#i cant believe ive made it this far!!

[hyrulesunflower]

LINKTOBER- day 23 CHILDREN

"YEAAAAAAAAHHHHHH"- the Killer Bees (who i quote daily)

#i can hear that kids voice in my head..... but its funny #wind waker #linktober 2023 #day's linktober #i cant believe ive made it this far!! #also if you're there splatoonlink i love you #you rb my art every time and you are my favorite mutual ever and ily

[oncefutureemrys]

The Beginning and the end...

1x01 // 5x13

#merlin #bbc merlin #arthur pendragon #merthur #merthur gifs #merthur edits #merlin gifs #merlin edits #sanj's gifs and edits #a quick little edit i made #damn does it hurt #love how the first scene they meet #theyre so guarded and standing far from each other #and then in the death merlin is literally cradling arthur's dead body #wholesome shit right here #cant believe we're still waiting for this dumbass to come back #anyways #ive done a lot of editing today #making up for lost time it seems

[skitskatdacat63]

2005 United States Grand Prix - aka Tiago Montiero having the best day of his life and everybody else having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

#Idk why I gifed this I just thought it'd be funny yknow #also ive already posted for every grand prix so far so even tho this race is an absolute shitshow i might as well #so yeah i moreso made this gifset for continuity and archival reasons rather than any actual passion for the race itself #i think i watched like half or more of the race but there rly was no point so i skipped to the post-race #i still cant believe they actually let this happen #only six drivers???? and the three teams were ferrari and the two backmarker teams??? actually insane #the best part of this race was the commentators absolutely going off and they kept calling it a farce #but yknow what? good for tiago! #(oh yeah btw this is the last post before my posting 'schedule' changes since my semester is resuming on monday) #(ive tended to post at like 4-6 am bcs of my horrible sleep schedule) #(and hopefully ill be able to keep up the one race a day grind and if so ill prob post in the evening instead!) #(that prob doesnt rly matter to anyone but i personally care about consistently posting so i thought i should at least mention that) #michael schumacher #rubens barrichello #tiago montiero #jenson button #2005 united states gp #we do a little bit of f1 #f1 #formula 1 #(2005: 9/19 races watched)

[fruitybashir]

first of all your writing is amazing and i am in love with your fic.

also i cant believe this is gonna be the last proper chapter? guess it's time for my last weekly pre-update holiday reread... what will i do with my saturdays and sundays from now on....

also throughout all the ups and downs these two idiots have had in the fic i've been sooo certain that it's gonna end up being all good and they are gonna end up together but your tumblr hints have been DIABOLICAL (in a good way!) and have really made me feel anxiety about fictional characters and that has not happened for a long while so good job !!

cant wait to read the last chapter!

well ..... i do like to be a little tease <3

#hashtag welcome to my twisted mind etc #and thank you so much!!! 😭😭💖💖💖 i cant believe ive made it this far and so many people love this fic thank you so so much for #your mind words 🫶🏻💖💖 #inbox #anonymous

[snekdood]

me, on the one hand: its weird to gatekeep people identifying with characters just bc they don't share their same race

also me, upon watching a video of someone wanting the saiyans to be in ssj form 24/7: you just want them to be blonde with blue eyes all the time bc you're mad that otherwise you can't project on to them since they're likely asian 🙄

#ig these aren't mutually exclusive stances but still #in fact if anything it bolsters my former stance bc why tf cant you just identify with them as they are #anyways ive been holding this back bc of whiney people on here but yes i kin with bruno from encanto and theres nothing you can do #to stop me. #if i relate to him in every other way ASIDE from being fuckin colombian then thats a very stupid and arbitrary line to draw im sorry and #i also dont care about your weird gatekeeping #its almost like familial abuse isnt restricted to ones race and also race is fake but anyways #fuck your weird ''white' people cant imprint on these characters' shit like. you're literally trying to stop ppl from seeing themselves #in other races. how tf do you think thats beneficial to stopping racism like AT ALL? #me when i hate when 'white' ppl put themselves in my shoes and try to empathize with me #me when i reinforce the racial binary and act like its real and not made up by white supremacists and pretend im not contributing #to white supremacists' delusion that race is real #theres literally a woman who would conventionally be recognized as white in the movie but ig gingers cant imprint on her at all or w/e #bc they dont speak spanish or something idk. is it about skin tones? bc babe give me a couple of days on the beach and ill look like bruno #dsjhfsvdhjvgfhdsvhgdf #and no i dont believe you if you try to say that the abuse he faced was somehow unique to colombian culture or something. #if anything that kinda abuse was prolly passed down from europeans who colonized the lands so i have even MORE of a reason #to feel like i can identify w it since im mostly of 'european' decent ._. #at least as far as ik. #('european' is in quotation marks bc its a place w a lot of different types of people some of which aren't recognized as white by #some white supremacists even and idk what im mixed with so)

