#in honor of the ides of march

[t00muchheart]

Okay so we know that Dean was at Sonny’s for two months in the Spring of 1995—it was either March-April or April-May, because the wrestling trophy was April 1995. I think it’s safe to assume the latter, because we know that, while Dean was at Sonny’s, Sam was with Bobby & John was hunting, and that William Harvelle died on May 16th 1995 while on a hunt with John. It seems likely that it was after this hunt that John picked up Sam and then went to get Dean, too, which leads us to the third thing that happened in 1995 (or, I suppose, sometime before January 23, 1996): the hunt Dean told Gordon about from when he was 16.

That scene (In 2x03 (Bloodlust)) is SO interesting to me because even outside of the context of later seasons, the wording and acting are both super interesting: Dean is clearly telling a story and playing it up a bit, but the words themselves aren’t overtly positive; instead, they emphasize that Dean is set apart from normal kids—“seeing things they’ll never even know. Never even dream of.” Gordon is smiling as he listens, grinning as he states that Dean “embraced the life” but Dean’s face is serious & contemplative as he agrees. The acting on both sides makes it abundantly clear that the two have different understandings of “embracing” the life: when Gordon says it, there’s an aspect of enjoyment that isn’t there when Dean is talking about it.

In context, though, and particularly in context of 9x07 (Bad Boys), Dean’s story is even more compelling: by Dean’s own account, he was 16 when this hunt happened, so either he went on this hunt between January and April (or possibly March, depending on when he was at Sonny’s)—before Sonny’s—or, more likely, sometime after he left Sonny’s. If we assume it was after—at most eight months after Dean tasted normalcy and John lost Bill Harvelle—Dean’s words gain another layer, especially the line “I’m sixteen years old. Kids my age are worried about pimples, prom dates…” because, as we know, Dean spent part of his time at Sonny’s getting to know & flirting with Robin, and was going to go to the dance the same night he ended up leaving, only deciding to go when he saw Sam in the Impala with John & knew he couldn’t leave him alone. In light of that, it’s clear that this line is not Dean looking down on the normal life, it’s Dean giving up on something he once wanted, coming to terms with his life as best he can.

In summary: John left Sam and Dean alone, and Dean got caught stealing food for them to eat. Dean went to a home and Sam went to Bobby’s and John went on a hunt and lost a friend. John picked up his boys and kept hunting, bringing Dean with him (putting him in danger, as he well knew considering what had just happened with Bill) while leaving Sam in the car (neglecting him). Dean stood in front of a fire as a body burned and watched as the dreams he’d let himself have for a short time burnt up with it, and even years later, recalling the scene fondly, couldn’t quite manage to sound like he was happy about the idea of letting them go to embrace the life.

#spn #supernatural #dean winchester #spn meta #dean studies #dean winchester character study #dean winchester meta #dean meta #bad boys #spn 2x03 #spn 9x07 #in honor of the ides of march #here’s a post with a thought that feels like getting stabbed

[disasterhimbo]

[ID: a ten-panel black-and-white comic titled “Julius Caesar, Part 1.” The first six panels are in two sets of three, and the seventh, eighth, and ninth panels are a bit smaller and separated from the first six, centered above the last one, which has no border. All the text is all caps.

Panel 1: Caesar and another Roman are depicted in togas. Caesar has very sharp cheekbones and a very square jaw. Someone off-panel says, “Caesar,” in large letters, and Caesar says “[exclamation mark].”

Panel 2: Caesar asks, “Who calls?” and the Roman behind him says, “A soothsayer.”

Panel 3: the soothsayer, a rather scruffy old man, significantly shorter than Caesar, tells Caesar, “Beware the Ides of March.” Caesar says, “Why? What’s going to happen?”

Panel 4: the soothsayer says, “I… can’t tell you.” Caesar, off-panel, says, How should I dress then.”

Panel 5: the soothsayer says, “I would wear something comfortable, maybe your PJ’s.” Caesar says, “Arrange it,” in large letters to a scribe and another person at the edge of the panel.

Panel 6: the scribe’s clay tablet says, “Wardrobe Schedule. March: feasts, the good laurels. Ides (crossed out text, mostly unreadable but something about a robe), prepare PJs. Battles: killing robes.”

Panel 7: Caesar grimaces and says, “Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar.”

Panel 8: Brutus and another senator are silent for a moment. The other senator is holding a dagger above his head.

Panel 9: the other senator has lowered his dagger and says, “Are those… gladiator pajamas?”

Panel 10: Caesar is laying in a pool of blood. Underneath his toga, he is wearing a two-piece set of pajamas (shorts and a t-shirt), which have a repeating print of gladiators and wild animals, possibly lions.]

#in honor of the Ides of March I had to post one of my favorite underrated comics #the ides of march #ides of march #julius caesar #brutus #blood #stab caesar day #march 15 #today’s date #special dates #holidays #kate beaton #hark a vagrant #hark! a vagrant #described #image description by me #I hope it’s good #my post #original post #but not really

[void-botanist]

The plot of the Marcus/Umedes scenelet:

@vacantgodling @kk7-rbs

#they're in love your honor #dw you will get to see all of these scenes the last week of feb/first week of march #memes #c: Marcus #c: Umedes #id in alt

[getinthehandbasket]

BRUTUS IS AN HONORABLE MAN

#youtube #Ides of March #stab caesar #yet Brutus is an honorable man #monologue #shakespeare #julius caesar

[minister-of-silly-walks]

Happy Ides of March everyone!!!

