#other than you ginger

[yanderespamton78]

AAUUAUGHGHAUHG THE SURPRISE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THAT HE WAS MAKING PECAN PIIEEEESSS

[meirimerens]

[The Herb Brides] are no one’s. They’re… the Earth’s. [...] And each other’s, sometimes.

Shörmös and Yyrghene 🌸🌾

[gingermintpepper]

In my Zeus bag today so I'm just gonna put it out there that exactly none of the great Ancient Greek warrior-heroes stayed loyal and faithful and completely monogamous and yet none of them have their greatness questioned nor do we question why they had the cultural prominence that they did and still do.

Jason, the brilliant leader of the Argo, got cold feet when it came to Medea - already put off by some of her magic and then exiled from his birthland because of her political ploys, he took Creusa to bed and fully intended on marrying her despite not properly dissolving things with Medea.

Theseus was a fierce warrior and an incredibly talented king but he had a horrible temper and was almost fatally weak to women. This is the man who got imprisoned in the Underworld for trying to get a friend laid, the man who started the whole Attic War because he couldn't keep his legs closed.

And we cannot at all forget Heracles for whom a not inconsiderable amount of his joy in life was loving people then losing the people around him that he loved. Wives, children, serving boys, mentors, Heracles had a list of lovers - male and female - long enough to rival some gods and even after completing his labours and coming down to the end of his life, he did not have one wife but three.

And y'know what, just because he's a cultural darling, I'll put Achilles up here too because that man was a Theseus type where he was fantastic at the thing he was born to do (that is, fight whereas Theseus' was to rule) but that was not enough to eclipse his horrid temper and his weakness to young pretty things. This is the man that killed two of Apollo's sons because they wouldn't let him hit - Tenes because he refused to let Achilles have his sister and Troilus who refused Achilles so vehemently that he ran into Apollo's temple to avoid him and still couldn't escape.

All four of these men are still celebrated as great heroes and men. All four of these men are given the dignity of nuance, of having their flaws treated as just that, flaws which enrich their character and can be used to discuss the wider cultural point of what truly makes a hero heroic. All four of these men still have their legacies respected.

Why can that same mindset not be applied to Zeus? Zeus, who was a warrior-king raised in seclusion apart from his family. Zeus who must have learned to embrace the violence of thunder for every time he cried as a babe, the Corybantes would bang their shields to hide the sound. Zeus learned to be great because being good would not see the universe's affairs in its order.

The wonderful thing about sympathy is that we never run out of it. There's no rule stopping us from being sympathetic to multiple plights at once, there's no law that necessitate things always exist on the good-evil binary. Yes, Zeus sentenced Prometheus to sufferation in Tartarus for what (to us) seems like a cruel reason. Prometheus only wanted to help humans! But when you think about Prometheus' actions from a king's perspective, the narrative is completely different: Prometheus stole divine knowledge and gifted it to humans after Zeus explicitly told him not to. And this was after Prometheus cheated all the gods out of a huge portion of wealth by having humans keep the best part of a sacrifice's meat while the gods must delight themselves with bones, fat and skin. Yes, Zeus gave Persephone away to Hades without consulting Demeter but what king consults a woman who is not his wife about the arrangement of his daughter's marriage to another king? Yes, Zeus breaks the marriage vows he set with Hera despite his love of her but what is the Master of Fate if not its staunchest slave?

The nuance is there. Even in his most bizarre actions, the nuance and logic and reason is there. The Ancient Greeks weren't a daft people, they worshipped Zeus as their primary god for a reason and they did not associate him with half the vices modern audiences take issue with. Zeus was a father, a visitor, a protector, a fair judge of character, a guide for the lost, the arbiter of revenge for those that had been wronged, a pillar of strength for those who needed it and a shield to protect those who made their home among the biting snakes. His children were reflections of him, extensions of his will who acted both as his mercy and as his retribution, his brothers and sisters deferred to him because he was wise as well as powerful. Zeus didn't become king by accident and it is a damn shame he does not get more respect.

