#King-Size Conan

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King-Size Conan #1 Cover Art (Joe Jusko Variant)

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

A BARBARIAN AT HIS MOST PENSIVE, BROODING, BURLY, & MENACING.

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on various iterations of a now iconic Conan the Barbarian pin-up, from "Savage Sword of Conan" Vol. 1 #17 (February 1977), originally illustrated by the late, great John Buscema, recreated by Atula Siriwardane (pencils, inks, & colors). Marvel Comics.

EXYRA INFO: Assorted Conan pin-ups in different color schemes and/or coloring jobs. Original artwork by John Buscema. There is a piece by Joe Jusko in this bunch as well, the second to the last pic.

Sources: Marvel Database (official), Pinterest, www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=544031, Classic Comics Forum, etc...

[the-gershomite]

Conan the Barbarian King-Sized Annual #7 -1982-

"Red Shadows and Black Kraken!" (1-29 of 33)

based on the novel "Conan of the Isles" by L. Sprague De Camp & Lin Carter

script Roy Thomas

artist John Buscema

letterer Joe Rosen

colorist George Roussos

[ladygriffith]

REVEALED! The real villain of Berserk: The Skull Knight

(The Skull Knight) (Thulsa Doom)

Kentaro Miura has mentioned that Berserk was inspired by Conan The Barbarian (Robert E. Howard).

Conan the Great is a fantasy novel by American writer Leonard Carpenter, featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in April 1990.

In Conan you have the kingdom of Aquilonia (Latin Aquilae means eagle, like Falconia means Falcon).

Conan rescues the dwarf Delvyn, jester to Balt. Delvyn, however, is not the fool he appears, but the secret instigator of the invasion and servant to Kthantos, an evil demon.

Delvyn feeds on Conan's anxieties about his advancing age, while heightening his concern over the amoral and ruthless Prince Armiro. 

Concerned by rumors Armiro has imprisoned his former lover, Queen Yasmala of Khoraja, he decides to liberate her and so gain intelligence on his foe.

He rides disguised across Koth to the Tarnhold, Khoraja's infamous prison fortress. Gaining entry through an underwater passage guarded by a giant water spider, he finds Yasmala indeed present, but in voluntary retirement. Armiro and some of his retainers, who had secretly followed Conan, burst in on the two; in the incursion, Yasmala's maid, Vateesa, is critically injured.  The enemies renew their combat, but Conan falters when Yasmala begs him to spare Armiro, now revealed as her son.

The demon god Kthantos, playing both sides, visits Yasmala, who is nursing the comatose Vateesa in their new prison. The demon attempts to possess Yasmala, a fate she evades only to fall to her death.

News of her demise reaches Conan he assumes Armiro responsible and guilty of matricide, kindling his wrath against the prince all the more. Kthantos then appears in a dream to Armiro with an offer of power; the prince is skeptical, but reports the dream to his subordinates as a holy visitation. 

Delvyn encourages him to envision himself emperor of the world with the godhood such a role implies, a notion previously implanted. After a disturbing dream in which Conan imagines himself drawn to his doom, he awakens to word that an army equal to his in size has entered the plateau from the Kothian side—Armiro and his host, guided by the prince's dream.

The antagonists face each other at the temple, which proves the lair of Kthantos. As the demon god hails them, Delvyn and Amlunia incite the two rulers to personal combat, the prize being mastery of their combined armies and the world under Kthantos's patronage. Both monarchs, realizing they've been used, are suspicious of the god but otherwise game, as each believes the other the instigator of Yasmala's death. Their confrontation is interrupted by Queen Zenobia, driven by chariot in relays all the way from Aquilonia. With her is the partially recovered Vateesa, now revealed as the queen's mysterious visitor. They reveal Conan that Armiro is not just Yasmala's son, but his own as well.

This balks Conan while inflaming Armiro to new fury as he vents on Conan the distress over abandonment that has afflicted him his whole life. The fight is on, and Kthantos manifests in triumph. Vateesa recognizes and denounces the demon as Yasmala's murderer, uncovering its machinations. At this the two kings put aside their quarrel and turn on Kthantos, toppling a shattered pillar into the well from which it issues. The dwarf Delvyn remains, released from his patron's spell, and is revealed in his true form—a giant twice the size of Conan. Shunned by humanity, he had studied ancient lore to achieve vengeance, which had led him to Kthantos. In his diminished guise he had played the fool, enticing kings to the demon's service until, in the troubled Conan, he had found what he deemed the perfect tool, to be first used and then supplanted. Now unmasked and thwarted, he challenges the king. Conan has his soldiers dispatch him.

Under truce, and still uncertain of their feelings for each other, Conan and Armiro resort to their advisers and diplomacy. A modus vivendi is envisioned in which both monarchs will pull back from Ophir and respect each other's spheres of influence, abandoning pretensions to sole mastery of the Hyborian world.

(Conan the Swordsman)

Kull of Atlantis or Kull the Conqueror is a fictional character created by writer Robert E. Howard. The character was more introspective than Howard's subsequent creation, Conan the Barbarian, whose first appearance was in a re-write of a rejected Kull story. Kull's mortal enemy is the sorcerer Thulsa Doom.

