#creature roland

[illustratus]

Roland Furieux (Orlando Furioso) by Gustave Doré

[knoxise]

there are many things wrong with these men (i havent played library of ruina)

[trainingdummyrabbit]

rrarauhh these have been in my sketchbook for Literally Months; iwas gonna clean em up but if i donot post them as is they willnot be posted so ^_^ woe. funy realization designs be upon ye.

ecstasy, mimicry, and moonlight angies respectively; ft. roland cameo on the right. because Two Of Them :]

[melanorhynchus-side]

THIS GUY [italian greyhound + whatever the fuck his distortion has going on]

[brokehorrorfan]

Godzilla (1998) will be released on Steelbook 4K Ultra HD (with Blu-ray and Digital) on on October 24 via Sony. America’s first take on the iconic 1954 Japanese monster movie is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Roland Emmerich (Independence Day) directs and co-wrote the script with Dean Devlin (Independence Day). Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner, and Harry Shearer star.

Godzilla is presented in 4K with Dolby Vision/HDR and Dolby Atmos Audio. Special features are listed below.

Disc 1 - 4K UHD:

Theatrical trailers

Disc 2- Blu-ray:

Audio commentary by visual effects supervisor Volker Engel and associate visual effects supervisor Karen Goulekas

Behind the scenes of Godzilla with Charles Caiman

All-Time Best-of Godzilla Fight Scenes

“Heroes” music video by The Wallflowers

Following French atomic bomb tests in the South Pacific, an unknown creature is spotted passing through the Panama Canal. Scientist Niko Tatopolous is called in to investigate the matter, and he quickly arrives at the conclusion that a giant, irradiated lizard has been created by the explosions. Godzilla then makes its way north, landing in Manhattan to begin wreaking havoc in the big city.

Pre-order Godzilla.

[rolandrockover]

Your Glasses Are My Life

It's My Life (1) was recorded in the studio during the Psycho Circus Sessions in 1998, and I think that alone seems pretty remarkable.

It may not have made the final cut onto the released album (2), and it's fair to say that this is also true of a number of other tracks from those sessions, but in this one case, I think It's My Life is quite a special one.

If you listen to Paul about the production process of Psycho Circus, he was in full Lone Ranger mode fighting the combined dark forces, Gene & Bruce Fairbairn, whose alliance goal must have been to prevent a balanced, proper Kiss album from being recorded, only to stuff it from front to back with songs in the style of Within, and probably even It's My Life.

This unequal power structure would at least explain the existence of a studio recording of it.

But noble Paul had also quietly developed a secret weapon in his mission to prevent this impending disaster once and for all: Raise Your Glasses. A song that Paul, together with the great Holly Knight, developed from his previous contribution to what would later mutate into evil It's My Life, and whose guitar work doesn't even bother to hide itself, and the chorus and chords almost shamelessly reveal its origins.

I assume that Paul must have presented Raise Your Glasses after It's My Life was already in the can, because why else would a producer have two songs recorded that have such a big overlap. Just to figure out which one to use afterwards?

If they had agreed to rearrange the chords at least a little, it would have fit in perfectly, almost conceptually, on Psycho Circus, just as its title track and Journey of 1000 Years did with that melodic theme from Music from The Elder (1981). The album is packed with The Elder references anyway and nobody seemed to have much of a problem with that, mysteriously enough.

Be that as it may, the Lone Ranger has succeeded in his noble cause, put evil in its place, and single-handedly robbed Psycho Circus in all likelihood of its much-needed hit that could have been It's My Life.

But there we have it, the most likely reason why It's My Life didn't make it onto the album, and it's a shame, because I've really started to love Raise Your Glasses over the last few months.

Side Note:

(1) Originally a song started by Paul and finished by Gene from around Creatures of the Night time (1982), which for whatever reason didn't make it onto the album back then either, and eventually ended up on Wendy O. Williams' Gene-produced solo debut W.O.W. (1984), hopefully putting a few cents in Gene's pocket.

