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[quotesfrommyreading]

Mediterranean writers were keen to emphasise that the Celts practiced human sacrifice, something Romans found particularly abhorrent, and suggested that Celtic priests consulted human entrails for messages from the gods. Were it not for the archaeological evidence recovered from the bogs of northwestern Europe, we could explain all this as negative propaganda, examples of the Romans demonising their enemy. However, a variety of prehistoric bodies that have been dredged from the wetlands of Ireland, Denmark and southern Scandinavia have shown that human sacrifice was indeed carried out at times; the broad similarity of injuries recorded suggest that these executions were all part of the same ritual practice.

Comparison of these so-called ‘bog bodies’ has indicated a form of execution which is sometimes referred to as the threefold death. A good example from Britain is that of a young man found preserved in Lindow Moss in Cheshire. Here, the individual had, at some point in the first century AD, been struck violently across the head, before being strangled with a tightly wound cord and having his throat cut. Finally, his lifeless body was deposited face down in the bog.

  —  The Celts: Who Were They, Where Did They Live, & What Happened After The Romans Left Britain?

[danieleneandermancini]

NUOVI STUDI SULL'ADATTAMENTO DEI BRITANNI ALLA CONQUISTA ROMANA

NUOVI STUDI SULL'ADATTAMENTO DEI BRITANNI ALLA CONQUISTA ROMANA Gli archeologi dell'Università di Bournemouth hanno scoperto resti umani e manufatti che forniscono nuove informazioni su come i Britanni si adattarono alla vita dopo la conquista romana. Tra i corredi funerari rinvenuti nelle fosse comuni e nelle tombe risalenti a...

[dandelionjack]

so in case anyone’s wondering how Mr Miles is doing. the pattern continues. he must be exhausted

[wwprice1]

10 great Marvel covers for August!

[sesiondemadrugada]

Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960).

[themultifanshipper]

Either Toto is slouching massively, or someone is lying about their height...

Bc no way there are 11cm between George and Toto and 13cm between Kimi and George

Edit:

After some research I have made some interesting conclusions:

that George is def taller than 185 and Ollie, who is supposed to be the same height, is slightly shorter.

Furthermore, there is supposed to be the same difference between Ollie and Lewis and between George and Lewis, which you can see is definitely bullshit

So, given the pretty big height difference between Ollie and Kimi, I think both Kimi and Ollie are lying about their height

Conclusion: Toto is 196, George is 186/187 Ollie is 181/182, and Kimi is 169/170

[figtreegif]

Ace Attorney (2016) // OP2: Life is Wonderful

[heyho-simonrussellbeale]

Simon Russell Beale as Bently in episode 4 of Douglas Is Cancelled.

Misogyny women can really get behind

[eightdoctor]

i haven’t seen anyone actually talk about it on here yet but if you want some actually good sutekh content that doesn’t portray the god of death as some continuity-obsessed fan who just wants to know the identity of ur mum lol then pleaseeee listen to the audio drama series the true history of faction paradox. he’s actually a fleshed out & competently written antagonist in those

[ex0rin]

hey you want to see a comic book cover that makes me feel fully and totally insane (even if i didn't actually enjoy the series)?

i really dig the uniform design with the pull-down of the stripes to expose the star. also the beard/ scruff. also one booted foot pining down that guys wrist.

[lillies-and-daisies]

Not sure when this years grill the grid was filmed but do you also think he just got up there and went "Guys. CLEARLY idk what the fuck is going on here. I don't care very much either. So let's just get this over with so I can get back to my WAG duties in Paris and you can get on with your day. Please. It's a win-win guys."

[quotesfrommyreading]

It is difficult to answer the question ‘what happened to the Celts?’ because they never really went anywhere. The people – and their art, culture and DNA – were absorbed into other empires, kingdoms and societies. Some areas of Britain, such as what is now Wales, Scotland and Cornwall, remained largely free of Roman influence, while Ireland was never part of the Roman empire. All later helped to reintroduce Celtic art and tradition back into what was once the province of Britannia. Elsewhere, Celtic culture fused with English, Danish and Norman influences to create a distinctive style all of its own.

