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and if i said i still do? what then

living my truth: i love jayce

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living my truth: i love jayce

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ah, young love (they will hate eachother at some point, pinkie promise)

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man i really shouldn’t have watched arcane s2 in the middle of the day i have evening plans but i keep welling up thinking about my guys and the double divorce i just witnessed

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Six Hundred Strike is a masterclass of musical storytelling and i cannot get over people not liking it or saying it’s too confusing to follow

first of all, it’s not the first moment in EPIC where you need to listen to small clues in the music or else seek out the animatics to envision what’s going on! think the fight in Done For for example. also, when i first listened to The Horse and the Infant i was so confused, i think there is a lot packed into these songs so the more you listen to it the more you’ll be able to pick up on the narrative hints within the lyrics and music

i adore Six Hundred Strike. the beginning mashup of Aeolus’s motif to signify the wind bag opening transitioning into the ‘six hundred men’ from Full Speed Ahead, a line that Odysseus invokes at the start of Dangerous without the echo. The crew are his instrument now as they were Eurylochus’s, he is empowered by them and their loss. The musical representation of Odysseus fighting for every single person he’s lost is so narratively satisfying. Then you have the Different Beast motif signalling Odysseus is going to be cruel, the sound effects of him grabbing the trident and wielding it, Odysseus throwing all of Poseidon’s ‘wisdom’ back at him while Poseidon screams ‘Monster’ to show that the transition is complete, man has become monster, and it is the only way he can make it home. Odysseus tried, for the final time, to forgive, to get Poseidon to forgive, and it didn’t work, so he gave in.

I think it’s definitely not as clear cut plot-wise as some of the other songs, but it’s all there if you listen for it! the Aeolus motif when he’s using the storm, the trident noises etc. I also feel like it’s okay if you don’t imagine Odysseus fighting in the exact way Jay imagines it, as long as the basic narrative of ‘Odysseus uses the storm to fight Poseidon and then tortures him to surrender’ is there you can envision the fight however you want and it still fits perfectly with the story!

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Cherik mini comic about Charles’ telepathy vaguely based off a fic I read while back where they had a similar conversation. I can’t find it now but if anyone can let me know 😢

Not a sad one! Kind of! Maybe I’ll make a sad one in the future. I need to go finish my homework now LOL but thank you everyone for the patience!

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heartstopper portraying two vastly different perspectives of a mental health struggle is so important to me. i’ve been charlie but i’ve also been nick. sometimes i’m both at once. sometimes i give everything to support my loved ones and other times i need them to support me. supporting people can be hard. sometimes supporting people is what makes me need support myself. mental health struggles are hard for everyone involved, especially as a young person. i love that they portrayed nick’s struggle in a way that didn’t undermine or blame charlie. it is just hard. love is hard. it’s just also infinitely worth it.

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Athena in the Wisdom Saga be like

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Sirens and a Cyclopes

I know life and fate are scary, but I want to be legendary.

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yall aren’t ready for when i write a retelling of the odyssey from the pov of telemachus exploring non-conformity specifically as it relates to gender/sexuality and neurodivergence

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Wisdom Saga athena trying to be the mentor to telemachus that odysseus deserved... giving him positive affirmation instead of brushing him off ("you're a good kid" vs. "we'll see where it ends")... immediately claiming him as a friend instead of insisting that their relationship is strictly business... much to think (and sob) about.........

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Odysseus sketches

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felt like a good time to bring this back

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thinking about that x men scene where raven was like CHARLES LOOK AT ME!!! ACCEPT ME!!! as if she wasn’t standing buckass naked in front of her brother. like girl put on some clothes

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Scylla aimed for the torches.

Song 38: “Keep your head down, he’s aiming for the torches!”

Scylla: “We are the same, you and I.”

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sometimes when i’m alone i think love has left me but i just looked at the pile of strawberries i cut up for myself and i loved them so deeply and now i remember that love is always with me because it is me