Alia Atreides, St Alia Of The Knife

I feel personally attacked by this

when you hear a trans man saying he likes 80s movies, you know you'll hear some weird shit. green liquids. guy chopping his arm off with a chainsaw. talking evil plant. gay ass vampires. what the fuck

Dune fan art by concept artist Kentaro Kameda

Some Readings on Racial and Religious Alterity in Arthurian literature

Links where they’re publically available, otherwise feel free to dm me for a pdf if you don’t have university access! I particularly recommend that if you are white and a fan of Arthuriana, you read the first article here. It’s a short read and it both addresses the Islamic inspiration for Arthurian literature and also succinctly shows why Arthuriana can be profoundly alienating to a Muslim audience.

Hermes, Nizar. King Arthur in the Land of the Saracens

Sottosanti, Danielle. The Romance of Conversion: Crossover in Late-Medieval Literature

Keita, Maghan. Saracens and Black Knights

Goodrich, Peter. Saracens and Islamic Alterity in Malory’s “Le Morte Darthur”

Hoffman, Donald. Assimilating Saracens: The Aliens in Malory’s “Morte Darthur”

Putter, Ad. Walewein in the Otherworld and the Land of Prester John.

Adams, Jenny. Colonizing the Otherworld in Walewein.

If there’s one sentence I want everyone who sees this to read, it’s this, from Sottosanti’s dissertation:

As critics such as Heng and Bonnie J. Erwin have noted, conversion stories, such as the Constance story depicted by Chaucer and John Gower, proliferated during this period as a consequence of centuries of crusading efforts in the East.

The little world next door

the biologist autistic realness <333 the fascination with tidal pools and the ocean in gen; the feeling like she was placed in a family rather than born into it; the social disconnect and being okay with it; the feeling more comfortable in nature <333

Hi everyone, wanted to boost Ahmed's fundraiser which has reached 85% of the goal (thanks to all who donated and shared thus far 🩷)!!

However, we still have a ways to go - as of now, we are less than €15k away from reaching the goal of €100k! We are closer than ever before, but we still need that final push to ensure that this family has what they need to endure the ongoing genocide until they are able to reach safety.

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you might be goth but you’ll never be fucking the grave of your unconsummated lover, who you poisoned to death (in the center of a hedge maze), in a rainstorm, on the grounds of his castle goth

May we please get more cute daddy Baal, Luci, and baby Cain facts pls? 🥺🥺

a&m spoilers

Baal loves Cain so so much. When Cain is a baby, Baal somewhat struggles with how to hold and care for him, but once he gets a hang of it, he really likes carrying him around (though clumsily). When Cain is a toddler, he really likes sitting him on a knee or on his shoulders. Baal will also stop whatever he's doing if he feels someone tugging on his tunic, then smile down at Cain, and scoop him into his arms.

One of the first things Lucifer ever did with infant Cain was lay some of his jewelry on him and watch him play with it. Lucifer carries baby Cain with him all the time, if not in his arms then wrapped up against his front or his back. Lucifer's favorite thing to do with young Cain is go out walking with him into the forest and teach him about flowers and nature. When Cain is older, Lucifer tries to be less fussy, but he stills scolds Cain if he's ever out too late or slightly injured for whatever reason or his clothes are askew. Whenever Cain isn't there, Satan is visibly sadder, at least in private, maybe sitting on a chair and staring at the fire place silently.

Oh and I think there's a little family-esque portrait of the three of them somewhere. It's probably not an ornate oil portrait or anything, but a painting of them a stone slab somewhere, just small enough for Lucifer to bundle, then have Baal carry when the migration happens. It's just Lucifer, Baal, and a very young Cain. I think an artist suggested it to Lucifer since Cain ages and they should try to immortalize this moment, and Lucifer decided it wouldn't hurt. (i think lucifer looks pretty stern but if you squint, you can see a tiny, soft smile)

Infighting only helps our oppressors.

Infighting only helps our oppressors.

Infighting only helps our oppressors.

Infighting only helps our oppressors.

Infighting only helps our oppressors.

While I do dislike the interpretation that posits Heathcliff just being Catherine’s “whip” (because I think Heathcliff is more complex than that) I must say that I like how Heathcliff’s revenge makes Catherine Earnshaw truly central to the Earnshaw/Linton family history in a way she otherwise wouldn’t be. If you want to truly understand Wuthering Heights (both the estate and the book), “Hareton Earnshaw 1500” on the entry door is deceptive, “Catherine Earnshaw- Heathcliff - Linton” is the true family history. Hareton’s real power and final victory is due to him having his aunt’s eyes, not due to him being “the true heir”.

(Of course there is a discussion to be had regarding how only a man’s love can make a woman relevant but that’s for another day).