#classics hate tag

[aronarchy]

trans person who can’t stop thinking about the Roman empire (anger, frustration, outrage, resentment, mourning at an early bastion of imperialism, abuse & cruelty, atomizing private property law, patriarchy & misogyny & homophobia & transphobia & adultism, rape & CSA culture, still with traces of influence today; key inspiration for later white supremacy, racial slavery, and colonialism; central figure of the “Western civilization” enlightenment myth; very popularly beloved and fixated on by fascists as a glorified point of return specifically because of these features—not an accident, not incidental, not trivial. and these centuries of oppression and brutality, inflicted suffering on a vast scale are still popularly whitewashed and uwu-ified by history and people today while the victims are erased and silenced again. why do we not like to amplify the marginalized side of the story as much instead? changing the PoV is inconvenient and uncomfortable and it is easier to not question the dominant cultural institutions today or the way the most popular narratives are taught, and pretend the fascists and abuse apologists are just an aberration.)

[fridgrave2-0]

hehe ghost-turbo haunting felix au

turbo is connected to the last piece of his code in the whole arcade - a trophy he gifted to felix in mid 80s as a symbol of him genuinely caring about their relationships on par with being the best racer. felix also gave him one of his medals and both kept their gifts next to other rewards, but when roadblasters and turbotime were unplugged, the medal was gone with everything else

now, after burning in cola-lava turbo is basically dead, but scraps of his code still were intertwined with the trophy (after all, it was his first winner's cup, but felix never knew about it), giving turbo an opportunity to exist as a shadow incapable of interacting with anything and anyone besides felix, who kept the trophy even after the roadblasters incident

also I went crazy in tags, feel free to check them out

[the-black-bulls]

BLACK BULLS CASINO!!

[i-dreamed-i-had-a-son]

jon val jon or something

[ube-bluebay]

i would like to thank papa louie 2 when burgers attack for cementing these 3 as a trio in my mind even though they arent

[motof1bfs]

The legacies.

my baby.. my creation... (is buttfuck ugly) - 🏁 

[lackadaisycal-art]

What's your literature hot take?

Mine is that head-hopping is not inherently sloppy or lazy, and that the modern expectation to always have every chapter (or whole book) from one specific character's POV limits the potential for certain kinds of comedy, suspense and other narrative nuances

[soupmanspeaks]

Glammike but a kid should go up to Freddy during a Meet-N-Greet and mention something about playing catch with their dad and then Freddy looks them dead in the eyes like "haha I never played catch with my dad :3" before 4 beats of silence pass through that entire greenroom and bro gets looks from everyone send tweet

[stillthesunkenstars]

Gallifrey One pics… Last pic with DJ, @vivvision and Mod Kat of @77yearsteam!!

[siblingshuffle]

Day 12: Regret.

This is a snippet of Sibling Shuffle’s version of Spiritus Ex Machina!

And the theme is regret!

This isn’t very happy. I mean, we’re talking about a mother who was so scared of losing her child that she technically killed her herself and is now confronting that choice. Of course it is.

It’s also a little longer than normal, so be forewarned! ————————

“Speaking of robot girls,” Dr. Light mentioned, “Blues has been very excited to see Tempo again. Did you bring her with you?”

Dr. LaLinde froze, the mirth melting from her expression “…Right… of course…” she murmured, averting eye contact as she turned around. After a moment, she led a girl who appeared to be around Blues’s age to the group, seeming more melancholic than before. “…Quake Woman,” she addressed the girl, “You remember Dr. Light and Blues…”

‘Quake Woman?’ Roll wondered. The girl was clearly a Robot Master, yes - Roll’s sensors didn’t give any indication that she was organic whatsoever - but Blues and Dr. Light had been referring to her by the name “Tempo”.

“Yes. Hello,” Tempo-- Quake Woman-- whichever, waved. The movement was strangely stiff, with no discernible emotion behind it. 

“Why’s she calling you your Robot Master name?” Blues asked, smiling confusedly as he waved back. “You’re not working right now, are you?”

“I am not. However, ‘Quake Woman’ is my name. I am a geological surveyor robot,” Quake Woman responded. Her voice was… strange. It lacked inflection, but it sounded as though it had been designed with a range of emotions in mind. In fact, now that she thought of it, Roll hadn’t noticed her making any obvious facial expressions, either…

Blues nodded slowly, his expression faltering as though unsure of himself. He shook it off so quickly, however, that Roll had to wonder if she had imagined it, “Uh, okay…? I’d like you to meet my little sister, Roll. Roll, meet Tem— Quake Woman, my best friend.”

