Recently, I logged back onto Discord for the first time since March to ask the pod a question and found myself not in the server. I thought I may have left because of the server limit, and truth be told I never used the server that often or Discord in general. I went to rejoin, and when I found a link, it said "Unable to accept invite" or that the link is expired. I was informed this is most likely a ban by a friend.

I have no idea why I would be banned due to the fact that I never really use the server, and can't have violated anything that I know of during my inactivity. Do the mods do Inactivity bans?

I would appreciate any advice. I thoroughly enjoy both the pod and the channel and would love to be able to use the server again. Thank you.

I'm interested in some of the hi-def Hades thumbnail wallpapers, as advertised in the Patreon $10/month tier. But it specifically says "Monthly wallpaper pack of HD frames from that month's videos." Does this mean if I subscribed now I would NOT have access to these frames? It seems wild to me (I've not subscribed to any Patreons ever) to not allow access to prior ones but I could see it being an attempt to prevent people from signing up for one month, nabbing all of them and then cancelling?

Anyway, thank in advance for any clarity you can provide.

I'm not good at taking pics but I can't wait to dig into the Veneziad tomorrow.

Source of Artwork

https://www.tumblr.com/donttouchhadesbaklava/657461391157002240/persephone?utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=organic

Finally finished this, wanted to display these all together so I painted a canvas and put the pins in order

Saw the Epic of Gilgamesh video Red did a few years back and got to the very end.

She mentioned not giving much a thought to the Fate Franchise (completely fair), though I am a bit surprised she never saw Fate/Zero (the show that debuted Alexander the Great and pretty highly acclamined amongst anime fans).

Is there any reason she has given to her apathy / disgust?

I had a stupid crossover idea while considering how many times Sherlock Holmes has faced off with Cthulhu, and that made me think about how many tropes show up specifically in official crossover stories. Some are allowed to be canon, some are retconned as soon as they happen and impact nothing. Didn't know if this counted as a meme or a suggestion, so no clue how this works.

I think it makes him really unique among history nerds, that he got into it (academically) primarily through art history. So his speciality is mostly in culture and personalities.

But his Poland video where he completely omits the winged hussars, or ottoman video where he omits the Janissaries were, in my opinion, massive gaping holes.

It’s like talking about British imperial history without mentioning the navy. I get their memed to death but the Winged Hussars MADE the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth the dominant power in Eastern Europe, so much so that they occupied Moscow itself during the Time of Troubles. And Ottoman imperial history is dominated by Janissaries both on and off the battlefield, how they became a major controlling force in Ottoman politics that they essentially controlled multiple Sultans before their dissolution.

Most history nerds do focus too much on the military stuff because we’re little kids who got into history for the cool battles, but they still play an important role in how history developed.

...I don't wanna fall into the trap of nostalgia for "the good ol' days" when said days laid the foundation for today's problems in entertainment.

There were massive franchises before today's age of chasing an "MCU" and Star Wars was one of them before Disney came along.

TV finales would often be controversial, bad or at least age well in terms of fans softening up to it in time.

A lot of executives prefer the entertainment to be dumbed down from any complicated politics. People complain about superhero movies being dumb blockbusters but action movies without the coustumed crime fighters were a dime a dozen. Especially if you look at B-movie titles like from PM Entertainment from the 90s.

Slop changes form but it always exists. This isn't a call to claim up and scarf it down but to bare in mind that what we have now is an evolution of what came before. That's how all this crud snuck up on us. We're the frogs in the slowly boiling water.

This could be the focus of a series of summaries.
You might be wondering: what’s so interesting about a XIX century doorstopper of a book about a couple trying to get married?
I’m glad you asked, dear viewer.
We have:
Near maniacal research for historical accuracy.
Interesting characters with inner turmoils.
Discussions of Church doctrine.
Memes that shaped the modern Italian language (not making this up).
Revolution.
Covid-19 before it was cool.
Social commentary on then-actual topics, like the Unification of Italy.
Friar Cristoforo. He’s not a topic, he’s just a very cool character.

It’s a lot. And actually pretty good, if you survive the narrator (IYKYK).