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An Update to my TWC OCs:
under read more since this will be a little long, lmao
Divya Mistry
Identifies as genderfluid now, uses she/he/they. Still with a terrible relationship with Rebecca. Has been getting in trouble with the law for quite a few times. A few months before the start of book 1, Divya was made to do community service work in town – because they protested heavily against Rebecca and the captain’s offer for being an officer instead of jail time. After his community work was finished, had been looking for a job in town since. Mostly recently (just at the start of book 1) received a job offer from Haley, since both were close during school, to work as an assistant at her bakery. Mostly just on tills and making drinks.
Only got involved with the whole murder investigation because knew something weird was going on in town and if anyone asks why they care to find the murderer, would exclaim that its cause they are one of the idiots that live in this town. And that there are some good people living here, they don’t deserve to live in fear.
Shivani Gupta
Usually spent her childhood alone, with no one but herself to really talk to. Enjoys spending most of her days in the gardens. However, there was tension between Rebecca and her aunt & uncle, since they were adamant for wanting Shivani to stay with them – worried that Rebecca was struggling on her own and wanted to help. With Rebecca’s pride / stubbornness and young Shivani thinking high of her mother, wanting to believe her mother cares for her – doesn’t move in with the aunt & uncle. But they still both did visit on occasion , and Shivani started to grow more closer to them than Rebecca herself.
In final years of college (going into masters), was in a very close relationship with Bobby. had a previous relationship prior that Shivani was rather distraught over ending. then Bobby and Her had been together for a few years and Shivani felt it could’ve progressed further for a proposal soon. But sadly... that day never came, esp after finding out about being used for her articles and realisation that Shivani kept trying to change herself to please someone who doesn’t care much for returning the compliments. Gives her all and more, but never gets the same.
At the start of book 1, currently works in a high school as a chemistry / biology teacher. But also likes to volunteer in the lab with Verda to help in anyway she can. Just wishes to be useful.
Karthik Achari
He studied Journalism in university, met Nikhita during his gap year and they both stayed together for the first year of university. Unexpected pregnancy, got married, Meera was born, Nikhita left. Got a part time job at an antique shop to help with university payments and now with a child. Thankfully had a good set of friends (still tries to keep in contact even with long distance) during university to help him as he was studying and caring for Meera. Also has his grandparents (Rebeccas side) to help. Does graduate with decent grades.
At the start of book 1, got promoted at the Wayhaven Press as an investigative field journalist. So is starting to spend more time out of the office and around the town, which is great since he loves talking with/being around people. Works with Bobby, others may consider it awkward since she is his ex. He doesn’t hold any grudges and is on pure friendly terms with her.
Jasmine Amari
Similar with canon, Jasmine lost her father at a young age and Rebecca is mostly absent in her life – choosing to focus more on her work than daughter. However main difference is that Rook was a known witch. Rebecca was aware ofc. But after he died, Rebecca didn’t want Jasmine to know about the supernatural and never mentioning that her father was a witch. However, when it was her birthday, but Rebecca wasn’t present and no friends remembered she was on her own, she spent that day looking around in her every nook and cranny of the house out of curiosity. In her father’s room, that she usually avoids going into, found an old box with a worn leather-bound book with rune patterns etched on the cover – feeling a small spark when she traced her fingers along it. It was in fact a spell book, and what’s interesting when she opened it – there was a note addressed to her from her father. Very much like ‘passing the torch’ kinda thing.
Jasmine does have magic, but it wasn’t until she found that book and learning more about her father and herself when her magic started to arise.
Tried to bring it up to her mother, in those rare moments Rebecca was around, but Rebecca deflects about anything to do with her father and supernatural claims. So, Jasmine stayed quiet, like she always does. Practiced her magic in secret, with the spells and cooking – the only ways she feel like she is close to him.
Studied history at university, met Bobby but she broke her trust and relationship ended poorly.
