#classic tale

[lepetitdragonvert]

“Alice in Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll

Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd - New York

.c. 1910

Artist : Mabel Lucie Attwell

[wayti-blog]

"‘Thanks, thanks!’ said the emperor; ‘you heavenly little bird, I know you! I banished you from my kingdom, and yet you have charmed the evil visions away from my bed by your song, and even Death away from my heart! How can I ever repay you?’

‘You have rewarded me,’ said the nightingale. ‘I brought the tears to your eyes, the very first time I ever sang to you, and I shall never forget it! Those are the jewels which gladden the heart of a singer;—but sleep now, and wake up fresh and strong! I will sing to you!’

Then it sang again, and the emperor fell into a sweet refreshing sleep. The sun shone in at his window, when he woke refreshed and well; none of his attendants had yet come back to him, for they thought he was dead, but the nightingale still sat there singing."

Hans Christian Andersen, The Nightingale

[vanalex]

My only love sprung from my only hate

[nellfallcard]

[stokkebyeart]

Elizabeth presenting her book

Photo showing Elizabeth twelve years old. Her young self created stories, pictures and plays. Her love for storytelling is strong.

ELMER: For Greatest of All is Love

[the-evil-clergyman]

Illustrations from Stories from Hans Christian Andersen by Edmund Dulac (1911)

[detailedart]

Detail: Moonlight Landscape, 1785, by Joseph Wright of Derby.

[toyastales]

Gold, emerald, diamond, and enamel signet ring with clock, crafted by Johannes Butz of Augsburg, Germany, 2nd quarter of the 17th Century AD.

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

In memory of Roger Corman, who passed at the age of 98...

As requested by @algusunderdunk, this gif collection of Corman and Vincent Price's work over the years.

Rest in peace, sir. You're a legend. Tell Vincent we say hi.

[atomic-raunch]

Vincent Price and friend.

[lepetitdragonvert]

Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault

B. Wilmsen - Philadelphia

.c. 1900

Artist unknown

Source : bgalleries.com

[lizbwitch]

Diary Entry #20

Oh man, what a journey this has been. 20th entry of this and still feels like I'm keeping for my sanity. Like there's a part of me that wants to see me doing good and it's doing whatever it can to keep me at bay. And if I'm being honest, I want to hold on to that.

I want to see myself doing good.

i still feel guilt for losing that good friendship that was starting to blossom. I feel terrible for misreading everything and now I feel awful of my own sexual needs. It didn't helped my case at all and I'm still wondering what I've been doing wrong. My therapist says it's the fact that I feel exposed and I say it's because I've been a little too honest. Maybe we're both right.

The truth is that since I've discovered I'm a girl, I felt like I dropped my armor and started to feel more comfortable with myself. I forgot how to defend myself not bc of incompetence but bc I'm tired of it. I'm tired of this constant war of me vs the world. I want peace. And since I dropped my armor and my weapons and life keeps hitting me with everything, the impacts feel a lot harder.

Like walking into a warzone with nothing but my clothes on. No protection vest, no sidearm at all. Just me and my will to live.

Not only that but I also discovered that my ex was not only my bf but my protector too. With him I felt the comfort of someone protecting me from harm. I was a knight that discovered that she prefered to be the damsel in distress waiting for a knight in shinning armor. I got tired of fighting and I want for someone else to take the heavy toll for me. Someone that talks sweet to me and swears nothing but loyalty to me.

Yes yes, very classic (and patronizing) of me but I think it's true. To some extent at least. I need to find the balance between the knight and the damsel and become both, if I'm to survive this crisis. To become my own hero and survive, for whenever my true love arrives to take my heart and offers me nothing but what I can also offer in return: loyalty until the end.

The hopeless romantic, Lizz <3

[vanalex]

[whilereadingandwalking]

Genji is not a perfect person, but there’s a purity to him, a beauty that’s clearly meant to be lauded, particularly in contrast to later chapters. He’s in love with love, a true romantic, and his sometimes unwise affairs are motivated by a true sense of love. He never abandons one of his lovers, which in this time is crucial. No matter the shame it brings to himself, he tries to find a way to honor the women he’s fallen for. He’s charming. No one can not love him, or ultimately forgive him his faults.

The age of Tale of Genji had strict rules of romance—of how flirtations worked (largely intermediaries and poetry), of how commitments worked, of how aloof vs. present it was appropriate to be (it’s good to commit but bad to hoard or become jealous). It was possible to love too much. Genji is accused of this, but he always remembers to care for the people he is responsible for—once he grows up that is.

Early in the text, he neglects his wife, and he also neglects “the Rokujo lady.” The Rokujo lady becomes so jealous and enraged that her spirit begins to sicken his wife. This ghost returns more than once over the course of the text. She has grown sick from obsession and neglect, and Genji pays the price for it. It’s part of what motivates him to always care for the women he romances for the rest of his life.

Later, in the “Uji” chapters, young Kaoru and prince Niou also love too much. Niou is impulsive like Genji but also flighty, and Kaoru is serious like Genji but also obsessive. Both men pursue the women at Uji with insistence that the text can’t quite forgive as it could for Genji. Both, somehow, go too far—perhaps in their attempts to hoard, or in their impatience.

[branzinos]

SEVEN + ACE 📺 Tales of the Tardis (2023)

[corallapis]

And do you want to know a secret? The best is yet to come.

DOCTOR WHO (1989) // TALES OF THE TARDIS (2023)