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obsessed with art, history, greek mythology, impressionistic and medieval paintings and sculptures, marvel, reading (acotar and fbaa and tsoa), harry styles and one direction, marine biology and the ocean

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“I now realized why I had loved her so hard from being so young—so I had this time with her. Poppy believed her spirit always knew she’d die young. I was starting to think that maybe mine did too.”

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just finished reading A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole.

I have not cried that hard at a book in so long. I was legit crying at every single chapter. whether it was happy or sad tears, they never stopped.

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I can’t put into words the ABSOLUTE RAGE I HAVE FOR SARAH J MAAS. WHY DID SHE GIVE ELORCAN A FADE TO BLACK SCENE???????

I thought I was prepared. Ever since I started book one I saw tik toks about elorcan not getting details, and I was like “okay whatever, what are u gonna do”

BUT I WAS NOT PREPARED. NOT ONE BIT.

WHAT DID LORCAN DO? “So Lorcan did.” DID WHAT??? DID WHAT?????? TELL ME RIGHT NOW.

I am so beyond attached to elorcan and we got NOTHING. I WANT TO SEE WHAT LORD LORCAN LOCHAN CAN SHOW ELIDE.

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currently finally finishing the throne of glass series… i’m halfway through kingdom of ash.

AND WHEN I SAY I AM IN LOVE WITH ELIDE AND LORCANS STORY. THE WAY LORCAN (a 500 year old fae) WOULD BOW TO ELIDE (a 20 something old mortal) MAKES ME SUCH A MESS.

I know in literally every other relationship in the tog series, (and like all of the sjm series), all of the men would bow to their woman. But something about elorcan just makes it even better. I think they’re my fav relationship. Obviously rowaelin are still the best cause they’re og and awesome, but elorcan has got me GOING.

“Even now, he was half inclined to bow before her, the true owner of his ancient, wicked heart.”

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“It’s all bloody useless because when i’m not thinking about your face, i’m thinking about your arse or your hands or your smart mouth. I suspect the latter is what got me into this predicament in the first place. Nobody’s ever got the nerve to be cheeky to a prince, except you. The moment you first called me a prick, my fate was sealed. O, fathers of my bloodline! O, ur kings of olde! Take this crown from me, bury me in my ancestral soul. If only you had known the mighty work of thine loins would be undone by a gay heir who likes it when American boys with chin dimples are mean to him.”

- Prince Henry of Wales

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“id almost forgotten what it feels like,” he said, suddenly looking lost, like a little boy. My heart beat hollowly in my chest, breaking for the man I loved, so petrified of loss that his mind had checked out so he could deal with his agonizing fear. Oh, Archer. I stifled a sob. The last thing he needed right now was for me to lose it.

“What what feels like?”

“To be completely alone.”

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“Why can’t everyone be like you?”

“I can be enough of your world that it feels like everyone is.”

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I just know it’s gonna be a rough day when I feel like I have to bring my comfort book with me to school

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Portrait of Ginevra Benci, 1474-1478, Leonardo Da Vinci. It’s held in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.

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“It suddenly occurred to me that Archer Hale had taught himself an entire language, but hadn’t had a single person to talk to.”

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when I tell you that I was SOBBING at the last few chapters of Archers Voice by Mia Sheridan, tears streeeeeaming down my face. there hasn’t been a book in that long that i’ve loved so much, it was so beautifully depressing and happy at the same time. def putting it as my top 5 fav books

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currently reading Archers Voice by Mia Sheridan and I can already tell it’s gonna be one of the best books of the year

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so insane

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just finished The War of Two Queens by Jennifer L Armentrout… I don’t know why it’s getting so much hate. I looooooooveeeeed it.

The joining scene was 💋🤌. I think she wrote it so good, like the way she focused more on the feelings through all three of them and not just the physical intimacy. And the way their relationship stayed the same but also evolved throughout the books, how Kieran was always there for poppy and she was always there for him was so sweet. I don’t understand how people don’t understand that poppy and kieran’s love for each other is different than the love poppy and casteel have for each other.

also the scene where he lost control……. oh my god, it lived up to my expectations so good.

AND DELANO. DELANO!!!!!! he might be my favorite character throughout the series, he’s such a baby and so underrated and I love him and perry. ALSO REAVER!!!! he’s so funny and his sarcasm is on point every single time.

to sum it up, I think The Crown of Gilded Bones was not the best, but twotq made up for it and got me not wanting to stop reading the whole time

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here’s a fun story:

Ares and Aphrodite were in a relationship when Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus. (affairs were very common throughout greek myths). So Ares and Aphrodite one night were together in Aphrodite and Hephaestus’s bed, but Ares stayed too early into the morning. The Sun God Helios saw them together and told Hephaestus what he had seen.

So obviously instead of going to confront them, Hephaestus needed a plan to embarrass them and catch them in the act. He created a magical set of chains (which were invisible), and put them around his bed. With the trap set, he told Aphrodite that he was leaving for a few days, and the moment he ‘left’, Ares joined her in bed once again. But when they lied down, the chains kept them interlocked and not able to move.

So Helios alerted Hephaestus, but before Hephaestus went back into the room, he decided to gather the other gods to witness what happened. Zeus and all the other olympians arrived to see Aphrodite and Ares caught in bed together. Finally, after the party of watching the two being embarrassed, Poseidon unlocked the chains, and Aphrodite and Ares were whisked away to separate locations.

(via the “Greek Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook,” by Liv Albert)

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“Well, Alex is so in love he could die.”

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The Louvre