#buttt if my husband is out there hit me up

[immjustagirll]

except i fear i run away like im being chased every time then complain about wanting to meet the loml and have a cute lovey dovey romance

like wdym i have to *fall in love* and *trust another human with my heart* to get my hallmark moment???????????

the desire to be in love is killing me.

[catoswound]

penis i mean the return review [spoilers]

okay first of all. let me get this out of the way. his ass. his bush. his penis. ralph fiennes full frontal <3 hurray

adn her loom. RED!! this movie is not Red but i love the Reds in it. the thread. the fires. the blood ughhh. ANTINOUS' CLOTHES!!! and her thing (for her to hold the string??) for the weaving looks like a ship passing through bloodthreadwater USGXHH right off the bat insane already

i really like antinous he is soooo irritating HE IS SO ROMAN SENATOR!!!!! hes like a mix of antony and catilina tbh. to me. fun guy

not sure what to make of blondie with the undercut. weird. all the suitors were irritating but thats true to the book i guess SPEAKING OF TRUE TO THE BOOK this movie was not ❌ true to the book. things change! i was not big on them but then i was a little? the changes are ok. that is my final decision. in fact they are good

it's a lot of what comes after war so there's not really THE ODYSSEY (as in. the director took liberties. and also i read the odyssey quite literally right before watching this so i was picking up everything that was changed) and it ends without clearing up what odysseus was actually doing those years between the fall of troy and returning to ithaca. i dont even know if they stuck to the full ten years???? made it out like he was just wandering around traumatised and not ready to go home rather than being Highly Inconvenienced by the gods. kind of weird. this little thing threw me off (what the fuck is he doing then?? lol) but arghh a bit of a me problem. it does sort of work

so,, war-related ptsd stuff, not really knowing yourself after war, &c which i wasnt expecting butttt i liked the exploration of the dynamics between penelope and odysseus and them and telemachus. telemachus is lowkey soooo fucking irritating lol (they played into the odyssey telemachus more here, with how he treats his mum) BUTTT i think hes alright within the movie. like i am Not The Biggest Fan but i get it. i like book telemachus more because Doubles and he is not doubling here but it is good 👴👍

if im judging it just based off what i think the director really wanted to convey (that is. about how war changes everyone. for the Worse) its really good. there's this part where odysseus and penelope are talking to each other before the reveal and there's a fire between them and i nearly died. all the fire stuff in fact that scene where the suitors return to the palace and they're literally bringing fire back there. THE WAR IS HERE NOW!!!! also odysseus sitting at his father's grave and saying something about the dead being the lucky ones. oughhh. ugh. ouch.

argos. :). fuck me.

i heart eurycleia. i wish there was more Bed? i really did not get a good look at Bed At All. tbh penelope and odysseus were not homophrosyning as much as they could have but that's ok also. i guess. i think if youre insane and just immediately take it as penelope Knowing Right Off The Bat, they can homophrosyne. tbh. but the movie is kinda like odysseus doesnt know himself and penelope doesn't know him so i cannot blame penelope for not mindtomind connectioning her husband

THE BOWWW oh i love the bow SUSPENSE i definitely feel like that was a little bloodfrenzy aristeia moment hehe

she did fucking seal off her bedroom though. i dont know im insane she fucking locked it away kept it hidden and he came back and he KNEW.

it was A Movie for sure. well shot and well made. it made me go all jittery in the theatre. i definitely heard someone snore at the back which is valid lol i dont think it was all that exciting if u are Not insane about the odyssey and if u already know none of them are gonna die. so.. ARGHHHH go watch it i feel. ouch. ouch. ouch.

i have more nitpicky complaints but i dont actually wnt to spoil the entire movie </3 i am rambling u may ignore me

edit: the first moments when he touches his son he fucking hits him. btw. lets goooo the violence of warrrrr

[idiasmentalhealth]

yo so this is really weird but im tryna think of names inspired by cozier songs and I see that you have a case of the hyper fixation so if it suits your fancy could you perhaps like think of some (no pressure at all btw)

i'm not entirely sure if i'll be much help but i will try my best :)

and p.s. a lot of his song reference stories i don't know much about and i'm willing to do some research to understand it but not that much so 😭

(edit note: i wrote this last night and stayed up till like 3am i think and i was gonna proofread it today but i was too busy/lazy and forgot to and i don't wanna take too long to reply so here you go good luck lol) i probably put way more effort into this than you wanted me to from the ask buttt too late now

ok so i'll start with the easier songs (the ones with actual names in the lyrics/title)

1.

