#Anna Saxon

[badmovieihave]

Bad movie I have Big Screen Bombshells it has Chain Gang Women 1971, Cindy and Donna 1970, Galaxina 1980, Hustler Squad 1976, Las Vegas Lady 1975, Lena’s Holiday  1991, Pick-Up 1975, Policewomen 1974, Single Room Furnished 1966, The Sister-in-Law 1974, The Stepmother 1972, and Superchick 1973

#Chain Gang Women #Barbara Mills #Cindy and Donna #Debbie Osborne #Galaxina #Dorothy Stratten #Hustler Squad #Nory Wright #Las Vegas Lady #Stella Stevens #Lena’s Holiday #Felicity Waterman #Pick-Up #Gini Eastwood #Policewomen #Sondra Currie #Single Room Furnished #Jayne Mansfield #The Sister-in-Law #Anna Saxon #The Stepmother #Katherine Justice #Superchick #Joyce Jillson #Big Screen Bombshells

[pokadandelion]

Archduchess Sophie of Austria - Hungary with her identical twin sister Princess Maria Anna of Bavaria, future Queen of Saxony.

#archduchess sophie of austria #queen maria anna of saxony #austrian imperial family #saxon royalty #austrian history #german history #house of habsburg #house of wettin

[agentannakelso]

Quinn: The secret to life is to always use more spinach and less rice than you think you'll need.

Saxon: The second secret to life is that fresh air, warm sun, and a cup of tea will make your problems small enough to start handling.

Kelso: The third secret to life is that violence sometimes really is the answer.

Jensen: ...

Vega: Don't look at me, man, I just work here.

#Deus Ex #Garvin Quinn #Ben Saxon #Anna Kelso #Alejandra Vega #Adam Jensen

[alex-iltempo]

BiG SPOiLER for Nancy Drew

When you see a cute gifset of the ship, so you start watching the show, but you have to wait 3 seasons for this ship to sail...and even then turns out it was a dream sequence and now there's a curse that says if they ever even tell each other about their feelings one of them will die, so the other one who knows about that curse lies and hides the true.

Hate those tropes of curse on soulmates

Hated it when there was variation of that with Stelena

Hated it with Bo and Dyson on the Lost Girl

Just Hate, hate, HaTe, hatE, HATE it

#lost girl #bo dennis #dyson thornwood #anna silk #kris holden ried #the vampire diaries #tvd #elena gilbert #stefan salvatore #nina dobrev #paul wesley #nancy drew cw #nancy drew #ace hardy #ace x nancy #nancy x ace #nace #alex saxon #kennedy mcmann #stelena #otp #ship it #ships #tropes #naceedit #nace edit #ace nd #otpsource #shipping

[graphicpolicy]

Dark Horse announces print editions of Youth Volume 3, Night at the Belfry, and Trick Pony

Dark Horse announces print editions of Youth Volume 3, Night at the Belfry, and Trick Pony #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel

Dark Horse Comics will bring–YOUTH Volume 3, the next chapter of the epic superhuman teen saga by visionary writer Curt Pires with art by Alex Diotto, Night At The Belfry, an unconventional coming-of-age tale of a man who reaches a point in his life where roles are reversed and he’s questioning what’s next by newcomer Canadian Xavier Saxon and Trick Pony, an original graphic novel about a…

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#alex diotto #anna david #curt pires #dark horse #Dark Horse Comics #graphic novel #graphic novels #greg lockard #lucas gattoni #night at the belfry #trick pony #xavier saxon #youth

[trans-rights-adam-jensen]

I read another James Swallow DX novel because 2 and 1/2 people told me to

*Inhales*

Sidenote: I refer to Janus as a He/They because I want to and because literally in canon they refuse to acknowledge a gender.  I do not think they care what pronouns you use.  Also in at least one instance, Lebedev DOES refer to Janus as ‘them’. 

Icarus effect notes:

-So far this reads the best of his DX work, if a little overly descriptive and redundant

-What is with Kelso and Ryan?  (maybe it will be revealed later?)  What does “diminished by your augs” mean???  Unattractive???  Why is that where the Senator went?  Hello? EDIT OH HOLY SHIT KELSO AND RYAN'S RELATIONSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT AND GOOD AND HEARTBREAKING OH MY GOD.

