Tag: fav

xenosagaepisodeone:

*walks up to a pair of dysfunctional parents* so which one of you is passively resigned to your stressful, unfulfilled life and would be much happier if you weren’t married and which one of you is the toxic destructive monster with a sad backstory

ancient literature as onion headlines

patrickdiomedes:

the iliad: Area Man Expected To Work With These Incompetents

the odyssey: Prodigal Asshole Returns

the aeneid: Man Who Thought He’d Lost All Hope Loses Last Additional Bit Of Hope He Didn’t Even Know He Still Had

the satyricon: I Fucked My Way Into This Mess, And I’ll Fuck My Way Out

medea: Relationship Not A Power Struggle, Woman Who’s Winning Reports

the bacchae: Area Man Just In Bad Mood Because He’s Tired And An Awful Human Being

iphigenia at aulis: Guests Forced To Pretend Wedding A Good Thing

agamemnon: Study Finds Expressing Anger In Unhealthy Ways Incredibly Satisfying

oedipus the king: True Courage Is Knowing You’re Wrong But Refusing To Admit It

herodotus’s histories: Historians Admit To Inventing Ancient Greeks

the poetry of catullus: Relationship Definitely Hurtling Toward Something

the ars amatoria: Man’s Relationship Advice Same As His Hunting Tips

the speeches of cicero: Here Are All Of My Opinions

the epigrams of martial: Come On, Lighten Up, I’m Just Being A Total Asshole

feralghoulseparatism:

it’s so funny to me that stoicism is largely seen as a very male and ‘macho’ virtue.  being stoic and tight-lipped regarding one’s own suffering is one of the most womanly qualities i could possibly think of, and by far one of the least male.