#Warrior Life

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Ruth St. Denis, ca. 1912 :: Ruth St. Denis in costume for dance created and performed at one performance only in honor of Dr. Anna Shaw at the McAlpin Hotel. [From the New York Public Library]

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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior's life.

— Telamon of Arcadia, mercenary of the fifth century B.C. A professional schools herself to stand apart from her performance, even as she gives herself to it heart and soul. The Bhagavad-Gita tells us we have a right only to our labor, not to the fruits of our labor. All the warrior can give is his life; all the athlete can do is leave everything on the field. The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her. Her artistic self contains many works and many performances. Already the next is percolating inside her. The next will be better, and the one after that better still.

The professional self-validates. She is tough-minded. In the face of indifference or adulation, she assesses her stuff coldly and objectively. Where it fell short, she'll improve it. Where it triumphed, she'll make it better still. She'll work harder. She'll be back tomorrow.

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

[via "alive on all channels"]

[wolfandwild]

Doing this as a tank will take years off your life, but hey! Now I have lightning shoulders.

[fogaminghub]

🎮 Get hyped, warriors! The Dynasty Warriors: Origins Demo drops on November 22, featuring the intense Battle of Sishui Gate! 🐉 Enjoy unlimited battle time, choose from four weapons, and customize your gameplay to face the fearsome Lu Bu! Plus, pre-orders open the same day with exclusive content from Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty! Don’t miss out! 📅⚔️ 

[needlepine]

Welcome to the world, Moonpaw and Moonpaw(?)

Revisiting my Moonpaw doodles from last year after reading The Elders' Quest!

[gentlemanmotorslifestyle]

[thewisestdino]

Bluestar and 43?

Like we never could before I'd fly to you tomorrow, I'm not fighting in this war I wanna drop my arms and take your arms And walk you to the shore

[remixingreality]

[tomlivingspace]

I know you.

[lucyllawless]

[undead-cypress]

Strohl and Hulkenberg are so funny to me as a duo. They're the exact same type of people - they NEED to pledge their life to a liege or they'll start ripping up your couch like an understimulated shepherd dog. However they go about it in polar opposite directions. (Early-game story spoilers ahead, mid-game gameplay spoilers) Hulkenberg had her life purpose taken away years back and comes to realize hyperfocusing probably isn't the optimal way to go about it, so she expands her horizons to do her duty better. Strohl had no will to live until joining the assassination plot, and then it fails so bad he resolves to hyperfocus so hard the classes he unlocks can only do one thing, critical slash damage really really well

Hulkenberg is the formal knightly one but she delights in mucking around and would rather fist fight people than think. But then she demolishes you in chess and teaches you tactics while Strohl, the familiar casual guy who's a lot more stategically minded is the one always sharpening a sword and implying if anything happened to you, seppuku may be on the table - Gallica this is so scary play encounter music - my courage has increased

It all clicked when I saw their third tier classes are paladin/dark knight and samurai. Ohhhh you guys are henchmen. You wanna be henchmen so bad. They're the exact same kinda guy but are completely baffled by everything the other guy does. They have everything in common and nothing in common. They both think they're the normal one of the group. They have completely different ideas about how to best do their jobs but they simply must beat the shit out of each other on the deck daily or else they might have to actually go to therapy. I need an early 2000s team up/roadtrip action movie with these two where Will is faking being kidnapped to draw out the bad guys but Gallica didn't tell Strohl and Hulkenberg because their bad acting would immediately give it away and they proceed to absolutely demolish the metaphorical furniture of the house of Euchronia looking for the world's most specialest lil' captain. Do you see my vision 🤌

[whitejays-galaxy]

Disaster trio doodles

These were very self-indulgent lol

Close-ups!

In my cat AU, Anakin grows up with kitten Ahsoka, so that's why the trio are all young like that together

After Qui Gon's death, Obi not only becomes Anakin's Master, but also his big brother figure, and then Ahsoka, who was Anakin's first friend in Dawnclan(Jedi temple) joins the small family(she's like the youngest sister in the group)

Ani and Soka love causing chaos and mayhem in their clan, and Obi does his best looking after them

See more of my Cat Au designs here :3

The Disaster lineage (Yoda, Dooku, Qui, Obi, Anakin, Ahsoka + lore)

Prequel villains (Sidious, Dooku, Maul, Vader + Lore)

Kit-Fisto

Plo-Koon and Ahsoka

Sifo Dyas and Dooku

Disaster trio(Obi, Ani, Soka) doodles

Smol comics(ft. Qui, Rael, Sifo, Dooku): pt 1

Aayla Secura and Quinlan Voss

Luke and Leia

DO NOT COPY ANY OF MY CAT DESIGNS

This is a PERSONAL AU and they mean so much to me

Last catpost for now 🐱

[mephitidae]

I was drawing Ashfur and then I started to explain some biology concepts to my partner in the same canvas and now Ashfur is distressed by mitosis

[aloneinthedark-eagle]

🦅 You don't belong in the place where you think "Will I be a burden?"

You don't belong where you feel like you have to restrict yourself.

You don't belong where you can't explain.

You don't belong where you are not understood.

You don't belong anywhere where you don't feel like yourself.

This is the reason for your exile and captivity 🦅

[beaudesoleil]

thinking.......

[bread-that-draws]

Flowey’s so funny and has me so fucked up like he’s a talking flower. He tries to kill you upon your first interaction. He is ten years old. He is damaged beyond repair. He’s a flower named Flowey. He’s become friends with every single character. He’s killed all of them countless times. He knows everything about everyone. He doesn’t care anymore. He takes care of his mom when she can’t take care of herself. He’s killed her before. He doesn’t care if you kill her. He thinks she’s trying to replace him. He just wants to be himself again. He wants to destroy everything. He hates you. You’re the only one who understands him. He wants his best friend back. He’s terrified of them. He believes in kill or be killed because he died by giving mercy to the wrong person. He believes himself to be the wrong person. He doesn’t understand when you show him that kindness he showed others, even when you know he could kill you for it. He’s tried every route. He asks you if you have anything better to do when you try to do the same. He’s a direct reflection of the player. He’s a fucking talking flower named flowey and his only voice line is by Ronald McDonald and his officially licensed plush does a little dance for you

[dreams-escape]

Life is complicated.

Meanwhile, me: