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cursedappendage · 2 months ago

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Slay the Princess Vessels in Japanese Pt 1

Part 2(Chapter IIIs)>> Part 3(Narrator, Princess, Voices)>> Part 4(TLQ, TSM, Echo)>>

LONG TEXT POST INCOMING though I guess that's normal for tumblr

Anyway I wanna geek and talk about the Japanese translations for the Chapter/Vessel names in Slay the Princess(could also do one for the voices but thats another post probably)

format will be: OG name JP Name(Romanization) [ENG Translation of JP Name](Japanese has no articles so just assume presence of "the" when you feel necessary)

OK LETS START(StP spoilers obvi)

Chapter I The Hero and the Princess 第一幕。勇者とプリンセス。(Daiichimaku. Yuusha to Purinsesu.) [Act 1. Hero and Princess]

Pretty direct translation, not much to say here(voice of the hero is also referred to as 勇者の声(Yuusha no Koe) but that's for the voices post)

Now, most of the chapters after chapter 1 have the word 乙女(otome) to refer to the Princess. The word means young woman, or maiden. This translation will use "Maiden"

Going in the order of the game's "Memories" Menu, left to right, starting with the ten Chapter 2s

Chapter II The Adversary 第二幕。戦士。(Dainimaku. Senshi.) [Act 2. Warrior.]

Only 7 out of 22 of the vessels don't have 乙女 in their names. 戦士(senshi) means soldier or warrior, referring to someone who fights on the battlefield(not necessarily belonging to an army, in contrast to 兵士heishi also meaning soldier). Pretty straightforward, I guess you could say the JP name is more focused on the fact that she fights rather than her being a rival.

Chapter II The Tower 第二幕。塔の乙女。(Dainimaku. Tou no Otome.) [Act 2. Tower Maiden.]

This can be read as "Maiden of the Tower", but as we know the "tower" part actually refers to the Princess herself(I think). Basically the same as ENG, not much to say. (Any vessels with の乙女(no Otome) can also be read as [Maiden of ___] instead of [___ Maiden])

Chapter II The Spectre 第二幕。亡霊の乙女。(Dainimaku. Bourei no Otome.) [Act 2. Ghost Maiden.]

亡霊(Bourei) means ghost, a dead person's spirit. Another one that's pretty direct. Though, the dialogue in this chapter uses the term somewhat interchangeably with 幽霊(yuurei), meaning spirits in general, and おばけ(obake) a very broad term for spirit/monster(they're a class of youkai).

Chapter II The Nightmare 第二幕。ナイトメア。(Dainimaku. Naitomea.) [Act 2. Nightmare.]

This one is just the straight up english word. Not much commentary besides the fact that i'm not entirely sure why some of them don't have "maiden" in their names.

Chapter II The Razor 第二幕。刃の乙女。(Dainimaku. Yaiba no Otome.) [Act 2. Blade Maiden.]

The JP name is a lot more obvious than "The Razor" but you kinda get the idea with both(sharp stabby stabby woman).

Imma do the Razor III & IV chapters here too cuz they are all considered part of The Razor vessel

Chapter III The Arms Race 第三幕。腕比べ。(Daisanmaku. Udekurabe.) [Act 3. Contest.]

腕比べ(Udekurabe) is contest(usually of strength/skill) and i find it funny cuz this one also has the word arm in it(腕Ude)

Chapter IV Mutually Assured Destruction 第四幕。恐怖の均衡。(Daiyonmaku. Kyoufu no Kinkou.) [Act 4. Terror Equilibrium.]

Or "Balance of Terror" but I like "Terror Equilibrium" more. I think like with the ENG name this refers to how, by the end of the chapter, both the Princess and TLQ are equals in their fight.

Haven't seen any JP streamers not take the blade in The Razor Ch 2 so I don't have the names for "No Way Out" and "The Empty Cup" ;-; I don't have the game myself so if anyone could show me any screenshots or smth of the JP title cards for these chapters i'd appreciate thank you

Chapter II The Beast 第二幕。ビースト。(Dainimaku. Biisuto.) [Act 2. Beast.]

Like the Nightmare, straight up English word

Chapter II The Witch 第二幕。卑劣な乙女。(Dainimaku. Hiretsu na Otome.) [Act 2. Foul Maiden.]

One of only 2 Princesses where an adjective is used instead of a noun. 卑劣(hiretsu) means lowly, mean, base, despicable, etc. This is basically the Witch's attitude(can be seen very clearly in our interaction with her and the fight to the death). This chapter is one of the only ones where the title differs quite a bit from the ENG name, though I also think that's what the English name is supposed to imply, rather than her being magical in some way(though she can call the roots of the wild apparently).

Chapter II The Stranger 第二幕。冷淡な乙女。(Dainimaku. Reitan na Otome.) [Act 2. Cold Maiden.]

Cold as in indifferent or apathetic. The 2nd and final adjective Princess. I'm actually unsure about why this one is named this way, as the Stranger is actually everything at once.

Chapter II The Prisoner 第二幕。囚人。(Dainimaku. Shuujin.) [Act 2. Prisoner.]

Direct translation. Another one where I'm not sure why she doesn't have "maiden" in her name, especially since both her Chapter 3s do

Chapter II The Damsel 第二幕。乙女。(Dainimaku. Otome.) [Act 2. Maiden.]

This one is interesting to me. Like most of the other names, this one has the word "maiden" in it. But here it's just "Maiden". Guess it makes sense though. This chapter we see her as just a damsel, just a maiden locked up in a cabin basement. Anywayyyyy Chapter 3s will be their own post as well as the voices Hope this was interesting for y'all, I wonder what the translations are for the other available languages.

Part 2(Chapter IIIs)>> Part 3(Narrator, Princess, Voices)>> Part 4(TLQ, TSM, Echo)>>

#slay the princess #you know I love picking apart this game #even with the tiniest details #though i may not be very good at it

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dangthatscrayz · 11 months ago

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Slay the princess swap au part 22

(Paranoid/nightmare route)

Anyways after this I’m finally making a master list for this so everyone can easily go threw it but since there’s now 22 parts it’s gonna take me a second

#slay the princess #stp #stp fanart #slay the princess au #slay the monster au #stp princess #stp narrator #stp the long quiet

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nyx-thedragon · 4 months ago

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Newsies thoughts part 3

so I just finished watching Newsies 1992 for the fourth time, and noted down a bunch of things I noticed or thoughts I had. I didn't do this the third time I watched bc that one was with my brother and I wanted to focus on the movie and talking and joking with him lol.

anyway, I noted down a lot of things, so prepare for a long post. (these are in order of when I thought of them, and I'm typing them from my notes app so enjoy my train of thought/how my brain thinks)

1- shoutout to Mr Kloppman for taking care of the boys

2- what's the story behind the lady that comes in singing about her son in "Carrying the Banner"? she fucking slays, but I'm very confused about it

3- they're literally just a bunch of teenage boys who've been dealt an awful hand in life but try their best to keep everyone's morale up and stay positive (me realizing how sad the reality of the newsboys is)

4- all the older newsies taking care of and helping the little ones I love them so bad

5- you can tell how close the newsies are with each other I love it. family for real

6- why does Les carry a wooden sword almost the whole movie?

7- "this is my brother David. he's older" "oh, no kiddin'"

8- love love love how all the newsies just adopt David and Les into the group immediately

9- Pulitzer needs a magnifying glass to read the big-ass headline lmao

10- Seitz lowkey seems to kinda be on the newsies' side

11- why does the crowd boo when the old guy is holding up the "round 58" sign? (during the scene where there's a boxing match going on)

12- Les and Davey immediately follow Jack in running from Snyder even though they've never been in trouble with the law

13- Davey stops Les from putting his head in the horse mask thing (?) (when they're in Medda's theatre)

14- Jack just staring at Davey while Medda coos over Les

15- genuinely Jack did not need to pull Davey by his tie. he could've grabbed his shoulder, but no. had to pick the gayest option

16- Davey inviting Jack to his house after just meeting him literally like not even 12 hours ago. and then inviting him to stay the night?? down bad behavior for real. and he seems so nervous to introduce him to his parents too ??

