#leto devotee

[morselmint]

Leto - Divine Mother of Twins

Dark-veiled Leto, revered goddess,

mother of twins,

great-souled daughter of Koios,

queen to whom many pray,

to your lot fell the birth pains

for Zeus’ fair children,

you bore Phoibos

and arrow-pouring Artemis,

her on Ortygia,

him on rocky Delos.

Hear, lady goddess,

come with favor in your heart

to bring a sweet end

to this all-holy rite.

Orphic Hymn - To Leto

[quill-the-tired-one]

I think that Lady Artemis is sending me signs that She wants me to work with Her. I keep seeing moons and I've found myself suddenly attracted to moons and archery. For example, a necklace that I've had for a while that has a moon on it has suddenly felt much more powerful and I've felt drawn to it more than I did before. I think that I will reach out to Lady Artemis and then I will take it from there.

[artemis-potnia-theron]

Diana the Huntress by Orazio Gentileschi

"O Queen...

...May song be my study forever. In that song shall be the Marriage of Leto; therein thy name shall often-times be sung; therein shall Apollon be and therein all thy labours, and therein thy hounds and thy bow and thy chariot, which lightly carry thee in thy splendour, when thou drivest to the house of Zeus . . .

- Callimachus, Hymn 3 to Artemis (trans. Mair)

[crazycatsiren]

"Wild and barren, tossed between wave and wind, the homeless island welcomed me gladly. And there, without a friend to my name, I gave birth to my raven-haired daughter, my Artemis." ~ Leto

Medusa's Sisters by Lauren J. A. Bear

[darealsaltysam]

I JUST GOT BACK FROM SEEING DUNE PART 2 AND HOLY FUCK OH MY GOD HOLY SHIT HOLY FUUUUCK I NEED TO. I NEED TO. I NEED TO TALK SO BAD HOLY SHIT

below the cut because oh boy do i have a lot to say and i dont want my poor followers to suffer when i post this

oh my god okay okay where do i even start

opening with irulan's narration to mirror her notes in the openings of the chapters of the book. oh yeah baby. i ate that right up

watching paul get close with the fremen,,,,, fucking hell that hurts. dune really is a tragedy at the end of the day huh. they go from reluctant allies to friends but the whole time you know the switch will happen any moment now and they will be devotees and he will be messiah and that gap between them will never be as small as it is out in the sand. huddled in those tents. sharing drinks and laughs. im not doing ok

this especially hurts with chani. their love is so genuine and pure and she wears blue for him (which by the way sticks out so much more with how muted the colors of the rest of the movie are... i could talk about this all day) but she can see what he is becoming and he's trying to avoid it for her so hard but there's no avoiding fate. LORD ABOVE!!!!

i loveeee jessica being the manipulator thats pulling all the strings, urging paul towards becoming messiah. rebecca ferguson is such a talented actress she really understands the character so well. also as a hashtag certified alia atreides enjoyer her scheming with her unborn fetus might be the most unhinged thing ever but thats also so fucking funny aka its as dune as it gets. dune is WEIRD and im glad theyre not shying away from that. thank u denis

arrakis looks so much more beautiful in this movie like theres defo been some changes with how its framed and presented it feels so much grander and idk just ??? what it makes me think is that we're not seeing arrakis, we're finally seeing dune. we're seeing the land as the fremen see it as paul becomes one of them. i might be looking too much into it but who cares. god i love this movie

but yes more on the fremen in the first section of the movie. i like how there's this cluster of non-believers almost?? its a nice breath of fresh air. its hard to believe every single person would be just devoted to the prophecy and it adds some depth.

i will say the one thing i didnt like is the way stilgar is characterized?? i dont think he was so blindly devoted to paul in the books, and definitely not alia and leto ii after him as the atreides line went on. he's always been a source of small doubt towards paul but i think they're moving that element of him onto chani, so i think i can let it slide. i'd like to see him question alia more in the future though.

