#I'M GOING TO DIE MAD ABOUT IT

[wildsaltair]

nooo Rome is NOT worth one good man's life!!! not if it's my beloved whose life is taken!!!

[somewhereincairparavel]

i will never understand how people have the heart to hate Jason even after they found out that his Ambrosia tastes like fucking sawdust. Ambrosia being tasty is like one single happy thing a demigod can have despite their tragic lives, because it reminds them of the home they once had, but lost. And Jason doesn't even have that, he doesn't even have a home to lose in the first place.

[lazylittledragon]

Your attention to detail is fuckin insanity dude. In the frame where they die Jace's eyes are squeezed shut like he's scared but Viktor's are more relaxed, because he's been anticipating his death. You need to be stopped (pos)

you'll have to kill me first!!

also closeup for the textures bc i used new brushes for that one and i'm v happy with it

[gingermintpepper]

In my Zeus bag today so I'm just gonna put it out there that exactly none of the great Ancient Greek warrior-heroes stayed loyal and faithful and completely monogamous and yet none of them have their greatness questioned nor do we question why they had the cultural prominence that they did and still do.

Jason, the brilliant leader of the Argo, got cold feet when it came to Medea - already put off by some of her magic and then exiled from his birthland because of her political ploys, he took Creusa to bed and fully intended on marrying her despite not properly dissolving things with Medea.

Theseus was a fierce warrior and an incredibly talented king but he had a horrible temper and was almost fatally weak to women. This is the man who got imprisoned in the Underworld for trying to get a friend laid, the man who started the whole Attic War because he couldn't keep his legs closed.

And we cannot at all forget Heracles for whom a not inconsiderable amount of his joy in life was loving people then losing the people around him that he loved. Wives, children, serving boys, mentors, Heracles had a list of lovers - male and female - long enough to rival some gods and even after completing his labours and coming down to the end of his life, he did not have one wife but three.

And y'know what, just because he's a cultural darling, I'll put Achilles up here too because that man was a Theseus type where he was fantastic at the thing he was born to do (that is, fight whereas Theseus' was to rule) but that was not enough to eclipse his horrid temper and his weakness to young pretty things. This is the man that killed two of Apollo's sons because they wouldn't let him hit - Tenes because he refused to let Achilles have his sister and Troilus who refused Achilles so vehemently that he ran into Apollo's temple to avoid him and still couldn't escape.

All four of these men are still celebrated as great heroes and men. All four of these men are given the dignity of nuance, of having their flaws treated as just that, flaws which enrich their character and can be used to discuss the wider cultural point of what truly makes a hero heroic. All four of these men still have their legacies respected.

Why can that same mindset not be applied to Zeus? Zeus, who was a warrior-king raised in seclusion apart from his family. Zeus who must have learned to embrace the violence of thunder for every time he cried as a babe, the Corybantes would bang their shields to hide the sound. Zeus learned to be great because being good would not see the universe's affairs in its order.

The wonderful thing about sympathy is that we never run out of it. There's no rule stopping us from being sympathetic to multiple plights at once, there's no law that necessitate things always exist on the good-evil binary. Yes, Zeus sentenced Prometheus to sufferation in Tartarus for what (to us) seems like a cruel reason. Prometheus only wanted to help humans! But when you think about Prometheus' actions from a king's perspective, the narrative is completely different: Prometheus stole divine knowledge and gifted it to humans after Zeus explicitly told him not to. And this was after Prometheus cheated all the gods out of a huge portion of wealth by having humans keep the best part of a sacrifice's meat while the gods must delight themselves with bones, fat and skin. Yes, Zeus gave Persephone away to Hades without consulting Demeter but what king consults a woman who is not his wife about the arrangement of his daughter's marriage to another king? Yes, Zeus breaks the marriage vows he set with Hera despite his love of her but what is the Master of Fate if not its staunchest slave?

The nuance is there. Even in his most bizarre actions, the nuance and logic and reason is there. The Ancient Greeks weren't a daft people, they worshipped Zeus as their primary god for a reason and they did not associate him with half the vices modern audiences take issue with. Zeus was a father, a visitor, a protector, a fair judge of character, a guide for the lost, the arbiter of revenge for those that had been wronged, a pillar of strength for those who needed it and a shield to protect those who made their home among the biting snakes. His children were reflections of him, extensions of his will who acted both as his mercy and as his retribution, his brothers and sisters deferred to him because he was wise as well as powerful. Zeus didn't become king by accident and it is a damn shame he does not get more respect.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

A friend pointed out how in this post, Mobei Jun looks like he's wearing a shirt, opening up the avenue for him to have been secretly stuffing his bra this whole time. The scandal of it all needed to be exposed.

