Just Glad To Be Here

I actually do not give an actual fuck about (most of) the perceived inaccuracies and adaptive flourishes of Nolan's Odyssey and I think that some of you need to understand that stories can be good even if they are changed to fit a different thematic structure. I simply do not care about perceived mischaracterizations of one of history's oldest blorbos: Idgaf that it didn't include the Nobody detail when Odysseus' connection to the gods is tenuous and his sponsor god/the personification of his guilt wears the face of an innocent murdered as a result of his violations. His defining character traits are established much differently, and in my opinion, serve the medium far better. I think that some of you need to stop the rehash and enjoy a piece of art that claims inspiration, not accuracy.

10,000+ fake fics already?

and we're not even counting the ones that the supposed 'author' (llm users aren't real writers: hate me all you want, doesn't change the fact) hasn't disclosed as gen ai. same goes for fan art.

to that i say. begone @ wanna-be fic makers, spammers, baiters, fools, and stealers. try to create your own paragraph, support improving accessibility, then talk to us again. we're losing both skill sets and the ancient texts at a rapid rate smh

They are not the same thing.

But I agree wholeheartedly! Understanding ≠ forgiving. I wasn’t talking about forgiving the original post. I understand why Jax is the way Jax is. I empathize with Jax that it sounds like their family situation was incredibly abusive itself.

Homelander is my favorite character for gods sake. Doesn’t mean I condone anything he does.

But where the show loses me, and why I say it has this “you actually don’t have to ask your bullies if they’re okay” message (which again - not forgiveness) - is both Ragatha and Pomni explicitly stating “we should’ve asked more”. Pomni explicitly states “I should’ve pried more”. And then Ribbit apologize for “prying” almost ten minutes later and dies.

It’s almost comical.

If Jax wants to grow and heal and change that’s beautiful, but Jax is autonomous. And Jax isolated Ribbit until she killed herself (credit to Gooseworx themself below). And then Kuafmo.

And from Jax’s own perspective - would’ve kept the cycle going.

So yeah - forgive and move on. But also you are not required to ask *your* abusers how they are doing and you are not required to “pry more”.