Calliope's Magic Library

Reading I did a bit better at reading this month, but then I started reading Green's translation of The Argonautika and while the translation is fine, the notes are sort of insufferable, but invaluable so I have to keep reading them.

I think the current discourse (the one that's not about a cartoon on youtube) is about a literary concept called "the death of the author" and a corollary shitposters have come up with that's gaining traction, that's getting called "the death of the audie…

It's been a while, hey?

After I punted a couple of thoughts onto Bluesky about the current academic citation discourse, Aversatrix thumped really hard so I have been trying to percolate a post on this ever since.

(hashtag humor, hashtag for the lulz) OK so here's a problem I have with Elden Ring.

Look, 2025 was bad.

It's Christmas Eve and you need more seasonal fare to read.

I have been struggling for a while to get my thoughts in order about Hades 2 and I decided to just not.

Of Thingol and Melian A very short chapter describing how Thingol left the exodus and fell in love with a Maiar wandering the wilderness.

Hold on you are doing what?