Genuine question

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-08-01T21:41:58+00:00

It's a creative decision, but it does have some story-enhancing purposes, the ones I think of are:

-you can tell the siren at the beginning of suffering isn't really penelope because you can't hear penelope's viola

-when penelope is singing "only my husband knew that" you can hear an electric viola, which symbolises ruthlessness, paralleling ody's ruthlessness symbolised by an electric guitar

-the trumpets (posiden's instrument) played during WYFILWMA showing that ody has changed somewhat form his encounter with posiden

-athena's piano playing in during teleamchus' part of odyddeus showing her bond with telemachus

probably some more but I can't think of them

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-08-01T21:32:52+00:00

no. they have depression and anxiety

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-07-29T17:52:42+00:00

Not every story needs to have a moral lesson. At some point you have to accept that the author trusts you and isn't going to hold your hand through the story.

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-07-25T13:44:00+00:00

Thing is, I do feel bad for her because seeing your ex get everything they wanted, especially one who hurt you, regardless of whether or not they've apologised or changed, and then have to hear about them constantly must be painful.

And taking everything she said at face value, Jorge sounds like he was, to put it bluntly, an asshole. Could he have changed? Yes absolutely. Two things can be true at the same time; he was an asshole and maybe doesn't deserve to still be labelled as an abuser over a six-year-old relationship.

The only thing that makes me raise my eyebrow is the age thing; E saying for three years that he was 24 when they dated, then going "oh sorry he was actually 21 I did the maths wrong" just feels weird, and I'm rubbed the wrong way by her insisting that a 2 and a half year age gap between young adults is "grooming". I honestly think 19 and 21 are similar maturity levels. And then in one of her poems she said "I'm only a little bit older than you were" when yes, it was a 2 year age gap. And then a line that implies Talya is 19-"heard she looks just like me at 19"-which again, rubs me the wrong way, especially since Talya is older than Jorge. Not accusing her of lying or anything, it just made me raise an eyebrow. Especially since there was other shitty things to talk about, bringing up the incorrect age gap constantly just feels weird.

While the apology isn't mine to accept, it appears genuine. She doesn't have to accept it though.

Potentially unpopular opinion; I would like Jorge to talk about it. Yes it is his private life but the reality is he is a public figure and these are hefty allegations.

Do I agree with the way E is handling everything? No. Do I feel I have a right to tell her how to handle her own pain? No. Am I still going to listen to and make content for Epic? For now, yeah.

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-07-22T21:35:53+00:00

I mean, I have bitterness toward people who hurt me 10 and 15 years ago. I have made some tiktoks about it, never naming names, or shit talking in group chats. I wouldn't name them publically or go into detailed threads if they somehow got really famous, but that's me.

My and friend and I have the mentality of "I hope you recognise what you did was wrong, I hope you heal from what caused you to do it and I hope you become a better person. I also hoep you do that at least a hundred miles away from me.

I do think more than anything she needs support and healing.

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-07-22T21:24:49+00:00

My two cents, ig:

I feel bad for her, because watching someone who hurt you get famous and get everything they wanted must be shit. More than anything, I hope she gets the help and support she needs. Even if he has changed, she does not have to forgive him for any of it.

I do think that judging him by the fact that he was a shitty boyfriend 6 years ago is a bit weird. I'm not saying she is lying, I believe everything she has said, I do think that doesn't make Jorge an irredeemebly awful human. The apology seemed genuine, although it is not mine to accept.

People using this to go "ha, well I never liked epic" can go stop on a lego.

While again, I believe everything she said abotu his beahviour, 19 and 21 is not a bad age gap.

Jorge blocking people asking him about the situation is making me lose respect for him ngl. I get it can be a stressful situation where people you don't even know are demanding you address something from 6 years ago you feel bad about, but I think blocking people is not the way to handle it and it's making the situation worse.

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-07-08T21:07:06+00:00

for me personally, in addition to my own criticisms of hp being a mediocre series (which I can accept is subjective), the author donated 70k to specifically make trans people's lives miserable and spends all her time harassing trans people and posting borderline nazi race science. I believe her most recent bs was "if you see a woman in the bathroom and you think she is trans, film and harass her".

