#gargantua dragon

[laquanaskew20]

Gargantua Dragon 🐉

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Panurge's fear of death at sea (IV, 20). Wood engraving after Gustave Doré from an 1873 edition of François Rabelais' 'Gargantua and Pantagruel.'

[gawrkin]

All the Canons, All at once

I am always thinking about the vast Arthurian Mythos and its various traditions and canons. All of them being mutually exclusive to each other...

...Aaaand I can't help but want to smash them together like playdough. Its my favorite past-time as of late.

Like, don't tell me no-one has ever amused themselves of the fact that the Celtic Gods like Gwyn ap Nudd and Manawydan just hanging out in Arthur's court with Palamedes, Dubricius, Galahad and Nasciens.

Or my very favorite concept of Guinevere being a giantess AND a sorceress while also being Morgan the fairy's ex-girlfriend Best-friend-turned-Arch-nemesis. Nevermind what this means for Lancelot, Arthur, Galehaut, Meleagant and the other abductors.

Or the various children that's been given to every character, including Palamedes, Merlin and Tristan. Even Freaking Lancelot and Guinevere have children together. They even have a grandson in Gargantua.

You could literally have your own next-gen version of the Round Table, led by Amr, Loholt and Melora. Staffed by: Guingalain, Ysaye, Lohengrin, Brisan, Bronsidel, Melehan, Munsolinos, Amren, Garanwyn, Kelemon, Andronia, Florismarte, Pantagruel, Vanoc, etc.

And then Dragon Knight Branor, (From Uther's Generation of Round Table Knights) shows up and kicks their asses.

[joshua-beeking]

Some Dirge for Broken Men collection of drawings, and presenting Minuamu's pet Komodo Dragon: Gargantua!

( Reblogging is much appreciated with the very likely lost of most of my audience from the Twitter crash and burn...)

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[thewapolls]

Here's a nice big funky family tree! They can be kind of a pain to map when they start crossing over thus much, but they're the most fun.

CRITTER is a classic wild arms enemy, having survived the whole series largely unchanged. It had the BIG CRITTER/JUMBO CRITTER relative in Wild Arms 2 and 3. Very probably a reference to the monsters of the 1986 movie, Critters, with their round heads and giant smiles.

IMP, and just the IMP... (I have a sneaking suspicion that the JAMMER IMP might have been a kind of legacy monster with how the IMP vanishes from the series and the JAMMER IMP first appears, but it would also wildly inflate the family tree, so I'm content to leave it off the list here.) Just a recolor of the CRITTER that seems to vanish after 2 games.

so funny enough DUERGAR is the first entry between these two, as it appeared in WA1 as a CRITTER recolor misromanized as "DUELGULL". It had a dark body and drills, which sort of makes sense, even if it's not very dwarf like. WA2 gives us the first KOBOLD and "DWERGAR" as a recolor. Kobolds being earth spirits, and Duergar being the evil "Gray Dwarves" of Dungeon & Dragons' underdark. The KOBOLD tho has a dramatic journey being designed over a few games, but it's also the branching point for a few unexpected family members, which we'll get back to in just a sec...

GREMLIN and LEPRECHAUN started off as a pair of recolors rooted in the GREMLIN as a mechanical saboteur like in WWII folklore/superstition(and not a reference to the horror movies). But after a very weird redesign in WA2, they got rolled into the CRITTER family starting with WA3 and stayed there. Somehow GREMLIN is the only other all star in this family, right along side CRITTER. (I take it I don't have to explain what a leprechaun is) They shared the unique gimmick of disabling your gun/ammunition based special attacks so long as they were in battle with you.

...so that KOBOLD model in WA3... It got used for a pair of unlikely recolors, the first of which is the franchise's first instance of the SPRIGGAN enemy that would become kind of a late series staple with multi-phase boss fights in both WA4 and 5. Mythological Spriggan are fae-like creatures dwelling in old ruins or burial sites guarding treasure, innately small but at times capable of growing in size, and in some accounts considered to be the ghosts of deceased giants.

