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drop the Medusa design NOWWWW!!! Or I EAT YOU!! MWEHHEHEHEHE!!!

SHE’LL eat me. You need not do nothing. The other snake haired character i posted a little bit ago is completely separate person btw

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Medusa, one of three sisters known as the Gorgons, a chthonic monster in tales from Classical Antiquity, whose gaze turned men to stone.

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Stheno's Lament

I must apologize to you, little sister,

for everything I could not save you from:

Poseidon's hands,

his will, like the riptide, inescapable;

Athena's cruel punishment,

for she will always be a goddess first,

and a woman second;

Perseus' blade, and the underhanded trickery

which allowed the iron to kiss your throat.

We could not catch him,

Euryale and I,

but we tried,

beloved sister,

please know—

you must know that we tried.

You, the youngest of us,

should not have had to endure such torments;

were the Fates kinder, I could have protected you,

turned the Sea's grey eye away from you,

and bore the weight of it

myself.

You must know that

could I have spared you your suffering—

all of it,

any of it—

I would have.

Darling sister,

I swear to you I would.

I swear to you I tried.

I'm sorry I could not help you,

protect you,

save you,

avenge you.

Failing all else,

dear sister,

Medusa,

I love you.

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Perseus takes the head of Medusa.

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Top 10 reasons why I shouldn't have to make eye contact with people I don't want to-

1: I don't know if they're a gorgon? Like a direct descendant of Medusa, like what if chrysaor has a direct line to this roadman in front of me and he just so happened to inherit his great great great x however many greats grandma's eyes??? Like I don't wanna be turned to stone, what if I'm wearing a shitty outfit, and my hair isn't working, I want the people who inevitably use me as a garden gnome to know I'm emo thank you very much.