[210fl]

i hope ya'll losing sleep over me too

[210fl]

told you the first time it wasnt right. Why did you let yourself get attached? Why did you think there was a chance?

[noritaro]

i dont fucking know

[tyranniclark]

Gasp! Little German Boy?!

[totallynotgayforyou]

Tumblr really has evolved as a website if the first personification of the new icon i see is just a little lad instead of a sexyman

[vaults-of-zin]

Userbase is now so old we’re looking for cute grandkids.

[oldwinesoul]

“Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling”

—Oscar Wilde

[3liza]

[aurpiment]

Oscar Wilde WAS gay and he DID suck dicks but “love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling” is not about oral sex. It is not even erotic.

Here’s the rest of the quote. It’s from De Profundis:

“Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live. If any love is shown us we should recognise that we are quite unworthy of it. Nobody is worthy to be loved. The fact that God loves man shows us that in the divine order of ideal things it is written that eternal love is to be given to what is eternally unworthy. Or if that phrase seems to be a bitter one to bear, let us say that everyone is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling, and Domine, non sum dignus should be on the lips and in the hearts of those who receive it.”

[3liza]

this is a common misreading of wilde but actually "nomming sum dingus" is how you suck dick in latin

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[silentiumlitwicks]

I can feel The dryness of those markers in my bones

[the-silent-screamer]

Fun fact those dry markers were supposed to have water put into them to make them work. You take off the bottom thing and pour water in and bam, instant marker success. Only learned about this four years after I’d lost my set 🙃

[bemusedlybespectacled]

WHAT

[a-girl-with-sparkling-lies]

WHAT

[bee-dot-exe]

WHAT

[maximumsunshine]

Hey. Reblog to save some poor kid lots of grief.

[no-lo-lo]

Fucking what?!

[tinydooms]

Every ‘90s child on Tumblr raises their head in outrage.

[goldentangerines]

every now and then i have to think of the roman family from two thousand years ago that buried their little daughter in a boy’s athletic-themed sarcophagus and i weep a little because that’s the softest declaration of love i can possibly imagine

[goldentangerines]

i am once again emotional and sleep deprived so let me elaborate to make myself feel better.

octavia paulina was a six year old girl whose sarcophagus was found in her family’s tomb at via triumphalis in rome, dated roughly around the third century a.d. her parents mourned her mors immatura, her premature death, by having the wall behind her sarcophagus painted with the image of a giant meadow with children and a chariot pulled by doves accompanied by hermes leading an unconscious girl into afterlife. (to my knowledge, the doves and the fact that they were led by hermes was a symbol for hope.)

the sarcophagus itself shows athletic competitions between girls and boys alike, and in the most important one on the front, octavia paulina appears as the winner (a palm branch in her hand, which is meant to symbolize her strength and honor, her virtus). her opponent is sitting on the floor, upset. what really stands out is that octavia paulina’s parents ordered a common sarcophagus that was usually used to bury boys with athletic interests or futures but then proceeded to have it remodeled — smaller heads and genitalia cut off etc — to include girls in the relief.

i just get very soft when i think about parents ordering a sarcophagus for their little daughter who think it’s perfect for her and who remodel it to make it even more accurate for her. the thought of parents more than 1.700 years ago thinking their six year old daughter deserves a sarcophagus that fits her personality (rather than what was expected of her as a young girl of the time) despite none being available and then ordering for it to be altered makes me wanna scream because it’s such a human and caring thing to do. maybe octavia paulina even had a say in this because it took weeks to months to make a sarcophagus this detailed.

disclaimer: a lot of this messy little thing was transcribed from what my professor has told us in his sarcophagus class and this article; this is just a rambling post, it isn’t detailed or well put or structured properly, and not fit for scientific research.

[onehandedly]

In 2000 a Roman tomb from the first century DC was found in Grottaferrata, near Rome.  Inside there were two sarcofagi in white marble identifying their occupants. Both people had died in summer, albeit years apart from each other, and had been preserved (an unusual detail that suggests they might have been followers of the cult of Isis).  They were mother and son, other inscriptions tell us the tomb had been commissioned by the woman’s younger daughter (the half sister of the man) Antestia Balbina. 

The young man, Carvilio Gemello, was around 18 when he died, likely as a consequence of a bone fracture in his leg. The woman, Aebutia, was around forty forty-five when she died and was buried wearing this ring (now housed in the Palestrina Archeological museum)

Behind the quartz window we can still see the face of Carvilio Gemello engraved in a golden miniature that his mother commissioned. 

In a way, Aebutia and the parents of Octavia Paulina, succeeded in defying death with their acts of love.  After thousands of years we can still see the face of Carvilio Gemello like his mother last saw him, know that Octavia Paulina was an athletic little girl beloved by her family. Life was unkind to both so those who loved them tried to make sure memory wouldn’t be. 

[210fl]

damn are we really gonna break down on the living room?? Where everyone's currently at warching tv? The emotional damage i have brought upon myself is soo soo...sad.

[weaver-z]

Mutuals do this

[breya-etherium-shaper]

Literally went and listened to genghis khan right after seeing this.

[210fl]

let me not forget one of the reasons i do not wanna have kids is i dont wanna pass down the mental instabilties i have sdfaksldjksjf

[210fl]

ngl i kinda miss the long posts here on tumblr. i mean theyre still here but most of the time im too lazy to click that expand button. and sometimes i dont see it and scroll past interesting stuff and it confuses me posts get cut sigh as someone who is so used to just pressing the space button to navigate this well of a site

[reasoncourt]

reading an ao3 description and continuing to scroll as if you didn’t just suffer intense psychological damage 

[moveslikekeithrichards]

yall ever refuse to consume a piece of media you Know youd like solely bc you think itd make you feel more emotions than you want to

[210fl]

I knew it. As a someone who is naive an overthinker, and let's face it: a hopeless romantic- it was just me assuming things 😂😂😂😂

[konoko]

[210fl]

Am i seriously thinking about romantic relationships right now??? or do i just need money? Lmao i think the latter for real seeing as i have yet to receive any salary lolololol 😂😂😂

[snoopysfriendwoodstock]

it’s honestly crazy how many ppl u meet in your early twenties who have never been in love or been in a relationship or had sex and then you’re like oh it’s actually normal and social milestones actually mean nothing bc everyone is different and has different experiences. cool!

[warm-tea-and-apple-pie]

The whole concept of “late-bloomers” is just another semingly cute name for the the belief that people have expiring dates and only youth is worth it and I wholeheartedly abhorre it

[icantdealwiththis-fuckyou-deact]

Welcome back to its really hot and I’m going to murder someone