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I just spent a solid few days making a Which Julio-Claudian Lady Are You quiz, designed to torture the spirit of Tacitus. It is a very, very serious quiz. Take it and let me know who you get! :D
John Michael Wright (detail)
you know what? im high and watching hunger games and annoyed enough to make a vent post. i hate that cato’s care for clove was entirely erased in the film. and not for some lovey dovey ship nonsense (but i did ship clato as a teen and assumed they were collins’s sneaky way of saying ‘hey while u were focusing on that fake star crossed lovers tragedy, you missed the actual romance over here because it wasnt sparkly enough you for to even notice let alone care about at all) NO my issue with it was the fact that it was one of the SMALLEST glimpses into the realization that “hey, these blood thirsty careers are just kids too. theyre just like peeta and i. if our positions were reversed and i screamed for peeta he would come for me like cato for clove. he would cry for me like that, hed beg me to stay. this kid is a human after all. just like me.” and it STINGS! its SHOCKING! because before this moment katniss hated and feared cato and clove and the rest of the careers. they were not scared children like the rest of the tributes, they were vicious they were frightening and eager to kill. they were not worthy of pity. she sure didnt feel any pity for glimmer or the district four girl when they died via tracker jackers or whatever the district boys name was when she killed him. she was shaken to have killed or to have witnessed their deaths, but overall she didnt feel bad for them. they were evil, they’re from districts that allegedly support the games and pledge allegiance capitol, they train career tributes to slaughter the poorer district children, they make peace keepers, theyre richer, they’re not human.
but here. clove is a frightened little girl screaming for not her partner, but her friend. shes crying and begging and its ugly and its scary to watch and something in katniss clicks. this girl who was pinning her down a second ago and taunting about killing her and rue and peeta. who seemed to be enjoying her time in the games. shes screaming out for help. its jarring to see such a sudden transition, katniss doesn’t know what to make of it.
and then comes cato, running, screaming back for her! he could leave her for dead, there was only ever meant to be one victor anyway right? whats the point in saving her? even if the game makers changed the rules, does cato really care enough about his district partner he was planning on killing anyway? is he really wasting effort trying to save her? why would a career do that, how could he be so human? sure she and peeta were trying to stay alive so they could both go home, but neither of them planned to kill each other. neither of them wanted to kill or trained to kill. they were here by accident, they didn’t choose it.
except… katniss had, hadnt she? she volunteered just like careers do. she volunteered to save her family, who knows why the careers volunteer? she always assumed it was for the glory and the chance to participate in the games right? but who can say? what makes it unique for her to save her sister and mother, when these tributes could be doing the same fucking thing? these career kids could just be scared daughters and sons and children of scared fathers and mothers and parents who just want their kids to have the best chance of fighting in case they do get pulled. and maybe the kids that volunteer have siblings theyre trying to protect and families theyre trying to feed. they have a good shot at winning with that training, if they lose their familys removed from the tribute bowl forever, if they win they get money and shelter and safety for the rest of their family to live with.
and right there as catos crying over the body of his district partner, of someone he couldve grown up with and loved just like peeta and katniss and every other tribute in the game, katniss understands. katniss gets it. its why she mercy kills him at the end, its why she has nightmares of cloves death and not just rues. its because theyre just like her. the district borders dont fucking matter. they are human, they are just trying to get each other home. they care for each other, they dont want the other to die. these career districts arent any better or worse than katniss just because theyre in a higher social class with a bullshit allegiance to the capitol that enslaves them and kills their children every year just as much as districts 5-12. catos human. cloves human. katniss only registers this after the scene where she listens to cato crying as cloves canon booms in the background. suzanne collins put that scene in there for a REASON. to humanize EVERYONE! (like she humanizes the average, working class capitol citizens) cato isnt just an antagonist because hes evil, hes no villain. he and katniss are not enemies. theyre the same. the districts are the same. the capitol citizens are the same. everyone is just… the same.
by cutting this out of the film it diminishes the truth of war like the original novel is saying. that soldier youre fighting is not the enemy. the enemy are the people at the head of the state, seated at soft chairs in billion dollar offices set in mansions moving around armies of thousands like chess pieces on a board. this war is not between you and that soldier. this war is using you like pawn while the real enemies fight with you as their weapons. youre expendable. that soldier is expendable. you are both human, neither of you want to kill each other or watch your comrades die.
