#Minos the Troll
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Rambling about Sisyphus and Minos (Spoilers for Ultrakill, of course)
I love the parallel of Minos and Sisyphus. Minos wants to punish you for what you and your kind have done to humanity, and speaks very eloquently even amidst decking you in the face. Sisyphus wants to fight you because you've shown to be skilled in combat, and it's almost a fun challenge for him.
Minos says "Useless!" when you respawn, as if he knows that you're able to restart, and that eventually you're going to win. His character, and everything he's been through, is really a tragedy (A Greek tragedy if you will). Someone that tried to be good and do the right thing, but ultimately suffered greatly for it.
Sisyphus says "Keep em coming!" When you respawn. He knows that eventually you're gonna get the upper hand, but he doesn't care. He's having fun, and in the end, when you DO get him, he's laughing the whole time. It's all just a game for him; a comedy. He stole, lied, cheated his way into stuff, and that dude's spirit was never broken despite the punishments heaven gave him. Even when he knew he was going to lose a fight, he had a smile on his face.
#Ultrakill spoilers#spoilers#that being said Sisyphus YOU MAKE ME ANGRY#YOU ARE INSANELY DIFFICULT TO BEAT#I havent even beaten you yet but hopefully soon I will#minos prime#sisyphus prime#ultrakill#I cant help but give the dude a bit of respect#my man was just out to troll
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For asks - what do you think your OCs would be like in a modern (but still fantasy) setting??
In the early days of the WOTR madness setting in, a bunch of the mutuals created this unhinged Better Call Saul / Law and Order type procedural show idea and it sometimes reappears in my mind and I'm always reminded of just how nuts we all went in on it.
It had @dmagedgoods Eneas and @camelliagwerm Valerius as often at-odds lawyers and Mino was a private investigator who was like, always ready to throw hands with both of them because they protect the people she so desperate wants to convict. @turbulentpumpkin43 Ariadne was a crime scene forensic lab specialist and did a bunch of the labs for the cases. @bearvanhelsing Tyrel was a reoccurring white-collar business worker OR conman often protected by Valerius lmao, and @outeremissary Balthazar was an internet flame-troll and chaotic instigator that stirred up media storms and made things even worse for PR. Salvadore was there too and he was some up and coming senator, and Leonelle as well with a PR company but she got caught up in a scandal herself. My own Morolai was present on the side as the queen of her own lucrative fashion company, like if Giselle owned LV or whatever the biggest fashion company in the world is these days idk.
It was nuts and very chaotic in chat that morning and I'm trying to remember best I can, lmao.
The specific season finale we came up with was @bearvanhelsing 's Adelaide was under charges for poisoning an entire town's water supply (environmental terrorism) when really it's the result of some evil fracking company. It had @turbulentpumpkin43's Vesper who runs an eco-group supporting Adelaide's claims and trying to defend her, and Ariadne was doing the water sampling tests. It was big and dramatic because it was a TEAM-UP case, Mino and Eneas and Valerius forced to work together to get Adelaide declared innocent and find the real villains. The mafia was involved and I think Sal was like, in a gun fight with them. Balthazar had to be tracked down for information that could be used in the case too.
I am most definitely misremembered SOME things but that was pretty much the story.
SO YEAH, what would Mino be in a modern fantasy setting? Private investigator, easy.
Morolai would be queen of a fashion empire.
#silversirenwrites#I'm not tagging every OC in this lmao#it was chaos#and very fun for everyone to just spitball ideas#to a semi workable thing
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Creatures in the World of Mages
Aspssasin [WS 330]
Basilisks [WS 32]
Battering rams [AWTWB 39]
Brownies (can be part mage; can go to Watford) [WS 210]
Centaurs (can be part mage; can go to Watford) [WS 210]
Chimera [CO 5]
Counting sheep [WS 304]
Coyotes (can play poker) [WS 127]
Creek dryad [WS 160]
Demons (Do not talk to them; do not take their sweets; do not get in their vans; have to be summoned) (last demon entrapment case documented in 1800s) [AWTWB 18; 23]
Diphthong [WS 330]
Direhog [AWTWB 69]
Ditch Imp [WS 291]
Dolphins (Capable of speech) [WS 59]
Dragons (If dragons lose the use of a wing, the other dragons will kill it) [AWTWB 74]
Dryads (Hair “like moss” and dress “like one of those manga girls with the Victorian books and the umbrellas”) [CO 98]
Either/orcs [AWTWB 140]
Elf [WS 186]
Ent (Can be made of multiple types of trees; do not have faces; speak human languages; can engulf people in their bark) [AWTWB 205-207]
Fairies (live beyond the “fairy fog” in their own realm; have green wings that “shimmer in the moonlight”) [AWTWB 283; 569]
Fauns (can be part mage; can go to Watford) [CO 173]
Flibbertigibbets (Only takes two or three to kill a magician; make you lose your mind) [CO 113]
Fomorian (Chaos demon; Irish) [WS 138]
Fox Spirit [AWTWB 274]
Gargoyles [AWTWB 569]
Genie (Live in lamps; two rules - “You can’t wish for more wishes, and I don’t fuck with demons”) [AWTWB 141]
Ghost (translucent not white) [CO 79]
Ghoul [WS 127]
Giants (eat babies; hibernate for years at a time; have to be zoned for; have their own language; “Gog & Magog: World Tour 1993) [AWTWB 167; 169; 207; 207; 563]
Giant Eagle (there is a whistle that supposedly summons one) [WS 311]
Gnomes [AWTWB 207]
Goats of Watford (Have wings; protect Watford’s existence; only respond to select magic) [AWTWB 214-215; 340]
Goblins (green skinned; red lipped; handsome; can wear disguises; goblin who brings Simon Snow’s head back gets to be king; their gear is always cursed) [AWTWB 51; 53]
Gryphon (Conspiracy theory that the government is manufacturing them; give live birth) [WS 330; AWTWB 192; 447]
Gun demon (American only) [WS 127]
Harmadillos (not native to UK)
Harpies [AWTWB 146; 569]
Heffalump (Extinct) [WS 188]
Hell hounds (three heads; kept as pets) [AWTWB 307]
Hinkypunk [WS 160]
Imps (do not like to be confused with demons; make deals for children; play impdice) [AWTWB 369]
Jackalope (capable of speech) [WS 161]
Judas goats [AWTWB 39]
Lay-witch [WS 264]
Leach [WS 127]
Leprechauns (their gold disappears if you try to give it to other magicians) [CO 9]
lllamas (only one herd outside of South America owned by Malcom Grimm-Pitch) [AWTWB 39]
Loch Ness monster [AWTWB 565]
Magickal bees [Snow For Christmas 241]