[4lonso]

just accepted my uni offer AAAAAAAAAA

#im waiting for it to be processed bow BUT IM SO HAPPY LIKE IM SHAKING #i cant believe ive made it this far in life in actaull6 gonna cry #maddi rambles

[olli-online]

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#finishes a happy show abt love by uncontrollably sobbing because imso fundamentally broken and past the point of being fixed that i cannot #love and receive love and dont feel at all deserving of even doing so #i cant trust fhat people love me itll always be in the back of my mind that its fake that its all a lie i cant accept that anybody could #believing that the only way someone could love me is if they were manipulated into doing so and imholding someone captive with the brutality #of who i am. i wish love made me sweet ans gentle and kind #its like ive locked away all thelove i have in a box but its rotting away and irs making that box heavy ans idk if i can carry it anymore #nevermind someone else. i dont want to crush ppl and suffocate them and yet its all ive ever been able to do #one day iwill find acceptance in being undeserving of it all but for now ill just continue to want and long and yearn #i hate desiring what i cannot have. i wish i was being hyperbolic. i wish i could just say its an episodebut i cant #ivelocked myself so far away out of reach that i dont think i coukd bring it back even if i desperately wanted to #it would be better if i had no love to give but its not true. i have so much love to give but no one id want to subject to carrying it #ishould sleep #anyway ghe show was nice before igot in my own head

[thewarnerbrothers]

Hi! I was the one who wanted to make a playlist for Your weremafia Yax fic and then totally forgot to send it to you T.T

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5AFAWNVrNe74wLQPdCrgDN

That's the ne please tell me if you want to add or remove any songs I'm not sure how accurate it is <3

OMFG?

GRABBING YOU FOR A DANCE RIGHT NOW, THIS IS REALLY SWEET AND I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH HAFASDJTHGSJDSFA

the playlist is yours, add and remove from it as you please! i won't try to control what you do with it

#asks #yax asks #just-ami-pls #fave #ive only listened to part of it so far but theres some bangers here #gonna put some in my own weremafia vibes playlist #this gave me such a boost of motivation to keep writing the current chapter which is long as hell #i still cant believe you made a whole playlist kjdasdhdfjsfdfd this is awesome #now to make the warners go insane #rip and tear even

[mejomonster]

i have... a penchant... for getting really into books which are out of print. not cause they’re like first editions or collectibles or whatever the fuck (i went to an antique book show recently and was SO pissed there was like 50 Alice in Wonderlands, but no 1900 printed french books you couldn’t even find in pdfs online... in fact, no foreign language books at all what the fuck :c... and 2 gone with the winds, 50 lord of the rings... like i get it, the target audience of an antique show is maybe? idk people collecting expensive books? but for me? the point was to find out of print old books that may never have been digitized. thank the universe for archive.org there’s so many 1800s learn japanese, 1900s learn chinese books with different versions of romanization and then later different amounts of character simplification, theres the ‘nature method’ textbooks that i’ve only seen back in print very recently and only for a few languages and probably only cause nerds like me can’t shut up about them, there’s so many BOOKS i’m into that just... :c good fucking luck finding them if not for the kind efforts of archivists or random chance)

