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One day he is going to carve a human being and they will be given the gift of life. Either by his own powers or by a deity that wants to reward his mastercraft or punish his hubris

IT LIGHTS UP????!!???!?

heartsnbruises

choctimus prime

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Exploded Console Posters made by Angerinet

dataheights

Tali'Zorah 6/10

pedro-reed

Marvel Studios Cast Credits → Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

pazzesco

The fountain sculptures of Malgorzata Chodakowska

CATALOG OF HER WORKS

The link will take you to YouTube to see her water sculptures in motion -> Fountains

elbiotipo

I'm always criticizing eurocentric fantasy worldbuilding, but one thing I think it's underused are city-states and trade republics and leagues. Not that they don't exist, but they're often in the background, the fantasy genre is so focused on monarchies and dynasties and noble drama, while those systems have so much room for intrigue and stuff without getting into "who's the TRUE heir of the super magical monarch" (yes, I know they had aristocratic families that ruled almost as monarchs, but trust me, Medici drama is another beast from regular feudal stuff)

Venice with its stupidly complex election system and their eternal rivals in Genoa, Florence home of the Rennaissance, the Hanseatic League, and lesser known examples like Novgorod, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Taifa of Córdoba, the Consolat de Mar (technically not a republic but kind of an Iberian Hansa) and if we go farther back, the leagues of city states of antiquity... you know what, I'm bored of feudalism. Next time I do a fantasy setting, it will all be city states and republics. Fuck feudalism.

elbiotipo

"oooh we decide our political system on who was born with magical blood" are you fucking stupid? we do things different here, you tyrannical inbred idiot.

We choose the guys with most money to lead us.

(yes, those ancient republics weren't exactly democratic, but can you call ours either?)

room429

Not only are they refreshing - mercantile republics and city-states are drastically better suited to D&Dlike gaming than feudal kingdoms. On the one hand you've got a political and economic system where a few folks coming back from an ancient ruin with piles of gold are *suddenly politically significant* and likely to be courted by a dozen different factions (that they could then all reject in favor of starting their own faction!) On the other hand you've got... a system with minimal state capacity based on interpersonal relationships expected to span generations, with a system of transferring power that absolutely cannot survive contact with your game's magic system?

Yeah, I don't get it either.

elbiotipo

This is true, and if there is a political situation known for hiring mercenaries, spies, and other such characters (which adventurers are, let's face it) they are precisely competing city-states, more over if they are republican city-states with competing families and factions inside. Also, urban enviroments with lots of trade are THE places to sell and buy items, magical knowledge, a literate society that can spark lots of ideas, and so much more.

It's why many D&D settings (including the *default* setting that is implied, which was once even named Points of Light) have this disconnect that they try to play with the ideas of the "Dark Ages" (fallen empires and lack of central authority, a world full of "wilderness"), while actually presenting a world that fits more the Rennaissance and Early Modern era (thriving cities and literacy, enough trade and coin that you can buy and manufacture precious items, worldwide travel)

dailyadventureprompts

Squabbling city states also means plenty of mercenary companies to beat up and scattered brands of brigands to form your default low level bandit encounters. It also means war can break out as a means of raising the stakes without it being an existential threat the way that "The lands of men being overtaken by the forces of darkness" type plots usually are.

racefortheironthrone

Entirely agreed.

How should be a fantasy set in the renaissance ? Great question! I’ve actually been thinking about this a couple years before I started ge

I think Renaissance fantasy is a underexplored setting that offers a way to get all the good stuff from medieval fantasy - swords, knights, etc. - but with much more interesting politics and culture to drive the world-building and the plot.

This is why I'm still (very slowly) writing a Renaissance fantasy novel about a Florentine graduate of the University of Padua who decides to start up a mercenary company made up entirely of guildsmen from his home city, who takes up a contract to fight for Bruges' independence from France and the HRE...and yes, there's also elves and dwarfs and dragons and the like.

racefortheironthrone

Another tip for your googling: Get an extension called "uBlacklist", then grab some blocklists to filter out AI crap from search engines. ite-usagi/ublacklist-noai and laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist (both on github, I can't directly include links here) are what I'm using, and the second one has instructions for setting things up.

