#his music is always so beautiful

[ohwaitwhatdamn]

Forgot about this version. God damn I would love to see him live again. That was amazing.

[faerenjun]

construct a new dreamscape // renjun 🌷🌼🌺🌻🌸

[zarnzarn]

(check the tags for more and also the tag for other fics in the story!)

athena, scowling as she gets bullied into marrying the people she pined over for the last 1000 years, suddenly realising something: wait a minute

odysseus: what?

athena, frozen: wait a damn minute you know what this gives me rights to do

penelope, also realising: oh fuck yes

odysseus: I don't like the sound of whatever's happening here what are you two fucking talking about?

athena, grabbing the marriage wine and tossing it back, then kissing her new wife and husband and handing penelope a spear as she picks up a mace: we'll be back shortly, you can start celebrations without us.

penelope: do u have anything that can start a fire

athena, pulling out an old contract and scanning it before throwing it over her shoulder: yes. are you scared of heights or can we fly.

penelope: fucking bring it I've waited years for this moment

zeus: where are they going

hermes, picking up the contract: they're going to... Ogygia? Oh fucking shit they're going to fucking kill Calypso- hey, hello, WAIT-

[2manyflannels]

can't believe Jay got his mom to voice Anticlea that's so sweet.

[thelesbianluthor]

Why are people so mean about reeve as orpheus... I love the og broadway cast for hadestown so much. They own my heart and I am so glad there is a high chance that we're getting proshot with them. I know people love hating on stuff and everyone will have their favorite but I swear the amount of hate I saw on Reeve in the role since I got into hadestown and the way people talk about his performance makes me so sad..

[gingermintpepper]

Day 1: Apollo

Interpretation notes and trivia under the cut!

His interpretation for my work is based very much around the concept of his manifestation as the Radiant God of the String. Because of this, quite like Hecate, he’s triple-fold and occupies three major spaces; the string of Fate and therefore prophecy, the bowstring and therefore distance and destruction and the lyrestring and therefore music and order. He’s a somewhat melancholy figure all things considered - Fate and following Fate’s tennants is something that he struggled a lot with as a child and even now as a more mature deity, the only solution he’s truly found is to take things one day at a time. Very diligent and fastidious, he’s a hard worker and tends to put his everything into completing any task set before him which also tends to work to his disadvantage since he’s prone to becoming tunnel-visioned until he’s finished what he said he would finish. His family orchestrated his winter breaks because he had the nasty habit of working himself sick when he was still very young.

Apollo is generally represented by circles in my work - priests of Apollo will be marked with at least three circles on their face and usually wear triangular jewellry (typically earrings or necklace charms) to reflect the triple-nature of their god. His favoured colour is a rich, deep blue and while he typically wears elaborate eye paint, he rarely uses face powders. Wears gem-toned blues for his lips unless in mourning where he will leave himself unadorned and unpainted out of respect.

Some quick trivia: 

Was born identical to Artemis even though they were born (years) apart. Had brown hair, wolf’s ears and fangs and horns when he was a child but never manifested those features again after his penance for slaying Python. If he’s very stressed or angry, sometimes his fangs will show. The brown of his hair grew out to blond naturally as he developed and matured as a god.

Proficient in all instruments but has always especially preferred stringed instruments. Truly unmatched with a kithara but only uses it for special occasions and official meetings. Generally prefers his lyre for every day usage

Really good at sewing and braiding strings together due to the exercises he had to do while under the tutelage of the Moirai sisters. Can’t weave since Athena banned him from touching a loom but he does like watching her spin. The one time she caught him trying to replicate her patterns with a needle and thread, she complained to Zeus that he had broken his oath. He teases her about that even now.

Was the last of the Twelve to learn how to read and write because he hates letter systems and finds it too arbitrary. Prior to the collaboration that resulted in written letter systems, everyone was perfectly fine with remembering the important stuff and encoding the rest in artistic format such as tapestries, pottery, furniture and jewellry. Apollo himself has a truly formidable memory since he’s been composing and immortalising the events and histories of the world in song since he was very young. He finds written books very dull but Clio’s very insistent about written histories being important and convenient so reluctantly, he’s given permission for his songs and poems to be -gags- transcribed and written down.

Is only called Apollo by his parents, Artemis and Dionysus. Hermes rarely calls him by name in general and the others, including other siblings like Ares and Athena, have always called him Phoebus. Interestingly, Zeus usually calls him Phoebus but will call him Apollo when they are alone or when he’s being especially serious. Apollo is completely comfortable with either name but he does see Phoebus as a bit more formal than Apollo. (Despite his best efforts, both Calliope and Clio also still stubbornly call him Phoebus though he’s fairly sure it’s mostly because they know it bothers him.)

[juniemunie]

TEST DRIVE TEST DRIVE TEST DRI-

I have so many thoughts about this entire sequence, from the way Hiccup and Toothless get along to the MUSIC- (the music analysis is going to my tags)

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But im gonna talk about Toothless pov again

I always think of this is like, the forbidden friendship scene for Toothless the way the actual forbidden friendship was for Hiccup

If Hiccup's scene was Toothless connecting to Hiccup through human things (sharing food, smiling, art and all that)

Then this scene is Toothless' because Hiccup connects with Toothless through flying, something I've always headcanoned to be what dragons (the ones that fly anyway) need not just to survive, but to live and bond with others.

if Hiccup's FF is the beginning of the potential then Toothless' FF is the "end", the moment where the potential is found and fulfilled, the thing that really solidifies their friendship because both has now experienced and accepted the other's unique sides

Just, yeah Toothless sees Hiccup just getting it, understanding why flying is so wonderful, hearing him cheer and whoop in joy like a fledgling's first time in the air, and seeing him at the end instinctively understand what to do-

Like that sudden spin near the end of the sea pillars- and both of them looked surprised they even managed to do that together instinctively- when just a few minutes ago Hiccup couldnt even dodge the two very obvious sea pillars in the beginning

He looks up at this human, this strange clever, brilliant little human who has somehow made this even possible, who has broken every preconception he has, who is now flying with him with a dragon's instinct but baring his teeth in that human way of expressing joy, screaming something he could not parse perfectly in his dragon tongue but understood the meaning all the same.

