I Can’t Stop Thinking About Crocodiles For Some Reason So Here’s Some Cool Pictures I Found Of Probably

Aristotle’s philosophy on two human beings in love reminds me of Rik Garrett’s current series ‘Symbiosis’. The fate of two physical bodies that connect and form as one soul, which is similarly portrayed throughout Garrett’s mixed media photography. The Chicago based artist explores ideas regarding love, relationships, magic, alchemy and mutually beneficial partnerships in nature.

pictures like these always make me want to cry

Iam getting obsessed with corsets 💋

French Meadows Corsets.

Fanfiction Masterpost

tag for tumblr prompts

The Folk of The Air - Holly Black

Jude Duarte x Cardan Greenbriar

Queen of Nobody ‡ tumblr • ao3 • Explicit. PWP; Sub!Cardan, Dom!Jude.

She Kills My Self Control (completed) ‡ tumblr masterpost • ao3 • Explicit. Cardan POV. Pining for Jude, set during The Cruel Prince

Mal d'amour ‡ 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • +1 • Teen. Angst with happy ending. 5+1 fic of Cardan missing Jude during her exile. Set post-The Wicked King.

Rebirth ‡ tumblr • ao3 • General. Cardan POV of the hug in Queen of Nothing

Cheek to Cheek in Hell (ongoing) ‡ masterpost • tumblr • ao3 • Explicit. Canon-divergent story in which Jude goes to kill Cardan after killing Valerian, or at least that’s what she is telling herself

Tales from the Mortal Realm ‡  masterpost

Netflix and Chill ‡ tumblr • ao3 • General. Domestic fluff

No tricks only treats ‡ tumblr • ao3 • General. Domestic fluff

The siege on Costco ‡ tumblr • ao3 • General. Crackfic of Madoc going to Costco

Kiss-proof ‡ tumblr • ao3 Teen. • Jude loses Cardan in the mall, finds him buying makeup.

2021 Roulette Revel

Too Much ‡ tumblr • ao3 • Dedicated masterpost • Explicit. Sex shop AU. Track 5 of Dedicated. Can be read stand-alone, but you should totally read the other parts.

Party for One ‡ tumblr • ao3 • Dedicated masterpost • Explicit. Sex shop AU. Bonus track of Dedicated. Can be read stand-alone, but you should totally read the other parts.

2021 Folktober

Kiss you off my lips ‡ tumblr • ao3 • Mature. Jude has asked the High King to charm Nicasia for information. He does, reluctantly. Part of the She kills my self control universe.

Why do we talk in whispers? ‡ tumblr • ao3 • Explicit. PWP. Part of the She kills my self control universe.

Taryn Duarte x Nicasia

Boys ain't shit ‡ chapter 1 • chapter 2 • chapter 3 • chapter 4 • ao3 • teen. Taryn Duarte, in a desperate attempt to gain Locke's True Love, has brewed a Love Potion. But will the potion actually work?

Darkest Part of the Forest - Holly Black

Ben Evans x Severin

Pie-eyed piper ‡ tumblr • ao3 • General. Fluff.

Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas

Elide Lochan x Lorcan Salvaterre

What Did I Miss? ‡ tumblr • ao3 • General. Fluff. Third person POV of Elorcan, post-KoA

Small Claims ‡ tumblr • ao3 • Explicit. Lorcan claims Elide. Fluff and smut.

3-sentence fic

A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas

Elain Archeron x Azriel

Careful whispers ‡ tumblr • ao3 • Explicit. Elain notices shadows moving in her room, so she decides to see if they report back to Azriel. Masturbation-heavy.

Misc.

Reaching out ‡ tumblr • ao3 • General. Set post-ACOFAS. Male friendship, light angst. A great golden beast roams the Spring Court. Lucien decides to visit it—him.

Six of Crows - Leigh Bardugo

Kaz Brekker x Inej Ghafa

Bottled up ‡ tumblr • ao3 • General. Holiday canon-compliant fluff

Today I learned

Thanks for your last answer. I have seen many times that you are calling "hurrem" as queen, u also said that hurrem is the only queen the ottoman had. Can please refer some qoutation for it except pierce"s book? thanks in advance.

That's because Hürrem is the only Ottoman consort similar to a European queen consort.

Sultan Süleyman promoted one of his concubine wives (Hürrem) to the position of married wife (sultan = queen) by freeing her. It is an unprecedented situation in the history of the dynasty that Hürrem received a "certificate of freedom" from Süleyman, married him, and became a "haseki sultan" (queen). — Sakaoğlu, Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları

This is how Sakaoğlu presents Hürrem before talking about her:

The only queen of the Ottoman dynasty, married wife of Suleiman the Magnificent, mother of Selim II (1566-1574). Since she died before her son Selim's sultanate, she is not mentioned as "mehd-i ulya-ı saltanat" (Valide Sultan). On the other hand, she was "Hürrem Haseki" during her husband's reign; she became famous with the titles of "Haseki Sultan" and "Hürrem-Shah" after obtaining the sultanate (queenhood).

Sakaoğlu uses the term kraliçe when talking about her (and only about her), which means queen, and is never used for Ottoman consorts (in Turkish)... except for Hürrem.

She's different from the other haseki sultans:

In the 16th-18th centuries, the honorary title "haseki" was given to the concubines of the sultans who gave birth to princes and who were at the top of the sultan's wives.

While I don't necessarily agree with the giving birth to princes thing, I understand what he means when he says that: the following haseki sultans were not like Hürrem and would never be. The most similar to her could be Nurbanu — because Selim II married her with the clear goal of repeating what his father had done — but she too is not like Hürrem: during Süleyman and Hürrem's times you actually see a monogamous marriage. They're like a European royal couple and this would never be repeated (Selim II had other children after Nurbanu's, Murad III stopped being monogamous after some time, Ahmed I too had a lot of minor  — and unknown —  consorts and children).

