#rome remastered

[mozillasticks]

Finally cleared my PC of dust

Next should be my God damn table lol

#rome remastered #rome total war #rtw #rome: total war

[spiderbitesandvampirevenom]

the game marks the parthia campaign as "very hard" but the only hard thing abt it is the financial situation tbh. if you can squeeze through the first like 10 turns and expand out of your first 2 towns you're set. persian cavalry makes every battle just "set to speed 3 and tell your cavalry to skirmish" and then you watch your guys run in circles in hyperspeed while the enemy units slowly collapse under a hail of arrows from like 300 feet away. keep one unit of infantry on hand to move rams for sieges and you can basically fighr every battle with just your horse archers

#spinning my web #yeah sorry im gonna post abt rome total war #got the remaster a month ago and its rlly fun #gold standard of remasters tbh

[outofbluecomesgreen2]

Yeah, I know, “Thursday…” is a real good fic…

Of course, I have time for you Garth. I always have an open ear for you, and you know that. 

You're a real nice person and writing your parts was so much fun. Not ha-ha fun, of course not, but you are an open-minded friendly guy, a good friend… 

Speaking of: how is Larry Roman? Oh, he plans to move in with his mother? Sounds like a plan, to doesn’t sell his soul to a crossroads demon only to dominate Rome with casinos and bars. 

And, did you hear about Crowley? He didn’t try to set his arm on fire again, did he?

Good.

Since last week I was worried about him, I mean, he is such a dramatic person…

…

Yeah, still no more comments, and kudos are rare… It bugs me a bit, but what else can I do than being patient and continue writing.

…

Indeed, I do! That’s so cool! One of the coolest!! 

No, not about you guys. I’m not ready to start the continuing stories. Doing it means letting you go, and I’m not strong enough for that right now. 😢

I‘m actually writing about Gunnar Lawless, yeah, my dream come true story to be honest 😇. It will take a while, but it will be the second part of „The Holiday Episode“, with Cas and Dean and an OC, which I never tried before in fanfic 😘 I’m so excited 🥳

No, actually you can’t read it until you are not old enough, because it will be kinda spicy, but don’t worry, we’ll find you a real good fic. Go, and check my insta. 

And, can you do me a favor? I can’t reach Cas right now. I thought he would be in the bakery to work with Bobby; Jo was on the line and told me he would hang out with Dean a lot. Can you ask him, when you see him next time in the group, if he wants to visit me? Next week maybe? I think some people out there want to hear how HE is doing. It’s also been a while I talked to him. I kinda miss him☺️

Cool. Thanks buddy😉

And now, which song would you like to hear? Which one reflects your inner self… yeah, as an Arrow Ace… Arrow Ace for life! That’s the whole point

😁 🏳️‍🌈😉

#Thursday… is a real good fic #supernatural #destiel #deancas #ao3 #supernatural fanfiction #castiel #supernatural au #dean winchester #its a wonderful life #led zeppelin #Garth Fitzgerald IV #ArrowAce #being ace #fleetwood mac #friendship #Spotify

[sleeplesssmoll]

Vertin's Bookshelf (Real Life References)

I'm only including real world references in this post. Some were too blurry for me to see so I only included the ones I can confirm. I tried to find pics of the original cover art too. Anything indented was copied from somewhere and I included all sources. I only did the searching and squinting!

VICTORIAN LONDON STREET LIFE in Historic Photographs

These rare historical photographs were taken from 1873 to 1877 and are part of Street Life in London, a book that was one of the first examples of social documentary photography. The authors, photographer John Thomson and journalist Adolphe Smith, aimed to reveal by the innovative use of photography and essays the conditions of a life of poverty in London. (source)

Die Verwandlung ( The Metamorphosis) by Frankz Kafa

(Note: Seems like Vertin has this book in its original German instead of translated into English)

Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka and first published in 1915. One of Kafka's best-known works, Metamorphosis tells the story of salesman Gregor Samsa, who wakes one morning to find himself inexplicably transformed into a huge insect (German: ungeheueres Ungeziefer, lit. "monstrous vermin") and subsequently struggles to adjust to this new condition. The novella has been widely discussed among literary critics, who have offered varied interpretations. (source)

CURRUS TRIUMPHALIS ANTIMONIO (Triumphant Chariot of Antimony) : alchemy book published in 1646

From what I've gathered its focused on ancient medicine and hermetic philosophy? It's pretty old and the information around it is sparse. However, the supposed author has an interesting story:

