#fantasy lady

[madam-of-lithuania]

Here's my another drawing from my art school 🏫 ✨️ 💖 💕 💓 💗

#lithuanian artist #beginner artist #wannabe artist #lesbian artist #queer artist #female artists #fantasy artist #small artist #new artist #artists on tumblr #my artwork #my art #artwork #art #acrylic #acrylic painting #fantasy lady #fantasy women #fantasy art #fantasy #lithuanian art

[yoursarcastichorse]

Scheming lady for Shar.

Comms are gonna open again on 10/24 with updated prices!

#commissioned painting #commissioned art #fantasy illustration #illustration #original character #fantasy lady

[suzannahnatters]

all RIGHT:

Why You're Writing Medieval (and Medieval-Coded) Women Wrong: A RANT

(Or, For the Love of God, People, Stop Pretending Victorian Style Gender Roles Applied to All of History)

This is a problem I see alllll over the place - I'll be reading a medieval-coded book and the women will be told they aren't allowed to fight or learn or work, that they are only supposed to get married, keep house and have babies, &c &c.

If I point this out ppl will be like "yes but there was misogyny back then! women were treated terribly!" and OK. Stop right there.

By & large, what we as a culture think of as misogyny & patriarchy is the expression prevalent in Victorian times - not medieval. (And NO, this is not me blaming Victorians for their theme park version of "medieval history". This is me blaming 21st century people for being ignorant & refusing to do their homework).

Yes, there was misogyny in medieval times, but 1) in many ways it was actually markedly less severe than Victorian misogyny, tyvm - and 2) it was of a quite different type. (Disclaimer: I am speaking specifically of Frankish, Western European medieval women rather than those in other parts of the world. This applies to a lesser extent in Byzantium and I am still learning about women in the medieval Islamic world.)

So, here are the 2 vital things to remember about women when writing medieval or medieval-coded societies

FIRST. Where in Victorian times the primary axes of prejudice were gender and race - so that a male labourer had more rights than a female of the higher classes, and a middle class white man would be treated with more respect than an African or Indian dignitary - In medieval times, the primary axis of prejudice was, overwhelmingly, class. Thus, Frankish crusader knights arguably felt more solidarity with their Muslim opponents of knightly status, than they did their own peasants. Faith and age were also medieval axes of prejudice - children and young people were exploited ruthlessly, sent into war or marriage at 15 (boys) or 12 (girls). Gender was less important.

What this meant was that a medieval woman could expect - indeed demand - to be treated more or less the same way the men of her class were. Where no ancient legal obstacle existed, such as Salic law, a king's daughter could and did expect to rule, even after marriage.

Women of the knightly class could & did arm & fight - something that required a MASSIVE outlay of money, which was obviously at their discretion & disposal. See: Sichelgaita, Isabel de Conches, the unnamed women fighting in armour as knights during the Third Crusade, as recorded by Muslim chroniclers.

Tolkien's Eowyn is a great example of this medieval attitude to class trumping race: complaining that she's being told not to fight, she stresses her class: "I am of the house of Eorl & not a serving woman". She claims her rights, not as a woman, but as a member of the warrior class and the ruling family. Similarly in Renaissance Venice a doge protested the practice which saw 80% of noble women locked into convents for life: if these had been men they would have been "born to command & govern the world". Their class ought to have exempted them from discrimination on the basis of sex.

So, tip #1 for writing medieval women: remember that their class always outweighed their gender. They might be subordinate to the men within their own class, but not to those below.

SECOND. Whereas Victorians saw women's highest calling as marriage & children - the "angel in the house" ennobling & improving their men on a spiritual but rarely practical level - Medievals by contrast prized virginity/celibacy above marriage, seeing it as a way for women to transcend their sex. Often as nuns, saints, mystics; sometimes as warriors, queens, & ladies; always as businesswomen & merchants, women could & did forge their own paths in life

When Elizabeth I claimed to have "the heart & stomach of a king" & adopted the persona of the virgin queen, this was the norm she appealed to. Women could do things; they just had to prove they were Not Like Other Girls. By Elizabeth's time things were already changing: it was the Reformation that switched the ideal to marriage, & the Enlightenment that divorced femininity from reason, aggression & public life.

For more on this topic, read Katherine Hager's article "Endowed With Manly Courage: Medieval Perceptions of Women in Combat" on women who transcended gender to occupy a liminal space as warrior/virgin/saint.