Magickal swans (live in Oxford) [AWTWB 565]
Mermaids (can spread STIs between species; can have intercourse with humans; reproduce through fertilizing eggs) [AWTWB 184; 369-371]
Merwolves (do not like silver; blood takes like “gamy motor oil”; removed from Watford by Niamh) [AWTWB 317; 575]
Minotaur (Professor Minos; half-man half bull) [CO 81]
Mustkrat maiden (trick humans into trapping them so they can trade skins; have a thin layer of skin, both physically and emotionally) [AWTWB 204-205]
Nar-do-whal (one discovered in the Watford moat) [WS 329]
Ne’er-do-wolves [CO 132]
Night mares [AWTWB 39]
Nixies [WS 262]
Numpties [CO 132]
Otters with wings [AWTWB 184]
Paindeer [AWTWB 77]
Pegasus (Wings have “soft-white feather tipped with sky blue”) [AWTWB 109]
Pithbulls [WS 298]
Pixies (smell unique) (can be part mage; can go to Watford) [WS 210; AWTWB 25]
Prairie mog (American only) [WS 127]
Red devil [WS 139]
River spirit [WS 215-218]
River Phoenix (extremely rare) [AWTWB 150]
Sasquatch [WS 210]
Sea witches [AWTWB 496]
Sirens (can live in wells in America) [WS 127]
Sphinx [WS 162]
Spider-women (eight eyes; at least thirty fingers; four tongues; three hands) [AWTWB 248-249]
Spite sprite [WS 139]
Three headed snakes (can be killed by chopping off all three heads) [AWTWB 421-422]
Trolls [WS 329]
Unfairy [WS 204]
Unicorns (only capable of making small talk; can live on farms) [WS 58]
Vampires (need an invitation to enter every building; dislike the sun; need food and blood to survive; do not get sick; heal quickly; only immortal if they consume human blood; legal to kill them; Open signs and welcome mats allow vampires in) [AWTWB 59; 68; 285]
Vampire King [WS 290]
Venomous crested wood foul [Fangirl 101]
Were-adactyl (WS 139)
Were-pole-cat (live in surfeits) [WS 137-144]
Were-skunk [AWTWB 9]
Werewolves (After exposure, people must be quarantined due to the lupin virus; can be vaccinated against the lupin virus) [AWTWB 158]
Wosegers (worse version of badger) [CO 131]
Wraith [WS 127]
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Saint Seiya Birthdates
January
Capricorn
1 - Yoruhime Tsukishima
2 - Lionet Blériot
3 - Capricorn Eito
4 - Polaris Hilda
6 - Canis Major Sirius
10 - Black Canes Venatici Yudo
12 - Capricorn Shura
20 - Vampire Erhart
Aquarius
23 - Cygnus Hyoga
24 - Hakutaku Fei-Yan
25 - Hydra Curtis
26 - Owl Partita
27 - Papillon Myu
February
Aquarius
1 - Worm Raimi
2 - Mine
5 - Aquarius Degel
7 - Aquarius Camus
8 - Alioth Epsilon Fenrir, Aquarius Krest
10 - Hydra Ichi
11 - Quetzalcoatl Carbella
13 - Behemoth Violate
14 - Harpy Valentine
17 - Kraken Isaac
Piscis
20 - Centaurus Babel, Canes Venatici Asterion
21 - Cyclops Giganto
23 - Pisces Albafica
27 - Shelley
March
Piscis
2 - Scylla Io
7 - Harpy Chunfeng
8 - Sasha
9 - Pefko
10 - Pisces Aphrodite
13 - Frog Xeros
14 - Aries Theseus
15 - Poseidon Seraphina
18 - Aquila Marin, Seika
19 - Pisces Rugonis, Dryad Luco
20 - Sparrow Mudan
Aries
21 - Julian Solo
22 - Jamadhar Áima
24 - Ophiucus Shaina
25 - Griffon Minos
27 - Aries Mu
29 - Cerberus Dante
30 - Aries Shion
April
Aries
1 - Appendix Kiki
4 - Atla
5 - Miho
6 - Gioca
9 - Connor Lugh
12 - Crane Yuzuriha
14 - Aries Gateguard
15 - Alraune Queen
17 - Chameleon June
18 - Deadly Beetle Stand
19 - Aries Avenir
Taurus
20 - Shunrei
30 - Cepehus Daidalos
May
Taurus
2 - Taurus Francisca
4 - Bear Douglas
5 - Tokumaru Tatsumi
6 - Taurus Teneo, Black Cetus Allegre
7 - Sea Horse Baian
8 - Taurus Aldebaran
15 - Bear Geki
17 - Cor Tauri
18 - Taurus Rasgado
20 - Balor (Cruach)
Gemini
30 - Gemini Saga, Gemini Kanon
31 - Fluorite
June
Gemini
6 - Ahimsa
7 - Cat Sith Cheshire
8 - Wyvern Shouichirou, Gemini Soujirou
9 - Youalteputzli Nahualpilli
11 - Nasu Veronica
13 - Hypnos, Thanatos
15 - Bhuj Kókalla
16 - Sagitta Ptolemy
17 - Golem Rock
18 - Sea Dragon Unity
20 - Gemini Aspros, Gemini Defteros
Cancer
24 - Cancer Deathmask
25 - Pandora
26 - Elf Mills
30 - Cancer Sage, Altar Hakurei
July
Cancer
1 - Hanuman Tokusa
4 - Vouivre Garnet
6 - Garuda Aiacos
7 - Cattleya Mikagami
10 - Musca Dio
12 - Sphinx Esther
13 - Black Pegasus
14 - Cancer Manigoldo
16 - Wolf Junkers
18 - Black Herakles Laimargos
20 - Basilisk Sylphid, Wolf Nachi
22 - Black Altar Avido
Leo
25 - Celintha
26 - Nine-tailed Fox Hui
August
Leo
2 - Cetus Moses
3 - Deep Niobe
4 - Leo Regulus
7 - Laelaps Suzuri
8 - Jango
9 - Centaurus Photia
10 - Black Dragons, Chrysaor Krishna
11 - Upyr Leibold
12 - Bennu Kagaho
14 - Black Terror Ferser
15 - Phoenix Ikki, Herakles Alghetti
16 - Leo Aioria
18 - Leo Illias
19 - Lymnades Caça
22 - Auriga Capella
Virgo
25 - Esmeralda
25 - Sui
27 - Corvus Jamian
30 - Troll Ivan
31 - Pyxis Rusk
September
Virgo
1 - Saori Kido
3 - Pandora Heinstein
4 - Virgo Asmita
7 - Yi-Lin, Necromancer Charlotte
9 - Andromeda Shun
10 - Siren Sorrento
11 - Necromancer Byaku
12 - Agasha
14 - Genbu Gregor
16 - Alches
18 - Lycaon Phlegyas
19 - Virgo Shaka
22 - Kageboshi
Libra
25 - Bat Wimber
October
Libra
2 - Acheron Charon
3 - Puppis Lacaille, Dullahan Cube
4 - Dragon Shiryu, Black Andromeda
5 - Hao
8 - Salo
11 - Lacerta Misty
13 - Sylph Edward
16 - Centaurus Yugo
17 - Libra Itia
20 - Libra Dohko
Scorpio
23 - Atavaka
26 - Sagita Alcon
27 - Scorpio Kardia
30 - Wyvern Radamanthys
November
Scorpio
2 - Unicorn Yato
3 - Unicorn Jabu
5 - Corvus Rusé
7 - Gorgon Ochs
8 - Scorpio Milo
9 - Scorpio Zaphiri
11 - Perseus Algol
13 - Vela Tsubaki
14 - Mandrake Fyodor
15 - Lyra Orphee
18 - Sphinx Pharaoh
21 - Mermaid Tethys
Sagittarius
23 - Tezcatlipoca Huesuda
24 - Failinis
25 - Dubhe Alpha Siegfried
28 - Sagittarius Aeras, Athena (XV)
30 - Sagittarius Aioros
December
Sagittarius
1 - Pegasus Seiya, Ikaros (Touma), Garuda Matsuri
3 - Sagittarius Sisyphos
5 - Pegasus Tenma
10 - Equuleus Kyoko & Shoko
14 - Cassios
17 - Ursula Walden
19 - Minotaurus Gordon, Cetus Chris
Capricorn
23 - Mizar Zeta Syd, Alcor Zeta Bud
24 - Balrog Lune, Alone
27 - Capricorn ElCid
28 - Black Cygnus
30 - Lionet Ban
31 - Mephistopheles Youma
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[HC] Inframundo
Geografía
El Inframundo es accesible sólo a:
Almas de los fallecidos
Poseedores del 8vo Sentido (o un objeto bendecido por un dios)
Aquellos cuya alma se ha fusionado con una Estrella Maligna
A pesar de que el acceso principal se encuentra debajo del Castillo Heinstein (Thüringen, Alemania) se puede entrar por otras ubicaciones, como Yomotsu Hirasaka. No es parte del Inframundo, dado que no exige los requerimientos antes mencionados para transitarlo. Como Deathmask bien demostró, un mortal que no posee el 8vo sentido puede acceder a él, suponiendo que tiene los medios para abrir un portal hasta ahí. Sin embargo, en el Lost Canvas, pareciera haber una edificación en sus alrededores (como un puesto vigía), resguardado por Mandrake Fyodor.
