Thats so cool!
You Are Odysseus
So
I’m a teacher of Classical Civilisation that has taught the Odyssey for over a decade and studied pretty much every myth and story with Odysseus in it.. I think
and I’m writing an Interactive Fiction (choose your own path) version of the Odyssey, inspired by the Homeric phrase “he turned his great heart this way and that”, where you are Odysseus, allowing you to follow his decisions or make your own
and it already has 500 sections to it - written to emulate modern translations of the Odyssey, including the literary features of simile, formula, epithet, and the rest - and 21 different ways to die, and quite a lot of period and theme-appropriate alternatives
(and if I get time, the option to be Telemachus or Penelope, although that might have to wait because it’s already a monster)
and I’ve tested what I’ve made so far on my pupils, other Classics teachers, and some of the leading (and best-read) Greek Mythology podcasters and YouTubers, all of whom have universally loved it (yay!)
(EDIT: Oops and I presented on it at the Classical Association conference last year)
I’m trying to finish it this summer, but need a bit of encouragement to do so
EDIT: and I forgot to say that ideally I’m planning on it being a beautiful BOOK with an old-fashioned cover and lots of ribbons to mark your place ❤️ (ex-bookseller ofc)
so, please let me know if you’d like to know more!
(EDIT: or sign up here go get notified directly when it’s ready: https://ljenkinsonbrown.wordpress.com/you-are-odysseus-signup/ )
Yep! Safe space for everyone. The only kind of weird not allowed here is the predatory kind.
Also ... I myself am a werid tranny, so I fuckin hope my blog is safe for myself.
Right, considering the current state of corporate politics on this site, and that it seems that only those affected seem to be actively speaking on the matter, it is up to I, the only fucking cishet on tumblr, to drag this out to a wider audience.
We need to show these higher ups how much we truly value them.
Absolutely! Nothing like walking into the world being rent asunder!
What song from the Mechanisms would you recommend doing a drag routine to? Desperately needing inspiration for my next set!
Obviously Red Signal
Yeah, I been away for a while. But ya bois back, and with a new gender. Suprising how being stuck in the wrong body actually causes some serious anxiety and depression. But guess this is my official coming out on this website. Pronouns he/they and im gonna make that every bigot's problem.
Absolutely fucking incredible
I am so proud to say that my college is so LGBT friendly, that in a survey Res Life put out they forgot to include straight people.
Adding this to the sphere
Thank you Kamala for being the bigger person and acknowledging the Orange won. It sucks, but you were not in a place to do anything else.
Now its up to us to confront our neighbors with the world they have brought about, and survive long enough to either change their minds or wait for them to die off
Beautiful Science
milk of magnesia with universal indicator + HCL
The Mandalorian is literally a story about a supporting character.
Here are main characters, Bo-Katan and Ahsoka, hunting down big bads like Gideon and Thrawn, and Din is like “that’s nice, I’m just trying to find a really good preschool for my child” AND THAT IS HILARIOUS I AM FROTHING AT THE MOUTH WANTING TO KNOW THE MAIN FUCKING STORYLINE AND DIN IS REFUSING TO ENGAGE. HE IS LEGIT LIKE “not fucking today, not my fucking division” AND DRIVES OFF IN HIS SHITTY HONDA CIVIC WITH HIS GREMLIN CHILD THAT HAS ANGER ISSUES.
Cara Dune: "These stripes mean there are rules I need ro follow."
Din Djarin: "They have the kid."
Cara:
This is getting annoying as hell, yall. Stop going after my trans sisters, you know it's happening, Tumblr.
Its a tiktok holdover. Fuckin algorithms got us trained. But this website doesnt do that. And even if it does, none of us are here to get popular. In fact! Its one of the worst curses to bestow upon someone here.
So just do whatever your funky little heart desires.
just saw someone post “it’s common knowledge ur not supposed to spam reblog from someone ur not mutuals with” …..?????????? am i confused??? IS that common knowledge???? i try not to spam if i can help it but i actually personally love seeing spam notifs lmao??? unless i dont know what spam reblog means
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