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jeeesus chriiist jeeeesus chriiist who are you what have you sacrifiiiiiced

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Jaime Corum. Red Tapestry, 2011.

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why do grooms get one boring black jacket and brides get the most jawdropping gowns ever like when i get married i want pearls and lace and a train is that too much to ask??

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@stvksn on ig

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Eva Funderburgh

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I love Nandor so much because like. Objectively goofy guy, right? Kinda silly. But also, he's had such a long life, and he's kinda sad actually, and he's a thoughtless doofus sometimes but there isn't a cruel bone in his body and also he shows surprising amounts of care for the people who are important to him. Emotional regulation is not his strong suit. All of his feelings are big feelings. He's somehow both kind of arrogant and totally lacking in self-confidence. He's got anxiety. He cares a lot about being respected and seen as cool. He has such bad time blindness that two years and ten feel roughly the same to him. He wants love so badly but he can't let anyone too close. He's terrifyingly overpowered and competent when he cares about something. He eats people. He's kind to animals. He's a sex god with no game whatsoever. I'm obsessed with him.

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you know, i can handle a little bit of fun "Nandor is dumb" talk, but i have a net-zero tolerance for any implication that Nandor is not educated.

Nandor would have been incredibly educated in his lifetime.

even (or especially) as a soldier in the Islamic World. being a soldier was more like getting sent to boarding school that's also a military camp. they weren't just concerned with creating loyal fodder for war. they were building the next government officials, generals, accountants, advisors, etc. it was important that young men knew how to read, write, speak multiple languages, learn philosophy...sometimes even studying art and music was mandatory.

if he was nobility (and its most likely he was), take all that shit and multiply it exponentially. Nandor would have been reading Plato at the same age most people are still potty training. he would have been specifically groomed in such a way to not be just a brilliant strategist and warrior, but also diplomate and ambassador of literally the center of scientific and cultural excellence of the age.

so like yeah, he can be a big dummy sometimes, sure. but that bitch is probably more educated than any of us will ever be.

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a comic about fix-it fanfics

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Harvey and Kayvan basking in the Toronto weather on their buddy brunch.

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Kate Bush

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It had to be you 🎶 Shmoopies for @weakformemo 's birthday

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There's something so precious about Nandor being a big mummy's boy and I won't shut up crying about it. You have this big, seemingly scary, 700+ year old vampire who was once a feared warlord who keeps letters off his mummy, travelled across the world with little more than a few light weapons and, of course, a keyring from his mum.

So I just know he knocked on Silvia's door, mummy's boy dial turned to max, best behaviour and whipped out all his manners so she welcomed him in happy Guillermo had found himself such a polite young man. That's the only explanation I'm willing to accept as to why she made him tea and cookies and pulled out Guillermo's baby photos to fawn over, you don't just do that for anyone okay she was fully convinced she's got herself this lovely son in law and I say give her what she wants FX

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still thinking about wolf 21

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battle couples has gotta be one of my favorite tropes though. The “you got me?” “Yeah, I got you.” The kiss for good luck. Fighting alongside each other for so long they know every strength and weakness. The dichotomy of being fucking terrifying to their enemies, but so soft with each other. When one is in danger and the other goes feral, protects them at any cost. When everything is over and done, it’s all “let me see where you’re hurt,” and washing off the dirt and blood.

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Yeah you're right. It WOULD be pretty fucked up if you were a swan but you were raised by ducks and you grew up never seeing another swan or even knowing that such a thing as a swan even existed so you just thought you were a duck with something super wrong with it.

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