Bravura.

23. Shaping my reality

[off-the-edge-ofthemap]

Whatever. *disappears into the fog on my ship never to be heard of again except in legend*

[two-thirtyy]

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Look buddy, i’m just trying to make it to Friday.

[taykoutmccleod]

reblog if its friday and you made it

[nuggsmum]

[evilscientist3]

You guys don't fucking get it. This website is for ME and MY mutuals and NO ONE else. Everyone else has to stop posting RIGHT NOW

[m-dreamer-is-trans-inclusive]

[evilscientist3]

Have you been in cryogenic stasis since 2014

[kristina100000]

thinking

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Did you know that beetle wings used to be sewn onto dresses? Like, hundreds of them on each dress? It's equally creepy and beautiful.

oh my stars, anyone have pictures?

[foreverafaller-deactivated20190]

Something like this I believe!

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

that’s one of the famous ones, a Lady Macbeth stage costume from 1888. apparently it wasn’t uncommon in victorian fashion:

we should bring embroidery like this back (but w/ imitation wings). we should all be walking around with beads & wings, clanging

[foreverafaller-deactivated20190]

Bring this back in 2019

[teachmemrstingle]

There’s a youtuber who does historical sewing and costumery who did this recently

https://youtu.be/iA8yVDohZ-4

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

OH MY BEETLEJUICE 

[hotlikesriracha]

To everyone in the comments- No, the beetles aren’t killed for their wings. These jewel beetles have short adult lives (2-3 weeks) and the wing casings are harvested after their death to ensure their conservation.

The Victorians did not invent beetlewing art. This species of beetle is indigenous to South and South East Asia where beetle wing art actually originated. Thailand, India, Myanmar, China, and Japan all practiced beetlewing art before the Victorians. Most notably, they have been used for centuries in clothing and art in the Thai royal court. Queen Sirikit has promoted beetlewing art in an effort to revive Thailand’s art and cultural history. Queen Sirikit has also forbidden the harvesting of the wing casings prior to the beetle’s death to protect them.

Unfortunately, it is hard to find old Thai art online but here are a couple of examples.

(Date and artist unknown. Thailand.)

(René Mancini, 1980.) Belongs to Queen Sirikit.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

please reblog this version of this post, this is amazing

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Zayn said what needed to be said!

[transmasckurapika]

A terf posted this calling it "gaslighting" and "terrible" but I thought it was sweet so I'm reposting it from them.

[jabberwockypie]

People really do just throw around “gaslighting” to mean “making me consider how my actions impact other people” and “telling me things I don’t like hearing” and “calling me on behavior that harms other people”, huh?

[hotseok]

i’ve reached the point in life where i’m literally in tears of this this is the funniest fucking thing——

[narutwitter]

[grossgurly-deactivated20210510]

:’)))

[swordbride]

[inkskinned]

the pursuit of perfection kills joy & i hope whatever u do today ur allowed to do it badly

[no-longer-another-bondi-blonde]

Everyone should know the international sign for Help Me. Let’s make this famous!!

[amanda-bakes]

Interesting; I didn't know this was a thing.

[hopefulmisanthrope]

It’s apparently a thing, but it’s a very new thing, so it may need some help being known.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_for_Help

[larkfeather1153]

If you have epilepsy/photosensitivity, you may want to avoid the Quick Reblog thing on mobile for the time being. For some reason the green confirmation bar at the bottom of the screen is now flashing rapidly (basically strobing) whenever I Quick Reblog a post, and Tumblr Support hasn't gotten back to me about it besides the standard list of basic troubleshooting.

[faggothankhill]

I didn't see anyone adding this in the notes, but it does the same thing if you send a post to someone

[deanpinterester]

[thisanimatedphantom]

I will always love aggressive shoulder ballerina

[sioltach]

Katie Kacvinsky, “First Comes Love”

[c0ffeebee]

“I don’t want the world to turn without you And I don’t want the sun to burn without you” 💛🖤

ok, i really did this, some beautiful sun and moon princesses/queens being in love in a historical drama that doesn’t exist ☀️🌙

this is kinda random, but i saw the tweet that fleursignet [on twitter] posted and was instantly inspired to create this, all the credit for the idea goes to them 💛 original tweet: