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A History and Greek Mythology Nerd Reacting to Dimension 20's Titan Takedown - Episode 2 (+AP)

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Nikè, we love you

The players immediately having Chelsea’s back against Aphrodite♥️

Obligatory “Zeus can’t keep it in his pants”-joke

Rolling intimidation against Zeus is so funny. Nyx vibes

Don’t you talk about Medusa

Demeter! Girl, I just mentioned you in my thesis!

I mean, when your name is “Thanaformus”, I’d say death is a pretty significant part of your curse

Okay, that ties into what I was saying last week. Hades doesn’t just curse you on a whim like that. He was prob trying to teach you a lesson

Pythagoras’ cult is gonna be pissed

Let’s put the blame for the Trojan War where it belongs: Paris

Oh-ow, where Athena @?

What if they team up with Team Cursed?

Poseidon: “Romantic love is more powerful” Aphrodite and me, an aromantic: *Press X to doubt*

Brennan looked so excited when a dance battle was mentioned

I know we’re fast and loose with anachronism in this, but I still just really wanna say

“Ah yes, the Ancient Greek printing press”

Dionysos must love this

Yup, I thought it might be Daphne. Don’t you even think about it, Apollo

Shout out art department

They’re probably gonna have to go up against The Cursed and have some moral dilemmas

But who’s the fourth member of The Cursed? My money is on Scylla, or someone similar. That would be really cool. I wonder what that mini would look like

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A History and Greek Mythology Nerd Reacting to Dimension 20's Titan Takedown - Episode 1 (+AP)

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Let's goooooo

Shout out to the projection designers, they look amazing

Love the players. They're so enthousiastic, so open to learning and engaging with the world

We love Athens slander in this household

I know this is annoying, and even us nerds still get confused by this, but there is Chronos, and there is Kronos. The former is the primordial personification of time, while the latter is the leader of the titans and father of the original six Olympians, whose domain is agriculture

Stray Gods 🤝Characterising the Minotaur as a gentle, helpful (misunderstood) guy🤝 Titan Takedown

For Adonis' backstory, I think it would've been more logical to have Apollo or maybe Asklepios as the bad guy (Apollo being the more likely). If you still want the healing of the sick to be the motivation for the curse, that makes sense as they both preside over healing and medicine (and plagues in Apollo’s case). Hubris is a big thing in Greek Mythology, so you could have Adonis and Alexandra taking credit for the healing or saying they're more skilled healers than the gods, or their skills must be of divine origin or something, causing one of these gods to be feel sligthed (cuz Greek gods do nothing better than take things personally)

Hades, meanwhile, probably wouldn't really care. By all accounts, he's one of the chillest gods (blame popular media for characterising him as a bad guy, mostly because of the association with death and the Underworld (blah blah blah Christians making a link with the Devil and fucking up the original characterisation)).

I'd see him more as true neutral (as I see most death-associated gods, not inherently malevolent). More of a "Why would I care if you prolong some people's lives? I'll have you all in the end anyway"-vibe.

However, knowing Brennan, he’ll probably have some plottwist about this up his dleeve

Meanwhile, I love portraying Zeus and Aphrodite as fickle, jealous and vain. Right on the money

Rogues gotta rogue

Yes! Cassandra!

Love Argus as ref, it just makes sense. An unconventional character design, but I like it! An open portrayal of him as being associated with and devoted to Hera (whose animal is the peacock)

I wonder what he adds to perception

You know I gotta say it: it’s Herakles. We ain’t in the Roman rip-off here

*Cries in Epic the Musical*

All you gotta do to beat Achilles is ask about Patrocles

Oh gods Orpheus is so sad

Athena come get your guy

Murph and Ify!

Love that ability for Achilles. Such a fun way to engage with his myth

Gotta be a pain in the ass to deal with as a PC though. Really makes you empathise with the Trojans

I think my general takeaway is that Brennan might not be the biggest Greek mythology nerd, but he very definitely did his research to make this season as fun and engaging as he could while utilising the worldbuilding that was already there and making it his own. I’m excited to see what they’ll get up to next!

