I won’t hide it: I’m so unused to being – well, understood, perhaps, – so unused to it, that in the very first minutes of our meeting I thought: this is a joke, a masquerade trick …
Vladimir Nabokov, Letters to Véra
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[I] - Iris (Ἶρις) was the goddess – or, better yet, personification – of the rainbow, and a messenger for the gods.
Apollo: Hyacinthus, it's cold outside. Let's hold hands. Hyacinthus: Oh okay! Zephyrus: it's fucking summer-
Norse mythology from A to Z:
[F] - Forseti is the god of justice, public judgment, mediation, and reconciliation.
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[N] - Nike (Νίκη) was the goddess of victory, depicted as having wings, hence her alternative name “Winged Goddess”.
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[E] - Eris (Ἔρις) was goddess of chaos, strife and discord.
Cupid and Psyche, Paolo Andrea Triscornia, late 18th century, marble, Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg.
Achilles: Quick! You're losing so much blood! What's your type?
Patroclus: Long blond hair, dreamy eyes, sweet smile.
Achilles, staring at him and blushing: ...Oh.
Patroclus: *dies*
The fact that Python is Apollo's greatest enemy and snake is Asclepius' sacred animal will always be funny
Part 2
Eva Rydin as Lucia, 1955, Sweden.
Achilles: Can you see us on the mountain?
Thetis: No. Why do you ask?
Achilles: No. Reason.
*later at the mountain*
Achilles: SHE COULDNT SEE US. FOR THREE YEARS.
Patroclus: Oh?
Achilles: FOR THREE YEARS. SHE COULDN'T SEE US. FOR. THREE. YEARS.
Patroclus: Mhm.
Achilles: THREE. YEARS.
Patroclus: Mhm.
Achilles: WE COULDVE BEEN FUCKING. FOR. THREE. YEARS.
Patroclus: Mhm.
Chiron: i ship it.
Thetis: What the fuck