i am literally the cat from the “it has 72 mental illnesses and is banned from most public spaces” meme
apparently some people here don’t know this yet, but yea i am effectively stuck in switzerland since 2021 since i risk immediate extradition to the US if i enter any other country
You are an icon, a legend, a perfect soul, and we love you
If I may once again dip my toe into the discourse surrounding Greek Mythology, a lot of people like to rewrite or reframe the story of Medusa, and thatās great! Highly encourage it. But, DONāT YOU DARE GO AND DEMONIZE MY BOY PERSEUS!
Perseus isnāt some vile misogynist who hunts down and murders Medusa for the hell of it. Heās a scared kid whoās trying to save his mom from a forced marriage (whom herself has been a victim of terrible abuse from her father) to a creepy evil king and gets duped by the Gods into cleaning up their mess for them. Heās not the villain, heās just another pawn. So if I see one more motherfucker trying to make him out to be the āreal monsterā I will throw hands.
You know what would be way more interesting?! Medusa sees Perseus rolling up to her crib and freaks out causeĀ āholy shit this is a fucking kid. a fucking toddler with a sword and shield.ā and they hash it out and then TEAM UP to kill the evil kind trying to force marry Perseusā mother! Think of the dynamics that you could write! The interactions that could occur. I mean, one ofĀ āem is gonna have to wear a blindfold but hey, minor problems.
What Iām saying is, gimme a buddy cop movie where Perseus and Medusa team up to fight evil in Ancient Greece.
Iām just picturing Perseus as this fairly well built sixteen year old kid, who looks a little underfed, and heās like āmaāam Iām so sorry, I have to bring your head back to save my momā and medusa is like āokay, start over. We can work with thisā and compare trauma over some watered wine.
Danae and Medusa can get married and Perseus can have TWO Badass Moms
Okay but consider: Perseus regretfully tells Medusa he has to bring back her head to save his mother from a forced marriage and Medusa cocks her head and says ādid the bastard say the rest of me couldnāt be attached?ā and long story short Perseus rocks up with a Lady-Gaga-esque entourage of men carrying this gigantic silver platter with a giant metal cloche on top of it and announces it to his motherās tormentor as the head of Medusa, and dude lifts it up and Perseus finishes, āand also the rest of herā and fucker turns to stone.
