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Rules/Muses
My rules are simple: Just play nice. If I have a problem I’ll discuss it with you privately and I ask the same of you.
Also for those who need to know, I am almost certainly old enough to be your mother. If not your grandmother...
Muses:
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Daneel Olivaw
The Mule
Romertus Cheng
Samson
Lennie
Brasideia 2024: Sunday, July 21!
brasideia 2: 2 bras 2 ideia
Our mission: to create as many Brasidai as possible, as in the vein of last year's Brasideia, which post also contains a brief historical explanation of this festival for those interested.
Now, based upon the results of this poll, a plurality of us appear to be afraid of commitment despite our enthusiasm 😂. Accordingly, we want to emphasize that this is super low-key and no-pressure, and @findusinaweek and I have come up with a nice long deadline (about 7 weeks from now—note that the dat is July 21 and not June!) for you to create whatever moves you. That could be fan art, fanfiction, virtual photography, edits, gifs, fanmixes, moodboards, historical tidbits, or really anything Brasidas-related that you would like to share. Please feel free also to reblog/post older works to give them new life, because a lot of us came into AC Odyssey years after the game was released. (If you would like an idea of what was posted last year, you can peruse the #Brasideia2023 tag.)
This year's tag will be #Brasideia2024 so we can easily find each other. We did run into a bit of an issue last year where not everything that was tagged showed up, so regardless of whether we are mutuals, please do also feel free to tag us (@aeide and @findusinaweek) directly so no one's work gets missed.
EDIT: We didn't have to really deal with this last year, and we hope this will not be an issue this year either, but for the sake of clarity and avoidance of doubt, we do not support and will not reblog AI-generated work.
For those of you who are not interested or unable to participate in Brasideia but would like to do something else Assassin's Creed related, stay tuned, as another fabulous person who shall remain unnamed for now may be planning something for later this year 👀.
I will once again attempt to tag below the cut any potentially interested people, although it is a mystery to me whether any of my tags go through. If I didn't tag you and I should have, it's because my brain, it is smooth.
Reblogs are appreciated to spread the word (as if all 5 of us who are very normal about this dead super alive Spartan aren't all reblogging each other all the time anyway).
i am so glad for fanfiction because ever since i was little i shouted from the rooftops that i want to be a writer and every adult (and they did mean well) was telling me how this is such a competitive environment, how it barely pays, how romance writers are mocked and lonely. nobody told me it could be just something that you do, like my dad repairing electronics for fun, or my mom knitting. i said i wanted to be a writer and that meant i wanted to do it for a job. fuck no. i'm so glad you can do repetitive dumb stuff for money and choose to write about kissing FOR FUN. and other people actually read it!!! that's the most surprising part. i would never, in a million years, choose to be published. i am a writer not an author.
giant redwood trees really are so cool, they just have something incredibly special going on. it's hard to describe if you haven't seen them
a certain je ne sequoia, if you will
not to be a nerd but it’s so crazy how he (Bernini) really did that from cold hard stone……. truly a spectacle, truly breathtaking, an honor to behold
I think you should know he was 23 when he finished this and the ass gets a lot of attention but the hand on Persepina’s side/tummy is also exquisite
before i saw the caption I knew that HAD to be bernini.
I try not to make sweeping statements but I think there’s a case to be made for bernini as the greater sculptor there’s ever been.
here’s his bust of costanza bonarelli
here’s apollo and daphne from the front, where she’s mostly human
from the back, where she’s mostly tree
and details
this is the one art form I genuinely just cannot get my brain to accept as real. I’ve watched sped-up videos of it being done, read about it, seen in-progress marble statues and I still just can’t get it to sink in or stick. My mind doesn’t want to believe that any person has ever been able to start with a big block and break little bits off of it until it looks like a finely detailed person. At some point it has no recognizable shape and they still know where and how deep they should take a chip out of it that’ll still be the right decision 50,000 fucking chips later?!?
The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa has a hidden skylight for gold rays of actual light to shine down on their expressions and clothes and clouds.
Hi yes I have been there and seen all of these IRL and I have some more pictures to share:
Insanely detailed feet with veins from “Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius”
Another foot from the same statue because a) he textured underside of the foot and the folds of skin in the arch and b) can you see the light coming through the thin marble between the toes?
One of the mouths of Cerberus from “The Rape of Prosperina”.
Prosperina/Persephone’s facial expression and HAIR TEXTURE
Hades’ hair as well - this man was entirely too good at making CURLS out of ROCK.
A (poorly lit) close-up on the tree textures from “Apollo and Daphne”.
Hand, sling, and rock from “David” which I think deserves to be at LEAST as well-known as Michelangelo’s. Saw them two days apart and I prefer Bernini, honestly.
Facial expression from “David” - I just love the character in this so much.
Kind of a weird angle but look at the texturing on the sling pouch!!!
We also got to see one of Bernini’s earliest works (possibly his very first) in the Uffizi; it’s not currently on display, unfortunately, but look at this:
Forgive the poor photo quality but. He was 14 when he carved this. FOURTEEN.
Man was a straight-up wizard.
In conclusion: if you get the chance to visit the Borghese Gallery in Rome (which has the most Bernini sculptures gathered in one place), do it. The “Ecstasy of St. Theresa” is in a church a short walk away from there, too, and well worth a visit. There are also several more Berninis in churches around Rome which can be visited for free or for a nominal donation! Just… be smarter than we were and make sure you’re not trying to visit them on days they have services.
