Everyone Seems To Like The Idea Of Dhawan!Master Being Rough In Bed, But I Raise You This: When You’re

And I will never get over it...

Tenochtitlan :’(

thinking about how after john andre was captured & staying at the patriot camp, ben tallmadge was assigned to basically hang out with him while the army decided what to do with him, and one day randomly was like “have you heard of nathan hale,” and andre was like “idk maybe, why” and ben was like “well he was my BEST FRIEND and they HANGED HIM AS A SPY” and andre was like “oh… sorry for your loss… but you wouldn’t do that to me would you haha” and ben was like “ACTUALLY WE DEFINITELY WILL” and that was how andre had to learn that he was gonna die lol

Oh dear lord... thank you so much for posting this, I'm not the only one who thinks this way. It drives me nuts that pop culture will set a show/movie/book (well, maybe book(s), not entirely sure on that one,) in Ancient Greece, or maybe will just use the Greek names of the Gods, but Heracles will be called Hercules.

I also appreciate that you pointed out how the Greeks also used syncretism

Listen, this is a very specific topic to be iffy about, but for your knowledge, the Roman gods are not the Greek gods.

The Romans were big on syncretism (the combination of different forms of belief or intellectual thought) and the adoption of foreign gods. The Greek deities were known since very early periods via the Etruscan culture, which was heavily influenced by Greece since the middle of the 8th century BC because of trade routes as well as the Greek cultural potential and would come to be completely engulfed around the third century BC with the Roman-Etruscan wars, but just like you’d see the Romans claiming the Germanic tribes worshipped their own gods under different names (the Germania by Roman historian Tacitus, written around 98 AD), the same happened here, and the fusion wasn’t 100% accurate.

While in the case of Zeus and Jupiter, for example, it worked well, Venus is far more motherly and political than Aphrodite (as Mars is the Father of Rome via the myth of Romulus and Remus, Venus is Venus Genetrix, Venus the Mother, and the only time you’ll see Aphrodite being motherly is in… the Aeneid, a distinctively Roman piece), Mars is an agricultural god as well as the god of war and has way more political connotations than Ares (he was a member of the archaic Capitoline Triad), Mercury is far more linked with commerce than the more pastoral Hermes, and the list goes on. Apollo was imported directly and very early (a temple for him, the Temple of Apollo Sosianus, was erected in the city of Rome as early as 431 BC), thus keeping the name but undergoing a very distinct Romanization of his attributes and worship. Janus, Quirinus and Terminus were very important Roman gods which had no Greek equivalent.

Isis, for example, was worshipped as herself, equated with a number of deities in both the Greek and the Roman worlds and some of her methods of worship and symbolism were associated with the Virgin Mary. It’s a far more complicated scenario, babes, especially when you consider Alexander’s conquests and the expansion of Hellenistic culture as well as its contact with many other cultures.

Syncretism is way more complicated than “the Romans just stole the Greek gods and gave them different names, the uncreative fucks”. The traditional date for Rome’s foundation is 753 BC and the Western Roman Empire would last until 436 AD. That’s over a thousand years of conquest, trade and growing and shrinking territories, and none of these factors are likely to leave a religion unaltered.

Besides, the practice of religious syncretism is way older and more common than you’d expect. The Akkadians did it to Summerian deities a few thousand years before this especially after the conquest of Sargon of Akkad in 2340 BC (“Mesopotamia: the Sumerians”. Washington State University). The Greeks were doing much the same with the Roman pantheon itself (Dionysus of Halicarnassus and Plutarch use Greek names for Roman cult), with the Egyptian pantheon and with the Scythian pantheon (Herodotus in both cases, though the associations would outlive him, such as the case of Zeus/Amon).

So, no the Roman gods aren’t the plagiarized versions of the Greek gods, and I could defend this in front of a jury.

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Pedro and Baby Yoda being too cute for words ♡

good evening friends this is a psa that i am massively in love with javier peña

Church of England: Today is the feast day of Thomas More, when we remember the Reformation martyr-

Thomas More’s ghost:

My knee flared up really badly today (pain + swelling. Not fun. It hurts a lot.) and if you have time I’d love some headcanons for The Boys helping with it/how they’d react to it 🥺 I am soft and you write the best headcanons. I always come to your blog and scroll through to make sure I don’t miss anything

Note: oh no, I’m sorry you’re hurting! I’m glad you enjoy the headcanons, I hope you enjoy these too!! 💖

Agent Whiskey:

He’ll be the picture perfect doting man. You won’t have to lift a finger, won’t have to do anything if your knee is acting up. Not while he’s around. He’s always quick to get you any kind of medication, heat, ice, etc etc. that you may need to help you feel better as soon as possible.

Javier Peña:

He’ll be almost annoying in how he won’t let you move. If he comes home and finds chores done or food made, he’ll just give you a look that tells you you’re in trouble because those things were his job while you recovered. Doesn’t stop him from being unbearably soft around you too, though.

Din Djarin:

Din gets very protective. Like, moreso than usual. He’s keeping a very close eye on you, making sure you don’t strain it any more than it already is. He’ll filter through his meager amount of med supplies, trying to piece together something that might be able to help.

Catfish/Frankie Morales:

He knows a thing or two about basic medical training from the military, so he’s quick to make sure you’re keeping it rested and either on heat or ice. He’ll do everything for you without suggestion or complaint, just so you can get the most out of your recovery.

Ezra:

He’s immediately rigging together some makeshift medical supplies to try and ease your symptoms. He’ll even try and use the flora around you if the planet is conducive for it. Either way, he’s staying by your side while you recover. He can’t bear to leave you alone.

Oberyn Martell:

You will want for absolutely nothing while you’re recovering, and you can bet on that. He may not be the one to wait on you hand and foot, but someone will. Preferably while he’s lounged out beside you, taking naps and helping you recover through relaxation.

Maxwell Lord:

Maxwell is making VERY sure that you’re taken care of. It’ll be one of the few times he takes time off work, just so he doesn’t leave you alone while you’re in pain. Even if you insist that it’s fine and you can still fend for yourself, he’s still staying close by so he can handle everything himself.

When Alistair said "you don't have to make me proud daddy, I already love you." That had such weight, I wish people would understand it. Love should really be enough between any two people.