the scene where paul was named muad'dib and usul??? god it was so cute which made it so heart wrenching. all the fremen coming together and welcoming him into their lives. as a brother. as a friend. only for him to turn around and make them all bow before him. ohhhhh i cant do this

OH BOY THE WORMS THE WORMS AND THE WORM RIDING AND THE AHHHHHHHHH OH LORD

jesus christ. what the fuck. how is this allowed on cinema screens how is something so amazing allowed

the tension. the effects. the sound design. the sand rushing past the wind the worm moving forward paul struggling to hold on the fremen all watching and then cheering him on HOLY FUCKKKK HOLY FUCK I WAS HOLDING MY BREATH

all the worm riding scenes were so intense and so well done like. when i first read that stuff in the books i didnt think anything could ever capture how i imagined it exactly and yet. AND YET. DENIS!!!!!!!!

once more dune hits the idea of scale SO well everything is HUGE and they MAKE YOU FEEL IT. that shows especially with geidi prime but ill talk about that in a bit. but yes this applies to the worms too lord above them WORMSSSS ARE HUGEEEE AND I LOVE THEMMMM

rebecca ferguson put her heart and soul into that water of life scene and we all need to thank her for it

the way jessica is so quick to switch up and go all in on the prophecy. it makes me think of leto's "im not asking his mother, im asking the bene gesserit" like. the bene gesserit really come first for jessica and she takes her opportunity to fulfill her duties. to be the reverend mother. to rub it all in the faces of the other bene gesserit. she is the mother of the messiah and by god will she make everyone well aware of that

okay. okay okay. i think i said my peace on the early fremen stuff. i think. okay fuck okay SHIT fuck SHIT

FEYD FUCKING RAUTHA LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

oh my god okay. okay ill admit it. i doubted austin butler. i saw the cast list and i was unsure(tm). i saw him in the trailers and my faith was restored. and holy fucking shit did he DELIVER

stellan skarsgård's baron harkonnen is already such a threatening figure it feels like it would be impossible to make someone even more terrifying and yet. AND YET

just the way he's introduced. killing servants with zero remorse. LICKING THAT KNIFE THE WAY HE DID??? OKAY WHORE. I SEE YOU. GO RIGHT AHEAD. MAKE IT SLUTTY IN HOUSE HARKONNEN. I RESPECT IT

when the arena doors open and that loud ass fucking music BOOMS. makes the room fucking SHAKE. thats a PRESENCE right there. THATS how you introduce your antagonist.

the music playing as he fights being as fucking deranged as he is. chaotic and weird and unsettling. just. oh my god feyd had such a presence from the moment he showed up and he did not lose it for a single second. you could feel him LOOMING over the movie the whole time just as he looms over the whole book from his very first scene. oh my goddddd oh my godd

GEIDI PRIME. THE ARENA. THAT MASSIVE HARKONNEN PALACE. oh my god. once more. that sense of scale. the harkonnens love to flaunt their wealth so ofc they have huge fuck off arenas and castles where everything and everyone feels so SMALL in comparison.

dont even get me started on the black and white. the way it accents those coal black teeth and mouths. the way it makes everything look so much more inhuman and clinical and PERFECT because harkonnen power is so absolute and ruthless.

and the way the baron sits so so high above watching the fighting. literally impossible to picture his elevation above his people above the rest of the universe. the way feyd looks to him for approval after every movement. even as his uncle is trying to kill him they exchange those little looks and feyd knows hes getting his chance to show off while the baron gives him his "gift" what a fucked up family what the hell

speaking of fucked up family! wow! they are SO fucked up! there is something seriously strange being hinted at with feyd and the baron! feyd making his own brother bow and kiss his boot! those constant threats of death against rabban as if theyre nothing! this family is capital f FUCKED up. they hurt each other as much as they hurt everyone around them. theyre made of violence and blood and they could never show each other kindness because they dont know such a thing

what can i say about the feyd/margot scenes that hasnt been said already. like wow just unpack the boy's trauma like that. use him and then throw him to the wolves. once again the bene gesserit make it so clear this is THEIR empire and THEIR bloodlines and THEIR messiah. too bad jessica doesnt see that collective "ours" and instead settles for "mine" when it comes to the messiah

special shout out to dave bautista before i move on. just cause. his rabban doesnt get enough love. he really sells that balance of ruthless power but also incompetency compared to his brother so well. can you guys tell i REALLY like this cast

WE ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE GURNEY PLAYING THE BALISET WE FUCKING WIN Y'ALL

the paul/gurney reunion being the last shred of the old paul. how he gets so happy "i recognized your footsteps, old man" shoot me in the fucking brain stem it would HURT LESS

a bit off topic and it happened earlier (sorry my thoughts are so all over the place) but i like how they actually showed the process of how the water of life is made. it was actually exactly like how i imagined it when i read the books so thats neat !!

anyway. back to the horrors.

i already talked so much about feyd's presence so just another small note. that scene in sietch tabr. he is a MONSTER and i am EATING IT UP

i cant even begin to explain. how much it fucked me up. when paul took the water of life. i knew thats where we were going. i knew it was unavoidable. and yet still. when chani bent over him and screamed at everyone for making him follow this prophecy. when she was forced to shed tears to save his life. when she got him back only to realize she lost him and he wasnt the person she loved anymore. it broke me

chani's utter hatred for the prophecy and what paul is becoming added to it so much. i know some people are unhappy with how much shes been changed from the books but i think its elevated her character and all these scenes so much. and oh my god does zendaya DELIVER when the spotlight is on her. i never doubted her for a moment but all those changes to chani really allowed to let her shine. thats that euphoria acting coming out baby !!!!

SPEAKING OF GOOD ACTING

TIMOTHEE

FUCKING

CHALAMET

listen i hate the fact that he gets cast in everything these days as much as everyone but hes such a talented actor and i cant deny this anymore. the water of life scene really sold it for me.

he was such a perfect paul already in the first movie but this was the moment it really came out. the way he wakes up so calm and collected. lifeless. monotone. theres nothing theres literally nothing

paul atreides the boy who became duke far too young is dead usul who was the lover of chani is dead muad'dib the fedaykin fighter is dead only the kwisatz haderach remains and thats what the prophecy was always leading us to and yet the moment it happens its so haunting

like i cannot say this enough. that complete switch is so sudden but so subtle at the same time. its still paul technically but hes so different

what makes dune's weird concepts so easy to take in once you get into the book is all that internal monologue that really leads you through these complex concepts slowly. and yet in a few shots and a few lines of dialogue timothee chalamet somehow manages to express the idea of "i just learned the secrets of the fucking universe and im about to start a holy war" ???? HOW DO YOU EVEN DO THIS???? HOW ARE YOU THIS TALENTED???? OH MY GOD!!!!!!!! IT WAS A FEW LOOKS A FEW MOVENTS JUST THE RIGHT TONE OF VOICE AND THATS HIM!!! THATS HIM BABY!!!! THATS THE KWISATZ HADERACH AND THE UNIVERSE IS FUCKED !!!!!!!!!

also. anya taylor joy alia. we only had you for a split second but i cannot wait for you. im sure youre going to completely slay the third movie. give us our beloved tragic meow meow. alia is my fave character so i will be JUDGING HEAVILY. she better bring her a-game istg

when paul storms the war council and just completely takes control of the room so easily. thats the bene gesserit conditioning giving him his pedestal and he is making the most of it. he knows exactly what the fuck hes doing. and once more oh my goddddd all that shouting all that emotion and yet a complete lack of it. timothee spare a crumb of talent for the rest of us

also the way in that scene gurney is hesitant about it all until paul proclaims himself the duke of arrakis. and suddenly gurney has house atreides again and he doesnt care what chani does anymore. hes a follower to paul just as everyone else in that room. nothing changes. fuck me man i cant do this anymore

have i mentioned yet im so excited for chani in the next movie. her arc is so interesting. children of dune is defo not happening with the way chani has been set up so i doubt we'll see leto ii and ghanima but. lets hope we still get all the cool stuff wit alia at least. and maybe chani can be the one who leads the charge against her

okay i need to really fucking. get along with it im dragging this post on im so sorry this movie is eating my brain alive

chani still wearing blue during the final fight. im not saying more than that i might cry if i think about it too much

THAT. FINAL. FIGHT. OH MY GODDD OH MY GOD

IT ALL CAME TOGETHER SO SO WELL

THE WORMS

THE SENSE OF SCALE

THE FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY

THE MUSIC HOLY FUCK THE MUSIC HANS ZIMMER YOU OUTDO YOURSELF EVERY TIME

THE SOUND

EVERYTHING FLOWING TOGETHER SO WELL

the way the fremen fight for their messiah but still fly the atreides banner. the way paul leads them as their messiah and as a "fremen" but always proclaims himself duke of house atreides first. oh lorddd im unwell

every time paul menacingly emerged from fog/sand/smoke my life was extended by like 10 years thank u denis

gurney killing rabban with as much ease as he did cleared my skin and watered my crops <3

the way the baron was literally dying and still crawling towards the throne.......... the way at the same time feyd ignored him completely and looked towards the doors reveling in the fight ahead..... if that doesnt tell u everything you need to know about house harkonnen idk what will yall

i also love how no one intervenes as paul walks in and kills the baron. not even feyd. feyd looks like he was a little TOO into it as paul killed him tbh. feyd u little freak. austin butler you talented talented man. im unwell

i AM sad we didnt get to see baby alia stab him but ah well. we got a bunch of other weird dune shit so ill let this one slide. the psychic toddler may be too much even for denis and everything he did give us. we'll always have our 1984 alia <3

OHOHOHOHOHOHOH. OH. HERE WE GO

HERE WE GO YALL

THE SCENE IVE BEEN WAITING FOR SINCE READING THE BOOK

THE SCENE THEY SHOWED BITS OF IN THE TRAILER AND THE SCENE IVE BEEN NON STOP YEARNING FOR SINCE!!!

THE DUEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh my god oh my god oh my goddddd where do i even start

okay so. the way theres no music. no fancy cuts no slow mo no over the top effects. its just the slashing of the blades and those BEAUTIFUL shadowed shots with the setting sun in the background. this really is the sun setting on the peaceful universe. just pain and suffering ahead marked with the blood spilled from the two who were meant to produce the messiah but who both got thrown off this path by the greed and selfishness of their forefathers. guys im normal about paul and feyd. definitely. i definitely have very normal thoughts about how they are foils and yet two sides of the same coin. yes guys

paul making the emperor kiss his ring is already such an insane fucking scene and it translated to the screen so well. amazing performances all around

i didnt talk much about florence pugh's irulan but she really didnt have much time to shine. im excited to see where she goes next and i definitely think shes a great fit but i need to see more of her to really be able to say more

i will say this. the way chani, irulan and jessica are the only ones who dont kneel for paul. the three most important women in his life who give him his power, everything he has. jessica made him and she made him the messiah. chani opened her life up to him, helped him become and in turn control the fremen, and she shed her tears for him and fulfilled her role in the prophecy against her wishes. irulan is his path to the throne, his key to being emperor. and none of them bow before him because why would they bow before a power they are responsible for, a power they own, a power they gave?

but for chani its different ofc. she also refuses to bow because she despises everything paul stands for.

oh my god i could say so much about the last scene being chani. not paul reveling in his victory. paul leaves for his next bloodshed and chani is left behind crying for the person she loves who she knows is gone. crying for her people, again enslaved. crying those same tears that brought the messiah back into this world.

