“For I know this in my mind and in my heart: there will be a day when holy Ilion is laid low, and Priam, and the people of Priam, who carries a good, ashen spear. But the future suffering of the Trojans does not so much concern me, not that of Hecuba herself, nor of King Priam, nor of my brothers, who, though many and noble, will fall among the dust by the power of hostile men. No, these do not concern me as much as your pain, whenever one of the Achaeans, clad in bronze, will lead you away crying, robbing you of your days of freedom.” (Iliad, 6.447-455)

Farewell of Hector and Andromache. 1863. Sergey Postnikov. Oil on canvas.

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My brain is spiraling from this @miraniel @roachpatrol

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Things People Seem To Get Wrong in Harry Potter

The Apotheosis of Hercules, ceiling painting by François Lemoyne.

Palace of Versailles  (ph. Adrianna Geo).

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ALWAYS REBLOG WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS PLEASE; ITS SO MUCH MORE THAN IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE. IT MEANS EVERYTHING TO SOMEBODY AND EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT SEE THIS IN THE SAME LIGHT, SOMEONE MIGHT. INFACT YOU REBLOGGING THIS COULD STOP SOMEONE TAKING THEIR LIFE TONIGHT.

I noticed there isn’t one here for Ireland, so

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last time i reblogged this, i got this ask:

so please, please reblog. this could actually save a life.

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Don’t care if I’ve already reblogged it. Nothing is more important than the life you could save. Please, to everyone who reads this, please stay safe 💜

i’ve got a real question: why is it the accepted norm that snape was obsessed with lily?

like people toss that shit around like it’s established fact. “oh, snape was obsessed with lily so he did xyz” and “does it really matter if snape did xyz because he was obsessed with lily.” where in the goddamn text are you guys getting that snape is obsessed with lily?

snape as a child is focused on lily - but honestly, it very much reads in the way shy children hyperfocus on someone they want to be friends with. i was this kid and i’ve done snape’s routine of circling around someone i want to talk to to try and check out what the situation is or gather up my courage. that’s not “obsessive” behavior, that’s…. kid behavior? idk people see 9yo snape as this little creep, but it’s difficult for me to see because scoping out people before chancing to talk to them seems uh… pretty natural to me lmao. esp since snape would be taking a pretty huge risk revealing the wizarding world to someon ehe isn’t entirely sure is a witch too. 

snape as a teenager is dependent on lily because, as far as we can see, she’s his only real friend - but he’s also capable of respecting her boundaries, listening to her wishes, and cultivating a real bond with her. that’s not possible if it’s just “obsession.” like yeah, he sticks around and tries to get her to hear his apology but the moment she makes it clear she doesn’t want him around, he leaves. wanting her to hear his apology isn’t obsessive or stalker-y; that’s a friend who did a shit thing wanting to make up for it. and when he realizes lily doesn’t accept it, he accepts that. 

snape as an adult has a metaphor of lily as his patronus. that doesn’t mean he’s obsessed with lily. it means he loved lily. idk why people suddenly decided that patroni are somehow a symbol of obsession but that idea really falls apart when you look at other people’s patroni; is harry obsessed with james because his patronus is prongs? is tonks obsessed with lupin because her patronus is moony? the patronus charm is one of the biggest metaphors in the novel for pure, honest love and protection and it’s really, really fucking annoying that snape’s is the only one that gets twisted into being “proof” of his “gross obsession.” hey. hey. just because you don’t like snape or don’t support snape and lily doesn’t change the meaning of what a patronus is you numbfucks. snape’s patronus is no more sick or gross than harry’s or tonks’s.

an obsessive man wouldn’t leave lily alone after she asks him to. an obsessive man wouldn’t accept lily’s marriage to someone else. an obsessive man wouldn’t go to dumbledore to risk his life for the life of lily’s family. there’s literally zero textual evidence or even strong analysis for snape feeling anything other than love and regret for lily much in the same vein as what sirius and remus feel for james. (remember how they nearly murdered a guy to avenge james? and yet no one goes around accusing lupin or sirius of being obsessive lmao.)

this pervasive idea that snape is an obsessive stalker is so deeply-entrenched in fandom, but honestly it’s based on really loosely analyzed fanon with very little strong evidence to back it up. any invested reading of the text immediately makes it fall apart. 

In Memory of Naya Rivera

Heather, Kevin, Jenna, Amber, Taylor hubbell, chord..

I am taking a break from social media.. I just can’t anymore

Beautiful, talented, soulful and genuine are all words that could describe this woman.

I don’t care what someone says about me not knowing her. Her performance as Santana Lopez touched my heart. Her voice touched my soul and her laughter made me smile. Not just as Santana Lopez.

Naya’s commitment and love for her fans was astounding. She pushed for the Brittana story line. She advocated for us when so few were.

Sadness, sorrow and heartbreak don’t even cover it.

“What I love more than acting is being Josey’s mom. So I wanna be there for him and I don’t want to miss anything.”

— 1987-2020, Naya Rivera

me, whenever there is new content about clarisse, chris or their relationship on my dashboard:

42 questions to get to know your characters better

i’m speechless

This is how the system of white supremacy  operates. The media is used 2 create stereotypes like blk on blk crime.They need black men to fill jail cells for the Prison Indstrial complex

You know what? I’m tired of this. I do not know what exactly they are waiting for. I mean our government comes up with “reasons” to invade other countries, such as Syria, like their government is allegedly violating human rights or something like that. but… I mean for other countries, they do not even have to go deep to bomb the fuck out of this place, they can just look at our media. And this has been happening to people of color since the media has existed.

I’ll never forget this 👇🏾

Did a research project on this in undergrad and the results are extremely alarming because it’s not just in imagery, it’s in language used even in the law making process and within our own communities in a completely different way than expected.

Yuuuup talk about this in our media culture and society class where the exact same Katrina sample was used. White supremacy runs far too wide and too deep to be denied that it exists

i almost forgot catra can always understand melogs meows even though she doesnt translate them - that on top of melog being an entity that reflects and exposes her own emotions back at her. imagine what its like to have a pet cat that follows you around and verbally calls you gay and no one else can hear