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Death of Brunehaut (or Brunehilde) ordered by Clotaire II (613). Drawn and engraved by Ambroise Tardieu in 1825.

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"In the Histories, Brunhild and Fredegund appear as political adversaries and moral opposites. Gregory encouraged his audience to compare the two queens by emphasising their differences. He said nothing bad of Brunhild, yet he accused Fredegund of a great many crimes, including murder, sacrilege, witchcraft, and treason.

... Looking beyond Gregory’s interpretation, Brunhild and Fredegund may not have been so different. Both queens reigned at the side of their husbands and then remained politically influential during their widowhood as mothers of their minor sons. Both formed close, politically useful relationships with some bishops and quarrelled with others. Both cared about the education of their children and made efforts to rescue daughters who fell into the hands of rival powers. They treated their inferiors in a manner befitting a ruler, defending honour and threatening violence much as did kings and other powerful men. Their skilful evocation of both fear and love would have made Machiavelli blush. They donated to the church, venerated the saints, and kept an eye on those who might use illegitimate sources of spiritual power, such as witchcraft or poison, with due attention. Other sources recognised this fundamental similarity: Venantius Fortunatus, ever the dutiful royal client, praised Fredegund and Brunhild alike, while the Chronicles of Fredegar, written from the safety of a later generation, criticised them equally. Yet Gregory insisted they were rivals and moral opposites. His task was not an easy one. Rumours of Fredegund’s misdeeds may have abounded, but stories of Brunhild’s virtues were rather more obscure. Thus, Gregory carefully arranged his material, encouraging his audience to compare the two and to find Brunhild to be the better. Why so complex a narrative strategy? Gregory laboured under burdensome constraints, coming into personal conflict with Fredegund, while finding Brunhild to be a powerful, if intimidating, patron."

— E.T. Dailey, Queens, Consorts, Concubines: Gregory of Tours and the Women of the Merovingian Elite

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WHY DOES LOKI HAVE A SEX DOLL OF BRUNEHILDE

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Women of MARVEL Series

She-Hulk, Spider-Woman, Captain Marvel

Invisible Woman, Tigra, Valkyrie

Storm, Hellcat, Elektra

Round 01. Art by me :D I've been inspired by so much nostalgia lately, mainly in large part due to Rob Liefeld's fantastic Robservations podcast. Nevertheless, I've always been a fan of the 70s/80s looks of these fabulous ladies. All hail these Queens...

Your Favorite Type of Characters: Green Characters

Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl

Chuck Bass from Gossip Girl

Bellamy Blake from The 100

Finnick Odair from The Hunger Games

Christina Yang from Grey's Anatomy

Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries

Beca Mitchell from Pitch Perfect

Daryl Dixon from The Walking Dead

Brunehilde (Valkyrie) from the Mcu

Eddie Brock from Venom

Doctor Strange from the Mcu

Haymitch Abernathy from the Hunger Games

Gamora from the Mcu

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