Let's learn some stuff about the greeks!

[ladyjaida]

You know, I am really loving some of these Gender & Sexuality in Ancient Greece Readings. I am particularly fond of a dialogue between Zeus and Ganymede that goes a little something like this. (I am paraphrasing, but this is actually the dialogue distilled into its most pure form.)

Zeus: Hello! I have kidnapped you so that you will serve as my

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[xmindthegapx]

This... is amazingly hilarious. Zeus is such a horny bastard. LJ is killing my morality, I swear. My dad and I were labeling our family members as Greek mythological characters. My mom is Hera, my sister is a peacock. I would have been Argus if my vision were not, like, zero.

Also, I would like all of us to recall this fine Wincest moment:

Sam: Two queens.
Kid: I'll bet.

[xmindthegapx]

...or maybe it was Dean. Can't remember, too busy failing at life.

[ladyjaida]

That kid totally had their number down. I like how it is actually canon that they go around the country convincing people they're homosexuals. It's awesome times. I love SPN more than anything.

Like, I just totally didn't realize how insane some of these readings are. There's this one poet whose "poetry" consists of every single euphemism ever for the penis. Now THAT is poetry.

[xmindthegapx]

Seriously. I miss Ava, though. She was kiyute. But at first, I was like, "WINCEST EWWWWWWWWWWWW." But you people. Pat Robertson should hire you guys as converters.

The Greeks were such flamers... woman-haters too, I think. But penis? That shit's funny. Feliz Dennis has a poem about average penis size too. And don't you mention it a coupla times? IT'S A POETIC STAPLE.

[hymenchan]

O_o Woah.

They were worse than people here. That's great, I wish I lived on the Olympus.

[ladyjaida]

Seriously, I just. I LOVE THESE GUYS. Gods, guys, whatever, I want to watch the Superbowl with them. AND THAT is what makes an awesome deity.

[blackholly]

I AM CRYING WITH LAUGHTER.

[ladyjaida]

Have you read the real dialogue? Which is ten BAZILLION times more hilarious? I actually had to do a dramatic performance of it for my roommate who is in the class with me because I needed confirmation that this was actually what I was reading, and I sort of frightened some people in the cafe, but the point remains that I could not. Stop. Laughing. It was insane. You totally need to see the original if you haven't already.

[blackholly]

YOU MUST SENT IT TO ME.

[blackholly]

or "send" even.

[ladyjaida]

I wonder if there is somewhere I can scan it. It's not that long, I just want to make sure it is offered in all its original glory without my typos shitting it up.

[jade_sage]

Please, please, PLEASE translate all other works of ancient... workiness into this style of dialogue. I NEEEEEEEED IT.

[ladyjaida]

Next up: The Kojiki. There is actually a part in the Kojiki where these goddesses get so startled that they--and I kid you not--"accidentally" shove their shuttles up their vaginas and die.

I have never been able to figure this out. "OH MY GOD, I AM SO SHOCKED. WHOOPS THERE WENT MY SHUTTLE!"

[jade_sage]

THIS IS WHY WEAVING IS A LOST ART.

[rinkori]

Death by shuttle to the hoo-ha. Oh my god I love mythology.