So, tip #2: remember that for medieval women, wife and mother wasn't the ideal, virgin saint was the ideal. By proving yourself "not like other girls" you could gain significant autonomy & freedom.

Finally a bonus tip: if writing about medieval women, be sure to read writing on women's issues from the time so as to understand the terms in which these women spoke about & defended their ambitions. Start with Christine de Pisan.

I learned all this doing the reading for WATCHERS OF OUTREMER, my series of historical fantasy novels set in the medieval crusader states, which were dominated by strong medieval women! Book 5, THE HOUSE OF MOURNING (forthcoming 2023) will focus, to a greater extent than any other novel I've ever yet read or written, on the experience of women during the crusades - as warriors, captives, and political leaders. I can't wait to share it with you all!

#watchers of outremer #medieval history #the lady of kingdoms #the house of mourning #writing #writing fantasy #female characters #medieval women #eowyn #the lord of the rings #lotr #history #historical fiction #fantasy #writing tip #writing advice

[kostictoxic]

Ice cream girl . Cute and caring elemental.

#elemental #fantasy #ice cream #sweet #flirt #fantasy lady

[luciasatalina]

another quick one of her

#my art #art #doodle #fantasy #original character #bird lady #creature #nudity

[archerinventive]

A happy and sleepy Sunday to you all. ❤️

May your day be calm and cozy. 🤗

Get your own prints HERE

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArcherInventive

Model Credit (last photo): Chase Kingsford

#sleeping #knights #medieval #fantasy #artwork #lady knights #archerinventive #dames #sword #dagger #freya #norse godess #unicorn #cats

[fsnowzombie]

Armored Lady Monday

my ffxiv character Emily going sicko mode in her warrior look

#armored lady monday #emily #warrior #ffxiv #final fantasy xiv #ff #ff14 #final fantasy 14

[ladyloveandjustice]

I'm in Love with the Villainess truly understands lesbian fantasies. I have never felt so seen.

#highfiving inori like girl same #i'm in love with the villainess #wataoshi #watashi no oshi wa akuyaku reijou #nev watches i'm in love with the villainess #ladies carrying ladies #ladies carrying people #in a fantasy sequence but still

[driftwoodwolf]

requiem of fallen leaves

find me on twitter @/driftwoodwoof

#artists on tumblr #illustration #original art #lady knight #women in armor #knight #armor #sword #fantasy art #fyiart #my art #not fan art

[dunmeshistash]

Dungeon meshi - Dwarves

#dungeon meshi #daydream hour #dwarves #fantasy design #senshi #namari #dia #edit: added a page from adventurer bible in which dwarf lady beards are discussed

[madam-of-lithuania]

Here's my another drawing from my art school 🏫 ✨️ 💖 💕 💓 💗 and drawn a Mermaid again

#lithuanian artist #beginner artist #wannabe artist #lesbian artist #queer artist #female artists #fantasy artist #my artwork #my art #mermaid art #mermaid #fantasy art #fantasy women #fantasy lady #fantasy #artwork #art #lithuanian art

[yoursarcastichorse]

More comms, been really busy surviving this year ;7;

#illustration #digital painting #commissioned art #commission #original character #fantasy art #fantasy lady

[peachellaa]

Coming to clean your house

#upskurt #thick wife #mommy k!nk #gentle domination #thick vibes only #girls with curves #strong lady #sexy tease #thick legs #fuck me from behind #hit it from the back #thick babe #thicc as fuck #hotwives #wife fantasy #mature woman #slutty wife #curvy body #thicc girls #take a bite 🍑

[madcat-world]

The Lady and the Crow - AnatoFinnstark

#The Lady and the Crow #AnatoFinnstark #giant #fighters #crows #spirits #ghosts #fantasy art #digital art

[luciasatalina]

good nose

#art #drawing #doodle #fantasy #elf #original character #painting #my art #bird lady

[archerinventive]

“I am afraid of you. In loving me, you hold a knife to my throat. In loving you, I tell you exactly where to cut. We are two against the world, yet I still do not trust your hand in mine. This is new, and I am terrified.” -vulnerability a.j.

Taking some time away from the shop this week to spend with family and go through photos from 2023.

This is one of my favorite shots taken by the very talented @liv.ing_lively at this years faire.

Thank you to all of those who helped us create such wonderful memories, and here's to many more to come. ❤️

#lady knights #knights of loreamour #dame #dame archer #dagger #sword #knights in seattle #frienemies #fairefriends #duel #medieval #fantasy #archer inventive