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theloveinc · 1 year

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Same person as anon abefore! I wanted to ask about any personal rules you have for this blog? (Only if you feel comfortable answering ofc) bc i saw your post about adding thoughts onto other peoples post and had no idea some people dislike that! But it makes sense why it might make others uncomfortable in a way

-curious question from someone who would very much like a moot (only if you want one too :D !!!!)

hello dear friend :) ... yes ofc you can ask!! tho apologies in advance if this is a complicated answer (and i got your other ask too, tho imma save it for tomorrow bc i'm exhousted)...

i actually personally don't have, nor have ever had, rules for my blog.... mostly bc people have their rules broken ALL the time and i just don't want to worry myself w/ accusing askers/followers of doing this or that (can't break any rules if there aren't any), you know?

but also that's pretty easy for me to say bc i don't really have any like... big triggers or icks or things that bother me, either, so like. if i get something i don't want to address ... i just won't lol? tho that rarely happens cuz i want to get to everything even if i CAN'T or don't

as for like... additions to posts, i think everyone has different preferences regarding how one should go about it? so i can't answer for everyone... but asking is def a safe and kind bet, ALWAYS.

as for me, NORMALLY (adding thoughts) isn't something that bothers me! i love seeing what people have to say, esp if they're friends of mine or add acknowledgements to the creator of the post.

but i think what p*ssed me off today is the fact that........ even tho the reblob was most definitely well intentioned, it just felt a little like i was ransacked of my own idea, esp since that blog has way more followers and friends than i do and i felt like people were responding to them rather than like... me/my idea/OUR idea (and we've never spoken either so .... ??? double whammy)

but anyway. i really want to say like, don't be afraid of adding onto my stuff, or doing anything really idgaf, cuz usually i totally don't mind and esp now that we're friends and have chatted!

but now... i guess i can say, in MY case specifically, recognition does go a long way. even just adding a little like... "hope you don't mind if i add to this!" or "great idea!! this makes me think of ___" would make it feel so much better than just reblobbing as if it were your (as an example) idea in the first place to contribute to.

BUT USUALLY I'M NOT THAT PICKY. TODAY WAS JUST :/ bc i felt a little ignored by someone i do admire and appreciate. but please don't stress yourself, whatever happens i'm always happy to forgive<333

but thank you so much for being so considerate, for my sake and everyone's. i hope this wasn't too hard to read, new mootie friend☺️ (fyi, i follow from @virtualizated)

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petrichormore · 5 months

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unrelated but I’ve seen an increase of shippers on twitter being like ‘oh my god 4halo is finally canon I can’t wait for them to get married’ and like congratulations but. q!bbh has looked down on marriage presumably for as long as we’ve known him - he says it multiple times. He would never be happy in an actual marriage and not only that but like. Have people forgotten that the happy pills arc happened? Have people forgotten what the 4halo dynamic specifically became during that arc??

Like q!BBH hated marriage before but now he’s got a billion more reasons to avoid it. Especially with q!Forever, even if he’s no longer drugged. And q!Forever does too? Like I cannot imagine a world where one side of 4halo proposing to the other would have any effect other than sickening q!Forever and scaring q!BBH. Maybe I’m wrong but like those two are never getting married. Even if they’re mutually crushing on each other, sure whatever, they’re still never getting married. And that’s good. They should cut out the paperwork and do a highly dangerous blood ritual instead.

#i know I know some people like the fluff and the cutesy im not bashing #well I am a little but not in a malicious or angry way #it’s just ooc but sometimes that’s just how it be. you do you people #but like have you seen q!Bad’s reaction to hearing careless whisper even weeks after q!Forever returned to normal?#that’s not the reaction of someone who recieved closure and has appropriately moved on from an event lmfao #the last time he and forever talked about the pills he said ‘I’m glad we’ve moved on from that’ SARCASTICALLY #happy pills arc you will always be famous

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strrwbrrryjam · 2 months

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i don't expect adaptations to be carbon copies of the original, because then what would be the point of the adaptation when we already have the original. i don't expect adaptations to be better than the original, sure, there are a few cases of that happening, but it's rare.

what i do expect adaptations is to be faithful to the source material, keeping to the same themes that were integral to the original, and i do expect adaptations to maintain the integrity of the characters, especially in a show like avatar the last airbender, where much of its appeal and depth come from the growth, development and the relationships of the characters and that's where natla fails.