#rant #like. god even kamikaze girls??? a RECENT novel. a novel with a MOVIE #and its like... seems to have only had one print run or whatever #u can find it used. sometimes. thats it #and like ive been trying to find novalas other novels? hhaha i cant even find them used. they're out of stock. #and then like. there's this AMAZING japanese book called Japanese in 40 Hours. #a HERO made a video series of the chapters on youtube i recommend looking at it. and its on archive.org thank fuck #but its basically i think the BEST sparksnotes basic primer for western speakers to begin learning japanese #its quick. it gives a solid foundation of grammar and word endings before throwing u into kana. and its faster paced then a LOT of modern #books ive used. #theres a chinese book called Chinese Grammar by the Nature Method. #i believe the author is Thimm. it was published in like 1929. it is all #traditional characters. its like 300 very compact pages. its a very beautiful small book. #it has a HUGE hanzi dictionary in the back. it is THOROUGH in its grammar explanations and SO easy to understand. #its my favorite chinese grammar book by far. and the sheer VOLUME of words in it #make it a good overall book #not just for grammar but also words. the only weird thing is the old romanization system but once u recognize the hanzi u can #match them to modern pinyin you know better. and just? it is SUCH a good book #even with the outdated bits (like NIN used a lot and le pronounced liao in a lot of spots we'd now use le) #and its out of print. its another book i think i found on archive.org then wanted a print copy of

[youraveragemushroom]

‘….’

#i dont think im made for love because i fall into devotion too quick #it becomes worship i exalt before i fall or whatever and i set myself up for failure every time #self fulfilling prophecy and all that the usual #but i cant bare to actually imagine love in a reciprocal way #i feel like thats why i find myself ending up heartbroken by the best people #because they are the best and i have to ruin it bc i cant stand to let myself be happy #or more than that i cant imagine fathom believe whatever that someone could actually want me #and i get it im in the same boat buddy #and tbh idk if i even want someone to like me rn or if im just starved for attention #bc ik i cant offer anything real or substantion rn probably ever #thats the thing about devotion right i was born into some beliefs i cant shake #and nobody deserves to be second on someones list only beaten by the most contentious relationships i have #number 1 will always be whoever makes me cry the most ive come to realise #i spent a minute contemplating using the american vs british spelling of realize #this is the kind of neuroticism that straddles the line between quirky and unpleasent #unfortunately i dont have the pretty privilege to get away with being a great value manic pixie dream girl #which whatever i feel like im too anxious and self aware to be that carefree #but that doesnt mean i dont want the noise to fade to a gentle static #the last time it was quiet in my head it was when i could see a veritable sea of stars #next year i might spend the day in the woods or a field far out on the other side of texas #ill find the right time to see the right stars ill try to come back to see the ones i saw before #the universe collapsing in on itself thats what it feels like to be alive #but when i look up and i see the twinkling lights it settles the restless creature within me #stops it from clawing at the walls of my heart #it nestles in the thicket of my aortas and ventricles #it settles and finds temporary solace looking up at the stars with me #the stardust in my veins the one i share with every living creature a byproduct of being a child of the universe #it sings a song to us matching amplification but in antiphase to leave us in silence #well i wouldnt call it silence because thats the vaccuum of space #maybe its serenity maybe we find equilibrium in contextualization

[whis--ker]

Not like there's anything to do about it now. Best to just move on and hope it doesn't happen again.

#um #cw gore #cw body horror #cw nudity #artistic nudity #i suppose #my art #my artwork #rambling in the tags #rambling starts here you can leave if u want #woe edgy vent art be upon ye #yeah this is just about a whole lotta everything #posting this here first instead of on twitter because im waiting for glaze to download sigh #i love finishing a piece then immediately slapping 12 filter layers onto it #chromatic aberration my love #um this might actually be my favourite piece ive made so far. #cant believe i drew myself nakey but hey artistic expression demands it #yeah thats me. youre probably wondering how i ended up in this situation

[tired-momfriend]

Lol I said something that I thought was right (but apparently isn't) and my friend corrected me in a rude way in front of a bunch of people who I'd just met, subsequently making me look stupid when I was just misinformed

