Anyways, my history teacher was talking to us about the Treaty of Versailles and to introduce us he asked if any of us were swifties and played 'Don't blame me' by Taylor Swift.
So basically, the best lesson of my life.
Do you guys know that one theory (I think its a theory) that ethel cain = Jesus or is a metaphor/second coming.
Then will preachers wife be Mary?
And could mother of a preacher be about "god"
Stupid random idea, yeah, but??
(Also I'm so excited for Hayden's new album)
I fear the ttpd set might be my favourite on the tour, just about surpassing midnights <3
I truly can't explain it but something about Percy & Poseidon's dynamic truly breaks me. Much more than Annabeth's relationship with Athena or Nico's with Hades. I can't explain it. I just think it's written so well.
Iike Poseidon is by no means a good father, but he clearly loves Percy. Every time he interacts with Percy, you can feel how much he wants to be there for Percy and the fact he can't makes me actually nauseous.
AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON HIM BEING POSEIDON'S "favourite son" [DIRECT QUOTE π]
Or the fact he visited Percy when Percy was a baby even though he never should've for both their sakes *slams head repeatedly into knife*.
I think one of my favourite parts about the iliad is the gods interacting on Olympus. Obviously I love my lil greek heroes but somehting about the gods just hanging about like normal people is so silly. Like people are dying Zeus why are we having brunch π
the books, english and I think its pronounced Zafod?
social experiment time! reblog this & put in the tags:
what medium you first experienced hitchhiker's guide in,
what language you first experienced it in, and
if it was an audioless/text-based medium (eg books, game, graphic novels) how did you first think to pronounce Zaphod's name?
As someone who got into greek myths when I was 10, because of pjo ^^^ no notes : perfection even
a quick psa to anyone recently getting into greek mythology and is a victim of tumblr and/or tiktok misconceptions:
-there is no shame in being introduced to mytholgy from something like percy jackson, epic the musical or anything like that, but keep in mind that actual myths are going to be VERY different from modern retellings
-the myth of medusa you probably know (her being a victim of poseidon and being cursed by athena) isn't 100% accurate to GREEK mythology (look up ovid)
-there is no version of persephone's abduction in which persephone willingly stays with hades, that's a tumblr invention (look up homeric hymn to demeter)
-as much as i would like it, no, cerberus' name does not mean "spot" (probably a misunderstanding from this wikipedia article)
-zeus isn't the only god who does terrible things to women, your fav male god probably has done the same
-on that note, your fav greek hero has probably done some heinous shit as well
-gods are more complicated than simply being "god of [insert thing]", many titles overlap between gods and some may even change depending on where they were worshipped
-also, apollo and artemis being the gods of the sun and the moon isn't 100% accurate, their main aspects as deities originally were music and the hunt
-titans and gods aren't two wholly different concepts, titan is just the word used to decribe the generation of gods before the olympians
-hector isn't the villain some people make him out to be
-hephaestus WAS married to aphrodite. they divorced. yes, divorce was a thing in ancient greece. hephaestus' wife is aglaia
-ancient greek society didn't have the same concepts of sexuality that we have now, it's incorrect to describe virgin goddesses like artemis and athena as lesbians, BUT it's also not wholly accurate to describe them as aromantic/asexual, it's more complex than that
-you can never fully understand certain myths if you don't understand the societal context in which they were told
-myths have lots and lots of retellings, there isn't one singular "canon", but we can try to distinguish between older and newer versions and bewteen greek and roman versions
-most of what you know about sparta is probably incorrect
-reading/waching retellings is not a substitute to reading the original myths, read the iliad! read the odyssey! i know they may seem intimidating, but they're much more entertaining than you may think
greek mythology is so complex and interesting, don't go into it with preconcieved notions! try to be open to learn!
[at Achilles's funeral] Agamemnon: *places his hand on the pyre and sobs* Agamemnon: How could you do this to me? We are so understaffed.
My little (to no) context reaction to the wisdom saga πππππππ
(I couldn't stay up to watch the live so I'm just listening to the music = no animatics)
[30th of august 14:58]
Legendary
. I mean I've already heard legendary but I'm excited
. Gorgeous music, I feel transported into like ancient greece
. This sounds amazing
. The guy who voices Telemachus (MICO?) is adorable
. I don't like the riffs but he sounds good
. Telemachus deserves the world
. "L-l-l-l egendary"
. 108??!
