#manuela g.

[rivoluzionaria]

“L’errore più grande fu credere che mostrarmi vulnerabile gli facesse venire voglia di proteggermi.”

— manuela g.

[non4ry]

drew some of my favorite resi girlies as my little ponies for funsies ^_^

designs are f2u with credit! also check the notes for me just infodumping about my horse designs lol

[monologhidiunamarea]

"[...] Ma lui era bravo a regalarmi solo pochi istanti intensi e laconici, come quel suo nome che non sapevo pronunciare senza che il mare poi se lo riprendesse; vaglielo spiegare ad un'onda che in certe rive si può anche restare."

[dottssapatrizia]

Ci piacciono gli ‘amori da favola’ perché non sappiamo minimamente quale sia la loro storia, o di come siano arrivati a sembrarlo. Ci piacciono i biglietti aerei fatti all’ultimo minuto, l’emozione che scorre oltre i finestrini dei treni, i messaggi nel cuore della notte che fanno rumore e ci portano via dal temuto silenzio, gli abbracci che ci tengono stretti quando siamo terrorizzati all’idea di non riuscirci da soli. Eppure non abbiamo la minima idea di cosa sia realmente successo prima di quell’istante di felicità; una litigata furiosa per cui pentirsi, una discussione troppo accesa, l’orgoglio che non sa chiedere scusa, una rinuncia, un compromesso, un’aspettativa delusa. Crediamo che l’amore esista in un solo, unico gesto e, in esso, siamo convinti di poter vivere per sempre, dimenticandoci di tutto il resto. Ma non dovremmo ricercare l’amore come scusa per allontanarci il più lontano possibile dal nostro dolore. L’amore non è un rifugio, una casa accogliente, un porto sicuro. È uno strumento per abbracciare le nostre paure e vincerle.

[galactic-space]

Grandpa lemon: nah I’m serious, she’s a “heart skips a beat, jaw drops to the floor when you see her” kinda hot

Annoying orange: Lemon for the love of god stop drooling over my mom

[manuelamordhorst]

Tipp: MK&G Messe Hamburg 27.11. - 1.12.2024

27.11.24?–?1.12.24 Vom 27. November bis 1. Dezember 2024 stellt die MK&G messe zeitgenössisches Kunsthandwerk in seiner Vielfalt vor, darunter junge und renommierte Positionen, internationale Strömungen und frische Perspektiven aus vielen gestalterischen Disziplinen wie Keramik, Glaskunst und Schmuckdesign. Als internationales Forum bietet die MK&G messe Kunsthandwerk von hoher handwerklicher…

[thecubanartobserver]

Exposición "Colectivo de autores", Colectiva

[city-of-ladies]

Agustina de Aragón, Casta Álvarez and other heroines of the siege of Zaragoza

In 1808, the Spanish city of Zaragoza was besieged by the armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. The Peninsular war was raging as the Spanish people resisted the French occupation. 

Women distinguished themselves in defense of their homes. One of them was Agustina Raimunda María Zaragoza Doménech (1786-1857), also known as Agustina de Aragón.  

Defender

In 1803, she married Juan Roca Vilaseca, a corporal in the Spanish Artillery. Since her husband had been stationed in Zaragoza in 1808, Agustina was present when the French troops besieged the city.

Many of the Spanish defenders of the strategic Portillo Gate had been wounded or killed following the French assaults. The enemy was beginning to storm the city. Agustina, who had been carrying food and water to the soldiers, stepped into the breach, retrieved a still-burning wick from the hand of a fallen gunner, and fired the cannon at the advancing French soldiers. Her courage rallied the defenders who repelled the assailants, thus saving the gate.

The Spanish Commander in Zaragoza, José de Palafox, heard of her bravery and rewarded her. Her exploit also won her international fame. Lord Byron wrote, for instance, a poem in her honor. 

Zaragoza’s other heroines

She wasn’t the only woman to take arms. Another was Casta Álvarez (1786-1846). Armed with a bayonet, she defended the Sancho Gate and was later awarded a pension by King Ferdinand VII.

Manuela Sancho (1783-1863) fought to defend the San José convent, riffle in hand. María de la Consolación Azlor, countess of Bureta, (1773-1814) organized a battery to repel a French assault on her home. The names of Benita Portales, Juliana Larena, and María Lostal are also remembered. Women also nursed the wounded and brought food and drink to the soldiers. María Agustín (1784-1831) was, for instance, wounded when bringing ammunition to the defenders. 