[loveydoveylex]

GAAAAH I REALLY NEED TO UPDATE MY CARRD. my other f/os deserve a mention on there too. I'm trying to let myself be okay with having multiple beloveds x')

[lokiinmediasideblog]

Whenever someone criticizes an adaptation of mythology saying "No, it's AKSHUALLY this in the myths." Make a huge deal of it, and the myths have no mention of it.

[mostlikelyshutup]

all my playlists fuck but my ginger snaps playlist fucks so hard its insane

[gay-flyboys]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Spread the self-love ❤

This is so fun omg, okay. From most recent to oldest:

Hair Twined With Flowers: Aka, my flower soulmate au. Firstprince, 35k, injuries show up as flowers on your soulmate, canon adjacent. I love her so dearly. Has a short little sequel, too

True Colors Shine in Darkness and in Secrecy: I would be remiss to not include one of my smut fics, so why not my biggest one? RWRB sex scene rewrites, currently 43k but is a big wip. Sorry people who want me to update this. I promise I will <3

Sun Bleach: Hunger Games fic! Haymitch POV, 1.2k, ft ginger Finnick mourning the loss of his childhood. It's angsty, fair warning

The Devil Took Your Breath Away: My Deaf soulmate au. Icemav, 18k, you're Deaf until you meet your soulmate, ft platonic and romatic soulmates, canon MCD (so proceed with caution), canon adjacent (both films)

I Hope We Make It (To The Other Side): Julie and the Phantoms, how I miss you daily. Reggie backstory fic, 38k, not quite the same level of writing as I provide now bc it's like 3+ years old, but she means the world to me

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

see Taylor Swift's performance outfits are super planned out and fancy and deliberate whereas Hayley Williams always looks like she was just attacked by a local thrift store and managed to come out the winner

[miamignonette]

i think one of my wisdom teeth is growing in

[dovewingz]

been messing around with a kitten generator on cat genetic website and discovered that my oc's family is actually, by sheer chance, totally genetically possible

[mittenslikescats]

I find it kinda funny that people insist that Wyldfyre is Kai and Skyler’s daughter from the future. Even though Dragons rising doesn’t mention anything about time travel and Kai and Wyldfyre have different powers. Similar but different and Kai still has his powers. I just find it funny that people saw Wyldfyre’s hair color and how it was similar to Skylors and immediately though they were related. It reminds me of people in school who think that every kid with red/orange hair is related to each other.

Anyways if u like this theory that’s all cool with me it’s just the people (not rlly here) claiming that it’s true

[icewindandboringhorror]

various little Pictures of thinges

[gingermintpepper]

"I wanted, more than anything, to make you proud." No longer does his son bend his head. He meets him in his eyes - richest brown to clearest blue. Zeus cannot help but search for that little toddling thing that once sough refuge at his knees. When did Ares grow so large? When did his shoulders get so broad? "Why can't you just be proud of me?" What is it that Phoebus always says? That children can tell their parents have favourites even when they themselves don't know? It almost brings a smile to his face. How alike they both are, even now. Mirrors, the two of them, and they don't even know it. "What good would my pride do you now, Ares?" Ares recoils as though he's been struck. As ever, it is the wrong thing to say. Maybe there's never been a right thing to say. Or maybe the both of them are fools. Caught up in this perpetual dog-and-horse show; the son who wants his father's approval and the father who does not know what that means. All the wisdom in the cosmos can't give him that knowledge. "...Good talk, Father. Truly." That blood-red hair is a windswept flag as Ares leaves. Zeus swears it had been only up to his nape when they'd started speaking. The door slams shut, it rattles all his charts and maps, the vases with Hera's flowers sat pretty on his table. Then, there is silence. Then, there is regret. Well, Metis, look what a mess he's made now.

[miraclelevel]

1/9/24

[nicohischier]

vegas is winning people over with that overhead group picture that looks like a heart because as that qoutes posts demonstrate there's nothing hockey fans love more than symbolism

i haven't seen the photo and honestly do not show it to me because i'm certifiably sick today (things Got Bad last night) and i might just [redacted] again if i have to see that