17- Sarah Jacobs please give me a chance please please please

18- ngl the scenes with Jack and Sarah are a little bit like,,,cringe?? idk they just don't feel right idk if they have enough chemistry for Sarah to realistically be Jack's love interest

19- bro just casually steals a horse and no one goes after him ??? (during Santa Fe)

20- the stupid fucking calculation thing Pulitzer does with his arms omg it's so funny for no reason

21- Kid Blink either doesn't see or just doesn't care that one of the Delanceys is mocking him

22- Jack puts his hand like right next to Davey's face and then slowly moves it away lol (when Jack is asking Davey what he should say to the other newsies when first planning the strike)

23- Davey staring longingly at Jack while he's up writing "strike" on the board

24- "i need some of those...what do you call 'em?" "whatever you want!" (from a random newsie in the crowd, love whoever that was)

25- Spot Conlon hears Davey say one sentence and is like 'yeah this guy never shuts up once you get him going, i can tell' (hence "walking mouth")

26- who is the newsie that just appears behind Jack while they're in Brooklyn talking to Spot??

27- Mush and Davey friendship i love you so

28- where does Race get a harmonica from for "Seize The Day"?

29- love all the littles standing on the statue pedestal during "Seize The Day"

30- Jack and Davey jump up on the statue pedestal and start kicking each other. playing footsie, boys?

oh dear lord i did not realize i noted down this much holy shit

31- Davey immediately looking for Les when the cops show up

32- the Refuge needs better security at the gate cuz how did newsies sneak in TWICE

33- they had time to choreograph a whole dance routine bro (the little seize the day reprise thing)

34- "everyone remain calm" "let's soak 'em for Crutchie!"

35- Davey gets pulled away by someone in the crowd while trying to help Jack (during the big scene when they get ambushed by the police at the distribution place)

36- why are half of the Brooklyn guys grown ass men?? and they're intimidated enough by Spot Conlon to let him be the leader? man i love Spot Conlon he's so cool

37- Spot and Kid Blink lowkey friendship love it

38- Dutchy being horizontal for the picture

39- the workers at the restaurant just watching the chaos of "King of New York"

40- i hate Snyder's face. it makes me uncomfy

41- Sarah Jacobs, how is your hair perfect right after waking up tell me your secrets

42- if they wanted the Jack and Sarah love interest story to actually work better, they should've fit more scenes of them talking

43- nah cuz actually wdym Jack's "real" name is Francis?? he doesn't look like a Francis at all (this is just me being baffled that he could be named Francis, of all things)

44- who is letting Kid Blink hang off the fucking balcony bro he is nawt gonna land on his feet

45- Race and Blink being Medda's #1 hype men <3

oh my fucking god i'm so sorry this is so long i apologize profusely. if you've made it this far, go get a little treat for yourself

46- Jack and Davey are so grabby with each other when Davey is warning Jack about Snyder

47- Medda i love you !!! (tried to fight off the police to defend Race. "he's just a child")

48- how are the newsies losing the fight against the police? there's like a thousand of them and not as many of the police (or at least it seems there's a lot less police)

49- Denton trying to get to Jack when he's captured by the police

50- Race trying to gamble with the judge, he's so unserious

51- the look Jack gives Davey when Snyder starts telling the truth about Jack (his real name, his dad not being out West)

52- i keep accidentally mixing up Specs and Dutchy lol. probably cuz they both wear glasses (i feel so bad for this omg i'm so sorry Specs and Dutchy)

53- no yeah, security at the gate of the Refuge is awful. 6 boys snuck in at once !!

54- why did Pulitzer tell Jack to shut up and listen THREE TIMES when he wasn't even talking ???

55- Davey was just standing in the courtyard outside Pulitzer's, how did no one see him?? he wasn't even hiding, dude

56- Mush shows up to get the "Newsies Banner" papers twice - once by himself and again with Kid Blink

57- "can you read? read that" (Race making sure the kids will be able to read the paper love him for that)

58- Race and Les's little friendship moment is cute ("when the distribution bell starts ringin', will we hear it?" "nah")

59- Race's reaction to Roosevelt is funny. "Roosevelt!?" (bro is shocked)

60- Denton hanging out with Les while Davey gets his papes

61- Race cheering when Jack kisses Sarah. "Jackie boy!"

whew oh dear lord I am so so so sorry for this being so fucking long. I didn't even realize I had noted down so many things I feel bad for making folks have to read this whole thing if they want to see all my thoughts. maybe I should split this in half and have two posts instead of this long one?? idk let me know what you think. also, if I got the names wrong for any newsies, please let me know I'm still learning lol.

uh yeah, this post is over now. stay hydrated, get some rest, and stay cool

#newsies #newsies 1992 #92sies #1992sies #1992 newsies #so many thoughts #i am so sorry #this is way too long #i will not ramble in the tags this time #i am going to sleep now #goodnight

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driftwooddestiel · 10 months ago

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jason please

jason gray i’m begging you to crossdress more often you slay so impossibly hard every time . byutv doesn’t see your talent like i do

#in a beautiful other world he does drag i think. i just know in my heart he would slay #anyway this random reblog is inspired by someone commenting ‘deutoronomy 22:5’ and a link to a site about needing god #on an official studio c facebook post of the long island staycation sketch #because clearly they’re just jealous at his swag

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sciderman · 10 months ago

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Sci if you had to pick a fish which one would you be?

LOOORD he's not a fish but i'm obsessed with the peacock mantis shrimp. obvious answer i know, you were probably all expecting it.

he is so colourful and fruity and also punches at the same force of a .22 caliber bullet

i love this article that specifies that the peacock mantis shrimp is neither shrimp nor mantis but neglects to state that it is not a peacock either. so, i can assume it can be correctly identified as a peacock. anyway these funky little crustaceans are so fucking baller. slay king.

#sci speaks #i should draw one.

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aliciavance4228 · 25 days ago

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The Strange Things with the Thebans...

I promised you guys that I'll make an essay about it so let's get it started.

Chapter I: Cadmus & The Dragon

One of the greatest heroes before Heracles alongside Perseus and Bellerophon, Cadmus is the mythological founder king of Thebes. One interesting fact about him is that, despite of being considered a greek hero, Cadmus wasn't even greek in the first place. In fact he was phoencian and came from a city called Tyre. By ancient standards he would've been considered a "barbarian". Another irony is that Cadmus' initial purpose wasn't even to become a king, but to rescue his sister Europa, at that time kidnapped by Zeus in the shape of a bull. A further irony: Europe was named after an asian princess. Aaand another further irony: when the modern state of Hellas/Greece joined the European single currency, and so abandoned the drachma of old, it celebrated its accession and new monetary union by striking a coin bearing the image of Zeus disguised as a bull in the act of abducting (a polite way of masking the actual fact of rape) Europa.

Anyway, back to Cadmus: Once arrived in Boetia he intended to sacrifice a cow to Athena and asked his men to fetch water from the river. There was one single, little, tiny, itsy-bitsy problem though: the said river was guarded by the Ismenian Dragon, who also happened to be Ares' son. So Cadmus, just like any other hero, slayed the dragon and, listening to Athena's advice, planted the serpent's teeth. Out of these teeth a bunch of dudes grew up and started to fight (and consequently kill) each other, with the exception of five who survived: Echion, Udaeus, Chthonius, Hyperenor, and Pelor, who are now considered the ancestors of thebans. (Okay, the question now would be with whom they reproduced, but that's an ask even I don't want to know the answer to...).

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 22 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "[Kadmos (Cadmus)] sent some of his men to fetch water from the spring of Ares, but a Serpent, said by many to be a child of Ares, guarded the spring and destroyed most of those who had been sent. In outrage Kadmos killed the Serpent, and then, following the instructions of Athena, planted its teeth. From this sowing there sprang from the earth armed men, called Spartoi (Sparti). These proceeded to kill each other, some in voluntary encounters, and others in ignorance. Pherelydes says that when Kadmos saw the armed men growing up from the earth, he threw stones at them, and they, believing that they were being hit by each other, started their fight... As for Kadmos, to atone for the deaths he served Ares as a laborer for an 'everlasting' year, for a year then was equal to eight years now."

