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Me: oh, just this couple that posts really sweet cosplay reels on Instagram. I don't even know half the characters they dress up as, but I'm hooked on their content

Sophia: cosplay is...fancy dress, isn't it?

Me: yep

Sophia: wait! She's wearing classical draperies and handing him a bow! I know that one!

Me: oh yeah, that's Penelope and Odysseus. I think a new movie version of the Odyssey just came out, so it's on everyone's minds

Sophia: couples still do fancy dress as the great lovers of literature? like they did at those masquerade balls that made the papers, when I was alive?

Me: apparently so!

Me: oh, just thinking how there aren't any lasting or celebrated stories about loves like mine. It wouldn't have been considered a good thing for a woman to show everlasting devotion to another woman exclusively, because you would be assumed to be single your whole life and everyone would constantly be trying to force you into marriage with a man

Sophia: constancy of love has always been a treasured virtue

Me: yes, but they didn't consider it love in that sense; they just considered it friendship

Sophia: it might be that sometimes they saw one and we took it for the other. Can you read those stories and pretend that the women in them feel as you feel?

Me: often, yes

Sophia: then perhaps they did, in spite of the authors' intentions

Sophia: ... also, my friend Estelle never married and frequently compared herself and her beloved Charlotte to Penelope and Odysseus regardless of gender

Me: were they separated for a very long time?

Sophia: she did this every time she had to go to the market and Charlotte stayed home

translation: PHILIPPINE EAGLE ATTACKED BY OVER 30 MONKEYS

A Philippine Eagle was rescued after being attacked by more than 30 monkeys in Bukidnon.

According to the indigenous Lumad who rescued the eagle, he was simply picking fruit when he heard a loud commotion from the trees, which is where he saw the eagle being attacked. The eagle is now under the care of the DENR for medical attention and rehabilitation.

translator's note from me: this got attention because the Philippine Eagle is also known as the Monkey-Eating Eagle.

and so the reactions are kinda hilarious. it started with people cyberbullying the poor bird, calling her an embarrassment

but then people came to her defense because 1v30 is not a fair fight

translation: That's how I'd look like too if my food suddenly attacked me

let's all pray for this diva and her hopefully smooth recovery!!

“Sawaga-Dalwangan is now alert and responsive. She is eating on her own, her wounds are clean, and the maggot infestation is gone. She has completed her antibiotics and other medicines, and there are no signs of an active infection,” said PEF in a statement. (link)

not only did she fight 30 monkeys, but later articles described that she was doing that while already injured with metal pellets embedded in her wings, most likely inflicted by hunters or poachers.

may her struggle and passing inspire more attention towards Philippine Eagle conservation. consider supporting the Philippine Eagle Foundation.