#counter earth

[freakedouthow]

do you guys think rocket not getting to see Counter Earth was a good thing or a bad thing? I'm kinda back and forth on it -- I feel like it could have been healing and hurtful in different ways

[spearhafoc]

Counter-Earth - The Witchbird.

A species of three-headed carrion fowl common to Ezkeel, the farthest moon of Clarion. The Witchbird, so-named because of its distinctive bony crests and head-plumage that superficially resemble stereotypical witch hats, flies above the barren, rocky terrain of its small world searching for carcasses to devour. The middle head holds the largest, dominant brain, while the other two have small, hind-brains. Their calls sound like women cackling. Despite the species' name, the Witchbird possesses no inherent magical properties.

Inspired by the common trope of the trio of witches, and also that weird, two-heated talking vulture from the Looney Tunes short Transylvania 6-5000.

[pulpsandcomics2]

Outlaw of Gor by John Norman (Ballantine, 1980) cover by Boris Vallejo

[shironezuninja]

Episodes 5 & 6 of Spider-Man Unlimited has been watched. Laundry Saturday had to take place on a rainy day, taking up my entire day. I might have to sleep until 11am.

[alphabetflight]

Brute! Not the wolf one. Or the Morlock.

Perry and Art talk about a Reed Richards that isn't on an alternate, just on Counter-Earth! #PodernFamily #Marvel #OHotMU #AtoZ #CounterEarth #HighEvolutionary #ReedRichards #FantasticFour #AdamWarlock

[nerds-yearbook]

The Heroes Reborn Saga (cover date January, 2000) began with the return of Doctor Doom to New York on Counter-Earth, which had been flooded and invaded by Atlateans. Chris Claremont and Mike McKone introduced in the issue Lancer (Samantha Dunbar) and Divinty. ("A World Untamed" Heroes Reborn: Doomsday 1#, Comic, Event)

[nishachor]

unReal earth

[agent-42]

It's a shame what happened to counter earth but I don't think residents of counter were intelligent enough to recreat there own avengers team.

Like wasn't high evolutionary upset that only one of his creations was surpass him in creating stuff.

Although counter earth having a counter avengers team with an iron mouse, hulk bunny, spider ham,croctor strange, chicken hawkeye, and black panther. Would be amusing.

Although I could see Nick furry, king pig, chicken hawkeye, deer devil, deathsquawk, punfisher, and the agents of s.h.e.e.p. existing on counter earth before blowing up.

[anonymous-witness777]

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[anghraine]

I know I've ranted about it a million times, but every time someone brings up Roman, Byzantine, and Egyptian inspirations/influences on Gondor in more mainstream Tolkien fandom spaces (not me, because I don't even talk about it off Tumblr/DW), it seems like there's always someone who gets super weird and defensive about it. I've seen so many "well actually there's no need to consider any influences outside of England, mythology for England blah blah" responses.

And it's like! Oh, you want to play the decontextualized Tolkien quotes game? How about this one:

“But this [the setting of LOTR] is not a purely 'Nordic' area in any sense. If Hobbiton and Rivendell are taken (as intended) to be at about the latitude of Oxford, then Minas Tirith, 600 miles south, is at about the latitude of Florence [in Italy]. The Mouths of Anduin and the ancient [Gondorian] city of Pelargir are at about the latitude of ancient Troy [in Turkey]. Auden has asserted that for me 'the North is a sacred direction.' That is not true. The North-west part of Europe, where I (and most of my ancestors) have lived, has my affection, as a man’s home should. I love its atmosphere, and know more of its histories and languages than I do of other parts; but it is not ��sacred’, nor does it exhaust my affections. I have, for instance, a particular love for the Latin language, and among its descendants for Spanish ... The progress of the tale ends in what is far more like the re-establishment of an effective Holy Roman Empire with its seat in Rome than anything that would be devised by a 'Nordic.'”

Or this one:

we come [in ROTK] to the half-ruinous Byzantine City of Minas Tirith

Or:

In the south Gondor rises to a peak of power, almost reflecting Númenor, and then fades slowly to decayed Middle Age, a kind of proud, venerable, but increasingly impotent Byzantium.

Or:

The Númenóreans of Gondor were proud, peculiar, and archaic, and I think are best pictured in (say) Egyptian terms. In many ways they resembled ‘Egyptians’ - the love of, and power to construct, the gigantic and massive. And in their great interest in ancestry and in tombs. […] I think the crown of Gondor (the S. Kingdom) was very tall, like that of Egypt, but with wings attached, not set straight back but at an angle. The N. Kingdom had only a diadem (III 323). Cf. the difference between the N. and S. kingdoms of Egypt.

Or:

Thank you very much for your letter. … It came while I was away, in Gondor (sc. Venice), as a change from the North Kingdom

Middle-earth is not equivalent to England, or northern Europe in general, and Gondor especially is not northern at all!

[masterrainb0w]

The Divine, The First Divine, Rigour

[canisalbus]

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[spearhafoc]

Counter-Earth - The Air Boar

Thought I'd do another Counter-Earth creature design. This one isn't based on any pop-culture thing in particular, other than the old "When pigs fly" phrase and a pun on the word "airborne."  

[pulpsandcomics2]

Beasts of Gor by John Norman (DAW, 1978)

[shironezuninja]

Watched Episodes 3 & 4 of Spider-Man Unlimited earlier in the night. The art is better than Spectacular. Sorry, Spec. WebHead fans.

[vidduality]

Me maxing out both the given and received boops counter