I'm gonna sell everything I own and flee the country 👋👋

#it was about the effectiveness of blue blocker glasses #for context ive had blue blocker glasses since i started college because ever since i started being on the compjter 24/7 my eyesight TANKED #so my eyedoctor recommended blue blocker lenses #this was a couple of years ago like 2019 #i remember doing research about it and a bunch of sources were like they help theyre good #so i tried them and i didnt hate them so i kept them #and it made some colors of the world a little easier on my eyes so i assumed they worked (bright lights trigger migraines for me) #but apparently recently theres a bunch of research about theyre ineffectiveness which flew over my head #so when me and someone id just met were talking about glasses i just said i have blueblockers and that there was research supporting them #and he swooped up and called me stupid without calling me stupid if that makes sense #it was kind of demeaning how hed said it #like 'anyone else id look down on and judge them for believing that crap but since its you ill just assume you didnt research :)' #like dude come on #were adults about this you dont have to treat me like a stupid kid just because i didnt know something #idk im still thinking about it and im still embarrassed about how it went down #and like 5 seconds later i was on my phone and he was like 'ugh i cant believe youre looking it up right now' when i wasnt #idk it just made me feel down and lower than everyone #im already struggling with not feeling good enough or smart enough and like im falling so far behind everyone else around me #some people already look down on me for everything #this was just another cherry on top of the stupid sundae #so many people in my life call me stupid to my face and blatantly look down on me #whether it be my choices or my inability to pick up on social cues or jokes or something #not even to get into how i look and how im treated in that regard #it just kinda hurts cause hes a friend and hes never looked down on me or tried to embarrass me before #i even sacrificed a lot so i could help him keep his stupid club from dying #idk im just really tired lately and im probably way overthinking it but i just dont like how that situation made me feel #im not going to talk to him about it because i know he didnt think twice about it and he probably didnt intend to hurt me or belittle me #it just made me feel like a stupid hick

[latetaektalk]

love to hate you | jjk [viii, preview]

“when obnoxiously rich and spoiled frat boy jeon jungkook comes up to you one day and asks you to fake date him for money, you definitely should have said no. because before you knew it, you were going on insta dates with him and having lunch with his equally obnoxiously rich and spoiled friends.”

— genre: fratboy! AU, fake dating! AU, college! AU, rich kid! AU, enemies to lovers! AU, angst, fluff, sexual themes (later chapters)

— pairing: jungkook x female reader

— word count: estimated 100k for the entire series, 970 for this preview

— warnings: none for this preview

— playlist: to be added

— a/n: i cant believe we've gotten this far into the story. we're slowly but surely nearing the end and i hope you guys will have as much fun reading this as i did writing it bc this is by far my favourite chapter ive written so far for those two idiots <3

— find it here

Oh.

Your friends followed your gaze.

Jungkook had his backpack strapped to his shoulder and the red scarf wrapped around his neck. It shouldn’t be possible. You were technically too far for you to properly see, but you saw it—the tension in his shoulders, the strain in his nape, the deep knit between his brows. He was…. annoyed. It was new to you. For a moment, you almost expected to find Narae walking behind him, bugging him, hot on his trail. It would explain it to you, and you would just simply walk over there and pull him to your table. Just like that, you would ease the knit between your brows, take the tension out of his shoulders and neck-

But it wasn’t Narae. 

It was Taehyung. 

He said something to Jungkook that made him roll his eyes. Jungkook didn’t seem to want to respond, shaking his head and waving his hand around, an attempt to end the conversation. But Taehyung wasn’t so kind, going on, even taking hold of his shoulder.

“Someone is in a mood,” Namjoon mumbled, cringing.

“What are they talking about, Y/N?” Jimin asked, looking at you, and you stared right back at him, frowning.

“How would I know?”

“You’re his girlfriend.”

“So?”

“Go find out.”

“What? I just walk up to them and say,” you raised your voice a few pitches, “‘Oh my God, hi, you guys are clearly fighting. Care to share?’ Is that what you want?”

Jimin blinked, shrugging. “Sure, that would work.”

“You’re so ridiculous, Jimin,” you hissed, touching a hand to your forehead. “That wouldn’t work.”

“Of course, it would. Kook’s absolutely obsessed-”

“Oh my God, shut up,” Chaeyoung hissed, slapping Jimin. “They’re looking!”

