#but the same in essence

[koifishhies]

I finished The Song of Achilles today. I've been delaying getting to the end of it for a few months now, for obvious reasons but… ho.ly.fuck.

It's not that I didn't know how it ended. Not the details, but I knew the broad strokes. The armour, Hector, the infamous rage of Achilles. Even Pyrrhus and the tombstone. I knew. But there's just something so much more intimate about a book.

I'm not going to say I wailed and sobbed or anything, I didn't even put the book down. But from chapter thirty on I was just sitting there, quietly weeping as I flipped the pages. It wasn't one single climax moment of intense pain, but a drawn-out aching, each new sentence starting a fresh wave over and over again. But I didn't really stop reading. If I paused it was to blink the tears away so I could see again.

If there's any part I could say really did me in, though, it was, without a doubt: I am made of memories.

It's been so long since a book has done that to me. Again, there's something so intimate about a book. 'Cause you're the one imagining it all, you know? No two people will imagine it quite the same, even if they're reading the same words. You're delving into these characters' minds, but you're also letting them into yours. And everything feels so much more raw and human, that way.

There's also something to be said about the nature of ancient myths like this. These are stories that have lived on for literal thousands of years… because people cared about them so much. Saw themselves in them, saw their world in them, or even found it in their heart to empathize with a world they didn't know at all. Loved them and hated them and debated and cried over them. Even if the characters are fictional, it's a testament to our love for life and our fellow humans that we've let them live for so long; because at the end of the day, every story is a story of people. In this way stories become the epitome of us as humans; our love letter to life, no matter how often the damn thing hurts us.

I am far from the first person to cry over this story, but I am also far from the last. And there is just something so comforting about that, you know? Makes it feel a little less lonely to be alive.

[linkeduniverse]

[sweetmapple]

Least traumatizing performance review

[villa-kulla]

oh nothing, just book lawrence and bellini being work husbands who have each other's backs...

....and praying together...

...and supportively sassing each other...

...and being soft ...

...and passing notes during conclave like schoolchildren...

AND WHATEVER IMPROMPTU 'GOODNIGHT SWEET PRINCE' REPRESSED TENDER ROMANCE MOVIE YEARNING BULLSHIT THIS IS

i'm crying, they're married, they're dating, they're confirmed bachelors, they're courting, they're besties, they're flirting, they're in love, they're everything to me, amen

[clock-loves-rajbow]

I finally redrew my very first Rajbow drawing!! This is almost a year of improvement— the difference is absolutely insane to me. Why did they look like that 😭😭 my uglies ♥️

I plan on redrawing more of my old doodles and expanding them in the future but for now take this meme (it applies to both of them btw autistic4autistic rajbow real):

[nathaniels-diary]

People in 2012 when the first hunger games movie was casted "NOOO GUYS Rue cant be black!! Katniss says she reminds her of Prim!"

People in 2025: "NOOO GUYS Louella cant be black! Haymitch says katniss reminds him of her!!"

Like have we learned NOTHING?

[masterofiodine]

i absolutely adore that photo of ben and i just had to draw him (/cap) like that

[starsymmetry]

nature of good and evil

[luluy33art]

Dumb Swap Idea: Chloe is now the daughter of a small time fashion designer and a local but struggle politician.

Marinette is now the heiress of a century old baked good company.

That is it. Marinette is now the spoiled one and Chloe is the humble anxious one. Everything else kinda stays the same.

Actually 👀

[paunchsalazar]

[happydiaz]

the question is, how do i write a wrestling au for buddie that's accessible to people who have never watched wrestling...

it's hard to explain that you can have people doing extremely bad and wrong things as a heel, but then they turn babyface and after a period of remorse (sometimes, not always) it's all water under the bridge

it's vitally important that one of eddie or buck is a heel who faceturns, but would the average reader accept that a relationship can form after they've beaten the shit out of each other in the ring?

hmmmmm

[jbtwentytwo]

His goofy ass trying not to laugh istg😂. Look at this guy.

[ecto-stone]

idk i want to try my hand a bit at designing a post AGIT Human Dan.

[aliciavance4228]

Found this on the author' IG and oh boy...

[science-lings]

AU where Phoenix is a drama teacher and Edgeworth is an English teacher and they’re both really weird about Shakespeare

Or

drama teacher!Phoenix and dance teacher! Edgeworth have to work together for a high school play without trying to kill each other (it gets real fuckin close)

[amygdalae]

Drawing dragons as a kid was my way of interacting with my childhood pet who was a dragon but unfortunately dragons arent real so I had to draw them every time I wanted to hang out with the Dragon