#changes to characters can be good sometimes. but the changes the creators of natla made are not good.#if you believe that the changes they have made are for the better? im not listening to you. argue with the wall.#i dont really care if you like it. if you like it. good for you!#i didnt. it sucks ass. its... so flat and completely assassinated so many characters. katara. bumi. iroh. hakoda.#there are few positives. it isnt all bad. most of it is though.#its not worse than the movie. ill give them that. some of the scenes were great. but... ugh.#side note - i see a lot of people complimenting the outfits and... sure. they look pretty. but the thing is they shouldn't look pretty.#aang is 12 years old. he's reckless and messy and loves to goof off. his clothes are not going to look pristine and brand new.#sokka teaches children to be warriors. you cannot tell me his clothes wouldn't be dirty and torn.#same with katara. but she's an amateur waterbender who messes up. a lot.#ZUKO HAS BEEN ON A RUN DOWN SHIP FOR THREE YEARS. his armour would be OLD. AND SCRATCHED UP.#especially with how careless zuko is. he is a person who will strive to achieve his goal even at his own expense.#his armour and clothes would be beat up and worn.#its got a cosplay feel to me. like these are just people cosplay characters that they only have a shallow knowledge of.#its. just. ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. i hate it #natla #netflix avatar the last airbender #atla #avatar the last airbender #strawberry speaks

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99hook · 7 months

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telling someone about how something they did hurt my feelings and them shrugging it off and not even attempting to care?? like okay i’m never opening up to you ever again in my life, goodbye.

#i’m ranting #but i’m so serious #how can you say some of the most hurtful shit #and then when someone tells you how it made them feel #you literally just don’t care at all #like??#no empathy whatsoever #just careless about other people’s feelings #literally i can’t #i’m so annoyed and sorry y’all are having to read all this but like #i just can’t 🙄

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ftcatv · 7 months

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reminder to please neuter your cats because i cant realistically feed all the babies theyre leaving everywhere

#i was walking home when a stray literally SCREAMED at me #i had my dog with me and the poor baby didnt even care because of how hungry he was #he was so thin it broke my heart so i went back to give him some food #but its NOT the solution #because the cat was an intact male and hes gonna make a shit ton of kittens #and yeah i wish i had the space and money to bring another cat home but i cant #im BEGGING you please neuter your cats #dont let them free roam #i love cats i really. really. freaking love cats.#but theyre a goddamn invasive specie because people couldn't be more careless #ftcat venting

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holyshit · 2 years

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#truly so disheartening seeing people so gleefully throw closeted people under the bus time and time again #both in the fandom where people are so excited to revel in the gp's reaction as an 'i told you so' rather than at all caring #about the people who are in the closet who will see their words and see they truly think people cannot interact with the gay community #while still being actively in the closet #and the gp who are so excited to find any opportunity to shit on someone who very clearly could be in the closet because they aren't out #enough for their liking #instead of actually criticizing him for something worthwhile that doesn't completely disregard the idea of people in the closet lmfao #and then on top of all that the rampant biphobia of saying that him publicly dating women can't exist in the same universe as him being #some form of not straight #even if you think holivia is real- he could still be bisexual and no one is allowing for that possibility because! shock! biphobia!#and even people in this fandom agreeing with that attitude and gleefully cheering it on #your words do not exist in a vacuum! saying 'stop being self-centered' about people reasonably being horrified by people being so careless #about how people talk about the closet in a fandom full of people in the closet!#is gross!#it's so miserable being in this fandom when these are the standards these days #maybe one day you'll realize this isn't worth the 'gotcha!' moment

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lupismaris · 27 days

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My therapists keep telling me to stop othering myself and I'm trying but it's really fuckin hard when I'm being othered

