#cheating aside

[antiqua-lugar]

"see spawn!astarion isn't okay with you sleeping with mizora so he shouldn't be okay with the drow twins or Halsin either" how are these things even comparable. how is that even the same thing. sorry he isn't monogamous or whatever, if this is a dealbreaker then don't romance him

[taxinealkaloids]

kill your darling, it's just that easy!

[maddymoreau]

[gunsatthaphan]

HELP 💀💀💀

[cry-ptidd]

Whatever this is

[snackugaki]

and the template here: https://twitter.com/KarlaDoodlesPen/status/1495943787138408457

That's my girl since i was 12 in 1997 and that's my girl at 38 in 2023

[nuclearanomaly]

When the bloodmoon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that amore!~ 🌕 Happy Birthday @blackestnight​ 🌕

[prideprejudce]

any movie/tv show or even novel where the “protagonist” male character is actively cheating on his spouse or who has any type of affair behind his partners back and the storyline is still actively trying to garner audience sympathy for him…..like sorry babe but..there will be no love here… let him rot

[akayv]

If you're a poly person and you make it your objective to complain about monogamous people I really don't want you in my space, I have had to deal with enough polyamorous people trying to pressure me, a bisexual woman presenting person into their threesomes and relationships that while these criticisms about monogamous people can be valid, I've dealt with enough poly people's bullshit to not have a tolerance for it.

[lemondoddle]

okay like yadda yadda parasocial relationships something something you can never trust online celebrities but like. if ned from the try guys actually cheated on his wife i'm going to be so upset

[thedreadvampy]

I tried listening to Olivia Rodrigo and I'm sure this is really good for its target audience of Teen Girls Going Through A Breakup but has she actually ever put out a song that isn't about a guy cheating, breaking up with her and moving on to someone else?

like babe he's not coming back it's been 2 years you gotta find something else in your life

[fluentisonus]

tumblr users when they find out my favorite poet whose love poetry I post about all the time is actually writing about adultry

[swiftfootedachilles]

i love mickey always melting into ian and letting him take the lead like the kiss behind the emt truck in s11 where mickey MELTS when ian kisses him like you can see him physically shrink down and when at the wedding ian takes mickey by the hand and pulls him up a bit and mickey just. Goes with it like everyone knows you’re gone for each other god

the way mickey turns to goop around ian waaaahhhhhhh hes so in love and im in love with seeing him in love

[bluberimufim]

Pedro & Inês (cultural ramblie)

Happy Valentine's Day!! <3<3 When I planned this post, I did not realize Carnaval and Valentine's Day were on consecutive days (catholic calendar calculations continue to kick my ass, just like every year), so you get TWO cultural ramblies for the price of one!!

This one is a bit different from the other ones. I usually talk about legends or holiday traditions but this is actually just history! Still, I felt inclined to share partly because this is a major thing in portuguese culture and partly because this is the most overdramatic historical anecdote I have ever seen and more people need to know about it. Now, let's get into it!

The Tragedy of Pedro and Inês

(portraits of Pedro and Inês, made centuries after their deaths)

In 1340, Prince Pedro of Portugal, son of King Afonso the 4th, married Constança Manuel of Aragon. When she moved to Portugal, Constança brought along her lady-in-waiting, Inês de Castro. You can already see where this is going.

Pedro and Inês fell madly in love and began a secret relationship (which seems to not have been that secret at all). In 1344, Afonso the 4th exiled Inês to the castle of Albuquerque, near the border, out of fear that this affair would sour diplomatic relationships with Castille.

It just so happens that Constança died in childbirth one year later. Despite his father's requests, Pedro refused to remarry, claiming that he was still too overcome with grief over his wife's death. Instead, he had Inês's exile annulled and began living with her. During this period in which they lived together, they had 4 children.

In 1355, five years later, King Afonso the 4th ordered the assassination of Inês de Castro. She was killed in Coimbra, in Quinta das Lágrimas, where legend says you can still hear her crying at the fountain where she lost her life, later named Fonte das Lágrimas ("Fountain of Tears"). This moment, along with another one further ahead, is the one all the poets go crazy for.

Inês's death triggered a revolt against the king, led by Pedro. However, there was never an actual physical confrontation, since the queen-mother was able to stop it in time.

In 1357, Pedro rose to the throne, becoming King Pedro the 1st. He claimed that he had married Inês in secret around 1354, legitimizing their children and making her possibly the only posthumous queen in history (someone fact-check me on this). For avenging her death, he was dubbed "Pedro, the Just".

He had matching tombs made for him and Inês so she could be buried as queen by his side. They still stand today in the Monastery of Alcobaça, where you can visit them. They were placed on opposite ends of the transept, facing each other, so that they could be face to face when they rose from their graves. The inscription on Pedro's tomb is thought to read "Until the ends of the world". I'll show pics later, don't worry.

You thought I was done? I haven't even gotten to the overdramatic part! (Ok, the tomb thing was pretty dramatic, but this part is extra as hell)

As King Pedro the 1st, he had Inês's two assassins executed. According to a somewhat contemporary chronicle by Fernão Lopes (still Middle Ages but a century later), he had their hearts ripped out, one through the chest and another through the back. Sources seem to disagree on whether this actually happened or not, but Fernão Lopes was a pretty reliable guy in other parts of his chronicle. And, this being strictly myth, it is said that he made those two assassins kiss the hand of Inês's corpse as they would the queen's. For this, he was dubbed "Pedro, the Cruel", on top of his other title. Perfectly balanced and whatnot.

Here's a painting by Pierre-Charles Comte about it:

The Tombs

I saw them in early November of last year and I cannot overstate how amazing they are in real life. The whole church they're in is beautiful but the tombs are just breathtaking, especially knowing the story behind them.

They're the reason I wanted to make this post. They are considered some of the greatest masterpieces of portuguese gothic sculpture. They are full of intricate carvings and, despite missing a few pieces here and there, are still in amazingly good condition today. You can visit them for free any time.

Here are the pictures I promised. The last 2 are taken by me!

Some historical notes (cool facts)

This is mostly about the corpse coronation part because I found it in my research and thought it was cool.

The first dynasty of portuguese kings didn't have coronations. They were seen as warrior kings first and foremost, and therefore felt no need to pledge their allegiance to Christianity. If they did swear over something, it was a shield. They did not have the fancy ceremony.

What can we learn from all this, you ask?

Write that overdramatic romance you've been wanting to. You'll never out-drama queen King Pedro the 1st.

[tea-kettlezztoo]

The likelihood of 2 girl finalists this season seems low. Unless we get a 3rd season (either with a new cast or the current cast), we probably won't get one at all. But I'm REALLY hoping it's not a 2 guy finalists. We've already had one (Cameron VS Lighting)

Since it's unlikely we'll get a 2 girl finale, for finalists, I'm hoping it's either Julia VS Raj, MK VS Raj, or MK VS Damien

MK VS Julia would be really fun, but I just don't think it's gonna happen

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Uh… sorry about your boyfriend. He was bitten by a spider… yeah, we had to amputate his leg… But we also taught him how to swim and fight to the death; he’s a pro at it!