“Hi!” Roll grinned, extending a hand to shake. “Blues told me a lot about you!”

Quake Woman took her hand, but, looking at Blues, said, “Your statement is illogical.”

Roll blinked, tilting her head and staring at the girl. “…What do you mean?”

“Blues referred to you as his ‘sister,’” Quake Woman responded matter-of-factly. “That statement is illogical. Robots cannot have familial relations.”

Blues stared at Quake Woman, baffled. “What…?” He asked, glancing over at Dr. LaLinde as though expecting answers from her. “...Dr. LaLinde?”

Dr. LaLinde didn’t look at him.

“…Quake Woman…required some adjustments. She’s fine.”

“…What kind of ‘adjustments’?” demanded Blues, his voice low and apprehensive as he studied Dr. LaLinde’s expression, his eyes searching for something that he couldn’t seem to find.

Dr. LaLinde swallowed, biting her lower lip. Her voice was tight when she next spoke. “…I…I’ll…let you get reacquainted.”

With that, she stepped away into the crowd. Roll’s gaze followed her, noticing how stiff her posture was. And with how abruptly she had left… something was definitely wrong.

Dr. Light placed a hand on Blues’ shoulder. “I’ll be right back,” he told him before running after her.

Blues just stared numbly in the direction the two roboticists had disappeared to. Hesitantly, Roll reached out her hand to him, but Blues withdrew, pulling his scarf up to his cheeks and turning around sharply. Before Roll could stop him, he slipped away into the crowd in the opposite direction, leaving Roll and Quake Woman alone.

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“Noele, wait,” Dr. Light called out, catching her by the arm before she could lose him. She stopped but didn’t turn to face him. “What’s going on? Tempo - and you, as well- are acting strangely,” Dr. Light eventually asked, a mix of concern and confusion coloring his expression.

Dr. LaLinde still didn't turn to face him. “…You have a lot of people you should catch up with, and there’s not a lot of time to do it before you have to be onstage for the debate,” she said, her voice tight.

Dr. Light nodded. “You’re right, but that can wait,” he insisted. “Something’s going on with you.”

Dr. LaLinde took a shaky breath. When she turned towards him, her eyes were more tired and sad than he’d ever seen them before.

“You know that you can talk to me, right? Any time that you need me, I’m here for you,” he offered gently, taking her hands in his. His eyes were filled with a warmth that could melt the sturdiest of defenses - a familiar, understanding, comforting warmth, but one that burned if Dr. LaLinde tried to look directly into.

Dr. LaLinde extricated hands from Dr. Light’s.

“Thomas, I know you mean well, but…” she shook her head. “…nothing is wrong.”

“…You’re sure?” Dr. Light asked, his voice soft. He knew Dr. LaLinde was brilliant, the dark circles under her eyes made him wonder how much sleep she had been losing as of late.

Dr. LaLinde inhaled sharply, but nodded, though her eyes remained downcast. “I’ll see you at the debate, Tom.”

Dr. Light watched her leave again, a sense of helplessness, concern, and worry pressing down on him.

Dr. Light couldn’t help but reflect on the LaLindes he had known before - the vibrant, happy family that only nominally resembled the lifeless one he’d just met. It seemed impossible to reconcile the two, yet he knew they were one in the same.

Dr. Light sighed deeply, his hand combing through his beard, his mind racing with questions and concerns. The loudest question of all, though, was this: what happened to the LaLinde’s?

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Story Notes:

My autocorrect tried to call this segment “Sorry Notes” and I think that’s kinda fitting lol

I know you guys know what happened, and furthermore that Dr. LaLinde had sympathetic reasons. However. No one else does at this point on the timeline. All they know is that Dr. LaLinde seems sadder than normal and Tempo isn’t emoting at all. And it’s freaking Blues TF out—

Dr. LaLinde mostly keeps her reasoning to herself because of grief & guilt & regret (as well as the narrative reason of “it makes for a better story if we don’t learn her reasoning until the timing it took canonically”)

DISCLAIMER: Dr. LaLinde is a very compelling character to me! I like that she’s a flawed parent trying her best! In fact, I like all of the LaLinde’s! They’re awesome characters and fantastic foils that I could go on for hours analyzing if I had the time! That aside, though, Dr. LaLinde is a foil to Dr. Light just as much as Tempo is to the Light kids. They’re both parents who care deeply about their kids and would do anything to protect them. The thing is, Dr. LaLinde took it too far by removing the possibility for Tempo to feel anything at all, pain included, and ended up hurting herself and others in the process.

This is a snippet from before any of the Healing Journey character arc starts - she misses her Tempo, yes, but she can’t really bring herself to admit that she was wrong quite yet. Surely it’s better that she removed the part that was her child but kept the part that was a tool. Surely then it would hurt less. Surely it’s better to feel nothing than to feel pain. She must be doing the right thing. She doesn’t know what she’d do if she were not.

Can you imagine having to re-introduce your newly-emotionless child to your child’s former best friend though. Can you imagine that.

I didn’t write it in here (because it would end up turning into a whole novelization of the Sibling Shuffle version if the first comic in this arc by that point), but Blues is so distracted that he ends up knocking over Kalinka and meeting the Cossacks in a way that is similar to the original story, just with the Cossacks not getting to catch up with Dr. Light quite yet.

Everyone ends up present for the debate, with Roll meeting Kalinka when they sit next to each other. Blues ends up storming out of the lecture hall after connecting a couple dots, and from there the Emerald Spears attack.

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Art Notes:

Reference: Tempo’s introductory panel.

Someone pointed out that her eyes half-lidded “made her look high” so I just didn’t make her eyes shiny instead. This is a serious emotional scene lol

Lowered the color saturation & brightness slightly to play more into the mood

[iamumbra195]

I hate when people talk about Ashler like it’s inconceivable to ship them.

They’ll be like “Oh, they had so much beef, they’re barely even friends.” Genuinely asking here, have you even read the webtoon if you think that?

Tyler had issues with practically everyone at the beginning, hell, most of the kids didn’t even like each other. Ben, Aiden, Ashlyn, and Logan all thought he was a jerk and he was acting like one because he was trying to protect himself and Taylor and the whole situation was stressful as hell. That’s why his character development is so good. Even Ashlyn remarks that he’s being less of a jerk in one chapter and Taylor says that he's begun to see the others as real friends, maybe even family.

They all eventually became allies and then friends, including Ashlyn and Tyler. Sure, they like to throw some sarcastic remarks at each other but that’s just their sense of humour and part of the appeal of their friendship. Same with Aiden and Tyler, they insult each other all the time but the insults that were originally meant to hurt are now used affectionately.

He gave Ashlyn a nickname guys. He gave a jokey nickname to cheer her up because she felt terrible about the fact that she had to leave him behind while he got terribly hurt, while he died. She literally started crying out of guilt and being overwhelmed by the whole situation. She cares about him and he cares about her and the whole gang cares about each other, which is why there are so many ships in the fandom to begin with.

So stop acting like anyone who ships Ashler is stupid and stop saying ‘they’re like siblings’ on every post about them. We know it’s probably not gonna be canon, hell, Red herself said romance isn’t the focus of the webtoon at all.

I don’t even like shipping in general but the TikTok fandom keeps pissing me off. Stop acting like everyone has to ship the same things as you and stop commenting shit like ‘cute edit but I wish it was Aidlyn’ or ‘They’re just friends, they act like siblings’. Like yeah, they’re not canon but you’d have to be blind if you couldn’t see why some people ship it. Stop shitting on people’s ships and let them have their fun, we all know they’re not canon.

NONE OF THEM ARE.

Anyway, that’s the end of my rant. Sorry, I keep getting Ashler hate every time I search it up on TikTok. It’s so stupid and annoying, let people ship who they want in peace and stop undermining Ashlyn and Tyler's canon friendship and character development to shit on people’s ships. It’s an insult to the characters and your ability to read between the lines.

Live, Laugh, Love Ashler.

[cakedpie-pathologic]

That bachelor is a scrabble winner

[polyglot-sock]

it's ironic that, for someone who is able to speak several languages, my ability to verbally communicate disappears really often

[camellcat]

I'm in the middle of a btvs s5 rewatch and idk what the fuck is going on but xander is NOT riley's number one fan. in fact he is dogging on riley quite consistently. he is holding a grudge, even. what happened to make him switch so hard that he's calling riley her "one in a life-time" ????

[house-md-imagines]

something with wilson, house and a mysterious hidden daughter.

here you go anon i hope you find your father...

[apollo-32]

Armor in Ancient Greece

I feel compelled to talk about different types of armor in Ancient Greece and where they were worn and by whom they were worn. The Odyssey movie trailer was a traumatic experience for me, and I need to cope by ranting about this topic.

1. Linothorax (Λινοθώραξ)

Linothorax is one of the most common types of body armor in the Classical period (480 - 338 BC). The term linothorax is the modern word for the Greek word “λινοθώραξ” which means “a breastplate (made) of linen”.

In this image of a red-figure kylix that depicts Achilles and Patroclus, it is believed that the two men don Linothorax armor.

