but now i want to hold you, too

indie EURYDICE; from anais mitchell's HADESTOWN written by kate sideblog to flamesofesmeralda blog heavily under construction

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May the gods forgive me

[toholdmyown]

Orpheus: Come on, Persephone, I didn't drink that much last night

Persephone: You were flirting with Eurydice

Orpheus: So what? She's my girlfriend

Persephone: You asked her if she was single and cried when she said she wasn't

[allminetherainbow]

Shuri - innovator, warrior and sunshine.

[jeanqrey]

Letitia Wright as Shuri in Black Panther (2018)

[violetmidas]

❝ THERE IS NOTHING I CANNOT ACCOMPLISH!! BEFORE I’M DONE, THE ENTIRE    W O R L D    WILL BE AT THE FEET OF    KILGRAVE,    THE    ALL POWERFUL    PURPLE MAN!! ❞

[parastatheis-blog]

          ❝ deathless and unageing, even as the gods! ❞

                          ind. sel. ganymede of greek mythology

[julesarchives]

now i wanna hold you too

[katiemcgrath]

[flamesofesmeralda-archived]

hey it’s ur friendly neighbourhood mun back at it again with a selfie  life updates below i guess  maybe i’ll sing something later as @chrysopxeiaouroboros has been peer pressuring me to do so

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[thestars-too]

orpheus: okay I have one chance to charm hades and convince him to let me bring my gf back from the dead

orpheus: I have the perfect song for this

orpheus: [tells hades how cold and apathetic he is for 5 minutes]

[broadwayreprise]

Hadestown. The Myth. The Musical. 

[therkalexander]

I’m not sure whether I should laugh or cry.

Is OP aware that oh so many books exist on this subject?

And that almost universally the ones authored by people with doctorates in classicism and mythology disagree with OP?

Including the… epic hymn that first told this story? You know what’s in that original source material… right?

Abducted, yes. Demeter mourned? Definitely. Rape, no.

So here’s some info on Ancient Greek wedding traditions which (oh my stars and garters!!) included abducting the bride. With the father’s permission, which Hades got before he took her away.

Here’s a whole book on the subject of Ancient Greek wedding custom and its conflation with funeral rites. (Which sounds a bit like Hades and Persephone to anyone who’s ever dabbled in things like explication and context)

Here’s a link to another book that talks about Persephone’s rise to power as a result of her willingly eating the pomegranate seeds.

Oh shit!!

Here’s a whole bunch of myths and hymns that talk about her Queen of the Underworld badassery!!

Holy pug tacos Batman!!

Here’s another book about the myth focusing on the seasonal religious and liminal rites. WHICH TAKE PLACE IN THE DRY SUMMER (not the fucking winter), which you know if you read a book.Way to go, OP!

All these fucking books!  What could anyone possibly do with them all?!?!?!?! Do you eat books to absorb their powers instead of read them?

A better guess would be that you got into a moral panic over the name of a certain Renaissance statue and maybe after reading three pages of Edith Hamilton or the first paragraph of a Wikipedia article. And then used that to castigate and demean not only the people who actually take their limited time to create gorgeous art but also to denigrate modern day worshippers of Persephone and Hades?

Maybe next time, you stringy piece of over-boiled okra, you might want to take your own advice and pick up a book, instead of reducing the feared and respected Queen of the Underworld who held power equal to or in many interpretations GREATER than her husband into a meaningless pastiche of female disenfranchisement that you seemingly plucked from your own ass.

[sonneillonv-deactivated20220218]

JESUS CHRIST THANK YOU

[oftaggrivated-deactivated201910]

I don’t often reblog posts of people getting owned, but when I do…

[luxlustravi-blog]

man the ancient greeks didn’t dare to speak persephone’s name she was that powerful and venerated (they called her Kore, “the maiden”), hades didn’t get that honour

[bunjanecrocker]

Rebagel for those book links, I find the Persephone and Hades stuff on here fascinating and I want to research it more

[secondgenerationimmigrant]

Book links, owning and the sheer badassery that is Persephone.

reblog forever

[honorthegods]

Reblogging for the links until this misapprehension finally ceases.

See also: Seduction and Rape in Greek Myth and Predatory Goddesses, both by classicist Mary Lefkowicz.

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@gravelilies

[thanatosjr]

Instructions for a walk in the woods

Never turn around to check behind you. You’ll see nothing, but once you start doing it you won’t be able to stop, and an ominous feeling will follow you until you don’t lock your house’s door behind you. 

If you stand very still and listen you will hear the woods calling for you. Don’t answer. Never answer. 

You’ll hear things quietly following you, hidden in the trees by your sides. It’s okay, they’re just checking on you. 

Don’t be scared, but be really, really wary.

If you have a bad feeling about taking a certain path, don’t. You’ll avoid whatever is waiting for you at the end of it. 

You never know what may be buried under the soil you’re walking on. Remember that every time you take a step. Pray that whatever it is, it won’t wake up. 

Be careful not to step on any beetle, or you’ll never get rid of them. 

If you bring a knife with you, name it. Otherwise the blade will turn against you as soon as you try to use it. 

Make sure you remember the way back home. As soon as you get lost, you’re just another piece of fresh meat.