Thulsa Doom is described by Howard in "The Cat and the Skull" as having a face "like a bare white skull, in whose eye sockets flamed livid fire". He is seemingly invulnerable, boasting after being trampled by one of Kull's comrades that he feels "only a slight coldness" when being injured and will only "pass to some other sphere when his time comes". Thulsa Doom is the most authoritative and powerful sorcerer. One of his most notable abilities is shapeshifting, allowing him to claim various identities. Often impersonating someone else. He was able to hold his own in a sword fight against Conan or Kull.

Thulsa Doom is also seen as controlling the elements and being able to call up a storm out of a calm sea. While Thulsa Doom cannot be killed – even when pierced by a sword or thrown from a great height – he's vulnerable to steel being driven through his body, such steel acting to imprison him and prevent Doom from getting away.

Thulsa Doom is the prototype for many of the future undead evil wizards in Howard's stories. he is also called the 'Skull face' and he has foresight of the most possibilities.

He appeared when he and his legions invade the lands of Cimmerians for the first time, leading to a massacre of the people there including the young Conan's parents (the father was killed by Doom's dogs while the mother was decapitated by Doom with the father's sword). As the young Conan became a gladiator after years of slavery, Conan swore to avenge his people's tragedy by killing Doom.

Posing as the nobleman Ardyon, he forms an alliance with four rebels who actually dethroned the hero, and set him on a quest to regain his lost kingdom. Thulsa Doom sent members of his Black Legion to ambush Kull and Brule, though they won the fight. Thulsa observed the battle through a magic crystal. Kull and Brule's ship was later attacked by a sea serpent, with which Thulsa may or may not have had anything to do.

Thulsa Doom/Ardyon learned of the curse of Torranna (essentially, if a scarred man wore the crown and sat on the throne, he would be unable to ever leave the throne), which he determined to bestow upon Kull. Thulsa Doom drew Kull into Torranna and had him undergo a series of trials to gain the crown of Torranna. Thulsa Doom revealed himself to Kull, challenging him to one final battle. Thulsa Doom pulled Kull into a pocket dimension for their final battle. Kull managed to slash Thulsa Doom's face with his sword, but was ultimately overpowered by the necromancer. Thulsa Doom returned them both to Torranna, but Kull rallied long enough to push Thulsa Doom onto the throne and place the crown on his head. His face scarred by Kull, Thulsa fulfilled the prophecy and fell victim to the curse himself. Thulsa's power were drained by his curse as the city of Torranna collapsed, seemingly crushing him. Kull, luckily, escaped, and then returned to Valusia to retake his own throne.

Set in the time of King Arthur (though Arthur himself doesn't appear onstage) Thulsa Doom comes back to life after 18,000 years on a sinister deserted island. Recognizing Cormac Mac Art – an Irish adventurer who joined a band of Danish Vikings – as a reincarnation of his old enemy King Kull, Thulsa Doom immediately resumes his ancient vendetta and relentlessly seeks to kill Mac Art.

The Riddle of Steel In the beginning, we see Conan's father explain the Cimmerian lore concerning the ancient Giant Kings of earth stealing the forging secrets from the god Crom. Conan's father tells him that he must learn by himself the riddle of steel. Giving him a hint, he tells him that you cannot trust anything in this world, except for one thing; and, showing him the sword of steel he just forged, he says: "This you can trust." What he does exactly mean by "this" is not clear.

Years later, Conan tracks down and confronts Doom and his raiders. Doom tells him that he has abandoned the pursuit of steel, because flesh is stronger. To prove his point, he beckons one of his cult followers on a cliff to come to him. Enthralled by her faith, she steps off the cliff and falls to her death. This, the ability to lead loyal followers who are willing to die for you, is real strength for Doom, and he reproaches Conan for not recognizing where his own strength is. Then, in his final confrontation with Doom, as he is subjugated by Doom's mind control, Conan looks at the damaged sword and somehow frees himself and kills his enemy with one thrust of the still sharp sword. It is implied that, in that instant, he figured the riddle and the true answer to the riddle. Which these are, however, we are never told  Fans have come up with several explanations over the years. One is the Nietzschean idea that will is indomitable and stronger than both steel and flesh. 

“In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of God hovering above? At least it is true that man has no control, even over his own will. Man takes up the sword in order to shield the small wound in his heart sustained in a far-off time beyond remembrance. Man wields the sword so that he may die smiling in some far-off time beyond perception.”

What about Griffith / Femto then

Antagonist Villain

Antagonist vs. Villain

Griffith is the Antagonist of Berserk:

Antagonists are plot devices that create obstructions and challenges for your protagonist, while villains are evil characters with malicious intent

A story’s villain is always an antagonist, but not every antagonist needs to be a villain

Often, antagonists are other characters who have their own goals and their own obsessions. Unlike the villain, they don’t necessarily take pleasure in causing the main character harm—they just happen to have desires that conflict with the protagonist’s desires.

Many antagonists are compelling characters in their own right, since they’re not necessarily bad people. They can even go through character development and grow throughout the course of the story.

