#Defense Of The Ancient

[divorcedwife]

wanted to try designing outfits with the other evil gods aesthetics

#my art #art tag #em #the dark urge #bg3 #i was just looking for an excuse to draw a bane outfit with cothurnus #it all comes back to ancient greek theater in the end #bhaal outfit ends up way simpler cause that's the one i actually have to draw more than once BUT #in my defense : in game bhaal cultists wear much simpler outfits also #so it works out

[thesilicontribesman]

Hardknott Roman Fort, Hardknott Pass, Lake District

I've been to the fort many times but the weather on this occasion was something special; stark contrasts of bright sunshine, blue skies and snow topped peaks. It's an inspirational landscape.

#roman #roman fort #ancient sites #ancient living #ancient cultures #roman army #roman empire #roman soldiers #roman building #roman britain #outdoors #wild places #landscape #lake district #archaeology #stonework #defensive #relic #iron age

[arthistoryanimalia]

#HedgehogWeek 🦔:

All hedgehogs are capable of volvation aka conglobation - aka, they can roll up into an armored ball in defense. 🙂

Hedghog Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, c. 1550–1450 BCE Faience, diameter 5.8cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: https://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544054

Photo via Stocksy United on Pinterest

#hedgehog #volvation #conclobation #mammalogy #zoology #animal defenses #ancient Egyptian art #faience #ceramics #New Kingdom Egypt #ancient art #animal holiday #Hedgehog Week #Hedgehog Awareness Week #Metropolitan Museum of Art New York #animals in art

[incorrect-star-allies]

Hyness: They don’t make them like me no more. I’m the last of my kind.

Meta Knight: Thank god.

#in his defense he’s assuming all the Ancients were like hyness #incorrect quotes #incorrect kirby quotes #incorrect star allies #kirby series #hyness #meta knight #source: perchance generator

[kyuoki]

a quick Mario Zeus from DoTA 2

#i put him in casual pants...just because. #✌️ #zeus #zeus dota #dota #dota 2 #defense of the ancients #DOTA 2 #dota fanart #dota 2 fanart #zeus fanart #my art #valve games

[tmntkiseki]

Hit with the lovely realization of just how badly the turtles screwed up during Good Genes.

On one hand, they were able to save Donny and stop the outbreak via the cure Stockman created. On the other hand, in stealing the Heart of Tengu for Bishop, they kickstarted the eventual revival of the Tengu Shredder during Season 5.

Whoops.

#teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt #tmnt 2003 #tmnt 2k3 #In their defense they had no idea what the Heart of Tengu was for #And were just that desperate to save Don by any means necessary #But in saving his life they almost caused the end of the world at the hands of an ancient evil sealed for centuries

[sarafangirlart]

Ok since I’ve been weirdly defensive of Hephaestus let me make one thing clear:

I do not condone his attempted assault on Athena, I do not condone him cursing Harmonia, what I am upset about is ppl making head canons (which is fine on its own) then act like it’s canon especially when it comes to his marriage, no Hephaestus wasn’t neglecting Aphrodite, no he didn’t demand her hand in marriage it was his “reward” for freeing Hera, no he isn’t an incel, he had a perfectly functional relationship with Aglaia and had several children with her: Eucleia “Good Repute", Eupheme “Acclaim", Euthenia “Prosperity" and Philophrosyne “Welcome", it would’ve been one thing if they had one or two children that are embodiments of positive things but they had 4, which suggests to me that they had a healthy relationship.

Now I get disliking the guy I really do but like with Hera I don’t like it when ppl make headcanons that have no basis in the mythology then act like it’s canon.

#greek mythology #greek pantheon #ancient greek mythology #hephaestus #Hephaestus Greek mythology #also making the only disabled god in the pantheon more of a villain than he actually is doesn’t sit right with me #I have a thing for gods that are over criticized what can I say #it’s why I’m hella defensive of Hera as well #greek gods #greek pottery #greek myths #greek goddess #aphrodite greek mythology #aphrodite goddess #Aphrodite #aglaia #charis #athena #Harmonia

[crow-with-a-pencil]

Art attacks!!!

(Revenge) Farrae owned by @bittysteam

Saor owned by @kandidandi

BMOS Eclipse owned by @maudiemoods

All were very fun to draw, I'm biting y'all affectionately <3

#my ârt #artfight #I've been hibernating for like four days and drew these in a sleepy haze #must stay a few attacks ahead of defenses hehehehhe #bittysteam #kandidandi #maudiemoods #beings made of stardust au #others ocs #aight I'm going back to the top of an ancient mountain to sleep

[the-monkey-ruler]

Dota 2 (2013)

Date: July 9, 2013 Platform: Mac / PC / Linux Developer: Valve Corporation Publisher: Valve Corporation / Nexon Corporation / Perfect World Entertainment Genre: MOBA Theme: Fantasy Franchises: Dota Also known as: Defense of the Ancients 2 Type: Crossover

Summary:

Dota 2 is a free-to-play high fantasy action real-time strategy game developed and released digitally by Valve for the PC, Mac and Linux on July 9, 2013.

Built on the studio's Source engine, Dota 2 is the official sequel to Defense of the Ancients, a series of custom scenarios for the 2002 game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos that originally popularized the "Multiplayer Online Battle Arena" sub-genre. Development of the game is led by the original mod's final lead designer, IceFrog.

