Love Reading The Aeneid When I'm Having A Bad Day Because No Matter What Kind Of Day I'm Having Aeneas

love reading the aeneid when i'm having a bad day because no matter what kind of day i'm having aeneas is having a worse one

Tags

More Posts from Rainbows-cat and Others

7 months ago
I Have Deep Love For The Cat.
I Have Deep Love For The Cat.
I Have Deep Love For The Cat.

I have deep love for the cat.

3 years ago

no former gifted kid has all three:

heterosexual and cisgender

neurotypical

can read a whole book

3 years ago

gay as hell to go into the woods with your camcorder. why are you recording? to upload it on the internet? so that you won’t forget? forget what? other men?

5 years ago

Reblog if you:

Ate cereal this morning

Are LGBTQ+

Have a pet

Have mental problems

Can read minds

Hate living creatures

((No one will know which one! ))

3 years ago

my boy jesus

rainbows-cat - cartulina ☆☆☆

Tags
1 year ago

You stand above your brother in his bed, occupied now by more than just pillows and blankets, for the woman at his back is fair and terrifying, even in sleep. You look between them, and you stand above your brother and think -

Is it too late to kill him now?

There are no ships on the horizon - yet - and if you present a body along with the stolen wife when the husband turns up, will that break the omen your mother dreamed?

Is it too late to kill him now?

You drop your hand down - perhaps to close around his throat, another already clutching one of those many, many pillows, and in the dark it'd be easy, wouldn't it? All you do is caress his cheek, your fingers digging stiffly into the pillow. He exhales, a tender shallow ease of breath, and there is this little smile on his lips.

You stand above your brother in his bed, there are ships on the shore, and you have cursed him for a plague, a bane, a cruelty raised by the Olympian to bring your house down, and -

it's too late to kill him now.

It'd be easy to do it, however. You carry a dagger at your belt even now, having left your own bed. Or you could perhaps stir up one of your other brothers, the city, some of your father's council. The baby was almost killed once, after all; what would it matter if it was realized now? Kin-blood believed to have been spilled is surely no less polluting than it being done in reality. The attempt might only have been in the handing over of a fragile infant into another's hands, handed over into the bosom of a mountain, wild and no place for such a tender little being.

But the mountain had been merciful, and nurtured instead of torn asunder, and now you're standing above your brother in his bed.

It's too late to kill him now, but would anyone blame you, blame anyone at all they might suspect, as much as they hate him, a hatred unsaid? Simmering. You don't know how he walks through the palace, the city, his life and not cower from the knowledge; he can't not know.

Your brother - pretty, soft, laughing, shining - doomed and dooming all of you from the start. What does an infant know of causing death? Your father tried to kill an innocent. Some of your brothers attempted it next, an innocent only wishing to reclaim what he thought belonged to him and them not knowing who the slave they felt so insulted by was.

Perhaps it's only fair he will kill you all, merely by existing, by batting those ridiculous lashes to lure the woman still sleeping at his back out of her home, her marriage, her life, and into yours.

You stand above your brother in his bed, and brush your knuckles down his cheek.

It's too late to kill him now, and no matter that you've cursed him and wished him dead - to his face, to your parents' faces, but never to anyone else's - with every angry word to spit at him there's always this echo of the wide, wide eyes, the trembling hand in yours as you help him up from kneeling next to the altar in your head.

Your little brother, that you failed to protect when he was born. And what are you if you don't protect? It's too late to kill him now, anyway. Was always too late.

You meet the gleaming whites of Helen's gaze in the darkness, watching her smooth her grip on your brother's arm into a stroke. Both of you can feel the relief staining the air as you turn away, pretending like she wasn't ready to help you.

You leave your brother in his bed.


Tags
3 years ago

Me waiting for all the youtubers to finish playing security breach so I know what the fuck happening

Me Waiting For All The Youtubers To Finish Playing Security Breach So I Know What The Fuck Happening
9 months ago

ahhhh so the guilt is NOT supposed to be neverending and haunting and constant and persisting beyond a doubt over even the most menial of things that i would not be upset at someone else for. i understand now.

