one of the most beautiful things about studying literature is learning that the world and the stories that were narrated over the centuries were full of incredible, amazing losers
we all have this traditional concept of ancient heroes as... some mystical unmatched people that were always so cool and strong and we could never catch up to their glory, and I mean, they’re all super cool, but they were also so human!! and so fucking PATHETIC!!
the first time Telemachus stand up against his mother’s suitors he literally burst into tears and throw the scepter on the floor because of the anger!! and he’s not made fun of because of his crying. greek heroes actually cried all the time, Achilles, Odysseus, all of them!
Lancelot was like... the coolest, the strongest, the best knight of the fellowship of Arthur, and also the biggest simp of all times?? He would have literally done ANYTHING Guinevere told him to do. He humiliated himself over and over again for her!! He would let himself being beaten up because she asked him to do so! And speaking of knights, Perceval was such a silly little mess. He literally has to ask 2 simple questions but he gets anxious because his old masters told him “you ask too much questions” so he stay silent and fucks everything up because of this.
Dante Alighieri, probably the biggest italian author ever, wrote a book about his love for Beatrice and described how one time he saw her and got so nervous he had to run to his own room with his heart beating fast like any modern young adult book teenager protagonist would do
they’re all so silly!! and so cool anyway!! humans have always been the same and that’s so beautiful. you can read all these classical book and be like “omg he’s so me” much more than you would think
I just think that’s neat yk
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hi tumblr i am once again obsessed with a disaster wizard
so i bring an offering
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for @esamastation
and their fic "Into the Abyss"
your fic has me in a tight chokehold i can't get enough of it 🥺
(colors inspired by Beksinski's paintings bec his art is lowkey how i imagined the endless abyss looks like :"3 )
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