#you know i hate ‘feminist’ retellings of greek myths. bc they all fucking suck and dont understand the source material. i think this one can | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

lavenite · 1 year

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back to reading troilus and cressida again. this time chaucers poem. i cannot comprehend how anyone looks at cressida and think. oh yea, she sucks and shes a totally unfaithful lover - SHE DIDNT EVEN LIKE TROILUS??? HER UNCLE CAME IN AND SAID IF YOU DONT LOVE THIS MAN HES KILLING HIMSELF AND THEN IM ALSO KILLING MYSELF IN FRONT OF YOU. and then she gets scared and says shell think about it. incomprehensible

#t+c #i read that this is the most sympathetic read of cressida and i am very frightened to read other version TBH…#my girl doesnr even have any historical or ancient backing. she was an off branch of brieses the medievals made just to demonize her #men when theyre so misogynistic that they have to create a woman and insert her in their totally not christian biased trojan poem to be evil #and a cheater who makes poor troilus sad by rejecting his love :(#you know i hate ‘feminist’ retellings of greek myths. bc they all fucking suck and dont understand the source material. i think this one can #slide. ans by slide i mean IM going to write it so of course its going to be good

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