-Still a bit of an awkward disconnect with gender stuff.  Annoying to have Anna respond with a “I’m not like other girls” or “I’m not like other augs” reaction. 

-“Strike Team Six”  Oh ffs we GET IT Seal Team Six reference.

-Ben: I like violence.  I like being a soldier.  Also Ben: but not shooting innocents??? 

…Babe, those go hand in hand.

-The background stuff is pretty well written—but again, a little too many idioms/expressions.  Nobody talks like that.  It feels like the scene I wrote with the grunt from Paths who was trying to sound cool and his teammate had no idea what on earth he was saying. 

-ok so ben’s whole deal is lack of identity.  Got it. 

-I do like that they’re both orphaned simultaneously.

-Jimmy is doing a pretty good job of capturing the manipulation of saxon; about how being alone makes you vulnerable. 

-I don’t like Barrett as much as the next person, but can we not equate scarring with ugliness?

-Gunther likes Fanta????  Is this like known lore or did you just do that because you wanted to Jimmy?  If the latter, legendary.

-Literally why is Ben questioning anything now?  He never questioned Belltower.  So it’s okay to do stuff if you understand it’s all about money?  But then when morals are involved, that’s weird shit?  Just feels odd.

-About Yelena:

…”Valley”, Jim?  Really?  “Breeches”, Mr. Swallow?   Also I do not know what this scene achieves.  Maybe I’m just Ace on Main.  But ???? 

-The parts about Kelso are good.  There’s actual feeling there?  Saxon’s sections are like.  Why do I care, again?  Nothing around him is explained, nothing he comes up with is explained, shit just happens, and he sure is there.  There’s no real vulnerability.  Even his PTSD symptoms are framed as rage mode, never inconvenient. 

Idk if this is a “Kelso is a woman and ergo more irrational” thing—and ironically, if so: can you write your men more like that???  Tired of reading about people with half a feeling 600 feet away under a camouflage blanket.  SMFH.

-“What he was doing now went against every moral code Saxon believed in”  He has a moral code???  More than one???

-Completely unrelated to the story itself: I developed a headcanon voice for Lebedev immediately.  It’s something like a gentler, warmer version of Erik Dellums’ Nazir from Skyrim. 

-Not specific to Mr. Swallow but take a shot every time somebody uses the terms “psychosis” “sociopath” “psychopath” etc., for anything they find amoral.  Leave neurodivergent people out of your judgement, thanks.

-“the part of Anna that was still an officer of the law wanted to see them dragged screaming into the light”  FFS JAMES LET THE COP SHIT GO

-The way Janus is cast to have almost… premonitions? definitely makes me think they are an AI.  I’m sticking with my “older version of Eliza gone rogue” theory, personally.  This also explains their obsession with using psych profiles to understand people. 

-I do not buy Ben replacing his legs so easily, but I’ll ignore it because I’m too exhausted to care, tbh.

-Kelso catching Ben tho, I’m here for that.

-Yelena’s preference for not speaking?  Ok, we support that in this household.  Go girl give us nothing <3 (I don’t care for her as a character tho, but we’re not supposed to)

-There’s a conversation, at least, happening here about augs.  One being Janus citing them as a way to free humanity from the influence of the Illuminati, the other being the Tyrants’ genuine view that their augs make them superior humans.  What I don’t hear, and what HBomberguy mentioned in his HR video essay, is a discussion about augs and a greater conversation about disability.  I liked the talk at the beginning about Kelso saying employers can’t discriminate against naturals in hiring, but how that’s so obviously untrue.  How workplaces might pressure their employees into getting augs.  There’s a lot there, and I feel like it should get some more attention.

And I think they were supposed to, especially with how at the end, the last zone Adam traverses through are full of workers who could not do the work they did without being augmented.  Just, to an extent, like him. 

