BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1997-2003) | S04E16 ‘Who Are You?’

Illustrations from The Ant And The Pigeon by Lev Tolstoy (1988) - Illustrations by Mikhail Komadin

Carmilla, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, 1872

constellations (equuleus, pegasus, aquila, and gallina/cygnus)

miniatures from the astronomical-astrological codex for king wenceslaus iv. of bohemia, prague, shortly after 1400

source: Munich, BSB, Clm 826, fol. 41v, 41r, and 38r

Alberta Ferretti F/W 1993:

to me willow rosenberg is the epitome of a character who's used to thinking of herself as kind and good because she's always been percieved that way by other people, but when other people say "kind and good" what they really mean is "competent yet unassertive." which isn't really a moral value, it's just the kind of personality that makes authority figures like you. so she's in the precarious position of believing herself to be a Good Person while having never really felt the need to develop a moral backbone. and this is of course the main reason why she's a little fucked up sometimes. i love this about her, to be clear.

Still obsessed with Tara's intro in Hush. Like, the writers really said "yes, we are going to introduce willow's new gay love interest to her in the EXACT same way willow was introduced to buffy but dont think too much about that :))) just focus on buffys super straight boyfriend and ignore this parallel :)))"

Star Wars concept art by Ralph McQuarrie.

some of my favorite woven tapestries, by Cecilia Blomberg:

Point Defiance Steps

Mates

Rising Tides

Vashon Steps

i can’t remember what six year old me was wishing for throwing coins in the fountain and blowing on dandelions but i hope the person i am today was at least one of them

I SPY Mystery, photos by Walter Wick