#because French
Explore tagged Tumblr posts
Text
What's up with the wolves?
This post made me want to talk about Duo and how he was initially conceived as Gundam Wing's protagonist, but instead of derailing OP’s post with my ramblings, I thought it better to make them a separate post.
We all know this shot of Duo in the first opening, and like many others I, too, have wondered why on Earth the American street urchin character would be sporting heraldic wolves on his jacket as though he’s European nobility.
They never show up in the series proper, just the opening. And there is absolutely nothing about Duo that could remotely relate him to nobility. He's pretty much the furthest thing from it.
...unless we count Deathscythe H's design, which does sport a strong romantic death theme. But that's about as European as Duo gets.
So what if this is the creators being cheeky and including it as a nod to his initial protagonist status before it was given to Heero? Because if Duo was the protagonist, that would mean he would have been Relena's foil, who is of royal blood. And then we would have had the same juxtaposition as this:
Oh, look, another orphan wearing fancy clothing.
But back to Duo. The precise term for what Duo has emblazoned on his jacket is a wolf rampant. Well, two actually. Would that make them combatant..?
When they're mirrored like that, you expect them to hold a shield. Like these two unicorns here:
Do you recognize it? It's Romefeller's crest. Romefeller has two white unicorns rampant on a red background while the guy who fights them gets two golden wolves rampant on a black background.
Wait a minute. White, red, gold, black?
Really?
Someone must have had a field trip with the designs.
Back to the wolves. According to Wikiwand, wolves in heraldry "typically symbolised the rewards of perseverance in long sieges or hard industry." A long siege is definitely what the colonists were going through. Doubly so regarding Duo's crappy childhood.
So is Duo really connected to wolves?
Well, here's a fun fact.
The wolf (French: loup) is often used for canting (meaning heraldic bearings that represent the bearer's name in a visual pun or rebus) by families whose names feature some variant of the word 'lou/wolf'. Examples include Videlou, de Lou, Lupus, Wolferston, Wolseley, Lovett, Lowe, Lovell, Lupton or Wolfe.
Lowe. As in, Odin Lowe. This dude:
Heero got cheated out of fancy wolf crests.
And here you have it. Before Heero stole Deathscythe's parts for Wing, Duo had gotten Heero's wolf crest. Then again, they would have been wasted on Heero's green tank top anyway, so good for Duo.
#gundam wing#duo maxwell#relena peacecraft#heero yuy#odin lowe#what dots did I even connect here#this is all so weird#I'd love to ask Ikeda or one of the others about this stuff#Duo as the protagonist will never not be an interesting concept to me#he is the most static character in the series#side note#'gold' and 'white (actually silver)' are called 'or' and 'argent' respectively#because French#but this is confusing in English#the full description for the wolves is apparently#wolf rampant or armed or on a field sable#which means 'golden wolf rearing on its hind legs with all limbs outstretched and claws visible on a black background'#or (the English or)#wolves combatant or armed or on a field sable#meaning 'two golden wolves rearing on their hind legs with all limbs outstretched facing each other and claws visible on a black background#depending on whether you view the wolves separate or as a couple#though they should be separate because they're inside different shields
60 notes
·
View notes
Text
drew some totally normal sadnesses
blank bg and individuals below the cut
edit: i posted some of my thoughts that went into these designs! if youd like to read you can find it in the reblogs
#in stars and time#isat#isat spoilers#isat fanart#isat siffrin#isat mirabelle#isat isabeau#isat odile#isat bonnie#isat loop#cw body horror#< just in case#aves art#two hats spoilers#im sorry if the names are awkward i dont speak french.....#might make a companion post to this detailing my thought process#because boy did i think#yes i know about mdp i love mdp . but i wanted to draw goopy freaks more in line with other sadness designs#this is like character analysis in the form of creature design
4K notes
·
View notes
Text
Every day we inch closer to finding out what the hell the German dub of the Mighty Nein cartoon is going to do about Caleb.
#critical role#the mighty nein#they’ve excitedly stated that Caleb is going to be speaking more German in the series#because they’ll have time to script it and Liam can practice his phrasing#but the point of it is that Caleb is a character primarily speaking his second language#and his first language is one the other characters don’t understand#so. what does the dub do?#is he French? Swedish?
