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@torniliad
about me !!
hi!
i'm livia, a self-taught artist just making stuff up as i go - currently i'm fixated on greek mythos and homer's works but other interests come and go!
i also have a twitter acc if you wanna follow me there
i'm also open for commission if that's something you're interested in - just shoot me a dm on either twitter or here :D
Literally crazy how being 20 is going out and while friends are texting their partners, I'm looking at PHM fanart
patrochilles sketch!!! finally had time to draw them ugh i cant wait for these exams to be over
getting ragebaited whenever i research nolans odyssey for my uni essay
clytemnestra wip !!!!!
the lovers goodbye
achilles/hamlet parallels? i've heard of electra/hamlet parallels but not with achilles im really curious now (admittedly i have not read hamlet)
Ooh ok yes! I think they're quite similar in how both are trapped in an emotional turmoil of their own making, rendering them unable to act on their desires for most of the narrative: Hamlet is torn between his duty to the state of Denmark, avenging his (dead) father and his duty to God, whilst Achilles is torn between his duty to the Acheans, avenging Patroclus and coming to terms with the fate the god's bestowed on him. Similarly, both brood on their own mortality and legacy A LOT (i.e., Act 1:2 for Hamlet ('Oh that this too solid flesh would melt') and so many examples throughout the Iliad for Achilles). Hamlet is much more indecisive than Achilles' deliberate actions throughout the Iliad, but they're ultimately driven by a NEED for revenge and honour that leads to their deaths.
There's this really great article I found from 1929 that outlines general parallels between the two works (much more articulately than I could), which I've attached below :D
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12J_k5xA0ibjISyhSM9RNHNdUmZo3hUbH/view?usp=drive_link
I was tagged by @ellivia, :D ❤️
Reading: I just started We Solve Murders by Richard Osman. I'm on page 17.
Last Series: How to get to Heaven from Belfast. (@ellivia Sister Wives is my TLC trash)
Last Movie: The Salt Path with Chewiesgirlfriend and Lucius Malfoy. I enjoyed it.
Last Song: whatever was on the radio on my way home from work today. Sombr maybe?? Was his name inspired by Tumblr?
Sweet or Salty: I agree with @ellivia both. And even both at the same time.
Tea or Coffee: Agree again, both. Mostly drink tea during the week (morning and evening), but love a coffee on weekends or days off. I love Yorkshire Gold or green tea. Not a fan of flavoured teas or coffees.
Tagging @bakedbakermom @gladlybeyondanyxperience @randomfoggytiger @ragnarockz
Tagged by: @imasquint (thank you!)
Reading: All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Last Series: Trying to watch through Twin Peaks (again)
Last Movie: Zootopia 2
Last Song: Photograph by Def Leppard
Sweet or Salty: Sweet ❤️
Tea or Coffee: Coffee when I wake up and then tea throughout the day!
Tagging: @jeridandridge @hannah-0730 @bruceewayne and anyone else who wants to play!
Tagged by: @ragnarockz thank you 💜
Reading: Currently making my way through “Pretty Girl I’ll Make You Famous” by @witchwolfwriter again (this counts as your tag for this btw) because I miss Maya Mason
Last Series: Mrs. Fletcher (Eve my beloved!)
Last Movie: mine was also Zootopia 2
Last Song: How Bad Do You Want Me - Gaga
Sweet or Salty: BOTH
Tea or Coffee: iced coffee 🫡
Tagging: @rizzlesregal13 @deathbylesbianwitches @agathaspett @rebelsromantic and anyone else who wants to play!!
