E. Winter Grey

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petermorwood:

loki-feelsmith:

DAMMIT TAG YOUR PORN

Lizard-mail  Lorica plumata. Kataphraktos.

I like it…

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spicyshimmy:

danaduchy:

A: Us ranging into the depths, fighting darkspawn and the Children. It’s like old times.
N: You say that like it’s a good thing.
A: Where’s your sense of adventure?
N: I was hoping Justice would have been the dominant personality.
A: Oh, you’re no fun.

you know for the longest time i was all :( over the fact that nathaniel said that line in particular to anders about dominant personalities. there was a tone of bitterness throughout their interactions that stands in extremely stark comparison to their banter in awakening. and, of course, many years have passed and much has changed since the last time these two intrepid wardens went spelunking through the deep roads, so it’s not all that surprising they’d not hit the same notes as of old.

but there’s more to it than that, i think. this is an attempt at the old banter. because nathaniel has to know that anders would have had a field day once upon a time with that straight line nathaniel just handed him on a silver bloody platter. if anders could turn ‘how about those mage robes’ into ‘let’s talk about me naked’ then he could just as easily have done the same with a remark about dominant personalities. 

‘trust me, nathaniel, i’m still a dominant personality’ or ‘no, i’m still looking for that dominant personality’ or anything, really, with the callous little leer and smirk and eyebrow wiggle. it was armor at the time, anyway, that much is certain, but it’s all been worn away. 

and then anders says, oh, you’re no fun. but that’s the twist of irony. because he’s the one who isn’t bringing the fun to the table. and he was, once. all fun all the time, and never a deeper moment. so it’s a bit of a nod to how he used to cope—and how he copes now.

Ow. :( Not okay. I really miss Awakening Anders, he was delightful.

Also, I always feel like an oddball for Nathaniel being my favourite out of the Awakening companions. I just love him unreasonably. He’s so easy to get on your side after being so angry and he wants to please so badly and I can’t imagine how someone like that would have fared as Rendon Howe’s eldest son. No wonder he got sent away. It probably saved him.

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charlottedsweb:

Can I have a source video for this?

I really want to watch it.

I really want to punch the dude on the right. Was he hired to be a douche or did he just come that way?

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ceruleanhills:

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hisblackdress:

Jacket: Ashley Stewart

Dress: City Chic Online

Shoes: Payless

I’ve been trying to make a habit of dressing nicer lately, so here’s my totally impractical awesome outfit for a fun-filled day at home with my baby daughter while Mrs. Spookshow enjoys some much needed time out. You can read more about this outfit on my blog, HisBlackDress, com, so check that out! So, if stay-at-home dads are awesome, how about stay-at-home dads in five inch heels?

Excuse me while I cry about my new favorite fashion blog.

The outfits in that blog are so cute ;D

This guy is so cute it’s actually causing me pain. 

ornamentedbeing:

In writing an account of the Ball for The Graphic, Lady Violet Greville felt, as she spoke of the Princess of Wales, constrained to quote the 16th-century French author Brantôme who described Marguerite de Valois as “robed in cloth of silver with long sleeves, her hair richly dressed and her whole appearance of such grace and majesty that she resembled more a goddess from heaven than a Queen upon earth.”

-Rvondeh

At long last I can share my costume with the world. Eight months ago I entered my final year at Wimbledon College of Art studying Costume Interpretation. Our first assignment was to create a costume to compliment the new exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery in Buckingham Palace entitled ‘In Fine Style’. As I walked around the Red Room during the Da Vinci exhibition I could never imagine that just a short while later my own costume would grace this majestic room. 

I chose to recreate the fancy dress costume of Alexandra, Princess of Wales dressed as Marguerite de Valois worn to the Duchess of Devonshire House Ball in 1897. As I was the intern for The Tudor Tailor last year and helped to make the costume and work on the photo shoot for the new book The Tudor Child, I was requested to create the costume of the Hon. Louvima Knollys who accompanied Alexandra as her page.

The skirt and bodice is entirely finished by hand. I started with eight small appliqués to build my shape and completed the surface decoration by hand based on the photos. I thought after this costume I would never wish to string another pearl or couch another row again but for my final costume I am working on beading once again. I was able to study close ups of the image at the National Archives and I was graciously granted permission to study hi-res images of the 4 existing photographs of Alexandra.  Both of these allowed me to re-create what is hopefully a very close historic reproduction of this costume.

I am grateful to both of my models, to all of the researchers who assisted me in this endeavour to track down photos to study, to you my followers who continue to inspire me, and most of all to my mother who was very patient during my frantic midnight phone calls.

I will leave you with the quote that first came to mind when my models descended the staircase into the gallery last night, ‘ She [Alexandra] came down one day in a marvellous … long flowering train. She dazzled me utterly, I was speechless with adoration’.  

-Princess Marie of Edinburgh

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