#charms-posts

[charms-cat]

Kaos fandom, how are we feeling about the complete removal of the "Rape (Kidnapping) of Persephone"?

It's totally fair that they don't want to imply she was raped, but the complete removal of her being kidnapped, or at least forced into an arranged marriage, takes away some nuance to her relationship with Hades. Sort of like wanting to paint their marriage as "good" to Zeus/Hera's "bad".

IMO it would've made for a more interesting background to find out that Persephone was in an arranged marriage with Hades, but that they learned to love each other over time. After all, Hades had already been shown to listen to and respect her (though his guilty conscience won out); Persephone had also been shown to have a high, if not an equal, amount of power to Hades.

Idk how it'd be in the show, but Hera in the myths was also forced to marry Zeus. So the Hades/Persephone relationship could've been an interesting parallel to Zeus/Hera, where they both have similar starts and yet starkly different outcomes. Or, if Hera had willingly married Zeus, Hades/Persephone could've been an interesting contrast. I.e., bad beginning ended up being a good marriage vs. Good beginning ended up being a bad marriage.

As it is, the way Persephone debunked her kidnapping seemed almost... haughty to the audience. In a "why would you even think that? I can't even eat pomegranates" kind of way. Idk maybe I'm just reading too much into it

[rainintheevening]

Enjoyed everyone's comments on the last one so much, here's another.

[yardsards]

surrounding myself with a bubble of diversity and self love and body positivity online and then being exposed to normies who actually care about conventional beauty standards feels so fucking bizarre. like you people just live like this??? are you not tired???

[blood-starved-beast]

love how all the Nyx kids we know are losers. They're all some flavor of dork and all are vaguely pathetic.

Except for Charon. Dude is living the High life swimming in dough and even got a boyfriend locked in. So much rizz that even Aphrodite is noticing. King shit.

[charrchan]

Miku!! :)

[breegadey]

kabru the homewrecker

[fruitycircus]

tftober days 1-6

[newttxt]

pls read the zosan fic “utilities included” and enjoy sanji making his own life as miserable as possible in plain view of his new roommate

from ch. 1 of utilities included (mind the tags and rating)

masterpost

[cupcakeruth]

I’m surprised I haven’t seen anyone talking about it much here, but apparently the Fairly OddParents reboot has revealed adult Poof (now known as Periwinkle) !!

Plus, he’s voiced by Eric Bauza

Original Twitter post here

[charms-cat]

Tbf I think it's harder for movie-only audiences since I think the movie changed multiple circumstances specifically to make Snow look like a good person (though it's also true that a lot of his rancid thoughts stayed inside his head) and the movie also downplayed the cruelty of the Capitol itself

I honestly hope the directors of the new Hunger Games movies use unknown or lesser known actors. The movie is already highly anticipated, so we don't have to worry about audience engagement. Plus, it should be about the message, not the actors. Suzanne doesn't publish a book unless she has something to say, and movies are ways to get messages out to the masses, but the problem is, it goes over a lot of people's heads because they focus too much on the action sequences or the romances and the actors and not at all about the message it's trying to convey. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes was a story showing that Snow, despite being loved and having the chance to do good, he still chose to betray, lie to and step on everyone who was there for him. His commentary in the book is literally sociopathic. He really doesn't care for anyone, and at the end of the day, he's a bitter and cold old man. When the movie came out, people made thirst traps of Snow and even excused the things he did because he was hot, and yes, Tom Blyth is attractive, but that doesn't take away from Snow being an absolute monster. So, I think we should all make a vow to actually listen to and focus on the story and the message Suzanne is trying to convey instead of focusing on the games themselves or potential romances.

[charms-cat]

The way Violet Bridgerton described how she stuttered and stumbled over her words when she met Edmund and that was how she knew she was in love and Francesca said that, even if her and John didn't have that kind of experience, their love was still strong and true and she did genuinely want to marry him even if their love story wasn't like her mother's or her siblings'...

...only for that defence to be fucking obliterated by Francesca stuttering and stumbling over her words when she first met her future love interest like,,,,

way to stuff Francesca into the exact same story mold after spending the entire season building up her and John's understanding of each other bcs God forbid a Bridgerton marriage have zero drama ig

[forecast0ctopus]

she was putting the moves on this man like crazy

[bylergetonefree]

literally nothing is funnier to me than the idea of el telling hopper that she and mike broke up and him being like “oh. sorry kid. a great decision tbh, but sorry” and then throwing himself a little party, and then like a month later will’s like “dad meet my boyfriend” and hopper just sits down and takes several very deep breaths because mike wheeler is somehow his future son in law again what the fuck

[charms-cat]

Plus, in "Catching Fire", Katniss also mentions that the Capitol periodically runs footage of the destruction of District 13 to remind the districts of the consequences of an uprising. Iirc it was Bonnie and Twill who told her about a jabberjay in the corner of the footage as proof that they were only showing reruns (since jabberjays are extinct in the wild).

Also, Katniss's funeral rites for Rue resulted in the first(?) time that a District sent a sponsor to another tribute: the bread from 11 that Katniss received soon after.

The hunger games was not only to keep the districts subservient to the Capitol but also to keep the districts divided from each other. It wasn't only to keep the districts in fear but to also pit them against each other and sow distrust so no one could ever rise up together against the Capitol. That's why Katniss was so important to the cause. They needed a symbol that everyone to identify with and follow. She is a great choice too as somebody who came from the lowest district. Without her, the whole revolution would crumble.

[jaxsterrapp]

tadc charm designs lol

[lucabyte]

i feel like people are sleeping on the occam's razor situation of how buckwild it is to outright accuse a guy of being a clone of your friend even if you DO have a lot of circumstantial evidence. there's other options is what im saying. they could just be like. a guy. that's a sensible deduction. you should explore that deduction. ignore my shirt that reads I <3 RED HERRINGS.

i still think odile has the correct theory on lock but she's smart enough to know it needs like... a real smoking gun to be able to bring it up without sounding insane.

anyway. (mirabelle voice) i know its rude to speculate but has anyone else noticed the grieving? they seem to be grieving. does anyone have any thoughts on the grieving? i have some thoughts on the grieving.