#and it's useful to differentiate from the og so whatever i guess

[claire-starsword]

Some graphics from Phantasy Star Deluxe, the remake of the original game for old mobile phones. Because the service it was accessible from closed, the japanese version is probably lost media. I did just find the chinese version though, because piracy preserve stuff when companies don't! Have not tried to emulate it yet because it's past midnight and i should be asleep instead of finding an emulator, but you can easily view all graphic changes by just opening up the file with winrar or a similar tool, which is fun, as the graphics are pretty much all unique.

[necromancer-at-abattoir]

Honestly, Rick’s world building fell apart the moment he introduced Roman gods. Because the og series already conflated the Greek and Roman gods - which is fine, most mythology media does, that’s not the issue. The issue is making a whole sequel series about how different the Greek and Roman gods are, then failing to explain what those actual differences are. It’s almost hypocritical. Like how satyrs and fauns are different things, but you can’t really say that because the og series was already calling fauns satyrs - which, again, a lot of already people do and would have been fine if you didn’t bring the concept of Roman mythology being a separate thing into it. It isn’t just the Greek gods with different names, there are real differences, but that being said, most of them are pretty minor and at the end of the day are just different versions of Greek stories. Because here’s the thing - Greek vs Roman isn’t that black and white because there are different versions of mythology from different parts of Greece. They did not all believe the same things. There were essentially different denominations that had their versions, and sometimes different names for the gods, or even their own gods added into what we think of as the typical Greek pantheon. Take Orphism for example - they called Zeus Jove and Hades Pluto (yeah, the Greeks were using that name long before the Romans), and had at least 2 gods weren’t recognized anywhere else in Greece - but were still 100% Greek. So then the question becomes, are there different people/personalities for all these versions too? You would think it would be easier to just say “here are these different versions, because when things spread through oral tradition, things tend to change, but here’s the REAL version” and pick whatever one is most plot relevant (which I think the og series already kind of did if I remember correctly). Not only is that more realistic, but just makes more narrative sense. Some people might say “oh, but they’re kids books, you don’t have to get so technical about it”, and you’re right. It didn’t have to be. Again, I think it was completely fine that the og series didn’t differentiate, but Rick opened this can of worms when he introduced the Roman gods, so I’m going to be nitpicky about it. What would have made more sense is if it was just like “Oh, there’s this other demigod camp and they just so happen to use the Roman names for the gods”. Boom. Done. What about gods that were unique to Rome? They can still be real. Say that only the Romans knew/wrote about them. Heck, there was that one pjo spinoff book that had freaking Melinoe in it, even though the majority of Greece would not have considered her existence to be canon. Again, nothing wrong with that, but if you’re not going to differentiate that, then there is no reason to differentiate the Romans (or more accurately, attempt to differentiate the Romans and fail).

All of this. Every single thing in it.

Rick simplified it for the children who were reading it, but he wrote a lot of it incorrectly.

The Romans didn't just take inspiration from the Greeks-they took a lot of inspiration from Etruscan culture too.

Read this link by @lady-menrva to understand more.

The Greek and Roman gods were different in PJO because the Roman Gods were more disciplined and warlike, but that seems to be the only difference, which isn't the case.

Minerva was highly respected by the Romans. She was part of the Capitoline Triad which was very important and held a central place in Rome. They represented Roman greatness and invincibility! If she had children, they would definitely be warriors if they wanted to be.

Rick just made the Romans dislike Neptune and Minerva because he needed unnecessary angst for Percy and Annabeth. Why he did this I don't know, since they were just accepted without any question later. Just wanted to make his favorites more special, I guess.

My advice to anyone reading this is to never take Heroes of Olympus as anything that's correct. Never take any of it seriously and search on Google for your questions using verified academic websites or ask real people.

[kiruliom]

also like, can i just say how many times I've seen people complain or even tell me that Flags are TOO similar or the description of a term is too similar or whatever.

imo...