Basil Valentine is the Anglicized version of the name Basilius Valentinus, ostensibly a 15th-century alchemist, possibly Canon of the Benedictine Priory of Saint Peter in Erfurt, Germany but more likely a pseudonym used by one or several 16th-century German authors. According to John Maxson Stillman, who wrote on the history of chemistry, there is no evidence of such a name on the rolls in Germany or Rome and no mention of this name before 1600. His putative history, like his imaginary portrait, appears to be of later creation than the writings themselves. Whoever he was, Basil Valentine had considerable knowledge of chemistry. He demonstrated that ammonia could be obtained by the action of alkali on sal-ammoniac (ammonium chloride), described the production of hydrochloric acid by acidifying brine of common salt (sodium chloride), and created ethyl chloride and oil of vitriol (sulfuric acid), among other achievements. (source)

There's a Beethoven vinyl record that I can't make out but it has the word "violoncello" in it? I tried sharpening it but still can't figure out the rest. I couldn't find the art either.

The last one is another Vinyl Record: Johann Sebastian Bach, Enrico Mainardi – Suiten Für Violoncello Solo Nr.1-6. I tried to find the closing looking image to the one used in the game. The record I found was actually remastered in Japan (2016) but its very close!

#reverse 1999 #reverse 1999 lore #if anyone needs me #ill be dumping gallons of saline in my eyes #the amount of squinting and dry eye

[popiacopia]

#popiacopia #papa emeritus iv #cardinal copia #ask blog #rp blog #spotify #Spotify

[postpunkpontypandyphantomthief]

Sam's hair colour tint

Sam's hair colour tends to change throughout the series in very specific instances.

These are the 6 hair colours I was able to find

Intro and some series 1 episodes - (brown with red highlights)

Telly Trouble - Auburn

Treasure Hunt - Auburn brown

All In A Good Cause - Auburn with lighter highlights

Disaster for Dinner - Bright red

Disaster for Dinner and Home From Rome - light auburn?

Disaster for Dinner in particular is interesting because there

appears to be two versions of that episode,

there's the regular version and the remaster.

I thought the hair colour changed depending on the lighting

but after seeing these two, I feel like it might be due to the film reels used,

I'm not sure if it was aged film like Sailor Moon

or if bright red was the original colour, just corrected

#fireman sam #sam tan #children's bbc #1980s cartoons #1990s cartoons #sam jones

[mozillasticks]

aww yeh

#rome total war #rome remastered

[running-tweezers]

Music Tag Game!💕

Very late I am so sorry

Tagged by @autisticempathydaemon (so happy to have infected you with the Killing Kind Marianas Trench virus, btw)

Rules: On Repeat playlist, shuffle post the first 10 songs

Disclaimer: I’m currently making playlists for an 80’s AU I’m writing with my OCs, and that is skewing this playlist heavily lol

A song for my #1 specialest little blorbo OC Zephyr’s 80’s playlist. I love my weird freaky goth child more than I love to breathe.

A song from my other special little OC Nate’s 80’s playlist. Technically he belongs to the bestie but him and Zephyr are a package deal now and I have joint custody.

I spent a lot of the beginning of this month sick and unable to sing, and the SECOND my voice was back I was belting this in my kitchen

Is it even one of my playlists if this album isn’t present somehow?

I am a Carly Rae Jepsen stan first and a human being second

Literally one of my favorite songs of all time, has not left my top songs in 4 years

Once again, a song for my Nate’s playlist (but if you wanna hear me doing a very unprofessional impromptu karaoke style rendition of this song you can hear that here)

Yet another song for Nate, what can I say, the boy has taste

Pls listen to Chappell Roan, I saw her live on Halloween last year and it was such a great show. Her music is very fun and very gay, she’s fantastic

Morgan Redacted Audio is a Talking Heads fan, pass it on

No Pressure Tags: @redactedbloop @floofdeloop @your-local-mom-whore @zeerohpunk @batch-of-pengwings @4letteraroace @angelicaether @pinksparkl and whoever else wants an excuse to share their music 💕

#Spotify #tag game #marisa speaks #I’m like balls deep in writing this AU rn it’s all I can think about #it is seeping into all aspects of my life #including my Spotify #pls forgive me

[soda0verdose]

Pearl Jam group photo <3

Mike and Stone are so.. stoned LMAO

I went back to this photo and (try to) fix all of the mistakes I made while trying to remaster it 5 months ago lol

Anyways enjoy!!

