all the rain falls down, amen, on the works of last year’s man
special children + “last year’s man” for rem’s milestone celebration: day 2, sciencenatural / special children
botanical meanings below the cut!
ansem - thorn apple - disguise
andy - fern - magic, enchantment, confidence, sincerity
lily - anemone - forsaken, sickness, anticipation, undying love, eternal peace
scott - wormwood - absence, bitter sorrow
max - Black-eyed Susan - justice
azazel - thistle - nobility, endurance, warning
ava - brugmansia - vivacity, vibrancy, health, danger
jake - protea - courage, transformation, daring, resourcefulness
sam - sweetbriar - simplicity, a wound to heal
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Okay. Wow. Okay. So. Max Miller has a new video out revisiting garum, the ancient roman fish sauce/condiment, because he finally had the time and space (especially space) to properly ferment some garum himself in the roman style. And it's all very cool, and go watch it. But. I have to mention this, because it's fantastic and I nearly threw up, and I want other people to suffer with me. He has a lovely little quote from the 1st century roman poet Marcus Manilius describing the process of making garum (which is, again, fermented fish juice made in salt), and it's fantastically horrid:
“Their inward parts melt and issue forth as a stream of decomposition … Here a precious exudate flows out, which vomits up the flower of the gore, and mixed with salt, balances taste in the mouth.”
Astronomica, Marcus Manilius
Now. I don't know who translated that to English, and how much they were embellishing in their turn, but whatever combination of original poet and later translator put that sequence of words together in that order, that is horrendous, no notes, absolutely excellent job. I nearly threw up. Good god.
I just want people to suffer with me. What a spectacular sequence of utterly horrifying words.
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1x14 // 12x04
Max calm down...We just wanna talk.
Magda, stop! You don't have to do this. You could control it. Magda, nobody else has to die. Please!
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Honey Fritters
Jaune walks out of the shared JNPR kitchen, a proud smile on his face as he presents a plate of honey fritters for the rest of his team.
Jaune: “Hey everyone, I made us all honey fritters to celebrate the success of our most recent mission!”
With a loud whoop, Nora quickly made her way over and snatched a couple before being followed by a far more sedate Ren who merely grabbed one before ushering Jaune a grateful thanks. Pyrrha grabbed one with a smile, before taking a bite into it and letting out a sudden gasp.
Pyrrha: “Oh my, these are so good that I feel like I can take over an entire kingdom! No, the entire WORLD!”
Jaune: “I know right? I don’t know what it is about these fritters, but they just make me feel like I can just take demolish an entire hierarchy and make a new one!”
Pyrrha: “I guess we’re both of a similar mindset Jaune!”
Jaune: “I guess we are Pyrrha!”
Pyrrha: “HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!”
Jaune: “HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!”
Jaune/Pyrrha: “HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!”
while Jaune and Pyrrha both shared a laugh together, the remaining two members gave them both a wary glance. A nervous laugh bubbled past Nora’s lips, before she turned to Ren with a shaky smile.
Nora: “Eh heh, uh, Ren? You don’t think... you don’t think Jaune and Pyrrha would actually try and go and conquer the entire world? Right?”
Ren: “Nora, I’m going to be completely honest with you: I don’t think it’s a matter of them not trying to do it, I think it’s a matter of if they do it.”
Nora shoots a nervous look over at the still laughing Jaune and Pyrrha, before turning back to Ren with a terrified look on her face.
Nora: “and if they do?”
They both look to see that Jaune and Pyrrha are sharing another laugh, however they both have a dangerous glint in their eyes, their smiles a little too wide, and there was something... off about their laughter. Ren could only grimace, before turning to Nora with the most dead serious look on his face.
Ren: “Then I say we would offer a prayer to anyone who’s either bold enough or dumb enough to stand in their way and hope that they don’t burn everything to the ground in their inevitable conquest...”
Pyrrha: “Say Jaune, what would be the best way to quickly neutralize several key areas of importance to make for an easy battle? Hypothetically speaking?”
Jaune: “Hey it’s funny you should ask that, because I actually have a lot of ideas planned out in regards to that. The first one is based off of-”
Ren: “...And that we stay on their good sides and out of the fucking crossfire.”
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Jaune = Western Roman Empire.
Pyrrha = Eastern Roman Empire.
Another post based out of the Archives of Madness and written between @noneatnonedotcom and I. The post was inspired by the after mentioned honey fritters based off an episode of Tasting History with Max Miller. There’s just something about those fritters that makes you wanna go out and conquer half the world or something.
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I think you just got a shoutout on Tasting History with Max Miller?
I did! In the Robin Hood episode! It was very cool.
I love Max - we emailed for a while before that episode, and hung out at a wine tasting event at the Getty! I may see if I can nudge him into doing something for an upcoming academic book project... :D :D
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