Im Not A Classicist, But I Suspect One Of The Reasons So Many Of The Greek Gods Are Portrayed So Unflatteringly

I’m not a classicist, but I suspect one of the reasons so many of the Greek gods are portrayed so unflatteringly was less because they were seen as villains than because they represented their domains.  Of course Zeus sometimes misuses his power, that’s what a king does.  Of course Artemis’s wrath is wild and painful, that’s what nature can be.  Of course Hades snatched away a young girl from her mother’s arms, that’s what death does.  This is one of the reasons callout posts for some gods comparing them negatively to ‘nicer’ gods are kind of missing the point.

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do you...do you see how easy it is? how mind numbingly easy it is you don't even have to think about it too hard you can just (puts more black people in fantasy) (puts more asian people in fantasy) (puts more pacific islanders in fantasy)(puts more women in fantasy) (puts more nuance in each character design) (puts more depth in each character) do you see do you see this do y

This AmberDepp case has proven to me that you guys only care about the “perfect victim” because how is amber heard recounting how she was brutally assaulted by Depp and people are laughing at her.

Amber is in tears, choked up, and barely able to catch her breath. This livestream has a live chat. the entire live chat is laughing and mocking her as she describes the abuse. This is one of the crudest and most malicious displays of culturally & socially validated misogyny.

The thing that distinguishes Tumblr shitposts from shitposts on other social media platforms isn't the content, it's the register. The hairpin code-switching between very formal and very vulgar speech – the kind of speech that will use the words "increasingly" and "fucktrumpet" in the same sentence.

“Then I held you, and I knew the fates had brought me a son”