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iamthe-walnut · 3 days

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I found this doodle on my ipad so why not post it

#iamthe-walnut original art #artists on tumblr #original characters #original character #oc #i need to redesign aisha man #he is just 😳🍑#pls abdul is a Himbo

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iamthe-walnut · 6 days

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#literally me

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iamthe-walnut · 7 days

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My Lute redesign 😳💫

Drew this slay redesign of my girlfriend

(Lute redesign by @iamthe-walnut !!)

#hazbin hotel lute #hazbin hotel redesign #reblog

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iamthe-walnut · 12 days

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I realized that I haven't rlly drawn serious art of my oc Radja since 2 yrs ago(the shitty low quality doodles don't count), and the design wasn't even finalized so--this isn't super finalized either lol

Anyway, there's just way too little art of him

#iamthe-walnut original art #original characters #original character #oc #artists on tumblr #radja kinda...#ive been having trouble drawing his headpiece for years now #i still dint have a concrete design for that

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iamthe-walnut · 17 days

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My feminine urge to buy a boy bouquet of flowers and tuck the prettiest one in his hair>>>>

#my ocs fr😔✨

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iamthe-walnut · 18 days

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He's not short she's just 8 feet tall.

#iamthe-walnut original art #artists on tumblr #original characters #oc #Frederick is about 5'9 to 5'10 #tall demon ladies💖#i swear to god they're only platonic buddies

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iamthe-walnut · 29 days

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"Young Baldwin seems to have possessed a naturally strong constitution, and he was also gifted with undeniable qualities of character and a strong, lively intelligence. William of Tyre, who was his tutor, says that 'in his childhood he was very handsome, with a quick and open mind, and he rode very well, better than his forebears had done.' 'Never forgetting an injury, and still less a kindness,' he had 'a retentive memory, was well educated with an excellent memory for tales and a fondness for telling them.'

The child must have realized very early that his disease was incurable, and his reaction shows great strength of character. He wanted to forget and make everyone else forget, right up to the end, that he was sick. But by the time King Amalric died, young Baldwin's disease had made such progress that it was already beginning to show, and 'the people of the kingdom felt great grief when they looked at him.'

From 1175 onward, the regent and the barons of Jerusalem were able to count on an unexpected ally, and a more valuable one than might have at first been thought. At fourteen years the young King Baldwin emerged as an intrepid fighter, capable of leading his troops into battle and later on of commanding them personally in the field. He was seen at the side of the constable and the Count of Tripoli, riding at the head of his troops and taking part in raids and diversionary campaigns [...]. At the time the King was still too young to actually command his army, and his principal function was as a symbol and an inspiration for his men. They were all happier marching under command of their lawful King. Young though he was, he was like the flag, to be protected and followed through the thickest of the fight, and he was not afraid of personal danger. [...]

When he came to the throne, he had [...] been a leper for ten years, and although the disease did not begin to make rapid strides until puberty, it must, even in early adolescence, have weakened and exhausted him. It is unlikely that anyone would have dared to reproach him had he wished to consider himself an invalid, yet he behaved as though he were perfectly well.

He had been educated, as became a prince, by knights and masters of arms and also by churchmen [...], and these had not failed to teach him patience and prepare him for the harsh trial that was to be his life, and to arouse in him a sense of duty and pride in being, despite his infirmity, King of Jerusalem and Defender of the Holy Sepulcher. Whether as a result of education or temperament, Baldwin IV seems to have had little inclination to self-pity. The young King overcame his illness with all the determination of an adolescent who knows he is physically weak and is bent on proving to everyone, himself included, that he can equal and even surpass others. He may have been a king who had the misfortune to be a leper, but he was also a leper lucky enough to be a king.

He loved power because it was all life had to offer him, and he very early evinced a wish to govern by himself, and would not tolerate disobedience. A temperament of this kind can easily degenerate into tyranny and capriciousness in one so young, but Baldwin IV had a lively and precociously mature mind, and was sincerely concerned to do his best for the good of the kingdom; and this right up to the time when his sufferings began to drive him out of his mind. [...] Up to the last moment he wanted to be a king and a general, and he wanted to be obeyed. It was his way of clinging to life, and he was a terrible fighter."

- Zoé Oldenbourg, The Crusades (1966)

#im crying #hes such an inspiration 😭#leper king #king baldwin iv

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iamthe-walnut · 1 month

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King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem depiction in historical art part 2

#baldwin iv #kingdom of heaven #king baldwin iv #i know its real...

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iamthe-walnut · 1 month

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his and hers respectively

#me and who?

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iamthe-walnut · 1 month

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This meme is literally Lawu and Lakambini

#iamthe-walnut original art #artists on tumblr #original character #original characters #oc #for context abt these ocs for those who forgot or dont know #in my story #dragons eat and hunt stars but they ended up falling in love (eventually)#stars have blackish blood

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iamthe-walnut · 1 month

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Baldwin IV of Jerusalem passed away on March 16, 1185, today it being 839 ago.

#RIP king

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iamthe-walnut · 1 month

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I'm all for gay stuff too but you don't gotta be misogynistic about it.

#:(

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iamthe-walnut · 1 month

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16 year old King Baldwin IV about Saladin probably. You can't convince me that this teenager didn't atleast have some mood swings and sass around that time.