#athenus

[pyromaniacbibliophile]

The Wild and the Sun

He always knew this was how it would have to be.

Bacchanalias are held at twilight and that is his earliest hour. The grapes bloom unseen at night as he languishes alone in the shadows, intercut with wild parties with a thousand perfect strangers learning the power of intoxication.

He sips wine darker than Nyx's outstretched wing and laughs with the owls. Thorn and tangled branches move aside for him as he makes his way through the forest. Eponine's domain, but at night his for mania and parties while she shines as Artemis Selene, the haunting moon.

He is wild. Wild things live in the dark, with their parties and their wine and their heady sin. Therefore he is wild. The black-moonshine of twisted trees and vines makes his home, patterned with grapes as deep purple as his eyes. Wild gods, gods of fang and claw and vines and dances, don't belong in the sun's sharp glow.

But oh, how he longs to.

Shining Enjolras. Apollo Phoebus. The sun, bright in the sky from dawn to twilight while he lounges in dark caves thick with grapevines. Enjolras. He is a god amongst gods, for surely even the Olympians must bow to his glow.

He is no Olympian, though he matches them in power he does not in mind, Cosette deserves such a place more than he, god of the unloved and the drunk and the wild. Olympus, with its gold and white and brightness unrivalled and cruel, is not his home.

Apollo, Enjolras, is everything he isn't. Beautiful, shining, fire. A god of logic, of the people, of justice and the sun. Power and heat to compel even the wisest- young, maniac, Combeferre Athenus's descendant, foolish Icarus fell, intoxicated by Enjolras's might and glory. Nothing but a child, yet he understands. Why would anyone not want to worship the sun, even in death?

Yet what does he know? He is nothing but madness and wine, no matter who or when or where, wine will cool them and the mania will ensnare them. What does he know of justice? Of the people, of logic? His grapes care not for titles or money, wine does not entrance only the peasants or only the nobles, and logic is destroyed by the first honey-sweetened touch of the juice, or the berries.

He is of those who dive into the sea at midnight, illuminated only by the moon Eponine, merely for the fun and the laughter. He is happy to dance from twilight till dawn, sun-down to sun-up, partake of wine and lusts and feasts and indulge in anything he wishes. What does he care for Enjolras?

Ah, but he does. Too, too much, he fears. How, when they have but barely spoken, and that at the cusp of twilight, or dawn- minutes where he can stay in his own wildness and Apollo to his sun-lit lands.

He loves the god of poetry, of rhetoric, of revolution and leaders. Enjolras is his oblivious opposite, his Achilles, his Orestes. He has heard speeches from the vine-patterned shadows of Olympus, listening soft at the edge to music spoken, twined into words with a weave finer than Combeferre's, a power greater than Zeus Valjean, a beauty more stunning than broken Marius Aphrodite.

He has never believed in anything more than drunkeness, wine, parties, mania, and madness. Those were his world but one other has upstaged them all, the belief in Apollo. A king among princes, he would follow Enjolras anywhere. And that is the crux of it.

Anywhere, into the sun even. He knows that, he has acknowledged it. One day, when his worship of the sun exceeds his wildness, he will leave his tangled forest and seek out Apollo. He has never loved carefully, or gently. He loves like ivy, like a wave. Love has always ruled him, so he keeps to his maenads and his shadowed grapevines. But now- well.

In daylight he does not live. He fades. It is not an easy thing to stay wild in the face of civilisation.

Yet all here will keep on partying and falling in love as the days change as simply as a snake shedding. Artemis of forest, Eponine of moon, she is as wild as he and will keep his wild few safe.

Love, true love, is rarely easy. Marius and Hestia, Aphrodite and Cosette- they love in synchronised equality. Enjolras, passionate leader, will not take kindly to himself, the cynical madness.

Yet burns, after all, are still warmth, and fire is no soft lover.

@miriyummy ....

