#< this one is necessary I fear

[deadbaguette]

I loved your hcs for the "Diomedes goes to Ithaca au" sm! May I ask more about that? In your au does Telemachus ask Diomedes to teach him how to fight? And what kind of relationship do Penelope and Diomedes have? Are the suitors scared of Diomedes?

Omg I’m so glad to hear you liked it! Yes, I would love to answer more questions about it !!🥹❤️

Does Telemachus ask Diomedes to teach him how to fight?

I would say so! But I think Diomedes won’t end up teaching him much for one of the following reasons (i’m not sure which one yet):

Telemachus is young when Diomedes first meets him, like tween/early teen. It’s the first time Diomedes confronts the thought that maybe, he shouldn’t make a child warrior out of Telemachus. He’s seen child warriors, HE was a child warrior. He personally had no problem with teaching Telemachus, but he hesitates this time because he considers Odysseus. He knows Odysseus didn’t want to go to war, he knows he would’ve done anything to keep Telemachus safe, and if there is anyone that should teach Telemachus to fight, he felt it shouldn’t be him.

Athena tells him not to lol. Not his fate or some bs. This is obv a much easier route, and I could probably get away with Diomedes teaching him some form of self defense. < this is with probably a lot of persuasion though, since Athena likely doesn’t allow Telemachus to get so strong yet in this scenario because it could impact his fate.

And what kind of relationship do Penelope and Diomedes have?

Considering this IS an Odypendio AU, it’s not entirely platonic but romantic isn’t there perfect word either. But I also don’t imagine it to be a friends with benefits type situation. It’s more like partners?? If that makes sense???? Diomedes at the surface level is taking Odysseus’ place. BUT, it is very important that neither Diomedes of Penelope really think of it in this way. Penelope cannot think of Diomedes as her husband while Odysseus is gone, because he’s her husband. And likewise, Diomedes cannot think of Penelope as his wife because that’s Odysseus’ wife. The one all his stories are about, the one that lights up his world, the one he longed to return to.

Both of them are kind of at this like impasse where they have grown to care for each other, and they’ve built some level of codependency that is reminiscent of a relationship. But until they’re sure Odysseus is there and alive, they’ve both acknowledged that nothing is official. They care deeply for each other, but like at the same time they both love Odysseus too much to make it official. I’m sorry if this is a very confusing and borderline incoherent answer 😭

Are the suitors scared of Diomedes?

Terrified. Diomedes is like the strongest soldier in the Achaian/Achaean army that’s alive. Plus, considering how in the Odyssey, Odysseus wiped the floor with the suitors, I imagine Diomedes could do so even easier! And they know this, so they still push Telemachus around (Diomedes has been forbidden from intervening, something about politics and fate), but when Diomedes tells them to get out they will.

Tysm for the ask! It means a lot that people are interested in my silly AUs <3

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

it is so important to me that more people realize the collective nouns for cats include "a pounce" and "a glaring." society cannot heal until we acknowledge this basic truth

[cobaltfluff]

so i started playing persona 4

where are the QoL features

[ddarker-dreams]

there needs to be a name for the emotion you experience when you can tell a guy's about to turn a normal convo into something real awkward

[cowboy-caboodles]

Nightmares (1/2)

took me awhile to put this comic together but now that the holidays are over (at least for this Yid) i have time on my hands!

i like to think that the jacobs’ apartment is a safe place for the manhattan newsies, and a few of them come over for dinner or a warm place to sleep when they can. (most specifically Jack, who took a while to warm up to the idea of Davey’s parents offering him shelter and food, but once he did he spent half his time sleeping over)

[which-qsmp-egg-would]

I'm feeling anxious today so have a fun drawing of Tequilla threat displaying :)

[dundeelemonade]

cause like there’s something screwy with my brain or whatever that makes dying in a game scary, to the point that i can’t even proceed far enough in botw to figure out how to handle my first guardian, and i have a long list of games that i own and haven’t played more than an hour of because i just really don’t like dying! and i just want to know how get over that hurdle.

[the-woman-upstairs]

Honestly, even without Art’s attempts at manipulation and sabotage, I don’t think Patrick and Tashi’s relationship would’ve survived anyway. Before they started dating, Patrick was criticizing her career plans and Tashi was never interested in entertaining his massive ego at her expense. Passion and chemistry are important to relationships, but if that’s the only foundation, it’s gonna crumble quickly.

The only difference between Patrick/Tashi vs Art/Tashi is that the relationship would’ve ending with a bang instead of a whimper.

[iykta]

if madeline miller ever even so much as dares to think about touching medea i will fly to the usa myself and tear her limb from limb maenad style

[goldensunset]

*covered in blood* this’ll look great on my resume

[lunar-years]

i've written some smut that may or may appear in the final chapter and may or may not be terrible and may or may not be deleted in cringey embarrassment as soon as I reread it 😄 try new things tuesday or whatever

[xxplastic-cubexx]

feel the need to rewatch the x-men films just so i can draw a layout of the mansion for drawing purposes

[pied-piper-pluto]

my thing is that I can buy Laios being open to having sex with someone but not him feeling romantic attraction. which, is not an outright barrier to shipping him with people, but does mean that most fanwork where he's shipped with someone activates my He Would Not Fucking Say That response

[scabbardsystem]

okay alright alrght alright

[a-cloud-for-dreams]

What was the conveyor belt model you were talking about for RC?

HI ANON! I remember talking about that somewhere either on Reddit or in a deleted Tumblr post, but I can talk about it again! I originally had examples with diagrams and explanations, but the post became super convoluted, so I scrapped them. That's why it took so long to answer this 😭😭 I could try redoing them if you're curious?

Basically, what I like to call RC's Conveyor Belt Model™️ is the variation/dichotomy in the perception of RC books. Note that this is simply the overarching concept (encompassing other preferences, ideas, etc.), and other VN apps fit in with this model. However, I will specifically refer to RC since it's one I'm more familiar with.

One of RC's unique features is that the players can associate each book with an individual writer rather than the ambiguous company itself. It is to the point where readers can identify when a book is written by a certain writer because they each have unique styles/trends. Easy examples would be Remy with her "telling not showing" writing style and Alice's knack for writing horror.

This is why I judge my RC book opinions on my RC Reading List by the general concept and the writer's execution before even considering other points like MC, Plot Progression, LIs, etc.

For me, it's like two conveyor belts are occurring at the same time. One has the general concept and the other has the writer's execution which results in the end project. If you move the writer conveyer belt one and switched writers, the end product would be different.

Thanks for the ask! I hope this made somewhat sense??

[softpine]

i need some input!! i know i said the next post would be in the normal style, but i'm going on a trip and won't be working on sims stuff for a week. but i'll have a ton of time to write in the car, so should i post a long form stevie scene or would you rather wait longer to see visuals with it?