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I'm just brain rotted in VC

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'Oh wow, I wonder who gave me all these notes?'

The faithful mutual:

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Sex is optional. This is true for everyone, not just asexual people.

Romance is optional. This is true for everyone, not just aromantic people.

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when you tryna chill but your siblings love annoyin you

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happy birthday dear kaveh. may you soar as high as the birds of paradise, and may you be freed of the shackles you put on yourself. 🏛🪷

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paradisaea (speedpaint)

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Number 1 Rule of adapting the Odyssey into EPIC is: if it can be more dramatic, it will be more dramatic.

The Greeks decide to throw the infant Trojan prince from the walls because they're scared he'll try to avenge his family? No, Zeus comes down to personally give Odysseus a vision of being killed and says his family WILL die. Kill the baby that reminds you of your son right now, it's the gods will.

Odysseus goes to greet the inhabitants of an island and gets trapped in a cave for two days by the cyclops that's eating his men one by one? Nope, we got BOSS BATTLE 30v1 in the Ithacans' favour until BAM fourteen pancakes are made by Polyphemus' club and oh shit Polites is DEAD-

Athena is just vaugely absent for the whole journey until the end? We got emotionally charged platonic breakups instead, with yelling and insults and "well I'm breaking up with you FIRST!"

Smooth sailing to Ithaca? STOOOORM-

Odysseus' great-great-great-grandfather giving him a speed boost to help him on his way home? Get ready for trickster wind gods, mischievous winions, and a game that was rigged from the start.

Random-ass suspicious and greedy crew mates open the bag? It's Eurylochus, his second in command, his brother-in-law, the man he trusted, Eurylochus WHYYY

Parking in the wrong harbour and getting boulders thrown at the fleet by angry man-eating giants while Odysseus backs away veeery slowly? Nah Poseidon himself pulls up to dunk on them, and Odysseus has to make a last minute getaway using the power of STOOORM to avoid being curbstomped like his fleet.

Odysseus gets some stronger drugs from a god to make him immune to the other drugs of a goddess? Well these drugs actually give him magic powers which he uses to engage in a Pokémon/Yu-Gi-Oh style BOSS BATTLE!

Get some closure with dead loved ones and acquaintances, and be the first interviewer of the fallen heroes of past ages? Nope, we just got TRAUMA and a whole boatload of guilt!

A neat outline of what the rest of the journey will look like, a warning against an island of cows that will slow him down, and the way to appease Poseidon? This Tiresias just says "Y'know there used to be a world where you made it home, BUT I DON'T SEE IT NO MORE. IT'S GONE. IT'S OVER. Also, your palace is fucked."

Sailing past the sirens while getting to be the first mortal to hear their song and live? M U R D E R

Sailing past Scylla to avoid Charybdis and accidentally getting six men eaten because he thought he could totally take Scylla, even though Circe said he couldn't, and then he realised he, in fact, cannot take Scylla? ... Eurylochus, light up six torches.

Eurylochus waits till Odysseus is out hunting and then goes behind his back to mutinously rally the crew and feast on some sacred cattle? Betrayal on both sides, stabby stab, K.O., and then Odysseus helplessly watches them make the greatest mistake of their lives as they ignore his pleas.

Quick clean and easy lightning-strike to the ship, leaving Odysseus to cling to some driftwood and paddle away? Zeus himself appears to the mortals, monologues, makes Odysseus be the one to choose, and then smites the whole ship leaving Odysseus to nearly drown anyway.

Telemachus gets advice from a disguised Athena to yell at the suitors and then sail away to look for news of his missing father? Telemachus gets into a full on beatdown with the suitors and gets FIGHT CLUB TRAINING from Athena!

Athena goes "dad I want my favourite mortal back? Did you forget about him? I think you forgot about him" and Zeus instantly replies "nonsense. How could I have forgotten that funny little mortal? Of course you can have him back my sweet favoured child <3" and then Athena skips off to Ithaca? "Father please-" "LIGHTNING BOLT! ANOTHER LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT TO THE FACE HOW DARE YOU ASK ME OF SUCH A THING!"

Poseidon does a double take "wait they let him go?? Oh hell nah!" and then sends a giant fuck off storm for Odysseus to swim through until he reaches the Phaeacians? No, Poseidon's just been there on Ithaca's shores, waiting for eight years, now get in the water BITCH- except Odysseus is just like "oh yeah? Fucking FIGHT ME"

You thought the suitors in the Odyssey were bad? Jorge really just said "dial that shit up to ELEVEN"

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As a huge fan of both Lord of the Flies and Yellowjackets, I am absolutely loving the parallels between the rivalries of Ralph and Jack and Natalie and Shauna.

Ralph and Natalie are both true leaders, representing order, reason, and a desire to preserve civilization in an environment that is rapidly unraveling. Both serve as the group's skeptics and voices of reason, as Ralph argues against the boys’ belief in the “Beast,” while Natalie resists the growing mythology around the “Wilderness." Ralph and Natalie are both natural leaders, but their purely rational approaches to leadership fail to recognize and attend to the emotional turmoil in the group.

Both Ralph and Natalie attempt to impose rational structures onto situations that are, by nature, chaotic and emotionally charged. For example, Ralph insists on holding a democratic vote to determine whether or not ghosts exist (an irrational question that cannot be answered by logic or consensus), showing his desperate need to maintain order through reason. And similarly, Natalie orchestrates a trial to decide Coach Ben’s fate, complete with jurors and testimony, in an effort to bring a sense of fairness and procedure to a situation that is fundamentally driven by panic, grief, and vengeance. This is ultimately why they are both overthrown by Jack and Shauna respectively: their strong moral compasses and deep ties to the values of civilization leave them unable to match the escalating brutality and emotional intensity within the group.

As the characters most committed to reason and morality, Ralph and Nat also suffer the deepest guilt for the times they fail to uphold them (Ralph after briefly giving in to the group's frenzy and taking part in Simon's murder, and Natalie after joining in Jackie’s cannibalization and allowing Javi to die in her place). They suffer the most from their actions in the wild due to their inherent goodness.

And, (my favorite parallel) they both have their trusty sidekick/most devoted follower in Piggy and Misty, who are both intelligent, awkward social outcasts with broken glasses (the same lens too!). Piggy and Misty remain unwaveringly devoted to Ralph and Nat even when Ralph and Nat reject/betray them and even when it puts them at odds with the rest of the group.

On the other hand, Jack and Shauna embody the descent into savagery and the intoxicating power of dominance. Shauna mirrors Jack’s journey, especially as she shifts from a passive follower (living under Jackie’s shadow) to an assertive, often violent survivor.

When Ralph is elected as the group’s leader, Jack is furious and humiliated, believing it should have been him, which is paralleled in Shauna’s resentment of Lottie choosing Natalie as the new leader. This resentment festers in Jack and Shauna over the course of Ralph and Natalie’s reigns. Jack and Shauna both long for an emotional release and empowerment that they cannot achieve under Ralph and Natalie’s civilized societies. They both find freedom in shedding the restraints of society and unleashing the rage and violence they have been burying. Jack and Shauna ultimately overthrow Ralph and Natalie by raising doubts and criticisms of Ralph and Natalie’s leadership and leaning into the group’s increasing fear, anger, and tension.

Jack and Shauna both recognize the power of fear, as they utilize intimidation to influence the group. Jack manipulates the boys’ fear of the Beast to control their behavior, using superstition and terror as tools to solidify his leadership. Similarly, Shauna weaponizes the group’s belief in the Wilderness, encouraging the group to elect her as the new leader and engage in acts of violence to “give the Wilderness what it wants” (despite not actually believing in the Wilderness herself). Like Jack, Shauna understands that fear and desperation can be a powerful instrument for control, allowing her to manipulate others and maintain authority.

And, underneath all of that rage and brutality, Jack and Shauna are both deeply insecure and vulnerable. Jack initially hesitates to kill a pig for the first time, showing an inner softness and humanity that he later tries to suppress through violence. He also breaks down crying when rescue finally arrives, showing that he is still just a frightened boy overwhelmed by the realization of his full descent into savagery (very similar to adult Shauna's sobs at the end of Season 3 when Jeff and Callie leave her). Shauna shows her vulnerability through her intense grief over Jackie and her baby (breaking down alone in the meat shed and refusing to let go of her baby's body) as well as her almost begrudging love for Jeff and Callie. They both ultimately just want to be seen.

While Yellowjackets is not a copy of Lord of the Flies by any means (it has plenty unique themes and divergences), the parallels between Ralph and Jack and Natalie and Shauna are so interesting and undeniable. Each pair embodies the war between logic and instinct, order and chaos, conflicts that remain just as compelling today as they were in 1954.

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when i read a book that's called a classic for a reason

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"mutuals can ask for discord" mutuals can haunt me after they die. mutuals can paint my immortal youth in a cursed portrait. mutuals can build a 8ft tall creature in my college dorm. mutuals can watch me wake up as a monstrous vermin. mutuals can feed me soup after i commit murder. mutuals can help me kill uncle claudius. mutuals can go out with me and my girlfriend from across the bay. mutuals can hunt the beast with me. do better

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ANATOMY (2016)

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𝕽𝖔𝖆𝖉 𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖕...⛧