books and cleverness

mystery/25/usa/cis female // multifandom, with occasional appearances from mythology, literature, and whatever else catches my fancy.

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jaenmreau:

edits alphabet ◦ ━━ Aphrodite

ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified with Venus by the Romans. Aphrodite was, in fact, widely worshipped as a goddess of the sea and of seafaring; she was also honoured as a goddess of war, especially at Sparta, Thebes, Cyprus, and other places. However, she was known primarily as a goddess of love and fertility and even occasionally presided over marriage.

(via thewinedarksea)

mmblaq:

this has definitely been said before but fruits basket was such a comforting story to read, especially for a lot of fans who read it during middle school, or some time where they were developing into the person who they are now, because self growth is a major theme of the series and each character has their own form of it. Meaning, there was always at least 1 character u could relate to, whether it was yuki’s self belittling, tohru’s repression of her sadness, kyo’s self hatred, etc. …………….natsuki takaya really gave us such a warm story that gave birth to so many people’s growth (both character’s and the reader’s) and promoted the idea that relying on others is OKAY!!! u cant carry everything on ur own shoulders sometimes and its GROWTH to come to terms with that!!!!!

(via ethics-basket)