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[technijianravi]

Critical Windows Update: Apply Patch Now to Prevent Black Basta Ransomware

[loganslowdown4]

August 2024 Update: andddd headed to LA to actually be on Um, Actually! That was the quickest turn around I’ve ever seen lol; met with and filmed with Brandon Rogers; got a haircut; more workout progress; very demure very mindful ❤️💙; filming game night with friends; August playlist lmao; planning and day 1 of Dragoncon in Atlanta…

[stormvanari]

“class” doodles

[science-lings]

I'm sorry they need to give Battinson a Robin, I'm tired of the live-action batmans not having the tiny little guy following them around to do flips and violently juxtaposing the whole Dark Knight thing the guy has. He is easily the least equipped to do it too, he's like the embodiment of Depression he needs a brightly colored child climbing up his legs and perching on his shoulder like a little bird. He needs a ten-year-old hiding beneath his cape.

I know the whole vibe of modern batman movies is so dark and edgy but I think there should be a child there and everything else is so fucked up that it doesn't even change the tone. Give Battinson a child to impulsively adopt and recite all of his emo monologues to. I think he should very seriously discuss morbid cases that he's working on with a kid who is hilariously correct sometimes and hilariously Not most of the time. I think they should be an extremely competent duo despite literally everything.

[akirakirxaa]

Me: Hmmm, I want to play Stardew Valley but I'm hyperfixating on Emet-Selch FFXIV.

Modders: Emet-Selch Custom Romanceable NPC

[cassynite]

A Sparrow I finished while watching the new video essay

[evilmagician430]

who up sinning their fest

[coolguycore]

mafia 2 ocs!! outdated refs but i just thought id share them here...

anyways!! theyre identical twins!! totally cool guys.. ill be honest and say that i actually havent gotten that far in mafia 2 so they dont have much actual real like?? info snd stuff.. sorry about that..

i have given them more.. time period accurate oufits... which i will give them once i get to remaking their ref sheets... later!! im doing my bestest!! i promise

and im developing them as i go!! my insta p.nstripe has like.. all of their lore and stuff.. im thinking that i might as well write an independent thing about them seperate from mafia 2 because of how much ive got about them already?? itd be cool.

anyways!! bye bye tyank you!!

[lilmeowmeowsagelesath]

snorts.

[wildkitte]

Let’s talk about Creusa!

Hooray @aeneiddaily has finally reached my favouritest blorbo of the Aeneid, Aeneas’ wife Creusa. I just finished my bachelor’s thesis about her (specifically what Maurus Servius Honoratus says about her character, also comparing to R. G. Austin’s commentary) and she’s been a special little brainrot of mine for the last couple years even before last schoolyear’s deeper dive into madness.

For now I want to just talk about some basics when it comes to Creusa, and then some more text based analysis later (probably tomorrow and the day after, I suppose?). Please note that my information on the topic is still limited - I only got as far as a BA thesis can go (around 33 pages overall), and I mostly used articles written in English and whatever was accessible through my university’s library.

Let’s start with a little introduction, and once Aeneid Daily gets to the Juicy Bits (aka lines 2.768–795) I’ll get to some deeper discussions of her character and what commentators, both modern and ancient, have said about her.

(And, uh… spoilers for the ending of Book 2? If that is a concern?)

SO, Creusa! Who is Creusa? Well, she is Aeneas’ wife and the mother of their son Ascanius, and she dies at the end of the Book 2, these are the basic facts. But are they? There’s actually some interesting stuff relating to her tradition.

Aeneas’ wife appears in earlier tradition, in both art and literature. In the famous depiction of Aeneas carrying his father and the penates out of Troy, he’s occasionally accompanied by a woman (or sometimes two) depicted with him, assumedly his wife. Sometimes she tags along with Aeneas to Italy, and in some traditions, she is saved and swept away by Venus or Cybele. To my knowledge she is never captured by the Greeks (like poor Andromache and Cassandra). For some reason Vergil decided to create a version where she dies (and I will get to the possible motives of this in another post), and that became the popular tradition after Aeneid was published.

