MEDICI: MASTERS OF FLORENCE QUOTES. All sentences in this are taken from the first season of Medici: Masters of Florence. You can change the names and pronouns, locations as you see fit.
The whole tree does not die because one branch falls.
There are more ways for a woman to be indispensable than in just bearing children.
A foolish man lives for himself. A wise man lives with a purpose.
A man always has a choice, if he is willing to lose.
Sometimes it’s not about backing the man most likely to win. It’s about backing the right man making sure he does win.
Perception is power. And we must appear powerful, now more than ever.
Opportunities may arise in the most unlikely of circumstances.
Men are God’s creation. Whatever we achieve is God’s glory.
It is sometimes necessary to do some bad in order to achieve a much greater good.
Parents expect everything from their children. And then they die and what they expect ceases to matter.
For the new leaders to rise the old must fall.
All men are capable of murder! Given the right circumstances.
A man who turned once, could be turned again.
A man must live his own life.
Now and then, the truth needs a little help to be told.
An innocent man fears nothing.
If the Medici are to shape history we must live beyond our lifetimes.
A man determined to die should be allowed to run headlong into his own sword.
dark!Joel x f!reader | updated: August 29, 2024: calling him daddy
moodboard by @milla-frenchy 🖤 a rb will not stay up-to-date.
SUMMARY: He's a bad guy, and you're his good girl. Joel saves you from bad men, but claims you for himself. His persona starts to crack, but he gets even more possessive. You're his world, and he'll do anything to keep you. Emotional slow burn but smut the whole time.
WARNINGS: 18+ canon-typical violence, noncon via implicit threat, evolving to enthusiastic dubious consent (stockholm syndrome), depraved use of praise and pet names (sweet pea, baby), unsafe P in V, exhibitionism, extreme possessiveness, dark fluff (🖤), angst, and more. NO USE of Y/N, No physical description of reader.
Spotify: raider, sweet pea (smut)
Optional reference: trailer floor plan
Carter masterlist
main story
Note, non-bold links in this section were written out of order and may contain spoilers or references to future events. their placement in this list is based on timeline.
Raider: (Mar 24, 2023) - He "saves" you, then has his way with you but is kinda sweet about it. Joel POV (Oct 3, 1k)
Failed Rescue (Apr 8 - 1.9k) Your bf tries to save you. Joel makes him watch then keeps you.
Stash House (Apr 11 - 850)- Joel takes you to the stash house and shows everyone you're his. Wash Bin 🖤 (Aug 27, 1k) Shooting Practice Drabble(Jul 28, 1.6k)
Failed Escape (Apr 23, 4k)- Joel saves you from FEDRA, bathes you, amd edges you.
J. Miller (May 19, 2k) - Joel labels you with his switchblade and claims all your holes. dark. Can be skipped.
Home (May 29, 1.3k) - Joel makes dinner at home, cleans your chest, and tucks you in. 🖤
Company (Jun 9, 2.2k) - Joel brings home a girl to distract his men. dark. Extra Scene - angst.
Close (Jul 3, 2.7k) - close call with other raiders. You-almost-died sex, and later, tender sex 🖤
Gun Hug (Jul 31, 3.7k) - Joel traps 2 bad guys with some help and kills them while you. . .🖤 If you want him (1.5k) - he holds out to see🖤
Night Air (Aug 30, 3.5k) - Joel is brutal with a bad guy and his POV reveals some feelings. 🖤 Bonus blurb, wakeup pwp drabble
Hunger (Sep 29, 7k) - Joel takes you on a trek, comforts you, kills a guy, and gives you head. 🖤 He's only human (1.1k) - 👱♂️Carter POV, overlaps w/ hunger.