-“I have done questionable things, it’s disturbing.” “I’m trying to make amends.  I don’t know if I can do any more.”  And then being severely upset, “this is the last time”,,, hits me a little in the guts.  It’s interesting to know that Janus has things they won’t do, most of all that they consider manipulation of cops a violation of some kind.  I have two arrows right now on my Janus Pepe Silvia board and one of them is pointed HARD at “AI with programmed or learned morality and difficulty understanding prioritization, sociopolitical strife, and emotional nuance; Triply so if he is a copy of an Eliza variant horrified by what his masters had him do” and the other is “he just like me FR Neurodivergent as HELL and takes severe psychic damage from specific types of actions”  Both of them have melted me, Janus is officially granted a rent-free living space in my brain. 

-The boat scene cutting to Namir and it just turns into “Presidential Alert: The girls are fightingggggg”

-The burning of Icarus is definitely symbolic and shit but I literally? Don't care and I'm not going to decide what it means to me in context. I don't think the games are going to do what I want with their story, so I will pretend I do not see it.

-Ah yes the trope of kissing someone to save them.  Fair enough, no disrespect, well executed and well-foreshadowed.

I’m done.  I’m free of Swallow.  Now I can finish my OWN damn writing. 

#deus ex #deus ex icarus effect #i'm daring to tag this with his name #GIRL. THIS WAS TOO LONG #dxhr #review #helix reads #jimothy birdman #janus #anna kelso #ben saxon

[elodieunderglass]

When does Tolkien start entering the public domain?

(In reference to this poll https://www.tumblr.com/elodieunderglass/730451774219190272 where I tagged it supporting my own personal theory and added that when Tolkien enters the public domain WATCH OUT)

Tolkien’s works enter the public domain in the USA, uk and Canada 70 years after his death - so 2043 with open season starting 2044.

If we’re all still around in 20 years’ time, make a note of it! I’ll write you a story with unhinged hobbit family structures, the Shire being a place that dampens magic, and the unauthorised yet strangely canonical adventures of Belladonna Took and the Silmarils. It will be 200,000 words long and written in the correct tone, and I promise to do completely immersive research to colour in the background: every linguistic reference, Anglo-Saxon folkway, Icelandic influence, weirdly deep dives into topics like kinship moiety and subtle mischief that characterises Tolkien’s work. This would be so funny to me.

Everyone will be racing to publish basic porn and games; the d&d franchise which will be world-eating in 20 years will finally get to drop the pretense of “halflings,” Witcher and other franchises ditto; all the fantasy writers who have tugged at the tit for so many generations will finally be able to do it openly, and the films will be constant and abysmal. But we, we alone, we happy few alone and free; we will be giggling together, like playing dolls, over what the people REALLY want: constructing elaborate conlang puns with a 200k textual payoff.

It will be my honor to work on this for no reason at all, and I will ceremoniously give it to you in exchange for £7.99. And we will laugh and laugh and laugh

#what a hilarious joke let’s do it #GOD #I’d like to think I’ll have my own creative endeavours in 20 years #such as competitive flax spinning or something #but it would be so funny. #literally my favorite bits are the ones where overcommitment to the bit is like #part of the bit #omg we have to do this.

[sazeracs]

I’m sure someone else has beaten me to it, but here’s a translation of the ledger Andreas can find in the abbey library, with my translation notes – long post below the cut:

Mother Katharine, Prioress AD 1459[1]

Sister Hildegard, 16 years old Named Anna Gölderich, of Ravensburg. Proficient in Latin. Studious and obedient, with a soft, pious voice. 150 florins donated by her father. Additional 15 florins annually.

Mother Hildegard[2] AD March 1481

Sister Cecilia Daughter of the Welser family of Augsburg[3]. Named Adelheit. She is wise and learned in Latin and French. 200 florins given by the family before her arrival. Additional promise of 20 florins annually. AD August 1505

Sister Gertrude Named Metze[4] Huberyn, born in the Variscan Court[5]. Minimal proficiency in Latin. Kind and knowledgeable about herbal medicine. Most knowledge passed down by her father, an apothecary, who donated six florins to the monastery.