(2) Nevertheless, it was officially released on the 2003 box set.

To get the full experience, I recommend listening to It's My Life in its entirety and then simply listening to Raise Your Glasses:

It's My Life (1998)

Raise Your Glasses (1998)

[warlordfelwinter]

under the pyramids

[brokethedrawer]

I shared this on twt earlier today but since WHO EVEN KNOWS what's going on with that platform, I'm posting my silliness here too.

Ahem...

With apologies to the poet William Carlos Williams....Roland's necc inspired me:

I have bitten the neck that was on the roland and which you were probably craving for yourself Forgive me he was delicious so sweet and so warm

[fluffypotatey]

Nathan: One would think that as squires of the Round Table, we would have some degree of professionalism, but this morning it took an hour for everyone to get their assignments because there was a spider in the room.

Dagonet: You cried.

Nathan: IT HAD LONG LEGS OKAY

Andred: *traumatized* and it jumped

Lucan: thanks, you now and I was doing so well forgetting everything about it

Beddy to Andred: didn't you live in the woods?

Dagonet, always protective of his bestie: didn't you use Roland as a tree?

Feirefiz, just wanting to stir the pot further: didn't you wave your sword around like a fool to kill it?

[roseshavethoughts]

Godzilla (1998): A Monster of Missed Opportunities

Synopsis- A giant, mutated lizard goes on a rampage across New York City after attacking a freighter in the Pacific. The disastrous event brings together a team of unlikely heroes who must save the day. Director- Roland Emmerich Cast- Matthew Broderick, Maria Pitillo, Jean Reno, Hank Azaria Genre- Action | Science Fiction Released – 1998 ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 2.5 out of 5. A modest roar rather than…

[illustratus]

Roland's Descent (L'Épine's The Legend of Croquemitaine) by Gustave Doré

“The earth shook & gaped at Roland’s feet. He felt himself launched into space .. He heard around him the flapping of wings; it was a troop of afreets & djins.”

[comfortless]

MASTERLIST

image credit: Paula Mela, Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl (1898)

all stories depict a female + afab reader.

may contain content such as: horror (light), violence & gore, sexually explicit themes, etc. please heed all content warnings before reading. MDNI.

SERIES:

𓇗 Only Other ; historical au. Gothic soldier! König x Roman! reader.

One -> Two -> Three

SHORT STORIES:

𓇗 In Our Angelhood ; 10k words.

𓇗 A Place For Us

Frankenstein’s creature! König x horologist! reader. 10.6k words.

𓇗 In the Arms of Flowers

priest! König x prostitute! reader. 11k words.

𓇗 All That You Don’t Want

witch! reader x apprentice! König. 7.7k words.

Roach Head

slight role reversal, necromancer! reader x lich! König. 6.7k words.

𓇗 This Time Around

soft! König + house sprite! reader. 8.5k words.

𓇗 Deep Water

nix! König. 4k words.

𓇗 Hades! König & Persephone! Reader ; 4k words.

𓇗 Pygmalion! König & Galatea! Reader ; 4k words.

𓇗 Bull Hybrid! König ; 11.5k

+ unlisted works can be found in my König x reader tag!

CONCEPTS:

◌༘͙ lighthouse keeper! König & harpy! reader

MISCELLANEOUS WORKS:

𓇗 Spin Cycle ; Roland “Swagger” Kaminski x mercenary! reader. 3k words.

[trainingdummyrabbit]

shuffles up 2 the mic. anyway. magical girl quartet iterations of angela but instead of the obligatory magicalgirl dresses she gets various princely outfits.

[kidcataldo]

Strange Magic sequel idea/concept that will never happen (bc the original movie didn’t do so hot and also i do not work in hollywood)

small warning, this is like the entire summary written out

The Bog King and Marianne marry and combine their two kingdoms. Goblins and Fairies now live together, but there’s still a lot of tension between them. The only thing preventing them from clashing is their loyalty to their respected ruler.

This conflict mostly gets resolved with the birth of Bog and Marianne’s first child. Lets call the kid, Onyx (bc he needs a name). Onyx is beloved by both goblins and fairies alike, who see him as their true uniter and a bridge between their two very different worlds. He helps them to see themselves as equals and learn to coexist as one kingdom.

Meanwhile, Roland looks into a mirror and is freed from the love potion spell (his one true love is himself). After coming out of the daze and learning what’s become of the fairy kingdom, he quickly devises a plan to break up the now combined kingdoms.

This, of course, involves kidnapping the beloved prince who unites them. He plans it at the little prince’s first birthday party. Chaos ensues. Something goes awry and the “failed” kidnap results in the kingdom all thinking the prince is now dead. This assumption is amplified with the small wings of the prince being found at the scene of the crime (a protagonist with some type of disability is interesting imo, plus it’s important to the plot). The thought is that some larger creature ate him (and maybe that is how both he and Roland get their injuries).

Roland doesn’t get caught and isn’t the presumed kidnapper. In fact, he’s hurt badly in the confrontation, leading him to flee now heavily scarred, turned “ugly,” not knowing and not caring about what happened to the prince.

The kingdom turns on each other: the goblins think the fairies did it, claiming they can’t stand having a half-goblin heir; the fairies say the goblins did it, thinking they might have gone back to their “savage” ways.

Soon after, it is shown that their son is not in fact dead but rather “lost.”

His disappearance is easily explained with him falling through the cracks between the two kingdoms, literally. Somewhere along the border there is a deep crack that is off limits/folklore to goblins and fairies. This is where the gnome creatures live.

Neither of the kingdoms know this, because the creatures remain hidden, anonymous. Like with the goblins and fairies, everything beyond the darkness is off limits/folklore to them. But they provide “offerings” to goblins and fairies, which is something like coal for fuel and diamond for currency (things that affect their livelihood/economy, but the gnomes do it as a way to appease the “gods” who are really just goblins and fairies). They view Onyx’s abrupt arrival as a task from the gods to raise him as one of their own and learn the ways of the gnome people.

Flash forward to present day:

The kingdoms are more divided than ever. Marianne closes off on everyone and everything, leaving an equally grief-stricken Bog to rule basically both kingdoms alone (with the fairy kingdom not really liking him/disobeying his orders because, in their eyes, he’s not their leader).

Roland remains hidden in the shadows, too fearful of the way he looks to enjoy the kingdoms being divided again. His self-hatred turns to hatred toward others and he vows revenge, but doesn’t know where to start.

Meanwhile,

Onyx is a rambunctious kid with a skill for climbing steep things, such as the walls leading up to the outside world. He works with the gnomes to help mine coal and things, but is often bored of the work mentality. The constant “go! go! go!” is too much and goblins and fairies unintentionally pressure them to keep moving (again, without them knowing the gnomes are down there).

But he’s seen as the gnomes’ protector. And when one gnome nearly falls to his death after lurking too close to the edge, it’s Onyx who takes the lead and rallies all of the other gnomes to work together and save him.

He’s not allowed to climb too far up the wall (both because of the risk of falling and because the outside people are presumed dangerous), but his curiosity gets the better of him one day and he climbs to the very top, only to witness creatures who look just like him. He sees creatures flying and understands the scars on his back were once wings.

Curiosity gets the better of him and he wanders into a nearby village where he sees the things the gnomes work hard to mine being used for their pleasure. A rage fuels him at the very sight. It is in every way an injustice.

Roland spots the lost prince during his trip to the village and plans out his revenge on him, coming to the conclusion everything bad that’s happened to him started with his unsuccessful plot to kidnap him. He follows him. (He’s a drastically different, more evil guy than he was in the original movie here: the point of no return kind of different.)