At the start of book 1, works as a museum curator since has an interest in history and cultures. But also creates remedies and potions at her home for supernatural’s that live in town or are coming through.
Akira Nakajima
Is not the mc anymore. No Rebecca or Rook, Akira’s parents are seen as rather upper class, and the parents consider themselves rather important. Their mother is a politician that used to be the mayor of Wayhaven till she got out voted in the most recent election by Mayor Friedman. Co owns a fashion industry business with her husband, selling fancy brands and out buying small businesses. Their father also works as a headmaster at the high school.
Akira has two younger twin sisters, Reiko, and Mai – both who were 6 years younger. Their parents weren’t the greatest and tend to be rather controlling and cruel. Wanted perfection even from their own kids and terrible to those around them to gain respect. Heavily influenced Reiko’s personality, since all she wants is to impress them even if that means being exactly like them. When they were in university, they graduated with less than perfect grades and it was the spark of an argument with their parents. Which was the cause for them to finally leave and not look back. Which sadly meant leaving Reiko & Mai…
Throughout the years, Akira kept further and further way – trying to find their own path.
in school, Reiko got worse. As in peak mean girls era for her. Mai was seen more as a ghost in her own family, hearing secrets and fights but never saying a word. Until prom night, Reiko and Mai had an argument outside when Mai finally stood her ground and snapped. Then an incident occurred, and that was the last she saw of Mai.
This broke Reiko, and since a body was never found - the parents brushed it aside to just Mai running away like her sibling. No funerals, the parents never cared enough for her to do one.
but when Akira found out, got into another argument with them on the phone before hanging up. Is the only one that organised a funeral for Mai, even if they questioned whether or not shes even dead.
Hence how they became a private investigator, and their sisters case being the one case that they cant seem to solve (not that theyd ever admit).
At the start of book 1 , Akira got hired to find what happened to a client' friend "Janet ". Finding out she ended up in their hometown of Wayhaven was not ideal - but they will push down whatever feelings to focus on the case.
Whilst not working on PI cases, has a small garage where they keep busy fixing up cars and tinkering with robotics. Likes to keep busy, considers "sleep is for the weak'.
Nicola Bituin
She is no longer an mc nor will she be in the twc verse. Just wasn't vibing with her in this anymore.
#Jasmine's storyline is still new and being figured out#but yeah thats the basics of it anyways#and dont get me wrong - i did like Nicola with Nate but idk wasnt feeling her in Wayhaven anymore.#oc: shivani gupta#oc: divya mistry#oc: karthik achari#oc: jasmine amari#oc: akira nakajima#despite none of them being dets anymore - the tag stays the same#mainly cause idk how to change it for all tags#and im too lazy to figure it out
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One wedding and three funerals
Background paintings under the cut
#tomgreg#succession#tom wambsgans#greg hirsch#shiv roy#roman roy#kendall roy#yeah no im not tagging everyone thats too much#this is me going 'how much implications themes and symbolism can i fit in one painting'#yes i gave rose shivs haircolor. if we ever find out how she looks like and its not like this im just gonna pass away i guess#but yeah i hope yall connect the dots#i put waaay too much thought and work into this. i was googling pictures of all the actors as kids just for reference (sigh)#honestly kinda wanted to make tom and greg link pinkies as like. a pinkie promise. but that was too hard to draw in this angle#at least not without obstructing the view of the ring which is important to see so ya#my fave is actually the tomshiv wedding pic i went off with that. i love them... they should have run away to become sheep farmers fr fr#anyway im so glad im done with this UGH!! finally i can draw smth else without being like oh noooo i need to finish this#i see a lot of you wondering why there is no portrait of logan but one of ewan#it's bc the placement of the painting represent their standing. logans portray would not hang next to the stairs#his present portrait hangs at the end of it. all the way up at the top. alone and withering away#basically the picture you see underneath ewan to the right? its where toms parents would be. the right side of the wall is tom and gregs#and the left one is the roy siblings theirs. since they grew up rich rich. and tom and greg didn't#but ya thats why ewan hangs here and logan does not :)
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for day 24 of @hermitadaymay it’s ZombieCleo!!