Cadmus was punished for slaying the dragon by serving Ares for a certain period of time. Later, Athena assigned to him the government of Thebes and Zeus gave him Harmonia as his wife. Found another irony: Harmonia was the daughter of Ares, which makes him and Cadmus in-laws. Irony number five million: despite of being married with the personification of harmony herself, Cadmus' family tree is characterized by an entire disharmony. According to Statius, Harmonia received from Hephaestus a cursed necklace that brought unluck, which later got passed from one generation to another:

Statius, Thebaid 2. 265 ff (trans. Mozley) (Roman epic C1st A.D.) : "The dread necklace of Harmonia... The Lemnian [Hephaistos], so they of old believed, long time distressed at Mars' [Ares'] deceit and seeing that no punishment gave hindrance to the disclosed armour, and the avenging chains removed not the offence [of his affair with Hephaistos' then wife Aphrodite], wrought this [a cursed necklace] for Harmonia on her bridal day to be the glory of her dower [description of the necklace follows]... The work first proved its worth, when Harmonia's complaints turned to dreadful hissing, and she bore company to grovelling Cadmus, and with long trailing breast drew furrows in the Illyrian fields [the pair were turned into serpents in Illyria]. Next, scarce had shameless Semele [their daughter] put the hurtful gift about her neck, when lying Juno [Hera] crossed her threshold. Thou too, unhappy Jocasta, didst, as they say, possess the beauteous, baleful thing, and didst deck thy countenance with its praise - on what a couch, alas! to find favour; and many more beside. Last Argia shines in the splendour of the gift, and in pride of ornament and accursed gold surpassed her sister's mean attiring. The wife of the doomed prophet [Eriphyle wife of Amphiaraus] beheld it, and at every shrine and banquet in secret cherished fierce jealousy, if only it might be granted her to possess the terrible jewel, nought profited, alas!"

Cadmus and Harmonia left Thebes after a series of catastrophes which happened in their family and emmigrated to Illyria where they battled various local tribes to found a new kingdom. Eventually, they two got turned into snakes and carried off to the Elysium to live a peaceful life.

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 39 : "Kadmos (Cadmus) and Harmonia left Thebes and went to the Enkhelean (Enchelean) people. They were being harassed by the Illyrians, and learned from the god through an oracle that they would overpower the Illyrians if they had Kadmos and Harmonia as their leaders. Trusting this, they made these two their leaders in the campaign, and did indeed defeat the Illyrians. Kadmos ruled the Illyrians, and fathered a son named Illyrios, Later on, both he and Harmonia were turned into serpents, and were sent by Zeus out to the Elysian field."

Chapter 2: Semele Thyone

Semele: the youngest daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia and mother of Dionysus, and the theban princess infamously known for her not-so-bright intellectual capabilities.

Zeus slept with Semele and left her pregnant. Later, Hera payed her a visit disguised as her nurse and told her to ask Zeus to come to her in the same way he's coming to his wife (gotta admit, I didn't expect Hera to be this horny...). Later, Semele got killed by Zeus for her mistake, and Zeus managed to rescue the fetus she was carrying in her womb and let it develop inside his thigh.

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 26-27 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "Zeus fell in love with Semele and slept with her, promising her anything she wanted, and keeping it all from Hera. But Semele was deceived by Hera into asking her to come to her as he came to Hera during their courtship. So Zeus, unable to refuse her, arrived in her bridal chamber in a chariot with lightning flashes and thunder, and sent a thunderbolt at her. Semele died of fright, and Zeus grabbed from the fire her sixth-month aborted baby, which he sewed into his thigh. After Semele's death the remaining daughters of Kadmos (Cadmus) circulated the story that she had slept with a mortal, thereafter accusing Zeus, and because of this had been killed by a thunderbolt."

Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 179 : "Jove [Zeus] desired to lie with Semele, and when Juno [Hera] found out, she changed her form to that of the nurse Beroe, came to Semele, and suggested that she ask Jove to come to her as he came to Juno, ‘that you may know,’ she said, ‘what pleasure it is to lie with a god.’ And so Semele asked Jove [Zeus] to come to her in this way. Her request was granted, and Jove, coming with lightning and thunder, burned Semele to death. From her womb Liber [Dionysos] was born. Mercury [Hermes] snatched him from the fire and gave him to Nysus to be reared. In Greek he is called Dionysus."

Years later Dionysus rescued her from the Underworld. She was made immortal and received the name Thyone:

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 38 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "He [Dionysos] retrieved his mother [Semele] from Haides' realm, gave her the name Thyone, and escorted her up to the sky."

Chapter 3: The Bacchae

"He is life's liberating force. He is release of limbs and communion through dance. He is laughter, and music in flutes. He is repose from all cares -- he is sleep! When his blood bursts from the grape and flows across tables laid in his honor to fuse with our blood, he gently, gradually, wraps us in shadows of ivy-cool sleep."

Thebes was closely associated with a particular shape-shifting, cross-dressing, gender-bending deity: Dionysus. Despite the fact that Thebes worshipped Dionysus even ahead of Apollo, according to Euripides' Bacchae his first visit to Thebes didn't go very well. Tragedy. Madness. Homocide. Maternal felicide. Dismemberment. Decapitation. Suicide ensued. Word Abuse.

Dionysus returns to Thebes followed by the Maenads in order to clear his mother's name and punish the thebans for not worshipping him. He disguises himself as a mortal and induces madness in all the women of Thebes, who flee to Mount Kytheron to celebrate rituals in honor of the god. Dionysus' aunts, Semele's sisters Ino, Autonoe, and Agave, are also charmed into becoming members of the Dionysian cult. In the court of the Theban palace, Cadmus and his advisor, Tiresias, prepare to join the Maenads. They are stopped by the arrival of the king of the city, Pentheus, back from his travels in Thebes. Son of Agave and Echíon, Pentheus is enraged by the condition of the Thebans and orders the immediate capture of Dionysus.

The king's messengers return bringing the god. Pentheus comes out of the palace and questions the young leader of the debauchery. Dionysus presents himself as a believer of the son of Zeus, inviting the king to join the rite. In response, Pentheus orders his confinement in a stable. The chorus mourns the prisoner, but is a few moments later the palace is engulfed in flames, and collapsed by a strong earthquake.

Dionysus emerges unscathed from the wreckage and is reunited with his maenads. Pentheus receives news from a messenger, who informs him about the situation of the maenads in the forests. They nurse wolf cubs, cast spells, and are possessed of unimaginable strength, which they use in killing herds of cows and bulls, and in attacking villages. Dionysus, still in disguise, convinces the king to abandon his plan of punishing the women by brute force. He advises him to spy on them first by dressing up as a maenad and pretending to be part of the group. Pentheus is slowly hypnotized by the god's influence and approves of the plan.

A messenger arrives to report that once the party reached the mountain, Pentheus wanted to climb a tree to get a better view, and the stranger used divine power to bend the tree and place the king in its highest branches. Dionysus revealed himself, summoned his followers and sued the intruder. The maddened maenads, led by Agave, brought Pentheus down from the tree, tore off his limbs and head, and tore his body to pieces.

Agave arrives home, carrying her son's bloody head. In her state of divine bliss, she thinks she holds the head of a mountain lion. She proudly shows it to her father, Cadmus, and is confused by his horrified expression. Agave calls Pentheus to come and marvel as well. Then the madness begins to fade, and Cadmus forces her to admit that she killed her own son. At the end of the play Pentheus' corpse is reassembled, Agave and her sisters are sent into exile, and Dionysus decrees that his grandparents, Cadmus and Harmonia, will be turned into serpents.

Chapter 4: Actaeon & his Hounds

Actaeon, son of Autonoe and Aristaeus as well as a theban prince and skillful hunter, is known for a) either intentionally or accidentally seeing Artemis bathing and b) getting turned into a deer and then flayed by his hounds. Was it worth it, Actaeon? Was it?!

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 30 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :

"To Autonoe and Aristaios was born a son Aktaion, who was reared by Kheiron and trained as a huntsman, but was later eaten up on Kithairon by his own dogs [because] . . . he saw Artemis bathing. They say that the goddess changed him on the spot into a deer, and drove his fifty hunting dogs into a frenzy so that they unintentionally ate him. When he was no more, they looked for their master with great howls and bays, coming in the course of their search to Kheiron's cave. He made a likeness of Aktaion, which assuaged their grief."

Chapter 5: Leucothea & Palaemon

Ino married Athamas and gave birth to two sons, Learchus and Melicertes. After Hera found out they accepted to take care of infant Dionysus she inflicted both of them with madness. Athamas slew Learchus, whereas Ino grabbed Melicertes and leapt off a cliff into the sea. They were later welcomed by the sea gods and received the names Leucothea and Palaemon.

