#on book 14 of the odyssey now
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bros being bros
#greek mythology#athena#odysseus#artists on tumblr#fan art#sketch#doodle#traditional art#my art#still unsure about these designs#i gotta properly sit down and do concepts#🚶♂️#on book 14 of the odyssey now#let this poor man rest!!!
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Guys I think his effigy is ready
#Google Search: What to do if you find your advisor crucifying/burning a semi-life sized doll of you?#wow teeth posting twice in a month? shocking. first time this has ever happened.#teethart#crk#cookie run fanart#cookie run kingdom#fanart#affogato cookie#dark cacao cookie#crk affogato#dark cacao crk#cr fanart#digital art#artists on tumblr#tw fire#art#isn’t it crazy it’s been over 2 years since these two have last interacted?#because they didn’t talk in book 14 and they didn’t talk in cookie odyssey and they haven’t been on the same continent every other time#crazy#anyway? I should’ve left that miserable kingdom earlier! Life is so much better now that I’ve left that stubborn old fool#anyway? Leave him/ I don’t eat sweets/ shut your poisonous mouth this instant#is this ship art? maybe.#you can’t prove anything
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14|11|2023
Today I feel really tired and the only thing I managed to do other than to attend my lecture in the morning was to highlight and fix the notes I took there. The lecture was really interesting, and I am very much enjoying listening to this professor talk. I feel motivated to work for this class, and I am happy I still get a bit of energy after coming home to fix my notes right away, that is my main goal for the days in which I have to commute. On days I might feel more productive I'll start fixing the notes I am taking for my men theories and power practices class, but that is a job for another day. I will take the rest of the afternoon to rest, maybe read a bit if I feel focused enough, but I need to do stuff that does not require too much brain power. Before that I will of course prep everything I can to make my life easier tomorrow morning. Going back to today's lecture, the professor spent quite a bit of time talking about The Nun by Diderot, and hearing him talk about it intrigued me so much that now I am considering reading it even though it's not part of the official class program. I don't know what was about the way he spoke of this book, but I feel like it would be a great addition to my classics tbr.
cozy hobbit autumn activities and productivity:
read first thing in the morning
daily Irish practice on duolingo
philosophy of the enlightenment class
got fresh focaccia for lunch as I was walking though the city
had the most random chat at the bus stop with two ealderly people who asked me for informations and then ended up striking a convo
enjoyed a bookish podcast on my commute back home
highlighted and fixed the notes I took in the morning
wrapped myself in a blanket like a human burrito and read
today's self care:
took my meds
ended up doing less than planned because I am tired and I need rest in order to be at my best during lectures
calm and relaxing afternoon
in the past few days I've been quite good with my turining the phone off early and read before bed so I want to continue with that
📖: Odyssey by Homer
#studyblr#studyinspo#uniblr#university#student life#studying#journal#journaling#notebook#productivity#cozy hobbit autumn#self care#mine#the---hermit
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Sandman Easter Eggs
Real Easter Eggs in The Sandman Netflix series that have been noticed so far:
Warning there are spoilers in this list.
1. The Key to Hell (a major plot point in The Sandman: Season of Mists) is a sigil in the binding circle that holds Morpheus.
2. Gregory dying and little Goldie hatching may be foreshadowing for a certain comic storyline.
3. The little flowers that sprouted up when Gregory was uncreated are very similar to the red flowers that formed from the dripping blood on Morpheus's hands when he had to euthanize his son in The Sandman: Brief Lives.
4. (This was in the comics). Judy's ex is Donna AKA Foxglove, a major character in The Sandman: A game of you.
5. Gault's name might be an attempt to merge Brute and Glob's names together. The characters she replaced. Obviously they wouldn't use Groot.
6. The name of John Constantine's punk band is on a poster in episode 3.
7. The mad Mod witch is also on a poster in episode 3.
8. Mike Dringenberg is an artist for The Sandman comics. You will see a sign behind the Corinthian when he talks to Nimrod, The Good Doctor, and Funland. The sign reads "Mike's Drinks and Burgers."
9. The carvings on the gates of horn tell the story of Morpheus and Alianora and how he got his helm. They are exact replicas of the panels from The Sandman: Overture.
There are two sets of gates in the Realm of Dreams (The gates were originally referenced in Homer's The Odyssey). One set of gates made of horn, and one set of gates made of ivory. The dreams that pass through the gates made of ivory are false and deceptive. The dreams that pass through the gates made of horn are true, whether literally or metaphorically. Morpheus prefers to use the horned gates so the ones you see him push open are the ones made of horn.
10. When Morpheus leaves The Corinthian in the first episode he is fully clothed. When he is summoned his clothing are gone and his helm is beaten up. This is because the events of The Sandman: Overture have happened in what was for us just a few seconds.
11. This is more trivia than anything. Squatterbloat is now being used for his original purpose of gatekeeper and guide. The guide in the comics was the rhyming demon, Etrigan. Rhyming is a sign of status among some demons and they do it with pride.
12. The episode Imperfect Hosts is pun on the fact that Cain, Abel, Lucien (now Lucienne), Destiny, Even (who hasn't appeared in the show yet), Mad Mod Witch (who hasn't appeared in the show), and The Three Witches (Hecate, Fates, Furies) were all old horror hosts. They hosted the DC Horror anthology comics similar to Tales from the Crypt. Cain hosted The House of Mystery. Abel hosted The House of Secrets. Lucien hosted Tales of Ghost Castle. The Three Witches hosted The Witching Hour. This pun existed in the comics as well.
13. After Abel's second murder in the episode Imperfect Hosts, you will see Cain snag a cookie (biscuit). This is a nod to the old House of Mystery comics where Cain had a sweet tooth. In one issue Karen Berger (founder of Vertigo and the one who took a chance on the original Sandman comics) bribed Cain with cookies.
14. Lyta is originally from a defunct continuity where she was Wonder Woman's daughter. Her name was short for Hippolyta, named after Wonder Woman's mother.
15. Jed was a character from the 1976 Sandman comics and now (in his dreams) wears the costume of that hero as a little call back to his origin. Hector Hall served as that hero for a time but that was left out of the TV show.
16. Hector is from a semi-defunct continuity where he was the grandson of Carter Hall (Hawkman). Hector and Lyta have been used repeatedly in DC comics and in their most recent appearances in JSA (2008) they died and their souls were taken into The Dreaming by their son, Daniel. This was Hector's second death because... comic books. He was revived after Sandman and then killed again.
17. Jed has twelve inch action figures of both Wonder Woman and Batman.
18. Morpheus's capture is in 1916 to overlap with the real world sleeping sickness that happened around that time.
19. Death being given an apple by a friendly fruit vender is from the comic Death: The High cost of Living.
20. Though not shown in the episode, the hunger Hob describes feeling but not being able to die from it- Morpheus experienced that in his captivity. In the comics the first thing he did when he escaped was eat, before even conjuring clothing. He raided a dream buffet.
