#Our Lady of Expectation

[apenitentialprayer]

In the first image, we see a theme to which [Maurice] Denis will return again and again: the depiction of the Archangel Gabriel as a deacon bearing a book, almost as if Our Lady is the priest at the Solemn Mass to whom the book is being carried to her to kiss. In this very early depiction, painted when the artist was 19, he has even included a couple of acolytes bearing tapers. We something similar in this depiction ca. 1914, except that here the deacon-angel bows his head and raises his arms in a gesture of homage, while Our Lady bows her head in a reciprocal greeting. She is dressed as a bride.

One of my favorites is a depiction in which we see the familiar deacon-archangel holding a Gospel book, accompanied by the candlebearing acolytes, approaching the Blessed Virgin on what appears to be a rooftop terrace, with the sun streaming behind her (which is somewhat unconventional; usually the beam of light comes from across the scene from the other direction). The sublimity of the setting and its vertiginous perspective hint at the lofty grandeur of the miraculous conception.

Top Image: Mystère catholique, oil on canvas, 1890. Middle Image: Annonciation d'Assise, oil on canvas, 1914. Bottom Image: Annonciation à Fiesole, oil on canvas. Quotations by Peter Kwasniewski, "A Modern French Painter in Love With Our Lady: Maurice Denis' Remarkable Annunciation Paintings"

[wolfwarrior142]

Aaravos with his first child: *loves her so deeply, profoundly devastated for a century after she's unfairly killed, causes chaos for centuries after*

Aaravos with his second child: Fuck this little freak lol

[ratvich]

theyre chilling

[luck-of-the-drawings]

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saw alot of comments on prev pages; saying 'i HATE that mean teacher! im gonna FIGHT HIM!!' & i LOVE the energy!! it WOULD be nice. to have that catharsis. but the story of young tidestrider is Not one of catharsis. it is a story of being so small and so special and sucking so bad.

[hauntttedbodies]

power rangers (2017) + text posts

[edenfire]

> GOFUNDME <

so our felix passed away today, and we're still reeling from this whole situation. through the heartbreak, we still need to pay his medical expenses.

any help would be beyond appreciated. even if you just share or reblog this post, we would be so endlessly grateful♡

my lady @ribbon-13 is offering free felix charms to anyone who donates more than $30 and lives in the US

[akkivee]

the mood is still like this pic of reol, femme fatale’s writer, in between the chuuoku seiyuu btw lmao

[writergracethepanda]

Orion: *pretending to joke* So when are you going to go out with me?  Rosalind: I don't know. When are you going to ask me to?  Silas: And you just ran away?!  Orion: I didn't expect them to flirt back!

[fromtheseventhhell]

No offense but trans-masc/trans-man headcanons about Arya are so incorrect, I'm sorry. I can't even take them seriously considering this fandom's desire to separate Arya from girlhood/womanhood. I would love it if people would stop trying to divorce female characters (and real women) from their identities as women just because they aren't traditionally feminine.

If we're talking about actual good-faith interpretations, ones that actually work with how Arya is written, then trans-femme is a much better fit. Arya has never had the desire to be a boy or be seen as one, she is fiercely insistent on her identity as a girl and corrects people several times, she doesn't consider herself a "real" Lady because she's not one in the same way her mother and sister are (!!!), she has self-esteem issues from her looks and ability to perform feminine tasks, she actually spends time pretending to be a boy but never considers herself one or enjoys doing it, as time progresses she loses the ability to pass as a boy (!!!), etc. Look at the material!! There's so much there to discuss from that perspective! Arya's non-conformity and how that fits into a society with such strict gender norms is fascinating and there's a lot to discuss there, but calling her trans-masc is one of the laziest interpretations to come up with.

[nerdyvocals]

Babe wake up canon Lydia last name just dropped

[physticuffs]

every conversation with a 70+ woman has a 20% chance of leading to a story about her historical conquests and sexual escapades within ten minutes

[flying-fangirls]

going to bed soon and praying that I don't vomit or sob all over the floor during my appointment tomorrow morning, when I finally talk to someone about anxiety meds after needing them for like 8 years 👍

[parme-san]

honest to god favorite perk of being a weird spongebob girl in public is all the strangers who've seen my clothes/accessories and excitedly told me how much they like spongebob, or that someone they know likes spongebob. they're always so happy about it

[therubyreader]

I finished Foul Heart Huntsman and I’m in shambles. Thank you to Miss Chloe Gong for writing such a beautiful ending to a series I’ve grown to love this past year

[midnight-roses-candy]

Literally every issue people cite as specifically affecting men (i.e. "male loneliness epidemic") also affects women, it's just that society as a whole doesn't view women's issues as mattering whereas anything that affects a man is somehow everyone else's problem to fix.

[frenchy-and-the-sea]

Listened to The Dear Hunter's "The March" on a little drive that I took today and was fully overcome with how well it lines up with what seems to be about to take place in Wyn's Curse of Strahd game. The Festival of the Blazing Sun has already started to break down pretty significantly, and we're basically just waiting for a certain enigmatic lady to step up on stage and make a move on the Baron. So much so that I got to these lyrics

I must admit that the manipulator's fate was resting at my feet But all of his intimidation brought me to my knees When he said "Keep this secret safe Or watch your flock devoured by the flame left in my wake I'll burn through you"

and went, out loud in my car, "Oh no."