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 28 : "Zeus... gave birth to Dionysos, whom he entrusted to Hermes. Hermes took him to Ino and Athamas, and persuaded them to bring him up as a girl. Incensed, Hera inflicted madness on them, so that Athamas stalked and slew his elder son Learkhos (Learchus) on the conviction that he was a dear, while Ino threw Melikertes (Melicertes) into a basin of boiling water, and then, carrying both the basin and the corpse of the boy, she jumped to the bottom of the sea. Now she is called Leukothea (Leucothea), and her son is Palaimon (Palaemon): these names they receive from those who sail, for they help sailors beset by storms."

Chapter 6: The Sphinx

The Sphinx was a woman-headed winged lion infamously known for asking people the same riddle (and eventually turning them into dinner for giving her the wrong answer): "What is it that has one voice, and is four-footed and two-footed and three-footed?"

The origins of the Sphinx and the reason why she was sent to plague Thebes differ from one from one source to another. According to Pseudo-Apollodorus Hera sent her to Boetia as a punishment towards the Thebans for not having Lains punished, who had carried off Chrysippus from Pisa:

Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 52 - 55 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "While he [Kreon (Creon)] was king, quite a scourge held Thebes in suppression, for Hera sent upon them the Sphinx, whose parents were Ekhidna (Echidna) and Typhon. She had a woman's face, the breast, feet, and tail of a lion, and bird wings. She had learned a riddle form the Mousai (Muses), and now sat on Mount Phikion (Phicium) where she kept challenging the Thebans with it.

According to a Scholia on Hesiod's Theogony though it was Dionysus who sent her, whereas according to Euripides' Phoenicians she was either sent by Ares as a punishment for Cadmus, by Hades, or she was in fact one of Cadmus' daughters who was thrown into madness and went through a metamorphosis. Luckily it looked more like one of Ovid's Metamorphoses rather than Kafka's Metamorphosis, though after she started to eat people she certainly became a parasite. *badum tss*

Anyway, what is certain though is that she went through an existential crisis and killed herself after Oedipus managed to respond correctly to her riddle.

Chapter 7: Oedipus Rex

"And as for this marriage with your mother— have no fear. Many a man before you, in his dreams, has shared his mother’s bed. Take such things for shadows, nothing at all— Live, Oedipus, as if there’s no tomorrow."

Cadmus and Harmonia's only son, Polydorus, had a son named Labdacus who had a son named Laius who had a son named Oedipus; also known as the original motherfu-

The most famous myth version of Oedipus is the play Oedipus Rex or Oedipus Tyrannos, written by Sophocles.

The tragedy begins with the turmoil of the city of Thebes, which was facing a torment: the plants, animals and women were barren, and the plague made countless victims. The Thebans cane to ask Oedipus, the king of Thebes for help, who also got rid of the Sphinx by answering the Sphinx's riddle correctly. Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law, is sent to the oracle to find out why this misfortune has befallen Thebes. The oracle reasons that the death of Laius, Oedipus' predecessor, has not been atoned for. In order to find out who killed Laius, Oedipus requests to be asked Tiresias, the old blind prophet. Tiresias tells Oedipus that he is the murderer of Laius. Believing that Tiresias and Creon have plotted against him, Oedipus argues with them. His wife, Jocasta, with whom he has four children, two boys - Eteocles and Polynices - and two girls, Antigone and Ismene, reassures him by telling him that Laios has been foretold that he will be killed by his own son, whom they gave for adoption in another country to avoid this tragedy. At that moment, Oedipus remembers the reason why he came to Thebes: to get away from his family so as not to kill his father, as he was told at birth. At a crossroad, Oedipus had a conflict with a group of robbers, thus killing his father, disguised as not to be recognized as the king. Oedipus then suffers a nervous breakdown, gouging out his own eyes since he believed that they are the ones that caused him not to see the truth.

Chapter 8: Seven Against Thebes

Another tragic episode from Thebes was the myth of the seven heroes who made war on this city, after the king of Argos chose them as captains of an army whose purpose was to restore Oedipus' son Polynices to the Theban throne. The myth is recounted in the play with the same name written by Aeschylus.

Seven Against Thebes opens with Eteocles calling forth every man in the city, whether child or aged, to the fight and the threat, which is at hand. Everyone must be ready to defend the city in battle. At that moment, the Scout enters with news that the enemy is just outside the walls and is preparing for battle. There are seven commanders ready to attack the seven gates of Thebes. After delivering the news, the Scout departs, and Eteocles prays to Zeus for his favor in the battle to come. The Chorus, which has entered as the Scout has related his news, begins a lament as they hear the approach of the armies. They beg their gods to protect them and their city. Eteocles hears the Chorus’ fearful pleadings as he enters and chastises them for their fear, which he says will not help their beloved Thebes. Instead, Eteocles promises that the Chorus will be stoned to death for their mindless fear, as their fear will incite the city’s residents into an instinctive fear of their own, which will disable and defeat the city. But the Chorus is not appeased, and they continue with their warnings as Eteocles warns them of the risk they create with their wailing. Eteocles again warns the Chorus to remain inside and to hold back their panic. At their continued warnings and fearful exclamations, Eteocles responds with attacks on the nature of women, their weaknesses, and their fears. Finally the Chorus promises to restrain their fear and remain silent, and Eteocles again prays to the gods, with promises of sacrifices and trophies if Thebes is successfully defended. After Eteocles leaves the stage, the Chorus continues to voice their worry at the coming battle and the risk they face if they are taken and become slaves.

When the Scout enters, he brings news of who will lead the attack at each of the city’s gates. At the news of each opponent’s assignment, Eteocles assigns one of his men to defend that particular gate. When Eteocles is told that his brother, Polyneices, will lead the attack on the seventh gate, Eteocles decides that he will defend that gate. At this news, the Chorus warns Eteocles that he should not shed his brother’s blood, but Eteocles is beyond listening to warnings. He acknowledges the curse of his father, Oedipus, but Eteocles says that fate will determine the outcome, and if the gods are determined that he shall be destroyed, then this will happen. The chorus is dismayed at Eteocles departure and cry out that if each bother slays the other, there will be no family to see to a proper burial. The Chorus then begins to remind the audience of the story of Oedipus and the curse that followed his father, himself, and now his sons. At that moment, the Scout again enters with the news that Thebes has crushed her enemy, and the city is victorious. Six of the seven gates have withstood the onslaught of the enemy’s armies, but the battle at the seventh gate has ended in tragedy. Both Eteocles and Polyneices are dead, each at the others hand. The Scout reminds the Chorus that the city must mourn the death but also celebrate the end of the curse. The Chorus asks is they should mourn these deaths or celebrate the triumph of Thebes’ victory. With the arrival of the brother’s bodies, the Chorus acknowledges the tragedy that has unfolded. The bodies are followed closely by Ismene and Antigone, who have come to bury their brothers. The Chorus addresses the sisters, with grief and with sadness at the resolution of the curse. The two sisters respond to the Chorus with their own grief, as they lament the curse that damned both brothers. As Antigone wonders where they will bury the brothers, a Herald enters with an announcement that the council has met. The council has determined that Eteocles is a hero and will be accorded an honorable burial. However, Polyneices would have laid waste to Thebes, and thus, his corpse is to lie unburied, to be picked apart by the birds of prey. Antigone promises that she will bury her brother, as she will not be bound by the Theban council’s ruling. A brief argument with the Herald ensues, but Antigone will not be threatened, and finally, the Herald leaves to report to the council. The play ends with the Chorus divided. Half will accompany Eteocles to his grave; half will accompany Polyneices to his burial.

Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes was part of a trilogy, along with other two tragic plays called Laius and Oedipus. Unfortunately both of them got lost, along with a comedic play titled The Sphinx. Due to the popularity of Sophocles' Antigone the ending was rewritten about half of a century after Aeschylus' death so that play could have a less mournful tone and turn Antigone into a continuation of it.

Chapter 9: Antigone

Similarly with Oedipus Rex, the tragic play Antigone written by Sophocles is one of the most precious literary creations of antiquity. Antigone, the brave daughter of Oedipus, witnesses the disaster caused by the fight between her brothers, Eteocles and Polynices. Both fell in battle, and the throne of Thebes is occupied by Creon. The king orders the funeral of Eteocles, the defender of the fortress, to be organized with pomp. For the other son of Oedipus though, Polynices even a simple burial is prohibited. Antigone, the sister of the two fighters, stood up against the harsh royal order, facing the danger of the death penalty. In great secrecy, she surrenders the body of Polynices to the earth, thus fulfilling the obligation that, according to custom, the blood connection with the dead man demands.

