Contemplating Captain

rainbowrowell:

It just gets better.

This is a very important GIF set.

eyeseeyouoptometry:

This applies to archaeology, too.  

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Omg Jennifer Lawrence’s face in the second GIF.  Also, Marion Cotillard behind her, like “wtf?” and then cracking up.  I feel like the MET Costume Gala would be one of the more fun celebrity shindigs to go to.  

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purpleterpsichore:

contemplatingcaptain:

Have you ever known a whore to turn down gold?

To reply to Amanda’s tags:  I think that what is happening in these scenes is the writers appealing to what they think is fanboys’ need for validation.  I feel like this is what the media thinks that young men want to hear (whether that is true or not), that even if they are virgins (especially late-bloomers), they are naturally going to be endowed with god-like sexual skillz and even prostitutes will be all over them for free because they are sensitive/skilled/not like all the other guys.  

I feel like there is a bit of a myth surrounding Game of Thrones, that it is a show “for guys” and particularly for fantasy nerds, which is categorically untrue and based more on critics’ own biases about genre fiction and who consumes it.  I feel like this is an unfortunate moment where the writers kind of took that to heart, and tried to appeal to what they think is their core fanbase, while ignoring and insulting everyone else who watches the show.  

A significant misstep, but I think I am willing to forgive them for it, for now.  

Damn, y’all, my best friend is really fucking smart.

YOU’RE MY FAVORITE.  (In other news, this is one of those moments that I wish we could reply to reblogs, because I feel like this response should have been in the form of a reply #pullittogethrtumblr)

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Have you ever known a whore to turn down gold?

To reply to Amanda’s tags:  I think that what is happening in these scenes is the writers appealing to what they think is fanboys’ need for validation.  I feel like this is what the media thinks that young men want to hear (whether that is true or not), that even if they are virgins (especially late-bloomers), they are naturally going to be endowed with god-like sexual skillz and even prostitutes will be all over them for free because they are sensitive/skilled/not like all the other guys.  

I feel like there is a bit of a myth surrounding Game of Thrones, that it is a show “for guys” and particularly for fantasy nerds, which is categorically untrue and based more on critics’ own biases about genre fiction and who consumes it.  I feel like this is an unfortunate moment where the writers kind of took that to heart, and tried to appeal to what they think is their core fanbase, while ignoring and insulting everyone else who watches the show.  

A significant misstep, but I think I am willing to forgive them for it, for now.  

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shitmystudentswrite:

Paul Taylor considers all forms of life, from trees to TA’s, as equally deserving of moral consideration.

FROM TREES TO TA’S.

May the 4th be with you!

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thefrogman:

Come one, come all to Bill Shatner’s School of Overacting!

Forget subtle, nuanced performances. Those are boring and forgettable. Learn how to say your lines with gusto!

In this course you will learn such techniques as…

• The double fist shake
• The naughty kitten
• The cultural appropriation
• The self bitch slap
• The enthusiastic mime stuck in a box
• The nipple hardener
• The sweaty declaration of self
• The “this wall is amazing”

And many more!

Ok, I still fall firmly on the Picard side of the Kirk v. Picard Battle of the Captains.  But you, James Tiberius Kirk, will always have a place in my heart.

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Homer, The Iliad  (via thatkindofwoman)

Ok, I’m not sure, but I think this quote is only from the movie Troy, not from the Iliad.  It certainly was not said by Achilles to Briseis, as she is only really mentioned indirectly in the first 50 or so lines of the poem.  I also cannot decide if this is a sentiment that 8th century Greeks would have sympathized with, or if this is a more Classical Greek conception of the gods.  

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