#for one i will say it until i'm blue in the face: cleopatra was white as bread. palest woman to have ever lived in egypt.
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"cleopatra movie starring zendaya as cleopatra and timothee chalamet as octavian" i was having a good day and now i have an anger headache
#personal#i like zendaya and chalamet as actors and they have good chemistry#and i'm honestly fine with anything that focuses on the relationship cleopatra and octavian had with each other specifically#i think it's underdiscussed and a great source of drama and narrative storytelling#but not like this#for one i will say it until i'm blue in the face: cleopatra was white as bread. palest woman to have ever lived in egypt.#you know what with the THREE CENTURIES OF ONE GREEK FAMILY INBREEDING OVER AND OVER THAT LED TO HER CONCEPTION#for two: why are octavian and cleopatra gonna be the same age she was a decade older than him#that's important!#she was an adult in a relationship with his great-uncle when they first met in rome and HE was a teenager barely a year into adulthood#(by roman standards)#like she can't be his age and have a relationship with caesar#and even more importantly him being younger is probably a key part in why she might have underestimated him#along with listening to antony but that man was just stupid#it's a recurring theme in octavian's early career: the people around him were older and because he was young he wasn't taken seriously#until he was at their doorstep burning down their house and killing everyone they knew and by then it was too late#i cannot believe hollywood is apparently finding it hard to cast a white woman who can play midtwenties to early forties!!!#denis i know you like these two but pls just executive produce and give the project over to me and let me overhaul it#(where i then scrap the cleopatra focus and make it either a three way show focusing on cleopatra octavian and herod)#(or i just get to make the octavian biopic show i've had in my head for like two years)
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Achilles & Patroclus
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“And this, and this, and this.”
“It will be this, always, for as long as he will let me.”
1. I Will Follow You Into The Dark - Death Cab for Cutie
“No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white, just our hands clasped so tight, waiting for the hint of a spark.”
2. Oblivion - Bastille
“When you fall asleep, with your head upon my shoulder; When you're in my arms, but you've gone somewhere deeper.”
3. YOUTH - Troye Sivan
“‘Cause we've no time for getting old; Mortal body, timeless souls.”
4. The End of All Things - Panic! at The Disco
“Whether near or far, I am always yours- Any change in time; We are young again.”
5. Always - Panic! at The Disco
“When the world gets too heavy put it on my back, I'll be your levy. You are taking me apart like bad glue on a get well card.”
6. Futile Devices - Sufjan Stevens
“It's been a long, long time since I've memorized your face, It's been four hours now since I've wandered through your place.”
7. Cleopatra - The Lumineers
“I was Cleopatra, I was taller than the rafters, but that's all in the past now, gone with the wind.”
8. I’m With You - Vance Joy
“I saw you standing there: sandy blonde hair, the way it came tumbling down, just like a waterfall. And if you need a light, I'll be the match to your candle; My darling, I'm ready, to burst into flames for you.”
9. Halo - Ane Brun
“You're everything I need and more, it’s written all over your face,”
10. Gale Song - The Lumineers
“And he fell apart with his broken heart; and this blood, this blood, this blood... Oh, it drains from my skin, it does.”
11. Yellow Light - Of Monsters and Men
“Just follow my yellow light- and ignore all those big warning signs.”
12. Rose Gold - Pentatonix
“If it's true that legends never die, me and you could stand the test of time”
13. C’est la Mort - The Civil Wars
“C'est la vie, c'est la mort (Such is life, such is death). You and me, forevermore.”
14. Like Real People Do - Hozier
“Honey just put your sweet lips on my lips, we should just kiss like real people do.”
15. Run - Hozier
“Rare is this love, keep it covered; I need you to run to me, run to me, lover. Run until you feel your lungs bleeding.”
16. Nobody - Hozier
“We could have less to worry about, but honey I won't lie to you, and everything I do I've had no love like your love.”
17. Saturn - Sleeping at Last
“I'd give anything to hear you say it one more time that the universe was made, just to be seen by my eyes
18. Guillotine - Jon Bellion
“The secrets you tell me I'll take to my grave; There's bones in my closet, but you hang stuff anyway,”
19. Sun - Sleeping at Last
“With golden string, our universe was brought to life that we may fall in love every time we open up our eyes.”
20. Somebody to Die For - Hurts
“Because no matter where they take me, in death I will survive, and I will never be forgotten with you by my side.”
21. Achilles Come Down - Gang of Youths
“The self is not so weightless, nor whole and unbroken: Remember the pact of our youth.”
22. Cosmic Love - Florence + the Machine
“Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too, so I stayed in the darkness with you.”
23. Til’ Kingdom Come - Coldplay
“For you, I’d wait til’ kingdom come.”
24. Eyelids - PVRIS
“I wake up and I can feel you by my side, but I can't find you in the dark when you're so far.”
26. You Said You’d Grow Old With Me - Michael Schulte
“Thought we had the time, had our lives. Now you'll never get older, older.”
27. Song for the Birds - Eisley
“Oh the sky has never looked so blue before. Oh and I reach out to you, I reach out to you.”
28. Never Let Me Go - Florence + the Machine
“And the arms of the ocean are carrying me, and all this devotion was rushing over me.”
29. Firelight - Young the Giant
“And the rains begin to shower, cover me in blue.”
30. When You Go - Jonathan Coulton
“Fold my heart up small, or break it into pieces, find somewhere and keep it there, take it when you go.”
31. Yellow Love - Citizen
“All I see is yellow in the spring air; How beautifully the color worked itself in.”
#the song of achilles#tsoa#tsoaedit#tsoa patroclus#achilles#patroclus#patrochilles#achilles and patroclus#song of achilles#fanmix#playlist#selfmade#spotify
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