destiny is all

ethan xxvi

[beatricecenci]

Ohara Koson (Japanese, 1877-1945)

Bunting on Blossom Branch

[polari]

if i see one more concubine bring her straight eunuch to pride

[gemsofgreece]

Modern mosaic showing Greek soldiers carrying the body of Alexander the Great, exhibited in the Historical Museum of Sughd, Khujand, Tajikistan. 

[ololygas]

Spring Equinox, Jeanette Winterson

[enki2]

[feral-ballad]

Aria Aber, from Hard Damage; “Rilke and I”

[Text ID: “Whether you want it or not, in you sleeps a woman of war,”]

[shurikthereject]

My college program is making an art sale so I decided to contribute by making a print of Aragorn and Arwen as The Kiss by Gustav Klimt! They’re so perfect for that painting

(Closeups beneath the cut)

[toiich]

Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider

[letsbelonelytogetherr]

— Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin

[strokeofserenity]

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “The Brothers Karamazov”

[spiribia]

when enkidu dies Gilgamesh covers his face, veiling it “like a bride”. Haha (sudden low voice through gritted teeth) the ancient Mesopotamians are running circles around us. I need you to get your ass on the field and give me your best yaoi or we can kiss these quarter finals goodbye

[ohmelinoe]

I was ashamed of myself when I realised life was a costume party and I attended with my real face.

— Franz Kafka

[juniper-petunia]

they should make a version of socializing that doesn’t make you feel like you’re still the weird 12 year old kid that doesn’t know why she’s not normal like the other kids

[pyritetears-deactivated20260218]

to show up as yourself is sacred work. It is the courage to walk into each day without disguise, carrying your truth like a flame that cannot be hidden. the world does not need another mask, another echo. it needs the sound of your voice, the rhythm of your spirit, the light only you carry.

[nocnitsa]

Alphonse Mucha- Sappho

[seaymph]

“[Dionysos]. Swoony type, long hair, bedroom eyes, cheeks like wine.”

— Euripides, from ‘The Bakkhai’ (translated by Anne Carson)

[rpfofficial]

sex is actually what hangs from the ceiling whereas gender is what grows upwards from the ground