[matthtober-2023]

Only one more day until Matthtober ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

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[keelanstudies]

August 21, 2020

These photos were purely for the aesthetic because it was 98 degrees Fahrenheit today and I had to change immediately after taking them. Anyway I went thrifting a couple days ago and wanted to show off some of the cool pieces I found (ft. my medieval Icelandic sagas notes from the course I’m taking and the corner of my bullet journal). Long story short I Miss Autumn. 

[shakespearcean]

i made a july favorites spread!! instead of music this time round, i looked back on all my favorite apps, books, and tv shows + a quote that i really liked. the hilarity of smudging up a quote about building a flawed life is not lost on me, but i feel like it adds an extra layer yk?? do you have any favorites from july?? any recommendations?? as always, open for better quality!!

ig: shakcspearean

[navramanan]

15.07.2020 // If the small joys of the world didn't exist, life would be completely unbearable.

[blusighs]

Blusighs is typing...

2020.07.11

unrelated caption: Today, I made a database of Korean Vocabulary on Notion. They’re categorized into Nouns and Verbs (Action/Descriptive) then into sub-categories like countries, food, drinks... It’s a tiring task but it’s going to be worth it in the future ! Anyways, I enrolled in another online course (surprise) by Tesda. The modules are long, not kidding, and they’re a lot. 

Remember, you don’t have to be productive all the time especially during this pandemic we’re experiencing. Safety and survival comes first. Please take care of you health (physical and mental health). 

INFP의 뒤척이는 밤 ♫ studygram

[nanastudies]

190530 - Dived deep into pomodoro method today. Exams coming up in 10 days

instagram @ nanastudies

[acadeamic]

02.02.19. muji's discontinuing my fav pens so obviously i have to buy them in bulk...... also AP macro is really fun this semester !

[studywjax]

- ̗̀ 061219 - tues  ̖́-

not gonna lie, having trouble staying productive w/o my normal school routine :/

in other news, i turned 18! and, despite the non-produtive days, i really am enjoying my break from school and stress. i’ve been able to do more fun stuff like play video games, hang out with my friends, watch more netflix (...and watch e3). i do have a water polo clinic that i am volunteering at so hopefully that responsibility will put some more hustle into me :)))

i follow #heyjax taken from my studygram! @studywjax

[oohy5]

12.23.18 // i’m finally on winter break!

ig: @oohy5

[cassandra-prophesied]

Athena: This is a pretty nice party

Hera: Yes, I like that we can all get together sometimes and spend time together like civilised adults

Hermes, running in: YOOOOO SOMEONE TAKE A PHOTO!! MY SHOE’S IN A TREE!!!

[lastbenchpapers]

[April 1, 2019]

Today, as a way to prank the Universe, I'm actually working productively and efficiently !

First Post In A While, ft. New Pens

[studiently]

friday 4th january, 2019

thank u sun for making my desk look pretty and bearable to sit at and write this darn essay that i’ve left way too late ᵒᵒᵖˢ

also happy [belated] new year everyone! i hope we all continue to grow into the best versions of ourselves in 2019 🌻🌱✨

[keelanstudies]

September 1, 2020 (1/100 days of productivity)

I’ve decided to to the 100 days of productivity challenge! Since I just started college I’m hoping that this will help keep me motivated to study :)

Some things I did today:

watched lectures and took notes for POL105

watched the 1.1 lectures for MTH122W and attended the zoom call

planned out the beginning of September in my bullet journal

attended the power the polls zoom meeting

[shakespearcean]

my august 2020 spread!! i took a lot of care with this one, trying to make sure i don’t smudge out anything and planning the spread extensively before i put ink to paper. i wanna make spreads and content that i’m super proud of and excited to put out into this little corner of the internet and i feel like this fits the bill!! do you have any exciting plans for august??

ig: shakcspearean

[navramanan]

// 12.09.19 / i'm starting my job next week and am really excited !! I haven't used my bujo for a long time, so here's an old spread