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Nicky keeps doing the math because he wants so many things, but he can't afford them.

Then Andrew shows up, gives Nicky a blank check, and tells him to "have fun."

Andrew hadn't counted on white horses or the garish pink sequined "groomsmen" suits.

Of course, the "groomsmen" are the twins.

During the wedding, Aaron keeps glancing at Andrew.

"Are you happy, Andrew? I hope you are, because we're going to have a five-hour photo shoot dressed like this on top of a freaking unicorn. We can't even get on without being lifted, Andrew. Remember? You know we're freaking pink gnomes? Are we going to cross the rainbow, Andrew? BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO A FUCKING RAINBOW ON THE ALTAR!"

Nicky keeps doing the math because he wants so many things, but he can't afford them.

Then Andrew shows up, gives Nicky a blank check, and tells him to "have fun."

Andrew hadn't counted on white horses or the garish pink sequined "groomsmen" suits.

Of course, the "groomsmen" are the twins.

During the wedding, Aaron keeps glancing at Andrew.

"Are you happy, Andrew? I hope you are, because we're going to have a five-hour photo shoot dressed like this on top of a freaking unicorn. We can't even get on without being lifted, Andrew. Remember? You know we're freaking pink gnomes? Are we going to cross the rainbow, Andrew? BECAUSE THERE'S ALSO A FUCKING RAINBOW ON THE ALTAR!"

something about kevin feeling good when andrew calls him princess, something about andrew wanting to explore this blissed out side of kevin during sex, calling him a good girl—and kevin coming instantly. untouched.

The pyramids were built by contemporary workers who received wages and were fed and taken care of during construction

The Dendera “lightbulb” is a representation of the creation myth and has nothing to do with electricity

We didn’t find “““copper wiring””” in the great pyramid either

Hatshepsut wasn’t transgender

The gods didn’t actually have animal heads

Hieroglyphs aren’t mysteriously magical; they’re just a language (seriously we have shopping lists and work rosters and even ancient erotica)

The ancient Egyptian ethnicity wasn’t homogeneous

While the Egyptians were fine-ass astronomers they didn’t align any of their enormous and/or important buildings to modern star constellations, because constellations look very different now than they did ~5000 years ago 

Speaking of that particular sphinx, the Napoleonic expedition is not responsible for its missing nose

Akhenaten was not a “heretic” by contemporary standards

Ramses II appropriated a lot of his predecessors’ buildings/reliefs and isn’t really deserving of the epithet “the Great”

It was not, in fact, practice to shave off eyebrows after cats died; Herodotus lied about that

Here are some vetted Egyptological books/sources (that are by and large appropriate for a lay-audience) you can find most, if not all of the above:

Lehner, M., The Complete Pyramids

Wilkinson, R. H., The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt

Hornung, E., The One and the Many: Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt

Dunand, F. & Zivie-Coche, C., Gods and Men in Egypt

Kemp, B., Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization

Bard, K., An Introduction to the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt

Stevenson Smith, W., The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt

Kitchen, K. A., The Life and Times of Ramesses II, King of Egypt

Sweeney, D., Sex and Gender (in Ancient Egypt)

McDowell, A. G., Village Life in Ancient Egypt:  Laundry Lists and Love Songs

merlin's paintings getting shown to the public not because he wants the recognition but because he wants Camelot and its people to be known, he wants them to be remembered as Merlin remembers them, he wants the golden and perfect images in his mind to exist in other people's as well. but he stays completely anonymous for every new show, known only as Emrys.

articles and essays pop up around his paintings. people say they're earnestly human depictions of early medieval life, portraying its residents not as historic figures, but as real, lived people. a kindly old physician frowns over a book, concern for his patient evident. a smiling woman carries a basket of laundry, beaming despite the sheen of sweat on her forehead. a long-haired knight laughs uproariously in a tavern at a joke we're not told.

but the most well-known series is of the king, every depiction of him shockingly intimate. angles and expressions that would be known only to those closest to him, head tilted back in the bath, face set determinedly before a tournament, reaching for a loaf of bread with bed-mussed hair. depictions of the king not in his role as ruler or warrior, but as a person. scholars theorize that it forces the viewer to take the role of voyeur, seeing a regal figure in what clearly is a private moment.

merlin's latest painting his taken him decades to be ready to create and release, but it's an important one for him. it creates a stir the minute it's shown to the public. the king sits, and his coloring is not like other paintings - pale, eyes tired, shoulders drooped.

but what garners the most attention, what art history scholars and students rush to unpack, is that the first time, the king is looking at the viewer. everything about the painting is still unbearably close, just like the others. but his eyes clearly track on some person the audience isn't shown, a soft, almost reverent expression on his face.

scholars say this recontextualizes the entire series of portraits. what they thought was a peering looking into the king's life, was clearly from the perspective of his lover.

merlin doesn't understand. he's only ever painted his memories, nothing more.

i genuinely wonder what andrew's reaction would be when a foster kid comes up to him after a game, or makes him a sign, or writes him a letter telling him that he is why they had the courage to speak up about what was happening to them.

