#about alexander

[ginevrastilinski-ocs]

👗 + Archie, the Serena Also Rises fashion show 

He's all the time next to Blair and tries to make up for her disasters ngl

[charlesoberonn]

Tell me you know nothing about history without telling me you know nothing about history

[hinamie]

morning glory

[ciderbird]

academic bias is so funny because you’ll be reading about the same historical event and one person is like “Despite the troubles that befell his homeland and near constant criticism of the court King Blorbo remained strong in the face of adversity” and the other one is like “after letting his people carry the brunt of his cringefail decisions Blorbo the Shitface refused to listen to any reason and continued to be a warmongering piece of shit. Also he was ugly.”

[sentientsky]

just a friendly reminder that, just because slavery was formally "abolished" in the so-called united states* in 1865, enslavement itself is still ongoing in the form of incarceration, which disproportionately affects Black and Indigenous people

(*i say "so-called" because the US is a settler-colonial construction founded on greed, extraction, and white supremacy) recommended readings/resources:

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

"How the 13th Amendment Kept Slavery Alive: Perspectives From the Prison Where Slavery Never Ended" by Daniele Selby

"So You're Thinking About Becoming an Abolitionist" by Mariame Kaba

"The Case for Prison Abolition: Ruth Wilson Gilmore on COVID-19, Racial Capitalism & Decarceration" from Democracy Now! [VIDEO]

[spineless-lobster]

Churchill: I hope I can be like napoleon

Napoleon: I hope I can be like caesar

Caesar: I hope I can be like alexander the great

Alexander the great: I hope I can be like achilles

Achilles: I hope patroclus fucks me today

[motherismotheringggg]

nicholas brat chaves 🍏🩸🎧

[antoine-triplett]

henry + alex's shoulder

[tsarjozinzbazin]

a wonderful family photo <3

[shriika]

thinking about a younger katerina

[ginevrastilinski-ocs]

👗 + Archie, pool party in s1

Little fun fact! In his verse, he is the one that hits his head, faints and falls in the pool! (A lot of regrets and angst for the NJBC for this ngl, especially Serena)

[couchcouchcouchcouch]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WOLF 359!!! a little late but who's counting!

I started the show many years back, but only just last month decided to come back and finally listen through the whole thing! by complete coincidence, right on time for the 10 yr anniversary!

Wolf 359 means so much to me, so I'm excited to celebrate with some sick ass fanart.

LISTEN TO WOLF 359 PEOPLE!!!

version of the art without the CRT effect under the cut <3

[meraki-yao]

LIN MANUEL MIRANDA FOLLOWS JORGE RIVER HERRANS ON INSTAGRAM???!!!! AND LIKED HIS MOST RECENT REEL???

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS A RECENT DEVELOPMENT???

HOLY SHIT HAMILTON & ODYSSEUS

[w-artie]

How perfect is it that Magnus decides to take Alexander's surname? to unite it with his own, making it something unique?

Now, I'm not up to date with the books, but from what I gathered Alexander is it for Magnus. Before Alec, Magnus never married, never even bothered to imagine a forever with someone. Alec, in his simplicity and contradictions, has managed to tear down and entirely destroy that wall that had been up for centuries. And while Magnus desperately wants to hope for their forever, desperately wants it, he knows how it is going to end. He knows Alexander is going to pass someday and what he decides to do?

He takes is surname.

I can very well imagine Magnus never removing their wedding ring, even after Alec's passing, which would be a declaration on itself. But the surname?

He is not only saying "oh, he was my love, we were married once". He is incorporating him in his identity. We know how important identity is for a warlock, they usually choose their names for themselves. And Magnus is choosing to making Alec part of it, part of himself.

In a couple of centuries, when the present will only be a chapter in the book of history, Magnus still be Magnus Lightwood-Bane. He would still be Magnus Bane, but he would still be declaring, centuries from now, that he loved a shadowhunter once. That there's a part of him that still will be loving that shadowhunter. That he will probably never stop.

I don't ever want another love.

[bleeding-seraphic]

A Guide To Alexander’s Favorite Things ;)

[isabellaofparma]

"But the fates of death await us. So we either give our enemy glory…" "Or win it for ourselves."

Alexander the Great and Hephaestion in Alexander: The Making of a God (2024)