#fall of kings

[hussyknee]

Song of Achilles did make me cry and there are some beautiful, extremely quotable turns of prose. But honestly? Even without being a classicist or a Greek mythology enthusiast— it really kind of sucks. There's no substance or complexity to it, the characters are one-dimensional and it's painfully YA. It's written for a Booktok audience who doesn't give a fuck about Homer's poems or Greek myths as a genre. I mean I'm also largely disinterested but I hate books that loses everything that defines a genre in order to appeal to people who don't care for it.

Idk if you want an incredible reimagining of the Trojan war for an audience who doesn't care much about the Illiad, read The Troy Trilogy by David Gemmell. It makes no pretence of being faithful to the Illiad and takes out all mention of gods and magic, and sadly doesn't have a lot of gay in it, despite the protagonist being one of the most badass bisexual women in fantasy fiction (Andromache in the Old Guard can't hold a candle to this Andromache). But for all that, it has very complex and vivid characters, cinematic battle scenes and is an emotional rollercoaster that makes you blow through all three books in one sitting. It's very much about how war and pride and honour can make people you like and believe in do horrific things, how morality is informed by culture and era, how you can feel pity for even the worst characters, and how desolation lives hand in glove with glory. Once you read that you'll realise how hollow Madeline Miller's work is.

[skipppppy]

I think she’d respect his methodology

[words-from-a-magpie]

[slightlyartist]

Alex Hirsch did this to every character but McGucket was his personal punching bag for real

[scurvyboy]

relativity falls but fidd is a member of the losers club or something

[a-little-ray-of-fantasy]

POV: you're into STEM/research and something happened in your field of work that gave you trauma and memory issues.

[reikiryn]

Twin tattoos (1/1)

I ASK SOMEONE TO VOICE MY COMIC YOUR HUMBLE SERVANT WILL BE HAPPY 😭

[subwhizz]

Cuddling night 🌙 💤

The Starved-touch idiots

And macaque being homeless for another season. What are the oods.

[paintedcrows]

They're both autistic (and ADHD) 2 me

[bobauthorman]

Every good series has...

...An awkward protagonist...

...A goofy goober...

...A wily elder...

...And whatever this is supposed to be.

[glitterslag]

I respect Mike flanagan for casting his own wife as the hottest baddest sexiest bitch in every single TV show he makes

[noodles-and-tea]

I have to agree the fiddleford stuff is amazing and I’m chewing on my hand so hard out of happiness when I see it

HES THE BESTEST!!!!

[izzyliker]

i’m not like an incest shipper (although like yeah me and 10k other people shipped wincest in 2013) but the more i see people absolutely losing their minds over the concept of fictional incest the more i laugh like come the fuck on now like this trope is quite literally hundreds of years old and we’re acting like it was invented by fanfiction writers. “richard siken condones incest” “ethel cain condones incest” you mean the artists who write about the rotten and the wretched and the unhealthy and the abusive enjoy digging into fictional relationships that are just that. have you lost your goddamned minds. do you ever read anything except for steven universe fanfiction. like could you handle a 12th grade english lit module on the god of small things.

[leafwateraddict]

Don’t forget guys~

@htsan

[the-ratt-kingg]

Just two old men talkin about their (ex) lovers

[goatfellaa]

Spot the difference