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René-Jacques. Place Pigalle, Paris, 1947

#vintage photography #francophilia

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what about blorbhov from my complicated russian novel though

#feral linguistics tumblr

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From the frocking fabulous wardrobe of Miss Natalie Cole, this bit of 1980's fashion history is from Hindman Auctions.

#vintage fashion #child of the 80s

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#life with chronic illness #this was me with my chronic illness and chronic pain for years even as an adult & even after i had a diagnosis

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Opalescent glass Art Deco sculptures by French artist, Lucille Sevin. 1920s—1930s.

#women's art

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This is some mindless doodling I did months ago (before Ncutis Doctor was announced), I’ve also got a similar doodle page that’s literally just the 12th Doctor. Might share that one day who knows. But this is the sort of thing I do between commissions and other projects.

#madman with a blue box

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Poster I made!

#madman with a blue box

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save me 80s doctor who

#madman with a blue box

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#shakespeare #book porn

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#polls #the accused stood mute and the judge ordered a plea of nolo contendere entered into the record

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If you see this message on your timeline, I wish you unconditional love and great success.

#modern blessings

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Every Shakespeare play in 5 words or less

I guarantee accuracy, not neutrality

All's Well That Ends Well: Helena, sweetie, please respect yourself

Antony and Cleopatra: Everyone's horny and massively jealous

As You Like It: Witty, romantic dorks fleeing tyranny

Comedy of Errors: Bit too Punch & Judy

Coriolanus: Lifelong soldiers aren't great politicians 

Cymbeline: Snow White: the Romantic Thriller

Edward III: Folger Print This Play Challenge 

Hamlet: The OG psychological drama

Henry IV, Part I: Hal & Falstaff's Day Off

Henry IV, Part II: Hal grows up; Falstaff can't 

Henry V: Entirely propaganda but it's great

Henry VI, Part I: "Henry whomst?" - Joan of Arc

Henry VI, Part II: Very fun scheming and politics

Henry VI, Part III: Crooked Dick's wartime origin story

Henry VIII: Featuring the great Doctor Butts

Julius Caesar: Sometimes, there's no right choice.

King John: That Speech makes me sad

King Lear: …Did the clown die, or… ?

Love's Labor's Lost: Flirty, funny, and underrated

Macbeth: Psychological horror, my beloved

Measure for Measure: Depressingly still very relevant 

Merchant of Venice: I'd punch everyone except Jessica 

Merry Wives of Windsor: Falstaff fanfiction! Gaslight gatekeep girlboss

Midsummer Night's Dream: Love, magic, and an ass 

Much Ado about Nothing: Claudio Everyone is so gullible

Othello: Jealousy, insecurity, prejudice. Bad mix. 

Pericles: A 1600s summer blockbuster

Richard II: It's tough to be king

Richard III: Such a fun villain play 

Romeo and Juliet: Senseless hatred dooms everybody, always

Taming of the Shrew: Headcanon: Everyone is grifting Baptista

The Tempest: Fun, but also very colonialist 

Timon of Athens: I am Misanthropos!!! 

Titus Andronicus: Halloween slasher film, Shakes-style

Troilus and Cressida: Love is destroyed by war

Twelfth Night: This play is so bisexual

Two Gentlemen of Verona: Proteus is a Bad Friend

Two Noble Kinsmen: Emilia is ace. Fight me. 

Winter's Tale: Careful - insecurity can ruin lives

#shakespeare

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Hamlet as a D&D paladin.

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#shakespeare #dungeons & dragons #two great tastes that taste great together

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[Un]conscionably, Tolkien's works have been severely underrepresented in the world of Tumblr sexymen. Now is[n't] the time to change that.

On a related note, did you know there is a Sexypedia Wiki? The research I do for these polls continues to surprise.

#polls #one ring to rule them all

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reblog to give the person you reblogged it from a good night’s sleep (maybe)(please)(I’m begging the universe)

#modern blessings

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saw a poll about dry/humid heat and like OBVIOUSLY everyone preferred dry heat but. would love to know what everyone considers to be “too hot”

me personally it’s a hard cutoff at 75°F. don’t need anything more than that thank you 🫶🫶🫶

#polls #72F is perfect #68F for sleeping

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do you boop your paw at us, sir?

#tumblr #shakespeare #two great tastes that taste great together