#servant of the people 2

[blue-cherry-dust]

Servant of the People 2 - Part 1/2

#servant of the people #sluha narodu #слуга народу #vasil petrovych holoborodko #василь петрович голобородько #volodymyr zelensky #володимир зеленський #yuri ivanovch chuiko #Юрій Іванович Чуйко #stanislav boklan #Станіслав Боклан #volodymyr zelenskiy #volodymyr zelenskyy #ukraine #servant of the people 2 #myedit

[bedtimegiraffe]

Here's my little essay about King Arlan (and a little bit about Baldur) and their complicated relationship with ruling effectively.

Arlan, the (overall) very good king

King Arlan is keeping the kingdom running well

In the very first lore tablet, you learn that, "King Arlan Valleros VII currently sits on the throne. Known as the Gentle King, Arlan has reigned over a period of great peace and prosperity."

Periods of great peace and prosperity are not easy! It's a combination of luck, delegating effectively, and putting in a ton of administrative work to make sure the laws and policies work for the unique situation your nation is in at this moment. That stuff does not happen on accident.

Based on Aerin's statements that he never really saw his father, I'm assuming Arlan keeps busy with actually running the country. We never see Arlan show interest in hunting or any vices that would take similar amounts of time. I also don't get the sense that Arlan and Baldur are always like, hanging out. And we don't interact with many administrators, making him seem pretty hands-on.

King Arlan knows how to maintain an image

When you return from the Shadow Realm...

King Arlan is very savvy. Maybe he's sincere, who knows! But publicly honoring the heroes who saved your ass is a great way to get goodwill for yourself and make it so you no longer owe those heroes. Your party puts in quite a lot of work to save Morella and King Arlan just lets you take some weapons and armor no one was using anyway. Doesn't even send a single guard to help. Unlike Book 2...

Before the battle he does a great job making it seem like he's doing you a favor. Like you asked for his help and he's magnanimously granting it, even though the Ash Empire is very much coming to destroy his capital!

Which brings us to his take on Aerin being gone (assuming he was imprisoned previously)...

This is an awful thing to say about your son! But it's actually a pretty cunning move as a king. Arlan was absolutely right- his best move was to let Aerin go and hope he got killed. He gets to eliminate a problem making him look bad to the court (his son who committed murder and treason in a very public manner) and keep his reputation as a nice guy. He's the 'Gentle King,' not the 'Strong King' or 'Decisive King.'

And in the very unlikely (in his estimation) chance Aerin did come back alive and looking heroic, Arlan could keep him imprisoned indefinitely. Or (much less likely) he could say Aerin was corrupted before and use his success as an excuse to get one of his kids back in the line of succession. That's good for your ego and can help prevent a succession crisis if there isn't a super clear heir in place (which seems to be the case currently).

Overall, (and completely separate from him being a horrendous father) it seems to be like Arlan is actually a very good king. But there is one part of the job he sucks at...

Arlan's fatal flaw is that he is terrible at reading people.

'Baldur's great, no concerns!'

Obviously, we know that thinking that Baldur is going to be a good king is stupid.

But why didn't King Arlan know that? Aerin (who does seem to be pretty good at reading people) says he's, "handsome, bold, outgoing." Those things are all great for winning people over!

But not nearly enough to actually run a country. We know Baldur's not really even trying to have any of the practical, administrative skills that requires. And this system does not seem set up to function with a figurehead.

You know that tutor must have clocked that Baldur was asleep! It was probably common knowledge at the palace that Baldur never learned a damn thing. Either Arlan didn't realize his heir was not gaining any practical ruling skills (bad sign) or he didn't care (also a bad sign).

Even monarchs who aren't invested in their kids as people are usually very invested in their education. Because that's how you make sure the wheels don't fall off once you die, ending your glorious bloodline.

Aerin tells us that Baldur would never contradict their father. So Arlan absolutely could have forced him to read a damn book. But for some reason, he didn't.

'My second son sucks...

Arlan truly thinks that Aerin is useless. Which is a wild stance to take after you watched him kill big strong Baldur in a single blow and open a portal to the Shadow Realm.

Arlan got there a little late for Aerin's full villain monologue. But the second your party disappears through the portal, the smart thing would have been to determine if Aerin did any more damage. It didn't feel like it to Aerin, but he had tremendous access to people and resources. For all King Arlan knows, this could have been just one piece of a bigger plot.

And it was! Aerin admitted to corrupting dozens of people, usually very connected people. That's a ticking time bomb just waiting to cause more damage. One it doesn't seem like King Arlan ever looks into.

Arlan seems to just assume that Aerin can't cause damage because he's... not physically imposing? Because knowledge and connections are never a threat to power?

