#Rome arc

[staysaneathome]

I made the glorious mistake of watching Dimension 20’s “Magic and Misfits” while in the middle of listening to Rusty Quill Gaming’s Rome Arc.

Now my brain is being consumed by the idea of the London and Other London Outstanding Mercenary Guild being made to babysit interact with the Pilot Program

#the rusty quill #rusty quill gaming #critical role #dimension 20 #Rome arc #magic and misfits #sasha rackett #azu #hamid saleh haroun al tahan #grizzop drik acht amsterdam #evan kelmp #whitney jammer #sam black #dream tanaka #I think Hamid would become the group’s go-to guru for ‘private school is WEIRD’ complaints #he and Sam would VIBE because Bryn said modern-day Hamid would canonically be an influencer #meanwhile Azu and Jammer just get along SO WELL #Sasha having to deal with fangirling from Dream would be hilarious #she’s SNEAKY and DARK and wears ALL BLACK and LEATHER #Evan probably majorly bonds with her #and also with Grizzop over bird and survival knowledge

[tomicscomics]

05/13/2024

A suffocating childhood?!

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JOKE-OGRAPHY: 1. The Source: This cartoon is based on a question St. Joan received during her trial. Before I explain it, here's the story from the original manuscript (translated by W. S. Scott): "Questioned concerning her father's dreams, she replied that when she was still with her father and mother, she was often told by her mother that her father had said that he dreamed his daughter Jeanne would go off with the soldiers; and that her mother and father took great care to keep her safely; that they were very strict with her; and that she was always obedient to them save in the incident at Toul, the action for [breach of promise of] marriage. She said further that she had heard her mother say that her father had said to her brothers: If I thought that such a thing could happen as I have dreamed, I should want you to drown her; and if you did not, I would drown her myself. And that she greatly feared that they would lose their minds when she left to go to Vaucouleurs. Asked if his thoughts and dreams had come to her father after she had her visions, she replied: Yes, more than two years after she first heard the voices." 2. Summary: In short, Joan's judges have heard that her father had prophetic dreams about her leaving home. She tells them what she knows based on what her mother told her, including that her father would prefer to have her drowned than let her go off with the army as he dreamed. 3. Location Change: For those wondering, after the 6th session of Joan's questioning, some of her assessors became too busy to consistently attend sessions, so Bishop Cauchon decreed they'd hold future sessions in her cell to make things easier. 4. The Name "Tart": First off, Jacques' last name was spelled a lot of different ways in old French (Darc, Dars, Dart, Darx, Tart, Day, and probably more). Joan didn't actually use his last name, because in her village, girls took their mother's last name, but we assign it to her nowadays anyway. In modern French, Jacques' surname is spelled d'Arc (the apostrophe is a late addition). However, when brought into English, translators assumed the d-[apostrophe] meant "of" like most names with that prefix, so Jeanne d'Arc became Joan of Arc, despite there not being a place called Arc for her to be of. In this cartoon, I used the spelling "Tart" for Jacques' surname, because W. S. Scott determined it to be the most authentic form of the patronymic, according to his sources. Also, it allowed me to make the joke in Panel 3, "I'm off to become a REAL tart!" Jacques is dreaming that Joan will run off to become a prostitute, and in addition to "Tart" being his surname, "tart" is also an old word for prostitute. 5. The Dream: Jacques shares a bit in common with St. Joseph, as both are hard-working men from simple towns, and both experience important dreams about their miracle children. However, while St. Joseph understands and responds to his dream with a generous yes, Jacques doesn't fully understand his dream and tries to prevent it from coming true. Back then, some women would follow armies around so they could prostitute themselves when the soldiers made camp. Many authors believe that Jacques' feared this would be Joan's fate, and that he never suspected that her true fate was to become a general of war. He told his sons he would prefer her to be drowned than for his dream to come true, probably meaning that he'd rather she die than lose her soul in the sinful life he thought he foresaw.

