P.1: First Arc

Siren!Penelope: Yo, this sailor says he's afraid of the water?! How the hell am I supposed to work with that?!

Other Siren: I dunno, just roll with it!

Siren!Penelope: Sure, I guess. Also, what do you think? Boy dad or Girl dad?

Other Siren: Oh Girl dad! 99% sure!

Siren!Penelope: Let's hope it's not that 1%.

Unapologetically one of the funniest TCF scenes in the entire novel is that one time Cale passed out during the battle on the Molden Kingdom on that maze(and he was under an illusion spell) and when he woke up Raon was screaming how he'd kill all the enemies and destroying the maze's walls, everyone was going apeshit and than Choi Han just pulls up next to Cale after seeing him wake up and he was COVERED IN BLOOD and than it just kind of went:

Cale: *staring at the chaos* ....what the-

Cale: Why is Raon screaming that he'll kill everyone? And Choi Han are you covered in blood??

Choi Han: *looks down* .... I guess

Cale: How long was I out for!?

Cale: *thinking* look at all this destruction and chaos! I must have been out for like 30 minutes at least, hours maybe-

Choi Han: *looks down on his wrist that doesn't have a watch* Around 10 minutes give or take I guess

Cale: ...... wHAT-

I went on tiktok to just watch some silly Odysseus videos but then I mostly saw people going like "Yeah, maybe Odysseus cried on Calypso' island every day but honestly he had that coming after what he did Achilles and Patroclous/Circe!!!" and "Everything that happens in Odyssey is deserved cuz he took Patrochilles to war!!!" and "I feel so bad for Circe and Calypso and Penelope, they deserved better!!!"

For fucks sake I beg you, read anything different from Millers bs and like educate yourself- And please stop goddamn saying that rape victim. deserved it.

Circe probably didn't give a flying fuck, Calypso is a rapist and abuser and Penelope deserved everything she wanted and SHE WANTED ODYSSEUS

I think I've had enough internet for today, imma go wash my eyes with bleach. Anyways sorry for ranting here, i hope you don't mind it lmao

It's alright. I absolutely understand the vents about the whole thing. :'D No one deserves to be a victim of such a thing no matter WHAT they've done. I hope your eyes are okay after the bleach

Like Odysseus does so many fucked up things but Calypso and Circe? He is the victim. Period. It's very clear that Odysseus is in extreme distress on Ogygia. And Circe wasn't some sort of FwB situation. There's fear and numbness in the language he uses when talking about it. There's so much victim blaming and it SUCKS.

While back then it probably wouldn't be considered SA but now? It clearly is.

Even then, Odysseus' journey was kind of about "temptation" or just straight up "Die or get out of my sea." From Poseidon. "I don't want you in my waters so I'm gonna try and give you things that will keep you on land or just kill you."

Immortal goddesses wanting you would be many people's dream come true but not for Odysseus. And I think that's the point. His determination, how he clawed his way back into the arms he never wanted to leave in the first place, is incredible. Many people would've given up and just started a new life but he never would because no life he could ever create would compare to the life he had before. Even if it's different, it's what he's always wanted.

He literally tells Calypso "I'm not stopping until I'm home. I don't care if I suffer more until I do. I'm going home."

“Mighty goddess, do not be angry with me over this. I myself know very well Penelope, although intelligent, is not your match                                          to look at, not in stature or in beauty. But she’s a human being and you’re a god. You’ll never die or age. But still I wish, every moment to get back to my home,                                                       to see the day of my return. And so, even if out there on the wine-dark sea some god breaks me apart, I will go on— the heart here in my chest is quite prepared to bear affliction. I’ve already had so many troubles, and I’ve worked so hard                                  through waves and warfare. Let what’s yet to come be added in with those.”

(Book 5, Johnston)

Circe's a goddess and what happened is nothing like Dionysus and Ariadne and Apollo and Hyacinthus for example. Circe never gave Odysseus a crown of stars and he would never go out of his way to kill 120 people for bothering her. They did not love each other and he can't refuse as she's a goddess.

If you interpret them sleeping together the entire year,(It's only explicitly said that they had sex once so that's what I go with personally.) that doesn't mean he was happy with it! Even then, the whole situation is not what a healthy FwB should look like! I'm asexual and even I know that no one in a FwB situation should have to BEG in any way that basically says "Please let me go or kill me" with supplication!!! The fact that he leaves so quickly he forgets one of his men? The fact that during Elpenor's funeral, he doesn't greet Circe himself? He was avoiding her. Wouldn't he want to get "one last night together" during Book 12 if they were fwb? 🙄

It's bonkers to me that people hate him for being a "cheater" when A.) having multiple lovers wasn't uncommon in Ancient Greece, and B.) the two people he is explicitly said to have "cheated" with, weren't his choice. He wasn't actively searching for pretty women either!!!

As mentioned, while it was common for men to have many lovers, Odysseus never had any listed unlike some of the other men. (not bashing any of them. I'm just making a point in comparison.) He also has no other children besides Telemachus in Homer's works. There's no evidence of him having other lovers other than speculation. (funny enough, I once read somewhere that the reason why Odysseus is so mean is because he doesn't "bond" enough with the other soldiers. 😂)

Does that mean he didn't have other lovers? Technically, Nope! It's just never explicitly stated either way. He has slaves but none were ever said to be concubines or that he sleeps with them. He has deep bonds with his fellow soldiers but that doesn't mean he sleeps with them. That doesn't mean people can't write or talk about him doing so even though it's not mentioned! Just like it also means that someone can write him not doing so as there's nothing that says it either way in Homer's Works! :D

It's fucked up when people say "He didn't try to leave Calypso enough" or something of the like. It just tells you how A.) they didn't read the Odyssey or have piss on the poor reading comprehension or B.) ...you should probably stay away from that person...

