Stubborn Compulsions

allthempreg:

tealbluestatic:

skarosoul:

ohdanielle:

reading-angel:

lightningrapunzel:

221b—tardis:

THANK YOU

I’m a Shakespeare addict and fan but i hate that play.

Can we petition going to have Romeo and Juliet replaced in schools by Much Ado About Nothing? We still get plenty of angst but with twice as much (at least) falling-in-love and also it ends with a double wedding! HAPPY ENDINGS FOR EVERYONE!

Maybe then we’d get cultural references to Claudio & Hero or Benedick & Beatrice which would be so much more bearable than all those people try to compare themselves to Romeo and Juliet - unless you are teenagers who are going to commit mutual suicide, that’s really not a comparison you want to make.

It would be AWESOME if romantic paradigms in our culture revolved around Beatrice and Benedick instead of Romeo and Juliet - I mean, Beatrice may have her faults, but she has SELF ESTEEM, for crying out loud; she holds men as her equals, not her saviors (“Adam’s sons are my brethren, and truly I hold it a sin to match with my kindred”). When she falls for Benedick it surprises her, but she doesn’t relinquish her grip on who she is for an instant. Similarly, the sexiest thing about Benedick is his roundedness. He doesn’t ask Beatrice to change anything about herself, and neither does he make empty promises. He threatens Claudio out of principle, not jealous passion - nothing about his anger involves Beatrice. He sees the idiocy in his friend’s behavior clearly enough to stand against it, and I find that sexy as all get-out.

Benedick and Beatrice hold onto their moral compasses through thick and thin. When Claudio and Hero become so self-absorbed and reactionary that they lose their minds a bit, Benedick and Beatrice pull them back into reality, discovering parts of themselves they’ve ignored in the process. Best thing is that they ultimately learn respect and tenderness for one another, without swooning and drooling like children.

Dunno about you, but I call this particular OTP role model material. Away with you, Romeo - Bring me Benedick of Padua, and the tragicomedy of the real world to weather along with him.

Bless this post.

apackoffatkids:

When the police demanded a protest route for the demonstration today from students in Quebec they sent this to the police.

completelynormalgirl:

Did this person just argue for gay marriage while referencing Doctor who?

fyeahuniverse:

^{Vela Supernova Remnant}

^{This image for which Marco justly won the “Photographer of the Year” in the deep space category is amazing beyond belief. What you see the the violent aftermath of a supernova which took place over 10,000 years ago.}

^{(Image credit: Marco Lorenzi)}

fyeahuniverse:

^{Solar Hiccup}

^{A solar flare on May 9 was captured up NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory,  it wasn’t long lived nor big enough to cause a coronal mass ejection. The image was taken in the 131 Angstrom wavelength of light.}

^{(Image credit: SDO/NASA)}

i-ship-that:

Tom Hiddleston explaining his existence.

whatdiscworldtaughtme:

425. It takes guts to run away.