ton-618-2

[ton-618-2]

remember undertale?

yeah in college i played it and couldn't beat that spider woman level so i had to get my college girlfriend to beat it for me. unfortunately for me she was a pagan and after we broke up she hexed me and I was attacked by wild animals for nearly four months. but we're on okay terms now. I guess what I learned is to not mess with witch stuff and that polyamory is just not for me. I'd try undertale again though.

[ton-618-2]

“The most accurate telling of Australian history in 5 minutes!”

[ton-618-2]

[ton-618-2]

Its almost a medieval torture technique if it has crusty sauce on it that smells off

The agony of thinking you’re finished doing the dishes only to turn around and to your horror: the pot.

[ton-618-2]

[ton-618-2]

i hate driving. here are the laws! if you break them there will be consequences! except youre also expected to break the law just a little bit. people will get mad at you if you dont. you dont have right of way but the person who does is waving you forward for some reason. here's the speed limit! it's not the speed limit, the actual speed limit is that plus ~5-10. the light is green but you're in the turning lane. can you go? should you have gone just then? the person behind you is honking at you. there's a weird noise coming from your engine; if you try to do the right thing and get it checked out, will you get scammed? you are driving a 1-2 ton metal machine rocketing at speeds unknown to humankind for most of history. around a million people die in car accidents every year; that's about one person every thirty seconds. if you take that seriously and try to drive safely then people get mad at you.

[ton-618-2]

[ton-618-2]

Aw hell yeah I got a cool ass pendulum from a friend!!! I can't wait to use it for communing with Lord Hypnos!!

[ton-618-2]

Aw hell yeah I got a cool ass pendulum from a friend!!! I can't wait to use it for communing with Lord Hypnos!!

[ton-618-2]

[ton-618-2]

141022 my friend pedro: ripe for revenge fanart

Dis one done with mouse.

[ton-618-2]

waiter! waiter! more 🍌, please

[ton-618-2]

Nah we still do that down under. At least in less gentrified areas of Sydney

[ton-618-2]

Hypnos: Lord of all gods and men (no, seriously)

Alternative Title: Why Hypnos would fuck everyone up if he wasn't so chill about everything in Hades.

A lot of people in comments and threads mention the story of how Hypnos put the king of the gods, Zeus, to sleep not once but twice and got away with it, but tbh this only glosses over a lot of detail about how powerful and influential he is - or has the potential to be, if he wants to.

I found this cool book on Amazon The Spell of Hypnos: Sleep and Sleeplessness in Ancient Greek Literature and though I've only viewed the preview, there's so much interesting stuff there. The majority of the below is taken from the Iliad.

Going back to the incidents with Zeus - both times, they occurred because Hera enlisted Hypnos to help her undermine her husband for her purposes because she was pissed at him.

The second time, Hera asks Hypnos to put a sleeping Zeus into a state of slumber that can only be achieved by gods or godlike forces, what the wicked queen from Snow White would call 'sleeping death': where even brain activity is stopped. Hera likely took this extra measure to ensure that her powerful husband's consciousness could not be stirred. Zeus is as close to death in this state as a god can be, that's how still and deep it is!

Further, Hera flatters Hypnos by referring to him as 'lord of all gods and men', putting his subordinate self over the Zeus himself. But this isn't baseless flattery - by putting the king of the gods to sleep, Hypnos takes Zeus's power to control the gods and men away. For a period of time, Hypnos strips the king of the gods of his power and makes him as senseless and helpless as a dead mortal!

Hynos's hold over mortals has its limits, though they are far more vulnerable to it, whereas Thanatos - Death incarnate - holds them forever. But while Hypnos's control is escapable, the scope of those who fall to his power is far wider, including even the immortal gods themselves.

In works of Homer, Hypnos is again referred to as the lord of every living being. Sleep, and only sleep, earns the epithet meaning 'subjugating everything'. There's more evidence for this in other places, but you get the picture.

To recap:

Hypnos can subjugate any living thing.

Hypnos put the literal king of the gods to sleep - twice - and got away with it. (The second time, Zeus never even found out it was Hypnos who'd tricked him!)

Hypnos can send even the king of the gods into a sleep so deep and complete it resembles death. He can put gods closer to death than literal Death incarnate!

Everyone, bow down to your true lord - Hypnos!!

[ton-618-2]

Once again recommending donations to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund. Not only is it a credible organization, you can donate any amount, so even if you don’t have much money, you can still contribute what you can towards humanitarian aid in Gaza. It takes donations via credit, PayPal, and mailed checks.

[ton-618-2]

[ton-618-2]

silly billies