My Street Is So "Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You," Coded, No?

As someone who got into greek myths when I was 10, because of pjo ^^^ no notes : perfection even

a quick psa to anyone recently getting into greek mythology and is a victim of tumblr and/or tiktok misconceptions:

-there is no shame in being introduced to mytholgy from something like percy jackson, epic the musical or anything like that, but keep in mind that actual myths are going to be VERY different from modern retellings

-the myth of medusa you probably know (her being a victim of poseidon and being cursed by athena) isn't 100% accurate to GREEK mythology (look up ovid)

-there is no version of persephone's abduction in which persephone willingly stays with hades, that's a tumblr invention (look up homeric hymn to demeter)

-as much as i would like it, no, cerberus' name does not mean "spot" (probably a misunderstanding from this wikipedia article)

-zeus isn't the only god who does terrible things to women, your fav male god probably has done the same

-on that note, your fav greek hero has probably done some heinous shit as well

-gods are more complicated than simply being "god of [insert thing]", many titles overlap between gods and some may even change depending on where they were worshipped

-also, apollo and artemis being the gods of the sun and the moon isn't 100% accurate, their main aspects as deities originally were music and the hunt

-titans and gods aren't two wholly different concepts, titan is just the word used to decribe the generation of gods before the olympians

-hector isn't the villain some people make him out to be

-hephaestus WAS married to aphrodite. they divorced. yes, divorce was a thing in ancient greece. hephaestus' wife is aglaia

-ancient greek society didn't have the same concepts of sexuality that we have now, it's incorrect to describe virgin goddesses like artemis and athena as lesbians, BUT it's also not wholly accurate to describe them as aromantic/asexual, it's more complex than that

-you can never fully understand certain myths if you don't understand the societal context in which they were told

-myths have lots and lots of retellings, there isn't one singular "canon", but we can try to distinguish between older and newer versions and bewteen greek and roman versions

-most of what you know about sparta is probably incorrect

-reading/waching retellings is not a substitute to reading the original myths, read the iliad! read the odyssey! i know they may seem intimidating, but they're much more entertaining than you may think

greek mythology is so complex and interesting, don't go into it with preconcieved notions! try to be open to learn!

Pictures in my camera roll that remind me of the song 'sun bleached flies'

(They're all outside my local church, btw)

- Pluto at 5:38 AM this morning

FROM THE DESK OF TAYLOR SWIFT Chairman, The Tortured Poets Department (2006-2024)

Sooooo I’ve been looking for references for the Poseidon/Odysseus/Zeus sandwich and… I don’t know, guys… I can’t imagine Odysseus being between them and NOT looking absolutely terrified. Not having Odysseus enjoy it… IT MAKES IT SO DISTURBING, GUYS! Right now, I’m going to have the one in the middle be an anonymous figure, and if I get the mental strength to draw Odysseus instead, I’ll give you guys a heads up.

Taylor Swift Red Album Photoshoot by Brian Doben & Sarah Barlow 2012

Finished book 12 of the Iliad, and the best part was definitely when Zeus sent the Trojans an omen telling them that they should retreat, and when Poulydamas points this out, Hector just tears him a new one. He literally says he doesn't give a flying fuck about these birds and if Poulydamas leaves the fight or convinces anyone else to he will stab him. That was personal. Like Hector must've had some grudge against Poulydamas previously because wtf.

When someone asks what my favourite musicals are and I have to tell them it's 2 musicals that aren't even fully written yet, set in the ancient world, and my updates about them are primarily from tiktok...

(*cough cough* ceaser the musical and epic the musical *cough cough*)

percy’s view of himself: i’m so stupid and ugly and useless. i’m such a lame demigod

literally everyone else’s view of percy:

Anyways, my history teacher was talking to us about the Treaty of Versailles and to introduce us he asked if any of us were swifties and played 'Don't blame me' by Taylor Swift.

So basically, the best lesson of my life.