#f: masterpiece

[eggwishing]

someday... you gotta learn when to QUIT.

[hotdaemondtargaryen]

young and adult versions.

green siblings au — jaehaera and jaehaerys + their dragons morghul and shrykos.

credits to the artist @crazytom0712

[emilyjunk]

"Kevin isn't that bad it's not like he beats her, why does she need to kill him or fake her death, just get divorced" you are the point of the show, you are missing the crucial reveal. Allison sees Kevin in every single scene as she does their last scene together, but we as the audience aren't privy to that and we only see sitcom Kevin which is Kevin's self perception. He is not suddenly becoming scary and threatening to her. He was like that the whole time. We only see Allison's feelings about Kevin and the aftermath of her interactions with Kevin -- this is the ONLY time we see Kevin from her POV except for the brief initial breaking of the sitcom cam. Every other time we see Kevin on screen it's from Kevin's POV. Even after she cuts her hand we only see the bandage in her singular pov when she is away from kevin, but when it shifts back to sitcom Kevin it's gone.... We do not see the reality of her interactions with Kevin, that's the point of the show!!! Because when Kevin is on screen, it's Kevin's world! We only see Kevin from anyone else's lens in ONE scene at the end, which is when Allison decides to leave, so yes the sitcom cam "softens his abuse" but it also just fully acts as an unreliable narration because we never literally see Kevin from anyone else's POV until the series finale so every time Kevin is on screen it isn't even an accurate portrayal of what's happening, it's Kevin's perception of what's happening. Allison has viewed him like that the entire show, we as the audience just did not get to witness that POV until the end

[sout999]

shiny and shiny!

marker commission for maybemagpie on twitter

[archivist-dragonfly]

Book 512

Masterpieces of Illumination (Codices illustres): The world’s most famous illuminated manuscripts 400 to 1600

Ingo F. Walther and Norbert Wolf

Taschen 2005

This edition, part of Taschen’s 25th anniversary series of reissues, is a stunning overview of history’s most glorious illuminated manuscripts. While a downside of the book is that it is mostly concerned with Western manuscripts (there are some examples from the Middle East), the book provides examples from over 450 works. With book details, brief histories, and 2 to 4 high quality scans from each work, this is an excellent historical journey of some of the most beautiful books that have ever been made.

[joelsflower]

weekly fic recs 🔖🫡

just some stuff that i read this week that may or may have not changed me as a person. altered my brain chemistry. malfunctioned my system. mostly smut this time!

🔖 @murdrdocs - tumblr wouldn’t let me link her stuff (🤬) but check them out, just masterpieces!! specially this one story called “go about things the wrong way” listen READ IT

🔖 @thinkinonsense - seven days and colors (smut 10/10 give me one million of it rn)

🔖 @healmydesires - has one called “cross that line” that i also couldn’t tag wtf!!!! but smut + forbidden like just read it it’s incredible!!

🔖 @ovaryacted - this blurb (it’s fluffy and about babies and melt my adamantium heart)

🔖 @superhoeva - tumblr ALSO wouldn’t let me tag the specific stories but everything from her is ✨otherworldly✨. i’m obsessed with “fridays”, it’s so so good!!

and i also had one out this week, it’s called love language and if you wanna check it out :) it’s SMUT and fluff. fluffy smut? idk! something along these lines

[h-l-v-kennedy-blog]

Portraits of the Kennedys by Yousuf Karsh. One of my favorite photographers to capture photos of the Kennedys. Karsh himself said he wanted to capture his subject's greatness and when you look at these photos, there is something spectacular about them. The chosen photos I'm posting are my favorites.

Source: https://karsh.org/

[galerymod]

Gene Tierney - Hollywood's forgotten star

She played every conceivable character in 34 films: actress Gene Tierney never allowed herself to be confined to one role, as was the norm in Hollywood.

For Martin Scorsese, Gene Tierney is one of the most underrated actresses from the heyday of US cinema. The actress never allowed herself to be confined to one role, as was the norm in Hollywood, but played every conceivable character in 34 films, from Joseph L. Mankiewicz's "A Ghost on Freelance Feet" to Ernst Lubitsch's feature film "A Heavenly Sinner", which became a milestone in her career in 1943. She probably took on her best-known role in 1944 in "Laura" by Otto Preminger, with whom she subsequently worked several more times. In 1946, Tierney was nominated for an Oscar for her role as a psychopath in "Mortal Sin" (1945).

As a teenager, Gene Tierney was advised by Anatole Litvak during a visit to a film studio that she should become an actress. The actress, who inspired directors such as Josef von Sternberg, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and John Ford, had an eventful life story

Lubitsch was a tyrant on the set, the most demanding of directors. After one scene, which took from noon until five to get, I was almost in tears from listening to Lubitsch shout at me. The next day I sought him out, looked him in the eye, and said, 'Mr. Lubitsch, I'm willing to do my best but I just can't go on working on this picture if you're going to keep shouting at me.' 'I'm paid to shout at you', he bellowed. 'Yes', I said, 'and I'm paid to take it – but not enough.' After a tense pause, Lubitsch broke out laughing. From then on we got along famously.

Gene Tierney

She had a methapysical beauty that took your breath away.

Her silence lent mystical expressiveness to every scene, only intensified by her gaze.

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This movie is a real treat, from the set, lighting, editing, story to the acting performances.

One of my favorite old Hollywood movies.

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[beif0ngs]

BLUE EYE SAMURAI CONFIRMED FOR ANOTHER SEASON!!!

[potatounicoorn]

Reading Dune after watching the movies is insane, because what do you mean Paul is a teenage dad??? What???? Like this 15y old has (kinda) adopted children and his own kid at like 17??? And they just ignore that lmao

[hawktims]

KAT BAKER x JUSTIN DAVIS | SPINNING OUT (2020) ↳ It's harder when you care. And you haven't cared for a very long time.

[soubidou]

If I had a penny every time Luis Carazo played a broken character reaching out and talking (negotiating) to a cosmic/horror/evil deity that ended up ripping open a rift between realities with its own two hands to try and come out of it on a Critical Role short season with a 6h30 long finale I'd only have 2 BUT IT'S WEIRD (EXHILARATING) THAT IT HAPPENED TWICE

[folklouire]

WHO'S A HERETIC NOW?

Florence + the Machine (2015)

by Mariza Kapsabeli

[demivampirew]

There aren't enough nasty words in this world to explain who much I f*cking hate season 3

Boring af

A complete waste of time and money

Heroic send-off for Henry as Geralt? Really, Lauren, really?! The only one who got a "heroic send-off" was Stregobor, yes, Stregobor died as a "hero" helping the mages while enjoying killing the elves, like the bigot he is.

Seriously, this season made the last season of GOT a freaking masterpiece in comparison!!!!

No wonder Henry decided to go. He barely got any screen time this season, especially in the last 3 episodes. I'm surprised he stayed and didn't tell them to f*ck off and left -he likely stayed only for legal purposes.

I hope that sh*tshow gets canceled. Such a waste of time and money.

[deus-ex-mona]

chizuchan was right. childhood friend romances are the b e s t

[cgarttrailsandtails]

🌅~Tsams/Tlaes Human au!~🌌

(yes it includes Teaps)

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Ships: NatureGator, Lumini, TreasureBox, Possibly some funny crackships.

This will be interactive, you can also suggest stuff for it! Askbox will be answered in a timely manner.

Anyways, LORE:

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The Celestials:

This family consists of Sun, Moon, Earth, Lunar (adopted), Dazzle (adopted by Sun), and the animals (Cleo, Muffin, Daisy).

They are kind of middle class and have a lot of trouble come their way.

The celestials are a close knit family, and are friendly to anyone new. Well, most of them are (looking at moon). They have all disowned their father, and their mother isn’t alive any longer. She died because of complications when Earth was born. Luckily, Earth survived the ordeal. They were the kind of family that kept going until they got a girl. And then stuff happened anyway. But they all love each other (excluding mr Sven over there, their father) and share many things, sometimes including friends! They live happily in the town of BoltBrook, and they’re all doing well.

The Shadows:

This family consists of Kyle (nicknamed “Killcode”. Father of the family.), Eclipse, Bloodmoon, Lunar (formerly), Solar, and Jack (Solar’s son, adopted into the family at birth).

They are upper middle class, but Kc (the C stands for caine, his actual last name- he took his wife’s.) came from a rich family.

Kyle ran away from his home when he was about 16 because of smothering from his mother and father. He spent a while struggling to live on his own, when he met Mrs. Shadow. She got him back on his feet and they kinda just… happened. Fast forward like 15 years and they were getting married and starting their family. They have three boys, Eclipse (the oldest) Bloodmoon (the middle, that’s not his real name just what he’s preferably called) and Solar (the youngest, and also the most picked on in the family). Kyle and Mrs. Shadow both were also overjoyed 8 years ago when Solar adopted Jack into the family, and all of them get along okay. For the most part.

