#but it's fine i guess

[emandemms]

okay so i'm actually sitting down and reading the iliad for the first time (ty emily wilson for your service) and i just finished book five, so here are a few of my favorite moments in no particular order:

- diomedes.

- diomedes in all of book five.

- athena telling diomedes he shouldn't fight any of the gods that may show up on the battlefield, except for aphrodite, because what's she gonna do, fight back?

- athena then lecturing diomedes for NOT fighting ares, and diomedes proceeding to tell her "dude, you literally told me not to fight him, what do you want from me?"

- achilles and his pure hatred for agamemnon. someone give this man a shirt that says "number one agamemnon hater".

- achilles and agamemnon arguing the entire time they're in the vicinity of each other. every time they talk, it's like two kids coming up with every insult under the sun without outwardly cursing each other out.

- agamemnon essentially calling achilles a whiny bitch. kind of iconic.

- a popular favorite but: odysseus going around and beating the men who wanted to leave with a fancy ceremonial stick. it just never gets old.

- odysseus being that one guy who never shuts up about his kid while beating the living shit out of thersites. he very proudly calls himself the "father of telemachus" while verbally and physically abusing this man.

- odysseus once again referring to himself as the "loving father of telemachus" when agamemnon is trying to piss him off so he'll join the battle. i'm pretty sure this is a fairly common thing for odysseus to do, and you got to love him for it.

- another popular favorite: agamemnon mourning his very-much-so-still-alive younger brother after menelaus gets shot by an arrow in the thigh. menelaus quickly realizes he's fine and asks his brother to stop lamenting his "death" because if he keeps it up, he's gonna spook the rest of the men and that's just not what they need right now.

- and then agamemnon immediately being like "oh, word? okay, but you need a doctor- SOMEONE GET THE DOCTOR!"

- athena grabbing achilles' hair during the argument between achilles and agamemnon in book one when achilles is deadass about to just kill agamemnon because he's mad as hell. she then proceeds to tell achilles to call agamemnon names instead and books it.

- helen being the bad bitch she is whenever she's on the page, despite her circumstances. not only does she flat out tell paris she wishes he had been killed, but she basically tells aphrodite to bed paris herself, which is ballsy as fuck and i have nothing but respect for her.

- speaking of paris: hector absolutely TEARING into paris after he flees from fighting menelaus one-on-one. he really just says that paris is only good for looking pretty and he wishes paris had never been born. honestly, good for him.

- priam asking helen to point out the various greek leaders and immediately calling agamemnon handsome. idk why but it made me chuckle just a bit.

- priam also comparing odysseus to a ram, which is such a wonderful visual and i think about it a lot.

- antenor, one of priam's advisors, recognizing odysseus when helen points him out and immediately going: "oh, that motherfucker, i remember him. he looks like an idiot, but man, does he know how to use his words to win over a crowd."

- nestor essentially saying "back in my day-" every time he opens his damn mouth. i love him and he never shuts up once he gets going.

i'm positive i forgot a few but these are the ones that i remember. who knows, maybe i'll add more later.

[lee1504]

her "son"

The first time Jessica Clark looked at the baby swaddled in her arms, she didn't feel anything. Not the pain from the pregnancy that happened ago. Not the usual overwhelming feelings a mother had when she laid her eyes upon her newborn.

Not love.

Daniel Clark stood at her side. His face was blank, too. Their eyes slowly met each others'.

"I wanted a daughter," Jessica said.

+++++

Maybe she was too young when she had her child, the boy, her "son," named Aiden. Was that--he--really hers?

Sometimes she felt guilty, even a bit regretful. She didn't like when the child followed her around, calling her "Mama" and "Mom." She wasn't his parent. She was just someone who gave birth.

She knew Daniel wasn't really happy, either. The child was restless, always moving and making a mess. In their pristine house, she hated when he made messes. Why couldn't the child just stay still? Why couldn't he just...be quiet?

+++++

She and Daniel decided to leave for a week. Just a week, nothing more, nothing less. Maybe if the child learned to live on his own, he could stay while she and her husband went somewhere else. After all, it'd be good for them.

Right?

They left in the middle of the night. The child was still sound asleep in his room.

