something. about. the horror of being sent on an impossible (death) quest and obligations and hospitality politics. the trauma of not having a home, and then the trauma of being in a house that becomes actively hostile to you, one that would swallow you whole and spit out your bones if you step out of line. all of this is conditional, your existence continues to be something men want gone.
it's about going back as far as I can with the perseus narrative because there's always a version of a myth that exists behind the one that survives. the missing pieces are clearly defined, but the oldest recorded version of it isn't there! and there's probably something older before that!! but it's doomed to forever be an unfilled space, clearly defined by an outline of something that was there and continues to be there in it's absence.
and love. it's also about love. even when you had nothing, you had love.
on the opposite side of the spectrum, this is Not About Ovid Or Roman-Renaissance Reception, Depictions And Discourses On The Perseus Narrative.
edit: to add to the above, while it's not about Ovid, because I'm specifically trying to peel things back to the oldest version of this story, Ovid is fine. alterations on the Perseus myth that give more attention Medusa predate Ovid by several centuries. this comic is also not about those, either! there are many versions of this story from the ancient world. there is not one singular True or Better version, they're all saying something.
Perseus, Daniel Ogden
Anthology of Classical Myth: Primary Sources in Translation, edited & translated by Stephen M Trzaskoma, R. Scott Smith, Stephen Brunet
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What happens now?
Do we have another go?
Do we bow out and take our separate roads?
🌻 Watch the whole video on yt!
For @desert-duo-week day 5 - Allies and Enemies 3 days late LOL o7
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Rei, you’re sparkling! ✨
K: Are you drunk already? I guess that is your second glass…
R: No… well, yeah probably. But that’s not it.
K: Then what’s got you so giddy?
R: I don’t know. I’m just… happy, I guess.
K: Aw, yeah?
R: Yes. I mean, look at us. We’re spending our first night alone in months watching a movie we’ve seen a hundred times and drinking cheap wine in our underwear.
K: Well damn, you make us sound like boring old men…
R: Pfft you are a boring old man. (Hey!?) But no, I’m serious. When I was a kid, I never even dared to dream that I’d be able to have such a normal, boring life. But now? Now I get to spend my days with you and Miri. No more chaos, no more killing. Just… cooking meals, doing laundry, attending Miri’s school events - normal, boring stuff. And right now, we’re in our bed, I’m in your arms, and yeah, I’m a bit tipsy. This is a dream come true for me.
K: Mmnnn Reiii~! C’mere!
R: Ah, wait! Kazuki! You’re gonna spill your drink!
K: I don’t care!
@kazureiweek KazuRei Week 2023 | Day 5 - Date Night / Laundry & Taxes
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hallo ✋i have put together a little zine about maglor 🦀🎻 it features 8 awesome little fics about him as well as my best remastered maglor art and 2 new artworks 🤩 (and it's free!) you can download it here ⭐️
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