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magiqfetus · 1 day
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If you live in Waverly, you likely know about James Emmitt who practically helped build this town. I heard the story today about his supposed daughter who was exiled for having an affair with a black servant. Before she died, she planned her gravestone to have a gun pointed at her fathers gravestone. Other people say both her and her sister killed themselves for mysterious reasons.
This isn’t true.
I did a lot of digging today and found that these stories hold no weight. James Emmitt did have two daughters, but they both died as young children, which is a bit young to have an affair. He also unlikely had a black servant as Waverly unfortunately ran out almost all black folk, even if they were servants. Also the idea that he exiled his daughter and no one in a small town ever made mention of it? And her birth records were conveniently burned? Also why are the sisters’ graves so far away? Why do their graves display their causes of death? Why did a woman in exile get a fancy grave marker? This story is nothing but legend in my opinion.
Mary Lou Francis Emmitt (the daughter who supposedly hung herself) was the daughter of George D. Emmitt. She was a pianist who died due to an illness after traveling in Europe in 1884. George D. Emmitt was a rather wealthy man but was not, to my knowledge, related to James. It’s likely Gun Statue Lady was a sister of hers and not James Emmitts disgraced daughter, and their fathers wealth paid for their fancy graves. There is no evidence to back up that James Emmitt abandoned his daughter, murdered a man, or had two daughters driven to suicide.
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magiqfetus · 1 day
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This picture I took feels like poetry
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magiqfetus · 18 days
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I doubt this will be read but ima just post this anyway:
my brain hasn’t been working properly lately and I sorta ditched tumblr. I’ve been an off and on user for the past few years but I’ve especially been off lately.
I’m learning to manage my mental health struggles (adhd mixed with depression is so fun /s) and I hope I can become a more active user.
so yeah, sorry I’ve been inactive and I can’t promise I’m going to stay very active but I am going to try. I have a lot of historical essays to shove down your throats, Greek mythology fanfictions to write, oc’s to gush about, and fandoms to invade.
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magiqfetus · 18 days
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I’m still alive
to celebrate, you guys should go read the fanfic I wrote for my latest hyperfixation
A story in which Varian challenges Eugene in a way that’s suspiciously similar to the bet made by Jake Peralta and Captain Holt from B99
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magiqfetus · 8 months
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Consider this: after steven leaves obviously Pearl would be the most affected since she's such a mom and she can't really cook or clean for Greg. She's seen to have a love for children and was fine watching Onion by herself.
What if as a way to mingle with the humans more, she took up babysitting as a part-time job. Imagine all the hijinks of dealing with human children that aren't perfect Steven.
I'm writing this.
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magiqfetus · 8 months
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Queen Victoria was the original Thicc Goth Shortstack
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magiqfetus · 8 months
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So historically inaccurate, yet so beautiful...
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magiqfetus · 9 months
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Persephone married an emo boy.
Thank you @0lympian-c0uncil for this amazing incorrect quote. I can’t wait to draw more of your stuff. Feat. Some Demeter study.
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magiqfetus · 9 months
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screw coffee shop au’s, I need 50s diner au’s
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magiqfetus · 10 months
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Lovely War by Julie Berry destroyed me, and I’m still in her grips. Seriously, this is my favorite book, I cried for an hour after finishing it.
(and there’s no fandom surrounding that, so expect me to fix it with an influx of fanart and memes)
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magiqfetus · 11 months
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beautiful women of the past (imo) ii
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women in history | the sewing circles
the sewing circle was a private group of gay and bisexual women and men in hollywood. the group existed during the so-called “golden age of hollywood ” in the 1920s to 1950s. the circle included film idols such as greta garbo, marlene eietrich, joan crawford, and barbara stanwyck, as well as the poet and screenwriter mercedes de acosta. the circle kept its existence a secret, as the hollywood code of conduct as it did not allow homosexuality to appear in the cinema at the time, nor did it allow people whose homosexuality was publicly known to work in the industry. especially in the case of the big stars, this was prohibited with the corresponding contractual clauses.
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magiqfetus · 1 year
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HAPPY International Women's Day!
Here are some strong, inspirational women from history!
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magiqfetus · 1 year
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Do you still do x readers?
Nope. That was something I did a few summers ago since I was having a rough time and needed something to keep me occupied and enhance my writing skills.
I got overwhelmed and just wasn't enjoying it towards the end. We had fun while it lasted tho.
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magiqfetus · 1 year
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If I ever get around to it, I'd love to write novels/make comics about Greek mythology. But, I'm busy. I've always wanted to write about Hades and Persephone since people are so divided on them and their relationship. Either they're couple goals, or it's an abusive and awful marriage. And Demeter almost always gets villainaized or seen as weak in various interpretations.
So here's what I would do if I wrote about Hades and Persephone...
