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some dull scrape
over a pretty face
give or take
to put me in my place
naked, beautiful
swallowed by the sea
isn’t it a pity?
I’ll break my chains and then
(queen of queens, ruler of men)
I’ll stake my claim over whole galaxies
foolish to think that you could offer me
(wasn’t it?)
Andromeda calling
a mouthful of stars
and a handful of batteries
by fits and starts
we’ll conquer their batteries
flying powerful
over messes of artillery
see their scales gleam
I’ll break my chains and then
(queen of queens, ruler of men)
I’ll stake my claim over whole galaxies
foolish to think that you could offer me
(anything)
Andromeda calling
listen close
I won’t be your scapegoat
I don’t care
whether you sink or float
I’m not interested
in playing the maiden
I’ll rescue myself
I’ll break my chains and then
(queen of queens, ruler of men)
I’ll stake my claim over whole galaxies
foolish to think that you could offer me
(to anyone)
Andromeda calling
Andromeda calling
Andromeda calling
over a pretty face
give or take
to put me in my place
naked, beautiful
swallowed by the sea
isn’t it a pity?
I’ll break my chains and then
(queen of queens, ruler of men)
I’ll stake my claim over whole galaxies
foolish to think that you could offer me
(wasn’t it?)
Andromeda calling
a mouthful of stars
and a handful of batteries
by fits and starts
we’ll conquer their batteries
flying powerful
over messes of artillery
see their scales gleam
I’ll break my chains and then
(queen of queens, ruler of men)
I’ll stake my claim over whole galaxies
foolish to think that you could offer me
(anything)
Andromeda calling
listen close
I won’t be your scapegoat
I don’t care
whether you sink or float
I’m not interested
in playing the maiden
I’ll rescue myself
I’ll break my chains and then
(queen of queens, ruler of men)
I’ll stake my claim over whole galaxies
foolish to think that you could offer me
(to anyone)
Andromeda calling
Andromeda calling
Andromeda calling
Literature
Mythology with a Twist: Perseus and Andromeda
Perseus could not wait to get home and shove Medusa’s head into the King’s face; that would teach him a lesson for thinking him as weak!
Admittedly, he could have never done it on his own; hadn’t it been for Athena, he’d still be trying to figure a way to get to Medusa’s cave.
Not only she had instructed him on how to get to Medusa and kill her, but she had equipped him with all these extraordinary weapons too.
Athena herself had offered him her shield; Hades had provided a helm that turned him invisible at will; Hermes had given him winged sandals. Not to mention he had killed Medusa using Zeus’s sword;
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Andromeda on Cassiopeia
I am an unripe nova
born of a blossom-warm womb
tucked in my mother's bosom-
I was prematurely plucked.
Thanks to my mother's harm
I never learned of love-
only of being adored.
Adorned with endless diamonds,
I am worshiped in light-years.
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gypsy.
She was just twenty and only a girl,
sharp like a knife, only a woman who knew
the pen is not always mightier than a sword.
She brought her family with her
in every fold of her sunset skirt, her careworn hands
eager for a new world, the Roaring Twenties, even
the name called her, barefoot with a warrior's soul.
She held her sister's hand on a vast ship, tight,
and never glanced back. She sailed the seas on
her high cheekbones, dark-lashed eyes
that looked into mine years after the world
heaved like Pangaea, after the names of her people
had changed, she looked into my unfamiliar
green eyes
and saw herself.
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The myth of Andromeda: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromed...
A lot of the traditional paintings of Andromeda are just weirdly sexualised. Like, I get that it's a naked woman chained to a rock, but in so many of these paintings her poses are the traditional "oh, woe is me, but look how sexy I am" kind of rubbish. She is about to be eaten by a sea monster. She should not be presented as some perfect, pale, unnaturally hairless body just chilling out waiting to die and, while she's at it, being sexually idealised for the male gaze. She is going to be sacrificed. This is not sexy, it's horrific.
Examples of paintings that annoy me: www.wikipaintings.org/en/theod...
www.shafe.co.uk/art/Poynter-_A... And don't even get me STARTED on the modern illustrations.
Examples of ones that got the pose/expression right even though she's still hairless for some reason (???): www.wikipaintings.org/en/gusta...
framingpainting.com/painting/a...
I wanted to present Andromeda as a strong woman, not just an object of sacrifice, and thus this song. I'm also thinking about a painting of my own...hm.
Edit: my thirteenth DLD!
A lot of the traditional paintings of Andromeda are just weirdly sexualised. Like, I get that it's a naked woman chained to a rock, but in so many of these paintings her poses are the traditional "oh, woe is me, but look how sexy I am" kind of rubbish. She is about to be eaten by a sea monster. She should not be presented as some perfect, pale, unnaturally hairless body just chilling out waiting to die and, while she's at it, being sexually idealised for the male gaze. She is going to be sacrificed. This is not sexy, it's horrific.
Examples of paintings that annoy me: www.wikipaintings.org/en/theod...
www.shafe.co.uk/art/Poynter-_A... And don't even get me STARTED on the modern illustrations.
Examples of ones that got the pose/expression right even though she's still hairless for some reason (???): www.wikipaintings.org/en/gusta...
framingpainting.com/painting/a...
I wanted to present Andromeda as a strong woman, not just an object of sacrifice, and thus this song. I'm also thinking about a painting of my own...hm.
Edit: my thirteenth DLD!
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This is absolutely breathtaking.