#(ogniem i mieczem) lol

[xemylixa]

someone gently close my laptop and turn off the lights please

[geminipdf]

who the fuck wrote this ogniem i mieczem summary on letterboxd lol

[nocek]

My BuckyNat Secret Santa for @bolshoiromanova for a prompt of Once Upon a December: Russian Royalty AU. I just couldn’t stop myself from drawing those clothes! Maybe it’s not as holidayish as it probably should be but I hope you don’t mind :)

[ogniemimieczem]

[flurgburgler]

saddest boy in the steppe but make it fashion :(

[sparklingdali]

rzecpospolita headline: captured cossack man released because he was too sad and beautiful to kill, not even people he hurt the most want him to die

I had to check English version of Ogniem i mieczem/With Fire and Sword to find out what ‘forejt’ means (English translated this as ‘outrider’ -  someone who escords envoys on a horse) because Zagloba says that soldiers belive Jan will make outrider out of Bohun, his reason given that Bohun is ‘a showy fellow’ (in Czech he actually says ‘he’s a handsome guy’ - in comparison of other Zagloba’s descriptions of Bohun this still pretty tame)

Just being unfortunate soul and brave soldier shouldn’t really be enough for a guy who kidnapped your girfriend but it seems enough for our Jan to grant him complete freedom. I mean in the book it’s pretty clear you should only kill your opponents in a fight if you want to stay honorable person, but my heart goes for Jan going the extra mile to tell Rzedzian very angrily that while he lives he won’t let Bohun become a servant.

Not forgetting that part when he and Helena learn Bohun is captured and are so shocked they cannot say a word. Jan is described as restless when he asks what the prince did with Bohun. Not sure where Sienkiewicz was going with these little details but I know what conclusions I will draw from this :)

[perplexingly]

Also speaking of unfinished drawings, I have so many that I started but there’s only so many hours in the day 😭

Those were the closest to being finished but I sort of abandoned them while getting into other things lol…. (The first is jojos fanart, the second is Ogniem i Mieczem)

Then I started this series of jojos fanarts because I wanted to draw hands

I also once played with an idea of drawing a series of illustrations focused on an older lesbian couple (and I sketched those when homesickness hit me, I wanted the setting to look like a Polish village)

And long time ago I also thought of illustrating some of the more memorable scenes from Victor Hugo’s novels

And a lot of people on instagram are asking me for more Remisa from Death Note haha…

I’m really not sure what my focus should be, I’d appreciate second hand opinions 🥺

[tauremornalome]

so for ship ask game: Mae/Fingon from Silm, Al/Mei from FMA aaaand maybe Bohun/Skrzetuski from Ogniem and Mieczem

he hehe hehehe well don't you just have the talent for picking things i don't actually ship XD

Russingon

it's not a notp for me, i certainly won't close a fic only because they are a tagged relationship in it, but still....

Don’t Ship It

1. Why don’t you ship it?

1. i read the silm first when i was 11 and my shipping brain wasn't yet on, so i just... never originally noticed them to be particularly gae? this is also why i hardly ship anything in the silm; 2. ohhh myyyy goddddd i (almost always) hate it when two rulers of separate countries are in love with each other. not exactly countries here but still. a political pain in the ass AND they don't have enough chances to meet and interact properly; 3. adding the romantic aspect to their relationship doesn't make it any more interesting for me than them being just friends? all the emotions i like to explore between them - sacrifice, grief, all that - works just as well without them being a ship

2. What would have made you like it?

i don't know, really. as i said, im not super opposed to the idea of the ship, i just don't think they are this interesting as a couple.

3. Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?

well i do absolutely live for post-nirnaeth angst, so

also i will defend people's rights to ship it till my death, especially against those who say it's incest. 1. fuck off and 2. no it's not

Al/Mei

i'll be quite honest: i didn't pay enough attention to mei to have any opinion on the ship. i've read fics where they were a cute bg relationship but that's it

Bohun/Skrzetuski

.......look. again, as with russingon, i have nothing against it in particular. i even read some fics and enjoyed them and i LOVE the fanart. it's just that my blorbo from trylogia is Wołodyjowski and therefore bohun/wołodyjowski will always hold a higher position in my heart. as will bohun/kmicic because of that one excellent fic by FIligranka.

also i mainly ship skrzetuski with chmielnicki because they were the funniest bitches together, so. bohun/skrzetuski is somewhere quite low on the list of things i ship for sienkiewicz, low enough to go into the don't ship category

Don’t Ship It

1. Why don’t you ship it?

i enjoy them both more with other characters ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ also i don't really like skrzetuski, he's the fucking staś tarkowski of trylogia

