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Jay! JAY! You do not get to drop a fucking bomb like NSFLY plays during “Hurt more lives than I can count on my hands” and then move on! That needs a full in depth explanation because the implications of how Odysseus views the situation in that song is sending me into a downward spiral

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testosterone won't turn me into an anime boy it'll turn me into sonic the hedgehog

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It’s kind of crazy to me that with all the Greek mythology retellings out there we don’t have one focusing on Odysseus’s time with Calypso for the 7 years he was trapped on Ogygia.

You have so much room to explore the power imbalance of a goddess and a mortal man, the effect of isolation on the two of them, Odysseus reflecting on his life during the war and the loss of his men, his loss of autonomy, the emasculation of his position beneath calypso, the trauma of her violation, etc.

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It’s kind of crazy to me that with all the Greek mythology retellings out there we don’t have one focusing on Odysseus’s time with Calypso for the 7 years he was trapped on Ogygia.

You have so much room to explore the power imbalance of a goddess and a mortal man, the effect of isolation on the two of them, Odysseus reflecting on his life during the war and the loss of his men, his loss of autonomy, the emasculation of his position beneath calypso, the trauma of her violation, etc.

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“i can fix her” well i think the atrocities make her funny

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shout out seventeen year old Jaime Lannister for after undergoing the most traumatic incident of his adolescent life, breaking his Kingsguard oath to murder the evil king he was sworn to protect and also 3 other people because they were about to nuke the city, deciding that the most reasonable course of action afterwards was to sit on the iron throne and hang out for a bit.

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at the edge of the unknown / somewhere in the shadows

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kendall is posting "power to the people" and "deny defend depose" rn. no he is Not aware that he is undeniably included in "eat the rich".

shiv is doing the "violence is Never the answer... I can't believe people can be so ghoulish about someone's death...."

roman thinks it's funny as fuck. however he did double his security

tom is currently running 500 "could the shooter have been radicalized by among us???" atn news segments. he is also having stress dreams about being shot in front of waystar office

greg is also having stress dreams about tom being shot down in front of the waystar office (he would lose his job)

stewy is deleting his face and info off of maesbury capital website and locks himself in his house for like 2 days anxiously smoking weed and having acid reflux. he calms down afterwards but his security Is doubled and he vapes anxiously in his office when no one is looking

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Mercy? Mercy?

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20 years of waiting

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Thank you for being so strong agains Calypso she reminds me so much of a past abuser of mine and seeing the constant excusing of her actions is driving me INSANE. People get defensive when I say I don't care about why she does All That and it's so exhausting arguing with them :(

Oh absolutely!

And bless you for acknowledging and accepting your personal bias! YES, I think you seeing facets of your old abuser in calypso is valid, as it paints how you interpret her actions.

It’s not a wrong interpretation, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. The POINT of calypso is that she exists as this schrodinger's goddess - she is and isn’t whatever you see her as, and that’s canonical to how she’s presented in the musical. It’s a fact of her character.

It’s no one’s business but their own if they choose to see her as blameless or a manipulative: I will always be a proponent AGAINST anyone making blanket statements like “but she’s sympathetic/but she’s NOT a villain!!” because it has NOTHING to do w her role!

It’s not what’s being discussed. That’s an OPINION. You’re entitled to your opinion, but exempt from actual character discussion.

I made it VERY clear in this essay that ALL the villains of the musical are nuanced and their reasons are presented neutrally, that they are ALL monsters, and that it is a non-moralistic label, especially once it’s given to Odysseus who is the villain of the first and last.

To read all of that and come away w “but the reason calypso did that is sadder☹️” is so far off the point of the 10k word essay that mentioned her twice that I’m convinced that her Stan’s™️don’t care about her at all. Her FANS, of which I have had wonderful conversations with, love the shit out of her without being obstinate about who she is. It’s the most BASIC form of fandom etiquete.

In any case; your interpretation can very easily be backed up by the text, the same as any other, there is simply NO definitive “correct” way to view her, anyone who says as much has lost the plot. Literally.

I refuse to entertain people so caught up in their headcanons that they want to argue them w strangers over a fictional villain.

I fully support people who mind their business and enjoy their problematic fave in peace and joy without bothering those who don’t, in turn, bother them and are allowed to express negativity about said fave. She’s not real. We project onto her, and do so with respect towards each other.

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"Nothing."

— for madnurse on AO3, inspired by chapter 6 of "600 deserved strikes" (<- fic rec for the stout of heart) || full edited render of this lineart/sketch

Poseidon's design is neal-illustrator's as referenced in the fic.

"Poseidon’s eyes burned with a terrible, unfathomable light. For a moment, the god said nothing, letting the answer hang in the waterlogged silence. Then, with a slow, deliberate movement, he spread his arms. The gesture was alien, almost human, and it struck Odysseus harder than any blow. It was an offering, an embrace. Odysseus froze, disbelief flickering across his hollowed features. Was this a trick? A final test? ..."

👀 details below 👀

This is the first full render of anything I've done for near three years, and keeping it black and white was enough for practice. I tried colour, but it wouldn't convey the atmo as well.

Part of my resolutions for 2025 is to get back into shape again. Haven't had as much joy painting since the Cyclops Saga aired and gigi's and mircsy's stunning animatics dislodged a real old bottlecap on my joy of the arts. Being part of this fandom brought a huge breath of fresh air to a house full of grief and stale air.

So, ... thank you, the fan creators in the fandom, for your tireless work and passion and your tremendous loveliness.

💙 Happy new 2025 ✨🙇‍♀️🙏

Bonus for realness, folks, because my painting process is usually smth like this: As long as there's an angry Klingon in there, I AIN'T FINISHED. And yeah - CLIP Studio on my phone, that's all atm, I use pretty much the vanilla brushes and edit for contrast in another app after exporting - so the stuff is probs not very printable aside A6, but maybe in the future I'll do larger formats.

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I was having a gift exchange brunch with some friends at a cafe and while we were chilling it was the perfect time to touch up on my Mel sketch💛✨

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shadow and maria deserve the world

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POV You’re a suitor watching the beggar from earlier beat your friend with the blunt end of the bow nobody can string (you know you’re next)

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Like ships passing in the night, we were going in different directions on different winds, yet there was a moment in which we sailed together.

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Could you imagine the vibes on that boat after Odysseus’ crew go against his word and open the bag sending them all the way back to where they started near enough…

I like to think there was a moment somewhat like this