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So anyways with the rapid rise of fascism I feel it’s a good time to point out that it’s perfectly legal to follow unjust orders slowly, badly, or inefficiently

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offerings

me: *goes to insomnia cookies*

me: *gets best piece and puts it on my deity's altar*

me: amazing. yes. good offering, Cupid. I will get a good grade in Paganism, something normal to want and possible to achieve

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"Alas, I have grieved so I am hard to love. Yet love me–wilt thou? Open thine heart wide, And fold within, the wet wings of thy dove."

Sonnet 35 Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Some people might think I’m an optimist but I’m not. I’m a realist that’s going to try to increase the good things in this world if it kills me.

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Nazis will never be welcome in paganism. They have no space in our communities, we will have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to nazis. You have no right to the cultures, gods and religions you hijack to spread your disgusting ideologies. You will find no refuge or comraderie amongst pagans.

Reblog to let nazis know they’re not welcome here.

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ai could never compare to when Im driving and I blindly grab for my phone so I can open my notes app and use voice text to put down concepts because I cant wait another minute or else I may forget

People who use AI to write just don't understand. AI could never compare to the deranged story ideas that my mentally ill brain cooks up at 3AM.

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currently rewatching everything PJO

ive realized that after middle school I have missed like 5 books and its given me a deep sadness to have lost footing with a series I love so very much so while im cleaning, im watching the pjo movie first. because I actually haven't watched the series. even though I wanna. and I have none of my books with me.

there are several things I can complain about with this movie ("im a loser!!! Dyslexia! ADHD!") and a few things I could compliment ("this is a pen. this is a PEN.")

but the thing that I think ticks me off the most (because of how unnecessary it is) is when Persephone comes up

(and yeah I know someone has said this before but this is my blog and I get to chatter)

"He forced her to marry him. and keeps her prisoner." -annabeth and then of course later when shes like "hes a cruel man" and all that

Say what you want about how you believe their whole match went down-- kidnapping or wandering into the underworld, doesn't make a difference to me, because that myth wasn't supposed to be about HADES that myth had two purposes and they were

the tragedy of mothers losing their daughters to marriage in Ancient Greece

the change of the seasons

anyways this movie takes place in the summer. no matter what you believe about the myth-- whether they have a loving marriage or not-- she literally cannot be in the underworld then. you think hades would be able to keep her prisoner when Demeter is right there?

like its just. ITS LOGIC ITS SUMMER SHES OUT AN ABOUT

also mini sidetone I'd like to say I do think hades and persephone have a loving relationship personally but I think all the adaptations have really muddied the understanding of the actual myth

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Myth Loki and sigyn for @icancorruptyou birthday ❤️

Love these sweethearts

Art obvsly made from me

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Laufeyjarson

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Ok, I got a new one XD

Some people claiming to be Lokeans on Twitter: "Stop forcing a relationship between Loki and Sigyn. Loki does not love her. He finds her annoying. You're projecting"

I'm sorry... I'm forcing the relationship between a husband and his wife??

But with this kind of Lokeans, I'm just wondering... Is it possible that Loki keeps Sigyn and their love hidden from some people ON PURPOSE? She's his Treasure. Their relationship is his most precious thing, along with his children. Only the worthy are allowed to share the Joy of knowing how much he loves her 🥰

Theory of the day, I guess :p

Small reminder: if Loki did not love Sigyn, they could have divorced- remember Njord & Skadi, please? Also, why would Sigyn share his divine punishment and protect him if their bond was not that deep and special and wonderful and WORTH THE PAIN AND EFFORT?

Please, don't let Marvel, Gaiman, Gospel and the likes influence you ^^'

Sigyn is rival to no one in the Eddas. Let that sink in ^^'

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the funniest part is that as someone who lives in the south, all of this makes perfect sense to me

Will: y'all

Leo: y'all'll

Will: all y'all

Leo: all a y'all'll's

Nico: what the fuck

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In the news that we will have a 3rd season of Percy Jackson and the Olympians (yay!! 💙), I think there is something we need to be clear regarding Nico Di Angelo casting.

Nico is 9 in The Curse of the Titan, and due to the fact that so far, the ages of the actors have been closely accurate to the characters; we will have a child actor playing Nico. My guess is that he won't be older than 12. You heard that, a child.

