#and the misogyny within

[tenderjock]

I’m with you, my love The lights shining through on you Yes, I’m with you, my love It’s the morning and just we two

[grossdyke]

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. (John 13:34)

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling him. (1 John 2:10)

Two biblical verses that exemplify Christ call for brotherly love.. I have lately been reading the brothers karamazov and I cannot help myself but give perseus and arcturus the dynamic of alyosha and ivan (well. losely). Have you read it?

I specifically adore the kiss they share on the Grand Inquisitor chapter when Ivan discusses the existence of God with his younger brother, then as an act of unconditional love, like God did with the Inquisitor, Alyosha kisses his brother on the lips. Reminded me a lot of what I imagine Arcturus and Perseus bond would be like. Do you think the wizards pray to a God? I can see perseus being a character devoted to faith and attributed Jesus-like qualities.. kind, loving and sensitive but nonetheless unable to stop his siblings’ suffering. I also believe the incest and the lust would make him spiral Hard and question himself and his faith and where he stands… possibly turning him on the darker side and abandoning his previous beliefs, devoting himself to a completely different cause (aka, his sister). I’ve many thoughts for his character..

Also Ivan, like I imagine Arcturus does, symbolises doubt. specifically in faith but I do not believe that is exactly arcturus’ case. I think perhaps Ivan's main problem is that he wants to understand and comprehend everything. This can actually be said to be the very characteristic of his intellectualism that is the source of his problems. He wants to accept faith through knowledge and awareness, whereas faith comes exactly when knowledge and reason do not give a complete answer. In fact, faith comes to fill the gaps of the mind and reason and to cover the inner void of humans. On the other hand, Ivan does not want to pay attention to the fact that in matters where he is curious (the existence of God and divine wisdom), absolute knowledge and awareness of it mean the meaninglessness of life. Because if he gains knowledge about all these matters, then decision-making becomes meaningless because there will be only one possible answer. In a way this feels like Arcturus doubts and cowardice on where he stands in the war, who he stands and fights for.. he wants clear answers on everything and when he cannot get them. he spirals and bails. and returns to lead a comfortable life where he is aware and in control of every problem and situation. The struggle God vs Devil Ivan faces can simplified to The Good and The Dark side for Arcturus. I do not know if I am making any sense at all😭

I quite like Arcturus and Perseus being mirrors of eachother and symbolising unconditional love.

you sent this to me when i was on my break at work and i’ve read it like ten times since then. do you like want full custody of the regcissa children because im fully prepared to to allow it. oh my god

[cosmicheartz]

Hmmmg thinking abt how Solange was objectified as soon as she was a teenager by most the rams she was around ( excluding family ) due to the fact she was one of the few sheep who could hypothetically carry kids since most either are too old and/or have been sterilized. ( before she lived with the farmer she lived with her aunt and cousins in what was considered a “ sheep sanctuary “ until it got raided and the sheep there died )

Then she was objectified and slowly groomed by the farmer who took her whos endgoal was to make her a subservient barefoot and pregnant housewife. He emotionally manipulated her, saying that she should be greatful she’s still even alive and that he could have left her to die but he didn’t.

When Solange finally spoke out and refused to marry him he either sold her out to he executed or kicked her out where she was eventually caught by heretics and executed.

It didn’t help that even outside of the farmer she was also objectified by some of the men there too ( they wanted to be the “ savior “ of the sheep race )

Now she’s objectified but in a different sense by being seen as a goddess/deity and while is less gross than being seen as a babymaker it still is incredibly dehumanizing to her ( despite not technically being mortal anymore ) especially because she never wanted to be one in the first place.