Under a Gathering Storm

30something queer | fandoms and beautiful things

[buttpoems]

[ironmaidenhead]

THE RED SHOES (1948) — Dir. Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger

[areyoudoingthis]

babe wake up ao3 came up with the only funny april fools joke in the history of the world

[justplainsalty]

The blog post is pretty great too.

[suzirya]

Mutsu by Prospective Flow - Panatomy

[houndmother]

in general, it’s beneficial to think of identity as a descriptor rather than a rigid bin. the minute you start thinking “I want to do xyz but i’m a [identity] so i can’t” you’ve fucked up. The role of identity should be to describe your experience not shape it.

“i’m really attracted to this woman, but I’m not gay” OK, do you want to affirm your identity, or do you want to explore a new life experience?

“when I feel safe with this person, sometimes I wanna submit to them, but I can’t because I’m a dom” OK do you want to rigidly conform to that label or do you want to let yourself feel safe and taken care of?”

“i’m a bottom but i really want to top this one person” do i need to go on?

identity can be extremely valuable for understanding oneself, and communicating that to others, but you will be happier if you understand it as a sort of descriptive shorthand rather than a set of categories which you must aspire to or work to fit into or conform to 100% of the time

[mellxncollie]

CHARLES ROWLAND & EDWIN PAYNE + reflections Dead Boy Detectives (2024) — Season 1, Episode 7

[frostedmagnolias]

Ballet costume worn by Anna Pavlova for “The Swan”, silk and sequined cotton

believed to be worn c. 1910s-1920s

credit: Museum of London

[greater-than-the-sword]

Pick a rare or endangered trade to specialize in

Welding (we've all heard of it)

Glassblowing

Elevator Repair

Clockwork Repair

Ornamental Plastering

Lacemaking

Piano Tuning

Stained Glass Windows

Other (don't give me something everyone on Etsy does)

Voting ended onJun 25, 2025

[1rabong]

Balrog: Why do I hear boss music

Based on this post

[injuries-in-dust]

Weird and wonderful compilation of strange bird noises.

[toyastales]

Chung Thanh Phong ss25 collection

[charnel-grounds]

Bela Lugosi and Arlene Francis in Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

[vardapilled]

"This film was an incredible opportunity for me. And more than anything, I thought it was an opportunity for me to write a love letter to cinema, to all the things I love about going to the movies. [...] In many ways it's most important movie I've made, straight for me to all of you." - Ryan Coogler

SINNERS (2025) BEHIND THE SCENES (1/2) Dir. Ryan Coogler

[amorphousbl0b]

The tribes of Tumblr appeared to worship Apollo as their primary patron deity, most often under the epithet Apollo Spairahemon ("Apollo the Ball-Thrower") as a god of prophecy and sport. His name was typically invoked to celebrate a user blessed with uncommon prescience. Moments of prophecy were considered highly sacred and were often recorded, and such texts are sometimes accompanied by an artistic depiction of the god — either his traditional masculine image or, unusually, in the form of a young woman, which appears to have been an earlier style before a conservative shift toward more conventional iconography — preparing to cast a round rubber ball that our scholars believe was used in the sport known as "dodge ball". Much as other cults regarded his arrows as bringers of disease and health, this community believed that being struck by this ball would bestow prophetic visions.

Some icons are reproduced below:

An earlier depiction (c. 2020) of Apollo as a girl clad in a simple tunic and playing with other children. Figures are smiling and the image is brightly colored, indicating a celebratory outlook toward knowledge of the future.

A later piece (c. 2022) that resembles the traditional appearance of Apollo. References to childhood and play are omitted, and the god carries a more frightening aspect; perhaps this icon represented grim omens rather than good tidings.

[dirtylace]

incredibly obsessed with ivan pokidyshev’s work. i believe these are all from his shining man series

[yaknowlikenyah]

Shoulders are built for sinking your teeth into

[introspectres]

remember you'll die // remember to live || [prints]