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Having Hades 2 be themed around the moon and witchcraft and how they historically relate to womanhood and sisterhood and having the main "boss" character be a loving mother figure instead of an antagonistic father.... This one really is for the girls thank you supergiant

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is she. u know

thrilling four year follow up to this post:

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My mind and soul scream. But it sounds like the middle of a forest after fresh snow fall. When all the animals are asleep and sound is muted and smothered. It's so quite. The quite is so loud.

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Look Fen, I ain't happy about it either. Is it great? No. But it's sure a hell of a lot better than being bound to a mountain with that sword shoved in your mouth. I'll see about finding someplace better, but for now just stay put, Ja?

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Become one with the Bog

Become one with the Green

Become the Green Man

Become Erllingr

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Long term impact of tips

In corporate marketing we constantly focus on ROI (return on investment) aka what you get back when you pay for something (a campaign, advertising, event space etc).

I've been doing some calculations and came to some intriguing conclusions...

If all of my followers tipped me the lowest tip amount ($1.99), one time, I would have enough to dedicate myself full time to this blog for 8.5yrs

If only HALF of my total followers tipped me the lowest amount, one time, I would have enough to dedicate myself full time for 4 years

If only 10% of my total followers tipped me the lowest amount, one time, I would have enough to dedicate myself full time for 1 year

So say all of you decided to take the plunge and tip that $1.99, what would the ROI be on your tip? What can you expect from me?

More in depth art historical analysis (on a variety of art & architecture); based on my own interests and your requests

Curated academic resources and open source links: books, PDFs

Personal, in depths reviews of museums, historical places (castles, cathedrals, historic buildings) - with historical background, fun findings, location information, ticket information (where applicable)

University level art history lessons. I have accumulated through study and personal interest a wealth of information. I continue to research on my own time and am happy to explore specific topics when requested

Daily interaction - I am a human, I am here. I want to know you and you to know me. Nerds unite

The more engagement, the strong argument for museums, historic monuments/places to offer my followers discounts

Funding from tips would be also applied to Tumblr gifts for my followers & Blaze options

Have a think.... we could build something incredible here where art history education doesn't need to be confined to the walls of staunch academia behind a hefty tuition pay wall. As a nerdy community, we can build a place for learning for anyone and everyone. Knowledge is power and education is freedom.

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I don't trust anyone who hasn't acknowledged their capacity for evil.

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Man, this be making me feel emotional. I love this

Oh my god holy shit...

Holy shit, I fucking understand the impact the Norse myths have...oh my god, I'm sobbing. 😭

I get it now. Like actually.

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Man, this be making me feel emotional. I love this

Oh my god holy shit...

Holy shit, I fucking understand the impact the Norse myths have...oh my god, I'm sobbing. 😭

I get it now. Like actually.

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I've been on a bit ob a Russell Crowe movie binge in the past few weeks and since he is almost sixty now, many of the movies I've watched were consequently older movies. and when I watched them, it struck me again, how much hollywood has changed in the last few decades when it comes to depicting men.

take Gladiator for example from the year 2000. Russell Crowe plays basically an action hero in it. he is a big, muscly dude, who is very strong and uses that strength to defeat his enemies. and this is what he looks like:

looks like a strong man, right?

in the same year, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine looked like this in the first X-men movie:

in 2013 the same character played by the same actor looked like this:

it's a bit much, isn't it? I mean, he looks so skinny.

and if we go even further back: look at what the womanizer character Face from the A-team looked like in the 80s show vs the 2010 movie reboot:

maybe the difference isn't that big but it really startled me when I watched that movie for the first time. in my mind there was no reason why Face should be particularly muscular since he is the charming one not the one known for being particularly strong.

if we go even further back, look at the charmin womanizer character Hawkeye in M*A*S*H from the 70's.

I know he's a doctor and there is no reason for him to be ripped but I got the feeling if they did the show now, he would be.

