#more than a pretty face

[claresedwards]

WOMAN HISTORY MONTH | DEGRASSI FEMALE CHARACTERS IN APPEARANCE ORDER

Manny Santos

[simp-for-marvel-woman]

Can we all take a moment to agree that scarlett johansson is not just hot asf but also very kind,caring, and intelligent

You're probably wondering why I am saying that, but it's because she gets sexualized way too much and doesn't get enough credit for actually being good at her job and not just for looking pretty

So ,let's all just take a moment to appreciate scarlett Ingrid johansson

Because she's not just a pretty face and nice body, she's so much more, and she deserves to be treated like it

[lightofraye]

Did you know Marilyn Monroe was an extensive reader? At the time of her death, she had almost 400 books in her personal library, and almost 40 additional more that she had read and mentioned in various interviews over her lifetime. This photo by Eve Arnold was taken when Marilyn was almost done reading Ulysses at the park.

She might have been a sex symbol, but she desperately wanted to be seen as something more. In one of the last interviews she gave, she begged as much:

"What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers. Please don’t make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe." - Marilyn Monroe

[gaiabamman]

As a demisexual myself, I took a lot of pride in writing a demisexual MC. At first he thinks he's asexual, because he's not romantically interested in anyone...but then, when he finally creates an emotional connection, he becomes sort of obsessed with that person. So, for non demis who thinks he falls in love too easily, think twice...

So, shout-out to all demis out there <3

Chapter 4, "An Unusual Shade of Asexual" is out now (for free!) on Wattpad (you can create a free account).

Enjoy <3

[lotsumy]

No make up day

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF movie Vanessa’s plush dropped!!

[uncharted-constellations]

It’s been a minute, (both post wise and design wise) so decided to update the fam + a couple additions compared to last time

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

finally at that age where i'm thinking i should get a tattoo. not bc i feel strongly about it, just seems like a waste not to. i've got so much skin i'm not using

[pauls-mescal]

Bill Skarsgård as Keith

Barbarian (2022)

Dir. Zach Cregger

[bacchuschucklefuck]

doing chibi is a good design exercise bc it forces u to think on shapes n essential details, essentially thumbnailing ur designs. its also a terrible design exercise bc it ends up looking cute no matter what

[mojinchiimanga]

[serpentface]

Faiza performing the Kagnoma Odo (pretty literally 'lion dance'), a weapons dance and one of the more important ritual duties of Odonii priestesses. A relatively new addition to this traditional dance involves the musket as the primary weapon, which is fired mid-twirl into the ground at the climax of the dance. Faiza is experiencing an 'oh fuck' moment because her shot is more than ideally diagonal, but she’s being so cool with it.

This is a wholly ceremonial performance at the onset of the pilgrimage, performed in full regalia and lion skin (of the small, semi-domesticated strain) but no armor. It’s also distinctly a display of political allegiance between the powerful and beloved Odonii priesthood (and its loyal military) with the increasingly reviled and destabilized imperial family, with Faiza prominently wearing a bracelet of the royal serpent, which was gifted (along with the musket) by the usoma Stavis Amanti himself (Usoma is the Wardi word for king, which has been retained in the context of emperors).

The Kagnoma Odo is the ultimate demonstration of the Odonii as an embodiment of the Lion Face of God and living vessel of military might and sovereignty, demonstrating her fitness and proficiency with weapons and as a spiritual unifier for soldiers. It is accompanied by drumming and occurs in stages, running through the three keymost weapons used in war- the spear, the sword, and the musket. The musket is of the most significance, given the weapon has developed a particular esteem as the ultimate embodiment of might and superiority. Assistants (almost always other priestesses, occasionally high ranking soldiers) load and prime the musket to be fired at the climax of the dance, where it is shot into the ground as the priestess leaps out of range of the shot. The firing signals the end of the dance and the rite itself.

While not the utmost exemplar of trigger discipline, only fully inducted and senior (and therefore very thoroughly trained) Odonii are permitted to perform the dance, and injuries during actual performances are quite rare (though are known to occur during training, more than a few Odonii have burns and wounds on their feet).

The most important renditions of this dance are performed upon declarations of war and before battles (in this case, generally done in full armor along with the lion pelt). It is also done during some trainings (while a dance, it is carefully choreographed to include naturalistic maneuvers of the weapons involved and helps soldiers limber up and learn to move their weapons). It is regarded as an impressive and motivating sight and a morale booster, and, seen at a distance, potentially intimidating to enemies.

A special variant of this dance is performed as means of fully incarnating the Odomache, which is done in full nudity with the body covered in the blood of the freshly sacrificed lion and cloaked in its raw pelt (the lion has become the corpse of Odomache in the moment of death, as part of its recreation of God's sacrifice). Her public, full nude appearance once (and only once) in this act is what allows the Lion Face of God to incarnate within her. Those in attendance see the spiritually vulnerable, naked human body obscured with the sanctified and deified blood and cloaked in the sanctified and deified skin. It is a merger of the contradictions of mortality and divinity, the boundaries between the two indistinct in flickering firelight and the flash of musketfire. She is witnessed by her people, dangling in between humanity and divinity and leading them in dance, and and is thus transformed.

[zucchinyan]

顔だけじゃ好きになりません "It Takes More than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love" by Anzai Karin 2020

[gaiabamman]

3rd chapter out today! (free)

"[...] On the upper level, Re stood up in all his glory. His black, button-down shirt was perfectly tailored. A golden earring glinted through his curls. What a thug.

Hands in his pockets, glare domineering, he lumbered down the steps.

Margherita pounced toward him with a flying kick that hit him square in the chest. As bewildered as he’d ever been in his life, he stumbled backward and was hit by a (rather weak) uppercut to the chin that he could have easily avoided had he wanted to. Somehow, reasons unknown even to himself, he hadn’t.

Margherita shook her aching fist. “And you call yourself a man?! Sending minions to do your dirty bullying?” She pulled out the red card from her hoodie’s pocket and jumped up to stick it to his forehead. “This is a declaration of war. Fight me, as equals, you hear me?” She grinned at Re like a deranged banshee and ran away, cackling. 

She’d done it; she’d stood up to Goliath and lived to tell the tale, though for how long remained to be determined.

Thinking back, Re was pretty sure that, as much as the process had started when she’d called him out on his bullshit, this was probably the moment he fell in love with Margherita Pescatore. [...]"

 

[lotsumy]

Bunny interrupted

[hinamie]

there was a third picture from that one shoot apparently

rest of my redraws can be found here!