eleventh century enby

nonbinary and gay [they/them] I write medieval fanfiction for breakfast

[jens-holland]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Happy August, we are posting emo John Tzimiskes fic today 😊

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original post

bonus:

[unicorngunter]

Hightowers!

[dreemurrinthenight]

if y’all see this floating around: yes, it’s from me, and yes, you can find the original post on hoyolab under the same user <3

[da-police-offical]

Gonna slap a good ol' reblog on this I think.

[gatoradewaterbruh]

Me too

[mr-hammer-exe]

So am I.

[parkchanwoohoo]

[medievalistsnet]

Lost Papal Letter Casts Norman Conquest as Holy War Against ‘Followers of Satan’

A lost papal letter suggests Pope Alexander II backed William’s invasion because King Harold supported a rival pope.

Read here

[fission-mailure]

A lot of people are ragging on the 'cable diverted to avoid Dobby's grave after Harry Potter fans raise a stink' thing and while I also love ragging on Harry Potter fans being weird, in this case it looks like the story was completely made up.

tl;dr: There's no evidence the interview that this was mentioned in even exists, no evidence the route of the cable has ever changed, and the whole story seems to originate from one dude's podcast.

The story also broke into mainstream via the Daily Mail, who are ... rarely if ever honest or accurate.

[unidentifiedwhistlingobject]

Some useful replies to that comment and the link to the BBC article here (the interview that OOP couldn't find):

Underwater Pembrokeshire-Ireland cable 'for cheaper energy'

A 125-mile long cable could be installed from Pembrokeshire to Ireland to share energy.

Thought it was worth looking into because I first read about in a Guardian article, and they're typically good at fact-checking and retractions iirc.

[kamaandhallie]

Perseus and Andromeda

[bloodstainedgauntlet]

not enough time spent talking about knights with ptsd. knights who shudder under the armor and break out in cold sweats at the mention of the battles they won. knights who feel cold sick steel in their bellies when thinking of their victories. knights that hyperventilate under the helms. knights that prop themselves against the stone walls of the castle praying for air. knights who won the battle but were left in the fight.

[baebeylik]

Processional Cross. East Roman (Byzantine), 1000-1050.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[andrew-garfielld]

If your world is to survive, I must light the way. Because I am the Shield of the People. I am Rhaenyra the Chosen. I am the Prince That Was Promised.

Emma D'Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen HOUSE OF THE DRAGON S03E08 | "The Treasons at Tumbleton"

[perfectday1972]

i do wonder how mamdani would have solved a problem like the green goblin

[enevera]

drew some of my fav silmarillion siblings! aredhel tying fingons ribbons into his hair for @creatingblackcharacters melanin beam challenge! i hope im not too late lol

[jens-holland]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Happy August, we are posting emo John Tzimiskes fic today 😊

[memories-of-ancients]

Amethyst intaglio of Caracalla, Roman, dated 221 AD

[wizardarchetypes]

today i rang up a customer at work for $13.36 and i said with such genuine cheer "uh-oh! two years before the plague hit England, if anyone cares!" and i watched the customer's eyes as they were clearly taken aback and then tried to pretend to be interested at all. they made such a valiant effort. they were like I don't wanna damper this guy's plague enthusiasm. They said, very awkwardly, "haha, uh-oh!"

[when-the-pawnn]

I have some thoughts to share on Helen and Paris:

Helen and Paris’s different coping mechanisms with guilt is one of the reasons for their relationship becoming strained.

Just to clarify, neither are to blame for the war – Helen being at Troy and the fall of it were destined, and there was no way to avoid it happening no matter how Helen ended up there.

Helen doesn’t hide her guilt, she is open about it and voices regret for coming to Troy in the first place. She wears her shame openly and is filled with self-hatred.

Paris on the other hand deflects the topic constantly. In the times he was confronted by Helen and Hector, he doesn’t defend himself and even switches the topic with Helen. It’s almost as though he refuses to acknowledge the reality of what’s happening around him.

It’s not hard to see why he would be like this. He was a slave who found out that he was a prince and is favored by Aphrodite. He suddenly got a life he could have never dreamed of, only for it take a few years for everything to turn into a disaster. It is difficult to come to terms with that.

From Helen’s perspective (her perspective doesn’t mean it’s the truth), she is carrying the shame and guilt alone while he seems just fine to her. This causes her to grow frustrated with him and for their relationship to start deteriorating.