#catholic #christian #comic #cartoon #catholic memes #christian memes #tomics #tomics comics #tom gould #joan of arc #st joan of arc #jeanne darc #st jeanne darc #jacques darc #jacques tart #tart #drowning #trial #isabelle romee #isabeau romee #last names that are spelled a hundred different ways and even when theyre finally modernized are then butchered when brought into english

[ony01]

#civilization #art #fanart #neco arc #ancient rome #legionary #catgirl #catboy #tank #german tanks

[immuchobligedtoyou]

Chibitalia Arc: Original vs Redraws

#hetalia #aph italy #chibitalia #holytalia #aph hre #aph holy roman empire #aph holy rome #the link takes u to the source of the redraws #imagine if hima were to redraw the entire chibitalia arc in hws #I wonder what he would change & keep the same 🤔

[party-lemon]

it must be insane becoming an mcr fan during/after the reunion tour and learning that that small voiced, crazy ass, witchy lead singer used to make out with the little, baseball dad rhythm guitarist

#what i wouldn't give to learn about the pro rev kiss for the first time again... #imagine learning about that in 2023 #the fucking whiplash you would get from that would be indescribable #what do you mean that mousehaired joan of arc he/they sucked face with that nike wearing man child #mcr #my chemical romance #gerard way #frank iero #mike hemical rome ants

[defending-grilled-cheese]

i think the most infuriating part of my tmnt 2012 rewatch is seeing all the mistakes and how the smallest of changes would do wonders for the show.

not to say that there's an overwhelming amount of issues with '12 or anything, but some things just keep bothering me. and one of them is a part of my (as well as seemingly many others') favorite arc in the show, the farmhouse arc. to be more specific, a part of leo's struggles.

pretty much everyone and their mother had made memes about ghost splinter just telling leo to 'get over' his leg injury, that it's 'all in his head'. obviously infuriating to watch, and even more bizarre, when it actually works.

and i think the intention behind this part of leo's arc was that he had healed his wounds during his coma and maybe some physical therapy (that was not shown and that's only if the writers thought of physical therapy at all) and all, or at least most, of the troubles he's facing are due to chronic phantom pain, not any physical injuries.

which isn't much better in terms of the 'just get over it, pussy' speech, but in my opinion it's still an improvement from the same speech, used in the context of ACTUAL PHYSICAL INJURY.

and it's NOT IN THE SHOW. i understand the whole "show don't tell" and "don't spell out everything for the viewer" and i'm all for it, but first, this show is notorious for not telegraphing it's intent (ekhem capritello ekhem) and misusing it's characters and second, i'm not saying there should be a scene, where leo looks into the camera like he's in the office and says "even though i'm fully healed physically, i still feel the pain in my mind and will have to overcome it to be a ninjaaa". obviously.

the perfect fix for that, in my opinion, would just be a small dialogue bit, spoken by either raph or donnie or maybe dialogue between them, sort of like

"isn't he supposed to be all healed up?"

"well, yes, but his body is not the only part of him that shredder hurt."

or something like that. it's just one of these things that don't take much to be bettered. of which there are quite plenty in '12. still a fun show, just has some flaws.

#that 'get over it' speech really made me rethink splinter as a good parent for the first time when i was a kid #this whole post was written after i heard dracula mention seeing the fall of rome during the halloween arc #like #CONSTANTINOPLE WAS RIGHT THERE #HE'S FROM ROMANIA #oh god im overthinking it but sTILL #tmnt 2012 #rambling #tmnt 2k12 #tmnt 2012 leo #tmnt 2012 leonardo

[brother-emperors]

do you ever listen to Psycho by Muse and think of Crassus and Sulla?

tbh that song is less my speed for Crassus and Sulla, I might actually be more inclined to put it on a playlist for Antony and Caesar or Micheletto Corella and Cesare Borgia! but I DO enjoy the guitar opening for this song immensely

#I have a corruption arc playlist for sulla and crassus and it’s. somewhat eclectic lmao #I’ve got matt maeson’s Cringe on it because I want terulla’s reaction to seeing him after sulla does a mass execution of political prisoner #kid harpoon’s storm is on for the sulla-crassus part. and josh cullen’s wild tonight for a sulla-rome thesis statement #a lot of david wirsig’s music is on here too #Ask tag

[loverboybrightsideghost]

oh my god i have listened to a ridiculous amount of rqg in a short time

#last week was my jury. last week i was still a little bit through the cairo arc. im on s4 now. WHAT! #well im on the ancient rome specials #bluebird.txt #but still! #rqg #jesus. get me. rqg moment. #[guy who's been reobsessed with rqg for months] wow i can't believe ive been listening to rqg!

