#terrible terrible tragedy...

[elissastillstands]

Never even in death will you lose your fame, but you will be in men’s thoughts, your name ever immortal... (Theognis 245-246, trans. Gerber 1999).

Sometimes, the niche crossover urge takes over. This is based on Greek red-figure vase paintings of kithara players (specifically the ones here and here). If you want to hear a little about how the kithara is played and a little sample of improvisation on the instrument, check out the video here!

[realbeefman]

imagine creating a show that consistently shows a group of very damaged people who struggle to fit in with “normal” society, the consistent message of which is that life is worth EVERYTHING, that pushing forward in the face of unspeakable horrors and against seemingly impossible fates is worth it BECAUSE life and love and peace are priceless. and then ending that show by saying “the problem was actually that these weirdo fuckups Exist. and actually they cosmically deserve to be murdered and never should have been allowed to experience joy and happiness and peace or to move forward because they are fundamentally Bad.” imagine.

[jabba-the-fett]

Here’s something terrible for everyone to know. Cal Kestis was probably the last Jedi to get his kyber crystal from Ilum.

He was one of the only people left who knew how to get into the caves, and no one else would dare go there to get one.

Just something to think about I guess.

The death of the Jedi was a tragedy, and to me nothing represents that better than this. Thousands of Jedi went there for their kyber, and Cal was the last of a dead people

[onejellyfishplease]

I wanted to do something for mermay, so here are my designs for some merturtles!

Leo is a Leafy seadragon,

Donnie is a Vampire squid

Mikey is a Epaulette shark

And Raph is a Scorpionfish!

Also heres a bonus drawing of a young April holding her little aquatic friends (dont worry they can breathe air just fine)

[solargeist]

Why are the Watchers so weirded out my Xelqua? Since Xelqua is Grian but if he became a powerful Watcher(or something like that), I would assume that the Watchers would be, Idk, happy to meet him?

there is such thing as... too much of a good thing !! They did love him, Xelqua did everything right.

Xelqua is canonized as a Saint in other timelines, he was good ! too good ! ~but don't be like this guy !!

Xelqua wasn't actually that crazy in his timeline, he was a good Watcher, so its odd for him to read these things, but he embraces it a little bit, like, ok.. I destroy things.. I will, then.

When people pray for things to go away, to stop, hes the guy, and he has tnt and weapons to share, go take down the kingdom, beat the guy to death in the sand, shoot your friends, hes the hand that pushes yours against the buttons and triggers, but this is his idea of helping, help can be violent sometimes.

[the-daily-dreamer]

Dignified?

Dignified?!

DIGNIFIED?!?

I’m sorry when did getting killed in a battle or burnt to a crisp become a more dignified way to die? Has this fandom run so far with the notion that women are only valuable if they are masculine or fighters to the point that we find gruesome deaths in battle as a superior way for them to die?

Why must a woman be a warrior or a fighter to have value? Why must she seek power in traditionally masculine ways to be powerful and respected? Why does this fandom wish for all women to be the same cookie cutter, fighting girlboss lest she be titled a misogynistic pathetic trad wife? What is wrong with this fandom and their glorification of masculinity and violence and their continuous desire to have any soft, gentle, kind character be changed into a fighter or else they will ridicule and hate her?!

Helaena deserves far better than her book canon death. But she also deserves better than to die in a battle for a war she didn’t start that has already ruined her life in an unimaginably painful way.

[shirecorn]

Tumblr keeps popping up to sell me ad free dashboard. But what it doesn't understand is that me and the ads have a sort of symbiosis at this point.

The guys from the fake gameplay trailers for a predatory mobile app are my blorbos

[spookydarlings]

I really like how they took the ‘survival without living will leave you bitter and alone’ message from Bill’s segment in the game and turned it on its head to read ‘you can survive and you can also live and the key ingredient is love’.

[freak-accident419]

JOSH PLAYING LIKE THE COMICALLY SENSITIVE DEEP POETIC CLICHE GUY IS SO FUNNY TO ME

THE FACT THAT HE REFERS TO HIMSELF IN THE THIRD PERSON TOO “toby doesnt do shoutouts” FUCKING HILARIOUS

[spookberry]

Danganronpa is so funny, they'll be like "Hope Peak Academy! Where Ultimates from across the world attend" but then all but one of the students are japanese, doesnt seem very worldwide to me

[thighguys]

god the actual tangible sadness i feel when i think about young dan making all those gay jokes to cover up his insecurities about his sexuality... he was literally a kid and he was in love with phil and he still felt the need to punctuate everything he did with "that's gay" because if he didnt say it first then what if someone else did...

[oddberryshortcake]

I think the Knight of Dawn being "a coward who is unable to stand up for what is right and does as he's ordered to" and "someone who cares deeply about his family and did everything he could so that Silver could live a happy and normal life in the future" are two statements that can coexist.

[jezaldanluthar]

i go on tiktok (and pinterest) and lose brain cells in search of pro tamlin content i think he deserves peace and quiet i think he deserves to be understood i think he deserves a boyfriend (or otherwise) who’ll love him unconditionally and won’t lie to him or massacre his court in this essay i will

[insanostyle1231]

my professional bg3 villains tierlist

[luck-of-the-drawings]

POOR GABRIEL MONTEZ! YOU NEVER SAW THIS COMING DID YOU? ALL YOU WANTED WAS POWER. SECURITY. SAFETY. & THATS EXACTLY WHAT YOU GOT! JUST IN EXCHANGE FOR YOUR BODY. LETS JUST HOPE NO ONE FUCKS THIS UP. LETS JUST HOPE YOU WONT HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE MESS.

[silverwhittlingknife]

"the fault, dear Brutus -" (Julius Caesar)

Quotes from A Critical History of English Literature by David Daiches. Panels from Death in the Family, Under the Red Hood, Lost Days, and Batman and Robin.