#duke silver

[vertigoartgore]

Parks and Recreation's promotional photos for the (fake) music album of the legendary jazzman Duke Silver (Ron Swanson's other identity).

[nicolethered]

All I could think last night…

[12neonlit-stage]

Elise never cry

[alswrites]

Speaking of Swords and Parks and Rec, I got to throw in my dhampir dragonborn ranger Duke Silver for a cameo.

[blueiscoool]

1,000-Year-Old Norman Conquest Coin Hoard Sells for $5.6 Million

A hoard of Norman-era silver coins unearthed five years ago in southwestern England has become Britain’s most valuable treasure find ever, after it was bought for £4.3 million ($5.6 million) by a local heritage trust.

For the group of seven metal detectorists who discovered the 2,584 silver pennies in the Chew Valley area, about 11 miles south of the city of Bristol, it marks a lucrative windfall since they will pocket half that sum. The landowner on whose property the coins were found will receive the other half.

According to South West Heritage Trust, the body that acquired them, the coins date from around 1066-1068, spanning one of the most turbulent periods in English history as the country was successfully invaded for the last time during the Norman Conquest.

One coin, the oldest in the hoard, depicts King Edward the Confessor, who died childless in January 1066, triggering a period of instability since he had promised the throne to three claimants: Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex; Harald Hardrada, King of Norway; and William, Duke of Normandy.

Edward named Harold Godwinson as his successor on his deathbed, but the newly crowned King Harold II faced challenges from the other two claimants to the throne, and he was eventually defeated by William at the Battle of Hastings in October 1066.

The hoard of coins depicts this turmoil as Harold II features on just under half of them while William I (also known as William the Conqueror) features on the rest.

“It comes from a turning point in English history and it encapsulates the change from Saxon to Norman rule,” Amal Khreisheh, curator of archaeology at South West Heritage Trust, said in a video on the organization’s website.

“The hoard was buried in around 1067-1068 on an estate in Chew Valley which later belonged to Giso, the Bishop of Wells. We think it was probably buried for safekeeping during the time of rebellions against William in the South West.

“We know that in 1068, the people of Exeter rebelled against William. At around this time, Harold’s sons returned from exile in Ireland and their forces mounted attacks around the River Avon and then down into Somerset and the Chew Valley,” Khreisheh added.

Finding coins that were in use almost 1,000 years ago is exceptionally rare – this hoard contains twice as many coins from during Harold II’s reign as had previously been found.

The coins will now go on public display at the British Museum in London from November 26, before heading back to museums in southwest England.

[yaminomefiresu]

[catgirlweed]

idk

[sonic-the-hedgehog-2006]

Chaos Emeralds are important holy items in the Soleannan religion.

Princess Elise wears the blue Chaos Emerald around her neck as a lucky charm.

The Duke of Soleanna is in possession of a Chaos Emerald during the Solaris Project, and a Chaos Emerald must be used in tandem with the Scepter of Darkness or a "royal soul" to seal away Mephiles or Iblis respectively.

A Chaos Emerald is "supposed" to be within the ancient ruins of Dusty Desert.

It is known that for Mephiles and Iblis to reform, a Chaos Emerald is required.

And lastly, Princess Elise has an apparent connection to the Chaos Emeralds, with Silver explaining that this connection is due to her having been the vessel used to seal away Iblis.

The Chaos Emeralds are central to several wholly distinct religions in the Sonic Universe, including but not limited to several Echidna clans, an unnamed ancient civilization on West Side Island (which had allegedly gone to war over the emeralds, causing "the gods" to intervene and disperse them), the Babylonians, the Black Arms, and followers of the Gaia Manuscripts.

As Sonic Frontiers demonstrated, the Chaos Emeralds are not of Earth, and were rather drawn to the planet ages ago due to the pull of the Master Emerald. The Chaos Emeralds are shown to appear wherever needed (and Blaze directly theorizes such in the Rush series) which could explain how so many distinct groups came to claim them as their own holy items.

