So I was thinking of a Greek myth I read a long time ago:
"The lover of beauty." And the story is about a man named Pygmalion who is devoted to his art. He spends hours working on sculptures that are absolutely gorgeous and one day he begins to work on a sculpture of his ideal type. And he's besotted, he's dropping his chisel for hours on end to just stare at his work, lost in his own fantasy. She's appearing in his dreams and he is slow to finish the construction just imagining the joy he'd feel if she were living. When he finally finishes the statue he can only look at her and sigh. However, just around the time that he's finished the festival of Aphrodite begins and as a devotee he goes to pay his respects.
Afterwards he comes home and sees the statue move and he takes Galatea in his arms as she breathes for the first time. The next day they go to pray to Aphrodite, one grateful for being given life and the other grateful that the goddess answers his dreams.
(This is heavily paraphrased but I just wanted to share it cause it's interesting)
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Getting pretty close to the end of odyssey I feel, and jfc the shit i have to go through to keep my idiot asshole brothers alive.
The whole second encounter with Stentor I was like... It's rotten work. Especially to me, especially if it's you. I'll do it but christ alive
And Alexios. Jfc where do I even begin. Im like, you're gonna be my fuckin friend whether you like it or not idc. I love you bitch, die mad about it!
I am dragging everyone kicking and screaming into being a family and it's pretty funny
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I did it. My angy murder death bird has been drawn by my hand. Now they can hunt for souls in style.
For context, this is my "grim reaper" OC, Tenshi Nevermore, who has a whole character bio you can read on my page if you're interested. (It's a lengthy read tho bc ADHD be damned) Low-key kinda proud of how this came out.
Just gonna say this now, if you got an OC that's just text and you really want them to be visualized, DRAW THEM. It doesn't matter if your drawing skills aren't the best or if you need to use piccrew, DO IT. It's so satisfying to see them "come to life" and be more than just words.
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