#the italian wars

[beyondmistland]

Like Bjorn Ironside pretending to be dead and getting his coffin only to suppress attack, what’s the coolest battle/fight tactics in history?

I'm going to preface this with the fact that 1) There are too many to list here (or anywhere really) and 2) I'm limited to what I personally know.

That said, here are a few that spring to mind:

Richard III's last charge at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Not only did he get within a sword's length of killing Henry Tudor himself but Richard also killed Henry's standard-bearer, Sir William Brandon, AND unhorsed burly John Cheyne, his older brother's former standard-bearer. Not bad for a guy who would today qualify for the Special Olympics. (The Japanese equivalent would be Sanada Yukimura.)

Harold Godwinson marching his army 185 miles (or 298 km) in just four days to take the Norwegians by surprise at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. (Honorable mention goes to the soldier who got in a barrel and floated under the bridge to spear the Viking holding off the entire English army. Chevalier de Bayard, a real life knight in shining armor, later replicated this feat by holding off 200 Spanish knights single-handedly at the Battle of Garigliano.)

When the rebels started chanting "Henry Percy King" at the Battle of Shrewsbury, Henry IV shouted back "Henry Percy is dead." Needless to say, Henry Percy did not respond. (His eldest son, the future Henry V (or as Shakespeare names him in his youth, Prince Hal), took an arrow to the face in this same battle, which is why Henry V's portraits always depict him from his uninjured side.)

Hannibal crossing the Alps and whooping Rome's ass multiple times on its own turf. (There's a reason "Hannibal ad portas" became a saying. Also, Napoleon I later replicated this feat.)

At the Battle of Bremule, a Norman knight seized the reins of Louis the Fat's horse, shouting "the king is taken!" Louis' response? Hitting the guy with his mace and shouting "the king is not taken, neither at war, nor at chess!"

Alexander the Great turning the island city of Tyre into a peninsula.

Alexander Buchanan killing Thomas, Duke of Clarence at the Battle of Bauge and holding the dead duke's coronet aloft on his lance.

Thanks for the question, anon

[purpdrawsthings]

CHAT HELP I THINK I ACTUALLY COOKED 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

WAHHHHHH CAN'T BELIEVE I FINISHED THIS IN 8 HOURS 🙏🙏🙏🙏

My hand is feeling sore from both drawing and holding the phone I swear to God 😭😭😭

This WOTFI is my first ever WOTFI in the fandom and it was a great one =3

Even if people have different opinions, I find this year's WOTFI to be my favourite ❤

No it's not because of a certain handsome tv man

And with that, I hope you eat well chat, because I think I accidentally cooked y'all a huge ass looking buffet.

Shoutout to @livzees for the amazing Mr Puzzles form ref / inspiration, your ver of Mr Puzzles looks amazing and you deserve the shoutout ❤ =3

[grave-ng]

redraw of that one shot from the new episode I CANT WAIT FOR WOTFI ‼️

[askymzbuki]

[ominus-potato]

I finally draw SMG3's wotfi 2024 design!!! Safe to say he once again had the best look this year. This man is too pretty istg...

[blamin8r]

So WOTFI 2024 was really cool and my main takeaway was SMG3's sick ass outfit so I knew I had to draw it immediately but I didn't have time to fully finish it until today because I had class and work ;-;

This year's WOTFI was honestly pretty solid, I liked the concept, the challenges, and the song it fucking AMAZING, but the climax kinda fell flat. However, I do like just throwing Mr. Puzzles into an insane asylum purely because we all know it's just going to make him even worse and more deranged so we can still have him again as a villain later on, which I am very excited for because I love my angst.

About the art, I didn't change too much about SMG3's Puzzle Park outfit, I basically just gave him the Puzzle Piece logo on his overalls since it's clear he's not wearing his normal clothes, and I added his skull logo to his bombs since they were probably already his before he was put under Mr. Puzzles' control.

It felt really good to do a fully finished drawing again, which I haven't been able to do for well over a month, so I'm hoping that once I'm not falling behind in my classes that I can draw again more frequently.

[billygoat26]

Chat he’s losing it again

“Friends… are eternal.”

[scimagic]

You guys are NOT READY for what I have planned :))

[sh00t4th3m00n]

GUYS-

[sforzesco]

giulia farnese, lucrezia borgia, caterina gonzaga

we are. figuring out looks. slowly but surely, we're figuring out looks.