Pre-crisis, Aerin also talks about trying to smooth over Baldur's brash decisions. Having someone to soften the blow of harsh or unpopular decisions is absolutely crucial for any ruler, but especially one like Baldur. Yet Arlan doesn't seem to have any awareness of that either.

So Arlan at least picked up some vibes from Aerin that he was... something. Troubled could be 'miserable,' but this statement makes it feel more 'he creeps me out.'

-and I'm not worried about that.'

Even if Aerin was incompetent or messed up, King Arlan should have been concerned about that! Baldur is very strong and presumably good at not dying. But he throws himself into dangerous situations all the time for fun! There is a very good reason most monarchs don't stop at one kid if they can help it.

History is absolutely littered with examples of people who inherited a throne and ran things into the ground because they didn't have the ability to manage the amount of power they had effectively. If Arlan thought Aerin could fall into that category, he should have had people working around the clock to get him up to standard just in case.

Instead, King Arlan fully ignored Aerin, letting him just haunt the archives like a depressed ghost.

'The Heroes of Morella obviously agree with me, they're important!'

King Arlan makes the assumption, based on your party's status, that you'll agree with him on the 'complicated politics' of executing your own kid. Because you're not 'commoners.' Your party includes one elven noble, one orcish (until like 2 days ago) princess, and one human with a very prominent position in the Temple. Mal is more under the radar, but he was still proclaimed a hero. And your character is the most Hero of all.

So Arlan basically does that thing some people do where they trash talk a marginalized group, because everyone in the room looks like they belong to the majority group, so why would they object? (Never a good look.)

But Mal and Nia are both, at least to you, visibly angry with Arlan for being excited his son is (presumably) dead.

Still, no effort to backtrack or soften the blow from King Arlan. Just sails right over the dude's head that Mal looks pissed and Nia is using her damn customer service voice.

Seriously, King Arlan should probably keep an eye out for Mal... Not a big monarchist, that one.

Bonus Baldur, the tremendous idiot

The fact that Baldur thinks he's the first of his name, when "Baldur Valleros" literally founded his dynasty, is incredibly funny to me. Such ignorance. Such hubris.

I am not about to give him the benefit of the doubt that maybe Baldur I went straight to being king, so our dumbass is the first "Prince Baldur Valleros." His father is Arlan VII, there's no way no other king has named their heir after the founder of the dynasty. More evidence that he has never once learned a thing.

(Don't worry about Kade- he took a shadow lance to the face but he's fine. He's mostly fine. Feel free to look at my older posts if you're curious how that went down.)

Baldur seems to make the same assumptions about people based on their status as his father. I don't think it's an accident that when Baldur wants to tell gross stories (including the phrase "slum girls"), he immediately grabs Mal, the human man. Mal isn't all that subtle about his disdain for the nobility, but he still looks like the best one for Baldur to win over. Mal is also the one who steps up and negotiates for the group, making him look like the leader- even more Baldur catnip.

#blades of light and shadow #choices bolas #blades of light and shadow 2 #aerin valleros #arlan valleros #king arlan #baldur valleros #mal valori #kade #kade of riverbend #*tries to hold back a tide of examples from British history* #I am overwhelmed by the desire to psychoanalyze fictional characters #It would fill me with rage but I would love to be a fly on the wall pre-Dreadlord crisis with this family #Or talk to a servant! Did the common people actually like Baldur? Did they seriously give PRINCE Aerin zero acknowledgement? #Is Baldur handsome? I know I have a type but Aerin would be the one to catch my eye every time

[janeaustenlover]

Truth has many flavors, Your Grace.

#a very specific hozier edit for di HAPPY HOLIDAYS QUEEN OF HELL #if it's an eye you want to balance the scales I AM YOUR SERVANT #larycent #larys x alicent #alicent x larys #larys strong #alicent hightower #not even tagging it as hotdedit because nope #it's just my lil gift to doomed people you know who you are freaks my beloved #me 2 me: look babe there's another larycent edit!!!!!!!!!!! #game of thrones #shitty things i do for love

[saryasy]

It’s called a reborn doll. We lost Jericho when he was 13 weeks old. Just didn't wake up one morning, poor little sod. Dorothy took it hard. She was catatonic for weeks. Full psychotic break. And this -- this was the thing that brought her back.

Servant (2019-2023) / 1.1 Reborn

#servant #servant apple tv #servantedit #idk why im tagging this. exactly 2 people are going to rb it #tvedit #tvgifs #dorothy turner #sean turner #julian pearce #leanne grayson #my gifs #looking at these you'd never realize how DAAAARK the lighting is #im definitely gonna have to post a comparison later because omg it's so dark

[kcciny]

Beating every single fight with Shi Huang in lb5 so far and I can just say, Demeter watch your ass the moth is on their way to you

#I hear so many people say her fight gonna end me and I’m here for it #so finally I have a reason to level up my skills cause they are all low af 😭 #I don’t have a single servant who is 10/10/10 skill wise #I just really need an ass beating fight in fgo so I need to level them #also 2 chapters into Olympus and having to use mash sucks… #I only have her on level 20 why must we use her… #fgo #fate grand order #fate #personal???