#i get im spending a lot of time with fellow audhd and on the spectrum queers i do and i get that means compassion and empathy #is potentially going to be lacking in some ways because they are learned behaviors that do not come naturally or at all #but for all the effort i put in to getting over the sense of being 'othered' and 'the outsider' some of them do a damn good job #just nerfing the work ive done with a lot of carelessness #if you're doing a group pool of money for a gift and i offer you cash dont single me out!! as the only one!! who doesn't need to pay!!#because its cash not venmo. like regardless of the implications of it its fuckin humiliating to be singled out in a GROUP CHAT #no matter how nice you try to make it if you're ultimately saying you dont want my money #dont cut me off and cut me out at practice because you're insecure and dont want to take advice from someone who isnt a coach #don't cut me out because im one of the only people who likes and exhibits masculinity in a way you dislike.#like. how am i supposed to feel? other than humiliated and exhausted and pissed off when someone else's bullshit #is constantly overrunning everything else and everyone else #tbd im sick and i need to do my tshot and i dont want to go to practice today . this teammate sends off kill bill sirens i stg

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mythicalcoolkid · 2 years

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I've seen a lot of posts discussing the "helpless husband" issue where husbands will insist they can't do household tasks or purposely do a bad job to get out of them - and I'm glad it's getting discussed! This is a problem that hasn't gotten much recognition and I'm glad it's rightfully coming to awareness. But I also see a lot of comments about how certain tasks are things that "everyone knows by that point"

I'm 20+ and learning basic food safety. I learned things like "put things in the fridge when they've cooled off" and "check the temperature of your meat is okay," but things like "if the Jello has melted it's no longer good to eat," "that sandwich will still go bad by the next day even in the fridge," "drinks cannot sit out indefinitely and still be good," or "there is a limit to how long that food can sit out before it becomes unsafe" are things I've had to actively learn with the help of my (very concerned) friends. My reality testing center is broken, so my brain tends to wildly over- or underestimate the likelihood of events or can't process the idea of certain outcomes going poorly. My sense of direction, time, and size are extremely bad, to my own constant frustration. I know a lot about a lot of things and am generally pretty successful. But I end up struggling a lot with things that "everyone knows"

The actual rude behavior also tends to get lumped in with genuine mistakes. I now know that my father was likely autistic, and it explained a lot of his behaviors that we'd thought were baseless rudeness - overreacting to "small" things, not noticing certain issues, convenient "selective hearing." But he also willingly did things that were legitimately rude (going out of his way to ignore a problem he caused, lying about us, refusing to do things out of spite). When I personally "ignore" things, most of the time it's because I didn't see them at all and didn't know there was a problem, or I said I'd do it, didn't write it down fast enough, and genuinely forgot about it. This stuff isn't all in the same category. Some is honest difficulty, some is intentional cruelty

Basically, don't excuse men who are intentionally putting the burden of household chores on their partner, because it's a very normalized kind of manipulation and needs to be called out. If someone is not willing to learn ("no you just always do it so much better"), seems to be purposely messing up and is unwilling to actually try to improve (making it easier for you to just do it yourself than to teach them, again), or hides behind "complimentary" stereotypes ("women are just better at that stuff, I wouldn't even know where to start"), that's manipulative and needs to stop. But a person not noticing or forgetting things, needing clear instructions, not knowing something "basic," or being legitimately unable to do something is not the same thing. If they understand and are willing to contribute, open to finding ways they can help ("I can't wash dishes, but I can dry and put away or vacuum") or workarounds for issues ("I can try washing dishes with gloves on," "we can make a list of chores to check every day and keep it somewhere clear and visible," "I can set another reminder about trash day every week"), this is not automatically manipulative behavior. A lot of issues that come with neuro or mental disabilities get read as intentional or malicious, and it's understandable that, from the outside, they can sometimes look the same. This is not excusing men who exploit this issue and make these conversations necessary to begin with. It's just a small request to keep folks with neuro issues in mind when you generalize this type of thing or rush to judge

#m/cc #mine #I think every person with ADHD has experience with being accused of intentional misbehavior or carelessness #in response to symptoms that were distressing you too #'oh you just 'didn't notice' the dishes?' yes #and if you ask me to do them I gladly will #'if you really cared you'd notice/remember' 'if you cared about your work you'd have checked it enough to get rid of mistakes'#'why can't you just get over your symptoms?'#I've had this kind of thing with all of my neuro issues - being constantly accused of doing the wrong thing intentionally #because I didn't care enough or wanted to be lazy and make others pick up the slack #when someone starts viewing you though that lens though everything you do becomes evidence that you're selfish #honest mistakes stop being seen as an explanation. everything is being done out of manipulation and cruelty #explanations are heard as lies #this experience is overwhelmingly common for neurodivergent people in particular #I dunno I've just been having some thoughts on things that 'everyone knows' if they're an adult #('how did he make it this long if he supposedly can't [x]?' I don't know either but I gotta learn sometime so I'm learning now)

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tylenolnighttime · 6 months

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I hope one day I can think of her without the anger in my heart. I wish I could think of her with the love I once felt.