...and the other was actually a return of the PANTAGRUEL, who'd shared a character model with IRONMAIDEN in WA2. PANTAGRUEL is a giant from the French satirical novel, Les Cinq livres des faits et dits de Gargantua et Pantagruel. Incidentally WA1 did have an enemy named GARGATUA, which could be considered a predecessor to PANTAGRUEL, but it was butchered in localization to GALGANCHER.

SCREAMER gets to be here... it's just a screaming bloody head.

WISEMAN was always been a weird enemy... At first a recolor of the giant head, but then one of the funky whack-a-mole in a manhole enemies?

BEAST PILLAR appears to be the core of the whack-a-mole model, although I have no idea where the enemy comes from otherwise. MANITOU I put here with it because it only has one game it appears in which BEAST PILLAR doesn't, and because it seems to be kind of a missing link where it inherits the fleshtone color as the BEAST PILLAR loses it and becomes a gray like the WISEMAN in Code F. In the real world, Manitou is a spiritual concept among some Algonquin native cultures that is actually relatively equitable to the Daoist concept of Chi; a sort of universal lifeforce, and building block of all things, but can also manifest as more specific mythic figures like Aasha Manitou: "Good spirits," Otshee Manitou: "Bad spirits," and even the Gitche Manitou:"Great Spirit."

IRONMAIDEN & RAIDBUSTER, started off sharing a neat random sword armed spider legged looking centaur thing. Not really clear what the design had to do with either monster. But then in WA2 IRONMAIDEN got the super appropriate new model with the big opening belly full of spikes/teeth(?) that is shared with PANTAGRUEL. After that though, both IRONMAIDEN and RAIDBUSTER showed up as these ball joint dolls in maid outfits, and stuck with that model for the rest of the series. RAIDBUSTER with her more fleshtone color palette is featured on the cover of the ADULT MAG enemy in WA4 and 5.

Oh shoot, I missed a rare RAID BUSTER/IRONMAIDEN recolor called COPELLIA., that only appeared in the Abyss eon of Code F. She is named after the ballet, Coppélia: La Fille aux Yeux d'Émail, and its titular character(?) a dancing automaton named Copellia.

[adamwatchesmovies]

A Christmas Story (1983)

A Christmas Story so perfectly captures what it’s like to be a kid around Christmas time it's become a classic. Even if you’ve never had to bundle up to go outside in the cold and your father didn’t curse like a sailor growing up, you instantly “get” what this movie is talking about. Hilarious and memorable, it sometimes feels more like a trip through your family's photo album than a movie.

Narrated by Jean Shepherd and told in flashback, the film is set in a nebulous era in the past (looks like the 30s or 40s). For Christmas, nine-year-old Ralphie Parker (Peter Billingsley) wants nothing more than a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle with a compass in the stock and a sundial. Unfortunately, his mother, his teacher and every other adult around dismisses his wish as a bad idea. They all say the same thing: “You’ll shoot your eye out.”

The plot at the center of A Christmas Story revolves around Christmas and that Red Ryder BB gun but the movie frequently branches off. The neighborhood dogs, the school bully, the “major award” Ralphie’s father (Darren McGavin) wins, the malfunctioning furnace… each one of these has an equivalent in your memory. Everyone remembers the first time they were truly disappointed by a toy. For me, it was in 1993. I had seen commercials for the Mighty Max toys - small horror-themed playsets featuring a cool teenager battling hideous monsters. In the commercial, the children would close the toy and thrust their hands toward the screen. Instantly, bolts of energy transformed their hands to match the ghoulish designs of Kingdom of Gargantua, Skull Dungeon or Wolfship 7. On my birthday, I received Doom Dragon. I couldn’t be more excited as I grasped the toy in my hand, punched the air and… nothing. Had a camera been on my face at the time, it would’ve held the same look as Ralph’s when his reality comes crashing down.

