#the four ages of man

[robcam-wfu]

— William Butler Yeats, "The Four Ages of Man"

#william butler yeats #w.b. yeats #the four ages of man #irish poetry #poetry #poem #poems and poetry #literature #writing #aging #death

[themuseumwithoutwalls]

MWW Artwork of the Day (6/30/22) Valentin de Boulogne (French, 1591-1632) The Four Ages of Man (c. 1626-28) Oil on canvas, 96 x 134 cm. National Gallery, London

The four stages of human life are represented by figures with objects relating to their age. Childhood holds an empty bird trap, showing his innocence and naivety: he has let the bird escape. Youth plays a lute, symbolising pleasure and desire. Adulthood in armour wears a victor’s laurel wreath and cradles a book. Old Age is positioned next to coins signifying greed, and holds a glass symbolising the fragility of life. The Ages of Man was a common subject for paintings during the sixteenth and seventeenth century, but the number of ages varied. The theme had its origin in classical literature: Groups of figures around a table were common in the work of Caravaggio and his northern followers. Valentin was influenced by these artists.

More of this artist's work is included in this MWW gallery/album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.445039122268129&type=3

#valentin de boulogne #the four ages of man #french artist #genre painting

[turtleblogatlast]

[ cw: death mention / family death mention / ]

Mhmm I sure love thinking of the reality where we did get more time to really know Karai and her dynamics with the bros. Losing her hit hard in the finale, but it would’ve hit much, much harder had we known Karai longer and really saw her relationships develop with everyone.

I especially would have been interested in her dynamic with Leo, as past iterations often have the two of them clash in ideals and the like while still sharing many characteristics. Two sides of the same coin, and all that. Her specifically being the bros’ Gram-Gram also adds a whole new dynamic as well.

Imagine how interesting it would be, to have Karai start off on Leo’s side for once, showing wholly just how alike the two are at their cores and bonding as family without the worry of betrayal or animosity that other iterations suffer through, only to have Karai die anyway. Their parting hug and the desperate look of horror Leo wears later on would have hit that much harder, I feel.

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #rise karai #rise leo #rottmnt karai #rottmnt leo #I think a lot about these two in particular #and how that dynamic could have flourished #the way it was depicted in the finale is so purposefully unique and painful like #that hug man #can you imagine how much more heartbreaking that would have been if we knew her longer #not that it wasn’t already sad but we just simply didn’t know her long enough to be completely attached #also imo having more episodes with her and in general would have presented something I’ve been thinking about since the finale #so like - I like to think each bro kinda immediately leans more toward certain family members #Mikey has Draxum #Donnie has April #Raph has Splinter because this is another one that would be SO GOOD and make the finale moment where Raph sees his memories hit harder #if they had an ep or two more of Splinter and Raph together bc I really do feel like Raph respects Splinter most of the four #and finally- Leo has Karai #and then he loses her #imo? this would align with the movie even more #because it was the act of heroism that kinda killed her in a way - makes sense that Leo would initially be leaning away from that #and yet he ends up exactly like her anyway #haha sorry for rambling I just really love the interesting dynamic these two tend to have #and it’s a shame we didn’t get to see it really explored in rise #but yeah make no mistake while I’m focusing on Leo here I wanted more for all the boys and karai #Mikey’s little moments with her were so sweet and we already know how much he yearns for more family #Karai being from an age long gone would mean she’d be super impressed by literally any invention Donnie has (adult validation!!) #and could you imagine her training with Raph - with this training being referenced in the finale?

[wwprice1]

Gang’s all here! Incredible art by Kaare Andrews from Marvel Age 1000!

