A nameless song, a nameless book, a nameless god @amethystamaranth - Tumblr Blog

The Birth of Venus, (detail), (c. 1485) by Sandro Botticelli (Italian, c. 1445 – 1510), tempera on canvas, 172.5 cm (67.9 in) x 278.5 cm (109.6 in), Uffizi Gallery, Florence

#lowk helpful as I'm writing a paper on this painting right now!#art gallery

greelin

“body horror” not to me. Not if it’s you

#the summer hikaru died

aeonwynter-offical

Day 15

#tcs woes

a-silly-poll-side-blog-yay

your new name is the name your parents almost picked for you, how is it going?

good

bad

great

awful

different gender

i don't know it/my parents didn't have that issue

results

Voting ended onMar 6

I'm either Bartholomew or Mariette 💀

#shasta.#yes as in the lake #oh dear lord no.

rottingfamily

a bruise and arousal are the same btw. blood rushing to a part of the body thats desperate for attention

#writing inspo

thebookluvrr1816

The love that dare not speak its name is a phrase from the last line of the poem "Two Loves" by Lord Alfred Douglas, written in September 1892 and published in the Oxford magazine The Chameleon in December 1894. It is usually interpreted as a euphemism for homosexuality. This phrase gained fame during the trial of Oscar Wilde, Douglas's lover, where it was used to describe their relationship.

bbc merlin writers, you were not subtle :)

#merlin #merthur

eymurn

Oh! The intimacy of adopting each other’s vocabulary.

#linguistic convergence my beloved

themosskid

doing some redraws of merlin screencaps to trick myself into actually doing studies for once

#merlin #merthur

insulted again by the obviousness of my dreams

#teeth falling out? groundbreaking.#strangely--my teeth were green as sea glass #and I had to throw them up so I was heaving over the dining room table #and then I had to call the dentist and scream to be able to talk to a person #then I realized I was dreaming and woke up #personal

garbagefunnel

PSA for anyone with public wishlists on Amazon, they’re making some changes that might reveal your shipping address. 404 has a write up with more info

Amazon is allowing gift senders to choose items from third-party sellers, which could open recipients up to new privacy risks.

sunbentshadows

This IS really bad - people are going to be doxxed, people are going to be stalked. This is a privacy nightmare.

Basically:

Amazon allows public wishlists for individuals, previously fulfilled through Amazon. This was a fairly private way to receive items anonymously from donors/fans/people online

Amazon is now allowing these lists to be fulfilled by third-party sellers.

Amazon will provide your name and address to said third party sellers

Third party sellers may or may not post tracking updates (aka: your address) to the person who ORDERED the item from your wishlist

Third party delivery companies may also post their delivery photos - of your front door and house number - and send them to the person who ordered the gift.

If you use public Amazon wishlists, turn them private or remove your address. The only private way to use these going forward will be via PO box (unless they roll back this change).

#helpful

jokyri

One of my recent projects that I've finished is this drawing of Camelot (BBC Merlin) :]

201705 Yuko KITAJIMA

That Hamlet post reminds me, people blame Romeo and Juliet for "getting everyone killed", but the text itself very specifically blames the lords Capulet and Montague. If you want to get to the nitty gritty:

Mercutio got himself killed. Romeo was very specifically trying to not have a swordfight, and Mercutio decided to start one because he thought Romeo was being a pussy. Tybalt actually killed him, but if you're talking about who "got him killed," that was Mercutio fucking around and finding out.

Romeo killed Tybalt. This is the one death that I think you can reasonably lay at Romeo's feet. If he had run off with Benvolio and got the Prince's men, Tybalt would have been arrested. That said, if my best friend (no matter how stupid) was killed right in front of me and the killer told me that friend sucked and so did I, I cannot guarantee I would do differently.

Lady Capulet said she hired people to kill Romeo. He beat them to the punch on that, but I think it should be pointed out.

Romeo killed Paris in self-defense. There's a lot of different ways you can play this, and Paris did think he'd broken in to vandalize the tomb of his girlfriend, but once again Romeo specifically begged someone not to fight him and that wasn't enough.

Romeo killed himself because he thought Juliet was dead. Friar Lawrence had a stupid idea and Juliet followed through on it because her father was going to force her into bigamy (and arguably marital rape), so if anyone "got" this to happen it was Lord Capulet.

Juliet killed herself because her husband was dead, her cousin was dead, her parents had turned on her, the woman who she thought of as a second mother abandoned her, and she was in a room with one guy stabbed and another guy poisoned right as the law was about to break in. Once again, I don't know what I'd do in her situation.

My Shakespeare professor said that Romeo and Juliet is the only Shakespeare tragedy not caused because of anyone being evil- Lord Capulet and Tybalt (and Mercutio) are dicks, but they're not Iago or Richard III. None of them wanted the play to end in a pile of bodies. You can't even point to one specific act and say 'that was the specific action that caused all of this.' It's a surprisingly modern (as opposed to mythic) play in that regard.

dichotomous-tastes

I think this is why Romeo and Juliet tends to be underestimated as a work in general. The message is different from what is usually portrayed in pop culture, and the lack of a clear villain is part of this.

#shakespeare