#guys I don't get it

[preparedchalk]

This is about Poseidon

You know, I was listening to the songs, listening to the low sounds, because I usually only focus on the vocals and skip the drums, and it was new to me how many drums there are in Ruthlessness, and I also heard this thing that sounds like a heartbeat there and in Get in the water, and I thought I should write about it, but recently it was written about?? So what now?

I will not generate correct thoughts, or smart ones. There are people who have already written this or who will write it better than me

So Right now only stupid and wrong thoughts!!

"I've got a reputation", Poseidon said. And that's why I will not believe everything he says

"I mean you totally could have avoided all this Had you just killed my son" This is someone who does not care about his son, you say. I say it's someone who want you to think so. How can he seem ruthless if he shows that he cares?

'I'll take your son and gouge his eyes" Is it an eye for an eye thing or does it really hurt him?

"I've gotta make you bleed I need to see you drown" I'm not sure about "gotta", but "need to see"? If it was just about reputation, it would have been enough to drown Odysseus for others to know. But he needs to see. It's a satisfaction about something more personal than reputation. Maybe he's a sadist, but that's not what I'm getting at /looks at Polyphemus/

"Mercy has a price" "Unlike you I've got no mercy left to give" I'll say it here. Mercy has a price is just not something I think people come to on their own. They learn it the hard way or someone else tells them So yeah, who told you this? How did you pay? #✨trauma✨

"Today, you die Unless, of course, you apologize" Odysseus doesn't apologize, but that's not the point, we know he's doomed anyway. Poseidon doesn't really demand an apology, he wants Odysseus to regret his actions, to show the attitude a mortal should show toward a god. Instead, Odysseus explains his position to him, adult to adult, almost as if they were equals

"Forty three left under your command" Did… did he count??

"I am your darkest moment The monster that always draws near" Poseidon quotes, like he thinks he understands Odysseus Never mind, just look, here Poseidon calls himself a monster

"Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves Die" There's a voice distortion at the end of Get in the water, the same line, but lower and growling. Does Scylla do something like that? Well… No. But it would be really cool if yes. Because then I could explain these lines: "so find a place he’d never go" "where he’s scared to roam" by the fact (that's not a fact… ) that she is his daughter and he failed her. And he can’t face the consequences (#✨trauma✨)

"Told me to close my heart (You) You said the world was dark (Monster) Didn't you say that ruthlessness is mercy upon our-" Remember that Poseidon called himself a monster earlier. For me, he now recognizes Odysseus as an equal, especially considering how the concepts of man (mortal) and monster are divided. And again, they quote each other, but these are the main motives. They are both monsters, they both use ruthlessness. Not counting the fact that Poseidon uses it when he can, and Odysseus when he can't do otherwise. Odysseus understands Poseidon's point and rejects it, Poseidon thinks he understands Odysseus, but he doesn't understand shit

Also, because I need to get this out into public space

"Alright, please" He may be screaming in extreme outrage at how Odysseus dares to turn his own words against him. But I can hear that he's on the verge of tears. And the next sentence is rather muffled "After everything you've done How will you sleep at night?"

Like He's taken a lot of physical blows, a blow to his reputation, a blow to his worldview (I think it will get to him very soon, but he will be in denial for a long time), all at once and from the mortal he was hunting. Who wouldn't cry?

And you can't argue with me because I already lost

[captainjonnitkessler]

>Join a union

>Hear people constantly complaining that the current union leadership is super corrupt, it's all just the same ten guys making all the decisions in secret and nobody else in the union ever gets to know what's going on

>Go to the monthly union meetings that are completely open to all 1200 union members

>The only attendees are the same ten guys every month, giving detailed reports about everything that's going on

[mayhemchicken-artblog]

in the hour or so it took me to draw this op turned reblogs off

EDIT: reblogs are STAYING OFF. op was right and correct and i have never regretted making a post as much as this one. if you want to reblog my art you can reblog something else from my blog. or commission me, lord knows i deserve financial compensation for the nightmare this post has put me through

[hinamie]

post-graduation trip airport looks

[penny-anna]

fanfiction writers when a character is remotely non-human

[becasbelt]

caitlyn: sorry to say, you've grown a bit predictable

vi: *kisses her with SO much tongue*

caitlyn:

[fair-itself]

There's a lot I could say about The Subtance as an unflinching, gruesome close-up portrait of systemic misogyny, internalized sexism, self-hatred, and the brutality of fame, but more importantly, you know what I bet? I bet there is exactly one customer of The Subtance who is doing everything right. Week one, makes a living as a fitness influencer; week two, enjoys a lavish retirement funded by her other self's earnings. Week one, jogging, yoga, filming tiktoks, enjoying the vitality of youth; week two, Alaskan cruises, mahjong with the girls, enjoying unlimited free time and liberation from the crushing weight of the societal expectation to care what other people think of you. Keeps her other self on a nice air mattress with a quilt and always cooks a big recovery breakfast to be waiting for her when she switches. Walks out of that creepy alley every week whistling. Has no idea potential complications even exist. Every other user is living a psychedelic horror show of trauma, goop, and rage, and she's just at Barnes and Noble picking up the latest selection for book club. I know I'm alone in this, but I would happily watch that sequel.

[artist-rat]

some epilogue vibes (an excuse to draw some hugs. and my durge so many times)

[cidnangarlond]

[mroddmod]

mine all mine

[somewhereincairparavel]

"jason is a knockoff watered down percy" NO hear me out, jason actually parallels annabeth immensely, sharing SO many similarities with her personality, not percy, in this essay I will-

edit: my full analysis is out now! here

[raynewolferune]

DC x DP Prompt: Bruce is bad at emoting but at least ghosts are empathic (too bad bat kids are not)

Was reading Twincognito on AO3 when I stumbled across this gem again:

~

" “Danny, Tim. I was just…checking in. Is everything alright?” Curse his inability to make meaningful conversation when it wasn’t a life or death situation.

They glanced at each other and shrugged.

Then Danny hauled himself out of the bed and walked over to Bruce.

Bruce tried not to let too much excitement show on his face. "

~

Now I really want to read a story where Bruce adopts Danny post Meta trafficking and is being his usual emotionally constipated self. His kids keep getting mad at him because he's treating their new meta brother who was trafficked poorly (generally being stilted in conversation with him, walking away hurriedly mid-conversation, avoiding Danny when he's feeling really awkward, etc). They think Bruce is discriminating against Danny for being a civilian, meta, dealer's pick, but really it's just Bruce being horribly socially awkward. Danny knows this because of ghost empathy and find the whole thing hilarious. The whole thing comes to a head with the Bat Kids staging an intervention in the Bat Cave.

[brainrotcharacters]

the easy grip on the knife. the leg over the seat. the hand over the other seat. the sassy "come get it" move. you know the bitch is smiling behind that mask even as he said the line.

[maiaczy]

Sometimes taking a leap forward means leaving a few things behind.

[kaahmbem]

legend has it that the young witch circe and the once beautiful nymph scylla shared a complicated past...

[aettuddae]

Emotional cheating is a type of infidelity where one partner shares emotional intimacy and connection with someone other than their partner.

but that would include your friends too