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People aren’t the only ones with vivid imaginations

Further proof that literally any story trope can be AMAZING if properly executed.

“And then it all turned out to be a dream” has got to be one of the most annoying things ever, except here it’s PERFECT.

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and then she did THAT

tx-fns

#ash #uswnt

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Megan Rapinoe Stuns as the first openly gay woman to pose for Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue

#uswnt #pinoe

wymanthewalrus

So I had never seen Princess Diaries 2 before I watched it with my girlfriend the other day (amazing movie, can’t recommend it enough) but something bothered me throughout:

Just where IS Genovia?

I’d been assuming it was somewhere in the Low Countries, Luxembourg style, but that doesn’t jive with many of the descriptions given

So I did some thinking and weighed all of the evidence.

Genovia is described as having both mountains and access to the ocean while still being a really tiny nation, so it has to be somewhere where mountains and water are in close proximity.

Though many characters have British accents, I would attribute this to local schools teaching British English, which is standard in Europe. Other accents are varied but many seemed to be German-sounding, or vaguely Eastern-European. It would make sense if Genovia was located close to the German-speaking countries then, something that’s backed up by the seemingly high relevance of one of Mia’s suitors: a “count of Austria.” Either that, or its in/near the Slavic regions.

The real puzzler is the artwork and architecture however. There’s a scene in which Mia finds a secret passage in an old chapel, the walls of which are decorated in Byzantine-style fresco/mosaic.

So Genovia has to be somewhere that was part of the Eastern Roman Empire, has both mountains and beaches, and has a bit of Germanic or Slavic language influence.

There is only one country I can think of that meets all of these criteria:

Slovenia.

It has both the Alps and the Mediterranean, it’s directly south of Austria but is primarily Slavic, and it was a part of the Roman Empire up until the 4th or 5th centuries AD, when it was contested between the Ostrogothic Kingdom and the Byzantine Empire.

So there ya go. Slovenia is Genovia. The answer to a question I don’t think anyone but me has asked.

homoslovenc

elenaandherstuff-deactivated202

“You don’t meet a girl like that every dynasty…”

musinvenusian

Am I gay??? Why yes, yes I am

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Ron’s in Bloosh, Ron’s in Bloosh

#parks and rec #RON'S IN BLOOSH!#RON'S IN BLOOSH

adrianricker

bae-in-maine

This makes me so happy

i-tried-and-i-lost

This is what I need on my dash

frankarnstein

Keira Knightley 20 January 2018

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Does anyone else remember the story about that poor lesbian who came out to her mother and her mother cried and said “it’s all that damn Keira Knightley’s fault, I knew I shouldn’t have let you watch pride and prejudice as a child” because I’m really feeling that now

Yes

Bonus

I’m screaming

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vanish-cherry-deactivated202509

this post is everything i need in life

truestorymaybetold

#same #drstuce

trueloveistreacherous

In my time working for the state government, my job sent me to 46 cities in 11 years. I lived in villages with 8 people, rural farming communities, college towns. I was sent to every corner of Indiana. And then I came here and I realized that this whole time, I was just wandering around everywhere, just looking for you.

#parks and rec #leslie knope #ben wyatt

dadgiles

so here’s a thing

#btvs

keybladesoras

We saved our honeymoon!

#b99

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Winnie the Pooh loves your pronouns

nessa007

Appreciation post for Holt’s amazing t-shirts

#b99

thegreenthingslivebeforetheydie

my favorite is when Kermit’s facial expression is simultaneously an obvious hand in a puppet but also an instantly recognizable and relatable emotion

thegreenthingslivebeforetheydie

misshoneywheeler

myxandme-blog

#same

bobertlutece

this whole thing is way too good to be giffed you need to expirience it

lizatonix

There are so many things that are TOP quality about this. The business with the mic rope. The bounding across the stage like an excited puppy or a newsie. The Voice™️ that is so synonymous with John, you know, the voice of a guy who sells ice cream at the soda fountain in the 50’s. The analogy itself.

It’s all so beautiful, such peak humor and content.