#Not you about to make me cry

[silvercaptain24]

Congrats on your graduation. As promised: Telemachus. Based on the two short clips of Legendary.

It's just me, myself, and I

Stuck in my bedroom, living in this world you left behind

There were three symbols common around Ithaca. The first was the Wolf. The cunning hunter, a pack with a strong leader capable of taking down even great beasts. The second was the owl. The emblem of the goddess Athena. The goddess of wisdom and of tactics in war. Telemachus had a trinket from before the Great King Odyssesus had left for war in the shape of an owl. Mother had said she always favored his family. The third symbol was the sign of their favor. The boar. It was shown in pottery, in mosaic all around the palace. The story of his father's triumph over the magic beast was one of the stories he'd been raised on.

Dreaming of all these monsters that I'll never get to fight

But boy, I wish I could, so I could bring this world some light

He was the child of one of the last of the “great heroes.” The monsters had been slain before he was a baby. Some part of him ached to have some encounter like the Boar his father had taken down because it would prove to his mother, the household, the suitors that he was blessed like his father. His father...

Cause I'm stuck with your stories

But no clue who you are

And no idea if you're dead or just too far

He'd heard the stories of his father at his mother's knee, from the nurse maid who'd also helped raise his father. His only image of the man he knew of was a mosaic outside his mothers (his parents) room. What was the Great King of Ithica actually like? Was he anything like the stories? 

Somebody tell me, come and give me a sign

If I fight those monsters, is it you I'll find?

He'd spent his childhood, and his teenage years with that same prayer. 

If so, then:

Give me sirens and a cyclops

Give me giants and a hydra

I know life and fate are scary

But I wanna be legendary

I'll fight the harpies and chimeras

The minotaurs, even Cerberus

I know life and fate are scary

But I wanna be legendary

He'd go on an adventure like the stories if that was what it took. He'd take on the twelve labors of Hercules or sail with the Argonauts or... he'd even take a trip to the underworld and face Hades the Guide of the Fates and Dread Persephone herself if that's what it took. 

There are strangers in our halls

Trying to win the heart of my mom

But she is standing tall

His father had been gone for so long the others on the isle had begun to insist his mother should remarry. They'd taken up residence in the palace to eat and drink and jockey and fight for his mother's favor. They abused the rights of hospitality and Telemachus often wondered if Zeus himself would fault him for wanting these men out.

108 old faces of men who call me small

They keep taking space and it's not much longer we can stall

Mom insisted she could not marry another until she'd properly mourned his father. Her final act was finishing the tapestry that was also intended to be a burial shroud for his father. His mother was a skilled weaver, almost to the skill of Arachne herself, but she'd spend the day weaving but there was seemingly no progress come morning. He'd seen his mother carefully undoing her progress by candlelight in the late hours the night. The suitors were luckily too stupid and unobservant to notice. 

Cause they're getting impatient, dangerous too

The suitors had begun to put pressure on his grandfather that he should force his daughter-in-law to remarry. There had been more than a few threats of what they'd do if they had to wait much longer. Dark oaths spoken while deep in their cups in the evenings. 

And I would fight them if I was half as strong as you

“What are you going to do about it, Little Wolf?” Antonius was the worst of the bunch. A foul man with a foul temper who abused friend and foe alike. He was also twice Telemachus’ size. He couldn't win in a physical fight. It would come down to cunning. But Antonius had his own beasts, his own pack of wolves at his back of all the young men of the island who had been too young for Troy but had been allowed to train and grow strong in the meantime. 

Somebody help me, come and give me the strength

Can I do whatever it takes to keep my mom safe?

His mother was a daughter of a Spartan king. Her birth nation’s reputation for the strength it produced in even its women did a lot to dissuade even Antonius from doing what he wanted quite yet. But Telemacus was her son. He was the son of Great Odyssesus. What cunning could he pull to overcome them? What did he need to do to prove his worthiness to Athena? To any of the gods?

If so, then:

Give me sirens and a cyclops

Give me giants and a hydra

I know life and fate are scary

But I wanna be legendary

I'll fight the harpies and chimeras

The minotaurs, even Cerberus

I know life and fate are scary

But I wanna be legendary

He'd go. He'd find answers about his father once and for all. 

