Ok so obviously itās not a perfect movie. I would argue there isnāt a single movie thatās āperfect.ā But I really enjoyed Nolanās the Odyssey. Iāve been a huge fan of the book since I was a kid. I have read it at least 4 times front to back and reread my favorite parts even more often (āIām nobody,ā Argus, Athenaās lines, the underworld, etc).
Altogether, I really enjoyed the movie. The score was amazing. The story was compelling. The character designs and sets, though time period inaccurate, were interesting. However, itās fiction. You could argue it is historical fiction, but it is still fiction.
The liberties taken by Nolan did change portions of the story, but letās be honest, Homer took ālibertiesā with the OG camp fire versions 500 years before Homer came āround the block.
Like many others, I agree not hearing the āIām nobodyā was a little disappointing. Then, I was expecting more involvement directly from the personified Parthenon. However, it definitely made up for it in my opinion.
The gods are not showed in the physical realm, but that separation allows for there to be focus on humanity responding to such an influential war. Homerās Odyssey is the Grecian Bible. It details a variety of cultural laws and truths according to the Ancient Greeks. These would be the way you treat travelers, the comparison between civilization and barbarism, the way children should be reared, and the relationship between humans and the gods. Many adaptations do not go so deeply into these lessons like Nolanās did. The harping of the Law of Zeus by Nolan involves these teachings from Homerās book. I enjoyed that.
We also are able to see the story, not from Homerās birdās eye view, but rather as Odysseus and the other Greeks would have. We see the touch and power of the gods, just from a more animistic view. Also, while I think Zendaya would make a wonderful goddess of war (This is coming from a nerdy, historian lesbian with a knight kink) I enjoyed the way Nolan changed her role. She is still an advisor to Odysseus, even if she is portrayed as his guilty conscience. However, that is not the only way I interpreted it. Athena was a large part of the Trojan War. She was also deeply connected to her followers. Also, the gods are known for the abilities to shape-shift (see Zeus and even Zeusās law). It is not impossible for Athena to have been physically present in each Zendaya scene, but she is just using the form of her slain follower out of respect for her follower.
Altogether, Nolan did take liberties and changed portions of the Homer story. However, it is still a good piece of media that I enjoy and I think I would enjoy further movies like it that if they were made. All Iām saying is, I enjoyed this movie and Iām saying that both as an avid history nerd and an avid cultural nerd.
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Summary: Post Dispatch canon. Second Chance Romance.
Reader was in their back shimmying into a comfortable position. Their bandaged hand rested across their stomach. They let their eyes flutter shut as they listened to the low hum of the tv.Ā Then a loud knock on the front door rang out.Ā
āAh shit.āĀ
They pushed themself up with another groan. They ran a hand down their face as she opened the door, āYou better not be a fuckinā solicitor-ā
āReader,ā the man at the door spoke. He was older with a yellow sweater. His eyes were a bit red, but they were vaguely familiar-
āChase?āĀ
āItās so good to see you-ā Chaseās arms wrapped around them, āYouāre alive.ā
āChase?ā They asked again. They hugged him back in shock, āWhat are you doing here?ā
āI- I got a call,ā Chaseās hands fisted into their shirt, āI- they said you were dead. And then you- youāre back. I had to see you.ā
āChase-ā
āI missed you so much-ā Chase pressed his face into their shoulder, āYouāre alive-ā
āIām alright- Iām alright,ā they guided him inside, āCome on- take a breath.ā
They guided him to sit down on the couch. He hesitated before letting their shirt go.
āDi, I missed you- I thought Iād never see you again,ā Chase huffed sliding his glasses off to dab his eyes.
āYeah- itās been a uh- a busy couple years-ā
āThey said you were fuckinā dead,ā he scoffed sliding his glasses on.Ā
āItās a long story-ā
āWell you better get fuckinā on it-ā
āHow about you talk about why youāre like 80 years old?ā
āI look better than that-āĀ
āChase,ā they interrupted.
