#Cunning Hand

[demifiendrsa]

Dune: Prophecy | Official Teaser | Max

The Dune prequel series, Dune: Prophecy, will premiere on Max in Fall 2024.

#Dune: Prophecy #Dune #Emily Watson #Olivia Williams #Jodhi May #Sarah-Sofie Boussnina #Shalom Brune-Franklin #Faoileann Cunningham #Aoife Hinds #Travis Fimmel #Mark Strong #Jade Anouka #Cunning Hand #Annabelita Films #Legendary Television #Max #Stream on Max #television #live action #live action television

[bg3heart]

I've noticed people saying things like how Gortash tries really hard to seem like a noble and not like the commoner he grew up as

(and of course everyone is free to headcanon what they like)

but I thought it was clear he hated nobility and saw himself above them

I think the best examples of this are the busts in his office, specifically Carric and Dame

*Carric started from nothing, built a financial empire and founded the Counting House. He refused to mingle with the other patriars, saying, "They didn't want me when I was an urchin, and now they can't have me."*

*Dame Amafrey, the Orphans' Friend, founded several orphanages in the Outer City, as the Lower City was no place for children (and the Upper City declined to sponsor an orphanage).*

The narrator gets passive aggressive when reading about the upper city declining to sponsor, and the line about being an urchin feels very directed

So yeah I think at best he thinks lowly of them, at worst he hates these fuckers

#maybe its a thing of like #he and durge are worthy because they put the work in #had the cunning #while most nobles are just handed everything #bg3 #enver gortash #edit: 1. i had to go into the game myself for these screenshits because I couldn't find ANYTHING about the busts and if I have to make #a wiki page istg #2. Lot of people are saying why not both and that's definitely a valid take #my personal take is that he views them below him #and why would you strive to be lesser

[suchawrathfullamb]

my "hot" take on the show is that while it tried to dehumanize hannibal and make him seem like a god/devil, with no feelings, and apparently most of you do see him like that, I'm over here like "my bbg he has biiiig big feelings leave him alone" and "I trust no words that come out of Will Graham's mouth". I don't know what happened along the way but I ended up perceiving everything upside down from what they tried to depict lol

#idk I just see so much humanity in hannibal and soooo many feelings like too many that he just cannot deal so he created a person suit #but he's passionate and impulsive and so in love and he gets emotional over opera like hello #I see the truth in EVERY lie he told #and I don't see him as supernatural or godly #but Will on the other hand?? WILL GRAHAM IS AN ALIEN TO ME #that man scares me so much #I trust nothing that he does or says he has such cunning vibes #I swear that man is an alien disguised as a pretty boy and I do not trust him he looks like a coiled snake #besides he fooled everyone EVERYONE on that show #hannigram #nbc hannibal #hannibal #will graham #murder husbands #hannibal lecter #hugh dancy #mads mikkelsen #meta #analysis

[canisalbus]

It's quite funny having followed you for years and years and knowing Machete as his dark, bloodied, cunning (and always on the edge of getting horribly murdered for his hubris) incarnation, and coming into 2024 and just... yeah he's gay now. Maybe he's even happy. Redemption at last... perhaps he DID get assassinated indeed and all those AUs are just his personal afterlife (does he get to go to Heaven? Seems so!)

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#redemption at last #personally I've always known he isn't as cool and cunning as he pretends to be #but when he didn't have anyone to interact with the dorkier more humane side never surfaced #the art I made of him was overwhelmingly serious and angry and sad and portrayed him in a more mysterious light #I didn't really talk about him or answer asks about what his deal is #(or any of my characters for that matter for years I just didn't feel comfortable opening up about them) #which is fine on it's own but I think he's currently benefitting from having a wider spectrum of emotions to choose from #doesn't mean that the dark bloodied cunning version is outdated I think these are traits that can coexist in a single character #answered #anonymous #but in a way seeing that he can be happy caring and genuine and gets tummy aches and likes snails and fresh bread #and has a small handful of loved ones and these positive qualities you might've not known about before #makes the misery more potent when they are taken away from him #at least in my opinion

[the-lark-ascending69]

Watching ST1 and surprised by just how much Nancy lies. She lies even when she has no reason to, like when she's hanging out with Steve and his friends and wants to leave, she could have easily said something like "I need to do something" or "I'm tired" but she made up some excuse about her mom. When asking Barb's mom about Barb, she could have easily told her she was worried but she didn't. Girl just lies like it's second nature to her.