With Circe though??? I can understand the confusion but digging deeper and looking at the text, he wasn't having a good time. Or at the very least was walking on Eggshells the whole time. I hate bringing up that essay over and over again but like...I literally wrote everything there.

I also don't like how people take Circe's morally gray-ness away from her. Let her do something fucked up to be fucked up!!! Let her traumatize Odysseus!

Idk, I kind of hate that I'm "known" for this but I relate to this idiot asshole a lot and it means a lot to me that his story, despite what happens to him, has a happy ending :'D

Hey Magical Girl Fans! I need your help!!

I want to make a series of images for magical girls who share the same name but my range of franchises isn’t as diverse as I would like. So I’d like your help compiling the list!

Hibiki:

Hibiki Hojo/Cure Melody (Suite Precure)

Hibiki Tachibana (Symphogear)

Nozomi:

Nozomi Waku/Non Chan (Ojamajo Doremi)

Nozomi Yumehara/Cure Dream

Iroha:

Iroha Inukai/Cure Friendy (Wonderful Precure)

Iroha Tamaki (Magia Record)

Madoka:

Madoka Kaname (Madoka Magica)

Madoka Kaguya/Cure Celene (Star Twinkle Precure)

Haruka:

Haruka Tenou/Sailor Uranus (Sailor Moon)

Haruka Haruno/Cure Flora (Go Princess Precure)

Haruka Kanade (Magia Record)

Michiru:

Michiru Kaioh/Sailor Neptune (Sailor Moon)

Michiru/Cure Bright (Precure Splash Star)

Tsubasa:

Tsubasa Yuunagi/Cure Wing (Hirogaru Sky Precure)

Tsubasa Kazanari (Symphogear)

Tsubasa Hanekawa (Magia Record)

Kanade:

Kanade Minamino/Cure Rhythm (Suite Precure)

Kanade Chidori (6 heart princess)

Kanade Amou (Symphogear)

Setsuna:

Setsuna Meioh/Sailor Pluto (Sailor Moon)

Setsuna Higashi/Cure Passion (Fresh Precure)

Fuu:

Fuu Inobuzaki (Yuki Yuna is a Hero)

Fuu Hoji (Magic Knights Rayearth)

Hikaru:

Hikaru Hoshino/Cure Star (Star Twinkle Precure)

Hikaru Shidou (Magic Knights Rayearth)

We love you, Lama! <33

i full on believe clover has accidental rizz.

my fella will stumble onto the best pick up lines out of nowhere. they will enamour anybody by just being a genuine, heartfelt person. they will obliviously lead on someone just to wreck them with a “you’re such a good friend!” by the end of what they thought was a date. they’re a serial menace

when chara enters the convo, however? you bet that rizz is turning OFF. clover will right away start to make a fool of themselves, hyper aware of whatever they’re saying and doing. they’re so painfully obvious frisk is cringing by the sidelines. somehow chara doesn’t notice, but you know they’re doing some mental angst gymnastics to try to justify why clover seems so at ease with everybody else but not with them. do you see the vision.

I’m also enjoying all the Eurylochus defenders from Epic. I remember reading it and after they tried eating steak, going, “Finally this dick is dead. What a moronic pain in the butt. I would have thrown him overboard after the Cyclops.” He is much more likable in Epic. But literally, just, I can give him a pass on the Cyclops, Lotus and Lastrygonian islands, but “Let’s open this bag for the treasure.” Sir, you are in the middle of the sea, where are you going to spend it? Oh look it’s a hot lady who is enticing us to join her. Uhm, I’m sorry, but how is that not a red flag to anyone? Were you expecting a gangbang with food? Wait, Ancient Greece, probably was -shudder-. And then after surviving the Underworld, Sirens and Scylla, you ignore the dead prophet’s warning of “DO NOT EAT HELIOS’S CATTLE!!! YOU WILL BE SMITTEN QUICKER THAN IXION!!! DO NOT ANGER THE SUN!!!” And then get surprised when Zeus uses your boat at target practice?

Possibly Rogerson's strength is taking the same concept as another author but being able to move in a different direction with it.

Like, An Enchantment of Ravens at first glance has a lot in common with acotar but is INFINITELY better, not least by making the fae a lot more tied to folkloric concepts and just generally more alien. Vespertine isn't better than Sabriel (good luck being better than Sabriel) but the beginning is extremely similar even while it (thankfully) does its own thing after a few chapters.

Guess I have to read Sorcery of Thorns now

The dream team

Cale: White star! You’ll never defeat us because we have the power of-

Choi han: Friendship!

Rosalyn: Family!

Raon: Love!

Alberu: AND GUNS!

White star: Wait, what was that last one!? *gets shot*

Still can’t believe that in a world of magic and fantasy they gave the magical dark elf prince a freaking glock. The ridiculousness always puts a smile on my face.

Wonderful Precure really has been 10/10 on the silly faces department