Skull Knight is the Villain of Berserk:

The villain in your story is the character whose primary motivation is malicious destruction. They’re usually the main antagonist of the story, causing the biggest source of conflict for the hero. Many of them remain hidden until the finale or hide their true intentions to create a plot twist.

He gave Guts the cursed Berserker armor, feeding off of his life force for vengeance. His hatred and darkness is consuming his flesh and SK wanted to kill the moonlight boy, who had helped Guts not to lose himself and hurt his party.

His astral form prevented Guts from killing Casca and falling into madness. Skull Knight could foretell the future but didn't prevent the eclipse. He also tried to kill Femto to stop the birth of Falconia, the peaceful city for human race.

He started the cycle of revenge and sacrifice when he probably tortured the clergyman who transformed into Void who called the god hand upon him.

Clearly, Griffith was an innocent child before he was corrupted by the God Hand giving him a behelit.

Finale Skull Knight Theory

I think Skull Knight will be the End Boss of Berserk and Guts will have to fight him.

Using the power of the Yobimizu no Tsurugi (Sword of Resonance/Actuation), Skull Knight can cut through dimensions. Time is often referred to as the "fourth dimension" 

Guts will win against him and take Skull Knight's Sword. He will cut through the dimension and time travel to Griffith's childhood.

When the clock struck notice the flashing purple light which opens a dimension and Guts appears before Griffith?

You have the same purple hue when SK visits him and Casca. Also The SK's eyes have the hue.

In Conan you have Doom who looks a lot like the Skull Knight. In Conan in the end he is revealed to be the main villain and Conan has to fight him!

Griffith is torn between his dream which is the castle and Guts. HE CHOOSES GUTS and runs towards him. Meaning they will see through the manipulation of those who forced his destiny and defeat the God Hand as well as Skull Knight.

Griffith's love for Guts is the only thing keeping him from losing his humanity, and Guts's too. Griffith is no narcissist. He is misunderstood and manipulated. As he grew up, he was corrupted. A tragic character, whose true will was taken from him.

Great foreshadowing there. Guts will save Griffith set it all right this time! They will beat their fake destiny.

[wellgoslowly]

what are songs you think the trio associates with each other. (example of lucy thinks of lockwood when blah plays and thinks of george when blah plays)

OH MY GOD I LOVE THIS QUESTION !!!!

I went a bit overboard but here are the ones I chose!!

SONGS I THINK THAT LUCY ASSOCIATES WITH THE BOYS:

the good side by troye sivan

south london forever by florence + the machine

friends by laundry day

to build a home by the cinematic orchestra

SONGS I THINK THAT LUCY ASSOCIATES WITH LOCKWOOD:

baby you're a haunted house by gerard way

everybody loves me by one republic

end of beginning by djo

it's called: freefall by rainbow kitten surprise

touch tank by quinnie

grapejuice by harry styles

telephone by waterparks

eat your young by hozier

voulez-vouz by abba

this charming man by the smiths

SONGS I THINK THAT LUCY ASSOCIATES WITH GEORGE:

george by lowertown

all my ghosts by lizzie mcalpine

mad iqs by I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

good old fashioned lover boy by queen

boys will be bugs by cavetown

cocaine jesus by rainbow kitten surprise

everybody wants to rule the world by tears for fears

vienna by billy joel

glue song by beabadoobee

freaks by surf curse

SONGS I THINK THAT GEORGE ASSOCIATES WITH LUCY:

these boots are made for walking by nancy sinatra

champagne supernova by oasis

stronger by britney spears

new romantics by taylor swift

seventeen going under by sam fender

killer queen by queen

would that i by hozier

twin size mattress by the front bottoms

brutal by olivia rodrigo

bloody mary by lady gaga

SONGS I THINK THAT GEORGE ASSOCIATES WITH LOCKWOOD:

be nice to me by the front bottoms

team by lorde

R.I.P 2 my youth by the neighbourhood

cigarette daydreams by cage the elephant

little dark age by MGMT

trouble by valerie broussard

anti-hero by taylor swift

trouble by cage the elephant

applause by lady gaga

you're my best friend by queen

SONGS I THINK THAT LOCKWOOD ASSOCIATES WITH LUCY:

lucy lucy by betcha

maneater by nelly furtado

burning pile by mother mother

candy by robbie williams

sweet dreams, TN by the last shadow puppets

she's kerosene by the interrupters

volcano girls by veruca salt

don't take the money by bleachers

the adults are taking by the strokes

blue hair by tv girl

SONGS I THINK THAT LOCKWOOD ASSOCIATES WITH GEORGE:

best friend by conan gray

act my age by one direction

paper mache world by matilda mann

lifetime achievement award by lemon demon

the knife by maggie rodgers

soldier, poet, king by the oh hellos

orgasm of death by the growlers

how I survived bobby mackey's personal hell by lincoln

ghosting (live sessions) by mother mother

weird science by oingo boingo

I had so much fun with this tbh I love assigning songs to characters so it was really fun to do it through the eyes of other characters!!

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Conan the Barbarian #9 by Jim Zub, Roberto de la Torre and Dean White. Cover by Mike Deodato. Variant covers by (2) E.M. Gist, (3) de la Torre and (4) Chris Moreno. Out in March.

