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Some variations of the pied piper (ft. My friend @mabeljonesrock’s variant in the middle)
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Fairytale Fights: The Pied Piper
From the tall, brown hooded piper to the short colorful piper of Hamelin.
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Odysseus' reintegration into the world bound by mortal limitations foregrounds both his age and the distance he has traveled. The shipwrecked sailor who manages to crawl ashore naked on Scheria, bereft of companions, possessions, any token of identity — of all but the bare ember of vitality (cf. 5.488-90 — a lonely spark in a pile of ashes) — meets the young Nausikaa, whose life (like that of Telemachus) is just opening to the possibilities before her. The scene in which Odysseus, awakened by sounds that evoke in him fears of hostile men, faces instead a group of teenage girls playing ball, is both comic and poignant as it measures the difference between their expectations and stages of experience. Later, as he is challenged to compete in an athletic contest, Odysseus acknowledges the toll that age and journeying inevitably take. This is not, then, the epic of the beautiful death (one way to read the Iliad (e.g., see Vernant 1991: 50-74)) but the epic of timeworn, embraceable life.
John Miles Foley, A Companion to Ancient Epic, 2005.
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Cyn tending to Gale in Ethel’s Sunlit Wetlands, ft. Harriet the stuffed rabbit. The amazing, whimsical work of @pauvre-lola!
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Don't mind me, just blasting "Accidentally in Love" by Counting Crows while looking through Puss in Boots tag and crying at how beautifully written Puss and Kitty's romance is!
Favorite line:
These lines of lighting mean we're never alone! Never alone!
Favorite scene:
If you don't understand how this moment is considered romantic, watch the film until you do!
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Second attack on @coffeecakecafe!
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Belphegor: Being awake is overrated.
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Fairytale Fights: Red Riding Hood
Since I’ve been getting into media having the whole fairytale aesthetic, I’ve been taking more interest with an obscure PlayStation 3 game, Fairytale Fights.
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