"We did it."

[poisonedspider]

(Possibly) Hot Take: I know people say Poison takes place in real time, and to a degree, I think the answer is yes. I think that the final chorus that seems like a music video is actually taking place, and obviously so is the balcony scene. I think everything else is flashbacks (after the initial opening).

What makes me say this? I genuinely think Angel is happy with Valentino in the first verse and chorus. He's reflecting on how happy he was, and how he fell for it too easily. He's literally singing about how he is enjoying the poison in the first chorus (which we know obviously changes). He liked the popularity, the drugs, the money, the sex. It's all positive flashbacks.

I say this too because these are some of the moments we see Angel genuinely the happiest we see him. That absolute joy when he jumps into Valentino's arms? Incredible. He does look genuinely happy in his dance with him (until he shows his fear). I think the jumping into his arms scene was prior to the contract, because he had the CHOICE to run and be with Val, rather than the dance scene which is forced.

But also, let's talk about the ValAngel sex scene. The only 'distress' we see him in is when Valentino bites him, and even then I would definitely say that's more of a pleasure cry. I know Angel is an actor, but like....I say this because I was staring at my icon and...

This doesn't look like the face of someone unhappy. Scared. Miserable. He loves Val. I think this is when he was willingly giving himself to Val, because then it quickly changes to a VERY abusive and scary BDSM scene. It's showing the stark contrast between what he thought he was getting into, and what it all ended up resulting in. Addicted to this feeling (not the money, fame, drugs...but LOVE because we all know POISON is about VALENFUCKINGTINO) became I'm choking from the taste. Because there is still love there, and he HATES himself for it. It's difficult to resist another gulp. It's difficult not to go back, because there was love there at one point (or so he thinks). This is the most domestic violence line in the damn song - it's difficult to resist going back to one's abuser when there was love before.

Also why before the first chorus it's "I can only blame myself." He willingly gave himself to Valentino. He sold his soul, willingly (granted under dubious consent but). I just think that at least the ValAngel scenes from the beginning of the song are truly happy ValAngel times that he's reflecting on and he's like...this is the Poison I fell for...this is my fault...I didn't predict how bad it would get and I keep coming back again and again and again and it isn't until he has the hotel, has genuine friends, has HUSK who could become a genuine healthy love, that his balcony scene hits of he's sick of it, he KNOWS he could do better, he wishes he had a way out because now he knows there is a true possibility of a better life than this suffering.

[tiredgeekgirl]

fellas it has been three months since the beach episode and thinking about neil and eva in any capacity still makes me ILL

[realbeefman]

puppy is so cute

[love-songs-for-emma]

the transition from "chump" to "longview" off green day's third album Dookie is sooo fucking SMOOTH

[sskk-manifesto]

And so the big sskk shortage begins (no sskk for the next 15 episodes) (and the sskk episode coming after kind of sucks)

[flebus]

feeling out a Lord Hyness gijinka at work today

[aromanticgarbage]

You said SDITD is a personal statement of the artist... tell us more about that please :)

I didn't say that, patrick bateman did. But jokes aside sditd like most art is of course a personal statement of the artist in some way. I joke a lot about joji being a slut but truth is that he is more romantic than i will ever be lol.

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

Fred looking Sweet in S O U R

[pastafossa]

hello! if u have not heard "two" by sleeping at last, i BEG u to listen to it. its our penguins' love in 4 and a half minutes, u would think they wrote it specifically for TRT 💛

I HAVE, IT ABSOLUTELY IS A PENGUIN SONG! I've got Two on the official TRT playlist for them cause holy shit that feels right all the way down to sweetheart, and the line about 'I just want to love you, to love you, to love you well. I just want to learn how, somehow, to be loved myself' gets me emotional every gd time. It reads like TRT from start to finish, is this guy reading trt orrr For anyone who hasn't heard Two (or any of his other enneagram songs, all of which are built with different tempos and melodies based on the personality types), I highly recommend giving it a listen cause it is totally a song for TRT's romance, and is one of my favorites for them.

Side note, some of his other songs I have on the TRT playlist:

One: a sorta sad song for Matt, since I headcanon his enneagram type is 1 or 2.

Two: obviously - this fits for both of them.

Six: a song for Jane, since I'll confirm this is her enneagram type.

Eight: this one's for both of them thanks to their backstories and the song's grown on me with time. It's so sharp and closed off at the beginning before becoming more vulnerable and gentle. Absolutely perfect for both of them.

Nine: a song for both of them; just fits I think.

Mercury: this one feels just so tragically, painfully about Matt.

Earth: a tragic Jane song, works sadly well for her backstory and her struggle with the boar.

Neptune: a song from Jane to Matt, works well for before she tells him about Los Angeles.

Pluto: a song from Jane to Matt as she learns to trust and eventually love him.

I'll Keep You Safe: A hopeful song from Matt to Jane about how he'll keep her safe as she discovers who she is.

You Are Enough: a song for both of them to the other as they build each other up.

(Bonus if you want to ugly cry, since it's not on my TRT playlist: Saturn, written from the perspective of Galileo's children after he passes, is what I hear for Jane to Ciro after he eventually passes away. You taught me the courage of stars before you left How light carries on endlessly even after death With shortness of breath you explained the infinite How rare and beautiful it is to even exist)