I agree, with a degree in art history, can’t wrap my brain around it either. It
’s definitely WIZARDRY.
you gotta make sure the clown feels included.
I am cringe but I am free 🪽🪽🪽🪽🪽🪽🪽
Reblog to bonk your mutuals on the head every time they start thinking negatively about themselves
[id. A twitter post by @/Bennieeexyz Jury duty letter came addressed to my cat. Not a mistake. "Felix Martinez" - that's his full name according to his vet records. My last name. His first name. Somehow he's a registered voter now. Called the county clerk. Me: My cat got summoned for jury duty. Clerk: Is the name correct on the summons? Me: Yes, but he's a cat. Clerk: Is Felix Martinez a legal resident of this county? Me: He's a legal cat. Clerk: Sir, if the name matches our records, he needs to appear or file an exemption. Me: He can't file anything. He has paws. Clerk: You can file on his behalf. Me: Under what exemption? There's no box for "is a cat." Clerk: (pause) Check "unable to serve due to medical reasons." Me: What's the medical reason? Clerk: He's a cat. Me: That's not a medical condition. Clerk: It is if it prevents him from serving. Sent in the form. Got rejected two weeks later. "Insufficient documentation. Please provide medical professional's statement." Took the letter to my vet. Me: I need you to write that my cat can't do jury duty. Vet: Why is your cat summoned for jury duty? Me: Excellent question. No good answer. Vet: This is the weirdest request I've gotten. Me: Can you just write that he's medically unfit to serve? Vet: On what grounds? Me: He's a cat. Vet: (started typing) "Patient is unable to serve due to species-related limitations including inability to speak, read, or comprehend legal proceedings." Me: Perfect. Sent it in. Got another rejection. "Summons is mandatory. Failure to appear will result in contempt of court." My roommate thought this was hilarious. Roommate: Felix is going to jail. Me: This is serious. Roommate: Bring him to court. See what happens. Decided that was actually the only option left. Day of jury duty, put Felix in his carrier. Brought the entire paper trail of rejection letters. Checked in at the courthouse. Clerk: Name? Me: Felix Martinez. Clerk: (looked at the cat carrier) Is that Felix? Me: Yes. Clerk: (long stare) He's a cat. Me: I've been saying that for six weeks. Clerk: Why didn't you file an exemption? Me: I filed three. All rejected. Showed her the letters. She read through them, expression shifting from confusion to disbelief. Clerk: Someone rejected the veterinary documentation? Me: Twice. Clerk: (called her supervisor over) You need to see this. Supervisor read everything. Looked at Felix. Looked at me. Supervisor: How did a cat get registered to vote? Me: You tell me. Supervisor: This is a data error. Me: Took you six weeks to figure that out. They dismissed Felix immediately. Apologized for the inconvenience. Supervisor: We'll remove him from the voter registry. Me: Appreciate it. Supervisor: (pause) Out of curiosity, how would he have voted? Me: Probably whatever party supports universal treats. Got a formal apology letter a week later and a voter registration card. For me this time. Apparently I wasn't registered, but my cat was. Roommate: Felix committed voter fraud. Me: Felix committed nothing. He's innocent. Roommate: That's what they all say. Felix is sleeping on the jury summons now. Fitting end to his legal career. end id]
we need more Bellara with her hair down on this site
Started this one around the end of ‘24, it’s insane that I haven’t finished it earlier.
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the horrors persist but so do books, art, hot chocolate, winter nights, the moon, the sea, the stars, sunsets, literature, libraries, cats, flowers, stories, love and the wistful feeling you get when you finally return home
using "what were YOU doing at the devils sacrament" to mean "yeah i made an embarrassing reference but you understood it which is also embarrassing" is very funny to me
my favorite part is that absolutely nobody says this except here. so if you use it in public, it's a dead giveaway that you spent the last ten years on tumblr. but then again, they recognized it, which means they were at the devil's sacrament
I tested this theory in the wild the other day at work. I was on a call with my department lead and a few other folks and I replied to an email the DL had sent me, thinking that, because he was on this call, he wouldn't notice when I sent it and would not catch me multitasking.
However, he replied to said email within five minutes, asking a question that required an answer. So I answered and was like "Also, I was going to apologize for answering emails during this call, but I see we're both here at the Devil's Sacrament, so I don't think an apology is necessary."
I watched him read that on screen and try not to laugh. And then at the end of the call as everyone started saying goodbye, he goes, "Hey, MJ, I meant to tell you. I like your shoelaces."
And I looked straight into my camera, stone cold serious, and said, "Thanks. I stole them from the president."
And the rest of the team was like, "What...the fuck...?" before he abruptly ended the call for everyone.
So now my DL and I know this about each other. He could be any one of us.
At a certain point, the appropriate response to "What were you doing at the devil's sacrament" becomes "stealing shoelaces from the president."
Reblog if you were stealing shoelaces from the President
Well what ELSE were we supposed to do at the devil's sacrament????
this heatwave fucking sucks how am I going to serve my liege like this
It is not enough to get into a comfy sleeping position- one must go through several and spin like a rotisserie chicken to arrive at the position you started with.
[Image ID: Tumblr reply from wanderTheWaste reading: The first position is different when you come back to it. Hero's journey of going to sleep /End ID]
Dear everyone who is currently working on a Thing, whatever that Thing may be,
Good luck with the Thing. You can do the Thing. You will do the Thing. You just have to do the Thing.
Best wishes,
Someone who is also doing a Thing
I've reached the point where cynicism is a major turn-off for me. You're not smarter than idealists, and you're not helping.
