramble

[This is a crackpost based on the Odyssey.]

If Helen is the daughter of Zeus and Nemesis, then she's not a demigod that'll grow old, but rather among the deathless.

And that makes her ending with Menelaus bittersweet because in the Odyssey, Proteus tells him that he'd taken to the Elysian Fields instead of dying.

“But about your destiny, Menelaus, dear to Zeus, it’s not for you to die and meet your fate in the stallion-land of Argos, no, the deathless ones will sweep you off to the world’s end, the Elysian Fields… All this because you are Helen’s husband now—the gods count you the son-in-law of Zeus.” - Book 4, Line 631-641

As we see, as Helen's husband and Zeus's son-in-law, Menelaus's status is elevated and his fate upgraded into a mortal's best possible ending.

So when his time comes, Menelaus will be granted a mortal's paradise, but that doesn't mean Helen can cross with him.

There's no clear answer if gods are allowed to visit their dead ones, but if they can't, that's where the cruel irony comes in.

After twenty years of separation—ten at war, then years wandering—they make it home. They get to spend their lives together, but not forever.

For Helen, this means knowing exactly what she'd lose everyone she ever knew, including their daughter Hermione and their descendants—watching them age and weaken—until she's alone again.

For Menelaus, as mentioned, he gets to go to a place of eternal spring where no pain or suffering will follow. It's everything a mortal can hope for.

But no her.

That's the problem. Because what he fought ten years for, what he endured storms and exile for, what he hoped for after the war—was to be with her again.

He can't stay with her forever, and she can't follow him where he's going.

As a result, his so-called reward is just another separation.

For Menelaus, it's paradise without the one person who made life worth fighting for.

For Helen, it's eternity without the one who made it meaningful.

They won the war. They made it home.

And still, they can't keep keep each other.

[Granted, if the gods are allowed to visit the Elysian Fields, then Helen can still see Menelaus, but would their be a time limit? How many times can se see him? There's a lot of factors that need to be thought. And if she can see him, then this post means nothing oof]

[elizabeths-dumbassery]

[synthapostate]

First day of physical therapy. I’m wearing my Newmann shirt that my wifey gave me, for moral support.

[angelpuns]

Having one of those weeks where I'm so busy/so consumed by so many things I'm having trouble remembering to talk to people/remembering WHEN I talked to people so posting is gonna be way way way slowed down ( other than Kid Leo update today I mean )

[squidkidnerd]

baffles me that people still portray eight as an uwu cinnamon roll when like, they fought their way all the way through the damn metro (most of it? probably? yeah pearl and marina helped them skip ig but they still like, did it), the escape phases, kicked the ass of the inkling who singlehandedly destroyed the entire octarian army two years earlier, and then saved the world??? (and if you’re talking about the fem version, IN HIGH HEELS???). like you fools. you absolute fools. eight is a badass i will not stand for this.