icarus

“if you need to be mean, be mean to me” and it’s victor yelling at the creature for things that are out of his control

“if your hands need to break more than trinkets in your room” and it’s victor hitting the creature, trying to get him to learn something or retain some sort of new information

“just don’t leave me alone wondering where you are” and it’s the creature calling out victor’s name while he’s surrounded by flames

the creature pointing to himself and repeating “victor” as if it’s his name too

victor saying “yes, yes, yes. of course you are. of course you are” then resting his head against the creature’s chest to hear his heartbeat as they hold each other

oh my gosh. apparently that’s what it takes to bring me back to tumblr

for once in my life, i have very few complaints about a movie/show adaptation of a book (everybody say thank you guillermo del toro). the biggest thing i don’t like is the fact that henry isn’t in the movie, but it was amazing nonetheless

*loud incorrect buzzer*

(headcanon) once odysseus arrived in troy, penelope received a message from him telling her to not cut her hair and to keep it long. he basically says in the letter that she should just trust him, he’ll be more than fine when he gets home and she has long hair. in the same letter, odysseus mentions how he’ll be “sharing a tent” with diomedes. penelope, having met diomedes, immediately makes the connection that

diomedes has long hair.

reposting this theory from my tiktok because i would explain it verbally if i could, but that’s too much effort.

please feel free to share your thoughts or opinions or disagreements because i LOVE hearing other opinions!!/srs

y’know that whole “i see a man who gets to make it home alive, but it’s no longer you” thing? i’m 99.99% sure the end of get in the water/all of six hundred strike was when he changed (no longer was himself). it wasn’t during monster, or when ody cut the tails of the sirens and let them drown, or even let the rest of his crew die just so he could make it home. Its was (as i mentioned in another little post) when he finally let go of polites during get in the water. any part of him that felt mercy and wanted to try and just talk things out was left behind.

i’m sure we’ve all heard people say “oh, the old me is dead”. i’m pretty sure that’s what “i see you draw your final breath” meant. “i see YOU draw your final breath” “but it’s NO LONGER YOU”.

the best way i can explain it is that ody, odysseus, captain, warrior of the mind, THAT GUY is dead. now all that’s left is a monster, the ruthless king of ithaca who would trade the world and his humanity to see his son and wife.

“OOH, GET IT JORGE!! THE MUSIC IS 5 SECONDS DELAYED, BUT I GET WHAT YOU’RE GOING FOR!!”