[thatorigamiguy]

Honey Fritters

Jaune walks out of the shared JNPR kitchen, a proud smile on his face as he presents a plate of honey fritters for the rest of his team.

Jaune: “Hey everyone, I made us all honey fritters to celebrate the success of our most recent mission!”

With a loud whoop, Nora quickly made her way over and snatched a couple before being followed by a far more sedate Ren who merely grabbed one before ushering Jaune a grateful thanks. Pyrrha grabbed one with a smile, before taking a bite into it and letting out a sudden gasp.

Pyrrha: “Oh my, these are so good that I feel like I can take over an entire kingdom! No, the entire WORLD!”

Jaune: “I know right? I don’t know what it is about these fritters, but they just make me feel like I can just take demolish an entire hierarchy and make a new one!”

Pyrrha: “I guess we’re both of a similar mindset Jaune!”

Jaune: “I guess we are Pyrrha!”

Pyrrha: “HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!”

Jaune: “HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!”

Jaune/Pyrrha: “HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!”

while Jaune and Pyrrha both shared a laugh together, the remaining two members gave them both a wary glance. A nervous laugh bubbled past Nora’s lips, before she turned to Ren with a shaky smile.

Nora: “Eh heh, uh, Ren? You don’t think... you don’t think Jaune and Pyrrha would actually try and go and conquer the entire world? Right?”

Ren: “Nora, I’m going to be completely honest with you: I don’t think it’s a matter of them not trying to do it, I think it’s a matter of if they do it.”

Nora shoots a nervous look over at the still laughing Jaune and Pyrrha, before turning back to Ren with a terrified look on her face.

Nora: “and if they do?”

They both look to see that Jaune and Pyrrha are sharing another laugh, however they both have a dangerous glint in their eyes, their smiles a little too wide, and there was something... off about their laughter. Ren could only grimace, before turning to Nora with the most dead serious look on his face.

Ren: “Then I say we would offer a prayer to anyone who’s either bold enough or dumb enough to stand in their way and hope that they don’t burn everything to the ground in their inevitable conquest...”

Pyrrha: “Say Jaune, what would be the best way to quickly neutralize several key areas of importance to make for an easy battle? Hypothetically speaking?”

Jaune: “Hey it’s funny you should ask that, because I actually have a lot of ideas planned out in regards to that. The first one is based off of-”

Ren: “...And that we stay on their good sides and out of the fucking crossfire.”

                                      ========================

Jaune = Western Roman Empire.

Pyrrha = Eastern Roman Empire.

Another post based out of the Archives of Madness and written between @noneatnonedotcom​ and I. The post was inspired by the after mentioned honey fritters based off an episode of Tasting History with Max Miller. There’s just something about those fritters that makes you wanna go out and conquer half the world or something.

#Jaune Arc #pyrrha nikos #lie ren #nora valkyrie #team jnpr #arkos #rome #romans #byzantine #roman empire #rwby #rwby shitpost #shitpost #food #humor #tasting history #max miller #honey fritters #honey #Archives of Madness

[trollcafe]

Decommissioned

Google Docs Link. The Handler is not mine.

The process for answering one of Handler’s calls has always been, frankly, tedious. Lockjaw’s pager goes off, giving him a time and a number. At the given time, he calls that given number from a payphone outside his apartment. The voice is always a little different- he had realized by now that the Handler used a voice changing device to remain anonymous. Probably for the best, in his opinion. 

The pager had given him fifteen minutes. By the time Lockjaw actually looked at the pager, he had five. He scrambled to find a notebook and pen, nearly dropped it all thrice, and forgot to unlock the door twice before trying to open it. Meanwhile, Rumble had yet to finish her breakfast. She watched him with an amused expression. 

He made it to the payphone twenty seconds late. It took another twenty to properly enter the number. He set the phone on top of the phone box and nervously tapped the pen on his notebook. He could hear the receiver just fine from a distance, thanks to his improved hearing. And typically, Handler didn’t want him to respond, so he didn’t need to hold it close. 

