#sing a song of war

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All's Fair in Blood and War (1/3)

Mesoamerican civilizations are often forgotten in discussions of ancient imperialism. Controlling the most powerful empire in central Mexico during the 15th and early 16th centuries, The Aztec Empire grew quickly in territory and influence, largely due to the civilization's religious beliefs and practices. Let's explore how Aztec religion catalyzed The Aztec Empire's bloody expansion through romanticized ideals of war and conquest!

Ancient Aztec religion was undoubtedly polytheistic. Although minute details concerning Aztec gods and goddesses are debated among scholars, Aztec worshipping of hundreds of deities is widely accepted as historical canon. Individuals living within The Aztec Empire likely had patron deities, chosen to reflect personal desires, but two deities held universal importance through The Aztec Empire: Huitzilopochtli, god of war, and Tlaloc, god of rain. Consequently, the Aztecs heavily revered a duality of war and agriculture. Instigating war was viewed as essential in honoring Huitzilopochtli. Maintaining high yields of maize, beans, tomatoes, and pumpkins was viewed as essential in honoring Tlaloc.

Source: Solís Olguín Felipe R, et al. The Aztec Empire. Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2004. Print. 

Image Source: Meehan, Evan. “Huitzilopochtli.” Mythopedia, Mythopedia, 2022, https://mythopedia.com/topics/huitzilopochtli

In Aztec mythology, Huitzilopochtli led the Aztecs to Tenochtitlan, later serving as the civilization's capital city. Huitzilopochtli demanded constant veneration through violent sacrifice after every war victory and defeat. Aztec warriors who died during battle were believed to be reincarnated as hummingbirds, the highest honor bestowed by Huitzilopochtli. Desiring to please Huitzilopochtli, the Aztecs remained in a state of war that subsequently built an expansive empire through conquering surrounding tribes. Aztec men were raised to become warriors, honoring Huitzilopochtli through fighting until their violent demise. This brutality-centered mindset, deriving from religious idealizations, motivated the Aztecs to conquer central Mexico. In other words, The Aztec Empire's expansion occurred to serve a patron deity of Aztec mythology.

Source: Bassett, Molly H. The Fate of Earthly Things: Aztec Gods and God-Bodies. First edition., University of Texas Press, 2015. Print.

Image Source: Dozier, Amy. “Huitzilopochtli.” Dribbble, Dribbble, 2023, https://dribbble.com/shots/4132073-Huitzilopochtli

Expansion of The Aztec Empire did occur, in part, from the civilization's selfish desires for power and control, but primary need for expansion remained focused on piety towards Huitzilopochtli. Unlike many European empires' exploitations of civilizations for nationalistic gains, Aztec monopolization over territory proved to be almost entirely spiritual. I guess humans have always had a history of deflecting blame onto others, divine or otherwise, to avoid facing the consequences of their actions.

#imperialism #ancient history #history #colonialism #imperialists #aztecs #aztec empire #mythology #aztec mythology #mesoamerica #the americas #mexico #the god made me do it #expansion is pain #sing a song of war #fly over the consequences #patron problems

[helloparkerrose]

#1970s #billy dee williams #mahogany #outdoors #emmy nominee #lady sings the blues #brian's song #star wars #underrated actor #black man #black hollywood #jacksons an american dream #black actors

[curlygirlybitchachos]

Padawan Reader

(Codywan)

*Cody singing " I can't help falling in love with you" to Obi-wan*

Y/n: this is sooo romantic. Come on Master. Do something! Sing for him!

*Obi-wan panicking, then singing "Hourglass" by Catfish and the Bottlemen*

Cody, covering Y/n's ears: cyare... Not in front of the Ad'ika!

#star wars #clone wars #star wars incorrect quotes #clone wars incorrect quotes #padawan reader #commander cody #obi-wan kenobi #codywan #love these songs #ewan mcgregor sings like an angel #temuera morrison's voice is just perfect

[chaos-bringer-13]

I am spreading the madness. I will be @bloggerspam 's crazy priest, making people cry about Mimi's stories. All hail Mimi. All hail bloggerspam.

