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Drummond Castle & Gardens in the January snow.  A view resembling embroidered silk.

Sources: Katielee Arrowsmith, HHE

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PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK | Favorite adaptation |Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015)

Two magicians shall appear in England... The first shall fear me; the second shall long to behold me; The first shall be governed by thieves and murderers; the second shall conspire at his own destruction; The first shall bury his heart in a dark wood beneath the snow, yet still feel its ache; The second shall see his dearest possession in his enemy's hand...

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All good children's fiction says you are going to have to shoulder responsibility even if you don't want it.

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English translations of foreign-language poetry be like

My rival dresses to display her legs, and her shoes are of an alluring fashion;

but my shoes are comfortable and my tunic is plain.

She holds the most prestigious position in the women’s dance performance, while I sit in the audience.

I dream that someday when you awaken you will know that what you sought was always here.

You and I walk together, you in the coarse and tattered trousers of a common working man;

we sit on a bench in the park, laughing together, and nothing seems difficult.

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in my head the star wars equivalent of tswift is some human woman named tay’lor spiff or something and her stans are losing their minds over theories that she’s secretly a jedi singing about the horrors of war, even though she’s from a neutral system that hasn’t seen so much as a moral panic in 50 years

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this may shock the viewer but I actually do prefer the temporary violence the bourgeoisie will suffer in the event of a revolution over the unending and worse violence the working class suffers every day just to maintain the status quo

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more rings anatomical edition

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The house keeps its own secrets.

Based on my illustrated gothic horror series, the Deephaven Mysteries! The first book is on shelves now, with a new mystery coming this September that you can preorder wherever you get books!

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As someone who grew up with "I'm not going to praise you for doing what's expected of you; that's not being good, that's doing the bare minimum" I want to encourage you to celebrate every little thing you can. Everything that takes energy and effort should be appreciated and you're allowed to be happy about trying.

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queen of the world to me

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not to sound like a medieval peasant or a catholic but i resent anti-carb propaganda so much like bread will never be evil it is holy it is divine it is one of life’s most simple yet decadent pleasures. love is stored in the bread

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birdbath?

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