#koth of the hammer

[socialpoison]

The difference between Koth's Geomancy and Nahiri's Lithomancy is simple:

Koth is a ground type. Nahiri is a rock type.

Hope this helps!

[definitelynotarabbit]

Do you think Compleated Nissa will be able to summon phyrexian elementals? like Glistening Oil Elementals or something?

Also which planeswalkers, or any characters really, do you think urabrask would get along with?

So I did some digging because I was conflicted on whether or not Mirrodin/New Phyrexia would have elementals and based entirely on the world soul being phyrexian I'm gonna go with yes I think she will have phyrexian elementals. I think her main gig is going to be Realmbreaker, but if she gets in a fight, elemental time baby.

As for Urabrask getting along with planeswalkers/characters, hmmm, there are so many options... For the sake of simplicity, I'll stick to Planeswalkers. Angrath is an obvious choice because of the shared interest in forges.

I think Urabrask and Chandra would get along because of their shared interests in leading freedom revolutions. I also think Chandra would get a kick out of having another sparring partner who can't get burned (Rip Gideon). She deserves a treat after having her girlfriend compleated.

I'm on the fence about Koth since we've yet to see if he still carries prejudice for even the revolutionary phyrexians.

Also this one might seem odd, but I think he and Jace have a lot of potential for friendship since they're both leaders by duty and not choice. The guilds and then the gatewatch for Jace, and you can't convince me that Urabrask isn't only a praetor so that he can protect his people. I guarantee that given the chance, Urabrask would fuck off to the depths of his forge, never to be seen again.

[overgrown-estate]

Taking a break from my Navy-themed memorial deck, I am excited to see Koth's return to Magic the Gathering. I can't believe WotC waits so long to use Planeswalkers. Hopefully, we'll see other "one shot" 'walkers sooner than Koth's thirteen year hiatus.

[farsight-the-char]

Resistance Reunited by Aurore Folny

THEY!

[coffeetime88]

HE LIVES!!!

[interplanaranathema]

You know what I want...(koth/constance)

I LOVE this crackship soo much.... JFHFG just one angel man and one mountain man.... doing shenanigans together to help a rebellion on another plane.

Koth - WOTC Constance- @socialpoison

Kissing prompt Rules for said kissing prompt Other asks: Rhodakra

[almostlookedhuman]

[horde-of-impressions]

KOTH!

[gekki]

my local game store got set booster boxes for Phyrexia: All Will Be One a week early along with prerelease and i was able to snag one! here's my personal highlights from that box

i also got a Mondrak, Glory Dominus but traded it to my friend for a Capricious Hellraiser for my Anhelo deck. i will say tho i'm a little sad I didn't pull Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant, i'm hoping to build an artifacts deck out of either it or the new Slobad in time

[straightedgesavior434]

Yooo my homie Koth is back

[helltopian-torturescape]

Title: "Hank's True Colors"

Synopsis:

Follow the hilarious and heartwarming journey of Hank Hill as he embarks on a personal exploration of his identity. When Hank discovers he is transgender, he grapples with how to navigate this revelation in the close-knit community of Arlen, Texas. "Hank's True Colors" explores themes of self-discovery, acceptance, and the unwavering bond of family and friends.

Episodic Highlights:

1. **Propane and Pronouns:** Hank struggles with coming out to his friends and family while trying to maintain his love for propane and propane accessories.

2. **Dale's Conspiracy Cure:** Dale concocts wild theories about the government turning people transgender, leading to comedic misunderstandings.

3. **Peggy's Support:** Peggy becomes Hank's ally, attending support groups and offering her unique brand of encouragement.

4. **Bobby's Understanding:** Bobby Hill navigates his own journey of understanding and acceptance, adding a generational perspective to the narrative.

5. **Boomhauer's Wisdom:** Boomhauer shares his own experiences with acceptance, revealing a more profound side to his character.