"BEYOND FLESH. BEYOND DEATH. BEYOND TIME. Conan has traveled far and seen much in his legendary journeys, but nothing he has experienced thus far can prepare him for a quest to lands beyond to answer dark riddles of the past. Unexpected allies await, fierce enemies loom, and the strange power of the Black Stone stirs in THE AGE UNCONQUERED! The triumphant new era of Conan continues in this a brand-new tale of brutal heroic adventure from acclaimed creators Jim Zub (Avengers, Dungeons & Dragons) and Rob de la Torre (Invincible Iron Man, King-Size Conan)!"

[averagepoet]

songs i would pay to see a leopika edit/amv/animatic to:

G.I.N.A.S.F.S by Fall Out Boy

Disaster by Conan Gray

all my ghosts by Lizzy McAlpine

Bloody Shirt by To Kill A King

Twin Size Mattress by The Front Bottoms

There For You by Flyleaf

feel free to reblog/reply with your own additions, i have a leopika playlist and would love to see what songs other people associate with them

[thealmightyemprex]

Which Random Comic issues I own should I read

These are all comics I have in my posession(All impulse bought at Books a Million ).I dont have a lot but I have a few marvel issues in my posession(I tend to have trades and I am more of a DC person ).Basically gonna review the issue as a standalone thing .Which should I read

King Size Special #6 : The Amazing Spider-Man

Rom #65

Conan the Barbarian #185

Conan the Barbarian #247

COnan the Barbarian 254

@the-blue-fairie @themousefromfantasyland @goodanswerfoxmonster @ariel-seagull-wings@theancientvaleofsoulmaking

[tomoleary]

Cover images for Conan 21-24 in various forms by Barry Windsor-Smith. Included is King-Size Conan 1. The missing covers were by Gil Kane.

[daimonclub]

Halloween great quotes

Halloween great quotes and aphorisms Halloween great quotes and aphorisms, 50 famous and amazing ideas for your pleasure by the World of English or English-culture.com blog Halloween for the year 2022 is celebrated/observed on Monday, October 31st. What the dead had no speech for, when living, They can tell you, being dead: the communication Of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living. T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets Be silent in that solitude, Which is not loneliness – for then The spirits of the dead, who stood In life before thee, are again In death around thee, and their will Shall overshadow thee; be still. Edgar Allan Poe If human beings had genuine courage, they’d wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. Doug Coupland The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. H P Lovecraft Be wary then; best safety lies in fear. William Shakespeare Treats and tricks. Witch broomsticks. Jack-o-lanterns Lick their lips. Crows and cats. Vampire bats. Capes and fangs And pointed hats. Werewolves howl. Phantoms prowl. Halloween’s Upon us now. Richelle E. Goodrich It’s Halloween, The night we all play, Trick or treat, We won’t go away. Be we ghoul or goblin, ghost, We’ll knock on your door, To see who scares you the most. Anthony T.Hincks Halloween shadows played upon the walls of the houses. In the sky the Halloween moon raced in and out of the clouds. The Halloween wind was blowing, not a blasting of wind but a right-sized swelling, falling, and gushing of wind. It was a lovely and exciting night, exactly the kind of night Halloween should be.” Eleanor Estes The jack-o-lantern follows me with tapered, glowing eyes. His yellow teeth grin evily. His cackle I despise. But I shall have the final laugh when Halloween is through. This pumpkin king I’ll split in half to make a pie for two.” Richelle E. Goodrich There is magic in the night when pumpkins glow by moonlight. Anonymous Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen. Voices whisper in the trees, “Tonight is Halloween!” Dexter Kozen On Hallows Eve, we witches meet to broil and bubble tasty treats like goblin thumbs with venom dip, crisp bat wings, and fried fingertips. Richelle E. Goodrich Witch and ghost make merry on this last of dear October’s days. Author Unknown

Halloween quotes by English-culture Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Christmas and the others can end up making you sad, because you know you should be happy. But on Halloween you get to become anything that you want to be” Ava Dellaira Halloween is fun, but it wasn't always my favorite holiday. I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Tobin Bell Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world. William Shakespeare When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, ‘tis near Halloween. Author Unknown We are born from the star dust, and there we have to come back, under some nice carpets, to enjoy some cheerful Halloween parties! Carl William Brown Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Fear has many eyes and can see things underground. Miguel de Cervantes There is nothing that gives more assurance than a mask. Colette On ol' Halloween Night These monsters join the living If they had it their way They'd stay until Thanksgiving. Casey Browning Halloween wraps fear in innocence, As though it were a slightly sour sweet. Let terror, then, be turned into a treat... Nicholas Gordon Halloween isn't the only time for ghosts and ghost stories. In Victorian Britain, spooky winter's tales were part of the Christmas season, often told after dinner, over port or coffee. Michael Dirda Every Halloween for six years, I was a Ninja Turtle, and Mikey was my favorite. The turtles really made me who I am today. They got me into martial arts, meditation, surfing, skateboarding; big time influence on who I am today. Greg Cipes Halloween is bigger than Christmas in America. I've experienced it in New York, Los Angeles and Washington D.C., and if you're in the right neighbourhood, every house is decorated with spooky ghosts, spider webs, and jack-o-lanterns. Rhys Darby

