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Found [http://bettermyths.blogspot.com/ here]. |
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* [[Boring Invincible Hero]]: Ovid sees Sir Galahad as this. |
* [[Boring Invincible Hero]]: Ovid sees Sir Galahad as this. |
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there is no fame to be gained |
there is no fame to be gained |
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from breaking a fucking little girl’s pretty bow |
from breaking a fucking little girl’s pretty bow |
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and [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|i dont think youd even be asking me to break this]] |
and [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|i dont think youd even be asking me to break this]] |
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[[Dangerously Genre Savvy|if you had not magicked up some ridiculous bullshit]] |
[[Dangerously Genre Savvy|if you had not magicked up some ridiculous bullshit]] |
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that means i will like |
that means i will like |
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lose my balls |
lose my balls |
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or my face will come off |
or my face will come off |
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when you tie me up |
when you tie me up |
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and the gods are like no no no |
and the gods are like no no no |
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why would we do that |
why would we do that |
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what do you think we are |
what do you think we are |
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desperately afraid of you or something }} |
desperately afraid of you or something }} |
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* [[Warped Aesop]]: The other natural result of trying to synthesize morals out of mythology. |
* [[Warped Aesop]]: The other natural result of trying to synthesize morals out of mythology. |
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Latest revision as of 16:56, 26 February 2020
Blog by "The Great Ovid" in which he recounts myths and legends from various cultures in his own irreverent vernacular. Also features some multi-part video retellings.
The mythologies covered on the blog include Classical Mythology, Norse Mythology, The Bible, Arthurian Mythology, Fairy Tales, Celtic Mythology, Arabian Nights, Native American Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, Hindu Mythology, Japanese Mythology, The Cthulhu Mythos, the works of William Shakespeare, and more.
A dead-tree edition is in the works.
Found here.
- All Lowercase Letters
- Boring Invincible Hero: Ovid sees Sir Galahad as this.
- Cargo Ship: Dwarves take their love of gold a touch too far.
- Cluster F-Bomb
- Edutainment: Sort of.
- Evil Laugh: In "WHOOPS":
and then he's like goodnight girls |
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: These are myths. They are being retold.
- Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: The multi-part video myths tend to go this way. For instance, part one of the Genesis series was called "Did somebody say GENESIS?", and subsequent entries continued to speculate on whether or not anybody had indeed said Genesis.
- Metaphorgotten: Used from time to time, such as in "Medea Kind of Sucks Also".
so medea has effectively killed 2 birds with one stone |
- No Punctuation Period: The earlier stories had very little punctuation; with time Ovid shed even what little there was, so that most of his myths are completely unpunctuated (emphasis and pacing is provided instead by line/paragraph breaks and frequent use of ALL CAPS).
- A Rare Sentence: In "Robin Hood is for Pussies":
so the next morning the thief shows up at the count's place |
- Record Needle Scratch: Inserted into a myth in "It is hard for Set to not be a douchebag".
- Running Gag: Dwarves sure do love themselves some gold. Like, carnally.
- Also, consulting the Oracle at Delphi is a terrible, stupid idea.
- Ovid sniggering at anything that sounds a little dirty.
but the place where daphne finally gets tired |
- Sophisticated As Hell: A key element of Ovid's writing style.
one of my favorite things about having this blog |
- Space Whale Aesop: A natural result of trying to synthesize a moral out of most mythology.
so the moral of the story |
- Spoof Aesop: Each story ends with this kind of moral, generally a Space Whale Aesop (see above), or a Warped Aesop (see below).
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: In "ENOUGH with the cows":
and the gods go and bring it to fenrir |
- Warped Aesop: The other natural result of trying to synthesize morals out of mythology.
moral of the story |
- Your Mom: Apparently The Iliad did the nasty with her. Your dad too.