theres a lot to be said about the role of gender in dune and how it hangs over every facet of this world but thats a whole separate analysis post to be had so ill just throw it down here in this little point

another thing chani does very well in the movies is she really makes paul's villainy explicitly clear. SO many people read dune and completely misunderstand it and walk away from it concluding its a "white savior narrative" and nothing more which. yes!! yes it is!!!! but thats not a good thing!!!! its never stated to be a good thing!!!!

this movie is not gonna let you misunderstand the message of the story no matter how blind you try to be to it. paul is not a good guy. hes never been the good guy. hes the protagonist, but hes not the hero. and chani allows that to translate from book to movie very well. have i mentioned yet i love movie chani

chani fills in the holes left behind by the narration and internal monologues of the book and, bonus points, she holds the people who dont understand what dune is about by the hand and tells them explicitly "PAUL IS A BAD GUY!!! DONT IDOLIZE PAUL!!!! DONT WALK AWAY FROM DUNE THINKING ITS PRAISING PAUL'S ACTIONS!!!"

i think thats pretty much all i had to say. i might reblog with additions as they hit me but yeah i. i enjoyed the movie. so so much. i think i might watch it again sometime soon while its still in cinemas.

sorry for being unhinged hope u enjoyed my rants. kiss kiss night night <3

[hercrusadesheep]

Lord apollon almighty god of sun and healing bless our hearts and bodies with your forever long life and prosperity lord Apollo the son of Zeus and Leto the twin of Artemis the overseer of truths and protector of the young enlighten our world and nourish our bodies with your wisdom and powerful light I forever devote myself to you as a devotee with highest regard and honor hail lord Apollo and blessed it be <3333

[hyakinthou-naos]

Theoi Info Sheets Series Part 6: Apollo & Artemis - The Divine Twins

"... but the opinion most universally received was, that Apollo, the son of Zeus and Leto, was born in the island of Delos, together with his sister Artemis; and the circumstances of [their] birth there are detailed in the Homeric hymn on Apollo, and in that of Callimachus on Delos."

- Comp. Apollod. i. 4. § 1; Hygin. Fab. 140.

I would describe my relationship with The Divine Twins as... unbalanced. I have never felt drawn or called to Lady Artemis; despite my love of deer, the woods, and the years I spent working in childcare - I have always felt that the doors of Her temple were closed to me. I personally feel that part of this lies in my transgender identity; this is not to say that transmen or men in general cannot worship Artemis - I've seen quite a few transmen on Tumblr who are joyous devotees to Her. But personally, I have always felt distanced from Artemis.

I do feel as though Artemis tried to call to me when I was young, but I did not feel aligned with Her energies or drawn to Her domains. Then, when I transitioned, I got the sense that Artemis felt betrayed; like She had laid claim to me and was waiting for me to join Her retinue - but instead I left womanhood behind and She felt personally insulted.

I say all of this, not in any way to disrespect Lady Artemis - or to say my experience is indicative of her energy and character towards other devotees. I simply say all of this to share my experience.

On the reverse - Lord Apollo is my patron deity. There is no God or entity that I hold in higher regard. I feel as though Lord Apollo has been quietly waiting for me all my life, almost as if He knew my destiny lied in being his devotee but He wanted me to come to Him on my own.

That isn't to say he hasn't been present in my life before my journey into Hellenic Polytheism - but I do believe He has let the muses guide me rather than His own hand. I felt Kleio enter my life in middle school when I first began writing poetry, and Gods - Euterpe and Melpomene have been with me since I began writing music in the second grade. Ouranie entered my life later, moreso in college when astrology became a larger part of my life and personal practice. But now I've gone off on a tangent, haha.

I've written about Lord Apollo in many other posts on my blog - so feel free to check the Lord Apollo tag if you'd like to read more about my relationship and devotion to him.

*You may have seen this info sheet before on thewitchfarhan.tumblr.com - that is my old Tumblr. These info sheets are my own creation - please do not repost without credit.

[jurakan]

Fun Fact Friday: Delos!

