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jeannereames · 1 year

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Just saw the cat publication and it came to my attention that Polyxena/ Myrtatle/Olympia/ Stratonike and Hephaistion had similar personalities I need to know more!

I should be more forthright. This is my reading of them, for the novels, as we don’t know a lot about the real Hephaistion, personality-wise.

In Dancing with the Lion: Becoming, part of why Alexandros latches onto Hephaistion so quickly owes to the fact he feels vaguely familiar. I don’t mean that in a creepy way, and specify as much because Oliver Stone has said, in interviews, that he cast Rosario Dawson as Roxana because she resembled Angelina Jolie in certain respects, and he wanted the Oedipal Thing.

I manifestly do NOT, nor do I think it applicable (see this post for an explanation of why).

Even so, we are drawn to people who remind us of those we love (and understand).

My Hephaistion and Myrtalē are both FIERCE in their devotion to those they love. They’re also intense and so, a bit scary. And they both have a jealous bone. Also like Hephaistion, Myrtalē as I envision her got on very well with and cares deeply about her siblings. I think readers can pick up a sense of that between the sisters at least, when Myrtalē is exiled in Epiros in DwtL: Rise.

I also see Myrtalē and Hephaistion as having similar styles of psychological manipulation (of those they perceive to be enemies). That was what I had a little fun with in the short story, “Two Scorpions.” Myrtalē/Olympias goes after him because she sees him as a threat to Alexandros. He tries to fight back, but is essentially dealing with an older, more experienced version of himself. So, we see her drop him to the (virtual) mat a few times. In the end, he “kinda” wins, but only because he walks out before she can get in a retort. LOL The confrontation is written in his POV, but I hope it’s still evident she is (overall) getting the better of him.

In “Two Scorpions,” both act out of love for Alexandros, and what they perceive as the best for him. Myrtalē/Olympias isn’t jealous of nor “hates” Hephaistion. She tells him, quite bluntly, that she didn’t really have much of an opinion about him until he made himself Alexandros’s lover. And she explains why (she perceives) that to be dangerous. She’s brutal, but she’s completely transparent—and knows how to use that honesty to undermine her opponent, just as she has a knack for guessing her opponent’s weak spots. Hephaistion often employs the same tactics. And both pair that with an apparently unflappable façade. But she’s better at it than he is. 😉 Because she’s almost fifteen years older than he is.

Too often, Olympias in literature is portrayed as irrational, vindictive, and jealous. But that’s an ancient Greek male projection of what drives “meddling” women who get above themselves by trying to “do” politics. How dare they?!

I hope that explains why I, at least, see the two as quite similar, at least in the novels. Again, we don’t know enough about the real Hephaistion to say what he was like, although I did build my fictional character on what seemed to me a feasible extrapolation from the source material.

#asks #Hephaistion #Hephaestion #Olympias #Myrtale #Two Scorpions #historical fiction #ancient Greek historical fiction #DwtL

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visionsofmagic · 7 months

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— how loud they are. ✷ mk1 edition. | part 1.

LOUD.

— nsfw content is under the cut! just a drabble. hope it is canon correct. also, wanted to make this two part because wanted to publish this before a request work, so here we are. enjoy! part 2; kung lao, syzoth, raiden, kenshi, shang tsung [so far]. [main master.]

tomas, kuai liang, bi han, johnny cage, liu kang

TOMAS. he would keep his voice to himself at the beginning of your relationship, however, over time, he will get confident and he will never hold himself back from showing how good you feel as he uses his voice, words, and sounds. he will be still shy yet he knows he should not hide how weak he is around you. he will become so loud that it’s hard to cum by just how cute he sounds. he will moan shamelessly, yet have a bit of redness on his face, worshipping you even and begging- it takes a few seconds until he’s down bad for you.

“mmmhhp! oh, yes, yes, my beloved, please - need more - ohhhh! more, mor - mhhhp! so good to have you - so gooood!”

KUAI LIANG. his loudness can change from time to time, whether he is the one who is a mess or you who is being a pathetic one by him and his cock. he will stay a bit silent when it comes to fucking you rough, yes he will still growl, and leave low moans but he will be louder when you take control, making him weak on the knees, hotness in his body is not there because of his ability, no, it will be there because of you and how easy you take shameless sounds from him.