“Prince Telemachus.” An old man stood at the door to the hall where the suitors were starting to stir, all of them hung over and already ill-tempred. 

“Greetings and blessings, Traveler. Who do I have the pleasure of welcoming to our home?”

“Call me Mentor.” The old man said, eyes glittering gray and appearing for just a moment to have a spark of something more than just an old man. Something Divine. “Thank you for your hospitality, Son of Odyssesus.” 

OH

[twinliches]

cannot stop thinking about the french man who during dinner responded to a person asking "should we be naughty and get desert" by pulling a face and going "naughty? it is chocolate, it is not an, uh, threesome"

[hinamie]

"I'll show you every day that choosing to live was worth it"

some of my favourite scenes from @hijinks-n-lowjinks' fic things i would miss from the other side . this fic tore my heart out fr but like in a good way and i wanted to pay it homage the only way i know how <3

[paintedcrows]

"Bill... Can I call you that?" / "You can call me whatever you want except 'My Love'!"

"Ha ha! That's a joke! Everybody loves me!"

Y yo a ti Ford, or whatever. @fearoftriangles pointed out that in the Spanish version of The Book of Bill: Bill says Ford can call him anything but "Mi Amor" instead of anything but "Late for Dinner" and-

...I swear, Spanish translators cannot keep getting away with this

[lightlysaltedsalt]

So. It's established in Malevolent episode 16 that Arthur and John's emotions bleed together sometimes and there's some degree of overlap in what they think and feel. So.

What if all those times when everything seems so okay and then thirty seconds later John and Arthur are trying to kill each other are instances of that. What if all those times John becomes suddenly enraged with Arthur over things he's done (really, what business does John have being mad at Arthur for killing people etc etc?) are not John being mad at all, but rather, Arthur being so angry with himself that the emotions bleed over and are so intense as to spark a murderous rage in John.

What then.

[mwagneto]

no!!!!!! 8 episodes will kill patient!!!!!!!! he needs 12-24 episodes some of which is light-hearted filler to live!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dumpster-fire-sapphic-failgirl]

If Aabria has 1 million fans, I am one of them

If Aabria has 1 thousand fans, I am one of them

If Aabria has 1 hundred fans, I am one of them

If Aabria has 1 fan, it is Brennan Lee Mulligan and I have been killed, please avenge me

[stanchett]

sending you a big big hug ❤️✨

thank you anon 🫶

[petricorah]

scenes i loved from Real Enough to Get Me Through by @marriedzukka <333 [ids in alt]

[s0fter-sin]

something people just don’t think about is how often chronically ill and disabled people just don’t have access to good food. not healthy food, good food; well made, tasty meals that don’t come from a jar or a freezer. how many of us are housebound or can’t drive? delivery services only offer within certain distances, if you live outside a city they aren’t an option. many people don’t have the energy or ability to cook for themselves if they have the skill to begin with. many certainly don’t have the ability to learn how. it’s something that goes completely unnoticed, just the opportunity to have a good meal and how much that wears you down

[vyoongi]

❝ I love you. You are my brother ❞

[bubblingsteam]

[happypeachsludgeflower]

I’ll never understand why He Xuan had to go through with his elaborate revenge plot against Shi Wudu the way he did. He already had the perfect revenge set up. Murdering Shi Wudu might have brought He Xuan momentary satisfaction, but seducing the man’s precious little brother and rubbing the relationship in the water tyrants face every single day is eternal.

[hinamie]

god, i wish i knew you back when i was a kid / but when you stare into me now, it feels like i did

[shepscapades]

Xisuma, why in the world were trying to fix your helmet with TAPE?? I thought the superglue idea was unhinged but THIS IS A NEW LEVEL

(I know that it's probably not holding itself ONLY on tape, but the image in my head is too funny)

What's next? You tell me he attached Doc's new arm to his body with tape and glue too??

THIS RESPONSE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMICAL but I let it get away from me;;

[yashley]

It’s about this time, another voice pushes into your head, like a bat out of hell.