I feel like I’m grasping for straws here, but that moment in into the spiderverse shortly after that whole sequence in which miles runs down the street denying his powers and telling himself he’s a normal kid, when he goes home and looks his dad in the eye and goes “do you really hate spiderman?” It almost made me tear up cause. That’s exactly how it feels like to have an homophobic/transphobic parent when you realize you’re LGBT and suddenly you’re scared you’ll lose their love send tweet
me: [accidentally closes a chrome window with 50+ tabs]
my laptop, gently weeping: oh my god………… oh ym hgod thank you so much……….. thank y
Me, realizing my mistake, reopening Chrome and preparing to mash ctrl+shift+T to bring them all back one by one:
My computer:
my computer watching me click the “Restore” option for all of my tabs after shutting down unnaturally:
You should all be detained ASAP
In the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus there is no clear defined passive and dominant role. It is why so many people continued to argue over who was the lover and who was the loved centuries on. Homer made Achilles to be prettier and younger but stronger and Patroclus’ superior in society. In turn, he made Patroclus older but gave him a lot of roles that despite being clearly defined as ‘feminine’ (serving food; preparing the bed for Phoenix) didn’t impact his importance or the amount of respect the other warriors in Achilles’ contingent had for him. In this way Homer made them complete equals, meaning that by modern terms they would have switched. In this essay I will