#just wrote a bit more than 1300 words of analysis on why “Fish in a birdcage” is a perfect soundtrack for “Sunshine and Stardust” #to the mutual I have since the boop war #we now use infodumping instead of booping #I literally went through every single line of the song #dpxdc #dcxdp #sunshine and stardust #fish in a birdcage #🎶my brother always sings me songs...🎶

[jessicas-pi]

New cracky headcanon: at some point between S2 and S3 of Rebels, when Ezra is deep in his angsty darkside phase, Sabine (who is Just So Done With This) gets in the habit of standing outside his door and singing Do You Wanna Build A Snowman in Shyriiwook until he comes out of his room and actually has human interaction

#sabine: *off key wookiee noises* #ezra: CAN YOU NOT DO THAT #sabine: *off key wookiee noises but louder* #she is resorting to Drastic Measures (songs from space frozen) #and im pretty sure she canonically can sing in shyriiwook #chopper is the only one besides sabine who thinks it's kind of funny and that's because droids can't get songs stuck in their heads #star wars #star wars rebels #sabine wren #ezra bridger

[whollyjoly]

BofB as Killers Songs - Ronald Speirs

Ronald Speirs - Battle Born

you lost faith in the human spirit / you walk around like a ghost your star-spangled heart / took a train for the coast up against the wall / there's something dying on the street when they knock you down / you're gonna get back on your feet no, you can't stop now come on, show your face / come on give us one more spark sing a song of fire / lest we fall into the dark (boy, you was battle born)

pt 4/? - band of brothers as killers songs

song rec for speirs by @ronsparky

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Next up: Eugene Roe

#bofb: killers songs #<- the tag for this series #but yeah jessica was the most right about this song for speirs i couldnt NOT #also the lines about come on give us one more spark / sing a song of fire / lest we fall into the dark is SO speirs coded #something something being the meanest toughest son of a bitch in the whole eto to help lead his men #and to keep the flame lit within him so they could have a beacon through the dark days of war something something #also hilarious because spark/sparky #i think im funny #so thank you jessica!!! 10/10 #ronald speirs #ron speirs #band of brothers #bofb #hbowar #the killers #the killers music #mine #band of brothers moodboards #bob moodboards #me a few hours ago: omg blu i love your ron speirs moodboard cause it shows a soft side which we never really see! #also me: posts a ron speirs moodboard that isnt soft at all #this is a self callout tag #em's moodboards

[beltsourcookie]

the faerie kingdom episode would have been better if they added worms and moles as their npcs and not a bunch of monotone grayscale silver aesthetic

in fact, the forest/woods aesthetic isnt the problem because compared to actual cottagecore faerie aesthetic, the faerie kingdom is too incredibly 'pristine' and feels like youre in in the utensil section of the cooking aisle

devsis creating the faerie kingdom:

what the faerie kingdom should have taken inspiration from:

cookies that have heavy designs from wild berries and flowers would have been more suitable because it can build a more creative and colourful world instead and there would be endless possibilities for outfits

#cookie run kingdom #yeah we have sugar paradise in ovebreak but thats like wilderness for biscuit animals #like #man devsis really is trying to make us sympathetic for the faerie kingdom but theres really nothing to care for #theyre all perfect elegant cookies in a mysterious land and sing songs #it's boring #when we enter hollyberry kingdom it's full of festivities and cookies who want to invite you to it #dark cacao kingdom is cold and all but theyve got warriors who defend their land from the abyssal licorice sea and care for their families #golden cheese's kingdom was fucking decimated but it's more heartbreaking when golden cheese does everything to recreate it #pure vanilla kingdom was an empty ghost town and everyone literally moved out because of the flour war #but faerie kingdom?? theyre just sealing a eldritch silly fucker in a tree and none of their population have issues?? #theres nothing to feel sympathy for because theyre treated as a mysterious entity thats 'exclusive only' #the rest of the other kingdoms gave us better npcs who we could laugh and cry for and relate to #remember the train station full of dreamy cloud npcs?? theyre always doing mudane domestic things in the background #they were enjoyable and relatable and fun to see

[foggysirens]

im sorry but luke would absolutely pull the ‘singing at you with my guitar’ stunt on din after getting some misguided advice from force ghost anakin- who was like “it worked on your mother:)” because that’s absolutely something he would have done too and none of the skywalkers have ever had game ever- and din just sits there confused but patient while luke sings at him for three minutes and afterwards he’s just like “babe??? what the fuck??? was that a jedi thing???” and luke immediately just full-body chucks his guitar away and is like “yup, yup and now that’s it’s done i never have to do it again let’s pretend that didn’t happen okay?!” and dins just left even more confused cause honestly? he was kinda diggin it

