Met Costume Institute

Walking dress. British. ca. 1830

Left: “Now, my dear Hopkins, draw up and warm your toes.” Golden Pince-nez, FD Steele, Colliers Oct 29 1904 Characters: Hopkins, Watson, Holmes

Right: “He flicked the horse with his whip.” Twisted Lip, Sidney Paget, The Strand Dec 1891/Jan 1892 Characters: Holmes, Watson

I'm reading a paper that talks about how in sappho 31 she pays very little attention to the man whereas in catullus 51 he can't quite seem to let him go, and while I understand the point being made about male rivalry. I also can't help thinking this is exactly what you get when a bi guy translates a lesbian's poetry aldhjskdf

She is a tall Lady - bark Europa

comparing yourself to a romantic rival of the same gender & finding yourself hopelessly lacking is something that can be so homoerotic given the right circumstances

I get (and mostly agree with) the posts on here talking about the importance of physical media vs digital but sometimes the tone of like 'if it's physical media you'll always have it unlike digital media' you get in these posts is deeply silly like this is in fact something that's notably famously not true of physical media actually. you can quite literally lose everything by only having physical media. both is good etc etc.

on his knees........ every Member..........

Ivan Meštrović Dve Vdovi (Two Widows), 1909 (detail)

These are all the options I could think of, but maybe there are more. I don't really know.

'A smuggler shown at different stages and points of his chosen profession', 19th century coloured etching (Wellcome Collection).

Odd choice to depict "The Smuggler's Death" at bottom centre followed by "The Smuggler's Return," when reading left to right. No matter what direction you go, death is but a temporary obstacle in his career.

thinking. thinking about valjean spending so much time reading completely on his own & having no one at all to talk to or discuss things with & then having cosette to tell about everything. him having all his thoughts & reflections on the nature of the world be so completely internal and then finally having someone to explain them to. the way he's so consistently quiet and reserved most of the time we see him but how he evidently spends like all his time talking to cosette. wah

Carlo Chiostri Valjean Teaches Cosette to Read

love this site

Left: “[Colliers Cover Illustration]” Golden Pince-nez, FD Steele, Colliers Oct 29 1904 Characters: Holmes

Right: “From its craggy summit I looked out myself across the melancholy downs.” Hound of the Baskervilles, Sidney Paget, The Strand Aug 1901 - Apr 1902 Characters: Watson

keep thinking abt the translation of 'fiacre' to 'hackney coach' bc like they're right that is what that is & furthermore it pings all the right associations for an english speaker to pick up on but also idk something abt reading the abt these french guys taking hackney coaches around paris is very funny to me

why is the weather report actively lying to me

do me a solid and just reblog this saying what time it is where you are and what you’re thinking about in the tags.