Halloween best quotes ever If ever there was a holiday that deserves to be commercialized, it's Halloween. We haven't taken it away from kids. We've just expanded it so that the kid in adults can enjoy it, too. Cassandra Peterson Where there is no imagination there is no horror. Arthur Conan Doyle People value Halloween, like Valentine's Day, because they can tell themselves that it's not merely secularized but actually secular, which is to say, not Christian, Jewish, Hindu or Muslim. Amity Shlaes This Halloween the most popular mask is the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him. Conan O'Brien On Halloween, kids get to assume, for one night the outward forms of their innermost dread, and they're also allowed to take candy from strangers - the scariest thing of all. Kate Christensen Charlie Brown is the one person I identify with. C.B. is such a loser. He wasn't even the star of his own Halloween special. Chris Rock Once in a young lifetime one should be allowed to have as much sweetness as one can possibly want and hold. Judith Olney True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about but few have seen. Author Unknown They that are born on Halloween shall see more than other folk. Saying of unknown origin Proof of our society's decline is that Halloween has become a broad daylight event for many. Robert Kirby

Halloween best quotes and decorations Proof of our society's decline is that Halloween has become a broad daylight event for many. Robert KirbyWhen black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, May luck be yours on Halloween. Author Unknown When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam, May luck be yours on Halloween. Author Unknown It's said that All Hallows' Eve is one of the nights when the veil between the worlds is thin - and whether you believe in such things or not, those roaming spirits probably believe in you, or at least acknowledge your existence, considering that it used to be their own. Even the air feels different on Halloween, autumn-crisp and bright. Erin Morgenstern Halloween starts earlier and earlier, just like Christmas. Robert Englund I see my face in the mirror and go, 'I'm a Halloween costume? That's what they think of me?' Drew Carey There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the adult world. Jean Baudrillard In Britain, the major public holiday used to be Guy Fawkes Day... that was celebrated on November 5th with things like bonfires and fireworks... I think that made Halloween seem preferable. The idea of having pumpkins and costumes and parties seemed much more appealing than burning down your neighborhood. Lisa Morton In our town, Halloween was terrifying and thrilling, and there was a whiff of homicide. We'd travel by foot in the dark for miles, collecting candy, watching out for adults who seemed too eager to give us treats. Rosecrans Baldwin On Halloween, don't you know back when you were little, your mom tells you don't eat any candy until she checks it? I used to be so tempted to eat my candy on the way to other people's houses. That used to be such a tease. Derrick Rose I'm not a real Halloween kind of guy, because Halloween is every day. Al Jourgensen

Halloween quote by the great poet Poe For about 30 years, Halloween was taken over by pranksters. By the '30s, pranks were causing cities millions of dollars of damage. They considered banning Halloween in many cities, but instead, parents got together and came up with party ideas for kids, and a lot of them involved dressing up and costuming. Lisa Morton There haven't been organized protests, but I have heard of protests where people have wanted to celebrate Halloween. Lisa Morton You look at Cheney, Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Bush - if you saw them on Halloween, they wouldn't need a costume. You'd give them a treat and compliment them on what great-looking demons they were. They are demons. There's no doubt about it. Tommy Chong I live in New Orleans part of the year, and it's a really fun eating town. I bought two homes there, one to live in and one as an investment. They love to eat, drink and dress up in costumes. There are so many reasons to dress up - Mardi Gras, Halloween, Southern Decadence. Jennifer Coolidge I hear from many a man around Halloween that's dressed up as Mama for Halloween. It's a great costume. Vicki Lawrence I'm a really big fan of all things macabre in general; Halloween happens to be my favorite holiday. Dove Cameron I love Halloween, trick or treating and decorating the house. And I love Thanksgiving, because of the football and the fall weather. And of course, I love Christmas - that's my favorite of all! Joe Nichols I learned to glitter the pumpkins for Halloween not because I went into it thinking, 'I'm going to glitter some pumpkins!' No. I bought all of these big, cold, slimy, disgusting pumpkins and tried to carve them, and it was gross, so I had to find something else to do with them. Glitter was life-changing. Jen Lancaster I hate Halloween. I hate dressing up. I hate - I wear wigs, makeup, costumes every day. Halloween is like, my least favorite holiday. Amy Poehler My favorite scary movie was always 'Halloween.' I love that there's hidden emotion underneath Michael Myers' psychotic behavior. Plus, he has the best mask, hands-down. Chris Zylka I've never seen 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre', I've never seen 'Halloween', I've never seen any of the 'Friday the 13ths.' Lin Shaye Download the pdf file about Halloween History If you like Halloween you can also read the following articles: Halloween great and famous quotes Halloween or All Hallows’ Eve Halloween quotes and aphorisms Halloween death poems http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ceNe5q9xfI   Read the full article

[maybcnks]

i think i’m sherlock holmes. // an (updated) jj maybank playlist.

after season 3, I had to dust off the jj playlist i made a few months ago and change it up, enjoy!

tracklist:

matilda - harry styles. // young, dumb & broke - khalid. // freaks - surf curse. // everywhere i go (kings & queens) - new politics. // poison - jet black alley cat. // runaway kids - harbour. // i’m good - the mowgli’s. // fresh - artist vs poet. // dreaming - smallpools. // idfc - blackbear. // burning pile - mother mother. // middle finger - bohnes. // king of the world - young rising sons. // i’m born to run - american authors. // stand up - the cab. // empty wallets - 5 seconds of summer. // the kids aren’t alright - fall out boy. // i’m not okay - weathers. // stick season - noah kahan. // emotions - 5 seconds of summer. // growing sideways - noah kahan. // family line - conan gray. // 18 - anarbor. // don’t worry, you will - lovelytheband. // twin size mattress - the front bottoms. // you and i - anarbor. // downhill - lincoln.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"THESE KILLER APES WERE THE MOST FEARED BEASTS OF THE HYBORIAN AGE."