#and yes din is in fact wearing his helmet the entire time #dinluke #luke skywalker #din djarin #star wars #mj.chatter #what song does luke sing? its up to you but i think it’s definitely the star wars equivalent of ho hey by the lumineers #and yeah they’re both dweebs so of course din would be kinda into it

[l-e-g-i-o-n-losh]

Ok its taking way too long to read catchup so I'm just going to ask: in Superior Spider-Man when he does his flashback to the Octogoblin breakup, and it's explicitly stated that Gobby gave Otto's ex AIDS just to be fucked up and Otto spent years doing AIDS research alone when the government was still invested in ignoring it, was that ACTUALLY canon or semi-canon to any older comics (I'm counting it if they didn't say AIDS but it was a mystery wasting disease) or was it just a weird retcon that never got followed up on or mentioned again??

It feels like that would be like. HUGELY impactful to Otto's character if it was "real", not just for the given character motive reasons but positioning him that way in society in that cultural environment. Like we talk about queer coding villains but if he was fighting AIDS back in the 80s he'd be family even if he was straight as an arrow. There'd be like notable discourse between people affected by his villainy and people who respect him and believe in him because he was there fighting the fight.

Sorry if I've asked this before and forgor thank you

#songs that the hyades shall sing #HOW straight do you have to be to simultaneously claim a character waged a one-man-war against the AIDS crisis AND that no one likes him #otto octavius #doc ock #doctor octopus #superior spider man

[worstloki]

Israelis singing together: we’re coming with our guns to kill those Amaleks, they have no water and electricity, those rats will not survive when we leave our homes to go to war, we want all those Blacks and Arabs dead (electric solo, disco lights)

Palestinians singing together: oh my homeland how you suffer, one day the bloodshed on your soil will stop, one day we will return to our home village, Palestine will be free again (sitting together in a space lit by phone lights)

#The difference between what is being sung by the Zionist and anti-Zionist communities is so stark #even the dammi falastini and veve palestina backgrounds on videos is so different to lyrics and plain racist yelling going around #like idk if the literal actions over the course of over 70 years wasn’t enough maybe this helps people differentiate #not that there’s anything wrong with chants encouraging violence or like war songs but. #it’s worth thinking about what the songs are *saying* #what the overall message in them are #because I’m seeing a lot of ‘killing civilians is what we do!’ in more or less literally those words #as if that is motivating. and then the brushing over the racism that can’t possibly be plain cultural linguistic misunderstandings. #Palestine #I don’t know how blatant israel will have to be before some people realize they’re falling for lies #but the more than cartoonishly shameful comparison of the Palestinian and Israeli perspective seems to help there #even the Palestinian resistance songs are like. we will get rid of the oppressors and plant olive trees #with like explosion footage playing #idk #something about praying for survival and singing about history surrounded by rubble and little else

[sergeantsporks]

"Fem cover" of a song except I don't change the pronouns or the octave it's in or anything, it's just me singing a song that was originally sung by a guy. Maybe I growl more than the original song did.

#making a 'fem' version of a song is so funny to me. they always change a bunch of stuff no ma'am you just sing that song. but it's you. #music #war stories from the sergeant

[speerlyswhore]

Young Altan reading stories to baby Rin <3

“Did I do something wrong?” Altan had asked her, his eyes round with fear.

Hanelai had kissed his forehead, “My darling, never, but you should not use the fire. I need you to promise me you won’t use it.”

“Okay, I promise,” Altan said, earnest and eager again, before bouncing off to tell Rin another story or sing her another song.

Yall go read i want auroras and sad prose i want to watch wisteria grow right over my bare feet by thetravelingbard

#everyday i wake up and altan bouncing off to tell another story or sing her another song #baby rin and altan >>>> #thetravellingbard's altan and rin fics are the only thing keeping me slightly sane about these two #nobody say anything about the fcked quality i was using my phone #the poppy war #fang runin #altan trengsin #tpw

[flowerflamestars]

Effloresce snippet

Cassian could not unsee that this man- a legend looming large, hated and admired, and so clearly, starkly loved- was exactly what Nesta Archeron was. 

