#Sword at Sunset

[agentbluefox]

“It is lonely never to have been loved, only devoured” -Rosemary Sutcliff, Sword at Sunset

[verecunda]

Four types of horse were identified [at Newstead/Trimontium], modern Exmoor and Shetland type forest ponies, Arab-like ponies possibly imported from Spain or North Africa, 'Siwalik' horses comparable to modern racehorses, and cross breeds. [....] Zooarchaeological research indicates that that Romans supplemented local supply with foreign imports and sought to improve local stock-breeding. [Footnote: There is a long established tradition of quality racehorses bred on the Tweed. Medieval documents indicate origins before 1200 AD [...] The presence of racehorses at Newstead prompts speculation as to the age of this tradition. Did the Selgovae (hunters) specialize in horse breeding for the chase and provide a potential source of recruitment for the Roman cavalry or did the Romans import racehorses to Newstead? [...] It has been estimated that the Roman army in Scotland required a minimum of five hundred and twenty mounts each year in the late first century AD.] - Roman and Native in the Central Scottish Borders - Allan Wilson

I just had Sword at Sunset flashbacks reading this. 😂 HORSES. HORSES EVERYWHERE.

[angrypotatoboba]

Having a reading slump, that is entirely my own fault because I decided to reread one of my favorite texts from my Arthurian literature course (Sword at Sunset - Such a good historical fiction account).

I have ~100 pages to go, and I know Arthur will die at the end, because he always dies at the end… but I hate it, so now I’m just avoiding books in general, like the gremlin I am (my mood really said this one or nothing about this book)…

[chubbiichii]

It's over, isn't it?

[gearbroth]

Didn't know what to draw so I doodled a lil bit of everything on my mind :D

[archerinventive]

"Every time you think you are broken, know this: you are never really breaking. No one can break an ocean, darling, all you are doing, is breaking the glass that is holding you back, diving deeper into your own depths, discovering yourself in pockets of the most somber waves, rebuilding your heart with coral, with seaweed, with moon coloured sand dust. So stop trying to hold yourself back inside that glass, it was never meant to hold you. Instead, break it, shatter it into a thousand pieces...and become who you were always meant to be, an ocean, proud and whole." -Nikita Gill

Wishing you all a lovely Sunday evening. 💙

[xmascritter]

I wanted to do something for Epithet Erased's 5 year anniversary, so have the rabbit knight, in all her glory!

[novelconcepts]

As gently and politely as I can put this: that post I made about outliving him is meant to be an anti-suicide affirmation. It is not meant to be a blinders-on assessment of reality, of the future boiling down to whether one man lives or dies. It is meant to reassure myself and everyone else that the horrors come, and the horrors go, that nothing is permanent, that hope persists with split knuckles and blood on its teeth. Things are rough. Things will likely get rougher. My eyes are open to that, but in the end, the first thing they want from us is to roll over, surrender, die. And I will not be granting that wish. I deserve to be here. You deserve to be here. We deserve to see the sun rise. And it will. I promise.

[zoeyhorse]

You're never gonna break this part of me

1 month after I said i'm going to try and draw more equestria girls, the prophecy has finally come true

[cali-kabi]

~ Happy Early Birthday Meta Knight ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶🎂🫐💫🌟

Happy birthday to the best blueberry ever and my favorite Kirby character as well <3🎂🌈🍰

[wizardlyghost]

[90sfantasyanimestuff]

Ys II PC Engine version

[bixels]

Did you ever finish Revolutionary Girl Utena? I wanna her your thoughts about it!

I recently did a rewatch with a lesbian BFF (her first time). I wish I could send pictures because I have an extremely hilarious set of selfies I took during the finale of her screaming her head off while I smile and flash a peace sign. That's gay + lesbian solidarity.

I really love it. Didn't really get it the first run-through, got it the second time (watching feels like playing a rogue-like in a way). I don't have much new to say that other sapphic writers haven't already talked about. It's at once a really dense piece of media that demands your attention and analysis and a really dumb anime that Ikuhara saw in a dream. The movie is absolutely gorgeous. SPOILERS: When Utena asks to see something eternal and Dios shows her Anthy. When Utena remembers she became a prince not to embody Dios but to save Anthy. When Utena opens the door and truly sees Anthy for the first time and utters through tears, "At least, we meet..." When we finally see that Anthy and Utena were secretly holding hands in the photo. Absolutely wrecks me every time.

Funnily enough, I have an unfinished Juri illustration collecting dust. I should finish that soon.

[sylviaritter]

Six of Swords

Card No. 56! 

Created with Krita and Blender Copyright © 2024 Sylvia Ritter.

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[rainbowsarah12]

Flying Skyward

Painted in Photoshop.

Heavily inspired by the art of Toni Infante which Patreon I recently joined. Can highly recommend, Great art classes^^

[thehumantoolchest]

Never mind that's it's 4:30 am, new historical legend art just dropped! I wanted to redesign historical legend's armor as the original was essentially a historical LU legend rather than my own and my silly little AU has morphed in my head into it's own distinct thing! I included a wide shot and a closeup version for better detail! This time her armor is inspired by central European armor of the 13th century, featuring still primarily maille armor as in earlier centuries yet now including some notable reinforcement from in the form of the coat of plates seen on her in red! The coat of plates is a fabric or leather (in this case leather) bodice with a bunch of small steel armor plates riveted to the inside. You'll commonly see this type of armor mistakenly coined "studded leather" in fantasy and games which is unfortunately a modern misinterpretation of period art depicting coats of plates/brigandine (a later development of the coat of plates) This armor style was very popular in the later high middle ages as the metalworking technology only allowed smiths to make relatively small plates, so overlapping them and riveting them to a soft shell gave great protection for the time. In the drawing you can see that the rivets are done in a decorative pattern which is also quite typical of the period, though of course here it's the Triforce of course! The rest of the outfit is taken both from my previous historical legend pieces as well as from the original game art from ALTTP and the silly genderswap fun from shonen captain. I didn't originally plan to draw a background for this piece but I was loving the drawing so much that I really wanted to make it pop with a fun split background with both Hyrule and the dark world! Thank to @musical-chan for the idea to use her lance as the split line and @aurora-boreas-borealis for help with the detail painting! help from y'all really helped make this one pop! Also the horse coloration is based on the intro to the oracle games where legend is seen riding a horse, but they need a name! please comment if you have ideas :)