It is only really within the last few centuries that the term ‘Celtic’ has taken on a more political dimension, being linked with concepts of Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Cornish, Gallician or Breton independence in the face of perceived English, Spanish or French political domination.

Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Celtic art, culture, language and tradition have been resuscitated and used, not only as symbols of resistance, but also of identity and common ancestry, especially among those descended from emigrant groups in the USA, Canada, South America and Australia.

Although this new form of Celtic identity is far removed from its prehistoric origins, it is surely testament to the powerful nature of this most distinctive and magnificent of ancient civilisations.

  —  The Celts: Who Were They, Where Did They Live, & What Happened After The Romans Left Britain?

[matt0044]

The Showrunning Scapegoat: A Troubling Fandom Phenomenon

Knocking about from show to show, from fandom to fandom, you inevitably start to pick up on reoccurring patterns when it comes to the inevitably discourse to come.

One has been this weird sort of "Auteur Theory" that manifests as hate. Where all those pissed off by this season finale, by that episode or by that game installment are pinned on one or at least a few figureheads in the creative team.

Now I focus on television and movie franchises due in part to how with novels (from the ground up) or webcomics, you do have significantly less cooks in the kitchen with one or a few guys making the story decisions. While publishing companies will have a say, nine times out of ten we are seeing what the writer full intended.

But with TV shows, you will have multiple episode directors, multiple episode writers and multiple studio heads overseeing the whole shebang. Yes, there will be a guy or two in charge of the story unfolding and its production. Often the creator of an original show or somebody hired for an installment of a greater franchise.

Buuuuuuut to act like the flaws or features of the show in question start and stop with the one showrunner is... dumb. However, it's a kind of dumb that's depressingly not hard to parse out. A major factor in this is how many fan actually know that television involves many moving parts... and how overwhelming that all is for them to take in.

So fans gotta water it down to lionize/demonize one figurehead or a few. Especially when they have a prescense on Social Media and/or have made themselves known through various interviews. Executives or shareholders who are usually old fogies won't have a Twitter account and when their decisions influence a poorly received creative choice, they're spared.

Twitter often enables a person's impulse to be quick on the trigger and put their two cents before stopping to ask, "Do I have all the facts or am I just rushing things?" Either way, an angry fan often needs an outlet for their growing ire and see the creator as the party who should take responsibility.

It's very much a "The Customer Is Always Right" mentality that even the best of us have to grapple with. The creators and their team make it look so easy to write good, animate good, what have you but only because we don't see the back-breaking process they go through. As much as we don't have to like it, some vocal disagreements border on an angry mob.

To them, their harassment is heroic actually. They have been wronged by the thing and the one credited to the thing are their enemy. And with others feeling the same, they feel like part of the Avengers.

TL;DR - Fandom needs therapists. Like… that’s not even hyperbole.

[xplainthexmen]

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men, Episode 449 - Dressing the X-Men, with Russell Dauterman

In which artist Russell Dauterman joins us to discuss super-powered costume design!

X-PLAINED:

Why it’s important to get a professional to design your superhero costume

Why Miles doesn’t trust the government

Russell’s history at Marvel

Designing for the Hellfire Gala

Mutant fashion

The word “fashionize”

Iconic looks

Modernizing superhero costumes

Powers vs. personality

Punk goddess Storm

Designing for drawability

Magic hair

Russell’s influences

Definitive Rogue costumes

X-Men ‘97

Best X-team costumes

Jay’s holy grail cosplay

Magic hair, cosplayed

Costume retrospectives

Where to find Russell online

Evil twin trends of the 1990s

Fuck You Pink

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[skylarbee]

milex and 'a song for you'

alex on 'later... with jools holland':

"And if my words don't come together Listen to the melody 'Cause my love is in there hiding"

miles in 'one man band':

"There's some things I can't say But when the music starts to play I stare up to the moon And my lonely heart goes boom boom boom Once again, yeah Because I'm your one man band Let me sing about the brighter days A song for you I've learned to play"

[wwprice1]

Eight more awesome Marvel covers for July!