When You Realize It's Fucking Cold Out ~~~~

When you realize it's fucking cold out ~~~~

I know tumblr really loves Persephone and Hades, which I get, but my favorite Greek Mythical figure has to be Ariadne.  Until this year I had pretty much only ever heard of her in the context of the Theseus and the Minotaur myth, but her story actually continues past that and I love it.  (Disclaimer, as with any Greek myth there’s a billion versions, but my favorite goes like this)

Ariadne helped Theseus kill the Minotaur.  She had to betray her family, but she knew she had to in order to stop the yearly sacrifices.  Theseus promised her he would marry her as thanks for her help.

Theseus and Ariadne left Crete together, but since Theseus didn’t trust Ariadne to be a good wife, he left her behind on Naxos while she was napping.  Why didn’t he trust her to be a good wife?  She had betrayed her family.

While on Naxos, Dionysus, god of wine, fertility, madness, theater, and celebration, happens to stop by.  He meets Ariadne and the two fall in love.

Dionysus marries Ariadne.  Note: There are plenty of retellings of this myth, but almost all of them emphasize how happy Dionysus and Ariadne’s marriage was.

Ariadne is killed and goes to Hades.

Dionysus descends into Hades to get his wife back.  Ariadne gets to join the gods in Olympus, become immortal, and takes her place as the goddess of the labyrinth, mazes, paths, fertility, wine, and passion.

Meanwhile, Theseus dies after being thrown off a cliff by Lycomedes.

Ariadne is practically the personification of “the best revenge is living well” and I think that’s great.

Everyone who’s been talking to me knows i’ve been working on this comic about wlws and cats for a while and i’m so so happy it’s finally here!!! :D

idea stolen from this post :’3

dick grayson: shoot him, jason! he’s the clone!

other dick grayson: no, i’m the real dick! he’s a fake, he’s a – oh my god, jason, he’s a fake dick. he’s a dildo, jason

jason, pointing the gun at the first dick: the real dick grayson would never pass up a chance to make shitty puns about his name!

Annabeth: So, any thoughts on what job you wanna do?

Percy: Well, at first I thought maybe the Navy cause, you know. Water. But then I realised- Why be in the Navy when I can be a pirate?

Kidnapper: We have your kid.

Sally: Which one?

Kidnapper: Um... blonde, feisty, curses with a passion...

Sally: Oh you mean Annabeth! Yeah no, you don’t have her... she has you.