Bodies (Dec 3, 7.8k) - Strangers show up and cause a shitstorm, but Joel takes a big step. 🖤 Raider POV
No cliffhangers. Bulletin from Tox
more (drabbles, etc)
🔥 smut
Trying to use him (800) (riding) 🔥
House meeting drabble 🖤
You get sick at night drabble 🖤
He goes down on you (oral f) 🔥
If you touched his scar
if men had hurt you in the past
if you got your period 🖤
magazine and makeup 🖤
yoga pwp drabble piv 1k 🔥
boots drabble (oral f receiving) 🔥
graveyard blurb (spice)
if you bit his arm drabble (p in v) 🔥
If you snapped (emotional spice) 🖤
face sitting on sofa 🔥
being bad, looking good (2.8k, smut) 🔥
Van ride drabble (800) 🖤
sleeping beast (<1k), PWP 🔥
If Joel was sick 🖤
If you were annoying
cutting his hair 🖤
waking up on top 🔥
tired 🖤
waking up on top again 🔥
Sweet pea overhears Joel 🔥
Choking on his dick (600) 🔥
his birthday 🥺
if she called him daddy 🔥
Note: not all content is linked. Asks can lead to lore, snippets, and previews or hints of future plot points, etc. which are not added here.
Headcanons (not written like fic)
If another man has his way (Q&A)
dacryphilia - evolved update (Q&A)
if you had scars or tattoos (Q&A)
👱♂️raider carter Qs, face claim (Q&A)
sweet pea by herself
If you sketched Joel and Jack
Apple picking 🖤
Responding to a Nightmare
accidentally hurting her
Analysis (#raider!analysis)
why does he keep her
why did he snap (in Company extra scene)
his eye contact
his affection / feelings, trajectory 🖤
falling for sweet pea
his self hate and her feelings
the dog and joel's concern for you
awareness of growth / why keep her
Raider Tommy
Birds of prey (2.6k)
Art, etc.
Mattress by esquire magazine
Stitches by @not-a-unique-snowflake-blog
collage by @milla-frenchy
lose control edit by @survivingandenduring
🌸 sweet pea mood boards by various
6 month collage by milla-frenchy
6 month cake by not-a-unique-snowflake-blog
🌸 sweet pea cosplay from night air
👱♂️carter mood board by @romana-after-dark
pts. 1-3 rb mood boards by @iamasaddie
night air gif by not-a-unique-snowflake-blog
raider/sweet pea collage by milla
sweet pea's pup by @dark-scape
want it that bad gif by @dark-scape
Bodies gif by not-a-unique-snowflake-blog
👱♂️carter mood board by milla-frenchy
Then and now drawing by @romana-after-dark
Raider/sweet pea drawings by @lumoverheaven
our stars moodboard by milla
raiding edits by gasolinerainbowpuddles
under the anger by iamasaddie
🎥 Trailer (video) by @carminepoison
birthday sketch by @lumoverheaven
In love w raider by @milla-frenchy
✨ checks that you're ok 🐺 by milla
If I've left yours off please lmk I prob tagged improperly
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Fic recs: other raiders
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I wanna share with you a small cut from a 2010 documentary about events that began unfolding in 2008. The film (which was up for an Oscar nomination, but wasn't shortlisted), followed the story of a young kid called Muhammad. He was born with an immunity deficiency that killed two of his sisters. Three other siblings didn't have it, but also weren't a match to donate bone marrow to him. To even consider the donation procedure, Muhammad's family needed 55,000 dollars (over 80,000 dollars today), which they obviously didn't have. An Israeli journalist did a TV piece about Muhammad, asking for the money to be donated. An Israeli man, whose son was a soldier killed by Palestinian terrorists, decided to do exactly that.
While Muhammad was in the Israeli hospital, his mom Raida was by him, and here's an exchange she had with the Israeli journalist who helped the family get the money they needed to save their kid's life:
I'm not sharing this because I want to demonize Raida. I'm not sharing it because every Palestinian thinks this way. I'm sharing it because some Palestinians, certainly the ones related to Islamist terrorist organizations like Hamas, do believe that if their child dies as a shahid (a martyr), during an attempt to kill Jews, then the kid would be with Allah. And that will be as if their child never died, because what's better, an imperfect and short life on this earth, or an eternal life with every good thing imaginable by Allah's side? So yes, there are parents who want their kids to die in a confrontation with Israel. There are kids who were brought up with these beliefs. And kindness and humanitarian gestures might change it, but many times they just can't compare to the promise made by this way of thinking.
