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#Kashmir#Jammu#elections#union territory#India#Narendra Modi#National Conference#turnout#special status#Youtube
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i'm beginning to think the Swansea is devs' favorite character and i love it so much. they made him an official dance playlist on Spotify, there's an achievement for letting yourself be axe murdered 10 times in a row called "The Good Ending", his keys in your inventory could've totally been just a normal picture of some keys but they put in the extra effort to give him a silly swan charm, he gets multiple epic speeches, there's an entire character dedicated to hyping him up, they posted a video of him twerking Jimmy to death. mark my words they're going to turn him into a marketable plushie any day now
#mouthwashing#*furious pecking*#and to be clear#they are entirely correct for giving him most special-est boy status#Swansea Mouthwashing no one could ever make me hate you
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people will tenderly kiss crowley as he's in the middle of the snake-to-human transition looking like an expired cucumber but draw the line at. beard.
I'm also people
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No but I gotta talk about Medusa for a minute actually.
It's been. A very long time since I read the PJO books so I don't exactly remember how Uncle Rick presents Medusa in the book. But the way the show introduces her myth? Fascinating. For me as a Greek mythology enthusiast, that is.
The show makes Medusa a victim of Athena. Of course, the show is mainly for kids, so they can't exactly say that, hey, kids, Medusa was Athena's priestess and she was raped by Poseidon, YEP, or protagonist's father, IN Athena's temple, nah, that's neither kid-friendly nor does it endears us to Poseidon. Not that Poseidon is very dear to us viewers/readers at this point, our narrator/protagonist can't stand his own dad.
But still what fascinates me is that even though they twisted the myth to ft the narrative they still managed to evoke Athena's curse as being actually a gift, and Medusa not feeling wretched over her condition but blessed.
Which is not a modern reading of the myth, actually. Saying that Athena couldn't punish Poseidon for his transgression and could only punish Medusa, but did so in a way that would give Medusa weapons to defend herself against whoever and whatever would try to harm her again, is a narrative that exists since Antiquity.
My point is that the re-framing of Medusa's myth, departing from the traditional, non-kid-friendly version while still incorporating both classic and modern elements, is a good frame of reference for the series (book and show)' entire approach to mythology. And I guess I'm saying that mostly for the non-book readers who are discovering this world, many of whom might be Greek mythology fans and might have gone "wait, why is Hades AGAIN presented as the bad guy when he's the chillest, most normal, most stable god in this entire pantheon", because that's a conversation the book fandom has been having (over and over again) for more than a decade.
Anyway, yeah. As a long time book fan and a show appreciative, here's my advice to anyone who knows WAY too much about Greek myths and still want to enjoy the ride without going every five minutes "wait, that's not correct": reframe. Contemporary rewritings, modern audiences and Fantasy genre.
#pjo series#pjo series spoilers#pjo#percy jackson#percy jackon and the olympians#rick riordan#medusa#greek myths#greek mythology#rapha talks#the funny thing is that one of the art exhibition i've been giving tours of these past couple of months is about goddesses#and it has some statues and objects about both athena and medusa so i've been talking a lot about these two for weeks now#so even though i still remember some from the books and i know damn well uncle rick's priority wasn't myth accuracy#i still got a bit floored by the planet-size holes in medusa's myth in the show#not enough to dislike the episode (au contraire i quite enjoyed it) but enough to feel compelled to say a word about it#(can you tell my special interest as a weird little girl was greek mythology and how it still is to this day...)
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I like that TSC, though written in the POVs of characters who experience physical attraction, still reads like an ace romance. It still relies on small tender gestures and moments to convey emotions like deepening feelings of trust. What it doesn't do is place characters together in big plot moments and just waving away the reason for the characters' sudden closeness as *it's sexual attraction*. Allo romance novels will tell you how they got together, but an ace romance is basically an entire thesis on WHY they got together. And I'd say TSC reads far more like the latter.
#though i admit#i'd be fine with jerejean not being endgame#to me the emotional intimacy matters more than any “confirmed dating” status#but that's just me#the sunshine court#all for the game#aftg#i enjoy reading romance novels even though 97% of the time#i am confused as to why the characters even like each other#i've learned to just roll with it#but yea aftg is special in that it walks you through EXACTLY why the characters decided to get together
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regulus who at first hates sev for being a poor, weird halfblood but for some reason keeps getting special treatment from his cousin and her fiancé
and years later he does the same thing
#snegulus#regulus x severus#mine#rkgk#i love this specific type of snegulus#hes a puppy dog just like his big brother#feral to those he dislikes but absolutely enamored to those he loves#he was baffled when he saw how much lucius endorses sev to everyone#and his idol lv taking a quick liking to him eventhough he's a nobody#and then it clicked in his head how special sev is despite his blood status#complete 180 after
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Lonely earth-bound monarch figures whose existences and legacies extend past the bounds of time and space.
