something. about. the horror of being sent on an impossible (death) quest and obligations and hospitality politics. the trauma of not having a home, and then the trauma of being in a house that becomes actively hostile to you, one that would swallow you whole and spit out your bones if you step out of line. all of this is conditional, your existence continues to be something men want gone.

it's about going back as far as I can with the perseus narrative because there's always a version of a myth that exists behind the one that survives. the missing pieces are clearly defined, but the oldest recorded version of it isn't there! and there's probably something older before that!! but it's doomed to forever be an unfilled space, clearly defined by an outline of something that was there and continues to be there in it's absence.

and love. it's also about love. even when you had nothing, you had love.

on the opposite side of the spectrum, this is Not About Ovid Or Roman-Renaissance Reception, Depictions And Discourses On The Perseus Narrative.

edit: to add to the above, while it's not about Ovid, because I'm specifically trying to peel things back to the oldest version of this story, Ovid is fine. alterations on the Perseus myth that give more attention Medusa predate Ovid by several centuries. this comic is also not about those, either! there are many versions of this story from the ancient world. there is not one singular True or Better version, they're all saying something.

Perseus, Daniel Ogden

Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation, edited & translated by Stephen M Trzaskoma, R. Scott Smith, Stephen Brunet

swatchvember prompt: party

happy 37th birthday to Microsoft Paint ✨🎂🎉🎈

Some Bounty Hunter!Ivan for my beloved @ironicorange <3 <3

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Lil doodles of “what if Laios wasn’t so afraid of looking like his father for a sec because he canonically thinks shaving his hair and beard is tedious like some depressed/socially uncaring trash raccoon”… I love him sm he’s so silly. I was wondering if it’d make some people infantilize him less/taking him more seriously in world because the beard makes him look more mature but then I see his mop of hair and yeah no… He’d look even more unhinged. People would come across his party and find his vibes sus straight out of the gate

photographed by: charlie gray 2023 (x)

Okay okay okay okay. And hear me out. I’m going to lay out the evidence and you’re all going to correct me

tubbo politely critiqued bbh’s party set up for several minutes (no decorations??)

tubbo tried to give suggestions on how to liven the place up (there was a lot of talk about bunting which bbh completely brushed off)

tubbo stated several times that he was excited to be attending a party (no one has invited him to a party in ages!)

tubbo felt strongly about dressing in an appropriate formal skin for the event (taking time to weigh his options and emphasize that some skins are too casual for a party like this)

tubbo made certain to prepare a gift for the host (he gave some concerns about appearances and rudeness)

tubbo keeps up with the events of parties he didn’t attend (read about the red banquet in the Dream SMP Times, knew enough to discuss it with bbh)

I think it’s abundantly clear that tubbo cares about throwing good parties and being a good guest and keeping up to date with the parties he can’t attend. 

I think. President Underscore. was a socialite. 

Aro culture is giving off so many mixed signs about your orientation that you get some people thinking that you're straight, some people thinking that you're gay/bi and no one thinking that you're actually a secret third option

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Saw the eclipse from my front yard today and took this really shitty picture that I’d thought I’d share with you, I’d also like to use this opportunity to lay a terrible curse upon you for no apparent reason at the moment, xoxo (also I’m reading crime and punishment !)

OMGGGG THAT IPHONE 786139235 CAMERA COMING IN CLUTCH 😍😍😍 IF I WAS ON MY PHONE ID SEND YOU MY ECLIPSE PICS THEY CAME OUT SO BANGER TBH... I GOT NEARLY FULL COVERAGE IT LOOKED SO BEAUTIFUL

I'm sorry, but when the Master said he was human intolerant, I laughed so hard because it was such a huge mood, especially as I, too, am human intolerant 😂

re: ur post abt watcher not being the only "tv quality" content on youtube- i went and rewatched a whole bunch of tom scott videos because i was so upset when ryan said that LMFAO. i've been watching tom scott interview experts and nearly fall off wind turbines for literal years now. anyway another bonkers good quality youtuber is retroahoy! lots of video game and computer history videos, plus they do most of their own music for vids. thanks for putting that feeling into words with a bullet-point list to back it up :]

awe ty for the sweet words abt the post! glad i could put it into words for ppl :)

i think ive vaguely heard of tom scott in the past, but ive never heard of retroahoy!! ty for the recommendations :D

There's something strange about personal mental illness and how it relates to expression and creativity, because I truly do not express myself or seem to process my own personal suffering or disorders the same way that some goth pop star would or ever have. Despite the fact that we're both suffering I tend to despise the average vague goth artist, or anyone in general who tends to portray suffering as just this black cynical monotoned pop star nihilism. That's just one example. A lot of other people's expression of their suffering just makes me feel aggravated and disoriented and drained which I think is interesting. It just goes to show that mental disorders is extremely specific incomes from all different directions from everyone, and that you can't really ever truly understand where someone is coming from with what they do.

Category is: give him back his glasses😍✨️

yknow i think a really fundamental misunderstanding current dc writers have with garth is that he genuinely wasn't a child soldier like dick or wally. sure he definitely comes from that era and there Are undoubtedly aspects of his character arc and relationship with arthur that are similar to the classic mentor/mentee relationship, but their core relationship didn't start with that. arthur originally only brought garth along because they were just besties. arthur was living it up homeless style with this random orphan he found and they got into some hijinks together. then shit happened, he becomes King, but he's not going to abandon garth so he continues to bring him along.

part of garth growing up was him having to take things more seriously and learn to handle hero shit. like. he was really just randomly thrust into that world because arthur Became a big hero, not because arthur intentionally took on a protégé.

so when i see dc writing rebirth garth or even yj garth as this Cool Kid who was taken under arthur's wing and trained to become a Cool Hero, it's just,,, it's a Huge misunderstanding of garth himself but especially their relationship. his daddy issues are amplified because he always saw arthur as this cool older man who took him in as a son, not as a student. unlike a character like dick who has issues with bruce because bruce himself treats him as both a son and student, garth really became the student in response to arthur's duties, after they already had an established relationship. and even then, garth was never meant to be arthur's protégé in the way the other kid sidekicks were.

like. garth became arthur's sidekick because he wanted to be there. he wanted to be with His Dad and help him on these important missions. he didn't want to be alone anymore, and if that meant risking his life for arthur then fucking whatever, he'll do it. while arthur did take on the role of mentor and garth was very much his sidekick, garth was never the Child Soldier or the Protégé like the other sidekicks. like i'd say that's actually a huge part of his character arc. current dc writers will Never be able to capture garth in the right light if they continue to paint him as the same kind of sidekick the other titans were.