Today You Learned about Delos, and the things you’re not allowed to do there!

Painting by Carl Anton Joseph Rottmann (boy, is that name a mouthful!).

In Greek mythology, tradition held that the Greek island of Delos was the birthplace of the godly twins Apollo and Artemis. The story goes that the because Hera was cruel to Leto for being one of Zeus’s mistresses, and while she was pregnant, the queen of the gods cursed Leto to never give birth on rooted land. So Leto wandered the world, pregnant with twins, until she came upon the island of Delos, which was believed to have been a floating island, not rooted a specific location. Until Leto gave birth there, anyway, and its location became fixed.

Because of the story, Delos became a sacred site, and pilgrimages of devotees of the deities Apollo and Artemis. However! Because of its status as holy ground, there were some rules, notably: no one was allowed to die or be born on Delos.

Obviously this means you can’t kill anyone (although you shouldn’t be doing that anyway), but if you knew you hadn’t long for this world, or were going to give birth soon, you had to move off of the island. Delos would not take you.

[Wikipedia claims that it’s a matter of neutrality, that no one could lay claim to the island or something if they weren’t born or died there to pass on through inheritance. I don’t know! That sentence does not have a citation. But it’s an interesting thought.]

[teawiththegods]

I came to be a devotee of Hestia for a lot of reasons, but she feels like a mother figure in my life. You've made reference to Zeus feeling like a father figure iirc. Is He the only god you feel that way about or are there others?

Yes! Zeus is my Divine Father! 🥹💕 He’s the only god I see as a father figure but I do see both Leto and Demeter as mother figures! I got two moms! (Well I guess technically 3 if you count my actual Mom 🤣)

[dark-veiled]

as i become more educated, build up my commitment, and get more comfortable with the theoi: i’d really like to become a devotee to leto and her children. i have experience with lady artemis, but not a whole lot with lord apollon and absolutely zero with lady leto. they deeply interest me and i feel really drawn to them!

[phileye]

Just Published: Dune and Philosophy

Just Published: Dune and Philosophy

Explore the universe of Frank Herbert’s Dune in all its philosophical richness “He who controls the spice controls the universe.” Frank Herbert’s Dune saga is the epic story of Paul, son of Duke Leto Atreides, and heir to the massive fortune promised by the desert planet Arrakis and its vast reservoirs of a drug called “spice.” To control the spice, Paul and his mother Jessica, a devotee of the…

[agape-mou]

Hey nerds!

My name's Elias. I've been a Hellenic polytheist since 2021, and it's been a chaotic blast ever since. The θεοί bring me joy, and that's the point of life.

Σύντροφος of Apollon, devotee of Demeter and Hestia, altar space for Artemis, Hermaphrodite, Leto, and Leukothea, less intense relationships with everyone else.

Queer, trans, autistic, PTSD, Jewish American working on my relationship to both.

Call me in if I say/reblog something gross. I'm here to learn and spread joy, not harm.

This is a side blog, I follow from ninth-tentacle

[artemis-potnia-theron]

As an Artemis devotee, I'm curious 💜

[loemius]

I Am anon with son I read myths to. The gods is so much important to us in this time for loss, because Zeus is reminded me of my father who had kindly face. My son say, myth about Zeus is mean. But I am say the myth is mean becah mean people are wrote this. What is opinion of worship like you person who find holy in Apollo and Zeus?

