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“Neil could already imagine the weight of an Olympic medal around his neck. He didn’t even care what color as long as it was his.” The kings Men by Nora Sakavic

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“I spent two hundred years using my body to lure pretty things back for my Master. What I wanted, how I felt about what I was doing, it never mattered. You could have asked me to do the same - to throw myself at her, what I wanted be damned. But you didn't. And I'm grateful.” - Astarion, the pale elf bg3

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Fun fact, Achilles eye colour is never mentioned in any ancient text. Patroclus however does get his eyes described by Dares Phrygius who says of the Achaean "… handsome and powerfully built. His eyes were gray. He was modest, dependable, wise, a man richly endowed."

This has lead me to believe that Achilles has regular brown or black eyes while Patroclus shares the same eye colour as Athena

for every comment I get about Achilles' eyes "being green in the book" I make his eyes bluer

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Xie Lian - the most successful boy failure in existence

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Laurent de Vere sunburned edition

WIP inspired by ye hao ‘heat stroke’ photographed by wintam for gq china june

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“My face is just some dark shape in my past. Another thing I’ve lost”

Masterstudy of the fallen angel by Alexandre Cabanel, with a hint of Astarion

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Thank you so much! I actually started reading Fagles' translation last year but put it aside cause classes got to hectic- will definitely be restarting that immediately.

I'm currently in the middle of translating book 22 in preparation for an ancient greek exam, so Fagles' will be a welcome diversion, while still technically being relevant.

I need to reread the Iliad again this is so funny

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Wolfy what translation are you reading! I need to know - quit literally for research purposes!!

Cause in Myrmidones, in Aeschylus's heroic trilogy about the Trojan War we get Achilles's lamentation over Patroclus's corpse:

"You had no consideration for my pure reverence of your thighs, ungrateful after all our frequent kisses"

Which is pretty good proof that the Greeks understood their relationship as pretty romantic/erotic

But I've never encountered "longing for Patroclus manhood" in any translation of the iliad I've read

I need to reread the Iliad again this is so funny

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“At 300 Fox Way, Adam quietly turned 18.”

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Simon Snow with white feathers—absurd. He’d look like a cartoon angel. Or a Victoria’s Secret model …

Any Way the Wind Blows by @rainbowrowell

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Study classical archaeology so you can make historically accurate fan art

(Kassandra & Kyra WIP)

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"Nuclear bombs are nothing but potential. Now I'm what comes after."

Wayward Son @rainbowrowell

I haven't animated in years so this was a fun side quest / return to a former passion. It's a very simple animation (only 4 frames) and I didn't use a reference so I'm sure I did everything in an unorthodox manner. But I'm trying not to be to much of a perfectionist about my art.

I really like the sun glare I added to the sword, so have a still frame:

Thank you Simon for always being able to get me out of art block. I've been drawing you since I was 14 and at 22 you still spark joy

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Simon's beautiful in battle: He never stops. You never see him plan his next move. He doesn't plan, he just moves.”

Wayward son @rainbowrowell

(HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIMON)

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(more pencil sketches)

Recently re read the captive prince trilogy for the hundredth time and realised that I haven’t drawn Damen and Laurent in years. So to pay for my sins I put down some rough portraits

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Recently re read the captive prince trilogy for the hundredth time and realised that I haven’t drawn Damen and Laurent in years. So to pay for my sins I put down some rough portraits

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“Stop bleed, it’s distracting.” - Astarion, the Decadent

Bloodweave Leyendecker study, also loosely based on “Astarion’s thirst”mtg card

(wip)

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Study classical archaeology so you can make historically accurate fan art

(Kassandra & Kyra WIP)