#hindu hero

[h0bg0blin-meat]

Who you SHOULDN'T twinkify-

1. Patroclus

2. Hyacinthus

3. Achilles (he's more of a twunk imo)

4. Arjun (another twunk)

5. Odysseus

6. Shikhandi

Who you SHOULD twinkify (cuz it's canon/close to canon)

1. Apollo

2. Dionysus

3. Krishna

[mytho-maniac-108]

Finally realised that Achilles is to the Iliad what Karna is to the Mahabharata.

[blackcur-rants]

Ideas for albums the Mechs could have done alongside their already existing ones

01. Cyberpunk retelling of events from "The Shahnameh" wherein King Jamshid and his Chief Engineer Mirdas create a powerful super-computer called the Zahhak to help them run their city...only for it to go crazy with power and absorb all the minds of the people into itself using a virus a la The Acheron before being defeated by the heroic hackers Kaveh and Fereydun (who are probably boyfriends in The Mechanisms Universe, because why not).

02. Film Noir retelling of the Hero Twins wherein they are detectives trying to bring down the Brotherhood of Xibalba crime syndicate society that runs their city.

03. Dickens crossover universe involving Fagin and the DeFarges as rival space pirates, Cartmanay and Twistperpip as polycules, Paul Dombey running a spaceship firm, the Dorrits having to escape from a prison planet, and Miss Havisham as a cyborg with Estella as her adopted daughter/repairwoman.

04. Steampunk crossover AU of all the Bronte works featuring Jane Eyre crushing on Helen Graham and queer tension between either Heathcliff and Rochester or between Heathcliff and Arthur Huntingdon or between Rochester and Arthur Huntingdon.

05. Retelling of a classic Shakespeare play, preferably one that hasn't already been adapted a billion times already.

06. Retelling of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as a space opera about a war between different planets seeking to rule over the same solar system.

07. "Journey to the West" but it's about explorers on an unknown planet.

08. Polynesiian mythology retelling wherein Maui is a biio-engineer who keeps creating whole new planets and ecosystems by accident.

09. Space opera retelling of either "The Ramayana" or "The Mahabharata".

10. Russian mythology retelling about Marya Morevna and IIvan Tsarevic facing down a Koschei the Deathless who's actually a clone of King Cole alongside one of the Bogatyrs who in this retelling is in fact a former Rose Red.

11. Retelling of "Dream of the Red Chamber" wherein the house is a virtual reality computer simulation.

12. Steampunk retelling of "Les Miserables" featuring Javert as a cyborg.

13. Retelling of "War and Peace" with a Rose Red as Napoleon and Pierre trying to shoot down King Cole.

14. Sherlock Holmes but make it Film Noir.

15. Dracula or something Dracula related.

16. Snow Queen retelling.

@lady-asteria @carcosa-commune @cynicalclassicist @miralines @cinderswife

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"The Knight and the Princess" - 2019

Princess Lubna

[enbeemagical]

S&L is currently 12.7k words and counting. It's a prequel to Moondark, set ~6,000 years earlier and it's about a nonbinary legend discovering themself

Moondark is currently 24k and this is like the fifth time I've rewritten it (at one point it was over 100k). It's about aspec relationships and an aroace trying desperately to protect their QPP

[ssj2hindudude]

Story of Sati be like:

Story

[skyland2703]

If you could have a team in PR with any mythology placed in as the theme which would you choose?

…any mythology??

I think I’d go with Greek…

Something like PJO?? Maybe.

Imagine, team of rangers, all half bloods, kids of the gods— Ares(Red) Aphrodite (Pink) Hermes (Green) Poseidon (Blue) and Hades(Black)— as the mains (because I don’t have too much info on the topics but I think it’ll be fun and they vibe~)

AND ZEUS/Hera can be the villains 🔪 just cuz I despise em both in ways

[thejhambs]

People don't get why MDZS went down the way it did, because people don't understand the concept of karma

[h0bg0blin-meat]

1. Arjun and Krishna

2. Achilles and Thetis

No-context parallels ☠️ (Achilles and Arjun are such moods I-)

BONUS

Me everytime I face a minor inconvenience.

