I’m Ready To See My Favorite Character Go In A Downwards Spiral And Some Younglings Getting Murked….in

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".

”There are many ways of persuasion” snippet but it’s Clone Wars and Obi-Wan is flirting with someone for info and Anakin covers Ahsokas eyes and proceeds to cover his own

Lesson Of The Day:

If one of your family members brings a new friend/significant other, tell them your interests. Mention “I love this” and 90% percent of the time they’ll get it for you to get in your good graces and if they like you. ESPECIALLY if they’re planning on sticking around for a while. I did this and I have 1-9 of Spy X Family with a few extras so

(I got two from bro-in-law who got them from his friend, two from sister’s now ex, and the rest I got from the aforementioned friend cause he didn’t want them??? It’s freaking Spy X Family my dude)

What if, when everything is less fresh, a statue is built at the academy. The statue is of two young men, both facing slightly different directions, but with their heads turned to look up and forward, onto the future. One of the men looks forward in unconcealed hope, hope for the future and what is to come. The other is more revered, but the hunger for knowing the unknown is said to be more intense than the other’s.

Despite everything that had happened, the academy argued that these were the finest students that they ever had the pleasure of teaching. They were both undeniably the Men of Progress, looking to help build a better life, despite what it turned into, in the end. Because in all worlds and all realities, only they could build something up and destroy it together.

I WAS FUCKING RIGHT

Scary Ody

I like to think that in somewhere in “Ruthlessness,” Poseidon gets a glimpse of how scary our boy Ody can be. Because at that moment, Poseidon is threatening his ability to go home and he’s do anything to get home, he later learns. So Ody is scared but also angry

Poseidon is in the middle of threatening Odysseus (or maybe after he kills his crew) and he catches a sliver of the man who dropped an infant because Zeus told him too and he would be able to go home. He sees a man who’s ready to get anything out of his way to get his and his crew home (yes, this is before his crew turns stupid and he ditched them) and then, it’s gone. And Poseidon thinks he must’ve imagined it.

Then in the later saga, Poseidon sees a totally different man than early because this man has no crew left to take home, has accepted that he is a monster, and has gone through pretty shitty things. BUT he is definitely more scary so Poseidon is secretly shaking in his flippers

(I have more thoughts but it’s late and I’ll just remember to add on later)

Edit: I just want people to be scared of Odysseus, not his fam or good subjects, but the bad people 😁

I kinda remember the time when me and my sisters watched the last episode of BBC Merlin. We all cried.

And then watched it again the next morning. (It was either because one of us missed it or watched it to let it fully sink in)

sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

Lots of thoughts recently. Everything feels plastic.

I could go on and on about why all that AI "art" is bad. I could mention theft, lack of creativity, it's impact on the work field and environment, but countless people have already said all that. I wanted to touch on something that to me is the most utterly wrong about all of it.

Art is more than just something pretty to look at or listen to. It's therapeutic. It's a form of communication. A tool for human connection. It's a pure, human need.

Support real artists ☀️

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

ok so there seems to be some confusion, I am looking for a fic like this on ao3. I forgot the title so that is why I’m asking for help. Apologies for the confusion!

Fic Help!!

It’s a fic from Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia and it has Trollhunter Claire, and a very magic Jim. Douxie shows up earlier. Jim is not having a fun time, and his magic is being evil/wonky. Jlaire is pretty much already established and I think it has 10 or so chapters.

pleeaaassseeee help!!