#Lords of the Sea

[semper-legens]

21. Lords of the Sea, by Alan G Jamieson

Owned: No, library Page count: 221 My summary: The Barbary corsairs - pirates that sailed the Barbary Coast under the command of the Ottoman Empire. Not pirates of the Caribbean, but of the Mediterranean. This is their story, from their early roots to the decline of corsairing. My rating: 3/5 My commentary:

You getting sick of pirates yet? Because I'm not! While a lot of pop-cultural knowledge on pirates is based in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of piracy - specifically on the Buccaneers - other pirates are available, from other regions. The Barbary corsairs is the name for the pirates who operated in the Mediterranean, and they were just as prolific as the Buccaneers, and arguably more successful. The pirates in the story I want to write are based around Europe, so some knowledge of what was going on in a closer geographic region is definitely going to be helpful; and besides, I'm just interested in the corsairs. Like, I didn't fully know that calling them pirates is a sort of 'our-terrorists-are-your-freedom-fighters' kind of deal - most of them were more accurately privateers operating under the Ottoman Emperor. Europeans called them pirates, because that's what they were to European powers, but many were operating entirely legitimately and saw their actions as an act of war. Which is interesting! Unfortunately, this book is…not.

Look, I know I was getting in for this when I decided to read so many books about pirates, but a dull recounting of 'and then there was a sea battle, and then there was another sea battle, and then there was another sea battle' is not my idea of a good time. Honestly, though, if that was my only issue with this book I might have rated it higher, but there were a couple of things I just couldn't get past in the way it related the events. One, it kept pointing out when cities and such changed names (such as 'they went to Constantinople (modern Istanbul)') which is completely normal, but then they used the modern and older names interchangeably to the point where I gaslit myself about when they changed Constantinople's name. Why do this? There was also a lot of pointed emphasis on the corsairs who were Christian renegades (Christians who converted to Islam) as opposed to the corsairs who were originally Muslim, which I felt was pointed alongside the book's repeated emphasis on Muslim corsairs taking Christian slaves. Sure, anyone enslaving people is bad, but there was a whiff of 'well brown people enslaved white people so the Atlantic slave trade was fine actually' apologia about it. I don't necessarily think the author has those views, but it was uncomfortably reminiscent of that attitude to the point where it was noticeable.

Also, this book didn't even namecheck my girl the Sayyida al-Hurra. Zero stars.

Next…I succumb to my morbid special interests.

[dualityofexistence]

[cosmicwhoreo]

Twisted Reflections Was planning on using Copacabana Lyrics instead, but I thought this looked powerful on it's own. BUT~

[lilislegacy]

sometimes i forget that percy strangled a snake as a toddler…

just kidding! no i don’t because a teeny baby toddler having the raw strength to strangle a snake to death with his bare little hands is fucking insane actually. and i think about it almost every time i see a toddler

[om340700]

sigh... i saw him with a bow... orz

i wanna draw him in the full fit www... rena twilight

[kosemsultanim]

Alicent Hightower's Costumes in Season 1 of House of the Dragon requested by anonymous

[alicentrism]

#captain of team rhaenyra on the throne and alicent on her lap

[travelinglikethelight]

✨ A salute to black women in fantasy ✨

Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Queen Tar-Míriel — The Rings of Power 2.06 "Where is He?"

[jellyselkie]

Absent-Minded Master of R'lyeh Cthulhu Figure

[burningcheese-merchant]

Haven't shitposted like this in a while. Doing so again in honor of the GOAT

(this is the normal set, the PitayaFire-specific one will be posted separately because it's big lol)

[jennastokesart]

Sinbad ⚔️ A Court of Silver Flames

Finally, she is here! The full illustration in all its piratey glory. The more I think about the parallels between Sinbad & Marina and Nesta & Cassian the more art I want to make of this crossover. Someone said they also resemble Livia and Erik from The Ever King series which I’m glad they brought up. I was seeing them as well when drawing this and almost just switched to it being them instead.

I have already finished piece 2 of this series and y’all have already guessed correctly which characters and what movie I combined in the sneak peek👀👀👀 I have also already sketched out Feysand’s piece and the film I chose for them is unexpected but fits them perfectly in my opinion. 😩👌🏻

I am trying to find more duos to draw …. I’m thinking Rowan & Aelin but the film I’d choose for them I already chose for Feysand….hmmmm. There is much to brainstorm. If y’all have classic childhood film suggestions send me my way 🫶🏻

Actually…. What classic films and their main characters would y’all think Livia/Erik, Jude/Cardan, and Aelin/Rowan would resemble well? I can only think of Treasure Planet, Quest for Camelot, Atlantis, Anastasia….what other iconic underrated animated films are there???

[cookie-lore-keeper]

All the Canon or Implied Canon Relationships in Cookie Run

For some reason, you cookies really like your romantic relationships. It's fine, though. I'm the exact same way. But, to fill your shipping needs, here are all the confirmed/implied romantic relationships in Cookie Run!