Oh, that’s very handy, thank you.

preciousnugget

Classical Pieces You've Probably Heard but Might Not Remember the Name

William Tell Overture- Rossini (Most famous part at 8:45, but why not listen to the whole thing?) I’m adding hints, at least to the ones I recognized culturally. This one is “go, horsey, go!”

Also Sprach Zarathustra- Strauss Slow, dramatic entry scene, IN SPAAACE.

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik- Mozart People running out of a fancy wedding or something. Also known as DUN, dun DUN, dun DUN dun DUN dun DUUUUN.

Symphony 94, Mvt. 2 “Surprise Symphony”- Haydn ?

Toccata and Fugue in d Minor-Bach Halloween organ!

Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2- Chopin Picture a tiny old woman playing piano in a sunlit room with lots of flower vases, about the spill the tragic secrets of her past to some timid young visitor.

Rondo alla Turca- Mozart the babysitter from The Incredibles: “Time for some COGNITIVE ENRICHMENT!”

Sinfonie de Fanfares: Rondeau- Jean-Joseph Mouret Royalty is coming. Or someone is getting married. Or royalty is getting married. Also the PBS Masterpieces theme.

The Four Seasons: Spring- Vivaldi (I just linked to the whole thing because it’s great) Again, someone is getting married, but this one is strings instead and a lot less frumpy.

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring- Bach That one that amateur guitarists love where the notes are all up and down but all the same length. Also used in movie weddings.

O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana)- Carl Orff SONG OF DOOM. Also song of “baby on fire!” in The Incredibles.

Funeral March- Chopin ?

Orpheus in the Underworld: Infernal Galop (A.K.A. Can Can)- Offenbach Well, “aka can-can” says it all.

Pomp and Circumstance (You probably graduated to this)- Elgar Oh yes, Baaaa dun dun dun duun duuuuun… Also if you were a bandie you had to play it for 3 years before graduating to it.

Gayane: Sabre Dance- Aram Khachaturian Comically hectic productivity, a circus clown juggling while standing on a ball, or perhaps a rapidly-approaching termite infestation. Could go any way, really.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Wedding March- Mendelssohn The song movies play right AFTER they both say “I do.”

Carmen: Les Toreadors- Bizet I can’t be the only one who remembers when ‘Hey Arnold’ did this. “Bullfights and swordfights, rolling in manuuure!”

The Ride of the Valkyries- Wagner Good song for a naval battle I guess? I can only think of the mini golf course I went to as a kid with the creepy castle on Hole 18 that played this.

Für Elise- Beethoven That one every amateur piano player loves to play because the beginning is just E and E-flat over and over. Also ballet and piano recital scenes in movies.

Dance of the Hours- Ponchielli Hello mudda, hello fadda, here I am at, Camp Granada…

Rigotello: La Donna e Mobile- Verdi More than a few sophisticated movie villains (or snobby good guys) have this playing on a Victrola. Also, tell me you don’t picture Pavaroti no matter who’s actually singing.

Night on Bald Mountain- Mussorgsky ?

Romeo and Juliet: Love Theme- Tchaikovsky More movie-love, usually building up to admitting they live each other.

Entry of the Gladiators- Julius Fucik I have one word for you: CIRCUS.

Lakmé: Flower Duet- Delibes OMG ALIAS. Nadia’s spy backstory in Film Noir!

Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King- Greig Mischievous Tiptoeing in Movies song. Also something growing out of control, slowly at first and then quickly, and (comically) exploding.

Rodeo: Hoedown- Copland The title says it all tbh.

Peer Gynt: Morning Mood- Greig Sunrise/waking up Movie Song du jour.

New World Symphony Mov. [2][4]- Dvorak Well now I’m thinking of “An American Tail” and I’m crying…

Ave Maria (You knew this, but did you know that it was by Schubert?) Nothing to add. I’m not a music snob, really, but if you didn’t know this, YOU SHOULD.

Canon in D- Pachelbel This is the one that the pretty Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas song comes from. :-)

Add others if you want! Have fun!

jsbachtopus

Dies Irae (from Requiem) - Verdi Scary scenes in cartoons, especially involving storms, holes, or treacherous waterfalls.

