One Of The Things That Hurt Most About Arcane Was That Vi Always Intended To Go Back To Powder. Vi Could’ve

Just finished Wings of Starlight and FJSMXKSMDKSNDMNDNDKXMDMDMSKDKEJDKLAKWNDNWKEMFJSMRNFJWNRNFX

such a good read and so pretty and literally everything I’ve wanted since the age of 8 (9?) it had the right amount of romance and conflict and j LOVED IT

I agree whole heartedly and will now be using this format to spread the word👍

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Change my meme (a replacement 'Change my mind' template) - template post - Imgur

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The failure of Greek myth retellings

This is a personal rant about how I, as a Greek and mythology lover, view these modern retellings and how they came out more as a disappointment.

Here are some examples of forced labelling from the book sites like Bookreads:

Do you see a pattern? Is not only they are telling the audience rather than showing how "feminist" are these retellings but also..

Man vs woman

According to the retellings all ancient Greek men are bad, sexist, misogynists, worthless, abusers and women are girlboss ✨. But it's obvious that humans regardless of gender are complex beings.

But when you read the Original epics you realise that women have as much importance in the story as men. But not in the way you are used to...

The women aren't afraid to speak their mind, they have agency, they are a driving force the admire, but it's not with shields, armor or physical strength. They are also showing it with kindness, empathy, cunning but also with anger, sorrow, vengeance.

Penelope, Electra, Antigone, Ariadne, Andromache, Helen, Cassandra etc. ARE strong women! They don't have to go to battle to prove it!

BUT that also doesn't mean we should glorify the women who are abusers and do wrong things!

Clytemnestra for example, exiled Orestes, had her daughter Electra a slave, showed proudly her Trojan women (also slaves) and killed Cassandra an innocent woman.. Do i understand how and why she acted? Yes 💯. Does this justifies her actions ? Of course no.

Medea, killed her brother and her children, and also poisoned Jason's next wife and her father because "she wanted to make him suffer like her". Do i understand why she did it? Yes. Does it justify to have everyone suffer because of one man? No.

Hera, punished several women and men alike because she couldn't do it on Zeus (because he is the king and stronger). Is cheating bad? Yes. Does it justify her to punish someone who was obviously a victim or was powerless against a god? No.

The retellings:

fail to do complex characters.

fail to let the audience come to their own conclusions who's right, wrong or neutral.

They fail to make daring characters without be labelled on a modern stereotype.

Fail to understand the norms of ancient Greece and how they shaped these stories.

Fail to realise that men and women are more complex than modern stereotypes.

I am not against retellings but do better! Making a great retelling respectful to the source and having complex characters with quality reading would be deeply appreciated.

And to the readers to not rely on retellings as "faithful resources".

…..I found it y’all

Fic Help!!

I’m looking for an ORV fic where KDJ gets possessed like YJH does in the near beginning where the crew all has to solve movies and the big bad made YJH attack them? It’s a one shot (I think) and YJH can’t bring himself to hurt KDJ despite getting his ass handed to him. Thank you!

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAT DAY!!🥳

Honestly just realized it was today (haha). How many cats do you guys have?

Star Wars Au but it’s just the Odyssey/Epic the Musical

Anakin:Odysseus (“All i hear are screams” is so Anakin/Vader coded)

Padme: Penelope

Telemachus: Luke AND Leia

Athena: Obi-Wan

His crew: the 501st

Eurolychus (idk how to spell his name): Rex

Im not sure about everyone else. The only difference about this AU would be that when Anakin comes home, all the suitors are already d€ad cuz Luke and Leia home aloned the shit out of them

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS

WHO IS USING THIS

AN APP??? THEY HAVE A FUNCTIONING WEBSITE

THE LAST FUNCTIONING WEBSITE

the mischaracterisation of jim in rise of the titans is just about the worst thing they did with that film - and that’s saying a lot considering, well, everything is wrong with that film

I think the movie writers were trying to make ORV more apocalyptic and entice watchers…..

They didn’t succeed but hey, at least we have good memes :D