#because fate is fate

[ohumokay]

"The Horse and the Infant" was just one big ass troll on Odysseus

Zeus: Sparkle sparkle bitch, visions and shit.

Ody: What the hell was that?

Zeus: Your future. Go fix it.

Ody: How?

Zeus: I'm not telling you lol. You ain't ready.

Ody: Wha- but I am.

Zeus: Fine. You gotta beat someone who's not gonna run from you. He's unlike anyone you have ever face, dude. You're not ready.

Ody: You know what, I've faced somethings these passed years. I'm ready. Where is he?

Zeus: Right over there.

Ody: Um, sir, that's a child.

Zeus: Yep lol.

Ody: What did he do to deserve to die???

Zeus: He's your enemy's child. I don't care if he lives or dies, but you will when he kills everyone you love.

Ody: I can raise him, then he won't hate me.

Zeus: He will still destroy you.

Ody: So I'll send him far away, then he can't find me.

Zeus: He'll still find you.

Ody: Dammit! I'll make sure he never knows what happens.

Zeus: Dude, we -- the gods -- will tell him what happened.

Ody: Please! I don't want to kill a kid!

Zeus: Sucks, there will always be blood on your hands. Who's blood, however, is all up to you *foreshadowing wink*

[gingermintpepper]

I think, perhaps one of the funniest things to come from EPIC popularising the Odyssey is that now a ton of people think Poseidon wanted to kill Odysseus.

In the Odyssey, Poseidon has no intention of killing Odysseus. In fact, part of the whole reason Zeus lets Poseidon do whatever he wants even though he thinks Odysseus is rad and should get to kiss his wife is explicitly because Poseidon had no intentions of killing Odysseus. Poseidon wanted to pay back the suffering/inconvenience blinding Polyphemus would have caused. It's a really abstract thing tbh. How do you pay back someone permanently disabling your son? Poseidon's solution was just to amputate Odysseus from his other half; i.e. Penelope. The end game was never murder, it was always an endurance race.

(Od. Book 1: Zeus reassuring Athena that he is not, in fact, a part of Odysseus Hater-Nation. Trans. Robert Fagles)

Also, for those wondering if there's any sort of in text reason for why Poseidon wasn't around in God Games - at the time in the Odyssey when Athena petitions Zeus to let Odysseus leave Calypso's island, Poseidon was -checks notes- on vacation in Ethiopia. Yep. He left to Ethiopia for a festival and thusly was very much absent for Athena's whole "please let Ody go? Please? 🥺" request.

(Od. Book 1: While Odysseus was suffering, Poseidon went to party in the east)

I am begging y'all to read the Odyssey. It's a comedy for everyone except Odysseus and Penelope who are, in fact, suffering 24/7 365.

[malinaa]

if i think about the hunger games in peeta's perspective i WILL start sobbing

[night-orchids]

the fact that you can see the exact moment tears appear in his eyes

[bluismie]

the category is hurt/comfort

[yujateaandpi]

Hey you guys ever think about how rough and tumble little Stanley Pines tried his hardest to absorb all the ugly meanness of the world to protect his brother— how he became blustery and loud because it was the only way he received attention but also because it shielded his abnormal twin from scrutiny— how he stood in front of Ford with his gap tooth bared and scrawny arms outstretched taking in all the gawking and hurt by being the slip up, the rascal, the troublemaker— and how this ultimately led to Stanford Pines, the dreamy-eyed idealist who couldn’t tell the difference between friend and enemy, and Stanley Pines, the man who became so desensitized to pain that his life became one big bruise. Anyone ever think about that?

[shutupcrime]

Some of you are too afraid to admit this but we all know Star Wars works best when it goes full soap opera

[im-here-homie]

a happy audience is the key to the academy's heart

shadow milk design by @catxolotlquoise

[keferon]

Guess who spent two days trying to understand how to draw a kiss

Based on amazing incredible gut wrenching Mistakes on Mistakes until..

[makowcy]

hey guys

[mutodaes]

The Shepherd of Souls

I had an idea for a COTL AU in which the Lamb is a reincarnation of the original god of death, known as the Shepherd of Souls.

[thequietesthing]

i’m sorry but KAOS is like a greek mythology fanfiction AU on steroids and i love her for it.

[benevolenterrancy]

Scholarly peak is catching up on recent literature

[probablybadrpgideas]

Sexually transmitted destinies

[beatsheetromanroy]

chuck when he has to resurrect the angel of thursday from the dead AGAIN because his beloved all american macho protagonist is refusing to be the hero without him around and is instead drowning in grief (ie. drinking himself into a stupor while hiding in his room and it's neither hot nor productive)

[thelezay]

Saber DOES NOT LIKE her at all 😭😭