THIS is the theme of the hunger games. that war is tragic and unethical and abhorrent. war is fought between those in power and use their citizens as carelessly as bait for fishing. these borders, these stereotypes types, this propaganda you are force fed by the elite is all made up to keep you from banding together. they breed hate within you on arbitrary measures and keep you divided because together you’re strong, but individuals are weak. so they draw up these lines in the sand to make you hate each other because you’re from another district, because you’re from another country, another social class, another bracket, another nothing.
its all made up. its all fake.
cato cries when clove dies. cinna apologizes to katniss for being put into the games. plutarch joins haymatch and other tributes to end the games. ALL the victors join hands at the quarter quell. they are all human. they all care for each other. they join together and overtake the tyrants.
THATS why catos scene over clove is important and why its meaningful that he doesnt go after katniss when it happens even though he could because hes too overwhelmed by his grief. its not something the movie just gets to erase because “its such a short scene, it doesnt matter, we can save time by cutting it even though we literally keep clove shouting for cato in the film and it wouldve taken two more seconds just to show him running to her and crying when her canon goes off.”
the film makes him seem heartless. he doesnt care about anyone, his breakdown at the cornucopia is because he’s gone mad over his instinct to survive and his rationality telling him he’s dead no matter what. thats true in both the film and the book, and while the film has him finally realize hes a pawn, it still strips him of his empathy and humanity and capacity for compassion and love. it revokes katniss’s understanding for ALL the districts, something she doesn’t get until the second film. UGH. its been a decade and im still mad over this.
bruce wayne has a twin and it’s the actor from american psycho, genius.
Under The Radar | Bruce Wayne x gn!reader
Anonymous asked: hey there! can i request bruce wayne + "shut up, i just need a cuddle" from the new prompts list?? ty 🙏
summary: Bruce is especially fond of sneaking in to see you, but sometimes, the thing he wants most is little more than to take a nap on the sofa with a film on in the background.
tws: swearing, mentions of bruising
Bruce was happy to keep things under the radar, keeping you hidden from the newspapers and the magazines and their scavenging photographers, very rarely talking about you in interviews unless if you had said he could; dating Batman was one thing, and quite easy to deal with, as under the cover of darkness it was easy to find privacy and to protect it, but dating the billionaire was another thing. People wanted to know who you were, what you did, they wanted to know about your family, they wanted to know about if you were only with Bruce for his money. People wouldn't back off. Neither you or Bruce were particularly comfortable with putting your personal life in the spotlight; the most Bruce ever told them was that he was still very much in love with you, and he was very much content and happy with you.
Keeping things under the radar was probably the best decision you had ever made when it came to your relationship; he was more than happy to sneak into your flat when he had a couple of hours spare, taking the back way and knocking on the window until you let him in. Letting him crash on the sofa while you went about with your business; he would kick his feet up and would watch a film while you did laundry or cooked or cleaned or showered; you liked it like that, being able to just exist around one another and not having to do everything together. Sometimes, though, you would end up cuddled into his side as you looked through your phone, occasionally looking up at the television screen; a few times you could have sworn that the actor in the films looked just like him, but he always denied it.
Two lives were enough.
Today wasn't any different, although Bruce was a little slower than usual thanks to a nasty bruise on his side and another on his back, but he managed to get in, and he managed to collapse on your sofa and kick his feet up; he went through what films were available, and settled on one that he knew would catch your attention, as he knew that it was one that you liked. American Psycho. He was right, as within a couple of minutes, you were stood behind the sofa with your hands on the cushions either side of his head, a quiet laugh coming from you.
"Y'know, you look an awful like him," you told him. "Like, you could be twins."
Bruce grumbled, shaking his head. "Shut up, I just need a cuddle. Come here."
You made your way around, crashing into his good side and putting your head on his chest, laying one leg over his hips as you grumbled with content. "You really don't see the resemblance?"
"Shut up," he sighed, moving so that you were beneath him, he was quick to lay his head on your chest, a soft hum leaving him when you started to play with his hair. He couldn't help it as he smiled. "Thank you..."