"But, still, the mind, rejectin' this new empty space

Fills it with somethin' or someone

No closer could I be to God Or why he would do what he's done"

"What you're given, what you live in Darlin', it finds a way to live in you And your heart, love, has such darkness I feel it in the corners of the room"

Selby: gender-neutral name meaning "manor village; from the willow farm"

note that these songs are inspired by the fictional character De Selby. Hozier describes him as "-this philosopher, this kind of scholar, who's kind of part genius part lunatic. He sees the world through a very dream-like logic." its up to you if you want to name ur character after a song inspired by another character or not lol

here's a cool little description of the name on thebump.com: "Selby is a gender-neutral name of English origin, meaning “manor village.” Softly alluding to a place of dwelling in Yorkshire, England, Selby is a wholesome moniker that feels like home the minute it’s spoken. Selby is also a name linked to Old Norse history and points to a person or thing “from the willow farm.” Known for its connections to the Underworld and Otherworld, willow trees, in all their cosmic wonder, put realms beyond imagination right at our fingertips. Both an abode and a bridge to a land existent only in legends, Selby inspires us to look beyond what our eyes can see but reminds us to stay grounded while we’re at it!"

and hozier's other song "Would That I" also references willow trees so in a way it's inspired by 3 songs?

2.

"Do you think I'd give up

That this might've shook the love from me

Or that I was on the brink?

How could you think, darling, I'd scare so easily?

Now that it's done

There's not one thing that I would change

My life was a storm, since I was born

How could I fear any hurricane?"

"Heaven is not fit to house a love (like you and I)"

This song is about the story of Francesca da Ramini in the 2nd circle of hell. Basically Francesca has an affair with Paolo Malasta because of how unpleasant her husband (Paolo's brother) is. Eventually they get found out and her husband kills them. She's saying that even though she's in the 2nd circle of hell (where lustful souls are punished by somekind of hurricane) she doesn't regret loving Paolo and would do it all again. - a summary of a comment on genius.com about the lyrics

Francesca: feminine name meaning "free."

similar names: Francis, Francisca/o

you could also use Paolo (meaning "small; humble) if you want

3.

"I do not have wings, love, I never will

Soarin' over a world you are carryin'

If these heights should bring my fall

Let me be your own

Icarian carrion

If the wind turns, if I hit a squall

Allow the ground to find its brutal way to me

If I should fall, on that day

I only pray, don't fall away from me"

clearly referencing icarus, the man who flew too close to the sun

Icarus: "follower; the one who reaches the sky"

4.

"I'd be the voice that urged Orpheus

When her body was found"

"And I'd be the immediate forgiveness

In Eurydice

Imagine being loved by me"

Orpheus: "the darkness of night"

Eurydice: "wide justice"

similar names: Alice, Justyce, Justin/e

ok now to get more creative

or not. quite a few of his songs reference light/darkness and there are a LOT of names that reference either one of those 😭 here's some examples:

light/shinning/clear/etc:

Phoebe, Clara, Nora, Lucian, Lucius, Elena, Ayla, Claire, Bodhi, Lucia

dark/shadow/etc:

Adriana, Achlys, Akmad, Apollo, Azazel, Asra, Carey, Colin, Corvina, Cronan

now back to "Would That I," he describes 2 kinds of loves in this song: the willow tree and the fire. thr willow being a past love, and the fire being the new that burnst away the attachment to the old. or something like, that im tired.

could always use Willow, which i think is a pretty name.

other names meaning willow tree: Dozier (haha), Arava, Salton, Wellesley, Liu, Wilford, Osier, Vide, Lian, Verba

names meaning fire: Ember, Bedelia (goddess of fire in Celtic mythology), Bridget, Calida, Cyra, Enya, Eliane, Elidth, Elidi, Hestia, Helia, Idalia, Mehri, Soleil, Seraphina, Oriane, Nina (also mentioned in "Nina Cried Power" which is a protest song)

speaking of Nina Cried power, a list of all the names in the song just in case: Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Mavis Staples, Curtis Mayfield, Patti Smith, John Lennon, James Brown, B.B. King, Joni Mitchell, Pete Seeger, Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie. These are all names of musicians who contributed to the battle for equality over the years (Civil Rights Movement and other such protests) not sure if you'd want to name your character one of these since it wouldn't exactly be naming them after a Hozier song, but i felt like i should mention them anyways

other names mentioned in song lyrics but i'm too tired to do more researching rn: Cher, Atlas, Fred, Sergei (Sergei Polunin, the dancer in the music video for "Movement")