"...borne back ceaselessly into the past"

“I was hoping they’d beat me and forget about it but to my horror they stuck my work up on the fridge”

THIS is what “boys will be boys” ACTUALLY means

I do appreciate the culture of Tumblr as a historian because on Twitter I would be expected to talk straight academia, on Instagram I would be expected to post perfectly staged photos of my reenactment costumes, on TikTok I would be expected to make videos propagating badly revised history, but here I can just whip open my laptop and tell the world that I think Thomas Jefferson was a little bitch with no context whatsoever

People who don't re-read books are so funny to me. "I know what happens"..?? Gurl I know what pizza tastes like, still gonna eat another one. I know what a rainbow looks like, you think that'll stop me running outside, camera in hand, to see the next one?

Oh boy I sure hope my good friend Jonathan Harker has a much better time on his business trip this year than he did last year.

Gawain is welsh. It’s gah-wen.

i love the energy here however i must tell you he has a completely different name in the welsh texts

Genuinely I think anyone who is a Shakespeare nerd should talk more about what Shakespeare play they fucking hate. Sure, knowing your favourite play might be good and all, but being a hater and knowing your LEAST favourite is where the fun is. 

The thing is you read too much 19th century Brit Lit and that’s literally just how you start to talk. Was speaking with a friend about another friend and I said “he’s very agreeable, but he lacks discernment” like that was in any way a normal way to phrase that sentiment.

Reblog if you think public libraries are important and should be maintained.

I checked out 3 books from mine today 💗

This is your reminder to go to a public library! You can print stuff there! For free! You can listen to music! You can sit on a little couch and read a book! Whichever book you want! If all of this isn’t enticing you, then I don’t know what to say

who's your most hated shakespeare character for entirely petty reasons? they're not evil you just cannot stand them. mine is pistol

big fan of shakespeare villains who step onto the stage and immediately announce “I am here and I am evil. I am here to do mischief.” and then that’s exactly what they do for the next two hours. no other motive is ever explained. at the end they fail. kings