Cupbearers is a horror comic inspired by the myth of Zeus and Ganymede by @porcelain-rob0t
(TW for things that will be in this comic: body horror, implications and depictions of abuse, blood, gore, harm to animals, harm to children, themes of trauma, etc)
current favourite writing spot—cafe Pivot in Seoul—with an oat latte & blueberry earl grey tart + latest book I got ; MYTHOLOGY by Edith Hamilton—illustrated edition!!
Hello! An excellent recommendation for Greek indie music is Κόρε. Ύδρο.
The music isn't anything fantastic but the lyrics are great (and sad lol), I suppose they are good for practicing more natural Greek for learners. And they are a good vibe on any case.
Oh thanks for the rec! For anyone interested, that's the whole of the name. Copy paste it: Κόρε. Ύδρο.
Okay, I really, really need to talk about this. Because... look, folks, I usually do have a ton of problems with the entire "Let's make a Greek Mythology fantasy". Mostly because a lot of it downplays the shittyness of the Greek pantheon - and this entire iffy thing of folks giving all this gravitas to Greek and Roman culture... There is a reason we usually know stuff about that and not less about the Egyptian and Mesopotamian mythology. Doesn't mean I loathe all the stuff that includes the mythology (still absolutely adore Hades), but... my first reaction to some western media property including the Greek gods is usually to roll my eyes.
But let me talk about why I actually really liked Stray Gods in this regards.
Spoilers for the game!
The first thing that really stands out to me is, that they actually gave the gods a reason to be in America! In basically any Urban Fantasy setting I have seen so far that includes the Greek pantheon in America (and there are a few of those) there either is no explanation for those very European Gods hanging around in the US - or the explanation is along the same lines of Percy Jackson with "Oh, yeah, center of western culture has wandered to the US, so we are hanging around here now." The first - no explanation - one is fucking lazy. The second is just so... American self-importance.
So it was so nice to see that a) we got a reason in this game and b) the reason was not American exceptionalism. Like, the entire story with the gods being refugees from WWII? Fuck yeah, that is what I am talking about. That is the kinda storytelling I am here for. Not only does it give it a proper reason, but it also just gives the entire thing some juicy drama and... tragedy. Like, OMG, the entire Aphrodite story had me in tears.
But there is also the fact that this story does not idealize the gods at all. They are broken people. All of them. Trying to live out a glorious past that was not so glorious to begin with. The game tots got bonus points from me for making it clear, that Zeus was a fucking asshole all along. And also making Persephone the victim of Hades instead of making their story all cutsy like almost all interpretation these days do.
I also just generally appreciated the choice of the gods in this. Rather than going with either of the big three around, they really played up the female gods in this and that... I appreciate a lot. :D
So, yeah. The game really did good in this regard. I love it. Now... let me go back to fawning over Persephone. xD
Hello here are some of my lesser known interests if you like ANY OF THESE PLEASE DEAR GOD INTERACT I want to know if fandoms even exist for these anymore tbh
• Onlycans: Thirst Date
• Satyrs/Fauns
• Monster Prom/Monster Roadtrip/Monster Camp
• Pony Island
• Happy Tree Friends
• Blush Blush/Crush Crush
• The Animals of the Farthing Wood
• Rusty Lake Hotel/Rusty Lake series in general
• At Dead of Night
• Hypnospace Outlaw
• Warioware
• The Dark Pictures: The Devil In Me
• Jo_Sipu's works
I'm gonna think this is it then punch myself later..,