5 years ago

IT'S TIME FOR SEASON 4 BITCH

IT'S TIME FOR SEASON 4 BITCH

I'm very excited


Tags
2 years ago

ignoring how emotionally devastating the episode was I love how once joel accepted he was a Dad again he went from reluctant father figure to full blown dad mode. did not hold back. found ellie’s favorite food and a board game for them to play. took her to the zoo (the giraffe feeding scene). asked her if she was ok in the most gentle way possible. told her stories about sarah. compared her to sarah bc they’re both his daughters. told ellie how proud he was of her / how much he cared for her. opened up. said “we’re going home”. murdered dozens of people for her. brought her on a hike. you know. normal dad stuff 


Tags
Loading...
End of content
No more pages to load
  • intellectualhedonist
    intellectualhedonist liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • eeboor
    eeboor liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • palameiad
    palameiad reblogged this · 3 weeks ago
  • k3lerse
    k3lerse liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • phantom-of-the-orchestra-pit
    phantom-of-the-orchestra-pit liked this · 3 weeks ago
  • medijaycre
    medijaycre reblogged this · 4 weeks ago
  • aloevera007
    aloevera007 liked this · 4 weeks ago
  • system-error404-notfound
    system-error404-notfound liked this · 4 weeks ago
  • entente9cordiale
    entente9cordiale liked this · 1 month ago
  • sanguine-prince
    sanguine-prince liked this · 1 month ago
  • songbird-orpheus
    songbird-orpheus liked this · 1 month ago
  • jawline-of-steel
    jawline-of-steel liked this · 1 month ago
  • sapocipo
    sapocipo liked this · 1 month ago
  • each-uisge-enthusiast
    each-uisge-enthusiast liked this · 1 month ago
  • saint-sebastian-coded
    saint-sebastian-coded reblogged this · 1 month ago
  • littlepinknightmare
    littlepinknightmare liked this · 1 month ago
  • negativ-nein-a03
    negativ-nein-a03 reblogged this · 1 month ago
  • thesunsetreturns
    thesunsetreturns liked this · 1 month ago
  • eyecosahedron
    eyecosahedron liked this · 1 month ago
  • spicy-honey222
    spicy-honey222 liked this · 1 month ago
  • certaintigersublime
    certaintigersublime reblogged this · 1 month ago
  • ticinhas
    ticinhas liked this · 1 month ago
  • rubynrut
    rubynrut liked this · 1 month ago
  • moravena
    moravena liked this · 1 month ago
  • mycupofstars
    mycupofstars liked this · 1 month ago
  • arcadianambivalence
    arcadianambivalence liked this · 1 month ago
  • camillahect
    camillahect liked this · 1 month ago
  • eosphoroz
    eosphoroz reblogged this · 1 month ago
  • mavity-defying-cheeto
    mavity-defying-cheeto liked this · 1 month ago
  • yuhanzzzz
    yuhanzzzz reblogged this · 1 month ago
  • thatgracelessheart
    thatgracelessheart reblogged this · 1 month ago
  • milyavild
    milyavild liked this · 1 month ago
  • tspofsuga
    tspofsuga reblogged this · 1 month ago
  • tspofsuga
    tspofsuga liked this · 1 month ago
  • mulderhiggins
    mulderhiggins reblogged this · 1 month ago
  • mulderhiggins
    mulderhiggins liked this · 1 month ago
  • chloeiswrong
    chloeiswrong liked this · 2 months ago
  • italiandork
    italiandork reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • italiandork
    italiandork liked this · 2 months ago
  • mister-inconsistency
    mister-inconsistency liked this · 2 months ago
  • wherewill-we-go
    wherewill-we-go reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • mformara
    mformara reblogged this · 2 months ago
  • catclipped
    catclipped liked this · 2 months ago
  • jekyllandhamlet
    jekyllandhamlet liked this · 2 months ago
  • jurassicdinosaur300
    jurassicdinosaur300 liked this · 2 months ago
  • rmarbor
    rmarbor liked this · 2 months ago
  • surrealomens
    surrealomens liked this · 2 months ago
  • missfandom20
    missfandom20 liked this · 2 months ago
  • educatingmeself
    educatingmeself liked this · 2 months ago
rainbows-cat - cartulina ☆☆☆
cartulina ☆☆☆

cata - she/her - 🇦🇷 - ⚢ - fijate siempre de que lado de la mecha te encontras

496 posts

Explore Tumblr Blog
Search Through Tumblr Tags