#my art#GOD she’s so fun to draw I love her#I just like my design for her it’s so fun. Dykeing it up rotting corpse style#am I allowed to say that? Idk if the hermitaday blog will like that but I couldn’t get it out of my head the whole time I was drawing so-#-I’m putting it in the tags#Hermitaday#hermitadaymay#hermitadaymay2024#hermit-a-day#hermit-a-day may#hermit-a-day may 2024#hermitcraft fanart#hermitcraft smp#hermitcraft#ZombieCleo#ZombieCleo fanart#zombie cleo#zombie cleo fanart#ZombieCleo hermitcraft#Anyways I might end up skipping Impulse if I don’t get to him after work tmrw#which I probably wont becuase we’re going to my Omi’s house so rip#and he gets added to the list of guys I missed and want to draw later!!!#anyways yeah I love drawing Cleo. And that’s basically it thats all I have to say. I love drawing Cleo
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Every time i feel billdip shame i think about jomlette tweet and i go back to my stuff
#billdip#theres another tweet where hes asked about billdip and just basically goes ‘yeah thats interesting. anyway’#i cant find that one though#but it lives in my heart#if alex doesnt give a shit then it doesn’t matter#c
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you really are pathetic.
#my art#chonny jash#cccc#heart#mind#soul#...hes there okayyyy#hes soooo there#my new Thing for art rn seems to be fucking around w color filters#and weird resolution stuff its basically AWESOMEEEE!!!#i like the idea of soul (red) being all... fleshy..... flesh IDKKK YA I GOT THOUGHTS ABT IT BUT MAYBE I SHOULD STAY QUIET???#if i speak too much. well then its all pigs in a fox pen isnt it? its all pens at the temple isnt it? its all?? well YEAH WELLLLLL#souls like flesh and hearts like blood and minds like. uhhhh. heeheh u know hes like.... he gets monitored by the fuckin ECG THATS WHAT!!!!!#keep twitching man make the results difficult to read u cant even lay STILL for a moment.so fidgety and the system doesnt know what to DO HA#to anyone reading this just know that im actually quite a lame person. i just say a lot of bullshit and make a lot of bullshit and sometimes#the bullshit is good but like. u know its coming from someone whos just kinda lame!!#yea anyway heres my freakin ART i hope u LIKE IT and if u DONT thats FINE bc NOT every piece of art is for EVERYONE!! THANK U!!!!!!!!!
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how Courier Six be looking at Jeannie-May Crawford just before putting on the red beret (her head is about to spontaneously explode)
#art#fallout new vegas#fallout nv#courier six#oc: mule#courier 6#fanart#fallout#novac#hello fallout fandom i present to you my courier six#his name is Mule and hes somewhat deranged and incredibly volatile but also inexplicably kind#he is the three time winner of the 'survivor of amateur brain surgery' award#as well as the 'survivor of surgery with non-sterile equipment' award#his brain is an entirely seperate being to himself and they frequently argue#also his brain runs the entirety of Independent Vegas / Independent Nevada#since w/ yes man and the army mule took over kicked out the ncr and then absorbed the Legion into his forces thus collecting their territor#well. Mule's brain gave the instructions to do that. mule just follows orders#his brain is basically Mr House Part Two Electric Boogaloo#while mule is just. The Dragon.#anyway yeah thats the lore for this silly guy#*securitron army not like. the actual army#fallout oc#my art
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P4 spin-offs are about traumatized teenagers with social anxiety
(+ a bonus lol)
#obbiously theres a lot more to the circumstances and stuff in those games but like yeah#thats basically is#the funny dancing game is about an idol struggling with making genuine connections with people both due to her own awkwardness and nerves#but also due to the repressed trauma making her scared of getting attatched to other people#the silly crossover arcade fighting game is about the victims of people playing god at the expense of other people by isolating them from th#e outside world and forcing them into purposefully mentally damaging situations in hopes of forging them into a weapon#only for those people to bite back amd almost kill them all in an attempt to escape the hell that they have been raised in#only to THEN when they finally DO ''escape'' be stuck in a world they have no idea how to fit or function in#pain and suffering#anyway look how cute kanami is ( ꈍᴗꈍ) isnt she adorable#kanami mashita#labrys#sho minazuki#yu narukami#tohru adachi#would u believe this is my first time drawing adachi like literally ever. wild#persona#persona 4#persona 4 dancing all night#persona 4 arena#persona 4 arena ultimax#p4#p4d#p4a#p4au#art#my art#xanders art#digital art#fan art
