They look like they’re singing a high pitched duet.
This is so accurate it hurts
I'm in love with this.
This is the greatest thing I have ever drawn I am so proud
THIS IS THE BEST THING ON TUMBLR FIGHT ME IF YOU DISAGREE @opheliainthedark @humanrabbit @beebsinthetrap @icarus-two
I LOVE THIS
Me to my dad :(
@thedanishh, look at how adorable this man is! Look at it!
@opheliainthedark @beebsinthetrap @icarus-two @show-me-all-of-time-and-space @humanrabbit This man is on my Hug it List. It’s like a Bucket List, but instead of stuff I want to do before I die, it’s a list of people I want to give a hug to before I die. He is making his way to the top of my Hug It List
"Then J.J. Abrams said:'You might be a little short for a stormtrooper', but they gave him a part and made him an extra." x
That's amazing
“You fight like a girl.”
I’m sorry
I didn’t
realise
that
was
a
bad
thing
Reblogging because I’m sure the comic readers out there could add some more.
yeah
so sorry
i can’t hear you
over the sound
of me crushing my enemies
This list
was looking
a little
white
so here you go
watch tha
bodies hit
tha floor
this is the best post on tumblr, hands down
I will always reblog this
I love this more than you know
I can’t express how perfect this is.
Medusa by *MattRhodes
I dig this for a couple of reasons.
First, it’s got great style.
Perhaps more interestingly though, is that it’s a very different tone as far as the direction of aggression. Most people know the Clash of the Titans version where she’s on the hunt for him once he shows up. But let’s face it, Medusa really gets the shaft from destiny overall. She starts out as a priestess in a temple who gets raped by Poseidon and gets cursed for it as if it was all her fault. The result is that she’s basically doomed to live without human contact for eternity. Then she’s hunted down specifically for her head by a demigod whose got all sorts of great toys and backing to get the job done and depicted as some sort of horrible monster for defending her turf from folks out to kill her.
There are some really interesting theories about regarding just what the whole ‘gorgon’ thing was really about from a historical perspective. It’s really quite a tragic tale about the rise of patriarchy and the purge of goddess-centric worshipers. There are also parallels to the Apollo versus Typhon story which is part of the same era. Harsh.
See, even the demystified stories from ancient times are fascinating!
Reblogging for commentary.
I wish there were more nuanced portrayals of Medusa than as just a scary, snake lady.
Not to mention all this shit went down while she was pregnant with twins, the Pegasus and the giant Chrysaor, as a result from the rape. Perseus would mount Pegasus, and use him and Medusa’s head to kill a sea monster, thus winning him a wife, Andromeda. Medusa was cursed by the very goddess she served, Athena, who also gave Perseus the mirrored shield he used to slay her. Raped, betrayed by her god, hunted down like a beast in her own home while she was pregnant, her own children stolen from her and used to glorify and aide her killers and betrayers. And she’s supposed to be the monster?
That’s how Greek men saw the myth. Greek women viewed it as Athena protecting Medusa by giving her the power to make any man who looked at her completely harmless. Her head was used as a symbol to mark women’s shelters in ancient Greece.
Friendly reminder to remember that women have their own vivid lives and cultures and that the stories which are preserved today come through a heavy filter of gender, race, and class biases.
jesuswithalacefront
The above
All of the commentary is glorious, particularly the nuance added by the inclusion is the women’s perspective on the myth.
That completely changed my perspective of this myth, thank you so much.
#I THINK I KNOW SOMEONE ELSE WHO DIDN’T CARE FOR THE HIMYM FINALE (via @bethanyactually)
At first I was like nooooooooo
But then I was like yoooooooooo
Pixar and Marvel Parallels
Bonus:
THAT LAST ONE WAS UNCALLED FOR
NOT COOL