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Written for Alexa Chung by Alex Turner.

蔦まみれの事務所→詳細 Abandoned office invaded by ivy.

Lilith, (detail, 1887) John Maler Collier

compare.

have to thank tumblr for romanticizing absolutely everything. i'll be washing dishes and peeling oranges thinking of love languages its insane

women in STEM (supervillainy, treachery, evilness, malevolence)

Night Tide (Curtis Harrington, 1961)

sometimes making tea is less about drinking it and more ab it keeping you company

This sounds very ominous....

alright ladies time to wrap it up it’s over

The Color of Pomegranates, Sergei Parajanov, 1969

Where the Wild Roses Grow

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds & Kylie Minogue

The Abduction of Ganymede, 1612, by Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577-1640)

what I really like about all these vintage couple’s portraits is that there is a very certain romatic decorum kept up – certain themes and poses – which, while of course being the mainstream preferred view of couples repeated throughout many studios, are just… so nice to look at. 

this staged affection, a mix of theatricality and intimacy, the couple holding still for a couple of moments and now immortalised in a very set sequence of embraces and kisses. there is a charm to it even when I can’t tell whether this was a genuine couple portait or just actors hired by the photographer.

the kiss on the bare shoulder (eyes perfectly averted), the cheek caress, the piano and the violin, the interrupted embrace, the woman tilted back as in a half-stopped dance…

Moss Green

Photographed by Freddie Ardley - Instagram @freddieardley

At this point, dark academia is romanticising everything and falling in love with yourself, everything and anything.

i’m a simple creature, i see an old, abandoned place and i want to live there because i care about what ghosts think of me.

books?? amazing. paperbacks?? soft, cozy, may fit in your pocket, cheap so you don’t feel bad for taking notes in them. hardcovers??? beautiful, pristine, ground you into the world they hold by making you grip them tighter, the stars of every bookshelf. ebooks?? convenient, cheap, always with you, a vast library that you can hold in your palm. new books?? crisp, the smell of wood, ideas waiting to imprint themselves upon the world. old books?? objects transcending history, sweet smelling, enriched by the hands that stroked their pages. books.

George Peabody Library.

yes.

Vivi et Margot

I can’t stand elon musk’s simp army like okay maybe they could idk pay for a concerted clean up effort with those billions of dollars they have? You can’t just destroy this planet to get to other ones lol. source

“If by romantic they mean someone who dreams, I am a romantic, but I shall keep my crown of dreams a secret.”

— Anais Nin, 1917

Abandoned church in the settlement of Budimilovo, Tver Oblast. Built in 1819-1827.