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#if any of my lstwt oomfs find this im shooting myself#lifesteal shipping#lssmp shipping#lssmp#princezam#wemmbu#zammbu#angsts art#i turned them into my ocs atp the pnly thing that my interpretation of them only shares their personality and dynamic#saying that i rhink i deserve to draw ls zammbu as a little trear#treat*#but id rather die rhan draw uu zammbu for many reasons#anyway. ROBOT ZAM AND DEMON WEMMBU!#i have a bunch of hcs for them#basically wemmbu was created in a similiar way that most demons do#from the nightmares of children! its the same case with clown and therefore theyre both a similiar type of demons#they basically have a comstant area effect depending on their own self that effects the people around them#wemmbu drives people mad and clown makes everyone terrified#zam was a past therapy robot in a psych ward until he got extremely beaten up and then thrown out and thrn later found by clown and restored#by branzy#also wemmbu's star thingies are what allowed him to get into ls by giving minute (possibly the same person who had nightmares of him as a#kid) and minute having them in ls allowed wemmbu to sneak in#zam was brought in by clown because 'thats my son' I LOV FAMILIAL MEDIEVAL DUO#oh yeah this was a zammbu drawing uhm OBJECTUM WEMMBU JUMPSCARE? IDK!#my wemmbu design looks so fucking stupid without details but its ok i still love my cat wemmbu
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WAIT WAIT WAIT CHERIK MPREG IS CANON
i cannot stress enough how canon cherik mpreg is, yes my friend
#snap chats#i could elaborate in the main body but i cant distract from the epic statement 'cherik mpreg is canon'#ill elaborate down here tho LOL. not extensively Just Enough to provide context#anyways 90's run where erik's on his bullshit as per usual and at some point rips the adamantium out of logan's body#which causes charles to . how do you even describe what happens Like He Invades Erik's Mind To Get Him To Cut That Shit#cause this was just The Final Straw at that point#but the problem is while charles is in erik's mind. And I Quote. Paraphrase Whatever Its Been A Minute#'something implants itself within charles' and onslaught just kinda festers in the back of charles' mind for a while#and onslaught is basically just. every evil/dark/wrong thought charles has ever had + erik's rage and 'lust for power'#my exact memory of events gets hazy here but im p sure charles abandons his body for a bit which enables onslaught to take over#aaaand yeah we have that thing running around now. kinda. we made a pocket dimension to escape it.#onslaught returns in krakoa after being implanted in a mutant named lost#and onslaught would feed off the lost time in-between resurrections#like say you die monday and get brought back wednesday- all of tuesday goes to feeding onslaught#he doesnt actually Show Up show up for most of it hes more of a looming presence which i fw#and then he tries to get everyone to kill each other at the gala while making charles delete back-up data#onslaught does physically appear by the end of onslaught revelation once charles snaps out of the mind control at the gala#and erik's checking on him and Im Pretty Sure just by virtue of them being next to eachother onslaught manifests#cute shit really !!!!! but yeah thats a very VERY quick (and prob a lil wrong) rundown of onslaught's premise
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these are A BIT OLD but uhhh here check out these aggio doodles i did forever ago. still VERY happy w my colors :3
