Ut Acerbus Terminus

“Clichés so often befall vain people.”― Ann Beattie

[neo--queen--serenity]

someone call our man an ambulance

[daenerys-stormborn]

A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS Peter Claffey as Ser Duncan the Tall

[illustratus]

Egyptian Landscape by Carlos de Haes

[yuiamaya]

My first full illustration colored.

[strawbellyx3]

The Apothecary Diaries Light Novel 13 SPOILER

I love how in the night visit chapter, when Jinshi rejects sleeping with Maomao because he worried she could become pregnant even with contraceptives, she leaves mumbling "even though I know other things to do besides the actual thing" and he doesn't hear because he's so lost in his own thoughts😂 it's so on brand for them and reminds me of this bonus comic

my favorite overthinking boyfailure fumbling the bag all the time is one of my favorite things

[galateea]

When Jasy Whistles - Q&A (Season 2)

In ancient times, people believed that the forests of Paraguay were filled with gods and monsters. Growing up outside of modern Asuncion, Hela never thought much of the old stories. When her best friend disappears, apparently kidnapped by the legendary Jasy Jatere, however, she learns that the old world is not as dead as she had thought. Don't miss today's update of #When Jasy Whistles! #webcomic #WEBTOON

[systlin]

But seriously, if alien PLANTS ever show up, citrus and oaks are going to be trying to breed with them IMMEDIATELY. 

We make fun of ourselves for being willing to fuck aliens, but I guarantee you that citrus and oaks are right there with us, aggressively trying to cross-pollinate with any new and interesting conquests. 

[dvlac]

“Lestat, in fact, had aroused in me feelings which I hadn’t wished to confide in anyone, feelings I’d wished to forget, despite Claudia’s death. Hatred had not been one of them.”

[millennium-fae-artblog]

Let me tell you the story of - a human and their demon lover 

(A few pages about my OCs, the exorcist and ‘Dr. Vapela Saleos’! The demon is the founder of a modern exorcist agency, and the human is one of the exorcist contractors.)

[thehereticpharaoh]

Painted for and until recently housed in Sweden’s Tistad Castle, this historical genre canvas by Swedish Academic painter Julius Kronberg vividly brings to life the final moments of Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt (69-30 B.C.E.), one of the most myth enshrouded female figures in history. The artist took his inspiration from Shakespeare’s tragedy Antony and Cleopatra, which had been published in Sweden for the first time in 1825. In the tragic final act, Cleopatra mourns her lover Antony’s death, while also refusing to surrender to Octavian, who wishes to take her to Rome as a prisoner of war. Rather than become a spectacle of Rome, she resolves to commit suicide with her handmaidens, Charmian and Iras. Kronberg brilliantly captures the moment in which, after her handmaiden Iras has already died, Cleopatra reaches for a poisonous asp to press to her own breast. Her handmaiden Charmian kneels with her back to the viewer, but the brokenhearted anguish of her stance makes clear her despair in the face of what she is witnessing. Cleopatra herself comes across as strong and resolute in spite of the task ahead of her. 1883, oil on canvas, M.S. Rau Collection.

[cinemagal]

You killed me… The Penguin killed me… Batman killed me… that’s… three lives down. You got enough in there to finish me off? Batman Returns (1992) Dir. Tim Burton

[archaeologicalnews]

Mexican experts find 119 more skulls on Aztec 'trophy rack'

Archaeologists in Mexico City said Friday they have found another section of 119 skulls that were part of the Aztec capital’s main trophy rack of sacrificed humans.

A five-year dig under old buildings near Mexico City’s Templo Mayor Aztec ruins has so far found a total of 603 skulls. They are believed to date to between 1486 and 1502.

The sacrificed skulls, found about 3.5 yards (meters) below street level, included some from women and children and officials saw the huge pile of skulls as a sign of the power and prestige of the pre-Hispanic city.

“It is an important testament to the power and greatness achieved by Mexico-Tenochtitlan”, said Alejandra Frausto, Mexico City’s culture secretary. Read more.

[bauliya]

i think villains in general provide better, more epic romances because they're allowed to go to extremes. they're allowed to put their love over the greater good. they're allowed to be selfish. the best a hero can offer you is number two, because their duty comes first. villains, though. villains will burn down the world for a last kiss goodbye.

[galateea]

You said it, sistah!

[thedudeleftthebuilding-deactiva]

[galateea]

(Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli)

[laurens-german]

JAMIE FRASER, CLAIRE FRASER Outlander Season 5

[wehadfacesthen]

Marlene Dietrich in Seven Sinners (Tay Garnett, 1940)

Dietrich chose John Wayne to co-star with her after seeing him in the Universal Pictures commissary. She told producer Joe Pasternak: “Mommy wants that for Christmas.”