god these violent delights are fucking AWESOME lol. having a great time. btw does anybody know what we're doing after this

cannot stop thinking about marjorie garber pulling out the balcony scene comparison i have been on this for weeks

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See, see, King Richard doth himself appear,
As doth the blushing discontented sun
From out the fiery portal of the east
When he perceives the envious clouds are bent
To dim his glory. . . . (3.3.61-65)

The stage picture here, with Richard aloft on the battlement of the castle, is remarkably similar to the celebrated balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet. Richad is the "sun," rising in the "east," here "blushing" as Juliet felt she should blush at being overheard by Romeo. Bolingbroke stands below, on the main stage, and speaks as he gazes up at the King. In act 3, scene 3, Richard will, like Juliet, invoke the figure of Phaethon, the ill-fated son of Apollo, who tried to control the horses of the sun. But the culmination of the sun image, and the end of Richard's kingship, will come in the deposition scene, when Richard, lamenting that he has "no name, no title," says...

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the sense of horror when you finish a book that was Ass Bad and you go to see what fellow haters are saying but all the reviews say it is the best thing they've ever read. feel like i just saw my reflection in the mirror move all by itself or something

ALT

Maria Gray, from “Bad Nostalgia”

whiskey dick is such a beautiful phrase if I had a gorgeous maine coon cat I would name her whiskey dick

they could never make me hate you Sarah O’Brien

The thing they don't tell you about getting really into one specific historical period is that very quickly every conversation turns into an attempt to avoid sounding like the "horribly wet in wexford today but not as bad as in the 690s" tweet

Me whenever someone's random comment can be connected to one of my special historical guys in some extremely tenuous way for real

DIRK BOGARDE as HUGO BARRETT and JAMES FOX as TONY
↳ THE SERVANT (1963) dir. JOSEPH LOSEY

"You're losing blood" no I know exactly where it is. The floor. Don't ever underestimate me.

I'm normal in a lot of ways (enjoy bread, etc)

ah yes, feel want, taste grief, need friends, etc etc

Do my challenge 🫵🎬