3K notes
·
View notes
Text
He's doing hand talk :'D Cute and Sad.
#transformers one#b 127#bumblebee#digital art#megatron#optimus prime#elita one#Hand talk#because this ain't asl#Idk asl#I know french asl#the basics#barely nothing at all#and apparently fsl and asl are super similar but still#Anyway#I MADE IT UP#the signs in this#cuz it was FUN#having Bee decide what gestures fit his friends#there aren't enough fics about bee using hand talk#art#it's sad but cute#Imma draw a lot for this fic#A Bee's Last Sound#I'm tagging it because theres gonna be a LOT#maccadam#transformers one fanfiction#mute bumblebee
3K notes
·
View notes
Text
history is doomed to repeat itself
#my art#qsmp#qsmp pomme#badboyhalo#if i had a nickel for every time foolish was killed in his own home because a weapon turned out to be a lot stronger than they thought whil#on a limited life system i would have 2 nickels but its weird it happened twice#the french sniper lives on#trsmp
1K notes
·
View notes
Text
#10 second untagged shitposts will get 100k but the moment im pround of something no one gives a shit!! i dont suck that much at it!!#and i hate pointing it out because im not entitled to notes no one owes me anything#but man it sucks the life out of me every single time#i admit the last one i posted is kinda niche and messy but this happens with my better fanarts made of popular media too#my one drawing to get above 100 notes is a little kark@t doodle#for a while i refused to draw because i wanted aknowledgement for it. dont be like me kids. draw for the drawer#and also draw for your roommate whose eyes nearly pop out of their skull over the mildest body horror#augh i was so pround of the body horror one too but i had to delete that from here due to the 5 whole notes it got#my french teacher said it looked cool though so whose winning
6K notes
·
View notes
Note
i love your riddle design so much, he's so pointy and british. so gracious. do you think he would enjoy a brazilian goiabada
thank you! ❤️🖤❤️ it's just. important to me on a level I can't explain that Riddle have an extremely pointy nose that he can stick into everyone else's business.
also goiabada is sweet and fruity and red, I think he would like it very much indeed!
not me stealth-editing because I forgot his antenna whoops
#art#twisted wonderland#me: riddle's nose is important to me (draws him without a nose)#a study in contrasts?#regardless it is my power as a fanartist to let riddle eat sweets and by god i'm going to use it#i also love british riddle. briddle. it's just RIGHT.#i think about how someday the anime will come out and get dubbed and riddle is going to have Generic Anime Boy Voice#instead of the most over-the-top prim little benedict cumberbatch accent like he does in my HEART#and the world shall be poorer for it. alas.#i also think it would be VERY funny if malleus had a super exaggerated french accent because something something french fairytale#i am probably alone in this however#(sorry still trying to catch up on everything!)#(all of my focus has been going towards Deadlines so hopefully i will have space to think...eventually :')#(i still have some main story things cookin' and i JUST finished tsumsted 3: the squeakquel so uhhh)#(there may be a bit of a flood at some point. you've been warned.)
3K notes
·
View notes
Text
On a scale from completely cutting them out of your life and moving to the other end of the galaxy (Julian) to subconsciously metamorphosing into a murderous goo creature and attacking them on sight (Odo), how well do you deal with your garbage-tier parental figure?