We all know he is a fan favorite and that a lot of us love the Solangelo ship, however, this won't grant us any right on harassing the child regarding his sexuality, sexualizing him at such a young age or (heaven's forbid) bullying him because he may not be as cute as you pictured Nico.

Actually, the same goes for the Rachel actress. If you don't like the character, okay, but that is not justification for attacking a teenager.

I'm not even joking about this, I'm ready to start reporting accounts that bully these kids. Just like a did with the ones that were attacking Leah.

I know these points are obvious for a lot of us, but there are people out there who try their best at being awful.

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nicole you know im scared of emos 😭....

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pjo/hoo fans, listen to me. *shakes you* listen to me. read the kane chronicles. read it. have you read it? read it again. i mean it. there's other reasons, but the main one is that i'm out here making genious posts about tkc, and there's so few people to appreciate my massive brain.

reasons you might want to read tkc:

narrated by two different characters. the framing device is that it's being audio recorded, and you can often see snippets of them being like "don't look at me like that sadie" or "carter just kicked me for saying that"

the god tier character that is sadie kane. she's so in touch with her emotions and unafraid to express them, it's refreshing. she's only 13 in the beginning of the trilogy, and she's so ready to tell people off for being pricks. she chews bubblegum and dyes her hair and she's even british. makes fun of her brother. consistently the funniest character in the series, all while not losing impact as a dramatic figure

the gods are seen really differently than in rr's other books. in pjo, the gods are these all-powerful beings and we mustn't anger them. in tkc, they're your buds. your parents have probably had a fistfight in an applebees parking lot with at least two gods. you see a god for drinks every thursday.

gods literally inhabit the human character's bodies, it's like a venom situation. it makes up for some very funny moments.

where pjo/toa is about acknowledging your family has problems and at times, you're fully right to distance yourself from them, because they're horrible people, tkc is about reconnecting with your family again. it's about finding stability in your family, and how they're, in the end, always the ones that are left there for you

incredibly interesting magic system. they have infrastructure built all over the world. not just two wands (rather a wand and a staff) but also a whole magician's kit.

cast is near-entirely made up of people of colour. two main characters that are both mixed, and the series focuses on how their different appearances affect how people treat them. the magicians are mostly descendants of egyptian rulers

canon polyam couple!!

in conclusion: EVERYBODY READ TKC NOW

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“Nico Di Angelo is a token gay! His coming out scene sucked!” babes I’m BEGGING you to remember 2013 gay characters were not allowed in children’s media.

Lemme say that again: In 2013, it was expected that gay characters would be censored in children’s mass media.

Remember Korra? How she and Asami had to settle for ambiguous handholding rather than a kiss? That was fully a year after House of Hades came out. Nickelodeon said No Gays, the Children™ can’t handle that. Too risky. And people said man that stinks, but that’s how these things go in 2014 America.

Gay marriage was literally still illegal in the vast majority of US states. As of October 8th, 2013 (House of Hades release date) Gay Marriage was only a thing in thirteen fucking states. California had only legalized it that year.

Gay people were still very much on the fringes of society. It was an acceptable political position on both sides of the aisle to be against the existence and equal rights of gay people.

Nico was legitimately a landmark character in queer representation. To my knowledge, there wasn’t before an openly gay main character in a bestselling ya/middle grade fantasy fiction series. It simply was not a thing. They didn’t exist. They weren’t allowed to exist.

I remember people crying. Finally. It was a watershed moment. Kids all across the world finally got someone who represented them. It was such a big fucking deal. And it was controversial!!! Not for the reasons it is today, but because people thought gay kids having representation was inappropriate.

Is Nico’s coming out a great scene? No, these days it leaves a lot to be desired. It’s not perfect by any stretch of the imagination and I’m sure Rick wishes he could change it. But the fact that’s the case is a wonderful reflection of how far we’ve come.

All of your gay heroes in children’s media have Nico Di Angelo to thank. It was important, and good. It deserves to be celebrated, even if we’ve progressed past it since.

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i literally freaked out today levi and olive are gonna make a GREAT nico and bianca!!! heres a little redraw of their pic :)

its crazy to think that both of them are younger than me :,) SUPER excited to see live action nico di angelo!!! you have literally no idea