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Saint Cecilia with Lyre (Antoon Van Welie, 1899)

Crimson Peak, 2015, dir. Guillermo del Toro

the fantasy genre turns people into royalists so fast. i’m not even talking about return of the true king fairytales here but i mean, like, when there’s a “who will become king/queen!” plotline and people immediately start genuinely talking about who has the rightful claim. can we all sit down and first agree that none of these people “should” be king or queen because that isn’t a thing that should happen to people. what century are you from. divine right isn’t real go back to sleep

Still Life with an open Book and Spectacles by  William T. Howell Allchin (English, 1844-1883)

The Darker Drink c.1902 (photo: C. Yarnall Abbott

Dune: Part Two's opening fight scene between the Fremen and Harkonnen soldiers takes place during a solar eclipse, making for some instantly memorable orange-tinted visuals courtesy of cinematographer Greig Fraser. In an exciting twist of fate, the cast and crew of Dune: Part Two witnessed an actual partial solar eclipse on October 25, 2022. The camera crew was able to capture footage of the eclipse, which wound up in the final cut of the film. To stay true to the lore that Arrakis has two moons, visual effects supervisor Paul Lambert and his team added a second moon to the eclipse footage.

Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica in Dune: Part Two (2024) dir. Denis Villeneuve

Robert Anning Bell - The Women Stood Afar off Beholding These Things (1920)

VAMPIRE WEEKEND - ONLY GOD WAS ABOVE US’ – APRIL 5, 2024

Joni Mitchell at a Renaissance Festival, mid 1970’s.