#this is letter is wild

[pennylane-dreams]

In 1962, George Harrison sent a 3-page letter to a fan named Susan, thanking her for sending gifts to his family and the rest of the letter was a set of instructions on how to wash a car and dump dirty water on Paul's car. Transcription: 42 BRODIE AVE. MOSSLEY HILL LIVERPOOL 18 Dear Susan, I hope you had a good chrimbo, and have a happy nuclear too. Thank you for giving my mum flowers and chocs. [ it was you wasn't it] Thanks also for the card, in fact THANKS A HEAP SUSAN. "Your too kind". Instructions for washing car: - 1. Use plenty of soapy clean water, preferably warm. 2. When car is [though it may take a lot of water] - clean, leave to dry off for about 20 minutes. [ You can have a cup of tea now]. 3. Now ask mother to find some dusters [2 each] and with the polish, apply with No. 1 duster over an area of about 1 sq foot at a time, in a circular motion. Dont leave it too long before polishing off. This should carried out until the car is spotless, and gleaming clean. [Dont forget the wheels!] 4. Take 1 brush or vacuum cleaner, and have a bash at the carpets. They too can be made to look like new. 5. The Windows [interior] should be polished new, after which you can retire for another tea. 6. Before returning home, i suggest you look over the car again, for any parts you may have missed out, on finding, they should be cleaned accordingly. 7. Now proceed to 20 Forthlin RD. with about 6 buckets full of dirty muddy greasy water, where a shiny ford Classic will be seen. Spread contents of the buckets evenly, so as to leave a nice film of muck over the car. You can now return home knowing you have done your deed for the day. Thank you!!! Proceedings should be carried out about the 8th of January, Thanks again for the card cheerio for now dont forget Ban the Bog love from George [Harrison] xxxxxx

[the-phantom-peach]

a handful of miscellaneous domestic zelink for my the soul 💘

[jvgsjeff]

The "cute" face letters villagers will occasionally show you on GameCube (left) and in Wild World (right).

[mournfulroses]

Oscar Wilde, from a letter to Carlos Blacker written in July 12 1897, featured in A Life In Letters

[naturesass]

the universe is, and we are.

[vaguely-concerned]

the fact that irving canonically survives through the end of asunder to be at wynne's funeral is so fucking funny to me. nothing but love and respect for MY unstoppable cockroach morally grey machiavellian mage dad!!! he's survived in his position through multiple attempted rites of annulment and blood mage plots popping up left right and center around him. the chantry keeps trying to stamp him out but his dodge game is simply out of this world, divine. civil wars, political machinations and minefields, chantry atrocities, this wily old motherfucker is dodging and weaving his way through it all, not-quite-no-hits-taken-running-it-but-honestly-close-enough-under-the-circumstances style. if solas does succeed in tearing down the veil I would fully believe that one of the like three people still alive at the end of it all would be a very weary 90 year old first enchanter irving going 'oh this shit again huh'. the maker has cursed him for his hubris and his paperwork is never finished (affectionate, it's fine he canonically loves paperwork)

[asoftepiloguemylove]

Rainer Maria Rilke Letters to a Young Poet / @dungeonsanddragonsfifthedition / Mary Oliver Wild Geese / @berecovered / pinterest / pinterest / K.C Cramm tender is not a bad word

[javussyannihilator]

javert doodling in his notebook when he should be filing reports like

[sweeteastart]

Ravioli day 5 four days later for raviolishipweek by @breannasfluff

I finished this 25 panel hell of a comic. It's resolution is a bit quick but i don't think I'm impartial after spending days on it

[dark-romantics]

"Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing."

~ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

[theworseshitpostcalligrapher]

"EXCUSE YOU, I am a Bastard, not a bitch, by CHOICE!"

Lovely request from @mari13606, giving me the chance to practice some capital letters I don't usually write very often

(requests are open and welcome, just write me an inbox)

Ink: "wild strawberry" by Diamine

[gallaghersgal]

first time pregnant mk and lip feeling the baby kick for the first time idk

SOBS. u get a blurb bc wow i love them :(( gen audiences.

