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blood of zeus abt heron: HE’S THE SON OF ZEUS HE’S THE SON OF ZEUS HE’S THE SON OF ZEUS HE’S THE SON OF ZEUS HE’S THE SON OF ZEUS OMFG

apollo, artemis, hermes, dionysus, heracles, perseus:

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my Local Neighbourhood Squirrel DEADASS just leapt onto my window pane, maybe a foot from where i am sitting and just fucking stared at me with his hands on the glass he violated my privacy and im calling the cops

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Bartender: thanks for stopping that bar fight, spiderman. Can I get you a drink? It’s on the house

Peter: thank you, but I can’t

Bartender: why not

Peter:

Bartender:

Peter, trying not to give his age away: I’m pregnant

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Boos in the garden, from ‘Super Mario 64′.

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Odysseus: I've heard that you prefer to share. Rooms and bedrolls both, they say.

Patroclus:

Achilles:

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hey there fellow gays how are we feeling about patroclus and achilles tonight

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the Iliad: lol Patroclus and Achilles are gay

Plato: haha yeah man, who do you think tops?? I think Achilles bottoms personally

everyone in Greece: *banging pots and pans* being gay is okay!!!

Achilles himself: I love Patroclus so much, I would murder Hector for him a thousand times.

historians: wow look how good friends Patroclus and Achilles were :) just bros

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Warrior husbands 🌌💙✨

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We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other.

Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ ♢ sunny nwuazue (akata witch by nnedi okorafor)

“There will be danger; some of you may not live to complete your lessons. It’s a risk you take. This world is bigger than you and it will go on, regardless.”

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Yadriel wanted to chase down the sunset. To not let it rise. How long after he was gone would Yadriel be dreaming about Julian and this drive? Yadriel thought it would be worth the sleepless nights ahead. 

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,,He held himself up on all fours above me and made me reach up for his mouth-and I did.”

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Blog Post # 8 - Carry On (& Fangirl)

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell will forever have a special place in heart, especially because of where the story began - with Cather and Wren in 2013. 

Not to make you feel old, but in 2013 I was in middle school.

Let’s go back in time to 2013, a 13 year-old Teri spots Fangirl on the shelf of either a library or bookstore, although I used to accidentally steal books from the library frequently, so who knows... I had already given myself the title of “fangirl,”  and was well into my awkward phase. I spent many nights reading fanfiction on FanFiction.net and Wattpad (before I discovered the superiority of AO3), I was active on Tumblr every single day, and I was very gay and very, very depressed. At 13 I was obsessed with my body image, an issue that continues to plague me, and I was doing some very not okay things to myself - and fandom and the internet and stories are all that I had! Also at 13 my younger brother was almost 2, and my step dad was (this is really, really bad) 23 years old! YEP 23!  

So I had a lot, a lot of issues... But reading Fangirl genuinely helped me, to see Cath struggle with some of the same things I struggled with and to see her be okay, to see that yes I would live to 19 and it was okay to be a “nerd” like her as well! 

But at 21 I had nearly forgotten my love for Rainbow Rowell and had never gone back to the novel after a few years (I moved to Florida at 14 and had to hide away parts of my identity; anime, fandoms, being queer, you get it), so to read Carry On in your class was an awakening for me! 

Let me write out my praise and thoughts on Carry On now... 

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell is an ingenious look into the Harry Potter/boarding school trope that is often romanticized. Unlike Harry Potter however, Carry On benefits from having multiple POVs, often times within the same chapter. Allowing readers into multiple characters heads gives readers a better grasp on what is really happening in this unfamiliar world of mages. Readers also benefit from this because the story begins in Simon, Penny, Baz, and Agatha’s last year at Watford, and by using various POVs readers can understand their world of magic through different perspectives that include differing ideologies of magic, class, race, and schools of thought.  

Carry On also includes multiple identities and the notion that these identities are okay! And also, a delightful enemies-to-lovers story that is captivating and heart-wrenching at the same time (for the love of god can these boys not communicate). And instead of a singular enemy that can be destroyed, the enemy that has plagued Watford since Simon’s arrival was Simon’s antithesis. The Humdrum was because of the Mage’s wrath and selfishness, and in him creating Simon the Mage doomed himself, Lucy, Simon, and the world of mages. 

I also wanted to address the issue of the Mage and his creation of Simon, which was done in the traditional way... The Mage was Simon’s biological father, yet he subjected Simon to the foster care system his entire life, basically dangling the world of mages over his head until he was useful. Simon was neglected because of this, every year Simon would return to Watford malnourished, without proper clothes, and slightly dirty. And Simon had no protection from the Mage, despite the Mage knowing that there were other magical creatures seeking to hurt Simon. The Mage as “heterosexual Dumbledore” will forever be the worst character and the character who deserved death the most. 

Tragedy throughout, and the loss of his magic, might condemn some, but at the end of Carry On Simon seemed positive for his future, positive with his new terrible boyfriend Baz, and very excited to be living with Penny. 

Wayward Son is a discussion for another time, however. ;) 

But, Professor Elliott, I wanted to truly thank you for everything you have done for me and for the entire class. You have been the most remarkable, kind, and understanding professor in all of my time here at UF. You are a wonderful teacher, and a force to be reckoned with, and I will truly, truly miss your class. You had the perfect syllabus, readings, assignments, PowerPoints!!-God I love good PowerPoints. Your impact on me is great and I will remember you and your kindness for a lifetime; I hope we can stay in touch! <3 

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INK-A-THON DAY 27: NASTY

Baz takes my Frappuccino and sucks down a huge gulp. “Disgusting.” He hands it back to me. “Not like unicorn at all.”

- Wayward Son by @rainbowrowell

Had to pull out the colored Copics and acrylic paint pens for this one because there’s really no way to do a grayscale Unicorn Frappuccino and retain the same effect. LOL

Shoutout to my inktober compatriots who are muscling through this with me. The end is in sight! Hang in there!

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Welcome to the Host Club!

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