#literally just yapping

[ismaeldrawsthings]

Thinking about the contrast between Thetis and Mary mother of Jesus ok I am NOT crazy just hear me out

I'm thinking about how Mary just got married with a man she loved so deeply and was chosen by her God to give birth to his child, still a virgin. She felt honored. Her womb, a blank canvas that would paint an amazing story. Her son the embodiment of God, characterized by his gentleness and compassion, how he spent the years of his life spreading the word of God, messages about loving one's neighbor and peace. His child, whom she saw die humiliatingly and cruelly in the hands of a people who feared his message of love and peace. Who she saw coming back to her even after death.

And then we have Thetis. Thetis, daughter of Nereus, maybe the fairest one of them all. Zeus and Poseidon wanted her, and did she feel honored by this? Did she boast of being the envy of her sisters and cousins? Being desired by Olympians is no small thing. Let's say she did. Let's say she was excited to be chosen by the King Among The Gods and The King Of The Seas to dispute among each other for her hand. But then the prophecy, "greater than his father", came, and she was no longer desired. She was feared. Her womb was feared. They all knew what happens to those Gods who are greater than their fathers; Zeus still reeks of Cronos remains. So she was arranged a marriage to this man she knew nothing of nor cared about. In fact, in the standard myth, Peleus rapes her. He was told how exactly to do it. This mortal, who she hated—she couldn't stand mortal blood—, forced his child into her. They get married and her pregnancy begins. In some versions, Thetis has 6 children before Achilles who she kills because she couldn't stand the idea of having a mortal child. It's not fair. What did she do? Why was she being punished for something that was not up to her to decide? She has her son, and calls him ἄχος, suffering, because isn't that all that thing has caused her? Isn't all her suffering because of this dammed thing that grew inside of her? It should be easy to hate him. In fact, she should hate him.

Yet she doesn't. She loves him. She loves her little suffering. And she loves him so much she finds it all unfair. Unfair he will die and she will live carrying all this sorrow inside of her. She wished there was a way to grant him with godhood, but there is none. He is no God. And that is cruelty, that isn't fair.

Even if she tries to protect him, her suffering is sent to war afar from her. And he's full of hate. And isn't all that hers? He was born out her hatred, out of her rage. That's what he was born to feel, that's what he was made of. No matter how much her or the people around him try to do, his destiny if full of hatred, and violence, and blood, and all things bad. He's named the Best Of The Greeks because of how many Trojans have died by his sword. He steals, and kills, and kidnaps. He's not just her suffering alone, now, he's the people's suffering, Αχιλλεύς. He dies and he doesn't come back, because he's mortal, she can't make him a God. And she will live forever with her sorrow.

Jesus was Mary's blessing. Achilles was Thetis' punishment. And yet they both loved their children like only a mother can.

Also to add to that contrast, Mary is dressed really modestly ofc because she's a virgin and God's mother and she has to have a lot of cloth to cover her. Thetis is illustrated showing a lot of skin most of the time. The cultural differences play game into that fact of course but this comparison is not even like implying that they're equivalent to either religion so wooooo woooooooo

Anyway it's 2 AM why am I yapping this much

[ironmansonlylover]

foaming at the mouth thinking about college! tony having a praise kink

[count210bullshit]

emily skeggs did such a fucking amazing job in dinner in america, I wish she was in more movies/tv shows. patty is such a cool character

[v1ct0r1an]

I enjoy media by making Magnus Archives references to it. EMH? HABIT is soooooo slaughter coded. That fucking book Vinnie got to try and summon him? A Leitner. HABIT's camera man is so Eye coded, fucking freak. Everyone's houses being stitched together? That's soooo Spiral coded. From what little I've seen of TribeTwelve, Observer is obviously Eye (big surprise) but Firebrand seems Desolation maybe? Corruption maybe? I haven't watched it itself yet, just the stuff on the EMH playlist so I can't be certain. I can't really get a read on Patrick though, I'm gonna rewatch MlAndersen0 anyway so I'll figure it out eventually but he has a Stranger vibe to him.

Don't get me started on the Marble Hornets Comics. Skully is so the End but they're not a malicious avatar, they're sort of like Oliver Banks in a way and Jessica is so a corruption avatar. AUGHHHHH NEVER GIVE ME NEW MEDIA TO ENJOY I WILL MAKE A TMA AU OUT OF IT.

