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Sancho I, king of Leon in the north of Spain, was overthrown by rebel nobels in 958 CE. In what is likely a never-before-and-never again accusation in history, the nobles accused Sancho of being unable to rule because he was too fat. His grandmother, Queen Toda Aznar of Navarra, sought help from the Muslim caliphate Cordoba in southern Spain. Again, extremely oddly, Queen Toda asked for two things: military aid to regain the throne, and medicinal aid to “cure” her grandson’s morbid obesity. Jewish physician Hisdai ibn Shaprut put ex-king Sancho on a strict diet. Once he was slim enough to ride a horse properly, Sancho reclaimed his throne with Muslim troops’ aid. (The portrait above is probably based on his post-diet look.) In short: a king was deposed because he was too fat, and got his throne back because he lost enough weight! Truth is stranger than fiction.

I saw your eyes In the sunrise I lost you again In my favorite sunset

k.m (via fluohrine)

the soul that was born to die for you

It may be the season of cheerful carols and twinkling lights, but the holidays also bring about a melancholy mood that has inspired some of the world’s greatest filmmakers. This week on the Criterion Channel at FilmStruck, our new series Blue Christmas gathers an international selection of films that explore the clashing emotions at the heart of the yuletide spirit, including Jacques Demy’s gorgeous musical romance The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Guillermo del Toro’s emotionally captivating fantasy Cronos, and Luis García Berlanga’s stinging satire Plácido. Watch our teaser below, and head over to the Channel to dive into the seven-film lineup.

On the Channel: Blue Christmas

My first love showed me everything I couldn’t live without. He also showed me everything I would never tolerate, ever again.

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Endings are…tremendously painful as they are beautiful. Endings are the beginning of a new dawn, as they are the last scene of a story. They represent a turn, a change, something brand new - As we transform, and we move forward - as we’re all meant to do. Endings are taught to be sad - and they can be. But endings can also signify triumph over catastrophe.

Rhonda Elnaggar (via rhondaelnaggar)

also surely someone has made a classical music version of that meme of the different levels of interest going from like “normal” to “social pariah” or whatever? if not I’ll take responsibility for making it myself 

Harper’s Christmas Number, 1893. Edward Penfield (American, 1866-1925). Cover art. Included is How Love Came. A Poem. Alice Archer Sewall.

“THE night was darker than ever before (So dark is sin),  When the Great Love came to the stable door And entered in, And laid Himself in the breath of kine And the warmth of hay,  And whispered to the Star to shine And to break, the Day. O flowers underneath the snow That chilled His feet,  As He passed by did ye not know His footsteps sweet?…”

Happy 1st day of Winter! X

A woman like that spreads happiness wherever she goes. You’re a lucky dog, Andrei!

black sails + mythology.

[insp.: x, x]

Charles Vane // 3x06.

Natasha and Andrei #WarandPeace

Robin Wright reading Variety for American Vogue, December 1987. Photograph by Matthew Rolston.

Wright started her career as a model, when she was 14. She played Kelly Capwell on the soap opera Santa Barbara at age 18. She transitioned into feature film work as Buttercup in the cult hit The Princess Bride (1987), and as Jenny Curran in Forrest Gump (1994). The latter role garnered her widespread critical acclaim as well as Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations for Best Supporting Actress.

to love and lose and still be kind.

Warsan Shire (via wordsnquotes)

#holidays #Christmasspirit #bluepitbulls

Favorite dreams:  1. Waltzing with James Norton…

What are dang mules? Erm…they’re mules. They’re, just a bit, you know…dang!

James Norton (Jimmy) and Alice Orr-Ewing (Angela) in Pig-Hoo-o-o-o-ey, ep. 1 of Blandings series 1

#bedazzled #gloves #winterfashion

Reading on the garden path (1883). Albert Aublet (French, 1851-1938). Oil on canvas.

There is a woman reading with no sense of movement. The peacefulness of the woman is paired with the vibrancy of the nature surrounding her. Perhaps the flourishing garden reflects her mind as she is indulging in her own consciousness or imagination.

Happy Birthday Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky!

Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)

Work: Allegretto moderato from String Sextet in D minor “Souvenir de Florence” (1890)

Performer: Rostislav Dubinsky, Yaroslav Alexandrov, Dmitri Shebalin, Valentin Berlinsky, Genrikh Talalyan, Mstislav Rostropovich

Sunny cottage dining room.

Eventually you’ll end up where you need to be, with who you’re meant to be with, and doing what you should be doing. Patience is the key.

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The Song (1907). William Merritt Chase (American, 1849-1916). Oil on canvas. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

The woman in white perhaps has been working diligently at the table covered with books and papers. The piano music and song from her companion has moved her. She pushes back from her work, put her head down to listen, and receives a pleasant respite from her labours.

Oedipus and Antigone, n.d. Franz Dietrich (German, 1838-1890). Crocker Art Museum.

Dietrich depicts the tragic aftermath of the story of Oedipus from Sophocles’ play. The king of Thebes, Oedipus was abandoned as a child because of a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother, both of which subsequently happened. The tragic revelation drives him insane, and he blinds himself and wanders the world with his daughter Antigone. 

Ahhh yes…James Norton

What if… Alternate ending of “War and Peace”, wedding of Natasha & Andrei. source: https://vk.com/vivlinggirl

- JM Storm

#sweetnovember #autumn #autumnnights #firepit