2/? tudor aesthetics:

⎯ elizabeth i and robert dudley

badass women of history ↝ sayyida al hurra, the pirate queen of morocco

sayyida al hurra, real name lalla aicha bint ali ibn rashid al-alami, was hakimat titwan between 1515–1542 and a moroccan privateer leader during the early 16th century. she became the wife of the wattasid sultan ahmad ibn muhammad.

Lincoln (2012) - Dir. Steven Spielberg

Sally Field as First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, the fiercely ambitious and high-spirited woman who made Abraham Lincoln President of the United States.

“In her bearing she was proud, but handsome and vivacious; she was a good conversationalist, using with equal fluency the French and English languages. When she used a pen, its point was sure to be sharp, and she wrote with wit and ability. She not only had a quick intellect but an intuitive judgment of men and their motives. Ordinarily she was affable and even charming in her manners; but when offended or antagonized she could be very bitter and sarcastic. In her figure and physical proportions, in education, bearing, temperament, history — in everything she was the exact reverse of Lincoln.” — Alexander K. McClure, Lincoln’s Own Yarns and Stories

inspired by @winterhalters [ post ]

Edit of one of my favorite couples from

Carlos Rey Emperador. Maria & Maximilian.

“Good luck. And DON’T fuck it up.”

When Jinshi is such a mood.

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The Saddest Girl In The World

Edwardian-ish ribbon corset with beading, 2023

Silk ribbon, cotton taffeta ribbon, Czech glass beads

1/? tudor aesthetics:

⎯ henry vii and elizabeth of york

Sorry to tell you this baby. but if your little fantasy story uses the word July, you done gone and canonized the Roman empire. Sorry bout it, but that's just how it shakes out sometimes, big boy.

@pscentral​ event 10: best of 2022

15 Facts I’ve Learned About Ulysses S. Grant This Year

featuring scenes from Grant (2020) - History Channel

I'm The Most Beautiful Count (Trailer) Go see it in Change2561's yt asap!!!

SHŌGUN (2024)

Chapter 9: Crimson Sky

such a small detail but I cannot stop thinking about law leaving kikoku by luffy's bedside when he went out to talk with hancock and ivankov. idk it stirs up a lot of questions. like does law do this often? does law, like zoro, talk to his well-behaved cursed sword like "kikoku, sit. watch." before he leaves to go have lunch or a well deserved twenty minute post-surgery nap. is this the protective equivalent to leaving a baseball bat by the bedside? doctor's bedside manner emotional support blade? but then I also can't help but notice that it's unsheathed. which... actually, who is that sword protecting really, just sitting there? did luffy wake up more than once in the cradle of that submarine while his body was still recovering? (drugged up to the gills, entirely noncoherent, unable to be reasoned with, going in and out of consciousness, the only thought running through his mind being "ace"). probably would've been a nightmare for the heart crew

the roaring twenties 🎺

Out of words.

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