#I. don’t know…#I don’t understand how someone could hurt someone over and over again and not see wrong in it #I don’t understand humans #I don’t understand how some people can be so careless…#I try to look at it from a she couldn’t help it perspective she was always doomed to love me wrong it’s the way she knows how to love idk #wish it didn’t have to happen to me but at least I learnt a lot…

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tombstone-pisa · 2 years

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I really like Nobori in the serial killer au... He's scolding Kudari for not following the proper safety procedures (when killing someone) and asking him if he's feeling okay because it's not like him. And then Kudari's like 'I was excited to show you :)' and he acts like it's the most romantic thing he's ever heard.

Meanwhile he's slowly suffocating the pov character by crushing their throat with his foot. Tbh considering some of the things the pov character has done, I can't really blame him.

#blankshipping #serial killer twins au #am I going to use the japanese names from now on? yes.#Kudari is never this careless #He just got way too excited to show Nobori what he'd done #I think he intentionally left the pov character alive so he could show Nobori #But he misjudged how long they would be out for. Nobori is never gonna let him live it down.#Everyone knows that killing creeps is a great way to spend a day together! They just need some wine and it's the perfect date #hey pov character think of it this way! some people would pay a lot to have nobori step on them

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awesome-cookies-and-cream · 2 years

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Something about worrying about Genos actually having to be careful with his life with kuseno dead in the wc and Geno's actually at the moment "dying" (we don't really know until everything plays out) that's driving me insane. I'm not articulate enough for it

#opm #I think saitama and genos' flaw had always been carelessness which is an interesting juxtaposition #where genos is careless of himself and saitama is careless of the people around him #i assume genos will live because i dont think theyll just throw away the plot they built up for Bofoi and Genos #but i guess what happened how is going to affect saitama a lot #and if it does follow the web comic route then kuseno dying and saitama with this experience #seeing genos die before him #should spark some feelings #i sure hope genos dying here would also develop some sense of self preservation within him too #anyway i TRUST because im also in denial that they'll follow up on the webcomic route anyway #but holy shit what happened to the comical beginnings? i thought we were here for the shits and giggles #then agin this is ONE

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ziracona · 1 year

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Apparently Anders fans are 'ignoring the fact that he's abusive', ergo we're abuse apologists. Guess some things never change even in 2022..

That’s so funny rofl. 10% of the time I hear complaints it’s for something he actually did, 50% of the time it’s for something objectively awesome he did that people are being fucking insane about, and 40% of the time it’s something like that that’s literally just made completely up. People will be crazy about ‘abuse’ trying to win some kind of Most Woke Stance of Inarguableness contest to win a totally different argument than the one they’re even having in fandom spaces like Twitter and tumble all the time now and it fills me with such rage. Can’t you just be normal and think??? Or have arbitrary opinions or be normal??? I. Like. One time I heard an Infinity Train fan go fucking wild for 8 paragraphs about Grace Monroe being manipulative and abusive in a scene for literally just putting her arm around someone and cheering them up bc she knew being nice and putting an arm around them would help cheer them up. Like bro idk how to explain to you that every time you do something knowing it’s likely to gain a result that’s not manipulation it’s called interacting in a world with other people while having the ability to rationally think & some desire for not negative constant social interaction and life outcomes for yourself and others. Manipulation is tricking and pushing and controlling someone into actions or feelings and shit, not when your friend sees your ice cream cone fell and you’re crying so they buy you another to make make you feel better.