He wasn’t…afraid of the Handler. If anything, there was a moderate healthy respect for the anonymous individual. So far, Handler hadn’t done anything to really warrant any concern from the blueblood. But…there was a level of professionalism to uphold. And the annoyance was ever clear when they answered the phone. 

“You’re late.” 

“Elevator broke.” The lie rolled off easily. Though Lockjaw’s voicebox had said it so softly, he wondered if they even heard at all. 

“Whatever.” Apparently, they had. “Do you still have the girl?” 

Lockjaw stopped his nervous tapping instantly. Panic began to bubble in his chest, though he remained silent. They weren’t supposed to talk about her. That was the agreement. A little extra came his way to cover her costs, and he would take on more jobs to pay for that. Handler knew- or so he thought- how protective he was over her. His silent thinking was interrupted once more by Handler’s robotic voice.

“Yes or no, Lockjaw. Do you still have the girl?” 

“...Yes. We had agr-”

He was once again interrupted, this time by a sigh that wasn’t fully caught by the voice changer on the call. 

“Of course you do. You’ve just made this so complicated, now. Listen- do you know who she is?”

“...She is Rumble?” 

“No, that’s what you call her, idiot. I’m sure you’ve heard of the Imperial Deepbite. Real nasty guy. She’s his descendant.” 

“...Okay?” Confused, Lockjaw scanned the world outside the phone booth, as if it held any clues why he should be concerned. He had met the man once, during his own Fleet time. Though he remembered very little, he recalled the man as a giant. Tall, girthy, with an all-knowing gleam in his eyes. He was intimidating, to be blunt. 

“The descendant that went missing. The descendant he wanted to replace him. He’s looking for her. And you have her. And I have a job for you, a hit on Deepbite.” 

“You want me…to take out a major Fleet official?” That seemed impossible. Sure, Lockjaw was experienced and had an impressive number of successful hits under his belt, but none of them had been a fuchsia. And none of them were important high-ranking officials. The assassination of a major high-ranking official would just draw an unwanted amount of attention. Not to mention the impossible task of killing a fuchsia- especially one of that man’s size. 

“You don’t have a choice, really.” 

“Can you not find someone else?” He sincerely doubted the Handler only had one pawn under their grasp. Surely they had someone more experienced in handling such high-profile targets. 

“Well, that’s the thing. I heard from the grapevine that he’s been looking...for you.” 

Lockjaw’s blood ran cold. 

“My hands are quite tied, you see. And, as surprising as it may be, there are trolls above even myself. I may be the all powerful, all knowing being in your life, but consider that there are even scarier all powerful, all knowing beings in my life.”

“What makes you think I can get rid of the Imperial Deepbite?” 

“Because the other option is, he finds you. From what my sources tell me, he already knows where you’re residing. He’s scheduled to land in Mordamere for two weeks to restock, then he’s coming to Alternia. Consider yourself lucky I didn’t realize who she was a long time ago.” 

“....She’s just a kid.” 

“And you’re just a decommissioned killing machine. You have two options here; you kill Deepbite, or Deepbite kills you.” 

click.

#ghost.art #rome falls arc #lockjaw #rumble

[sunnixsunshine]

Doodles while I waited for laundry

#they broke the dryers again im gonna go insane crazy time #clone high #clone high reboot #clone high 2023 #clone high fanart #clone high jfk #clone high topher #clone high topher bus #topher bus #clone high abraham lincoln #clone high abe #clone high joan #clone high joan of arc #clone high gandhi #hetalia #hetalia fanart #hetalia romano #hetalia rome #kirby

[bunkernine]

society if hoo had them at uni age and the lost trio went to chb and chiron is like "how tf are ANY of u alive and unclaimed". wilderness was just community college.

