I'm a really big fan of the way demons were, for some time, depicted as being covered in beastly faces. Especially on their torso. Thinking up a tattoo in that style. Would you know of a collection of examples? Or some particularly interesting sources? Trying to collect them for inspiration.
gastrocephalic demons my beloved! idk of any collections but here are of some of my favs, all from 15th or 16th c. manuscripts š
signatures & links to the digitized manuscripts (in order): Hannover, GWLB, Ms I 57, fol. 27v // Solothurn, ZB, Cod. S II 43, fol. 367v // Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 99r // Paris, BnF, Latin 1171, fol. 71r // Munich, BSB, Cgm 48, fol. 95r // Luzern, ZHB, Msc. 39. fol., fol. 71v // Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 95v // Paris, BnF, FranƧais 1537, fol. 54r // Gotha, Forschungsbibl., Cod. Chart. A 594, fol. 73v // Vienna, ĆNB, Cod. 3085, fol. 196r // Berlin, SBB, Ms. germ. fol. 245, fol. 56v // Paris, BnF, Latin 1171, fol. 56r // Munich, BSB, Clm 28345, fol. 109r // Paris, BnF, FranƧais 166, fol. 139r // Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 67v // Augsburg, UB, Cod. I.3.8Āŗ 1, fol. 150v // LA, Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig XV 9, fol. 280r // Valenciennes, MĆ©diathĆØque Simone Veil, 244 (234), fol. 27r // Paris, BnF, FranƧais 166, fol. 79v //Nürnberg, STN, Cent. V, App. 34a, fol. 114r // Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 134, fol. 83r
if game about cowboys why sad?
This might suck to hear, but if you're a people pleaser that is motivated by praise and avoids disagreements, you are easy to manipulate.
When I was in therapy after surviving years of domestic violence, my therapist had to tell me that my personality was primed for abuse and we needed to work on that so I would be better equipped to see the red flags and respond appropriately in the future.
I'm still working on this, and it's been 8 years. If you tell someone how you want to be treated, what behaviors you don't tolerate in your life, what you're looking for in that relationship, and they react negatively, don't compromise yourself. Just move on.
This one's for all the praise-kink girlies: differentiate, self-actualize, stay sexy
We celebrate David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Prince for their gender-nonconforming amazingness as we should, but let us not forget
Annie Lennox
Grace Jones
Sinead OāConnor
Dolores OāRiordan
Patti Smith
Tracy Chapman
Please add if you like, i do not own the photos
Great block, very beautiful and full of life
Mossy Stone Brick Stairs
I fucking loved Nosferatu. The Death and the Maiden imagery, how faithful it was to the original FW Murnau piece (including some of the recreations of iconic scenes), all the āLittle Deathsā and how FINALLY thereās some gnarly vampire erotica that doesnāt feature the vampire as some glazed twink, and has him as a rotten old corpse instead. Loved the Romanian dialogue. Loved that gruesome death scene, and the final frame was a fucking work of art.
Unfortunately it makes me so frustrated that not everybody will get it or understand it and why itās so good. Everyone Iāve spoken to about it were too preoccupied with āall the weird moaningā and laughing at the full frontal vampire cock.
Meanwhile Iām sat there trying to explain vampire folklore and their cultural history, documents of ārealā vampirism, their symbolism and roots in xenophobia and antisemitism, blood libel, the manifestations of demons as personifications of shame and desire, Bram Stokerās possible closeted homosexuality and his ties with Oscar Wilde and how Dracula was published around the same time Wilde was imprisoned, the ābohemianā movement in the victorian period and how it simultaneously romanticised, fetishised and demonised Romani culture, la petit mort and necrophilia and how grief, sex and death are intertwined, the science behind why humans both are attracted to and repelled by the smell of indole, why funerals make people hungry/horny, the Victorian Christianity perspective on blood transfusions, the significance of blood as a ritualistic symbol and device throughout mythology and history, mental illnesses and medical conditions connected to vampirism and other vampiric folkloric creatures like the Nachzehrer and the Gwrach y Rhibyn whilst everyone looks at me like Iāve grown five heads
And honestly? Iāve never kinned Dr Van Helsing more in my life than at that exact moment.
By all means, take me to the cinema to watch a piece of vampire media but do not expect to win an argument concerning vampires against me because I can and will put you on your arse. This is my domain, my special interest.
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I just know Professor Pierre Aronnax would be an emoji menace. He loves those funky little pictures and he's going to make it everyone's problem.
The Green Knight
Since people seem to like my pride outfit!
To answer questions: the shield is painted by me, the flag is handstitched, and my biceps are huge. š