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RENEGADE NELL 1.05 | Excuse Me, I'm a Doctor

#renegade nell

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VAN HELSING (2004) screenplay / dir. Stephen Sommers

#van helsing #dracula

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Little Women (2019) | The Good Place (2016-2020)

#little women #the good place #😭😭😭

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ARYA STARK AND THE GODS ❦ BOURNE FOR THE GOD OF DEATH

Thirty different gods stood along the walls, surrounded by their little lights. The Weeping Woman was the favorite of old women, Arya saw; rich men preferred the Lion of Night, poor men the Hooded Wayfarer. Soldiers lit candles to Bakkalon, the Pale Child, sailors to the Moon-Pale Maiden and the Merling King. The Stranger had his shrine as well, though hardly anyone ever came to him. Most of the time only a single candle stood flickering at his feet. The kindly man said it did not matter. "He has many faces, and many ears to hear."

The Many-Faced God, also known as Him of Many Faces, is a deity worshipped by the Faceless Men, a guild of assassins established in the Free City of Braavos. The tale of the guild's beginnings centers around a figure of unknown origins, the first Faceless Man, who heard the prayers of the slaves to their various gods of death and came to conclude they all prayed to the same god "with a hundred different faces", the Many-Faced God, and that he was "that god's instrument".

This belief came to be reflected in the Guild's temple, which has a large public sanctuary that contains idols of thirty death gods. The religious order refills its pool of black water with a poison, so that drinking from it leads to a painless death. Visiting worshippers light candles to their god, then drink from the fountain using a stone cup, then go lie in one of the alcoves. Others take advantage of special alcoves, called "dreaming couches", which have special candles that bring visions of the past, for a sweet and gentle death.

Followers of Him of Many Faces consider death to be part of the natural order of things and a merciful end to suffering. The guild will agree to kill anyone in the known world, for a price, considering this contract to be a sacrament of their god. The price is always high or dear, but within means of the person if they are willing to make the sacrifice. The cost of their services also depends on the prominence and security of the target.

The High Valyrian words associated with the cult and its assassins are valar morghulis, or "all men must die", and its traditional response, valar dohaeris, or "all men must serve". This philosophy runs deep. Members are made to forsake their identities for the service of the Many-Faced God, and may only assassinate targets they have been hired to kill. They are not allowed to choose who is worthy of the "gift" by themselves.

#arya stark #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #house stark

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"We flatter our men with our pain. We bow before them. We make ourselves dolls for their amusement. We lose our dignity in corsets and high shoes and gossip and the slavery of marriage. And our reward for this service? The back of the hand, the face turned to the pillow, the bloody, aching cunt as you force us onto your beds to take your fat, heaving bodies!"

PENNY DREADFUL S02E08

#penny dreadful #brona croft #goticgirl

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Jealousy, jealousy will drive you mad.

#hilda furacao #hilda furacão #rodrigo santoro #frei malthus

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Not even a priest who proudly claims to love humanity, who lives for humanity. Do you doubt me?

#hilda furacao #hilda furacão #hilda muller #frei malthus #ana paula arosio #rodrigo santoro #iconicos

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I must warn you, Sister, I shall visit at every available opportunity. THE BORGIAS | 1.09 Nessuno (Nobody)

#the borgias #lucrezia borgia #cesare borgia #cesare x lucrezia

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ALICENT HIGHTOWER in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022-)

#alicent hightower #house of the dragon #nice

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When she said that, it felt as though a giant hand were squeezing her chest. 

#arya stark #catelyn stark #catelyn tully #arya x cat #house stark #asoiaf #canonarya #canoncatelyn

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ARYA STARK + stand-ins (insp.)

#asoiaf #a song of ice and fire #arya stark #alys karstark #ygritte #jeyne poole #willow heddle #canonarya

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THE BORGIAS (2011-2013)

#the borgias #borgia #lucrezia borgia

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SIUAN SANCHE + channelling

#the wheel of time #wheel of time #siuan sanche #sophie okonedo #wot

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MARIA DOYLE KENNEDY as ILA in THE WHEEL OF TIME S1 “What greater revenge against violence than peace? What greater revenge against death than life?”

#the wheel of time #wheel of time #maria doyle kennedy #ila #wot

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THE GILDED AGE, 2x01, “You Don’t Even Like Opera” (2023)

#the gilded age

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THE WORLD STANDS WITH PALESTINE 🇵🇸

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the gilded age + the best of agnes van rhijn (01.05 & 01.06)

#the gilded age #agnes van rhijn #an icon