Persephone isn't that young, Zeus and Demeter made her before Zeus even married Hera, so she's old. (Persephone actually predates Hades in history) but stays with her mother. (They're very close) Part of her character is that she doesn't really want to grow up, she just wants to stay an unknown nature goddess, but she also desires something more deep down. (she's not goddess of spring, spring doesnt exist yet) Demeter also doesn't want Kore to grow up and doesn't like change. She is happy with her life with her daughter. Demeter is also against marriage since she has seen so many marriages fall apart.
Hades and Kore meet when Hades visits Demeter. The two become instant friends and Hades develops a crush on Kore due to her quiet and contemplative but dark and morbid nature. And that she loves the fact that he rules the underworld. Kore begins to fancy him because she has always been fascinated with the underworld, and she finds his introverted and morbid and shy personality cute. Hades becomes part of the reason Kore begins to desire something more with her life. (At this point Demeter and Persephone are still worshipped as a duo, just like in history)
Demeter and Hades don't hate eachother but they're not very close. She knows of their relationship but encourages (not forces!) Kore to drop the crush because of what she's seen happen to Hera. Kore begins to bottle her feelings and is conflicted by her love for her mother and her desire to stay with her and not change anything, and her desire to be with Hades or to be her own goddess.
Kore confides her feelings to Hades and since Hades has never had anyone love him, he decides to ask Zeus for Kores hand in marriage. Zeus agrees, Hades wants to ask Demeter because he respects Demeter and Kores relationship. Zeus convinces Hades not to because he thinks Demeter will deny it and Hades agrees.
Artemis and Athena visit Demeter and Kore and whilst picking flowers, Kore runs off to pick a narcissus flower (Hades used this flower because it's Kores favorite) Hades comes out of the earth all dramatically and kidnaps Kore.
Kore is obviously distraught and does not accept Hades' marriage proposal. Instead of sleeping in his room she holes herself up in one of the dungeons in protest. Hades tries to bring her various gifts (jewelry, fancy clothes, pets, wilting flowers,) but he refuses to give her what she really wants, to go back home.
Hades wants to return her but he's worried she will leave him, so selfishly, everytime she asks to go home, he just brings her a lavish gift. I'd write him having a mental battle, where he wants Kore to be happy but he also wants Kore to be happy with him.
Hades tries again to make Kore happy. She comments on one of his visits that the underworld is unfair to those who did good in life, so he let's her create Elysium. Kore is moved by this gesture and eventually moves out of the dungeon and into Elysium and helps to judge which of the dead will get to move to Elysium.
After this, Kore decides to accept Hades' proposal of being Queen of the Underworld, but continues to refuse his marriage proposal. She begins to grow up and changes her name to Persephone. She enjoys judging mortals but becomes harsh with her judgement. Word begins to spread of how fearsome she is. She doesn't hate Hades and doesn't forgive him, but can manage to stay in the same room as him for more than ten minutes. She's finally fulfilled her wish of becoming more than just a nature goddess.
Hecate comes down to the underworld and talks to Hades. She tells him how selfish and cruel he is. Hades' character flaw in this story is his self centeredness. He thinks he knows what's best for Kore and that the second he let's her go, she will hate him, and he will be left alone for eternity. He's too selfish to realize how he's hurting her, and that his pain isn't more important than hers. He begins to realize these flaws through Hecates speech and realizing that he doesn't want Persephone to be miserable because of him.
Meanwhile, Demeter is incredibly distraught. She lost her daughter and Artemis and Athena didn't see what happened. Demeter spends days looking for her until Hecate takes her to Helios who sees everything. He tells Demeter that Zeus arranged the marriage and tries to convince her that maybe Hades would be a good husband but Demeter is having none of it (rightfully so) she angrily destroys the home and land she and Kore lived in, where most of the gods' food came from. Now Zeus is cut off from the best food.
Demeter repeatedly goes to Zeus but he refuses to annul the marriage. She goes to Hera who's her closest friend but Hera sides with Zeus, seeing that Hades and Kore would make a very good couple. Obviously Demeter is angry that the three of them conspired behind her and her daughters back. She refuses to grow more food for them and cuts off her and Heras friendship.
She goes to Hecate and Hecate tells her she will try to convince Hades to give Kore up.
Demeter travels to a nearby town and disguises herself as a servant and begins to care for the child of her "owners" she sees Kore in this child and grants them immortality by throwing them into a fire every night. Obv the parents object to this but she reveals herself to them, and in apology for their reaction and in pity for her condition, they build her a new temple. Hera will try to talk to Demeter but Demeter refuses to have anything to do with her.
Hecate comes to Demeter with the news of Persephone and how she is becoming the accustomed to being queen and her new name change. Demeter is upset by this and worries that she may lose Kore forever.