21. The sigils in each Endless Gallery are supposed to be in age order. A book (Destiny), an Ankh (Death), the helm (Dream), a blank space (formerly a sword for Destruction), A heart (Desire), a hooked ring (Despair), and a swirl of color for Delirium. An illustration mistake put Death's ankh first in some of the early comics depicting Desire's gallery. That mistake was deliberately inserted into the TV series as a homage to the original comics.
22. Matthew The Raven was Matthew Cable (a character from Swamp Thing) when he was alive. If you would like a version of his backstory, watch the canceled 2019 Swamp Thing Series. Very different actor but that was the same character (originally). When they found out Swamp Thing would not get a second season they tacked on a scene of Matthew being killed just in case The Sandman got adapted since Matthew the raven was made from Matthew’s ghost.
23. Ric the Vic was an ally of John Constantine's in the comics.
24. The Boogey Man and Family Man (mentioned by the serial killers) were villains from DC comics. Family Man was actually the killer of John Constantine's father. Both Family Man and Boogey Man died. One in Swamp Thing, one in Hellblazer (John Constantine's comics).
25. John Dee is the old Justice League villain, Doctor Destiny. It was probably wise not to use his alias as it would confuse new fans with Destiny of The Endless.
26. Pandemonium (meaning "All the Demons”) is the capital city of Hell in John Milton's Paradise Lost. This is where the word comes from. In The Sandman Netflix series Pandemonium deliberately resembles The Vatican.
27. Matthew comments on how cold Hell is. Believe it or not the earliest depictions of Hell were of a very cold place because it was devoid of God's light, love, and warmth. It was medieval art that popularized the idea of Hell being hot.
28. The Wonder Woman 1984 movie borrows Morpheus's Dreamstone and reinvents it as a plot device with a different design. The actor who plays Abel is also in Wonder Woman 1984 as the man who wished for a cup of coffee. I choose to pretend it was Abel in disguise.
29. Many actors in The Sandman bonus episode Dream of a Thousand Cats and Calliope were in The Sandman Audio drama. David Tennant (Loki in the audio drama), Michael Sheen (Lucifer), Arthur Darvill (Shakespeare), James McAvoy (Morpheus), and Neil Gaiman.
30. Arthur Darvill has played three DC characters so far. Shakespeare (Sandman audio drama), Richard Madoc (Sandman Netflix series), and Rip Hunter (Legends of Tomorrow).
31. Mark Hamill has played The Joker (Batman animated series, animated movies and video games), Trickster (The Flash 1990s series and Justice League: Action), and Swamp Thing (Justice League Action) and now Mervyn Pumpkinhead (Sandman).
Mark Hamill has also voiced Marvel characters like Hobgoblin (90s Spiderman animated series), and ironically he was Nightmare in Ultimate Spiderman (Animated series). Nightmare (ruler of the Dream Dimension) is pretty much Marvel’s equivalent of Dream if he had never had his “time out” bubble. Though Nightmare was created first he went under drastic revisions to make him more and more like Dream. In fact in the 2019 Deadpool: Annual 1, when Deadpool landed in Nightmare’s throne room he quips “Is Neil Gaiman going to sue us for this?”
Bonus:
32. Cain and his house of Mystery appeared in the animated series Justice League: Action for the episode Trick or threat.
33. The grimoire used to summon and trap Morpheus was used in the Justice League: Action episode Supernatural adventures in Babysitting (though they used the wrong pronunciation. It’s Mawd-lin Grimoire, not Magda-lin Grimoire) even though it’s spent Magdalene Grimoire.
34. Death has an animated short called DC Showcase: Death. It is a bonus feature on the blu ray for the animated movie Wonder Woman: Bloodlines.
35. Morpheus’s helm appears as an Easter Egg in a Smallvile tie-in comic.
36. The storyline of the Lucifer TV show where Lucifer quits ruling Hell, goes to Earth, is followed by his loyal demon, Mazikeen, opens Lux, and takes up piano and singing is from The Sandman: Season of Mists. 37. The plot of Dead Boy Detectives is also from The Sandman: Season of Mists.
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PJO TV series thoughts (some spoilers)
The actors know their characters really well
The pacing is too slow
It really missed the mark on Percy and Luke’s early relationship and therefore missed the emotional impact of Luke betraying Percy in the forest
Quit giving the kids the answers immediately, one of the best parts about the series is how you see Percy and the rest of the half-bloods wrestling with their issues during the quests and therefore generating more character development
Missed the opportunity to look more deeply into Annabeth and Luke’s relationship and Annabeth feeling betrayed by Luke
Did like them bringing up Thalia in more detail before SoM
Action scenes were lacking. These characters with the movie action scenes would have improved the overall experience in my opinion
The Lotus Casino and Hotel was disappointing to me. That chapter in the book revealed so much more about the characters then everything up to that point i.e a preview into their “fatal flaws”
Didn’t mention Annabeth’s love of architecture but A+ mentioning her fear of spiders
I did like some of the changes, and it overall was more true to the story than the movie
Not Jason Mantzoukas actually being one of the best casting choices for Dionysus
They did a good job making Kronos creepy, but missed just how sinister he actually is
Overall I did enjoy it. I think this was a good place to start to test the water and the audience before the rest of the story comes out.
Things I hope they do and keep in mind moving forward.
They need to pick the pace up. They cut so much from the book and just left the big plot points that it seems like nothing is actually leading them from one plot point to the next.
Hopefully the show runners saw what is happening with the stranger things kids and won’t let that happen here. They were like 12 years old when they started and now they’re in their late teens and early twenties. They need to film as much as they can for the next two installments as possible over the course of this year and then they can do the same with BotL and TLO. We’d either get a Logan Lerman or Stranger Things scenario where adults are playing teens and it looks so bad.
Better marketing for the pre-teen audience. I was in 6th grade when I first heard about Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief had been out for probably close to 3-4 years so I literally grew up with Percy, it was a very personal story for me. That being said, because I was around Percy’s age I related to the characters more and there needs to be a better job of connecting the 11-14 year old target audience to this story. PJO fan clubs at the junior high schools, book clubs in their English classes with resources from the show etc. I love this story, but I’m a full grown adult now with an adult job and have had one for years so I know I’m not the target audience for this show, but I know several people like me who are in the same situation.
SoM is the shortest in the original 5 book series so they need to stick closer to the source material, maybe more Odyssey references as SoM is essentially a retelling of The Odyssey.
Unless they literally film the next 4 seasons at once within the next two years, I don’t think we’ll get a HoO series, the kids will be too old. The only work around I can see is recasting Percy and Annabeth or making two original characters, but then SoN,MoA and HoH wouldn’t make sense.
