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Me chatting before Italian class: because the Divine Comedy was so influential to Italian culture that it almost single-handedly made the Tuscan dialect the foundation of modern Italian-

Classmate: you know you're blushing right now

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God's wrath will not be calmed by soup, however hot

Beatrice, Purgatorio Canto XXI iirc (John Ciardi translation)

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Machiavelli: Oh no! I have been exiled! Let me try to get back into the government’s good graces

Dante: oh no! I have been exiled! Let me burn all my bridges

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it wasnt the LGBT community that brought back Minecraft and it wasn’t the neurodivergent community who brought it back, it was my 50 year old dad who made a replica of the 7 layers of hell from Dante’s Inferno in his survival world thanks

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I’M BACK PEASANTS: AND I HAVE MEMES FROM @dante_social ON IG (used with permission)

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Greetings, nerds! I've been inactive for a while but I'm hoping to start posting again!

Please send me quotes because even my brain runs dry sometimes

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Very Special Life Update

Varda here! I don't usually put life updates on this blog, but it's a special case :

Earlier this year, I discovered Festival Dantesco after they liked my Divine Comedy of Errors doodles on IG and I asked if I could participate in their virtual quarantine edition this year (usually participants must be enrolled in an Italian school).

They very graciously let me in, and last week I submitted a video of myself performing a passage from Purgatorio set to music. Since I told them I'm memorizing the entire Comedy, they asked if I could submit a video of Inferno Canto I,accompanied by my drawings. I'm absolutely thrilled that a Dante festival is asking if I would like to nerd out EVEN MORE on a topic that is near to my heart and wanted to share the good news with you guys!

Also low-key hoping this helps me in my endeavor to get into college with a full scholarship.

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Virgil in Purgatorio

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You know this meme? Can someone please make a version that compares Dante the Author vs. Dante the Character? Please?

Dante the Author: -is a genius -accurately predicted his own lasting fame -wrote a 100-canto epic in terza rima -exiled for his political views -literally called out all of his contemporaries

Dante the Character: -faints -cries -has to get a hug from Virgil when Purgatory is too loud -always getting yelled at -still confused even in heaven -goes blind

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The Divine Comedy of Errors (Inferno 1.2)

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If you’re going through hell, keep going.

Virgil to Dante, The Divine Comedy (via indigoire)

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That moment when you're taking an exam on Dante's Paradiso and your mind wanders off to daydream about making a hanging ceiling model of Dante's Paradiso

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Dante in the Dark Wood of Error: Here I am, will you send me an angel

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Dante: I miss the beloved city of my birth

Also Dante: Florence my love, don't be offended that my rant about political corruption hasn't mentioned you yet, you're on a whole other level of political corruption

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The Divine Comedy of Errors (Inferno 1.1)

Transcription: I stared down that pass that none had ever left alive; And I slept; And then I ran up the mountain

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Every demon in Inferno: EXCUSE ME YOU CAN'T JUST TRAIPSE THROUGH HELL

Virgil: I have a divine permit. Shut up, suck it up, and leave the living man alone.

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Important PSA

- Owned and managed by Varda Ruunaser Alighieri @varda-ruunaser-alighieri (that's me!)

- All quotes are mine unless credited

- Unless otherwise specified, all images are from my comic, The Divine Comedy of Errors. (ALL quotes therein are mine; character designs are mine but partially inspired by Overly Sarcastic Productions)