Antigone's deed was quickly discovered by Creon who sentences her to death. However, she is fearless in the face of death, viewing it as a release from suffering. In the heated discussion between Creon and Antigone, a sharp clash of moral principles is revealed. Antigone, the frail and tender maiden, is endowed with a bold character, with a courage worthy of a fighter. Her strength to face the king is derived from the conscience that acts in the name of the ancient, unwritten laws, which summarize the traditional morality, deeply rooted in the Greek cities. Antigone will perish in prison, but Creon, who disregarded the will of the gods, will receive a severe punishment by losing his son, Haemon (Antigone's fiance), and his wife, who commits suicide by cursing her proud and reckless husband.

Final Note

It took me waaay longer than I intitially expected to make this thing. The fact that I forgot at one point about this post didn't help either. I've also considered including the myth of the Coronides as well, but I've already talked about it many times on this blog so I decided to end it with Antigone. I'm also aware of the fact that there are different versions of the exact same myth, as well as I might have accidentally included mistakes here and there. Also also, I realized that if I don't insert any humor I'll die out of boredom while making this, hence the dry jokes. Anyway, hope you'll like it! 👍

#greek mythology #greek gods #thebes #cadmus #semele #dionysus #pentheus #sphinx #oedipus #antigone #ramblings

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roseworth · 9 days ago

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do you have any reading recs for specifically Rose and Joey's relationship? im a real #jerichowarrior but havent read much rose but want to see them

yes!!! fair warning though since all of their interactions are after 2003 most of them are pretty out of character for joey. so unfortunately you have to close your eyes and pretend a little bit </3

anyways this is pretty much all their extensive/meaningful interactions, my favs are italicized !

pre-flashpoint

Teen Titans (2003) #12

Teen Titans #40-41

Teen Titans #43-46

Titans (2008) #13, Teen Titans (2003) #70, Vigilante (2009) #6 (Deathtrap crossover)

Teen Titans #77-78

post-flashpoint

Deathstroke (2011) #19-20

Deathstroke (2014) #4-6

Deathstroke #18-20

Deathstroke (2016) #6-7

Deathstroke #15

Deathstroke #18

Deathstroke #21-22

Deathstroke #29

Deathstroke #37

Deathstroke #45-46

Deathstroke #49-50

and! i cant help myself so i have notes on every issue below the cut

tt03 #12: this is technically their first interaction... rose is super drugged and joey is dead and his soul is attacking people so its hard to really consider it to be either of them. but they Do interact here and it is their first time talking to each other. and it later leads to rose cutting her eye out #slay

#40-41: this is Actually their first interaction!!!! and its the most in-character joey gets on this list 🤭 this is so so important to me because it is the first time they interact and they've both been searching for a family for long and they finally find each other and ouuhghghuhhggh.... and they have such a good convo at the end of 41 and. i just love them so much.

#43-46: so this one actually isnt marked as a fav on my rose list but i Am marking it as a fav on this list. im a complicated man. in terms of rose & joey this is once again one of their only in character interactions. it just means so much to me because its more of them being a family and hanign out and ough... and just caring for each other and looking out while slade is fighting them AND accepting the titans as a family <3 <3 <3 <3 life is so beautiful i love this arc so much. honestly just thinking about this arc i might go back and retroactively mark it as a fav on my rose list its just so good for them

deathtrap arc: so this is an interesting one bc i could not care less about the actual story and joey is not in character at all. BUT ☝️ theyre so siblings. it's about rose risking everything to prove joey's not a villain, then once she realizes that he is in fact a villain she tries to bring him back and convince him to yk. stop killing people. and joey dropping everything for rose and trying to protect her even when hes killing people. this arc circles around in my brain constantly because ougughuhhgg... its them. theyre still caring about each other and looking out for each other despite everything. ough

tt03 #77-78: BITING SCRATCHING YELLING SCREAMING CRYING!!! I LOVE THIS STORY. i cant even put it into words i just love this story so much. its such a perfect representation of how rose feels about her family and her relationship with slade and with joey and. oh my god. i cannot recommend this one enough fr

unfortunately. now we move on to the new 52

ds11 #19-20: ok so i included this one just to be thorough but. this sucks so bad. evil joey and whitewashed rose and hero slade. trash comic and the half the family dies at the end then they move on immediately

ds14 #4-6, 18-20: once again i only included these to be thorough. this is marginally better than the last one because they at least get a lot of time hanging out as siblings!!! (for some reason rose is the older sister though. idk where that one came from) honestly ds14 is just a bad comic in general. the plots are confusing and boring and the slade characterization is so fucking boring because they try to make him like. a misunderstood good guy again. BORING. sucks. but remember- it as to be so over (deathstroke 2014) so that we can later be so back (deathstroke 2016)

ds16 #6-7, #15: this is really just nice lil sibling moments again !! reestablishing what the new52 fucked up and theyre so sweet here <3 6 & 7 are fun just for rose coming to joey whenever shes upset then trying to protect him when shes worried, and i like 15 because she is once again worried about him and immediately wants to talk to him. theyre family :]

#18: LISTEN. this is one of my favorite comic issues of all time because all the soap opera drama comes to a head right at this point and everything goes to shit and it's hilarious to me. BUT. you can only read this if you read it in the context of the other 18 issues of the run. the entire family beefing and falling apart all at once is just so perfect to me i love wilson family drama

#21-22: this is one of the only times theyre really like. on a Team together. they've fought on the same side plenty of times but this is them on a hero team!! together!!!!!! the defiance arc is very funny to me and rose & joey have some time to hang out in these issues <3

#29: in terms of rose & joey this one isnt super substantial except for the fact that (spoilers) rose confesses to killing his fiancé. but then they get distracted 10 seconds later so its not even really followed up on. but once again i am being thorough

#37: i like this one just because i love that joey saw rose in distress over being willow and slade being in jail and he tries so hard to help her even though it immediately goes badly. but hes still trying to be there for her :')

#45-46: i fucking love rose as deathstroke. and i love joey dropping everything when he finds out rose is in trouble because!!! thats his sister!!!! ("something's come up... it's rose." "it's always rose" lives in my head forever i love it so much) and then the end of 46 being their mind meld and seeing each other before they knew each other fuckkkkk i just love the whole deathstroke rip arc

#49-50: siblings!!!!! they just have little moments in these issues but god. those little moments fuck so hard. just. little moments of them looking out for each other and comforting each other through everything. AND i think about them just bickering and playing video games at the end of the last issue all the time. deathstroke 2016 you will always be famous to me.

and then they havent interacted since then and that haunts me

#for the record i am a deathstroke 2016 lover. i love stupid shenanigans in my comics #i think everyone should read that one its just so good #rose wilson #joey wilson #reading list #dc

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🌟And So It Begins🌟 - Total Drama Viewer Reacts to Disventure Camp Season 3 Episode 1 “Reach For The Stars”

We are finally here.

I finally made it to the merge.

I watched both seasons, I know all the context now, and now we are here.

When I started watching this show, it was just before the finale of the season came out. I think there's like... 20 Episodes?

Well, I THOUGHT, the playlist has 22.

I came in the show at the height of everyone saying shit things about the show. And I decided to do it anyway.

I'm both nervous and excited. Cause I don't know what I'm getting into. I heard that this season was bad.

To that I say, well, if it is bad, I want it to be amazingly bad. I want to have fun with it anyway.

These episodes are OVER THIRTY MINUTES LONG, which is crazy.

And it makes me scared about a posts image limit.

Before I start, I just wanted to thank you all so much for your support of these reaction posts. It really warms my heart and motivates me to see you all enjoy these, my bad jokes, and what I have to say.

No matter what, I think this season's reaction posts are gonna be fun to do as a result.

So... I guess I have to start it now. Here we go...

Oh she's calling everyone in. I get it.

AAAAHHHHH JAKE!!!! HE'S WITH MIRIAM!!!

Who's this girl?

She's like "You gonna ditch me on the clock like this?"

"YEP!"

And he just runs away XD

And she just call the boss like, "We got a runner."

ROSA!!!!!!