🫂 Dave Abbruzzese, Stone Gossard, Mike Mccready, Jeff Ament, Eddie Vedder and Eric Johnson Pearl Jam

📍 Rome, 1993 📸 unknown photographer

Save as a Pin here

Load in a higher quality on my twitter here

#90s grunge #pearl jam #grunge #eddie vedder #dave abbruzzese #jeff ament #mike mccready #stone gossard #rock music #alternative rock #hd remaster

[creatorofstarrealm]

Star Realm Lore Remastered (2024)

The Nauticas are a fictional race of people created for the purpose of a mortal kombat story called Mk: Star Realm. This is the 2024 remastered lore with updated bio and images.

Biology 

Nauticas (Nah-te-car) are a dark skin humanoid race that possess magical powers and who are worshippers of the night. 

Nauticas have five different eye colors. Blue, white, green, red and yellow. But all have a bright white glow to them. Nauticas have gold or silver plating on their head, chest and their stomach. Nauticas also have gold or silver shades on their fingertips and toes. Unlike other humanoid races Nauticas bleed blue blood.

Nobody truly knows what makes the Nauticas unique. But Nauticas know their true origins. As unlike everyone else who was created through the aspects of reality, Nauticas are created through the aspects of Time. Which would explain their unique blue blood.

Nauticas possess superhuman strength and have longer life spans. The Nauticas have a deep connection to magic, but they specialize their source of magic through darkness, shadows, time, the night and the power of the moon and stars. Biologically nobody knows how long the Nauticas can live for. Many believe the Nauticas are immortal, while others believe that Nauticas live for thousands or possibly millions of years. Although everyone collectively agrees that Ashful, her father and her sisters are immortal. 

Nauticas only exist in a handful of timelines. Usually as an off shot from the KC Timeline. They don’t exist in the original timeline and they certainly don’t exist in Liu kang’s new era. In truth Nauticas can only exist in a timeline if Kronika is present.

Hybrids 

While Ashful's second and third child (Sardis and Vitani )heritage the Nautica's dark skin, blue hair and blue blood, Amphisbaena Ashful's first child heritage a mostly human appearance thus giving her white skin as while as her mix purple blood. This makes her appear as an albino Nautica. Vitani Ashful’s third child inherits Shokan traits such as the four arms and blue horns.

Culture and Religion 

Star Realm’s culture is entirely dependent on its Religion and Paganism. Without it the poor Nauticas will have no purpose. Pagan practices include, festivals, offering, sacrifices, orgy parties, tournaments and other religious practices. Their culture shares some characteristics with ancient Rome. Their Clothing is a mix between ancient Greece and China. Though they ain’t afraid to show some skin. In fact it is highly encouraged since Nauticas are firm believers that their bodies belong to the gods and so they act as a living daily sacrifices. Whether that be for pleasure, for blood or to simply act as their vessel.  Although they have a sense of their own culture they have borrowed a lot of stuff from other realms. Include traditions, history and objects. 

Star Realm is ruled under a Monarchy, usually under an Emperor or a Queen. The Nauticas worship a Pantheon of three Gods. Cetrion Goddess of Nature, Shinnok the God of Death and Kronika the Goddess of time and the supreme creator of Star Realm. Much of their customs are based on the Gods they worship.

About Star Realm 

Star Realm itself is a beautiful realm dedicated to the celestial realm. The realm has no day or night cycle, nauticas sleep of their own choosing. The realm has a bright green sun, a scarlet moon and a white dwarf star. The sky is covered in a celestial hemisphere much like the Northern skies. The structure of Nautica society is like a medieval sci-fi fantasy Kingdom. To villages, to sacred pagan temples with large statues dedicated to their Gods. Since Star Realm is dominated by a divisive three way religion Star Realm is divided by three domains. Star Realm could be compared to other realms such as Edenia and Orderrealm. However, Star Realm is considered small compared to other realms.

History  

Kronika's Revenge and the creation of Star Realm

Being the formal Elder Goddess of Time, Kronika was banished to the Kept as punishment for her rebellion. Enraged by her fellow Elder Gods, Kronika wanted to make them suffer. While in her imprisonment she found the Hourglass, an ancient artifact of unknown origins and with the power to manipulate time and space. Kronika learns that this artifact can create entire realms from scratch. Using the Hourglass Kronika decides to create a realm, one which she will control, and thus she named this new home Star Realm. 

The First Prototype

After Kronika had created Star Realm she wanted the realm to be filled with life, she wanted to create her own people. So she started off with a Prototype. This prototype would later be known as Geras. However Geras wasn't exactly what she wanted. So she remade him so many times until he became the perfect blueprint. However it is not Geras's destiny to be with Star Realm.