[rafesc0kewh0re]

didn’t get to go to any halloween parties bc my period showed up and ruined everything BUT Nash came to visit and we got drunk so it made up for it :)

[bigboymids]

wonder whether this whole disparity could be rooted in transphobia interacting with weird binary ideas about who loves to buy and consume. shopping and over consumption is such a feminine coded activity, so this pattern is remarkable as it flips the gendered dynamics of consumption created by misogyny/capitalism.

walk into any mainstream store and see a women's clothing sections 3x the size of the mens, the majority of home decor and other items clearly marketed towards women. items marketed to women are more abundant and more expensive. our media is full of portrayals of women as shoppers and spenders. spending (especially on personal items) is a feminine activity. women are BUYERS in our society, they exist to absorb the surplus created by industry. you would therefore expect this trend to extend to trans women as well, right????? ??? but no.

my current take on why this is --- transphobia says trans men aren't men, they're women, so they love to shop and buy lots of things and we need to make lots of stuff for them to buy and consume. transphobia says trans women aren't women, they're men and buy 1 thing and use it forever. transmisogyny allows these ideas to continue to be perpetuated even within 'queer' spaces. transfemmes continue to be erased, masculinised and uncatered for. but maybe there's more to it?

why are women encouraged to consume more than men, and why does this pattern not hold for trans folk?

this is definitely an underdeveloped idea trans leftist takes are welcomed.

looking at any kind of trans supplies focused online shop is depressing because there will either be a complete absence of anything for transfems or like. a really sad transfem section with 5 items at the end of a list full of binders and packers and harnesses

[shinyj3lly]

i genuinely find it interesting that hybe seems to be the only company that if you state that you dislike the company that it’s taken as you dislike their artist. if i say i don’t like sm, yg, cube, or jyp as a company people will understand that it has NOTHING to do with the artist but if say i dislike hybe people make it seem like a created a smear campaign against the artist 😭😭😭 it’s genuinely weird

[eaatmyheaart]

what i like most about part two of interview with the vampire, is that it broadens lestat’s character — humanises him. he is no longer known as merely a monster, as part one so ardently depicted, but now a monster who has loved and lost. it adds a sort of vulnerability to him, to know he was not always this way, to know that he once loved purely.

and yes, he has been hurt and hurt, and it should not excuse his grievances towards louis and claudia — or everyone, for that matter, but it made him a lot more …pitiful…

he takes — like the monster he is, he takes — but he, too, has been taken from.

(in my eyes he’s like a petulant child that has been wronged so many times and feels he has no choice other to rebel. or embrace that chaotic nature that has been festering within.

i don’t know, but part two really morphed my opinion of the series. and i love how the team chose an untraditional route by revealing his backstory after one has already become familiar with his character and formed a (maybe) concrete opinion.))

[saixria]

The sillies

When even Athena the Virgin goddess whose most intimate encounter was stabbing her bff thinks you’re cooked, you’re definitely cooked

[ghoulsrules]

i love yvonne ofc she's the og BUT veronica hamel will always be the superior lily to me. she's silly and loving and the way she is so excited to integrate into american culture is so sweet. overall herman and lily's relationship is also much better in this movie , the few 'hate my wife' jokes feel out of place whilst the original serious their relationship makes me uncomfortable.

we have enough girl bosses, let the spooky girls be silly!! (same thing has happened to morticia in like every adaptation after the 90s)

[gl00md0g]

sick to my stomach but i told my mom no. i know what she spends that money on and id rather not feed anything.

the guilt from being homeless still stays with me but regardless this woman is doing this to herself. i can only wish she’ll get better.

[heartorbit]

figure skating set right now please. thanks

[noornight]

Long distance besties. This definitely happened after the third movie (source: trust me bro)

Based on this

[willowparkfanclub]

the black pauses in the show when a book chapter ends.... cinema like oh my god

[ascendingconures]

just gonna post this bc i could never come up with a spirally background i liked & i dont want this to die in my saves folder

[rafesc0kewh0re]

ik people on here assume things about me that aren’t true and it irks me…