#but statement still stands

[eudikot]

Just saying, it would be crazy if Arlecchino and Wriothesley knew each other from their childhood and didn't realize because they both changed their identities

[turtleblogatlast]

I think a lot about Leo standing up for his brothers in the things that really matter to them.

Like- Leo is the one who immediately pushes Mikey and Donnie into finding Raph the second it’s clear that their oldest brother is missing because he knows Raph can’t handle being separated like that.

Leo is the one who stands up for Mikey when Mikey wants to go on a solo mission, actively vouching for him and being the one to convince Raph into letting Mikey go, because being independent and proving himself just as capable of standing on his own two feet as everyone else means so much to Mikey.

And Leo defends Donnie’s honor in particular when his brothers’ intelligence is insulted because Leo is well aware of how important Donnie’s smarts are to him - and how important having those smarts valued and acknowledged is as well.

All this goes right into just how well Leo knows his brothers. For as much as he’ll tease or fight with them, he knows them, and he loves them.

[xayspancakeee]

ladies and gentlemen, the big bad of the onychinus group.

hot damn.

[t00thpasteface]

"i will deflect personal questions at any opportunity."

[gingermintpepper]

In my Zeus bag today so I'm just gonna put it out there that exactly none of the great Ancient Greek warrior-heroes stayed loyal and faithful and completely monogamous and yet none of them have their greatness questioned nor do we question why they had the cultural prominence that they did and still do.

Jason, the brilliant leader of the Argo, got cold feet when it came to Medea - already put off by some of her magic and then exiled from his birthland because of her political ploys, he took Creusa to bed and fully intended on marrying her despite not properly dissolving things with Medea.

Theseus was a fierce warrior and an incredibly talented king but he had a horrible temper and was almost fatally weak to women. This is the man who got imprisoned in the Underworld for trying to get a friend laid, the man who started the whole Attic War because he couldn't keep his legs closed.

And we cannot at all forget Heracles for whom a not inconsiderable amount of his joy in life was loving people then losing the people around him that he loved. Wives, children, serving boys, mentors, Heracles had a list of lovers - male and female - long enough to rival some gods and even after completing his labours and coming down to the end of his life, he did not have one wife but three.

And y'know what, just because he's a cultural darling, I'll put Achilles up here too because that man was a Theseus type where he was fantastic at the thing he was born to do (that is, fight whereas Theseus' was to rule) but that was not enough to eclipse his horrid temper and his weakness to young pretty things. This is the man that killed two of Apollo's sons because they wouldn't let him hit - Tenes because he refused to let Achilles have his sister and Troilus who refused Achilles so vehemently that he ran into Apollo's temple to avoid him and still couldn't escape.

All four of these men are still celebrated as great heroes and men. All four of these men are given the dignity of nuance, of having their flaws treated as just that, flaws which enrich their character and can be used to discuss the wider cultural point of what truly makes a hero heroic. All four of these men still have their legacies respected.

Why can that same mindset not be applied to Zeus? Zeus, who was a warrior-king raised in seclusion apart from his family. Zeus who must have learned to embrace the violence of thunder for every time he cried as a babe, the Corybantes would bang their shields to hide the sound. Zeus learned to be great because being good would not see the universe's affairs in its order.

The wonderful thing about sympathy is that we never run out of it. There's no rule stopping us from being sympathetic to multiple plights at once, there's no law that necessitate things always exist on the good-evil binary. Yes, Zeus sentenced Prometheus to sufferation in Tartarus for what (to us) seems like a cruel reason. Prometheus only wanted to help humans! But when you think about Prometheus' actions from a king's perspective, the narrative is completely different: Prometheus stole divine knowledge and gifted it to humans after Zeus explicitly told him not to. And this was after Prometheus cheated all the gods out of a huge portion of wealth by having humans keep the best part of a sacrifice's meat while the gods must delight themselves with bones, fat and skin. Yes, Zeus gave Persephone away to Hades without consulting Demeter but what king consults a woman who is not his wife about the arrangement of his daughter's marriage to another king? Yes, Zeus breaks the marriage vows he set with Hera despite his love of her but what is the Master of Fate if not its staunchest slave?

The nuance is there. Even in his most bizarre actions, the nuance and logic and reason is there. The Ancient Greeks weren't a daft people, they worshipped Zeus as their primary god for a reason and they did not associate him with half the vices modern audiences take issue with. Zeus was a father, a visitor, a protector, a fair judge of character, a guide for the lost, the arbiter of revenge for those that had been wronged, a pillar of strength for those who needed it and a shield to protect those who made their home among the biting snakes. His children were reflections of him, extensions of his will who acted both as his mercy and as his retribution, his brothers and sisters deferred to him because he was wise as well as powerful. Zeus didn't become king by accident and it is a damn shame he does not get more respect.

[brigetlifeart]

Uhhhh new ship??

[crowleysgirl56]

Guardian photographer: Ok Michael, we’re going to get you to pose sitting in the chair here. I think just a nice casual shot, make it look like you’re having a conversation with the reader.

Michael: actually there are 50,000 feral Good Omens fanfic writers that I need to commune with, so I was thinking more…

Prince!? More like king!

[dykealloy]

zoro and law: not arguing with a guy with big brown eyes. Whatever you say king.

[tundrakatiebean]

I am so tired of being the bigger more mature person who rationalizes other people’s behavior towards me so I can live with it. I deserve to take a crowbar to some shins.

[starishsky]

for a friends birthday

[jeonwon-wonwoo]

WONWOO X DIOR

[linkerbell]

@anubis-005 it was so nice chatting with you after so long! It was a pleasure doodling your lambsona. 🥰 I’m sorry for spamming you with trod stuff

TROD by @/bamsara <- plz read 👁️👁️

[bipanicoverthegravessiblings]

oh no I have a type

[daemon-is-perfectly-unhinged]

Otto: So you lied. About everything.

Rhaegar: I didn't lie. I just avoided specific truths in order to manipulate you.

[b3achysurfur]

ngl @5andysurfur and @b3achy5andy both pussy n have lame ass blogs 🤷‍♀️

[probablydinosaurs]

Do you think there'd be x reader for five if he didn't get the math wrong?

Would people still make fan edits with really edgy songsi f he was just a old man?

Did the show runners even look deep inside themselves to realize they basically made the five old enough to be in that iron lung and Lila kiss?? But no, his actor turned 18 and suddenly he gets to be a romance heartthrob.bleh. This aroace coded old man deserves retirement and a family group hug.

Would there truly be this much fan fair if he was just a mouthy old man? No young actor. Au where he didn't get the math wrong. Would half of the people here still love him this much?

If you can't accept that he's Linus from stardew valley and not Sebastian then you cant exist near him. I'm sorry. He wants to an edgy old fart noir detective with the biggest coat and fedora, not your young mouthy boy toy. he's just a petty little shit. I feel like half of the fandom wouldn't find most of his traits endearing if he was physically his older self.

He misses his mustache so much.