#favs from 2019

[italyveneziano]

Old redraw of an even older drawing ☺️ They are the father and son ever. To me (please don't tag as ship!)

[ink-the-artist]

u been hit with the scambaiting craze too huh? I really like kitboga's vids, would recommend!

yessss i luv this animation someone made of one of his calls

[waruihoshi]

oops I did it again... one more soundwave in my collection hehe

[milommid]

they came :3

[spittyfishy]

Little screen shot redraw from DC Superhero Girls! It’s such a fun show and tbh one of the best examples of how enjoyable DC can be when they really try, 10/10 would recommend lol

[wolftozier]

uh. circus au 2024 edition bc I reread stepping stones and I miss them

richie: I'm sticking with hand balancer richie bc I don't care if it's boring. I'm giving him good shoulders. he trained in gymnastics before circus so his handstands are super pretty. when he's on his feet he has almost no control over his body but put him on his hands and he can balance on anything. can walk on his hands for minutes on end.

I also think he'd be a pretty good puppeteer!! bev helps him make new puppets :)

eddie: anything aerial for eddie. trapeze, silks, hoops, tight rope walking. that boy needs to be up high and flying. really flexible. his favourite thing to do is probably silks (and it's richies favourite too, because eddies costumes are always super short bc he likes having bare skin to help grip the silk)

mikey: dog trainer... bc the thought of him and mr chips having a silly little circus routine keeps me up at night. mr chips can balance on one paw. he can jump through hoops. he can walk a tightrope with mikey. they're so cute. best jugglar out of everyone

bill: ringmaster sorry I don't take criticisms. he also does tightrope and he even has a little tightrope routine with georgie!!! he taught georgie how to tightrope when they were little babies 🥺

stan: magician. he even has a couple of doves as pets that join in the routine sometimes. they're very well behaved and love sitting on his shoulders when they're not performing

bev: trapeze with eddie...... I also think she def helps design and make everyone's costumes. she also puppets with Richie sometimes, and her voices are always terrible and over the top but it makes the kids laugh.

ben: he's the one in charge of building everyone's sets and props and making sure everything is secure !!! he loves designing new things for Eddie to do aerial work with and weird little walkways for Richie to hand walk across and builds puppet theatres for rich n bev!!! he makes mr chips a kennel!! he helps make platforms for stans disappearing acts.... he is seriously the backbone of all their performances !!!!

[amngtheflowers]

The garden's last visage.

[icarusgf]

i was watching conan grays ucla dorm tour and listening to idle town in 2017 wdym his concert tickets r A HUNDRED DOLLARS

[bandtrees]

shes very close to my heart still

[juicedbeetle]

"his name was Kevin!" (fav moments 4/?)

[wishesofeternity]

“Throughout Henry’s exile, Margaret (Beaufort) seems to have been a faithful correspondent, keeping her son abreast of affairs in England. Though none of their letters from this period have survived, it is highly probable that they contained sentiments similar to those she expressed in her later letters to him: she often gave him her blessing, and on one occasion, in a reflection of her affection towards him, she assured Henry that ‘I trust you shall well perceive I shall deal towards you as a kind, loving mother’. At this time, however, Margaret was clearly considering the possibility of bringing about his return, though she also recognised that this would take time. As her standing with Edward IV improved, so too did her confidence to effect a reconciliation. If she could continue to win the king’s trust, Henry’s foreign exile could potentially be brought to an end.

By the beginning of June 1482, her efforts appear to have produced some results when Edward agreed that Henry could receive a share of his grandmother the dowager Duchess of Somerset’s lands to the value of £400 (£276,500) if he were to return ‘to be in the grace and favour of the king’s highness’. Edward signed the agreement on 3 June, attaching his official seal. A draft still survives and can be found among Margaret’s papers. The groundwork for Henry to return home had been laid. Edward’s grip on the reins of power was unchallenged, and with two surviving sons, his dynasty appeared to be assured—Margaret’s son was no longer a threat. Thus it was that, on an unknown date, Edward—curiously, using the same piece of paper on which Margaret’s second husband had been created Earl of Richmond—drafted a pardon for her son. Margaret began to hope that she and Henry would soon be reunited.”  

- Nicola Tallis, “The Uncrowned Queen: The Fateful Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Matriarch”

[aurora-rose-draws]

Klaus Orphan Au

Listen, I know it's past Christmas, but @kitlaurie 's Klaus fic, "Hard-Knock Life," has my whole heart, and if you haven't read it yet, then you absolutely should.

[banqanas]

kane & kagura ref board

[todays-just-a-daydream]

You toured extensively with the band. Is there anything about touring with a rock band in the ‘90s that people might find surprising?

MSP: It’s great fun, there is a great sense of freedom. But I think what people would find surprising is that [the band] were under a lot of pressure. I can remember being with Liam, we were in London and we’d been out the previous two nights and I just wanted to go home to bed, I was absolutely shattered, and Liam said, ‘It’s alright for you, I’ve got to walk on stage and perform for 8,000 people.’

And suddenly you start to understand the kind of pressure these people are under.

People tend to see this glamorous surface of it, but you know, can you imagine if you’re not feeling your best or your feeling tired and suddenly you’ve got to get your act together to perform in front of 10, 15, 20,000 people that’s a big commitment, it’s a lot of psychological pressure. Of course, it’s a great job, but there is a lot pressure in that because if you don’t perform you’re going to let a lot of people down. And I don’t think people quite understand… There is a tendency to over-glamourise that pop lifestyle. A lot of these bands work really hard, in the studio, very professional output really. They knew how to party but they knew how to work. They are artists first and foremost. My overriding impression with Oasis is a good vibe, and there was a lot humour.

Do you think it was that family bond between Liam and Noel that made the band so successful?

MSP: Absolutely, yes. I can remember when I first started working with them and someone pointed out that this a band with two brothers in it so it’s not going to be, it’s going to create a dynamic in and of itself. And the fact that there was that sibling friction, and that just made it right. Most of it was good humour, only occasionally would it get a bit heated. But there was always that element there that created that dynamic. With any artist, it’s that fault line that creates humanness. It’s about humanity at the end of the day.

The thing with Oasis, they were like the ‘anti-role model’. The music of course, the minute you listen to the music, you become a part of that world for sure.

ICON interview with Michael Spencer Jones, photographer of Oasis (1993-1998)

[redsodaz]

okay guys confession time... i still kinda like be more chill

[noxtivagus]

i love love music so much oh man