#pokemon x and y#pokemon scarlet and violet#pokemon fanart#pokemon xy#az pokemon#area zero#the indigo disk#pokemon legends z-a#terapagos#pokemon az#my art#glimmora#Pokemon#my favs who held deity-like status ties to time/space (timeline split/multiverse) vital lore and lost potential..#flower motifs = glimmora and floette...#while one caused mass wipeout the other is a survivor of a natural disaster (though in some sense could take over the region with crystals)#both of their stories involved grand machine infused with potent power tied to the legendary mon#where in the end AZ/ai prof entreats the protagonists for their help to shut their creation down#both embody their themes - life/death#+ you need a special key item for the machine..the key and the book...sources and symbols of the creators' ambition#oh man do I think about them a lot...#at first I did not like the way this was going but im finally satisified with the results. I poured so many emotions in here lol
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all i really need from khml is for player2 to return to ephemer’s statue once in a while and just sit quietly by the fountain and reflect. both before and after they inevitably get their memories back- i want them to be drawn back to this spot again and again, just something tugging at their heartstrings, feeling comfortable there…
#like in cutscenes but also if you as the player choose to go there#there’s a secret report or something. there’s a save spot#you get special dialogue from the game system saying like ‘…you feel at peace here’#you hit the examine button and get something like ‘it’s a magnificent statue. there’s something about it…’ from the game#after you get memories back it says something like ‘…the statue looks heavenward; yet you feel him looking down at you…’#y’know?#kingdom hearts#khml
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trapping a tiny in a jar and gently setting the jar next to me on the sofa and giving them some popcorn cause i’m about to make them watch the entire extended editions of Lord of the Rings with me
#I WENT THRIFTING YESTERDAY AND I GOT ALL THREE MOVIES IN A BOX SET#I ALSO GOT ARGONATH STATUES. IM ELATED#im probs rewatching the movies today or soon#but each movie comes with four disks and a booklet and a special case#and there are SO MANY BONUS FEATURES. if i googled right then this set came out in 2003 and was one of the first extended editions available#im so excited. im feeling kinda sick today so im gonna camp out on the sofa w these fr#expect thirst posts abt giant boromir soon
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America's Response Monument, subtitled De Oppresso Liber, is a life-and-a-half scale bronze statue in Liberty Park overlooking the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City.
Unofficially known as the "Horse Soldier Statue" it is the first publicly accessible monument dedicated to the United States Army Special Forces. It was also the first monument near Ground Zero to recognize heroes of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
#the horse soldiers#America's response monument#new york city#green berets#special forces#us army#statue#world trade center#military
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tbh this special didn't feel like a special episode, if that makes sense. this could have easily been the pilot episode of season 6 and there would have been no difference. i mean they were in london for only three whole scenes. i was also under the impression that these special episodes had some distance and separation from very prominent canonical events.
#anyway i like it#i like the stakes it sets up#but i don't like how season 6 - its trailer and any info about it - is being played off as another season of the same status quo#with horrible animation#some sign that this arc is being considered would be very nice#ml spoilers#ml london special
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Reading loz/lu fics and it's just so interesting how wide the spectrum is of their personalities.
Sometimes it's got an in universe reason (different past (usually gender or species change), recent or ongoing traumatic events, a spectacularly bad first meeting), but sometimes (often) the characters are just... Weirdly angsty or peppy, there's no in between!
And I'm beginning to think less people have played more than one game than I thought XD.
Not that it's anyone's fault! One game is more than enough to be part of it all, and loz is exclusive to Nintendo consoles - and all the older stuff is frustratingly hard to get hold of. Heck, I'm still looking for wind waker, and that was really popular! And then you have to play it! They're not small games!!
But could people writing wild please ease off just a tiiiiiny bit so he can be a semi functional member of society pretty please XD? He's just as much a polite boy as any other member of the chain! He won't even run in shops! He can't attack npcs! He talks to every single person he's ever seen and remembers every single name. Yes, he's three quarters woodland creature with a hefty amount of trauma but he's also a fashionista who managed to avoid accidentally taking sides in a mayoral election and that's not easy!