Flight of the Bumblebee - Rimsky-Korsakov Oh come on, everyone knows this one! It sounds too much like the title for you to forget what it’s called! Also: Drumline.

Finale to the 1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky Naval battle! Cannon! Fireworks! 4th of July in ‘Murica! Even though it’s about that *other* war going on in 1812!

Der Holle Rache kocht in meiner herzen (aka the Queen of the Night aria) - Mozart The one that fancy ladies in movies use to try and break champagne glasses.

Libiamo ne’ lieti calici - Verdi ?

Largo al factotum - Rossini Does your cartoon need a classical tune for your rotund Italian chef to sing while tossing pizza dough? Have we got a song for you!

Overture to The Barber of Seville - Rossini Fast-paced, sneaky-things-are-afoot movie song.

The Blue Danube Waltz - Strauss Da-da-da dum dum. *plink plink* *plink plink*. As heard in Jack’s entry to First Class in “Titanic,” and a million other places. (Veggie Tales “Stuff Mart,” anyone?)

Moonlight Sonata (mvmt. 1) - Beethoven The ultimate pretty-and-sad piano and/or ballet scene song.

Symphony No. 5 - Beethoven dun dun dun DUUUUUN.

I’m sure there are more but these were some of the first that came to mind as missing!

teunvolkarin

I think this one’s missing, one of my favourites:

Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns

maythecorpsbewithyou

This is one of the best classical music master-posts I’ve ever seen. I’m so proud of yall

pallascatisnotimpressed-blog

Pavane for a Dead Princess- Maurice Ravel. Apparently it’s in Dark Knight Rises? I just think it’s pretty.

And

Tales from the Vienna Woods- Johann Strauss II. Contains the melody playing on Rose’s music box in Titanic just before Cal gives her the Heart of the Ocean.

eunique

To add a few more:

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Tchaikovsky. It’s in Barbie and the Nutcracker. It’s that one twinkly piece that starts off with lowish plucked strings.

Waltz of the Flowers - Tchaikovsky. Dum daa daa daaaaa da-daaaaaa. Also in Barbie and the Nutcracker. Was also a trending tiktok audio at one point like a year or two ago.

Sleeping Beauty Waltz - Tchaikovsky. You’ll know the more common version from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty. “I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream”. This one isn’t super known since most, if not, everyone knows the Disney rendition. Tchaikovsky wrote the original waltz and it’s magnificent! Rachmaninoff then did a piano duet reduction Sleeping Beauty Waltz, Piano, 4 Hands. If you have watched Your Lie in April, the piano duet version is the one you’ll probably be familiar with!

Humoresque - Anton Dvorjak. Little Einsteins, Melody’s Leitmotif. Yes it is a kids show but this show slaps. Honestly, find the eps and if you have kids, get them to watch this. This was my favourite show as a kid growing up!

Cello Suite No.1 in G Major - JS Bach. Stereotypically connotative with elegance and high class.

Nocturne in C sharp minor No.20 - Chopin. The Pianist has a lot of Chopin pieces. Have personally played this piece for my Grade 7 ABRSM piano exam. The runs are death. I love Chopin but his sheet music makes me want to c r y looking at it

Ballade No.1 in G minor - Chopin. Again, also in The Pianist but the film does cut it down because the original is a 9 minute piece.

There are many more pieces from Chopin in the film The Pianist but those two are the infamous ones.

12 Variations: Ah, vous dirai-je, maman. KV 265 - Mozart. you’ll know this as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star which is the most basic of the 12 variations. He wrote 11 more. Not a film one but it’s one to throw in as a fun fact!

amplifyme

Only one piece to add here.

Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, II. Adagio, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written, bar none. If I could listen to nothing but this and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons for the rest of my days, I’d be perfectly content.

kateofthecanals

Trepak, Tchaikovsky. AKA the obligatory “wacky theme” of every Christmas comedy movie.

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charcubed

We’re all having “hard conversations” about racism, police brutality, and #BlackLivesMatter I hope.

You’ve probably noticed that detractors often use the same “racist talking points” in response. Here’s a researched and sourced guide to help you answer, for the times you may get stuck.

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