Además, también está la torre en la que están selladas las Estrellas Malignas. Considerando que Dohko de Libra ha sido asignado desde el siglo XVIII para vigila este lugar, es posible que en el pasado fuera una base militar de Hades en la Tierra y Athena, al vencerle, la utilizó para sellar a sus guerreros. Una vez liberadas las Estrellas Malignas, son capaces de entrar y salir del Inframundo a voluntad, usando las ubicaciones antes mencionadas, además de otras donde se haga culto a la muerte (cementerios, por ejemplo).
Kurumada usa La Divina Comedia, de Dante Alighieri, como su influencia más fuerte para crear el Inframundo, cambiando ciertos detalles para una implementación más afín a Saint Seiya. También se permite implementar referencias al judaísmo (Muro de los Lamentos, Giudecca), antiguo Egipto (templo de Abu Simbel, 3ra Prisión), la Columna de Trajano en Roma (Elysion) e incluso la Victoria que corona la Siegessäule (Giudecca).
El Inframundo se divide en 8 Prisiones, 4 Valles, 10 Malebolges, 4 Esferas y otros puntos particulares:
Puerta de las Tinieblas
La entrada propiamente dicha al mundo de los muertos, cuya inscripción lee “Abandonad toda esperanza los que entráis”. Aún sin haberla atravesado, las características más prominentes del Inframundo son visibles: cielos oscuros, y parajes rocosos y estériles.
Río Aqueronte
Sólo las almas que puedan pagar el óbolo podrán continuar su viaje por el Inframundo. Aquellos que no, vagan durante 100 años antes de que Caronte acepte llevarlos al otro lado del río para que sean juzgadas. En la ribera también se encuentran las almas sin voluntad, que no son admitidas ni en el Inframundo ni en Elysion, varadas en el limbo. Nada les impide intentar cruzar el río por sus propios medios, pero estarán atrapadas en sus gélidas aguas eternamente.
Guardián: Acheron Charon
1ra Prisión – Tribunal de los Muertos / Palacio del Juicio
Con la inscripción “Palacio del Juicio” en el frontón, hay un silencio sepulcral que sólo es roto cuando se dicta sentencia sobre las almas que han cruzado el Aqueronte. Sus pecados determinan a qué prisión serán asignados para sufrir por el resto de la eternidad.
Guardián: Balrog Lune (Wyvern Radamanthys, Griffon Minos, Garuda Aiacos)
Valle del Viento Negro – Lujuria
El terrible viento de una tormenta violenta sopla las almas de aquellos que se dejaron llevar por la lujuria en un ir y venir que nunca acaba.
2da Prisión – Gula
Los glotones yacen en el fango producido por una incesante lluvia fétida. En el universo de Saint Seiya, se castiga en cambio a los avaros, quienes son devorados por Kerberos.
Guardián: Sphinx Pharaoh, Kerberos
Campo de Flores
El único lugar en el Inframundo en el cual hay vida. Diferentes tipos de flores germinan, y es el lugar en el que Eurídice fue aprisionada en roca, luego del intento fallido de Orphee en regresar su alma al mundo mortal.
Guardián: Lyra Orphee
3ra Prisión – Avaricia y Despilfarro
Los condenados a esta prisión deben empujar una enorme roca que representa el peso de sus incontrolables deseos día tras día, por siempre.
Guardián: Troll Ivan, Golem Rock
4ta Prisión – Ira
En el pantano del río Estigia, los iracundos luchan unos con otros hundiéndose bajo el agua, donde no encuentran placer en sus acciones.
Guardián: Lycaon Phlegyas
5ta Prisión – Herejía
Quienes desobedecieron las enseñanzas divinas quedan atrapados en tumbas en llamas.
Guardián: Deadly Beetle Stand
6ta Prisión – Violencia
Dividido en tres valles. Su antesala es un laberinto, resguardado por el Minotauro.
Guardián tentativo: Minotaur Gordon
Primer Valle – Flegetonte
La violencia contra las personas y la propiedad se paga al ser sumergido en el Flegetonte, un río de sangre hirviente y fuego.
Guardián tentativo: Cyclops Giganto
Segundo Valle – Bosque de los Suicidas
La violencia contra uno mismo, especialmente el suicidio, condena a las almas a transformarse en árboles y arbustos con espinas, de los cuales se alimentan las arpías. Quienes destruyeron su vida al destruir su dinero, propiedades y familias son perseguidos por perros feroces.
Guardián tentativo: Harpy Valentine
Tercer Valle
Los blasfemos (acostados), sodomitas (vagando en grupos) y usureros (sentados) sufren en un desierto de arena ardiente mientras que cae sobre ellos una lluvia de fuego.
Guardián tentativo: Worm Raimi
Cascada de Sangre
Se alimenta de las lágrimas de las almas atormentadas en el Inframundo. Según el Lost Canvas, en la parte superior de la cascada se encuentra el Mokurenji, árbol que se alimenta de dicha sangre para crecer y cuyos frutos serían usados para crear el rosario que atrapa Estrellas Malignas, pues son de un material similar a los Surplice.
7ma Prisión – Fraude
Dividida en 10 fosos circulares concéntricos (malebolge, “zanjas malévolas”), dentro de los cuales se castiga a diferentes tipos de fraudulentos en el siguiente orden:
Proxenetas: deben marchar en fila alrededor de la circunferencia de su círculo mientras son azotados por demonios.
Aduladores: sumergidos en excremento humano.
Simoníacos: de cabeza en huecos en la roca con los pies en llamas.
Adivinos y videntes: sus cabezas están volteadas 180°, lo que los obliga a caminar hacia atrás.
Malversadores: sumergidos en un río de brea hirviente y vigilados por demonios (malebranche, “garras malévolas”).
Hipócritas: forzados a caminar usando capas de plomo.
Ladrones: torturados por serpientes, lagartijas, dragones y otros reptiles, sus mordidas causando que las almas tomen formas diferentes, estallen en llamas y se regeneren para seguir sufriendo.
Consejeros malintencionados: cubiertos en llamas.
Sembradores de discordia: cortados a la mitad por la espada de un demonio, sólo para regenerarse y eventualmente ser cortado de nuevo.
Falsificadores: corroídos por diferentes tipos de enfermedades, como alergias y lepra, entre otros.
Guardián tentativo: Alraune Queen, Basilisk Sylphid, Papillon Myu
8va Prisión – Traición
El Kokytos (“Río de Lamentos”) tiene una envergadura tal que llega a parecer más un lago que un río. En sus aguas congeladas se entierran los culpables de traición y dependiendo de la gravedad de su crimen, dependerá la profundidad a la que se encuentran.
Primera Esfera – Caina
Traidores a los lazos de sangre, enterrados hasta la barbilla.
Guardián: Wyvern Radamanthys
Segunda Esfera – Antenora
Traidores a la patria, enterrados hasta la barbilla
Guardián: Garuda Aiacos
Tercera Esfera – Ptolomea
Traidores a los invitados, enterrados completamente y sólo con la cara descubierta.
Guardián: Griffon Minos
Cuarta Esfera – Giudecca
Traidores a sus amos y benefactores, totalmente cubiertos por hielo y sus cuerpos contorsionados en posiciones diversas. Es el templo en el que descansa Hades y Pandora le atiende, instruyendo a los Espectros con las órdenes del Emperador Oscuro.
En su parte posterior se encuentra el Muro de los Lamentos, el cual resguarda la entrada a la Hiperdimensión (también conocido como el río Lethe). Ésta sólo puede ser transitada por dioses, o aquellos que porten un objeto bendecido por ellos (el collar ceremonial de Pandora, Cloths bañadas en la sangre de Athena, etc).
Guardián: Pandora, Hades
Elysion
El lugar de descanso y gozo eterno de los dioses, y aquellos mortales que fueron virtuosos o guerreros heroicos. Ahí reside el cuerpo de Hades en un sarcófago, protegido de cualquier daño. Aparentemente, los cuerpos de Hypnos y Thanatos también se resguardan aquí cuando sus almas han sido selladas en el plano mortal.
