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art-of-swords:

Fighting Knife

  • Dated: late 1800s-early 1900s
  • Culture: Tlingit (“People of the Tides”), Northwest Coast of America
  • Medium: steel, leather, cord, and horn inlaid with abalone shell
  • Measurements: Overall - w:2.50 d:6.00 l:40.40 cm (w:15/16 d:2 5/16 l:15 7/8 inches); Blade - l:21.00 cm (l:8 1/4 inches)

After Europeans introduced firearms, the native dagger was gradually transformed from a weapon into a status symbol worn in a sheath that hung around the neck. That is probably the case with these fine daggers, both of which have elaborately carved hilts. One depicts a grotesque face with a fish on its head, and the other shows a bear head over a supine human.

Source: © 2012 Cleveland Museum of Art

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midesko:

shadowstep-of-bast:

edgebug:

I think that a lot of the reason Jarvis has become so human is because Tony treats him like he’s human. Tony talks to Jarvis in a very colloquial way. He says “you up?” when he knows damn well that Jarvis is operational. He says “throw a little hot-rod red in there” instead of “paint components x, y, and z with red paint #20.” Tony treats all his machinery like that—Dummy and You, especially—and Jarvis is no exception.

Jarvis has become much more human since Iron Man 1. He actually displayed emotions in Iron Man 3—specifically when he feared for Tony’s life, his voice sounded terribly frightened, and in instances like the second gif where he said “I need to sleep” and not “My battery is depleted.” Jarvis has grown and changed, as any self-aware creature does. He has become human because he is treated as such.

In the comics Jarvis is in love with Tony, tries to kill everyone including Tony until he’s shut down.

(Source: runningawaywithaspaceman, via returnofwonderland)