That's not every Palestinian, but it's enough people to have an impact on the forming and continuation of the Israeli-Arab conflict (much like how Amin al-Husseini was one Palestinian leader, but his antisemitism had a crucial influence on the conflict, and translated into the deaths of countless people, mainly Jews). There are currently at least 30 terrorist organizations in Gaza alone (at least 5 of them are big enough to be household names in Israel), and Hamas on its own includes at least 30,000 people who think this way.
No one can understand this conflict as long as they ignore that the widespread existence of this mentality plays a factor in it. No one can bring about peace here, without getting that this is a part of what threatens it. No one can solve a problem while turning a blind eye to some of its parts.
And if you still think Raida is an exception, here are some more vids reflecting the same mentality from over the years... (I'm not gonna get into how heartbreaking it is that entire generations of Palestinian kids never stood a chance, because I think that's obvious for anyone with a heart watching these clips)
Official Palestinian Authority TV interview with the mother of a shahid, Nov 28, 2003:
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"Being with Allah is better." Hamas TV on Jul 21, 2014:
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Mother of murderer of 3 Israeli teens: "He was honored with Martyrdom because Allah loved him." Oct 6, 2014:
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Palestinian mothers explain why they make joyful noises when their kids get killed as shahids. Apr 7, 2015:
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"Death is inevitable, so why not die as shahids?" Oct 28, 2019:
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Palestinian father explains his choice to expose his son to danger by bringing him to the site of violent riots, by saying his 4.5 years old wants to go to paradise. Jun 20, 2021:
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"My son had nothing called a funeral, rather it was a wedding..." Official Palestinian Authority TV, Sep 13, 2021:
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Shahid's mother says her son is a role model for Palestinian kids. Dec 31, 2022:
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Shahid's mother shares she instructed her son on how to be a proper shaid. Official Palestinian Authority TV, Feb 21, 2023:
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I really cannot be normal about Mattel's head glue, I hate it so much.
Before I got sick I had been doing some experiments to see how different head glue removal methods work and affect the dolls' hair and heads, and then completely forgot about it for a long time while I was recovering. I'm still completely exhausted and don't have much energy for these kinds of things anymore.
I dug up my original notes this morning and did some fresh observations of the heads I'd treated.
Get ready for a lot of cut up doll heads, boringly presented information, and not nearly enough photos because I always forget.
You get a cut for said mangled doll heads.
Important notes:
None of these dolls' hair was conditioned after treatment.
Each head was kept in an individual, sealed container kept in the basement which is consistently 62F since treatment.
Results would be better if I had a whole bunch of the same head with the same glue, but I don't.
If you're curious, I cut the heads with Dollar Tree gardening nips. it worked very well.
001 - Nikki treated with baby powder on Apr 17 2023
hair coated and powder funneled into neck, let sit, brushed a ton and tapped out of head
this method dulls the hair's appearance
before - during - after
Jul 19 2024
Kanekalon hair is gummy and dusty, not terribly sticky
smells of baby powder
no change to vinyl
glue inside head is coated in powder
Note: the hair falling out in the recent photos is from me cutting her head, nothing weird has happened to her head nor her hair
002 - 2Ks Barbie - treated with Tea Tree Oil mixed with L.A.'s Totally Awesome on Apr 17 2023
2 drops TTO applied to hair and massaged in
4 drops applied inside head
T.A. added, didn't measure
container shaken vigorously, T.A. turned cloudy immediately
before - during
Jul 19 2024
head reeks of TTO
hair remains clean
vinyl of head is supple and soft
glue inside head is set and not sticky
Saran hair is a bit dry
003 - Ken treated with Goo Gone on Apr 17 2023
sprayed liberally inside and out, massaged into hair, washed with dish soap
before
Jul 19 2024
Saran hair has a fine overall coating of glue
glue inside head is sticky
vinyl is fine if a little shiny, shine may indicate beginnings of degradation
smells of citrus oil from Goo Gone
004 - Millie treated with Oxy Clean in tepid water on Apr 30 2023
Oxy Clean added to water, head placed in container, shaken vigorously
before
Jul 19 2024
head/hair smells moldy
Saran hair remains clean
vinyl is matte and soft
white glue inside head is set (different from the yellow glue, can't say how this would affect the yellow glue)
005 - Summer treated with Triton X-114 on Apr 17 2023
1 tsp Triton massaged into hair with distilled water
1/4 tsp put inside head
1/2c distilled water in a container, put head in, shake vigorously
before - during - after
Jul 19 2024
moldy smell
Saran hair is clumpy and sticky at nape of neck
glue in head is sticky
vinyl is soft and matte
006 - Millie treated with L.A.'s Totally Awesome on Apr 30 2023
done with normal process of putting head in a small cup, filling head and cup with concentrated cleanser, putting a lid on, and waiting.
