#barbarians rising

[sailors-in-the-night]

I wonder if what Agrippa says here in Domina (2021-2023) –"I should have been a Gladiator!"– is a reference and callback to...

Ben Batt's role as Spartacus in "Barbarians rising" (2016).

Either way, it's funny. 🤣 What's not that funny is that Agrippa seems to take lightly the life of a warrior slave? But oh well...

[itsmariemccurdy]

Is the Barbarians fandom still lurking on here? How about my Tom Hopper fans?? If so, boy have I got the treat for you!

I released my debut novel last month!

THE WOLF QUEEN

Germania Magna, 8 CE

Thusnelda, princess and warrior of the Cherusci, chafes under the Roman occupation of her ancestral Germanic lands. High taxes, subjugation, and barbaric punishments have cowered too many of her people.  Thusnelda will now defy her supposed Roman masters. When her long lost childhood love, Arminius, returns in a legionary uniform at the right hand of the Roman territorial governor, Thusnelda is disgusted by his betrayal. But beneath his polished Roman facade lies the soul of a warrior who never forgot his homeland. Together Thusnelda and Arminius light the spark of rebellion. Not everyone wants to see Rome ousted, though, and their biggest opponent may have the power to stop the rebellion before it starts. Thusnelda's father. Betrothed to the prince of another tribe, Thusnelda must resist Arminius' advances as she struggles to choose the cause of her people over the desires of her heart. If she makes the wrong choice, they risk having no army at all when they face off against three legions in the infamous, audacious Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

Linktr.ee/mariemccurdy for more info and buy links!

[cronennerd]

Mother’s Day Horror Movie Pairings (1/2)

Monster moms: The Brood (1979) / Aliens (1986)

Bringing up (adult) baby: The Baby (1973) / Barbarian (2022)

You can’t tell me what to do, Mom!: Splice (2009) / Hatching (2022)

Moms on the edge: Serial Mom (1994) / The Babadook (2014)

That’s not my mommy: Coraline (2009) / Evil Dead Rise (2023)

[ungodlysaltyinfrastructure]

What up gang 😎

Nothing heartbreaking here. Nuh uh. No sir-ey! Just a nice happy family 👍

(Yall getting a double whammy of an alt version of the first one)

Ok, time for incoherent ramblings.

Since AR 14 I've been thinking alot about Alux's parents. More in the sense of, what the fuck is going on with Alux's mom

The circumstances of Alux's mother's death are extremely suspicious.

She was

Murdered

It was IN FRONT OF ALUX

It seemed like it was an ambush of some kind.

There seems to be no clear reason

Why she died is ambiguous. Was it a planned attack? Or did Alux and his mother get tangled in the crossfire of a battle that didn't originally involve them?

If it was planned, why only go for Alux's mom????? Did they kill his mom, and then not realize he was just standing there??????

Or maybe during the attack Alux hid? And the following shots of his dead mom we see from his perspective is the aftermath of everything, and it had died down?

If this attack was purely meant for his mom, why?

If the QUEEN OF COZEN had DIED, what would the other kingdoms say?

What the hell did Hamatria say??????

Could the queen's death be, if not THE, then one of the inciting incidents that lead to the rising tensions between Hamatria and Cozen?

Mind you, all of this shit would have been like, 15 years ago. Maybe 20 if Alux is a bit older. So like. Wtf was going in back then.

Now, there is one thing. And it's that, how do magic users come to be? Is it genetic? Or can it be manually learned? With Alux, it may be genetic. (Mother fucker took one sip of pink and then BUSTed green crystals all over the place, he did NOT learn that manually) And if so, it would be from his mom. (Elric fucking died by a stab wound and Alux seems to have super healing abilities. Either Elric is not a magic user, or he is not the father.)

Either way, it seemed like Alux's mom had the Magic Gene™️

in a kingdom that's racist to Magic users.

…

Maybe Elric didn't hate magic users as much as Alux would put it.

Maybe he was just weary of Alux discovering his magic abilities in a kingdom that would probably lynch you if you were a magic user.

Maybe Elric didn't really like Petro, not because he was gay- *cough* sorry, a magic user, but that he was teaching his son about magic when his son has magical powers.

Not gonna lie, if I had lost my wife for being a magic user, and now my son was most likely one, and he was set to become king of a kingdom that *has the reputation of not liking magic users* when I died, I would be scared shitless for him.