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A Clash of Kings Live Blog - Chapter 15-16

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“Only because you’re guity” Ooohhhh

Tyrion stop

‘Comedy police, the joke’s too funny!’ ‘I’m not goiNG BACK TO JAIL-’

So Shireen gets another burden cuz Cersei and Jaime can’t keep it in their pants

Stop I love Tyrion and Bronn

Podrick😊 best boi

“Your sister would not approve” I should think that would be the main reason to do it

It’s weird to think of Varys saddling a horse. Idk, just seems weirdly out of character

Love the immediate association of Littlefinger with the word ‘traitor’

Now is the winter of Bran’s discontent, you might say

Love the description “eyes innocent of understanding”

You bloody well leave Hodor alone

Oh-ow, Ramsay mention

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I need someone more talented to edit Alicent to "All You Wanna Do" from Six the Musical with Criston, Viserys, Larys and Daemon/Otto/someone else (not entirely sure who the fourth is).

Thank you and goodbye

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Heard Melodies are Sweet, but Those Unheard, are Sweeter (Matt Murdock x Reader)

Matt interrupts you while you're preparing breakfast, distracting you with dancing and other shenanigans.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/64290592

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Sunrise on the Reaping Live Blog - Epilogue

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Pain is understanding why he calls Katniss “sweetheart”

The tragic thing is, they really are a lot alike

“But she was smarter than me, or luckier” I’ll go with option two, buddy

I mean, no shade to Katniss, but how often did you have to point out what the Games really are and have to guide her in the right direction? I get that she was a kid, but so were you, and you understood the Games on a deeper level much quicker

What I'm saying is, Haymitch has always been my favourite character and I'm biased

He just has a flock of geese following him around now🥲

“Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping, and she is the most precious thing I’ve ever known”😭😭

Well, that has been the torment nexus

This is probably my new favourite book in the franchise

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Sunrise on the Reaping Live Blog - Chapter 27

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Can Edgar Allan Poe stop haunting my guy

Him pushing everyone away😔 He should’ve been around for Katniss and Prim growing up

What must Asterid have thought and felt, knowing Haymitch was the only one who could actually help Katniss in the Games?

Alright, let’s put that Lit degree to good use

Rossetti, Wordsworth’s Lucy Gray (!), and Poe again

Thanks, university education

Somewhere in the distance, Empty Chairs at Empty Tables starts playing

They’re stuck on that train together for another 25 years😭

The attic of the Justice Building in Eleven…

HIS WIFE IS PREGNANT?!!!!!

You’re evil, Collins. Respect

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Sunrise on the Reaping Live Blog - Chapter 26

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Surprise, surprise, Plutarch’s perfectly fine

To think he lowers his standards and does all that to keep his loved ones safe, knowing it’s not gonna matter in the end…

If you dare lock him in a train car with those coffins or something I will riot

The Hanging Tree😭

You wanna fight, Collins?!

Oh fuck, seeing Merrilee is gonna hurt like a son of a bitch for the rest of his life

Burdock singing The Old Therebefore😭

“We hold each other so tight it’s like we’re one person” reminds me of the Greek myth that says every person is half of one whole. In Greek mythology, the human race originally had four arms, four legs and two faces, but they were split in two, and now we spend eternity looking for our other half

I’m aro, but stil, that’s kinda beautiful

Ah fuck NO

“Don’t leave me with that. Don’t leave me at all”😭

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Sunrise on the Reaping Live Blog - Chapter 24-25

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Why the FUCK would you say “How could anything go wrong?”

Could you trick Silka into drinking the milk? Or…

Poison suicide pact parallel?👀

Well nevermind

Well, I got my Rue parallel. Thanks but no thanks

Poetic justice indeed

Smash cut to a facepalming Haymitch when Peeta hits the force field in Catching Fire

“Newcomers land on top”😏

“I die happy” Oh honey, if only you could🥲

What fresh hellhole did you put him in?

