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[kairoseas]

― ❝ I'm ... a sorcerer !! ❞

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[beingharsh]

Nobody Knows (2004), dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda

[toastandjamie]

So I wanted to elaborate on the Mat/Elayne Freyja/Odin parallel, so here’s that essay. For the sake of keeping this post semi coherent any off topic but vaguely relevant ramblings will be at the bottom of the post.

To start I was surprised to find out that while the obvious parallels between Mat/Odin and Perrin/Thor are often noted I haven’t seen anyone mention how Elayne is Freyja, so I’ll start by talking about those similarities. Freyja is a goddess of love and fertility as well as a goddess of death and war, and of course, of the magic practice of Seidhr which I covered in my precious Mat post. Freyja much like Elayne is a twin, having a twin brother(and masculine form) Freyr, the god of peace, fertility and prosperity. Freyr also has a horse cult, for some reason. Freyja of course is the second patron god of Seidhr sharing the role with Odin but she fulfills the more traditional and feminine aspects in a more socially conventional manner. Her husband, is often absent resulting in a particular myth of her crying ‘red-gold’ tears in his absence, her husband, Odr’s name actually means frenzied madness so shout out Rand. Freyja is also often depicted with having red-gold hair like everyone’s favorite Trakkand. She’s also associated with cats and she’s sometimes connected to the Phrygian goddess Cybele, who instead of a chariots drawn by cats has a chariot drawn by lions. Of course the Cybele/Freyja connection is debatable but I wanted to point it out for the lion connection.

Now onto the fun part, Freyja/Elayne and Mat/Odin, let’s talk about that dynamic. So if you didn’t notice Seidhr isn’t the only domain Freyja and Odin share, they’re both also gods of war and death, specifically they’re both gods of glorious death on the field of battle. Half of the slain are taken by Odin to Valahalla and the other half to Freyja’s realm Folkvangr. Now this might be a stretch but the sharing of the dead between Odin and Freyja reminds me of the sharing of The Band and the Dragons between Mat and Elayne in ToM and AMoL. Once again that’s a bit of a stretch but I wanted to point it out. Though I think the Band of The Red Hand is definitely a reference to Odin leading a procession of fallen warriors and the fact that Elayne gets shared custody is something I find very interesting in terms of this parallel.

Odin and Freyja are also both connected to the Valkyries for the above reasons. I think it’s safe to say that Brigitte is a Valkyrie, a spirit of a female warrior who comes to lead the dead to Valhalla and Folkvangr respectively. The fact that Brigitte bonded to both Mat and Elayne(through the horn and through the Warder bond respectively) is something I think proves this connection. Yada yada the Horn of Valere and the Heroes of the Horn are the Wild Hunt which in some stories is led by Odin with a Valkyrie at his side, Mat and Brigitte yada yada.

Also depending on who you ask Freyja is often conflated with Odin’s wife Frigg and Odin with Freyja’s husband Odr so uh- Matlayne

Now how do these connections inform Mat and Elayne’s dynamic. Well for one it explains why they are so heavily linked to eachother, from Mat’s vague connection to Manethran’s King Aemon and Elayne LITERALLY being the Rose of The Sun to Mat and Elayne sharing their weapons of mass destruction with eachother, the two spend a great deal of time with eachother and working together. Much like Odin and Freyja they compliment eachother and work together in their respective domains, whether that’s being a soldier and his Queen or two powerful people sharing battle earned death while accompanied by a woman warrior spirit and legendary procession of long dead heroes. They are complimentary halves and foils to eachother, they of course clash because they are forced to share space(share domains) but in the end they come to an understanding and make eachother stronger through their differences and similarities.

Okay okay tangent time, so I’m really insane about Mat/Elayne’s whole relationship and how Elayne is a thematic character foil to Tuon. Like Elayne is the Rose of the Sun and Tuon is the Daughter of the Nine Moons. The thematic relevance of Mat choosing to stay in Ebou Dar with Tuon vs. taking Elayne’s contract to become an Andoran general, choosing the Moon over the Sun. All I’m saying is that RJ robbed us of the potential Mat/Elayne/Tuon love triangle that would’ve shot and killed me. The Themes, The Character Foils, The DRAMA

Next tangent has nothing to do with Elayne really but was inspired by the previous tangent. So the Seanchen are represented by the night but they are also symbols of death right? Now one of Tuon’s names is Kore which is an epitaph of Persephone and with the death connection and the kidnapping that brings an obvious parallel to the myth of Hades and Persephone. But I’d argue that the story themes put Tuon in the role of Hades rather than Persephone while Mat takes Persephone’s role. I mean wed to Hades(Tuon) and brought into the underworld(Seanchen) only to become trapped there by eating a pomegranate(or accidentally starting a foreign marriage ceremony) able to return home to the land of the living(Andor) but only for short periods of time, all while becoming more than she once was as the Queen of the Underworld(Prince of Ravens). Anyways I have FEELINGS about Mat Cauthon.