Similar to the original mod, the main gameplay pits two five-player teams (the Radiant and the Dire) against each-other as they work to escort their three endless waves of AI-controlled monsters (or "creeps") to the fortified enemy base in order to destroy the enemy "Ancient". Each player controls an individual Hero character and, throughout the match, earn experience (to level up their stats and abilities) and gold (for purchasing items and equipment) by eliminating enemies.

Rather than using a weekly free-to-play character rotation system (similar to other MOBA games at the time, namely League of Legends), the game makes all characters playable from the start and features cosmetic microtransactions (such as alternate appearances for each Hero's armor and weapons, alternate announcers, and custom UI enhancements) using the Steam Inventory and Steam Market systems.

The game received numerous updates since its original release, adding new Heroes, game modes (including support for custom modes), and features while revising certain gameplay mechanics. New features include better support for both new players (with integrated community-made guide support, coaching, and improved training modes) and competitive players (with improved replay and spectator support), as well as VR headset support (for spectating and viewing cosmetics). It also received a reworked client update in June 2015 (named "Dota 2 Reborn" for a short time), porting the game to Valve's Source 2 engine (the first game released with it), and received a complete map revamp on April 2023.

Dota 2 originally received an invite-only beta in November 2011, during Gamescom 2011. It was formally launched July 9, 2013, but access was gated via a queue system until December 16, 2013. It was also distributed as a standalone game in some regions, with Perfect World publishing the game in China, and Nexon publishing the game in both Japan and South Korea. The game also received spin-offs, including the 2018 digital card game Artifact, the 2020 "auto-battler" game Dota Underlords, and the 2021 animated series Dota: Dragon's Blood.

Source: https://www.giantbomb.com/dota-2/3030-32887/

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqtkfCLjJz4&ab_channel=DotaCinema

#Dota 2 #Defense of the Ancients 2 #jttw media #game #video game #crossover #sun wukong cameo #sun wukong #six eared macaque #liuer mihou cameo #six eared macaque camero #zhu bajie

[earlgrey24]

Try to be normal about the things you read challenge: once again failed spectacularly

You mean to tell me that the things you read don't consume your every thought? You don't base your entire personality around it for the next week or two? You don't mention it in every other conversation?

>(Catullus' poems are consuming my every thought send help) >(That's it from now on I'll have to only read phone books or washing machine manuals I swear) >(The only solace is the sense of kinship I feel with the translator through the preface, they also seem to be very feral about him but like, in an actually smart academic way)

#in my defense I'm quite hangover rn #like that's an important context #catullus #tagamemnon #classical studies #classics #ancient rome #poetry #roman republic #classic literature #reading #bookblr #gaius valerius catullus

[just-late-roman-republic-things]

It's hard to estimate the casualties of ancient war, but we're pretty sure the Second Punic War was obscenely high:

(Adrian Goldsworthy, Antony and Cleopatra)

(Richard Gabriel, Scipio Africanus)

(Mary Beard, SPQR)

(Various sources - the casualties from the Battles of Trebia, Trasimene and Cannae add up to about this number. Roman allies probably lost another 120,000 or so men!)

For comparison, about 2,420 American soldiers were killed during twenty years of war in Afghanistan - along with 66,000+ allied Afghan soldiers, and about a thousand in NATO allies.

Scipio Africanus was 26 when he was given command of the Roman armies in Spain - normally far too young, illegally young, but nearly everyone else who outranked him was dead, injured, or elderly (including his brother and father). Rome was fighting for its life. Spain was widely considered a lost cause, and Scipio was mainly sent out to hold the line against a second invasion of Italy.

They weren't expecting him to actually win, much less kick the Carthaginians out of Spain and go on to attack Carthage itself.

#the second punic war is also one of the rare times rome really didn't start the fight #they were on the defensive against a foreign invader #and it's incredible how much punishment they and the italian allies withstood and kept fighting #scipio africanus #punic wars #ancient rome #military history #jlrrt speaks #jlrrt essays

[ancientorigins]

Self-defense evolved into diverse martial #arts throughout the #ancient world. Explore 10 deadly martial art forms from history.

#martial arts #combat #fighting #self-defense #sports #ancient #history #ancient origins

[thesilicontribesman]

Danebury Iron Age Hillfort, Hampshire

#ice age #stone age #bronze age #copper age #iron age #neolithic #mesolithic #calcholithic #paleolithic #prehistoric #prehistory #earthworks #vallum #multivallate #defensive #roundhouse #settlement #enclosure #ancient sites #danebury #archaeology #outdoors #landscape

[patrice-bergerons]

Casino Royale (2006) || Quantum of Solace (2008)

#casino royale #quantum of solace #james bond #olivia mansfield #judi dench #daniel craig #vesper lynd #these took so long to make #thanks ancient computer #also the blinking as a defense mechanism mmm #my gifs

[dollwrites]

cai seeing my newest historical figure bots and how horny I made them

#in my defense… I’m allowed to sexualize powerful ancient dead men #bc I said so really

[anerol152]

Ganon killed my horse that's so rude-

*ahem* guess who beat BOTW~

#botw #breath of the wild #legend of zelda #zelda #idk what all tags count #not me using up all my ancient arrows bc I did not notice I didn't equip the Bow of Light #guess is a good thing it reloads your save where it does huh #this was a very emotional journey despite me knowing most of the main plot before playing (in my defense I didn't think I'd ever play) #10/10 experience tho