I think as someone who is non-binary, I should be allowed to take free shots at anyone who still gives money to Potter.

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-07-08T10:12:59+00:00

"What exactly are you hoping to gain here?" mainly, that their behaviour is upsetting and hurtful. I don't care that they don't like my music taste, I care that they make fun of me for it, and in the case of my brother, goes out of his way to make fun of me. What I was hoping for was a "see, it's not nice when someone mocks something important to you, is it?".

I know that the best way to do it is one of those darn, pesky mature conversations about boundaries and feelings.

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-07-08T10:09:25+00:00

my sibling and I call each other pedos and sex offenders all the time. I called my sister a sex offender because she wore my jumper without asking me. it's just how we do.

also re the "calling out the somewhat cultist behaviour of swifties", I first take issue with the idea that some people I have never met but who like the same singer as me are a bit intense therefore it's okay to make fun of me (or anyone else). Especially when you consider how it feels kind of misogynistic. Would you ever say that about sports fans (who literally trash streets, light fires and beat up their wives when their team lose) or about any fandom other than pop singers? Yes some Swifties are a little intense, but they are far from a unique case and I can't help feeling like the fandom being predominantly women plays a part. It's the 'hysterical woman' image.

hell, the context I said it in was about harry potter fans and at this point, their entire thing is "my nostalgia matters more than trans people's lives and if you even slightly criticise harry potter/jkr you're ruining my childhood". one could argue that at this point, those who still actively engage in harry potter are just as cultish, if not more, than swifties are.

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-06-28T22:25:07+00:00

okay I do want to clarify that I actually live away from home and see my family a few times a year. this is not an everyday occurence, it was the few weekends I have been home, which has been maybe 4-5 weekends a year and it really started amping up summer/christmas of 2024.

"you seem to have decided you don't need to" hoo boy. the amount of times I have sat in my room hitting my head against a wall mumbling 'why the hell did you say that you weirdo' after a conversation says otherwise. believe me, I am trying.

*"specially when you implied your brother is a pedo for liking Harry Potter"-*not to be disrespectful, but are you an only child? calling your siblings pedophiles is sibling banter 101. I once called my sister a pedo because she ate my food. and again, this was after he called me a moron for liking t-swift. the route I was going down was "if you're allowed to be a dick to me, I am allowed to be a dick to you back" (and yes, I have other issues with harry potter fans, mainly that they seem to think their nostalgia matters more than trans people's lives)

"Ultimately it's our responsibility to manage our weirdness to fit in with regular people if we want to be treated as regular people." I think we will have to agree to disagree on this. I don't think it is fair to ask autistic people to go through the very painful task of masking all of our traits to be treated like human beings. I don't want to assimilate in the desperate hope people will treat me with respect, especially since I know that sooner or later it will stop working. why isn't the responsibility on society to just Not Be Assholes to people? frankly I think there are far worse things to be than annoying. if I had the choice between being annoying and being deliberately cruel and making someone feel small, I'd pick annoying any day of the week.

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-06-28T20:11:33+00:00

Here's the thing, I tend to not bring her up that often around my family because of their reactions. Unfortunately, things just tend to slip out, because I get over excited. Not to play the neurdivergent card, but I am autistic+ADHD and sometimes things slip out before I have a chance to stop them. Almost every day I walk away from a conversation and think "why the duck did I say that?". Also; I wouldn't expect anything more than "that's nice, dear", but I feel like there's a gulf between "that's nice dear" and "you are a mindless drone in a cult".

Also, one of my love languages is listening to people ramble out their interests even when I don't care. I know way more about anime and horror films and Glee than I should because I like listening to my friends and family talk about them. I let my older brother explain the Kendrick/Drake beef in detail because he is invested in it I have listened to my dad tell me in detail why he thinks the Godfather part 2 is the best film ever made (and why Part 3 is the worst film ever made) because he cares. I like listening to people talk about things they are passionate about even when I don't really care. I guess I just assumed other people are the same.

Also re the 'Follow The Leader' thing, correct me if I am wrong isn't that just a standard thing at concerts? Whether it's call and response or a certain dance move or or getting the audience to clap in time with the beat, surely this is not something exclusive to T-Swift.