#on a serious note this changes a lot actually. annabeth and percy would not be in chb anymore so when percy goes missing #its like. a genuine possibility and fear because demigods don't make it that old. there is also some added time between tlo and tlh as well #further adding to jasons isolation as being even WEIRDER than everyone else. he also would've been praetor for longer so maybe the romans #wouldve cared more. this also does away with the plot hole of ppl not giving a shit that jason piper and leo (and dylan) straight up #dipped. introducing piper especially to a summer camp makes chb less appealing because they're too old for that and thus makes their #departure from chb make more sense in toa. yet also it opens up the possibility of new rome uni.... which i cannot see any reason as to why #leo would not go there!!!!! outside of being banned cuz he bombed new rome lol. but pipers sexuality arc works for college too!!! ur never #too old to find urself. but also this is the question of if you are able to relatively function in society (this is more for piper leo fran #and i guess percy) then why would you even fight this prophecy??? anyway lol them being college aged is perfect cuz percy is literally #going to a new place and having a new transition with new ppl... like u do in college LOL. now the question is would hazel still be 13. nic #is a lot older at this point and perhaps has the same age gap as bianca and him did 🤔 cant remember. but also don't know why hazel was 13 #in the first place lol. idk. in my college hoo she is just a senior in hs about to graduate from spqr and thinking about staying there or #possibly going to newru after seeing frank make the decision the previous year! SAD! #anyway in hoo. percy and annabeth are sophomores. frank and the lost trio are freshman. #but then in toa. percy annie frank and the lost trio are all graduating cuz percy got held back and Annabeth failed after tartarus fr. #but then also know that piper never went to newru and is adamant about going to mortal uni. and leo kills in newru but is bored. nvm i #forgot he died 🧍‍♂️ ummmmmm ok. ignore leo. and jason actually. so um. ok that really threw me off but are u getting it. that's when apollo #is like 'heeyyyyy i need help pwease 🥺' and they're all like 'dude.' #OK! #but also i ackowedge that this is a children's book and i am not its demographic so god be with you.

[something-in-the-seas]

Atreus wouldn’t even be angry about Kratos keeping Calliope a secret from him, he’d just feel so betrayed and heartbroken.

#god of war #god of war ragnarök #god of war spoilers #gow spoilers #please give us Rome I want the calliope and Olympian angst arc #I want Atreus to meet her so bad and be like ‘why did you keep her from me :(‘ #atreus #calliope

[decarbry]

Can we hear about Cosette? Seeing her makes me feel nostalgic! (I read warrior cats as a kid, and probably would have made a non-warrior cats universe OC if I realized I could do that)

AWW ABSOLUTELYYY I was not expecting an ask about my OC HAHA <3

So I made Cosette back around 2015 when I was active in a lot more RP groups and this one was basically Warrior cats but with big cat species and centered in/around Roman cities. You had your typical "clans" of wild cats and then one clan of city cats that were kept by the humans and trained to hunt the wild cats and capture them for use in fighting rings. Cosette was born to two of the more elite hunters in the city (Caelina, who was mine, and Scaeden, who belonged to staniqs on dA) and was raised with her brothers Helios, Icarus, Manes, Libero, and Regilius to capture the loose cats that had run away from where they belonged with the humans in the city.

She was named after a previous leader of the hunters who lost her position in disgrace, with the belief that she would reclaim the name and give it back its honor and pride. Cosette never really cared about any of that, or even being a hunter; she was a carefree spirit that just loved to play and make friends, and learned to fight well but rarely wanted to use it on any of the enemy cats.

So a big war broke out between the wild clans and the hunters (where before they were just attacking the wild clans here and there where opportunity arose) and one night a big battle occurred and her father was killed by one of the wild cats. Scaeden was a huge presence with the hunters (I can't remember if he was leader at the time or second in command?) and the death hit the family hard, so a big group that included Cosette, Caelina, Helios, and a handful of non-family but close friends snuck onto a ship in the middle of the battle to flee to Rome where they all became a small found-family of deserters hiding out away from everyone else. It essentially made them targets of the hunters in Rome, ironically. The young flourished while the adults kind of withered. Cosette's mother Caelina becomes terminally ill and is killed when she confronts the brother of the cat that killed Scaeden, the younger group of the found-family breaks apart when Cosette learns that one of them informed the hunters of their whereabouts, and that was about where the development of the story ended.

