#imagine sisyphus happy

[squidswithguns]

me repeating my silly little mantra in order to not throw myself into an active volcano

[theunfairfolk]

“one must imagine sisyphus happy” no, one must imagine him a stubborn asshole who thinks he’s smarter than everyone including the gods. i’ve heard plenty of versions where hades gives him the CHOICE to roll the boulder up the hill; it’s the only way he’s getting into elysium. if he wants to walk away, fine! he’ll just be relegated to the asphodel meadows (the “nosebleed/overflow” section of the underworld where all the normies end up).

and sisyphus, well, he’s a goddamn king. he cheated death! twice! a simple boulder is no match for his mighty wit.

hades’ punishment isn’t “you are forced to perform an unwinnable task forever”. it must fit sisyphus’ crimes. his hubris. any sane person, and quite a few insane ones, would spend a while pushing the boulder, maybe a few hours, maybe a few months, and eventually realize it was futile. an eternity in a peaceful meadow, not alone, not tortured, seems agreeable. but not to sisyphus. no, he’s too famous, too smart for that. he’ll get it to the top this time. this time. this time for sure.

[jazzsprite]

[kokoasci]

tachi sketch i will never finish

[space-gutz]

one must imagine knuckles happy

[cryptidko]

One must imagine Scarab happy

[bacch4nte]

[yvehattan]

A happy birthday Albert Camus!

[internetfuggo]

me trying to be normal about saltburn

[lesbianboyfriend]

the average college student understands sisyphus intimately

[a-teacup-of-golden-cracks]

Sisyphus prime sitting in the cuck chair watching someone pleasure an enby: Yes!! That's it!! Keep them cumming!!

[evagora]

What will my redeemer be like? I ask myself. Will he be a bull or a man? will he perhaps be a bull with the face of a man? Or will he be like me? (The House of Asterion, Jorge Luis Borges)

[atomicradiogirl]

this is what it’s like to be queerbaited in real time

[bedrock-to-buildheight]

I can just download a pdf of The Myth of Sisyphus and read it in its print-view 11px serif font glory

Or I could spend an hour finding a non-pdf version, copy it into word, reformat it to look like an ao3 work, tweak the page size and margins to be mobile friendly, and, just for the hell of it, color every mention of the word 'hope' red

Here it is if you want it. I don't know why you would but it's on my drive so might as well

[octibee]

soulshipping is the cutest ship name ever oml

[melissonomos]

("sisyphus" by Edward Coley Burne-Jones c. 1870)