[cuddytism]

comparing cuddy to an abuser is stupid and fucked up no matter how many words you use to say it. we've come full circle from the fandom misinterpreting cuddy's character and not giving a fuck about her to people calling her a narcissistic abuser. like okay.

i'm tired of people who feel like they can analyze and criticize her character when it's clear they have never actually paid attention to her, just to the dynamics she's apart of (huddy, wuddy, etc). if you actually paid attention we wouldn't be having these conversations!!! but nooooo instead i have to see people calling cuddy an abuser ??? on a regular basis ??? and trying to act like that is worthwhile analysis instead of what it really is; blatant misogyny and willful disinterpretation.

[territorial-utopia]

Hyvää Joulua! Good Yule!!

Since I can't yet spend my yule with @theshiftingworkshop I need to compensate with art. Totally not inspired by an ice skating show we went to see together while I was visiting her. The outfits with bows were gorgeous and the men had white tail coats and UGH! What's better than dressing up as the present when you're v smol-

[bace-jeleren]

It's been just over a year since March of the Machine, and I'm still very upset they gave Ayara the title "Furnace Queen" and she didn't have anything to do with Urabrask. This isn't me just being mad they didn't bone- this is Eldraine, the plane inspired from European fairytales, the twisted-ass beauty and the beast analogy was right there. Softest pitch in the world, guaranteed homerun. Totally whiffed it. Instead we got Rankle being a silly little guy.

You called her fucking "Furnace Queen" get the fuck out of here.

[moonspiritlady]

Look, I won't pretend to know every detail of The Dance and this is neither book nor show specific, but here's my biggest gripe: if Viserys didn't want any heir but Rhaenyra, he had no reason to remarry. Remarrying in Westeros is to produce more heirs. Viserys cut open his first wife to try and save his male heir. It is therefore completely logical in-world for the Hightowers to expect a male heir born would inherit before Rhaenyra -- it's the reason why Viserys was able to be king in the first place over Rhaenys or Laenor!! What purpose did he remarry if not to have more children?? Why put your preferred heir in the position of possible illegitimacy by subsequent sons? It makes no sense but selfish reasons: he wanted his cake and to eat it too. He wanted a beautiful young wife, Daemon to be passed over, but also Rhaenyra to be crowned after him- those rules don't make sense in Westerosi society. Again, he is legit on the throne because the Great Council passed over and set the precedent of male lines over females (regardless if we agree or not). Viserys should NOT be known as "the Peaceful" if he knowingly set the kingdoms up for war like this

[inksandpensblog]

Still fascinated by how much hate Mitsi gets for the whole "dead fem-coded loved one backstory" thing and all the hangups surrounding that when Purple's mom is arguably a much more egregious instance of the thing everyone is upset about Mitsi for but she ultimately got a pass because...idk, she was The First?

[the-carlos-cow-eyes]

Also, RIP Alice, you were my favorite and I loved your relationship with Billy :(

[shyflowerhologram]

third hokage was such an useless ruler, almost all the bad decisions happened during his time, he was unable to solve any conflicts, chose to turn a blind eye when people close to him committed crimes and never really dealt with them, showed his belly to anyone who wanted a beef with konoha, during his second term peace was maintained only through the sacrifice of clans and their members one by one. He was only appointed as hokage thanks to senju's nepotism, like he wasn't even that strong, he had to off himself to hold his former student back

although i see why the council was so eager to have him on position after fourth died, weaker man is always easier to control

[the-tenth-arcanum]

I can't believe trump is winning the elections...

[bbeeohazardd]

remembered how unreasonably rude those stupid fucking horses were to Trixie in the first episode she showed up in and pacing around my room SO mad about it don't fucking talk to me

[amtrak12]

Niles 'conditioned to believe his pleasure ranks last if at all' vs Daphne 'loves touching and being an active participant and seeing her partner enjoying themselves' -- Fight.

[kazoosandfannypacks]

I've never been one to hate a show's ending because two characters ended up getting together but oh my gosh this one stunk