#not like he is relevant but still

[bukubook]

The Marriage Business, Ch. 55.

[bloodysparklez]

i'm obsessed with nikki's completely disproportionate response to this situation lmao

giovanni: mansplain manipulate manslaughter

nikki "gentle parenting is always the solution" lastname: how about MANNERS

[bacchuschucklefuck]

class swap design masterpost for convenience (from top to bottom: bard!riz, cleric!gorgug, sorcerer!kristen, barbarian!fig, artificer!adaine, and rogue!fabian)

[kingbeeleth]

hes so funny

[margaretkart]

The failure of Greek myth retellings

This is a personal rant about how I, as a Greek and mythology lover, view these modern retellings and how they came out more as a disappointment.

Here are some examples of forced labelling from the book sites like Bookreads:

Do you see a pattern? Is not only they are telling the audience rather than showing how "feminist" are these retellings but also..

Man vs woman

According to the retellings all ancient Greek men are bad, sexist, misogynists, worthless, abusers and women are girlboss ✨. But it's obvious that humans regardless of gender are complex beings.

But when you read the Original epics you realise that women have as much importance in the story as men. But not in the way you are used to...

The women aren't afraid to speak their mind, they have agency, they are a driving force the admire, but it's not with shields, armor or physical strength. They are also showing it with kindness, empathy, cunning but also with anger, sorrow, vengeance.

Penelope, Electra, Antigone, Ariadne, Andromache, Helen, Cassandra etc. ARE strong women! They don't have to go to battle to prove it!

BUT that also doesn't mean we should glorify the women who are abusers and do wrong things!

Clytemnestra for example, exiled Orestes, had her daughter Electra a slave, showed proudly her Trojan women (also slaves) and killed Cassandra an innocent woman.. Do i understand how and why she acted? Yes 💯. Does this justifies her actions ? Of course no.

Medea, killed her brother and her children, and also poisoned Jason's next wife and her father because "she wanted to make him suffer like her". Do i understand why she did it? Yes. Does it justify to have everyone suffer because of one man? No.

Hera, punished several women and men alike because she couldn't do it on Zeus (because he is the king and stronger). Is cheating bad? Yes. Does it justify her to punish someone who was obviously a victim or was powerless against a god? No.

The retellings:

fail to do complex characters.

fail to let the audience come to their own conclusions who's right, wrong or neutral.

They fail to make daring characters without be labelled on a modern stereotype.

Fail to understand the norms of ancient Greece and how they shaped these stories.

Fail to realise that men and women are more complex than modern stereotypes.

I am not against retellings but do better! Making a great retelling respectful to the source and having complex characters with quality reading would be deeply appreciated.

And to the readers to not rely on retellings as "faithful resources".

[willyhoos]

you, and what little remains of your brother.

[junglejim4322]

For like a minute as a teenager I had a crush on a guy I knew (he was also gay) until I found out he actually REALLY really really hated me and was talking massive shit about me and I was like okay whatever fuck u. and then he ended up saying he didn’t like guys anymore at all and started dating one of my best female friends, and they dated for YEARS so I had to tolerate his stupid dumb ass being around and when they finally broke up she told me he still talked about me all the time even after id strayed from that friend group and we were adults. Anyway moral of the story once a guy hated me so much he turned straight

[ulteri0rm0tives]

johnny dumbfuck silverhand posting on his fuckboy finsta:

[popppyfur]

sometimes when i like characters thisssss much i like drawing unnecessarily complicated comics of them having a normal ass conversation

[uncanny-tranny]

Love disabled people who just lie about their disabilities to nosy, intrusive questions. Sorry, yeah, I lost my arm in the wash one day. It's funny how that happens! Oh, I got back pain from saving nineteen children from a burning fire department <3

[gamebunny-advance]

Some skrunkly Oatchis from the official Pikmin comic.

Bonus mamuta bugging out their eyes 'cus i think it's funny but I don't feel like posting it by itself.

[logan-asks-what]

Trying to write Brucie Wayne side of Bruce is hard and weird bc wdym I have to make him kinda bimbo himbo -ish with somewhat lacking ability to read the room but being able to make fun of any rude guest who messes up the etiquette manner while the man himself is literally walking around with his shirt undone so down low that none of the guests are looking at his eyes every time just losing their control and sneaking a peek at Brucie’s chest skin being exposed like THAT.

This man can do incredible shit related to philosophy, physics, chemistry, biochemistry and many MANY other stuff but oh uh! Here he is, the Gotham’s Prince sitting on poor looking journalist’s lap facing him, twirling their hair and trying to take away their glasses, all while a journalist just thought they found a chance to get a quote for the newspaper but noooo now they are getting rizzed up with bimbo Brucie on their lap who refuses to give something smart/good enough , only talking about “Ooohhh babyyyy! If only you could hear yourself from the side you’d know how much of a pain it causes me, but also you definitely should’ve come to my last charity event thingy where I got much more worse drunk than this time and- oh, you know! The last time I had charity Lexie got sooo so mad at me for saying his purple tax reminded me of this problematic Clown in town, he got so pissy that he straight up dared me and so I kinda dared him and Lexie got soooo mad he literally took off all that clothes and- oh my god!!! You would never believe me but this bitch literally got a fucking back trampstamp and it made me laugh so much because- hey do you know that I got that thingy too, right? And, anyways, it was so fucking funny that I couldn’t stop laughing so much, and this Rapunzel of a man pfft decided to laugh at me too and we fell into my pool-“

[secriden]

Style says, while everything about his tone and expression and demeanour and the anticipatory delight in his eyes says I hope you're exactly the same jealous type like your brother is.

[tls12lessthan3]

i feel like kim dokja has enough internalized homophobia to be at least a little weirded out by his attraction to yoo joonghyuk + yoo joonghyuks attraction him once he figures out that is indeed what it is. but i also think this is a problem that pales in comparison to the huge fucking complex he has about loving and being loved. so like ultimately it doesn't really matter. like if kim dokja were normal then you could write a whole story about him learning to overcome his fear around his attraction to men and what it means to do so in an apocalyptic world where those social norms are now inherently changed because there isnt really a society anyway. but much like kim dokja continues to wear office friendly clothing despite the fact minosoft is firmly dead there are things from that past you keep doing more out of familiarity than anything else. but because kim dokja is infinitely more afraid of the idea of being in a romantic relationship period due to his ongoing urge to punish himself and his fear of emotional intimacy, by the time theyve worked through that and kim dokja is finally comfortable enough with himself to be in a relationship with yoo joonghyuk hes sitting on the couch cuddling with him like oh fuck, the gay thing. well. whatever. bit late now!

[roominthecastle]

Siegfried & (being ceaselessly mesmerized by) Audrey

[harveysbelly]

Harvey saying this is so funny cause there's no way both him and Mike are unaware of the fact that Kirk and Spock are like the main reason gay fanfiction exists, there is No Way they don't know about Spirk

You can't convince me Harvey isn't a shipper, he's too much of a lover to not be one