Tagged by: @hannah-0730 thank you🫶🏻✨
Reading: The life changing power of intuition - Emma Lucy Knowles
Last Series: The Traitors Netherlands OG
Last Movie: The nun 2, horror movies are my comfort
Last Song: the death of peace of mind - Bad Omens
Sweet or salty: sweet and salty when I have a migraine
Tea or Coffee: Coffee all day, everyday☕️
Tagging: @tiredintroverted @captainchaoticmess @essiesc @findinghelena @getlostsquidward @im-actually-not-even-here @greyella if you want to participate and for anyone that wants to do it 🫰🏻✨
ooh, it's been about 2 months since i did this. thanks for the tag, @rebelsromantic! 🫶🏽
reading: all about love by bell hooks (just started it! + many fics, ofc, including my own while i write them!)
last series: the pitt (season 2, weekly) + girls5eva (just started it bc i wanted something light)
last movie: accused (the desi yuri of it all. watched it for koko, but *sigh* the story did not hit the way it could have... 🙄 anyway, this is technically my 2nd last watch. my actual last watch was only out of curiosity considering the hype around it. and, um, yeah. it sure was something!)
last song: leak it by FLO (+ the entire F.I.G album by naomi scott! 😍)
sweet or salty: salty (but better if savoury instead of just salty. gimme flavour!)
tea or coffee: coffee! (body's unforch addicted to my one dose of caffeine a day!)
tagging: @mother-of-mayflowers, @infinityinakiss, @harknesslovebot, and anyone else who wants to join!
ahhh thank you for the tag!! @captainchaoticmess 🫶
reading: the god of the woods by liz moore
last series: the wilds (that ending……cannot believe the show got cancelled 🥲)
last movie: undertone
last song: losing streak by avery cochrane
sweet or salty: i have an insatiable sweet tooth 🤗
tea or coffee: coffee my beloved
tagging: @im-actually-not-even-here @agathaspett @geebeann & anyone else that wants to join 🩵
Tagged by @harknesslovebot thank you lovely🫶🫶
Reading: Caliban and the Witch (for my dissertation) / Skin of the Sea (not dissertation related)
Last series: Agatha All Along
Last movie: Nimona
Last song: The Visitors by ABBA
Sweet or salty: annoying answer, but it depends on my mood 😅
Tea or coffee: tea will always have my heart!
Tagging: @msharkness @harknessshi plus anyone else! 🫶
thank you @geebeann for the tag ❤️🔥 reading: agnes grey by anne brontë but recently finished also a midnight summer's dream (plot twist after plot twist i swear) and the book of bill from alex hirch (i was pulled back to my 10 yo self who watched gravity falls after school)
last series: gravity falls
last movie: ready or not (preparing for when the sequel drops at my local cinema)
last song: choke me from alexandra căpitănescu (truly recommend it, our entry to eurovision this year and we might have a solid chance. also a girl from work is in alexandra's team running make up and hair as a side gig so the entire office is triple voting this year)
sweet or salty: sweet if it is around my period, salty otherwise
tea or coffee: coffee all the way, tea only when i am sick to be honest
tagging: @hauntinglesbian @witchwolfwriter @alwayssevvy and anyone else who wants to join
Tagged by : @hannah-0730 and @msharkness !!
Reading: I just finished Master of Death by Olive Blake - the audiobook was fun. They did a great job. I started yesterday ‘Jurassic Park’ by Michael Crichton. But also I read ‘my safeword is safeword’ by AnonFandomBandit. My Butch buddy recommended @panicatthestrap that and ‘God Knows You Need It’ and ‘Well I Wonder’ by @Midwestprincess_01. I was slow to the party but I’m sold. I don’t know what rock I was living under lol.
Last Series: Finished the first season of X-Files. Onto Season 2! But before that it was The Pitt (and I’m also close to finishing first season of ER).
Last Movie: How to Mary A Millionaire with Marilyn Monroe. But I downloaded Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (‘at worlds end’ my favorite) to watch on the plane ✈️ home.
Last Song: What You’ve Done by Radio Free Alice.
Sweet or Salty: both both both ( I like to bake so I do both 😈)
Tea or Coffee : Both, I have a caffeine addiction. Soon I’ll go cold turkey and quit coffee again, 4 cups a day is too much. But no nicotine and no energy drinks are a win.
Tagging but no pressure (also sorry if I missed you on the previous tagged that’s my bad) : @caroldantops , @panicatthestrap @anyshowwitharainbow @agathassapphic @agathaspuppy @jackiesnats @old-women-can-peg-me @franfineashell
Tagged by @witchwolfwriter !!!
