TRY AGAIN LATER
it's like. well. its several things.
(Plutarch's Crassus, trans. Warner)
and also this
(ibid.)
that compliment sounds like an insult, baby.
anyway, there's a fun kind of eroticism in being given everything, in taking things that aren't yours without any real consequence, in climbing towards becoming a Roman Alexander, only for one man to deny you, over and over and over again, at every turn. Sulla tried, Crassus did it better. who would put a butcher in their place? who else knows you well enough to do it? who else can match you step for step like this? doesn't it feel like a kind of intimacy, a kind of—
it's also about the 'even sulla kissed my sword/so you want me on my knees too?' innuendo was too good to pass up. that was actually the first line I wrote, I figured out the rest of this to justify making a comic with it
and finally! the sword line is referencing/playing off of Lucan's Pharsalia a little bit because it fucks hard
(Lucan's Pharsalia, trans. Jane Wilson Joyce)
EDIT: oh, and that's a public domain anatomical illustration of a heart. you know how it is with love and hate.
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I've just realized what I need most from this season - it isn't an apology (from Ed and/or Izzy) or an earnest talk-it-through like I previously thought I wanted.
What I need is Ed realizing that he needs both Stede and Izzy in his life.
After all the heartbreak, I think it is so important that both of them know that the life they shared for so many years wasn't just a weight pulling both of them under.
I want Ed to realize that there are parts of Izzy's izzyness and their day-to-day life that are parts of who Ed is, and that there's something missing without him. I'd like Ed to (re-)learn that there are certain things which are just more fun with Izzy, or things he likes to share specifically with him because Izzy gets it.
At the end of this season, I need Ed to realize that while Stede makes him happy, to be truly happy and fulfilled he needs Izzy too.
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i just think it would be neat if Eddie starts going nuts on the guitar in the Upside Down and Dustin nudges Steve like “didn’t I tell you he was cool?” and Steve, flustrated and blushing, just mumbls “y-yeah, yeah... pretty cool” and then we leave it as a hint, maybe give him some longing eyes by the end of s4 and BANG develop the ship in s5
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You see, the problem is, I want to be a manic pixie girl, a tempting vixen, an enchantress that steals hearts and makes people yearn for her, but not. Not in the male gaze way. I don't want to be perceived by men. I want my girlies and everyone who is not a man to look at me and go "her. HER." which is problematic to do because men exist and our local laws do not protect me from them as a woman
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[Mutual pining after Mob marries]
MobRei | Mob Psycho 100
16-05-2023
what about mobrei
where Reigen attends Mob's wedding, feeling happy for him obviously, but also hurting on the inside. He wishes he was the one next to Mob, but he knows it for the best that the one standing next to him is a pretty lady. Knows that it's better for Mob's future.
Where Mob is obviously happy on his big day, the girl he's marrying is really sweet and he quite likes her. But one looks to their guest, where he easily finds Reigen, and his heart clenches, wishes he could be marrying his shisho instead. Wonder if maybe it would have been different if he had confessed to his shisho instead.
Mutual pining because Mob never confessed, not after his subtle attempt at flirting was nearly immediately shut down. Not when Reigen forces himself to repress any feelings he has that go into dangerous territory.
ngl this is a setting for pinning, bittersweet moment and NTR.
Because I want them to crack, years down the line. After the old craving comes back harder at times, when they feel down because of circumstances.
Maybe they had somewhat lost touch, only getting news here and there. Maybe it was done in a mutual attempt at forgetting those deep feelings they have. But then they started seeing each other again and regularly, it was all it took to bring everything back like it was all those years ago.
They can't even blame alcohol for what they did. It just felt right at that time. When they realise how everything has always been mutual between them, Mob wish he could just divorce and run away with Reigen.
But now he has a kid and it would be a messy thing to break up, at least while said kid is young. Reigen also doesn't want, despite it all, for him to do it. Feel scared to be seen as the one who shattered Mob's perfect and happy life.
ngl I would love a scene where said kid sees them kissing when they think no one is around, too young to really understand what is happening, but still old enough to know that no one was meant to see this. they feel unsure if they should tell mommy or not.
Maybe they can ask daddy's good friend if the kiss was just a friend kiss, or if it was the same kind of kiss that mommy and daddy share (although they don't share kisses very often, and not always on the mouth)
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