Sister[6] Matilda, 17 years old From Kempten[7], named Matilda. Moderately proficient in Latin. Calm, disciplined. Daughter of a Frisian merchant who donated ten florins and a large quantity of ultramarine pigment for the Scriptorium’s use. Mittenwald Ascetarium, May 1515 to September 1515[8]

Sister Illuminata Named Angelina, from the noble Capocci[9] family of Perugia, who were close to Abbot Rudolf[10]. Extremely learned in Latin as well as French and Germanic languages[11]. Restrained[12], sensible, and perceptive. The Capocci family donated 50 florins before her arrival, with an additional promise of 20 florins annually. 1507

Mother Cecilia, Prioress February AD 1510

Sister Sophia Born to the Hafner family in Birgitz. No knowledge of Latin but gentle and reverent. Parents are humble paupers. Three sacks of flour donated. AD 1512

Sister Lijsbet, 34 years old Born in Dutch Trecht[13], from the Hack Woutersen marriage[14]. Moderately proficient in Latin but proficient in Saxon. Hardworking and pious. Merchant parents. She has long been connected to Kiersau through her mother’s family, the Kaufmanns of Rothenburg ob der Tauer. They gave 12 florins, with an additional promise of two florins annually. AD 1514

Sister Margarete From the Auer family in Krimml. Mostly blind due to glaucoma. Can see colours. Moderately proficient in Latin. The daughter of wealthy peasants who each donated bags of wool and pastureland in Krimml. AD 1515

Sister Zdena The third daughter of the Rožmberk family of Tábor[15]. Very learned and proficient in Latin. The Rožmberks paid 100 florins before her arrival, with an additional promise of 30 florins annually.

---

[1] In the original text, the year is written as MCCCCLVIIII. Typically this would be written as MCDLIX, in accordance with subtractive notation (i.e. how we normally write Roman numerals), but there are historical examples of additive notation sometimes being used, for some reason – sometimes both would be used interchangeably in the same document, or even the same number.

[2] This entry likely documents Hildegard’s promotion as opposed to there being two Hildegards in the abbey, as there’s no other information included and the same is done for Sister, later Mother Cecilia below.

[3] The Latin here is originally pretty clunky and obscure (“Welser daughter of the Augsburg Vindelici”); Andreas explicitly mentions Cecilia’s family as well (and telegraphs other important information for the player this way). The Welsers were a German merchant family that rose to prominence in the 16th century as financiers for the Habsburgs along with another family, the Fuggers. They accumulated their wealth mainly through trade and the German colonisation of the Americas, including enslaved labour, so. Yikes!  The Vindelici were a Gallic people based in present-day Augsburg; I don’t actually know if the Welsers themselves were descended from them, but I’d assume so, given that the region is correct.

[4] Diminutive form of Mechthild.

[5] The contemporary name for Hof, believed at the time to be the seat of the Varisci/Narisci people.

[6] Sister Matilda is an oblate, as are Lijsbet and Magarete. Oblates aren’t professed monks or nuns, and so are technically part of the laity, but have associated themselves with a monastic community. They make formal promises – either annually or for life, depending on their affiliated monastery – to follow the Rule of the Order; as a result, they’re considered an extended part of the monastic community.

[7] I initially was stumped by this word and thought it referred to Matilda’s occupation in the abbey as cellarer, but then remembered Andreas reads she’s from Kempten, the old Latin name for which is, indeed, Cambodunum.

[8] Matilda’s age is either current in 1518, which would’ve meant she was 14 when Lorenz Rothvogel attacked her, or her record was retroactively updated to reflect her leave in 1515, making her 20+. Unfortunately, I think both are equally plausible, though being in her 20s would mean her relationship with Brother Wojslav, who imo appears to be older, has (slightly) less of an age gap.

[9] A quick search reveals the real-life Capocci were mostly associated with Viterbo, which is not Perugia lol.

[10] Another clunker originally.

[11] Theodiscus was the contemporary term referring to West Germanic languages; it comes from a Germanic adjective meaning ‘of the people.’ Since Latin was the language of science and religion, theodiscus was its opposite, i.e. the language spoken by the people.

