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niftywaffle · 9 months

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One of my favorite songs from the TBT MUSICAAALLL❤️❤️

#my art #the book thief #liesel meminger #hans hubermann #markus zusak #max vandenburg #In this book #the book thief musical #the book thief fanart

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teatimeatwinterpalace · 2 years

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Unfortunately Alexander II is portrayed as a predator in The Empress like in Victoria. Also have your opinions on Sisi evolved at all over the years?

You used the right word: predator. In Victoria, the choice to portray their relationship in such a light was absurd! She was SO smitten by Alexander : 'I felt so sad to take leave of this dear amiable young man, whom I really think (talking jokingly) I was a little in love with...' Even her granddaughter Alice wrote in her reminiscences that Alexander was : 'Grandmama Victoria's first beau'. The showrunners made the choice to show a fictive love between a young queen and her aging prime minister (I must confess that, at the time, I shipped them but for my defense: rufus sewell's face) rather than being accurate and show Victoria's massive crush on the heir of the Russian throne! cowards.

At least in Victoria, the actor looked the part while in The Empress, he is a caricature of what people expect Russians to look like: bearded, unpolished, gruff, predatory. It is sad how strongly this image is embedded in the popular imagination. Utterly frustrating especially when you know how charmed people were by Alexander. Di Borgo, Nicholas I's ambassador to the UK once wrote: 'I was filled with admiration for his bearing, his reserve, his easy manner and, at the same time, his kindness, which proclaimed itself in every word and in all of his manners.'

justice for my boy and his lil mustache!

As for Elisabeth, it did and I think it will keep evolving as I grow old. As far back as I can remember, Elisabeth is my first historical crush. I was very young when I found in my village library a photo album on her. I kept borrowing this book for months. I was too young to understand the life of this woman, but boy was I enthralled by the paintings and photographs. My next encounter with Elisabeth happened during my teenage years but I failed to really grasp the complexity of her character and I moved on pretty quickly. Maybe, also because the two bios I had were not very good (one was written by Jean des Cars). Then, I came accross her path from time to time, especially when I began to learn about Charlotte, her sister-in-law, for whom I have an enduring love. Things that I couldn't understand before, finally made sense. She had so many facets and was a fascinating figure that could be quite frustrating at times, occasionally infuriating. But there is also something deeply moving about her with her restlessness and sensitivity. Thanks to @oscarmarinas, who is an expert on Elisabeth, I got a copy of her biography by Brigitte Hamann, can't wait to receive it and dive in her life once again!

#the scene where he says 'in russia we hunt bears'#so embarassing!#& alexander was an excellent hunter #he was the one who revived the imperial hunt at court #die kaiserin #the empress #alexander ii #//#for elisabeth it is crazy the impact this photo album had on me #like i can remember so vividly #where i was and what i felt when i saw certain paintings #in this book #but i can't remember the name of this book #it is frustrating because there are not many books in french on elisabeth #in terms of date i read it end of the 90s/early 2000 #so if any of my french followers have an idea #of what the name of this album photo could be #je suis preneuse!

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masked-alien-lesbian · 2 years

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Oh ok, cut the chapter right when the chapter was finally getting good...it’s gonna be like this the whole book isn’t it?

#I feel like Stevie is gonna be sidelined so hard #in this book #☹️☹️☹️#stevie sun #choices #pixelberry #playchoices #mah #murder at homecoming #vip spoilers #choices vip

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daily-spooky · 1 month

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bookslutskye · 3 months

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so i recently got top surgery and this was on my discharge papers after a mild complication

#me and my family have been laughing about this nonstop #transmasc #top surgery #book talks

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ur-daily-inspiration · 1 month

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#art #draw #drawing #words #quotes #books #book quotes #flowers #flowercore #naturecore #cottagecore #aesthetic #artists on tumblr

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septemberkisses · 4 months

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the fact that i'm no longer the same age as the protagonists of novels and films i once connected to is so heartbreaking. there was a time when I looked forward to turning their age. i did. and i also outgrew them. i continue to age, but they don't; never will. the immortality of fiction is beautiful, but cruel.

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mostly-funnytwittertweets · 2 months

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#reading #books #read #book #twitter #meme #memes #tweets #tweet #funny #lol #humor

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the-overanalyst · 6 months

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it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.

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lucidloving · 7 months

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@roach-works // Melissa Broder, "Problem Area" // Mary Oliver, "The Return" // @annavonsyfert // Koyoharu Gotouge, Demon Slayer // Haruki Murakami, Dance Dance Dance // David Levithan, How They Met and Other Stories // Tennessee Williams, Notebooks

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justalittlebluetiefling · 16 days

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#i don't believe that people for serious reasons sort their books any way but by author #and then obviously by release date/series within that #i am being told that i am being JUDGY #also if you sort your books any other way HOW DO YOU FIND THEM #i really need to know #polls #can't believe i forgot to include genre in here

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animentality · 4 months

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kicking a hornets nest.

#booktok #writing #writers on tumblr #bookblr #book recommendations #book rec list

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happyheidi · 8 months

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𝖠𝗋𝗍 𝖻𝗒 𝖠𝗇𝗇𝖺-𝖫𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺 𝖲𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖺𝗇 | 𝖨𝖦: 𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗋𝖺_𝖺𝗋𝗍

#this has to be one of my favorite little comic ever cus YEEEES #I love me a good rain lighting thunder trio <3 #ESP while laying in bed with a good book #had to share #cottagecore #comics #art #cute #drawing #rain aesthetic #cozycore #cosycore #reading #comfycore #wholesome #we had MASSIVE rain here today and some lovely lightning & thunder . so this was basically my just switch night to say and bed to couch

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bookpdf · 3 months

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there should be more hours between 6 and 10pm. like even just two more hours. for my assorted hobbies & activities

#heartbroken that i can't play video game and read a book and work on my art in a single evening when im already tired from work!!!

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daily-spooky · 2 months

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#goth #gothic #funny #lol #haha #humor #meme #memes #tweet #twitter #dank memes #dark humor #books #books and libraries

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angelicgarnet · 4 months

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the way people online talk about autism is getting really weird, like do they know that neurotypicals still have interests? that someone being passionate about a hobby doesn't mean they're autistic? you guys know that right

#woof #like self diagnosis is one thing #but saying someone is autistic because they talk about a specific hobby a lot is weird (and waters down the actual definition of autism)#and its no different than saying someone has ocd bc they organize their books alpabetically #or saying someone has ADHD because they got distracted by something #and people who aren't even autistic are honestly getting way too comfortable with autism jokes

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