i think villains in general provide better, more epic romances because they're allowed to go to extremes. they're allowed to put their love over the greater good. they're allowed to be selfish. the best a hero can offer you is number two, because their duty comes first. villains, though. villains will burn down the world for a last kiss goodbye.
Mumin Jangani , Hakima Athuai and Aaliyah Hydes by Jack Bridgland for Vogue Portugal , June 2021
Melle Johannes Oldeboerrigter (1908-1976) — Landscape and Interior (Pighorse) [oils on linen, 1959]
Azerbaijani artist Tunzala Mamedzadeh's Hand-Painted Quran in Gold on 164 Feet of Black Silk
My name is Hala, from Deir al-Balah, Gaza. I live with my four children, Abdul, Jaber, Mohammed, and Lian, and my mother-in-law, in a never-ending nightmare. Our home was bombed, and everything we had turned to ashes. Now, we live in a burnt house, with no safety or hope.
My husband, Adham, is stuck in Egypt, and I face this torment alone. My children suffer from hunger and illness, and we have nothing to protect them. Life here is unbearably difficult; every day is a struggle for survival.
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Audrey Hepburn at the press room of the "39th Annual Academy Awards." April 10, 1967
"Smitten here upon the forehead, down I fell through the abysses!"
Robert Williams Buchanan - The Devil's Case; a bank holiday interlude, 1896.
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Hot Coffee, Mojave Desert, 1937. Edward Weston. Gelatin silver print.