Chyroptera
Some Girls wander by Mistake
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Chyroptera
I asked her
-where are we going?
and she answered
-always towards home
(NOVALIS)
An interesting footnote: in late 1397, rumours ran around the country that the head and torso of Arundel had miraculously reattached themselves and that he had risen from the grave. After Richard directed Lancaster, Northumberland and three other earls to ‘ghostbust’ one night to see the truth for themselves, Arundel’s corpse was exhumed and reburied under the pavement of an Augustinian friary. —

- Kings in the North: The House of Percy in British History, Alexander Rose.

Some thoughts on this. First, John of Gaunt and Henry Percy pere, Ghostbusters, is a brilliant idea for a serial that I would definitely watch. Second, the fact that that after uncovering ‘the truth’, Arundel’s corpse was exhumed and reburied underneath a friary where the monks could keep an eye on it KIND OF IMPLIES THE STORIES WERE REAL AND ARUNDEL HAD IN FACT RISEN FROM THE DEAD? Which is a serial I would definitely definitely watch.

(via fourhundredbarrels)

Also, Richard did this because he was completely freaked out about the whole thing and reportedly had nightmares about Arundel coming to his bedroom at night (accusingly, not otherwise!) He had the body moved both as a power thing and because he didn’t want it to become a shrine for people who considered Arundel a martyr…

(via shredsandpatches)

mudvvitch:

Looks of the month

- strong and prepared postures

- a grey chemise crudely cut and wrapped to the body snugly, tied in place by an old strip of fabric

- black and grey tunics woven from thin flax linen, layered overtop the chemise

- young, smooth faces

- pearly-white hair, unbrushed and speckled with leaves, soil, and a few twigs

- practically translucent skin

- knee length trousers, cut from the same bolt as the tunics and tucked into tall cotton socks

- grey leather boots, wrapped with thick fabric in places where they are worn away

- fingers dipped to the knuckles in opaque black

- intricate charcoal markings painted onto the cheekbones and chin

- bleached eyebrows and dark kohl applied around inquisitive, piercing eyes

- a rather tall walking stick, ancient but sturdy

- long and billowing slate robes to hide under

- clouded breath that is always present when you speak, even when the weather is warm and temperate

pisslick:

Oscar Wilde: y’know how I look decent sometimes

Barber: yeah

Oscar Wilde: change that

Barber:

image

just-shower-thoughts:

As a millennial, the thought of owning a decent house with a nice yard is basically a fairytale at this point.

10centbullet:

ppl i follow need to warn me b4 they change their pictures and their urls and their entire identities i don’t remember following you this is scary

Amma, maybe you’re a mermaid really, taking human form for the love of a man—so every step is like walking on razor blades. —Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children (via florizels)
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