“You guys are always so loud,” Hoseok sighed, and you sent him a glare because no, you don’t! It’s just Jimin!

But they were right. Taehyung and Jungkook were both looking at you, their conversation having come to an end. When you met his gaze, Jungkook’s face contorted into something else, features twitching. You couldn’t pinpoint what it was, but it wasn’t the usual. He didn’t soften in the way you were used to when he would see you. And when you tried a smile, Jungkook struggled to return it. You felt shot, and your smile faltered.

But Jimin didn’t sense it at all, wildly waving his hand around, gesturing for the two to come this way. And as if it wasn’t more obvious, he yelled it too, “Hey, Tae and Kook! Come join us!”

Jisoo sighed, “He’s such an idiot.”

Chaeyoung and Hoseok shrugged, as if to say well, it’s Jimin. They were right, it was just Jimin being himself, unaware and impulsive. Namjoon didn’t have any words, shaking his head. 

Jungkook and Taehyung looked at each other, exchanging a few words before the latter glanced at his watch and shook his head. He had to go. Taehyung placed his hand on Jungkook’s shoulder, whispering something into his ear. You must have imagined it but it looked like he glanced in your direction. But before you could think about it, Taehyung headed in the same direction he had previously come from, and Jungkook slowly made his way over, not meeting your eyes once.

“What were you arguing about?” Jimin asked when Jungkook stood in front of you, and you watched him grip the strap of his backpack, the skin over his knuckles stretching thin.

“Jimin!” Jisoo hissed, punching him. 

“Ow!”

“Right, yeah, of course, you’d ask,” he smiled. “It’s fine.”

Jungkook said it with a laugh, but it was all wrong. 

“We weren’t arguing.” 

And as if it wasn’t enough, Jungkook put on his brightest and biggest smile. He showed it to everyone. Like a stone plunged into the deep sea, your heart sank. You had seen it before, that smile. It had decorated his lips during the Halloween party when you first walked in, or when you had first hurt his feelings while you had gone costume shopping. 

Namjoon and you looked at each other shortly, both of you sensing it. 

“Is everything-”

“Well, it looked like you were,” Jimin mumbled, accidentally interrupting Namjoon. He waited for Jungkook to budge and cave under his gaze, but when he wouldn’t, he shrugged. “Come sit.”

Maybe he could feel your burning gaze on him, but Jungkook finally glanced in your direction. If only for a second, so very brief. But it dug into your heart and split it open, gutted you and left you utterly empty. You had seen him just yesterday, picked out your dress together, parted ways this morning a few hours ago, and now he seemed like another person. He looked so sad, sad in a way you hadn’t seen before. You didn’t think that any emotion close to that had ever crossed his features, not in your presence at least. It was so new and surprising to you—because somehow in your mind, you had forgotten he had the ability to feel… upset—you froze.

“I’m sorry, I have to go,” Jungkook said, nailing that same smile back onto his lips as before. “But I’ll see you guys around.”

And before any of you could protest, he was gone, back turned to your table and heading into the crowd. 

“Well, that was… weird,” Chaeyoung said, pointing out the elephant in the room. And as if she had said your name, everyone turned to you for some kind of answer.

You blinked back at them. “Yeah, I-I don’t know.”

There was another beat of silence before ultimately your friends shrugged.

“Maybe it’s just not a good day?” Hoseok proposed, and they were all quick to agree, moving on. And though you didn’t voice it, you knew it wasn’t that. It couldn’t just be that. 

You knew it was about you. It had to be.

find it here

#jungkook angst #jungkook fluff #jungkook x reader #jungkook scenarios #jungkook fanfic #bts scenarios #bts x reader #bts angst #bts fluff #linh.preview

[tannieastrology]

Solar Return Observations💋❤️🌹

💋This year I have a Virgo Ascendant in my solar return along with 2 Venus returns and Ive been so much more health/beauty focused. Like I care more about myself and am trying to break bad habits that I made in 2023. Im also alot more driven in sports/goals and back when I had this in 2020 I was also into skincare and makeup alot too and was into running and working out. I feel like the year you get a virgo ascendant for your solar return is the year to cleanse bad habits that youve made in the previous year its like a chance to start new.