This is why Hürrem is the only queen that the Ottomans ever had.

just so you know, you have some followers who enjoy/write fanfiction. not saying their urls rn bc i don’t wanna air out dirty laundry in public but if you want them so you can block and report, just say the word and i’ll dm you a list

all of your feelings are valid as in “worth acknowledgment and internal consideration” but some of your feelings are also stupid and mean, and you need to deal with that shit without making it anyone else’s problem

Things I loved about Imagine Me

Been seeing a lot of negative reviews about Imagine Me here but I personally loved it, so to bring some positivity into the tag here are (a lot, sorry) of things i loved about Imagine Me

(spoilers, but that is a given)

- That whole entire fight scene at the beginning, literally the most intense moment in the whole series

- Warner begging his father to take him instead of Juliette because he cares more about her freedom than he does about his own life

- Anderson declining his offer because even though he doesn’t really care for him he doesn’t want that future for his son

- Warner finally snapping at Omega people for being bad friends and abandoning Juliette (and him (but mostly Juliette))

- Seeing the more ruthless side of Warner, I mean this was obviously sad to see but we finally got to see that people weren’t exaggerating about him

*side note but I don’t consider this a “regression” from his part, Warner was never fully the good guy just as he was never fully the bad guy, he exists in a gray area and just does what he needs to do, we got to see his more gentle side with Juliette because he allowed that side of him to show but with Juliette gone that part of him wasn’t useful (in his mind) anymore. He allowed himself to be happy for a little while and that was immediately ripped away from him so it only makes sense that he acted the way he did. His characterization is so unique and complex and I will literally never shut up about it 

- Anderson having compassion, something he never had for his own sons,   & trying to save Juliette at the end, but only because she was useful and obedient to him  

- The fact the the whole series was build up on the idea of Anderson being super smart and stuff and seeing that the other Supremes thought he was a fucking idiot 

- Ibrahim being the one to shoot Anderson / seeing them turn against each other to maintain power

- Warner spending days covered in blood and dirt and then showering and putting a suit on to go save Juliette 

 - Warner thinking that Juliette was already gone but trying to rescue her anyway because that was the only thing he could do 

- Kenji going OFF on everyone and anyone that said that Juliette wasn’t going to make it / that they would be better if they killed her 

- Brendan and Winston finally getting together 

- Winston getting Kenji drunk by putting whiskey on his tea 

- Juliette coming full circle with her skin powers; saying that she would never use them to hurt anyone ever again and her holding up that promise until the very end to kill Emmaline because it wasn’t to hurt her but to free her from her pain

- Juliette struggling with her goddess, being curious, and going against orders despite being brainwashed and being under control 

- Every Kenji/Nazeera interaction 

- Warner telling James that he didn’t tell him they were brothers because he didn’t want to scare him off 

- Emmaline feeling safe in Juliette’s mind and to some extent getting to spend her final moments with her 

- Warner literally stabbing Anderson with a MACHETE 

- Like this man tried to kill his father so many times for what he did to him and never could but the moment Juliette’s life was in danger he did not hesitate to try and kill him 

- The people of 241 basically falling in love with Warner after he saved the day

- Kenji and Warner’s little bonding moment when Warner tells Kenji that he proposed to Juliette and Kenji finally understanding why he was so devastated 

- Warner calling Kenji a clown and that he should seek help 

- Kenji telling Nazeera that Juliette and Warner were engaged just to annoy Warner 

- That whole Warner & Juliette scene just UGH the FLAVOR

- I had been secretly hoping for a Warner/Juliette showdown since the beginning and I can’t believe I finally got it

- “She’s going to kill you” “that’s fine”

- “She’s really going to kill you” “then I’ll die”

- Nazeera being shocked and hurt seeing her father dead despite her knowing it would happen/kinda wanting it to happen 

- Warner taking his coat off while “fighting” Juliette and folding it over a chair, literally the smallest detail but his mannerisms are just so interesting to me  

- Juliette unconsciously recognizing Warner’s traits in Anderson 

- Juliette being SO CLOSE to killing Warner but stopping cause she couldn’t believe how beautiful he was and her literally thinking Warner was fake and that it had to be a test because he was too good looking to be real 

- “Where did they make you?” “So you are in there”

- This whole scene is so good because it’s unlike Warner to do something so reckless and you can just feel his desperation at not knowing what else to do to get her back and Juliette thinking that she has to kill him but being unable to resist when he kisses her and her trying so hard to hold back her emotions, thoughts and memories but her love for him being literally so strong that it snaps her out of the control just UGH 

- “Here,” he whispers, pressing my hands to his heart. “Home”

- Emmaline fucking obliterating Max 

- Warner being unable to hold back his inner fashionista and saying the new wedding dress was ugly 

- Warner being embarrassed at feeling too much when seeing Juliette in her corset and being literally paralyzed (in a good way) at the thought of them getting married 

- Warner having to restrain Juliette from grabbing a plunger 

- Juliette being excited at fixing stuff, learning how to use tools

- Juliette reclaiming her name to not give the ghost of Anderson any power over her

- Warner being the only one to call Juliette Ella the way she’s the only one to call Warner Aaron 

- Kenji destroying the wedding dress

- The dog!!!! They have a freaking dog!!!

 - Juliette being upset that she can’t talk to the citizens cause they almost trampled her cause they were so grateful 

- Those same people throwing babies at her and trying to cut a piece of her hair off 

- Warner’s, who has struggled with depression, anxiety, and even suicidal thoughts, final words (and the last words on a series full of pain and loss for every character) being of happiness at the mere sound of Juliette’s laughter 

Feel free to add any :)