Haymitch’ (justified) worst fear: the consequences of his actions

Omg they’re making him watch Lucy Gray

Why are you giving him this incredibly sensitive information though

Oh Effie, we love you

Okay who touched Mags and Wiress? LEMME AT ‘EM-

Oh fuck you people

He’s just standing there awkwardly for five minutes?

Alright then, Big Brother, bit on the nose there

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Amsterdam (Edmond Dantès x Reader)

On a late-night stroll through Amsterdam, Edmond meets you and sees the potential for the start of something new.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/64244908

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Sunrise on the Reaping Live Blog - Chapter 21-23

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“Your plan is not sustainable” is the nicest possible way Maysilee can say “You’re being a dumbass”

Okay but Haymitch’ imaginary baby mutts are fucking terrifying

You thought you were being sneaky with that Katniss reference

Okay that’s not exactly great either, but those babies would have been worse

Ah yes, arson, the answer to life’s questions

The money I would pay to actually watch Snow clean out shower drains

Nothing they can take from you was ever worth keeping🥲🥲

Aha, he found the force field

Making the sequel to Hitchcock’s “The Birds” over here

Is he gonna have to kill Wellie? That’s evil

Okay, I’m gonna say they’re just purposefully trying to get him to win so they can keep torturing him for the rest of his life

“It’s okay to cry around Mags” And I will

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Sunrise on the Reaping Live Blog - Chapter 19-20

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It was at this moment that he knew: he fucked up

Love that his whole attitude after realising it didn't work isn't "hey I can still try to win this", but rather "guess I'll die"

Wasn’t expecting a Maze Runner cross-over

Apparently the rabbits are OP in this arena. Well, unless they drink poison

Fuck go back-

Don’t fuck with Twelve, bitch!

You can’t use a trident? You were using a spear earlier. That’s just a spear that delivers three stab wounds at once (yes I know it’s more complicated than that, balance-wise and stuff, but still. Stick ‘em with the pointy end, as Arya would say)

He’s just happy to have someone to quip with again

Oh gods, there’s one left from Six, isn’t there? That’s gonna be used for tear-bait later, guaranteed

Mags sending them the soup😭

“You know I like my pretty with a purpose”😭😭😭

“Night, Sis” Are you trying to break me

“Fur as orange as sunset” Stop-

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Sunrise on the Reaping Live Blog - Chapter 17-18

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Please give me your idea of what a “rascally just kidding-wave” looks like

Can you imagine a huge cloud of butterflies just gunning straight for you? And they have tasers?

Why is “A few crispy skeletons float down” so funny to me

Let me guess, there’s gonna be mutated bees in the bee balm? Or Tracker Jackers maybe? You don’t wanna be around for those

I guess we’re saving Panache for a more personal confrontation

The grape juice in a wine bottle-

Aw hugs

He made a hat🥹

“I can’t help thinking that all the little ones seem to end up with me” That’s what I’m saying bro, it’s maximum emotional manipulation

It didn’t work, did it?

Whoop nevermind

Okay, new prediction: when he finally gets up there, a Career will have just finished killing Ampert, Rue-style (okay that felt awful to type)

*Violent Finnick Odair flashbacks*

Oh gods that’s worse

“Somewhere, Beetee’s heart breaks into fragments so small it can never be repaired”😭😭😭

Well shit

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Sunrise on the Reaping Live Blog - Chapter 15-16

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Anything to make you proud, Mags😭

Aww group hug

Here we go, gang

Okay, good start

Am I correct in remembering this whole arena is full of poison? Snow must love that

Eighteen immediate deaths is wild

You were hoping for better? Those supplies already seem too good to be true

Yeah, good call not leaving your own water behind. Fuck that. Guess those indigestion pills are good for something after all

