#mythos ramblings

[sunspotmangafan]

A long ramble lmao.

It did the best it could do adaptation wise with regards to how it’s paced as a manga.

I think many who came from it just as a bl jdrama don’t realise structurally it can’t be the ‘slow pace’ yall expect it to be. In regards to the manga, they’ve only recently gotten together, at least officially (looking at you kohei assuming you be taichi were boyfriends until Taichi had to ask in four seasons 1 lmao).

I do appreciate so much that the drama kept the spirit of sunspot alive and didn’t push the romance aspect at the forefront. It’s about them as characters first. Not their romance.

Taichi needs sig-n as a professional environment where he finally feels heard. And I’m glad kohei has others like Maya (and later the deaf footsal team but that’s for later in the manga to let him challenge his own internalised ableism, especially ryuu) who he can relate to, spite towards the world and all, it’s nice that Kohei has the unfiltered version of him to bounce off of and feel understood on a disability basis.

I’m also so happy they let Maya have her time to shine. Show why she is the way she is. It’s so upsetting that people refuse to see her depth and just continue to judge her for being mean and ‘not trying enough’, making it obvious these are the same people the manga and adaptation are criticising, criticising for putting the burden onto Maya to bend herself for others, ultimately then giving in to the ‘bitchy’ attitude since she’ll never be enough, as taichi said, she can’t try harder than she already is but she always feels like she has to. And I’m so glad they also let Taichi say how Maya is still coping in an unhealthy way.

This scene is so important. And I am so glad they kept it in. They’re never gonna be on amazing terms, they won’t ever will be, not everyone gets along. But they’re closer to understanding one another and that important. Maya is starting to see that Taichi isn’t the ableist sponge/leech she assumed he was, that not all able bodied people are ableist assholes, that she can be understood and be sympathised with. It’s. It’s beautiful.

There’s some changes that I definitely think made the adaptation a bit… lesser. Which is when it tried to combine three scenes/moments from the manga into one. Which confused me.

At the end of book 1, Kohei and taichi watch a movie where Taichi sees how troublesome it is for Kohei to see the subtitles. Making Taichi ultimately want to help make Kohei’s life a little easier (a nice foreshadowing of sig-n helping him make his dreams achievable, letting Taichi find his calling in life). It was actually a movie adaptation of the story the girl who romanticised Kohei and his disability was talking about. Kohei said how he related to the guy learning sign language, since he is also starting to learn it. Leading Kohei to try and teach Taichi some sign, leading to them holding hands and Kohei being like “..I won’t do anything you hate” referring to the kiss. And the book ends.

It’s such a wonderful set up for what Taichi wants to do, to find his calling (and in limit to have Kohei think he and his disability is at fault for taichi dropping out of uni and leaving him.) making it an amazing way to bring in sig-n which allows him to make the change Taichi wants to be a part of. It’s a place Taichi belongs in. It’s not just there to create a wedge between Taichi and Kohei, it’s there to be an answer for Taichi who never knew what he wanted to do. It’s somewhere where he’s finally like “this is it. I feel like this is the place.”

In the manga, at the start of ‘theory of happiness’ taichi and kohei aren’t talking to each other because of a VERY rocky incident that happened.

Between the first and second book (around the camping episode) taichi once got very drunk at work while kohei was in the area. Kohei bumped into taichi and since taichi was like “YAAAAAAAY MY FRIEND”, so they let Kohei take him home. Taichi was of no help to Kohei finding his home so Kohei ended up taking Taichi t his own home to give him some water and such. While Taichi was falling asleep ok the couch, Kohei said “if you keep being like this I’ll have to kiss you. And I promised I wouldn’t do anything you hate”, leading drunken Taichi to say “what if I didn’t hate it??”

Making kohei be like “wait what???”, he climbs on top of taichi to try and get an explanation out of what he said, freaking him out. Taichi jumps up and tries to run away as Kohei grabs onto him. Taichi freaks out and shoves Kohei to the floor and runs away in shame, not really talking to each other for a while after that because it was all very awkward, Taichi wanted to at least but Maya was trying to protect Kohei from who she thought was a bad person. (That’s actually what the conversation at Taichi’s home was about originally. Both felt awful and like the other hated them for what they did to the other. But when they spoke then and realised they both felt bad and didn’t hate the other, kohei was like “oh thank god!!!” And fell to the floor in relief.). It’s either they tried to add it as a moment in between the two books they were adapting or completely ignored it which is WEIRD.