Guardián: Hypnos, Thanatos
El Inframundo cuenta con su propio bestiario, albergando criaturas mitológicas de todo el globo cuya creencia ha disminuido en el mundo mortal. La cúpula del Ejército (Hades, Hypnos, Thantos, Pandora, Radamanthys, Minos y Aiacos) puede ejercer su voluntad sobre cualquiera de ellas, aunque es posible que haya individuos que, sin desafiarles, se niegan a cumplir órdenes directas.
Los demás Espectros pueden generar un vínculo con las criaturas para así ganar su confianza y lealtad, pero no obligarles a nada. No son mascotas de los Espectros, sino otros habitantes del Hades, por lo que es poco probable que tomen acciones de manera consciente. Se pueden usar para reportar o enviar mensajes.
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Hypothetical titles for season nine of 88
Amateur dramatics. Six months after the cataclysm. Findlay’s own reign of terror begins as she spearheads a charity event for the first time. Much to the inert horror of her family and friends. First appearance of Kelsey Grammer as Zane Caldwell, the acclaimed troll playwright who owns the theatre the event will take place in. Songs featured: https://hitchell-mope.tumblr.com/post/687937984929153024/88-the-audition-songs
An offer you can’t refuse. The precinct is visited by the newest crime family in town. The Caruso’s. Headed by Clarissa (Katey Sagal), her wife Carys Jamie Lee Curtis) and the daughters Cara (Christina Applegate) and Cora (Linda Cardellini). Songs featured: elephant love medley from moulin rouge performed by Skipper and Oswald. Son of man from Tarzan performed by Sidney
The damn dame’s Dane. Findlay has to contend with a dog obsessed family whose matriarch has gone missing. Songs featured: dumb dog from Annie performed by Drummond. And be our guest from beauty and the beast performed by the Caruso’s
Hashtags, hashbrowns and hashish. Gelman you vents a creative way to track a drug ring who’ve been pedalling their wares to local restaurants. Songs featured: slipping through my fingers from mamma Mia performed by Delaney and Findlay. And out there from hunchback of Notre Dame performed by Gideon
Neon purple Cindi Lauper. Phaedra Wilkins is murdered on her front doorstep and Findlay takes a unique approach to the mourning period. First appearance of Sigourney Weaver as Phaedra’s mother Natalia Clifton. First regular appearance of Jeff Bridges as Minos Wilkins. Songs featured: Rose’s turn from gypsy performed by Natalia. And send in the clowns from a little night music performed by Minos.
Nothing’s ever simple anymore. As Captain Birch’s team are benched from the Wilkins investigation on the grounds of conflict of interest, Findlay throws herself into planning the charity event. Which means an even more gruelling work schedule for the company. Songs featured: servants choir from my fair lady performed by the theatre company. And no one mourns the wicked from wicked on broadway performed by Findlay, Sullivan, Drummond, Lucia, Deucalion and Kimberly.
What’s not clicking? Findlay gets the latest fright of her life and when she starts hallucinating Phaedra. Songs featured. Alive from the strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde performed by Phaedra. And requiem from dear Evan Hansen performed by Minos, Natalia, Deucalion, Kimberly and Findlay.
Assistance. As his parents investigate a string of robberies on Staten Island, Drummond gets dancing lessons from Caldwell’s sons Zack (Aaron Tveit) and Zander (Jeremy Jordan). Songs featured: friend like me from Aladdin performed by the Caldwell boys. And boulevard of broken dreams from American idiot performed by Minos.
Making a joke out of justice. A murder trial takes a turn for the strange when Jacob thinks of a novel way to get a witness to admit the truth. Songs featured: there! right there! from legally blonde the musical by Jacob and his law partners. And all that jazz from Chicago performed by Lucia.
Counselling is not a bad word. Jones and Delaney reconcile their relationship through a month’s worth of marriage counselling. Meanwhile. Down three members because of the Wilkins case, Lucia convinces Findlay to hire Andy, Solaris and Coleman as replacements. Guest starring Mitchell Hope as Andy Christensen, Robbie Amell as Solaris Burnett and Paul Telfer as Colman Tarbh. First appearance of Alfre Woodward as Winifred’s sister, Dr Melinda Crenshaw. Songs featured: easy street from Annie performed by Lucia and the new hires. And sos from mamma Mia performed by jones and Delaney
The family for the whole family. The Caruso family discuss their plans for New York over dinner. Meanwhile. Drummond’s birthday present from Chambers, a lamp genie, ruffles Sidney’s feathers. Guest starring Brad Pitt. First appearance of Anna Cathcart as Odessa Wayne. Songs featured: be prepared from the lion king performed by the Caruso’s. And strangers like me from Tarzan performed by Odessa and Drummond.
Blood on the barstools. Midseason finale. Part one. A horrific snowstorm traps Skipper and Oswald in Golden Brick with a young Fae runaway who’s just gone into labour. Songs featured: part of your world reprise performed by Lucia. And you’ll be back from Hamilton performed by Clarissa.
Blood on the barstools. Midseason premiere. Part two. Everyone in the precinct tries to dig Skipper, Oswald and the baby free as the mother slowly bleeds out. Songs featured: pure imagination from Charlie and the chocolate factory performed by Skipper. And who I’d be from Shrek the musical performed by Gideon, Lucia and Alabaster.
Adoption. The 200th episode. From New Year’s Day to Valentine’s Day Skipper and Oswald engage in the streamlined process of adopting the baby. Meanwhile. Deucalion and Kimberly face off against Cora and her mage husband Kyle Crowder (guest star Matthew Lillard). Songs featured: you’ll be in my heart from Tarzan performed by Skipper. And hit me with your best shot from rock of ages performed by Cora, Kyle, Deucalion and Kimberly.
TWTW. It’s naming day for Skipper and Oswald’s new son. And Alabaster tries to get Findlay to relax when he thinks the charity event and work is getting too much for her. Songs featured: one from a chorus line performed by the theatre company. And go with the flow from wonderland performed by Alabaster and Findlay.
The coalition of first borns. Sidney and Beaumont confront Jones on his treatment of Sidney as Jacob and Lucia take Findlay for a night out. Songs featured: a man has dreams from Mary Poppins performed by Sidney, Beaumont and Jones. And bosom buddies from Mame performed by Findlay, Jacob and Lucia.
The syndicate. Part one. Lucia is brought in to help when the syndicate of childhood figures start being abducted. Guest starring https://hitchell-mope.tumblr.com/post/687862883198058496/88-the-syndicate-of-childhood-figures and Bill Murray as Donovan Wilmington. Songs featured: come what may from moulin rouge performed by Oswald and Skipper. And with a little bit of luck from my fair lady performed by Donovan.
Human ivory. Part two. Times running out to find baby new year and Vikram Claus. Songs featured: voulez-vous from mamma Mia performed by baby new year. And people from funny girl performed by Kimberly
23 years too late. Findlay is highly insulted when a clerical error means she’s next on the list of werewolf recruits. Except she isn’t. Guest starring Oliver Jackson Cohen as Travis Bourne. Songs featured hello little girl from into the woods performed by Travis. And step in time performed by Zane, Zack, and Zander Caldwell and the theatre company.
Hung jury. Gideon has to go into protection when a copycat killer starts murdering the jury from his brothers final trial. Songs featured: when you’re good to mamma from Chicago performed by Clarissa. And firework from moulin rouge performed by Lucia and Gideon.
Triple timing. Rehearsals heat up and are threatened when Lucia starts dating Coleman, Solaris and Alabaster all at the same time. Songs featured: can you feel the love tonight from the lion king performed by Coleman. And does your mother know from mamma Mia performed by Lucia, Coleman, Solaris and Alabaster.
Back seat. A lower decks episode featuring homicide detective Sonny Clowne investigating Phaedra Wilkins’s murder. Guest starring Keith David as detective Sonny Clowne. Songs featured. I am what I am from la cage au folles performed by Skipper. And monster from frozen on Broadway performed by Findlay.
