Prayers Were Dead Songs Lodged In My Head, Soothing, Routine Words That Meant Less To Me Than They Should

This is so sweet. 

Drypetis was such a soft girl; a little girl, with a wide coy smile hidden behind her hands and a tendency to stomp when she walked. She enjoyed the arts, and acted out small snippets of plays.

I remember once, she played at Ganymede and urged me to be Zeus. It was amusingly appropriate, given our age difference, and I made to spirit her away; as though she was the pale Trojan Prince. To my surprise, she instead took an ornamental sword and brandished it at me with relish, the hilt cracking against my left shoulder.

It seemed she had believed that the beautiful Ganymede had fought for his freedom here on Earth, rather than take the position as cup-bearer at Olympus itself.

It took the rest of the afternoon to explain to her that a cup-bearer to the gods was truly a sign of great status; but even when we parted after we ate, she still maintained that he would want to strike a golden eagle down; to show off such a magnificent bird with boyish charm.

(Really, the one with true boyish charm was her)

Against Whitewashing

I am begging whoever is casting the Mass Effect movie to not whitewash Ashley Williams who is Latina, when there are plenty of badass Latina actresses who could portray her. We already had to put up with Bioware whitewashing her in Mass Effect 3. 

He’s past the point of nooo return!

On this day: January 10, 49 BCE

Julius Caesar led a single legion south over the Rubicon from Cisalpine Gaul to Italy. In doing so, he broke the law on imperium and ignited civil war.

Can I Copy Your Homework? Mass Effect Andromeda Edition

I’ll Help You With It: Vetra Nyx, Lexi T’Perro

Yeah, Sure: Jaal Ama Darav, Gil Brodie, Suvi Anwar

Bold of You to Assume I Did the Homework: Peebee

LOL, Nope: Drack, Cora Harper

Wait, We Had Homework: Liam Kosta

Read at 5:55 P.M.: Alec Ryder, Kallo Jath (He read your message, but forgot to reply)

Caesar: Knowing when to shut up. 

Tertulla: Remembering when friends’ and relatives’ birthdays are.

Brutus: Any sense of self-preservation. 

Cassius: Seriously guys! It was a rhetorical question. 

Cassius: other than cooking, what basic life skills don't I have?

Bloodlines Characters in Quarantine

-Sydney: Follows all the quarantine safety protocols and only goes out when absolutely necessary. She has a list of educational tv shows, and apps for Declan. 

-Adrian: Is definitely sliding back into his drinking heavily habit, but is refraining from utilizing spirit for Sydney’s sake.

-Jill: Worries about her human friends, bingewatches her favorite tv shows, and occasionally provides her sister Lissa with some insightful ideas. Misses Eddie a lot, and Zoom calls him once a week. 

-Eddie: Is paranoid about accidently bringing home the virus, and has enough hand sanitizer for the whole neighborhood. Teaching Declan is the highlight of his day. 

-Angeline: Is going stir crazy about being locked up, but isn’t willing to put her friends in danger. 

-Trey: Spars with Angeline to cheer her up, and figures this mess will blow over someday. 

-Sonya: Is assisting humans in uncovering a cure for the virus, but has to be reminded to rest occasionally. 

A Note to Bi+ Men

Remember that badass bi+ men have existed in both the past and present, and you are a part of this amazing tapestry.  

-Alan Cummings

-Alexander the Great

-Hephaestion

-Julius Caesar

-Denholm Elliot

-Alec Guinness

-Sal Mineo  

-Conrad Veidt

We’re all pieces on a game board, Dr. March, and some of us are more powerful than others. You. Me. Her. We’re the ones the gods want. We’re the ones they’re fighting over.” “And I suppose you consider yourself the king on this board?” “You must not have played chess in a while. The king is the weakest piece in the game.” He gave Justin a level look. “The queen’s the strongest.”

Richelle Mead, Gameboard of the Gods (via mashamorevna)

Hell yes. 

what people think cleopatra dressed like:

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