dukeoftears

[dukeoftears]

Straight ship so good that even the gays weep for them

[dukeoftears]

AAAAAAAA THE ITHACA SAGA

ok so. No words for the challenge. Just. God. Penelope. Penelope. Penelope!! PENELOPE

She sounded sooo good

HOLD THEM DOWN WAS WORSE THAN I IMAGINED WTF??? Like it was and ABSOLUTE BANGER AS A SONG BUT LIKE. So dark too!!! AAAAAA. Antinous I'm glad ur dead <3

ALSO the way they talk about Penelope as their queen ughhhhh so gross. I hate them.

ODYSSEUS. MURDERING THE SUITORS. YESSS KING SLAYYYY.

Also that rejection of open arms? YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES

And when the suitors try to use Telemachus to control Odysseus? CHILLS.

Also the way jay didn't shy around saying what the men were planning to do to Penelope. No euphemisms no stepping around it HE SAID IT OUTRIGHT. Leave the utter VIOLENCE of what the men were planning to do on display!!!

Also, something about how antinous uses euphemisms but Odysseus doesn't.... Odysseus who has seen and faced the horrors of violence.... Antinous who has inflicted in on others but never had it done on himself..... Idk something to think about idk.

THAT TELEMACHUS ABD ODYSSEUS REUNION FUCK MY HEART

And then Athena!!??!! And the way she asked Odysseus if a better world was possible and he was like "maybe but not for me. You're inmortal, you can build that world. I've tried and failed that too many times, I have only one priority now" and like FAIR BUT STILL SO SAD. FULLY LEAVING POLITES BEHIND. GOG.

And. Then. AAAAAAA PENELOPE MY QUEEN. MY. QUEEN. ABSOLUTE QUEEN. YES.

I can imagine Odysseus at the start of the song kneeling on the floor. Begging for forgiveness. Then he becomes angry at what Penelope says but she's like "violence or not ur still my husband (also the violence is kinda hot NGL <3)" and then like. Oh god. The you're mine. The I love you. (Lies on floor)

I'm dead.

[dukeoftears]

"I'm not your kind and gentle husband" He says, kindly and gently.

[dukeoftears]

The last words ever sung in Epic being "I love you", everything truly is about love huh?

[dukeoftears]

I need fanart of Penelope and Odysseus in a mirror “It’s you!”

And then Penelope holding it leading him to a mirror with the “Despite everything it’s still you”

[dukeoftears]

ithaca saga live reactions

[dukeoftears]

The Epic fandom right now:

[dukeoftears]

Odysseus: Would you still love me if you knew all the horrible things I’ve done?

Penelope, twirling her hair: What horrible things?

[dukeoftears]

THE LAST LINE OF EPIC IS “I love you” ARE YOU ACTUALLY FUCKING KIDSING ME??????

[dukeoftears]

In the light of recent events I have a very vivid image of Poseidon or his sirens munching on WiFi wires

[dukeoftears]

A Brief Rundown of the IRL Ithaca Saga (to the best of my memory, in probably not chronological order)

jorge (creator, odysseus) decided it'll be cool to celebrate the ithaca saga with the epic cast via a trip to ithaca, greece

surely nothing can go wrong

mico (telemachus) seemingly found out about the trip with the rest of the fandom. he proceeded to plot a trip to ithaca

the epic cast dealt with multiple broken vans and missed a ferry by one minute. they had to cancel a stream because they were too exhausted

mico made it onto a plane

ithaca got hit by a typhoon, forcing them to move another stream indoors

mico got banned from tiktok. it was reversed

mason (tireseas) asked luke (zeus) to stop the rain. luke refused

the crew hiked up to odysseus' palace. they ran into a roadblock. mason looked into the future and did not see a way around it. (they found a way around it)

the crew found a well and sang their epic songs into it. except jp (crew) who just sang happy birthday

janani (aphrodite) also sang "royal we" into the well

anna (penelope) made it onto the plane to fly out to ithaca

hermes (troy) decided to take a plane to ithaca like a normal human instead of teleporting. he got side-eyed by a woman at the airport as he slept sprawled out in a chair. this quickly became a meme

hermes arrived in ithaca to the delight of everyone except jorge. mico also appeared in his videos. mico still had not updated anything after getting on the plane

anna's connecting flight got cancelled, leaving her stranded in a fancy hotel. she struggled to find the toilet in her hotel room

mico finally updated, claiming he was stuck in munich. mason appears in the video and gives him a water bottle, proving he is lying