#someone send help#the bois are Suffering#the worst part about BOTH of these parental figures is their so sure they did *such* a good job#shouldn’t their kids be so grateful??#and their feature episodes are All About their kids having to go to WILD lengths to get them to listen#French trek#Star Trek#Odo#Julian Bashir#I���m putting Julian on the small side of the scale because he has yet to actively attempt to stab his parents#poor Odo’s grievances got aired due to Evil Gas and therefore were much more extreme#ds9#is there anything more awful than a parent excited to see you when you are just *filled* with dread at the sight of them
550 notes
·
View notes
Text
“On ira danser sur les toits” - Nuit Incolore
⚠️DO NOT REPOST⚠️
Print :
#this song inspired me marichat#a good excuse to draw my babies#miraculous ladybug#miraculous#ladybug#chat noir#cat noir#marichat#ml marinette#marinette dupain cheng#art#drawing#illustration#illo#digital art#fanart#clip studio paint#tumblr gets dibs this time because I still have to edit the reel for ig#nuit incolore#song#French music
704 notes
·
View notes
Text
Save me french yuri... Save me
#genshin impact#arledrone#sandrone#arlecchino#haha remember when we all thought that sandrone and arlecchino would both show up in fontaine and be gay together?#good times.... good times#jk i'm ready to end it all actually#I KNOW WE HAVE LIKE ONE LAST MAJOR FRENCH PATCH BEFORE NATLAN BUT IVE JUST ABOUT LOST ALL HOPE#the way that literally every wlw arle pairing got fed so well following arle's drip marketing EXCEPT for arledrn... hate it here so bad#anyways shipping aside HOW is it possible that the frenchiest of french harbingers with heavy ties to machinery#and like two major world quests tied to specifically to her lore and is even MENTIONED of being present in fontaine#also being one of the first harbingers ever mentioned dating back all the way to the description of chode's teaser trailer#just???? doesnt show up??????#Sandy enjoyers are stronger than any us marine because my GOD are we struggling out here#anyways ignore the fact that I completely forgot to draw sandy's wind up key it was hard drawing through the tears#(actually it was cause i half-assed this doodle but we dont talk about that)
2K notes
·
View notes
Text
the dynamic names in critical role are so good and funny
for beau and caleb you have the empire siblings because they are both children of the empire who seek to right the wrongs of the place they were born and the systems they were placed into and who have become found siblings after struggling to understand each other for so long
for beau and fjord it is brjeaus because they are bros™️ and their names are spelt stupidly
#critical role#the mighty nein#m9#cr2#beauregard lionett#caleb widogast#fjord stone#empire siblings#brjeaus#(i know beau is spelt like that because it is french)#(but as a native french speaker this language is stupid as hell
900 notes
·
View notes
Text
My Baudelaire presentation + essay are finally submitted! I’m basically done with this evening diploma in French and honestly… it’s a relief. Consistency really pays off, even when the end doesn’t seem in sight ⭐️
#I still don’t know how I found the time to attend courses from 3 different universities 👁️👁️ While working 💀#And you know what? Mid breakdown last year I vowed to never commit to evening courses again because they’re just sooo fatigant#And STILL when I submitted my work I went through the catalogue of other languages this uni offers 🥴 2 year German course next semester? 👀#studyblr#light academia#studyspo#dark academia#Cottagecore#langblr#cozycore#French langblr
1K notes
·
View notes
Text
The hand, the owl and the castle - Malevolent Part 47
#fanart#malevolent podcast#arthur lester#malevolent#crossposted on twitter as piratesleeves#yes the colour palette is the french flag because WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE'RE FRENCH NOW#its the one part of the episode i can't get over
452 notes
·
View notes
Text
American jews 🤝 Israeli jews
"holy shit, I'm so scared for you in your country - it isn't as bad for me in mine!"
#jumblr#jewish politics#antisemitism tw#personal thoughts tag#help why are they/we like this!!!#specifying american vs israeli because i am american and interact with a lot of israelis if i'm interacting with people online or whatever#also. i'm scared for french jews - i don't know many personally but france is........ absolutely infuriating#if the french government said they are investing €55B to space programs to find the Jewish Space Lasers I wouldn't be shocked#i would be more shocked that they haven't already tried to find those mythical space lasers before
651 notes
·
View notes
Text
I want a Leverage episode where the whole con is based around a lockpicking competition. And because Parker needs to actually be there picking the locks and cracking the safes, she cannot be the person playing the lockpick/safecracker. And that is the whole premise.
#leverage#i mean obviously there'd be more#probably a whole security convention#and eliot keeps having to duck guys who will kill him#breanna/hardison are constantly dodging headhunters because they can't help being geniuses#sophie has to switch characters every three minutes because there's someone she conned who thinks she's a Russian mobster#French politician or Spanish princessa
549 notes
·
View notes
Text
since comic!hobie killed the u.s. president, do u think atsv!hobie killed the queen
#asking important questions#ofc we could consider that perhaps he killed the prime minister because he hates the PM#hobie decapitating the prezzy with his guitar was sooo punk rock but holy shit decapitating the queen would be sick as hell#<- french revolution thinking right here#hobie brown#spider punk#spider man#spiderman comics#across the spiderverse#atsv#into the spider verse#itsv#sony spiderverse#spiderverse
7K notes
·
View notes