#marvel #silver age marvel #fantastic four #x-men #avengers #Spider-Man #silver surfer #black Panther #thor #captain america #iron man #daredevil #doctor strange #captain marvel #ant-man #the wasp #black widow #Hawkeye #namor #scarlet witch #the thing #hulk #human torch #mr fantastic #invisible girl #kaare andrews

[reineyday]

shanks, four years younger than mihawk, is usually granted the "starry-eyed crush on the cool older boy" trope (with good reason!), so i was thinking it'd be cute to grant that dubious pleasure to mihawk in an age swap au instead.

mihawk, scrappy nine year old, gets picked up by roger for a trip on the oro jackson to the next island (roger just wants to feed the kid lol), and gets sweet talked into it by dangling a duel with rayleigh, the current world's greatest swordsman, as bait. when mihawk gets there, rayleigh says mihawk has to be able to beat his apprentices first, and gets his ass summarily handed to him by a thirteen year old shanks, who both impresses and embarrasses mihawk, as shanks beats him without even trying but he's so cool when he does it.

and so mihawk declares himself shanks's rival, and when he wins, shanks will have to listen to a request. and years and years later, when mihawk finally does win, that request--which he's never changed his mind about--is permission to start formally courting shanks. charmed, and absolutely having seen this coming after years of observing an obvious crush and slowly warming up to it as mihawk grew and changed between their meetings, laughs and just kisses mihawk straight-up.

#rei rambles #mishanks #one piece #dracule mihawk #akagami no shanks #red haired shanks #akataka #shanks #there's more but that's the gist lol #actually in the half-drabble half-outline i have going rn rayleigh makes mihawk fight buggy first (also four years older) #and after mi loses it leads into a haki lesson that shanks teaches and *that* ends in a tiny duel where mihawk falls in love #there's also prob a part later where shanks says mihawk is just blinded by his childhood hero worship #and mihawk says it was never hero worship and explains that he's never once put shanks on a pedestal. #he never expects shanks to be great and he doesnt make excuses when he isnt. shanks is just the only man who's always exceeded expectations #always challenged him and made him feel like he was basking in the sun. #he's been traveling for years now and has never met anyone else like shanks. #also i was thinking of keeping roger's death at mihawk's age of nineteen making shanks 23 when roger gets executed. #and mb having a scene inspired by james blunt's 'monsters' #i digress #the other optiom is keeping roger's death at when shanks is fifteen and mi having to cope w the realization that love is hard #and that u cant always be what someone needs no matter how much u want to be. and he'll learn it at the tender ag of eleven. #and then he'll find buggy and bully him into taking care of shanks in only the way an annoyingly arrogant fifth grader can.

[hellonoblesky]

GOD I cant take Thrawn seriously like here's a guy who's a Sherlock Holmes genius level villain and also will do anything (ANYTHING) to achieve his goals even if it eventually pushes him into moral horror but also as part of his cover to get into the Imperial Navy HE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT BULLIED

HES LIKE 44 IN THIS HES A WHOLE GROWN ASS MAN GETTING BULLIED BY HIGH SCHOOLERS???? I can't handle this anytmore

#turtledove yells into the abyss #thrawn #grand admiral thrawn #thrawn comics #Can't wait for him to be presented as the most evil conniving villian known to man in Ashoka #LIke that's not 1) a take on him that lacks proper contextualization of who he is as a character at the current point in canon #and 2) HE GOT BULLIED ?????????????????????? BY HIGH SCHOOLERS?????????? #AT THE AGE OF FOURTY FUCKING FOUR #He isn't SCARY he's FUNNY AS FUCK!!!!!!!!!!! #ANd also deserving of more than a few square solid punches. Perhaps a kick. A blaster bolt to the knee.

[natelia-aldelliz]

Soap : Cap! I just had a thought, what if-

Price : Jesus fuck, have you heard of knocking?!

Soap : Oh, yeah, sorry, anyway - wait, are you okay? You're really sweaty... You know that could be a sign of heart failure in older men, right? You should get that checked out-

Price : Older men??? Okay, get the fuck out of my office before I throw this stapler at you.

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Nik : *snorts*

Price : Fuck you.

Nik : You wish, зайчик. Go back to your papers~

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Gaz : Did someone know Nik was here? I just saw him exiting Price's office, I didn't know he was on base!

Soap :

Ghost : No, I didn't know. You think he's here for a mission?