[ijustthinkhesneat]

Imagine the external speculation on Each of the kids inheritance. Like trash tabloids are all gossiping about how much each kid gets when Bruce croaks meanwhile behind the scenes they are all playing a very complex game of Batnopoly, Yahtzee, connect 4, poker and capture the flag to find out who gets the Batmobile, little do they know Bruce is leaving everything to Batcow, Titus and the bats that populate the cave.

The true truth that no one knows is that everything is actually in Alfred’s name and when he dies he’s leaving it all to Clark because none of the Wayne’s can be trusted.

Very silly, very mindful, Very Knives Out

[a-roguish-gambit]

Behold, the Brotherhood of Mutants for my turn of the century au!

You can tell I had the most fun with pietro and wanda’s designs. They are based more on upperclass wear of the time. Sadly, there was no punk going on, but you can see that in rebellion Wanda has bobbed her hair, which was incredibly controversial before the year 1920.

I based the outfits of the brotherhood boys on some different working class designs. Lance has some factory gear to help protect him from his own power. You have probably noticed that they don’t really have super suits or armor at this point in time that’s because a lot of it has not been invented yet or is almost exclusively used by military. Spandex will not be a thing for a couple more decades, and most non natural fibers right now are dangerously flammable, so they are mostly wearing clothing that suits them rather than super suits. also, you will notice that yes some of the characters have visible injuries, especially todd. They grew up in the 1900s which was an especially difficult time to be an orphaned child. This is part why they all end up being willing to stay with mystique and Irene, who have set up a “shelter for wayward boys” which in actuality is a way for them to train children for magneto (will design him later having trouble figuring out how to incorporate his helmet lol). It’s free room and board with food so they don’t have to worry about any exploitative jobs at this point in time. And all they have to do is go on missions for her which is somehow significantly safer than an up to code factory floor. being former Street kids, or in Fred’s case, a former sideshow act, they have already been a bit embittered to the world, especially to the X-Men kids who they see as highly privileged, even though several of them came from similar backgrounds of poverty, struggle, and familial loss, someone was just willing to reach out a hand to them before mystique.

Both Irene and mystique are faking being widows, living together in part of a way to claim the estate as their own, but also as an excuse to hide their relationship. The brotherhood kids could honestly care less about this thankfully because they’re loyal if you feed them, and they’ll never leave because well they need the food…mystique is not sure if that last part is good or not but its comforting to know their secret is safe with these kids. Shes still not a great caretaker for them but at least they have a roof over their head, fresh clothing, and 3 square meals a day, which is more than what they had.

[mwolf0epsilon]

Fun Mimic Fact of the Day: Mimics are a lot more intelligent than most people give them credit. Especially the zoologists who are adamant on defending the specialised animal vs folklore beast theory.

Sure, there is an argument to be had that some species of primates, octopi, dolphins and parrots are good examples of animals displaying higher problem solving capabilities, as well as an awareness of language and cooperation within an established "society/social group". Giving some credence to the hypothesis.

But these examples still lack the refinement and sense of awareness that a mimic displays when comfortable among humans.

This is what convinces those who work with mimics more personally that they are, in fact, fae and not mere animals. Especially when working in railways that are in favour of conservation efforts (the NWR being a prime example), or within households that have had one vehicle mimic for generations.

People who have a lot of contact with mimics (especially older/elderly ones), will notice mannerisms and actions that surpass basic animal intellect or even acts of mimicry.

Here are a few examples:

Charlie Sand and Sidney Hever participate in a children's reading program at the library. They have both witnessed Edward (who they loan to the library in his smaller form so that children with learning disabilities and speech impediments have the opportunity to read to him) not only speaking in clear English, but also read paragraphs when the child that is meant to be reading to him can't seem to pronounce the words.

Sir Topham Hatt has watched Glynn work the kettle and prepare himself tea, as well as help himself to the radio when he's had to work from home.

The station-masters have noticed that, whenever they forget to feed the various cats that linger around the various stations around the island, someone comes in and does it for them (leaving behind a trail of opened cat food bags and cans). They can't be sure, but they have their suspicions that Gordon might be the one picking up their slack, because the cats all come to greet him when he comes by as if he were one of them.