āMy uh- my powers age me about as fast as I fuckinā run,ā Chase huffed, āYour turn.ā
They gave him a dirty look before sighing. They held up their bandaged hand, āMy ring exploded.ā
āHoly fuck- yeah, weāre gonna need you to expand on that,ā Chase huffed.Ā
āChase, itās been a long story- I donāt even know where to start-ā
āWell, we got all the fuckinā time in the fuckinā world and I think you should fuckinā start with why last year I got a fuckinā call sayinā you fuckinā croaked on a mission.ā
āIt didnāt say I ācroakedā. Just that I was MIA-ā
āYeah, cuz thatās so much fuckinā better.ā
āI uh- fuck, do you remember that guy, Sinestro, I told you about?ā
āThe piss yellow fear fucker? Yeah.ā
āYeah, well, he awakened this fear demon parasite that attached itself to me until like last week?ā
āā¦Why canāt we ever have normal people problems?ā
āTechnically itās not a problem-ā
āIt for sure is a fuckinā problem. You were possessed for the better part of a year. And weāre still not to the hand thing.ā
āThe parasite exploded my ring when it attached. Itās been a stub a while.ā
āā¦So no more ring? Like for real?ā
āNope, ām retired or whatever. Fully on earth. No more space cop babe.ā
āā¦I- for what itās worth, Iām sorry. I know what itās like to lose your powers for stupid reasons.ā
āI- thank you, Chase. Really.ā
āDonāt mention it.ā
āI- I mean it- I know we uh- I know we didnāt leave on the best of terms. For either of our sakes,ā they started, āBut thank you. For being here.ā
Chase paused. He slowly set down his beer but couldnāt bring himself to speak.Ā
āI- itās been so long since Iāve been planetside for more than a mission,ā she continued. Her hand toyed with the seam of the couch, āOnly person āround Iāve known is the guy who runs the bodega by our old place- remember it? Yeah, he still makes a mean salami and rye.ā
Chase remained silent.Ā
āI begged and begged to not be discharged- even though I knew I didnāt have much of a choice,ā she murmured, āI aināt been anythinā but a Lantern in so long. Almost forgot how. So itāsā¦ nice. Seeing a familiar face. Even if we didnāt end on great terms.ā
āā¦Iām sorry.ā
āWhat?ā
āIām sorry,ā Chase repeated, āI- every time I think back to how we- how I ended it, I feel like shit. You didnāt deserve that. And Iāve spent the last year thinking- thinking about how Iād never see you again. How you were gone. Permanently. And feeling guilty that I practically threw our relationship away. Threw any time we could have had away.ā
āChase-ā
āI regret it every day. I regretted it the moment I said I wanted to end it.ā
āBaby-ā
āI just- I told myself I was doing you a favor,ā he murmured, āThat youād grow sick of me. Of my aging body. I thought Iād end it before you did.ā
He ran a hand down his face. He turned to face her directly, āIām so sorry. Iād take it back in a heartbeat. Iād do so many things different-ā
āThen what are you gonna do now?ā
āā¦what?ā
āYou canāt go back in time- you canāt change what you did,ā she said shifting forward, āSo what are you gonna do now?ā
āI donāt wanna hurt you again,ā he murmured.
āThatās not what I asked.ā
āI want you back, baby.ā
āChase-ā
āIf itās too late- if itās too late, I get it,ā he huffed, āBut- but Iād kick myself if I didnāt ask- didnāt try. After all this time. Not when youāre back from the dead.ā
āIts- itās not too late- I mean, if you really meant it-ā
āI mean it- I mean it more than youāll ever know,ā he took her hand in both of his.Ā
āFuck it- Iām yours, Chase,ā they squeezed his hand gently, āHell, āve been yours since- well for a damn long time.ā
Chaseās breath hitch but a wide grin spread across his face. He squeezed their hand gently. He brought it up to kiss their hand, āBabyā¦ā
āStay the night,ā they murmured moving closer.
