May 2013
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“Fans of the first film really wanted to find out what happened to Peggy...”
– Hayley Atwell (via fyeahlilbit2point0)
A chorus of angels just began singing….
(via therearecertainshadesoflimelight)
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bemusedlybespectacled:
if you ever think mythology is boring or serious business or whatever shit
just remember that cerberus, the hell-hound and guard dog of the underworld, comes from the root indo-european word ḱerberos, which evolved into the greek word kerberos, which got changed to cerberus when it went from greek to latin
ḱerberos means “spotted”
that’s right
hades, lord of the dead,...
“I’m frankly surprised by the show. There’s stupid things - there’s - sorry...”
– Misha on the misogyny of Supernatural (via strangepicturesofmishacollins)
Don’t make fun of renowned Dan Brown →
dduane:
“The critics said his writing was clumsy, ungrammatical, repetitive and repetitive. They said it was full of unnecessary tautology. They said his prose was swamped in a sea of mixed metaphors. For some reason they found something funny in sentences such as “His eyes went white, like a shark about to attack.” They even say my books are packed with banal and superfluous description,...
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“Why is it that when we try teach men to respect women we always say imagine if...”
– pervasive thoughts on my mind. (via megannesbeth)
Cave Hibernum: proposal: →
sugarbooty:
defcock:
I move to stop referring to the facts that 1) Khan is the villain in Star Trek: Into Darkness and 2) he is played by a white Englishman as ‘spoilers’ because doing so 1) tacitly approves of the shield against criticism the filmmakers tried to create with their campaign of secrecy and 2) places the need for critical interrogation of these things below people’s desire to...
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“In the original Trek, Khan, with his brown skin, was an Übermensch,...”
– Marissa Sammy on Star Trek: Into Whiteness.
perfect commentary which parallels what Rawles was saying earlier about the possibility of Moriarty being a person of color:
“…The actual issue is that black people aren’t often allowed to play full and complete characters, and an antagonist who isn’t...
“How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn’t pull...”
– Virginia Woolf, from Selected Essays (via wavesofturmoil)
partybarackisinthehousetonight:
if you’re ever feeling lazy just remember that the ancient greeks believed their gods lived on top of a very climbable hill but no one even bothered to check
“Women will run Hollywood, it’s only a matter of time. I don’t say this to be...”
– Kurt Sutter (creator, Sons of Anarchy)
“Fan fiction is one of the great unsung popular literary movements of the past 50...”
– Archive of Our Own makes TIME’s Best Websites of 2013 (via janoda)
colfricans:
why have gender roles when you could have pizza rolls
notthedroidyouarelookingfor:
ussawesome:
I really like the phrase “with all due respect” because of the implicit “(which is none)” at the end
#it’s like bless your heart but northerners get it too
tinyfacts:
Researchers in Indonesia have discovered what looks like a teeny tiny dragon. As yet, we have no information on whether they guard small piles of gold or attack miniature castles. This was a nesting female found in the Lambsuango Forest reserve in 2009 and was immediately released after this photograph was taken.
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“Cerulean. Bombay Sapphire. The deep end of the pool.”
– Zachary Quinto, when asked to describe the precise color blue of Chris Pine’s eyes. (x)
“So happy for him, oh man. I thought it was rad. It was really, really cool. He...”
– Chris Pine on Zach’s decision to publicly come out and on his relationship with Jonathan Groff. (via eserei27)
Lady Olenna: look everyone's a little bit gay
Tywin: no they fucking aren't
Lady Olenna: well maybe not at Incesterly Rock they're not