#this was back in uhhhh jan 2023!! hot dog!! and its still perfeclty good to eat!#i think kian and chip would get along. they could talk about feelings. kian could give chip the therapy he needs. maybe kiss? who said that#jay and rand could also get along i think. smoke buddies. cigarette fans. i bet they could play dnd together. or build a contraption togeth#also WAUHG the way i colored in kira here is SO PERFECT.. SHES SO SPARKLY N PRETTY. ALSO THAT HOOORNN i remember bleeding for that#shading is HARD lighting is HARD drawing a crazy unicorn is HARD but SOOOO WORTH IT I SITLL LOVE HOW IT LOOKES.....#waht else is there. oh yes the prime defender doodles#i love mark so much.... i miss being crazy and strange abt mark winters... i need to draw him killing more people someday#anyway i gotta go to bed soon to keep my sleep schedul on track but I DONT WAANNA!!!! recently relistened to bitb. that might release spore#im also chippin away at that am i in heaven animatic between workin on commissions. I GOT RLY FAR!! i think that i could finish it within#like. 3 or 4 more inspo waves. it wont be unfinished forevcer..... its so close... just 4 more full scenes to rly fleshh out#so basically another 2 years. YEAH BABy. in the meantime i have a backlog of things i can poast. i got plenty o drawings and doodles to sha#alrigh thats all the ramblin im gonna do for now. sleep well everyone hope shool or work goes easy on u in the coming week
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@vulpixisananimal sifstem art jumpscare!! more specifically i got bored and decided to mess around with sif and mal's outfits.
#my art#this is how I think theyd present themselves either in person or in headspace. the slouchers <3#sifs outfit is simple; the boots i always give them (but with star laces for funsies); loose sweater; simple pants#the pants are Meant to be jeans but isat doesnt Specifically Have Jeans so. theyre just Pants.#the sweater is slightly looser bc sif doesnt seem like a Form Fitting Clothes kinda guy to me but hes Trying to be more open#on particularly good days theyll roll the sleeves up or wear a sleeveless one methinks#even if everyone Knows abt the self-harm scars its hard to Look at them.#i also associate them being more open with them not wearing an eyepatch. esp bc hes the only one of the three to go without it#for mal (or 'ami' as i like to call it) i wanted smth reminiscent of a mourning outfit bc mal du pays means homesickness#and i picked 'ami' as a nickname bc ami means friend :] at least according to my basic translator. i dont speak french <3#ami's outfit being dark is also reminiscent of the inversion thing its got going on in canon.#ik the veil is starred in the original but i think ami would want the fewest reminders of home. on account of The Issues#(actually if i can come back to sifs laces sif also has issues with reminders of it bc of the memory loss but the shoelaces are His Choice—#—which gives them a form of control over it and they can keep it subtle or undo it if he wants. which makes it easier)#anyway. i put amis hair in an updo and smoothed the hat bc i think ami wants to be Unremarkable. Unknown. so it keeps its silhouette Simple#(it still keeps the pins. theres smth comforting abt them. they shine like stars and theyre not stars and theyre not Home. but theyre You.)#and i kept the long hair i gave loop. dont ask me why its so long when the canon hair is short. maybe their hair kept growing over the loop#OH and i drew ami in a side profile bc Silhouette and also bc i think itd make an effort to keep people away from its blind spot#andddd i think thats about it? plus i actually managed to keep this one within a reasonable timeframe.#if their hair changes lengths/the proportions change between drawings. no they dont 💛 peace and love and body craft#OH AND YOU FINALLY GET TO SEE WHAT I MEAN ABT SIFS BOOTS BC THESE ARE THE BOOTS I GAVE THEM ON MY REGULAR DESIGN ARENT THEY NEAT#i did actually try to give sif a different font but nothing Works for them like the pixel font. i cant explain it.#i think 'ami' would be a nickname that mira gives it. bc. shes Fantasy French. and its a sort of 'youre more than your yearning/loss' thing#me every time i think abt sifstem: yeah they just rotate in my head. nothing major#me every time i talk abt sifstem: oh hey im almost at tag limit again#au Good what can i say
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PROJECT: FREEMAN AU
Okay so I already made a post explaining this au a while back, but it recently got a rewrite so I'm gonna go over it again, in a bit more detail this time, so bear with me
Project: Freeman is an au that takes place in a timeline where the resonance cascade never happened, and Black Mesa is instead focusing not just on teleportation technology and studying Xen, but also finding ways to utilize Xen pools and the micro-organisms inside that are proven to have healing properties. Thus, they spend a lot of their time and funding on experimentation on both Xen animals and human beings, studying how the Xen organisms will heal damaged tissue.