the fandom believes mico anyway

mico is forced to post another video revealing he had been gaslighting us basically the entire time and was just delayed in getting to ithaca, that was all

troy and talya (circe), in character, talk about tea. troy says the tea tastes like her father's approval. earle (ares) then asks for 1000 cups and breaks down crying as luke cuts the camera

jorge posts a video apologizing for mico's absence, encouraging him to fly to ithaca, new york. mico appears in the background of this video

mico posts a video saying that he's finally in ithaca, but the crew is in ithaca, new york. jorge appears in the background of this video

jp films a behind the scenes video, calling out "some random guy" who just showed up asking if anyone knows jorge. it's mico

janani sings "royal we" again, but after she says "troy was breached" troy comes out screaming in pain. mico appears in the background of this, filming the video from two points above

it's time for the ithaca saga livestream... except it gets cancelled because the connection is bad and jorge's devices are dying

TL;DR: the gods saw the epic crew in ithaca and went "do you guys think it'll be really funny if we just. recreated the odyssey"

[dukeoftears]

do I unarchive my art acc cause I've started drawing again and the world deserves more Hermes content

[dukeoftears]

was gonna add more but i ran out of steam 😔👎 anyway here’s an infographic on how people with complex dissociative disorders are not that different from you lol

[dukeoftears]

GLaDOS' wedding vows is a three-hour long list of things she hates about Chell, which range from "murdered me once and tried to murder me a second time" to "taught Orange and Blue to swear in binary, because apparently they don't get distracted enough while testing". The list was supposed to be much longer, but they had to set a time limit so GLaDOS wouldn't keep talking until they were both dead.

Chell's vows is just a piece of paper that says "ur gay lol".

[dukeoftears]

internalized transphobia especially in this context refers to internalized transphobic beliefs and thought patterns, whether or not you act them out, and whether or not you fight these thoughts

[dukeoftears]

💌Things that could help you feel closer to your f/o🪽

i know not all of these things will work for some people but here are some things i do, or plan on doing, that i think could be helpful :3

~ Draw them or, even better, draw yourself or your s/i with them

~ Think about what they smell like (whether canon or what you believe) and purchase perfumes or candles that smell like them

~ Make or buy their favourite food or food you think they would enjoy (if you also enjoy it)

~ Create a playlist that reminds you of them, or with music that you think they would enjoy

~ What is their comfort clothing item? Perhaps you could find or buy that for yourself to keep a part of them with you, and experience borrowing/wearing their clothes

~ Make a pinterest board for them, with pictures of them or things that remind you of them

~ Watch movies, shows, documentaries or videos that you think they would enjoy (if you also enjoy it)

~ Does a plushie or keychain exist of your f/o that you could buy, if not, maybe you could make one? It would be fun to have a mini version of your f/o that you could carry around with you!

~ You could make or buy bracelets/necklaces with your f/o's name or colours or gems that remind you of them

~ Write about them! Whether its fanfiction or simply just writing how you feel about them, it could be a stress-relieving activity

i had a good time thinking of these and definitely plan to eventually do the things i haven't yet done on this list, i hope some of these ideas are helpful and fun for you too! <3

im kinda afraid to post this and i know this isnt what i normally post buuut its my blog so get over it :p/lh

[dukeoftears]

fun things you can do when you have an f/o!

print out pictures of them to hang up on your wall!

if they wear jewelry, make it!

make stickers of them! (there's tutorials on youtube of how to make stickers at home, or, you can get sticker paper on amazon for pretty cheap, mine was $6!)

if you do make stickers, put them on your sketchbook, journal, laptop, or whatever you feel like putting them on!

make a google slides presentation on them! alternatively, you could also write an essay about them.

if they don't have a canonical style of handwriting, find or try to write in a way they would write!

if they do, try making your own font of their handwriting that you can download and use. or, try to learn how to write similarly to them, maybe write letters to yourself from their perspective.

if they have a birthday or there's a holiday coming up (irl or canonical), make a card for them!

make them in the sims, or some other character creation making game. or, make a minecraft skin of them.

draw them as a character from another source. for example, draw them as a pony from mlp, or draw them as a character from smiling friends!

make a playlist of youtube videos you'd think they'd enjoy watching, and perhaps watch them again and pretend like you're watching them with your f/o.

make food they canonically like, or you'd think they'd like!

make a tier list as if they were making it! like a fruit tier list, for example.

if I think of anything else, I'll make a part 2!