Neil feeling slightly embarrassed but also turned on by a physical reminder of how completely owned he feels by Andrew coming in him like that.

Neil getting dressed after and still feeling some of Andrew’s cum inside him. Marking him. Making him his. Andrew pulling out after thrusting inside him so hard it almost chokes him when he cums, and Neil could swear he could feel him there deep inside when he came. Filling him up, so full he almost feels sick, splays an open hand low on his belly and groans with lust at the thought of it, open mouthed and panting into the pillow.

It's always a big deal when the Foxes and Katelyn can see Andrew casually just hug Aaron for no reason or because it's a goodbye see ya later or a hello it's been a long time since we saw each other in person

And Aaron didn't know how much he needed another family member who isn't Nicky or Katelyn to hug him. Especially since Tilda wasn't much of a hugger either

That boy grew up in Califorina (and then lived in South Carolina) if the temperature drops below 75 he complains it's too cold. One time it snowed, barely a dusting, and he refused to take his car out.

Aaron: Why the hell did you pick the bathroom for a meeting while I’m taking a shower?

Kevin: *freezes with a toothbrush in hand*

Nicky: *stops opening and closing the door*

Andrew: *keeps smoking, perched on the toilet lid*

Imagine if you will, husbands Jeremy and Jean at their first olympics together, where Jean has decided to play for the French olympic team (in order to go to the olympics without having to train again at Evermore).

The press all up in a storm about how The Moreaus have never played against one another before! How even in their college days on separate teams, they never met on the court! How will they do it? Will either hold back? Will they even be played at the same time?! The buzz gets louder as the games progress and the final match for the silver & gold medals is slated to be between France & the USA

Of course, Jeremy and Jean would be thrilled at the opportunity to play one another. It isn't like they haven't done so in practices before, and to compete with one another in the olympics? What a thrill! They stay within the rules, but there is NO holding back. They are each other's mark, the only ones capable of matching each other step for step, and the game is even more crazy intense when either of them gets the ball.

And then, with precious little time left, Jean snatches the ball right from Jeremy's raquet and slings it to France's striker, who scores, bringing the game to a tie.

Jeremy is stunned, impressed, elated, devastated, offended, just taken aback by all of the feelings at once at such a masterfully done play and he is left gaping at Jean, who tells him with the most self-satisfied grin to "have a winning day, mon cœur!"

So Jeremy does the one and only thing that feels reasonable in response to such cheeky bait, something they've playfully done a dozen times in practices and around the gym after getting together–

He smacks his husband HARD on the ass, in the middle of the olympic court, and that shit rings out like a gunshot.

A ref immediately red cards Jeremy for violent conduct– slapping another player when not challenging for the ball– which has Jean barking out a laugh before the two of them realize what this actually means.

It gives France a penalty shot. A chance to break the tie at the tail end of the game.

Now, Andrew is probably in the goal for the USA team, and considering that this is the most entertaining thing that's happened through all of the olympics, he locks down the goal and just barely blocks the shot. Jeremy owes Andrew his life for that one, honestly.

The game quickly goes to a tiebreaker that has the USA just scraping by as the victors, but everyone is VERY AWARE that if France had made that penalty shot, there wouldn't have been a tie to break, and France would have won.

No one will ever let Jeremy Moreau forget the 1 and only red card in his exy career, which nearly cost the USA a gold medal, and it was for smacking Jean's ass on the olympic court.

Bonus silly aftermath:

• Kevin is STEAMING mad about this for years to come. Jeremy goes several days genuinely believing that their friendship is over because of this (It's not, but the "scathing diva" needs time to cool down about almost losing olympic gold over such a thing)

• Neil has a t-shirt custom made with a still-frame of the spank and the text THE CLAP HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD and wears it for seemingly every single public appearance he makes for the next few months.

• At the next olympics, Andrew offers to lock down the goal if Jeremy can one-up last time's scandal and make things interesting. Jeremy cannot tell if this is a joke, and plays on his best behavior, and ignores the pointed eye contact Andrew makes with him when a ball slips past surely on accident?! and lights up the goal.