why did this crack me up
one of my favorite (read: least favorite) things about how people treat cleopatra is she’s so often called a slut or is only ever portrayed as being this incredibly sexy, often scantily-clad seductress, when in actuality 1. while some ancient sources describe her as somewhat pretty, it generally seems that what was attractive about her was her intellect, charm, and voice, and the sources that refer to her as extremely sexy/slutty are specifically out to condem her, 2. she was a brilliant politician who chose her affairs as a way of securing power for her country and not just so she could have a bunch of sex (which shouldn’t be an issue anyway), and 3. one of the men she had an affair with was mark antony, ancient roman super slut supreme, a man known for his love of sex and tendency to wear extremely short tunics for the sake of showing off his sexy legs/probably also his dick
i’m not saying there’s anything wrong with portraying cleopatra as beautiful or even sexy, because she clearly had allure. all i’m saying is that, if your cleopatra is wearing less clothing than your mark antony, there’s probably a problem in your depiction of them
The best part about Derry Girls is how chaotic it is. 95 percent of the time I'm watching other shows I can figure out what's going to happen because of how things are set up or because it's a cliche, but the Derry girls and everyone around them are so chaotic and unpredictable that I never know what's going to happen next and it's amazing.
She is an orphan. A survivor. She is like us, losing is not an option for her.
THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT
Luchenko’s the oldest player here, was World Champion before Elizabeth Harmon was born. He defeated the great Alekhine in an exhibition when he was a boy, played to a draw with Botvinnik, and crushed Bronstien in Havana.
“This was gonna happen to you one of these days.”
Bojack Horseman (2014 - 2020)