humansofcolor:
prokopetz:
sarahtypeswords:
wetorturedsomefolks:
memejacker:
several-talking-corpses:
memejacker:
caligula had anime eyes
wait romans painted their marble sculptures
it looks like a cheap theme park ride mascot
yep
here’s a statue of Augustus

and here’s a reproduction of the statue with the colors restored

i honestly think that what we consider the height of sculpture in all of Western civilization being essentially the leftover templates of gaudy pieces of theme park shit to be evidence of the potential merit of found art
“I tried coloring it and then I ruined it”
And you know what the funniest part is? The paint didn’t just wear off over time. A bunch of asshole British historians back in the Victorian era actually went around scrubbing the remaining paint off of Greek and Roman statues - often destroying the fine details of the carving in the process - because the bright colours didn’t fit the dignified image they wished to present of the the cultures they claimed to be heirs to. This process also removed visible evidence of the fact that at least some of the statues thus stripped of paint had originally depicted non-white individuals.
Whenever you look at a Roman statue with a bare marble face, you’re looking at the face of imperialist historical revisionism.
(The missing noses on a lot of Egyptian statues are a similar deal. It’s not that the ancient Egyptians made statues with strangely fragile noses. Many Victorian archaeologists had a habit of chipping the noses off of the statues they brought back, then claiming that they’d found them that way - because with the noses intact, it was too obvious that the statues were meant to depict individuals of black African descent.)
Sorry, I keep reblogging this over and over, the last comment is unbelievable. Wow.
The nose thing makes me pissed. The archeologists were so racist that they wanted to prevent evidence that the people who lived in africa looked african.
sirphilliamreblogs:
I do not mean to sound like I am starting drama, but…
What’s the point of telling someone you’re still friends and then choose to break mostly all forms of contact? To ignore them mostly and hardly say anything?
I know I’m not a good person, but damn, I try to be one.
I try.
I’m not sure how to get my words out of my head properly.
I’m just fucked up right now…
I’m hanging on by a thread and I don’t want this friendship to crumble…
Are they the kind of person that doesn’t talk to people unless you talk first?
sheddingself:
trap-princessx3:
fairlyqueer:
imagerydorkemon:
Oh wow didn’t expect the end.
While I agree with the message, we should also be teaching boys that it’s okay to cry.
Boys can cry and I will hug them bc it’s okay to be sad and cry
The point of this ad (to the second commenter) is that, in telling boys they can’t cry because they will be perceived as weak, you create emotionally-stunted men whose only method of expressing themselves is through violence and aggression. In saying “man” is interchangeable exclusively with “strong”, they grow up to believe that anyone who ISN’T a man (women, queer people) IS weak, and thus they have warrant to harm them.
These things are linked.
In ending toxic masculinity, you end misogyny and queerphobia. That’s why the ad says “Start with the boys”, because at such a young age, males are susceptible to all sorts of harmful ideals. I myself was, and it’s taken me almost 20 years to wash them off, and you know what? There’s still more to do.
In creating emotionally-healthy young boys, you create an environment where men respect others who are different to them. In ending traditional masculinity, you end patriarchy.
Basically, don’t tell young boys that emotions are a weakness. Everyone has emotions. It’s not a weakness.
lizzymodblog:
zann-ward:
freetmiser:
zann-ward:
freetmiser:
zann-ward:
I hope the next Elder Scrolls game moves away from the oversimplification BS that Skyrim introduced
It won’t
Don’t crush my dreams I just want classes back. And more specific weapon skills
Well, Skyrim is by far Bethesda’s best selling game, so i doubt they’re going to change the formula now. I’ve pretty much given up on future elder scrolls. On the off chance that they do make one that’s more complicated it would be a nice surprise, but i wouldn’t count on it.
I guess I’ll just mod the shit out of morrowind and play that
Honestly, Skyrim gets my preference if only because levelling up doesn’t make you weaker if you don’t do it in just the right way.
How did you do it in Oblivion again? Sacrifice a goat at midnight or something?
I like skyrim because in oblivion, you had to start out knowing what class you were gonna pick and plan main skills accordingly. In skyrim, you can just do whatever the fuck you want. I like that. It gives more freedom. Like, I could be going “Hmm, I’ve been a rogue too long. I’m gonna try being a mage now!” without making a whole new character.