#house of este

[tiny-librarian]

Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa.

[doubtspirit]

Cappellacci di zucca Photo: Archivo Fotografico Provincia di Ferrara

Cappellacci di zucca -- handrolled pasta pillows, like oversized tortellini, filled with sweet pumpkin and nutmeg -- come drenched in meat ragu and topped with parmesan cheese. It's a combination that shouldn't work, but does. Alone, the cappellacci are offputtingly sweet to 21st-century tastes. Douse them with meat and cheese, though, and it slices through the sweetness, while amping up the taste of the sauce.

[annachum]

VASILISA D'ESTE, LADY OF FERRARA AND COUNTESS DI LODRONE

Some more stuff about Vasilissa D'Este :

. Vasilissa D'Este is the older sister of Obizzo III, Rinaldo, Niccolo and Alisa D'Este, and eldest of Aldobrandino II D'Este and Alda Rangoni's 5 children

. In 1305 May, a year and 2 months after Bartolomeo I Della Scala died, a then 18 year old Vasilisa D'Este married a then 26 year old Parisi Di Lodrone

. In a midsummer Masquerade ball hosted by the D'Estes in Ferrara in June 1304, the D'Estes in tow tried to set Vasilisa up with Count Paris ( who was invited alongside the Della Scalas in tow )

. However, both are unsure of each other st first because they both been through similar heartbreaks of ' first loves '

. Vasilisa was once engaged to someone else who later on committed high treason against the D'Estes at 16, and thus her family came to try to secure a match for extra social protection for her

. Well, the 2 decided to get to know each other first anyway

. And then gradually, through hangouts and social events, the 2 found love with each other

. In the Christmas Eve of 1304, Count Paris and Vasilisa D'Este becomes engaged in the D'Este Christmas party, and the next day after that she moved to the Lodrone County Castle where she gets prepped to be a next Countess Di Lodrone

. Edit : Actually they got married in March 1305.

Vasilisa D'Este is decorous, charming and vibrant. But not to be trifled with. She has her mother's elegance and love of fine things, and her father's lion like ambitions

She has rich ginger curly hair ( took after her mother ), a lovely round face, curvy figure and big sea blue eyes ( took after her father )

The D'Estes and Della Scalas were in similar political hoopla at those points ( protection from feuding dramas and all that ), so the D'Estes and Della Scalas in tow decided to try help set up Paris and Vasilisa as a way to secure extra protection for both families with that match

But thr 2 weren't so sure about it at first ( due to ' first love ' heartbreak traumas )

They decided to get to know each other first anyway, and they become closer and....the rest is history

Vasilisa D'Este is kinda like Margaery Tyrell and Isabella D'Este

Much like Margaery, Vasilisa is cunning and loves the finer things in life

And similarly with Isabella D'Este, Vasilisa has a vibrant countenance and loves the patronage of arts

In fact, Vasilisa came to kind of remind Paris of his mother and Juliet in some lights

Vasilisa feels bad about the whole situation with Juliet ans feels nothing but empathy for Juliet

In turn, Count Paris feels about Vasilisa's ex fiance situation and never blamed Vasilisa for that first major heartbreak of hers

While Juliet is strongly associated with Hebe ( Greek Goddess of Youth )

Vasilisa is strongly associates with Nike ( Greek Goddess of Victory )

She becomes an engine of victory for her allies in tow and a source of groundedness for Paris that he needs

[backjustforberena]

Two years since we got this absolute look:

[kraviolis]

he was extremely well-adjusted and chill about it, of course.

[paradiscake]

House of the Dragon summed up in one picture.

[solargeist]

a new game…

[honeycrispjamz]

precrash mistynat, 1992-1996

[lazy-ghost-zzz]

I started this month remembering the dead british ugly bitch

No palismen for you, only cookies

[polymathart]

I can’t believe these all happened on the same day!

[spazoutloud]

The spirits have a peculiar kink.

Bonus:

[overlord-of-fantasy]

Amras, my boy, get out of there

Feanaro: You understand why we stole the ships right? You don't think I'm stupid, like my horrible brother?

Amras: If you ever really feel stupid, Atto, remeber Celegorm went to Este once to be healed, because there was a voice in his head. It was his thoughts. Celegorm went to Este because he was thinking and he just assumed that not everybody had such a "voice" and that it was not normal.

Feanaro, ignights torch: Then I must be extra normal, because I have three of those...

[introspectivememories]

i love bucktommy but the only thing i cant get over is that i was reading a great bucktommy fic once, amazing even, except for the fact that tommy lived on the venice canals???? and it took me so out of the fic because i just couldn't get over the fact that he lived there. on the venice canals???? on firefighter's salary???? even if he bought it in the 08' recession, there is no way he could afford that. and like i guess my question is, does 911 take place in an alternate universe where the housing market is cheaper in la and if it does, how do i get to that universe?

[posthumanwanderings]

[ DJ Mute City - Sega Saturn DanceMix Vol.2 Clip ]

[moviesludge]

Theyre having an event at the thing tonight

[havendance]

Gotta love how in the chapter fe3h where Flayn gets kidnapped, they make you explore the first weekend and after you do the quest there's essentially a big red arrow pointing to where she's being held, but if you try and rescue her there's a pop up saying 'If you do this, you won't be able to do anything else this month!' at which point I, a very busy professor at this monestary/officer's academy am like, Hmmm. I don't don't know if I can fit this in my schedule. I've got monsters to fight… teaparties to have… students to micromanage… The soonest I can fit rescueing you in is [checks watch] the last day of the month. That work for you?

Like, I'd love to rescue Flayn early, but also I have troop optimization to do and rescuing her really puts a crimp in my schedule.