The Astrals:

This family consists of, you guessed it, the astrals.

They are upper class, a very old, wealthy family that’s been around for generations.

The astrals are by far the biggest family, and both parents are at work almost all the time. Libra acted as the parental figure for many of her younger siblings, yet made sure they knew she was only their older sister. Everyone has different relationships inside the family, but most of the time they all get along well enough.

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Now that you’ve read about the three main families, it’s time to talk about people outside of those.

Sven (our dimension): His family disowned him after years of his abuse, mainly mentally. He has not bothered them in years, but who knows if that will last?

Ryan (Ruin): Everybody just calls him Ruin, even though his real name is Ryan. He’s a friend of Solar’s, and doesn’t really know the celestial family well. He’s clumsy, definitely gay, and of course, an actor. He has no known family as he’s kinda well known in their area, so he keeps his family (and friends, as best he can) out of the media.

Puppet: She’s trans fem, and is a family friend of the celestials. She’s hardworking, yet still tries to be there for her friends. (And partner!)

Foxy (Carter): A friend of Monty’s and boyfriend of Puppet, Foxy surprisingly doesn’t know the celestials well. He’s trying to get to know them, but he works long hours at a few different jobs to provide for his girlfriend (Puppet) and his son, FC. (In this au, “FC” stands for Felix Carter)

Monty Evergreen: Monty is Earth’s bf, and comes from a well-off family. He’s very snarky and rude at times, but he can be really sweet-hearted too! He’s also Moon’s best friend, and business partner. (The two own a small coffee shop together)

Nebula: She is NOT an astral, but she works for them. She’s a servant, and while mostly she’s treated nicely, there are a few of the astrals that are just assholes to her (ahem, L e o). She works hard and takes her job seriously, and for that Libra makes sure she’s paid well at least. Though some days are hard, she stays at it and refuses to give up or ask for help on anything. She’s very stubborn in that regard.

Ballora, Lefty, and Sunshine/Moonlight are also in this au, under different names.

Bella (Ballora) is a pretty rich, spoiled, girl. She’s stuck up, and doesn’t really care about many people. She’s a dancer (not to be rude, but duh) and she has a crush on Eclipse. He actually barely notices her, but she’s determined to get with him.

Liliana (Lefty, a girl in this au) is a sweet girl who works at the coffee shop mentioned earlier. She’s good friends with Monty, and knows her way around construction too. She’s a designer in her free time, decorating rooms for a little extra cash to get by comfortably.

Sol & Luna (eaps sun and moon) are faternal twins. Sol is very anxious, and works at the daycare Sun manages. He is doing his best to overcome his jumpiness day by day, but y’know, it gets hard sometimes. Luna works as a game developer in her spare time, but her main job is at an auto repair shop. She gets really cynical at times, and thinks a lot of people are stupid. (Can ya tell she’s an introvert yet? No?) When she’s home at their shared apartment, she’s usually in her room working on her games. (How about now?) The two’s relationship is kinda scattered, but they’re getting along okay overall.

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Okay, time for individual characters! (This took a long ass time, so sadly, no close up pictures)

Sun Celest: The oldest, and most likely to have a panic attack, of the celestials. He runs a daycare, and is a complete neat-freak. He’s always ready to run away, and almost never actually takes a break. However, he loves his family and he’s there for them when he’s needed. They return the favor!

Moon Celest: Second oldest, and most sassy. He co-owns a coffee shop with Monty and is decently smart. He’s one of the best mechanics in town. He’s quick to jump to conclusions, and very short tempered, but his family loves him anyways. And though he’ll never say it, they all know he’d protect them at all costs.

Lunar Celest: Second youngest, his temper is as short as he is. He works at a law firm, and in his spare time he likes to draw. He scares easily, but denies that he got scared just as often as he eats Nutella. (Aka all the time) He makes sure his family knows he loves them, and he always gets it back.

Earth Celest: Youngest, and also the calmest, of the siblings. She works as a baker, and does a few odd jobs too, like babysitting. She’s very extroverted, but also trusts too much. She shows her love to everyone, her family gets the most of it though. She receives as much as she gives out, and is generally well liked for her kindness.

Dazzle Celest: The youngest in the entire family, and the most innocent. She’s Sun’s adopted daughter, after her biological parents were killed in a fire. She loves to make everyone laugh, and holds her friends close and her family even closer. She doesn’t understand many things, but that’s okay because her dad will always be there to explain it to her. The rest of the celestials too.

