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I’ve moved!

Hey everyone! I’ve moved to different tumblr and not really posting here anymore (I will keep the blog up though)

Come follow me here now, if you like:

https://thebookshelfofrat.tumblr.com/

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Can we PLEASE take a moment to appreciate the goddamn AMAZING amount of craftsmanship that goes into making pro ballet costumes?

I MEAN …

COME ON PEOPLE!

GENUINELY FUCKING SPECTACULAR!

THE DETAIL!

THE BEAUTY!!

THE GORGEOUSNESS OF IT ALL!!!

Costume designers are some of the most awesomely skilled people on the planet and I feel like they very rarely get as much admiration as they deserve. Especially in ballet, because a lot of the time at least half the audience doesn’t get the chance to see how intricate and beautiful these pieces truly are. I want to thank the artists who put so much effort into making characters look amazing.

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Screw Excalibur, you want Merlin’s mythical swordy sword of swordyness.

“It’s very, um… you know… swordy.”

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I love the fanart. I think it’s the purest expression of fandom. Um… Until it gets weird.

Also Joey: I dress as Geralt nightly.

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Apparently this is the content i make now. 

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Rabenstein Castle -

Rabenstein Castle is a former high medieval aristocratic castle in the municipality of Ahorntal in the Upper Franconian county of Bayreuth in the German state of Bavaria.

© P. Eichler

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I just remembered one time in like sixth or seventh grade (we had the same teachers and class both years so hard to remember which) somehow we got into a debate of “who is better, boys or girls?” and instead of stepping in to stop it our teacher formalized it and egged us on by providing thoughtful prompts and counters to each side and by the end each group had built a barricade of desks on either side of the classroom and we were throwing balls of paper at each other and screaming about personal hygiene while our teacher just watched and enjoyed a Baby Ruth candy bar.

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Building a treehouse is the biggest insult to a tree. “I killed your friend, here hold him.”

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thinking about how in ancient times, at least people knew that the lives their children would lead would....vaguely resemble their own???

People have always fondly reminisced about The Good Old Days and complained about Kids These Days, of course. But—and I cannot stress this enough—when my mom was born the Internet did not exist.

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one (1) flirty winter spirit 

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Jack has a magic staff with which he can control the elements of winter. Originally, he thought this staff was the source of his power, when really it was just a conduit for him to channel the magic of winter that had really been inside of him.

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Tiny House Portugal

© Junior Carranca

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he hop

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Dolomites italy

© A. Jayashankar

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Luxembourg Castle

© g. groebert

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• Evening gown.

Designer/Maker: Adrian

Date: 1948