this used to be a blog about birds

I hear that

Original poster for Le frisson des vampires (The Shiver of the Vampires) (1971)

snail in jadeite swamp by amber cowan, 2020, glass & mixed media, 18.8 × 18.8 × 18.8 centimeters

by Arete Nani

Sigourney Weaver tries out the flame thrower for Alien (1979)

From Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages, by Jack Hartnell

(I know the point is she literally wins the melee. Just the fact that Brienne of Tarth defeats so-and-so takes up almost the entire list!! Except "Loras Tyrell defeats a man" lol but then brienne defeats Two men sooo...)

"Mysaria is maybe the first truly romantic connection. She offers a window into a type of hardship that opens Rhaenyra’s eyes to a portion of experience to which she’s had no access." — EMMA D'ARCY

Three Nectarines in White Paper, Eliot Hodgkin, 1957.