āI- I canāt do much anymore,ā he began to pull back in instinct, āMy powers-ā
āWhat? No,ā they inched towards him again, āI wasnāt meaning sex- no, I just- I just donāt think I can stand another night without you holding me.ā
āā¦fuck- I love you so much.ā
āI love you too, Chase,ā they murmured kissing his forehead gently before cradling him close, āI love you too.ā
hi lancey!! i know in one of your earlier vampire asks about the fledgling stage you said when dennis is awake and not actively feral heās hiding in a dark room alone from all of the pain and heightened senses, so i was curious what exactly his reaction is the very first time he pulls a little bit out of that initial feral headspace. does he panic when rabbott tell him what happened and that heās now a vampire? do they even get a chance to tell him before heās darting off to hide? if this is a vampires are known verse i imagine dennis was raised to believe that they are creatures of damnation and while he probably stopped believing that years ago once he left home, i imagine itād be hard to shake the thoughts of what his family would think of him now if they saw what heās become.
Oh 100%
The first time Dennis is lucid, he feels like he got hit by a truck. His whole body hurts, his mouth hurts, heās starving and somehow more tired. It must have been a fucking hell of a shift. He lets out a soft groan of pain and buries his face back in his pillow.
āOhh, I know, baby bat-ā The vibration of his pillow statled him, but Jackās low croon is was jolted Dennis up, wide eyed at realizing that he was not in his own bed. Or alone. And that he had been using his night attedningās chest as a pillow.
āDoc-Doctor Abbot? I- how did I get here, what-?ā Dennis stuttered, staggering to his feet.
āEasy, easy kid. Youāre okay.ā Jackās trying to soothe him, slipping into that āIām-about-to-tell-you-something-very-seriousā doctor voice like that wasnāt going to freak Dennis out more. Dennisās stomach churned on itself in hunger, causing him to place a hand over it and see his sharpened nails.
āWhat the fuck?ā Dennis asked, his voice trembling as he stumbled over to the master bathroom.
āDennis, wait-"
Dennis flipped on the lights and looked into the mirror.
the first thing he saw was his eyes, the pinprick pupils and the way the bathroom lights turned them a reflective shade of ochre. Then the fangs in his mouth, and the irritated red of his pointed ears.
āAlright, Dennis, just take it easy, okay?ā Jack was on his forearm crutches by the door, subtly blocking it off with his body. A foreign noise left Dennis, high and thready and nervous that sounded like a dogās whine.
āWhat happened?! Why am I this-this-ā Dennis asked shakily. He knew what he was, he wasnāt dumb, but the idea that it was happening to him had him disoriented. This couldnāt be happening, it couldnāt, the lights were so bright in here and he could hear the steady breaths and Jackās sluggishly beating heart and- oh my god, he wasnāt breathing.
Dennis took in a shakey gasp, but the dizzying feeling didnāt go away.
āYou were attacked by a patient. You were helping a man who had been turned very recently, and he got a hold of you, Dennis. Iām so sorry. Robby only just managed to save you-ā
āSave me?ā Dennis croaked incredulously, a little histerically. āWhy did he get to make that choice? Why didnāt he let me go, why- this isnāt natural-ā Dennisās back hit the wall as he slowly slid down it to sit on the ground.
āOh my G-ā Dennis gagged and choked as the word haulted itself on his lips, burning like acid on his tongue. āI canāt, I canāt-ā He felt his mind get hazy with panic, the hunger making itself more loudly known as his stomach growled in the tight room. He was so hungry. Jack smelled so good and it made his stomach heave at the thought.
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Jack watched as Dennisās panicked garbles trailed off into harsh panting. He had sat down with Dennis, watching him spiral and trying to talk to him, but he could see the words were lost. Dennis looked up with teary red eyes and let out a warbling whine before crawling over to Jack.