This first siege ended on August 14, 1808, but the French returned to besiege the city on December 19, 1808. Agustina wanted to fight but had contracted typhus and could only watch from her sickbed as the city was taken. Captured by the French, she and her son were forced to march to the frontier among a column of prisoners. She would probably have died if an officer had not placed her on the back of a mule. Agustina made it to Puenta de la Reina where she escaped. Her son died shortly afterward. 

Ensign 

Agustina reached the nearest headquarters of the Spanish army. She was made an ensign and served with her unit in Seville. She later fought in the defense of Tortosa and the battle of Vitoria, though her participation in the latter is subject to doubt.

After the end of the war in 1814, Agustina followed her husband to various military posts. After he died in 1823, she remarried to a doctor. She died in Ceuta on 29 May 1857.

Further reading

Esdaile Charles J., Women in the peninsular war

Fernandez Gilbert G., “Agustina de Aragón”, in: Bernard Cook (ed.), Women and war, an historical encyclopedia from antiquity to the present vol.1

Lawrence Tone John, “Aragón, Augustina”, in: Higham Robin, Pennington Reina (ed.), Amazons to fighter pilots, biographical dictionary of military women, vol.1

Navascués Alcay Santiago, “Casta Álvarez Barceló”

Solduga Francisco Javier, “La Artillera del Portillo”

[fiorenellanotte]

“volevo dirti, sai,

che sei devastante

anche quando

ti volti e te ne vai,

che le tue spalle

si trasformano nel luogo

in cui vengono alla luce

le onde di tutti i mari del mondo,

che la tua schiena sembra nata

fra le mani del Bernini,

che le tue braccia disarmano

qualunque forma d’arte,

e la tua pelle, di marmo e candore,

sa animare il David,

e sottrargli qualsiasi gloria.”

— manuela g.

[official-magnus-institute]

Did Manuela finally succeed with her Black Hole Sun ?

GUYS WERE WORKIGN ON IT YOU JUST GOTTA GEVE IT TIME

FORNAL RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE TIMOTHY G STOEKR

[fantasyinvader]

Edelgard's big speech against Rhea, the whole “if people support each other, they don't need gods” line, almost feels like it's mocking the player in hindsight.

For starters, people supporting each other. Edelgard ideals, the principles she's going to reform Fodlan around, amount to her belief that people need to learn not to rely on others. That relying on others causes them to become weak, like wet paper or Vegeta's ego, whereas by forcing them to rely on themselves the people will either become strong or die trying. And as Moon makes it, she'll blame the people if they do indeed die at the hands of her system, saying they're too accustomed to relying on others. While the English text makes it out that Edelgard's reforms work towards a “free and independent society,” the “free” part was something they added (and is contradicted by Hubert's endings). The way the original text says independent translates more as “self-reliant,” a society where people don't rely on others.

So by Edelgard's logic, the people of the society she makes would require “gods.” This is despite Edelgard's raging against the Goddess and her children, but remember. Edelgard is also accused of wanting to replace the Goddess with herself, in Hopes she's shown reviving the Southern Church preaching things that appeal to those who don't like the messages of the Church (and pisses Rhea off in the process), while the Lin/Bernie and Manuela/Hanneman endings in Flower reveal Edelgard restores the Church under imperial supervision.

Edelgard also wants to be called El.

We don't usually spell it like that, usually it's Elle. El, in fact, is an ancient Semitic word for god (lower-case g), as well as the name of the chief god of the Canaanites. In the S support with her, however, the player has no choice but to call her El.

Edelgard takes over Fodlan, the land Sothis created after the Agarthans wrecked the world, ousts the teachings of Sothis to replace it with her own ideals, invokes Divine Right of Kings symbolism in her ending by imitating Napoleon's coronation portrait complete with a version of France's Hand of Justice (though inverted), and wants to be called a word for god. The route also makes it clear that Ferdinand is not her equal, Petra is not her equal, and YOU are not her equal. Girl has a complete god complex going.

If mankind stands strong and supports each other, they don't need gods. But Edelgard takes away the ability to support each other, believing that will make people strong instead of creating a society where people stab each other in the back for power. She's also implied to present her beliefs as the teachings of the goddess in Hopes and after Flower, reshaping the Fodlan Sothis created in her image. Under her system, people will need a “god” to elevate them. They'll need Emperor Edelgard in order to give them power in exchange for serving her. Meanwhile, you killed everyone who opposed her like a complete zealot in order to create one nation under Edelgard.