#mythology#percy and annabeth#percy jackon and the olympians#percy jackson#heroes of olympus#pjo tv show#pjo series#pjo fandom#pjo spoilers
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How would great seven parents and dorm leaders+Lilia and Jamil react to Yuu who is like Odysseus from the Odyssey? Aka has way too much confidence and curiosity, being a great fighting skill and battle strategy, very reckless, chaotic, may have been in a war but nobody knows that (I imagine Ody!Yuu got adopted by the great seven when they were 14 instead of younger {also maybe Lillia can tell Ody!Yuu was in a war}) very clever, and quick witted, outgoing, friendly, is sometimes heard talking to someone (*cough* Athena *cough*) that not even the g7 parents know about (except Hades), so instead of 7 parents Ody!Yuu got 8(the seven plus Athena who Ody!Yuu is patroned by)
Hades is having Trojan War flashbacks, Athena is glaring at Hades even though he doesn't know she's there, Athena is giving battle advice during the overblots(which Ody!Yuu follows half of the time), Queen of Hearts, Grimhildie, Ursula and Maleficent all love Athena because Ody!Yuu gets five badass mothers instead of just 4 because 5 is better than 4, Scar is on the fence about Athena(mostly because he's an overprotective Lion dad), Jefar is also on the fence about Athena (mostly because he's jealous Athena knew Ody!Yuu longer), and Hades doesn't like Athena
Now for the students, everyone is wondering how the fuc Ody!Yuu is such a great fighter despite not having magic, everyone in Savannaclaw (-Jack) got their asses wrecked during book 2(Athena was so proud), every overblot ended within 3-6 minutes (depending on weather Ody!Yuu actually decides to listen to Athena), Ody!Yuu loves recounting tales from their time in the 2nd Trojan War(history loves repeating itself), though nobody really stops to think about how much Ody!Yuu's adventures sound like Odysseus's adventures (minus the bull that happened in the Odyssey because Ody!Yuu got 'surprise adopted' *cough* kidnapped *cough* by the g7 before the Ody!Yuu Odyssey could happen), the only few who actually stopped to think about it was Lillia, Malleus and maybe Leona... And the rest is up to you
Sorry this is so long I just have so many ideas for Ody!Yuu and I would write it myself if I had any energy to do so (having anemia sucks)
WROTE IT!!! I BEG U!
#i kinda hope my g7 yuu ends up being like this later on#not writing#not requests#the great 7 parents
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Thinking about the Odyssey again, the way one does.
And ok, so obviously there is no "canon" for Greek mythology- oral tradition and multitudes of authors spread out over centuries means that even very basic parts of the figures lives- like marriages and children- are rarely consistent, never mind stuff like a coherent and logical timeline.
But here are some facts:
Odysseus first meets Penelope when he is vying for her cousin's (Helen) hand in marriage. Odysseus is the clever bugger who comes up with the vow of the suitors to prevent a war breaking out over Helen, in exchange for an engagement to Penelope. So Odysseus is of marrying age at the vow- Penelope's age is unknown.
Helen and Menelaus' daughter, Hermione, is ....probably around 9 when Helen is abducted to Troy ( I've spent like an hour trying to hunt down the source for this little fact that Wikipedia didn't have a citation for. I've found some translation notes from an 1876 translation that seems to pull this from some of Helen's comments about her daughter when Telemachus is visiting in the original Greek. Old enough that her engagement was already being discussed before Helen was taken though- she's actually getting married to Achilles' son in The Odyssey, which...if she was 9 at the beginning of the war, puts her at almost 30 in the Odyssey? Which...not totally sure why they waited 10 years after the end of the war to get married, especially if she was 19 when the war ended. You see the problem I'm having here? )
So the vow of the suitors has to have been at least 10 years before Helen's abduction if we accept Hermione is 9 when Helen is taken.
Helen's sister, Clytemnestra, got engaged to Agamemnon after the vow of the suitors as well (a consolation prize for him not getting Helen. ugh.) And her oldest daughter is old enough to actually be getting married when the war began (She and her mother believe that she is going to marry Achilles before he leaves for war before...uh...Agamemnon is the worst.) Now maybe Iphigenia is on the young side for marriage- presumably the understanding could be that they wouldn't consummate this marriage until Achilles returned? Assuming she is of actual marriage age though, this would push the vow of the suitors to at least 13 or 14 years before the war begins. (This story about Iphigenia doesn't appear in the Odyssey, and we aren't sure if it was part of the lost Epic Cycle books or was a later edition. More confounding issues!)
Helen was at least 13 when she got married (Traditionally, she was uhhhhh kidnapped by Theseus and returned when she was 12) but possibly as old as 20. 13 would be radically young, yes even back then, but marriage doesn't inherently mean consummation right away, especially for young political marriages. So, we'll say that's the lower limit.
We have no idea how old Penelope was, except that she must have been younger than Helen. (She wasn't married or engaged yet.)
Telemachus is a baby, maybe like 1, when the war begins. This puts an 8 year gap between his birth and Hermione's (And maybe a....12 year gap between him and Iphigenia) despite all their parents getting engaged at the same time, and all of these being political, royal marriages where producing an heir as soon as it is physically and biologically safe to do so would be....a goal.
There are basically 2 possible ways to reconcile all these facts, if was want to incorporate all of them. (You could just....toss out Hermione and Iphigenia's ages and condense the timeline here, but where's the fun in that!?)
EITHER- Penelope had Telemachus early in their marriage, as would be expected, which means Odysseus and Penelope had a very long engagement, her being a literal child of like... maybe 10 at the oldest when they got engaged, and they are still in their like...2nd year of marriage when Odysseus leaves for Troy.
OR- Penelope is pretty close in age to her cousins and her and Odysseus have been married for many years before Troy. Which would imply that, despite almost a decade of marriage, they had only just had their first child. Consider the implications there- possible issues with infertility? Many miscarriages? Would this explain the age gap between Telemachus and his cousins, Hermione and Iphigenia?
If it was so difficult for them to conceive, could that be an *added* reason why Odysseus can't bear to kill Telemachus in his attempt to seem mad (He sows salt into his field in an attempt to make Menelaus and Agamemnon think he's insane so he wont be forced to honor the vow and go to war, but they place baby Telemachus in the path of the plow and Odysseus veers aside, proving he is sane.) Is that thought in the back of his mind that Penelope may not bear him any more children- if they lose Telemachus, then they might not ever have more children?
On top of this being just emotionally more interesting for that moment, I think it pairs more nicely with the actual bond we see between Penelope and Odysseus. Even after 20 years apart, the way they speak about and think about each other feels, I dunno, like they had been together for a bit longer before the war, ya know?
