#notcuddles

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I made some little mock-ups of the video game @bowlerhatwearer is coming up with

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So I am very excited for your Alexander comic, first of all. Secondly, of the books you've used for research, do you have any that you particularly liked or felt were especially useful or well researched?

Thank you!! The problem with this topic (and the way I research) I think is that every book/article is useful somehow. But if I had to pick TWO books that describe the entire comic, they would be:

1. Alexander the Great: A Life in Legend, by Richard StonemanMy consultant’s book! This one is a literary review of every tradition of the Alexander Romance, and explains the historical, philosophical and biographical contexts behind the legendary tales. Follow up with Haila Manteghi’s Alexander the Great in Persian Tradition.

2. By the Spear, by Ian WorthingtonI wouldn’t say this is the only biography to read, but it’s a good start. The main reason why I recommend this is that By the Spear includes a detailed biography of Alexander’s father, Philip, so it provides a fuller picture of Alexander, especially the economical and political foundation his father set up that made Alexander possible in the first place.

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notcuddles replied to your post: accidentally learning that the artist whose work...

I genuinely hate that I have to scroll through people’s accounts before reblogging shit just to see if they’re terrible humans or not.

yeah it sucks. doing detective work to figure out this shit is exhausting

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notcuddles replied to your post “iron-eater replied to your post: why do vampires...”

I think generally in folklore they're said to drain the life from the living but the mechanism isn't explained because of course the actual problems were "the entire family has tuberculosis" or whatever. Drinking blood is a sort of convenient/symbolic shorthand for draining the life out of someone if you're trying to craft an actual story, I suppose.

interesting stuff!

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Askbox Meme: 30 and 21 plz

30. is there dishes in your room?

no! absolutely not!! i'm one of those people who really really likes all dishes&cutlery to be kept Next To The Sink and will fuss about it otherwise. sometimes i'll leave mugs/cups/glasses sitting on my desk for a while, but only one at a time and only if i'm intending to get a refill of my drink later. i'm not a tidy person in general but i'm really really adverse to leaving dirtied Food Consumption Objects anywhere other than the kitchen i find it Upsetting to do this

21. something you've kept since childhood

uhhh not much, honestly. i honestly hate throwing things away in case they're useful later but very little of my childhood objects ever set off the "might be useful later" obsessiveness. i think the main objects i've kept from my childhood are a red paisley bandanna (originally used as a tablecloth when my brother and i would play with our assortment of plastic food) and a gold ring with a belt buckle design (no idea where i got this from but i've had it since i was tiny and it still just barely fits my pinkie finger), both of which i wear fairly regularly