Lucy Worsley is a goddamn national treasure.
Me: *stares into the void*
The Void: *stares back*
Me: *winks*
The Void: *blushes*
Attributed to Charles-Amedée-Phillipe Van Loo (Rivoli 1719-1795 Paris), Portrait of a Woman.
founding fathers: the bald eagle's gonna be the national bird ok
ben franklin: (under his breath) this is fuckin bullshit
founding fathers: whats that ben?
ben: i said cool, whatever
Schiaparelli evening jacket, fall/winter 1937-38
Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna and her first child, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, 1896
1759 Louis-Gabriel Blanchet - Portrait of a man
HRH Prince Albert and Queen Victoria at the Bal Costumé on May 12, 1842. Albert is dressed as Edward III, and Victoria as Queen Philippa of Hainault.
Portraits by Louis-Leopold Boilly [French, 1761-1845]
The cobalt blue tarantula (Haplopelma lividum)
A native of the both Burma and Thailand, The Cobalt Blue Tarantula is usually described as one of the most bad-tempered/aggressive spiders and it is well known for its lightning speed. Cobalt blue tarantulas mostly like to burrow, though they have been known to be able to spin enormous webs. The cobalt blue tarantula’s bite can prove extremely painful although the venom is only moderately toxic.
Source: milkthattasteslikerealmilk
Trojan is a terrible name for condoms. The Trojan Horse is known because once it got inside, it spilled it’s contents.
Whatever souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (via aestheticintrovert)
Napoleon awakens Ney. 1841 print.
joachimmurat
baby wake up I wanna talk
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Disney/Pixar’s redheads
elliotjamescrutchley
haha I Love This
i love that simba is included
thepkmnprofessor
me: I should go to therapy probably (later at therapy) therapist: so how are you? me: fine! I’m great actually I don’t know why I’m here I’m so great
Families in Various Renaissance Costumes [Part 2]
The joke isn’t that they’re cruel or bad at parenting or have any particular disdain for the world at large. They aren’t unkind to their neighbors or to the animals and their deeply devoted to their children and to each other.
The joke is that they’re happy.
The Addams Family is missing a lot of the typical sitcom tropes. There’s no mother-in-law jokes, no arguing over who’s supposed to fill what gender role, both Morticia and Gomez spend roughly equal amounts of time parenting the children and the most remarkable is the relationship between Morticia and Gomez. You see Morticia Addams and it really highlights how rare it is in family films and TV sitcoms to see a wife and mom character who isn’t like this “dissatisfied housewife always mad at my big dumb husband but I love him gonna stay with him because this is the world and he’s the best I can get and I am always right because wifes are the smart ones hey you can relate to this average American I guess”. Morticia and Gomez in contrast are usually working together you know rarely party A will keep something from party B but for the most part the form little schemes together as partners both are heads of the household and they almost never disrespect each other - remarkable in a genre where that’s usually the joke.
But the reason the Addams are happy is really beacause they exist outside of society’s expectations. Gomez is a man child who plays with his trains and that’s fine. Morticia fences with her husband and plays with weapons often and it doesn’t occur to them to care what other people think.
Princess Jasmine, inspired by the Limited Edition Disney Store doll! Mixed Media: Paper, Marker, Acrylic, and Digital.