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hector (+ mama and papa)

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Hello! I have two things i wanted to ask you, i hope you don't mind 👉👈

First one: What's your opinion about Orion's myth? I know the most popular is the one with the love between Orion and Diana/Artemis. And unfortunaly, this lead to the misconception of Artemis as a "man hater", because is always "Orion was the only man Artemis truly loved" (erasing of Hippolytus' existence, i wonder if OronxArtemis' stans knows about him). Theoi's page said that Artemis killing Coronis is a revenge for Apollo killing Orion (there's a source for that? Is true?). And here comes the Artemis and Apollo hating eachother plot... Besides, there is not conflict between Artemis and Apollo after the Orion's incident, as far as i know. But i'm still learning about mythology, so i would like to know your thoughts on Orion's character.

Second one: I want to draw the Trojan family but i'm struggle with their designs, i would like to use Hittite's culture inspiration, but i've been seeing that is still discussed if the Trojans were Hittites... I see many people using Hittite's clothes for them, and i also wanted to use it. Is okay if i go with Trojans=Hittites in my design?

I can't say I have any opinion on Orion lol. I don't care about him! His various myth variations of his death are a mess, and I'm frankly a bit surprised at how popular the version of their mutual love seems to be, given Tumblr's otherwise insistence on Artemis being a "man hater" yes. (Which is dumb, since aside from the possibility of Orion and obviously Hippolytus, there's that Trojan archer in the Iliad whom she taught.)

I had to go back to see what the reference about Koronis was and idk. The problem is we have no idea what the basis is for the interpretation - like, I can see why, given how the text of the quote is phrased! But with no knowledge of if this is a suggestion made in scholarship or just a layman interpretation, it's impossible to know, since yeah, otherwise it's always Artemis doing Apollo a favour/to defend his honour and willingly killing Koronis for him.

I mean, yes. It's still discussed because we can't be sure. Real Troy was definitely Anatolian-aligned, but what that means otherwise there's just not enough archaeological material to know!

But why are you asking me? You should do whatever you want! I definitely go with the Trojans sharing Hittite culture/clothing, because it's an easy and reasonable enough cultural influence to use to differentiate from the Achaeans, but it's whatever. Anyone can do whatever they want lol

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House MD

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a doodle to commemorate the newest loser in my collection

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Luo Binghe does not really use his tears before Shang Qinghua makes the suggestion to be pathetic, which is after Shen Yuan's return to the mushroom body.

As a disciple he is about efficiency and perfection and sneaking affection and being Shizun's favorite. By the Immortal Alliance conference he seems secure and even a little bold in that favoritism, enough to kind of flirtatiously test the waters ("does Shizun find me pleasant to look at" idr the words exactly), but not enough to not feel intimidated by even the hint of the slimmest possibility of a potential rival (i.e., leading Liu Mingyan away from Shizun's carriage). However, he is not weepy and does not want to be seen as pathetic. He wants to be COMPETENT and strong enough to protect those he cares about, something he probably also thinks Shizun wants him to be (re, the conversation right before the immortal alliance conference).

Flash forward to the return from the Abyss. Luo Binghe wants to be seen as a righteous cultivator and is actively trying to disprove whatever stereotypes against demons he thinks are in Shizun's mind. But when he perceives rejection from Shizun, all that goes out the window and he reacts with anger and provocation (all stemming from hurt and exacerbated by Xin Mo). But he doesn't think being pathetic will soften Shizun's heart, especially when Shizun disdains him and has no pity (he literally threw him into super hell).

Flash forward to Shen Qingqiu's resurrection. Luo Binghe knows he messed up. He misunderstood everything. Again. He probably hates himself at this point. Maybe Shizun was right and he is all those terrible things, but Luo Binghe is too selfish and greedy to let Shizun go. Maybe after he saves his Shizun, Shen Qingqiu will forgive him and hate him a little less.

WRONG lol, his Shizun literally pretended to die and gave him psychic damage because he would rather lose his life than be with Luo Binghe. It doesn't matter what Luo Binghe does, Shizun is always gonna hate him, so Luo Binghe might as well lock him up in his demon realm palace.

Except Luo Binghe isn't happy. Not really. Not if Shizun is unhappy and still hates him. But he still doesn't show his hurt as vulnerability, it comes out as provocation and anger with Shen Qingqiu as they tussle in the fake bamboo house.

Then he thinks he took it too far and killed Shen Qingqiu AGAIN.

And it is only after Shen Qingqiu escapes and protects him in the Holy Mausoleum, even showing tears, that Luo Binghe finally cracks and all the softness inside slides out like an egg yolk. And we see him go from angry possessiveness to clingy vulnerable cute teary needy pathetic possessiveness.

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my art for a bingqiu zine drew it a year ago and now i want to change like everything

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Have a way better scan of Binghe embarrassing Shen Qingqiu

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⚡️ZEUS⚡️ edit

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Helen of Sparta 🐚🦢

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me when my shizun reveals that i was meant to be a bloodthirsty, lust-driven monster who bedded three hundred women and never loved a single one of them and who could scarcely separate my own desires from that of my sword and who hoarded more and more riches for happiness i couldnt buy and accumulated so much blood on my hands i couldnt ever wash clean and i was bitter and lonely and vengeful but even so, he loved me. he loved me so much he died cursing the gods for making me unhappy. he loved me so much he transcended worlds to come make me happy. there was an evil overlord demanding he be cruel to me, and despite that, he gave me medicine, he smiled at me, he pat my head and believed in me and loved me. he came from a world with no cultivation nor swordfighting, yet he protected me. it was probably scary and he had no one to confide in, and i made it so much worse, i misunderstood him, trapped him, hurt him, and yet he loved me. he loved me so hard he resewed the threads of fate and rewrote my destiny, are you fucking kidding?

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regret of chunshan and song of bingqiu, from the scum villain extras zine

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I know Alkaios hangs Helen out to dry, but alas I do think "and driven mad by the Trojan man" is a very sexy line.

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Forgive me shen yuan,,,, bingmei feverishly possessed me to make this 😩🙏

I’d be really grateful if anyone watches this little animatic I put lots of work into those cursed doodles thank you

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Can you draw liu qingge?

He got smth 💪😼

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Bingqiu canoodling in the Bamboo House. Please note the chrysanthemum decoration, I've learned a lot about flowers drawing this...

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Household 👏 Husband 👏 Binghe!