Since this type of armor has not been found in archaeological digs (since linen is a biodegradable material) and is only known from ancient texts, paintings, and sculptures; we can only make educated guesses about its design, materials and how this armor was made. Artwork suggests that the armor had a shoulder covering tied at the chest, a main piece wrapping around the torso, and a row of protective flaps (pteruges) at the bottom covering the waist and hips. Some Athenian vase paintings also depict parts of the armor covered in scales.

This armor was common and was donned by:

Hoplites (Heavy Infantry) because it provided good protection while allowing greater mobility in phalanx formations. It was usually reinforced with metal and other durable materials for added protection and durability.

Peltasts (Light Infantry) who used simpler versions of the Linothorax armor. They relied on speed and maneuverability so armor made from linen was perfect for the job.

Greek and Macedonian Cavalry; Many of Alexander the Great’s soldiers, including his elite troops and officers, used the Linothorax. We know it was used by Alexander the Great from mosaics depicting him in linen armor.

Mercenaries and Greek soldiers in general preferred this type of armor as it is light, cheap, and durable.

2. Muscle Cuirass (θωρακὶς μυώδης)

The muscle cuirass, also known as the heroic cuirass, was a type of body armor shaped to fit the wearer’s torso and designed to resemble an idealized male physique. It first emerged in late Archaic Greece and became widely used in Classical Period.

This armor is originally made from bronze, however leather was also used.  It is commonly depicted in Greek and Roman art, where it is worn by generals, emperors, and gods.

This type of armor is depicted in Roman sculpture as ornamental as well; filled with elaborate mythological scenes. They had symbolic value and suggested authority. Archaeological findings of the muscle cuirass with plain designs imply that simpler versions of the armor were used in battle.

The cuirasses were made in two parts, the front and back, which were then hammered into shape. They evolved from the earlier bell-shaped cuirass of the Archaic period and weighed around 25 pounds (ca. 11 kg). Examples from the 5th century BC have been discovered in Thracian tombs, where they were worn by cavalry soldiers.

The design of the muscle cuirass, which mirrored the uncovered human body, may have been influenced by the idea of heroic nudity. Its development is also connected to the way Greek art idealized the male body in portraits.

It is essential to note that while chest armor worn by Macedonian and Greek soldiers shared a lot of similarities, helmets were more distinct.

The Corinthian Helmet was the more common choice for Greek Soldiers, generally Hoplites. It offered full coverage of the head, face, and neck. However, it limited vision and hearing. It was mostly used in the Archaic and Classical periods.

On the other hand, Macedonian soldiers usually wore the Phrygian helmet. This helmet had a distinct design with a high peak that sloped forward, which proved a more practical design with better visibility than the Corinthian helmet. The Phrygian helmet was worn by Macedonian cavalry during the reign of King Philip, but Alexander, is believed to have favored the open-faced Boeotian helmet for his cavalry aside from the Phyrgian helmet.

One thing we can say for certain is, in Odysseus's case he is depicted wearing a Phyrgian Helmet, specifically one made out of boar tusk(s) as Odysseus is preparing for a night raid against the Trojans.

“And Meriones gave to Odysseus a bow and a quiver and a sword, and about his head he set a helm wrought of hide, and with many a tight-stretched thong was it made stiff within, while without the white teeth of a boar of gleaming tusks were set thick on this side and that, well and cunningly, and within was fixed a lining of felt.” (Homer, book 10)

Conclusion

These two types of armor are the most basic and common types of armor that were worn in that time period.

To summarize everything that was covered briefly;

Archaic Period (c. 800–480 BCE)

Heavy bronze armor (bell cuirass, Corinthian helmet, large shields).

Focus on hoplite warfare and phalanx formations.

Classical Period (c. 480 - 338 BCE)

Introduction of lighter linothorax armor.

Chalcidian and Phrygian helmets replaced the restrictive Corinthian helmet.

More flexibility in armor for improved battlefield maneuverability.

Hellenistic Period (c. 323–146 BCE)

Macedonian soldiers favored linothorax and muscle cuirasses.

Thureos shields and Phrygian helmets became more common.

It is disappointing to see that in historical adaptations of these epics, poems, and myths, no one who is responsible for these productions researches what the figures in the stories they're adapting wear, how they talk, the dynamics of their society, and how they interact with each other.

Nolan's Odyssey is even more disappointing in this regard, as Nolan is supposed to be known for his diligence and attention to detail, no? The armor shown in the short trailed perturbed me to the point to make this huge post about different types of ancient armor....

It is painful to look at this image for too long...