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enchantedbook

From The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1962) Joan Aiken, illustrated by Pat Marriott.

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glitterypin

#modernwives

Why isn’t Rhaenyra/Helaena more of a thing you can have both incest and dyke drama in one go

#rhaenyra targaryen #helaena targaryen

dame-de-pique

Isaac Roberts - Photograph of minor planet ’Sappho’. White circle shows its position, 14-06-1887

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classic-art-favourites

Oak in the Snow by Caspar David Friedrich, 1827.

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sioltach

colors and textures in a ditch beside the highway

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huariqueje

Spring landscape with ripples in the water - Gustaf Fjaestad , 1942.

Swedish, 1868-1948

Oil on board , 92 x 121 cm. 36.2 x 47.6 in.

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Gustaf Fjæstad (Swedish, 1868-1948), Spring Landscape with Ripples in the Water, 1942. Oil on board, 92 x 121 cm.

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janesemel

I do actually think Catherine of Aragon was an abusive mother but its rare to meet someone who considers her one for any reason but vicarious anger caused by being wayyyyyyy too defensive of Anne Boleyn which kinda cools conversation about it

janesemel

@ice-cold-peaches I think telling her to prepare for martyrdom at the hands of her father instead of doing as he said was a fairly dark continuous choice to make. On top of that the position Catherine (like her own mother) inhabited featured a normalized treatment of children as transactional entities. Among the elite daughters in particular were often used for social currency, and at all levels of society in that time period, it was common for children to be seen as 1. inherently sinful and in need of correction (which many people still believe,) and 2. utterly beholden to the authority of their parents, which surely influenced Catherine’s decision making. Mary obviously cared about her very much, and Catherine as well, given their conduct, but I still believe they were products of their environments and acted accordingly, at times destructively.

#Mary I #catherine of aragon

nemfrog

Sutherland Falls, South Island, New Zealand. The wonders of the world. 1910.

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I do actually think Catherine of Aragon was an abusive mother but its rare to meet someone who considers her one for any reason but vicarious anger caused by being wayyyyyyy too defensive of Anne Boleyn which kinda cools conversation about it

#catherine of aragon #anne boleyn #mary i