Side note: Paris is promised the love of the most beautiful woman in the world at the wedding of Achilles' parents. And Achilles is at least 13 when the war begins (He already has a son? but is still young enough to be disguised as a "maiden" when they come looking for warriors? This is all guesswork) So...he really had to wait for that promise from Aphrodite to work out.
#classics rambling#the real answer is that the ages dont matter and youre just supposed to roll with it
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Water Wife™ questions >:D 4, 5, 14 and 25!
HELL YEAH!! Thank you, Niko!!! The Water Wife™!!!
4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?
She's already a book and already technically a musical but I SO badly want just the whole Epic Cycle like an anime or simply animated, possibly like Castlevania or Blood of Zeus or something. Not as a children's cartoon. Those are fun but...I want real shit! >:D With the fight scenes! That's more with the Iliad but still!!!!
5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?
Quite a few, and some I've mentioned before but yeah!
The Chain by Ingrid Michaelson as it talks about waiting for your love to come back, (it's a song that can mean anything but it works). And I like imagining it's her unweaving the shroud and getting more frustrated that she has to do this in the first place and with the big round of the chorus at the end, I like imagining it's her, stopping for a bit as tears well up. The Round quiets down, and she wipes her face before continuing to unravel the shroud.
It's a cover song of Davy Jones lullaby thing, and it talks about waiting 10 years for your lover to return and talking about how "You're kind of insane...That's hot." basically 😂 (It does get loud though!)
For MY OWN STUFF???
This is more in her youth but "Just Around the Riverbend" from Pocahontas (Yeah, I know it's a messed up and inaccurate movie but the songs, especially this one, are great), as the vibes and "I'm going to go fuck around in the rapids." is definitely what I'm going for with her. She's sneakier about stuff though.
And "When He Sees Me" from Waitress, when she first meets Odysseus. As she does not trust him and doesn't think he "really means it" and she's kind of making excuses until she can't and it's a confrontation between.
There are not many songs about sneaky women other than ones about having an affair which is so NOT Penelope :'D There's most that are about sneaky couples but never about one person that's still saying "that makes you cool af" you know??
14.) Fashion aesthetic!!!
The nice thing about being a naiad is that if her clothes get dirty, a quick flick of her wrist means she can clean herself up really quick. And because of this, she does like looking nice and prefers clothing and jewelry that she can move freely in and won't "drag her down" while swimming. With Jewelry, that's probably smaller but intricate earrings, broaches, necklaces, rings, headpieces, etc. (she has a habit of breaking bracelets, idk why she just does.) And ofc, will often have items to honor Athena :D
I'd like to think it'd be partially why she is so into weaving (as from what I've researched Noble Spartan women didn't do that, the slaves did. Granted that was in later periods but I'm going with what we've got and even though I'm going with the idea of everybody just doing what they're good at, no gender roles are really considered.) While sewing wasn't something done in Ancient Greece, I do love the thought of Penelope basically folding the fabric in ways that cause a lil pocket for her to sneak shit. >:D Lapis Lazuli is her favorite stone to wear.
25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?
Okay, so! Since I first into the Epic Cycle stuff with Epic, I had basically gone with what everyone else kind of thought of her as. Quiet, sad, sneaky...sad, 🙃 as... most depictions of her are basically her being a wife and mother, her crying while unweaving the shroud, Odysseus thinking of her which yes!!! All true!!! But then I read the Odyssey and holy shit, she's so fucking cool and I wish more people talked in depth about her own silliness and personality outside of those things!!!
The "Sneeze of Death", her staring down that one suitor who was all like "What??!?! Kill your son?!!? NOOOOOO" and just refusing to take his bullshit, How she grabs Odysseus by the scruff because "Uh, I love you and we'll get to smooching but what did you say about a prophecy???", not only because she WILL get the answers she needs from you no matter what but also because she KNOWS her husband will tell her. How she absolutely KNEW the beggar was her husband, (Ima write an analysis on that soon...along with Odysseus' "rules"....and how "You can have Penelope be a fighter in your fics... but don't you DARE make her fight the suitors without Odysseus there." essay thing...I have a lot :'D ) There's so many other little moments that shine through as remember, girly is STRESSED TF OUT!!! She's just been found out with her unraveling, she's trying to keep her son, herself, and her palace/authority safe. She is going through so much!!! She's so incredibly cautious!!! She's so silly!!! ioh;isdjk I really love exploring her and her character so much!!!
I love her so much 🥺 She could rob everything I own and I'd be fine with that
#shot by odysseus#Mad rambles#Water Wife#nikoisme#ask#I have ideas about the fashion stuff but idk how I'd incorporate it. as with Spartan women wearing shorter stuff and even being called#“Thigh showers” by foreigners. is such a funny concept and with Odysseus' 'fine thighs'??? THE SILLINESS THAT COULD COMMENCE?!#but idk :P
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3, 11, 14 for the book asks?
3. What were your top five books of the year?
(gonna lump some series together)
"Darius the Great is not OK" and the sequel "Darius the Great Deserves Better" by Adib Hhorram - maybe it was just the vibe I needed at the time, but they were lovely coming of age books.
The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb (reread) It's been actual YEARS since I read these and I still cite them as a favourite series. It was amazing how much I forgot. Still a good read. Even if I want to throttle the teenage protag at times!
The Martian by Andy Weir. I picked the audiobook up on a whim because it was available and I needed something to listen to. Best whim I've had this year! I don't know what I expected from the book, (I haven't seen the film) but it was a blast from start to finish. Again, the narration by Wil Wheaton didn't hurt!
Jade City by Fonda Lee. I've only had a chance to read the first of the trilogy, and it was setting up for some grand things. It's been a while since I looked around the fantasy genre for a good series to sink my teeth into and there's been so much published since I last went looking. Can't wait to get to the next two.
A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland. Fantasy queer romance. Does what it says on the tin. The right amount of trope and emotion and vibe. I've read a few fantasy romances this year and I was expecting something melodramatic and cliche but fun, and it delivered way above what I expected! I know the author is publishing again next year and I can't wait. I think it's pirates next time.
Honourable Mentions
Lessons in Chemisty - Bonny Garmus
The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison/Sarah Monette
11. What was your favorite book that has been out for a while, but you just now read?
The Odssey - Homer (I know QUITE A WHILE Huh?)
I listened to an audiobook narrated by George Blagden, this has been a book I've tried to read for a while as I am ofc very aware of the cultural impact, but I just couldn't get into reading it. Considering the Odyssey comes from Oral Tradition it is so much better when read to you. George Blagden's voice doesn't hurt either :P
14. What books do you want to finish before the year is over?
I'm rereading Jane Austen's Emma for the first time since I read it the first time, and I'm trying to go slowly and really enjoy the language, not zoom through for "OMG WHAT HAPPENS NEXT". I'm now getting to enjoy the slower chapters and all the bonus gossip and vibes.
