Crying over Bucky Barnes

Archaeologist turned museum worker turned library worker. Cat lady. I don't even know what this is any more. I have another blog, travelswithmyastromech.tumblr.com, where I post peculiar little photos of Star Wars figures. Everyone needs a hobby.

[achillesinhighheels]

Anok Yai met gala bronze hair look

[omgthatdress]

okay the HAIR is amazing! This whole look is just incredible!

[tetitasdelimon]

top 5 horror movies

-having a job

-not having a job

-applying for jobs

-the job market

-the concept of working my whole life

[gatheringbones]

tbh a lot of my advice boils down to “hey you know that terrible horrible looming thing you’re doing your best to avoid and distract and escape as much as possible but no matter what you do it just keeps looming and looming and ruining your life”

“just, fuckign, run straight at it screaming.”

[quasarkisses]

i needed this as a background

[spectrexviiii]

[lostinhistory]

They’re Giant. They’re Cuddly-Looking. I Traveled to a City Where They’ve Taken Over—and Learned the Startling Truth About What They’re Faci

Popularity isn't always a good thing.

The internet’s favorite animal is facing a dark fate.

[transwalterdecourcey]

when are they going to make a tv show about two women fucking all the time. that is also sponsored by the canadian government

[elizabethanism]

On this day in 1953, novelist Shirley Jackson replied to a disappointed reader.

[historical-fashion-polls]

which hat would you rather wear? (1826)

1 🤍🌵🌸

2 🤍🌼 // 💛🌼

3 💛🌼 // 🤍🌸

Remaining time: 6 days 13 hours

requested by: @literamour

request: the wildest hats you can find

commentary from the curator: according to the plate description itself, the plants on 1 are indeed cacti! 🌵

[monamoni]

Giant Otter

[h00pqueen]

Me, who has only seen sea otters and river otters: what the hell kind of a thing is that??

[lifeofloon]

She's not interested in participating in the day

[urtrouble]

yes many skills such as yearning and not being able to sleep in a normal human schedule

[jiubilee]

The real tragedy about the barricade is that we don’t know how much is true. Victor Hugo was there at the June Rebellion, so what is fact and what is fiction? That question gives me chills because we’ll never know. 

[enjolras-in-valinor]

Charles Jeanne (who I think is probably actual real life Enjolras) wrote an in-detail account of the ACTUAL barricades in a letter to his sister after the fact

you can read it, tenlittlebullets translated it into English :)

it’s really graphic, he leaves no gory details out, just FYI if you’re gonna read it, keep TW: VIOLENCE  in mind

[tenlittlebullets]

#how is he real-life enjolras if he survived (via metellus-cimber)

I’m so glad somebody asked this, because the answer is: when they finally ran out of ammunition, Charles Jeanne rounded up everyone who was still standing, went, “look, if we’re going to die, we might as well die fighting,” and led a suicidal ten-man charge against an entire flippin’ infantry column, armed with nothing but bayonets. The first few ranks of soldiers were so unprepared for such a spectacularly insane attack that they were too surprised to shoot. They crossed bayonets and tried to hold the insurgents off in hand-to-hand combat, but Jeanne’s swordsmanship was apparently aces, because he held off a bunch of them at once and covered his friends as they tried to breach the ranks. And once they were in, nobody could shoot them for fear of taking out their own guys.

So the last stand that the insurgents had intended as a noble suicide ended in them breaking through the ranks entirely and winding up in the next street over, outside the combat zone, going “well shit, what do we do now?” (I’m guessing the infantry column wasn’t very deep; central Paris at that point was a rabbit warren of narrow twisty streets, and assembling troops en masse for an organized attack was a logistical nightmare.) Unlike the National Guard, the army weren’t total chumps and got themselves turned around to give chase and start shooting once they weren’t at risk of friendly fire any longer… and that’s when all the civilians holed up in their houses went “no way, you’re not getting your hands on these crazy bastards” and started hurling furniture and crockery down on the soldiers’ heads. Jeanne was understandably distracted at the time, but afterwards somebody informed him that the barrage of unlikely projectiles included a piano. A piano. That is some straight-up Looney Tunes slapstick right there. No wonder Hugo went for the heroic death scene instead; if he’d stuck to real life, he probably would’ve gotten complaints that he’d wrecked his readers’ suspension of disbelief.

Anyway, someone opened an alley gate for them to shelter in and take stock of the casualties–most of them survived(!!!), but a few were pretty nastily wounded. Their host then had to lock Charles Jeanne in to keep him from charging right back out and taking on the whole goddamn army singlehanded. He probably would’ve broken down the door if the poor man hadn’t pointed out that going back out would give away his wounded comrades’ hiding place and the identities of the people sheltering them. They sat there listening to the gunfire gradually slow and go silent, and then in the middle of the night the ones who could still walk were allowed to slip away one by one at long intervals from each other. Charles Jeanne went straight home, slept like the dead for a few hours, was woken up at five in the morning with a warning that he’d been denounced and the building was surrounded, and then slipped out in disguise and managed to evade the police for four months before a former comrade ratted him out and he was arrested.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why Charles Jeanne’s letter is an absolute treasure that deserves to be available to anyone in Les Mis fandom who wants to read it. Incidentally, “how Actual Historical Enjolras survived the barricades by being too good at his suicide mission” is also one of the stories I tell when anyone asks me what the hell is so interesting about researching people nobody’s ever heard of from an obscure chapter of French history. 

[tenlittlebullets]

Bringing this back for Barricade Day! To answer a few questions that keep coming up in the reblogs: here’s my translation of Jeanne’s letter, which was my main source. Jeanne stood trial, was imprisoned instead of executed (because can you imagine what a martyr he would’ve made), and died of tuberculosis just a few years later. Despite his improbable survival story, the RL June Rebellion was not an everybody-lives AU–like the revolt in Les Mis, it ended in a hard-fought retreat into one of the buildings on the street, followed by a massacre. The guys who led a suicide charge and accidentally won were, unfortunately, the exception.

[tmbgareok]

[ayeforscotland]

Freshly baked Scottish wildcat kittens have been spotted in the Cairngorms for the second year running!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎉

[dragonpyre]

Ngl I totally forgot fandom discourse was a thing. I don’t care man, I have car payments

[rootbeerrex]

starting a collection

[clever-fandom-reference]

If I may submit:

[kisskisscantfallinlove]

[tinagodiva]

Petralia Soprana, Sicily Italy 🇮🇹

Petralia Soprana is a small historic town in the mountains of Sicily, part of Italy. It lies within the Madonie Mountains and is known for its stunning views, stone houses, and peaceful atmosphere.

The area has ancient roots, with influences from the Greek colonization and later the Roman Empire. During the Middle Ages, Petralia Soprana developed under Norman rule and became an important hilltop settlement for defense.

Over time, the town preserved its traditional Sicilian character, with narrow streets, churches, and local culture. Today, it is recognized as one of the most beautiful villages in Italy and attracts visitors looking for history, nature, and authentic Sicilian life.

[jodiefosterwallace]

"this post transcends language XD" but it's a post with no english cognates at all

[minttttttttttttttttttttttttttt]

[m-b-w]

#1 thing for someone being haunted to say