The event. Season finale. Part one. The night of the charity event has arrived. Just in time for Sidney’s team to investigate a double murder at a brothel. Songs featured: https://hitchell-mope.tumblr.com/post/693286961380753408/please-no-one-reblog-this-it-is-not-finished
Broken apart. Season finale. Part two. The brothel killings investigation continue as Findlay’s hallucinations worsen. Meanwhile. Cara Caruso makes a plea to Jones and Deucalion. Songs featured: Story of my life from shrek the musical performed by prostitutes. Down the rabbit hole from wonderland performed by Phaedra, Giles, Hollis and Findlay. For good from wicked performed by Findlay and Lucia. Changing from Dreamgirls performed by Cara Caruso. Someday from the hunchback of notre dame performed by sidlay. And as a theme tune cameo, we all stand together from Rupert Bear performed by the five families of New York. Cameo appearance by Andy Samberg and Jared Padalecki. Final appearance of Hilary Duff as Phaedra Wilkins
#mine#copyright me#modern fantasy#kelsey grammer#katey sagal#jamie lee curtis#christina applegate#linda cardellini#sigourney weaver#jeff bridges#aaron tveit#jeremy jordan#mitchell hope#robbie amell#paul telfer#alfre woodard#brad pitt#anna cathcart#matthew lillard#bill murray#oliver jackson cohen#keith david#andy samberg#jared padalecki#hilary duff
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On Sale Now: https://www.zazzle.com/monster_inside_me_t_shirt-235324569544750891
MONSTER INSIDE ME - from the Official #CoolKids Merchandise Collection. Animal #monsters are outside the moral order, but sometimes have their origin in some human violation of the moral law (e.g. in the Greek myth, Minos does not sacrifice to Poseidon the white bull which the god sent him, so as punishment Poseidon makes Minos' wife, Pasiphaë, fall in love with the bull. Human monsters are those who by birth were never fully human (Medusa and her Gorgon sisters) or who through some #supernatural or unnatural act lost their humanity (werewolves, Frankenstein's #monster), and so who can no longer, or who never could, follow the moral law of human society.
Dynamix Gear, #DynamixGear, Monster, Monsters, Possessed, Monster Inside Me, #Gargoyle, #Ogre, #Troll, Demon, Monster Shirt
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I do not know if the American fandom of Saint Seiya happens the same, but the Latin fandom is common to see fans complaining and thinking characters like death troll, Aphrodite and Shun are weak just for being effeminate or senitimiental.
all those people are very blind, since the manga / anime makes it very clear that they are strong.
I see that many fans believe that he is a clown, idiot, weak, he says that this is a humiliation for people with the sign of cancer, but I am the sign of cancer and I love this character, it is fun and cosmic, good development , He also says that death troll is a bad character for not having doubts about his gender, making fun of it, I respect other people's tastes, but God, it made me win to hit these idiots for having a closed mind and not having something of empathy. But it was not only the development of him that he was my favorite character, but I also loved his personality.
He has more eggs than death mask, death troll kept insulting minos (I think that's what it's called) nor does it matter if he was going to kill him, death mask showed respect and admiration to Suikyō, he got too angry when minos insulted him, something that death mask will not do it, since he will be joking and insulting it does not matter if he realized that that person would fight to the death.
He says that he is a bad golden saint just because he is not serious, something that is silly, you do not have to be serious to be a good golden saint, to be a bad golden saint he had to be weak or to transition to Athena, to I think it's good that he is cosmic, since the manga would be good to have some humor, he has shown that he supports and protects Athena, although at the beginning we all thought that he was going to be a traitor like death mask, no He did, since as his name says, he is a troll.
He is strong, he was able to defeat Suikyō, something that Shion could not.
He was able to use a basic attack and destroy several without effort, apart from the death troll resisting more The Law of Awakening, although there are few scenes we can see the fighting, he uses traps and manipulates him so as not to break a nail. (I know, that reason is something silly for they do not fight seriously)
#Death troll#saint seiya#big post#manga#saint seiya next dimension#saint seiya manga#los caballeros del zodiaco#suikyo#death mask#minos#minos de griffon#griffon minos#manga spoliers#spolier#saint seiya spolier#If anyone thinks that all Latin Saint Seiya fans are idiots#they are not#I am Latin and I have found Latin fans who think the same as me and who are not as blind or deaf#so please do not generalize just because you have met one or more people who have a very closed mind#If you want to comment#please do it with respect#it's okay if you don't like the character#I'll respect him
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If you woke up one day and was in Phantasos' body, what will you do?
۞ ┊ Oh boy... that was a nightmare situation...
"...Tell Lune and Minos about the situation, then continue with working for the first court," he answered frankly. He could use Phantasos' body to go anywhere he wanted, but... well, the Underworld was a scary place...
He was better of continuing work than using the opportunity for free days off without his superiors noticing.
#anonymous#(Byaku's boring but he's young and he really believes in his work LOL)#(Although I think what would scare him is...when he wants to bathe or use the bathroom--)#((//DROWNED)#(Can you imagine the image of Phantasos working so diligently in the court books and all LMFAO)#(he'll tarnish her image just by being boring HAHAHA)#(I'm sure Minos is so much of a troll that he'll get the other gods to come and see how boring 'phan' became HAHAHA)
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BOBBY-LOVE AND FALL: First impressions.
iKON’s Bobby just dropped his first solo album. After all the jealousy and mean comments I read when it was announced that he would be releasing a full album, I really wanted it to be amazing. It is. Not the way I was expecting though. This album is definitely full of surprises. When MOBB (WINNER’s Mino and Bobby’s unit) made their debut I found out Bobby was the one who participated in writting the music for their titles and then Mino gave it his own spin. That’s why I put Bobby on my list of idols that make me excited about their solo careers specially since he’s only 21. He wrote all the lyrics and took part in composing every song for Love and Fall.
If you’re expecting this album to be a party hardcore hip hop trip then let me tell you it’s nothing like that. The only song that has a heavy beat that matches his previous song HOLUP! as well as MOBB’s FULL HOUSE is UP a collab with MINO. When Bobby went to MBC’s King of Masked Singer I was surprised about his singing voice. I knew he could sing because of the snippets he’s shown with iKON and MOBB but I didn’t know he could sing that well. I now wonder if he made that appearance as a spoiler for this album. I’ve listened to this album on repeat ever since it dropped just a few hours ago, here’s what I think about it track by track.
I LOVE YOU. As most summer songs in kpopland, the beat is tropical house. A fun song about love with a sad twist in the end. He mixes his unique voice with a few hip hop verses.
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RUNAWAY. One of my favorite songs of the album. A melancholic song about wanting to runaway when the pressure of daily life and fear of failing is suffocating you. I love the chill rap.
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다른 세상 사람 (A person who’s out of this world). A more hip hop based song with a slow beat about meeting a girl out of this world and warning her to stay away.
텐데 (I would). Another of my favorites. A song about turning a friend with benefits to a more serious relationship.
UP (feat. MINO). A song with a heavy beat with lyrics that talk about fame. This song gave me mixed feelings. I kind of wanted them to do a stronger rap on this track but I do think their lyrics are witty and fun.
SECRET (feat. D.K and KATIE). A very pretty mid tempo ballad. The lyrics talk about a girl with a boyfriend.
IN LOVE. This pretty love song is one of the highlights of the album. Bobby’s falsetto on this track is so beautiful specially with those strings in the background.
수영해 (Swim). A bright colourful song with a chill beat.
Firework. A sexy song that will make you unconsciously follow the beat with your whole body.
내게 기대 (Lean on me). A great way to end the album with this upbeat song about being there for the one you love in the hard times.
As a side note, I barely posted this when I realized the MVs had been taken down and reuploaded for the second time. Even though they haven’t confirmed it, seems like a hacker is doing this. Maybe someone who is not happy that Bobby got a full album. I can’t possibly relate to that kind of thinking. Either way I hope YG properly fixes the problem.
#iKON#YG#BOBBY#LOVE AND FALL#RUNAWAY#I LOVE YOU#MOBB#MINO#Song Minho#WINNER#DK#KATIE#kpop#d.K.#trolls
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Nico and Will will probably never have to worry about babysitters because of Hades and Apollo, just catch the two of them coming to wars just because they forgot whose turn it was to babysit.