#ask #anonymous #you just gotta let humans burn themselves out there alone and ignore them. they’re so fucking not worth it or anything at all but that’s #/really/ funny. I saw someone call him manipulative once for being upset if you dump him after having sex and being like ‘you used me for #sex and then immediately discarded me?’ bro idk how to explain to you that he’s right and it’s fucked to do that & also people expressing #their own emotional reactions to something and you not liking how you made them feel isn’t manipulation it’s called living people have #rich inner lives and thoughts and feelings you dotn #every fucking time someone appeals to emotion they’re not being a manipulative abuser. human connection is about appealing and explaining #and convincing and changing and understanding. you DO owe people you bond with some kind of decency and responsibility you careless fuck #Was Naruto abusing Sasuke when he showed up to try to save him and convince him he still loved him? 🤔#Uh oh ladies Bruce Wayne is abusing Harvey Dent trying to convince him it’s not who he is or what he wants to shoot an innocent person in #the head. Yikes fam turns out Josh Washington have a psychotic breakdown and feebly asking Mike not to hit him again is emotional abuse he’s #using their relationship to guilt him into an emotional response more at 8 #you people are fucking batshit 🤣😭

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apollo-cackling · 6 months

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I know this is in part just the online impulse to prioritise shallow dunks over actually trying to understand things and not necessarily (intentionally) anything about palestine specifically (although it's just as bad either way) but still the callousness in how some people will talk about palestine and palestinians makes me want to fucking explode them with my mind

#my rambles #this is not a coherent post I just saw something fucking infuriating and sickening #specifically someone reblogged a post about how israel (had?) destroyed gazan flight infrastructure and has complete air control #over gaza and that person said I drove in worse in chicago they can land there fine and put a reaction gif there #as if it's some fucking epic mic drop moment and #jesus fucking christ I've been retyping this sentence over and over again bc my vocabulary is genuinely not expressive enough #to convey just the *strangling motion* fucking #jesus christ I genuinely #I'm wildly gesturing towards my screen rn bc just. *gesturing wildly at the reblog* how do I even like #what the fuck could fucking possibly lead yo someone thinking that's a fucking appropriate thing to say how is it fucking #I give up but like. jesus fucking christ #brain poison #I normally wouldn't give stuff like this the time of day just block and move on but #christ I'm in a bad mood rn and seeing that #the sheer fucking banal careless evil they really don't see palestinians as people huh #this is not a coherent post don't take it as such I just have to *incredulous gesture*#okay okay I'm done. I'm done

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princesssarisa · 1 year

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In the past I've shared other people's musings about the different interpretations of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Namely, why Orpheus looks back at Eurydice, even though he knows it means he'll lose her forever. So many people seem to think they've found the one true explanation of the myth. But to me, the beauty of myths is that they have many possible meanings.

So I thought I would share a list of every interpretation I know, from every serious adaptation of the story and every analysis I've ever heard or read, of why Orpheus looks back.

One interpretation – advocated by Monteverdi's opera, for example – is that the backward glance represents excessive passion and a fatal lack of self-control. Orpheus loves Eurydice to such excess that he tries to defy the laws of nature by bringing her back from the dead, yet that very same passion dooms his quest fo fail, because he can't resist the temptation to look back at her.

He can also be seen as succumbing to that classic "tragic flaw" of hubris, excessive pride. Because his music and his love conquer the Underworld, it might be that he makes the mistake of thinking he's entirely above divine law, and fatally allows himself to break the one rule that Hades and Persephone set for him.

Then there are the versions where his flaw is his lack of faith, because he looks back out of doubt that Eurydice is really there. I think there are three possible interpretations of this scenario, which can each work alone or else co-exist with each other. From what I've read about Hadestown, it sounds as if it combines all three.

In one interpretation, he doubts Hades and Persephone's promise. Will they really give Eurydice back to him, or is it all a cruel trick? In this case, the message seems to be a warning to trust in the gods; if you doubt their blessings, you might lose them.

Another perspective is that he doubts Eurydice. Does she love him enough to follow him? In this case, the warning is that romantic love can't survive unless the lovers trust each other. I'm thinking of Moulin Rouge!, which is ostensibly based on the Orpheus myth, and which uses Christian's jealousy as its equivalent of Orpheus's fatal doubt and explicitly states "Where there is no trust, there is no love."

The third variation is that he doubts himself. Could his music really have the power to sway the Underworld? The message in this version would be that self-doubt can sabotage all our best efforts.

But all of the above interpretations revolve around the concept that Orpheus looks back because of a tragic flaw, which wasn't necessarily the view of Virgil, the earliest known recorder of the myth. Virgil wrote that Orpheus's backward glance was "A pardonable offense, if the spirits knew how to pardon."

