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Why did I only find out today that the “I think we need to kill this guy meme” was a fucking Steven…

turtle-kidddddd:

Why did I only find out today that the “I think we need to kill this guy meme” was a fucking Steven Universe vs Hitler comic?????

I was just caught so off guard by this

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variablejabberwocky:

otatma:

terrible-tentacle-theatre:

pitbullmabari:

pitbullmabari:

zaidlux:

“You need to believe in things that aren’t true. How else can they become” - Hogfather, Terry Pratchett

it’s seasonal lads

IT’S SEASONAL AGAIN LADS

‘Tis the season so I’ll reblog my absolute favorite Terry Pratchett quote ever

Happy holidays folks

welp

#The wisdom #The kind that sits on your chest heavily #And you don’t so much get over it as you learn to keep existing with its weight

the-evil-clergyman:The Little Creature, from Walter De La...

the-evil-clergyman:

The Little Creature, from Walter De La Mare’s Down-Adown-Derry: A Book of Fairy Poems by Dorothy P. Lathrop (1922)

After Lovers in a Wood (John Atkinson Grimshaw), oil on canvas— Michael Handt (German, b.1995)

aqua-regia009:

After Lovers in a Wood (John Atkinson Grimshaw), oil on canvas
— Michael Handt (German, b.1995)

https://michael-handt.com/

the-evil-clergyman:“Drest thus, I seem a different creature!”,...

the-evil-clergyman:

“Drest thus, I seem a different creature!”, from Goethe’s Faust by Harry Clarke (1927)

Bryan Angus（Scottish）

iamjapanese:

Bryan Angus（Scottish）

Crovie North 2023 Two colour reduction lino print 26cm x 36cm via

The Women of Amphissa by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1887)

the-evil-clergyman:

The Women of Amphissa by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1887)

psikonauti:Jan Zrzavý (Czech, 1890-1977)Horses under the moon,...

psikonauti:

Jan Zrzavý (Czech, 1890-1977)

Horses under the moon, 1919 

Mixed media

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the-evil-clergyman:

Illustrations from East of the Sun and West of the Moon by Kay Nielsen (1914)

This is a piece of classic, slow burn British TV that scared the ice cold living daylights out of me…

petermorwood:

frozen-fountain:

This is a piece of classic, slow burn British TV that scared the ice cold living daylights out of me when I was a teenager. Going to eat my lunch and see how it holds up now!

You can also read the M.R. James ghost story upon which it’s based here :)

There have been several M. R. James TV adaptations over the years - try to find “The Stalls of Barchester” and “Lost Hearts” from the original 1970s BBC “Ghost Stories for Christmas” series, and “The Tractate Middoth” and “The Mezzotint” from the 2000s revival era.

The stories themselves are all PD with most / all on Gutenberg.

If you’ve access to a couple of candles, wait until nightfall then turn out the room lights and get reading by the glow of your screen and the candles, whose occasional flicker can make your peripheral vision see things in the corners of the room that aren’t really there.

Probably.

Also check out YouTube for readings by Michael Hordern (the protagonist in the TV adaptation) and listen to a couple of them, again after dark with the lights turned down.

Not out, just down, so there are plenty of shadows.

This can be an interesting experience, especially if - as on the last time I tried it - there’s an occasional window-spatter of rain riding on the gusty wind in the darkness outside.

And if you should sneeze and someone says “Bless you!” when you know you’re alone in the house, that’s nothing to do with M. R. James or me…

Pleasant dreams. :->