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Updated description moved here... because tumblr is tumblr. [I think the links are working now, but otherwise the major tags are there below for navigation.]

Notable fandoms are: the early seasons of Grimm, all of Revenge, The Killing, The X Files, the first two Mummy movies, Check Please!, Pride and Prejudice, Much Ado About Nothing, several incarnations of Sherlock Holmes, the Mission Impossible movies also might turn up repeatedly, and I also have a tag called i love this movie!. New-ish interests are might be The Magnus Archives and Dracula Daily... we'll see.

Other recurring themes are: art history, AUs, random parallels, unexpected references to Hungary, birds in every single form and terrible humor of the tumblr-kind. 

As far as personal information goes, I’m Elizabeth, I’m 40, I’m Hungarian.

As far as personal interaction goes: I don’t follow back everyone, sorry; but I rarely unfollow (unless it was an accidental follow, I’m sorry about that too); however, it's not a problem if you unfollow me. I’m... askable I guess, I'm just terrible with answering them. Communication, especially, tumbr-specific communication is not my forte. In about 80% of cases, my likes should be attributed to your tags. Also: I'm guilty of overtagging. (My icon is still the amazing KT Tunstall in more than one ways.)

#blog maintenance#zserb's posts#grimm#revenge#the killing#x files#the mummy#check please!#pride and prejudice#much ado about nothing#holmesverses#i love this movie!#the magnus archives#art history#au#unexpected parallels#and suddenly something hungarian#all kinds of birds#zserb might talk in tags#dracula daily#kt tunstall#zserb adds or replies or corrects or comments#tag organizing#mission impossible movies#shipping#link#.audio#music
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Roses are red, that much is true, but violets are purple, not fucking blue.

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feels-for-the-fictional

I have been waiting for this post all my life.

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marzipanandminutiae

They are indeed purple, But one thing you’ve missed: The concept of “purple” Didn’t always exist.

Some cultures lack names For a color, you see. Hence good old Homer And his “wine-dark sea.”

A usage so quaint, A phrasing so old, For verses of romance Is sheer fucking gold.

So roses are red. Violets once were called blue. I’m hugely pedantic But what else is new?

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ineptshieldmaid

My friend you’re not wrong About Homer’s wine-ey sea! Colours are a matter Of cultural contingency;

Words are in flux And meanings they drift But the word purple You’ve given short shrift.

The concept of purple, My friends, is old And refers to a pigment once precious as gold.

By crushing up molluscs From the wine-dark sea You make a dye: Imperial decree

Meant that in Rome, to wear purpura was a privilege reserved

For only the emperor!

The word ‘purple’, for clothes so fancy, Entered English By the ninth century

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Why then are voilets Not purple in song? The dye from this mollusc, known for so long

Is almost magenta; More red than blue. The concept of purple is old, and yet new.

The dye is red, So this might be true: Roses are purple And violets are blue

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squeeful

While this song makes me merry, Tyrian purple dyes many a hue From magenta to berry And a true purple too.

But fun as it is to watch this poetic race The answer is staring you right in the face: Roses are red and violets are blue Because nothing fucking rhymes with purple.

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cryoverkiltmilk

Hirple - To limp or walk awkwardly

Cirple - An old Scots word for the hindquarters of a horse

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nobodybetterhavethisoneoriswear

“Roses are red, violets are purple,

My boner for you has caused me to hirple.”

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My, how romantic!

DYING. I AM DYING.

Source: katelizabeth
#reblogging to have it near the other one#language#hirple#cultural differences
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notbecauseofvictories

while dana scully is undoubtedly my favorite part of the X-files, my second favorite part is how mulder is a ~celebrity~ in the alien-watching weirdo conspiracy theorist community

not only that but everyone within that community seems to know about dana scully “the skeptical partner” before they ever meet

which leads me to the conclusion that mulder is on fucking usenet or something, cluttering up threads on HAARP or the existence of the loch ness monster with how bouncy scully’s hair is today

or ‘‘omg guys my SKEPTIC PARTNER helped me apprehend a PYROKINETIC BRIT it was great she was beautiful her shoulderpads are so big”

(“oh no not this again” some poor cryptozoologist sighs from the other side of the screen)

#are you kidding they'd ship them#x files
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silly-jellyghoty

Fascinating!

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loryer496

ah i literally heard about this post from my therapist almost exactly a week ago, and now i have encountered it. this feels like some kinda milestone.

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sufficientlylargen

New backformations unlocked!

  • To shrink a bit is to "lit" (from little)
  • To paint just a few little streaks on something is to "marb" it (from marble)
  • To have a rodent force you to cook just once is to "ratatouil" (from ratatouille)
  • To be in a polycule for a brief moment (but not continuously) is to "seatt" (from seattle)
#language#english#beautiful
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aplpaca
Anonymous asked:

Do you have any cool bird facts

aplpaca answered:
  • female raptors (eagles, hawks, falcons, etc) are larger than male raptors in pretty much all species. this happens even in groups not closely related to each other (ex: hawks and falcons), so its beneficial enough in their niche that its evolved independently a few times, though its unsure exactly what that benefit is atm (bc unlike males being larger in a lot of mammals, female raptors dont make a habit of fighting each other or using size to attract mates as far as we know). ex: heres a male and female Cooper's Hawk

