[lucy-harker]

ВИЙ (VIY) 1967 | dirs. Konstantin Ershov & Gueorgui Kropatchev

[spiritsden]

ʙʀᴏᴋᴇɴ, ᴛᴀᴛᴛᴀʀᴇᴅ, ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴀɴɢᴇʟ

[ladyoftheharbour]

Guys, Audrey Hepburn used to always refer to Katharine Hepburn as “the real Miss Hepburn” because she didn’t want Kate to feel like her place was being taken by a younger actress, since she was already 45, an age at which a lot of actresses in the ‘50s would have been retired, when Audrey’s film career started.

[ladyoftheharbour]

Also Kate once referred to Audrey as “my daughter, Miss Hepburn” and that may well be the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard.

[llamasocks-lou]

Epic concept: a streaming service whose sole purpose is to pick up cancelled queer media and finish it

[a-baroque-pearl]

Louis de point de capitalism

[anarchopuppy]

sometimes being a fan of something means not wanting them to make any more of it

[kitmarlowe]

[alpaca-clouds]

One Quick Thing about the historical Elisabeth Báthory

Okay, I do need to talk about the historical Elisabeth Báthory, because my inner "well, actually" needs to get this one out there. People who watched Nocturne will probably be at least vaguely aware of the entire mythology around the historical Elisabeth Báthory and how she got connected to the entire story.

She was a Hungarian noblewoman and the reason why she is remembered while most Hungarian nobles are not is the entire outrage around her alleged crimes.

The story goes somewhat like this: Elisabeth Báthory was very afraid of growing old. One day one of her maids cut herself and the blood dripped on Báthory's skin. Which on the next day was so much smoother. After which she became convinced that the blood of girls and young women would hold her aging. So, she had girls brought to her castle to bleed them dry and then bathe in their blood.

It is said she killed more than 300 young women like this, which she was charged with. Given she was a noble she was actually convicted for it, but given she was a noble, the punishment was only "house arrest" in her castle. Never the less she died just three years later of unknown (but probably medical) causes at the age of 54.

So, here is the thing why I want to talk about this. Now, please note: I do not think this will play any role in Castlevania: Nocturne. I think there she really just is a bad guy. But... I just gotta talk about it.

Because today scholars are at times questioning whether the story how it often is remembered. There is a by now very common theory that the reason for her accusations were two-fold: For one, she was a single woman who held a lot of money and power. For the other, she was practicing medicine, learning it partly from herbal practicioners, but also incorporating "modern" knowledge at the time.

Basically, she was already rich because her husband was rich. Then she just happened to be very good at politics, making her - as a widow - amass more power and riches. And people looked unfavorably onto her as a woman having this much influence and riches without a man attached to her.

The other aspect is, that we know she wrote about medicine. She did medical research on her own. And yes, even though she incorporated more herbal knowledge (something people frowned upon at the time, by the way), a lot of medical knowledge at the time also involved a lot of bloodletting. And there is some historical sources out there that show that at least some folks she tried to treat died through her treatment.

So, I got this one out of my system. I just needed to bring this one up. Because the two big historical serial killers we know about might well both have been innocent. The other being Gilles de Rais, who also is the main antagonist in my Castlevania fanfiction The lesser Evil (which you should totally read) - but there it also is a plotpoint that he was innocent.

Okay. That's it for now. I am out.

[madmonksandmaenads]

I wish I could make white people(and not just white Americans) understand how diverse the pre-columbian Americas were. The history, religion, culture, politics was at least as complex as Europe's. There was the full gamut of religions, from monotheists to animists to ancestral religions. There were city building empires, village farmers, nomadic traders, and so many other ways to live. This is all just based on what we know, the fragments left behind and the stories of survivors of an apocalyptic plague. All this before the most extended campaign of genocide in history was waged in an attempt to wipe out those survivors.

Over 500 years spent trying to cut down a whole trunk of human culture.

Do you understand how much poorer our whole species is because of it? Can you imagine where art, religion, and science would be if we still had these vast bodies of knowledge? The stain of the colonial project will never be fully washed clean. We owe more than just the land to those we stole from. We owe them a whole future, a future that could have been brighter for all of us. If only greed and fear weren't allowed to rule this land.

[chimpmoshpit]

in america we fight for our right to eat moldy bread and die

[xteacupx]

Today after about a week of confusion and asking people in real life if they've noticed anything, I discovered that there is, in fact, not a bizarre 2026 trend of "Mr Beast Pregnancy Memes" and it is all in fact just a series of tumblr posts from one Ukranian who I've never met named Petro and my two chaos incarnate tumblr mutuals who are so fascinated by the world he is conjuring that they have both been drip-feeding it onto my otherwise relatively normal tumblr dashboard.

[reactionimagearchive]

[kristina100000]

this is perfect and awesome

[goldcrescent]

Nyra and Alicent this season: fuck them kids

in rhaenyra’s defense she only does that to kids that arent hers. in alicent’s defense she has three teenagers played by actors the same age as her to make them look more evil ig, I would also be confused as to why I should be parenting aemond at his 32nd birthday party

[goldcrescent]

are YOU frustrated by inefficiency of the current regime? Do you wish these two would tear each other’s offspring into meat chunks faster? Well lucky for you I’m canvassing door to door for a brand new candidate. You see, neither dance of the dragons nor the blackfyre rebellions would have happened under the Cersei Lannister administration because she would have had any child or bastard with a dragon not large enough to ride strangled the second Viserys bit it. He bore the sword? No! That was Cersei Lannister’s goldcloak waiting diligently by the playground. Yes that’s right, she is a leader so proactive she would have prevented the four civil wars and, as the faith demands, even the need for moon tea, all in one fell swoop. When you have a problem that could be prevented with murder don’t look for tired establishment politicians like Daemon who kinslay all of two kids just for appearances. You deserve a passionate candidate. You deserve a candidate who cares. About strangling bastards. Vote Cersei Lannister.

Cersei Lannister: That Wasn’t A Request

[mxjackparker]

Don't leave your friends and even acquaintances to go to the hospital alone. If they don't have someone already going with them and don't explicitly tell you they don't want you there, go to advocate for them. Outcomes for sick people change dramatically when they have someone else there to observe doctors (making them know they can't get away with negligence) and note symptoms from an outside perspective.

Going to the hospital is scary and even someone totally unprepared to be a medical advocate or physical support will be better than nothing, purely from their presence. You can grab food, be there with your phone to search if theirs dies, go in search of a doctor, distract them from pain or discomfort... go with them.

[iloveboosters]

Priya Kansara as Ria Khan in Polite Society (2023) dir. Nida Manzoor

[lumberjackloverboy-moved]

for my fellow psychotics who struggle with thinking someone is in their house, a method I’ve found that really works are these guys:

i put them on my front door and anytime it opens they ring. that way if i think someone has broken in or i see someone who isn’t there i can think back to if the bells have rung, and if they haven’t i can assure myself it’s not real. obviously it’s not fool proof, like if you are prone to auditory hallucinations, but it has really helped me calm down in time to avoid major psychotic breaks. it’s a real lifesaver

nonpsychotics encouraged to rb