6. **Strickland's Surprises:** Hank's workplace dynamic shifts as he faces the challenges of being trans in a traditionally conservative setting.

7. **Luanne's Empathy:** Luanne becomes Hank's unexpected confidante, offering a different perspective on gender identity.

8. **Arlen's Acceptance Fair:** The community comes together for an event promoting inclusivity, featuring a cameo by a famous LGBTQ+ advocate.

Throughout the series, "Hank's True Colors" combines humor with a genuine exploration of identity, challenging stereotypes and fostering understanding in a way that only Hank Hill and the residents of Arlen can.

[socialpoison]

Hi i would kill for little stickers of the mirran resistance...

[mortalityplays]

Hi! I really liked and agreed with your post on purple prose, and I was curious what books if any you'd describe as having purple prose. Not even necessarily as shorthand for calling it bad! just examples of it, especially from non-classic literature. Unless the term is entirely subjective lol. Feel free to reply to this ask publicly or privately; I don't mind either way

Have some Conan the Barbarian (sorry about! the racism):

TORCHES flared murkily on the revels in the Maul, where the thieves of the east held carnival by night. In the Maul they could carouse and roar as they liked, for honest people shunned the quarters, and watchmen, well paid with stained coins, did not interfere with their sport. Along the crooked, unpaved streets with their heaps of refuse and sloppy puddles, drunken roisterers staggered, roaring. Steel glinted in the shadows where wolf preyed on wolf, and from the darkness rose the shrill laughter of women, and the sounds of scufflings and strugglings. Torchlight licked luridly from broken windows and wide-thrown doors, and out of those doors, stale smells of wine and rank sweaty bodies, clamor of drinking-jacks and fists hammered on rough tables, snatches of obscene songs, rushed like a blow in the face. In one of these dens merriment thundered to the low smoke- stained roof, where rascals gathered in every stage of rags and tatters—furtive cut-purses, leering kidnappers, quick- fingered thieves, swaggering bravoes with their wenches, strident-voiced women clad in tawdry finery. Native rogues were the dominant element—dark-skinned, dark-eyed Zamorians, with daggers at their girdles and guile in their hearts. But there were wolves of half a dozen outland nations there as well. There was a giant Hyperborean renegade, taciturn, dangerous, with a broadsword strapped to his great gaunt frame—for men wore steel openly in the Maul. There was a Shemitish counterfeiter, with his hook nose and curled blue-black beard. There was a bold- eyed Brythunian wench, sitting on the knee of a tawny-haired Gunderman—a wandering mercenary soldier, a deserter from some defeated army. And the fat gross rogue whose bawdy jests were causing all the shouts of mirth was a professional kidnapper come up from distant Koth to teach woman-stealing to Zamorians who were born with more knowledge of the art than he could ever attain.

Conan is an interesting example imo because it displays a lot of the highs and lows of pulp. Robert E. Howard could also write very punchy, straightforward action, and often did - but part of the selling point for the emerging genre fiction of the era was that it was lurid and lascivious. While the extract above is. Well. Bad. It is worth recognising that within its context it was also kind of experimental.

Howard wrote these drooling, sort of bewildering, sensory passages for the same reason Marvel movies punch you in the face with saturated colours and rapid cuts and a billion VFX. You see it in the work of H.P. Lovecraft too, and I will grudgingly acknowledge that that's something worth recognising about his literary impact. I also think Lovecraft was a pretty bad technical writer, personally, but that's a whole other soapbox.

