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Winter (January, Cycle of the Months), c.1404-07 by Master Wenceslas 

Trento, Castello del Buonconsiglio, Torre d’Aquilla (The Eagle’s Tower)

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reblog if you would give cheeses to these meeces

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wwx: oh, i'm just a frail maiden kidnapped by-

kidnapper: you're a man

yllz, very darkly, very powerful: say one more thing and i'm going to make you eat your own guts

kidnapper, scared: ...yes, sir

wwx: oh, i'm just a frail maiden kidnapped by evil men, how i wish i could be saved by a beautiful strong gentleman,!

wwx: *open one eye waiting*

lwj: *arriving in his full lan glory while his husband claps excitedly*

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it’s december 1 where’s the christmas tail kitten bring him to me

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You’re my present this year.

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you can make fun of old people all you want but then you'll be knitting with a good album on and a cup of tea and you'll be like this is excellent actually. the old ladies were right about this one. about the crosswords too, by the way

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Good news: that hot chocolate is staying hot for hours.

Bad news: you’re not going to be allowed to drink it.

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i’ve not posted much this year but merry Christmas and happy holidays from me and these two little birdies x

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DOCTOR WHO Voyage of The Damned, 2007

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santa:

north pole

sees you when you're sleeping knows when you're awake

workforce of elves recruited under questionable circumstances

morgoth:

sinister fortress in the frozen north

spies everywhere

uses captured elves as forced labor

wake up sheeple

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honestly there are so many things BBC Merlin could have changed or handled better to make the show that much greater, but the thing I wished they would have done the most was just let Merlin completely break down in front of Arthur. Like Arthur bugging him on a rough day and he just finally snaps bc he can’t take it anymore. He would start out so fired up and angry and Arthur just wouldn’t even know what to do. Eventually his anger would morph into complete despair as he crumples to the floor, yearning for Arthur to just see him and listen. In that moment I feel we would get something truly raw, not just a serious moment quickly interrupted by a joke bc it can’t get that deep. Arthur would just sit down next to Merlin, not quite sure of what to do and Merlin would just fall into him crying and Arthur would just hold him as he sobs bc he’s human and he does have a breaking point and it would be so beautiful.

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10 movies I watched in Chinese class

This post is the unofficial sequel to 10 iconic Mandopop songs from Chinese class. No one asked for it, but I watched to chronicle what I could remember before more fades from my memory! I saw these movies in Chinese class in high school and college, and I had to do some sleuthing to find some names.

The synopses are from IMDb, revised by me. I put links to watch for free on YouTube when I was able to find one, but they might not work in your country.

1. 《和你在一起》 Together (2002) A violin prodigy and his father travel to Beijing, where the father seeks the means to his son's success while the son struggles to accept the path laid before him.

Watch on YouTube

2. 《谁的青春不迷茫》 Yesterday Once More (2016) Lin Tianjiao, the top student in her class, is struggling to cope under intense academic pressure. After she is nearly caught cheating on a test, she befriends Gao Xiang, a free-spirited slacker.

Watch on YouTube

3. 《活着》 To Live (1994) Based on the novel by Yu Hua, four generations of the once-wealthy Xu family experience the difficult changes of the Chinese Civil War, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.

Watch on YouTube

4. 《喜宴》 The Wedding Banquet (1993) To satisfy his parents, Gao Wai-Tung, a gay man in a fulfilling relationship with his partner Simon, marries his female tenant Wei-Wei. Things get out of hand when his parents come to visit.

5. 《饮食男女》 Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) A widowed chef lives with his three grown daughters, who each experience ups and downs in their lives and romantic relationships as they leave the family home.

Watch on YouTube

6. 《哑孩儿》 Dumb Child* (2016) After graduating from college, Fang Yan takes a job as a teacher in a rural area of China. There she meets a young girl named Yaya who doesn't attend school due to her hearing impairment.

Watch on YouTube

*Dumb as in mute. It's not a great English name...

7. 《重返20岁》 20 Once Again/Miss Granny (2015) A 70-year old woman living unhappily with her son's family is magically transformed into her 20-year-old self. She befriends her grandson and decides to fulfill the dreams of her youth.

Watch on YouTube

8. 《北京爱情故事》 Beijing Love Story (2014) Different generations look at love, romance, and commitment, all from a uniquely Beijing perspective. All 5 couples and stories are intertwined a la Love Actually.

9. 《蓝风筝》 The Blue Kite (1993) The lives of a Beijing family throughout the 1950s and 1960s, as they experience the impact of the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the Great Leap Forward, and the Cultural Revolution.

Watch on YouTube

10. 《青春派》 Young Style (2013) Struggling with romantic woes after his plan to confess to his crush goes awry, Ju Ran fails the college entrance exam (gaokao) and is forced to repeat his last year of high school.

Watch on YouTube

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So often I am reminded that no one will understand Arthur Pendragon the way teenage girls on tumblr in 2013 understood Arthur Pendragon. I don't even think Arthur Pendragon understands himself the way those previously teenaged girls did. It's me. I'm one of those previously teenaged girls in 2013.

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DOCTOR WHO Ten at Christmas

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Me: Knights in shining armor have never really been as hot as I wished they were.

CDrama: Have you considered:

Me: