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(Image Information: The Beautiful Cast of Buffy , 20 Years Later, Flickr) Today's TV Trope was What Would X Do? Because Buffy is my hero, I thought of her immediately, however, I tried to put her out of my head. I clicked on the link and started reading about this trope when, what do you know, Buffy was mentioned. Apparently, I am not the only person who often asks themselves "what would Buffy do?". Okay, I don't really have proof of that, but I did read that a character from Supernatural uses this line. Honestly, though, I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks this phrase; Buffy is the baddest superhero around. Anyway, it turns out, Buffy was a pretty influential show (duh) and contains a lot of tv tropes. The show is also referenced countless times in books, tv, music, everything pop culture, and other creators have definitely been inspired by it.  It is truly a brilliant show but I did not come here to fangirl about Buffy, despite what it may seem...

Bibliography:  Twenty Two Goblins , by  Arthur Ryder (Image Information: A Princess,  Wikipedia Commons ) Reading Notes, Part B Ideas: I am thinking about retelling the story of the king and the goblin, but with a modern twist. I am not sure how exactly I would do this, as I would have to keep it short and simple and therefore would leave out all of the riddle-stories. Perhaps I could come up with short riddles? Or just questions. Maybe it could be about a person in 2019 who is being influenced by the devil, or just by an irresponsible friend, and must choose the right thing to do in different situations. I think this would be easiest-- I don't relish the idea of trying to come up with 12+ riddles. I might write about a college student or college-aged person, as many of us are still figuring out life and would thus be easily tempted to make the wrong decision when given a choice.   If I don't go with this idea, I might just choose one of the s...

Bibliography:  Twenty Two Goblins , by  Arthur Ryder (Image Information: A Princess, Wikipedia Commons ) Reading Notes, Part A Thoughts Twenty-Two Goblins was an interesting read containing many familiar plot ideas themes. The main plot is similar to the well known 'the impossible task' plot, where a character is assigned a task that the person who gives the task assumes they will not succeed at. However, considering the ending, we might suppose that the monk who assigned the task did not know about the riddles, or else assumed the king was wise enough to answer them all correctly. Thus it would not be a proper example of the impossible task, but to me, it certainly read that way! Many of the stories/riddles were about a young woman and/or her father choosing between suitors. This is a very common idea in myths and fairy tales. Many of the short stories contain themes of death and being better than others. For example, the king is often asked to choose which...

Hi everybody! Here is the link to my website! The Lovers of Apollo Thank you for all of the comments! Please let me know what I can do to improve my writing! (Image Information: Hyacinths , Wikipedia Commons)

(Image Information: Minotaur in the Labyrinth,  Wikipedia ) BIBLIOGRAPHY:  Ovid's Metamorphoses Translated By Tony Kline  The Minotaur, Theseus, and Ariadne King Minos's wife gives birth to the Minotaur, a creature half-man and half-bull. Minos hires Daedalus to build the labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur in.  Daedalus was a genius architect. Only he could create the Labyrinth, which had paths that could change and created endless combinations to hold its captives. The maze was as alive as a river, if not more. Daedalus himself almost could not find the exit as he was creating it.  Minos was trapped in there, fed twice a year with human sacrifice. Theseus slew him with the help of Princess Ariadne and her thread.  Daedalus, a prisoner on the island of Crete, came up with an escape plan. He built wings for himself and his son, Icarus. The wings were fragile creations weakened even more by the careless fingers of the child. They flew...

(Image Information: Feedback,  Pixabay ) The two articles I read for this assignment were: Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback Why Do So Many Managers Avoid Giving Praise? Try Feedforward wrote about a different way of providing helpful feedback in which people focus less on what they can do to improve from their mistakes and focus more on what they can start doing today to work towards their goal. The Feedforward focuses more on polishing up what people already have, rather than trying to figure out exactly what they are doing wrong and why. I think methods based on positive mindsets like this one are innovative and unique and they often produce positive results. I think I gained some good ideas from reading the article about how to approach giving and receiving feedback for the future. Why Do Managers Avoid Giving Praise was an interesting read and pointed out that managers more commonly give out negative feedback than positive feedback. This is something I hav...

I would like to retell the stories of some of Apollo's best-known lovers: Hyacinthus, Daphne, and Coronis. Apollo and Hyacinthus's story is a tragic one, in which Hyacinthus's death is inadvertently caused by jealousy. Apollo and Daphne's story is probably the most well known "love" story involving Apollo. It portrays Apollo in a bad light as he chases this nymph and forces her to turn into a tree to escape. Of course, there are various versions of this story and could be spun in different ways. Apollo and Coronis is a story in which Apollo's love cheats on him and so he commissions his sister to kill her. All of these stories are slightly dark and have tragic endings. I think this storybook could go in a few different directions, depending on whether I write Apollo as a sympathetic character or a repugnant one. Sources: Theoi/Hyacinthus Theoi/Daphne Theoi/Coronis Wikipedia (Image Information: Apollo and Hyacinthus, Wikipedia )

(Image Information, Cupid and Psyche,  Wikipedia ) Once upon a time, there was a princess named Psyche. She was so beautiful, that strangers from all over the world came to her city to see her. When Venus noticed that people had stopped visiting her temples and instead were focused on the beautiful princess Psyche, she became very angry. S he called to her son, Cupid, and commanded him to punish the girl. Psyche's father feared for his daughter. He visited an oracle for advice and received bad news. The oracle told the king he must take Psyche to the top of a cliff and abandon her. The king refused to do this to his daughter and tried to come up with a different plan. However, when Psyche heard, she insisted that it be done. She could not bear the thought of burdening her parents with Venus's wrath. The next day, she was taken to the top of the mountain.  Left alone, Psyche prayed to Venus, asking for mercy. While she was praying, a gentle wind caught her and c...