Hades: YOU BABYSAT THEM ON SATURDAY DO NOT LIE TO ME, YOU TROLL-
Apollo: I WAS HAVING A CONCERT ON MOUNT OLYMPUS ON SATURDAY YOU LITTLE BITCH-
Hades: HOW DO I KNOW THAT YOU HADN'T SPLIT YOURSELF INTO MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES-
Apollo: BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE ME CHEATING ON MY FANS, WHEN I GIVE CONCERTS, I'M FULLY THERE, IT'S ART, IT'S COMMON RESPECT-
Hades: ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT I WAS SCREAMING AT MINOS FOR ILLEGALLY ALLOWING PEOPLE INTO ELYSIUM WITH TWO SMALL BABIES ON MY LAP?
Apollo: THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M IMPLYING-
Nico:
Nico: *giving the babies to Persephone* Take care of them, mama.
Persephone:
Persephone: 😌😏😎
Hades and Apollo:
#Hsjshsjeh#percy jackson#nico di angelo#will solace#tower of nero spoilers#solangelo#trials of apollo#rick riordan#tower of nero#ton spoilers#lester papadopoulos#pjo#hoo#toa#percabeth#percy jackson and the heroes of olympus#source: percy jackson#incorrect percy jackson#percy jackon and the olympians#leo valdez#jason grace#thalia grace#incorrect heroes of olympus#incorrect hoo#incorrect hoo quotes#incorrect pjo#hades#apollo#the trials of apollo
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behold a royalty au carraville fic, by the one and only raisin anon 🙌 [cw for referenced character death, as always]
When he had first walked into the tent and seen David’s dead body lie perfectly still, face stone cold and the warm laugh gone forever, Gary had thought the rest of his life would be spent in solitude and quiet. He’d resigned himself to dedicate all his waking hours to serve the Crown to his dying day because what else was there to do, now that the love of his life was gone.
That is the reason why his heart squeezed almost painfully, by longing, joy, love and sadness all at once, whenever he entered into his and Jamie’s private wing and heard an eight-year old’s giggles mixed with Jamie’s gentle voice, changing tones and accents to match the story he was reading to their son.
Neither of them had ever really considered it when they got married all those years ago. They dutifully and unhappily agreed to the arrangement with a desperate hope it would stop others from suffering as they had, and bringing a child into the mix would definitely mean bringing suffering onto others. But as the years went by, wounds slowly started to heal and they found themselves happy and content, always mourning their losses, but grateful all the same, for the second chance at happiness the Gods had granted them.
Maybe it’s because we did the right thing, Jamie had mused once, the first time he said he loved him.
We did our duty for the greater good, and they allowed us to be happy again.
Gary didn’t know what he believed neither here nor there, but what he did know was that at one point, the High Council had started to make poorly disguised suggestions that maybe they should consider heirs sooner rather than later, now that cold indifference had somehow turned to love.
Gary didn’t know how to explain to them that you can’t just will the Gods to send a child your way because a council demands heirs, but then Marcus had somehow managed to sneak into the stables to seek shelter from a storm, and well, funny how life turned out sometimes.
He stops just inside the door to their sitting room and takes in the sight of Marcus curled up against Jamie’s side, eyes eagerly scanning the pages of the storybook in Jamie’s lap, hanging on to every word.
Jamie’s voice changes from his normal accent into what he tries to pass off as refined and proper. The butchered pronunciation makes Marcus giggle and Gary has to laugh with him, which gives him away and Jamie and Marcus both look up from the book to him standing by the door.
“Pa! You’re done!”
Marcus hops down from the sofa and uses the setee as a springboard to hurl himself into Gary’s arms. He wonders briefly if other parents have mastered the arts of teaching their children that furniture and playgrounds are not the same thing, but has to let it go when his brain screeches catch!
“Yes, lad, work’s done. I’m sorry it took so long.”
Marcus shrugs and wiggles down to the ground again once he’s got a kiss on his temple, dragging Gary along with him to where Jamie is sitting.
“Da’s reading the story about the boy who out ate the troll.”
If he’s ever held at knifepoint and told to recite a story by heart, that would be the one. He doesn’t say that, though. It’s Marcus’ favourite. Instead:
“Aren’t you supposed to be in bed ?”
It’s late, at least for an eight-year old. The sunset was hours ago, and Marcus had early lessons in the morning. Jamie had even earlier practice sessions to oversee which meant it would be Gary’s job to drag a very tired boy out of bed come sunrise. Marcus stops and turns to him, a well-practised pair of puppy dog eyes boring into Gary’s tired ones.
“But Da said I could wait up ‘till you got back.”
It’s not really a whine, but it’s close. Gary directs a stern glare at Jamie for breaking routine but is met with an equally stern glare for what he’s assuming is working so long into the night the third time in a row. He’s not really in the mood to fight that battle, which he will most likely lose anyway. And after all, Marcus is in his nightshirt and looks ready to head of to bed any second.
“Why don’t you go and jump into bed, and we’ll finish the story there” he suggests and turns the boy by his shoulders and gives him a gentle push towards his bedchambers, just down the hallway
Marcus skips ahead, ever so well behaved, and Gary waits for Jamie to stand up.
“Sorry for the late nights”, he offers as they start walking. He really is, quite honestly, even if it can’t be helped.
“The trading deals creating more trouble than they are probably worth ?”
“It really should be very straightforward. But you know Mino’s reputation. Trading deals are not good enough for him. He feels he needs to be properly compensated for his troubles of writing letters for the deal to even happen. It’s driving me mad.”
Jamie hums in agreement and slings his arm around Gary’s waist. He leans in with a pleased smile on his face, mouth mere inches away from Gary’s ear.
“I can make you forget all about him all night if you want, you know”, he whispers. He’s never really been good at being sultry, but he doesn’t have to. The innuendo is enough in itself.
Gary could smack him for being so suggestive when he is so tired, and they got a bedtime story to finish, and after that, sleep to catch up on. Instead, he goes for the next best thing, turning his head so he can catch Jamie’s lips before he has the time to move away.
It’s not the light peck he intended it to be. In fact, Jamie even stops, so he can kiss back properly. Gary smiles into it and feels his heart squeeze again. A warmth spreads inside him, a kind of happiness he’d never thought would ever be there again.
David can never return from the dead. But his life didn’t continue on in loneliness and heartache as he might’ve believed when he first laid eyes on the dead body. He has Jamie to hold and to love and to be held and loved back. He has a son that stays up past bedtime to see him, who asks for stories and smiles brighter than the sun. They have a castle that was cold and grey and has somehow become a home filled with laughter and colours and smells of fresh cakes and biscuits.
He takes the hand Jamie had placed around his waist and laces their fingers together between them. When they pull away, they stand there for a second, noses almost brushing and he laughs.
It was nice, he thought.
Very nice, to be happy.
#carraville#royalty au#this is so soft and wonderful and brilliant#and exactly what we deserve after last night ♥#fic rec
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If Aspros were to meet and interact with the Judges, who do you think he will get along with? What would he think of them?
♚— Hm... That is an interesting thought to have... Let me start with what he would think of them first.
For Minos (especially the LC Minos), I feel like Aspros would know that Minos knows more than he lets on. Not only is Minos the first judge and has records of ALL dead people, in LC, I feel like Minos is the smartest out of all of the judges - he just doesn't bring up important issues because he wants entertainment (LC Minos one of the most sadistic characters in all of StS. Lemur/E.Saga still being the #1 sadist in my opinion, but LC Minos does make it to top 10). I feel like Aspros - because he always has his guard up when he's around anyone (yay, paranoia) - would understand and identify that Minos would be a serious threat if he didn't keep on Minos' "good side", whatever side that is. but even then, this would be Phantom Aspros, so even if he pissed Minos off, Aspros wouldn't really *care*. I think he'd troll on him, but if he could avoid it then he would.