⭐ places I’m at! bsky / pixiv / pillowfort /cohost / cara.app / insta / tip jar!

[coralnotcotton]

did a thing based off of a scene from smg4 (mr. puzzles my beloved)

plus the original screenshot:

was going to include meggy's hand in it but i couldn't quite figure out the colors

[tiredsmashbros]

my sister coughed at me and i think she got me sick my throat is aching help

anyways um um um you guys are so awesome and kind the comments and reblogs i got from last post made me so giddy, kicking my feet, clapping, and bursting in laughter <333 plans for the continuation is still happening dw!!

just been doing side personal things and getting out of burn out. currently planning out my schedule to finish up side stuff before june hits so i can feed into my time getting some quick cash and drawing gAY THINGS >:))))))c

in the meantime, enjoy this piece that was just going to be a sketched and i went... a little overboard. hopefully i can do a more rendered piece i can't stop thinking of him i need help

edit ; oh right have the sketch too btw vghbjknlm

[verysillycreator]

WOTFI WAS GREAT CHAT!!

[moodboard-d]

[theogratking]

i might try digitalise the bottom drawing. maybe tween it?!?! 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ anyways eat up freaks

[calabria-mediterranea]

25 April - Anniversary of Italy's Liberation

25 April also known as the Anniversary of Italy's Liberation is a national holiday in Italy that commemorates the victory of the Italian resistance movement against Nazi Germany and the Italian Social Republic, puppet state of the Nazis and rump state of the fascists, culmination of the liberation of Italy from German occupation and of the Italian civil war in the latter phase of World War II. That is distinct from Republic Day (Festa della Repubblica), which takes place on 2 June and commemorates the 1946 Italian institutional referendum.

Every year on 25 April Italy celebrates Liberation Day, known in Italian as Festa della Liberazione, with a national public holiday.

In addition to the closure of schools, public offices and most shops, the day is marked with parades across the country, organised by ANPI, Italy's partisan association which preserves the memory of the Resistance movement against Fascism.

The occasion is held in commemoration of the end of the Fascist regime and of the Nazi occupation during world war two, as well as the victory of Italy's Resistance movement of partisans who opposed the regime.

Formed in 1943, the partigiani comprised a network of anti-Fascist activists, from diverse backgrounds including workers, farmers, students and intellectuals, across Italy.

Resistance

Together they united in armed resistance against the Nazi occupation and the Fascist regime, making their struggle both a war of liberation and a civil war.

The annual event marks the day in 1945 when a nationwide radio broadcast calling for a popular uprising and general strike against the Nazi occupation and Fascist regime was announced by the National Liberation Committee of Upper Italy (CLNAI), a political umbrella organisation representing the Italian Resistance movement.

This announcement - made by partisan and future president of Italy Sandro Pertini - resulted in the capture and death of Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, who was shot three days later.

The Festa della Liberazione represents a significant turning point in Italy's history, paving the way for the referendum of 2 June 1946 when Italians voted in favour of a republic and against the monarchy which had been discredited during the war and whose members went into exile.

Scurati controversy

This year's event takes place against the backdrop of a political controversy after the state broadcaster RAI stopped a well-known Italian writer from delivering an anti-fascist monologue on television a few days before the Festa della Liberazione.

Antonio Scurati accused RAI of censorship after his monologue was dropped abruptly from the Saturday night talkshow Chesarà for "editorial reasons".

The writer claimed that the move highlighted the alleged attempts by premier Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government to exert its influence over the state broadcaster which has seen several veteran presenters leave over the last year including Fabio Fazio, Bianca Berlinguer and Amadeus.

 In his speech Scurati criticised the "ruling post-Fascist party" for wanting to "re-write history" rather than "repudiate its neo-fascist past".

RAI director Paolo Corsini rejected any talk of censorship, as did Meloni who responded to the controversy by posting Scurati's text on her Facebook page, stating that the broadcaster had "simply refused to pay 1800 euro (the monthly salary of many employees) for a minute of monologue".

Meloni added that the Italian people "can freely judge" the contents of the text which was later read live on air by Chesarà presenter Serena Bortone in an act of solidarity with Scurati.