Half-sick of Shadows
A self-confessed nerd and lover of literature, wittiness, medievalism, and more than I can list.
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Photoset reblogged from The tumbling of a Scribbling Face
once upon a dreamcast » lara pulver as morgan le fay
↳“they say the world has changed, but that’s not quite true. perhaps the scenery is different, but the grass is still green. men still covet power. and my mother’s bastard still draws breath.” -
Photo reblogged from Only the shallow know themselves.
1877: Oscar Wilde in Greek National Costume
from : Retronaut
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Post reblogged from Stays and Stories
People think I’m kidding when I say I’m going to have a library in my house when I’m older
and I’m like no
you don’t understand
I have to
There is no other way to fit everything
(Source: magick-mayhem)
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Photo reblogged from A Quiet Corner.
A sailor and his date enjoying a day in Central Park while he is on shore leave, 1943.
This is literally the cutest thing omG
(Source: sinuses)
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Or, Conversations with Grandma: In which Kerry learns many things she didn’t know.
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Post reblogged from For the Gothic Heroine
also: after the ap euro multiple choice section i made designs for the second wave of romantic writers as the world’s most popular emo-folk-punk-indie-pop boy band (and mary godwin), The Romantics
introducing: george gordon byron
- “the bad boy”
- dark and tortured soul
- once had a hot makeout session with selena gomez
- once had a hot makeout session with literally everyone
- lead singer
- wears too much guyliner
- (it’s funny because there’s no such thing as too much guyliner)
percy shelley
- “the cute one”
- writes all the songs about happy things and sad things and cute things and kissing girls that get on the radio the most
- plays bass guitar
- is the most peppy and enthusiastic when they make the video diaries
- dating mary so fucking hard
john keats
- “the dreamy one”
- plays the piano
- has dark and tragic past
- was really polite to ellen degeneres when they went on her show
and mary godwin
- “the drummer”
- so done with all this shit
- can also play the accordion, the violin, the flute, the cello, the trombone, the xylophone, and the motherfucking mandolin
- writes all the songs about sea monsters and irish legends and zombies that appeal to the hipster fans
- seventeen magazine has repeatedly said that she is a lesbian
- she’s not a lesbian
- she did think ellen degeneres was pretty hot, but
- she’s dating percy shelley
- no, really, seventeen, she’s dating percy shelley, he’s taken.
- how the fuck did you not think he was taken.
- she fucking made out with him on stage.
- (to be fair, so did byron)
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Thought I had work today, so I hauled my butt out of bed and made myself presentable and drove over only to find I’m working tomorrow and not today.
Currently drinking a pot of tea by myself and sulking. This is adulthood, right?
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Quote reblogged from snarcoticsHe lit his cigarette without straightening out its curvature, then replaced the used match in the box. Tilting his head back, he slowly released an enormous quantity of smoke from his mouth and drew it up through his nostrils. He continued to smoke in this “French-inhale” style. Very probably, it was not part of the sofa vaudeville of a showoff but, rather, the private, exposed achievement of a young man who, at one time or another, might have tried shaving himself left-handed.J. D. Salinger ‘Just Before the War With the Eskimos’ (via panoramicchrestomathy)
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Photo reblogged from the siren or the sea
“It’s no secret that miscegenation (interracial marriage) was kind of a big deal in the United States until very recently — as in, it was totally illegal for a non-white person to marry a white person until 1967. That’s why it’s so shocking to learn that, just one year after that supreme court decision the Star Trek episode “Plato’s Stepchildren” featured the first ever interracial kiss on scripted TV in the US. It was so controversial, even on the set, that they had to shoot it twice — once where William Shatner (Kirk) and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) kissed, and one where they didn’t. But Shatner intentionally ruined the shot where they didn’t kiss, forcing the studio to use the other one.”
“7 Ways Star Trek Changed the World” via Ranker
(Source: mefn)
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Photo reblogged from Negative Capability
Horrible Histories cast to make Shakespeare movie
If you like your history with the foulest and funniest bits left in, get this: the people behind CBBC’s Horrible Histories are making a new film, Bill.
It’s a tale of murderous kings, spies, lost loves, and even includes a plot to blow up the Queen, Elizabeth I.
The people behind the film say they think the Bard would like the comedy “…apart from the bit where he’s dressed as a tomato.”
So ready for this
YES.
