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dimitrisatticus · 2 days

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Challengers

Accompanied by a banger of a soundtrack, Guadagnino's powerful direction squeezes the main trio's creative juices in the best way possible. Probably the most tense tennis match since Hitchcock's Strangers on a train!

#challengers #challengers movie #zendaya #josh o'connor #mike faist #tashi duncan #luca guadagnino #alfred hitchcock #strangers on a train #thriller #tennis #sports #trent reznor #atticus ross #movie review #movie #film #film review

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dimitrisatticus · 8 days

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I’ve always liked how the animators for Black butler love playing around with Sebastian’s tailcoat and using it for the darkness that slowly eats Ciel up, really cool

Book of Circus op Public school arc op

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dimitrisatticus · 9 days

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Is this a JoJo reference?

You can't convince me that Taylor didn't binged some Stone Ocean episodes while writing TTPD!

"Fresh out the Slammer" could be a reference to Jolyne's relationship with Romeo who didn't undestand her. She did run back to his home when she was fresh out (of) the slammer although in a totally different context. "He was with her in her dreams" once again in a totally different context as she was thinking of her revenge. Meanwhile she was wearing "gray and blue" in prison, had "fights" and was literally "handcuffed".

It only gets more clear when the next song in the disc is titled after freaking Florida, where of course Stone Ocean takes place. From the "hurricane with her name in it" (a reference to both Weather Report's powers and Pucci's schemes) to "barricaded in the bathroom with a bottle of wine / well, me and my ghosts, we had a hell of a time / Yes, I'm haunted, but I'm feeling just fine" (Emporio and his Stand) and "All my girls got (...) their crimes" (Hermes and F.F.) to "So I did my best to lay to rest / all of the bodies that have ever been on my body / and in my mind, they sink into the swamp" (the swamps where F.F. arc took place). "At least the dolls are beautiful" for Goo Goo Dolls and "what a crash" for the one that kick started Part 6.

Don't get me started on "Guilty as sin?" for Father Pucci and DIO, who was metaphorically "drowning in the Blue Nile" during Part 3, which took place in Egypt. The next lyrics (Crashing into him tonight, he's a paradox / I'm seeing visions / am I bad, or mad, or wise?) describe their entire first meeting. And it continues with "How i long for our tryst" (once more Pucci's plan) / without ever touching his skin (a certain flashback) / how can I be guilty as sin? (as he considers his goal rightful). Finally, a priest is also referenced in "Black dog".

Definitely not the weirdest theory about T.S.' lyrics you have ever heard, right?

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dimitrisatticus · 20 days

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Upon the decease of Valentinian, six days after his death the army in Italy proclaimed his son Valentinian, then a young child, emperor, at Acincum, a city of Italy. When this was announced to the other two emperors, they were displeased, not because the brother of the one and the nephew of the other had been declared emperor, but because the military presumed to proclaim him without consulting them, whom they themselves wished to have proclaimed.

Soc. 4.31

so valentinian ii was four years old, and ngl, I’d be annoyed as hell too lmao

(we’re doing a little bit of hollywood casting (so to speak) with the designs for the moment, it was subleyras’ painting of saint basil celebrating mass that caught my attention first, and while it vexes me, it also occupies my thoughts 24/7)

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dimitrisatticus · 20 days

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The great general remained, and then saw a wonderful vision clearly shown him by the very God of the universe himself. In it he seemed to see the divine Meletius, chief of the church of the Antiochenes, investing him with an imperial robe, and covering his head with an imperial crown. The morning after the night in which he had seen the vision he told it to one of his intimate friends, who pointed out that the dream was plain and had nothing obscure or ambiguous about it.

Theodoret Ecclesiastical History 5.6

wahoo! Theodosius! so a repeating phrase in the gospel of Luke is 'do not be afraid,' but specifically: I'm most immediately referencing the annunciation of the shepherds (Luke 2:10) because I used this illustration for the last panel since it. sort of. connects to Valens, Theodosius' predecessor, who went from commoner to king at the will of his older brother. HOWEVER. because of that transformation. I cannot escape the 'do not be afraid' just a chapter before (Luke 1:30) that Gabriel gives to Mary because ascension to the imperial throne is an ugly, violent, and violating transformation. and. well.