You tilted your head to the side, gently raking through his soft brown strands as you looked at the screen, daring to laugh. "Oh, come on! He even wears the same fucking suits! Bruce, are you sure you're not living a third life as an actor?"
"Very," he chuckled. "Two is more than enough, especially when one means I get hounded by press as it is..."
"Yeah, if you say so," you teased, letting one leg dangle over the edge as you shifted around to get comfortable. "You wanna take a nap?"
"I would love to take a nap," Bruce admitted.
"Yeah, I thought so," you mused. "If you nap, though, you can cook tea."
"I can do that..."
He snuggled into you a little more, his eyes starting to drift shut as he clung onto you, his breathing getting softer and his eyes closing; he liked days like this, where you were perfectly content and happy to take unscheduled naps with him on the sofa without questioning it. He smiled, daring to push your shirt up a little so that he could feel your stomach against his fingertips, able to feel the gentle rising and falling and the warmth of your touch; he grumbled, letting out a quiet yawn as he started to drift off.
"G'night, Bruce," you whispered, your eyes getting heavy as you tried not to succumb to sleep yourself, a smile on your lips and your fingers ceasing to play with his hair, letting your hand simply lay there amongst the soft strands as you hummed.
"G'night, (y/n)."
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Your mom finding her friend at a store is like unskippable cutscenes
Reasons Why Empress Theodora Was Awesome
1. She came from literally the bottom rung of society and even as Empress she fought for the rights of lower class women.
2. She set up safe houses for women.
3. She ended the death penalty as a punishment for women who committed adultery.
4. She made rape a death penalty offence.
5. She helped to pioneer the justice system that went on to significantly influence Napoleon, and therefore a lot of legal systems that still exist in Western nations.
6. When the plague hit Constantinople and Justinian fell sick, she was able to hold everything together even though if literally anyone else were empress at a time a succession crisis would have been sparked.
7. She was brave enough to stop Justinian from fleeing at the height of the Nika Rebellion.
One of my favorite parts of the Hunger Games was how, in the beginning, Katniss was jealous amd resentful of the townies for not having to work in the coal mines. Then, over time, she realizes they aren't the true enemy. Then she sees the other district kids as so much better off than she is, because at least they don't come from district 12. But then she realizes they aren't the enemy either. And then she hates the other victors, before realizing they have all been exploited just as much as she has. So the enemy must be the Capitol citizens, who benefit from the exploitation of the districts, right? Wrong again. They are just uninformed and pampered people who have been kept in the dark about the true horrors faced by the rest of the country. Most of them, when push comes to shove, are perfectly willing to help the war efforts.
And slowly, over the three books, all theses separate factions of downtrodden people start to see each other as allies instead of enemies, and that is what propells them to eventual victory over the true enemy, the government that tried to pit them against each other. Just fun, totally fictional things to think about that have nothing whatsoever to do with our current life.
soft boys with dark academia energy, ACTUALLY WORTH A DIME. the only decent men in the show. ( but your girlfriends are better )
#franco mari ( mari me )
mentally I’m here
me after binging the show in one day...
Well, I've been in really small fandoms but this one... I mean... Does it even exist? Like, where's the tone of art and fanfiction? Why do I always have to do everything myself?!?! 🙄
Having a crush on Arminius has never been something I had planned for my life yet here we are 😭
Me before the show: I hate alina, mal, and the darkling. Malina is bland and darklina is toxic. I'm just here for the crows tbh
Me after the first quarter: I love Jessie Mei Li!! They did such a good job playing alina! She's my favorite character! 🥺
After the first half: ok malina is adorable and wayyy better than the books!! These two are literal perfection
After the third quarter: ... So darklina is kinda hot tho... 👀
After finishing: *cries and starts posting on tumblr*
An hour after finishing: how are we gonna survive nikolai???
i felt this in my soul
Good morning to those who binge watched The Queen’s Gambit in one sitting, those who can’t stop thinking about Anya Joy-Taylor’s Cupid’s bow, those who ship Bethny, those who wish Jolene had more screentime, those who wish Alma was their mother, those who watched the show because of a once crippling obsession with Newt and missed simping over Thomas Brodie-Sangster, those who wished they lived in the 60s because of the costumes in the show, those who would kill for Jolene’s happiness, those who (if they had the chance) would down those attractive little green and blue pills, those who believe Jolene and Beth are girlfriends, those who need a season two ASAP, and good morning to those who would bone Benny Watts in a heartbeat.