Cocoa Cookie and Mint Choco Cookie, obviously. Both have crushes on each other but they're both too shy to act on it, despite every Cookie already knowing and shipping them (I see you Mont Blance and Latte trying to dress Cocoa up for her not date. I also see you, Sparkling Cookie, who also clearly ships them)

Lime Cookie has a massive crush on Orange Cookie and tries her best to get her attention and impress her. She also gets jealous when other cookies show interest in Orange Cookie, lol

Pure Vanilla Cookie literally stated that he loved White Lily Cookie and even said, "Do I still have feelings... for White Lily Cookie?" In his dream, so that's confirmed. We don't know whether White Lily Cookie likes him back, but given all the shit they do for each other, I'd say she does

Sea Fairy Cookie and Moonlight Cookie are in love, and Sea Fairy literally abandoned her role as an elemental so she could forever gaze at the moon

Despite not being officially confirmed, it is so VERY heavily implied that Shadow Milk Cookie has feelings beyond obsession for Pure Vanilla Cookie. He is ECSTATIC over the idea of Pure Vanilla Cookie saying that they are "meant to be" and when Pure Vanilla Cookie says that he'll stay by his side forever. For fuck's sake, the two literally FUSE their souljam. Honestly, some romances can't be described by simple words. Sometimes it's described through obsession, corruption, awakening, and hatred.

Knight Cookie has a crush on Princess Cookie and literally has a dream where she was going to ask him to marry her, but he woke up before it could finish

Blue Lily Cookie has a crush on Lilybell Cookie, and it's implied that Lilybell likes her back (no, they are not sisters. No, Lilybell Cookie isn't a child. She is an adult, but she is just small).

Milk Cookie has a celebrity crush in Dark Choco Cookie

In the comics, Adventurer Cookie and Blackberry Cookie are married

Lord Oyster and White Pearl Cookie both had crushes on each other before shit hit the fan

In the comics, Fire Spirit Cookie had a crush on Cocoa Cookie

I'm actually not sure about this one since wikis can be edited by anyone, but I'll still count it. It's implied that Shining Glitter Cookie and Black Lemonade Cookie have feelings for each other

Cotton Candy Cookie has a crush on Pink Choco Cookie

Cotton Candy Cookie has a crush on Chili Pepper Cookie (shown on relationships chart. Honestly, she has a crush on everyone)

Cotton Candy Cookie has a crush on Roguefort Cookie and Roguefort Cookie is attracted to her.

Raspberry Mousse Cookie has a massive crush on Rose Cookie. Though, he seems to not know what it is and thinks that it's a curse...

Royal Berry Cookie and Jungleberry Cookie are married (does anyone except Hollyberry even care about them?)

Espresso Cookie and Madeleine Cookie.... kinda. Okay, I'm not really sure. I'm leaning toward "maybe" bcuz devsiss advertises it a lot more than other ships, but also, that could just be bcuz it's popular. Espresso Cookie seems to be annoyed by Madeleine Cookie's antics, but Madeleine Cookie seems to want to impress Espresso Cookie and he does view him as a friend and despite their differences, they are seen a lot together. Is it canon? Idk, probably queer-baiting. But ik that someone was going to say smthn, so I put it here. Put its status as: "Idk, it could be 🤷‍♂️"

Linzer Cookie and Créme Brûlée Cookie are exes, and it's implied they still have lingering feelings torwards each other

If I forgot anything, please tell me!

[noire-ighaan]

Gortash Week Day 4

I chose 'Relax', because I wanted to draw a chill, summer time piece :3

[boymanmaletheshequel]

offerings for Poseidon

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Physical offerings:

• Aquamarine, • Coral, • Pearl, • Larimar, • Blue calcite, • Turquoise, • star sand, • sea salt, • pine needles, Delphinium blooms, • sea glass, • gull feathers, • driftwood, • sand dollars, • horse imagery, • dolphin imagery, • storm water, • chiton plates, • mussel shell, • conch shell, • nautilus shell, • coriander, • Myrrh, • Rosemary, • wild onion.

Devotional offerings:

• swimming in the sea or ocean

• visiting the sea or the beach

• donating to or supporting ocean and marine conservation programs

• visiting the aquarium

• learning about maritime history and the history of maritime warfare

• reading up on his mythology

• celebrating his relevant Greek holidays, such as Haloea and Poseidonia.

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[victarin]

i fucking love people here you guys see this dinnerplate-faced daycare animatronic and go "what if they were detectives" and you make all this amazing astounding art and writing and concepts and designs like yeah . sure . im going to be normal abt this and im not going to think about the incredible levels of creativity involved im not gointg to think about how much i love seeing beginner artists using the dca as a way to learn new skills in art and character design Im not going to think about how much joy is in all those AUs and how much artists and writers put aspects of whatever they enjoy in those stupid ass clowns to make these incredible inspired stories and artworks absolutely Brimming with love for what they created &how much i love seeing people in the community huddling around those AUs and hyping them up and making More Art from those yeah im normal. whatever