You're the fundamentalist here, believing in Edelgard despite the heaps of contradictions. You make a world where people will continue to rely on their “goddess.” Meanwhile, the other endings either have Byleth rule Fodlan though admittedly still having the power of the Goddess, or Dimitri does with Byleth's support. Byleth loses that power in Flower, implied to be because you broke Sothis's heart when you killed Rhea.

But if people need gods in this world you created... there's the implication that Sothis will return once she makes a new body for herself. Hopes pretty much spells that out.

[rivoluzionaria]

Chissà se lo sai che mi hai dato qualcosa che non sapevo di volere, e adesso non so più come smettere di volerlo.

— manuela g.

[thepringlesofblood]

Find Out Your Ceresian Senator Name!

(made with love, the d20 gang put a lot of work into diversifying character names, & as I was doing my etymology post I noticed similarities but no clear formula so I thought I’d write one for funsies)

First Name: The first letter of the street you grew up on (if you didn’t grow up on a street feel free to use a town/city name, or a landmark!).

I included alternates for gender reasons - a/o means the name can end with either a or o depending on your preference, e.g. Emilio vs Emilia. You can probably also throw an -e at the end of some of them if (like me) you wanna be a bit nonbinary about it.

A - Aurelius (Adria, Andrea) B - Bianca (Bacchus, Basilla) C - Cara (Cassius, Camila/o) D - Dominic (Donatella/o, Daniela) E - Emanuel (Emanuela, Emilia/o,  Eduardo) F - Francisco (Fabrizia/o, Fiero) G - Giuseppe (Graciela, Gio) H - Hercules (Hero, Hermes) I - Ignazia/o (Imelda, Isabella) J - Jupiter (Jiovanni, Juno) K - Katarina (Kronos, Celeste) L - Lorenzo (Luca, Loretta) M - Marco (Messina, Manuela) N - Nunzio (Natalia, Nico) O - Oliverio (Ouranos, Roberta/o) P - Patrizia/o (Paula/o, Pallas) Q - Quirinus (Pietro, Ricarda/o) R - Rizzo (Rafaela/Rafael, Renata) S - Silvio (Sabina/e, Serafina/o) T - Titian (Tullia/o, Terra) U - Ulysses (Urania/Uranus, Rosetta) V - Valentina/o (Venus, Vesta, Vesuvio) W - Luigi (Mario, Rosalina) X - Xanto (Romeo, Diana, Apollo) Y - Ylenia (Saturn/Saturnus, Minerva) Z - Zappa (Mars, Melete, Diana)

Last name: The last letter of your favorite food

A - Bucatini B - Capellini C - Bavette D - Matriciani E - Pappardelle F - Scialatelli G - Spaghettini H - Tagliatelle I - Trenetti J - Vermicelli K - Anelli L - Cascatelli M - Castellane N - Cavatappi O - Farfalle P - Garganelli   Q - Passatelli R - Paccheri S - Rigatoni T - Strozzapretti U - Testaroli V - Cannelloni   W - Agnolini X - Cappaletti Y - Fagottini Z - Sacchettoni

Voila! Now just put “Senator” (or another Roman govt position if you want) in front of it. I’m Senator Andrea Trenetti!

I also did some optional funsies for those of us with dice we never get to use:

Roll 1d20 


If it lands on a 1, you are straight up a loaf of bread. use the Bread Table under the cut


If it lands on a 2-10, you are a pasta dish. Use the last name chart for your first name, and use the Pasta Dish Table under the cut for your last

If you roll a nat 20, you are may choose b/w

a popular snack food. Use the Snack Table under the cut
. 

you can also use the first name chart and use the snack table for your last name if you want

a Ceresian folk deity. not a senator anymore, but arguably funnier. Use the Deity Table under the cut

otherwise, use tables above as normal.


In The Ravening War, all of the senators also got “tribune” titles like “Tribune of Triscutia” - if you want one of those, you can either:

Use the last name table but use first letter of your favorite food

Use either the Bread, Pasta Dish, or Snack table under the cut

Bread Table

Roll 1d12 or use your birth month

1. Panettone (you have a little Candian on your mother’s side of the family) 2. Muffuletta 3. Pane rustico 4. Panino 5. Pita 6. Tortano 7. Baguette 8. Ciambella 9. Fugassa 10. Friselle 11. Crescentina 12. Boule

Pasta Dish Table

Roll 1d20 or how many mozzarella sticks do you think you could eat in one sitting? (if you can’t eat mozzarella sticks imagine carrot sticks instead)