A Christmas Story gets all the details right and the period-piece setting makes it feel authentic. “The details are fuzzy” it seems to say “but it went something like this”. The results are warm and nostalgic but also darkly comedic. We’re looking back at times when disaster was narrowly avoided or when things got so bad they'd be traumatic if they weren't so funny. You recognize yourself in Ralphie, which is why the film is consistently hilarious. Over and over, you’ll feel compelled to pause the movie, turn towards the people watching it with you, and tell them how your version of these events went but that would ruin the flow of things so your recollections will have to wait.

Even the names are spot-on. They don’t match the ones from your childhood exactly, but they’re not that far off. Funny how things work out that way sometimes. Director Bob Clark (also responsible for one of my other favorite Christmas-themed movies, 1974’s Black Christmas and the lump of coal that is Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2), along with co-writers Jean Shepherd and Leigh Brown have crafted a picture that’s destined to endure.

A Christmas Story is filled with memorable, quotable moments that will bring the whole family together. It’s a must for the holidays. (On Blu-ray, December 22, 2019)

[daimonclub]

Libri e lettori

Quanto a me, povero diavolo, la mia biblioteca era un ducato anche troppo vasto! Ogni lettore, quando legge, legge sé stesso. L'opera dello scrittore è soltanto una specie di strumento ottico che è offerto al lettore per permettergli di discernere quello che, senza libro, non avrebbe forse visto in sé stesso. Marcel Proust A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul. Franz Kafka Quanto a me, povero diavolo, la mia biblioteca era un ducato anche troppo vasto!... Così, per sua gentilezza, sapendo che amavo i miei libri, non mi separò dalla biblioteca i cui volumi hanno per me un valore maggiore del mio regno! Prospero nella Tempesta di William Shakespeare. Il migliore scrittore sarà colui che ha vergogna di essere un letterato. Friedrich Nietzsche Noi crediamo infatti, come sostengono anche i grandi innovatori della filosofia tecnologica e commerciale della rete, che il mondo del business nella sua essenza profonda, è fondamentalmente umano, e che la tecnica senza estetica alla lunga non interessa nessuno. Il vero linguaggio del commercio del resto è la naturale conversazione tra degli esseri umani. Carl William Brown Si scrive soltanto una metà del libro, dell’altra metà si deve occupare il lettore. Joseph Conrad I libri sono vivacemente e vigorosamente produttivi come quei favolosi denti del dragone che piantati qua e là possono far germogliare uomini armati. John Milton Dai libri imparo meno che dalla vita; un solo libro mi ha molto insegnato: il vocabolario. Ma adoro anche la strada, ben più meraviglioso vocabolario. Ettore Petrolini I libri hanno gli stessi nemici dell'uomo: il fuoco, l'umidità, il tempo e il proprio contenuto. Paul Valéry Vita Cartesii est simplicissima ... La bêtise n'est pas mon fort. J'ai vu beaucoup d'individus, j'ai visite quelques nations, j'ai pris ma part d'entreprises diverses sans les aimer, j'ai mangé presque tous les jours, j'ai touché à des femmes. Je revois maintenant quelques centaines de visages, deux ou trois grands spectacles, et peut-être la substance de vingt livres. Je n'ai pas retenu le meilleur ni le pire de ces choses : est resté ce qui l'a pu. Paul Valéry Così aveva stabilito Gargantua. La loro regola consisteva in questo solo articolo: FA' QUELLO CHE VUOI. Perché persone libere, bennate, ben istruite, che frequentano oneste compagnie, sentono per natura un istinto e inclinazione che sempre le spinge ad atti virtuosi e le tiene lontane dal vizio: ed è ciò che essi chiamavano onore. F. Rabelais I libri ci danno un diletto che va in profondità, discorrono con noi, ci consigliano e si legano a noi con una sorta di familiarità attiva e penetrante. Fernando Pessoa I miei libri sono stati scritti per far divertire chi già sa che l’uomo è stupido, per far arrabbiare chi ancora non lo sa e per far riflettere chi si ostina, contro ogni evidenza, ad avere sempre dei dubbi. Carl William Brown Notte Una piccola stanza gotica, con una volta alta. Faust, inquieto, sulla sua poltrona, davanti al leggio FAUST. Ahimè!, ho studiato, a fondo e con ardente zelo, filosofia e giurisprudenza e medicina e, purtroppo, anche teologia. Eccorni qua, povero pazzo, e ne so quanto prima! Vengo chiamato Maestro, anzi dottore e già da dieci anni meno, per il naso, in su ed in giù, in qua ed in là, i miei scolari. E scopro che non possiamo sapere nulla! Ciò mi brucia quasi il cuore. Ne so, è vero, un po' più di quelli sciocchi, dottori, maestri, scribi e preti; non mi tormentano né scrupoli, né dubbi, né ho paura del diavolo o dell'inferno. Però mi è stata tolta in cambio di ciò ogni gioia; non mi metto in capo di sapere qualcosa di buono, non mi illudo di poter insegnare qualcosa, di saper render migliori o convertire gli uomini. Oltre a ciò non ne ho né beni, né danari, né onori, né le pompe del mondo. Nemmeno un cane potrebbe continuare a vivere cosi. Mi sono dato pertanto alla magia, se mai il potere o la parola dello Spirito mi rivelassero qualche segreto. Per non dover dire, dopo così amare, sudate fatiche, quello che non so, per poter scoprire ciò che, nel profondo, tiene insieme l'universo e contemplare ogni attiva energia ed ogni primitiva sostanza e smetterla di rovistare nelle parole. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Già, quello che si chiama sapere! A chi è permesso chiamar le cose con il loro nome? I pochi che ne capirono qualche cosa e, abbastanza ingenui, non frenarono l'empito del loro cuore e rivelarono alla folla i loro sentimenti e le loro visioni, li hanno sempre messi in croce o sopra un rogo. Vi prego, amico, è notte fonda, per questa volta dobbiamo interrompere. Goethe Faust Anche la vecchia pelliccia pende al vecchio chiodo e mi ricorda le sciocchezze che insegnai, allora, a quel ragazzo e delle quali egli, un giovanotto ormai, si nutre ancora oggi. O cappa dal lungo pelo, mi prende veramente il desiderio di darmi, ancora una volta unito a te, l'importanza del docente, come quando si pensa di aver completamente ragione. Ai dotti ciò riesce, al diavolo è passata la voglia da un pezzo. (Scuote la pelliccia che ha tirata giù dal chiodo. ne vengono fuori tignole, scarafaggi e farfallette.) Mefistofele Goethe Scarica gratis degli e-books interessanti. Ars longa, Vita brevis Aforismi Volume I L'Italia in breve Aforismi Geniali Aforismi contro il potere Daimon Library Books Read the full article