In some versions, when the upper world comes into Orpheus's view, he thinks his journey is over. In this moment, he's so ecstatic and so eager to finally see Eurydice that he unthinkingly turns around an instant too soon, either just before he reaches the threshold or when he's already crossed it but Eurydice is still a few steps behind him. In this scenario, it isn't a personal flaw that makes him look back, but just a moment of passion-fueled carelessness, and the fact that it costs him Eurydice shows the pitilessness of the Underworld.

In other versions, concern for Eurydice makes him look back. Sometimes he looks back because the upward path is steep and rocky, and Eurydice is still limping from her snakebite, so he knows she must be struggling, in some versions he even hears her stumble, and he finally can't resist turning around to help her. Or more cruelly, in other versions – for example, in Gluck's opera – Eurydice doesn't know that Orpheus is forbidden to look back at her, and Orpheus is also forbidden to tell her. So she's distraught that her husband seems to be coldly ignoring her and begs him to look at her until he can't bear her anguish anymore.

These versions highlight the harshness of the Underworld's law, and Orpheus's failure to comply with it seems natural and even inevitable. The message here seems to be that death is pitiless and irreversible: a demigod hero might come close to conquering it, but through little or no fault of his own, he's bound to fail in the end.

Another interpretation I've read is that Orpheus's backward glance represents the nature of grief. We can't help but look back on our memories of our dead loved ones, even though it means feeling the pain of loss all over again.

Then there's the interpretation that Orpheus chooses his memory of Eurydice, represented by the backward glance, rather than a future with a living Eurydice. "The poet's choice," as Portrait of a Lady on Fire puts it. In this reading, Orpheus looks back because he realizes he would rather preserve his memory of their youthful, blissful love, just as it was when she died, than face a future of growing older, the difficulties of married life, and the possibility that their love will fade. That's the slightly more sympathetic version. In the version that makes Orpheus more egotistical, he prefers the idealized memory to the real woman because the memory is entirely his possession, in a way that a living wife with her own will could never be, and will never distract him from his music, but can only inspire it.

Then there are the modern feminist interpretations, also alluded to in Portrait of a Lady on Fire but seen in several female-authored adaptations of the myth too, where Eurydice provokes Orpheus into looking back because she wants to stay in the Underworld. The viewpoint kinder to Orpheus is that Eurydice also wants to preserve their love just as it was, youthful, passionate, and blissful, rather than subject it to the ravages of time and the hardships of life. The variation less sympathetic to Orpheus is that Euyridice was at peace in death, in some versions she drank from the river Lethe and doesn't even remember Orpheus, his attempt to take her back is selfish, and she prefers to be her own free woman than be bound to him forever and literally only live for his sake.

With that interpretation in mind, I'm surprised I've never read yet another variation. I can imagine a version where, as Orpheus walks up the path toward the living world, he realizes he's being selfish: Eurydice was happy and at peace in the Elysian Fields, she doesn't even remember him because she drank from Lethe, and she's only following him now because Hades and Persephone have forced her to do so. So he finally looks back out of selfless love, to let her go. Maybe I should write this retelling myself.

Are any of these interpretations – or any others – the "true" or "definitive" reason why Orpheus looks back? I don't think so at all. The fact that they all exist and can all ring true says something valuable about the nature of mythology.

#mythology #greek mythology #orpheus #eurydice #orpheus and eurydice #analysis #interpretations #adaptations #long

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chenisthebestkitty · 22 days

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Tiffany couldn't quite work out how Miss Level got paid. Certainly the basket she carried filled up more than it emptied. They'd walk past a cottage and a woman would come scurrying out with a fresh-baked loaf or a jar of pickles, even though Miss Level hadn't stopped there. But they'd spend an hour somewhere else, stitching up the leg of a farmer who'd been careless with an axe, and get a cup of tea and a stale biscuit.

It didn't seem fair.

“Oh, it evens out,” said Miss Level, as they walked on through the woods.

“You do what you can. People give what they can, when they can. Old Slapwick there, with the leg, he's as mean as a cat, but there'll be a big cut of beef on my doorstep before the week's end, you can bet on it. His wife will see to it. And pretty soon people will be killing their pigs for the winter, and I'll get more brawn, ham, bacon and sausages turning up than a family could eat in a year.”

“You do? What do you do with all that food?”