2. What would have made you like it?

ngl i haven't read OiM since gimnazjum so i don't know if i remember correctly but like.... they could benefit from some more 1:1 confrontation scenes lol. also if skrzetuski wasnt just so irritating ugh

3. Despite not shipping it, do you have anything positive to say about it?

as i said, fics are nice and the fanart is often AMAZING so shoutout to the people who enjoy them as a pairing for creating great content

[midnight-madonna]

Tagged by @naamahlasalle, thank you! 💜

Nicknames: Kama

Zodiac: Aquarius

Height: no idea tbh

Last movie: X-Men

Last thing I googled: weather forecast

Fave musicians: Judas Priest, Powerwolf, Brothers of Metal, Beast In Black etc

Song stuck in my head: Heartless Madness by Dynazty

Other blogs: @mighty-metal-unicorn @ogniem-i-mieczem

Amount of sleep: 7-8 hours

Lucky number: don't have one

What I'm wearing: black dress

Dream job: idk

Dream trip: Iceland, Scotland, Finland

Play an instrument: nope

Favourite food: I don't know tbh lol

Languages: Polish, English, used to learn Russian

Fave songs: Reckless by Judas Priest, Stossgebet by Powerwolf, Crimson Thunder by Hammerfall

Random fact about me: I used to collect rocks

Describe yourself using aesthetic things: forest, gothic architecture, foggy weather, black clothes, blue colour

[blue-mint-winter]

Thank you @cienie-isengardu for tagging me to list my top 7 comfort movies

*(disclaimer: I don’t actually watch movies for comfort when I feel down. I cope in different ways. But these are movies that I return to because they’re fun and make me feel good.)

Star Wars Saga I-VI (and that could be the end of the list. OT is better for pure comfort though, PT for the feels)

Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring

Harry Potter 1,2,4 - especially Chamber of Secrets is my ultra fave part

Ogniem i Mieczem - @cienie-isengardu I saw it on your list and I was like: “yeah, that is definitely a comfort movie for me too!” Must be that common Polish experience lol

So I ran out of ideas for comfort films because I rewatch films so rarely nowadays, so here’s a few anime that I like to return to:

Darker than Black

Rurouni Kenshin

Fullmetal Alchemist 2003

I’m tagging @onimiman @lightsidecalling @gizkasparadise @arkham-prisoner @olliya @acertaincritic and anyone else that would like to share their comfort movies (or anime) ;)

[justmemarceline]

quarantine q&a

tagged by @personal-j​

are you staying home from work/school? i am and it’s driving me nuts. i don’t learn well without a structured school environment. i also feel like the teachers keep giving us more work than normally and i even don’t think they’re doing it on purpose - it just be like that. i also miss work so much - i’m trying out home cafe recipes and i’m learning to do the froth cat latte art thingy, but it’s not helping much. i just want a stupid espresso based drink with nice frothed up milk and syrup. like i crave a basic bitch vanilla latte.

if you’re staying home, who’s there with you? my whole fam - my sister, my parents and my cat. my dad leaves for work during the day, so we have this like really female household right now, which is interesting. i’ve found out that i am a very popular family member. everyone wants to do things with me and i think i might be overworked???? also, i’m tired of my family’s general bullshit but who isn’t in these trying times

are you a homebody? not really and this quarantine reminded me of it HARD. i’m like a shy extrovert - i thrive among people and i really do need company. i also focus better if i go out and i prefer to work in a cafe or a library. i also love going out to eat with friends, it’s like a hobby of mine. i miss fancy hip coffee shops and restaurants :(((

what movies have you watched recently? what shows are you watching? i don’t watch much movies cause they seem like a huge time commitment, but i did manage to watch “parasite” right before the cinemas closed (and boy did i have to look all over the city for a theatre that still played it). i also had a movie marathon of with my friends literally the weekend before the quarantine with such iconic films as “pan tadeusz” and “ogniem i mieczem”. as for shows, i just finished “hotel del luna”, 10/10 very sad. i plan to catch up on brooklyn 99 as soon as manage to pirate it lol

an event that you were looking forward to that got cancelled? i was supposed to be going to my first academic conference as a presenter like next month. it’s postponed (maybe that���s good cause i have prepared absolutely nothing) and i hope they don’t cancel it. i’m going to a fob concert this summer that i hope won’t be cancelled and i wanted to get tickets for bts mots tour in berlin. it’s not cancelled or postponed - we just don’t know anything about ticket details (@bighit square tf up)