I LOVE YOU ROSA!!!

Is that her daughter?! Oh my gosh... ❤️

DID THEY GET RID OF HER LIBRA NECKLACE?!?!

FOR SHAME ODDNATIONS! FOR SHAME!!

It's one thing to not bring her back. It's another to GET RID OF HER LOVELY LIBRA NECKLACE!!

#JUSTICEFORROSA'SLIBRANECKLACE

Oh I forgot to put captions on. Whoops.

"We're back with eighteen of your favorite and not so favorite competitors."

*COUGH* YUL *COUGH*

"Two years have passed since our first season, and one since our second."

Yeah. I figured that as much.

"Disventure Camp All Stars!"

Why did she say that in a whisper?

I would've directed her to project personally.

"DISVENTURE CAMP ALL STARS!!! LET'S GO!!!! ARE YOU EXCITED?!?!"

OOH INTRO!!!!

OH SHIT- XD

IT'S THE FIRST SECOND AND SHE ALREADY KILLED OLIVER!

Welp, she's a bad person. Noted.

Well now I want context. That image was not a coincidence.

Why are you two fighting? What happened?

And where's Tess? She's in the poly too.

And until I hear them say it, DO NOT tell me it's just Hunter and Allyson. They CLEARLY said Hunter chose both of them and they're in a polycule.

Oh yeah these two. They hate each other now.

HEY!

GET THE FUCK OFF OF MY GRETT!!!

And I called it.

Jake is an asshole.

"NOTICE ME DAMMIT!!!"

Aaaaaannnnd that's a glimpse of Riya's life.

*Gets a Grammarly Ad*

This intro has a Grammarly ad? Bruh. Fuck Grammarly.

"We are currently in Ottawa Canada to pick up our first five participants."

Only FIVE of them live in Canada? I'm surprised.

"Here comes our favorite granny and grandson duo..."

YUUUUSSS👏

"I'm ready to collect another million!"

You know grandma's here to slay!

"Aren't you worried your age is catching up to you?"

"Bold of you to assume I let that stop me."

"There is no age limit for adventure, Krystal."

Exactly. Grandma all the way!

"If you're not sure about this, we can still leave."

You too? Don't you know who she is?

"It's just... I'm worried."

"Have you lost your damn mind?"

I get why he's worried, but also, come on. It's Miriam.

"Our viewers are dying to know."

HA HA HA, GET IT? CAUSE SHE'S OLD, AND EVERYONE THINKS SHE'S GONNA DIE?!?

Don't kill Miriam. Don't have this be foreshadowing Miriam dying. She does not deserve that!

"I bought a house near the beach. Then, with what was left, I helped Jake so he could move out of his parents house."

Awwww! They're living together?!

She really did adopt him! That's so sweet!

"Do you have problems with your parents, Jake?"

"No, they're just not the most understanding people and... I prefer to distance myself for awhile."

Aw.

Yeah, I have to assume it didn't go well since Season 1.

With the whole, you know, making out with a spy on National TV.

"The Disventure Camp audience loved the relationship you formed during the first season."

I FEEL CALLED OUT.

"Do you two still keep in contact?"

"All the time! We're basically neighbors. We even went on a trip a few months ago."

Aw that's awesome! Love hearing that Jake and Tom are still friends!

I'm a bit surprised. But they actually worked things out in the platonic sense!

"...although we had to cut it short."

"Miriam got a little sick, and she's been having some back problems."

...

OH SHIT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT JAKE AND MIRIAM. OH.

THAT'S MY BAD.

We're what, four minutes in, and I already fucked something up?

Where's Tom then? Did he not go on this trip too?

"Does it bother you to talk about your vulnerabilities, Miriam?"

"Bold of you to assume I have vulnerabilities! Everyone gets sick! I'm not dying! I'M NOT DYING!"

"Jake, in this entire interview you haven't mentioned Tom. What happened to him?"

Okay now they're talking about it.

They kept distance, right?

"Next question please."

Huh?

No no. No next question. I want to know how you two are holding up.

"Emily, if you have insight, Jake would love to know what happened to Tom."

He doesn't know what's going on with Tom?

You don't, I don't know, CALL?!

TOM HAS A PHONE, RIGHT?

"Yeah, so uh, we've been distancing ourselves because of what happened on our season, and turns out, Tom does not own a phone. So it's kinda difficult to keep in touch with that hurtle."

"What?! No I wouldn't! Why would I care about him?!"

Oh, and Jake is also avoiding it.

Something happened.

And I bet he's still upset about their season.

What did I say? Jake is an asshole. I CALLED THIS.

"Oh brother..."

Miriam's like "Ugh, YOUNG PEOPLE. Am I right?"

"Hurry Hunter, we're gonna be late!"

SHE HAS HER DEEP VOICE BACK! YAY!!!

"That's an understatement, you are already late."

What?

There's only two people in the plane right now! What are you talking about?

"Oh shit, sorry Ally, I just realized I forgot the Nintendo Switch."

OH NO NOT THE SWITCH!!!!

Awww, no bonding through gaming this time :(

That sounds like something Hunter would do though.

"But I reminded you right before leaving!"

Allyson, you're dating Hunter. You should know he's a bit dense.

Also, I would've thought she would get it herself since it's HERS, but whatever.

"Now what will we do in our free time?"

Touch grass.

This really isn't a huge dealbreaker.

I mean, I would have a freak out if I forgot my earbuds going somewhere, but also it's like "Oh dammit. Oh well."

"This year, electronic devices are prohibited at camp."

I'm surprised that wasn't a rule previously.

"Really? Why?"

Girl,

IT'S THE OUTDOORS!!!

IT'S SURVIVOR!!!

GO TOUCH GRASS!!

"Still, it sometimes feels like you ignore me when I ask you for something."

I mean... okay?

I wouldn't say Hunter is the best at relationships. So that checks out.

OH HEY! CROSS SEASON INTERACTIONS!!!

"The pleasure is ours."

Oh wow.

Jake's actually not as bad as I thought he would be. I thought he was gonna give the cold shoulder here XD

"Oh, you kids were my favorites in your season!"

Aw, that's sweet that this is canon.

"What happened to the other girl? I forgot her name."

They're your favorites, but you don't know their names?

BRUH.

"She went to study in New York."

"We haven't seen her in months, but we're seeing her soon!"

Oh okay. That checks out.

So they're just long distance in regards to Tess. I get it.

It's cool that she's in college now! That's awesome!

"So Ally, how have you been dealing with all the haters?"

Haters?

Nobody hated her last season. They voted her off cause she was a threat and they were still on good terms.

I'm not an Allyson hater. I liked her.

"Oh, fans are great! I love my fans... it's the haters that I could do without."

Oh, you mean online.

She has a gaming career, right?

So yeah, haters are to be expected no matter what you do online.

Trust me, I've had very harsh mean comments on some of my posts.

After awhile, you kinda stop caring because at the end of the day, you have people in person that love you, and you have online folks that do love what you do.

"Especially after Allyson and I became public about our relationship."

Poly-phobic?

Allyson's chill though. I think she just hates that it's a topic of discussion here.

Haters don't matter!

(Criticism & Haters are different things btw)

TOM!!!

I LOVE his new design. I said this already. This is such a glow up!

"Aren't spies supposed to be, I dunno, fast?"

"Yes, but I'm wearing normal clothes now! I still gotta get used to it!"

"Met a familiar face at TSA. We were officers in training together and-"

"Did I ask?"

Yes. Krystal. Yes you did.

"Uh, yeah?"

Yeah. Tom's a dude failure, but he's not stupid.

AH-

*Covers mouth to prevent squeals*

UH. YOU-TOM-YOU-YOU UH... HI!!!

HOW'S IT GOING? YOU'RE LOOKING GREAT!!!🤭

"Well... uh... busy with work, you know..."

Well this awkward XD

"A call to ask how we were doing wouldn't have hurt!"

Uh, yeah, before you got on the season.

Kind of not the best.

"Sorry, my minds been occupied with... other matters... we'll talk later!"

Um... bye?

What the hell was that?

Tom. THAT'S YOUR LOVE.

I guess they're still not over it.

OOOH THE LESBIANS! YES!

"It feels strange... going back to where it all began..."

Yeah, especially after all Ellie had done. I can imagine that'd weigh on her.

"I'm glad to have another chance, but the bad memories keep coming back."

