The Little Queen

"Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them." - A.A Milne. Bee. nineteen. writer. reader. leo. ravenpuff. flower child

[queen-of-ashes]

Remember who you are, Daenerys, … The  d r a g o n s  know. Do you?(x)

[natalicdormer]

A lot of fans that recognize me go, ‘I kind of hate you,’ and I’m all, ‘Cool, well, you’ve just made this sufficiently awkward.’

[clairelizabethfraser]

A p h r o d i t e  &  A r e s  //   {21st century}

The Anacreontea, Fragment 28 (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric II) (C5th B.C.):  

“One day Ares came in from the battlefield brandishing a strong spear and began to make fun of Eros’ weapon. Eros said ‘This one is heavy: try it and you will see.’ Ares took the javelin, while Kypris [Aphrodite] smiled quietly; and with a groan he said, ‘It is heavy: take it back.’ ‘Keep it,’ said Eros [and so perhaps bound Ares and Aphrodite in love.].”

Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty. With her exquisite features and pleasant smile she attracted many suitors, gods and mortals alike. Because of her immense beauty Zeus fears that the other gods will become violent with each other in their rivalry to possess her. To forestall this, he forces her to marry Hephaestus, the dour, humorless god of smithing. Aphrodite’s husband Hephaestus is one of the most even-tempered of the Hellenic deities, but in the Odyssey, she is portrayed as preferring Ares, the volatile god of war, because she is attracted to his violent nature. 

[fyeliamartell]

As Robert’s army marched on King’s Landing, the mad king sent his own wife and child away, but kept my sister and hers inside.

Viva Bianca as Rhaella Targaryen

Sonam Kapoor as Elia Martell

[maraudingwrites-blog]

My books from the Book Depository came in with a really cute bookmark. I’m so pleased with everything. The books are in great condition, I received them just eight days after they  dispatched (which only took two days after I ordered), and I’m definitely going to shop there again. 

However, now I have three books sitting right here waiting to be read, and three others books I already had...so I need your help. Which book do I pick up first?

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge

The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas 

Please please please help me decide? 

[fallingivy]

It bothered me that there were no Squibs allowed in Hogwarts. Fine, I can get that Squibs would not be able to do any wand magic, and would not be able to fly a broomstick. They still apparently possess enough innate magic to see the school and other magically hidden locations. Out of the classes at Hogwarts that the kids take, a Squib could take and benefit from the following classes: History of Magic, Astronomy, Divination, Care of Magical Creatures, Herbology, MUGGLE STUDIES, Potions (there will be little foolish wand-waving here), Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, and partially theoretical classes on Defense Against the Dark Arts and Charms.

That’s a long list of classes. And some of them are particularly upsetting to me because there’s stuff like History of Magic being left out- that’s their own history they’re being barred from learning. Since Squibs are often forced into the Muggle world, a Squib would make an ideal Muggle Studies teacher and would no doubt be able to teach a more realistic and informative class than someone going off of biased wizarding texts. Squib kids looking into living in the Muggle world would absolutely benefit from learning Muggle studies, especially if they’re from a mainly pureblood family who doesn’t venture out all too often.

And then there’s the rest of them! Arguably you could have a Squib gifted with prescience, and Divination is supposed to be a very accessible branch of magic. Squibs being excellent at taking care of magical plants and animals and making groundbreaking advancements, Squibs working in tandem with each other to breed different magical herbs for potions, Squib potion masters creating all sorts of amazing concoctions. Squibs working with muggleborns and using logic and science to advance magic theoretically, Squibs being huge pro-muggleborn/pro-muggle advocates, Squibs making star charts and Squibs going into the muggle world to use their healing potions in their jobs as nurses and doctors.

Squibs being so completely shut out of magical education was such a sore point for me in the books, especially viewing the treatment of our only prominent Squib- an angry, bitter, glorified janitor often at the mercy of brats with wands. I’m not justifying or endorsing his abusiveness at all, but this was an awful character to use to explore people without magic in a society that bases your worth on it. A lot of time Rowling seems to validate Wizarding prejudices more than she challenges them. While I really enjoy reading the headcanons about Hogwarts being very accessible to people with disabilities, I can’t bring myself to see that as the case with Squibs being treated as they are. 