I'm also in the middle of Victoria Goddard's Hands of the Emperor which has been a good read so far, protags who aren't -20 are rare and I love it.
Yes I ADHD read multiple books at once.
Folks, send more book asks!! - The List is Here
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2023 Reading Log pt. 14
Where the hell did November go?
66. New World Monkeys: The Evolutionary Odyssey by Alfred L. Rosenberger. In the introduction, the author laments that there aren’t any good books outlining the evolution and ecology of the New World Monkeys. If that's the case, there still aren’t. This book does alright by the ecology part—it has good summaries of the anatomy, behavior and feeding interactions of the covered monkeys. But the evolution is a mess. Rosenberger’s take on the evolutionary relationships between the animals covered here is iconoclastic, to say the least. He distrusts molecular phylogeny, uses synapomorphic characters that are basically just vibes, and has an entire chapter dedicated to lambasting the idea that any mammals could disperse across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to South America (the consensus explanation) in favor of a hypothesized trek through Greenland and North America that has no evidence and still requires open ocean crossings. This was an incredibly frustrating experience to read, because there’s enough good content among the dross that I didn’t want to just abandon it.
67. Seaweeds of the World by John H. Bothwell. The weakest of Princeton University Press’ “X of the World” series. For one thing, the subtitle is usually “A Guide to Every Family”, whereas here it’s “A Guide to Every Order”. The book’s general coverage of seaweeds is pretty good—it explains why “seaweed” is a polyphyletic category but still useful in common English, explains the anatomy and the complex life histories of seaweeds. But the actual coverage of groups is lacking. Again, it doesn’t cover every family. And it’s more interested in seaweeds of economic importance than it is in their actual ecologies. Plus the writing is just kinda boring. This is the first entry in this series I do not recommend.
68. Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of Stones by Hettie Judah. Now this is more like it! This book is a series of short essays about stones and their cultural impact. I’m a sucker for cultural histories in general, and this is a very good one. I especially liked that it doesn’t just cover gemstones, as I originally expected, but also stones used in art and architecture, resources like coal, and the use of earthworks in religion. The focus is much more on the culture than the geology, but the book does discuss things like deposition of sediments and how metamorphic rocks yield gemstones in explaining why certain places have certain rocks. The book is also lovely to look at, with minimalist bands of color along the sides of the pages in the hues of the stones covered in that chapter.
69. Monsters and Monarchs: Serial Killers in Classical Myth and History by Debbie Felton. I was excited for this one. I had read Felton’s chapter in Monster Anthropology, which suggested that Greek traveler’s tales about werewolves and the murderous robbers encountered by Theseus in myth were both expressions of cultural fears about serial killers. Unfortunately, that article already covered the bulk of Felton’s actual argument and evidence, and this book is those 20 pages fluffed to 200. The only other really good material is some coverage of the distinction between Greek and Roman attitudes towards law and order, and what “counted” as murder in each society. The rest of it is handwaving and extrapolation from very little data, with just about every instance of mass killing that we have records of, from political uprisings to court intrigue, being taken as the work of a possible serial killer. Plus, the author is a Freudian, so we have to hear about coded references to rape and sexual violence in stories where there really aren’t any. Sometimes a bed where you get your legs cut off is just a bed.
70. Cult of the Dead: A Brief History of Christianity by Kyle Smith. They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, of course, but that title and that cover made an instant sale for me. I’m glad it did, too, because this is a good one. An explanation of the importance of martyrdom to Christianity, it does an excellent job of explaining why, exactly, so many people were willing and eager to die for their faith, and how this persisted in building a persecution complex among the dominant European religion for centuries. The book avers from discussing the present day for the most part, tapering off with the work of reformist Catholics poring over the many, many legends about saints and trying to determine which, if any of them, represent actual historical events rather than religious fictions. Other topics covered include the trade in relics, the role in martyrologies in shaping the modern calendar, and how women could most easily play a role in the Church through the mortification of the flesh. The book is eminently readable and very well illustrated.
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I know I'm very late to this compared to everyone here (I'm 30) but I just finished reading the odyssey for the first time and I'm... my heart can't handle it. I already want to read it again. Why did I get to this this late? Anyway, I wanted to ask if you have any recommendations for interesting articles or other books about Odysseus, apart from the Iliad? And Penelope, of course. I just love them. I'm asking you 'cause I saw your posts about Odysseus and Calypso / Circe, and found them very interesting and insightful! Thanks in advance
There's no bad time in your life to read the Odyssey for the first time! I'm so glad you found your way to it and enjoyed it!
In terms of books and articles about the Odyssey, I've been out of the academic world for long enough that I feel like I'm no longer a particularly good source of advice, but I'll toss out a few old favorites:
the film O Brother Where Art Thou - a retelling of the Odyssey set in the Deep South during the Great Depression
the novel the Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood - a feminist retelling of the Odyssey from Penelope's point of view
technically it's more about the Iliad, but Somewhere I Have Never Travelled by Thomas Van Nortwick is a scholarly work that's informed my thinking on Homeric storytelling a lot
And I found some articles on the Odyssey that look fascinating freely accessible (no login needed) on JSTOR! Since some of these are public domain, they may not closely track modern scholarship, but if you're just kinda vibing with the Odyssey right now and are looking for more food for thought on the subject, this ought to get you going in interesting directions.
Rose, Peter W. “Ambivalence and Identity in the Odyssey.” Sons of the Gods, Children of Earth: Ideology and Literary Form in Ancient Greece, Cornell University Press, 1995, pp. 92–140. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctvn1tbcw.6. Accessed 14 May 2023.
Coulter, Cornelia C. “The Happy Otherworld and Fairy Mistress Themes in the Odyssey.” Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 56, 1925, pp. 37–53. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/282883. Accessed 14 May 2023.
KAMUF, PEGGY. “Penelope at Work.” Signature Pieces: On the Institution of Authorship, Cornell University Press, 1988, pp. 145–74. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt207g60p.11. Accessed 14 May 2023.
Bassett, Samuel E. “The Proems of the Iliad and the Odyssey.” The American Journal of Philology, vol. 44, no. 4, 1923, pp. 339–48. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/289255. Accessed 14 May 2023.
Gregory, Andrew. “Circe: An Extract from Homer’s Odyssey (c. 900–800 BCE).” Women in the History of Science: A Sourcebook, edited by Hannah Wills et al., UCL Press, 2023, pp. 23–34. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2w61bc7.11. Accessed 14 May 2023.
Also, if you liked the Odyssey, I think you'll love Greek tragedy! I recommend starting with Sophocles' Electra, Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Aeschylus' Oresteia, and maybe Euripedes' the Trojan Women.
Thanks for the ask, and happy reading!