[12] Retinēre very broadly means ‘to keep or hold back’ and so usually gets translated as either ‘to restrain’ or ‘to uphold.’ In describing a person, it can suggest any number of things: literally, physically restrained, or emotionally restrained, as in temperate or even repressed; someone who is steadfast and firm, or simply just is intelligent – as in, literally retains information well. Illuminata is all of these things, but I think ‘restrained’ suits her most compared to, say, tenacious.

[13] Utrecht. The city takes its name from the Roman fort Traiectum on the Rhine.

[14] Imma be real with you chief, other than Hack and Woutersen both being Dutch names, I have no fucking clue what this references – if anything – and I’ve found nothing that would help shed some light on it, either.

[15] The Rožmberk (Rosenberg) family was one of, if not the most powerful noble family in Bohemia from the 13th century until the early 17th century. Zdena is RICH rich, but her story is also pretty sad; it’s little wonder she’s Like That.

#pentiment #pentiment spoilers #.txt #long post #here's how my main can still win

[oneknightstand-if]

#Meanwhile Lancelot was one of my top favorite ROs from that old IF Guenevere,

What are your favourite Arthurian IF, including WIPs?

That would be the long dead Mordred: Blood Cries Afar which was gearing up to be pretty lore accurate to the earlier versions. (Britons, the Saxon Shore, Mordred being the eldest son of King Lot and Anna).

I also quite liked Guenevere as previously mentioned (the first book in the series completed but never officially published, the second book about half done before it went into long hiatus).

#Never mind Mordred: Blood Cries Afar using the Scottish slander version #oks-asks

[abeautifulblog]

Hi! You said you could help talk me through feudal worldbuilding, and I’d love to pick your brain!

Absolutely! Probably easiest to hit me up over discord (I'm _gremble) and then I would be happy to talk your ear off. 🤣 My wheelhouse is very narrowly focused on mid 9th century England (re: what Anglo Saxon society/military/governance looked like when the vikings rolled up), and iirc, some of the features you mentioned being interested in are more the product of later medieval political structures. I cannot help you with those, but I can probably help with some of the overall mental shifts, because a lot of the things we take for granted in the modern era were just............ not the way things worked back then.

In particular, the word "general" in your initial ask jumped out at me, because it brought up one of the exact issues that I'd run into. The character I was working with had been presented in canon as "the king's top general" -- not those words, but definitely those vibes -- that he was The Guy In Charge Of The Army. Except as soon as I started researching military structures in that period, I found out that that's not how armies worked. When the king needed to go to war, he would call on all his top landholding nobles to round up a bunch of their dudes -- which would be a large number of armed peasants, and a smaller number of fulltime warriors -- and bring their portion of the army to bear.

But these various segments of the army remained under the command of their various lords, marching under separate banners. The lords, in essence, were the generals -- there's not one guy commanding the entire army as a single unit (except for the king, sort of), and there's certainly not any non-noble who doesn't own any dudes getting to call the shots and dictate strategy. Talented and successful warriors might well get rewarded for their service, and given land grants that would generate tons of money for them and put a large number of conscriptable peasants under their control -- and might have the ear of the king if they're known to be good at tactics -- but they don't have authority over anyone else's forces.

The politically neutral, career military guy that we think of when we hear the word "general," who has no independent power of his own but receives a paycheck from his higher-ups to command their men for them, didn't exist yet.

It's a bit of a paradigm shift, because we're used to the military as something separate, that's subordinate to civilian leadership and works in service to it, not for those to be one and the same. We're also used to a norm of strong nation-states with one centralized army, which was very much not the case throughout feudalism/manorialism -- at least in the Anglo Saxon period, power was decentralized and delegated, and being king involved a lot of herding cats wrangling your nobles, not exercising direct control. The king was the guy who could get the most other guys to back him up.

(In the same vein, early kingdoms also tended to be a patchwork of other, smaller kingdoms that retained a great deal of their own autonomy and identity. The modern nation-state that we're so used to, with a single national identity, is an astonishingly recent invention.)

Anyway, hands-down the most useful and eye-opening book I've read on the subject is Clifford J. Rogers' Soldiers Lives Throughout History: The Middle Ages. It's like $80 to buy (😭) but the pdf is on Anna's Archive, and it's invaluable. It is, essentially, a social history of medieval warfare -- most military histories focus on the politics of a particular conflict, or the technology and tactics involved, but this book is all about what life on the ground looked like. A+++ resource for anyone writing war and military logistics in a medieval (or medieval-flavored) setting.