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Comment Gargantua apporta le confort moderne à son fief, le commentaire de texte

Je m’auto-déclare souvent pur produit tourangeau, rabelaisien et arrière petit fil de Gargantua. En 2022, j’ai donc écris une histoire sur mon arrière grand père. Consultable à la BnF ou en me passant commande.

Cette bd est une succession de grandes d’ellipses qui semble rendre la compréhension difficile. Voici un commentaire de texte rédigé par moi-même pour préparer le bac de français cette année.

Le style est très inspirée de la culture japonaise : Dr slump de Akira toryama, Plaza de Yûichi Yokoyama, les séries de super sentaï, Godzilla. Mais ce n’est pas un manga, cette bd se lit dans le sens occidentale. Ce n’est pas non plus un vitrail du temps de Rabelais qu’on lirait en boustrophédon.

page 1

la bd reprend exactement là où le livre s’arrête : une partie de jeu de paume.

Gymnaste est représenté en slip en référence direct à son nom, préfixe gymno signifie nu (je regrette en écrivant ceci de ne pas l’avoir dessiné tout nu).

page 2

Jean le Hachis n’est autre que Frère Jean des Entommeures qui signifie faire du hachis de ses ennemis. C’est avec son bâton de croix qu’il fait du hachis mais ce bâton lui sert dans bien d’autres situations, comme jouer au jeu de paume.

