crazyoddshenanigans:

Oh my goodness, yes.

weepingangelcastiel:

At Hogwarts:

In the Tardis:

In the Shire:

In the Impala:

In 221B Baker Street:

At MJN Air:

John Green at his finest. #DFTBA

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

Eleanor of Aquitaine was a medieval queen and one of Europe’s most influential women of her time. She was also the mother of Richard Lionheart! How cool is that? As with many people from this long ago there are few or no accurate paintings. I don’t know who made this interpretation of what she might have looked like, but I’d guess it’s painted during the 19th century.

I also enjoy saying that I have a little bit of a lesbian crush on the mom of Richard Lionheart!

This looks amazing. The attentions to detail are stunning, and the color contrast is quite effective. 

edwardspoonhands:

So I made my video today for two reasons. One, because I wanted to showcase and comment upon the vast amount of cute that we have in our world, because it’s fun to think about things we don’t think about (even if I’m thinking about them in idiotic ways.)

But the other reason is that I…

they-took-to-their-boats:

YES

So, as my Shakespeare class careens through the semester (we’ve already read two plays and had four quizzes/tests on them), we now turn to the history plays. I’m intrigued if only because Shakespeare’s histories are plays that I’m not familiar with (unless you count Julius Caesar as a history…personally, I classify it as a tragedy based on historical figures but you could go both ways arguably). However, I have seen the first two plays in the Henry trilogy, and so I was somewhat excited to read the third play Henry V…until I realized that Sir Falstaff does not make an appearance. 

For me, Falstaff dominated both parts of Henry IV in a good way. He was an intriguing character, one that was entertaining and yet simultaneously pitiful. While I was inspired by Hal (and, after all, he is the protagonist, so that’s not that surprising), Falstaff made me consider many different things such as society, mortality, and wealth versus prestige. He always seemed like a decent person with an ill-fitting conscience, and while it was clear that Hal had at one point seen something worthwhile in him, leaving Falstaff behind was the right choice in the end. As a result, I was excited to see how Falstaff would react to being rejected by his friend, and whether he could redeem himself over the course of a battle. Apparently, neither happens, because he never appears in Henry V. 

I have read all of three scenes of Henry V, and I’m struggling to fully understand why he wants to go fight France. There’s some discussion about an illegitimate claim to the land coming from Hal, but from what I can grasp, there’s no reason to go pick a fight. 

My roommate and I are watching the Branagh version of the movie tonight (which, from what I can tell, will be a massive sausage fest. Naturally, it’s a war movie, so it would be hard not to be), and perhaps I’ll be able to understand some of the arcs once I have that for basis. Until then, I’m stuck trying to figure out why Falstaff is dead…and why I feel torn up about that fact.