when a powerful figure is reduced to kneeling. when the lord is forced to bow. when the exile stumbles into an unwelcoming bar. when the “beast” is chained by their horns. when a god is dragged behind their enemy’s chariot, a captive and trophy. when the loyal “guard dog” character is muzzled and the silver-tongued thief falls silent in horror.
that’s the shit
it’s about the contrapasso. the reversal of roles and the sudden, plunging terror of being unable to hide.
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A Pair of Victorian Reverse Painted Crystal Intaglio Earrings, 1870
why is my knee swollen
okay istg if one of you does #america on my posts again im biting.
JULIUS CAESAR is NOT like trump! Julius caesar got stabbed by rich guys for supporting the people, regular people fucking loved julius. The guys that killed caesar were run out of Rome! because everyone was so mad about it! and trump just fucking sucks.
also im not american.
This um, really flattens the terror waged on the Gauls, the Germanic tribes and, later, the Britons, amongst others. His victory at Alesia led to the mass enslavement of captured Gauls. Vercingetorix was captured and later executed in Rome. I'd say invading someone else's country or threatening to is VERY akin to Gaius Julius Ceasar.
Yes, he was very popular with the people of Rome - but he was also famously incredibly corrupt and bribed officials to maintain his power after the conclusion of the civil war (which he started by returning from Gaul with an army and marching on Rome). Julius Ceasar is hated because he ended the Roman Republic and created the Roman Empire - that is how he became a tyrant. By removing what little democratic process there was to install himself as the ruler of Rome. His successor Octavian even deified Ceasar and turned him into a God.
Ceasar's death is celebrated today, in 2025, because there are many tyrants in the world today (not just America) who have plans and machinations not unlike our old boy Ceasar's. Like Ceasar, they are populists, are dismantling the democratic process and seek to expand their nations influence through conquest and economic subjugation.
That is why we are celebrating today.
The cozy sleeper
And you know what else? The drifting dreamer
Literally the most important words ever spoken
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David Hamilton - From the Book "Jardin Secret" (1980)
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Happy 10 years to Countess Boochi Flagrante
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