“oh my - you have no - aggh - idea how much you make me weak, right? baby, I - ohhhh fuu - I love you so muuch - agh, will cum because of how good you’re making me feel!”

BI HAN. he stays quiet except for talking dirty, humiliating, teasing - will praise you if you do good, will accept how good you feel if it’s a lucky day because the man doesn’t want to break by anyone yet you’re so different, different than anyone else because you can really make him, the grandmaster, swear underneath his breath, sweating and can’t help but moaning lowly into your ears - growling from time to time as if he’s a beast and your his special hunt.

“fuuck! pretty baby, have no fucking idea how much pleasure I, your grandmaster, get by fucking you. aggh - fuck! feel so good to see you making a mess on my cock like this slut.”

JOHNNY CAGE. he will never stop talking, so, he would not like to keep his voice only to himself either, especially when you make him see starts, reaching the climax - the highness he has never had before you - not even seeing outworld for the first time had this effect on him, no, you’re something else and he promises that he will never hold back when it comes to you, and that includes literally worshipping you, moans, lewd voices, begs never leaving his mouth.

“shiiit baby! fuuuuuck you feel amazing! please baby give me more - need more, fuuuuck! pussy is tightening around my cock that you literally swallow it - ahaha - feel that baby? ‘s all you!”

LIU KANG. god of fire has great control over his body which allows him to stay calm and steady even in the most challenging situations. however, it all disappears in the air with a puff when he has you - exposed, giving yourself to him, and in return, making the god of fire a mess - literally, a mess who is doing all the things he never expected himself to do; moaning loudly without shame, talking so openly with the highness he feels, being on his knees and begging for you. so, he is likely to be as loud as you in bed, wanting you how you affect him in all good ways by being loud enough to make his voice echo inside your mind as he fucks you into oblivion.

“oh my y/n, my love, such beauty that I am so weak before you! please - one more, pretty girl, please, give me one more - you can do it - mhhpp! I can earn it. pretty - ohhh!”

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#🧡 version two of my mk1 drabbles #mk1 #mk1 x reader #tomas vrbada #tomas x reader #smoke #kuai liang #scorpion #kuai liang x reader #bi han #sub zero #bi han x reader #johnny cage #johnny cage x reader #liu kang #liu kang x reader #🍒 thanks for reading! see you in part 2 too!#mk1 smut

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arthistoryanimalia · 5 months

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#TwoForTuesday:

Félix Labisse (French, 1905–1982)

Les scorpions, 1959 gouache, 31 x 54 cm

Combat de scorpions, n.d. lithograph, 43 x 57.5 cm

#Félix Labisse #French art #surrealist art #surrealism #20th century art #scorpion #scorpions #pair #lithograph #painting #print #Two for Tuesday

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humanharvest · 6 months

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if all is lost, will i repeat or repent?

#connect the cuts - ice nine kills #I HAVE TO MIX MY TWO SPECIAL INTERESTS. I HAVE TO!!!! AND THIS SONG IS JUST SO HIM!!!!#mortal kombat #mk #mk11 #mk11 scorpion #hanzo hasashi #🩻 art #consider this a finished piece cause im really lazy and i hate coloring

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pie-bean · 2 years

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I finally managed to get attacked by three different bugs at once! 🦂🐝🦟

#this was extremely difficult and took several hours over two days to accomplish mostly due it needing a lot of luck to work #a worthy way of ending this very bug focused summer lol #acnh #animal crossing new horizons #mine #animal crossing #acnh video #acnh bugs #cw bugs #bugs #cw insects #cw scorpion #arachnid #wasps #mosquito #acnh blog

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butterpretzelcookie · 11 months

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OvenBreak summer collection

#cookie run #dark choco cookie #licorice cookie #pomegranate cookie #butter pretzel cookie #cheesecake cookie #truffle cookie #bellflower cookie #scorpion cookie #white choco cookie #coffee candy cookie #sprite edit i think #my art #ive been working on this for two fucking years i kept missing the entirety of summer. somehow!

