NEON CHRISTINA

oba-nirvana:
“What many don’t know is that the overtly homophobic nation once held a bisexual king.
At the age of 16 on October 18, 1884, Mwanga II Basammula Ekkere became king, the king of Uganda. During his reign he was known to have regular...

What many don’t know is that the overtly homophobic nation once held a bisexual king.
At the age of 16 on October 18, 1884, Mwanga II Basammula Ekkere became king, the king of Uganda. During his reign he was known to have regular relations with women as well as his male subjects.
He was faced with opposition, though, when British missionaries began converting the Ugandan people to Christianity. Because of this, some of Mwanga II’s subjects began to deny him sexually and those who did he burned at the stake.
Due to his unwillingness to conform to the British, Mwanga II was overthrown in 1888. The throne was later inherited by his half-brother, who would reign for only one month before himself being overthrown.
In addition to the men he engaged with, Mwanga II was also married to 16 different women.
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cher-horowitz:

The passage of time and the frailties that accompany it have provided me perspective.

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indelicateink:

is anyone else obsessed with the rue royale furniture?
the very distinctively-upholstered chaise longue in particular hits a lot of interesting moments in their lives. i just keep noticing it. what was initially their big post-coital landing furniture eventually became louis’s fav depression reading spot.
(but shout-out also to the green velvet Confessional Couch; the custom There-Was-Only-One-Bed Bed; the Sex Couch Where Lestat Attempts Threesomes; the twin bespoke wardrobes; the Dining Room Table of Doom where they laid out charlie, claudia’s trophy victim, signed off on mardi gras costumes, plotted their massacre, and finally pretended to serve immortality punch.)
but back to that chaise longue:
i respect the creators’ decision to create an oppressive atmosphere by never significantly redecorating in three decades (aside from decorating and furnishing a room for claudia)