“Store it,” said Miss Level.

“But you-”

“I store it in other people. It's amazing what you can store in other people.” Miss Level laughed at Tiffany's expression. “I mean, I take what I don't need round to those who don't have a pig, or who're going through a bad patch, or who don't have anyone to remember them.”

“But that means they'll owe you a favour!”

“Right! And so it just keeps on going round. It all works out.”

“I bet some people are too mean to pay-”

“Not pay,” said Miss Level, severely. “A witch never expects payment and never asks for it and just hopes she never needs to. But, sadly, you are right.”

“And then what happens?"

“What do you mean?”

“You stop helping them, do you?”

“Oh, no,” said Miss Level, genuinely shocked. “You can't not help people just because they're stupid or forgetful or unpleasant. Everyone's poor round here. If I don't help them, who will?”

"A Hat full of Sky" - Terry Pratchett

#Tiffany Aching #terry pratchett #discworld #If you're too young to read “Das Kapital” ready Tiffany Aching instead is2g #anarchocommunist icon Constance Level #Miss Level must be protected at all costs

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primofate · 3 months

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"Where'd you get that bruise--Oh," in which your Genshin lover gets a good look at the first hickey he left

Warnings: please excuse mistakes as I'm on a time crunch and also sleep deprived, suggestive but still safe for work, humorous in some parts

Other works in this series: (You say I love you for the first time)

Characters: Aether, Albedo, Alhaitham, Ayato, Cyno, Dainsleif, Diluc, Itto, Kaeya, Lyney, Neuvillette, Scaramouche, Tartaglia, Tighnari, Wriothesley, Xiao, Zhongli, gn!reader

Aether

gets flustered

"Uh-Umm... Maybe, you should..."

he wants to say cover it up but who is he to tell you what to do?

Starts to second guess if he really gave you that

Will start to think about the events of last night and deflates with embarrassment

Finally points it out, feels kind of bad that he left a mark

"It's just...distracting...I'm sorry if it hurt,"

Albedo

stares at it for the longest time.

There's a half smile, half amused look on his face, like he wants to be happy about it but doesn't want to be too obvious.

Just chuckles and points it out without any shyness whatsoever

"It's rather obvious, but do with it what you will,"

Comes up with some sort of concealing potion to help you hide it

Brews about a 100 of 'em

Alhaitham

Sort of does a double take, looks at it for a few seconds then looks you in the eye

"I'd advise you to hide it,"

he really only says that to keep things professional when the two of you go out

but in the next second he snakes a hand up your arm with a small secret smirk between the two of you

"However, I can't say that it won't happen again...Specially when..."

He recalls the events of last night at this moment, and it seems as if he's staring into your soul. He breaks away from you with a slight hum.

"...I best be going now."

He leaves you confused, but he only hurried off because he felt an urge to give you another one then and there.

Ayato

chuckles to himself

"Well, there's no hiding that I enjoyed myself,"

but gives you helpful suggestions on how to conceal it or at least make the colour less obvious, like putting ice against it, or something.

Speaking of ice, you can simply get it from the kitchen but Ayato is a tease... "I suppose my dear sister can adequately help you with that...Though what, pray tell, would you tell her?"

You kind of shrug and say that you'll tell her an animal bit you.

Ayato is amused "An animal," but there's a twinkle and hint of lust in his eyes. "Yes, perhaps that's what I become when it involves you. The statement isn't exactly a lie,"

Cyno

is silent. Not sure if he's happy about it or horrified.

Feels like a crime cause it looks like a bruise.

Does not say anything for a good minute because he simply doesn't know what to say and is talking to himself in his mind

Like Was I really the one who did that? Last night must've been...

Snaps out of his stupor when he's reminded of the events and clears his throat to catch your attention.

"Y/N...You...I...I've managed to leave a mark...on your neck..."

You absentmindedly touch it and let out a small ohhhhhhh in understanding

Clears his throat again and looks away, pretending to be busy with something. Flustered and doesn't know what else to say.

Dainsleif

Eyebrows involuntarily raise up at the marks.

Points it out immediately

"My dear, it seems that I had a favourite spot last night," and taps on your neck to let you know what exactly he means.

"I can conceal it with a little trick of mine, if you don't mind," he says he can make it invisible to the ordinary eye but some "special" people can see it, so...

