#wheezing here

[heartorbit]

always by your side

[redmarqar]

who up engineering their limit rn

[skylarkking]

Fuggin...

Pain meda man.

Has me more fucked up than TFP Megatron's eyes bro.

Homegirl looking goofy af out here.

[rednite-dork]

Seb and MC having a vivarium date

and then some bloopers... 🤣

[brother-emperors]

BROTHERS

The river Weser ran between the Roman and Cheruscan forces. Arminius came to the bank and halted with his fellow chieftains:— "Had the Caesar come?" he inquired.​ On receiving the reply that he was in presence, he asked to be allowed to speak with his brother. That brother, Flavus by name, was serving in the army, a conspicuous figure both from his loyalty and from the loss of an eye through a wound received some few years before during Tiberius' term of command. Leave was granted, and Stertinius took him down to the river. Walking forward, he was greeted by Arminius; who, dismissing his own escort, demanded that the archers posted along our side of the stream should be also withdrawn. When these had retired, he asked his brother, whence the disfigurement of his face? On being told the place and battle, he inquired what reward he had received. Flavus mentioned his increased pay, the chain, the crown, and other military decorations; Arminius scoffed at the cheap rewards of servitude.

They now began to argue from their opposite points of view. Flavus insisted on "Roman greatness, the power of the Caesar; the heavy penalties for the vanquished; the mercy always waiting for him who submitted himself. Even Arminius' wife and child were not treated as enemies." His brother urged "the sacred call of their country; their ancestral liberty; the gods of their German hearths; and their mother, who prayed, with himself, that he would not choose the title of renegade and traitor to his kindred, to the kindred of his wife, to the whole of his race in fact, before that of their liberator." From this point they drifted, little by little, into recriminations; and not even the intervening river would have prevented a duel, had not Stertinius run up and laid a restraining hand on Flavus, who in the fullness of his anger was calling for his weapons and his horse. On the other side Arminius was visible, shouting threats and challenging to battle: for he kept interjecting much in Latin, as he had seen service in the Roman camp as a captain of native auxiliaries.

Tacitus Annals 2.10-11

there's a lot going on in there! Arminius switching to Latin is a detail that always makes me feel a deep kind of sadness, especially with how it's preceded by mention of their mother. I wonder what she thought of what became of her sons, on opposite sides of everything but still, inescapably, brothers. even when they want to kill each other. there sure are a lot of fucked up and unhappy brothers around. and Arminius asking about Flavus' injury............I also had a whole thing typed out about the horror of imperialism and colonization and the trauma of assimilation but I think this sets the tone better

Rome's Greatest Defeat: Massacre in the Teutoburg Forest, Adrian Murdoch

and also this, just for fun

(ibid)

this post is already a mile long, so lets add another mile to it: a little scene at the start of their conversation! tfw you go in for a hug and your younger brother who also ended up being taller starts roasting your hair style

bsky ⭐ pixiv ⭐ pillowfort ⭐ cohost ⭐ cara.app⭐ko-fi

[u3pxx]

and if you're not into disco elysium and don't know what any of these fuckers do, pls choose which silly word calls out to you or which of these doodles u like the best ASKSKS whatever pftt <33

[ladybugkisses]

does anybody even still remember this guy lmao (go ♥️ here ♥️ to refresh your memory)

[frnkiebby]

happy valentine’s day~🎃

[ravi-617]

bully

[laz-kay]

“And they were roommates”

“Oh my god, they were roommates”

Bob's Burgers, What about job? (S13: E3)

[heartorbit]

HAPPY NEWONDERHOY YEAR 🍡

[cordelia-cardale]

Oh that smirk! Oh the eyebrows rising! He looks so smug right now. Look at him proposing lessons like it is the smartest, most brilliant idea he’s ever come up with. I cannot wait for Colin Bridgerton to EAT his words

[ef-1]

the moment carlos catches a glimpse of oscar in his mirrors

[faerynova]

2012 DONNIE REALLY OUT HERE SAYING "YOUR MOM'S A HO"

[u3pxx]

what the heck ... seepy????!?

[skylarkking]

Look I know TFP Megatron is suppose to be kinda scary (and he is to a degree with how he fucking yeets bots like nothing) but...

Those eyes man

They send me