Its like cake.

You can have a chocolate cake home made yourself or from a friend, you can have a chocolate cake thats different sizes and with different things on it.

Just because its a similar recipe doesn't mean it tastes the same.

if a cake has chocolate frosting with chocolate inside and its decor is white edible pearls but someone makes the exact same thing but with sprinkles then guess what. Its still its own thing. I prefer sprinkes,other people prefer edible pearls.

I wish people didn't have what i called "blind bag/box thinking". Meaning if they get a duplicate their money is wasted. If you get a duplicate you can do so much with it? A back up in case the og goes missing, customize it, give it to someone, turn it into kandi, etc etc

this!!!

I struggled with this for a while as well but actually asking about it in a kind manner has changed my worldview so much

is desirdae from the surface the same as dissomei? sure. but theres so much complexities to it and the coiner of desirdae made it different for a reason (they didnt feel connected to how dissomei was worded, which is fair)

one of my mutuals had made a term (which I sadly dont remember the name of) describing how one's attraction was affected by alterhumanity. I had made a fairly popular term similar to it a few weeks earlier (called alteraffectis) that described a tertiary attraction that was impossible (or difficult) to describe using human relationship terminology, so it compared other stuff to it instead, made mainly with alterhumans in mind. you would assume this made me upset, it did, but then I asked the mutual about it, and she herself clarified the differences to me (which feel too obvious now) and now I was happy that my mutual and potentially other people had a word to describe themselves where mine didnt particularly fit.

Ive seen so many new terms that could be considered recoins of vesility (by kenochoric, describing when a single thing affects almost every aspect of one being, or them as a whole) but theres still something to differentiate them, and sometimes that differentiation is important for people.

I love the comparison of chocolate cake. I get everyone wants to do something original, but theres no such thing as a completely original idea, unfortunately. good thing is though most people will go "oh crap! two cakes! lets go!!" rather than "eugh why even have 2 chocolate cakes? I dont even like edible pearls so the other one is superior" yk

youre genuinely so correct for this anon. thank you. I feel like that two greek philosophers conversing image

[language-dragon]

Strap in guys, ‘cause you’re in for a ride.

In Norwegian, kost has several meanings, differentiated based on the pronunciation. The simplest one is perhaps the noun en kost (1) /kʊst/ (short, round o): a broom or a brush. Note particularly composites feiekost, hårkost and tannkost (broom, hairbrush, toothbrush).

Derivative from this, we have the verb å koste (2), meaning to swipe. Its imperative form is (you guessed it) kost /kʊst/. The picture shows a pun on the common phrase koste hva det koste vil (whatever the cost/whatever it costs), taking the double meaning swipe whatever it may.

However å koste (3) /kɔstə/ has another separate meaning, which is to cost. It is conjugated the same way as koste (2), but pronounced differently (short o sound, close to å). Technically, this verb also has an imperative, but I can see no natural way to use it.

Kost (4) /kuːst/ is also the present perfect tense of å kose (i.e. har kost), meaning to enjoy. Kose can be both reflexive and not. Compare Hun har kost seg med boka (she enjoyed herself reading the book) and Hun har kost med katten (she petted/cuddled the cat).

Finally, there is a second noun kost (5) /kɔst/ (m; uncountable, def. sg. kosten). This is a rather uncommon word, used mainly in the idiom kost og losji, roughly meaning “food and bed” (board and lodging). Kost can technically also mean the cost of something, but it’s more common to use kostnad here.

So, the possible meanings of kost are:

Kost (/kʊst/) - brush, broom 

Kost (/kʊst/) - brush (imperative)

Kost (/kɔst/) - cost (imperative)

Kost (/kuːst/) - enjoyed (present perfect)

Kost (/kɔst/) - food, cost

Håper dere har kost dere med denne posten og at den ikke var for hard kost! Hope you all enjoyed this post and that it wasn’t too incomprehensible!