what music are you listening to? this is THE PERFECT MOMENT to shamelessly plug my quarantine playlist (with tunes that just sound like they are about the coronavirus and i find that hilarious) tbh i actually listen to mostly calming study tunes cause i’m  b u s y  af (this spotify playlist or the generic yt lofi hiphop radio) also some rainy day music but only when it RAINS (on spotify or yt)

what are you reading? papers about american gothic for my writing assignment before the quarantine i also started rereading “the plague” by camus as a joke i’m not sure if i’ll finish tho - it’s not so funny anymore

what are you doing for self care? while i’m mostly doing shit i do try to do something about it. i try to dress up like i’m actually going outside (i do opt for my comfiest outside pants tho) and to somewhat keep my daily routine and that’s about it i also panic bake but i don’t think that’s a good thing

i tag @jumpsuit-for-the-mad​ @opheliablossom​ @letsgetcartoon​ @pure-as-the-lilies​ @teenagemuffin​ and that’s enough of that i guess

[slavicromanticismhoe]

HELLO RED ALERT

THERE IS NOW AN ALBUM ON SPOTIFY OF THE COMPLETE FILM SCORE FROM OGNIEM I MIECZEM

just had to share lol

[ferretly]

my 2018 reading list/challenge:

beneath the cut it’s long

(these are all options in each section; i won’t read every book in each section. if anyone has recs for which book i should read tho that would be appreciated!!)

a book made into a movie you’ve already seen

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Misery by Stephen King

Holes by Lois Sachar

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

true crime

No Place Safe by Kim Reid

The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater

the next book in a series you started

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

Fearless by Cornelia Funke

Among the Free by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi

UnSouled by Neal Shusterman

a book involving a heist

White Cat by Holly Black

American Gods by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

nordic noir

October is the Coldest Month by Christoffer Carlsson

a novel based on a real person

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

a book set in a country that fascinates you

Ogniem i Mieczem by Henryk Sienkiewicz

The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

a book with the time of day in the title

Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George

The Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson

a book about a villain or antihero

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

Feast of Souls by C.S. Friedman

a book about death or grief

The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe

Sanctum by Sarah Fine

The Everafter by Amy Huntley

Ferryman by Claire McFall

Beauty of the Broken by Tawni Waters

a book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

Fool’s Errand by Robin Hobb

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree

a book with an LGBT protagonist

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older

a book that is also a stage play or musical

Matilda by Roald Dahl

Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Elliot

a book by an author of a different ethnicity than you

Dawn by Octavia E. Butler (Black)

Fledgeling by Octavia E. Butler (Black)

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Black)

Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler (Black)

The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu (Chinese-American)

Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older (Afro-Latino)

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Japanese-American)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alaire Saenz (Latino)

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (Latino)

The Education of Margot Sanchez by Lilliam Silvera (Latina)

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Black)

a book about feminism

Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi

a book about mental health

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

a book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift

Accessible Gardening for People with Disabilities: A Guide to Methods, Tools, and Plants by Janeen R. Adil

Women of Valor: Polish Resisters to the Third Reich by Joanne D. Gilbert

Tarot: Plain and Simple by Anthony Louis

Fairest by Marissa Meyer

Poles in Wisconsin by Susan Gibson Mikos

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks

a book by two authors:

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor

a book about or involving a sport

Wing Jones by Katherine Webber

Openly Straight by Bill Koningsberg

Finding the Edge: My Life on the Ice by Karen Chen

a book by a local author

The Girl who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu

a book with your favorite color in the title

The Red Chamber by Pauline A. Chen

Redheart by Jackie Gamber

Silvered by Tanya Huff

Green by Jay Larke

Red Branch by Morgan Llywelyn

Iron Hearted Violet by Kelly Barnhill

Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen

Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry

After the Red Rain by Barry Lyga

The Golden Day by Ursula Dubosarsky

The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring by Ruth Sanderson

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

a book with alliteration in the title

Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin

Tiger Burning Bright by Marion Zimmer Bradley

A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings

Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman

Stray Souls by Kate Griffin

Fox Forever by Mary E. Pearson

Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat

a book about time travel

Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

The False Princess by Ellis O’Neal

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

Dreamhunter by Elizabeth Knox

a book with a weather element in the title

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Frostfire by Amanda Hocking

Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis

After the Red Rain by Barry Lyga

Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin

The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

a book set at sea

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

Above World by Jenn Reese

a book with an animal in the title

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

Tiger Burning Bright by Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Lions of Al-Rasson by Guy Gavriel Kay