#she doesn't lie like robin. robin lies for survival #for robin lying and cheating are the weapons life has given her. she's not strong or brave but she's extremely cunning #a fast talker and even faster thinker who can get herself out of almost any situation with her wit and silver tongue #nancy lies like it's a sickness. like she can't help herself. she lies like she's never learned how to be truthful #it's like a vice or an addiction. she's bad at it too. it barely just gets her out of trouble sometimes because people are too uncomfortable #to demand answers from her. at best she can buy herself a few extra seconds of time. #for robin lying is a knife tightly gripped in her hand for nancy it is a boiling poison in her blood and she can't get it out of her #ronance #< target audience

[imjulia-andilikecats]

THROWBACK: When The Calore Brothers' IQ Momentarily Drop in Some Scenes:

The Red Queen Fandom:

#red queen #glass sword #king's cage #war storm #mare barrow #cal calore #maven calore #old meme #random #tiberias vii calore #marecal #mareven #i love these two idiots so much #image being raised to govern a large population and has a hard timw doing math problems #also i might give cal a pass since he was in a dazed with the sun shooting #maven on the other hand...👀 #when the math aint mathing #and the cunning aint cunning

[naffeclipse]

So devil eyes naga eclipse gets closer in mostly every picture that y/n takes, does that mean that it’s getting closer to the time he’ll reveal himself fully to them?

Poor y/n needs a break

I love devil eyes eclipse sm naga and regular eheh

Oh, yes. DE naga Eclipse wants you to be paranoid of him. This is how he controls you. After having spent so much time making you feel his presence without actually being seen, making you feel unsafe, he decides he's close enough to introduce himself.

You're photographing a darker, denser part of the jungle, and your skin keeps crawling as you look around you, searching very shadow for piercing eyes. Of course, you don't feel safe. You haven't in a long time but you can't stop taking photos. That is until you hear a small rustle of leaves and a snap of a twig. Your heart trips in your chest as you step back from the noises that are so sharp in the otherwise eerily quiet evening.

You turn around, intending to leave, but you're met by a looming naga, all sanguine and dark scales, and very, very close. His fangs drip venom. He hisses softly when he reaches for you, and though you try to run, he catches you in his coils.

This is it. This one is going to kill you. He takes your jaw in his scaly hand and tilts your head to meet his dark gaze, examining you like a prized bird. He continues hissing so softly over your whimpers. He murmurs that you are a fine creature, and while the others fight amongst themselves, you'll be good and do exactly as he says. There's no need for him to threaten the other two humans you accompany. There's no need for him to squeeze your pretty pink cheeks until he leaves bruises. You know he's far more then capable of carrying out punishments if you don't do exactly as he says.

You'll obey. There's no need for 'or else'.

#de eclipse talking like there's not a handful of nagas ready to kill anything that so much as leaves a scratch on you #de eclipse talks a lot but he's scary and cunning enough to back it up #the serpent den #de naga eclipse #please someone give y/n a break (not me though)

[hawkzeyes]

He’s so wet looking. Sopping and sad

Hellblazer Vol #1: Original Sin

#like on one hand cunning and a FUCKIN FORCE to be reckoned with #but on the other hand…. picking him up off the floor of an old abandoned house and shaking the dust off #John Constantine #Hellblazer #vertigo #dc #dc comics

[finnprof]

delinquents

im trying out a new program so i sketched mo guanshan and cun tou circa chapter 85

#they're here to throw hands >:( #ahh ive always been meaning to draw these two #cuntou my beloved!! #my art #mo guan shan #mo guanshan #cuntou #cun tou #buzzcut #19 days #one day #old xian #mo #19 gays

[cienie-isengardu]

Bi-Han & Shang Tsung

One of the parallels I like about Bi-Han and Shang Tsung from previous timelines is the reputation vs reality of their life. Both were recognized as very talented, cunning and dangerous people in various source material, yet both were also servants

each were even praised for job well done by their superiors, the Grandmaster and Shao Kahn respectively

yet if they failed at their task, the leaders they served would not show them mercy

and I won’t lie, this parallel influences a lot my idea of Bi-Han, Shang Tsung and their relationship because they both balance on a very thin line between performing their duties perfectly and failure that brings dire consequences. But also how deprived of delusion about their situation they must be which gives an interesting contrast between those two and other characters (for example, despite everything that happened, Kuai Liang very often talks about Lin Kuei honor while Bi-Han barely uses that word in regard to himself or the clan). And yet both Bi-Han and Shang Tsung have an independence streak.