Demeter causes winter, this is her final card in getting Kore back. As the mortals die and he sees how upset Demeter is, Zeus begins to take pity on her, but is angered by the death of the mortals and doesn't budge on his decision. Hera decides to back Demeter up and begs Zeus to let Demeter have Kore back. When Zeus realizes how genuine Hera is Zeus, and how badly he hurt Demeter, and that Demeter will not budge, he relents. Zeus sends Hermes to convince Hades to let Persephone go.
Hades by this point is ready to let Persephone go and be happy, but Persephone wants to stay queen of the underworld. She learns to love her home and enjoys being able to help the dead mortals and punish the wicked ones. She is reluctant to go back home and just be some nature goddess. She doesn't want to be Kore, she wants to be Persephone. But she still hasn't forgiven Hades at this point and isn't sure if she still loves him. And while she loves the underworld, she misses her mother and wants to calm her down. Shes conflicted, but wants to see her mother at least one more time. She makes all this clear to Hermes and Hades overhears.
Hades finally realizes what he must do, and he agrees to let Persephone go to see her mother. He gives Persephone the pomegranate seeds and lets her decide whether or not she wants to be bound to the underworld. Persephone is moved by this gesture and kisses him on the cheek. Showing she forgives him.
Persephone travels to her mother. Demeter is so happy she immediately causes spring. A new season which is bright and colorful, but rainy due to her tears and slightly chill due to how emotional she is. Demeter vows to protect Persephone and to build her temples and wants to devote this new season to her.
Persephone is overjoyed to see her mother but eventually (I'm thinking like, a week after) she tells Demeter about how she ate the seeds, and she needs to go to the underworld.
Demeter is not happy.
The two go to Zeus and he decides that since Perse only ate six seeds, she will only stay six months in the underworld. Demeter objects and keeps begging Persephone to ask Zeus for an annulment. She doesn't want things to change for her and Kore. And she doesn't really want Kore to grow up yet, or be miserable in an unloving marriage.
Demeter and Persephone have a conversation on how Persephone has grown up and that she doesn't want to stay a nature goddess forever. That she forgives Hades and does want to be around him. Demeter eventually relents and accepts that Persephone has grown up and is happy for her. She realizes that things eventually change and people move on. And right before Persephone goes back down to the underworld, she gives Persephone the title of the Goddess Of Spring.
Demeter is still upset when Persephone leaves and causes winter due to her grief. But as the years go on, she creates fall, to better help humans adjust to the cold. Nowadays, Persephone leaving isn't as jarring and she doesn't need to cause winter, but humans have gotten so accustomed to it that they need it for their cycle of seasons.
Eventually, Persephone accepts Hades marriage proposal and falls in love with him. He tries to make up for the pain he caused her by making her an equal ruler, and promising to be the best husband he can be to her.
The end.
Holy heck this was long. But yeah, this is how I'd turn The Hymn To Demeter into a novel. I'm tired of everyone interpreting this story as having a clear "bad guy" either Hades is an evil cruel man and Demeter is a spineless grieving mother, or Dem is an overprotective and abusive mother and Hades is a spineless uwu innocent boy.
No, Demeter is a loving mother averse to change, Hades is a selfish but well meaning guy, and Persephone is a woman who is conflicted in her desire to grow up.
When I write these novels I don't plan on changing any of the details in the myths, just add more and make them a full fledged story. The only thing I "changed" in this is that Perse ate the seeds willingly. It's kinda mixed on whether she knew what they would do but in this she does, it's important to her development.
Obviously nowadays forgiving Hades would be unspeakable, but remember, this was ancient Greece. So it was looked down by some but not all. So he's not a complete monster because of this. But its still not okay. So to all the Hades simps and apologists, he was not justified in kidnapping Persephone. No matter the context. And he still needs to overcome his flaws like the rest of them. Don't kidnap your wife kids.
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magiqfetus · 1 year
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I was going to write a review for chapter 230, but I'm genuinely too mad. I'm not exaggerating, I hated this.
Everything Demeter said was right, (Persephone isn't fit to be queen, Hades groomed her, she does owe Hestia an apology) but her character has been completely assassinated, because Rachel can't write decent characters anymore, and I'm not going to keep reading when I know she's now just a 2D abusive mother. Every character is against her now ffs, even Hestia. Hades is going to be released and protect Persephone (because she's a spineless crybaby.) I was going to stick it out to see her cause winter but it's not worth it. The blatant character assassination, the villainization, the white knighting, the spineless Mary Sues.
I can't keep reading this.
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magiqfetus · 1 year
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Since Demeter has been antagonized long enough by various forms of media/greek god fans, I made a Facebook group where we can talk about her and her various incarnations.
I plan on putting a lot of work into this so I hope any who join can enjoy
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