#i love HER

[i-gwarth]

phenomenal reveal. The only way it could ever make thematic sense

I support women’s rights and women’s wrongs

[chiken1000]

I PROCRASTINATED THIS DRAWING FROM APRIL TO THIS DAY BYE

reblog pls :3

[tux3d0cat]

Having thoughts about out

[4n4l0g]

Odysseus, full of worry his wife won’t love him after learning what he did: I slayed a bunch of men and monsters without mercy to get home to you

Penelope, his wife, who is from Sparta, kicking her feet and twirling her hair: My love we’re already married, you don’t have to propose again

[magpie-the-goblin]

I salute her pure prankster's heart

[garden-variety-jumo]

Pearly ily Pearly

[theoldgvard]

i’ve been so excited for penelope’s real entry into epic and i was not disappointed in the slightest

the way she is so clearly portrayed as a fighter has me in pieces. her certainty in the challenge that she will remain, she will give odysseus time, she will do whatever it takes to keep the suitors from winning, EVEN AFTER TWENTY YEARS. the setting up of the impossible task that she knows they can’t win, as a final ‘fuck you’, as a final push to give odysseus the planning time he needs, because the storm gave her faith (not that she ever lost it).

and then, when her twenty year torment is over, when her husband is finally standing in front of her, she still fights for him, fights for him to realise the true nature of her love for him, the true nature of himself. there’s something so incredible about penelope looking him in the eye and going ‘i will fight anyone in the world to get you back. even if it’s you.’

and she wins. the monster becomes just a man once more. she defeats the final boss, and brings her love home.

[nativegirltapes]

angel’s to do list tonight ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა

take a bath and have drew bathe her

have drew braid her hair, very gentle and full of love

annoy drew while he tries to do his nightly reading (he does not mind in the slightest, he’s learned to listen and read at the same time)

play wrestle with drew and get pouty and fake mad when he gets “too rough”

have drew comfort and hold you while you pretend to be upset

watch asmr as drew falls asleep first

[pintrestgrl]

drop all of rafes favorite pictures

this bitch is so bad yall don’t understand. he would cum on his phone to a pic of her elbow. top two are his absolute fave

[aethismantis]

[gayvoidobject]

Athenaaa <3

(I have been dead, so here is some art)

[alexander-23]

I need more Sevika x pregnant reader! Please! I need fics for when I have baby fever yall! I wanna carry that woman’s baby in the most romantic and loving waaaaaaay!

[q--uee--n]

It doesn't quite sit well with me when parts of the fandom act as though they don't understand why, exactly, people become so hyper-defensive/are so hyper-sensitive when people bring up Mel being manipulative. It's because this trait has been weaponized to demean and disparage her at the expense of acknowledging any other nuance/facet about her character, and this also often goes hand-in-hand with ignoring the faults of other characters as to emphasize hers. The fact that Mel is a Black woman can not be put aside as a definitive factor as to why and how she's perceived the way she is—by both the fandom and the writers of the show. I would even argue that one of the show's original sins is a lack of understanding of the real-world intersections between race, class, and colonialism.

In regards to both Mel and Ambessa, this lack of understanding is evident in the writing. Writing that ignores the real-world implications of the Medardas and their social position relative to whiteness, which is one informed by socioeconomic and sociocultural disparities as a result of racism and misogyny. Yes, I understand it's a high fantasy show where things like racism don't exist, so to speak, but Arcane, like all media, is informed by the state of affairs of the world we live in. With classism—classism, which Black people are disproportionately victims of—being a core theme of the show (ostensibly), it's disingenuous to disregard the, from a Doylist perspective, haphazard nature of Mel's function in the narrative as a wealthy Black woman in a classist society juxtaposed against poor, oppressed white main characters (this also applies to Ambessa as a warmonger).

With that said, and harkening back to the beginning of this post, even if you're not bringing attention to Mel's flaws and complexities to demonize her, you have to acknowledge them in the context of her as a Black female character being written with little understanding of intersectionality and how they've been weaponized against her, which are the reasons people—specifically Black woman fans such as myself—are compelled to defend her (or even pretend these flaws don't exist. After all, it's never been a problem in fandom when non-black and male characters' flaws are erased/diminished. It can't suddenly become one now). It's easy to say Mel is a multi-faceted, three-dimensional character, thus, that's why downplaying her flaws is a disservice to her charcter, and this isn't an unreasonable point. However, it's harder to admit that the reason people point out these flaws is not always in the service of acknowledging her complexities but instead in the service of demonizing her due to internalized/unknown biases against Black women. In the end, no one has to like a character. No one even has to defend a character they don't like on principle. No one has to not be annoyed at the sanitization of a multidimensional character. But if those things are being done without an acknowledgement of how the perception of that character is mired by racism and misogyny—knowing or unknowing, from the writers on down—then maybe it's time to address some oversights or unpack some internalized biases before wondering why people feel the need to defend that character.

[neg4tivecre3p]

She lee on my harker till I have a realization or smth like that

[blitzy-blitzwing]

I don’t think I’ve drawn her truly smiling? 🤔