It…it also tried to combine the camping episode. After the main part of book 2, which will be after the 12th episode where taichi and kohei start to try (key word: try) and navigate their lives together more maturely. Sig-n has a camp out retreat and Taichi invites Kohei, knife drop and everything. It follows a good amount of the plot beats like with Taichi telling kohei it’s okay to just let out his laughter and joy and such. Maya and Taichi actually also get to exchange in some banter.

But here’s the most important part. THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THAT WHOLE CAMPING CHAPTER THAT THEY JUST MISSED OUT ON.

There was the cookout that Kohei was helping when suddenly his hearing just…..goes… he could not hear anything.

And just as that happens of the kids Were messing about and accidentally nocked over a boiling hot pot. Taichi noticed and pushed the kids out of the way. Ultimately getting himself burned and gaining a scar in the process that haunts Kohei throughout limit. Since Kohei couldn’t hear Taichi getting hurt he only realised the man he loves was in danger only after he got hurt and was receiving help from Chiba-san (nasty furthering what was before a teeny bit of jealousy since it’s grown to always be Chiba there for Taichi and not Kohei himself.) This fucks up kohei a lot. That because he couldn’t hear he could not be there for Taichi. This plays so well into the main internal conflict of Limit where Kohei feels the need to distance himself from Taichi thinks he sees himself as a burden to Taichi and as a bad partner who can’t be there… because of his disability that could grow even worse.

I think that’s one of the main issues with what went on there. They left out the main showcases of how human and flawed these characters are.

They left out the main reasons the guys would he rocky around each other because of how much they care for one another but with their own flawed ways of going about it. It’s about being human first and a romance afterwards. So I think it may have confused the narrative. But that’s just an adaptational mishap. I still enjoy the Jdrama very much!! They still have trust humanity to it. They’re young adults, they’re just slightly younger than me, AND I FUCK UP ALL THE TIME, it’s the warts and all approach to this really lovely story about two people who ultimately fall in love and get together, but not have that define them as human beings. Because romance doesn’t define us, so romance shouldn’t define them. I’m really really upset for all the hate it’s getting just because it’s not like the other bls out there. Just because they’re stupid young adults with their own baggage trying to navigate their own world and themselves and their feelings.

[kaahmbem]

legend has it that the young witch circe and the once beautiful nymph scylla shared a complicated past...

[paranormeow7]

“analog horror ruined internet horror” “the mandela catalogue is overrated and dumb” “kinemaster vhs effects jerma sus face ass” “the walten files is a shitty fnaf knockoff” “internet horror used to be way better” “analog horror is for middle schoolers” SHUT UP!! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!! CLEANSE YOUR BRAIN OF MASCOT HORROR HATE SLUDGE!! WATCH THE MONUMENT MYTHOS!!! WATCH MIDWEST ANGELICA!! WATCH VITA CARNIS!!! STOP GENERALISING A UNIQUE GENRE FULL OF HIDDEN GEMS INTO ITS WORST EXAMPLES!!!

(also to all the people in the tags who think this post is harping on the walten files. I am a huge fan of it!! I think it’s a really unique, well written gorgeous project. people just write it off bc it looks like mascot horror/a fnaf series. go watch it)

[lesbianfakir]

I’ve said this a million times before and I’ll say it a million more. I love the bait and switch of Duck’s relationship with Mytho and Fakir.

Initially the central relationship of the show is that of Duck and Mytho and (apologies to Mythiru fans) it comes off as a somewhat shallow love at first sight. Even Duck admits initially she just thought he was handsome. We’re given attraction that deepens into admiration. I honestly don’t think even if Mytho chose Duck over Rue Duck would have been happy with him. She doesn’t trust him with her true self—to her he is this beacon of perfection that she’ll never be worthy of. From the beginning of the show to their very last meeting she’s ashamed to show him she’s a duck. I can’t imagine them in a long term relationship because—due to her low self esteem—she doesn’t trust mytho. And I find it fitting that dreamy fairytale prince is too good to be true—she’d never live up to the standards she’d set for herself if she was to be with him. The love at first sight infatuation gradually dissipates to reveal a genuine incompatibility between the two.