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dykedvonte · 2 months

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There is something uniquely kind and disturbing that Benny and the Khans ambushed the Courier and brought them to a cemetery to be killed.

It's an unmarked shallow grave. They would've died with no name and no one to come to look for them, not a thought in anyone's head expect and afterthought for their killer. But in that, they are still laid to rest. No one they know will visit them but their grave will be visited, maintained at least by the townspeople of Goodsprings. Unresolved but not forgotten.

Benny did not choose the cemetery out of kindness, it was pragmatic as people are likely to not mess with a grave in a town like Goodsprings, fresh or not.

After all... It's rude to disturb the dead, though, what does that mean if they were never truly made to rest?

#something something bennys plans for the courier at the beginning are so impersonal but marked by little things that explore his thought #process cause honestly leaving the courier on the side of the road for a scorpion to get wouldve been better than so close to town but he #chose to make the khans bring you there and bury you #two bullets is usually enought and he had no reason to think youd live but he seems more thurough like hed def be like throw em in a scorp #nest but theres an odd amount of respect and letting you see his face before you get shot and making sure to bury you #most executions are less polite #fallout #fallout new vegas #benny gecko #benny fnv #the courier #courier six #the great khans #khans fnv

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laismoura-art · 2 months

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Clearing up a very recurring misunderstanding:

The Shirai Ryu was NOT built using Harumi's clan!

"Also incensed by Bi-Han’s betrayal, Harumi agreed to help me forge a new clan. One that would stand against him and defend Earthrealm.

Her aid proved invaluable. And as time went on, we grew closer."

The Shirai Ryu was built from the ground by Kuai and Tomas WITH HARUMI'S HELP, she did not give away her clan, Kuai did not use her clan as foundation for his and they did not merge their clans.

Harumi's clan still exists and it's NOT the Shirai Ryu!

Every time her clan is brought up, it's either to say Harumi gave up on it or that Kuai took advantage of their relationship and took it for himself. And ultimately is used as an excuse to shit on the Kuairumi ship. And I'm tired of seeing these takes being spread all over when they are so clearly FAKE and so easily DEBUNKED by a 2 minutes vídeo.

#harumi shirai #kuai liang #kuairumi #lady shirai #scorpion #mortal kombat #i've been seeing these misunderstandings a lot recently #at they always make these two characters and their ship look bad #kuairumi is a harmless ship #i don't understand why people try so hard to make it look problematic #mk1 #mortal kombat 1

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spielzeugkaiser · 1 year

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[MASTERPOST]

Let's all wave and say "bye uncle eskel"! Milek is a sweetheart, he would have given Eskel roachie and then Jaskier many many sleepless nights because he would have cried because she isn't there.

#jaskier #eskel #the witcher #witcher fanart #geraskier lovechild #I love how toddlers are sometimes are like 'give you thing' 'cry because they don't hold thing anymore'#I feel you buddies #life is confusing when you are two #as we have seen #they will meet again 👀#but after the bad time Jaskier had yesterday they deserved something softe #ALSO be aware that Milek said 'bye' to Eskel but he took ages to say goodbye to scorpion #with all his 🥺🥺🥺 power but they can't just steal Eskels horse

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fryebitch · 7 months

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#take two on postin🤣🤣🤣🤣🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️💥💥💥💥#subscorp #scorpion #sub zero #kuai liang #hanzo hasashi #mortal kombat #mk #mk11 #mortal kombat 11 #mk scorpion #mk sub zero

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maple-bee · 7 months

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Hello MK fandom! Would anyone be interested in having their own Lin Kuei buddy? Samples are currently being made, so more details to come in the future! I'd like to see if there’s enough interest first to fully fund these lil guys 🫶🏼💜

Feel free to let me know what other characters you’d like to see!

#ngl I have a ton of other characters designed #Reptile and Ashrah being two of my faves #mortal kombat #mortal kombat 1 #mk1 #mk1 2023 #bi han #kuai liang #tomas vrbada #sub zero #scorpion #smoke #mk sub zero #mk scorpion #mk smoke

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icedlava1 · 8 months

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What if Nero and Smoke switched places?