#gremble participates in infodump matchmaking #I can infodump about 9th century Mercia #and vikings #apologies to any actual historians if I overgeneralized/oversimplified 😅

[waywardbananawolf]

I have a guess why Americans or Anglo-Saxons in general love Zuko, is in general Zuko represents all of their values. Loyalty? he only follows his own morals and desires at any cost without thinking about others. Treason? By not having loyalty, who are you going to betray? He only feels this betrayal because of his paternal relationship with Iroh, Responsibility? He always blames his sister and father for everything for his problems. Egocentrism? Of course everything must be about him and he can't empathize with people if it doesn't have to do with their problems. Opportunist? Of course he is willing to fight with his sister when she is not well. Damn if Zuko were president of Mexico he would be at the level of Santa Anna (He is considered a traitor to the country for only seeing his interests and losing half of the national territory)

And what can be said about Azula, a princess who would never betray her own nation, she has a strong sense of duty and sincerely a completely merciful soldier, damn even if Mai and Ty Lee have betrayed and attacked her, she forgive their lives and those of their families, In the conquest of Ba Sin Se she only need one death to take Ba Sin Se and don't need a siege to make it fall.

And this leads me to ask myself: What is honor for Americans? Because every video in English that I watch says that Zuko is super honorable and it leads me to ask what the values ​​and behaviors of honor are in the United States o english world.

#azula #avatar

[orlissa]

Guide to Hungarian Names

So I’m getting a little fed up with the fact that whenever there is a Hungarian character in English speaking media, their surname is Kovács, and if it’s a male character, the given name is László (maybe spelled Lazlo). So here’s a quick guide/sampler of Hungarian names

Ground rules:

In contrast to much of the world, in the case of Hungarian names, surnames come first, then given names. But when talking in English, we’ll most likely just automatically flip them

Surnames sometimes might have a spelling that goes against regular spelling rules (e.g. “német,” which is the Hungarian word for German, might be spelled as Németh as a surname)

Some surnames might exist in two versions, one ending in -i, the other in -y. In this case, the latter means that the person is from a (once) aristocratic family

Up until like the late 1980’s, women, when marrying, legally had to take on their husband’s name with the suffix -né (“wife of”). So, for example, a woman marrying a guy named Kovács János would be legally called Kovács Jánosné after marriage (given name practically erased). Now there are several options. Let’s say our hypothetical woman marrying Kovács János is called Nagy Ilona. After marriage, she might 1, keep her maiden name 2, called Kovács Ilona (take on the husband’s surname) 3, Kovács-Nagy Ilona (hyphenate) 4, Kovácsné Nagy Ilona (husband’s surname with -né suffix, maiden name), Kovács Jánosné (husband’s name with -né suffix)

Nickname forms are… varied, but generally: fist syllable (if vowel is long, it’s shortened) + consonant of the second syllable + i. So like: János –> Jani, Katalin –> Kati, István –> Isti

Male names:

András (Andrew)

Máté (Matthew)

Álmos (“one with a dream”, name from a myth)

Keve (old Hungarian)

János (John)

István (Stephen)

Mátyás (Matthew)

Bálint (comes from Valentin)

Balázs (from the Latin surname Blasio)

Levente (old Hungarian)

Zalán (old Hungarian)

Botond (old Hungarian)

Tamás (Thomas)

Benedek (Benedict)

Hunor (old Hungarian)

Gergő/Gergely (Gregory)

Zoltán (old Hungarian)

Attila (old Hungarian)

Ákos (old Hungarian)

Gábor (Gabriel)

Sándor (Alexander)

Zsolt (old Hungarian)

Csongor (old Hungarian)

Ferenc (Francis)

Csaba (old Hungarian)

Mihály (Michael)

Boldizsár (old Hungarian)

Szabolcs (old Hungarian)

Tibor (Hungarian, origin is a bit ???)