#I have some actual gripes but that's just me being pedantic about something I know a lot about#loz#legend of zelda#tears of the kingdom#loz link#loz botw#loz totk#the legend of zelda#totk link#lu wild#Okay but please stop making his teleportation a point of interest to the chain they ALL can warp it's not even slightly special#And the slate/pad doesn't hold any items I'm begging you that's just fanon it's never been canon or been implied to be#Travelling across hyrule (on horseback) is about a week and a half following the paths at a walk. Rito to lurelin. It's not weeks on foot t#Hyrule Castle!!#This isn't a problem but like. Let link be petty brats to civilians occasionally. It's enrichment. They all have beef with some rando.#They're all extremely polite and let people get away with more than they maybe should but like. Adults starting smth with a 16yo.#Also wild has serious beef with ganon why does everyone write him so chill. Like botw sure but totk?? Absolutely not.#'wah my home is in ruins it's all my fault' it's been like that for yonks no one's even mad and hello?? Miles on miles on untouched#Landscapes?? Millenia of ruins indistinguishable from the recent stuff?? Link literally died he could not have done any more#How anyone can play botw/totk and not be BLISTERINGLY proud of hyrule I don't know#Okay but why does everyone (particularly legend omg) always bitterly blame hylia like loz has a dozen odd deities and hylia is the ONE who#Got cursed right alongside link. It's just... Idk but it seems like such a culturally Christian thing. All the focus on one who then gets#Blamed for everything in life going wrong. Not even Christian but specifically American Catholic. I don't know.#Hylia is the one deity we can pretty safely assume is neither omnipotent or omniscient lmao#In every time she has a voice (botk/ss) she pretty clearly mucks up or gets tricked and has regrets#In ss when she was zelda she hated every second of leading link around and even then it all hinged on link being completely willing!!#And then she got kidnapped anyway!#In totk (spoilers) she loses contact with one of her statues and asks link to check it out. Another statue gets POSESSED by ol triangle hea#And again link has to figure out the problem. Like even in her divine form she is so far from all knowing and all doing.#It's a lot of conflating with the concept of fate maybe?
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How do you create those wiki bio things for your PC?
hey! :) I believe at some point someone on the dol server made a blank template, but I actually just screenshotted the dol wiki to make these myself, lol!
here are the blank templates below--iirc, the font used was just Arial? I also included Robin + Kylar's tables for formatting comparison (on the wiki, it seems like it goes Capitalized Name the [lowercase description] on the main description, but not on the status table). 👍
hopefully this helps!! :)
#degrees of lewdity#dol pcs#reference#& of course there are example of other LIs special status icons on the wiki/in game as well!#I edited Kylar's eye & the lust bottle for Fish's tables so I'm sure you could also make custom icons for your own pc if you wanted 😊
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im actually losing my mind over sweet pool and how youji is simply the best representation for being the sacrificial lamb, the martyr, the victim of a madonna-whore complex, a vulgarised allegory when loss of innocence keeps hunting him ??? where was the rotten part ?? inside him ??? could he be saved ??? no
#the virgin mary statue that simply “watches over” everyone in that school ??? masterpiece#he's just the god loves you but not enough to save you for me#makoto hes my special boy he gets hunger like no other#im actually insane with the whole symbolic power this game has over me .............. christian boys ffs#and then youji being the guilt-trapped entertainment of god like#i want to kiss him smsmsmsms#female monstrosity and it's that subway scene from possession then youji's teenagehood l!!!#do you believe in god? it's in me...#sweet pool#youji sakiyama
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Memorial
#venti#genshin impact#venti genshin#digital art#genshin fanart#I've always liked the design of the barbatos statue in mondstadt#a special thankyou to isnt-it-pretty for Lyre Consultation - I did my best!#myart#fanart#portfolio
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Starting OC-tober with a bang, give it up for my favorite crybaby and bard extraordinare Chorus!!!
Wanted to celebrate them with a collage of some of my favorite pieces I've drawn of them to showcase how they've evolved over the almost 4 years since I made them akfjwkfjskfh. They've gotten cuntier (and sadder) as seems to be the case with all long term hyperfixation characters, and I look forward to when I get to play them again in campaign <3
#MHC: Chorus#Monster Hunters Club Campaign#the one that started it all#and by it all i mean my very first dnd character!!!#love u babygirl ur never escaping the allegations (being my hyperfixation) uve reached special interest status#artists on tumblr#bweirdoctober
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