Dearest Aliciavance4228,

Dearest aliciavance4228,

I am writing to you on this glorious day to ask the reason behind your inclusion of such a strange picture of an ant in your post explaining Athena's interesting association with there kind?

Why was he (the ant) so close to the lens. Why did it (the ant) look like that? Couldn't you have used a picture with the ant farther away from the camera lens?

Just one look and I've been traumatized, for whenever I close my eyes I see that dastardly ant staring back at me. I fear you have given me a panic attack and, worst of all, unlocked some hidden fears I have not yet understood.

It is too late for me.

Your Most anonymous,

🐼🩷

The funny part is that last night I opened my Tumblr forgetting that I made that post and almost got a heart attack too lmao.

Jokes aside, I'm sorry for that. Promise I will be more careful next time. 👍

This is very off-topic but a girl asked me if we want to hang out once. I told her that I'm not good at swinging as a joke. For some reason she looked at me as if I said that I just killed someone and left me.

Now I understand why people avoid talking with me.

RS be like: I'm not going to make Hera and Zeus siblings because incest is disgusting. Therefore I will make both of them sleep with their in-laws.

Even if they aren't related in LO, it would've been way more interesting if Cronus would've slowly start to perceive Hera as his own daughter in time. And the worst part is that Rachel couldn't even think of Hera manipulating Cronus through her intelligence or cunning. It had to be sex.

It took me centuries to figure out that one of my favourite dynamics from fiction is the problematic father-daughter one, where the father is either a villain or a very morally grey figure and the daughter has mixed thoughts and feelings about it, but ultimately wants to be loved by him.

Raven and Trigon

Emily and Kozmotis Pitchiner

Hera and Cronus

Rose and Albert Vanderboom

I've read somewhere that the main reason why Apollo is unmarried is because he loved the Muses, but couldn't marry all of them. Yet I cannot remember where is this thing mentioned.

But if this is actually real then it would be hilarious af.

Guardians of Childhood (Book Series) VS. Rise of the Guardians (Movie) Character Design Comparison

Jack Frost

Nicholas St. North

Toothiana

E. Aster Bunnymund

Sandman

Kozmotis Pitchiner

The idea that there could be any sort of connection between Athena and ants is actually quite fascinating.

There is a myth of a woman named Myrmex whom Athena was in a relationship with until she pretented that she invented the plough. She was then turned into an ant by the goddess. Furthermore, I've seen some people on the Internet claiming that Zeus ate Metis after he tricked her to turn into an ant, yet I cannot find any sources that state this version so I'm not going to take it as valid.

But the main reason why I like the idea of Athena being associated with them is because they resemble her to some extent. Ants are known for their intelligence and complex social structures. They built their own cities, farms, garbage dumps and cemeteries. They have 250.000 brain cells, which is quite a lot for an insects and also one of the reasons why they're considered some of the most intelligent ones to ever exist.

At the same time though, they are SCARY AF. They are the only animal besides humans known for domesticating other animals and keeping them as pets. They also have slaves. And they also kill their old friends after they turn into "zombies" (old story). There's also an ant speies where there are only females. They're not reproducing themselves through sex, but through a process similar to cloning.

Also, they can carry things 50× times heavier than them, so it would be enough for them to be the size of a cat in order to wrestle the shit out of you.

Also also, here's how ants look like under a microscope:

Anyway, I'm not sure where I'm going with this post, but Athena being associated and/or having connections with ants would be an interesting concept in my honest opinion.