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acourtofquestions · 16 days

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I love how the Maasverse has so many artists in it & interwoven into the story of it:

The way art saves Feyre’s soul, holds her heart, helps her work through the horrors of her world; the way color (or lack thereof) is so heavily shown through her point of view & the way she describes scenes.🎨🥹🥰💘

Celaena’s love of music & connection to it in memory👌🥹😭👏 (the scene where the great “Assassin of Adarlan” is moved to tears by song & the first to standing ovation at the orchestra/opera).

Nesta showing emotion & a thousand words she cannot say through dancing; for once being visibly free & happy (so very powerful it becomes a key plot point💃🏼🤩👯‍♀️).

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lavendarneverlands · 1 month

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silence-book-and-tea · 1 year

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“Tenerlo todo significa poder perderlo todo.”

La asesina en el imperio (Trono de cristal) - Sarah J. Maas

#books #libros #quotes #frases #literary quotes #frases literarias #literature #literatura #fantasy #fantasía #the assassin and the empire #la asesina en el imperio #throne of glass #trono de cristal #sarah j maas

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puzzlemacmercy · 16 days

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Screaming, crying, throwing up

#samleana #sarah j maas #the assassins blade #sam cortland #celeana sardothien #the assassin and the empire

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demigoddessqueens · 3 months

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Happy 2,068th to when we should totally just stab Caesar!! Grab a knife with your bestie!

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metis-the-lizard-king · 3 months

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i collaged this two together btw thought some you might like, happy march 15 tumblr!

#ides of march #beware the ides of march #julius caesar #julius ceaser #marcus brutus #march fifteen #march 15 #roman empire #roman republic #julius caesar assassination #brutus #caesar

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throughstarlitfields · 6 months

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𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘮…

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐠𝐨𝐰𝐧.

🎨: @spearthymint

Commissioned by me

𝑷𝑳𝑬𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑫𝑶 𝑵𝑶𝑻 𝑹𝑬𝑷𝑶𝑺𝑻. 𝑶𝑵𝑳𝒀 𝑺𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑾𝑰𝑻𝑯 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑷𝑬𝑹 𝑪𝑹𝑬𝑫𝑰𝑻 𝑮𝑰𝑽𝑬𝑵.

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i-only-see-daylight · 2 months

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Aelin: If I died-

Rowan, sharpening his knives: Death will not get you out of this relationship.

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destielmemenews · 6 months

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"The North Hertfordshire museum will now refer to the emperor Elagabalus with female pronouns.

Museum policy states the pronouns used in the displays will be those ‘the individual in question might have used themselves’ or whatever pronoun ‘in retrospect, is appropriate’."

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#destiel meme #destiel meme news #world news #news #ancient rome #roman empire #roman emperor #elagabalus #rip elagabalus you were a real one #trans history #i guess #transgender #trans woman #this is pretty cool actually #now can we get the same treatment for historical persons that weren't horrifically assassinated

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brother-emperors · 10 months

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--or perhaps,' continues Octavian. 'You're angry that I've outplayed you at your own game because you were too busy fucking in your old master's house to notice anything that was going on around you.'

He smiles suddenly, bright and wide. 'Enjoy the party, Marcus.'

this scene takes place sometime after philippi, and was originally just some historical fiction I was writing last year for fun focusing on antony, octavian, and agrippa. then I got stressed out watching the new season of a show, started drawing while it played, and ended up turning it into a short comic lmao

the dialogue in this scene is referencing this bit out of Suetonius:

In early youth he incurred the reproach of sundry shameless acts. Sextus Pompey taunted him with effeminacy; Mark Antony with having earned adoption by his uncle through unnatural relations; and Lucius, brother of Mark Antony, that after sacrificing his honour to Caesar he had given himself to Aulus Hirtius in Spain for three hundred thousand sesterces, and that he used to singe his legs with red-hot nutshells, to make the hair grow softer. What is more, one day when there were plays in the theatre, all the people took as directed against him and loudly applauded the following line, spoken on the stage and referring to a priest of the Mother of the Gods, as he beat his timbrel: "See'st how a wanton's finger sways the world?"

Suetonius Augustus 68

what a fun group of people!! they should all eat each other

#octavian #mark antony #komiks tag #roman empire tag #WOW it's been a minute since i got to use that tag #the bit of my own writing (technically all of this is my own writing but in the text part of the post) is referencing #some shit about antony letting the conspirators go ahead and assassinate caesar for his own ends #which is fun to think about bc octavian proceeded to pull a similiar move but better #the gods favor one of you for sure lmao #i favor neither of you except for where i sided with octavian bc his narrative potential appeals to me more

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shardanic · 7 months

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VIP commission for

@SamSykesSwears of his Ashmouth assassin Ghiori!