"The Emperor" Son of the Gods 

After creating her prototype it was time for Kronika to create her first real child. She would name him "The Emperor" The first Nautica to ever exist. For years the half brothers were sent to Star Realm to create life. Eventually after a few millennia Star Realm became a thriving civilization with "The Emperor" as its ruler. 

The Birth of the Star Sisters 

During “The Emperor” reign he slept with many of Star Realm’s people and his people gave birth to two thousand  identical daughters. All who share his green hair and all with moon halo. “The Emperor” would name his daughters the Star Sisters. A group of women who would act to his enforcers.

The Great Civil War 

One Day Kronika summons "The Emperor" to join Shinnok in his conquest . However the mission ended in failure. "The Emperor" tried to flee but he was struck down and killed by Raiden. His corpse was sent back to Star Realm to be found by his horrified daughters. Hearing the news Geras took his body to the kept to be held by a weeping Kronika. Kronika grieved for her son. After “The Emperor”’  death Star Realm fell into Chaos as his daughters fought each other for the throne. This Civil War nearly destroyed Star Realm. One of the Star Sisters named Ashful seek the aid of Shinnok's Zealots to help end the war. With their help Ashful created the Crown of Power. To get the attention of her sisters Ashful sat on her father’s throne and declared herself Queen of Star Realm. This infuriated the Star Sisters that they stormed their way into the throne room. Now that her sisters had fallen into her trap she used the crown to trap their spirits into the crown, ending the Great Civil War. 

Queen Ashful's reign 

With Ashful as its Beautiful Queen, Ashful brought a prosperous era to Star Realm. While Queen, a male Shokan named Mo'unga Tuno stumbled into Star Realm. He was captured and held for interrogation. But Queen Ashful falls in love with the stranger and pardons his crime. When the two confess their love Ashful made Mo'unga her husband and King of Star Realm. Together the two had three children. Named Amphisbaena, Sardis and Vitani. 

Thus ends the Nautica Lore.

*All the images used in this are pulled from the internet, created by A.I or were drawn by me. Images taken from the internet were used for reference purposes with no intent to steal or claim as my own.

#star realm #Nautica #mk Nautica #mkx #mk11 #mk1 #mk oc #lore #Liu kang #Raiden #Shinnok #Geras #Kronkia #Cetrion #art #mortal kombat #You are welcome to make ocs but remember to give me credit #You are welcome to aske me any quetsions about them #world building #headcanon #mortal kombat headcanons #mortal kombat au

[1989doolittle]

new pinned moment. anyway hi im rome 17 normal about dissections and insides etc etc

#umm some of my old urls #killbillgirl sudokugf bettercallsaulgf hollowknight2017 #+ scullygf (now my inactive xfiles side blog) #Spotify

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

The Waning Needlemouth • Ego Kenievel • Her Saturnine Eyes Struck Me Like Longinus • I Cut The Tips Off My Fingers To Feel More • But They Always Grow Back • Now We're Cowboys • Rome Has Fallen 666 • Fuck Me Like You Want Revenge On God • Ignavum • Tindalos (Remastered) • Karate Coroner • Not Actually About Dan, In Retrospect • With My Boots Kicking Wind?

Spotify ♪ Bandcamp

#hyltta-polls #polls #artist: monoculus rex murum #language: english #decade: 2020s #Electronic #Art Rock #Artpop #Electropop #Synthpop #Synthpunk #Synthwave

[rhapsodynew]

Black Sabbath in Rome, 1973

#black sabbath #english #geezer butler #tony iommi #bill ward #ozzy osbourne #birmingham #heavy metal #rock photography #music photography #music #my music #music love #musica #history music #spotify #rock music #rock #my spotify

[art1for2the3masses]

BBC Kenneth Clark's Civilisation. Episode 1, The Skin of our Teeth

The Skin of Our Teeth Civilisation Episode 1 of 13. Non - remastered SD edition with Original 4x3 aspect ratio and color. Broadcast Sunday 23 February 1969 20:15. BBC2.

Sir Kenneth Clark begins his classic 1969 series on the history of civilisation with the re-establishment of civilisation in Western Europe, in the tenth century after the fall of Rome to barbarism. He travels from Byzantine Ravenna to the Celtic Hebrides examining aqueducts, cathedrals, the lives of the Vikings and of the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne

#Kenneth Clark #videos #Civilisation