"wha's he now?" lip asks curiously, one warm palm splayed over your now large baby bump.

"hm? oh," you place your puzzle book aside, grabbing your phone to pull up the chart of fruits and veggies the same size as your growing baby. "i'm thirty-three weeks so... he's a butternut squash!" you giggle, reaching a hand out to thread through lip's curls.

he rests his cheek on your belly, something he's been doing a lot lately. whenever he can, lip has a hand on you. he wants to feel his baby boy kick, but he hasn't been around yet when it happened.

"talk to him," you encourage in a gentle murmur. "baby gallagher likes the sound of my voice, maybe he'll kick for yours too?"

lip grins, his lips brushing against the fabric of your sweater. "can y'hear me?" he mumbles. "me an' mama can't wait to meet you-"

you cut him off with a soft huff, "he's movin' in there," you inform lip. you wince in a bit of discomfort and lip grabs your hand, squeezing it gently. his other hand rests low on your belly, where he feels a gentle but pointed kick from his baby boy.

"h-hey," he stammers out, "you gettin' comfy li'l man? all tucked in for bed?"

you laugh sweetly, petting through your boyfriend's curls once more. "oh trust me, little gallagher has no semblance of a sleep schedule. he likes to wreak havoc on me in the middle of the night."

lip kisses your belly and mumbles in a firm tone, "don't be to hard on y'r mama now."

[jvgsjeff]

[clearwingedmaven]

My full analysis of the Empty House isn't coming quite yet, but I wanted to do something that would... bridge the gap, so to speak.

For one, I tend to avoid The Final Problem sometimes, as it will make me cry(I am a sap, truly), but there is always a part of me that will genuinely appreciate the Empty House.

Let me talk a little about Holmes’s return.

For 1893 England, Holmes’s death was... well, basically one of the single biggest moments in fandom culture since the Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens came out.

(It is often believed, actually, that the Pickwick Papers, and by extension, all of Charles Dickens works were the first fandom!)

You all know that Victorian England was beside themselves. But there was more than that.

People held actual demonstrations. They frantically wrote to Doyle to change his mind, devastated that Holmes would actually die. They found Joseph Bell, whom Holmes was based off of to try and fill the void. There's accounts that people would dress up as the characters and go on pilgrimages to Reichenbach Falls, as another way to cope.

For Victorian England, with not much to do when they returned home, they were mourning, quite nationally. (And in my research on fandom, Holmes’s death in 1893 was perhaps the first mourning of a fictional character to such a degree.)

And then Holmes returned. While yes, the Hound of the Baskervilles came first, Empty House followed after to explain what had happened, to ease the public.

And as much as Doyle was... bitter about this, Holmes’s return is unusually gentle. He doesn't come in in a blaze of glory, he doesn't loudly declare he's returned, he comes to his oldest and dearest companion(and maybe more?) Watson, to tell him he's back.

And of course, Watson faints. Doyle could have easily had Holmes chastise him, or leave, but instead opts to stay with Watson, to bring him back from fainting, and apologize.

And I think that level of detail is... one not often noticed.

Lastly, I love the different adaptations of the Empty House, because they inject their own gentleness to it.

Granada Holmes goes for a hug, and tenderly brings Watson back to consciousness. Soviet Holmes gently tells Watson(and Mrs. Hudson) that he's back, and hugs them both. And so on.

And it's brilliant.

[ollylotl]

screenshots from another timeline...

(website is not real)

the clearer image of the game:

[borgialucrezia]

i'm just thinking about arthur getting terrified of tommy when he broke down after the failed assassination of mosley and instead of approaching him and trying to reassure him, he sneakily took out the bullets of his gun while driving back to the mansion and let him roam wild in the field acting all suicidal. and by letting him run into the field alone at least he knows that tommy can't kill himself with an empty gun... it's batshit to me how his assumption of tommy killing himself turned out correct and he saved his life by emptying the gun...these two are so fucked up actually.