Yeah, exactly.

Ellie isn't necessarily a bad person, she just did bad stuff.

"Don't worry, I'm sure this is our year to shine!"

Especially yours, Gabby!

Oh hi Tess!

I still don't like this design. Sorry not sorry.

Why is she wearing sneakers with tights? Why is she wearing a black camisole over a white T-Shirt that leaves such a small and pointless belly window? Why is her hair in a bun?

I don't like it. I do not see the logic behind the design choice.

"Did you see my text?"

OH.

OH THEY KNOW EACH OTHER?

"Yeah, we actually study at the same University."

WHAT?!

OH THAT'S SO COOL! I LOVE THAT!

Wait Ellie can afford college now? Since when?

"You two make for a great couple."

They do. They really do.

"It's uncommon for that to come out of a trashy reality show."

Yeah, she's seen Total Drama.

But you also have a-

*BEEP*

What?

*TEHNICAL DIFFICULTIES*

I accidentally clicked out of the episode XD

That's my bad.

Okay we're back a bit, but it's fine.

I was gonna say Tess got her own loves in terms of Allyson and Hunter.

Oh the beep was the plane XD

I thought that was my computer setting off something XD

AWWWWWW ❤️

"I just came to spend more time with Ally and Hunter."

Respectfully.

"So you're not at all bothered with third wheeling the love birds?"

THEY'RE POLY.

LONG DISTANCE IS A THING.

Also, "The three of them aren't openly affectionate."

Not all couples are all lovey dovey all the time. I'm asexual. I'm not that way with my relationship.

You can be casual and still be considered lovers.

This is just how they are. There's nothing wrong with that.

And there's nothing wrong with them being poly.

"I actually motivated Ally to finally confirm things with Hunter."

Didn't they do that in Season 2?

I'm very confused.

OH. HELLO ELLIE.

Everyone immediately gives her the STINK EYE.

They're not gonna forgive you, sweetie.

I mean I dunk on Ellie, but it's not because she did that stuff.

"Look, I could forgive everything you did on our season, but those interviews?!"

What interviews?

"You dragged us all on live television!"

Oh. OH SHE DID THAT?!

DAMN.

"I did nothing wrong! Jake is a whiny bitch and he deserved it! LOL!"

"You can eat shit and die!"

Yeah so maybe that's why Jake and Tom are distant now.

ELLIE WOULD NOT LET THEM FORGET.

"It's been almost two years. It's time for them to get over it."

I mean... yeah. I agree there.

"Besides, I didn't say anything that bad."

“I just gave Jake some public death threats. That's all.”

Well if THAT doesn't make Jake and Allyson besties, I dunno what does XD. They're going through the same thing.

"I heard that Tom still ignores Jake's calls."

OH SHIT WE ACTUALLY SEE IT.

WAIT TOM HASN'T CALLED IN TWO YEARS?!?! THE FUCK?!?!?

I mean I know he said he wanted distance, but GODDAMN.

"Can you blame him? Dealing with Jake should count as community service."

OH DAMN.

DON'T DO HIM LIKE THAT. COME ON.

YEAH I WOULD IMAGINE JAKE IS AFFECTED AFTER HEARING THAT.

"You know why he's ignored you for two years? Because you're insufferable and nobody wants you around!"

"And Tom's no better. I mean the guy's an idiot. Who goes onto Reality TV as a spy?"

I mean... yep. I agree.

"Miriam didn't deserve to win."

OF COURSE. OF COURSE YOU'D SAY THAT.

"If that happens again, I'm letting her go towards the light."

SHIT!

THAT'S JUST UNCALLED FOR! NO MATTER HOW PISSED YOU ARE THAT YOU LOST TO HER!

YOU DON'T SAY THAT TO PEOPLE!

NO WONDER THEY'RE PISSED. I'D BE PISSED TOO IF I WERE THEM.

"The Purple Team was a disaster."

I agree.

It had Reality TV's Stupidest Alliance after all.

"Grett is honestly one of, if not the worst person I've ever met."

Worse than Yul? I don't believe that.

But even though I love her, she isn't a good person.

"First off Alec, your standard for children is alarming."

Considering he worked with a psychopath... yeah.

So uh... it's good to know that Ellie is BITTER after the first season.

It makes sense. I expected it.

But DAMN.

"Not like anything I said was a lie."

No. They weren't lies. They were just uncalled for slander.

OH MY QUEEN!!!! MY QUEEN!!!!!

HI!!!

"Hey, we haven't talked about what you said on TV last week? Remember?"

Oh great. What now?

Did Riya ALSO slander her cast?

"You didn't mean any of that, did you?"

"It's nothing. I just told the fans what they wanted to hear. I have a certain reputation to uphold you know."

Yeah, I figured as much.

People are PRAISING her bad behavior. And it's so tragic.

Give the people what they want. That's all you are. What they want.

OKAY BUT HOW CAN I BE MAD AT HER?

SHE LOOKS SO GORGEOUS!

I LOVE THIS OUTFIT SO MUCH! I LOVE THE PANTS AND THE GOLD TOP AND THE JEWELS ❤️

"What do you regret most in your last season?"

"A lot."

"...but I wouldn't tell you that."

"My only mistake was choosing Connor as a helper in the final."

Okay. I can see why Connor was upset.

Even if he did bail on her. Ouch.

Interesting how Riya has remorse for her TV reputation and the bad things she's said and done, but Ellie does not.

"GASP."

WHAT WAS THAT?!

Okay that dude just wants attention!

So she's been throwing her only friend under the bus. Just because she has a career platform based off of that.

I feel bad for her.

But she is doing everything wrong.

I mean, I say that as though I am any better.

"For this next season and my next showing, I will present my REPUATATION! Everyone will kneel before be with respect! And Connor gets the bus!"

NO RIYA I HOPE YOU DON'T MEAN IN THE LITERAL SENSE.

Prepare to hear me do this until she gets eliminated. Get used to it.

"OH MY GOSH RIYA! I'M A HUGE FAN!"

Oh of course Gabby is a fan!

That's... that's both sweet and sad.

"Congrats on the Emmy!"

Yeah, so Riya's bad actions got her fame.

This is depressingly realistic.

Bad people get rewarded way too often in real life.

"How did you become so successful in Hollywood?"

"I left Aiden for dead."

"After the show, my current producer, Reynold Chaddington, was able to get me on a bunch of network dramas, and I quickly became "The Villainess Of TV"."

And that's who she is now.

Being herself and being decent is what ruins her success. Because the route of success that worked for her was to be immoral.

Again. DEPRESSINGLY REAL.

"Are you a couple now?"

The hell is with this lady?

THEY'RE JUST FRIENDS. Nothing about them last season was romantic.

OH COME ON. THAT'S RUDE.

DON'T DO ASHLEY LIKE THAT.

Oh yeah. They're a couple. I forgot.

I'm glad she's back, actually. She has a nice aesthetic and she has a nice story.

Of the members of Reality TV's Stupidest Alliance that could've come back, I'm glad it's her.

AWWWW YOU'RE SO CUTE

I just want to enjoy the Rosa crumbs while I have them.

ROSA. YOU WERE ROBBED. ❤️

"I wish you were coming too."

"I can't leave Sophia again."

Yeah... I guess that makes sense.

I still. I'm gonna miss you.

"Kick Yul in the nuts for me."

YEAH!!! KICK YUL IN THE NUTS!!! LET'S GO!!!

"Lake! Nice to finally meet you. I read one of your books, the one with the prince and the knight? I loved it!"

Oh my god Jake is a fanboy of her writing?

STOP. THAT'S TOO CUTE.❤️

"Is that award winning author Lake?!"

Award winning too! Wow!

Also hi James and Aiden.

"I'm still waiting for an apology for almost letting me die!"

Yeah. That's justified.

"Keep waiting loser."

"AND I'D DO IT AGAIN!"

"Aiden, do you still have a grudge against James for using you to gain followers?"

Uh, no. They resolved that.

What is with this lady? She is in everyone's business.

I mean, interviewers are like that. Still.

"My hubby is vewwy sowwy."

Hubby?

You're engaged?

"Uh... I'm so happy you two are doing good..."

I'm calling it right now, this woman is gonna be a twist villain. She's gonna try and steal Krystal's job.

GRETT!!!

"Grett! You look... different."

RUDE.

"I made some mistakes last season."