NOTE: So, I used to obsessively collect action figures way back in my high school daze, and this was always one of my favorites. I unearthed it just the other day.

PIC(S) INFO: Part 2 of 2 -- Spotlight on promo shots of the "Man-Eating Haunter (of the Pits)," 6.5" action figure from "Conan: The Hour of the Dragon" Series 2, released by McFarlane Toys in April 2005, and inspired by the Hyborian legends as originally written by writer-creator Robert E. Howard.

FIGURE OVERVIEW: "With the help of Zenobia the slave girl, Conan attempts to escape from the dungeons of the King of Nemedia but not before he must battle the Haunter of the pits.

Conan is cornered and attacked by a great hulking monster of enormous size and strength. He quickly recognizes that the grisly ogre is a man-eating ape from the mountain forests near the Sea of Vilayet. These killer apes were the most feared beasts of the Hyborian Age.

Armed with a dagger that was given to him by Zenobia, Conan knows he must battle this hulking creature and that only one shall survive."

-- MCFARLANE TOYS, c. 2005, box/item/character description

Source: www.pinterest.com/pin/conan-series-2-hour-of-the-dragon-april-2005-maneating-haunter-of-the-pits--315392780133427667.

[the-gershomite]

Conan the Barbarian King-Sized Annual #6 -1981-

"King of the Forgotten People!" (20-38 of 38)

writer Roy Thomas

artist Gil Kane

letterer Joe Rosen

colorist George Roussos

[mythologyandancienthistory]

Ezekiel’s Vision: Prophecy or Alien Encounter?

The Prophet Ezekiel occupies an important place in astronomical history, perhaps for the first time.

 This is because spaceships and interplanetary journeys are what gave his strange, wondrous prophecies a new meaning. 

Previous generations must have viewed the book of Ezekiel in the Torah as a kind of symbolism. 

Ezekiel recorded this book when he was taken prisoner by King Nebuchadnezzar after the demolition of Jerusalem in the year 597 BC. 

The Book of Ezekiel consists of 48 chapters, which took 22 years to write. 

Ezekiel’s First Vision: An Encounter with the Unknown

Ezekiel says that on July 5, 597, when he was walking on the shore of the Khabur River near Baghdad, he saw something brilliant in the sky... and heard someone asking him to be a prophet to his people. 

And warn them and warn them. The first chapter of this book was forbidden to Jewish young men and Christian young women... because in this book it talks about the secrets of the Lord’s vision! 

But something strange is narrated by Ezekiel. He says: A stormy wind came from the north. A great cloud and continuous fire.

and around it there was a shine, and from the middle of it was like the appearance of shining copper from the middle of the fire... and from the fire came lightning... whenever it moved, I heard the sound of its wings like the rushing of many waters... like the sound of an army.Interpreting the Vision: Descriptions of Spaceships and Strange Forms

These are characteristics that apply to a jet plane...or a spaceship. 

He also says: And in the middle of it there is the likeness of four animals...they have the likeness of a human being...and each one has four faces, and each one has four wings...and their legs are straight...and the feet of their feet are like the feet of a calf’s feet, and they are shiny. Like the look of polished copper. And people appeared under its wings on its four sides!

If we had shown astronauts in their shiny clothes and metal equipment to some naive shepherds, or some villagers, or some isolated forest people.

 and asked them to describe what they saw, they would have described the astronauts’ clothes as clothes the color of bright water, and they would have described the oxygen tubes as the trunks of elephants. 

And their legs are the size of elephants' legs as well. And they cannot walk. They must describe these creatures as animals, and it does not occur to anyone that they are people like them who use extremely advanced and complex scientific devices!Comparing Ancient Visions with Modern Concepts

If these spaceships had appeared to anyone other than Ezekiel, 25 centuries ago, he would have said even more amazing things.

 The Prophet Ezekiel said: As for their wings, they are spread out from above. Each one has two, one of them connected to his brother. And two cover their bodies.

 He says: Some of them have the face of a lion, some of them have the face of a bull, and some of them have the face of a human... and this face he is talking about must be what he sees from astronauts. And they wore their helmets. 

Don't forget that he lived in the fourth century BC!! He also says in describing these machines that they were riding: They have wheels the color of emerald. It has a sound like the rustle of air or like thunder... when it approaches and when it is far away.The French Scientific Interpretation: Advanced Spacecrafts in Ezekiel’s Vision

The French scientist François Conan interprets what Ezekiel says as describing a type of very advanced spaceship... because each ship can accommodate one person... and at the same time it is medium in size. 