  • somewhat mentioned above but falcons are more closely related to parrots than they are to hawks
  • Gray Catbirds and American Robins have been witnessed raising young in the same nest at the same time. In one instance (reported by Mulvihill and Murray), they were recorded caring for the young of both species in the nest, and when the Catbird young fledged, the adult Catbirds continued to provide food for the not-yet-fledged Robins. heres a pic of the nest from the report

  • the worlds oldest known bird as of 2024 is a wild Laysan Albatross named Wisdom who's 72-73 years old (at minimum, we dont actually know her birth date, just that she was at least 5 years old when she was banded in the 50s) and still raising chicks. here's her with one of her chicks

  • also Albatrosses have wingspans of up to 3.5m/11.5ft and have been recorded flying 49,700 miles without touching land (they do land in the water to eat tho)
  • this is from personal experience but if you walk around in a north american grassland for long enough, you Will get jumpscared by a Mourning Dove bc they make their nests on the ground in the grass and like to hang out on the ground in the grass and they also like to wait until youre right overtop of them to freak out and fly away from you
  • Bald Eagles don't get their fully white heads and tails until theyre about 5 years old

  • A lot of birds have been observed incorporating cigarette butts into their nests, and a study in Mexico on House Finches found that this actually results in drastic decreases in parasites affecting young compared to nests without them
  • Cedar Waxwings (and Waxwings in general) just look so smooth. they look like someone airbrushed them. look at this shit

  • in Jacanas, females lay eggs in multiple males' nests, and then the males raise the young by themself. Also they carry their babies under their wings like this

  • Horned Guan. Theyre endangered and live in a small area of central america. both the males and females have the little horn fez, the males just have taller ones
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#:)#look at them#bestiary#all kinds of birds#*all* kinds of birds#birds of prey#and several others
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Jeri Ryan Vs. Mira Furlan

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Jeri Ryan - (Star Trek: Voyager) - No text propaganda

Mira Furlan - (Babylon 5, Lost) - No text propaganda

Master Poll List of the Hot Vintage TV Ladies Bracket

Additional propaganda below the cut

#why all of my favorite actresses are up against star trek fanfavorites?#and just to proper categorization:#ARE YOU KIDDING#tumblr tournament#there's a chance that i will have to unfollow this bracket for the sake of my blood pressure#babylon 5
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vintagetvstars

Lucy Lawless Vs. Claudia Black

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Lucy Lawless - (Xena: Warrior Princess) - Lucy Lawless as Xena walks, runs, fights, kicks, rides, etc. with 100% confidence at all times and it’s amazing to see every time. The show, since it aired in the 90s, was limited in how explicit they could make the Xena/Gabrielle relationship, and by limited, I mean they used every piece of subtext available to show how in love those two women were and still get the show on the air.

Claudia Black - (Farscape, Stargate SG-1) - Oh man, Farscape is a great show and a great example of the Henson Workshop, but also Claudia Black as Aeryn Sun is such a great part of this ensemble cast. I love her character arc and also she's really hot.

Master Poll List of the Hot Vintage TV Ladies Bracket

No additional propaganda

#ARE YOU KIDDING#tumblr tournament#xena#farscape#stargate: sg1
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tumbler-polls
#i have m/f ships#i have several m/f ships#but they mostly come in two flavors#1. either canon or they will be... i don't feel the need to find fanworks about them i have canon!#2. they are so obscure/niche/out of left field i won't find any kinds of fanworks about them#between these there are only a few non-canon m/f pairings with actual fandom content i'm interested in#[also additional flavor: i'm enjoying the tragedy how it plays out in canon... i don't care about the fixit!fic]#in short:#i enjoy strait relationships in *canon*#in fandoms? i have a much smaller range of selectionsto pick from#tag yourself#fandom#shipping#old otps die hard#polls
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uwmspeccoll

A Goose Family Feathursday

Mildred and Horace Start a Family!!

Every spring for the past few years a mating pair of Canada Geese take up residence on the green roof outside our window for a couple of weeks. We've named them Horace and Mildred, and we did a post about them in 2021. We wondered if they would ever establish a nest in the roof's sedum, but they just hang out for a few weeks and then depart. This year they finally decided that our roof was suitable to start a family and about 20 days ago Mildred set up housekeeping with a downy nest and six eggs near one of the vents on the roof. We are all very excited here in Special Collections, and we maintain daily goose alerts!

Mildred will incubate her brood for about 30 days, rarely leaving the nest. She is a very devoted mother. Horace on the other hand is usually gone during the day, so we rarely see him. Canada Geese are monogamous and mate for life, so we don't think he's cheating on Mildred, but we all thought he would be more present as the male usually hangs about to help guard the nest, but apparently he has other ideas.

We should see some hatchlings in about ten days or so, and we'll bring you an update then. While we are interested in seeing the couple nest on our roof, we also have concerns. There is no water, and the goslings will be susceptible to falling off the roof and becoming prey to raptors and other avian predators, especially the peregrine falcons that raise their own families on the nearby rooves of our campus's tallest buildings. Nature will have its way, but we do hope that Mildred and Horace have strategies for keeping their family safe.

Stay tuned!

View more Feathursday posts.

#a bird nest on a library#all kinds of birds#canada geese#libraries#bestiary#seasonal stuff
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