#ides of march #in honor of this silly holiday I am drinking a fancy wine #it’s called a cinsaut #but I wish I had the other one that the winery makes called #ceaser‘s ghost

[stastrodome]

McDonaldland's Grimace, as Julius Caesar, on the Ides of March.

To think that Caesar bears such rebel blood That will be thawed from the true quality  With that which melteth fools—I mean sweet  words,  Low-crookèd curtsies, and base spaniel fawning.

#ides of march #julius caesar #brutus #march 15 #the evil that men do #honorable man #shakespeare #roman empire #sweet words #grimace #mcdonaldland #the ides of march

[trobeds]

🗡️ reblog to give the person u reblogged this from a dagger

#in honor of ides of march #ides of march #🫀

[stereden]

Can’t wait to watch this website storm the Senate tomorrow to stab Caesar

#ides of march #but brutus is an honorable man #stab stab day

[polonius-counsels]

'Tis the Ides of March, once again. I see that this site is quite bent on celebrating commemorating Julius Caesar's death.

I am quite nostalgic for the times I played as Caesar in college. There is something vaguely placating about being a powerful figure who meets an untimely death. The selections of blades and the ways of stabbing were also terribly intriguing (Laertes agrees with me on that front).

I would have asked the group of traveling actors to put down Caesar for tonight, but Prince Hamlet has beaten me to them with another proposal. He assures me that his play will be even more intriguing than Caesar's story; I can only hope this to be true.

#the Ides of March #Ides of March #Julius Caesar #hamlet #polonius #shakespeare shitposting #hamlet shitposting #Hamlet the lunatic prince of method #Polonius the aged theater kid #laertes #Laertes my twice-blessed son #on my faith and honor

[acefool]

On the bright side, I think I’ve begun my next obsession. Piercings.

I like that stabby stab

#a bit late #but #in honor of #ides of march #I shall get stabbed by my piercer #A bunch #So that next ides of March #I can do my 23rd stab #lol #adhd is wild #piercings #ear piercings #It’s giving gender euphoria #i am a fool #but in a good way

[arc-esius]

its about the desperation its about the devotion its about watching aaron tveit perform el tango de roxanne for 20 minutes straight after waking up

#where i'm at rn in life #honorable mention to jamie muscato #because i'm also watching his versions too #happy ides of march :)

[winged-fool]

In honor of the Ides of March, my favorite Tiktok

#ides of march #adrian bliss #tiktok

[baronmagikcarp]

Just a few words about the events of yesterday.

#ides of march #he is an honorable man #Youtube

[magnus-sm-writes]

With the Ides tomorrow, I'm reminded of the fact that originally, Valor's sister Honor was named Brutus, because Honor was supposed to kill him, before I realized that a.) I don't want the plot to go that way and b.) the name Brutus has no connotations in Uuve because it's a Fantasy World

#magnus talks #of honor and valor #the ides of march

[toofewtrueblue]

Happy ides of March! In honor of the holiday

[canyourfavesurvivecastledracula]

I realize you don't like doing actual real people, but in honour of the date, what about Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BCE - 44 BCE) the Tumblr stabby boy?

You had me at "the Tumblr stabby boy" as if he didn't already get duper duper stabbed in real life also, as well as on the stage. But no, he's ours now.

So okay. We say Jonathan Harker ignores red flags, but like, a soothsayer bids Caesar beware the Ides of March, and our buddy Julius says "no 😌" Like the thing he's famous for (today at least) is ignoring warnings shouted at him by weirdos as he passes by. (By contrast when Jonathan is told to beware Castle Dracula - in much less clear terms, mind - his response is more on the order of "y tho?" at which point everyone suddenly stops being able to speak German. They are not the same).

The other main character trait he has, in the play at least, is arrogance. That's why they stab him all those times. The fear is that he's going to make himself King - Brutus says Caesar was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man. All through those early scenes, his advisors are advising him to maybe chill a bit, and he's just like "😎 haters gonna hate" about it - and then is genuinely surprised when they do. My guy...

Julius Caesar thinks he's All That, he thinks he's untouchable, he thinks he's a god. They may bond over stories of conquest but he's not going to take anyone's warning seriously or give Dracula the respect or deference he demands. And even if Dracula is baffled by his +7 shift ciphers (which he may be if he hasn't read the Dancing Men yet) it'll only make him angry. No matter his high opinion of himself, at the end of the day he bleeds like any other man, whether you're stabbing him 33 times on the senate floor or seeing if he really does have kisses enough for everyone.

Also apparently his horse had human toes instead of hooves, which is super freaky and I don't like it. It's not relevant in any way (or, in all likelihood, true) but I thought you should know.

Julius Caesar, the Tumblr stabby boy, at least as depicted by ol' Billy Shakes, can not survive Castle Dracula. And now we know where the Roman coins in Dracula's pile came from.

#julius caesar #shakespeare #classics #royalty #now as depicted in Asterix maybe we get a different outcome who knows #yeah Caesar used the same +7 shift cypher for everything and it worked because nobody could read in the first place #the history of cryptography is wild