Onyx returns to the gnome creatures quickly to express his anger: how it’s all a lie and how the creatures above live leisurely while they’re stuck down under working for them in the mines.

The gnomes begin an uprise with the encouragement from the lost prince. They take control of the elf village he visited simply by luck (catching everyone off guard at a party), but understand anything beyond that they will be easily defeated. Onyx, a warrior at heart but with little battle experience, is still encouraging them to try.

The Bog King hears word of this mysterious uprising and quickly flies out there to handle it. A fight ensues with Bog (and his army) easily outnumbering the gnomes. But he freezes at the sight of the one gnome out of place—his son, instantly recognizing the face. Onyx, recognizing Bog only as the leader of the tyrants enslaving the gnomes, throws a sharp object at his wings while he’s halted. And Bog comes tumbling down, his wings severely damaged. The gnomes capture him and drag him down into the crack to hold him hostage.

While down there, Bog is shown the hardships that the gnome people face and agrees something must be done about it.

Later, he and Onyx have a moment where he reveals that he is his father (after he’s absolutely certain this boy is in fact his lost, presumed dead son). His son is resistant to accept the news, and even more resistant of the fact that Bog wants to now take him away from the gnomes and live with the creatures above. He pulls away from his father’s touch, claiming he belongs down here with the gnomes.

Marianne, after learning of her husband’s capture, awakens from her fog and flies up with a fury to rescue him.

By then, Bog is no longer a prisoner and climbing (due to his wings being damaged) with some gnomes up the wall to return to the outside and settle this dispute once and for all. Onyx, despite Bog’s encouragement, does not go up with him.

Later, Onyx has a change of heart (probably after a gnome elder talks with him about it) and he begins his climb to catch up with them. But Roland gets to him first and kidnaps him (again).

Bog hears his panicked call and quickly moves into action to rescue him. Marianne, who hears it too in the middle of kicking gnome butt in the village, moves toward the chaos. They all find themselves near the edge of the crack with Roland threatening to drop the wingless prince. Finally, it’s revealed he is the one who did it all those years ago.

And Roland gives some long speech about never meaning any true harm, that it just all got out of hand, and that he just wanted true love but can’t now because of the way he looks. He holds Onyx’s arm as he speaks, his grip slowly loosening with the threat of dropping him in. Bog, in a panic, is trying to convince him to move away from the edge, that Onyx is innocent in all this. But Roland refuses to listen.

Marianne, witnessing all of this somewhere nearby, moves into action. She hits Roland, who loses his grip on Onyx. Bog flies with damaged wings to catch him before he falls into the darkness.

A fight ensues between Roland and the king and queen. Fairies and goblins alike witness this, their leaders’ first fight together in years. Somehow Roland’s wings get damaged, leading him to hang off the edge with no way of getting himself up. His hands are slipping and he’s pleading for the king and queen to show him mercy. Both Bog and Marianne are unwilling to help, wanting him to fall to his death; he was the cause of all their pain, after all.

Onyx quickly moves into action, rallying the gnomes to work together and save him (just like at the start), much to everyone’s surprise. They’re able to lift him to safety. Roland is crying out his gratitude as Stuff and Thang apprehend him with some fairytale version of handcuffs. Everyone looks to Bog for his sentencing, thinking execution is what he’ll go for. He approaches the fairy with gritted teeth. He wants to attack him, but holds back: “My son deems ya worthy of livin’, so you’ll rot in my dungeon fer the rest of yer days.” Or something like that, idk.

The story concludes at yet another birthday party where the gnomes coexist now with the fairies and goblins, learning how to stop worshipping them as these otherworldly beings. Maybe Griselda takes advantage of their innocence and puts them to work, making them be her chair and hold her drink for her while she sips it. And Dawn has to interfere by scolding her, releasing the gnomes from duty. Bog and Marianne have a heartfelt moment alone and then with their son. And also maybe it’s shown that in the dungeon Roland finds love/friendship somehow with the imp (who, of course, is in prison too), again idk.