💋The year you have Uranus in the 11th house is most likely a year where you will lose friends but will also get the chance to make new ones. I had Uranus and North Node in my 11th house last year and my 3 year long friend who claimed we were “besties” backstabbed me and cut me off with no explanation BUT I also found a friendgroup who are here to stay and am incredibely blessed to have met them. This was a year where my view on society and people changed significantly but i feel it was for the better.

💋Last year I had Sun and Pluto in the 8th house along with Moon and Mars in the 12th. I struggled really bad with my mental health(also a Gemini Rising) and my whole personality shifted from these experiences. From January my grandma almost died of cancer, I faced unrequited love, bullying from “friends”, losing friends, and overall felt pressure from school. I was just sensitive to what people said about me and let little things bother me and now that Im looking back none of it was a big deal but I dont know in the moment it affected me way too much. It made me realize that you cant ever really put your faith in people and that you need to trust and respect yourself the most. That you cant be attached to people and your faith should be put in god (atleast thats what I think). Most of the pain came from lowself esteem and I do believe that these placements made me grow a thicker skin and to become more independant. Im a completely different person now and while I did lose my innocence to the world I feel that I can survive on my own now. I guess I just grew a backbone which im really thankful for.

💋Everything that happened last year (like growth transformation death) is all related to the 8th house which is where gemini is in my natal so also keep that in mind where your solar ascendant falls in your natal.

💋This year I have a Moon in Libra in the 1st house and a Virgo Lilith exactly conjunct my ascendant and Ive been getting so much praise from woman its weird? Weirdly guys have been liking my instagram stories and when I posted on my birthday so many people came and viewed my story who dont even follow me. I also feel more pretty and empowered this year and Ive been trying to figure out how I want to present myself more. Compared to last year I feel like I am more upfront with my feelings. I feel like this year I might not struggle as much since im a Libra Ascendant and my solar return is Virgo and almost aligns with my natal chart.

💋My sadness and pain from my 2023 solar return actually really did last until my birthday aka my 2024 return😭 So keep in note that solar returns will remain effective until your next birthday.

💋I have Pluto, Mars, Sun, Vertex, Mercury, and POF, all in the 5th house this year and Im really hoping I can finally meet someone to date for the first time but so far its manifested as being more interested in hobbies/ having fun. Im not complaining tho I actually have been so much happier and I havent cried that much at all from this new Solar Return. I will say I feel like having Pluto in the 5th house will make your view change a bit on relationships. I lost feelings for my 3 year crush and I also feel like its impossible for me to properly catch feelings now. I dont know its like I broke the cycle of infatuting crushes and am way more realistic when it comes to love. Part of it is probably just me getting older but I think thats a good thing. I dont expect love like the movies anymore but i just want something REAL.

💋The year you have 8th house Venus a old flame might come back into your life.

💋Tell me why I have Jupiter, North Node, and Chiron in the 8th house this year and ive been attracting money/all the things i want so easily? I got almost $450 for my birthday, a vanity, a lulu bag, and a big party and its only been like 2 weeks😭

💋 When I turn 18 in 2026 I have a stellium of Venus, Mercury, Sun, Mars, and Pluto in the 12th SOOO im predicting that I might be struggling with mental health that year, probably lost in where I want to head after high school, or Im either hiding sum secret love affair(8th house ruler of libra in 12) or like something about it is forbidden/ secretive. I also do have Moon and Jupiter in Cancer in the 5th house that year so that should be interesting lol. Let me know what aspects/ placements in your future solar returns yall find interesting and have down in the comments I wanna see.

💋A Saggitarius Ascendant/ 9th placements might mean that you get opportunity to travel

💋Having Lilith in the 2nd house might mean that you struggle with eating consistently or might struggle with self worth and body image.

💋Venus in the 4th house will be a year where you try to improve your home and find comfort in familial relationships

💋Look at transits to your solar return too theyll give you a deeper dive in whats going on you can look on astroseek.