"This time, it's a chance to end the game on a less sour note."

Oh, Grett is redeeming herself?

Grett redemption arc?

"So is what you said on Twitter true?"

It's X now.

"How else could I sell those online courses on personal acceptance and my new vitamin supplement?"

Still don't know why she decided on this. But I'm open to listen.

"What made you come back?"

"Money."

OH MY GOD XD

THAT'S SO REAL.

"What inspired you to build second Krusty Krab right next door to the original?"

"Money."

Oh.

I think he's doing great. 👍

"Wait! You forgot someone!"

"Yul!"

"Idk who that is. He's not on the list. WE'RE DEPARTING ANYWAY!"

Oh. Yay.

"A dumb marching band blocked our exit for five minutes. Should have run em over."

And he's the exact same as we left him.

GREAT. I LOVE THIS. I'M SO GLAD HE'S BACK GUYS. I'M SO HAPPY. /s

"Hello baby!"

Baby?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

BITCH WHAT THE FUCK

WHAT THE FUCK IS ON MY SCREEN?!?!?!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

*gets up and paces around screaming and crying*

NO!!! NO!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT?!?!?!

WHY DID YOU CREATE THIS?!?!?!

NOOOOOOO!!!! NO NO NO NOOOOOO!!!!

There's a fucking LAWNMOWER outside roaring! It's upset too!

WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO THIS?!??!

I HATE IT!! I HATE IT SO MUCH!!!!

GET THIS SHIT OFF MY SCREEN RIGHT NOW!!!

WHO THE FUCK SHIPPED YUL WITH GRETT?!??!

WHY?!??!! WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO GRETT?!??!

THIS IS WHY EVERYONE SAYS THIS SEASON SUCKS.

LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS SHIT.

OH MY GOD!!! I HATE IT!!! I FUCKING HATE IT!!!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH

*I had to get water to calm down after having a mental breakdown*

Why the fuck did you create this...? 😭

Grett deserves so much better. SO MUCH BETTER.

FUCK YUL. OH MY GOD.

WHY IS IT BUFFERING WITH THAT IMAGE?!?!

SHIT MY WIFI IS OUT!

*I fixed it*

God is torturing me.

EVERYONE IS DUMBFOUNDED XD

They're all like "WHAT THE FUCK AM I LOOKING AT?!"

"His manager introduced us during a brand deal. Yul and I really it it off. He's been my spicy ab'd boyfriend ever since"

Spicy ab'd?

I hate it.

"Weren't you concerned after how he behaved on his season?"

"The Yul that I know is very different from the one that was seen on television."

I don't believe that one bit.

"Did the criticisms from fans about your body and weight contribute to your shift in personality?"

WHO BODY SHAMED MY GIRL?!?!

Also, they really are being explicit about the whole fans/fame/TV influence dictatorship on their lives.

I'm actually here for it.

Still. DO NOT BODY SHAME MY GIRL.

SHE IS BEAUTIFUL NO MATTER WHAT HER BODY TYPE IS.

"I should have you fired!"

GET HER GIRL.

"Girlfriend? Aren't you gay?"

What...?

Who-who thought that? No one made any sort of comment.

Actually, I was DM'ing some Disventure Camp fans, and they told me Yul had a 'gay voice'.

So I'm assuming that's where this is coming from???

Idk, in Season 2 I got NO impression of that at all.

"Don't lump me in with that disgusting crowd."

YEAH WELL I'M PRETTY SURE HALF OF THE CAST IN THIS PLANE IS QUEER, SO GO FUCK YOURSELF.

Gay or not. Straight or not. You're still a bitch.

Who's calling him?

"Excuse me, what I meant to say was... I do not belong to the LGBTIKZ community, but if I did, there would be absolutely nothing wrong with that."

Oh.

Is he under contract to not be a piece of shit?

"SEE GUYS. HE'S CHANGED. HE'S TOTALLY CHANGED."

There's a difference between making change, and being forced to change.

"I blame my old manager, honestly. He made me look like an idiot on International Television!"

Yeah. That was totally his fault.

"Weren't you the one that said those racist things?"

Yeah. Exactly.

"I only said the things my manager advised me to say and look where it got me."

If I believed you, WHICH I DON'T, why would they think that's a good idea?

"Do you expect anyone to believe you've changed?"

I don't.

Oh hey, what is...?

'I must not shoot tranquilizers at the nuns' 😂

AW SHE GOES TO NUN SCHOOL.

Aaaaaaannnnd she's out.

OH MY GOD BRIBING?! SERIOUSLY?! XD

AND THE NUN TAKES IT?!

"That's a child!"

"And that's an ugly pimply bitch."

😂👏

😂😂😂

DAMN. YES.

GET HIM!!!!

OH MY GOD THAT WAS GOOD!

Hang on, why are you going from Canada, to the US, to Brazil to Europe, then back to Canada? Huh?

"Are you really going to ignore me the entire flight?"

Yes.

"Oh come on, are you really that angry?"

YOU BETRAYED HIM.

"Where's that scary puppet from last season?"

AIDEN YOU'RE A JINX. YOU HAD TO ASK.

"Weren't they in jail?"

That's what I'm saying!

"I paid their bail."

Of course.

"Does money solve everything these days?"

UNFORTUNATELY.

🎵"I'm feeling so alone, cause I sit here on my own..."🎵

Whaaaaaaatt am I walking into???

That was strangely wholesome.

When your only friend is your music voice.

"I don't know if you heard, but we're gonna be in prison for the next ur years!"

Surprised it was only five years.

"Oh hell naw! There's no way I'm going back to that camp!"

Why did he have country swang saying that?

"They serve broccoli three times a day for crying out loud!"

I hate broccoli, but that doesn't sound so bad.

And now we're going BACK across the Atlantic Ocean.

WHAT IS YOUR PATHING?

"You will all grab a parachute and jump!"

Oh great.

I mean it's still better than what Chris does. At least they get a parachute.

Oh great. she killed them.

YOU ONLY GAVE THEM ONE PARACHUTE!

"You are prohibited from bringing your luggage and belongings."

Why didn't you tell them that before they got on the plane?

"The winner will win THREE. MILLION. DOLLARS!"

HOLY...

Where do you get that money?

They're actually doing it.

NOT AGAIN!

Eh, at least he has a pachute this time.

At least they're working.

OOOOOOOOHHHH I GET IT.

OH NO TESS! NOO!!!

SHE'S SEPERATED FROM HER BAES!!

AWWWWWWWWW NO!

I kinda figured...

OH COME ON!!! XD

OH THAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD'VE HAPPENED TO THESE GUYS.

YES!!!

Okay I'm fine that they're a couple, I just love that they're not on the same team now.

Oh cool. She burned everything.

This will be a walk in the park for the Season 1 characters.

OH OKAY LET ME LOOK AT THIS!

We got pink, yellow, and blue.

Pink has the demon child, the cowgirl, James, best boy, and two of the poly couple.

Jake and James being together is... a choice, for sure.

Yellow looks like it's all villains...

Uh, no actually, cause Fiore's Pink.

The villains and the elders.

That blue team is looking REALLY strong.

Tom is probably THE most physically gifted member of this cast. Gabby is really strong as well. Lake is a good brains. Tess and Aiden are good emotional support. And then you have Ellie, the wannabe schemer, so she can also be a brains.

That and Tom and Gabby are friends. Lake and Aiden are friends. Tess is on good terms with Gabby and Ellie.

THIS IS A STRONG TEAM.

Yellow is looking real good with Riya and Grett together. They're strong strategists and ruthless players. Alec too.

Idk, pink is kinda looking like the leftover characters. Cause nobody likes Fiore. Jake has no allies on his team.

Yeah idk.

Like, Allyson and Hunter are doing the heavy lifting here, and even then there's beef going on over... the Internet being the Internet? Whatever.

Yeah. This is an interesting layout.

Okay, what an interesting start.

So, to recap:

Tom and Jake have not seen or heard from each other since Season 1. They're still hurt because of Ellie slandering them in interviews, which yeah, would make them not forget.

Tess is long distance with Allyson and Hunter but they're fine. Allyson is just... beefing with Hunter because... he's dense? Idk what is happenig there.

Riya's a villainess as her reputation now. It's rubbed off on her in the worst of ways.

Yul is dating Grett. I FUCKING HATE IT.

And... yeah. We're just gonna have to see how this pans out.

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