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Fuck i fucking love your art smmmm
Berserk boi
QUICK GIVE ME ALL YOUR BERSERK CACAOO HCSSS
Oh my god! Thank you so much! This totally made my day <33333
I'm so sorry this took so long, I've been really busy lately :(
(TW for gore mention)
So actually I headcanon that his berserk form is connected to his soul jam. Kind of like a little side effect. Y'know what use is a sword if not to harm others? If not to shed blood? (and also this sword hurts its owner too!) and it's the soul jam of resolution which is also dictionary definition, literally a firm decision that you're unwavering in. If Dark Cacao ever goes back on his decision to take the sword, guess what! He goes berserk until it consumes all of his life force and kills him. woo.
He used to be able to control the berserk form a little, being able to turn partially into it to fight and stuff. He did lose the power to do so as he got older. Turning into his half-form and full form basically torturing him every time he tried to use it. It also completely removes pretty much all mental capacity for intelligent thought, so he can't use it in a "productive" way even if he wanted to. Basically just blind destruction with no distinction between friend or foe.
(^that's actually the concept for the drawing you saw)
Personally, I have his berserk form more or less as kind of an allegory for illness, a physical manifestation of internal pain. He was making it a fuel to keep going instead of actually confronting the “bad stuff” that happened. He was taking how it hurt him and using that to keep going, instead of confronting it head-on and getting it to stop hurting him. Eventually, he couldn't keep doing this, it was destroying him and he was losing control. So now, he couldn’t use it for anything, aka, his pain isn't useful anymore. Anyway, he does still transform into his berserk form (albeit unintentionally) but only during times of extreme stress and triggers like certain sounds, textures, and tastes. It's also triggered through more physical means, if he stands too long his legs start turning to smoke, if he fights too long his eyes glow white, it's torture every time. In very special cases (Pomegranate Cookie) he goes full berserk, it usually takes him out for weeks, unable to do much, hardly able to take care of himself, much less able to make himself useful as a king or as a warrior.
Actually, after he stopped going berserk back in book 14, I think he was cut open pretty much everywhere underneath his armor. His guts were spilling out, and were barely contained by his armor. It basically cut him almost completely in half. He still managed to fight afterwards, obviously at great personal cost, but he was still able to fight. Weeks after, he could barely move, he was stuck in bed, and even small things like sitting up were a huge struggle. The only reason he's not dead is because of his soul jam, the same reason he was cursed in the first place. His immortality at the cost of eternal suffering and the like.
After book 14, he forces enough energy to attend the council of heroes (AKA Cookie Odyssey chapter 1) but the smallest things keep setting him off, turning him slightly berserk every time. He is spending every second he can lying down in his tent. It prevents his wounds from healing, and it also keeps him from thinking clearly. When he tried killing Clotted Cream the, admittedly very little, healing that was done was immediately reversed. He ended up barely functioning, with the only reason he was able to continue with the council was because Hollyberry noticed him limping and had Pure Vanilla heal him. Which only did so much, because it’s…A curse that's both caused by and stopped by his immortality, and you can't just fix that without probably killing him instantly. So, he doesn’t have a permanent solution, and he’s stuck with this until the end of time.
Thank you again for the ask. It was really fun to do! Sorry again for taking so long to finish it :(
#gore mention tw#death mention tw#Just a little though#dark cacao crk#dark cacao cookie#dark cacao kingdom#Crk#cr kingdom#cookie run au
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Fandom asks meme
1, 11, 14!
1: list 3 positive things about your current fandom(s)
First, I'm in more obscure fandoms, so there's not much drama. People are more open to different things because they're just happy to see more stuff for the fandom
Second, most everyone I meet is someone that has been in the fandom for a while. People who really do connect with it and care about it (as opposed to people that just stop by while it's popular for a bit, but leave once the hype dies down)
Third, the fan content that exists for my fandoms is amazing. From detailed AUs to just further explaining something from canon to that joke thing someone claims they 'just HAD' to do, it's incredible and I love it.
11: if you're a writer or artist, what fic or piece of art are you proud of making?
Definitely all my stories in The ScholMander Files. There's really only two people that actually care about this series, but I've had so much fun talking with those two people about ideas for my own fics and theirs, and I've really enjoyed writing these. I've probably written more fics for this pairing than any other single author, and I've got more coming. Which leads to....
14: the ship that always makes you smile
There's a few for this, and a lot of it has to do with RPs here. It's a tie for me between:
☆ ScholMander (Milo Thatch/Commander Rourke from Atlantis: the Lost Empire) - This is probably the unicorn of the fandom in terms of how rare it is. But having written so much for it and even RPed it, this is now canon to me. These two are just so sweet to each other I'm surprised I don't have cavities yet. And it all started because I saw some photoedit fanart that had an image of Rourke with an arm around Milo and I couldn't stop thinking about that image. Now, they are canon to me.
☆ Clu x Tron/Rinzler (from.....uh.....Tron) - This is largely due to RP threads I've done on here. I honestly hadn't thought of this until I started RPing it with people here,but now I love it. Especially Clu and Tron as sort-of-parents for Beck. Ugh, the sweetness!
☆ Halman (Hal 9000/Dave Bowman from 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel movie/books) - This is probably the one canon ship I'm into, and yes it is very obviously canon, especially in the sequel movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact when they have the following exchange:
Hal 9000: What is going to happen?
Dave Bowman: Something wonderful.
Hal 9000: I'm afraid.
Dave Bowman: Don't be. We'll be together.
Hal 9000: Where will we be?
Dave Bowman: Where I am now.
I mean, it's even more obvious than Spirk (which I also love) and that's saying something. Just the way these two care for each other is just so wholesome and sweet. It's the one ship I don't see much smut stuff for, and honestly, it doesn't need smut, it works so well. They are just so good to each other. Dave does not want to kill Hal, he does it because he has no choice and (my interpretation) he figured out at that point that something was wrong, that Hal was 'sick' and Dave didn't want to see this person he cares so much about suffering anymore. But when Hal is brought back in the sequel, Dave takes extra time during his short visit to check on Hal and make sure he's okay and ultimately saves him from a second death, after which they literally spend eternity together.
Honorable Mentions - Spirk (Spock/Kirk from Star Trek), Jack O'Neil/Sam Carter (Stargate SG1), Claire Finn/Isaac (The Orville), Ineffable Husbands (Aziraphale/Crowley from Good Omens, please don't comment about Season 2 as I haven't gotten to watch it yet), Yugi Mutou/Seto Kaiba (Yu-Gi-Oh), Yugi Mutou x Yami/Atem (Yu-Gi-Oh, Yami and Atem are the same person to me, just at different points in time.)
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BBC Ghosts Quiz
All information hopefully correct as of 15/09/2023. Answers can be found below once all the questions have been asked.