💋12th house placements will make you inclined to find god

💋On November 16 2021 I caught feelings bad for this guy and I would go on to like him for a long time. Near that time I had a Venus Return and also a transit Solar Return with a 7th house stellium(Sun,Mars,Mercury,Moon in Libra/Scorpio). I was around this guy 24/7 and it just unexpectedly happened. Near that time Iwas having so much fun with my friends in cross country I feel so fond about those days that I could never forget.

💋 Last year having a Gemini Rising but placements like Mars and Moon in the 12th made me get talked about unknowingly behind my back so keep that in mind. Girls secretly hated me and also one of my “friends” twisted my words and spread drama about me.

💋Pay special attention to Chiron and where it is in your chart ESPECIALLY if its in retrograde

Anyways I hope yall enjoyed this was very last minute and I know people have been complaining about there not being enough Solar Return observations so here I am lol. See yall next time💋

#astrology #astrology observations #solar return #my observations

[peasantexchangeprogram]

helloo since we're on the topic: top historical fiction (or adjacent) ? can be any time period I just really love your taste in shows/games/etc and am always on the lookout for history inspired media !

thank you!!! im rly glad im like. inspiring other ppl to engage w things im insane abt hudofajsdfdassfsad. anyways. i will probably expand that list bc i literally forgot every single thing i ever read. also i havent watched that many movies so far

ancient times: i havent really watched a lot of movies/series set in ancient times so far :(

rome HBO (2005-2007) (tv series) - OF COURSE. i personally think its one of the best series ever made. they combine political, miliatry history with the lives of every day people in an incredible way. they never let you once engage with the series through modern lenses. according to my teacher (a historian, archeologist & self described 'romaphile') its incredibly historically accurate, mostly the clothing, set designs, characterization, military practices, etc. except for the things they straight up made up, of course.

i really enjoyed gladiator (2000), i think its a masterpiece.

prince of egypt (1998) i guess?

all the asterix movies of course, all the animated ones and most of the live actions. but i wouldnt really call it historical fiction

ok i havent actually finished watching it for now but sebastiane (1976) - an erotic, x rated, gay interpretation of the martyrdom of st sebastian. its in latin also.

wait i cant believe i forgor about assassin's creed odyssey - so far the only one ive played. its so fun and incredibly immersive visually. especially pour moi who cries into the pillow about how ill never experience the ancient world. also you can b a faggot which is always fun. i have things to say about their portrayal of same-sex sexuality and slavery in classical greece but i get why they did that considering its supposed to like. appeal to a lot of people, and a more "historically accurate" portrayal (for example of pederasty or how common slavery was etc.) would b v difficult for a lot of their target audience. alas.

medieval and early modern era:

the name of the rose (1986) - my medieval history teacher literally showed us bits of this movie to teach us about monasteries and monks fhdosiasdjasd.

the borgias (2011-2013) - incredibly messy, lots of political intrigue, and so so fun to watch. about the history of the borgia family. filled to the brim with drama.

the three musketeers (1993) - my favorite adaptation, also coincidentally the one i grew up on. casting tim curry as richelieu was genius. he slays so hard.

i also like bbc's the musketeers (2014-2016) - a neat little series. very fun and entertaining to watch.

outlaw king (2018) - like i dont think most ppl heard of this movie. its about robert the bruce's fight to reclaim the throne of scotland. starring chris pine

vikings (2013-2020) - its fun. i havent watched the entire series tho. dont expect anything resembling historical accuracy

the northman (2022) - you will see something resembling historical accuracy

mihai viteazul (michael the brave) (1971) - a fun movie. very much romanian propaganda tho.

