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BOOK HELP

There’s this book I read in elementary school and it was a middle school grade level book I believe. Anyway, it’s about an older sister and her younger brother going to visit? live? with their family member/uncle and I believe it has Egyptian mythology type themes in it, it definitely has ancient Egyptian mentions in it. Fun fact, this is how I know that Cleopatra wasn’t the only woman pharaoh because it mentions Hatshepsut in it and little 7 year old me got obsessed.

One scene I remember pretty vividly is one where they are on the train in the beginning and the little boy is rambling on but his older sister is lost in thought, which is okay since she has mastered the art of knowing when to nod and say “uh-huh,” “oh that’s not good,” “that sounds fun,” and so forth.

(no, it is not by Rick Riordan.)

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!!

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 😁

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAT DAY!!🥳

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

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

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

At least the memes are funny

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".

Do you ever watch a show or a movie or any piece of media meant for kids and just think about how the story or character or that one scene or whatever just spoke to your heart and soul, or just how profound it made you happy or break your heart. And just sit their thinking that this is for literal children, who probably still couldn't 100% understand the gravity of what they are consuming or probably couldn't articulate how they felt about it other than say they liked it or they dont, or it made them happy or sad, and you, a grown ass person is just thinking about how this thing meant for kids is just so simple yet complex with so many layers of emotions and plot and etc. That explores themes and subject better than media meant for your age, in a way that is simple yet incredible done.