For Aiacos... I actually don't know a lot about Aiacos in LC (lmfao guess which bitch skipped that part of the manga). But from the points that I gathered, I feel like Aiacos would be... slightly intrigued (?) by how merciless Aspros was in using people? I don't know if LC Aiacos is like that, but if he was, then he'd probably be interested in Aspros because it's like a morbid curiosity. And since this is Phantom, Aspros probably finds a morbid entertainment with Aiacos' ways. The two of them use others and throw them away for the sake of their goal. So they would be interested in each other, but I feel like Aspros' 'curiosity' would stem more from like a haughty/arrogant place rather than a genuine place. So he would mostly look down on Aiacos?? If that makes sense.
Now, for Rhadamanthys... I feel like the two would hate each other. Since Rhadamanthys is about being loyal to Hades (or, really, Pandora), and (phantom) Aspros isn't a loyal person when it comes to who he fights for. Being a judge, I'm sure Rhadamanthys knows some details about Aspros' moments alive (As I told a friend, I doubt that Phantom Aspros would go around bragging about his accomplishments of betraying/using others, especially his brother. He might not deny it if someone confronted him about it, but he wouldn't openly parade about it. Aspros is a very private person, after all), so Rhadamanthys would know that Aspros betrayed Sage, Athena, so on and so forth. I'm sure that Rhadamanthys would have openly objected to having Aspros in their ranks. Aspros is also not a needlessly confrontational person. He would openly show his displeasure for Rhadamanthys, but he wouldn't start problems he knows he has no time for (he is on limited time, after all). So, I would say that Aspros would see Rhadamanthys as a pain in the ass.
Now, for which one he would get along with... frankly, none of them.
He would PROBABLY tolerate Aiacos and Minos a lot more than Rhadamanthys, but he wouldn't 'get along with' them. Like I said before, Aspros is a very guarded and private person. This doesn't help that he died with Demon Emperor Fist controlling his soul beyond the grave. He doesn't only have remnants of his severe paranoia disorder, but he's obsessing over his set goal (the papal throne/fighting his brother). So, he honestly doesn't have time to get along with any of the Specters. He'll talk to whoever he needs to talk to, but in the end, he wouldn't 'get along' with any of them. He doesn't have time to anyway, as a time-lent specter.
#outofgeminga#anonymous#Hopefully this wasn't too confusing!#TLDR: he's pretty 'meh' with the judges and his paranoia + DEF keeps him from thinking about 'getting along' with any specter#If you really want to know tho? I feel like Aiacos would be the one he'd 'hate less'.#Just because Phantom Aspros is in the mindset of 'if someone is drowning in front of me I'll push his head under the water'#And Phantom and Aiacos sort of have the same mentality and they go about it in the morbidly gleeful way.#so that's probably someone he'd dislike less#but I wouldn't say it's in the 'get along' / 'befriend' territory.#It's just a mutual morbid tolerance I guess.#If it was post-corruption Aspros though lmfao no. He hates all of them and he would not associate himself with any of them#If it was pre-death post-corruption Aspros tho... I wouldn't put it past him to... Well... bribe?#But that would fail anyway and he'd be like 'it's alright. I much hate you too. It's a shame you didn't take the offer; now I have to end u#so.... The only one out of all of the version of Aspros who would willingly tolerate them would be Phantom.#Q
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I don't think you really wanted to know that much but since you asked :
Minos became the Cretan king thanks to Poseidon but didn't reward him as promised. Poseidon wasn't happy and cursed Pasiphaë, Minos' wife to make her fall in love with a bull.
Dedalus made some hollow wooden cow for her and they had sex (don't ask me how, I don't want to know) and then she gave birth to the Minotaur. So he's half bull, half human.
Okay no that's exactly what I wanted to know! Thank you so much. I wanted to write a short drabble featuring the minotaur and figured someone who had knowledge of mythologies would be easier to understand than trolling through Wikipedia pages for answers. Thank you sweetie!
#not rp#ooc#ooc asks#History nerd#nonnie#mythology is so weird. i love it#thank you for you help! that was so quick and succinct as well 😂 amazing#Minotaur
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Detective Pony - Episode 10, Acorn’s Shadow
“So you don’t have any real power over the story now,” Minos said.
“Just the power to troll us.”
https://youtu.be/_KiWHbkX0Og
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lily liveblogs BBC Atlantis 1x02, “A Girl By Any Other Name” (first half)
I actually watched this months ago, but I got interrupted about halfway through, and then there was a global pandemic and I lost my groove. This got super-long, so I’m gonna post it in two parts.
Thanks to @girlwhowasntthere for her help in making sure I could see it, and also for pointing out that Ariadne draws a stone in the first episode (which I totally missed!) so she's not just resting on her privilege there. Good for her!
In the pilot, we were introduced to Atlantis through the eyes of Jason, a dude from our world who has surprising connections to this city of dragons and despots that nobody *cough ORACLE cough* wants to tell him about. But he's managed to pick up two new friends - gruff-but-not-so-secretly soft Hercules, and Pythagoras (yes, that one) - as well as a love interest, an ominous enemy, and Not Die several times in exciting and dramatic ways.
Based on the teaser, it looks like the show is about to introduce another female character, which I am super-excited about, even though the name "Medusa" brings up All Kinds of Questions.
(cut for length and for lots and lots of botanical confusion)
Forest at night. Woman running through the woods while something ominous chases her. Are there forests in Atlantis? I don't remember seeing any in the surrounding wide shots when Jason first showed up from the beach. Where the hell is this supposed to be?
(Side note because I am a Certified Plant Nerd: Where was this FILMED? I'm gonna guess England because BBC and also the leaves look SUPER TEMPERATE, there are definitely maples in there.)
Woman collapses and the camera focuses on her bracelet, which I am sure will be significant later on. We don't hear anything, she starts to get up and I brace myself for a jump scare.
She's got a necklace, too, and I wonder if that's a Plot MacGuffin or if she just has good taste in jewelry.
Ok, so we see her pursuer sneaking up on her, and she turns, and we see it for the first time from her POV and... it's a cave troll! Or something very much like it. She screams, we go to credits.
None of the credits are backwards this time, and I'm so relieved because THAT WAS ANNOYING.
I like the juxtaposition of the ocean and the ruins, then the view of the city, because this show is called ATLANTIS, which implies it's really about the city as a whole (or the city as a character) rather than Jason, even though Jason is the protagonist and audience surrogate.
There are some mountains in the background that look like they COULD have forests, and I will reserve judgement until I see the sets in the daylight, but those mountains look like they ought to be chapparral or the local equivalent, NOT the kind of forest shown in the opening. I'm just saying. I have strong opinions about flora and I will share them.
I am so curious where Atlantis is supposed to be, but I think it's Crete? I'm going with Crete for now until I get more information.
Jason is tossing rocks into a pool because... he's just that bored? Missing the Internet? He's wearing a leather tunic thing and not shirtless, but I'm sure he'll lose it by the end of the episode.
He hears something and gets up and sneaks up on the person coming in the doorway, but I already know it's either Hercules or Pythagoras, and most likely Herc, so I am not surprised when it's Herc. Herc is late AND drunk and Jason is pissed. Apparently, he and Herc are working as security guards for a rich merchant?? (So that answers my question about how they're making money and paying the rent!!)
Jason runs to the Oracle's temple because he's in dire need of Cryptic Exposition and also a Greater Purpose in Life and where better to acquire a Noble Destiny?
"You should not be here," says the Oracle, which is just a classy way of saying GTFO.
"I need answers," Jason demands.
LOL, not happening, dude. She only deals in Cryptic Sayings, not answers. (Although kinda ironic given that the Delphic Oracle’s motto was “Know Thyself”.)
Jason mentions that the minotaur dude claimed he had a great destiny and you can just see the Oracle rolling her eyes, and be all, And you believed him?? LOL.
But Jason DOES have a destiny, even though it doesn't feel like it so the Oracle has to explain that this, too, is also a part of his destiny, and he should just lean into the suck.
Jason calls bullshit. Oracle explains she's trying to protect him, and "all will become clear", mic drop. Jason walks away bummed, but it's DESTINY for him to be confused right now, and I am sure he will have some sort of Character Development about this by the end of the episode.
Herc fell asleep on the job and wakes up to being licked by a goat, which is probably not the most undignified thing that will happen to him in this episode. Also, somebody stole his keys and robbed the thing he was supposed to be guarding, so I'm sure this will end well.