Now take Fakir on the other hand. Cold, abrasive, aggressive he is presented as a foil to mytho. But crucially, unlike Mytho, Duck trusts Fakir with her life. He isn’t perfect; they fight, the misunderstand one another, they hurt each other. But this is a real foundation to a relationship. She is relieved when he discovers she’s Tutu. He’s the only character who knows about her duck self and, post reveal, he’s the only one who never makes her feel ashamed of herself. I love how the show takes the time to build the relationship between Fakir and Duck, giving them a whole breather episode to establish a strong friendship. Where Mytho feels illusory and fantastical Fakir is real and there for Duck at every crucial moment. Their friendship becomes the beating heart of the show.

Tldr; one of my favorite things about Tutu is how it ditches the magical fairytale romance (in Duck’s case) for an imperfect but incredibly warm and loving friendship. I love how Duck doesn’t get her dream boy but does find a friend who truly understands her and inspires her to see her with all the gentleness he sees her with.

[foldingfittedsheets]

One of my earlier jobs in life was at a little pizza place. I worked there when it was first starting up. It’s the only job I’ve ever been fired from and it was because a new manager came in and cleaned house. Because my state requires a reason to be fired he said I used too much pepperoni. So now on job applications I get to write that I was fired for “excessive use of pepperoni.” Never fails to get a laugh.

Anyway! For this story to make sense I’ve first got to set the stage. This pizza place started out as the Wild West of management but one of the original investors was super committed to work programs through the prison. We hired a ton of ex convicts and they were all, to a one, super hyped on Christianity. Like born again for the sole purpose of lauding Christ with their every breath.

I hadn’t been working there long but I’d definitely noticed the Jesus bug had gone around, and as I’ve never been religious at all I tried to steer clear of the topic for my own safety.

The day our story takes place, I was folding boxes. Anyone whose ever worked pizza can attest, there’s so much box folding. It’s something that happens at every lull, the pizza machine demands box folding on a grand and epic scale.

On my right folding his stack of boxes was a guy wider than he was tall, made of pure muscle, Corey. He was newer on staff, and due to a stutter he didn’t talk much. All I knew about him was that he got hired through the rehabilitation program and had done time.

On my left folding was a tall middle-aged woman who loved to yell at me, Cindy. She and I rubbed each other the wrong way and had nothing in common, leading to a tense working relationship.

We folded boxes in silence. This was really my best case scenario as a quiet Cindy was a Cindy not riding my ass, and Corey intimidated me.

But the weight of the silence grew too much for Cindy, who finally said, “I really want to go to bible school.”

I folded a box. I had less than no idea what bible school even was and I didn’t want to get sucked into a religious topic.

On my right Corey said, “W-why, Cindy?”

“Well, cause I believe what’s in the Bible, but I just don’t know it all.”

He nodded sagely to this.

Cindy continued, “And every time I sit down to read the Bible I get real sleepy. And I know it’s the devil.”

It’s so hard to convey her tone in written format. It was delivered with the emphasis and exasperation of an inevitable inconvenience. Like, I just know it’s the squirrels eating the bird seed.

I froze in place at this pronouncement. My only exposure to Lucifer was Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comics and I was trying to mentally twist into a frame of mind where The Morningstar cared enough about this one middle aged lady expanding her knowledge of the Bible that he followed her around cursing her with sleepiness when she picked it up.

I think I expected Corey to say, “Well that’s silly,” or something to acknowledge what a bizarre thing Cindy had just said.

Instead he said, “Yeah!” In a tone of complete agreement.

I didn’t look up. I tried to keep my face neutral at this development.

But something must have shown. Corey said, “You don’t believe in God?”

I shrugged casually and said, “If I did I wouldn’t talk about it at work.”

“C-cause it’s t-true. If y-you t-ry to r-read the B-bible on unsanctif-fied gr-round the d-devil m-makes you s-sleepy!”

I made a noncommittal sound and fled into the back room.

Over the next week it drove me crazy though. The logic of it wouldn’t leave me alone so finally one day when it was just Corey and I in front, and the restaurant was empty, I said, “Hey man, I have a question.”

He shrugged and listened.

“I really don’t mean this with any disrespect, I just genuinely want to know about the logistics-“

“J-ust ask.”

“Okay, so if Cindy gets tired when she reads any book, is it only the devil making her tired when it’s the Bible?”

His face went purple with fury and he yelled, “F-fuck you!” at my retreating back as I fled once more into the back room.

It will forever remain a mystery.

[i-am-trans-gwender]

In The Call of Cthulhu the titular character is defeated by a steamboat. The story is in the public domain.

The Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse is also public domain.

Therefore it is legally possible and canon compliant for Mickey Mouse to defeat Cthulhu.

