My Reiner Braun Nendoroid, I Am Soooo So So Happy. He's One Of, If Not My Favorite Character. Now To

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!

I just got described as an "ad hating commie" by someone because I said a minute of youtube ads is unpleasant. fully spent 5 minutes arguing and defending youtube ads. insane stuff

oil brush <<<<<

like wtf

New fear unlocked: my favorite character looking concerningly pretty half-way through a show

New Historia, Ymir & Reiner illustration for the game Brave Order

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playlist #2: reiner braun ⋆˙⟡

🧸 i don’t smoke – mitski

🧸 jesus christ – brand new

🧸 heaven knows i’m miserable now – the smiths

🧸 step on me – the cardigans

🧸 creep – radiohead

🧸 boys don’t cry – the cure

🧸 serve the servants – nirvana

🧸 king park – la dispute

🧸 black – pearl jam

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"Astynax (the infant) was quiet and didn't cry when Odysseus was holding him and was even smiling and reaching out for him, because Odysseus was wearing his helmet, so he must have thought it was his father, Hector, picking him up."

Me after reading this take:

i fear i have a superiority complex over a vast majority of aot fans because i am one of the few who when watching season 4 in 2020 did NOT EVER HATE GABI now I lowkey think i'm better than everyone else because wtf you mean you hate this little 12 year old girl who is clearly severly traumatized and already has been shown to have been raised by a child soilder from the first episode??? this little girl who just watched her friends die and in response did the thing she was literally raised to do (FIGHT???) all this and then they defend eren bro there is no way.

guard cat

How is it now that I realise that the ones who have died are dressed at lil’ devils while the survivors are lil’ angels?! (ironic right?)

The official artists are the real devils. 😈