[la-catharsis]

John Collier - La mort d'Albine (The Death of Albine) (1875)

[persephonce-blog]

@toholdmyown liked for a starter

      There is a s a d n e s s that travels throughout the walls of the palace-it is not the usual sadness of the dead that groan and REGRET their past actions in life-

    no it is melancholy, innocent sadness.

    It is a sadness that r a d i a t e s from the girl that stands before her.

       [The queen allows her gaze to travel far from the girl and towards the doors for a moment. She has half a mind to tell the woman to LEAVE-she does not remember inviting her into the throne room-but the inevitable sadness softens the queen’s heart and she turns to face the girl once more.]

   ~”What have you come here for, girl?”~

[toholdmyown]

She bows her head in the presence of all gods but one, but The Lady of Spring has not pressed fevered lips to her mouth and ordered her never to prostrate herself before him again. And so she bows, eyes fixated upon the floor of marble entwined with gold, reflective enough so she might see a wisp of the goddess within it.

" I had not meant to, your grace." Her answer is quiet in volume, but- magnified by the throne room- feels far too loud. She hates how she can hear the grief in her voice, the mourning. Two years mean nothing to immortals with ichor in their veins, but they are an age for a girl forever nineteen, a girl freed from mortality those two years ago.

Two years is not enough to temper grief.

She has stood in the throne room before, not seated on the bima as the queen is now, but below. A position above the shades and deities, under only few. Kore seems far more natural in this environment than she ever has- gilded flowers on her head, posture comfortable and proud. Eurydice is unused to the diadem placed upon her head. It hangs heavy, even hidden in her chambers as it is.

" I wandered- I had not meant to come here. Forgive me, my queen. "

How can she address the queen she'd half-usurped? How can she address the woman who'd driven Haides into her arms and pulled her from them again?

[toholdmyown]

skourovasilia:

toholdmyown:

   “I suppose I ought just be content with this strange display - accepting of this rarity. But inquisitiveness is in my nature.” No - not inquisitivenes.

 It was something more along the lines of suspicion. In his position, the only person he knew to trust was himself. The climate of the world was not one built on trustworthiness.

  Still, hers was a welcomed affection. The feel of her body against his something he had become all too fond of over time, but she needn’t know that it might please him deeply that she would take initiative.

" You shouldn't ask questions. " She rephrases, voice is quiet in the fluorescent light and eyes veiled in long lashes. Even as she presses kisses to the fabric of his robes, she does not QUITE look at him. To gaze upon him makes this real, makes this truth.

" You shouldn't have to ask questions. Not with me, not of me. " The half-mortal reads Haides better than she dares to admit. He has had reason to bear suspicion in the past, but her contract is clear, revised and signed and sealed.

Lips seek his once more, one arm snaking itself around broad, godly shoulders. " And you're the only thing I've got. " Words are murmured and sealed with a kiss before he could respond.

[andrastesass]

fictional kiss things that end me

being unable to open their eyes for a few moments afterward

one small kiss, pulling away for an instant, then devouring each other

pressing their foreheads together while kissing

speaking normally, then after the kiss their voice is hoarse

guys furrowing their brow when kissing passionately

staring at the other’s lips, trying not to kiss them, before giving in

running their thumb over the other’s lips

when they lean forward a fraction as if to kiss the other person, then realize they shouldn’t and pull back to stop themselves

ripping the other away - “no we shouldn’t” - but when they kiss them again they moan and hold them close

one sliding their hand into the other’s hair slowly

their entire body freezing for a second when their love kisses them

accidentally being forced inches apart from each other, staring at each other’s lips, and just before they kiss someone pulls them back apart

when one stops the kiss to whisper “I’m sorry, are you sure you-” and they answer by kissing them more

a hoarse whisper “kiss me”

then licks their lips and says “please”

[metachimera-deactivated20170726]

Also:

following the kiss with a series of kisses up to suckle an earlobe

following the kiss with a series of kisses down the neck

lightly running the very tip of the tongue around the outline of the lips with darting touches before actually kissing

raking a hand through the hair and getting a good handful to pull the other person closer (before or during the kiss)

starting with a kiss meant to be gentle, ending up in devout passion

softly moaning into the kiss

smiling just before or during the kiss

kissing tears away

kissing at laughlines/crow’s feet/frownlines

kissing pouty lips

lightly running fingers up along the neck while kissing

bringing up the hands to cup the other person’s face while kissing

slowly letting their fingers twine together while kissing softly

a huge smile on face(s) when the kiss ends

a gentle “i love you” whispered after a soft kiss, followed immediately by a stronger kiss

…. I like fictional kisses, mk?

[goodguydotmp3]

also: •jawline kisses •Eskimo kisses •when someone kisses the other person’s hand(s) •shoulder kisses •cheek kisses •when one person’s face is scrunched up, and the other one kisses their lips/nose/forehead •that thing where someone turns into an unexpected kiss, like there were turning around and the other person was just super close •accidental kisses that turn into a giggling fit •kissing eyelids to show reverence •top of head kisses •when one person says “move away if you don’t want this” and the other person moves in for the kiss •height difference kisses where one person has to bend do wn and the other is on their tippy toes •kisses where one person is sitting in the other’s lap •awkward fumbling kisses where their both so excited that it’s sloppy and teeth clash •kisses where a person punctuates every word with a chaste kiss •kisses meant to distract the other person from whatever they were intently doing •KISSES