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i like whimsical looks, period dramas, the romanov family and severance. (she/her) welcome to my mind!

[ily-mostardently]

one of my irl friends asked me recently why my username says that i love mustard...

it's actually a pride & prejudice reference bc this tumblr was created when i was 14 and obsessed with mr darcy.

thank you for your attention.

[rosieandthemoon]

From the Ballet De La Nuit

[breeyn]

My reverse mermaid

[ily-mostardently]

WAIT THIS IS SO COOL

[ansitru]

I'm just saying, we could settle this with swords, instead of 30+ emails. 🤺

[thisauthorisscreaming]

Does it count as 'sword in the stone' if it looks more like 'sword in the cairn'...?

[miamaimania]

“Embroidered Snowy Steps” ❋ The only footprints that won’t melt

[mollyvega]

Claude is made from some vintage textiles I scooped up at an antique store recently🌸

[shittalkingclassicliterature]

[intactics]

[mornington-the-crescent]

[filmaticbby]

Caravaggio (1986) dir. Derek Jarman

[ily-mostardently]

bruh i have been wanting to grow my wavy/curly (2c 3a) hair up to my waist and now it's beyond the half of my back. but recently i've been feeling the URGE to cut it like this and this image is NOT helping me

[ily-mostardently]

IM SOBBIING. HOW DID I NOT VALUE THIS SONG ENOUGH BEFORE??? "i'm your mocking bird"

[hermitthrush]

“… because he is disposed to follow the passions, he will listen pointlessly and unprofitably, since the end involved is not knowledge but action. And it makes no difference whether or not he is young in age or immature in character: the deficiency is not related to time but instead arises on account of living in accord with passion and pursuing each passion in turn. For to people of that sort, just as those lacking self-restraint, knowledge is without benefit.”

— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (340 BC) | Bartlett and Collins translation, Book 1, Chapter 3. How an undiscerning mind (which can arise from, but is not exclusive to, youthful inexperience) impedes or prevents the pursuit of wisdom and virtue.

[what-strange-lives-we-live]

“Anybody can be angry, but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, that is not easy.”

— Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics

[mrthinkyt]

Why is it that we message that one person about one thing, and someone else for another? Why are we the “best friends ever!” with someone at one moment, and then they’re gone the next? Aristotle, that philosophical over-performer, might have the answer.

Aristotle’s greatest work, the Nicomachean Ethics, has a lot of say about friendship because he viewed a good friend as requisite to the perfect human life (“Eudaimonia”).He divides friendships into three categories: useful, pleasant, and good. Only the last should we value above all.

*Useful friends* are those that serve a purpose.They might be a work colleague who you lunch with everyday, or it might be a teammate you see at the weekends. When that purpose is removed (you move jobs, or you stop playing that sport) the friendship dies away. 

*Pleasant friends* are the ones who are fun to be around. They’re witty and quick to laugh. They share those perfect memes and just get your sense of humour. They scream dance until closing time and they’re right beside you eating that 3 a.m. kebab. But, it might be age, or you might change what you like, and they drift further and further away - immortalised in happy memories and nostalgia.

*Good friends* are the ones who want you to be happy and want you to flourish. They are the ones who say “he’s not right for you, mate” or “you could totally get that promotion”. They’re the ones who never tell your secret, and who’ve seen you cry. The ones who won’t put you down, and always want your best. These are the friends Aristotle believes we should aim for and keep. 

Obviously one person might be all or some of these, and Aristotle said we needn’t ditch the first two types of friends; he only argues that we should see them for what they are. With the truest “good” friend, we should stay constant and fixed - for they will make us the best human we can be.

[ily-mostardently]

Reading Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics after going through psychological abuse hits hard.

[ily-mostardently]

The academic suffering never stops

[threefates]

lwenx ‘holy sword and iris’ details

[ily-mostardently]

my university classmates put such evil eyes on me it's INSANE.

yesterday they were like wowwwww you have a car!!! how wonderful !! u slay!!!

when i was going back home my car was extremely dirty due to the trees in the surroundings (was never that dirty before) AND there was PIGEON POOP ON MY WINDOW

LIKE

WHATS THE PROBABILITY IN THE ENTIRE CAMPUS

NOT ONLY THAT

everytime when im going back home theres a dramatic uphill

i was praying to not have to stop there

guess what

DURING ALL THE WEEKS I HAVE. BEEN DRIVING MONDAY TO FRIDAY THAT WAY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME

I HAD TO STOP THE CAR UPHILL

the car died 3 times, but ok!!! i managed!!!!

PLUSS

people complimented my outfit today

i went to the bathroom like 1hour n a half later between classes

and when i tried to zip up my pants

THE ZIPER BROKE

I PANICKED BECAUSE I HAD 4 MORE HOURS OF CLASS WHICH I COULDNT MISS

but managed to close it.... with a lot of effort

and the cloth wasnt tight, it was a pantaloon. the zipper broke after zipping my hips and it was loose...

so unlikely

i guess ill go back to alessia's subliminal for divine protection bc what the hell

and other strange stuff too... but those are the most recent