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hometoursandotherstuff · 4 months

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#necrogamy #history france #weird history #other stuff

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asitrita · 1 year

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French king Louis XIV as Jupiter hunting the Spanish lion (embodiment of Spain), engraving by Pieter van Schuppen after drawing by Charles Le Brun (1659). Next to Jupiter there’s a soldier with the emblem of the Holy Roman Empire, allied of France against Spain at the time, and on the background there’s Poseidon carrying England’s arms. Funnily enough, Louis sought to adapt the Spanish courtly model to French circumstances and context, making the French court adopt the Spanish model (he was also the son of Spanish princess Ana de Austria, Queen of France).

#spain #history france #españa #historia #grabado #?#paintings #i was just searching for the friggin spanish lion everyone seems to have forgoten about #and i found this #quiero que vuelva el michi u.u #me gustan los toros eeeh????#pero me gusta más el michi XD #also #yet another reason to hate the french #yeah :)

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die-rosastrasse · 2 months

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Analogues I took at Versailles last Summer

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lionofchaeronea · 5 months

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Green Wheat Fields, Auvers, Vincent van Gogh, 1890

#art #art history #Van Gogh #Vincent van Gogh #landscape #landscape painting #landscape art #Auvers #France #Post-Impressionism #Dutch art #19th century art #oil on canvas #National Gallery of Art

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avaisdramatic · 25 days

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Putting this comment on here because I feel like I’m actually going insane…

It seems like nobody in the comments even watched the video, complaining about how paying for content is difficult in this economy, like, that's why they are doing this! They cannot continue to make the content they want for free based on ads and sponsors alone. If you have paid attention to the "Making Watcher"s of recent years, their company is not, and has not been profitable. They are so dependent on advertisers for funding that it is becoming a restriction to the content they want to make (y'a know, like Buzzfeed was), so they had to find a solution. I don't know why you all seem to think you are entitled to free content, I understand not everyone can afford it but Watcher doesn't owe you content personally. Frankly, I doubt they wanted to put their content behind a paywall, but if it's that or not make content at all, of course they are going to try to find a solution. So no, they aren't "turning into Buzzfeed” because the massive problem with Buzzfeed was its restrictions on creative freedom and exploitation of its workers. If Watcher wants to produce fulfilling content that gives their editors, designers, producers, etc full creative freedom and a livable wage, this is the best option. If you want them to pay their workers the bare minimum and tailor their content to advertiser interests just so you can watch it for free, that's fine. Just don't pretend that they are some evil media mega-corporation and you are the anti-capitalist shining hero for saying it. You don't have to like it, and you don't have to continue to support them, but don't try to shame and demonize them for making an already difficult decision.

Many of you DO have an understanding of the difficult position our current economic system puts people in because you have experienced it, but you are so unable to extend that understanding beyond your own point of view. Look past yourself for a moment and think critically, and maybe you will understand their perspective. Much love for all of the talented people within Watcher who are doing their best.

And just to add, their format going forward is almost IDENTICAL to CollegeHumor-Dropout's streaming service format (even down to the free premieres and advocating for sharing accounts with friends), which most people praise to high heaven as "the only ethical streaming service." As a huge fan of both companies the stark difference in response here is actually astounding...

#watcher #watcher entertainment #watcher tv #shane madej #ryan bergara #steven lim #ghost files #mystery files #puppet history #survival mode #too many spirits #dropout #I don’t know how to explain that 6 dollars a month is like getting cheap coffee twice a month these are not 18th century France level taxes

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illustratus · 10 months

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