EARTH OF MAJESTY.

dhows and feluccas, hill stations, outposts, flags — fluttering down in the dusk, their golden aegis — went out with the sun.

[angliaes]

—  the sin is not the wanting, it's the wanting more.     independent portrayal of arthur kirkland / personification of england, as originally seen in the h.etalia franchise,    entirely rewritten on the basis of headcanons.   permanent low activity.      as governed by doll,    she  /  her,    18+.  

(*) navigation. (*) visual sideblog.

[angliaes]

"there is a nice cafe down the street,"   he begins, tone bordering on subtle urgency, waving a hand in some semblance of an explanation, simultaneously making quick work of a pile of papers and documents. "i do hope you've no prior engagement." in a matter of seconds, once they were all neatly tucked away in his briefcase — albeit a bit crumpled; he paid them no mind — arthur's gaze flickered fully towards the other, pointedly,    "if i must endure five more minutes in this stuffy conference room, i shall commit a crime."

[angliaes]

what if this was a starter call <3

[angliaes]

little known fact, arthur is actually awful at navigation. 😮‍💨

[classic-starters]

starters from the 430 b.c.e play by aeschylus, translated by david grene, PROMETHEUS BOUND

“i am forced to do this ; do not keep urging me.”

“you can be softhearted.”

“come, why are you holding back?”

“our kinship has strange power ; that, and our life together.”

“do you not fear that more?”

“you are always pitiless, always full of ruthlessness.”

“i have no answer to this.”

“so must i bear, as lightly as i can, the destiny that fate has given me.”

“what am i saying?”

“my enemies can laugh at what i suffer.”

“this is a sickness rooted and inherent in the nature of a tyranny.”

“against these plans none stood save i: i dared.”

“is there no limit set for your pain?”

“i placed in them blind hopes.”

“let me be and have no care for me.”

“you are better at advising others than yourself.”

“his is a heart you should beware of vexing.”

“your own misfortune will be my teacher.”

“kindness that can never be requited, tell me, where is the help in that, my friend?”

“what land is this?”

“say what you are asking for: i will tell you all.”

“will you then grant me this favour?”

“tell me, who are you?”

“some have been wretched before me, but who of these suffered as i do?”

“and what was the offense of which this is the punishment?”

“i beg you, do not hide from me what i must endure.”

“i hesitate to break your spirit.”

“you would be glad to see that catastrophe, i think.”

have you no fear of uttering such words?”

“worship him, pray ; flatter whatever king is king today.”

“your words declare you mad, and mad indeed.”

“you mock me like a child!”

“i have said too much already.”

“i am the one whom he cannot kill.”

[angliaes]

what is this... could it be... somewhat of a bio? 🧐

[hawkaye]

JUDE LAW as Dickie Greenleaf

- The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)