My point is that a lot of truly purple prose today (in the sense that it is extraneous, distracting, undermines its own function) traces its legacy to this era of pulp where there was a distinct secondary purpose to overwhelming the reader with ornamentation. It was self-consciously indulgent, and strikingly distinct from the more genteel floridity of equally bad literary novelists. For instance, compare the above with the even purpler prose of the famously awful Irene Iddesleigh:

On being introduced to all those outside his present circle of acquaintance on this evening, and viewing the dazzling glow of splendour which shone, through spectacles of wonder, in all its glory, Sir John felt his past life but a dismal dream, brightened here and there with a crystal speck of sunshine that had partly hidden its gladdening rays of bright futurity until compelled to glitter with the daring effect they soon should produce. But there awaited his view another beam of life’s bright rays, who, on entering, last of all, commanded the minute attention of every one present—this was the beautiful Irene Iddesleigh. How the look of jealousy, combined with sarcasm, substituted those of love and bashfulness! How the titter of tainted mockery rang throughout the entire apartment, and could hardly fail to catch the ear of her whose queenly appearance occasioned it! These looks and taunts serving to convince Sir John of Nature’s fragile cloak which covers too often the image of indignation and false show, and seals within the breasts of honour and equality resolutions of an iron mould. On being introduced to Irene, Sir John concluded instantly, without instituting further inquiry, that this must be the original of the portrait so warmly admired by him. There she stood, an image of perfection and divine beauty, attired in a robe of richest snowy tint, relieved here and there by a few tiny sprigs of the most dainty maidenhair fern, without any ornaments whatever, save a diamond necklet of famous sparkling lustre and priceless value.

Christ. Hopefully you can see the depth of the scale here - the Conan extract is muddy and difficult to read, but this is near incomprehensible. Part of the reason this passage is so much worse is that there is even less intent behind the author's use of language. Here, she is working overtime to evoke a kind of dramatic-intellectual style borrowed from writers like the Brontë sisters (imo at least - not an expert, that's just the sense I get as a reader). The further these flourishes get from lending purpose to the meaning of the prose, the harder they are to parse.

BUT my other point is: far fewer writers these days set out to emulate Irene Iddesleigh's arch, roundabout, society conscious voice than they do the hallmarks of classic pulp. We're inured to sex and violence, sin and debauchery in fiction today, so extracts like the Conan example feel even more bloated than they did in their time. And that creates a real pitfall for amateur genre writers: the instinct to pay homage to the stylistic choices of the classics can lead them right into Irene Iddesleigh territory.

Too often, the purpose of these overwrought, leering descriptions isn't calculated to thrill the audience, but to establish a piece in the company of older works the writer admires. And that's what leads to truly purple prose in contemporary genre writing, which makes readers scoff and laugh, which makes authors self-conscious and timid, which leads us here to a point where wordy description is inaccurately identified as the problem. It's not. The problem is excess - and when something has purpose, by definition, it's not excessive.

[marvels-meme]

Canon worldbuilding lore on the MCU Kree to help you with your fanfic

They rule over multiple planets. Hala is the capital.

Hala's star is called Pama

In the comics there are around five known planets in Hala's system - it's unclear if Hala is 4th or 5th planet because it's been confused with another planet, Turunal.

Hala is located in the Larger Magellanic Cloud

Hala had oceans and forests (rip to those tho lol)

Leader of the Empire is called the "Supremor"

The Supreme Intelligence was basically god

The collective is one idea of the afterlife — if your brain is worthy it joins the Supreme Intelligences database when you die.

The spiritual afterlife is called the Etherplex or something idk

Their technology is somewhat water based (need more info on this)

Architecture is heavy on metal and stone and is very geometric. Buildings are detailed but there generally isn't too much furniture.

Cyan and purplish lights for a big chunk of Hala, golden lights for the Supreme Intelligence.

No hanging paintings... If you want art you have to hire someone to paint your wall lol

Starforce generally have one room apartments, I couldn't see a kitchen in them.

Stuff like wardrobes, book shelves, cupboards and drawers are more likely to be inserted into the wall to save space.

Like Carol literally lived in a single room with a bed, nightstand and a hexagonal cup. The ideal female living space.

They have hexagonal cups (I just thought that was cute)

The military is a big deal! Other respectable careers involve teaching, medicine, typically intelligent jobs that give something to society.

Kids are trained from a young age in the military. They're called "recruits". There's a deleted scene of Yon-Rogg teaching some.