#it was an RP group so plot lines are kind of disjointed HAHA #and this was her original story but I plan on reclaiming all of my characters from these groups to use them in other stories instead #so expect to see more about Caelina/Cosette/Helios and tons more that weren't even relevant to this arc #I had so many big cat characters in these groups HAHA #the art here was drawn around the time they fled to Rome after her father's death and one of the others was consoling her

[catsconflictscopicsandchamomile]

yall,,, Cas is FUCKED,,,,

ik I'm probably the only one who sees spn/spnwin/the boys/gk as a combined canon but like... Cas is really not in a good situation rn. its a lot to explain but like tldr:

The Empty is Tartarus, the well-known Endless Void Of Indescribable Torment Below Hell where many immortal beings, apparently including angels, go when they're destroyed. Immortals call it "The Empty" bc they're scared to speak its true name (that's a common Greek Thing to do)

Some roman gods took an interest in Cas and yoinked him out. these guys are like REALLY bad. I can't overstate how bad they are. like they're working with/for ppl and entities WAY outside of Greco-Roman stuff. like this is "BBEGs of spn postcanon" bad. They've forced Cas to take on the role of a roman god to further their Schemes(tm)

...and they're abt to do something Truly Unspeakable to him bc he won't play along.

(also, Meg had Cas' kid like a decade ago and didn't tell him. wtf. absolutely terrifying child btw)

edit: they fucking killed him. right back into Tartarus. didn't expect THAT to be their "Truly Unspeakable" plan but okay then. Unrelated news, we have (possibly) have Casifer again. Or some other cheeky douchebag is using the vessel. Either way I don't think anyone needed or wanted this development.

#Rome Arc my beloathed #the gods are fightiiiing #supernatural #cw gotham knights #spn postcanon #cwverse #misha collins #misha fucking collins #castiel #Duela #crack theory #crossover #roman mythology #janus #mars #meta #spn meta

[brookheimer]

from the succession podcast it sounds like kieran thinks roman has successfully pushed down the voicemail/possible guilt about logan’s death and is genuinely like .. not thinking about it, which i find really surprising honestly. is that really not going to come back? trying to figure out whether this is a “pre-grieved” situation (read: obviously a failing attempt at repression) which was my original take, of course, but the fact that kieran says, like, “i’ve actually thought about that” makes me think it’s not something that will come up in future episodes — if repressed guilt/fear/self-loathing ab possibly causing logan’s death is part of roman’s ‘arc’ this season, why would kieran say like ‘oh i’ve actually thought about this!’ like, that kinda makes it sound like it never comes up again, so kieran’s come up with his own take. but i mean… we’re supposed to think roman “yeah i pre-grieved” [one episode later] “i’m dead. i’m gone. it’s over for me” roy successfully pushed down the fact that his last ‘interaction’ with his dad was calling him a cunt over voicemail (his first time standing up to him Ever) which logan may or may not have heard before his death — and may or may not have CAUSED that death (we know the phone was found in the toilet, after all)??? successfully pushed it down my ass

#felt like it was such an ingenious direction for roman to go in — feeling like the one time he stood up to dad he killed him — #heartbreaking obviously but so so so full of potential #if roman genuinely is not feeling guilty about logan’s death and that guilt doesn’t come up in the folllowing eps ill be a little #disappointed honestly. like post 4x03 i was so excited to see where they were going with it because it was honestly like the Worst Possible #Situation for roman — logan’s death wouldve been devastating in any circumstances but the way it played out felt so tailored to be the worst #possible way it could’ve fine for rome…. idk man. i was so impressed w how it was like each kid’s nightmare. like the circumstances for each #character were the most painful they could’ve possibly been for that specific character. and rome in particular #like that was some of the most ingenious character writing i’ve seen in a while i was just in awe of how multilayered that experiejce was #for rome in particular like it was just so perfectly conceived to fuck him up the maximum amount possible while not making any of it feel #shock value y or whatever in the slightest #so like… if all of that ends up being kind of forgotten other than Logan Died…. #i will be sad lol. what was the point of all that then!!!!! #it just feels kinda surprising — not bc it’s not following thru on an arc or a detail or whatever but bc on a human level it feels like smth #that would haunt a person for the rest of their life esp someone like roman esp bc it was his dad #succession has plot holes and forgets threads and stuff but typically it’s good at keeping the internal emotional logic of each character #intact so i’m just kinda surprised by the possibility that the whole ordeal might not have any more influence on rome than any other #hypothetical way logan could’ve died. idk. rambling #succession #roman roy