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[Micah🚦phm pilled @SadGoatNoises]

@bookbeduion Paragraph long or short? Does it comprise of lots of short sentences or a couple of longer sentences, what difference does that choice make? All these little things add up and a good author will have thought hard about these details. This is especially good when reading classics!

[Micah🚦phm pilled @SadGoatNoises]

@bookbeduion Try to close read! Good authors will make every choice very intentional down to the placement of their commas. Take a step back and look at the rhythm of a paragraph and ask questions like 'why that word instead of x', and 'why a comma instead of a full stop or a colon?' Is the/1

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@johnzazel And of course people should supplement their fics with published writing, because everyone should read a variety of stuff!! Reading is great and exploring new genres is so rewarding

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@johnzazel As well as the gothic classics (which are my favourites) like Poe and Shelley. Of course 99% of fics aren't measuring up to the quality of these writers, but thats bc 99% of writing isnt. My point is just that fanfic is writing and it has the capacity to be great, or shit

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@criterionhouse If you want to go to for something from the time, i think Antigone is the most approachable of the greek tragedies and also one of the most engaging. If you want to be educated on the mythos, go for the Theogony! It's where most intro to classics courses will start.

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@PinstripeBungle Oh exactly, he couldn't exactly have Matt Damon stare at the screen and explain to the audience the intricacies of Xenia for 10 minutes mid film, so I can appreciate how that would've been difficult to convey

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@bvckystjames Ok idk how much you know about the end of the bronze age, but a very fun fact is that this is ACTUALLY what historians think that raids from 'sea people' is one of the inciting reasons for the bronze age collapse, so Nolan has integrated actual greek history which is so cool

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@BlighttownNIMBY @samanthatarly This is genuinely the thing that kills me and people just dont seem to realise it, the odyssey as we know it is ALSO a reception. I'm so glad there are some people out here who understand the pain i feel everyday on the internet 😪

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@agameganon The day people learn about reception theory and that the 'original' text was also a reception is the day im free 😭😭

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@helencftroy One of the most jarring cases of iPhone face ive seen ico

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@helenawsparta And that isnt a dig at Jorge, epic is extremely impressive as a debut musical but Nolan has years of experience in film making and it really shows. Also as a classics student his integration of real bronze age history was really cool to see!!

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@helenawsparta I cant believe im becoming a Chris Nolan defender in real time but as much as I love epic this absolutely isnt true, I would say they BOTH have elements that aren't pulled precisely from the text, but i think Nolan's execution is much cleaner. It was def worth the watch.

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@PinstripeBungle I think the execution was just a bit clunky and calling it 'zeus' law' was the quickest way to shorthand the religious element of it, and the whole 'treat others how you want to be treated' was a very oversimplified explanation

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@PinstripeBungle Tbf it was more in reference to Xenia, which was the major theme of the original epic and it has specific religious connotations in the greek world, its sometimes translated as 'ritualised guest friendship', and bc zeus was the god of hospitality he specifically oversaw it

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@Hosmeriana I was genuinely gagged when I realised he was going real actually bronze age history I could've jumped for joy, the moment they said it I realised the angle he was going for and holy shit I loved it

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@SupergiantGames Just got it with my switch 2 and holy shit you guys ate, ive been astonished at every turn at just how big the game is!!!

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@Schaffrillas Ok glad this was an international thing bc i thought i was going crazy