The military hierarchy is likely Supremor > Accuser > Starforce > Kree Army > Non Kree Army > War slaves.

The Accusers aren't just extra bad military. They uphold the law, make arrests, hold trials, decide punishments, etc. I'd imagine that this is typically done for more important criminals or prisoners of war. That's why Dar-Benn holds an Accuser hammer as Supremor — she's upholding the law.

Kree Law is vaguely structured around the Tablets of Koth — they aren't definitive but they are the main basis.

Questioning your leaders is technically illegal

The worst crime of all is being "un-Kree".

Kree supremacy is big. In the comics it's illegal for Kree to have children with other species. They will tolerate other races if they’re feeling nice about it, but ultimately the Kree come first. This is important in the context of Carol's relationship with Yon-Rogg.

There's racism of blue Kree > non blue Kree in the comics but it doesn't appear to be present in the MCU. Keep it in mind though.

The Kree originally evolved to have blue skin because of low oxygen levels on Hala. Non blue kree came later as a result of mixing with other species. Since making babies with another species has been illegality for probably millenia, non blue Kree are now just another skin tone of the species.

Sexism isn't a thing. Yon-Rogg isn't sexist to Carol he's being racist too her lol

There are groups of noble families with some quite strict rules about battle. If a noble is cornered in battle with no way out they have to drink the special suicide juice or else they are shamed.

The suicide juice is called Odium, which means hate in Latin. If you sip it you go crazy with rage, get super strength and start trying to fight everything until it makes your heart explode

In the comics the Kree have double that of human organs — ie two hearts, four lungs. Brain is probably an exception. They have stronger bones and heavier muscle mass.

Kree blood has healing properties strong enough to bring a species with simple DNA (like humans) back from the dead but it's super duper painful and like 7/8 of the people that have received it have been given some kind of amnesia afterwards

Carol was one of those humans lol rip queen

Apparently the amnesia thing isn't even hard to do? In Agents of Shield a Kree had a tiny little hammer and he'd slap people with it and they'd loose their memories (I doubt that Carol was slapped with a tiny hammer but you never know this might help you)

Propaganda art - there are some gorgeous statues and murals in the Captain Marvel concept art.

Fashion is generally dark. Black, grey and brown for most people. It's not too complicated. White appears to be for underclothes/sleeping wear.

Well it's not too complicated unless you are the Supremor. Remember, Dar-Benn is succeeding the position from their idea of god. She's dressed to the tens and stands out the most from literally everyone. Her stuff is more detailed and metallic and she's wearing a lot more jewellery.

Also notice how Dar-Benn changes outfits literally every ten minutes. I need Marvel to stop killing all the cunty villains because I deserved to study her entire wardrobe thank you very much

A few Kree women (including Carol) have the style of one side being braided and the other let down.

The Kree are encouraged to experiment with as many genders as possible

So technically Carol Danvers lesbian sex canon

Some people grow babies in big tanks. Why? To make them strong or something idk. Carol's comic half sister was born in a big tank bc they wanted her to be strong asf to serve as an Accuser

Swear words — I only know da'st. No idea what it means

They don't have a word for candy </3

Normal space currency is called credits. Kree currency is called kreedits. If that's not the funniest fucking thing ever I don't know what is.

Kree names are "your name-family name". Eg Yon-Roggs given name is Yon, but his surname is Rogg. His daughters name is Una-Rogg.

You generally don't separate the name. Yon-Roggs name isn't Yon, it's Yon-Rogg. Obviously there's exceptions, but that's the general naming rule. It wouldn't be outright wrong to call him Yon, it would just be uncommon and slightly weird.

The Kree have beef with every species ever. They had multiple wars with the Asgardians and the Xandarians.

I've probably missed something lol

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[mtg-cards-hourly]

Darksteel Ingot

"It reflects the purity of Mirrodin-that-was." —Koth of the Hammer

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Today's Card Is: Koth of the Hammer