1670 (2023-) - such a fun series!!! incredible cast, shows respect to the actual history and the lives of historical people. really cute and funny.

caravaggio (1986) - a biopic about caravaggio.

wait i also forgor about pentiment - an intriguing, immersive, and incredibly beautiful video game! it has a lot of 'the name of the rose' vibes, with it being a medieval murder mystery taking place in a monastery. its incredibly touching and made me cry, and in the last few years i very rarely cry. also im 99% sure its an indie game? go support the creators!

vaguely-medieval/early modern fantasy:

mirror mirror (2012) - a retelling of snow white. a very fun movie imo, with incredible costume design. julia roberts plays the evil queen and she SLAYS. armie hammer is unfortunately in that movie.

stardust (2007) - one of my fave movies growing up. more modern-inspired but still.

the green knight (2021) - controversial i know but i actually loved this movie! i liked it both as a standalone movie but moreso as a 21st century adaptation to sir gawain and the green knight.

galavant (2015-2016) - !!!!!!! one of the most series ever! they manage to tackle such difficult concepts and conversations with a hilarious wit. so fun to watch. i listen to a lot of the songs still, and rewatch every once in a while.

disenchantment (2018-2023) - very fun to watch, especially the first season.

i also really liked the novel uprooted by naomi novik. its a polish-inspired fantasy.

modern era:

killers of the flower moon (2023) - of course. a masterpiece

aferim! (2015) - a romanian movie set in 19th century wallachia, about two officers, a father and son, who were sent by a nobleman to retrieve an escaped enslaved romani man. a lot of the people in the comments were calling the movie humorous and funny, maybe im missing smth (as im watching with subtitles n dont understand the original language) but it was a very difficult watch for me??

the handmaiden (2016) - need i say more

black sails (2014-2017) - a prequel to the famous novel 'treasure island'. not an easy series to watch. incredibly good.

the favourite (2018) - need i say more pt 2

the rabbi's cat (le chat du rabbin) (2011) - animated movie set in early 20th century algeria. a rabbi's cat learns to talk overnight.

the nice guys (2016) - a fun murder mystery set in the 1970s

o brother, where art thou (2000) - a retelling of the odyssey set in the southern us in the 1930s

victor/victoria (1982) - set in early 20th century paris. julie andrews pretends to be a man and takes on a job as a drag queen. extremely fun, extremely gay movie.

lady chatterley's lover (2022) - very much porn for moms but it was a nice watch imo

amulet (2020) - set in like. idk. sometime in the 20th century. this is a horror movie, deals a lot with misogyny, sa, and so on. i really like it, personally. a lot of people, mostly weird men, dont tho.

the great (2020-2023) - i have mixed feelings about this show. on the one hand, its really fun to watch. on the other hand, its basically ofmd for girls who have public mental breakdowns whenever someone claims corsets were oppressive. and theyre so weird about russians, jesus christ.

disses:

domina (2021-) - i just couldnt get into it, esp since i tried right after finishing rome hbo. it was kind of silly, and not in a good way. takes itself wayyyy to seriously.

i didnt like spartacus (2010-2013) - the dialogue was almost grotesque and the editing, especially the transitions, straight up killed me

damsel (2024) - holy fuck what a trainwreck of a movie. absolute waste of angela basset and robin wright. the only good thing were the costumes.

lancelot du lac (1974) - i just didnt like it at all. couldnt get into it. i guess it was way too french and artsy fartsy for me. a movie that was trying to say both too little and too much at the same time.

i didnt rly like bram stoker's dracula (1992) - i mean. it was a fine movie. it was definitely not the godfather. the movie itself was meh. the visuals tho? absolutely stunning

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Monika, as we all know, has a Twitter that we can actually follow and stuff. But she is definitely also a Pinterest girlie 100% i will not be taking any notes on this thank you very much

Sayori used Instagram the most, its great for socialising with your friends ect. Then Tiktok came out, which is basically the social media for people with no attention span, aka Sayori's one weakness. You cant really blame her for getting just a tad bit too into it

Yuri ive never really though would use any kind of social media, at least not excessively. Maybe she'd watch book reviews on Youtube, but thats the most i thought she would use social media. And then @heartbeatbookclub made a post sometime back abt Yuri being a discord mod and i cannot believe i didnt think of this sooner. She canonically plays DND, i could definitely see her having a discord server for it and everything + she mentions having online friends and in my experience most online friends talk through discord

Natsuki uses Tumblr. Or, she did back in middle school. Then her friends started to make fun of her for it and she switched to Insta. She also mentions having online friends so her having a discord account isn't that far fetched. Maybe she watches Tiktoks from time to time, not that she would admit that however

MC is a Redditor.

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