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Sharade is 62% done

Wooo advancing at the rythm of a very slow snail. But making progress anyway.
Chapter 42: Michelangelo. Cracking up at the wistful way the narrator read "Michelangelo looooved naked men".

— Jun 19, 2025 02:05AM

Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age

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Sharade is on page 556 of 768

Yeah I too thought that the renaissance was filled with godless heathens 😅

— Jun 23, 2025 10:05AM

Sharade is 70% done

(I actually have no idea what percentage it is, audible I beg of you add this feature)
I would LOVE to have Ada Palmer as a teacher omg. LARPing the papal election during the war of the league of Cambrai just so that her students can understand the context of the Prince, incredible 💯

— Jun 21, 2025 12:04AM

Sharade is 62% done

10/10 chapter, i lost count of the number of times i've said "what in fucking ao3 is even going on"

— Jun 19, 2025 03:35AM

Sharade is 61% done

RIP Isabella d'Este you'd have loved AO3 and Mean Girls: the Musical.

— Jun 12, 2025 04:41AM

Sharade is 59% done

Isabella d'Este asking for a proxy duel to defend the honor of a fictional character is peak fandom behavior. Love that

— Jun 12, 2025 02:27AM

Sharade is 58% done

Crazy how much a TV show, even a not very good one, can color the way you imagine historical figures. I cannot not see Holliday Grainger when Lucrezia Borgia is mentioned, or (the very attractive) François Arnaud as Cesare.

— Jun 10, 2025 10:52AM

Sharade is 47% done

— Jun 05, 2025 07:09AM

Sharade is on page 140 of 768

Florence, batting its renaissance eyelashes: oh I'm way too pretty to be invaded and looted

— May 25, 2025 05:17AM

Sharade is 16% done

Should have listened to this while/before going to florence

— May 22, 2025 05:15AM

Sharade is starting

Obsessed with the idea that we're constantly inventing new "good old days" for propaganda purposes.

— May 20, 2025 05:24AM