I don't know what my point really is I'm just saying I got a bit nostalgic when watching these men. I cannot be the only one who'd rather see more of this:

than this:

also, as a sidenote: Russell Crowe gained a lot of weight for the nice guys and he is a fucking powerhouse in that film, like, when he punches someone, you really feel it because of the weight that is behind it and the shere mass of his body.

(even if this may look different, he's about to break Ryan Gosling's character's arm. I couldn't find a gif of him punching someone but I swear it looks painfull as hell.)

so, in short: can we get big, heavy action guys back? cause I'm tired of seeing these skinny, despite being muscular dudes who look dehydrated as hell and on steroids.

and can we stop making characters ripped just for the sake of it? cause I'd rather cuddle with a guy looking like Hawkeye than one looking like Face from the new A-team movie.

[lokiravenwood]

I've been on a bit ob a Russell Crowe movie binge in the past few weeks and since he is almost sixty now, many of the movies I've watched were consequently older movies. and when I watched them, it struck me again, how much hollywood has changed in the last few decades when it comes to depicting men.

take Gladiator for example from the year 2000. Russell Crowe plays basically an action hero in it. he is a big, muscly dude, who is very strong and uses that strength to defeat his enemies. and this is what he looks like:

looks like a strong man, right?

in the same year, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine looked like this in the first X-men movie:

in 2013 the same character played by the same actor looked like this:

it's a bit much, isn't it? I mean, he looks so skinny.

and if we go even further back: look at what the womanizer character Face from the A-team looked like in the 80s show vs the 2010 movie reboot:

maybe the difference isn't that big but it really startled me when I watched that movie for the first time. in my mind there was no reason why Face should be particularly muscular since he is the charming one not the one known for being particularly strong.

if we go even further back, look at the charmin womanizer character Hawkeye in M*A*S*H from the 70's.

I know he's a doctor and there is no reason for him to be ripped but I got the feeling if they did the show now, he would be.

I don't know what my point really is I'm just saying I got a bit nostalgic when watching these men. I cannot be the only one who'd rather see more of this:

than this:

also, as a sidenote: Russell Crowe gained a lot of weight for the nice guys and he is a fucking powerhouse in that film, like, when he punches someone, you really feel it because of the weight that is behind it and the shere mass of his body.

(even if this may look different, he's about to break Ryan Gosling's character's arm. I couldn't find a gif of him punching someone but I swear it looks painfull as hell.)

so, in short: can we get big, heavy action guys back? cause I'm tired of seeing these skinny, despite being muscular dudes who look dehydrated as hell and on steroids.

and can we stop making characters ripped just for the sake of it? cause I'd rather cuddle with a guy looking like Hawkeye than one looking like Face from the new A-team movie.

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A little late, but here are some dark werewolves for #WerewolfWednesday 🌙🌕

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What’s your fantasy?

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the only reason why ten year old girls are destroying stupidly overpriced products at sephora to make “skincare smoothies” is because they aren’t being given access to a yard with a variety of mud, sticks, rocks, puddles, and old ceramic planters to make potions in. the children yearn for the apothecary

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My favorite thing about Sweeney Todd is that Sweeney gets into the killing-and-baking people business because he’s a deeply broken man destroyed by an unjust and corrupt system that cost him his freedom and family and has been driven mad by revenge.

And Mrs Lovett does it because somthin wrong with her <3

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Reading a book about slavery in the middle-ages, and as the author sorts through different source materials from different eras, I am starting to understand why so many completely fantastical accounts of "faraway lands" went without as much as a shrug. The world is such a weird place that you can either refuse to believe any of it or just go "yeah that might as well happen" and carry on with your day.

There was this 10th century arab traveller who wrote into an account that the fine trade furs come from a land where the night only lasts one hour in the summer and the sun doesn't rise at all in the winter, people use dogs to travel, and where children have white hair. I don't think I'd believe something like that either if I didn't live here.

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