Gargantua apparait petit et potelé, il a régressé mentalement et physiquement. il ressemble au personnage de Dr Slump dessiné par Akira Toryama, qui lui aussi a plusieurs apparences en fonction de son état d’esprit.

page 5

Jean ne boit pas d’eau, en tant que cloitrier, il boit du vin : le corps dieu, sa source d’énergie.

page 6

J’ai imaginé l’histoire pendant la grève des employés de Total à l’automne 2022. La pénurie de pétrole a été transposée à l’époque de Rabelais où les chevaux étaient la plus grande source d’énergie (hormis le soleil) pour le transport de charges. Le mouvement social de 2022 a aussi été transposé, ce sont les chevaux qui font grève. Rabelais était humaniste à son époque, peut-être aujourd’hui serait-il animaliste et voudrait le bien être de toutes les espèces sur terre.

page 8

Voici l’arrivée de nouvelles technologies : c’est le progrès technique. Séduisant car il laisse apparaitre la fin du travail (pour les humains mais aussi les animaux) et le développement d’une société de loisir.

page 10

Dans Dragon Ball, le mangaka Toryama invente les capsules Hoi-Poi pouvant contenir des équipements type bâtiment dans le volume d’un tube d’aspirine. Très pratique pour mettre en place une ellipse de construction d’un bâtiment en 2 cases.

La boule, c’est le nom vernaculaire donné à la centrale nucléaire de Chinon (de par sa forme). On découvre finalement que ce nom vient de Gargantua, comme nous a habitué Rabelais dans ses livres. La forme de la centrale a été définie par l’expression “Aboule l’énergie” (page 9).

page 11-12

L’arrivée de cette nouvelle source d’énergie permet d’avoir de l’éclairage, de garder des aliments de première nécessité au frais : c’est ce qu’on appelle le confort moderne.

page 12 et 13

A lire sur l’air de la queue leu-leu

page 14

Pourquoi inventer un méchant quand on en avait un bien. C’est surement ce qu’a pensé JJ Abrams en écrivant star wars 9. C’est donc le retour de Pichrochole. 

page 16

Bien avant la canne à alcool mondaine, le bâton de croix de Jean lui servait aussi de calice pour communier.

page 18

La haine de Picrochole est intensifiée par son contact avec les déchets nucléaires qui éveille en lui le monstre. Ce monstre gigantesque est à l’image des kaijū japonais, exploités dans le cinéma japonais pour représenter la peur post-Hiroshima.

page 19

La bile amère est l’étymologie du nom Picrochole, nom inventé par l’érudit Rabelais.

Les bio-humanistes sont les sentaïs du monde de Rabelais (en référence aux bioman). Chacun d’eux est représenté par un produit de la gastronomie tourangelle comme les bioman le sont par une couleur.

page 22

Gargantua prend conscience des dangers de l'énergie nucléaire. Il grandit mentalement et physiquement (c’est un géant après tout) et décide de fournir à son peuple l’énergie pour leur confort en pratiquant une activité physique comme ses amis Gymnaste et Jean.

La technologie seule ne rend pas le monde meilleur.

[mechaseraph]

Anyway *hands you a Garga*

[laquanaskew20]

Gargantua Dragon Baru Sun Dragon & Batzz Dragon

[lacunasbalustrade]

also fyi from an ace pov, we are aware that the Future Force is linked to the Deity of Dimensions, who has been instructing the dragons to help earth all along. From that pov, we can see why touching the Gargantua Punisher (basically Garga deeming u worthy), granted Future Force.

ongoing; project dahaka

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[animemascotarchive]

Today’s anime mascot of the day is...!

Gargantuan Dragon from Future Card Buddyfight!

Submitted by @blossom49451!

[inmatenett]

este también! :D 

[blossom49451]

My three dragon boys

[princesslocket]

Gargantua Punisher

[bowtiesquad]

Parallels.