Reading: I’m so serious when I say the bible (it’s for my degree 😢) but besides that I’ve been rereading any all fanfics that make me feel happy (mostly Liandrin and Lilia ones lol)
Last Series: Harlots - in the middle of it rn bc i need a Kate Fleetwood fix like no tomorrow.
Latest Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Extended Version. I am in love with lotr bc Cate Blanchett and Miranda Otto are just stunning but also I’m really autistic so I can quote the whole of lotr:rotk extended version (I’m talking camera shots, dialogue, music, facial expressions) so I’m trying to do the same for the other two.
Last Song: currently listening to music lol but Rubber Band Man just ended. I’m on a mission to be Hoziers top listener this year on Spotify so I have literally been listening to him nonstop since January.
Sweet or Salty: I like both! Gimme sweet sea salt chocolate chip cookies!!!
Tea or Coffee: as an Italian I fear I should say coffee but I just really love tea more. The flavours you can have!!!! Coffee is good when u want it but when u want hot flavoured water but dont know what flavour - tea for you!!!
Tagging but no pressure: @agathas-wife bc ur the only person I can think of rn but anyone else is more than welcome to add
Thank you for the tag @old-women-can-peg-me ❤️
Reading: Mythos (for my uni coursework but I love it anyway)
Last series: Wheel of Time - for my beloved Liandrin who's never done anything wrong ever
Last movie: The Importance of Being Earnest - watched on the National Theatre's YT channel and I loved it
Last song: Queen of Nothing by The Crane Wives
Sweet or salty: it also depends on my mood. at the moment it's been very sweet
Tea or coffee: a sweet fruit tea
Tagging @lorewarden @just1alien @fleetwoodsnakk @myalchod and anyone else who wants to join in❤️❤️
Thank you for the tag @agathas-wife ✨
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📖 Reading: The Trojan Women, Eurípedes
📺 Last series: One Piece, season two
🎬 Last movie: Friday the 13th Part 2
🎵 Last song: The Bad Touch, by Bloodhound Gang
🍭🧂 Sweet or salty: Sweet
🍵☕ Tea or coffee: Both?
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Tagging: @conquerthenight @josephinetaylorbooks @edgyparrot @mkatznelson and anyone else who wants to participate.
Thank you for the tag @just1alien !!
📖Reading: I'm usually reading and listening to multiple books at a time because hhhhhh so many stories so little time (and def not because all my library holds come in at the same time)! 🙏😫My current reads are: Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa, The Other Moctezuma Girls by Sofia Robleda, Lady Dragon by A.M. Strickland, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephan Graham Jones, and Icon and Inferno by Marie Lu!
📺Last Series: Wentworth (rewatching season 3)
🎬Last Movie: Ever After
🎵Last Song: She Works Hard for the Money, Donna Summer (cuz Monday morning motivation anthem🙏😫)
🧂🍭Sweet or Salty? Salty.
🍵☕️Tea or Coffee? Coffee! If I'm in the mood for it, then peppermint tea.
Tysm again for the tag!!
Tagging @exarsshinyforehead @spookyscaryscully @daincrediblegg ans uhhhh anyone else who'd like to join in because I'm bad at tagging🫶🥹
I was not tagged, but I'm taking @josephinetaylorbooks open invitation~
📖 Reading: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk 📺 Last series: Fucking Adelaide 🎬 Last movie: Bring Her Back 🎵 Last song: Cursum Perficio (Enya) 🍭🧂 Sweet or salty: Salty 🍵☕ Tea or coffee: Coffee
tagging: @bookxfteeth @youre-really-hot @macpudding @selfdoubter @brienneferguson @igelmanz @the-tarrarium @wingedthinglady and whoever else wants to!!
Tagged by the wonderful stunning gorgeous @pamela-rabe
📖 Reading: Boulder, by Eva Baltasar (a quick and riveting read)
📺 Last series: Wentworth (naturally)
🎬 Last movie: The sound of music
🎵 Last song: Pleasure and pain (Divinyls)
🍭🧂 Sweet or salty: Fully dependant on my mood (right now, salty)
🍵☕ Tea or coffee: See above - though a dirty london fog ticks both boxes!
Tagging the omnipotent @torniliad <3
I was tagged by the one-and-only, lovely-haired @the-tarrarium!
