I haven't started rereading the Titan's Curse yet (I'm still on the Sea of Monsters right now), but I just want to say: Atlas is not great, but I think he's still more sympathetic than Kronos. For one thing, Kronos represents a concept nobody quite likes: time. Seriously, who likes the cruel harshness of time and ageing? But for a much more obvious point: Atlas is sympathetic because of his punishment. While Kronos got debatably what he might have deserved (in a way Nemesis would have loved. He cut his father up, so his kids cut him up. Very eye for an eye mentality), Atlas is forced to hold up the sky for all time. Which is a punishment that makes me sympathize with him. He is evil, but I'd hate holding up the sky like that too. Still, Prometheus has it worst of all with the whole chained to a rock and pecked at by vultures thing.
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In tears. SOBBING.
Finally found a way to describe what PROVES Mild!Miguel to me.
And the answer is Hobie. Hobie's arc!!!
About to post it but I'm like SO UHHHHHH TO FINALLY HAVE IT IN WORDS.
Hobie is the parallel that helps us understand Miguel and what's going to happen to him AAHHHHH THEY FUNCTION THE SAME
Cause it's not anything we see on screen, that only backs it up. What proves it is the story structure in itself
Wooooo what a relief. The post isn't even long but I can't believe that Hobie was the answer to Mild Miguel all along!!
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Honestly everyone give it up for repulsed aces/aros. Yall get so much shit for having boundaries and its frustrating to watch. You're all getting sent complimentary gift baskets
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Something something Autism has a genetic factor Something something People can sometimes hate what they see of themselves in others
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friendly advice from vetmed: I know that when your animal has an infection that is generating a lot of discharge, you want to describe that to the veterinarian, because it’s a concerning sign. that is true. I also know that the most common word for this type of discharge is “pus,” so it’s logical that that’s the word that you’ll use when describing what’s going on. and in English, we often add a “-y” when we’re using a word as a descriptor.
but. the word. the word you are looking for. is purulent.
please stop sending in messages telling the doctor that your dog has a “pussy wound.”
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Language divides and building bridges.
Elesa’s feeling homesick. Emmet, bless his heart, tries to help by infodumping while Ingo frantically runs off to find water (crying is a very dehydrating experience).
((Would you look at that! The kids are picking up kantonese and galarian from each other!))
BONUS:
Heh. Callback.
Want to see more? Here’s the masterpost for submas!
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Once you stop thinking about queer people's labels as strict indications of what's in their pants and who they do/don't bed and instead view queer people's labels as how they interact with the world, you'll find that you'll get along with queer people better and treat them better, I think.
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i love seeing out of context posts about long-running stories with deep lore because it's always shit like "MAJOR SPOILER WARNING!! i can't believe that the metallic athenaeum's envoy actually used never-ending dance of the 57th universe on rionne as if she's not LITERALLY the incarnate of august?!?!" it's like buddy boy thank you for the spoiler tag but all of those words are incomprehensible without at least 5 years of foreshadowed knowledge, 7 different fan theories, and 21 wiki entries
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