They can be described as space helicopters... and this is something that the mind cannot imagine when it will be possible to achieve it.

 The great French scholar also says that Ezekiel was a man of strong nerves Careful observation. This vision, which dazzled and shook him, did not make him forget all these details. 

It seems that he recorded this book over long periods and that he revised what he wrote several times until he ended up with this accurate picture of the first spaceships seen by a human being up close and very clearly.Other Medieval Visions: Saint Francis and His Spiritual Experience

Although Saint Francesco of Assisi, in the year 1224, recorded a new vision, the one who saw it did not record it with the same accuracy. But Saint Francesco, during his seclusion on Mount Verna, saw an angel with wings: four brilliant, dazzling wings! But where does this relate to the cinematic tape that Ezekiel recorded, and no one knew its meaning except in the space age..

The Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah: Legends of Divine Punishment

The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah in Palestine were the cities of vice and decadence... and the two cities were destroyed. 

The ancient and sacred books and legends tell us that beings from the sky descended on these two cities and destroyed everything!

 The holy books say that what struck the earth and those on it was a punishment for all... and the astronomical books say that more than one person migrated from another planet to this planet.Extraterrestrial Migrations: Did Humans Come from Another Planet?

These migrations took place violently. Adam must have been sent down by God from another planet, and this was the beginning of the migrations to Earth. 

The closest of these planets to the calculations of scientists is Venus, and this migration must have taken place in spaceships. 

It seems that the sons of Venus were giants, and that they intermarried with the people of Earth. Men from them and women from us. 

As for where these immigrants landed, astronomical studies confirm that they landed in Armenia, in Peru, South America, in Tibet, in Egypt, and in the continent of Atlantis, and the remaining monuments confirm that these giants were tall, ranging between two and a half meters and a little more!

The Torah must have intended that. In the Book of Genesis (Chapter 6, Verse 4) we read:

 “There were tyrants on earth in those days. And after that also, when (the sons of God) entered into the daughters of men - and they gave birth to them. 

These are the Titans who from time immemorial have had a name. Or in other words: that man has been tyrannical and oppressive... and that a number of the sons of heaven have attacked women, married them, and produced children for them. 

These are famous Titans. That is, mating took place... and there were offspring! ... The offspring must have been of strange shapes and sizes.

 This explains to us what the ancient myths talked about giant people with the bodies of horses. 

This also explains to us these strange animals that we find in the Karnak Temple. And then these unbelievable battles that were recorded in the temples Pharaonic. The oldest example of these wondrous creatures: the Sphinx in Giza!Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Transition Towards Belief in an Abstract Power

This remained the state of the wondrous, sacred animals, terrifying because they are sacred, and sacred because they are a terrible reality

 until Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti came and called for belief in one abstract force that has no human or animal body! As for what the astronauts or the sons of Venus did on this earth, this is what we do not know in detail.

 It is inevitable that the new alien generations will be guided to some of the secrets of the wondrous universe There are other secrets that are more amazing and stranger. These secrets are magical secret fingerprints that we do not see...but we approach their remaining traces.

Ezekiel's vision continues to captivate and intrigue, whether seen as a divine prophecy or an early encounter with extraterrestrial beings. 

The mysterious descriptions of ships, strange creatures, and celestial phenomena present in his writings invite us to consider the possibility that ancient cultures may have had contact with advanced technology far beyond their time. 

While we may never know the full truth behind Ezekiel's experiences, his account remains a fascinating puzzle that challenges our understanding of history, prophecy, and the cosmos.

As we continue to explore the mysteries of the universe, we may find that the answers lie not only in modern science but also in the ancient prophecies and records left by those who lived long before us. Could Ezekiel have truly glimpsed something beyond his time? The journey to uncover the truth continues.

Read the full article here: [Ezekiel’s Vision]

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I already did a post like this a while ago, but since I have since come up with versions I like better I'm doing it again. So here is a series of portraits of the protagonist of a dinopunk sword and sorcery story I'm currently planning out, done as best I can with the character customization options and armors in Conan Exiles. I also used mods.

Kuda was born in a western frontier province of Qitai (fantasy-China), to an impoverished peasant family in a region ravaged by warfare between two local warlords. She was sold at a young age to a foreign trading caravan that was passing through the region for money to feed her siblings, but as she was being transported west to be sold into slavery the caravan was raided by a tribe of steppe nomads called the Staaka (fantasy-Scythians), one of whom decided to adopt her to raise as his own. It was among the Staaka that she got her name; I haven't nailed down her original Qitan name yet, because by the time of the story she barely remembers it anyway.

Also, the Staaka ride domesticated horse-sized alioramin tyrannosaurs:

Rule of Cool is fully in effect in this setting.

Among the Staaka Kuda grew into a fearsome warrior, participating in many raids, killing many people, selling people into slavery, and performing ritualized cannibalism. By our standards, she is not a good person at this stage of her life by any stretch of the imagination. By Staaka standards, she's pretty awesome. Also at some point she falls in love with one of her fellow warrior women.

