#and mostly the female ones too

[vulpixhoney]

why does Rick Riordan hate the original myths so bad 💀

the Asphodel stuff?? regret? where is that coming from? you fully just made that shit up? out of his ass fr. the fields of Asphodel are specifically an area of neutrality, where the pretty much all mortals go when they die. it's for anyone who lived a normal life, who isn't a hero or a literal monster. it's specifically a neutral zone for people to exist once they die, it has nothing to do with ~your regrets in life~. it's like, a peaceful field of flowers where all your life's troubles are left behind on the surface.

the closest things to that is the fields of mourning/sorrow, but that's specifically for unrequited romantic love and also not called the fields of Asphodel (and also I'd bet money that rr doesn't know what that is) (and also only in Virgil's The Aeneid and not the Odyssey with the rest of what we know of the underworld)

[cangrellesteponme]

i don't think wonderland is ready for those alices

[fictionadventurer]

Potential September Reading

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (ideally in audio)

An English Squire by Christabel R. Coleridge

A Sherlock Holmes story (and/or a screen adaptation)

C.S. Lewis nonfiction

A sensation or mystery novel

A piece of one of the Psmith stories

Some kind of nonfiction book

[punmster]

being ace means i don't get giggly or horny about omegaverse aka abo but instead become painfully obsessed with details in anatomy and world building

[lucabyte]

🐮

[mizandria]

local moids having a normal one about Nikki Catsouras, a teen girl who was diagnosed with a brain tumor when she was a child and underwent an intensive radiation treatment for it which partially caused her lack of ability to rationally assess risks and to control impulses; she also got addicted to cocaine to cope with some of her issues and she eventually ended up stealing her father's sports car and crashing into a pillar while driving 160 km/h.

the picture this one moid is masturbating to is a really graphic picture of her dead body with her head split into half.

[isara0408]

What would have happened if Hikaru was the one who was killed by the stalker?

_______

Hikaru Kamiki, a famous and talented actor, was murdered by a stalker who was a fan of the B-Komachi. With having his last moments with his twins, Ruby and Aqua, before passing, Aqua and Ruby were able to get clues to the person who could be their mother/their father's killer, find the stalker and the lies that their father left behind.

The song "Fatal" by GEMN gave me this book idea, especially making Melt, Taiki, and Aqua idols.

Yes, Fatal will be one of their songs :D

I hope you enjoy.

I might post my other books that I have in Ao3 over here, but I'm not sure if I should. 🤔

We'll see how things go lol.

[quibbs126]

Okay because my mind’s still on the subject, I have a bit of a weird question, but I just want an answer

So like, my favorite type of drama in series is usually familial drama, most often ones between parents and their children. And also usually, those dramas that I love are specifically between father and son

And now I’m wondering, what are parent-child dramas/dynamics that involve a female character usually like? As in, mother-son, father-daughter, or even mother-daughter? And additionally, are they as interesting as father-son dynamics? Because I feel like I don’t see nearly enough of them, or at least, they never give me that same amount of intrigue or they just aren’t as focused on

By which I mean specifically in my context, would they be interesting in an action based series? I have a particular taste, namely that I like my series (mostly this applies to shows, I’m a bit more flexible with games) to be more action focused, or at least have some fantastical elements to it, or else I don’t care. I’m not interested in soap opera kind of drama, I want something that would fit in an action based show

Sorry, again this is probably a weird request (and to be honest I really don’t expect answers, posts of mine like these usually get little to no attention), but it’s on my mind. I feel like I see so many interesting father-son dynamics and conflicts, but I never see one that involves a woman, at least not when it comes to parent-child dynamics, and not ones nearly as interesting

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

follows an unhappy nightmare god in the Orisha spirit company - the corporate structure of gods & spirits in the modern world who deal in prayers and belief

he meets a succubus who convinces him to go freelance, and they travel the world getting their own sustenance and building a relationship

but the elder gods aren’t finished with him, and he’s tasked with stealing an artifact from the British museum, with the help of a human magician from the succubus’ past

nonlinear storytelling

[savageboar]

i think that blue platy gave birth to one last pure blue baby before she died bc this baby is the bluest of babies. compared to the other babies that survived the first fry stage.

[mariathorpe]

and for the record i don't have issues with people who play as alexios or male eivor. i just want to point out the hypocrisy of ubisoft congratulating themselves with female protagonists and yet most players will choose the male options. and then the concept of protag choices suddenly dissipates the second a storyline for a male character emerges

[dullahandyke]

Rewatching total drama island feministly is like. Woww we have not progressed as far as we would like to say we have

[mellowmaidenhairs]

i love echo and the smoke room to bits but i will be honest i can’t help but be a little disappointed that there’s no queer girl characters in there

[r-osehips]

The #MeToo disclosure is so fraught for the listener, so “fatiguing,” precisely because it creates moral obligations for us. The words “this happened” and “he did this to me” must change our behavior and bring us into solidarity with the rape victim. That means offering a lasting and concrete opposition to rape and to the impunity of those who commit it, rather than relying on pacifying clichés like, “I’m sorry that happened to you” or “That must be so hard.” The rapist must change in our esteem; his reputation and status must be lessened to reflect what he did. The rape victim must be acknowledged and restored to the full membership in the community that the rape denied her. We can no longer act as we once did; we can no longer behave as if we do not know something that we do. Not if we are to live honorably, or by our own principles. But so many of us do not live honorably, and do not follow our own principles. To our shame, we find it too painful, or too difficult, to oppose rape; too costly to approach its victims with respect. And it is costly. The anger provoked by #MeToo, the exhaustion and annoyance felt at its parade of female suffering, might be best understood as a response to this shame. The rape victims, in their terrifying numbers and evident righteousness, were creating in us, their listeners, an obligation to transform our world. It was a task that most of us did not feel up to, and ultimately, it was one that we rejected. What rape victims want is to not be betrayed this way, to live in a community that shares their values and sees the horror and the wrongness of sexual abuse. They want their friends and family and lovers to seek to eliminate such violence without having to be told to...They want a world where they do not need to be asked ["what do rape victims want?"]. This is the world we have not been strong enough to make for them.

-Moira Donegan (source)

[superloves4]

My vetting process for a Silm adaptation:

"So, what happened in the first kinslaying?"

"Feanor ordered the Teleri be kille-"

"You're out. NEXT!"

[somacruising]

Duke Pantarei’s Room Quotes

GENERAL QUOTES

“I have no intention of cooperating with you people. I will walk the path that I believe in...”

“Swordsmanship practice? If you intend to study my technique, you’re wasting your time.”

“I will leave you to your business. I would prefer you leave me with mine.”

“Our situation is merely a quirk of fate.”

“I have had the opportunity to come into contact with human activity. I shall continue my observation.”

DAILY GIFT QUOTES

Day 1: “...You’re here.”

Day 2: “You’ve returned.”

Day 3: “Humans are such strange creatures.”

Day 4: “I will not interfere with you. So do not interfere with me.”

Day 5: [Day 2 repeated]

Day 6: [Day 4 repeated]

Day 7: “You’re an odd one. ...Take this.”