The Duke and Duchess of Boxford once gave Spencer some old newspapers for him to entertain himself (thinking he'd just rip them up and roll around on the shredded paper) only to find someone had filled in all the crosswords and cut out sections of the funnies or interesting articles.

Hiro appears to know sign language. At the very least, he seems to use his paws to make very defined gestures when interacting with his crew. Whether or not this is a form of mimic dialect or Japanese sign language is currently unknown, since very few people on Sodor knows how to speak Japanese much less know JSL.

Mimics who participated in the war efforts both recognize and understand military slang and morse code. Flying Scotsman appears to be in the habit of using morse code to grumble about British Rail's incompetence, something which seems to amuse the occasional veteran that take his train to Vicarstown.

[alswrites]

Flick the kobold ranger and Polly the pseudodragon finally came in the mail yesterday. They're hanging out with Duke Silver.

[motherraid]

It may have already been said, but if you encourage Malleus to listen to No More Birthdays by Sophie May...

I feel that if he doesn't take a look at the sweet, caring, silver haired 17 year old boy he's known since infancy and that loud, passionate, and gold hearted 16 year old he's watched grow up alongside him and burst into tears then he would at the very LEAST relate heavily to it. LMFAO I refuse to elaborate.

.... I may elaborate a little.

I love hearing talk about Malleus being scared of losing Lilia, but I can't hide being feral over Malleus being scared of losing Silver and Sebek anymore. Hell, Lilia was there for him his whole life, yeah, but now he's gotta to spend an even SHORTER time with Silver and Sebek, cause no way are they lasting as long as Lilia. Sebek MAY be the last to go on account of being half fae and the youngest if he's lucky.

Only at 1000 would Malleus be fully matured, and those three will be long dead by then. They're practically like butterflies to Malleus. They're so precious, so beautiful, and so fragile... And their lives are like a blip compared to his.

Silver and Sebek were BABIES when Sebek met them all. Can you imagine these cute, dumb little 7 year olds running around your father figure (if not father)'s house and teaching them magic? Watching them train? What about seeing their sweet little faces beaming at you like you're the center of their universe? How in love would you be with their little smiles when they say they'll grow up big and strong to protect you one day?

What about when they're 16 and say they'll always strive to improve for you? They'll become better for you, stronger for you? When they follow you around practically hanging off your coat tails because they want to keep you safe? Even as smart and strong as they are now, they're nowhere near as strong as you, and here they are guarding you against potential threats like a sweet puppy trying to protect you from the vacuum cleaner. <3

He sees these tiny babies that wanna dedicate their lives to him - that's maybe 75 or so years if they're not MURDERED. 80 is being generous given the job they're being trained for - and they'll go through so much hard work. Malleus will watch them laugh, cry, struggle, thrive, fall, and rise, watch their experiences and the changing world around them shape them into the valiant men that he knows they'll become, and he'll see them get older. And older. And older....

All for it to dissapear before he knows it. And he'll have to live with their short memories for the rest of his long, long life.

He may get a little teary thinking abt it or smth I dunno..

[spacedustmantis]

thinking about her*

*curt's acting in killer track

[bullet-prooflove]

Give me three items and a character and I'll write you a story or three

Based on a fun little writing exercise I worked through with a client who was having creativity issues the other day.

[punkedsolar]

Funguary Feb 9 - Silver Leaf Fungus - Ipos

Ipos is an Earl and powerful Duke of Hell who has thirty-six legions of demons under his command. He knows and can reveal all things, past, present and future . He can make humans who summon him witty and valiant. He is commonly associated with both the goose and the lion.

On the other hand, the Daemonic Silver Leaf Fungus is roughly the size of a barnyard gander and is mostly associated with excessive screeching and a tendency to get it's head stuck in commercially designed feeders. Some fanciers have started trying to breed them in patterns such as the Flemish and the Canadian, but with small success. The Daemonic Silver Leaf Fungus feeds on clothing fragments and the psychic energy of causing bruises through nipping.