A nervous splendor.

Charlie. 18. He/Him. St. Andrews University. Wasting time in the present by spending too much time in the past. I'm a bit of a fan of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. History, fandoms, and whatever strikes my fancy. Which typically includes history and fandoms. 

[eternal-echoes]

It doesn’t matter how big the enemy is as long as there are good men fighting it.

[peashooter85]

“Quantity has a quality of it’s own.”

—Napoleon Bonaparte

[duxbelisarius]

Pretty sure that was Lenin, but it could juat as easily have been Michael Scott

[peashooter85]

“All you need is love.”

—Lenin

[fresnel149]

You also tend to need food, but I can see why Lenin would think that.

[peashooter85]

“Let them eat cake.”

—Marie Antoinette  

[peashooter85]

“This cake is raw!”

—Gordon Ramsay

[take-me0ut]

“I am the walrus”

-Lenin

[propanemoments-blog]

[pattern-53-enfield]

Civil War FB groups occasionally produce gold

[knightlyhoods-deactivated202404]

this has got to be THE funniest sentence ive seen all day im gonna cry

[quaadude]

Me getting my name called to get my order at Starbucks

[chefpyro]

anyway

[casanova-lives]

[tariqah]

THIS IS SO FUNNY

[probablynotgoingtoheaven-deacti]

seen √√

[writhe]

i have a hill to die on real quick

[writhe]

phrases like “you don’t owe anyone anything” and “relationships aren’t transactional” have the power to be used in ways that are very backwards and harmful

for example, no you don’t owe anyone anything in that if some creep is trying to get with you, you can block him without feeling bad. you don’t owe kindness to people who are transphobic or racist or bigoted.

but, you can’t use this as an excuse to fuck over people who have helped you. “you don’t owe anyone anything” isn’t an excuse to allow yourself to forget compassion and basic empathy, it isn’t an excuse for you to be an asshole just because you find it easier to be one

relationships aren’t transactional in that if your partner does something nice for you, you are indebted to them. they do these things because they love you; it is their choice to express love through these gestures

but they are transactional in that you both actively need to be putting time and care into the relationship. ignoring the dynamic of one person caring too much (and putting in excessive (emotional an literal) work and labor) while the other does nothing isn’t healthy. one person can’t solely take and the other person can’t solely give- that’s dangerous, and you can’t put the bandaid of “this isn’t transactional” over a relationship that is draining you in all capacities

i’m tired of seeing these things being misconstrued and used as an excuse to hurt people, while framing it as a way of taking care of yourself

[stability]

[maximumgayce]

I saw this on facebook and honestly yeah

[maximumgayce]

ok this has become a somewhat popular post, and I just want to add on because I realise this just says about dating, but it extends to friendships too. just be aware of this and remind the person of their worth, yeah? Even if it’s just a friend and not a partner

[littlemixens]

why do people say “don’t be a pussy” when talking about weakness more like “don’t be a man’s ego” because you know there isn’t nothing more fragile than that

[nothingnowherenoonearchive]

uh 

because “pussy” is the shortened form of the word “pusillanimous”, which means “timid, cowardly”

and not the slang word for the female genital region?

[follow-puppy-luv96-deactivated2]

literally no one else knows this. nobody. 

[definitelyshitty]

WHAT

[tyronesuplac]

Sensational.

[definitelyshitty]

Remarkable.

[geraltcirilla]

it’s a real word

[snarky-gourmet-deactivated20250]

you: pussy

me, an intellectual: pusillanimous

[the-insomniac-writes]

Imagine if Thor still had his hammer during infinity war:

Peter Parker: hey! Hey mister Thor! You dropped this!

Peter: *holding mijonir*

Thor: *looks down to see this tiny innocent child*

Thor:…

Loki: …

Hulk: …

Avengers: …

Thanos: …

Everyone else: …

Tony: see him? That’s my kid. Right there. In the Spider-Man suit.

Tony: kid you’re doing great!

Tony: he’s the best. A literal angel.

[swan2swan]

The Phantom Menace is the best movie ever because the entire premise is essentially “Amazon has obtained its own private army and now two future samurai have to stop it from forcing Natalie Portman’s planet to use its services by cutting through Jeff Bezos’s army of robots and attempting to convince Congress to do something about it SPOILER WARNING Congress doesn’t do jack so Natalie Portman has to take matters into her own hands also the day is saved by a redneck kid the samurai picked up when the car broke down”.

[twentydun]

will today’s kids ever know how truly iconic Harry Potter Puppet Pals: The Mysterious Ticking Noise was??? Will they ever know how it shaped us as a society?? 

[fourforyouodo]

I’m Gonna Be (500 miles) is honestly just such a pure, solid good song. The lyrics are cute af and actually resemble a long-term committed and happy relationship and to top it all off you can scream ‘DAHDADADA’ and the top of your lungs in a pub and someone will scream it back to you. 

[cloacacarnage]

i know its the mets, but this is the coolest shit i’ve ever seen a human being do

[futureblackwakandan-deactivated]

Wtf????

[theryanproject]

Smoove with it too 

[meqabitch-deactivated20200901]

This is the kind of shit you see in anime that shows that a certain character is stronger than other characters. 

[bankuei]

“Pathetic.  You can’t even hold the bat you dare step to the plate? Have you no respect for the sport?”

[pardonmewhileipanic]

reminds me of this gif

[sueanoi]

[batter-sempai]

Baseball players are to be feared

[cynosurecosplay]

[thenamesdede]

Reblogging for the last one

[saito-91]

^Same for me

[amuzed1-deactivated20241106]

They just kept getting progressively more “woah”

[theultimatecomicmovielover]

ART By: Brian Kesinger Instagram/Imgur links 

[cheaphalloweencostume]

ive seen a lot of unintentionally VERY funny interpretations of Cain & Abel but portraying them as a couple of mid-1950s schoolyard boys having a “WHY I OUGHTA” fight is realy just splendid