Nosferatu: A Symphony Of Horror (1922) - Dir. F. W. Murnau

Mabel Royds

Emerald Moth (Geometra papilionaria)

Willow didn't dig buffy's body up because then she'd have to accept buffy was dead in the first place. if she saw buffy's skeleton she would finally move on from the denial she'd been stuck in. And if buffy was truly dead, she'd have to accept that what she was about to do went against the rules. Willow knew necromancy was wrong, but her fun cheat code was that it doesn't count as necromancy if you don't accept the person is dead.

but the class protector award is such a beautiful moment of recognition of all that Buffy does to keep people safe. she doesn’t always succeed, some people still die, she makes mistakes, but she never stops trying. and despite all the weird looks and comments over the years, this scene shows her goodness and her fierceness and the lives she ensured is all acknowledged. every good deed she’s done spirals out and she is seen and loved.

Epauletted fruit bats By: Unknown photographer From: Wildlife Fact-File 1990s

this is my favorite photo I’ve ever taken, i took it the summer my father died. in ‘21

it aches in me to recall how beautiful that summer was, how bright, and soft, and golden. it held me, until the corn was at it’s highest and then he died. sickness haunted him until his skin was thin over sharp bone, his voice a scraping, rattling whisper in his chest.

that sparkle of the light through leaves, cascading over shining water. three summer months, death seeped into a man’s body and decorated it into a home.

i observed two poignant things that summer, the lush vivacity and beauty of life, and the inevitably of an end to it all.