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📖 Reading: Not counting my law textbooks, An Accidental History of Tudor England by Steven Gunn and Tomasz Gromelski - Would highly recommend! So, so interesting to get a glimpse into the everyday lives of the people of Tudor England in such a unique way. I'm also reading (or re-reading) The Iliad, with the translation by R. Fagles!
📺 Last series: House MD season 4
🎬 Last movie: Hamnet (2025)
🎵 Last song: Setting Sun by You'll Never Get to Heaven 🥀
🍭🧂 Sweet or salty: More often than not, I'll pick salty
🍵☕ Tea or coffee: TEA >>
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Tagging @fawnblooms and anyone else who wishes to join 🤍
PATROCHILLES 🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️
Was wondering what brushes you use for your art :)
the only brush i use is called 'oil heavy round' from the procreate all-stars brushes pack :D
my life purpose is to spread cannibal achilles propaganda
achilles chasing hector outside the city walls is one of my top iliad moments (it's my blog's header image for a reason) and rereading it inspired a lot of thoughts, so instead of making ten separate posts about it i'm collecting them here:
boy is there a PAINFULLY short interval between hector telling his parents somewhat cavalierly that they can't stop him because the time has come for him to either kill achilles or be killed by him, and hector stepping outside, seeing achilles, and bolting in fear straight away. i don't see any obvious reproach from the narrator in how hector's reaction is described, but also there is no indication of any god descending to put fear in his heart: this is hector, himself. in his most fateful moment he IS brave enough to step outside the walls all alone in order to face achilles! but not brave enough to actually face him. oh hector.
that footrace comparison, oh my god:
They ran beside [the streams], one escaping, the other after him. It was a great man who fled, but far better he who pursued him rapidly, since here was no festal beast, no ox-hide they strove for, for these are prizes that are given men for their running. No, they ran for the life of Hektor, breaker of horses.
that's the prize of their race, that's what they're both competing for!! aaaaa!
the way the distance between them is constant, with neither outrunning the other (thanks to apollo giving hector speed) has the narrator reaching across millennia to ask me if i've ever had that dream:
As in a dream a man is not able to follow one who runs from him, nor can the runner escape, nor the other pursue him so he could not run him down in his speed, nor the other get clear.
and YES. yes, storytellers of the ancient past, i have had that dream many times!! it's actually the earliest nightmare i can remember (only i wasn't running, i was on my tricycle which tells you how young i was when i first started having it). we live in an immensely distant future from the people who told this story and still we're dreaming the same dreams!
this is headcanon territory, but i can't help but imagine the differences in achilles' and hector's running technique. achilles IS a runner, a legendary one. imagine his impressive economy of movement, his light feet, the even strides, and the trained looseness of his upper body. hector has been granted supernatural power in his legs but he is NOT a runner, not to mention he is fleeing for his life. i imagine him desperately powering through that entire run, unaccustomed to this kind of divine power and with no knowledge of how to use it efficiently, desperate and inelegant with every muscle tensed to push himself onward out of achilles' reach.
whatever the size of troy, obviously running around it three times without breaks is an incredible physical feat, and i am weirdly... impressed? moved? surprised? by the poem acknowledging that yes, achilles is genuinely fatigued by it (hector it seems could go on indefinitely with apollo's help). when athena appears to achilles she orders him to rest and catch his breath, and he props himself up with his spear as he does so, while athena goes to trick hector. later on when achilles finally falls asleep (and is approached by patroclus' spirit) it's explicitly explained to be because his limbs were worn out from the running (and not from fighting all day). idk, it just feels like it'd be so easy for the narrator to tell us that that chase was no challenge for a demigod like achilles, but no. he is human enough for it to be a struggle, and hector and apollo where the ones who gave it to him.
been busy af 😭😭 but here's a quick patrochilles sketch
hey if we’re mutuals you can literally interact w me whenever. send me whatever u want i will probably be very excited
drew my wife (medea) as a warmup
i am once again obsessing over just how well hamlet thematically (and to an extent, even character-wise) parallels with the iliad
v quick doodle of patrochilles taking a nap