1. Arrabiatta 2. Amatriciana 3. Bolognese 4. Capresi   5. Bottarga 6. Indiavolati 7. Siracusani 8. Scarpariello 9. Boscaiola 10. Fagioli 11. Lucchesi 12. di Mare 13. Napoletana 14. Puttanesca 15. Ragu   16. Sorrentina 17. Tartufo 18. Valtellina 19. Zucca 20. Cacio-pepe

Snack Table

Roll 1d6, or rate the last movie you saw from 0-5 stars (or 1-6 if you don’t want to do math)

Tostito(s)

if you like you can also use Fritos or Dorito(s)

Chex (you can add a last name that describes the kind of Chex if you want)

Pepperidge (like Pepperidge farms)

Ritz

Kellogg (you can add a last name that describes the kind of Kellogg’s food item if you want)

General Mills

you can forgo the “Senator” title if you so chose and just be “General Mills”

the ancient Roman govt Ceresia is based on had a lot of interplay between the military and the government so like. Generals still have govt. sway.

you could also just be “Senator Mills”

Deity Table

Roll 1d6 or tbh just pick which one you like they’re all fun

you are now known as Ben the Original, but you have never forgotten your past life as Uncle Ben.

you are Little Miss Sunbeam, a maiden goddess of light and happiness

you are the Triple God, the Holy Trinity, and your aspects are Snap, Crackle, and Pop

you are a Keebler elf, one of a large family of forest spirits hidden deep in the mountains on the border of Candia and Ceresia

you are Umaemon, an otherworldly cat-like being with unknowable powers and dual aspects of both cat and human.

you are the Pillsbury Doughboy. 

[monologhidiunamarea]

“Caro te, volevo dirti che esiste un mare sulla luna chiamato “il Mare della Tranquillità” ed uno dei più grandi presenti sull'emisfero del satellite, sempre rivolto verso gli occhi della Terra. Le diverse tonalità di colore corrispondono alle reali differenze nella composizione chimica dell’area, e la loro tinta particolarmente calcata evidenzia in modo sorprendente la composizione della superficie: il blu rivela la presenza di titanio, mentre l'arancio e le tonalità violacee la scarsità di quest’ultimo e del ferro. Gli esperti sono convinti che il Mare trattenga ancora su di sé il primo passo fatto da Neil Armstrong il 20 luglio 1969. Si narra che la sua orma sia ancora lì, al di sopra della distesa blu; sulla luna, infatti, non ci sono venti che possano avere avuto la forza di cancellarla. Ora finalmente sai perché, quando parlo dell’amore che mi lasci addosso, io parlo sempre del Mare della Tranquillità e di quella sua ostinata, immutabile, inestinguibile impronta.”

[dottssapatrizia]

A volte vorresti solo qualcuno in grado di darti le risposte giuste, anche alle domande che non fai; qualcuno che conosca la verità assoluta, che abbia per te la forza che disperatamente cerchi e che puntualmente non trovi, che sappia come farti dimenticare quel giorno vissuto che fa male e se ne frega di passare. E sì, lo so. La stanchezza sa essere un pensiero davvero egoista.

[recurringwriter]

Got any Rodrigue fic recs?

anon i have you covered. just going through my bookmarks we have

Crushed ( with Love ) by Koroartfics: Rated G. very very soft and sweet Lambrigue. comfort food. a wonderful time.

The Physician's Roar by wintersoltis: Rated T. this was written for Me based on a silly concept i had where Manuela and Cornelia fight in a tavern and Rodrigue looks on. Rodriguela. hilarious and perfect.

Carry You Home by onyxedskies: Rated G. Rodrigue mourning Glenn. Very sad and good if you're in the mood for something heavy. Well written.

What Else Is There? by Kalyppso: Rated T. Rodrigue and his betrothed awkwardly reconnect after time apart. Their nerves and Rodrigue's emotional clumsiness are so good. draws you in and Eugénie is so interesting!

Shield of Faerghus, Stone of Hope by settled_dogs: Rated T. this is The shezrod fic, I am so regretful that i haven't caught up yet but it has everything. humour, romance, angst, tension, action, rodrigue and shez being oblivious like so oblivious it's so good.

Explicit/Mature Fic Recs under cut:

But it's all an act, 'cause I know exactly what you're wantin' by UmbralStars: Rated E. Rodrigue and the Rufus we invented before Hopes came out. Rodrigue gets his massively sore back kneaded like play doh and then Rufus gives him an under the table BJ. nothing left to be desired.

i just want a crescendo and a killer queen by Recurring: Rated M. basically everything by this writer is peak but this is probably their masterpiece. hoping that they finish it soon, it's a really well written rodriguela 'Rodrigue Lives AU'.