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The reason Mr Darcy is an iconic literary character whose appeal has endured for more than two centuries is not because he's somehow simultaneously both a brooding, Byronic romantic hero and a poor socially awkward shy boy who's too nervous to talk to his crush.

The reason Mr Darcy has enduring appeal is because he transforms from a rich, conceited and utterly unpleasant snob into the best version of himself after a thorough rebuke from the heroine. Instead of resenting Elizabeth when she tells him how much she dislikes him, he realises that she was correct, that he cannot stand the person he has become either. Darcy listens, learns and grows as a person following her reproach of him. For all this, he expects absolutely nothing in return for it from her. Not her love, or her approval, or her thanks. Nothing.

Mr Darcy's character arc is a beautiful example of redemption; of a man turning into the best version of himself he possibly can be out of love not just for the heroine but for his fellow human beings... because being a better person is the right thing to do.

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OUTLANDER 3.03 "All Depts Paid"

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OUTLANDER 7.12 "Carnal Knowledge"

I do wish thy wife were here. She has a much greater understanding--

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DAVID BERRY as LORD JOHN GREY

OUTLANDER 7.12 "Carnal Knowledge"

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Happy Star Wars Day from General Hux

May the 4th Be With You!

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TITANIC (1997) dir. James Cameron

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portal-inspired drawing i did for a competition. got nothing for it, but if others can't appreciate i hope tumblr can

framed + details below

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Been a really long time since I've watched Daredevil but I do remember coming away from it feeling like it presented a pretty compelling internally-consistent moral justification for the vigilante thing. You're not planet-crackingly powerful, it's just that you can hear, in detail, every awful thing your neighbors are doing to each other, every night that they're doing it. You can't not know and you can't pretend not to know and when the kid tells you the next day that he just fell down the stairs you can't fall back on the provided ambiguity to absolve yourself of your responsibility to act. Semi-relatedly, you're really really good at martial arts. Start the clock

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fanfic writers are so fucking awesome man. they write novel length fics that are sometimes even better than some published bestselling books written by professional writers. like fanfic writers are professional writers to me and they gift us their masterpieces for free. they give us something we can look forward to after a long day. something from which we can seek comfort when life is hard. something that can be our own little getaway. in a world of capitalism, despite everything, they give us all of these for free. like holy fuck. shout out to every fanfic writer. I wish all fanfic writers a very ‘I love you with all my heart and soul. I thank you from the bottom of my heart’

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I bring a sort of linksgrün-versifft vibe to the familienfeier that the verbitterten alten onkels don't really appreciate

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I painted Vilverin from Oblivion again!

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zu wenig zeit, aber bin nach einer woche auch mal fertig geworden. so viele ideen, aber zu wenig freizeit, für mehr edits/videos.

see ya soon-ish... no promises tho.

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through pure random chance someone said "jerma rip your shirt open" and he said no i like this shirt. let me put one over it and rip that instead. and he gave the nation of mexico an eternal gift

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happy new year everyone this year i aspire to be more gay than the last

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jerma learns where the song is from and almost pukes