presenting a song of ice and fire characters » melisandre of asshai
lady melisandre wore no crown, but every man there knew that she was stannis baratheon’s real queen.
streets in florence. - { italian places meme.} “O animal grazioso e benigno che visitando vai per l’aere perso noi che tignemmo il mondo di sanguigno, se fosse amico il re de l’universo, noi pregheremmo lui de la tua pace, poi c’hai pietà del nostro mal perverso. Di quel che udire e che parlar vi piace, noi udiremo e parleremo a voi, mentre che ‘l vento, come fa, ci tace. Siede la terra dove nata fui su la marina dove ‘l Po discende per aver pace co’ seguaci sui. Amor, ch’al cor gentil ratto s’apprende prese costui de la bella persona che mi fu tolta; e ‘l modo ancor m’offende. Amor, ch’a nullo amato amar perdona, mi prese del costui piacer sì forte, che, come vedi, ancor non m’abbandona. Amor condusse noi ad una morte: Caina attende chi a vita ci spense”. Inferno, canto V.
2x07 || 3x06 || 3x08
You trouble me... like women!
ilya repin ivan the terrible and his son ivan || hannibal 2x13 “mizumono”
Donn P. Crane (1878 - 1944) - Illustrations for Dante’s Divine Comedy
Request from beinglionhearted
“… [Saint-Just] deserves our admiration. He knows … Robespierre’s life is threatened by … enemies on the Committee. Although he is Robespierre’s friend he has only to say nothing … it is likely … his reputation with the army will save him. But he is not that sort of man. His pride, if not his friendship, prevents such a betrayal. He stands up alone to protect Robespierre, and does not even say a word in his own defense.”
- Leaders of the French Revolution, J.M. Thompson
Details of Lady Lilith, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1866–1868.
Hannibal 1.13 Savoureux / Fear Paralyzes the Will, Viktor Pivovarov (1937)
Sansa Stark | Game of Thrones 4.01 “Two Swords”