“You should marry him,” Cassian choked out, before he could stop himself. “Keep it.” The pain was one thing- Cassian could handle pain. But what destroyed him, a slow, rising, drowning horror, was how Nesta’s spine ironed out. Always straight. Always proud. And still, there was a marked difference by the time he finished speaking, a rigid screaming tension in every icy motion. Nesta poured the wine, not a drop spilled, precise to leave an inch of golden glass. Sipped, barely letting her chin drop before an utterly graced revolution to nod at the Illyrian at the door. “You may go.” A clean salute, a silently shut door, every screaming second raising the hair on the back of Cassian’s neck. Nesta stared him down, her dawn-blessed eyes every dream Cassian had ever had. “Jurian,” Nesta said, not a question, a lance, a thousand teeming echoes like wind through ice torn trees. It just kept going, beautiful. Chiming terrible, only for Cassian to hear. “I should marry Jurian.” Cassian’s loyalty didn’t leave room to falter. It would be better- she’d be safer. A queen among her people, for all that she would never cease to hold singular ruling providence over his soul. He wasn’t an animal, and he wasn’t gods damned high fae. Cassian could resist killing Jurian, could even like the damned man, probably. “Who,” Nesta’s teeth clicked together, snap of her jaw audible, “Said I wish to marry anyone? I have no interest in being anything but an Archeron.” Blue and red and gold, pinned up on his jacket like it had melded to his bones. Archeron.

#all Cassians #even the best non canon Cassians #HAVE to get in their own way a little bit #Nesta meanwhile: Marriage killed my mother and is about to damn my baby sister #NO THANKS EVER #No man is ever getting a hold of what Nesta possesses through something as pedestrian and wretched as arranged marriage #Jurian a room away: polishing an astonishing array of weapons and singing a weird murderous little song #unbothered #moisturized #fully ready to go wage another war

[dimsilver]

❤️

#oh friends. God is so good #I was so heavy-hearted this morning #about the war in Israel (I’ve been to the border village where 15 civilians were shot this weekend. I was scanning the names to see #if our guide who lives there and his family survived) #about my skin condition which is daily growing so much worse and causing me to lose a lot of hair #also I am so tired thanks to the cricket and other things #BUT I poured it out to Him in worship today #and then!!! got to watch a dear friend become a member #had great conversations at lunch about things I love #(including Desdichado :) #AND God guided my mind to verses that help AND we had a truly fantastic hymn sing #good songs picked - so many of my favorites - and so much enthusiasm and everyone doing parts!! #so yeah ❤️ #the heavy things are still with me but you know what I’m not the only one carrying them

[jessicas-pi]

i hate re-listening to a song as an adult and realizing that it's not about what you thought it was about when you were a kid

#IN OTHER NEWS ''I THINK I'M A CLONE NOW'' IS N O T ABOUT THE CLONES FROM STAR WARS AND I FEEL BETRAYED #like okay so MAYBE the song came out SEVERAL YEARS before aotc #but HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT #and THEN. in investigating i think i'm a clone now. i ended up listening to the ORIGINAL song for the first time in yEARS and i'm like #''This certainly lends a new meaning to lyrics that i likely should not have been singing as a small child!'' #jessica's non writing nonsense

[anarchypumpkincowboy]

I was gonna live blog as I watched but I very quickly started crying and ignored my phone the whole way through. It’s gonna be a rewatch tho so I’ll blog on the next run through

Quick end of episode rapid fire thoughts

Capitalism and ai will doom us until we forcibly end the hold greed has over humanity. Organized religion is absolutely a part of the problem BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE Y’ALL JUST GOTTA STOP OPRESSING AND KILLING OTHERS IN THE NAME OF YOUR FUCKING GODS! Humanity has done and still has the potential to do amazing things but we gotta hold compassion higher than greed and control.

#Doctor who #15 made me cry #no but like fr when he started singing skye boat song #cause I love that song and he’s right songs about soldiers and war should be sad #because there is no glory in war #there’s no happiness to find in mass slaughter #splice really made me cry when she talked about ‘god loved my mom so much he took her early so she could be an angel’ #cause that’s the same fucking shit that was said to me about my dad and my granddaddy #and while it was a slight source of comfort then as I got older it became an almost malicious lie told to me #boom doctor who #15th doctor #ruby sunday #she was great I’m so interested to learn more about her #capitalism will be our downfall #unless we stop it first #doctor who spoilers