Not the canary in a coal mine-

“Guess I’ll just lay down and die”

“Wyatt Callow whose luck just ran out” 😭Bro-

Also how did he die but not Lou Lou

Ow well fuck me nevermind

Haymitch has new besties! Seriously dude, stop getting attached to the most fragile things/people around

To reiterate my previous statement

Okay but who instructed her to find you though

I was afraid you were gonna say that

“Unbruised, unbeaten, unbroken” sounds like the rejected House words for House Martell

No offence dude, but you might wanna drop the defender-role for a minute. I feel bad for Lou Lou, but she is a liability to Haymitch and he knows it. She slows him down, makes him less vigilant. She was explicitly sent by the Gamemakers to watch him even more closely and probably put him in even more danger by having her distract or attack him or something.

“Fire is catching”👀

Fuck, I take it back, fuck, fuck-

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Sunrise on the Reaping Live Blog - Chapter 12-14

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I hope Drusilla dies in this book. I miss Effie

Don’t worry, Haymitch has “rascal” down to an artform

Effie!!! Haymitch, it’s your future bestie!

Let us take a moment to mourn the relationship Effie and Maysilee could have had

Yikes he’s gonna break these kids’ hearts

Let’s hope that’s not a venomous snake

*War by the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble starts blasting*

He dyes his hair a different colour every night? How’s your hair’s health, buddy?

Let’s go District Three!!

“They’ll still be 100% as stupid as usual” He found the rascal-angle alright

“So long as Magno Stift is never mentioned” On that, we agree

Lenore Dove!!!!!

Just rip my heart out, why don’t you?

“My ghost would never associate with your ghost” Whoops wrong book-

One hell of a strategy to get someone’s trust

Daaamn Plutarch with the burn

Not Plutarch encouraging name-calling🤣

Wyatt being good with Lou Lou is just perfectly bittersweet

Not Haymitch identifying with an Edgar Allan Poe poem again-

Wait ‘till he gets a hold of the Romantic poets

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Sunrise on the Reaping Live Blog - Chapter 10-11

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Okay, kinda funny naming the guy running the chariot parade Incitatus

Go off, sass king

We love you, Mags

Jesus, what must Wiress be feeling about her beloved mentor being forced to watch his kid die in The Games, especially with Ampert allying himself with Twelve?

Well speak of the devil and he shall appear

You know Beetee loves nothing more than combining water and electricity to fuck up people’s plans

I gotta hand it to him, this sounds awesome. But you know the first rule of plans in fiction: if you explain the plan to the audience, you cannot have the plan go… well, as planned. Otherwise you have a boring story. The most interesting way to write a plan playing out is 1)having things go wrong 2)let the planner-character have concealed parts of the plan (not much of an option here, though). For excellent examples, see the Six of Crows duology. Alright, class dismissed

Okay, Maysilee has grown on me

A one? Really? I mean, that can mean he’s not seen as a threat and he can use it to his advantage. Still, dick move

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Sunrise on the Reaping Live Blog - Chapter 9

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“Talking isn’t torturing” Depends on who you’re talking to

Get yourself someone who’s as committed to getting you books you’ll love as Haymitch

Plutarch keeps giving me reasons to like and dislike him in quick succession. On the one hand, he’s a smart bibliophile. On the other, he’s - ew - a privileged old money kid. Pick a lane, my guy

“I don’t drink”😭

That’s right bitch, you’re not the only one who knows fancy words

“I think the important part is it makes you forget terrible things” Oh come on😭

Reacting with “Oh, okay” to a guy violently vomiting in your fountain🤣

Him downing the milk🤣🤣No more for you

No, the president does not have a poison addiction. He can quit whenever he wants to

Stop projecting all your shit on this 16-year-old

Ally Beardsley voice: “I'm Pierre Delecto, and I hate this bitch!” *slap*

“Snow lands on top” Yeah, on top of your cold corpse

FUCKING WHAT NO WAY IN HELL THAT’S HER