#UNFOLLOW ME RIGHT NOW

[samijey]

"I am happy that you're here"

[franciskirkland-deleted]

"s'il te plait," she begged. "don't pull out."

but it was too late. he brexited from her frentrance; seceding their european union

[goatpaste]

Hi

[deepspacetits]

if you hate take me out to the holosuite just admit you hate whimsy and fun

[mimina-shi]

[manonamora-if]

smh so tacky trying to do that "charity" event when there are actual people suffering. why arent you raising money for you know... all the current conflict right now?

Hi Anon,

Honestly, I was doubting whether I should answer this or not. But I can't say for sure whether you are trolling or being sincere. I know I don't need to explain myself in this matter, and I probably shouldn't (because you're probably a troll).

But, @neo-twiny-jam is dear to my heart, and I don't want to see it trashed, even in my DMs. The Neo-Twiny Jam was always meant to be a recurring event, even from the start, and raise money for an LGBTQ+ cause in the process. It is important to me and this is not going to change.

If you don't want to participate, then... don't. I'm not forcing anyone to join or submit a micro piece or even donate money. But I am very thankful to everyone who participate in their own way.

As an aside, there are other great people raising money, like Kit (@/northern-passage) who is setting up a charity drive for Palestine, @/el-shab-hussein who has been vetting fundraisers (masterlists here), and same with @/vakarians-babe and @/newsfrom-theworld (and so many more), or @/blackpearlblast who's written up explanations on how to get e-sims. And that's barely scratching the surface on just Tumblr. There are plenty of other places that are raising money (like itch.io bundles or Tilitidy drives, or specific organisations like CareForGaza, PCRF, Medical Aid For Palestinians, or more general organisations like MSF or the the Red Cross). And if you don't have the means, participating in rally or contacting your representatives help too!

[illjustpretend]

insane to me that botw was so revolutionary but then compared to totk almost feels so basic!!!

i love it with all my heart forever but how could i ever go back after playing totk

[c-duceusclay]

EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP, WE GOT A ROBOT IN LOVE

[greencheekconure27]

This user wishes everyone who likes to compare animal agriculture to things like genocide and rape a very shut up and die.

[castieldelamancha]

tell the usa we don't care about the UFOs , those grey little buddies and their flying machines will never be as important as the second season of good omens

[mylittleredgirl]

that moment when you cross the point of no return with a character should be accompanied by a specific chime i think. like 🔔 congratulations! this one has been installed in the Permanent Collection and you will never stop thinking about them as long as you live

[rechiigu]

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

N...? Rly? Right in middle of the mvrder investigation??

[mearya]

it's been 3 days and not only were I completely unable to stop thinking about that rugby girl, I've also started straying into the realm of what if that's the yasha to my beau bc at one point during tryouts she picked me up like I weighed NOTHING so obvs I'm still swooning

[fangirlofallthefanthings]

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS WHOLE TIME!!!!!!!!! OMG I FEEL SO VALIDATED!!!

"Which means, in this case, the pleasure Calypso could’ve brought Odysseus was only material: food and drink to keep him from starving, shelter to keep him from dying… and nothing more."

To take this FURTHER: It's Xenia. The thing that's literally one of the main points of the Odyssey. From that one line of "no longer pleased him," I knew in my BONES that it had to do with material gain. Food, clothes, nursing him back to health from drifting at sea for nine days. Nothing more.

Until she made it more.

This situation is so messed up yet so morbidly fascinating. It gives a stark window into the hierarchy and customs of hospitality in Archaic Greece. It's exciting and horrifying at the same time. It begs the question...

What if this was between a king and a banished princess? A nobleman and a lowly messenger down on his luck? A queen and a dismissed handmaiden?

Would people say the same about them as they do about Odysseus?

The Odyssey, book 5, line 151–155:

τὸν δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀκτῆς εὗρε καθήμενον: οὐδέ ποτ᾽(1) ὄσσε δακρυόφιν τέρσοντο, κατείβετο δὲ γλυκὺς αἰὼν νόστον ὀδυρομένῳ, ἐπεὶ οὐκέτι ἥνδανε νύμφη.(2) ἀλλ᾽ ἦ τοι νύκτας μὲν ἰαύεσκεν καὶ ἀνάγκῃ(3) ἐν σπέσσι γλαφυροῖσι παρ᾽ οὐκ ἐθέλων ἐθελούσῃ:(4) She (Calypso) found him (Odysseus) sitting on the shore—never once were his eyes Dry of tears, while his sweet life was passing away Lamenting his homecoming, for the nymph no longer pleased him. But indeed in the nights he slept, by force, In her hollow caves, unwilling beside the willing (nymph).

(1) οὐδὲ ποτέ: this is a good phrase to invoke pathos, as we see οὐδέ, “never”, being put alongside ποτέ, “once, at any time”, showing the picture of Odysseus crying on Ogygia since day one, never once free from sorrow. Notice, too, how this phrase comes first and foremost, presenting itself as a lead-up to the entire sentence, overshadowing this part with a sense of melancholy.

(2) ἐπεὶ οὐκέτι ἥνδανε νύμφη: I’ve been seeing a lot of interpretations based on this one single sentence, “…since she no longer pleased him”—but you know what? Just a reminder that in Ancient Greek, the word ἥνδανε (it’s 1st person singular indicative form being ἁνδάνω), with the meaning “pleased, delight”, is mostly used in the context of “being pleased with ransoms/words/food and drink…”, which is anything that promises material gains:

(e.g. “ἀλλʼ οὐκ Ἀτρεΐδῃ Ἀγαμέμνονι ἥνδανε θυμῷ”, Iliad. 1.24: but it (Achaeans’ assent to Calchas’s speech that promised ransoms) did not please the heart of Agamemnon son of Atreus; “…ἐμῷ δ᾽ οὐχ ἥνδανε θυμῷ”, Odyssey. 10.373: but it (Circe’s urging of Odysseus to eat the food) did not please my heart; “…μάλιστα δὲ Πηνελοπείῃ / ἥνδανε μύθοισι…”, Odyssey, 16.397–398: but he (Amphinomus) pleased Penelope the most with his words; etc.)

Which means, in this case, the pleasure Calypso could’ve brought Odysseus was only material: food and drink to keep him from starving, shelter to keep him from dying… and nothing more.

(3) ἀνάγκῃ: the dative singular of the word ἀνάγκη means “force, constraint, necessity” and sometimes even more, “torture; anguish, pain” (the latter is more seen in tragic plays), but here I believe the former meaning alone is more than enough to demonstrate the lack of consent in Odysseus when he slept beside Calypso.

(4) παρ’ οὐκ ἐθέλων ἐθελούσῃ: I love this line so much—the way Homer uses the participle of the verb ἐθέλω “to be willing” twice, each in different gender—the masculine nominative one for Odysseus being οὐκ έθέλων “ not willing”, the feminine dative one for the nymph being ἐθελούσῃ “too willing”, and putting them together to fit both the meter and the theme? This is literally perfect.

[death-himself]

reminder to anyone using spotify that you can remove an artist’s songs from all of your playlists easily by going to the artist’s page and tapping “don’t play this artist”

i say this as someone who put lovejoy on like 20 different playlists who didn’t know that feature existed until now

[flannelflightsoffancy]

MOVE ASIDE UMA MUSUME, THE REAL HORSE JOCKEY MOBILE GAME HAS ENTERED THE CHAT.