Silk Spectre

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Ambra. 23, almost 24. Italy (basically, the worst place ever, believe me). Useless degree in Italian Literature, Linguistics and Philology (what?). I dream about living in London and having friends.

I also happen to be the girl who is translating The Progress of Sherlock Holmes by the wonderful ivyblossom into Italian. You can find it here: http://www.efpfanfic.net/viewstory.php?sid=975844&i=1
lokilust:

verysharpteeth:

Let me take a moment to address the tragedy that is Loki. The largest issue that he’s been lied to his whole life is easy enough to pinpoint, but there are so many other issues at work. He has never felt like he fit in, never could figure out why. For someone as intelligent as he is, that must have been an unsettling feature of his entire life. He IS hyper intelligent in a culture that doesn’t seem to value that, but rather strength. His brother will always be superior in that regard. He can’t challenge Thor based on strength alone, so he’s smart enough that he’s modified his fighting to suit his own abilities to give him an advantage. He has to deal with the fact that his “father” knowingly let him think the race he came from is nothing but monsters and gave him no other way to think about the ice giants. So when he finds out that’s what he is, he’s got no other recourse in his thinking. He’s not evil at that point, a bit questionable, but not evil. So suddenly everything he sees in himself as questionable is now thrown into the light of being “evil” now that he knows what he is. So he destroys his birth family. HE DESTROYS HIS WHOLE RACE trying to prove himself. He’s so desperate to be seen as equal to Thor, something he rather accepted before thinking they were being compared on ability, but now he feels like what he is is the factor that decided Odin. So he’ll destroy where he came from to prove how committed he is. He, by all accounts, should have been king of the ice giants. He destroys that looking to come equal with Thor. And in the end, when given his final words, he still wants his father’s approval, which Odin doesn’t give. So Loki gives up. He played the game by their rules. It didn’t work. Time for his rules from now on.

I’m going to cry. alsdjlasjdlkajd. EMOTIONS.

lokilust:

verysharpteeth:

Let me take a moment to address the tragedy that is Loki. The largest issue that he’s been lied to his whole life is easy enough to pinpoint, but there are so many other issues at work. He has never felt like he fit in, never could figure out why. For someone as intelligent as he is, that must have been an unsettling feature of his entire life. He IS hyper intelligent in a culture that doesn’t seem to value that, but rather strength. His brother will always be superior in that regard. He can’t challenge Thor based on strength alone, so he’s smart enough that he’s modified his fighting to suit his own abilities to give him an advantage. He has to deal with the fact that his “father” knowingly let him think the race he came from is nothing but monsters and gave him no other way to think about the ice giants. So when he finds out that’s what he is, he’s got no other recourse in his thinking. He’s not evil at that point, a bit questionable, but not evil. So suddenly everything he sees in himself as questionable is now thrown into the light of being “evil” now that he knows what he is. So he destroys his birth family. HE DESTROYS HIS WHOLE RACE trying to prove himself. He’s so desperate to be seen as equal to Thor, something he rather accepted before thinking they were being compared on ability, but now he feels like what he is is the factor that decided Odin. So he’ll destroy where he came from to prove how committed he is. He, by all accounts, should have been king of the ice giants. He destroys that looking to come equal with Thor. And in the end, when given his final words, he still wants his father’s approval, which Odin doesn’t give. So Loki gives up. He played the game by their rules. It didn’t work. Time for his rules from now on.

I’m going to cry. alsdjlasjdlkajd. EMOTIONS.

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— 1 hour ago with 320 notes
#Loki 

book-aesthete:

The Tragedies Gathered by Ihon Bochas of all Such Princes as Fell from theyr Estates
Giovanni Boccaccio. London: John Wayland, [1554?]

Woodcut of events in the Garden of Eden on A4r. [8] (of [9]), 163, 137 [i. e., 139 (of 140)] leaves; lacks the title and 2e1 (both supplied in facsimile), and final leaf 2G4. Printed in black letter. Folio, 313x209 mm, contemporary panelled calf gilt with arabesque centerpiece on covers

Third or fourth edition of the 1494 verse paraphrase by John Lydgate of Boccaccio’s moralistic tales of the misfortunes of famous people, made from the 1476 French version by Laurence de Premierfait; the Latin original text was first printed circa 1474-75. The final leaf in this edition, usually missing, is the title page of a suppressed supplement dealing with English notables. Pforzheimer 73; STC 3178.

— 2 hours ago with 36 notes
#Oh God  #this is like porn to me  #I wrote my first thesis on Boccaccio  #I love him  #Boccaccio  #Giovanni Boccaccio 
mykingdomforahiddleston:

I actually just choked on nothing laughing so hard.

mykingdomforahiddleston:

I actually just choked on nothing laughing so hard.

(Source: wg88, via valeria2067)

— 6 hours ago with 16038 notes

magical-courage:

cumberlord:

Benedict Cumberbatch. n. Life Ruiner

ex. Benedict Cumberbatch is so infinitely perfect, that he has ruined my life. Also, cheekbones.

(via benedictatorship)

— 7 hours ago with 1488 notes
#benedict cumberbatch 
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ieatsleepdrinktea:

“Mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.” - Tom Hiddleston, quoting Tom Hardy’s character in Inception.

(via unreasonablyme)

— 7 hours ago with 2935 notes
#tom hiddleston  #inception  #ok 

pinkyapplez:

This is the single most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my life

(Source: bring-me-the-alex4ndria, via justbeencumberbatched)

— 7 hours ago with 4834 notes
#yep  #loki  #thor  #tom hiddleston 

waswinterblue:

Henry V: No Surrender clip (x)

I’m making myself a cup of tea andam going to go cry in the corner of my couch. 

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— 7 hours ago with 988 notes
#tom hiddleston  #I thought I couldn't hate him more than I already did  #well  #guess what  #I was wrong  #sooooo wrong