Eclipse Shadow: Oldest, besides Kc. First son, and very sarcastic. He’s rude to almost everyone, and puts up with his siblings on a day to day basis because he has to. He works at an auto shop with a girl named Luna, who he actually likes. He would never say it out loud, but even though he’s generally an ass to everyone around him, he loves his family.

Bloodmoon Shadow: Second oldest sibling, he’s the only one who’s been to jail before. He has a bit of a split personality disorder, and has been in and out of the mental hospital as well as ending up in jail once for shoplifting. He’s a troublemaker. He also teases his younger brother at every chance, as a way of showing he cares. The only reason he doesn’t do it to Eclipse is because the last time he did, he got smacked in the face with a wooden chair.

Solar Shadow: Youngest of these three siblings, and the most picked on in the family. He works as a mechanic, at the same shop Eclipse works at. He and Jack are the only ones in the shadow family who are friends with the celestials. He’s much nicer than both his siblings put together, but holds long grudges if you cross him. Overall a chill dude, but he is also hardheaded like the rest of his family, and was raised to not take any shit from anybody. In other words, he’s easy to make friends with, but it’s also kinda easy to piss him off.

Jack Shadow: Solar’s son, he was adopted at birth, because his mother wasn’t allowed to keep him and his biological father just wasn’t in the picture. Solar adopted him, and raised him since he was born. He is excitable, curious, and doesn’t really have any self preservation in mind when he does things. Solar freaks out whenever he does anything adventurous because of this, but is lenient on stuff he can or can’t do. Jack is friends with Dazzle, and she’s about the only kid he hangs out with. He loves his father with all his heart, and would protect Dazzle from anything. (He already has in one instance!)

Castor Calypso Astral (yes ima put the astrals middle names): Soft spoken and very shy, Castor is one of the youngest in the astral family. He’s very timid, and doesn’t like talking to new people, but once he gets used to someone, his determination shows. He’s smarter than half of his siblings, and he stays calm in situations that one would normally freak out in. He has a condition, literally called “Emotional numbness”, that makes it hard for him to feel and express as many emotions as other people. It was caused by some complications in his health when he was little, as he needed a special medication for a while that left it as a side effect. He’s been picked on repeatedly by a few of his siblings for this.

Pollux Petunia Astral: She is the outgoing, extroverted twin out of her and Castor. She’s nearly impossible to get rid of once she decides to be your friend, and she usually brings Castor along (sometimes much to his dismay). The two are a package deal, and while Castor has trouble with emotions, she makes sure to show hers enough to make up for his lack of expression. She’s easy to befriend and very trusting. She also gets into trouble A LOT. Her brother’s the most important thing to her, and he shares the same sentiment (even through his troubles with emotion).

Taurus Ben Astral: Taurus hates his middle name so much, anyone who calls him it gets yeeted like a football. He’s big built, and works hard to maintain his strength. He’s able to keep his cool in many situations, but in others he snaps easily. He likes messing with people, though not as much as Leo. Speaking of, that’s who he’s closest with in the family. He deems himself a protecter, and has definitely done some in the past. Both verbally and physically.

Leo Prince Astral: He’s as snotty as his middle name. A snarky bastard and a troublemaker, Leo wreaks havoc anywhere he can. He loves to mess with his siblings, and is essentially just a menace to himself and others. He can be serious and caring however, and one main redeeming trait is his compassion for those he cares about. However those are usually the people he picks on the most. He is also a huge fan of rock and metal music, but also somehow likes pop such as katy perry.

Libra Aurora Astral: The main voice of reason in the household, Libra is about the only one able to keep the peace. Everyone listens to her, as she’s the oldest. She took care of everyone while their parents were at work everyday, their mother working as a big time pop star and their father working as a brain surgeon. She is fair to everyone and almost never has any bias. The only one she has any amount of bias for is Castor, because of the issues in his health when he was younger. Other than that, she loves every one of her siblings, and makes sure to let them know so. She also ensures they know that their parents don’t hate them, they are just busy. Overall, she’s a good, hard worker, and a very strong woman.

(I won’t put the rest of the astrals for the sake of my time, and yours!)

And there you have it, the rundown of my human au’s background information.

Hope you enjoy the au!!

(It’s called the MMau (Mortal Masterpiece au), and if you have any questions or want to see someone’s design, just ask!)