When they came back, the house was a mess. The toys were strewn everywhere, the child's bed was unmade, and the door was left open.

Why was the child like this?

Why couldn't he just be normal?

Why did she even have him, anyway?

They found him asleep in their bed, eyes closed but streaming with tears.

"Mama...Papa..." he was saying, voice shaking.

Jessica wanted to yell.

She wasn't his mother.

+++++

The child soon turned older in a flash. His eyes were dark, matching his hair.

But one weekend, he came home with his hair bleached and his eyes rust red.

Why couldn't you just be normal? Jessica wanted to scream as he entered. Why couldn't you be like any other kid?

When his eyes met hers, they startled her.

Not just because of the red.

His eyes were empty.

+++++

As he continued growing, Jessica managed to call him by his first name. She got used to it, but sometimes it felt alien in her mouth.

She wanted a daughter, but instead she got a son.

She wanted a normal child, but there seemed to be something wrong with him.

She wanted to leave this house, but she felt the need to stay.

As long as she didn't interact with the child, things would be normal.

After all, he wasn't really hers. Just because she called him her "son," that didn't mean she had to think of him as one.

Right?

[bat-yellow-eyes]

Heya! May I please request for a doodle art of Emo Teen Jean Vicquemare? XD

Here's my list of headcanons for him lololol

https://www.tumblr.com/autiezo/745901172830912512/the-idea-of-emo-teen-jean-vicquemare-lives?source=share

Hii, I haven't drawn Jean that much (2 times lol) but I really want to make those doodles, unfortunately I am really busy right now with exams. Once I find the free time I will gladly do it :3

[grimmshood]

i think buying those miniskirts was a good move actually like im kinfa glad i got them bc i like wearing them and feeling cute ig... like i have been thinking abt my gender expression recently and like Allowing myself to do different things now feels better. i do want to expand a little more of my horizons but its not too bad rn. i want to wear them more often. i wish i had more jewelry to mix things up and nicer shirts to wear with them but its ok bc im limited rn but at least im pushing it. it feels like i can be ok more like . I no longer consider myself transmasc and havent for a while but i dont think im cis either.... but losing the discomfort of dressing more "femininely" is nice

[quackerz-creations]

Here we are with feferi homestuck

[acertainmoshke]

Lmao I went to follow @author-a-holmes' wonderful advice and start an Instagram account, since I hate Facebook and am way too verbose for Twitter, and it immediately said my (brand new, in existence for all of 30 seconds) account was suspended and when I put in my info it said they had to "verify my information" and if they couldn't it sounds stay suspended...but now it just seems to work? I haven't posted anything because I still need to figure out how that works for writer stuff on an image based site, but it let me write my bio and search and such

[grimalditeuthis]

when i remember that no amount of waiting will make me brave and no amount of fear will keep me safe

edit: image description by voxratasma added to alt text

[wolfythewitch]

Henry Clerval and the creature

[willabee]

her favorite spoon

[ashenquill]

[Tim and Jason watching Dick as he fakes his death for a mission]

Tim: Man, he really is peak pretty boy

Jason: Right? Like, stop serving while you’re dying. It’s disrespectful.

Tim: For real, like, at least YOU had your priorities straight.

Jason: Exactly, I—

Jason:

Jason: Now hold up just a second—

Tim: I mean, you looked like shit when you died

Jason: THE FUCK, TIM????

[cryptocism]

"just as I did, in 1983."

you'd never know my favourite parts of the show are the fucked up insane bits when my first instinct is to draw the cheesiest thing imaginable

[justafewberries]

shoutout peeta for being the only one actually reaped from the d12 victors. real bad luck u got there bud

[blueskittlesart]

Dear Big Brother

kind of a sequel to this comic

[paracosmicka]

have doodle lol

functionally, i am alive, emotionally?? idk about that work has me crying almost everyday now chat idk if i can do this anymore

[kvtnisseverdeen]

Where is the International protection the Palestinian people is entitled to when the occupying power violates international law and harms those it is obliged to protect. Aren't Palestinians lives worth saving?

-Riyad Mansour (Palestinian representative to the UN)

[mistercesare]

"why, me and my Friend-O here go way back! i ate his tongue and we've been coworkers even since"