#commission #grave of empires #fantasy #assassin

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acourtofquestions · 16 days

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So, I (of course😂) have a LOT of thoughts after finishing The Assassin’s Blade — heading into Heir of Fire, so I still don’t fully know the series… this is current non-spoiler thoughts — but let’s get into it:

First off let’s deal with a big one: Celaena and Arobynn.

…Mostly “big” because their entire relationship is so severely f*ed up it take’s a LOT to understand… However, the biggest thing that keeps sticking out to me is the fact that it does makes sense (I am NOT saying it’s right, or healthy; to be clear it is most definitely NOT) it is a disturbingly realistic portrayal of what THAT kind & level of abuse does to a person.

It is infuriatingly painful to watch; as the reader you can clearly see the issue; you want to scream at Celaena to RUN already, get out, NOW; you feel for Sam’s frustration at times becoming fury & terror at the fact she does not stop him.

Yet, it is not a lack of knowing or agreeing with this that makes Celaena stay; it isn’t even wanting to stay, often she confirms the opposite; it’s the fact that she is utterly terrified. At times Arobynn makes her revert into a terrified state of childlike fawning. All centered around the idea; I can only seem to explain using this quote (because Shakespeare has nothing on Taylor Swift; though the context of this is 100% NON romantic; that question mark on their relationship is utterly skin crawling) “Who’s going to know me?” if not Arobynn who is going to know Aelin Galathynius ever even existed?

… Everything Celaena has become she has been (falsely) taught into believing was “Arobynn given”; even her notoriety as the prized “Adarlan’s Assassin” is not by her mark but by his word. He has ensured at every opportunity that she does not forget it; that she feels small & one breath away from being prey, that she does not feel sure of herself or anything aside from him (and even that is a pendulum) that she is haunted by her past; and never forgets what it is to lose EVERYTHING. She lost everything. In that she had to destroy every piece of the girl she was; the one that had a family she loved; the one that had a home, a country, a purpose; anything she was before the one Arobynn pulled out of the river. And if not him; does anyone even remember? — Does it all cease to be nothing more than forgotten; her grief, her love, Aelin herself; is it any different than if Aelin had drowned in the river?

— This is Celaena’s obsession with being remembered; on the surface it appears shallow, selfish, full of nothing more than pride & arrogance alone; in truth it has more to do with fear (a key point of her character’s driving mindset) & purpose (a key point of humanity/morality).

… How does she make any sense of all she has done & become at Arobynn’s hand; every life she has taken, every terrible thing she has done; if not for him?

And this is why for so long she stays; because she is more afraid of the unknown & so tired of loss; it feels much safer to be known, to know the loss that will come, to hurt with familiar pain, to exist within a tether to his realm; then to feel as if she is risking everything over again.

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riyo-soka · 2 months

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I’m typically not one of the “CX-2 is tech” people who goes through every episode looking for proof, but did anyone else notice that Phee specifically mentions the hidden cavern entrance being the reason she was able to land on Pabu undetected by the empire, meaning it’s by and large a secret about the island (but one that the Bad Batch know about). When CX-2 infiltrated Pabu last week, he also landed his ship in the caverns near the beach. How would he know about the caverns when the empire has never taken interest in Pabu before?

#the bad batch #tbb spoilers #tbb tech #phee genoa #cx 2 #ngl the tech girlies might be winning me over on this one #true ventress did also use the caves to hide her ship but she’s a force sensitive assassin and getting in quietly is her whole thing #the empire’s not usually big on subtle entrances

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pedroam-bang · 10 months

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Maxime Delcambre - Assassin's Creed (2019)

#2019 #art #illustration #gaming #Maxime Delcambre #Assassin's Creed #Revelations #Ezio #Ezio Auditore da Firenze #Altair #Altair ibn La'Ahad #Constantinople #Istanbul #Ottoman Empire #Byzantium #Byzantine Empire

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highqueenofashandstars · 6 months

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For anyone who argues that Chaol is not the most relatable character, during the entire duration of Tower of Dawn, I, too, wondered what Dorian was up to.

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obbsessedfan · 8 months

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List Your Top Five Favorite Books or Series and Tag Five People!

The Inheritance Games (First is Hawthorne Legacy)

Little Women

Throne of Glass (Queen of Shadows then Heir of Fire)

Harry Potter (Any)

Hunger Games (The first one’s the best)

Absolutely no pressure 🩵💙: @bookish-swiftie13 @1look-at-how-my-tears-ricochet1 @saturntonads @novas2cool4u @herondalesbooklover

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