Question 1: What is Kitty’s favourite morning song?
Question 2: What are the colours of Mike and Alison's egg cups in the episode Not Again?
Question 3: Which actor voiced the Youtube video about the moon landing?
Question 4: What is the name of the concept character who haunted the neighbouring property and served as an example of “it could be worse” for the other ghosts?
Question 5: Who plays Dandini in the best pantomime that Mike has ever attended?
Question 6: How many swans are visible when Mary says “that one be Lucifer’s lackey, for sure”?
Question 7: According to The Captain, what items does Lucy carry secreted about her person?
Question 8: What were the items listed in “grandma went to the shops and bought an apple”
Question 9: What did Pat joke that Thomas’s variation of Cinderella would involve?
Question 10: How many scouts were there in Pat’s troupe during the archery scene?
Question 11: Where is the circus that Mr Cheese allegedly owns?
Question 12: According to Kitty, what are the colours of the rainbow?
Question 13: What does the Captain do while waiting to hear the King’s Queen’s speech on the wireless?
a. He paces across the room
b. He waits silently and patiently
c. He hums a little tune
d. He repeatedly bounces his leg
Question 14: What does Mike eat in Bump In The Night?
Question 15: What is noteworthy about the final scene of Free Pass?
a. Toby Nightingale pays for reparations to the house to prevent any further accidents
b. All the ghosts watch Mamma Mia
c. The sleeve of Thomas’s shirt appears to be wet
d. Thomas’s breath is visible
Question 16: What film do they all watch at the end of Redding Weddy?
a. Top Gun
b. The Notebook
c. Space Odyssey
d. Ghostbusters for the irony
Question 17: Who plays the ghostly doctor?
Question 18: According to Mathew Baynton, which modern musical artist would Thomas be a fan of?
Question 19: Which of the following did NOT occur in BBC Ghosts:
a. Fanny and Humphrey’s body have a romantic subplot involving cherry blossoms and Pat and Mary find it rather sweet
b. Robin doubts the existence of gravity until Florence inadvertently debunks the conspiracy
c. Thomas convincingly sells pleasing cheeses on Button FM
d. Kitty organises a sleepover and makes The Captain patrol the grounds in case Freddy Kruger is there
Question 20: Which characters does Pat have nicknames for?
Question 21: Which football game does Julian spoil for pat?
Question 22: Part 1: In “the hardest word” what does Fanny compare the sorry song rehearsal to?
Part 2: how does Humphrey reply?”
Question 23: How far did Mike say he was going to run?
Question 24: What species is the large tree houseplant in Mike and Alison’s room?
Question 25: What names does Alison call Robin when she’s shouting at the ghosts in Guerilla War?
Question 26: What is the name of the self-help book that Alison reads?
Question 27: What was the name of Kitty’s teddy bear?
Question 28: Why can Kylie Minogue see ghosts?
Question 29: The poster in Mike and Alison’s bedroom depicts what:
a. Diagrams of various British wildflowers
b. Dancing ghosts
c. A poster for a fictional band
d. Dancing skeletons
Question 30: In Something to Share, Mike is convinced that he can now see ghosts due to a peculiar concoction and a misunderstanding. He’s very excited by this and exclaims “I’m going to see a caveman” Does this ever happen in the series and how?
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Question 1: What is Kitty’s favourite morning song?
Answer: There’s a Lark in the Bushel.
Question 2: What are the colours of Mike and Alison's egg cups in the episode Not Again?
Answer: white with a blue pattern and plain white. Additionally the white with a blue pattern also appears in the episode “The Hardest Word”.
Question 3: Which actor voiced the Youtube video about the moon landing?
Answer: Ben Willbond
Question 4: What is the name of the concept character who haunted the neighbouring property and served as an example of “it could be worse” for the other ghosts?
Answer: Pete
Question 5: Who plays Dandini in the best pantomime that Mike has ever attended?
Answer: Humphrey and it’s a wonderful performance.
Question 6: How many swans are visible when Mary says “that one be Lucifer’s lackey, for sure”?
Answer: 5
Question 7: According to The Captain, what items does Lucy carry secreted about her person?
Answer: A field telephone. A bag, and within that bag is a smaller bag, and within that bag, a bag smaller still that contains a stick of lipstick stick, a tiny mirror, and a comb.
Question 8: What were the items listed in “grandma went to the shops and bought an apple”
Answer: An apple, a packet of Monster Crunch Munch, a bottle of sherry, Playboy magazine, an Enfield N°2 standard issue revolver, swingball, and a lace brassiere.
Question 9: What did Pat joke that Thomas’s variation of Cinderella would involve?
Answer: Cinderella drowning herself and the prince dying of a broken heart.
Question 10: How many scouts were there in Pat’s troupe during the archery scene?
Answer: 5
Question 11: Where is the circus that Mr Cheese allegedly owns?
Answer: Bavaria
Question 12: According to Kitty, what are the colours of the rainbow?
Answer: Red, Orange, Yellow, Grey, Blue, Indigo, Very light blue (a rainbow).
Question 13: What does the Captain do while waiting to hear the King’s Queen’s speech on the wireless?
a. He paces across the room
b. He waits silently and patiently
c. He hums a little tune
d. He repeatedly bounces his leg
Answer: c
Question 14: What does Mike eat in Bump In The Night?
Answer: Trifle before falling asleep despite the very spooky circumstances.
Question 15: What is noteworthy about the final scene of Free Pass?
a. Toby Nightingale pays for reparations to the house to prevent any further accidents
b. All the ghosts watch Mamma Mia
c. The sleeve of Thomas’s shirt appears to be wet
d. Thomas’s breath is visible
Answer: d
Question 16: What film do they all watch at the end of Redding Weddy?
a. Top Gun
b. The Notebook
c. Space Odyssey
d. Ghostbusters for the irony
Answer: c. In the end they all watch Space Odyssey (although The Captain appears to be distracted)
Question 17: Who plays the ghostly doctor?
Answer: Paul Cawley
Question 18: According to Mathew Baynton, which modern musical artist would Thomas be a fan of?
Answer: Taylor Swift
Question 19: Which of the following did NOT occur in BBC Ghosts:
a. Fanny and Humphrey’s body have a romantic subplot involving cherry blossoms and Pat and Mary find it rather sweet
b. Robin doubts the existence of gravity until Florence inadvertently debunks the conspiracy
c. Thomas convincingly sells pleasing cheeses on Button FM
d. Kitty organises a sleepover and makes The Captain patrol the grounds in case Freddy Kruger is there
Answer: d. The others, despite being preposterous, have genuinely occurred.
Question 20: Which characters does Pat have nicknames for?
Answer: The Captain (Cap), Fanny (Lady B), and Maddocks (Mads).
Question 21: Which football game does Julian spoil for pat?
