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Serp. 30+. UK. aroace. she/her. Currently blogging about Joe Abercrombie/The First Law series, the Aubreyad, Succession, Lockwood & Co., Critical Role, Heartstopper/Osemanverse, Queer Lit, Greek Mythology, Poetry, DnD, Arcane, Good Omens, Jane Austen, ITV Endeavour, Hornblower, Our Flag Means Death, Hazbin Hotel, Merlin, Young Royals, Bridgerton, Artemis Fowl, Alex Rider, Dresden Files, Derry Girls, Star Trek, BBC Ghosts, Discworld, and Frozen.

[naaglaya]

Walking out of The Odyssey having enjoyed it and seeing it have rave reviews on Letterboxd and then logging onto tumblr and seeing all the criticism:

[hipsofsteel]

some of y'all just want a book report on a nearly 3,000 year old story and some of us want to see a man's personal interpretation of one of the oldest written stories we still have even if it's flawed

[dykeseinfeld]

the odyssey will never be adapted perfectly! it's too long, it's too dense, it's too long in scope, it's too contradictory. so much happens but also in another way almost nothing happens. the world it portrays is so foreign to us it's difficult to adapt the values and context needed to understand. you're never going to get it all onto a screen it just doesn't fit. and once you accept that it only deepens your appreciation of the original text and allows you to accept each adaptation for its own purposes and limitations

[mysharona1987]

[notgaybuckybarnes]

THE ODYSSEY (2026) dir. Christopher Nolan

[military-newsboys]

Ilya, to Shane: Hollander, you okay? You've barely touch argument I bait you with.

[thisisfinestudios]

Fucking hate it when I sign up to be this guy's ship surgeon and his first lieutenant recognizes me from the Devil's Sacrement. Fml. SMH my head.

[duckiewashere]

Mamma Mia here we go again 🩷

I miss them, I want them to be okay.

[ozempicofficial]

[pregnanthudsonwilliams]

not naming names but some of you are so creative and talented it's an honor to have you in my phone

[arsvoxinferna]

Took me almost a week, because I have very little time right now, but I wanted to draw the interaction between Chaz and Alastor (and Vox of course)😆

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]

[epiphainie]

slow burn where they're already having sex. such a beautiful combination i cannot put it into words

[vibrantstarfire]

ladies… has anyone ever told you it’s okay to be feminine 🩷 i’m sure no one has ever ever ever reinforced this deeply held secret, that’s it’s okay for you to be feminine. 🩷 i know the world totally tries to tell you that you have to be manly and masculine and grow your body hair and eat as much as you want and get strong and stand up for yourself and make waves and take up space and show your bare face and show your anger. but it’s okay to do the exact opposite actually. 🩷 it’s okay to shrink yourself down to the exact same mold every other woman is expected to conform to. 🩷 did you know that it’s okay to be feminine. 🩷 did you know it’s okay to be feminine. 🩷 did you know it’s okay to be feminine. 🩷 has anyone ever told you it’s okay to be feminine. 🩷 will you be feminine. 🩷 will you be feminine. 🩷 will you be feminine. 🩷 will you just be feminine already. 🩷🩷🩷

[ship-to-starboard]

[currentlycryingaboutlancelot]

frankly love that there is a niche literature side of tumblr where people are just writing full shakespeare essays for fun with cited sources, all lowercase sentences, sixteen exclamation points. tags are getting peer reviewed. takes are getting nuanced. best reading you’ve ever heard of the odyssey is suggested in a post by someone with an avengers profile pic with zero punctuation and ended with “screaming crying throwing up.” it’s like role playing academia in an online jungle gym

[pmamtraveller]

Ceramic sculpture "Narcissus" by Japanese artist Kenichi Nakaya

[starryeyesxx]