That actually brings me to a question, did Elric start this whole “Magic user bad” thing in Cozen, or was it already within its culture and he just had to abide by it so he wouldn't get overthrown? Eh. Either way,

Whether or not it was a consequence of Elrics actions, Alux would definitely not have been prepared for being king, (That's kind why he's going on this self discovery adventure) so like…

Maybe… At least we have a motive for Elric's action of keeping Alux sheltered and inside the Castel? Granted, if Elric started the whole Magic racism thing then it's his own fault his son is not ready, but 🤷

That actually brings me to this.

Did Elric ever feel guilt for not being there for his family when they were in danger? Did he ever feel empathy for Alux or regret in his decision to keep him inside? Did he feel shame for not taking better care of his son? Did he sometimes feel like he did everything wrong but can't go back?

Did he ever feel alone after his wife died?

I'm actually kind of sad that Elric died so early on. A Lot could have been done with him. But maybe we'll see that in flashbacks. But that does leave room for speculation that could *in canon* be left up to the viewer to interpret so :DDDDDDDDDDDD I'm gonna rewrite Elric!1!!1!! Or maybe, add onto his character that wouldn't be shown within the series. Yippee🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[nyaskitten]

GUYS! LEGO JUST CALLED ME!! THEY TOLD ME THE NEW DJINN'S NAME!! HIS NAME IS "AHMAD OMAR ABDUL HUMMUS SHAWARMA FALAFEL MOHAMMED YUSUF AL BAQARAH ALIF LAAM MEEM BIN LADEN" !!!!!!!

[fancyfliers-fr]

The barbarian drinking at the bar seems pretty Goth... as in, Visigoth. He also won't stop asking the bard to play black metal, but that seems unrelated.

Like the art? It (and the dragon that comes with it) will be up for sale soon at the Carrefour Inn!

Want to see more? Follow me on Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, and Bluesky at @artbysconnor!

[bionicminifig]

WYLDFYRE CONSTRACTION FIGURE!

[somewhatsentientspellbook]

THAT WAS WHY??? "I'LL BE A HERO FOR THEM???" OH NOOOO

[h-z145]

Veronica: You know you love me ;)

Ryan: No i fuckin dont.

Veronica: Your bf is cheating on you anyways so like-

Ryan:

Ryan:...You better fuckin' start talkin', who is my bf with rn.

[theangrycomet-art]

Pip "Pipqueak" Urashima

Mute musical composer and the eldest nibling of Boss Bruce of the Master of Barbarianism.

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ROTTMNT just drops off these fantastic design for one off characters and I'm just supposed to be normal about it?

Look at this man!

COMMISSIONS OPEN

[sabrerine911]

Gnarly Hunter Fellow meets Big Buff Hunter Lady from another realm WIP (MHR) Planning to color this later...

So today I finally started playing Monster Hunter Rise AND IM LOVING IT! Been having so much fun with the dual blades in this one! (cant wait to make my other 2 hunters as well at some point) You have no idea how much will I had to muster to stop playing so I can start sketching this dumb thing up XD I feel like my Hunter Beth would really vibe with goofy ass Master Utsushi, so I felt like sketching this XD

Tbh Im only bummed out that Beth's look is gated to the Endgame of Sunbreak since both the buff body and the seething Bagel armor are at those higher MRs, but oh well, I'll get there, in my art Ill already draw her with the look XD

[jadetheblueartist]

@nyaboshi this took me too long hahaha I’ve been wanting to draw this since I first saw Kaida

The left is my Big Mama’s Assistant character, Frida, and the right is @nyaboshi ‘s rottmnt oc, Kaida ^^

I imagined that the Masters of Barbarianism would have to have some meetings with Big Mama abut Hidden City stuff or something at some point. These guys would be around the same age and I think they’re both pretty similar. Two Hidden City girls who are both kind of out of place in their homes and were essentially adopted by some powerful yokai.

I hope you like her :)

[revolutionaryjackelving]

NOTES on Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

I saw Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (should really be “Kingdom of the Apes” but whatever) and I surprisingly liked it a lot. I also found a lot of reviews of the film missing the mark of the film. So I’m going to explore it a bit here. SPOILERS. So about Planet of the Apes… Short answer, I’ve never been a fan of the franchise and the reason has everything to do with prejudice. I just don’t…

[fated-mates]

There are no wallflowers in space!

Voyage back to 2019 when we first investigated SPACE ROMANCE.

[abyssgrant]

Group Commission for Rise of Tiamat illustration

2023

[fancyfliers-fr]

The proud barbarian flashes her axe, her wide grin showing jagged teeth. "Now then!" she shouts, her voice booming like a blacksmiths hammer, "Who's next?"

Like the art? It (and the dragon that comes with it) will be up for sale soon at the Carrefour Inn!

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