"Yes, wizards are good at getting you out of the sort of trouble that only wizards can get you into," said Creosote. "Then they expect you to thank them."
Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
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One of the many aspects of a Greek tragedy is the self-fulfilling prophecy. Especially the prophecy that the hero tries to run away from, making everything worse. Percy manages to dodge that, though.
In TTC, when Thalia chooses to deny the prophecy, she can because Percy is there to fulfill it. Percy, on the other hand, does not want Nico to face it. He actively chooses the prophecy that he does not know. He decides that he will be the hero no matter what because Nico shouldn't have to be.
Percy denies that tragedy, and maybe that's part of how he'll end up with a happy ending like Perseus should.
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whenever akane does a :) you know there are details or secrets to be revealed later. wait are they gonna start throwing us off now? uh oh sorry guys…
:)
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Here's my new idea for an absolutely deranged bit: completely unheard of guy starts streaming except he's just doing jerma streams one to one like he's doing the exact same games and even inserting the same bits at the same time like he's not streaming he's doing live shot for shot remakes of his streams and this goes on for weeks with no explanation until he plays a game nobody's ever seen Jerma play and is killed in the middle of the stream. This would create an insane push for Jerma to play the game so everyone can see if he'll die too.
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"You Deserve Nice Things"
A friend told me that this week. And my brain short-circuited. I flashed back to all the things that I heard growing up, all the shortcomings, all the mistakes, all the insufficiencies.
Understanding a phrase and internalizing it are two entirely different things.
I cognitively understand that as a generally decent human who tries her best to share love and kindness with those around her, it's not a bad thing to occasionally welcome something nice into my life.
But seeking it is an entirely different thing. Wanting nice things I can somewhat handle. But to go out there and wrap my hands around something nice I fancy and make it mine?
That's where my brain short circuits and I'm a child, again, hearing that I am selfish and weak and all the things I crafted into the core of my being.
I'm selfish. I'm asking too much. I'm inconsiderate. Why should a child need help with their homework? Rachel, at age 9, you really shouldn't need any help at all! What's wrong with you?
So, I take a deep breath when someone says something like, "You deserve nice things" and I try to believe it. Because the scripts written in our youth are the hardest ones to rewrite.
It’s not the simple act of erasure and replacement, but a constant white-out that doesn’t take and needs another layer, and another, and another.
Why share all this? Because, I know I’m not the only one out here rewriting scripts, reprogramming the bits and pieces that were set by those we were supposed to trust who ended up feeding our deepest insecurities until they defined us.
You, love, are not defined by your past.
You are not defined by what happened to you.
You are not defined by someone else’s version of you.
I know how hard it is to rewrite those scripts, but you are not alone. We’re doing this together. Each of us taking those old lines and rubbing them out, layering over them, replacing them over and over until maybe we start to believe the good instead of the bad.
Maybe we’ll start to listen more to our voices instead of others’. And maybe... maybe... we’ll live life a little more alive.
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It's here :D it's thin and simple but it's mine
After three tries, I've finally approved the print version of Inferno for Lulu's selfpub. It should be immediately available on Lulu's marketplace, while it will take several weeks if not months for it to be present on other marketplaces like Amazon and B&N, if they individually approve of it.
(the ebook version also exists of course)
I made that cover myself, too. Well I used Canva's text and star icons, but the image of Miff and Ember was drawn by my own hand :)
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When you become a prophet they don't tell you how hard the job is. it's like, very hard to make it as vague as possible so no one knows if you're actually telling the fate of the gods or ae just creating thousands of self fullfilling prophecies.
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