Soap : Holy steamin Jesus my poor eyes does anyone have bleach-

#cod mw2 #john soap mactavish #captain john price #cod nikolai #simon ghost riley #kyle gaz garrick #nikprice #yes they were doing what you think they were doing #poor soap he hasn't seen anything but he knows and it's maybe worse (it's not but he's a dramaqueen) #price doesn't think 38 is old enough to be qualified an 'older man' #but to soap's defense ghost told everyone price is 50 #soap and gaz keep trying to tell price that he looks young for his age & price is like ? thank you? i think i do look like a 38 yo but ok? #and then there's nik going 'you look older today' when he means 'you look tired' #and price going 'you'll be able to talk when you can sleep for more than four hours a night and stop living on cigarettes and coffee' #the word nik used is a petname meaning 'bunny'

[columboscreens]

columbo - caution: murder can be hazardous to your health

#columbo #season 10 #caution murder can be hazardous to your health #10x02 #shiny #this episode is half dog water but man his hair is fluffy in it #peter falk was SIXTY FOUR (64) years of age. ABSURD shelf life. he had no right pulling up to the social security office looking like that

[thatgoddamngingerundercut]

‘Butter’ Jacket Shoot Sketch Day Two - Suga

#bts #min yoongi #suga #bts suga #bangtan #bangtan sonyeondan #bts gifs #my gifs #btsedit #don't need subtitles to know he's showing his age in those last two lmfao #and probably bullshitting his ass off at the same time tbh #he's just like me fr #i adore him #anyway gif one and four are absolutely devastating #people died #i'm people #he's so fucking gorgeous #just a beautiful beautiful man

[cosmicterrorthe8th]

Another Grant headcanon:

I think he wrote love notes when in relationships, and he went all out with like making the paper scented and stuff. But like he had no good perfume so he ended up using his horrible body spray. So like the lucky boyfriend would like find a paper reeking of the body spray like every once in a while.

Also I think he was someone who fell deep into romance because having a crush and feeling butterflies in his stomach was better than numbness. So he would pursue every crush even if he knew it would not end well because of the thrill of it. I think this sucked but I think he atleast felt like this is a normal way for life to suck.

#honestly I was thinking he continued the note thing with marco in college maybe? #and now marco likes the smell of the body spray even if grant found better perfumes cuz nostalgia #i think i am in my own la dee da world after this episode #where I think if willy takes a break from torturing the parents they should form a circle and become bffs #they should form a circle #toast to rebecca #and then just talk shit idk #i think they would be very funny as a group after they are done grieving #like cassandra would be like how could I have dated such a loser #he literally kidnapped like four of my exs ex friends and put collars on them when we were dating #and they would be like no its not your fault he is that manipulative #and then one of them would talk about their ex to comfort her #and then somwhow it would come out that willy is like the age of their grandparents #and cassandra would be like why did this senior citizen get me so bad #he told me to make him a sandwich and I #a multimillionaire made him a sndwich #this will probably never happen in canon #dndads #grant wilson #dungeons and daddies #the tags are their own seperate post at this point #dndads s2 #looking back on this(tags) #all the spouses knew willy as a nice guy who saved them #rebecca was the only one who suspected him so thats why he killed her #they must be feeling so duped getting tortured except for marco who saw him kill a man #cassandra has been feeling duped since heaven #this is killing me all of them are having conversations in my head now the comedy and the pain is killing me mostly the comedy #marco li wilson #grant li wilson

[ivyllamauwu]

Sometimes I forget that there’s only a 1cm difference in hight😭 (You’re short Lancelot, Tristan isn’t short though you are)

#4kota #Tristan is average #but you’re short #get used to it nerd #🤓 #little nerdy man #anyway boyfriends standing next to each other🫶🏼 #just imagine it’s 200 years into the future #everyone else is dead because their all humans and Lancelot and Tristan are together watching a sunset thinking about everybody they’ve lost #either to old age or got killed #but they just sit next to each other in silence #not saying a word #because none need to be said #each others presence is enough #and nobody is there to bother them #mokushiroku no yonkishi #tristan liones #four knights of the apocalypse #anime and manga #tristan #lancelot #percival #gawain #arthur pendragon

[mishkakagehishka]

"We're old moms, we can't wait to stop breastfeeding so we can get [very excited, shrill even] botooooox!!!"

We are never making it out of the patriarchy.