. Isn't he like 13 here? (anywhere from 12-15 i feel like)
. I don't think we got a snippet of the ending
. MAN OF THE HOUSE
. AHHHA
. 20 YEARS?? WHAT
. I can't tell if they said 12 or 20
."BOY" Lowkey scared me
. EXCUSE YOU SIR TRAMP?? WHO DOES HE THINK-
. Antinous didn't come to play DAYUM
. This is insane
. "Whatcha gonna do about it champ?" Jorge was totally right Ayron is such a good Antinous
. Awwww he can't do anything :<
. Wait?
Little wolf
. GET HIM TELEY
. I love Antinous's voice
. I really loved the snippets for this one
. "I'll teach you all the lessons your daddy never could" it's on sight actually
. And little wolf is just so ughh I wanna punch him
. ATHENA
. FIGHT BACK
. BAHAHAHA UPPERCUT?
. QUICK THOUGHT
. And heπisπa πbullyπ
. SHOW HIM
. ATHENA IS SO COOL
. OMG OMG
. Her voice is stunning
. The animatics are gonna go so hard
. Awww
. Oh he lost??
. Telemachus:((
. I mean yeah why did she come to your aid?
We'll be fine
. We only got Teleys bit so I'm excited
. Oo start with Athena
. FRIEND??
. Don't make me cry
. "He was a lot like you" gee I wonder why
. GREW APART :((
. HIS LIGHT!!
. GLORIOUS VOICE
. WAITT THEY CHANGED IT
. "Or if hes worth the hype but" > " I don't know what he's like"
. Fair enough
. And they changed "Cuz I got in a fight, sailed to an island when I've never left home shores"
. Okay it's been less than 5 minutes please refrain on the whole "friend" thing rn lol
. God telemachus voice (I can't shut up they're such good singers"
. DUET!!!!
. YOU WILL BE FINE
. Kid? Is he twenty or 12 I can't tell
Love in paradise
. FUCK YES
. WAIT THE INTRO?
. THEY WERE AT SEA FOR 10 YEARS, damn
. THE MUSIC SOARING, IT'S SO COOL, ouch
. CALYPSO MY LOVE (only the epic version though) [Ik it's up to interpretation but for me she doesn't sa him in this version]
. She's my wife π anyway π€¨
. HELL NO
. Oh shit love in paradise is athena watching, not Odysseus's experience
. Like this is when they first met and Calypso and Odysseus have been together for 7 years
. 7 YEARS
. YEAH I SAID THAT, before the song did
. ODYSSEUS!!
. WHAT > THE LEDGE
. ODYSSEUS ππππ
. Wtf I am not emotionally stable enough for this
. Open..... arms.. BRO
. HIS MUM, POLITES AND EURY AND PENELOPE AND ATHENA??? BROO π’
. YEAH I THINK HE DOES NEED HELP UGH
God games
. Ooo very grand
. Athena get him PLEASE
. She's about that business
. YES GOD GAMES INTRO OMGG
. WAIT WERE GONNA HEAR APOLLO AND HEAPHESTUS I'M SO EXCITED
. THE LITTLE MUSIC CHANEGS ARE SO GOOD
. ZEUS VOICE IS SO AMASZNIGN
. "and me" π
. That is not how I thought Apollo would sound
. He's batting for the sirens?? Um Ig that makes sense
. Oh Heaphestus I totally thought that aphrodite was next
. Well she's level 3 anyway
. BRO HIS DAD VOICES HEAPHESTUS I LOVE THAT
. Wait Apollo and Heaphestus are very reasonable, good for them
. NOW THE ONE WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR (excluding Hera)
. OMG IT'S THE SNIPPET THAT'S THE FINAL
. Athena's voice is new?
. Hmm she rerecorded but they didn't
. DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO KILL HER
. Don't fuck with Telemachus in front of Athena
. "Ughh release him"
. HERA
. OH FUCK SHE'S PERFECT CMON
. RELEASE HIM
. ZEUS YOU DICKHEAD SHE'S THE GODESS OF WISDOM LITERALLY ONLY HER COULD BEAT YOUR GAME
. WHAT WHAT
. NO
. WHAT???
. WHAT'S going on
. The music is telling me she like survived whatever his ambush was
. Zeus....
.THATS THE END WHATT
Finished book 12 of the Iliad, and the best part was definitely when Zeus sent the Trojans an omen telling them that they should retreat, and when Poulydamas points this out, Hector just tears him a new one. He literally says he doesn't give a flying fuck about these birds and if Poulydamas leaves the fight or convinces anyone else to he will stab him. That was personal. Like Hector must've had some grudge against Poulydamas previously because wtf.
idk what tumblrina or twitter warrior needs to hear this but youre not special for liking taylor swift