my sweet etc.

kambriel: “…religious separation and a taboo marriage in the...

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:36:23 -0500

“…religious separation and a taboo marriage in the 19th century in the Netherlands resulted in a pair of graves that had to make an extra effort to reach one another.”

HBICs of history » Isabella d’Este Isabella d’Este (1474 –...

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:48:24 -0500

HBICs of history » Isabella d’Este

Isabella d’Este (1474 – 1539) was Marchesa of Mantua and one of the leading women of the Italian Renaissance as a major cultural and political figure. She was a patron of the arts as well as a leader of fashion, whose innovative style of dressing was copied by women throughout Italy and at the French court. The poet Ariosto lauded her as the “liberal and magnanimous Isabella”. She served as the regent of Mantua during the absence of her husband, Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua and the minority of her son, Federico. In 1500 she met King Louis XII of France in Milan on a diplomatic mission to persuade him not to send his troops against Mantua.

She was a prolific letter-writer, and maintained a lifelong correspondence with her sister-in-law Elisabetta Gonzaga. Lucrezia Borgia was another sister-in-law; she later became the mistress of Isabella’s husband Francesco. Lucrezia had previously made overtures of friendship to Isabella which the latter had coldly and disdainfully ignored. From the time Lucrezia had first arrived in Ferrara as Alfonso d’Este’s intended bride, Isabella, despite having acted as hostess during the wedding festivities, had regarded Lucrezia as a rival, whom she sought to outdo at every opportunity. Isabella, being naturally gifted and intellectually precocious in her youth, received an excellent education. She studied Roman history, and rapidly learned to translate Greek and Latin (the former would become her favourite language). Because of her outstanding intellect, she often discussed the classics and the affairs of state with ambassadors. Moreover, she was personally acquainted with artists and scholars who lived in and around the court. Besides her knowledge of history and languages, she could also recite Virgil and Terence by heart.

During her lifetime and after her death, poets, popes, and statesmen paid tribute to her - Niccolò da Correggio, a diplomat of the time, entitled her “The First Lady of the world”.

killingtimeisnotacrime: Im reading a wincest fic and oh god. Sooo goood

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:21:43 -0500

killingtimeisnotacrime:

Im reading a wincest fic and oh god. Sooo goood

"Fan fiction is a way of the culture repairing the damage done in a system where contemporary myths..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:13:05 -0500

“Fan fiction is a way of the culture repairing the damage done in a system where contemporary myths are owned by corporations instead of owned by the folk.”

- Henry Jenkins, in Textual Poachers: Media Fans and Participatory Culture (via seeingxghosts)

Defending Freak Camp

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:11:10 -0500

mysweetetc:

My step-father (a published and finally successful author, as he deserves to be) says, “You should focus on writing something original so you can get published and make money,” and I say, “No.”

So it seems like a yearly ritual now for him to press me about the ways I can turn my fanficcing ways to financial profit

Because he just discovered Kindle Worlds, and he’s all, “Now you have no excuses!” and I say, “You have got to be kidding me”

Fortunately I got my co-author to draft a list of the most practical reasons this would not even be feasible (FC does not qualify in any sense, and I’m tempted to go back through Part One and drop in product placement for like, Crusher’s whip, just to make sure we do not qualify), not to mention a bad, bad idea in every way

Chapter Twenty-Three of Freak Camp is now up

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:44:40 -0500

Chapter Twenty-Three of Freak Camp is now up:

thewomanwhobloggedlikeaman:

mysweetetc:

Enjoy~

that was so good i just

*lays down*

:D Fast reader!

Chapter Twenty-Three of Freak Camp is now up

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:28:15 -0500

Chapter Twenty-Three of Freak Camp is now up:

Enjoy~

Psssst

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:21:36 -0500

thewomanwhobloggedlikeaman:

mysweetetc:

thewomanwhobloggedlikeaman:

mysweetetc:

Chapter 23 of Freak Camp is going live tonight. :D

WHAT TIME?!?!?

:D Probably in an hour or less. Depending on how frequently I check back on tumblr for more squee… I’m doing the coding now for the post.

EXCELLENT

Psssst

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:20:53 -0500

healwaysjumps:

mysweetetc:

Chapter 23 of Freak Camp is going live tonight. :D

# YOU CAN ADD RED PANDAS TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF PEOPLE WHO READ FREAK CAMP

# WAIT ISN’T THIS THE CHAPTER THAT IS GOING TO DESTROY OUR EMOTIONS FOREVER?

Hee. Though I don’t know what chapter you’re referring to…or is that every chapter?

Psssst

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:39:20 -0500

lesaba:

mysweetetc:

Chapter 23 of Freak Camp is going live tonight. :D

You guys are the best

Psssst

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:37:56 -0500

thewomanwhobloggedlikeaman:

mysweetetc:

Chapter 23 of Freak Camp is going live tonight. :D

WHAT TIME?!?!?

:D Probably in an hour or less. Depending on how frequently I check back on tumblr for more squee… I’m doing the coding now for the post.

Psssst

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:26:23 -0500

sinistergauche:

mysweetetc:

Chapter 23 of Freak Camp is going live tonight. :D

#YOU’RE THE MEANING IN MY LIFE, #YOU’RE THE INSPIRATION,

This would be as lovely and flattering as all the others except I recognize the source of that gif as from the Jesus Camp documentary which is really, really creepy and awful (especially since it brings up personal memories) but also about brainwashed kids so I guess it is actually fitting

Psssst

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:23:00 -0500

welcome-to-existencex:

mysweetetc:

Chapter 23 of Freak Camp is going live tonight. :D

BLESS

#finally oh my god

Oh how I’ve missed these reblogs

Psssst

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:11:47 -0500

Chapter 23 of Freak Camp is going live tonight. :D

I'd like to shove Tyrion Lannister and Don Draper into a small boat together

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:11:01 -0500

mysweetetc:

They can trade shots and ask each other where whores go until they vanish into the Smoking Sea

ohgodwhatamidoing: twelvehourtree: “You want her? Go get...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:12:16 -0500

ohgodwhatamidoing:

twelvehourtree:

“You want her? Go get her.”

So he did.

He put his good hand on the marble rail and vaulted over, rolling as he hit the sand. The bear turned at the thump, sniffing, watching this new intruder warily. Jaime scrambled to one knee. Well, what in seven hells do I do now? He filled his fist with sand. “Kingslayer?” he heard Brienne say, astonished.

“Jaime.” He uncoiled, flinging the sand at the bear’s face.

#SHIP IT LIKE MOTHERFUCKING FEDEX

One of the BEST defining moments in the series.

if you ever think that you’ve made a big mistake, just remember that in 1788 the Austrian army...

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:25 -0500

if you ever think that you’ve made a big mistake, just remember that in 1788 the Austrian army attacked itself and lost 10,000 men

I'd like to shove Tyrion Lannister and Don Draper into a small boat together

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:50:00 -0500

They can trade shots and ask each other where whores go until they vanish into the Smoking Sea

invisiblestories: Zoe Keating, “Sun Will Set”

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:36:25 -0500

invisiblestories:

Zoe Keating, “Sun Will Set”

theartofanimation: NozokiDAVIS

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:48:21 -0500

theartofanimation:

NozokiDAVIS