Through the Mist

i think being italian is a choice

franz josef i of austria-hungary in the summer of 1866

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Capulets vs Montagues

Two houses, utterly devoid of dignity

theres this really funny thing riverdale & both its spinoffs do where they make active efforts to like, sexualize male characters while pointedly avoiding sexualizing female ones. & it strikes me as a mix of like, trying to appeal to the expected audience and trying to cultivate a reputation for like Respecting Women & Being Progressive. but then part of the way they try to look Progressive is by depicting women as like, owning their sexuality & being sexually empowered & whatnot. which leads to some strange moments (betty's pole dance scene where her lacy lingerie is like, dark, formless, & unrevealing, and the camera has no interest whatsoever in anything below her shoulders) but also produces this recurring thing where with minimal exception gay man relationships are characterized as like, heated, hyperpassionate, almost animalistic, two guys unable to pry themselves apart, while lesbian ones are comparatively super chaste & restrained & delicate, even sex scenes having the detached & dispassionate air of like, porcelain dolls. Which Brings Its Own Set Of Issues,

not gonna lie I think it’s actually because roberto aguirre-sacasa was a horny gay guy trying to put as many shots of shirtless men into the productions as humanly possible