āAlright, and feral Dennis is back.ā Jack sighed, his heart clenching at his little sniffles and whimpers. He probably couldnāt even pinpoint what was making him upset, just knew that Jack was a comforting presence. This he knew how to manage, letting the fledgling crawl into his lap and bury his face in Jackās neck. He rocked the two of them gently, rubbing Dennisās back until the sniffles tapered off into little hungry whimpers.
āLetās get you fed, baby bat.ā Jack murmured, bringing his wrist up to bite.
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POV: You are a clump of hair on the back of Gaius Julius Caesar's head, on the Ides of March in the year of the first consulship of Mark Antony and the fifth consulship of Julius Ceasar (15th March 44 BCE)
Soā¦ in the episode āPerry Lays an Eggā would the human Perry version be that he had a child? Like did Phineas and Ferb just find a baby in their backyard? Like did the neighborās baby wander over? Or did they just wildly find an egg and then decide it was Perryās? Cuz they are like 10 year old boys so I could see it butā¦
Like either way itās a wild assumption that Perry either just gave birth no matter the manner or if he laid an egg? But then Candace running with it just makes it more absurd.
Alsoā¦ would the āPerry suitā be like a a mascot of human perry? Or would it be like the Candacesuit episode.
No matter the situation, I am this close to abandoning schoolwork to make this potentially very cursed fanfic happen. Iāll keep you posted.
May I propose a headcanon within the Danville/PnF universe where Diogee is either a retired OWCA agent or an OWCA agent in training who like failed out like those too friendly police dogs.
Cuz like heās got some spy skills (can get to a deserted island in seemingly no time, always finds Milo and home no matter where or when, killed a pistachio monster pre anthropomorphism, etc) beyond standard canine training or even that of police or seeing I dogs.
And yes I do know about the Agent Ientee Diogee episode where he is mistaken for an agent but he kinda plays along.
So Bucky is like a science nerd right? (A lilā bit of a head cannon but he did go to the Stark fair thing and read the Hobbit so Iām running with it). Also this can be either older tower fics where Civil War never happens or newer ones that are Thunderbolt era or any other AU.
Wellā¦ what if he is still a nerd and stuff after all the Hydra stuff but doesnāt really do anything about it. If anything, he avoids the science lab at all costs for obvious reasons. Maybe someone (this can be an OC or like Stark or anyone scientifically inclined really) notices his aversion to the lab coupled with the genuine curiosity and interest in the science. So then whichever scientist starts leaving their notes out at the dining room table or the kitchen island āaccidentallyā. Sometimes they even work on it there in case Bucky wants to watch. Sometimes they also doodle/scribble in a notebook simplified versions or explanations of their work.
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Does anyone have a way to romanticize drying their hair? Like I hate it so much. Itās so loud and too much. But if I donāt, my hair gets so greasy and my layers get weird. So pls any help is greatly appreciated
So I am writing a paper about Moll Flanders for my English class and Iām using the word contrition. And now I have the PnF Dance of Contrition song stuck in my head. (The original one, not Rogerās new age one) And now Iām doing a weird wiggle dance as I write.
Maybe I've read too much BBC Merlin fanfic but I swear my Medieval Europe is some sort of druid or historian from the Middle Ages at least. Like all his emails are formatted like a royal decree with the subject line of āFrom the desk of (Prof name)ā, refuses to use anything more advanced that a chalk board, speaks fluent Latin and can read Old English, has very specific opinions of Arthurian legend and stuff of the like, and honestly I'm living for it. Fave class ever. 10/10.
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The ninja turtles shoulda been Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Titian. Titian is the greatest painter of the Italian Renaissance. Donāt get me wrong. I love Donatelloās work and his statues for the different workers guilds are some of my favorites. But he is early renaissance while the others come later. Sure they were likely inspired and influenced by his work but likeā¦ Titian was right there???
My face when I read water dragons (water wyrms) were commonly used as symbols of fertility (they farming and reproduction) and their long bodies are supposed to be of the reminiscent of a phallus