[laritamiauu]

i aint a writer or that much of a reader but if anyone makes a lesbian version of circe and scylla as lovers to enemies TO LOVERS AGAIN and writes it

I WILL EAT THAT SHIT UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP

Like im so invested in their myth, like HOLY SHIT THEM WITH "GOOD LUCK BABE" I WILL MAKE AN ANIMATIC OF THAT SOMEDAY

[gorgynei]

i hope keyleth gets fully over vax one day so that inevitably when there are 1000 million plays about their tragedy she can just be like "ugh. okay can you guys get some new material or what" instead of being sad. like i think in exandria they would become like orpheus and eurydice except orpheus is a real person who is alive and hes tired of everyone airing his biggest fumble

[siingomuse]

See, I like Achilles. I think his love story with Patroclus is absolutely beautiful, and I agree he had some amazing moments. But does that mean I excuse what he did? Gods no, of course not. He was definitely a bad person. I mean- killing Troilus in his fathers temple? What the fuck, man? That's messed up. (There are some versions where he rapes Troilus, but I like to ignore those ones.) But was he that bad? Yes- during the Trojan war, that is. But he was a young man gone to war too soon- he was 17 when it started. But before that? No. He was trying to avoid the war, and then when he went to the war, well, he had to be bad. And he was. He was like, really bad. He had pride, but not hubris. I mean, that's what caused the death of Patroclus. Refusing to fight because Agamemnon hurt his pride, and then Patrocus donned his armour, blah blah blah Hector killed Patroclus, blah blah Achilles got really mad. So yeah. I like Achilles- but he's a stupid, prideful guy and his actions led to the death of multiple people, INCLUDING his boyfriend. Not the smartest or best guy, clearly.

[dougielombax]

This frost formation on a rock looks like an eye.

Seriously. Look at it!

It does!

Hmmm….

Hmmm….

*LOUD NOISES!!!!!*

Gah! Fucking hell!

Don’t do that!

Mister Manticore at it again with the Matthew 6:22 Jumpscare!

Scared the goddamn shit out of me.

*MORE LOUD NOISES*

QUIT THAT!!!!!

For fuckness’ sake!

[sleepgarden]

new headdress I'm working on for my shop. Lambkin, the pet name varré gives us in elden ring, is such a cute word. The pink yarn is very light against the cream, it's hard to capture but it "blushes" in light, almost disappearing under certain angles and light! Accented with antique lace, and it'll have a gorgeous matching ribbon and bows.

I haven't posted any personal work in a while so here's something I'm taking time on for myself ^-^

[l-i-r-i-e-s]

HE’S HERE HES ARRIVED

LOOOOOK 🗣️‼️‼️‼️‼️

THE GANGS ALL HERE !!!!!!!!!

[perfectly-pedantic]

Contrary to popular belief, Apollo doesn't actually pull the sun chariot.

Helios has a chariot that he pulls across the sky, he's the god of the literal sun.

Apollo, among other things, is the god of the sun in a spiritual and intellectual sense.

[skyward-floored]

Today I’m looking for a good reason for IAU Legend to have the nickname Legend. I’m thinking it should be something to do with his middle name but having it literally be “Legend” seems really presumptuous for Time and Malon to pick (even if they would mean it more like a reference to stories of old instead of a “hey our kid is amazing” kind of thing). So I was looking up synonyms for Legend but there aren’t really any good ones (apart from Fable but that would be weird). And I couldn’t find and good names that mean “Legend” either. So I thought maybe a translation of Legend in a different language would be interesting, maybe Latin or something, but I wasn’t finding any good anything on any of the sites I looked at and languages aren’t really my thing so I haven’t really gotten anywhere

[idamante]

Modern AU. Telemachus and Antinous are childhood friends and the two of them, alongside other teens are participating in the hear me out challenge. To Telemachus's horror, Antinous put out a cardboard cutout of his mom. Telemachus says, "That's my mom!" In a mortified voice.

[moonsun2010]

crying in the club (at home) over black myth wukong (BMW) chapter 1 really grabbed us by the throat and said "Hey have you considered the extraordinarily tragic side of the allegories of JTTW? That the villains of it are not simply one-dimensional obstacles in the path of the main cast but fully realised narratives in their own right". and then didnt wait for an answer before slapping us with a masterpiece. I know the game's only just came out but I really hope there'll be more of a community discussing the mythos and culture in BMW. i need to inject the OST directly into my veins. this is every Asian kiddo who's grown up with JTTW's dream come true