Unfortunately, since this is a story, and stories need conflict, the Staaka are eventually attacked and defeated by a larger nomad tribe, Kuda's girlfriend is killed, and she and the other survivors get a taste of their own medicine when they're marched off to the nearest fantasy-Greek colony and sold into slavery themselves. From there, Kuda is taken south to Khimt (fantasy-Egypt), where she is bought by a local minor noble.

Her actual tattoos in the story would more closely resemble real Scythian tattoos, just with dinosaurs instead of deer and panthers and shit. There used to be a mod that added actual Scythian tattoo designs into the game, but it no longer works. So I used the ones shown here because I think they look neat.

Eventually the noble's wife got tired of this EXOTIC FOREIGN TEMPTRESS prancing about the estate and tempting her husband (never mind that Kuda hated both their guts), so she nagged him into sending her south as a gift to a friend of theirs who was governor of a far-flung colony. Unfortunately during the trip the galley she was on was attacked and sunk, so she never made it there. Instead she washed ashore on Alkebu (fantasy-Africa), where she was found by a local tribe called the Irombe. She lived with the Irombe for a time, during which she proved herself as a capable warrior and was given the ritual scarification to mark her as such.

Eventually though her nomadic upbringing had her itching to move on, not to mention her unfinished business on the steppes: find and kill the man who'd killed her girlfriend. So she got passage with a passing tribe of Ouled-Nail-inspired nomads and headed north.

Kuda eventually made her way back to the steppes, where she managed to join another nomadic tribe who were opposed to the one that had attacked her people. She rode with them for a while until the two groups finally clashed, and she was finally able to take her revenge. Finally, after killing her hated enemy and having a drinking bowl made from the top of his skull in the tradition of her adopted people, she visited the site of her tribe's defeat and then left the steppes to see more of the world.

Her wandering eventually took her to the coastal city-state of Dar-Shelem, where she takes a job as a mercenary escorting the king's daughter to an arranged marriage to a prince in the neighboring empire of Matuwali.

And the princess, Yemsher, is the story's narrator. Being an inquisitive and bookish girl, she immediately becomes curious about the exotic-looking female warrior in her retinue and eventually gets her to recount her life story to pass time on the journey. The story would then be Yemsher's account of everything she was told, written down at the encouragement of her new husband who just so happens to also be a huge fucking nerd.

And that's the story as I currently have it outlined. I'm not worried about spoilers because anyone who reads all this will probably completely forget about it by the time I actually get around to writing the damn thing.

Also because one person has already asked, no, I'm not planning on the two of them hooking up. Though given Matuwali and Staaka attitudes towards sex Yemsher could probably have Kuda as a sidepiece if she wanted. (I'll leave that up to the fanfic authors.)

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An Endless Summer Character Profiles: Amélie Christensen!

🐇 Amélie, also known as "Hartfeld's local princess", has a lot of reasons to receive her title - she is charming, a complete sweetheart, caring and sensitive, she has the ability of conquering everyone that faces her. 🐇 However, some things in her are rather sour than sweet. For example, she makes sure to let everyone know that her presence on La Huerta was not her own choice. As a matter of fact, she's only there by her stepmother's request. 🐇 Liked by many and delicate as a flower, Amélie is actually quite a mysterious girl. She's not very into interacting with the popular crew at her college, much less the rich folks. Maybe it's for the better, or maybe her own heart is too soft to deal with them. 🐇 Like everyone on the island, Amélie also has a secret. For some reason, Amélie is only seen wearing hoodies and sweaters when in public - also refusing to take them off at any situation. What she could be hiding, no one dares to ask.

Basic Data

20 years old Born in 03/18/2000, in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat Sophomore at Hartfeld, Veterinary Medicine Major Uses she/her pronouns Identifies as bisexual

Loves: all animals, fluffy blankets and using emojis

Hates: killing bugs, parties and washing her own hair

Fun Data

Is a Pisces Her MBTI is INFJ (aka The Advocate) Her Hogwarts House would be Hufflepuff, and her Godly Parent would be Demeter.

Favorite Things

Movie: Before Sunrise TV Show: Steven Universe Food: Pasta Carbonara Drink: Frapuccino Hobbie: Gardening Best Friend: (Almost) Roberta!

Fun Facts

🐇Spends most of her time at her family's farm, taking care of crops and animals; 🐇Is on a journey to become a vegetarian.

Moodboard

Some inspiration pictures, characters i relate her to and just overall vibe from the character! Check the moodboard over here!

Amélie's Fashion

Her entire wardrobe is made by winter clothing - hoodies, long-sleeves, turtlenecks, sweaters... I also like putting her in pastel colors and soft/fun prints - something in her almost screams childlike, considering this cute, borderline cottagecore style. Inspo here!

Amélie's Playlist

Feet Don't Fail Me Now - Foxes

Paper Rings - Taylor Swift

People Watching - Conan Grey

Perfect Places - Lorde

prom dress - mxtoon

Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush

Sign Of The Times - Harry Styles

two queens in a king sized bed - girl in red

Washing Machine Heart - Mitski

Would You Be So Kind - dodie

link for playlist here!

"I know most of you think of me as some sort of child but... I still wanna be useful to you guys"