I LOVE THIS WITH ALL OF MY SOUL
SoC TV Teaser Insp.
Just a little something.
Black screen, loud whispering in the background
Beat [if you’ve listened to Lorde’s cover of Everybody Wants to Rule the World, you know what I’m talking about]
“I protect my investments”
Shot of someone calf down striding through a puddle-y street with a cane, flickers off to black
Beat
“I’ll die on my feet with a knife in my hands”
Shot of someone landing into a crouch, a knife in each hand, flickers to black
Beat
“I’ll take my chances”
Shot, Chest down, someone drawing twin revolvers from holsters and twirling them, flickers to black
Beat
“I’ll make it matter.”
Shot, shoulders down from the back, someone slipping on a red Kefta, flickers to black
Beat
“I won’t be kept from this oath”
Shot from the back shoulders down, someone with a gun slung over their back walks away from the camera, flickers to black
Beat
“I know the difference.”
Shot of someone, shoulders down, wearing a messenger bag and holding a book and various smoking and fizzing things, flickers to black
Whispers from background get louder, overlapping voices start calling out
“Greed is your God”
“The Dregs have come calling”
“The heart is an arrow”
“The ice does not forgive”
“Brick by brick.”
“No mourners.”
Suddenly the whispers stop.
The dregs reply in unison. “No funerals.”
Screen flashes to the full shot of the six, basically from the previous six scenes put together. They all stare at the camera defiantly. Quick cuts to each of their faces in reverse order from the beginning. When it gets to Kaz, it flickers to his trademark razor-sharp I-will-cut-you-smile.
Screen goes black, title card comes up.
absolutely agree
tags;;
#truth #rockn’roll #thebeatles #queen #ringostrarr #freddiemercury #johndeacon #rogertaylor #johnlennon #paulmcartney #brianmay #tompetty #stevienicks
They always say you shouldn’t idolize rock stars because of the drug culture or the “unrealistic reality” that they live their lives in. But think about it:
Stevie Nicks is the definition of a strong, confident, independent woman.
Freddie Mercury lived his truth everyday and didn’t pay attention to others’ opinions of who and what he should be.
Roger Taylor wore whatever the hell he wanted, and rocked the daylights out of it, all while fighting for humanitarian and political causes he believed in.
Brian May is a major advocate for education throughout life and animal welfare.
Glenn Frey and John Deacon made sure family was a top priority.
John Lennon and George Harrison wanted people to try and do better.
Paul McCartney makes having lighthearted fun a priority.
Ringo Starr wants everyone to spread peace and love wherever they go.
Tom Petty believed in taking some time for yourself and not getting weighed down by all the small worries that tend to accumulate.
If those aren’t all valid truths to idolize, then frankly, I don’t know what is. Sometimes you just have to look in the right places.
The literature classics in a nutshell (via Gocomics)
Thank you @danielhowell so much for your latest video; you inspire so many people to accept others and most importantly accept themselves. Happy Pride!
INCREDIBILE PHOTOGRAPHY
Cable Girls (Las Chicas del Cable) Season 2 (2017)
The year 1929 had just begun, and we had the change to choose how it would get underway. Would we leave our fates in the hands of justice? Or hide a body to keep enjoying our freedom?
Hey everyone you should watch Las Chicas Del Cable (cable girls) it’s on netflix and it’s set in Spain in the 1920’s, and not only the leading characters are women, they are feminists and suffragists. And plus it has a polyamorous relationship between one of the protagonists, an important suffragist women, and a feminist man.
these two always make my heart swoon tbh 🥰
urgh she’s really slaying the period drama world 💘
Pride & Prejudice (2005) Anna Karenina (2012) Colette (2018)
Gio and Elia giving each other that look of “So you know, and I know. But does HE know?”
They’re doing their thing again !!!