#mark loves history

[markloveshistory]

Chophouse Massacre - Dewey Lives!

[doctorsiren]

Day 20 of Sirentober / Doctober

Hands / Journal

You can tell who never made a deal

Available as a print on my Etsy Shop

[pil0ttay]

from my instagram lol at a goodwill

i would have included dead poets society but i haven’t watched it yet

[letsplaythermalnuclearwar]

there's something messed up about Mark S being a history professor when all history has been robbed from him

[raevenswritingdesk]

The first outright not-a-joke or “one sided” gay kiss the doctor themselves has had in doctor who history happening during pride month AND with an interacial couple has me feeling so many things 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🎉

[the-crooked-library]

i think the primary reason why K/S has such overwhelming appeal is and always shall be that it is, at its core, a soulmate bond that has to be forged. the only way a t'hy'la bond can manifest is through shared toil, hardships, and undying devotion; it must be given effort and put together piece by piece - but at the same time, by the nature of its creation, it alters all realities on a cosmic level, to the point that Kirk and Spock must meet in every universe.

t'hy'la is not spontaneous. it is not a soulmate mark, it doesn't spring to life at first sight or first touch or first word. it is destined - because it is chosen, time and time again. you cannot have one without the other

[the---hermit]

24|10|2024

New day, same book and same struggle to focus. I need this thing to be done, it's so stressing and tiring to try to keep my focus on this. It's written so fucking badly I can't take it anymore. And after sending a few passages to a friend I can confirm I am not the problem, the book is. It's so tiring on my brain that I am also less motivated to read in my free time, which is fine, but it shows how badly it's influencing me. My free time, when I am alone, these days mainly consists of listening to music, doing sudoku puzzles and continuing my Lost rewatch. I am now at the end of season 3 and I am not joking when I say I don't remember shit. I mean I do have a few memories of things that will happen, but there has been so many plot points amd twists I had completly forgotten.

productivity list:

read first thing in the morning

finished reading and underlining the first half of the last section of the book (now I only have to work on the second half and the epilogue which should be less than 50 pages)

started writing down notes for what I have read yesterday and today

started outlining a few thoughts on what my 2025 reading goals are going to be (I feel like this year I really learned a lot on what I want my reading to be, I will be writing a post on that around the end of the year)

duolingo

[gingermintpepper]

Little idle thought I've been having recently but I think Cyparissus' story is very important for characterising Apollo and Apollo's love. It's so easy to think of love and loss as two ends of a spectrum, likewise, so often, death is seen as an ultimate and tragic end in love stories - something final and inescapably tragic, the only force that halts love by separating the lovers.

Cyparissus' story is... not that. Yes, the deer dies and one can conclude then that death is once more at the heart of separating two lovers, but I think Cyparissus specifically requesting to die, specifically begging Apollo to let him grieve forever even after Apollo has done his best to help Cyparissus move on from the accident and Apollo letting him is a powerful thing.

Because Apollo not only puts Cyparissus' wishes over his own, he's also able to see past his own building grief to immortalise Cyparissus in such a way that both grants him his wish and allows other people to glorify Cyparissus as well! And I think such a beautiful thing is something criminally overlooked!

It's become something of a joke that 'all Apollo's lovers turn into plants' but from a functional perspective, flowers are the most brilliant way to keep the spirit of a beloved thing alive. Flowers are like stars - as long as there are humans, humans will always contemplate the nature of flowers and as the god of poetry and song, Apollo creating opportunities for his beloved mortals to be remembered eternally even if they never seized glory in the traditional way is such an intimate and beautiful thing. Even then, Cyparissus is elevated to a similar status as Daphne with Apollo's actions - not merely a plant or flower but one that specifically symbolises him, one that is extremely fragrant and beloved by him. Just as Daphne's laurels were synonymous with glory and victory, Cyparissus' cypress became a emblematic of grief and remembrance. Even today, thousands of years later, people still view cypress trees as mourning trees and plant them in cemeteries and use the ash in incense burnt in remembrance of others. How's that for Apollo keeping his word.

[shima-draws]

Grips my shirt and tears it apart so that all the buttons go flying and SCREAMS I love Law and Cora so much what the FUCK!!!!

[markloveshistory]

Lindbergh Testified Before Congress

[jessamine-rose]

*lovingly tackles Aine*

Read my Yandere! Pierro longfics first ♪( ´▽｀)

Last week, my beloved mutual @ainescribe surprised me with Savior! Darling fan art and AHAI9232@2-!/! CRYING SCREAMING I WANT TO LOOK AT THIS ART AND WORSHIP YOUR VERSION OF SAVIOR THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BLESSING ME WITH YOUR ART—

*clears throat* Anyway, now that I finally have the time to properly sit down and comment on the fan art, I’ll do just that. Feedback will be in the tags and it will be unhinged. Once again, thank you so much to Aine for drawing this <3

[ironspdr6700]

So... Who was going to tell me that Mark Twain wrote a novel about Joan of Arc...

@aaronofithaca05. @simugeuge @iroissleepdeprived @perroulisses @rubynrut

ENG: She was 17... she was general of the French army... she help to finish a war of ONE HUNDRED YEARS... she was burned by the Church and 500 years later declared Saint ¡Pascu and Rodrí made her a song (if you don't heard it, what the hell are you doing with your life?)

And Mr. Yanqui-Huckleberry-Missisipi wrote about her?! Why nobody mention her in his works?!

No matter... I'm gonna read it... I'm gonna love her and probably I'm gonna cry because everyone knows how she finished 😢

ESP: Tenía 17 años... era general del ejército francés... ayudó a terminar una guerra de CIEN AÑOS... fue quemada por la Iglesia y 500 años después declarada Santa. Pascu y Rodrí le hicieron una canción (si no la has escuchado, ¿qué estás haciendo con tu vida?)

¿Y el señor Yanqui-Huckleberry-Missisipi escribió sobre ella? ¿Por qué nadie menciona esto en sus obras?

No importa... lo voy a leer... la voy a amar y probablemente voy a llorar porque todos sabemos cómo terminó 😢

[mansnooziesmoosmutzel]

[skitskatdacat63]

2009 British Grand Prix - Sebastian Vettel(ft. Mark Webber & Rubens Barrichello)

[silent-sentinels]

we have gotta actually finish the other account, it has been months and we want to tell revi that we're also plural hgkjgk

[theantonian]

Antoine Et Cleopatre, Luc-Olivier Merson (French, 1846-1920)

An intricately detailed illustration shows two figures, representing Mark Antony and Cleopatra, in a close embrace. Surrounding them are elements of classical architecture and decoration, suggestive of ancient Roman or Egyptian settings, with a prominent title above them reading "ANTOINE ET CLEOPATRE." An overturned vessel on the floor hints at a scene of relaxed or perhaps abandoned luxury.

(Antony holding his beloved Cleopatra on his lap. It makes me tear up to see his huge arms holding his tiny Cleopatra. 🥺)