Miklós (Nicholas)

Imre (old Hungarian)

Girls’ names are more likely to sound familiar to the Anglo-Saxon ear, but still, here are some examples:

Zsófia (Sophia)

Erzsébet (Elizabeth)

Boglárka (Hungarian, literally “buttercup”)

Ildikó (Hungarian)

Ilona (Helena)

Emese (old Hungarian, from a myth)

Gréta (derived from Margaret)

Fruzsina (from Greek Euphrosyne)

Csenge (old Hungarian)

Borbála (derived from Barbara)

Hanga (Heather)

Hajnalka (little dawn)

Gyöngyi (pearl-like)

Orsolya (Ursula)

Dorka (derived from Dora)

Noémi (Naomi)

Panna (derived from Anna)

Kinga (derived from German Kunigunda)

Zita (old Hungarian)

Hedvig

Dorottya (derived from Dora)

Dalma (Hungarian, coined in the 19th century)

Tímea (Hungarian, coined in the 19th century)

Some common surnames:

Kovács (Smith)

Nagy (“Big”)

Kiss (“Little”)

Szűcs (Skinner)

Takács, might also be spelled Takáts (Weaver)

Szabó (Tailor)

Tóth (Slovak)

Horváth/Horvát (Croatian)

Németh/Német (German)

Varga (Cobbler)

Molnár (Miller)

Farkas (Wolf)

Lakatos (Lockmaker)

Juhász (Shepherd)

Pap/Papp (Priest)

Fekete (Black)

Fazekas (Potter)

Király (King)

Katona (Soldier)

Magyar (Hungarian)

#hungarian #hungary #names #lingustics #writing

[agentannakelso]

Kelso: After nearly 3 months of isolation due to being on the run from the Illuminati, I can say that the guy from The Shining was a bitch. I could do his job and not try to kill my wife and son. I haven't tried to kill Saxon once, and I've spent way longer going insane.

Vega: Do you have ghosts and demons, tho?

Saxon: Watching Picus News is the same thing as being psychically attacked by ghosts and demons.

#Deus Ex #Anna Kelso #Ben Saxon #Alejandra Vega

[doves-diving]

Appendix: last strongholds of late Slavic paganism.

The Polabian country (West Slavic; baptised 1168)

Christianised in 1168 with the conquest of Rujan (Rügen) by Waldemar I of Denmark, which also extinguished the sovereignty of the Rani tribe that previously controlled the island. Significant pagan strongholds on the Polabian mainland included Vologošč (Wolgast) and Hovolin (Holbog), east of Rujan, whose pagan inhabitants worshipped Yarovit above all other gods as late as April 1127 (Ebo, 1157, Life of Saint Otto).

The Obotrite country (West Slavic; baptised c. 1167)

The Obotrites were still pagan during the reign of prince Niklot (b. 1090, d. April 1160). His lands were targeted during the Wendish Crusade (1147); moreover, Helmold of Bozov claims in the Chronicle of the Slavs (1168) that the worship of Radegast, Živa and Poren(!!) strengthened during his reign. The Obotrite royal family was partially baptised before the reign of Niklot; his uncle and former regnant, prince Henry (b. 1066, d. 1127), was a Christian. It appears Niklot publicly renounced Christianity in favour of the old faith during his reign, perhaps in a move to appeal to the country's remaining pagan population; in the same text, however, Helmold claims Niklot confessed belief in God in a 1150 letter penned to prince Henry III, the Duke of Saxony (a political move more than a testament of faith, I'd say).

Niklot's issue, prince Pribislav of Mecklenburg, accepted the Christian faith in the 1160s and fought with the Saxons (the on-and-off allies of the Obotrites) against the still pagan Rani on Rujan.

Kievan Rus' (East Slavic; baptised 988)

Still officially pagan during the ascension of Vladimir I Sviatoslavych to the throne of the Grand Principality of Kyiv in 978. Though Britannica claims Christianity existed in the Rus' lands prior to Vladimir's personal conversion, it seems Vladimir himself remained loyal to his people's folkways long after the beginning of Christian proselytisation to the Rus', taking eight hundred concubines and erecting idols to the old gods in Novgorod and Kyiv.