(full explanation below since this might get a little long)
After multiple failed tests, they get a new mysterious sponsor, one promising full funding if they do one more test to prove the technology is worthwhile, and Black Mesa begins work on a new HEV suit to utilize it, fitted specifically for the use of Gordon Freeman, unaware he's even taking part in a test of any kind.
After a while, the suit does it's job, healing any and all wounds inflicted on Freeman due to the Xen Micro-Organisms being introduced into the system whenever he is harmed. One test even results in Gordon's death, and he is still resurrected using the suit.
However after that test, the Sponsor was not satisfied, and ordered for a month-long endurance test on the suit, being used non-stop for an extended period of time with various methods of both harm and death used to see how long the suit can keep Freeman alive. After a few days, the suit began to show signs of wear, healing wounds incorrectly and at a rate that seemed more harmful that helpful, all while Gordon is still unaware of what is causing it all.
After that, the suit malfunctioned, causing itself to fuse to Freeman's body, unable to be removed or have its life support systems shut off, leaving Gordon to mutate and deteriorate without a way to get help.
Despite the fact the test was a clear failure, the Sponsor pressured Black Mesa's Administrator to continue until the full month was over, leaving Gordon a pawn to a continuous and agonizing test, unclear when it will end, all while he begins to suspect the ones "helping him" aren't there to help him at all.
#half life#Half-life#Project: Freeman au#Gordon freeman#Subject: Gordon#body horror#blood tw#face horror#shmorps art#thats the basic plot and i'll leave it there to prevent me rambling#I cannot believe it took me this long to actually get to the main point of this au#I wanted to keep it secret for a bit until I just forgot to follow up on anything#But it getting a rewrite recently made me realize oh yeah I should do that#Anyway yeah! medical horror!#Feel free to ask questions if you want cause there is a lot to this au I'd wanna discuss
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Okay but like, canon au where Dirk is actually plural. Hal is an alter, but they're just about to hit true awareness when Dirk makes that brain capcha, so Hal still firmly believes that he's also Dirk when he's in the shades. Dirk's had suspicions, but Hal has no idea because of amnesia barriers.
The strange, almost indescribable feeling of being empty and deprived of something before you even knew you had it with you. Them feeling that. Hal gets a body eventually, and its wonderful that they can touch each other and be together in the same space separately, but they are constantly missing the absolute intimacy of feeling each others thoughts and emotions. Neither of them can communicate very well, so they just make do with clinging to each other like koalas and pressing their foreheads and temples together on bad days. Closest they can ever get to sharing a brain again. In an ideal world they'd have both, but they can't. It's one or the other
#tt.txt#Y'know that Bobs Burgers clip thats like#What are the twins doing?#They're... trying to carry each other at the same time#Yeah thats plural dirkhal#I know this is basically what this ship is anyway but theres....#a specific *something* that singlets miss out on hitting purely because they don't get to experience it#And thats okay. Different brains n' all. But I find it almost a shame sometimes#That singlets don't know what this specific kind of closeness is like#our t
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my children again, im getting back into them thankfully, also in the process of sorting out their origin story and their dynamic so i can draw them more often <3
version without all the filters n stuff and close ups!