#every time i open instagram i see videos promoting botox for the moment you turn 20 and face lifts and plastic surgery #and skincare regimens that are not care at all but just fifty products to torture your skin (and spend money!!) #the ties between the patriarchy and capitalism that support one another are terrifying. #but not even that . i feel like i'm going insane #how did we in this day and age normalise so much of this shit #what happened to feminism... why am i seeing a man who works as a plastic surgeon #talking about ''when a client walks in and i know EXACTLY what she needs to change so i am able to get her to #sign up for four more procedures asides from the one she came here for ^_^'' i'm going to kill you. #beat you with rocks. do you guys know botox is a bacteria? do you guys know about botulism? #you throw away a can of food because it's slightly dented so you don't die from botulism #but you inject it straight into your forehead because someone told you signs you #lived a long life full of expressing your emotions guilt-free was what made you ugly #the way i see influencers who will call themselves feminists talk about those wrinkle-free straws... don't sleep on your side #don't breathe wrong don't crease your eyebrows don't smile don't cry don't drink from straws #you're all fucking insane. and wrinkles are caused by your skin losing elasticity. you will STILL have wrinkles #if you live long enough that is (<- can you see why it's a blessing?)

[autumnsxxangel]

Is anyone else here an old Taiwan pop fan? Because as much as I am loving and obsessing over Unknown, I am 100% relating to all the interviewers who are essentially looking at Chris and going "What do you mean you did a BL?" (But like specifically Da Ye getting 'mad' and pretending to puke every time Chris does fanservice 🤣🤣🤣)

Also, when I tell you Chris is relatively tame this time around in promotions...he's taking this older brother persona seriously. I'm hoping as promotions continue he gets a little more unhinged. Like The Iron Four promotion unhinged. Because you can see the suppressed glee in his eyes every time his friends have to be professional and ask him questions about the show and he gets to answer in a way that makes them want to hit him

#the way Chris will always be Mao Di to me #and that fact is really showing my age #when i used to listen to 356天 on repeat #because 那不是雪中红 was my favorite song #i literally watched the trailer and went 'MAO DI WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?' #im so glad hes getting a chance to shine internationally #I'm considering going back and translating some of The Iron Four promotions #because everyone is talking about how attractive he is and what a great actor he is #which is true #but my man is unhinged and hilarious and will fight #especially his brother #and i just feel like more people should know about it #unknown the series， #關於未知的我們

[wwprice1]

Some classic Marvel Age covers by John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Paul Smith, and Bob Layton and Butch Guice.

#marvel #marvel age #alpha flight #x-men #avengers #fantastic four #x-factor #Nightcrawler #Spider-Man #hulk #doctor doom #dr doom #victor von doom #kurt wagner #john byrne #dave cockrum #paul smith #butch guice #bob layton #80’s marvel #she-hulk #Storm #ororo munroe #captain america #conan the barbarian

[tiktaalic]

I think dean winchester might be the most traumatized person to ever live

#done a hard about face on judging ooc au deans. who knows how that man would have acted if he didn’t start getting boiled alive at. checks #notes. four years of age #etxt #spnwatch

[crabussy]

when did you first realise you hosted a system?

sometime in 2020 if I remember correctly? had been experiencing very obvious osdd symptoms for YEAAARS but had no idea what it was before meeting some friends who did. learned a bit about it and went okay interesting! and then a few months later went oh fuuuuck.

#IT WAS REALLY FUNNY I DONT KNOW HOW I DIDNT REALISE PREVIOUSLY #like hey man. #you had full blown conversations with another presence inside your head every day on the way home from school for MULTIPLE YEARS #this presence didnt agree with me on everything either like. #dude arguing with someone else inside your own mind is NOT average 11 yo behaviour #anyway ya its been like three or four years. wow #also had an 'imaginary friend' named ivy at the age of like 7 who was mean to me and just. never wanted to play or anything #ask tag #and like. my interests and attitudes towards relationships and even the way I spoke changed almost daily #inchresting stuff ^_^ #I DO WANT TO ADD that disorders involving being a system are VERY COVERT. you might not even HAVE symptoms #I was just. very special or something