oh. hay.

[bornstrong]

Hi, everyone! It's Louisa here (for Iphigenia and a few others~), and I am trying very hard to get back into RP. Boo, work.

So! I have a kind of getting-to-know-you game we can play. Maybe it will be...fun? Hopefully? /cringes at self

I'm curious about everyone's pups' and their respective canons, and I'm hoping others are as well! So, in this post, feel free to link to video clips/blogs/general flailing about the worlds from which your characters come from. Go wild! Wax poetic! Just be excited about media!

Also, if anyone wants to use this post as a sort of ~enabling~ thing, go right ahead. We probably all need more characters to play, right?

Comments

[bornstrong]

So far, I just have Iphi here, and uh, her canon's kind of depressing (what else can you expect from a Greek tragedy, amirite?) but it's also kind of amazing.

I kind of want to ramble a little bit about Age of Bronze, which is a comic drawn and written by a dude named Eric Shanower, who is basically the George R. R. Martin of the indie comic world, because he takes 5ever to finish stuff. But when he does? It's good.

Age of Bronze is literally a comic about the Trojan War, from the beginning (what with the whole "golden apple" fiasco) to the end...which Shanower hasn't gotten to yet, because he's taking his good old time.

I love it primarily because it's so exhaustive--he's clearly done a ton of research, and he dresses everyone in historically accurate clothing (no togas! yay!), and he gives the women a voice and personalities and that's super great too.

I'd say it should come with a bunch of trigger/content warnings, because hey, this is Greek mythology. But it's still just...guys, it's super duper good. It's how I learned about Iphi's story. So...yeah.

/end tiny nerdy soapbox

[sumarusfinest]

Do you draw your Iphi from this comic book's retelling or from the traditional tragedy itself?

Or is it a mix of everything you could find on her?

[bornstrong]

Ooh, that's a good question! I'd say a bit of everything, plus I have a few headcanons about her (which are obviously Very important, lol). I do like how the comic highlights her story, instead of putting it as a footnote.

[mayfairmonster]

This sounds so cool and unique. I've never heard of Greek myths done comic book style. I really want to read this. :0

[bornstrong]

Please do so I can have someone to talk about it with me! I literally know one other person who's read it, lol.

[mayfairmonster]

I'll def hunt down a torrent when I get home. :D Esoteric media discussions are easily one of the best kinds of media discussions.

[bornstrong]

Aw yeah. 8)

[hellburger]

I needa put some holds in for that at the library! I want to brush up on my ancient history and a comic sounds like a nice, digestible format. I like pretty pictures. :B

[bornstrong]

Aw yeah! Go for it!

[rekindledtitan]

Well-researched mythology that pays attention to the female characters? I think I also need this. :D It's been a while since I got my Ancient Greek fix.

[bornstrong]

Yay! :D