#i have a moth obsession

[lynn-the-lynn]

BOOK OF BILL SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT!

moths

moths make me happy

i feel seen

[moth-flowers]

moth-flowers #21

[themintman]

@mikyona ‘s moth jack and nurm cause they are the SILLYEST

[melit0n]

And so my favourite Ancient Greek site ever; Delphi!!

This place (and, of course, the mythos behind the oracle of Delphi herself) has been a fixation for me for years, so I was buzzing basically the entire time I was there.

While everything I saw was beyond gorgeous, this place took the cake. An absolute trek up a mountain side (with a further trek if you wanted to see the Pythian stadium, which I happily did), but we'll worth it. Massive props to everyone and everyone who traveled from literally anywhere in order to get a prophecy.

Speaking of prophecy (info dump under the cut)...

Okay! So! Delphi, aside from being a temple of Apollo, was considered the centre of the classical Greek world (and just the world in general), for a long time, mainly because it was the seat of the Pythia; the high priestess, aka, the oracle of Delphi. Which, fun fact, in Greek shares the same root word for 'womb'.

Now, the temples (as well as the village, various treasuries, gymnasium and theatre) at Delphi are of varying ages, with the temple of Apollo being built around 7th century BCE, before being burnt down in 548ish BC, and then again in the 4th century BC. The ones which you can see (and are in the photos 😌) are all from the 4th century BC. Two thousand plus years old.

Isn't that insane? Sure, not the oldest thing in the world, but walked by so many people. Awesome, in the truest meaning of the word I fear.

But, onto the Pythia. For a bit of context, the original site of Delphi is believed to have housed a different God, suspected to be Gaia, who's son/daughter (varies depending on what translation of the myth you're reading into), named Python (sometimes called Drakon // Drakaina) resided in a cave. When Apollo took over the site, he killed it, and, when he did, it caused a great chasm to open up in the Earth and spew gas. Henceforth, the oracle was known as the Pythia.

She would've also sat on a tripod over this chasm, of which with inhalation of the gas, the spirit of Apollo could posses her in order to give prophecies.

It's been debated whether this chasm did or didn't exist—it is highly possible for one to have been there; the area is known for earthquakes, and natural gas that causes hallucinations, such as methane, ethane and ethylene is able to come from the ground—but, either way, the priestess was high as balls when giving these prophecies. Either from gas, laurel (known in the modern age as Oleander), or both.

So, imagine, you've been travelling from Athens to Delphi for a week or two, have waited a month to see this oracle, only to step into a dim temple to see a lady probably between 40-60 years old, dressed as a young woman, with visable gas spewing out from underneath her, and she spews what sounds like absolute nonsense, in which, very helpfully, a priest translates into poetry for you to take home, which turns out to be scarily accurate. I'd be damn sure the Olympians existed too.

Her being so accurate is, in fact, what brought Delphi such high prestige.

While the idea of living breathing oracle is very cool, the way Delphi was set up aided her being so precise. As noted before, Delphi was considered a hub (would've had street markets, banks, small villages, religious sects etc.), with almost everyone there to see the oracle—people would be waiting weeks to months for a visit from her—and, during this time, they'd interact and talk with those around them. War plans would be drunkenly shared, marriages would be quietly talked of, and most of these conversations between generals and kings, and their messangers and servants, were all heard and noted down by the various priests in the area, who'd provide information to the oracle, and slip in some more details in their 'translation'.

Interesting, no?

The oracle of Delphi is dates back to about 1400 BC, with her last prophecy being delivered about 390 CE, to a Roman Emperor who began stating various laws to end pagan (classical Hellenistic) activities.