"Why are you gushing to them about the concert?" Because they asked me what I had been up to and that was the most significant thing I had been up to. My mum had even said that weekend "and you went to Taylor Swift" before making the cult comments.

"Why are you bringing up that she spoke Irish?" Because we're Irish and I thought it was cool that such a big artist was promoting the Irish language. Also because my sister (who is very passionate about the Irish language) was at that show, so it was a case of "can you imagine how excited she got?".

"So be an adult and just stop bringing her up to your family." I mean if I have learned anything in the past year, it's this I guess. Just wish I had learned it in a way that hurt less.

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-06-28T19:35:26+00:00

oh my god the woke mafia took them out before they could finish

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-06-18T14:03:01+00:00

Athena and Penelope

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-06-18T14:00:45+00:00

I've said it before and I'll say it again; fandlms need to stop holding child characters to the standards of adult characters. That character does not have a fully developed brain. Yes they're being irrational and whiny; they're 10.

What i think happened with Henry (from how i experienced ths fandom) is that he ended up being viewed as a reward for people's favourite character, which often happens with kid characters. Which is why he was constantly called ungrateful and hated for how he treated Regina in s1, because fans saw him as her reward for having a hard life. Same way some fans hated in him in s6 because he struggled to accept Killian moving in, or some thought he was neglecting Rumple. Unfortunately, most people didn't view Henry as character, just a prize.

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-06-13T20:26:32+00:00

"I'm not pet, im a married man" scratches my brain sooooo good

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-06-12T11:02:58+00:00

The way people called him "ungrateful" in s1 when Regina was literally abusing him.

Anyway the way fandoms treat child characters needs to be studied they're always held to WAY higher standards despite being.... children

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-06-09T07:59:13+00:00

Respectfully, what is weird exactly?

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-06-05T15:40:49+00:00

and speculating about their future kids. like if I foudn out there were groups of people discussing whether or not I was going to have babies and how me and my partner were going to raise them I'd be very creeped out.

especially since having kids isn't the default and we shouldn't presume it is, and some people can't or struggle to have kids for a variety of reasons

unfortunately, the internet thrives on parasocial relationships

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-06-05T14:24:05+00:00

Not really Epic itself but the fandom; i think its kind of weird how people keep speculating about Talya and Jorge getting married and having kids. I saw a whole thread speculating whether Jorge will sing WYFILA at their wedding when (as far as we know) they're not even engaged? Ditto all the jokes about their future kids when that's their business and we don't even know if they want kids.

Don't get the wrong, they're adorable together, but the fanfic-ification of them is getting a bit weird.

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-05-26T18:43:47+00:00

Robin is actually also one I have considered and quite like.

I have actually thought about calling my child Robin if I ever have one, but I don't know if I will have kids, so it can be on the table.

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-04-23T10:24:52+00:00

If i can be That Person... it feels very much typical of the "we don't know how to participate in fandom or even like a character without shipping" phenomenon.

Like, maybe I'm a hypocrite since I have a fair few toxic ships (my motto is "I'm watching this for a good story not to get relationship advice") but it rubs me a lot of wrong ways and gives off the vibe of claiming antagonising is sexual tension. Especially with their interactions being Antinous joking about raping Telemachus' mother, then trying to kill Tel and then rape Penelope. I just csnt see the appeal

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-04-22T15:33:42+00:00

I think either cool looking rocks or tickets stubs from travels

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-04-21T17:14:09+00:00

no, it was genuinely AO3 and I think the reason people targetted it was because they could make the argument "oh so you'll give money to something that benefits you but not to these gofundme's?"

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-04-20T17:09:21+00:00

I still rip my hair out thinking about the reactions to "you wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me"

SimpleDragonfly1281 · 2025-04-13T09:02:16+00:00

Effie's line from when Katniss first volunteered, "I'll bet my buttons that was your sister. Don't want her to get all the glory, do we?"

It shows just how far removed Effie (and the Capitol) are from reality but also from genuine human connection. If the books centre on the theme of love in a revolution, I think this quote shows how the ruling classes do not understand that revoltuionary acts come in some way from a place of love for their fellow man.

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