“A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy. We must triumph in his downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt, and the close of his career must be in harmony with all its previous development.”

ironspy:

Avengers Business Cards - Just because

sherlockstuff:

Here’s some Martin to look at while I rant

There are a couple of people who keep reposting my stuff and they both follow me, so I know you will see this. PLEASE STOP DOING IT.

You know who you are - you are the ones who upload stuff you didn’t make. One of you chooses everything that isn’t watermarked and has no ask box and the other just uploads whether watermarked or not. The one’s of mine you have uploaded are watermarked, so you know who made it but are choosing NOT to reblog them, but to repost them.

Even if you don’t know who made it, the point is you didn’t make it so you are taking someone else’s work. Please stop uploading stuff you didn’t make. You are ruining the tumblr experience for some of us. If you don’t believe me then have a read of the reposters tag and see how people feel about it. Just make your own - here’s a tutorial and youtube has countless videos you can download.

Please.

history meme ∙ one war ∙ world war II

World War II (WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world’s nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million people serving in military units from over 30 different countries. In a state of “total war”, the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare, it resulted in 50 million to over 75 million fatalities. These deaths make World War II likely the deadliest conflict in human history.(+more)