Gabriel’s Entrance and Biblical Violence in Luke’s Annunciation Narrative, Michael Pope

also in general. prophetic dreams and visions. horrifying. it never goes well for anyone.

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dimitrisatticus · 21 days

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you ever read about some events and go wow! all of this is terrible! that’s how I felt reading about what led up to the battle of adrianople

anyway, this is a comic that’s playing a little more into some internal drama over something I read about how gratian may not have traveled as much because people might have found how young the emperor was concerning, but it’s also like

Failure of Empire Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D., Noel Lenski

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dimitrisatticus · 1 month

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Empress Theodora entering Hagia Soph..

oh wait, it's Alicent.

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dimitrisatticus · 1 month

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I had to see who followed up Valens and found out that Subleyras also did a painting with Theodosius, so apparently this is my origin story for getting interested in the Later Roman Empire lmao

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dimitrisatticus · 1 month

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Villeneuve's Dune Part Two...

... is the definition of a modern epic. A blockbuster with brains, filled with climactic battles, gladiatorial interludes, the dangers of messianism and a stellar cast at the top of its game

#dune part two #dune #review #movie review #paul atreides #timothée chalamet #chani #zendaya #feyd rautha #austin butler #dennis villeneuve #movies #film #frank herbert #dune messiah #rebecca ferguson #javier bardem #josh brolin

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dimitrisatticus · 2 months

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Then, on his arrival in Constantinople, after much counsel with himself, considering that he was already unequal to the amount of pressing business and believing that there was no room for delay, on the twenty-eighth of March he brought the aforesaid Valens into one of the suburbs and with the consent of all (for no one ventured to oppose) proclaimed him Augustus. Then he adorned him with the imperial insignia and put a diadem on his head, and brought him back in his own carriage, thus having indeed a lawful partner in his power, but, as the further course of our narrative will show, one who was as compliant as a subordinate. No sooner were these arrangements perfected without disturbance than both emperors were seized with violent and lingering fevers--

AM 26.4.3-4

this was one of those illustrations that was originally supposed to be a 5 page comic until I realized I don't know anything about later roman empire architecture or visuals or art or anything, so we'll revisit that later. maybe

for right now though, these two are fascinating. we have two brothers acting as one body, even becoming ill in tandem with each other, it's giving This Throne Is Cursed. like, the last time I read about emperors coming down with life threatening illnesses, it was Caligula, and that moment in his biography marked a very specific tone shift. I spent the rest of the (first) time reading about Valens and Valentinian waiting for something comparable to Caligula's reign to happen lmao (Dio 59. 8. 1-2)

and since Caligula was already on the mind, I started thinking about Tiberius: I think he would've loved these two since he had a whole thing about twin-ification and brothers and etc etc etc. ofc, Rome is both a Mouth and a Tomb, so it's going to go badly for someone/everyone eventually, but honestly I think that Valentinian and Valens were the best we could've hoped for. like it could've been so much worse

Tiberius and the Heavenly Twins, Edward Champlin

Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D, Noel Lenski

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dimitrisatticus · 3 months

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He did it again! It was so nice seeing Lanthimos tinkering with the steampunk aesthetic in the creation of the world where Bella's odyssey takes place. The visuals, the costumes and the direction were an absolute marvel.

Just imagine him direct an adaption of Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

#poor things #yorgos lanthimos #emma stone #mark ruffalo #steampunk #alan moore #movie #movie review #film

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dimitrisatticus · 4 months

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Saltburn is a baroque feast for the eyes! An alluring story of obsession and desire in the vein of Patricia Highsmith with an absolute tour de force by Barry Keoghan.

#saltburn #felix catton #oliver quick #barry keoghan #jacob elordi #patricia highsmith #the talented mr. ripley #dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #oxford #movie #movie watching #movie review

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dimitrisatticus · 4 months

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The Holdovers (2023) by Alexander Payne

Book title: Meditations (Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν in Ancient Greek; 180 A.D.) by Marcus Aurelius

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dimitrisatticus · 4 months

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the true tragedy (and comedy) of The Holdovers was watching every scene where Paul Hunham makes a dorky historical or literary reference only to receive blank stares and being a person living in the year 2023 knowing without a doubt “man this guy would absolutely thrive in some sort of history nerd facebook group”

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dimitrisatticus · 4 months

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