[mrstellmeafuckingsecret]

Pakistani Emmeline Vance? Tell me more.

she was born in pakistan but moved to england when she was still a baby, only visiting pakistan in winter break, she told the girls in her dorm she was actually white and she just tanned easily and she went by emmeline instead of emaan. she put away the oils her mother sent, the shalwaar kameez the jhumkas and straightened her hair till that was just natural to her. then she shifted back to pakistan when she graduated, far away from the war, and she didn't know how to speak urdu or make rotis and her cousins always sat closer together to each other than to her as they gossiped about the family, but she didn't even understand what a 'khala' was so she just sat their lost and smiled awkwardly and avoided eye contact. then she went back to england when dumbledore formed the order and she felt out of place back home, too, because she'd picked up an accent and didn't know the new celebrities or the new gossip, she had to mentally translate every other thing twice to have it set in her brain which hurt her ego (even if no one knew). she felt lost 24/7 trying to belong in two worlds and she tried burying herself in work and the war and then felt silly when one of her biggest concerns was "but my skin is too dark!" while her friends had theirs scarred forever. it took the war ending for her to realize that it literally wasn't that deep.

[funzige-gedachten]

I bring treats :3333!!

☺️☺️☺️

Ohmygod that is not a treat that is a whole damn meal and i am :

HUNGRY

Honestly the face i made as i opened this and saw the pictures🫢🫣

[panakoui]

luna moth

[mothoscope]

Cringetober Prompt 5: Gijinka My good friend @b1tches-crystal said I should do Clippy for this prompt and I accidentally ended up having too much fun with it.

[throwback-town]

:(

if you thought you'd never see debbie dazzle angst well…..ive got news for you

[lavander-galaxy]

HE WAS WALKING AROUND WITH A LOADED SHOTGUN READY TO FIRE AT ME A HOT ONE ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

AND IT WENT STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT, STRAIGHT THROUGH MY HEARTTTTT 🗣️🗣️🗣️

@sonderfairy

[andromaqves]

which fictional character was Emma Mountebank's gay awakening?

I was sitting here looking at this for like ten seconds and then my answer entered stage left at light speed and hit me like a brick to the face: she def didn't REALIZE it at the time but like, in hindsight... Emma's Gay Awakening was Lara Croft circa 2001. The Angelina Jolie!Lara era.

Honorable mention to Evie's sai fight in The Mummy Returns (also 2001)

[necromycologist]

please may i know about whenwolves

YES OFCOURSE THANK YOU FOR ASKING…

the original idea came from a stupid joke about “werewolves??wherewolves??" and then, naturally, the thought "what about the who/what/how/why/whenwolves" and it just sorta spiralled from there.. basically they can manipulate time— speed it up, slow it down— except that by doing so, they lose an equivalent amount of time to the Wolf. obviously this is a pretty useful power in times of disasters (fires/floods/etc) so they're pretty well respected within Necropolis [genericishfantasycity where the story was gonna b set] and they take this very seriously. the main body of whenwolves there lives in an great clocktower of the city and its grounds, but there are various other whenwolves scattered throughout the city. the actual clockface is perpetually stuck at 6:30 but the wolves ring the hours and warnings pretty reliably (they have a sort of.. passive weirdfield around time and therefore clocks even when they aren't doing anything. if you have coffee with them leave your fancy watch at home it will be slow forever.) they take this power extremely seriously both because of how powerful it is but also because becoming the Wolf is painful and scary as hell. (in a way similar to many werewolves in fiction and also as an allegory for Things) you are the wolf, but also the wolf is not you. you can't ever truly steer it, only try to command it or deny it, which only makes it wilder. combined with the responsibility of a great power you get just. a group of the absolute worstest self-denying martyrs to ever look at a watch. and i love them vary much <3

[roychewtoy]

simon shoulda been weirder about nathans immortality

[moft-man]

Hi tumblr I'm alive 💀

uh uhhh wip of my newest oingly boingly Adam Faulkner-Stanheight from hit horror film Saw (2004)

also IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO EVEN GET THE COLORS HOW I WANTED THEM BC THIS WAS MY FUCKIN REF

GENUINELY HAD ME GASPJNG FOR AIR WHG DOES HE LOOK LIKE THAT

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

Raven Stratagem + Revenant Gun

books 2 & 3 in a military-political sci-fi trilogy

space empire setting where reality & technology relies on an enforced cultural belief and calendar system

the ghost general taken over Cheris’ body and gone rogue, the rest of the hexarcate is trying to assassinate them while they try to change the oppressive systems of the hexarchate

I don’t know how else to explain things in here without spoilers (if I even could explain..)

[m0threy]

being a creative is awesome