#byzantine generals

[sunsetagain]

this xover headcanon in which Astarion as a Traci model in Eden Club crashed into my mind tonight so this rough photomerge happened in a rush.

Model AA200 (Astarion Ancunin 200 yo (i know he's older than that but most android models count as hundreds)) AKA Trastarion.

then i couldn't resist photomerging my babe 59 again :D

[the-puffinry]

bird details from the incredible Byzantine Wall Mosaic in the Rotunda of St. George, Thessaloniki. photo source links in the pictures for the ones from twitter, the others by Helen Miles

[dimsilver]

rings of power season 2 has a lot of problems but the numenor costumes are not one of them!!!!!!

[nothinggathers]

My birthday present to myself arrived! Now I just need to frame them. The quality of them is absolutely stunning, honestly, both the artwork (obviously) and the quality of the printing.

@sunsetagain has an Inprnt shop if you want to go and grab yourself something gorgeous!

[vigilskeep]

I do always love consulting fantasynamegenerators.com for inspiration, and they have a whole generator for specifically Dragon Age races, including dwarves, if you're still looking!

https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/dragonage-dwarf-names.php

bold of u to assume i do not have at least one fantasynamegenerators tab open at all times

[xxswagcorexx]

LOOKING at your post about gods!swagdoons and their religions becoming intervowen omg thats such a cool concept!! do you have any more thoughts on made up mythology by chance pointrightpointleft

omg....i do!

gonna focus on their cults for a second but id think they'd meet up because of trading and whatnot ^_^ since yk. swagdoons and business partners and whatnot but id imagine their cults would have a lot of things about economics (red's moreso, ash's would just use money as a status symbol/sign of power)! so uh. insert coin tossing and riches rituals here. and also insert ash's cult using money as a sign of loyalty here bc its like, giving up your ego to someone. yeag .

but yeah! some misc things is that i think their cults would be Well Known but they have funky variations depending on which region you go to >_< sorta like how there's Flavors of swagdoons depending on which series you base them off of! also they'd have the craziest and sickest parties i just Know it . dionysian parties type beat fr!

[byzantine-suggestions]

just saw someone on twitter call Belisarius “underrated,” as if there aren’t 700 books and plays that are like “this is Belisarius, the greatest man ever to exist, the Cincinnatus of late antiquity, the world’s best and most handsome general, the only true Roman after the collapse of the west,,, also he conveniently shares all of my obscure political and religious views,, and he was good at sex too”

[sherdnerd]

I love that with a couple asterisks, you can say "Vikings VS. Romans with flamethrowers" is a historical matchup that actually happened

[diamondnokouzai]

this could not be further from court eunuch behavior. i dont think you guys actually read Chinese Eunuchs: Structure of Intimate Politics (tatsuki mitamura) or Inside the World of the Eunuch: A Social History of the Emperor’s Servants in Qing China (melissa s dale)

[sunsetagain]

wip of DBH comic: Byzantine Generals  

→ Finished comic here ←

this is the second time i drew Gavin since 2018 😂

[fixmypc24ex]

Thankfully the Byzantine Generals Problem has been solved but there are other mathematical mysteries that still baffle us with their complexity and beauty...

https://river.com/learn/what-is-the-byzantine-generals-problem/

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/mathematical-mysteries-10-famous-problems-that-still-baffle-us/ss-AA1qdYFu

[theaustinstollhaus]

Byzantine history be like:

In 874 Emperor Kostalogous IV ascended to the throne after blinding sixteen nephews, and married his wife, Theodora.

However, he soon ran afoul of the Patriarch of Constantinople, Theopelagionikus, and his wife Theodora.

In 895 he was deposed by his general, Justiniapelomaxorianous II, and his wife Theodora.

This created nine new church schisms.

[artist-ellen]

The Wedding of Rhaenyra and Daemon

I need all the love for this one because I super-focused on it for over half a day without pause. What sleep schedule? I had the unstoppable urge to draw these two menaces. If you want me to make more things like this the endorphin rush of positive feedback will need to be stellar XD. Second bird with this stone is that I actually drew an unprompted man for the HotD series. Can’t be getting too predictable with only pretty ladies.

For this redesign I wanted to reference and build off of Rhaenyra's Heir outfit. So while it's not exactly the same they should feel like they are pulling more from the "ancient Valyerian" (Byzantine-esque) fashion than the styles that Alicent is currently wearing in court. Extra points if you an spot the references to Empress Theodora (again + her Emperor). Oh and because I make the rules in these redesigns: Corlys is Black and Rhaenyra isn't Hollywood sized. I can pull from the books and the show as I please! So I wanted to include her long single plait (styled after a previous Queen) and her generous curves in these post-time jump illustrations.

I am the artist! Do not post without permission & credit! Thank you! Come visit me over on: instagram, tiktok or check out my coloring book available now \ („• ֊ •„) /

https://linktr.ee/ellen.artistic

[kneebie]

Listen I'm not saying that blocking all democratic ways of expressing one's interests has a tendency to backfire, but what i *do* know is that my love of the byzantine empire has taught me a couple things

1. Murder actually get a lot done when you get right down to it, and despite having a long-ass history, they only ever had a prime ruling family for like, three generations, tops, because again. Murder solves a lot of problems

And 2. The rich generally have to give a damn about the community they're in because if they don't, the community sees them as siphons of prosperity and murders them when they return nothing