[landfilloftrash]

He has one mode and it's "tormenting Dresden" (due to a grief and anger unaddressed for 30ish years) almost as always with me; @anotherramblingfangirl for the incorrect quote drawn

[fever-project]

Happy birth Tears of the Kingdom! Have some Wilds from four different Links Meet AUs that I churned out in a little over two hours because I forgot to do this earlier 🫠 maybe I should’ve spent an extra hour in quality control, because these are looking worse the longer I’m looking at them. And I uh, forgot to label these so let’s just do down the list, left to right with some thoughts I have about them:

Wild from @recalled11 - I love love love his poncho, shame I couldn’t draw the whole thing. But it’s also a good thing because there is sooo much detail, at least more than I’m used to hah. Honestly all of you guys are great with details, drawing all of these scars got my head spinning.

Wild from @kore-links - There may not be much about him or about this AU yet, but I really do love his design. Excited to see more.

Wild from @monstrous-fusion - I love how you draw scars and hair, but trying to draw it myself had me pulling hair ha. All of your designs are so cool and make me really want to ruffle all the Links hair.

Wild from Chain as Cryptids AU by @sapphicseasapphire - I love his big ol eyes, they are very cute. I also love how simple he is compared to the rest of these guys, it was so relaxing to draw him last.

[youjustdontunderstandmymusic]

monster (2023) // dir. koreeda

[timetravelingtoamess]

I want to go on a little rant because i keep seeing people be like "ACTUALLY persephone and hades WERENT in love she was KIDNAPPED and this is WRONG" whenever they see them loving each other and they get so upset it's like

Bruh. Stop.

For one, it's a story. They're characters in the authors world. They're allowed to be changed. Your life isn't ruined just because someone else wrote them being nice to each other

And two, Kore being kidnapped is just ONE VERSION OF THE MYTH that gets passed down. Growing up, I learned that she found her way down there and LOVED Hades and he loved her. From my own Greek family straight from a village outside Athens

Thats how the myths worked. They were spoken and changed during the years and years of being passed around through different mouths. That's why Medusa is a villain in one story, and a protector of women in another. That's why we have different versions of Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood, Pinocchio, ect. That's the beauty in storytelling and myths because there's no concrete version

So please, if this is you. Just take a breath, go outside, and realize that we're lucky to hear these stories in the first place

Anyways, half baked thoughts. Rant over

[r0yalgrimm-artz]

My fave little goblin from Chazz's little crotch spawns of hell. (Slight Ekou appreciation post? Yes)

Careful, he bites, and hasn't had his rabies shot yet-

Also don't feed him after midnight.

[sirennamedkore]

So I’ve started watching the anime for Ace Attorney and needed to make this the moment I saw this frame

[bad-re-takes]

he in fact has no access to most music and does not know icp exists

[kairoseas]

sukuna's just spending all his time prior to fighting gojo dressing up megumi in the mirror. it took him hours to settle on something not only because he wants to look good, but more importantly, fushiguro looked good. after all, gotta look nice if you're about to meet your lover's father figure in a life or death battle. ✨

[causalityparadoxes]

If you don't think he's cute in his shadow demon form, you don't deserve him in his face-he-copied-from-a-priest-he-knows form 😤

EDIT: Post Cancelled everyone go look up the authors first Manga "Futari no Renai Shoka". Ngl fam thats some creepy shit. Really recontextualises Mahou and sadly Elias too for me 🙃 bye

EDIT 2 BECAUSE MAYBE I WASNT CLEAR ENOUGH: the authors first manga was about a 20yo or so woman immediately proposing to a 15 year old boy (oh look the same age as Chise! And even the same set up!) And THEY GET TOGETHER AT THE END.

To reiterate, a romance series between a child who just entered high school and a ADULT WITH A JOB

Can't stop anyone from liking that crap. But if your defense is 'oh its not really romantic' or 'oh Elias is just a child too' hahaha fuck that. That excuse does not fly when the author has done this multiple times.

Personally it makes me fucking sick, which I hate because i've loved this story for years and made so many excuses for it. But holy fucking shit coming back to it as an adult. So much is creepy. Nothing was stopping Yamazaki from writing Chise as 18-20. it would not have effected the story.

tldr: Kore Yamazaki has written multiple stories about a child being romantically involved with an adult and thats fucked!!

[beingharsh]

Our Little Sister (2015), dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda

[sandrathachao]

im brave enough to post these now. oh well.... im a little embarassed.

[rozugold]

I’m a big fan of the stories of Persephone where she actually loves Hades and being queen of the underworld n all that BUT I’m also really liking the idea of an aggressively aro Kore being wild and free and doing everything she can to avoid being swallowed up by the ground…

[im-secretly-a-frog]

Rant

So, my brother is saying that the name Persephone is derived from Persimmon. Keep in mind that I have been obsessed with Greek mythology for *nine years* and Persephone in particular for the past four years. I have researched this extensively and have never found any connection with persimmons. My brother keeps suggesting that she ate persimmon seeds, not pomegranate seeds, which is blatantly false. I have tried to explain this, but he refuses to listen and presents no sources. This is driving me mad; can you guys help me prove once and for all that Persephone has no connection to persimmons.