At the same time, there is something to say that the powerful sorcerer is more enslaved than an assassin. No one leaves Lin Kuei, but Bi-Han at least was implied by the original first Mortal Kombat game he could retire from the assassin life:

With his mission accomplished, Sub-Zero will collect this fortune and retire from his dangerous profession.

while there is no chance that Shang Tsung could just resign and look for another job - and, as the games indicate, he can only gain freedom after the death of his master(s).

Which is one of reasons Bi-Han and Shang Tsung get along so well in my head.

#mortal kombat #shang tsung #bi han #sub zero #bi han and shang tsung #the two cunning people and survivors above everything else #noob saibot and shang tsung are even more similar on the quest to get control over their life and events #shang tsung has a great power above others as shao kahn's right hand but he still was killed without second thought #once sindel was brought back to alive

[fishermcn]

In a fight my muse... (elden ring style).

Bold the applicable, italicize if more situational or nuanced for what fits your muse tries in battle.

closes distance / makes distance.

uses overwhelming force / whittles down an opponent.

can endure a long fight. / cannot.

is quick to start a fight. / is rarely the instigator.

tries to dodge. / tries to block.

uses psychological tactics. / focuses on martial approach.

is a graceless fighter. / elegant fighter.

values honor. / uses dirty tactics.

accepts defeat. / begs for mercy. / cuts and runs.

// a bit of insight for the curious:

1.) when push comes to shove, sam relies on a combination of his more lethal aromatics and exploding jars to ruin someone's day or force an opening for his escape. he prefers creating distance for himself with a cloud of virulent poison or a roaring wall of flame, taking the opportunity space provides to decide on fight or flight.

1.) due to his shortness of breath, chronic cough and heart issues, a fight going on longer than two minutes will exhaust sam. as such a prolonged engagement is off the table, and sam avoids direct confrontation when possible. he'll attempt to weaken an enemy or tire them out with traps or aromatics before attempting to move in for a kill with a knife or his blade.

2.) should all else fail and his arsenal isn't enough to finish a fight, two things will occur. sam will draw a scavenger's curved sword and attempt to bleed out an attacker mercilessly... and he'll ring his spirit calling bell to summon one of two spirits. depraved perfumer carmaan's arrival is heralded with a fresh bombardment of aromatics, while the other has yet to be matched in a fight.

Inspired by a few things across rp tumblr, feel free to elaborate more if you’d like. And feel free to modify as needed for multi-muse blogs. Repost please instead of rbing!

tagged by: @rotten-pest (for this? for tagging me in a fight-prompt like this? homies for life :y)

tagging: @hexenjagd, @vulpesse, @yellowfingcr, @bcwblade, @miserycorde, @goesblind, @lumenfall, and you! i want to know how your muse throws down (ง'̀-'́)ง

#mutterings meant for worrisome waters ( ooc. ) #dash games tag. #// sam always has a knife somewhere and is a pretty quick hand with it #// couple more things here in the tags! #// sam relies more on quick thinking and cunning in a fight more than martial prowess or strength since he's rather scrawny #// for the bloodborne folks: sam will not hesitate for a second to shoot someone directly in the face XD #// thanks for the tag buddy! had a real treat with this one!

[ferdihound]

im tired of pretending cider isnt sane

HES FUCKING UNHINGED IN MY PERSONAL OPINION

my headcanon is complicated...

ANYWAY, CLOSEUP OF HIS STUPID FACE;... which im very proud of

#chipspeech #cidertalk'84 #gay #chipspeech fanart #hes fucking unhinged and i cannot change my mind #FUCKING TRY ME #hes so cun ty #mi sorry #if anyone else believes in unhinged cider i will hug you #i have a fanfic planned based on my cider..... ohhohohohohoho #i just need to get good at writing #im not a huge fan of the rest of the body... especially the hands

[lavenderjewels]

my only general predictions for jjk is that Yuuji will be able to target the different souls in Sukuna’s body to be able to reach Megumi’s suppressed soul and attack sukuna’s. Im actually interested in how this will all go down, especially with Higuruma in the mix, since these fights can’t be as simple as two overpowered characters with the loss of multiple special grade sorcerers. With the potential of a court trial domain or Yuuji’s knowledge of the soul, I imagine it’ll become more psychological or metaphysical in the fighting, with a lot of good insight into sukuna and/or yuuji, megumi, etc. As for Kenjaku, I have NO idea where their story is going (apart from Yuuta wanting to kill them), but i enjoy that part of the story being unpredictable—it fits their character

