Xiangliu And The Allegory Of The Cave

Xiangliu and the Allegory of the Cave

Can we talk about how the Nine Headed Demon’s story is a direct use of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave!? Like aaaaughhh. I believe the show references this but not in the English version.

The Allegory of the Cave goes as follows (obviously simplified for time): Several prisoners are chained in a cave, facing the shadows and away from the sun. They think the shadows are all that exist. One of them gets away and sees the sun. He returns to the cave to free the others, but they kill him.

Like, I think it’s SO COOL to use the allegory of the cave as a backstory for a villain.

Xiang Liu is such a fascinating character, and my favorite villain so far.

(oh also, yes, his story is also very Pandora’s box. I love mythology aaaahhgh)

"Your tunes do not bring me joy, Calypso"

Epic the musical where everything is the same except he just fucking. Keeps the baby. Carries it around in a sling. Fights monsters with a baby on his back. Sorry Circe can you chill with the sex stuff, there's a toddler present. Eurylochus you're shouting "Captain" too loud and you'll wake the baby. Hey do you guys think Penelope will mind if I bring back a baby from war? Give Telemachus a little brother, you know?

Odysseus getting annoyed with Poseidon

Losing my shit over this concept art made by Shannon Tindle

Gravity Falls Could Finally Get the Queer Representation it was starved of in 2012

With the Book of Bill coming out, a new cypher hunt underway, and a general revival of hype for Gravity Falls, it’s not far out to guess this might be build up for something more :) And if we get a Gravity Falls season three, it can FINALLY actually be queer. It’s 2024. We’re post-owl house. Tad Strange is already confirmed to have a thing for woodpecker guy, and we haven’t even gotten a third season/spin off show or anything yet.

Just think.

Cherif Blubs and Deputy Durland can be more than a joke. Wendy can be bisexual. Ford can be canonically the gay-ace-otherwise queer man he is. Mabel can honestly celebrate all kinds of love. Those two old ladies who weren’t approved in the love god episode could finally see the light of day.

Gravity Falls, the cartoon that pushed hardest for queer representation and was fought for every drop of it, could finally be as colorful and gay as it wants to be.

I just think that would be really cool.