Hm… Barg and Eresh take up your brain? Consider making them kiss or hold hands or maybe even more…

I can only assume you’re new here because:

I already did that.

Props to @subterranean-junk for helping my brainrot

Finding out I was aromantic was fine. It was the fact that characters who I closely connect to and relate to often have these defining moments with romance and or romantic partnership that I will never fully grasp. That’s what hurts.

you guys ever had a grilled cheese donut before

Kinda a stupid question but in a few edits on tiktok made by o1ivia.edits (go check them out they have some awesome RnM edits!) there r clips of Morty wearing this armor

And I can’t figure out what episode or short it’s from and I need to see the full video of him wearing that armor because my god he looks so good in it! (Also the person who made the edits hasn’t answered any of my comments asking abt it and I don’t want to keep bothering them)

idk how to explain it but this comeback is the first one that’s made me go “oh wow, txt are really a leading kpop group aren’t they.” like between the super creative mv, the amazing choreo, and the quality of their production and vocals they really feel like they’ve come into their own and i’m really proud 🥲

Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting for my mom’s birthday!

VEXY YOU LIKE EATING DEEP FRIED SCORPIONS QUESTION MARK

Yeah!:D

they aren’t always deep fried though. I prefer scorpion brittle, which is kind of a desert?

Sometimes, I really hate Spotify. Why? You may ask. Well, I’ll tell you.

Sometimes, when my thoughts are keeping me up at night, I use a personal remedy to help me fall asleep: listening to the Flaming Lips’ album ‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots’ on repeat. And it’s always worked for me.

But the thing is, for some unknown reason, Spotify decided to turn off the loop last night. Meaning, once the album was finished playing, instead of starting over, it would pick a song I had put on my liked playlist. And of all the songs it could have picked, it decided to play McCafferty’s ‘Beach Boy’

So it’s only slightly past midnight, and I’m woken up with “I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD CHRIS, I’LL TURN THIS FUCKING CAR AROUND. SHUT THE FUCK UPPP” blasting in my ear.

It’s a good song, but at one in the morning? And having it wake me up? No thanks, sorry McCafferty.

My bestie made me snickerdoodles & delivered them to my house. She lives an hour away, she made them so she could bring them when she came up for an appointment 😭

Why modern retellings of the Hades and Persephone myth fail to recognize what the myth is actually about

Warning: everything I’m about to say is subjective and you can disagree with me

Most of us are familiar with the ancient myth of Persephone’s kidnapping. The young nature goddess Kore, caught the attention of the king of underworld, Hades. He goes to her father Zeus, for permission to marry her. He grants it, and Hades abducts Kore. Her mother Demeter, is furious and refuses to let any plants grow. Zeus placates her by sending Hermes down to retrieve Persephone. Persephone eats the pomegranate, and can not leave. She is only forced to stay for six months because of the amount she ate(sources differ on if it was half the pomegranate or six seeds). The other six months of the year she can stay in the world above. Hades marries her and she earns the name Persephone.

The average modern retelling reframes it as a forbidden love story. Hades and Persephone are in love, kept apart for various reasons. Most of these stories write Demeter as overbearing, firmly against their love. Persephone enters the underworld willingly. She is forced to leave, but eats the pomegranate just in time. Her victory is dampened but not completely ruined by the suggestion of the six months rule. While I enjoy these retellings they always seem to miss what the myth represents.

In my opinion, the retellings alway focus on who the characters are and not what. This myth was never about Persephone being kidnapped by Hades. It was never a story about romance or kidnapping. It’s a story about life and death. Kore is life, pure and easy to take. Hades represents death, inevitable and all consuming. Demeter can stand for two things, naïveté or denial depending on who the story is being told to. Zeus, however brief his appearance in the story is stands for the natural order. Thinking of the gods in the story with this perspective, paints an entirely different picture.

Now, death seeks to claim life. Zeus approves, because that is how it has always been and how it will always be. Demeter will not allow it, either as a naïve child disbelieving in death, or a grieving mother unable to accept its permanence. She seeks destruction, as that is what has been dealt to her. New life must form, so Kore is once again allowed to roam the earth. Eating the pomegranate means she will forever be tainted by death, unable to escape it. Her tainted form is now called Persephone. Every six months she must return to the underworld as all life eventually does.

While modern retellings still keep the main plot beats, albeit with a twist, they fail to see what those events mean. This story illustrates how death must happen for new life to form. Modern versions typically focus on what happens, instead of why. They don’t take into account what purpose these stories served. This myth not only explains why seasons occur, but also the nature of death.

QUILLY!!! I JUST SAW AN AD FOR GLUTEN FREE OREOS

Yup! They’ve been around for a bit and they’re actually super good! Can barely even taste the difference, and I think the only texture difference is in the creme! Now I need them to come in more flavors than double stuff and mint 😆

Ooo I like them

y’all ever heard of this band called the beach boys?

Tony please make GYV All Elite

“Bruce is emotionally incompetent and can’t step outside his own morality” yeah it’s a character flaw.

“Dick is extremely stubborn and thinks he’s right all the time” yeah it’s a character flaw.

“Jason has hypocritical tendencies” yeah it’s a character flaw.

“ Tim is entitled and doesn’t think about people when seeking results, and often acts uncaring” yeah it’s a character flaw.

“Damian is rude and bratty” yeah, it’s a character flaw.

Also, some people may not even regard everything listed above as flaws.

Having negative traits allows incredible flexibility within your characters, what makes them intriguing, what makes them easy to relate to. If you want to write people, then write people. But they can’t be good and clean all the time.

I’m not immune to slasher comedy coming of age musicals. Apparently