[shut-up-rabert]

Iski behen ki [redacted]

kya hai ye😂

[eimearkuopio]

Congratulations everyone, we made it! It is currently Tomorrow. Make a note: 16:07 BST, Saturday 26th October 2024. But blink and you'll miss it and it will just be a regular old Today again. 💜💚🩷

she checks the floor vents every day to see if the furnace is on yet and today was the day :)

[compassionmattersmost]

Ramayana No. 9: The Dark Night and the Hero’s Journey

As I delve deeper into the Ramayana, the timeless story continues to reveal layers of wisdom that resonate across spiritual traditions and cultures. One striking parallel that emerges is the connection between the tale of Manthara and the serpent in the Genesis story, both of which serve as catalysts for the hero’s journey—necessary agents of disruption that propel the protagonists from the…

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"The Knight and the Princess" (2019) - India

[gigilberry]

tags via @/hobie-brown:

Ok I get where everyone is coming from when they see the design of Pavitr ‘Pav’ Prabhakar aka Indian SpiderMan as an expression of gender queerness, but let me be frank this is very typical Indian male costuming.

Even the toxic masculine patriarchal men have similar stylistic expressions or to be be more precise this is a traditional/historical/ye olde male aesthetic.

Having said that I love what design elements are being used here. So…

Let's take it from the top.

The FACE MASK

The Three Colors surrounding the eyes are typical spider man colours but they are done to evoke the image the traditional makeup done for the ancient dance art Kathakali. In which the whole face is painted and bold lines are drawn to emphasise/exaggerate the eyes. These eye mask lines are usually thin - bold-thin.

Same with the white lines on the cheek bones which are indicative of tusks or pincers of demons or Animorphs in folklore/myths.

The white dot in the centre of the forehead is the most common Hindu motif, expressed in myriad of ways all over the country .

The ARM/LEG BANDS/CUFFS

The bicep cuff is a part of Indian historic armour - made of malleable metal, its bejewelled ornate counterparts were then worn in day to day life. Here in the north Royals still wear it during big ceremonies. These metal bands are generally worn by warriors.

bangles (metal circles worn at wrists) are an important male accessory and are more daily wear even in present modern times, some religions (Sikh,Jain etc.) require the males to always wear one at all times. The ones on the suit were more in the shape of wrist guards which again were an armour accessory. In Indian male clothing the cuffs are usually emphasised.

Due to traditional male footwear being sandals metal ankle cuffs were employed to guard the shins and were worn during wars while thinner bands - ornamental accessories - were worn in daily wear.

There are so many other things I want to elaborate on like: The PATTERNS/LOGO,The LEG GARMENT (??!)(what’s the collective term for clothes for legs?), The Cat’s Cradle swinging/body animation ; but my ADHD is already acting up so imma leave this here.

SIDE NOTE:

I love how the heel and toes are bare in this design. It makes sense from the spider powers perspective - no barrier in contact allows for better manoeuvring and jump control as is seen in gymnastics. But also because in Hindu culture important tasks including some traditional sports require the removal of footwear and getting feet dirty is not discouraged (of course with an adherence to washing of the feet multiple times in a day)

I also loved how incorporated his wrist guard is in his spider style using it as a toy and a tool. This aspect of making use of something in a completely different way was so desi ‘Jugaad’ I was stunned.

[kesarijournal]

The Irony of Matrimony: A Tale of Two Acts

In the grand amphitheatre of Indian jurisprudence, two legislative acts take the spotlight, their narratives interweaving in a dance of matrimonial legality that is as ironic as it is intriguing. On one side, we have the time-honored Hindu Marriage Act of 1955, a pillar of monogamous fidelity. On the other hand, the newcomer, the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, a…