One fascinating thing about Creusa (that drives me ABSOLUTELY INSANE) is actually her name – and specifically that it might not be her name at all.

She has been called Εὐρυδίκη (Latin spelling often Eurydica), and the name later changes to Κρέουσα (lat. Creusa). It is not certain when or why this change happens exactly. Pausanias talks about this in Hellados periegesis and explain that Creusa (Κρέουσα) is “naturally Aeneas’ wife” (εἶναι γὰρ δὴ καὶ Αἰνείου τὴν Κρέουσαν γυναῖκα) but that i.e., the author Leskheos has also used the name Εὐρυδίκη (Paus. 10. 26.1-2). But suddenly in the 1st century BC, Livy, Vergil and Dionysius of Halicarnassus start using the name Creusa – I have not been able to find an explanation as to why this happened. Austin speculates that it might have been some new finding of the antiquarians of the time, or perhaps one of the authors came up with the name first and it caught on (Pausanias certainly sheds no more light on this).

But hey why is the name important at all? Well, you might have picked up on the familiar name Eurydica there and maybe even made the connection to Vergil’s Georgics – and you would be absolutely correct to do so! While Vergil is partially creating his own tradition with Creusa, he references his own passage on Orpheus and Eurydice in the 4th book of the Georgics (4.453-527), down to direct quotes pulled from this previous work. There are some pretty obvious similarities between Aeneas and Creusa and Orpheus and Eurydice, which I found to be an interesting add-on to the character of Creusa (I’ll also come back to this later – let’s talk about PARALLELS BABY). In a way Vergil’s Creusa carries with her the earlier tradition of Aeneas’ wife, and Vergil is able to connect all these versions of her into one while also reinventing her for the purposes of the epic. (I am very normal about this) (trust me)

Her being Ascanius’ mother is actually something that has been contended as well. Servius mentions that it has been called into question – there are some who think Ascanius is Lavinia’s son (he mentions Livy as one; see Serv. Aen. 1.7) rather than Creusa’s. In Vergil’s version Creusa is very explicitly Ascanius’ mother, and this actually has a deeper reasoning than just a matter of taste. I probably don’t have to explain to anyone the importance of connecting Aeneas and through him Iulus to emperor Augustus, but it is indeed connected to that. Not only is Iulus of divine origin (being the grandson of Venus) but he is also descendent from the royal family  of Troy – Creusa is Priam’s daughter, Hector’s sister, and Vergil brings this up a lot (as does Servius, he’s really into proving the point). The Trojan royal family line brings even more legitimacy to gens Julia‘s right to power. Here Vergil creates a political myth (like Tarrant (1997) puts it) to emphasize Augustus' legitimacy and Creusa being Ascanius’ mother is an integral part of that.

But hey so, Creusa’s death, what’s up with that?

Once we get to her disappearance, I’ll talk about this a bit more because there is actually a lot of interesting discourse there, both in modern research as well as Servius’ commentary (Commentarius in Vergilii Opera, from c. 4th and 5th century (I include both Servius and Servius Auctus and use them interchangeably)). It all starts from today’s entry, lines 2.675-678, but I’ll talk about it more once we have full context.

So here’s my little introduction to Creusa, I have a lot more to say (I had 33 pages to say, actually, and would’ve had more if I didn’t have to narrow my research topic down, boo).

Oh Creusa, Creusa, you mysterious creature, most loyal of wives and yet another tragic female character who must die for Aeneas’ fate to be fulfilled. She’s a wife, she’s a mother, she’s chosen by gods and even… immortal? More to come tomorrow!

(Edit: the rest of my posts on her can be found in my creusa-tag)

[kindahoping4forever]

Will you comment on the Peru situation? Twitter is saying a lot of craziness and I just want to hear what's true

As always, I would advise against using Twitter as an informational resource and suggest relying instead on official channels for insight and updates.

At this point, the available facts are that tonight's show was cancelled by the local government because the promoters failed to obtain the permits necessary to hold the show. According to fans that spoke with authorities, this was a known issue weeks ago but the band and their team were not made aware until they were turned away when they arrived at the venue. The decision to cancel the show was completely out of their hands.