The Shark God by Charles Montgomery

Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger

Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

The Bees by Laline Paull

Reindeer Moon by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm

Dov Arising by Karen Bao

White Cat by Holly Black

Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring by Ruth Sanderson

Ferrets (Barron’s Complete Pet Owner’s Manuals) by E. Lynn Fox Morton

The Ferret: An Owner’s Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet by Mary R. Shefferman

Black Canary #1 by Brennden Fletcher

Lumberjanes, Vol.1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson

a book set on a different planet

Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald

Coyote by Alan Steele

Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan

Salvage by Alexandra Duncan

Dove Arising by Karen Bao

Stitching Snow by R.C. Lewis

a book with song lyrics in the title

Don’t Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon

All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin

Yesterday by C.K. Kelly Martin

a book about or set on Halloween

The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury

a book with characters who are twins

Nightfall by Jake Halpern

Affinity by Sarah Waters

a book mentioned in another book

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin

The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault

Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

a book from a celebrity book club

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay

He, She, and It by Marge Piercy

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers

a childhood classic you’ve never read

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

Winter of Fire by Sherryl Jordan

a book that’s published in 2018

Unearthed by Amie Kaufman

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch

Reign of the Fallen by Sara Glenn Marsh

The Apocalypse Guard by Brandon Sanderson

The Diminished by Kaitlyn Sage Patterson

Sea Witch by Sarah Henning

Hullmetal Girls by Emily Skrutskie

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender

Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller

a past Goodreads Choice Awards winner

The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

A Work in Progress by Connor Franta

a book set in the decade you were born

The Miseducation of Cameron post by Emily M. Danforth

A Map of Home by Randa Jarrar

a book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

a book with an ugly cover

Poison by Chris Wooding

Starters by Lissa Price

a book that involves a bookstore or library

The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 reading challenges

Explorer: The Mystery Boxes by Kazu Kibuishi

Watchmen by Alan Moore

Lumberjanes, Vol.1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson

Habibi by Craig Thompson

Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton

The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin

Fearless by Cornelia Funke

Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina Khadra

The Boy at the End of the World by Greg Van Eekhout

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Advanced:

a bestseller from the year you graduated high school

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Dewey: the Small-town Library Cat who Touched the World by Vicki Myron

a cyberpunk book

Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Vurt by Jeff Noon

Moxyland by Lauren Beukes

Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress

a book that was being read by a stranger in a public place

lol i don’t like ... even go to public places; if anyone’s reading this do u wanna help me out

a book tied to your ancestry

Polish Roots by Rosemary A. Chorzempa

Women of Valor: Polish Resisters to the Third Reich by Joanne D. Gilbert

Poles in Wisconsin by Susan Gibson Mikos

a book with a fruit or vegetable in the title

Oranges are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

an allegory

Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Carcia Marquez

Bone Gap by Laura Ruby

a book by an author with the same first or last name as you

A Dirty Rose by Nannah Marnie-Claire

[censored] sorry

a microhistory

Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Dorris Pilkington

Earth Then and Now: Amazing Images of our Changing World by Fred Pearce

Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexualty by Hanne Blank

a book about a problem facing society today

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

UnDivided by Neal Shusterman

a book recommended by someone else taking the reading challenge

anyone wanna help me out???

[ogniemimieczem]

when the bros didn’t tell you they’ve changed the plans

[polskiebagno]

tagged by @epunda (dziękuję!)

nickname: mary, sukeł zodiac: pisces height: like…170cm? i think last thing i googled: an unknown to me phone number that called me favourite artits: i never know what that means. is it abt musicians? halsey, hayley kiyoko, marina and the diamonds, lorde song stuck in my head: the way i are (dance with somebody) by bebe rexha last movie i saw: god i dont even remember why did i choose my url: i like how it sounds do i have any other blogs: noppe what did your last relationship teach you: my last what lol religious and spiritual: not at all but im not one to shit on others’ beliefs favourite color: blue average hours of sleep: idk honestly my sleeping pattern has been fucked up lately. but definitely not enough favourite number: ?? favourite character(s): erwin and ymir (snk), thirteen (house md), bohun (ogniem i mieczem) dream job: vet. never gonna be one but it’s still vet

im tagging @thankyouforthefeels @farandas @awkwardbird and whoever else wants to do it 💙

[sparklingdali]

came back to ogniem i mieczem (I plan to actually read it this time lol) and the first lithuanian character we meet is literally described as utterly ridiculous, funny looking dude but the main character also decides to love him in like first two seconds of meeting him because he thinks he’s nice and digs his mad jumbo sword skillz 

 this is good shit