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Any word on 1670, y’all?

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L’amica Geniale, Season 1 episode 2.

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"Are they lovers?"

Worse they're fucking stupid

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hotd 1x02 deleted scene / my brilliant friend

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my brilliant friend // those who leave and those who stay

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Most relationships end. Friendships, romances, divorces. I mean…separations, people grow apart. They break. But we didn't break. […] We did not break. We were together until the end. He should be here, Miss. He should be here.

ORIGIN 2023

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babie lato (1875), józef chełmoński // chłopi (2023), dir. dk welchman & hugh welchman

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ANIELA & MACIEJ in season 2!

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It kind of hit me now how Rise of Empires: Ottoman works strongly with the similarities between Mehmed and Vlad (masterful strategists, efficient warriors, innovative rulers, ambitious young men, etc.) to show how drastic Vlad's subsequent rebellion was... but we are shown a massive difference between these two, a golden nugget and a foreboding key that reveals what happens to them in the end.

There is this scene in the first episode where Mehmed has a brief moment with Bayezid who hugs him at one point. He does not know how to return that affection to his son — Mehmed keeps his hands behind his back, then slightly raises them, and only touches the boy's shoulder when he wants him to let go. Their conversation also seems rather formal. Mehmed's relationship with Gülbahar Hatun seems more loving, but the audience can still see the power imbalance of the relationship.

Mehmed is always the ruler. He is the padişah, the sun which all revolves around. He is more than a man, and less human because of it. In a way, he sacrifices what makes him mortal to become eternal.

Vlad is the exact opposite. We do not get to see him as a father, but we see how openly affectionate he is towards Anastasia. Their relationship also feels more equal in its nature. When he learns of her death, he almost turns mad with grief. We can also see how openly he loves and fears for his brother. The letter he sends Radu reveals that he has never stopped caring, as well as what he places great emphasis on — "family is the dearest gift we possess".

Vlad maintains a certain degree of humanity. It almost seems as if his rebellious nature shows even in this aspect, rebelling against what is expected of him through his love for those dear to him. Oftentimes, it becomes a weakness others can use against him. He was very loyal even towards his allies, which is what ultimately proved to be politically fatal to him.

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Rise of Empires: Ottoman

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Crimson Peak (2015) 🎬 Guillermo del Toro

+ IMDb trivia

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And I would rather have your friendship than the love of any other woman in the world!

~ Anne Bronte, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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When you get down to it, Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall basically have the same premise. They both feature a protagonist (Jane Eyre/Gilbert Markham) who falls in love with someone (Edward Rochester/Helen Huntingdon) who turns out to be already married. The books are even written by sisters. (Charlotte and Anne Bronte, respectively).

While Rochester and Helen are both unhappy in their marriages (Rochester's wife is insane and Helen's husband is unfaithful and abusive), the way they handle their situations could not be more different though. Rochester keeps his wife locked in the attic and keeps her existence a secret from all but a select few, letting the rest of the world think he is a bachelor. He deceives Jane as well and even tries to marry her, almost committing bigamy in the process. It's only the timely arrival of Rochester's brother-in-law Richard Mason at the wedding that the truth comes out.

Helen, on the other hand, runs away from her husband, taking her young son with her. She pretends to be a widow. But when she realizes Gilbert has fallen in love with her and wants to marry her, she comes clean to him about her marriage and says she cannot marry him because she is married.

Helen acts more nobly than Rochester and yet, of the two novels, it's the latter that was considered controversial at the time it was released with even Charlotte criticizing it for featuring a woman leaving her husband. Helen never tried to commit bigamy but somehow a woman leaving her abusive husband was considered worse at the time. It really is mind blowing.

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Toby Stephens as Gilbert Markham in THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL Part I.

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i’m gonna lick the water off of him

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