[goth-cowboy-deactivated20150401]

Bolding mine. Squibs always read to me like the learning-disabled of the wizarding world and the fact that they were just sort of shoved under a rug is such a perfect metaphor for how students with disabilities are treated in most schools BUT IT DIDN’T FEEL LIKE SHE WAS CRITICIZING THE ACTION and just. So much about Hogwarts gets so gross the more you think about it.

[jholtzmann-deactivated20161205]

“I’m not extravagant. I share my house in London with five roommates. I take the Tube. I intend to stay the exact same person I always was.”

[suammetuit-deactivated20150628]

mythology meme: gods and goddesses: olympian (4/5) - eros and himeros. H I M E R O S was the god of sexual desire, one of the young Erotes (winged Love-Gods). When the goddess Aphrodite first emerged new-born from the sea-foam’s she was greeted by the twin loves Eros and Himeros. Some say Aphrodite was born pregnant with the twins, and birthed them with her birth. The pair were her constant companions, agents of her divine power. E R O S was the mischievous god of love, a minion and constant companion of the goddess Aphrodite. poetry by persephonees

[oddhour]

[sexience]

this is so important y'all like look at that kitty’s face. that human means the world to him man be nice to your pets 2k15

[rhaenastargaryen-deactivated201]

Sophie Turner photographed by Chris Floyd

[tanaquil]

HESTIA, you who tend the holy house of the lord Apollo, the Far-shooter at goodly Pytho, with soft oil dripping ever from your locks, come now into this house, come, having one mind with Zeus the all-wise —draw near, and withal bestow grace upon my song.

(for my loveliest tai)

[softgods]

MYTHOLOGY I Sirens

The Sirens were beautiful but dangerous creatures that lured the sailors with their beautiful voices to their doom, causing the ships to crash on the reefs near their island. They were the daughters of the river god Achelous, while their mother may have been Terpsichore, Melpomene, Sterope or Chthon. Although closely linked to marine environments, they were not considered sea deities.

[lamesorry-deactivated20151017]

friendly reminders for the signs:

aries: you carry a fire inside of you and although the flames are beautiful, you must not let them burn the ones you love.

taurus: it’s never okay to kill parts of yourself just to keep others alive.

gemini: you are art. you are magical and mystical and everything in between. it’s okay if not everyone is able to understand that; learn how to appreciate your own beauty instead of searching for another’s admiration.

cancer: it’s okay to taste your own tears sometimes. after all, saltwater has a funny way of healing all wounds.

leo: you have moved mountains and swam across oceans, so who’s to say you can’t save your own damn self?

virgo: make a fist with your hand and understand that you still have fight left in you. don’t give up on yourself just yet.

libra: erase the battle lines you’ve drawn inside your head. you don’t deserve to be at war with yourself anymore; you never did.

scorpio: do not let your light be overshadowed by the dark this world has shown you.

sagittarius: the unknown has always scared you but there is an entire universe inside of you & i promise that it’s worth exploring.

capricorn: you have made mistakes but you are not a hurricane. no, you are as warm and as lovely as the summer rain.

aquarius: rest easy with the knowledge that the people who have done you wrong can’t sleep at night.

pisces: you will not find happiness in the same place that you lost it. stop searching through the wreckage and rebuild the life you’re meant to be living.

[henriplantagenet-deactivated201]

Château de Chenonceau, Indre et Loire.

[maraudingwrites-blog]

My little sister has been crying for forty-five minutes now because her flowers have begun to wilt and I just. She keeps saying, “They’re too beautiful to die, beautiful things shouldn’t die” and I don’t know how to deal with this??

[sophieturnernews]

[maraudingwrites-blog]

Sophie Turner for Glamour Mexico (July 2015)

[veelarie]

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