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part of the reason i love mean, bitchy, rude, domineering, firecracker female characters and loathe seeing them defanged is because the prickliness repels men and the defanging is ALWAYS to make them more fuckable for whatever man they have a weird sexual tension with. like yeah i don't like the Mean Lesbian stereotype either but at least the mean lesbian isn't shelving her career to become a tradwife after spending however many episodes/chapters/issues saying how much she didn't want to do either of those things

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Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955)

"You ought to know the destiny of humankind, with its endless erring, darkness, sadness, and heedlessness."

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HATICE SULTAN + ARTISTIC MOURNING

1. Frederick Elwell's "The Wedding Dress" 2. John Everett Millais' "St Stephen" 3. John Collier's "Clytemnestra"

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Elizabeth of York was successful in creating the perception of a popular and well-rounded queen consortship, the likes of which had not been seen in England since Philippa of Hainault, the consort of Edward III (r. 1327–1377), and would not be duplicated until the eighteenth-century queenships of Caroline of Ansbach and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

— Charles Beem, Queenship in Early Modern Europe

Elizabeth was a native born daughter of a popular king, bringing considerable reserves of political capital as a dowry to her marriage, which, by all accounts, developed into a companionate and loving relationship. […] Henry VII quite visibly if not ostentatiously paid his queen the highest courtesy and respect. The description of how the king and queen comforted each other upon the death of their eldest son, Arthur, in 1502, as recorded by an anonymous court scribe, is a striking example of the positive press that the first Tudor king and queen enjoyed over the course of their marriage.

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Francesco Hayez [Italian. 1791 - 1882] The Secret Accusation, c. 1847 - 48

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A Dream Within a Dream 书卷一梦 (2025) - E31 A Journey to Love 一念关山 (2023) - E14

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A DREAM WITHIN A DREAM 书卷一梦 (2025) Dir. Guo Hu – Ep. 12

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A Dream within a Dream [dir. Guo Hu]

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We all snuck in without permission, so no one rats anyone out.

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Presenting one the best lines I've encountered in this drama so far.

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Zhou Ye for Legend Of The Female General

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So...They're so mad that rape games have been removed from steam's catalogue that they've decided to launch a campaign to bring those games back, but they're definitely not perverted in any way, shape, or form? They're taking time off their schedule to harass call centre workers because they miss their rape games this badly, but they're definitely not perverts?

That's the hill they've chosen to die on - rape, incest, and "barely legal" porn video games? There's only 24 hours in a day and this is how they've chosen to spend their time? And we're all in the wrong for calling them out?

mmmkay

That's nonce behaviour, honestly. They should all be placed on a registry.

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ASLI TANDOGAN AS GEVHERHAN SULTAN

The inner wars, and the outer ones, go on while I pray and struggle; sometimes in the middle of a dark night of the soul I wonder how they became my wars to fight. And then I hear a voice that says, “Why not me?”

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At just 13, Camille’s life takes a dramatic turn when she is accidentally hurled into the world of Gwendalavir, inhabited by creatures as extraordinary as they are dangerous. She and her friend Salim discover her real name, Ewilan. She learns the truth about her roots and her fate: a native of Gwendalavir, she has inherited a prodigious talent, designing. This turns out to be a decisive weapon in her people’s struggle with the terrible Ts’lich. Ewilan’s arrival brings fresh hope for saving an embattled world. Imagination will be her only limit. 🦎 FAMILY / 7 + 🦎 ANIMATED SERIES / 8 episodes of 26 minutes 🦎 COPRODUCTION with Vivi Film, L'Incroyable Studio and Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma Let's connect: 🔗 Instagram:   / laquetedewilan   🔗 Facebook:   / laquetedewilan   🔗 TikTok:   / ewilansquest  

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Women’s History Meme || Forgotten (or Mostly Forgotten) Princesses (4/10) ↬ Pari Khan Khanum

Undoubtedly Pari Khan Khanum was the most powerful Safavid woman. Her life, though controversial, left a lasting impression on the minds of Safavid chroniclers. Most contemporary Safavid historians agreed that Pari Khan Khanum had an imperious nature; yet they praise her superior intelligence and sharp insights. Later historians have judged the Safavid princess more harshly, depicting her as evil, self-serving, conniving, a woman who masterminded the murder plot of two of her brothers and who had her eye on the Safavid throne. Was Pari Khan Khanum truly contemplating to rule? Presumably not. There was no precedent—at least not during the reign of the Safavids—for a woman to reign, and Pari Khan Khanum would have been naive to believe in such a possibility. A highly competent, exceedingly ambitious woman, she assumed a leadership role during a time when the Safavid court was paralyzed or ineffective.

— Pari Khan Khanum: A Masterful Safavid Princess, Shohreh Gholsorkhi

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Beautiful (or unusual) things I saw at the museum today.