Psyche is more than stunning or gorgeous or striking; she is beauty at its core, so much so that people worship her. This, of course, angers the goddess Venus, who schemes to ruin Psyche. She orders her son, Cupid, to pierce Psych with an arrow and consequentially make her fall in love with the ugliest man alive (ew). But alas - her beauty is a force field...leading Cupid to shoot himself with the arrow instead.
Meanwhile, Psyche's family gets pretty worried that she won't ever find a husband (oh, the irony). They seek advice from Apollo, who instructs Psyche to venture up a hill. She falls asleep there, and when she wakes, she discovers an ornate mansion right before her eyes. That night, she falls in love with. The catch, however, is that she never sees him face to face. (How do you fall in love with someone you've never seen?) Anyway, long story short, Psyche eventually sees him, Cupid, asleep. But apparently, this is totally not cool. Curious to see what the man you live with looks like? How absurd! She weeps and weeps over her lack of faith while Cupid deserts her.
Now, Psyche LOVES Cupid. There's nothing she wouldn't do for him. And she sure as hell proves it as she steadfastly takes on every challenge that Venus throws at her. She sorts seeds in one night, eats only a piece of bread for dinner, retrieves a golden fleece, and more. Eventually, Cupid forgives her and they get married. To make the story even more sweet, Venus eventually obliges and supports their marriage.
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Okay, now to the part I've been really really excited to write about.
So I just freaking finished Insurgent and I cannot stop freaking out like oh my god I can't. I know I sound so weird and fangirly but oh my god I keep google imaging Four/Tobias and watching the trailer for Divergent even though I've seen it like a dozen times and I've been stalking Veronica Roth's twitter who, BY THE EFFING WAY, IS A NORTHWESTERN ALUM!!!!!!!!!
Okay so anyways, the best love story of all time - okay, probably not the best but I'm currently so obsessed with it that there's no way I COULDN'T write about it - is between Tris Prior and Tobias Eaton. In this dystopian world, they find true love and faith and trust and comfort and bravery and kindness and peace and intelligence and selflessness (DO YOU SEE WHAT I'M DOING *nudge nudge*) within each other. They respect and understand one another and Four's really masculine and sensitive at the same time so that's a plus too ya know. They are simply perfect. They are youthful but they are impressively mature when handling their relationship - especially since they often find themselves in life/death situations and struck by bone chilling adversity.
NOW FOR AN ONSLAUGHT OF DIVERGENT STUFF. YOU'RE WELCOME.
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| IMAGINE GAZING INTO HIS EYES JUST IMAGINE IT |
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| Obligatory make-out pic |
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| And this one to show you all just how hot they both are |
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