famous works with titles that are unabashedly stupid but we dont notice because they’re so ingrained in pop culture
i love the fact that all of the mythology series Riordan has written take place in the same universe. like, the Norse gods have just been chillin for thousands of years and then all of a sudden the world almost ends once a year for 6-7 years straight cause of the Greeks/Romans and the Egyptians are pretty much just like wtf guys, but the Norse haven’t really been paying attention (cause, hello 9 worlds to look after) and just sort of show up one day like
CLOAKCLOAKCLOAKCLOAK
Does anyone want to see the presentation I made on what historical fashion trends we should bring back and which should burn in hell I made for a PowerPoint party?
riza hawkeye is the smartest fucking character in fma because she looked at herself, a shy sheltered daughter of landed gentry, and she looked at roy, an arsehole with a heart of gold desperately in need of a tragic backstory, and she saw the genre they were in, shōnen anime, and then CLAWED her way out of fridged wife-hood thru sheer grit and long-distance murder and we salute
A lot of the portrayals of the gods have caught me off guard. Ares especially. And they’ve all been great!
But Hades is great in a very different way. Because the Hades as portrayed in the show is how I remembered Hades from the books even though it wasn’t how he was actually written!
A lonely, out-of-touch guy just trying to do his best with a terrible situation. Awkward, nervous, but also totally in command. Not entirely likeable, but not awful either. A sad little meow-meow just like his son.
holy shit guys u have 2 check out this grandma
never let anyone tell u how many commas can go in a sentence, u measure that shit with ur heart
Zuko somehow meeting Todoroki face to face for the first time: “why do you get to have two eyebrows”
Todoroki gets to have two eyebrows, a mum that knows who he is and still sees him regularly, and two mostly functioning siblings
Meanwhile Todoroki is ready to fight Zuko for Iroh
Happy Father’s Day!
(Also. This one is drawn on paper cuz I’m visiting my dad’s who lives in a different state :P)
And then they all DIED