[grandorderconfessions]

#i really hope they add some south american servants for part 2 of lb7 #traum is so weird because it takes place in the northwest territories but we are still without a single Truly Canadian servant #(don't come at me with Bunyan the game treats her as an American as they should) #traum basically exists to add a bunch of characters that had been in the wings for a while i think #i understand the fact that they have to resolve rasputin and the olga stories however the servant choices leave something to be desired #and the fact that so much of lb6 was leaked has done irreversible damage to banner releases #i hope the people who leaked lb6 are having fun now. #fate grand order criticism #sfw #lostbelt spoilers #lb7 spoilers

[misspeppermint2003]

Characters' Picrew Portraits 1

I made the characters' portraits from four of my favourite films and TV shows in Picrew with every design and style.

Elsa (blue), Anna (pink) and Honeymaren (violet) from Disney's Frozen I & II

Link here: https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/597326

Vasily Petrovich Goloborodko, Yuri Ivanovich Chuyko and Mikhail Ashotovich Tasunyan from Ukraine's Servant of the People (Sluga Naroda/Sluha Narodu)

Link here: https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/1300090

Blossom (pink), Bubbles (blue) and Buttercup (green) from The Powerpuff Girls

Link here: https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/407340

Samuel Peyton "Sam" Jones, Elvis Cridlington and Tom Thomas from Fireman Sam

Link here: https://picrew.me/en/image_maker/426722

#picrew #the powerpuff girls #servant of the people #sluga naroda #sluha narodu #kvartal 95 #cartoon network #cartoons #films and tv shows #frozen #frozen 2 #disney #fireman sam #vasily petrovich goloborodko #yuri ivanovich chuyko #sam jones #elvis cridlington #tom thomas #frozen anna #frozen elsa #frozen honeymaren #volodymyr zelensky #european films and tv shows #animation

[a-eo-iu]

Selection of characters for a possible story set in 1900s northeast Brasil

Mira is a jagunço, a sort of gunslinger who works as hired protection. He used to be a cangaceiro (criminal gunslinger who operated in bands and often attacked farms and small cities), but his band fell apart, and he started working for the first farmer who caught his attention: nhô Carlos.

Nhô Carlos, a rich (and single) ranch owner, and Dona Ana, last heir of a powerful family of the region, are rival farmers/land owners. The two often clash over claims on each other's territories, and each has gathered a small personal army to protect their properties.

Sôr Sérgio is Carlos's most trusted employee and boss of the cowboys/ranch hands in his property. Mira often spends his time helping sôr Sérgio with the animals instead of doing his actual job of guarding the property.

Coronel Alexandre, who is not actually a colonel, is a captain of the Guarda Nacional, the imperial and early republic equivalent of the police. He's in charge of keeping the peace in the region the story is set in, and Mira is in charge of causing trouble, so you might guess they do Not like each other very much.

#youni originals #jagunços #<- tag for all these guys and this story in general #despite only one of them actually being a jagunço #nhô/sinhô and sôr are colloquial ways of saying senhor (mister/master) they're not names or titles or anything they're just. sir #dona is the equivalent of lady #fun facts i will not include in the body of the text because there's enough text there already: #1. sor sergio is part native and that's why he has the ear thingy. cultural expression #2. the guarda nacional was composed of rich people who often bought their ranks. coronel was a popular one and many #land owners who were part of the guard bought that rank. to this day big people in small cities are often still called coronel #calling him coronel is kinda to mock him. he's a rich guy who is stuck in this fucking place. he didn't even buy his rank. #3. yes i said carlos is single. yes i gave him a gold ring. up to you to guess why #4. the metal things in sor sergio's hat and leg things are coins. it was a thing here. among cangaceiros and the likes #5. donana is gay. this is not relevant to the quick outline but it's relevant here. #she totally has a servant girl who she treats so well and takes care of like family. her beloved.

