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Ben Whishaw being asked what makes Craig's Bond so special, as Craig overhears behind him and walks by laughing delightedly.

Clip credit bnwhishaw on Twitter

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EWAN MCGREGOR | Vanity Fair | 2024

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Thinking of the larger context of LOTR and like, the fellowship swapping old war stories and shit and Sam just says “Yeah I killed a huge spider…Shelob, I think?”

And Gandalf just blinks and is like, “You what now?”

“Yeah, killed it. Had to save Frodo”

Gandalf elects not to tell Sam that he killed the spawn of a primordial demon.

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Robert II the first of the Stewart Kings died on April 19th 1390 at Dundonald Castle, South Ayrshire.

Robert was the son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland and Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert the Bruce

An act of Parliament in 1315 decreed that the crown should have passed to Robert the Bruce’s brother, Edward, if The Bruce did not produce an heir, which would have been interesting. Edward at the time of his death in 1318 was the, albeit disputed, High King of Ireland, this might have united the two countries, but alas he died, and also he had no children or they would have been in line before the Stewarts.

After Edward died, a hastily arranged Parliament decreed the crown should pass through Marjorie, should an heir not be produced beforehand. All these acts, and if and buts during the decade after Bannockburn were cancelled out when The Bruce and Elizabeth de Burgh produced an heir. King David II though married twice, failed to have any children to either wife, he is also said to have had a number of mistresses, I can find no evidence of any illegitimate children either, and so it reverted to the line through Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I.

Young Robert was well thought of with one chronicler describing him to be

‘for the innate sweetness of his disposition generally beloved by true-hearted Scotsmen’.

Over 600 years later the jury is still out on Robert II, some say he was quite ineffective, the machinery of government was allowed to stagnate with Robert using honours as a way of controlling the more powerful barons. The rule of law was also weakened and crimes went unpunished. Direct taxation lapsed and barons and officials siphoned off money from customs duties, nothing changes in that way I bet!

Others say this style of bestowing honours made him a successful monarch, me I see little startling in his life, except his recruiting John Barbour to write the life of his namesake King Robert I, “The Brus” The epic tale is a mine of information about our most famous King.

Robert the second was also the father of one of the nastiest pieces of work in Scottish history, Alexander Stewart, Earl of Buchan, the Wolf of Badenoch, his father backed his method of “management.”

In dealings with England he was most successful with a The victory of the Scots over the English at the Battle of Otterburn, it was tainted by the loss of James, Earl of Douglas, more of that in August.

Robert II toured the north-east of the kingdom in late January 1390 and returned to Dundonald Castle in Ayrshire where he died on 19th April and was buried at Scone on 25th April

What he lacked in his leadership he made up for in another field, he had 14 children by his two wives and at least another seven to other women, this was to cause conflict with later generations, but it left no shortage of potential heirs, his eldest son, John succeeded him, taking the name King Robert III.

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Y'all I am losing my mind, I need to say it.

Do you know how amazingly written this scene is??? Do you understand?

Rogue removes the glove and instinctively (out of raw desire and need for connection) tries to touch Magneto's face but stops herself because it's the kind of intimacy that creates tension. She realizes she doesn't want to step into muddy waters, instead she waits for his hand. And he gladly and respectfully accepts it. And not only that - he understands it's an exchange of safe, grounded intimacy that is extended to him and he proceeds to take her hand in his, but also to place his other hand on top of hers.

They nicely seal this scene with Storm’s words; 'to feel another soul finally seeing yours'. Because they do. They've seen each other at their best, and they've seen each other at their worst (when one has failed the other or when they have been too quick to pass judgment onto each other). And that gesture reads to me as "I see you, and I want to believe in you. And this situation in which we are now, how we got here - absolutely sucks, but I am glad you are here."

That’s always been Rogue and Magneto in a nutshell for me. I am in tears about how well handled this moment was. And if the rest of the season will descend into drama, jealous love, conflicts and if it will all burn to the ground so be it (hope it won't be the case) - but you will always find me here, in this moment.

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You already know that I'm interested.

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I didn't want to pressure you.

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Agron & Nasir + kisses - Spartacus: Vengeance

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Spartacus: Vengeance | Empty Hands

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Spartacus: War of the Damned | The Dead and the Dying

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WITCHER LADIES WEEK 2022 day 7 | free choice

Triss Merigold + marigold (#EBA832)

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The Princess Bride (1987) dir. Rob Reiner

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13 days of charmed - [day 4] favorite prue power  >> Telekinesis So, um, I can move things with my mind?