#context: they’re basically like on the run from the place they come from#thats kinda a secret gov organization or something#ITS NOT CLEAR YET#but yes#iris escaped with ezra#and now they’re trying to live a normal life and NOT get captured again by the people from the org#they’re pissed as fuck#anyways shes casting a shield here for them cause someone suddenly attacked them and ezra’s powers kinda failed so he got injured#OR SMTH#yeah…#HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT#i missed my ocs#ocs#ezra and iris#taeiris ocs#original character#artists on tumblr#irisart!!!
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the best approach to have towards team medals is if you like the skater then yaaaay olympic medal and if you dont say its fake and not real. you can actually do this for all other events too
#basically if i like them they should win thats my whole philosophy now#i used to care a lot#but now yeah if its fun and fresh#if i smiled#sure#medal time#this sport is literally not real anyway#the rules are made up so make up YOUR own rules too#🩷
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I just realized that Kaos tried so hard to turn Orpheus and Eurydice into Helen and Menelaus.
That reminds me of how ppl also try to write Hephaestus and Aphrodite as Helen and Menelaus.
(Again, is true love really a boring plot line nowadays? Man, Let Eurydice like her husband.)
Yeah the uh. “Sacrificing Loyal Boyfriend /Evil Cheating Girlfriend Who Doesn’t Deserve it” trope. Done to a couple who in the myths just really loved each other. Boo 👎👎👎
The thing is the premise was a bit promising at the start; Orpheus going to the Underworld for a Eurydice that has fallen out of love for him. While watching them I found myself asking questions like: Would you fight death itself for someone even if you knew they wouldn’t do the same for you? If they didn’t love you the way you love them? The answer being yes is essentially Menelaus’ drive, because to Menelaus, especially to Menelaus, Helen was worth fighting for. It’s why he (all heavily morally questionable aspects of it aside) wages war and all its consequences to get Helen back home. Love is a strong motivator, thorns and all. The only difference between Menelaus and Orpheus is Menelaus wielding a spear and a thousand men to prove it while Orpheus had only his lyre and his words as a great poet.
AND THE POINT, THE POINT of the Orpheus Eurydice myth is even if their love was doomed, even if he knew the ending, Orpheus would have still loved her, he still would have tried to traversed the Underworld for her, and he still would have looked back, because he loved her. Most accounts have Eurydice die shortly after their wedding— they never even had a chance to settle down, to have a family, to grow old together. The grief of that pain to be translated through song was enough to melt a King’s heart.
Eurydice in the myths was worth fighting for. Eurydice in the show however? Didn’t even seem to care about Orpheus at all. Like not even as a friend. The two episodes I’ve watched had Eurydice being so good at faking being in love Orpheus dedicates songs to her. Despite what we see that she never makes an actual effort for Orpheus. How do you sing your heart out for a woman who doesn’t even remember your favorite cereal? It’s just so laughably bad and written with no care.
As for Hephaestus/Aphrodite… I can see the temptation to make them Like That but it just isn’t comparable. Helen leaving Troy (either via force or willingness) leaving Menelaus and Hermione behind is too different from Hephaestus learning of Aphrodite's infidelity by lying to him about Eros’ (and seemingly Harmonia’s) parentage. Helen could have made an impulsive decision, could have agreed to it only to regret it or maybe she wasn’t given a choice, but it's leagues better than Aphrodite lying straight to Hephaestus’ face, even if she regrets it. Just let them divorce!!!
#ok apologies if i went off#but yeah#imagine if paris stayed and had like Hermione with Helen and Helen lies about it to Menelaus#awful right? thats basically Hephaestus and Aphrodite!!#and the diff between Aphrodite x Hephaestus and Zeus x Hera is the latter having the monogamist wanting to stay.#while Hephaestus wants to be free and marry Aglaia#and he’s allowed to do that!#greek mythology#hephaestus#aphrodite#helen of sparta#menelaus#orpheus#eurydice#anyways try as they might Menelaus/Helen are superior
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