Cut to Herc trying to explain this to Pythagoras, and Pythagoras is calling bullshit. Pythagoras notes the goat slobber and does the best eyeroll to Jason, I love him.
(Hercules is like the roommate from HELL here. How did he and Pythagoras end up rooming together in the first place?)
There's a knock on the door, but it's not the angry merchant, it's the CALL TO ADVENTURE... an old man who's heard that they killed the Minotaur and wants help locating his daughter. I'm picturing an Atlantis version of Sherlock Holmes starring Pythagoras and Jason and it's awesome.
Herc does not want to touch this with a ten foot pole but Jason is bored and eager to help, and so Herc is going to get dragged into this whether he likes it or not. He tries to reject it on the grounds of money, but it doesn't work. The old man talks about his "duty as a father" to make sure his kid is safe, and that's all he needs to say to get Jason on board, because Daddy Issues.
Jason and a new female character, Corinna, are in the palace, trying to be stealthy and they run into Ariadne, which is... awkward. Jason tries to explain, and Ariadne says it's forbidden for Jason to be here... why? Because he's a man? Because he's a stranger? Because he's on Minos's personal shit list? I need some context here.
Jason quizzes Celandine, a kitchen worker, and learns that Demetria, the missing girl, went to the forest to gather herbs and was never seen again. I don't understand what Corinna's role in all this is , but she persuades Celandine to help Jason out by showing him the place where Demetria went.
Time for another marketplace chase! This time it's the merchant after Herc. Meanwhile, Celandine takes Jason to a forest that's super-arid and looks nothing like the one we saw in the opening. There's rock outcroppings in the background, too. No leaf litter at ALL. All dry ever greens... and then a wide shot showing a hill that looks like chapparral, with a series of mountains beyond THAT that look more temperate and have actual snow capped peaks and those are NOT IN THE CREDITS, NONE OF THIS GEOGRAPHY MAKES ACTUAL SENSE, BUT FINE.
Also, it makes zero sense that Minos would send kitchen servants to the forest WAY outside the city limits... wouldn't it be easier for everyone if they sent special people to do that and the kitchen just picked them up or bought them from poorer folk who did? Where are the roads? Are there any surrounding villages and encampments outside the walls? Shepherds watching their flocks? A road? How do the servants know where to go? What stops them from running away? Etc. Etc. I HAVE QUESTIONS, OKAY?
Cut to them in a different forest - still evergreen trees, but a different kind. Looks like a plantation. Everything is too neat and open and in rows. There's greenery, but no sign of any herbs or really any kind of understory. LOL.
Are we there yet? Jason wants to know.
These woods are rich with herbs, Celandine says, and I can't tell if she's being ironic or not because I DO NOT SEE ANY, THERE IS NOTHING BUT CONIFERS HERE, CONIFERS ARE NOT HERBS (though they can have medicinal uses!). Then she adds "If you know where to look" and pulls a knife to stab an unsuspecting Jason while he's looking at the ground, so I guess that answers that question.
(For the record, Celandine is a toxic plant that is actually native to n. Africa, and the Mediterranean and western Asia, so I kinda saw that coming from the name and also the ominous music and close-ups of her face.)
Jason wises up in time to Not Get Stabbed, and Celandine runs away. Jason chases after her, and I saw some FERNS this time in the chase scene, but again NO LEAVES or much in the way of forest diversity at all. Celandine drinks something that looks like poison and dies while Jason is interrogating her. The troll-creature lurks in the woods.
Pythagoras IDs the poison as hemlock. (LOL, of course he would know!) The only reason he doesn't mention that it killed Socrates is probably because Socrates hasn't been born yet, but I am sure the writers were tempted. Jason fell asleep in World History, and also every Literature class ever, because he has no idea what a thyrsus is, or who Dionysus and the maenads are, so Pythagoras and Herc get to explain for the audience! Apparently, the satyrs kill any men who crash their clubhouse, so that's what the troll thing is, I guess?
So apparently the maenads just kidnap girls to join their cult? This is not how I remember it, but okay, fine, let's have the all-female religion be EVIL for DRAMA. Does this mean the trio's going to cross-dress?
Demetria (?) is trying to dig her way out of cell, only to get called to a Secret Evil Ceremony that involves blood, chanting, and tearing apart a dude with their bare hands. Oh, wait, no, they just toss him to the cave trolls (LITERALLY LURKING IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND), which is easier to show on network TV, I guess.
Jason breaks the news to Demetria's father, and he's... aghast. "I won't allow it!" he cries. The show has not explained why it's a bad thing to be a maenad... aside from the whole killing people bit, but I mean, the king kills people all the time in the name of the gods, what makes this any different? (I mean, Minos's evil, but still! He's in charge!) Why can't Demetria be a maenad and still work in the palace and visit her dad? Isn't that what Celandine did?? I AM SO CONFUSED.
Also: father trying to control his daughter's actions is historically accurate, but sits poorly with me, even though she WAS kidnapped in this case and doesn't want to be there. But what if she wasn't? So far the show hasn't explained to me why EVERY WOMAN wouldn't want to be a maenad. Hanging out in the woods without any men and a lot of intoxicants sounds... way better than almost anything else they could be doing.
The old man collapses in grief and Pythagoras is also a healer, because he makes an infusion of what sounds like "Magnolia remenalis" (??). Which is odd because that genus is located in the Americas and eastern Asia, and even assuming trade routes from China are a Thing here, that wouldn't likely be a part of the typical pharmacopeia, especially if Pythagoras has no money...? And I know there are a bajillion species of magnolia, but I've never heard of this... and would he call it by a Latin binomial anyway? But if it's not that, what is he TALKING about? THIS IS WHY I HATE WATCHING THINGS WITHOUT SUBTITLES.
The old man guilts Jason into going after Demetria, of course, thanks to Daddy Issues. Herc is pissed, especially when he realizes they put the old man in his bed. I love Pythagoras's little smile when he explains that Herc is in charge of their guest, since he's not going on the Mission of Certain Doom!
Herc is so predictable, lol. He brings up the prospect of faking his own death to get out of his debts, and I CANNOT HELP BUT WONDER if this is going to be relevant later on. Like... faking your death so the maenads don't find you, perhaps? And changing your name??
(dear writers, if you don't want me to guess your plot twist, please don't PUT THE WHAM LINE IN THE TEASER, kthanx.)
OH MY GOD THIS IS THE SAME FOREST WHERE THEY FILMED THE FIGHT SCENE IN THE FORCE AWAKENS ISN'T IT? I *RECOGNIZE* THIS PLACE!!
(yup, definitely England. Puzzlewood, almost for certain.)
Of course, the most appropriate way to spend the night is to make a fire, eat soup, and tell ghost stories about maenads first, right? Right. The forests rustle. There's a cave troll stalking them. (Yes, it's supposed to be a satyr, but it looks like a cave troll from LOTR, okay??) He tosses something in the food, which probably means it will only impact Hercules, lol. Hallucinations, maybe??
Why anyone would trust Herc with night watch given his track record, ESPECIALLY these two, I don't know, but PLOT.
Yep, definitely the old mine in Puzzlewood. I'd bet money on it.
Herc follows a woman who looks like an elf from LOTR, lol... but it's a satyr in drag. (Or a hallucination?) IDK why everyone is making a big deal about the maenads when they mostly just stand around and let the male satyrs handle everything.
RUN, HERC, RUN! He's rescued by... Demetria, who also wants to get away. Somehow the satyrs don't see them? *shrug*
Demetria uses Herc's knife and cuts herself and walks out with a bloody mouth, claiming the satyrs killed Herc and she drank his blood... I mean, won't the satyrs call her on it?? But the ruse works and she leaves with them.
Meanwhile, Jason and Pythagoras slept through the entire night without incident, and I just... the satyrs KNOW THERE ARE THREE OF THEM. How come they didn't just slaughter them in their sleep, or at least attack them??
Also, if the satyrs only eat human flesh, how does the ecosystem even WORK? How many of them are there?? How often do they eat? Are they omnivores or obligate carnivores? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.
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