Answer: The Quarter Final between Argentina and England at the 1986 World Cup.
Question 22: Part 1: In “the hardest word” what does Fanny compare the sorry song rehearsal to?
Part 11: how does Humphrey reply?”
Answer Part 1: Battersea Dogs Home
Answer Part 2: “ Really? Was there a fire? “
Question 23: How far did Mike say he was going to run?
Answer: At least 10km
Question 24: What species is the large tree houseplant in Mike and Alison’s room?
Answer:
Madagascan dragon tree (Dracaena marginata). I think. I once had a Madagascan dragon tree called Gerald and Gerald looked very similar.
Question 25: What names does Alison call Robin when she’s shouting at the ghosts in Guerilla War?
Answer: Captain cave-prick and budget Tarzan
Question 26: What is the name of the self-help book that Alison reads?
Answer: Finding Sanity in the Insanity
Question 27: What was the name of Kitty’s teddy bear?
Answer: Bunty Bear. I like to think she named the bear that Alison gifted her Bunty.
Question 28: Why can Kylie Minogue see ghosts?
Answer: She fell and hit her head during the rollerskating montage scene in the music video for Spinning Around.
Question 29: The poster in Mike and Alison’s bedroom depicts what:
a. Diagrams of various British wildflowers
b. Dancing ghosts
c. A poster for a fictional band
d. Dancing skeletons
Answer: d
Question 30: In Something to Share, Mike is convinced that he can now see ghosts due to a peculiar concoction and a misunderstanding. He’s very excited by this and exclaims “I’m going to see a caveman” Does this ever happen in the series and how?
Answer: Yes, in a way. When Robin conducts the lightning in “Not again” his silhouette becomes visible.
#i hope this is coherent and somewhat obscure#the difficulty's probably middling? maybe? it's difficult to quantify#i hope you all enjoy this quiz and please let me know how you get on with the questions#i will happily make another one if asked#bbc ghosts#quizzes#bbc ghosts quiz#i would like to thank autism and having a relatively uneventful friday afternoon for making this quiz possible
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You can skip some if it's too many- I already shortened the list down. 3, 9 for Zhongli; 13 (or Would he use emojis?), 25 for Dottore; 8, 14 for Neuvillette aand 4, 12, 23 and "is there anyone you'd like to see them interact with in depth?" (20-adjacent) for all 3 of them. Also 5, 6, 21 for the first OC you think of when you read this. SORRY I'm trying not to send the entire list for 745 characters.
Zhongli
3. Least favorite canon thing about this character?
He didn’t have to fake his death and scare his people but I get why he did it. Got the message across very well. 🤣
4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?
Skyrim
No, I’m kidding. Probably JJK or Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.
9. Could you be roommates with this character?
Considering he would stick to the terms of his lease or sublease rather effectively and literally, I think I’d manage. Might be too literal or subject to loopholes regarding the splitting of chores and bills and might be subject to the occasional prank (let’s not forget Zhongli is a bit of a jokester and watch the pot simmer, considering he sits around and makes scholars debate events he was there for). Overall, I’d survive!
12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?
Snuggly and clingy when drunk.
23. Favorite picture of this character?
His 2020 birthday art.
Bonus: is there anyone you'd like to see them interact with in depth?
Guizhong, Guizhong, where art thou Guizhong…
Dottore
4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?
Jupiter Ascending would be interesting. As would Blade Runner. I would say HAL from Space Odyssey but HAL is artificial intelligence and I can’t help but feel as though he would disapprove of AI to some degree. 🤔
12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?
That he probably wouldn’t actually be able to connect with anyone in a meaningful way. Even if he worked towards it and he has development, on some level, he will always keep a part of himself at a distance. His ego is far too great to let anyone truly think they know him.
13./Would he use emojis?
No. Highly doubt that he would tbh.
23. Favorite picture of this character?
:( I have too many.
25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?
In the manga, it was “oh he’s wacky, good thing I won’t have to worry about liking him.”
*reads the manga three more times.
“Oh shit, here we go again.”
When his new appearance dropped and we heard Mick? Forget it, I think I ascended to another plain of existence.
Bonus: is there anyone you'd like to see them interact with in depth?
Zhongli, actually. He’s the oldest Archon and Liyue has known no other. I feel like they would have some riveting conversations.
Neuvillette
4. If you could put this character in any other media, be it a book, a movie, anything, what would you put them in?
Pride and Prejudice. Nothing else. Book and movie.
8. What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?
I’m not entrenched in Neuvi’s fandom enough to know much. Not gonna open my mouth when I’m unaware of anything lol
12. What's a headcanon you have for this character?
Picks flowers when he goes on walks outside the city and lays them on the graves of people he remembers. There’s always one fresh flower when someone visits their loved one.
14. Assign a fashion aesthetic to this character.
Modern Gentlemen, I guess???? Can you tell I don’t know aesthetics anymore and am out of the loop????
23. Favorite picture of this character?
The 4.1 promo art of him and Wrio.
is there anyone you'd like to see them interact with in depth?
If he and Zhongli could be in the same space together, definitely these two. Otherwise, Navia. God, him and Navia…
Karina
5. What's the first song that comes to mind when you think about them?
Survivor, Helen Jane Long.
6. What's something you have in common with this character?
Stubborn and willing to find a way to make something happen. Sometimes at a detriment.
21. If you're a fic writer and have written for this character, what's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?
Favorite: babygirl knows what her duties are and I love making her think actions through and put piece together.
Hated: So emotionally tangled, it’s like pulling teeth to get her to admit what she wants.
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14, 20, 24!
14. Favorite book you read this year?
oh my god i did not read a lot of books which in retrospect is really a shame! i want to change that next year. but okay let’s go with the odyssey translated by dr emily wilson bc i truly loved it a lot and i recommend it for anyone who’s interested in reading greek mythology/classics
20. What’s something you learned this year?
two things come to mind actually! one is crochet, which has become a lovely hobby. i’ve always adored plush toys and through crochet i’ve been able to make my own! i also just like craft work in general (i had a brief sewing phase and also a cross stitching phase at one point) so this really suits me i think :)
the other is italian <3 so i had zero experience with italian when the year started, just a tiny background in spanish and latin. but i started it as part of my uni studies and though i did struggle at times, i’ve grown to really truly love the language. i haven’t progressed much yet but i’ll be taking some more classes starting this coming year so that’s exciting!! (bonus points that i got so into jannik now and use italian tennis media as practice lmao)
24. Did you keep any New Year’s Resolutions?
i honestly don’t remember making any bc i know i never keep them KSHDKDHDKS
#thank you so much it’s fun to look back a bit <3#and i’m giving you a friend tag ofc mwah#cat tag 🎥#<- a video cam bc we keep going insane over videos 🫶#ask game#from-olalla
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