There's not much else to report at this point, it's just an unfortunate situation that was poorly handled by the promoters/venue and I feel bad for both the band and the fans that were looking forward to the show. 💙

[morninkim]

ROTMMPR Masterpost

The goal of this series is to reimagine MMPR as an action comedy animated series in the vein of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with splashes of drama in there to keep things interesting (hence the series title lmao)

Elements from several different sources are included (Show, Comics, Movies, etc.) with some extra new elements added!

Figured since I’ve posted a fair amount of stuff from this AU/series concept, I should make it all a lil easier to find. Below is a list of all the designs posted so far, linked to each individual post for them, which I’ll update as I continue the series uwu. Otherwise, it can also all be found under #rotmmpr

Rangers & Allies:

The Power Rangers

The Green Ranger

The Power Weapons & Alpha V

Dino Megazord

Zordon & Alpha V

Angel Grove Civilians, Pt. 1

Bulk & Skull

NASADA Promethea Base Members

Prince Dex, The Masked Rider

Grace Oliver, The Phantom Ranger

Villains:

Goldar & Putties

Squatt & Baboo

Rita Repulsa

The Dark Green Ranger

Non-Art Posts: (Story/Plot Summaries, Character Breakdowns)

Series Outline

Rita & Tommy Arc Breakdown

Main Team Character Breakdowns

Ask: Favourite Relationship Dynamics

Other Assorted Stuff (AU of the AU, Memes, etc.)

Coinless AU: Ranger Slayer & Madame Drakkon

Tomberly “I wonder how I taste?” Meme

[pan-magi]

I'm trying to make a massive magi compilation post for Magi's anniversary, and I got so many pictures already. It's going to be a pure manga set since I want to include from the whole series.

It's so much. I'm drowning. Even with tumblr's updated image limit it'll likely be a few posts at least.

Hoping that by the time this is queued to go up I have at least finished collecting all the images I want to use. Otherwise, I doubt this will be finished in time lol.

(To clear up, I mean characters who are magi. Aladdin, Judar, Scheherazade, etc.)

[ruinlost]

So,I have finally done it I have lightly updated/added descriptions to the verses to the about pages as well as linking some of the references ive made for them & little tidbits I still have a few more things to add but thats a thing for tommorrow

and I will update the wuthering waves verse section when ive gotten a good feel of the game and lore,as well as ideas so ill make sure to announce that when it happens !!

[keikoayano]

Thinking about how in The Horse and the Infant there’s a secondary beat that starts to play after he brings up Penelope and Telemachus, drops off once the other soldiers pick up in the background again (or becomes covered by the rest of the score and I can’t pick up on it as easily?) but then returns and stands out even more strongly against the rest of the music after he screams in pain and Zeus explains the vision. It drops off again while Odysseus is asking what threat an infant could pose, then comes back when Zeus is explaining he has to do this or his people will die/Ithaca will be in trouble (with another focus on Penelope) and it mimics the sound of a heartbeat

Bum. Bum bum. Bum. Bum bum.

[dasisugarun]

Some of us haven't lived through the hard times where jk coming online was a special treat and not something he did nearly every day like I haven't complained nor am I shocked because I heard the testimonies but I ain't never had to live like this before. First it was Instagram then he spent the entire 2023 doing multi hour lives. This is like if jimin suddenly because super active again except worst bc then at least I'd be happy bc I heard about that era too but I have no first hand experience. My only jungkook is one who regularly talks to us Yoongi is easier to deal with

Oh yeah, I totally understand you, especially new armies, who came to fandom these year and are jk biased, they're probably feel confused haha

It's just I've seen many people discussing as if something happened to him, or that he is d*pressed etc etc. And all this theories makes me feel so wrong and like we are trying to analyse things that are none of our business lol. He is THAT type, who comes to shine and then disappear again till next time and actually i like it bc it makes his every appearance special✨

also this kind of silence sounds deadly bc of enlistment mostly, usually they are doing tours or comebacks or varieties and we are getting so much content that there are no time to miss. just need to wait 460 more days haha