agitate the head now and then and change cleanser if cloudy
after (forgot to take a before)
Jul 19 2024
some stickiness at the scalp on one side, other side is clean
Saran hair is a bit dry
glue inside head is sticky on one side (same side as stickiness reappeared on the outside and where you can see a very thick glob of glue in the photo), and slightly tacky on the other side
She would have benefitted from soaking a good deal longer.
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On this Yom Ha'Zikaron Le'Chalalei Ma'rachot Yisrael (Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers and Terror Victims), I figured it's important to remember that Israeli victims did not exist solely on Oct 7. We have lost loved ones before and since. Here's a list with just one random victim to represent each year. Please scroll down the list to see how far back it goes.
(part 1/5, all parts in the reblogs)
2024: On Jan 7, we lost 19 years old Shai Garmai
2023: On Oct 7, we lost 28 years old Osama abu Madiam
2022: On Nov 23, we lost 18 years old Tiran Faro
2021: On May 12, we lost 5 years old Ido Avigal
2020: On Aug 26, we lost 39 years old Shai Ochayon
2019: On May 5, we lost 49 years old Zaid al-Chamamda
2018: On Dec 12, we lost Amiad Israel Yish Ran, who was murdered in his mother's womb
2017: On Nov 22, we lost 21 years old Hodaya Nechama Assoulin
2016: On Oct 25, we lost 14 years old Rami Namer abu Amar
2015: On Feb 17, we lost 4 years old Adelle Biton
2014: On Oct 22, we lost 2.5 months old Chaya Zissel Brown
2013: On Dec 24, we lost 22 years old Salech al-Din abu al-Atayef
2012: On Jul 18, we lost 28 years old Yitzchak Idan Kolangi
2011: On Apr 17, we lost 16 years old Daniel Aryeh Viplich
2010: On Feb 26, we lost 52 years old Netta Blatt Sorek
2009: On Apr 2, we lost 13 years old Shlomo Nativ
2008: On Mar 6, we lost 26 years old Doron Trunach Mahareta
2007: On Jun 17, we lost 85 years old Meir Cohen
2006: On Aug 10, we lost 4 years old Fatchi Assdi
2005: On Jul 12, we lost 16 years old Nofar Horvitz
2004: On Sep 29, we lost 2 years old Dorit Massarat Binsan
2003: On Sep 9, we lost 20 years old Naava Appelbom
2002: On Nov 10, we lost 4 years old Noam Levi Ochayon
2001: On Dec 12, we lost 42 years old Ester Avraham
2000: On Nov 21, we lost 19 years old Itamar Yefet
1999: On Jun 24, we lost 34 years old Tony Eliyahu Zanna
1998: On Dec 2, we lost 41 years old Osama Moussa abu Aisha
1997: On Mar 13, we lost 13 years old Natali Alkalai
1996: On Feb 25, we lost 57 years old Yitzchak Elbaz
1995: On Jul 24, we lost 60 years old Zehava Oren
As Tumblr limits a post to 30 images... part 1/5 - the next parts will be posted in the reblogs momentarily. Please check out the full list.
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