[cathymee]

promised myself that i'm gonna fix up my notes from last sy so i can share it with upcoming humss students but i also keep going 'but what's the point'

#there were already so many from years ago who have posted and shared theirs #except theirs weren't as detailed; just the general summary for each topic #and mine are more detailed and i'm also contemplating translating them to tagalog #like this could serve as y'know. notes they could refer to to prepare themselves for the upcoming topics they'd tackle #but also...would i be robbing them of the experience to learn things on the pace their own teachers are setting? #in my own experience i only sought notes in the first few weeks of classes to ease myself into each subs and to learn what i'd be- #getting myself into #but i had fun just anticipating the upcoming topics without knowing anything about them #idk...is this just the result of me constantly mourning the state of the educational system in terms of the garbage curriculum and the- #general unpreparedness of most youths in choosing their tracks especially after the setback that the pandemic has brought on that are still #not given attention to by this garbage administration #combine that with the study of humanities & social science being looked down/underestimated by most filipinos #no wonder they're picking the stupidest and useless politicians & public servants. no wonder they're not paying much attention to the- #credentials of people they're electing to lead the country. ngayon letche-letche HGGSGAHSHAJS #anyway so many of the humss students i know chose careers that aren't consistent with their track and it's sad to see. sayang 2 years my- #loves :') #sigh......gonna do it now anyway #brain be very scattered rn. hate that <3 #catdrain #rambles #non fandom

[blorbo-of-the-people]

Charlie Chaplin’s filmography ✦ Servant of the People season 1

"Modern Times" vs 1x17 | "The Great Dictator" vs 1x05 | "The Circus" vs 1x18

#Servant of the People #Sluha Narodu #Слуга Народу #Vasily Petrovich Goloborodko #Volodymyr Zelenskyy #Володимир Зеленський #Charlie Chaplin #servantofthepeopleedit #servantofthepeoplegifs #tvshowedit #tvshowgifs #movieedit #moviegifs #classic movies #classic hollywood #might do another one for season 2 #if I can find enough scenes #my gifs #sotp1

[violetgarlends]

We all need to talk more about Feng Xin also being a servant and that he’s been Xie Lian’s bodyguard since they were 14 (and honestly he was definitely being trained for much longer prior to). Like? It’s such an important part of his character and no one talks about it

#i like the headcanon that he comes from a family of servants and that his father was the kings bodyguard #i get why people think he’s a noble because he’s treated better then mq but like #i think he’s just a higher status servant #<- pretty common historically the records i’ve read have mentioned that a lot of favoured servants would get to enjoy a better life #than most commoners #and we know he’s the queen’s little meow meow #and xie lian’s bestie #but i think a lot of his character comes from the fact that he’s been trained his whole life to be a servant #and he was 14 when he became xie lian’s bodyguard #half the time he shows up in books 2 and 4 everyone’s always like ah yes feng xin our loyal servant who is a servant

[blue-cherry-dust]

Servant of the People 2 - Part 1/2

#servant of the people #sluha narodu #слуга народу #vasil petrovych holoborodko #василь петрович голобородько #volodymyr zelensky #володимир зеленський #yuri ivanovch chuiko #Юрій Іванович Чуйко #stanislav boklan #Станіслав Боклан #volodymyr zelenskiy #volodymyr zelenskyy #ukraine #servant of the people 2 #myedit

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

A Light to Lighten the Gentiles

28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. — Luke 2:28-32 | King James Version (KJV) The King James Version Bible is in the public domain. Cross References: Joshua 22:33; Psalm 119:166; Psalm 119:174; Isaiah 9:2; Isaiah 11:10; Luke 2:26-27; Revelation 6:10

#God #Jesus #Lord #peace #salvation #light #servant #prayer #patience #Simeon #aged #people #Gentiles #glory #Israel #Luke 2:28-32 #Gospel of Luke #New Testament #KJV #King James Version #Holy Bible

[rosalinesurvived]

The Hetty Feather from the books would bitchslap the CBBC Hetty Feather

#i love love the cbbc hetty feather series but like #the books were better #disability was erased heavily autistic coded ppl were erased #hetty spend the entirety of book 2 miserable as a servant she would scream at cbbc hetty #shitpost #hetty feather #cbbc #the increasingly inaccurate hetty feather trilogy #look hetty in the books is aggresive and has committment issues and people issues and insecurities and as annoying as she was i liked her #for it since it all made sense living the way she had #hetty in cbbc feels like your average ya protagonist

[yuriivanovich]

I don't think this fandom talks enough about Yuri and all his little fruit snacks

#sluga naroda #sluha narodu #servant of the people #yuri ivanovich #i wish this was a more popular show tbh #i need content to distract me from my last 2 exams

[ougonnotaiyou]

Vasya being vulnerable & Yuri being smug part 2!

(sorry, the whole sequence was too big for the tumblr video size limit)

#Vasya and Yuri #Vasya and Yuri is a headcanon! #Vasya being vulnerable and Yuri being smug! #vasily goloborodko #vasily holoborodko #yuri chuiko #sluga naroda #sluha narodu #the servant of the people #sotp #i love these so much #myedit #part 2