khaire anon! glad to hear from you again! i'm so touched every time i get an ask from you; i saw your other ask saying you're from athens, greece, and it touches my heart so deeply that the theoi bring strangers across the world together. greetings from eastern united states! i'm so honored that my passion and love for the theoi spreads across the world. demeter means a lot to me because she reminds me of my grandma and mother's strength and kindness, and how good of mothers they were to me. i really like what you said about the myths being mean. i think the myths are the human interpretation of the divine, and the theoi are so much larger than us. the myths also reflect the culture and time period they were written in, and a lot of that has changed over time. the beautiful thing about hellenism is that its a living religion, so things change over time. as for what i find holy in the theoi, ill answer for zeus and apollo specifically because honestly i could ramble forever about it in regards to each specific theoi. as for lord zeus, i find his key value of xenia so holy and inspiring. i was raised in christianity which is so different in values, and coming to hellenism, xenia is one of the key values i aspire to. zeus really reminds me of that and humbles me and reminds me of the value of community. i think that's really holy, that zeus brings us all together and reminds us to be kind to each other. one of my academic fields of study is political science, so i think a lot about him as the king of the olympians and how hard his job is. i think your son might enjoy hearing that; zeus is the king! he has a lot of people to watch over, including other gods, and that's a hard job to have to listen to everyone's needs and make the best decision for everyone. i think he does a good job, even if sometimes he might make mistakes. the theoi can and have done things i personally disagree with, but i trust in their divine judgement. as for apollon, i am his devotee, and i find so much about him holy and sacred that it is truly indescribable. i pray to him as the healer, as the lord of truth, as father foive to guide me to my best self. he is a father, a mentor, a brother, a best friend to me. i find his strength and temperance holy. i think a lot about homeric hymn 3 where its said the other theoi rise to him and only his mother leto approaches him fearlessly and asks him to put his bow down. once he does, all the other theoi sit again. he has so much strength even lord zeus, king of the gods, rises to him, and only his love for his mother, leto, is what calms him. despite this, he is gracious, kind, radiant, and gives humanity the arts, healing, sunlight, so many blessings that we couldn't live without. i find his generosity so holy and aspirational. he guides me to my best self, and i love him so deeply that it makes me cry. my heart sings of my lord apollon. thank you again for the ask, anon! may the theoi watch over you and your family, especially king zeus, lord of xenia, queenly hera, goddess of family, and lord apollon, protector of boys and youth!

[outfitandtrend]

[ad_1] Year after year, Jared Leto makes an absolute meal of the Met Gala. Nobody wear attention-getting gear quite as reliably as he does: In 2019, you’ll recall, he literally carried his own head to the annual event. This year, for the Gilded Glamour-themed Met Gala, expectations were set sky high. Maybe that’s why when a man showed up on the carpet dressed like a king from a planet far, far away, with waves of spikes sprouting from his outfit, people just went ahead and assumed Leto was up to his old tricks again. That rascal! Only: that’s not Jared Leto.Maybe it’s a compliment to Leto that people see an outfit that’s a 10-out-of-10 on the insanity scale and don’t even bother to double-check if it’s actually him. As soon as this man hit the red carpet, multiple publications started spreading the news that Jared Leto had arrived at the Met Gala. Even The New York Times, which tweeted and then deleted an image described as Leto’s “take on the Gilded Glamour theme,” was hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hoodwinked, lea astray. (Shouts to Vulture for leaving their mistake up.)The outfit was passed along as Jared-being-Jared, but the look actually belongs to Fredrik Robertsson, who has one thing in common with Leto: they’re both well known for showing up in envelope-pushing fashion. It didn’t help the confusion that Robertsson and Leto don’t look entirely dissimilar, especially behind a veil of quills and in full makeup.Left: Also not Jared Leto (Gucci designer Alessandro Michele) Right: Jared Leto, finally!  Jamie McCarthyThat wasn’t Leto, but the actor did eventually show up in a pretty Jared Leto outfit to the Met Gala. The longtime Gucci devotee dressed as the label’s creative director Alessandro Michele. The pair wore matching outfits: an embroidered ivory double-breasted suit, a magenta bow tie, and even a metal hair clip arranged in the exact same place. It’s fitting that even when Leto really did show up to the Met Gala he was dressed in a way meant to purposefully cause some confusion around his identity. Little did he know that Robertsson was way ahead of him. [ad_2] Source link

[spirits-child]

Leto and Her children, Artemis and Apollo; W. H. Rinehart, Metropolitan Museum.