"I suppose if you run into the traveller that you'd have to be honest about it. Hm? No, I don't quite mind if they know of our relationship,"

Diluc

is surprised, then apologetic

He didn't know is fully aware how rough he had been last night

Apologizes with a slight tint of red on his cheeks and can't seem to pry his eyes away from it.

"My apologies, Y/N. It looks like I was rather...careless...last night. You should wear something with a collar today...or perhaps, my coat?"

Is seriously considering repenting about it

Itto

"Whoa--"

Is legit about to throw hands but then remembers

"Oh yeah. I did that." while scratching his head bashfully

No shame about it afterwards, even has the gall to say

"I'm surprised it doesn't look worse! It was pretty wild last nig--"

You have to cover his mouth to save yourself from embarrassment

Kaeya

smirks and leans in close to brush his fingers against the hickey.

"It isn't the most flattering of marks but... it gives me quite the sense of accomplishment,"

winks, deadass tries to give you another one right away.

"How about we try that again? Just to even it out on both sides of your neck,"

is only half joking

Lyney

mischievous laugh

is more happy about it than shy, embarrassed or apologetic

"That wasn't very nice of me wasn't it?" but is still smiling

"Unfortunately I don't think I have any magic tricks up my sleeve to fix this one,"

Grabs and hugs you by the waist "I guess we'll just have to stay in, the two of us, until it's unnoticeable"

always looking for an excuse to spend alone time with you.

Neuvillette

clears his throat almost immediately when he sees it, like he choked on water

"Y/N," he starts rather sternly but falters and takes a few seconds to think.

"May I suggest wearing a scarf today?" is awkward about pointing it out so goes the roundabout way. You're so confused because it's the middle of summer.

"Well," he coughs once to try an explain to you. "I didn't have all manners of restraint last night...You were simply...irresistible,"

points it out by gently thumbing at it

Scaramouche

shit-eating grin at the sight of it

Doesn't tell you to cover it up, most likely wants you to go parading around with it.

"Tsk. What's the harm if people ask? Just be honest and tell them," he's just fucking around with your head now

but snatches your wrist and looks you straight in the eye with a confident smirk "And be sure to tell them who gave it to you. That'll teach them to back off,"

Tartaglia

laughs but is slightly apologetic

"Couldn't hold myself back, I'm sorry. How can I make it up to you?"

You tell him that the next time he leaves a hickey, he should leave it somewhere where it's more concealed.

"Oh?" sudden glint in his eyes. You might have said the wrong thing. "No take backs, Y/N,"

I think you know what or where he's thinking about

Tighnari

Doesn't say anything at first but immediately whips up a remedy for it. Some sort of green paste that helps with inflammation.

"Here," and hands you the bowl of herbs. "For that,"

He doesn't point at it but instead eyes it rather obviously

He also watches you put the paste on "Alright, just leave it for a few minutes and it should heal wonderfully,"

He doesn't exactly feel guilty but he's more worried that people will look at you weirdly.

"I suppose I'll have to be careful next time," with a sigh.

Wriothesley

laughs but bashfully face palms and tilts his head backwards

Recovers quickly and smiles apologetically

"Sorry love, couldn't hold myself back it looks like," lovingly takes your face in his palms

Can't hold his smile back "But can you blame me? I'm not gunna hide that I was way too excited,"

Suggests you to put a bandage of some sort over it.

"I'll try to be careful next time, but no promises,"

Xiao

Freezes while looking at it

For a split second is confused where you got such a mark but then flusters himself when he remembers it was from him.

"...Y/N..."

seriously does not know what to say

stands there staring at it that you finally just check in the mirror yourself. He hears you gasp and he kind of winces to himself and now feels a little guilty.

"I...didn't mean to hurt you,"

You quickly tell him it doesn't hurt, but you were just surprised.

Thinks for a moment, then mumbles, you can barely hear him "...So it's alright to do it again?"

Zhongli

chuckles, not shy about it. just amused.

"It's no one's fault except my own. I merely wasn't paying heed to how...carnal...my desires were,"

he again chuckles as he explains.

"Not to worry darling, I'm sure Bubu Pharmacy has something to remedy it. I'll be back with it in tow,"

brushes his fingers against the hickey as some sort of apology and promise that he'll fix it

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