#jjk spoilers #I feel like it’s a given at this point that yuuji is planning something w Sukuna’s soul #since yukis book and literally everything else that points to shit happening w the soul and body #the methods and execution are unknown but yeah despite general fan consensus I feel like it’s obvious saving megumi IS in the mind of Yuuji #and there’s probably gonna be a lot of metaphors and whatnot about identity and the body and soul #hopefully sukuna and heian era flashbacks 🤕 #kenjaku on the other hand is simultaneously a detailed planner with a mission and an unpredictable entity who has to adapt to any situation #meeting takaba for example 😭 #I’ve said this many times but kenjakus appeal is not just them being a typical evil mastermind who controls the plot #we get to know them. and how they ARE despicable and cunning. but they’re also kinda a loser who runs into a lot of issues and trials/errors #it makes it feel realistic. and also just entertaining to watch #there’s probably a more clever way of describing who kenjaku is vs what they desire but I don’t have the brain for that lol #I’m just vaguely very fascinated by their character #kenjaku #sukuna #itadori yuuji #if making excessive rants in the notes was a competition I would destroy any competitor 😭 #i feel like there’s a lot of interesting stuff with kenjaku and sukuna that I never see people discuss 😭 but I’m also terrible at writing #so I can’t put anything to words

[findmeabowlofundertale]

I have no explanation for this

#yes that’s a ‘‘cunning linguist’’ -> ‘‘cunnilingus’’ joke #I’m so sorry. #I don’t usually make that type of joke but it was just. come on. #these two have such opposite approaches to this skdhajhd #also! Gaster’s eyes are blue bc. love. #I REALLY MESSED UP ON THE SIGN FOR DONUT IT WAS CONFUSING BUT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE CROSSED FINGERS POINT OUTWARD #I’M SORRY #I don’t know enough about drawing hands to draw asl but it seems wrong not to at least try #Gaster’s new to this (even though he shouldn’t be for all intents and purposes) so he doesn’t know how how to shut up #meanwhile Asteri’s over here talking like she’s got experience (she does not) #seeker draws #seeker oc #asteri #⁂ gaster #⁂ art #⁂ memes #⁂ #seeker gaster #augh i drew the balls on her antennae too big

[greenreticule]

Thinking about thinking ABOUT how - in Padawan - Obi-Wan's first introduction to Dex was this blasé guy telling Obi to stay out of the miner's business.

But our first introduction to him as readers was him challenging the villain on behalf of his coworkers, crying because he wasn't able to help them.

We get "they didn't sign on to die for you!" as his character defining moment for us, the readers. And then when it's revealed that this is Dex, he's already got his signature cheery mask up to hide how he feels. But we, the readers, we know. Because we already saw his tears.

The first thing we learn about Dexter Jettster in Padawan-

Before we learn even his species or his name-

The first thing that sets him apart from the ensemble he's a part of-

The one thing that makes the villain take note of him-

Is that Dex fucking cares about others.

#dexter jettster #padawan novel #padawan #obi wan kenobi #i just fucking love that one of the most cunning scoundrels in the galaxy is KIND #because so often being a realist or intelligent is a reason for being indifferent or cruel #and compassion is painted as naïveté #but in dex compassion and cunning live hand-in-hand... -in-hand-in-hand

[deadn30n]

i know the fandom a lot of the time likes to portray ezreal as kinda stupid, but i really don't think he is stupid. the boy's a child prodigy; he picked up after his parents much quicker than any normal child ever would, and he's got an amazing knack for getting himself out of even the most lethal of situations, and i think this holds true even in the heartsteel universe. if anything, his stupidity is just a front; a guise. a way to escape situations that may not be favourable for him, and though he's one of the band's poster boys, he doesn't actually attend a lot of interviews. he loves the fame, don't get me wrong, but i think being constantly dug into by paparazzi and fans alike is probably super exhausting. if anything, i feel like yone steps in for him a lot of the time and ezreal appreciates that. ezreal is goofy and likes to act stupid, but he's probably one of the smartest of the members and rose to fame as a child.

#« ooc tag. » #it makes me sad when people just flat-out make ezreal dumb #because yeah he likes acting like it but it's all a front #he's actually very cunning and smart #and would sooner outwit you than let you get the upper hand #s'why it's difficult for paparazzi to even get their hands on him #he's a master escape artist!