Ganymede And The Erotes (eros, Himeros)

become the most wretched of women

HII this piece might look familiar and that is because it is a rendered version of the red figure pottery piece I posted a while back... this is part of the same style study assignment as my helen piece :3 got a bit more symbolic with the background elements

God I love Lucy Gray.

I kind of feel like “The Idol” got a bad run. The finale showed how engaging it could’ve been if the project didn’t make smut its number one goal. I’m obsessed with getting inside looks at the rich and famous through dramas like “Gossip Girl”, but I wish The Idol explored other aspects of fame as opposed to…The Weekend…

i sing to thee, poseidon — o lord of the everdark waters — to him who moves the earth, who feeds from the fruitless sea,  o savior, helper, destroyer, & god — i sing  to thee. give me the heart to look upon  the storm ; give grace to my feet, let me  step through upon unbroken water & let the earth tremble with your strength. lord  of the sea — vast and endless is your glory as radiant as sunlight through gentle tides ;  bless me to be as foam upon the waters —  spray upon the wind — my boat unshattered and constantly sailing towards your sharp horizons —

Rihanna in 2007 ･ﾟﾟ･｡ᡣ𐭩

Analyzing The Abilities of Characters From The Boys Pt. XVIII

🧨 Ryan Butcher🧨

An under-analyzed character from The Boys cast, Ryan is the son of The Homelander. Being the first official natural-born superhuman, I find it curious that Ryan was never injected with compound V. Even though none of the babies could have consented to being shot up with a potentially lethal drug, Ryan having a genomic affinity for world shattering power forms the basis of any Evil Superman story you can think of.

Ryan being the first, and really the only one of his kind, creates this distance between him and the other Supes. None of them chose this life, but Ryan was raised with powers he never got to explore nor understand, while he was sequestered away under the protection of Becca. Homelander’s reaction to this lack of self realization is heartbreaking to me, specifically because, unlike Homelander, Ryan was raised a human instead of an experiment. I find it almost insulting that Vought essentially propped Ryan up to have the exact backstory they fabricated for “John”: a quiet life in a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, à la Clark Kent’s origin story.

Ryan being this cookie cutter doppelgänger of his father creates this dynamic of showing the audience the hero Homelander could have been had he been raised by people instead of maniacal scientists in a lab. Additionally, it provides a bitter form of clarity on the nature of corruption. Given the circumstances that John went through, wouldn’t any and every baby grow up to be exactly like him? You can try to explain that you’re special or you’re different, but without any form of support system or human socialization, and between being baked alive and probed beginning at infancy, I doubt most people would be capable of maintaining their humanity.

I pray that Ryan is able to truly internalize that the deaths of Becca, the stunt actor, and even Grace weren’t truly his fault. I mean, if someone gave you superhuman strength as a preteen wouldn’t you have an alarmingly high body count by now? If you ask me, the kid’s doing good, all things considered…

I think the most valuable lesson you should take away from his character is the concept of chance. Anyone, given the circumstance, could have been either John or Ryan. Ryan has the *chance* his father didn’t to be a real hero, but whether he chooses power or mercy, is entirely up to chance.

*Butcher’s influence on Ryan is fascinating to me because, he’s a horrible role model. Butcher has just as horrible tendencies and selfish whims as Homelander, and yet, in Ryan’s eyes, is the more humane of the two purely because he’s just some guy. Now that Butcher can rival the strength of Homelander, and Ryan knows everything his father’s done, only time will tell how Ryan will begin to unpack his new perspective on Billy.*

thinking about 2.12 and how we deserved some more of evil emma gilbert

anyways

apollo, achilles, and the death of troilus. REACH OUT, TOUCH FAITH.

Florence Welch, 2023 🧜🏻‍♀️

on

Adoration of

Selene's Wisdom

Latin:

O dea Selene, lucis et noctis regina,

Te adoro sub caelis serenitate divina.

Tua dona, intuentia et sapientia,

In cor meum descendat, tua potentia.

Adintra me, Selene, in tenebras mentis meae,

Ut lumen tuum inveniam, per teque laetor beae.

Sub caelo stellato tuae noctis clare,

Da mihi sapientiam, in lumine tuae lunae.

English:

O goddess Selene, queen of day and night,

I worship you under the divine celestial light.

Your gifts of intuition and wisdom, so pure,

Descend into my heart, your power to endure.

Enter within me, Selene, the depths of my mind,

So I may find your light and be joyously aligned.

Beneath the starry sky of your radiant night,

Grant me wisdom in the glow of your moon's light.

here's a list of affirmations in Latin dedicated to the Greek goddess Selene, along with their English translations:

Latin: "Te, Selene, veneror et laudo."

English: "I honor and praise you, Selene."

Latin: "Tua luce et sapientia me amplector."

English: "I embrace your light and wisdom."

Latin: "In lumine lunae tuae confirmor."

English: "I am strengthened by the light of your moon."

Latin: "Intuitionem tuam colo et sequor."

English: "I nurture and follow your intuition."

Latin: "In tua nocte, pacem invenio."

English: "In your night, I find peace."

Latin: "Selene, meam mentem illuminas."

English: "Selene, you illuminate my mind."

Latin: "Tua potentia me dirigat."

English: "May your power guide me."

Latin: "Sapientiam tuam quaero et capio."

English: "I seek and attain your wisdom."

Latin: "In tua lunae luce, prospero."

English: "In the light of your moon, I thrive."

Latin: "Sub caelo stellato, te sequor."

English: "Under the starry sky, I follow you."