The hugs were a debuff the whole time

wow i am so glad you asked. welcome to house targaryen’s next top visenya let’s get our top contenders on the board

"A tree reaches ever upward, becoming the bridge between men and gods. We are thy root in the earth and thou art our flower in the sky, and together we grow before the face of the sun."

It's Moon Day, so let's look at a dinosaur from the moon!

…Well, not literally. But Eoraptor lunensis' name means "dawn thief from the moon", in reference to it being discovered in the Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) of Ischigualasto Provincial Park, Argentina.

Living during the Late Triassic, around 231-229 million years ago, Eoraptor was one of the earliest known of all dinosaurs. Originally classified as an early theropod, it's now thought to actually be a very early offshoot of the sauropodomorph lineage, closely related to other South American forms like Buriolestes and Pampadromeus.

It measured around 1.2m long (~4'), with leg proportions that indicate it was a fast runner. Its jaws contained both leaf-shaped and serrated pointed teeth, suggesting it may have been an opportunistic omnivore, feeding mainly on plant matter but occasionally supplementing its diet with smaller prey.

Unlike later dinosaurs it also still had vestigial palatal teeth on the roof of its mouth.

Eoraptor would have lived in a warm humid climate alongside several other early dinosaur species such as Herrerasaurus and Eodromaeus — but this was at a time before the dinosaurs had become the dominant terrestrial vertebrates, so other animals like rhynchosaurs, aetosaurs, rauisuchians, cynodonts and dicynodonts were also very abundant in the Ischigualasto ecosystem.

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and i had to sit back for a moment and take it in, because man, i'd never fully considered that aspect of it. obviously odysseus is never implied to take sexual advantage of any of his slaves within the epic, but as master of his household he is meant to be in total control of his slaves' sexuality and bodies. their failure to remain celibate (whatever the circumstances...) in itself equals betrayal against his authority and against the household, acting outside their allotted station.

i think it's interesting how the first night odysseus is back at ithaca, disguised as a beggar, he lies down plotting the suitors' deaths the next day, but he is much more tempted by and fantasizes about rushing the slave women and killing them right then and there, because the sight of the suitors taking them to bed is making "his heart growl with rage". this is before the contest, before any battle. odysseus has already decided the slave women must die.

“although it is possible to view the jewel as elizabeth’s way of identifying with anne, it is inconceivable that she wore the pendant without henry's notice, or indeed, given her desire to please him, his permission. this raises several intriguing possibilities behind the reason for its selection. perhaps the likeliest is that it was henry who ordered his daughter to wear the pendant, as a way of highlighting elizabeth's illegitimacy on account of her mother's actions.”