#comparatives tag

[sforzesco]

the emperor's body is an unnatural thing, doomed to collapse on itself. etc, etc

Clothes Maketh the Emperor? Embodying and Performing Imperial Ideology in Byzantium through Dress, Maria Parani / The Oxford History of Byzantium, ed. Cyril Mango

[katabay]

A BROTHER IS AN IMMEASURABLE THING

“We are one. As we share the glory of our victories, so too should we share the pain of our defeat. In this way we grow closer, we grow stronger.”

—and so is forgiveness

Assassin’s Creed (2007) / Sophocles’ Antigone (trans. Ruth Fainlight & Robert J. Littman) / Catullus 101 (trans Anne Carson)

[radyo-kabaw]

Cattleya Killer (2023), Richard Lattimore’s introduction to the Orestia (in Aeschylus, edited by David Grene and Richard Lattimore)

[felixravinstills]

This might just be more confusing than not trying to explain anything in my tlt AU tbosas fic, The Love Perfected By Death, but I suppose if I actually wanted to explain, I would use my own words and not a collage of quotes. (The Locked Tomb spoilers below)

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"Lyctors," The Locked Tomb Wiki/The Locked Tomb Series/TBOSAS movie/The Love Perfected By Death

Bonus:

(also I don't think that what happens with Camilla and Pal is like ideal/a victory. they were in a tough spot, but I do love them choosing mutual destruction over going on without the other <3. "Camilla Hect, yet another of devotion's casualties" indeed. I'll stop talking before I become a Locked Tomb blog... never going to be over realizing I had Max kill Marius in this though... Imagine Gnaeus begging for death too... and Felix left in the dark...)

[samodivas]

Ethel Cain - 1, 3, 4, 6, 9 // Nicole Dollanganger - 2, 5, 7, 8

[crystalbeastsquidney]

Halloween at the x mansion but it’s just everyone wearing starfleet uniforms. Charles does Not think it’s funny.

Bonus:

[pacificwaternymph]

Did you guys know that Duke's tag on Ao3 only has 7,000 fics? Because I didn't.

[chrisrin]

all my behind-the-scenes concept work and such for the HGCZ! i had a blast working on it all.

check out my finished piece here, and check out @hotguycomiczine for the full zine!

[loserrofthecentury]

I think the funniest thing about the rhetoric that butchfemme is somehow heteronormative is that a lot of the things butches are called heteronormative for, men don’t even do.

[emiliosandozsequence]

EVERYTHING SINGS: a collection l’année terrible, victor hugo / red desert (1964) dir. michelangelo antonioni / unknown / rocket men: the epic story of the first men on the moon, craig nelson / the brooklyn daily eagle, new york, march 7, 1886 / suspiria (2018) dir. luca guadagnino / teaching a stone to talk, annie dillard / red bird, 'summer morning', mary oliver / the overview effect: awe and self-transcendent experience in space flight / jeff buckley / scientific future by valentino bellucci / joe dispenza / rilke and andreas-salomé: a love story in letters, rainer maria rilke / unknown / jwst image of 'cosmic cliffs' / alan ginsberg

[bastardalbum]

ST CHROMA + TYLER .

THOUGHT I WAS DEAD (2024)

[sforzesco]

Brutus: the Noble Conspirator, Kathryn Tempest, Plutarch, Brutus 7 (trans. Ian Scott-Kilvert), The Art of Forgetting: Disgrace & Oblivion in Roman Political Culture, Harriet I. Flower

[katabay]

Hellblazer #215, Mike Carey & Leonardo Manco / Boot Theory, Richard Siken

[radyo-kabaw]

OUR HISTORY IS ONE DRENCHED IN BLOOD

[…] his brother, Paciano Mercado, was a disciple of Burgos, '72 meant for Rizal the childhood trauma of a change of name — from Mercado to Rizal — and the wound was obviously still festering when, years later, he defiantly dedicated his second novel to the martyred priests.

-Nick Joaquin

A Question of Heroes, Nick Joaquin / the trailer for GomBurZa

[hyperfixated-homo]

miss him,,,, fanders are we still around. hows it going. what have i missed. how long has it been

[pasta-n00dles]

This is my second Arthur attempt. I used a ref this time.