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Quote reblogged from The Bastard and the Short StarkElsewhere, on Dragonstone, nudity for the sake of nudity is once more presented to the “perverts” in the audience, with as little justification as last episode’s quota of T&A. In this, I am not complaining about Daenerys’s moments of nudity—in a lot of ways, that scene actually turns on a combination of her personal strength and a budding interest in the handsome sellsword who has come bearing gifts—but rather than of Melisandre. We have already remarked that the producers made a smart adaptation choice in bringing Gendry to Dragonstone, at least in the short term. However, the obvious pandering to a certain segment of the audience is clear enough, as the logic of the scene surely could have worked just as well if some excuse was made to have a maester draw blood from Gendry . It’s grown extremely tiresome to see the show parade naked flesh—male or female—for no purpose other than to have it there on screen; had I wanted to watch Spartacus, I would be doing so. It’s not as if the novels lack in nudity, but generally it’s an incidental detail rather than reason in itself to be present. It brings down what is otherwise fine work from the actors in the Dragonstone scenes, especially the talk in the cells between Stannis and Davos; Stephen Dillane and (especially) Liam Cunningham continue to turn in exceptional work as their characters argue over where the line should be drawn between doing one’s duty and doing what’s just.
Westeros.org (via elementarymydearwats0n)
e eu nem assisto mais.
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Link reblogged from Confessions of an Eye Sex Addict
What I think a lot of people are missing here is the difference between a sexist SETTING and a sexist NARRATIVE.
The books, for the most part, do a good job of displaying a sexist setting without the narrative itself being sexist. There are a variety of female characters…
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Photo reblogged from Live From Planet Earth, Mostly Harmless.
New trick
c???ats?!?!???
cat that is a no
how do cats even work
Cats:
- A cat can jump up to five times its own height in a single bound.
- The little tufts of hair in a cat’s ear that help keep out dirt direct sounds into the ear, and insulate the ears are called “ear furnishings.”
- The ability of a cat to find its way home is called “psi-traveling.” Experts think cats either use the angle of the sunlight to find their way or that cats have magnetized cells in their brains that act as compasses.
- One reason that kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only during sleep.
- A cat has 230 bones in its body. A human has 206. A cat has no collarbone, so it can fit through any opening the size of its head.
- A cat’s nose pad is ridged with a unique pattern, just like the fingerprint of a human.
- If they have ample water, cats can tolerate temperatures up to 133 °F.
- A cat’s heart beats nearly twice as fast as a human heart, at 110 to 140 beats a minute.
- Cats don’t have sweat glands over their bodies like humans do. Instead, they sweat only through their paws.
- The claws on the cat’s back paws aren’t as sharp as the claws on the front paws because the claws in the back don’t retract and, consequently, become worn.
- Cats make about 100 different sounds. Dogs make only about 10.
- Researchers are unsure exactly how a cat purrs. Most veterinarians believe that a cat purrs by vibrating vocal folds deep in the throat. To do this, a muscle in the larynx opens and closes the air passage about 25 times per second.
- A cat almost never meows at another cat, mostly just humans. Cats typically will spit, purr, and hiss at other cats.
- A cat’s back is extremely flexible because it has up to 53 loosely fitting vertebrae. Humans only have 34.
- Some cats have survived falls of over 65 feet (20 meters), due largely to their “righting reflex.” The eyes and balance organs in the inner ear tell it where it is in space so the cat can land on its feet. Even cats without a tail have this ability.
- A cat can travel at a top speed of approximately 31 mph (49 km) over a short distance.
- A cat’s hearing is better than a dog’s. And a cat can hear high-frequency sounds up to two octaves higher than a human.
- A cat’s brain is biologically more similar to a human brain than it is to a dog’s. Both humans and cats have identical regions in their brains that are responsible for emotions.
And that’s how cat’s work.
Thanks science
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Photoset reblogged from Disney with a splash of Feminism!
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Photoset reblogged from fuck yeah deathly hallows
I can’t stop laughing at Harry running the fuck away, the boy who lived ladies and gentlemen.
….You realize, of course, that Hermione Granger lit a teacher on fire when she was eleven, and kept a person alive in a jar for a year when she was fourteen, and studies dark and forbidden magics for kicks, and is one of the brightest and strongest witches of her era. If she came at me, even wandless, I would aparate to Neptune to get away from her.
Hermione Granger also:
- punched Draco Malfoy in the nose for being an idiot
- purposefully performed a confundus charm on whatshsface WHILE HE WAS FLYING just so Ron would win (omfg that is so fucking dangerous)
- literally pulled a fucking Bourne Identity on her parents and managed to set them up in fucking Australia (jesus christ she literally made it so that she NEVER EXISTED wtf that’s so fucking 007)
- Convinced the Ministry of Magic to give her an incredibly dangerous and volatile device that allowed her to ALTER TIMELINES COMPLETELY (just because she was so smart, literally, that is the reason, her “potential”)
- Has enough basic survival skills and badass magic to literally disappear to the middle of nowhere and flourish AND figure out Voldemort’s plot with Harry
- Hermione also figures out not only what Voldemort’s plan is, but generally how to beat it, WAY BEFORE VOLDEMORT EVER DOES. Why? because she is just that much smarter and better at magic than everybody else
in conclusion: Voldemort wishes he could be as awesome as Hermione, that’s why he wants to kill her so bad.
Can we rehave this series with hermione as the protagonist.
Hermione Granger and “That Time I Used the Power of Research and Deductive Reasoning to Make Sure Harry Didn’t Die”
Hermione Granger and “That time I figured shit out and literally ended up petrified for the cause and it took my friends weeks to figure out that I had the research on me”
Hermione Granger and “That Time I Was a Time Lord”
Hermione Granger and “That Time I Realized I was Hot and Smart and Saved Harry’s Ass with Research. Again. All the Time. Really, He Would Have Died Without Me.”
Hermione Granger and “That time Harry was too emo to actually do shit so I did shit in his name because I am the power behind the throne clearly also PS fought evil deatheaters and won”
Hermione Granger and “That Time I told Harry about the Dangers of Copying off Somebody’s else’s work that wasn’t mine and OH LOOK I WAS RIGHT”
Hermione Granger and “That Time I let Harry Decide Where to Go and What To do and we ended up wandering the forests of dean for like 5 months before saving his ass at Hogwarts”
if hermione isn’t one of your favorite characters you clearly somehow read it wrong or????? I’m not sure how that happens really.
(Source: fallforwatson)
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Photoset reblogged from Confessions of an Eye Sex Addict
Extremely awesome behind the scenes images of Star Wars over at imgur.
I scrolled through these with a huge smile on my face.