The kingdom is once again at peace. The story ends.

—

Anyway, that’s my idea. It’s very different from the enemies to lovers plot in the first movie, but i still think it’s a cool/interesting idea to explore. Too busy with real life to write this fanfic out fully, so you get this instead.

[drybloode]

I absolutely adore how you draw Heathcliff (and also Roland)!! Your drawings always make me smile when I see them! And your Öufi!Heathcliffs are adorable.

Would it be alright for me to gently wrap our favorite Heathcliff creature in a blanket? He needs to be warm and cozy ... he'll catch cold if he isn't careful!

Awww thank you so much!!!

Here have a burrito heathcliff

[rolandrockover]

Comin' Loud and Lonely

In order to take up the concept of so-called sibling albums today, just as it is often and regularly practiced in certain fan circles, I have decided to take a little look at Asylum from 1985.

This would provide more than a little confirmation that it must also be an album in this category, in my opinion, however, it is much less likely to be a sibling album of Animalize (1984), for example, as it seems to be set in stone in the handbooks of many hardcore fans, but much more likely one of Creatures of the Night (1982) (1).

And to go a small step further, I would even respectfully classify Asylum as a sister album to Creatures of the Night. And by that I don't mean a little sister, as Wendy O. Williams' W.O.W. (1984) , for example, is affectionately known, but a sister of the same age, naturally on a par with its male counterpart. Sometimes more and sometimes less, but I don't necessarily want to split hairs.

If I use key words like dark, aggressive or heavy in the direct context of Creatures of the Night, I'm pretty sure that nobody will try to dispute their accuracy, because these are all attributes that are often credited to a certain masculinity, or rather a male mindset. And men usually love Creatures of the Night unconditionally, don't they?

Well, if I now try to find a few hopefully accurate descriptions for Asylum, the terms colorful, emotional and melodic immediately come to mind without much thought, which doesn't necessarily scream femininity, but in direct comparison to Creatures demands a significantly higher degree of sensitivity and sensibility, which for me would generally still be more feminine than masculine attributes.

And despite the fact that Asylum is still clearly heavy and extremely saturated in terms of production, there is no shortage of male fans who find the album cover of Asylum, which is based on the three primary colors, anything but easy to deal with, which of course also applies to the equally colorful Asylum costumes.

I'll try to illustrate this briefly using the example of the chorus of Who Wants to be Lonely. And what chorus of which testosterone-driven cock song from Creatures of the Night do you think I might have in mind? I mean, what could be a more fitting example than Keep Me Comin' with its screaming, dick-driven foundation, on which Who Wants to be Lonely builds, not exactly quietly and certainly not stealthily, just equipped with a little more… Color, melodic embellishment and empathy in its vocal chorus.

Add to that Who Wants to be Lonley's Ohhhooooh-Ohhhoooohs from the chorus appendage, which are hardly anything other than a more melodious, sensitive version of the hyper-masculine and super-hard Hey-hey-hey Yeaaahs from I Love It Loud.

I guess you can't always be the hardest one walking under the sun, after all, otherwise where would that lead? Anyway, there are still enough male Asylum fans, so not all hope would be in vain. Perhaps they like Asylum so much because it subconsciously reminds them of Creatures of the Night, and maybe even Unmasked (1980) . Who knows?

But of course we must never forget that we're still dealing with Kiss, and that Paul, presumably to compensate for the prominently foregrounded femininity, and therefore on Asylum actually sowed at least the dick lyrics a little more liberally.

Ultimately Kiss are Kiss are Kiss.

Side note:

(1) However, I would also add Rock and Roll Over and Unmasked to Creatures of the Night, but I would be more than happy to talk about this in more detail on another occasion.

Who Wants to be Lonely (1985)

Keep Me Comin' (1982)

I Love It Loud (1982)