Jason battles the Ray Harryhausen-animated hydra in the 1963 film Jason and the Argonauts.
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How We Got Atoms From Brownian Motion
In 1827, botanist Robert Brown observed an odd jittery motion of particles as he watched grains of pollen floating in water under his microscope. He saw the random motion also with inorganic -- which is to say definitely Not Alive -- particles as well. (Video and image credit: S. Mould)
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Victor's upbringing, and his parents are... Really something. I'm not familiar with early 19th century social dynamics, and gender roles. But it's like a whipslash to read all of these strict and almost extreme case with the Frankenstein family, while coming from the likes of Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, and Sherlock Holmes where one can feel modernity breathing through the novel.
"No creature could have more tender parents than mine." Victor, buddy, I agree that your parents cared a great deal for yours and Elizabeth's education, regarding you both with an amazing gift of knowledge, and such... But so far I don't like them a little bit.
Your parents not only want to marry you to your fucking cousin because apparently the decision of "who am I going to romantically spend the rest of my life with" is not yours to do no no, but also your mother has been only educating poor Elizabeth as a bride-to-be. At least Elizabeth found joy in poetry to express her creative view of the world (even if these traits are expected in an early 19th century noble girl.)
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the way everyone has wanted to hear Kris sing live for so many concerts and then Bojan's just like "I was gonna ask you, there's a sign 'Kris owns ngvot, sing it'" and Kris just shrugs and says "sure" as if this is no big deal at all
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Various Ray Harryhausen-animated monsters from Jason and the Argonauts (1963).
Talos the bronze giant
A harpy
the children of the hydra's teeth
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Red Haflinger steed galloping in the flurry of sunshine, white ink on orange paper🧡
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A trend in Astarion fics that I find bizarre is the idea that he's never been treated gently during sex. This is difficult to believe for one simple reason: some of Astarion's victims were virgins.
Astarion: You were handsome. Shy. You'd never been kissed.
Sebastian: You taught me how. And then you destroyed me.
I get the desire to make his current partner special by having their sex be good and wholesome in comparison to his other trysts, but this is a flawed sentiment. The cutscene of that first night together is incredibly tender from the kiss to laying on the grass - the only outlier being if you offer your neck - and if you sleep with Astarion but keep it at that night, Astarion himself says he will never forget you. Not because the PC was uniquely gentle with him in bed, but because they were the first person he ever slept with of his own free will. It's his choice that makes that night special to him moreso than anything the PC may or may not have done during that time.
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Bathing, 2020
Lago das Tágides, sculpture by João Pires Cutileiro
@ Parque das Nações, Lisboa, Portugal
one of my favourite pieces of urban art, on this place!
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there is one single negative about being insane over a show and that is that you will disagree more often than not with so many headcanons people have that they don't even realize are ooc or refuted by the show bc they're a very casual watcher. but you know. you will always know and can't say anything because then you're an asshole apparently
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