#i like that

[hot-npc]

“Bless me father, for I have sinned-” Wrap it up 💔.

[petaltexturedskies]

Mary Oliver, from "Staying Alive" in Blue Pastures

[treesinspace]

Fun thing about Leverage is we take for granted that Sophie can seduce any man whenever the plot deems it convenient as a matter of course

What is less common in such shows is the other way round, but god damn it if Eliot can't seduce any woman whenever convenient #equality

[invinciblerodent]

[A subtitle saying "Taash: Doesn't matter how sad you are about doing evil crap if you keep doing it."]

Man, the literal kind isn't the only kind of fire that Taash spits. That's probably the most succinct summary of how I feel about Solas that any character has ever given in this story yet.

[borzoilover69]

I like when people draw him with just the glasses and no visible pupils. Like the facade is so strong you cant see into the windows of his soul aka the most sincere parts of him. Constant smile except when he feels just a LITTTLE silly.

[orange-sora]

The fact that the most far reaching posts I've made on this site are about bingqiu being mutually deceptive soulmates and luo binghe being desirable for his woof woof crybaby tendencies really tells a lot about Tumblr. We looooovee freaks here. :3

[rollersfataft]

I m is my wh irkfriend come back to me ambassador of lo ve

[crystal--lungs]

Aw poor John

[marithlizard]

(original tweet)

[ratpee73]

jesus !!!

[theromaboo]

The Third Day of Julius Caesar

What was Julius Caesar's *real name*?

People often think that Caesar's name is just Julius Caesar, nothing more nothing less. His first name is Julius and his last name is Caesar. And that makes sense in a culture in which Julius is a valid first name.

But was Julius a valid first name in the time of Julius Caesar?

Usually not!

Generally, Roman men at the time of Julius Caesar had to have at least two names, a praenomen and a nomen. A praenomen is like your first name, your given name. A nomen is like your family name, it showed which gens (your extended family) you belonged to, and it usually ended with an -ius (like Claudius, Valerius, Vipsanius, Vergilius, Flavius and... Julius!)

There was a third type of name, called a cognomen. It was like a legal nickname, or it could also be a name that showed which branch of your gens you belonged to. Not all Roman men had one (such as Marc Antony!), but many did, including Caesar.

Generally, the order was like so: praenomen, nomen, and cognomen (fun fact: Maximus Decimus Meridius probably should've been Decimus Meridius Maximus. But who can trust Gladiator to be accurate?).

So we know Caesar's nomen, Julius. And we know his cognomen, Caesar. Wait, what about his praenomen? He needs one!

Julius Caesar actually had three names; we just don't usually call him by his first name. His full name is Gaius Julius Caesar. His father's name was also Gaius Julius Caesar, and his father's, and his father's! (but Julius Caesar's great great grandfather's name was actually Sextus Julius Caesar)

So yeah, Julius was not Caesar's first name.

I've met a few people who say "Actually, no. Julius Caesar's *real name* was Caius Julius Caesar with a C instead of a G!"

Nope!

The reason we sometimes see Caius for Gaius (and why Gaius was abbreviated as C.) wasn't because Gaius was actually Caius or the ancient Romans pronounced Gaius like Caius. It's because in earlier Roman history, those poor guys didn't have the letter G! They had C, K, and Q (which all made the exact same sound) but they didn't have G. They had to spell Gaius with a C and they had to abbreviate Gaius with a C because they had no G.

This was because the Latin alphabet came from the Etruscan alphabet, and Estruscan didn't have a distinction between the C and G sounds and therefore they didn't need two separate letters. Latin, meanwhile, did have a distinction and did desperately need two letters.

Anyway, Romans later got the letter G and then they could write all your favorite G words, like Gay and Gaius. They still commonly abbreviated Gaius as C. because old habits die hard.

If you say that we should write Gaius as Caius because that's the original way to spell it, you might as well say we should write Gaius as CAIVS. Don't cherry pick your archaisms!

[badassindistress]

The rain is already washing the snow away so I will not be emerging from my lair for the rest of the day. Instead I'll be tailoring this dress my sister handed down to me to fit me. To do:

Ironing

Seamripping and lowering the hem

Taking in the seams at the back

Adding pockets to the sideseams

Maybe changing the neckline? We'll see how I feel

Let's see if I can make this a one day project!

[louferrignojrofficial]

11 years later

[phallusmagnificus]

[spirit-of-a-kiger]

I love how right after being censored and told that that was gonna happen every time she tries to swear, Pomni's first instinct is to just... test the system out of curiosity. XD