Vladimir seems to have attempted to organise Rus' polytheism into a coherent institution during the early years of his reign in Kyiv, perhaps after the model of Christianity; he erected idols to seven gods in the city—Perun; Mokoš; Dažbog; Sem; Rgel; Hors; and Stribor (and perhaps also to Veles, on Kyiv's market). I share the opinion of recent scholarship that all of the gods named in the Russian Primary Chronicle and subsequent sources are Slavic in origin.

Vladimir would eventually accept the Christian faith in 988 in exchange for the hand of Anna Porphyrogenita, sister of the Byzantine emperor Basil II.

The Narentine country, or ‘Pagania’ (South Slavic; baptised c. 873)

The Narentines were among the Slavic tribes that established themselves on the eastern shore of the Adriatic during the second wave of Slavic settlement in the Balkans, starting in the 9th century (this is also the wave that brought Croats and Serbs to the Balkans; traces of earlier Slavic presence in the region can be traced to the 6th century). An agricultural people, the Narentines settled in what is today Makarska and the neighbouring islands of Brač, Hvar and Korčula, in southern Dalmatia; they quickly turned to piracy, and were fierce enemies of the Venetians.

According to Constantine VII's De Administrando Imperio, the Narentines were fiercely loyal to the Slavs' old faith, hence their sobriquet Paganians, given to the Narentines “because they did not accept baptism in the time when all Serbs were baptized” (note: it is generally accepted nowadays that Constantine's identification of the Narentines as Serbs is spurious). In March 870, they kidnapped the emissaries of the Pope during their return from the Fourth Council of Constantinople; the incident was used as pretext by the Byzantines to force the Narentines into submission.

The Narentines were Byzantine tributaries for a while, participating in the latter's attacks on the Saracenes; they remained pagan unti 873, when the Byzantine admiral Niketas Oöryphas convinced them to embrace Christianity. The Narentines survived as an independent polity until the 11th century, eventually being conquered by the Venetians, and then finally the Croats.

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Development of Arthur - Geoffrey of Monmouth

1138 - Historia regum Britanniae and 1150 - Vita Merlini, by Geoffrey of Monmouth

Physical appearance

In battle, wore "a golden helmet with the carved likeness of a dragon upon the crest"

Carried the shield Pridwen, "which had the image of blessed Mary, Mother of God, painted upon it, keeping him always mindful of her"

Wielded Caliburn, "greatest of swords, which had been made in the isle of Avalon"

In his right hand during battle, carried the spear known as Ron, "long and broad and keen in warfare"

Personality

At 15 years old, described as "a youth of outstanding virtue and largesse. His innate goodness made him exhibit such grace that he was beloved by all the people". Possessed "both great courage and generosity".

"Such an outstanding man that no one could match him in virtue" according to Merlin

Takes counsel from advisors and vassals, listens to them, takes their advice into consideration.

Willing to engage in mercy if asked sufficiently, but more inclined to mercilessness as a default, and swift to punish treachery. E.g.: let the surrendering Saxons go back to Germany, then hanged all the Saxon hostages when the Saxons turned back around and attacked the Briton countryside. E.g.: had made the decision to let none of the Picts and Scots live, but the bishops and clergy of those lands approached him and begged for mercy, such that "pity finally moved him to tears".

Fierce fighter and battle-leader, even at a young age, often even rushing into the front lines to inspire and rally the troops and successfully killing… lots of men. (470, in one of his first campaigns.)

Loyal and protective of his vassals.

Rejoiced at being universally feared after his conquests, and desired to "submit all Europe to his rule", so he conquered Norway, Denmark, and Gaul (over the course of a 9-year campaign). Eventually also fought and defeated the forces of Rome (though didn't get to conquer all of Rome due to Mordred interrupting by taking over Britain).

Unhesitant to accept single combat, and would even seek out challenges (for example, fighting two different giants in single combat and winning). "For King Arthur possessed such strength and courage that he scoffed at bringing the entire army against such monsters. He wanted to impress his men by vanquishing the creature himself" and so would do stuff like get Bedivere and Kay to steal away with him so he can fight a giant in single combat

Eloquent and well-spoken, able to give speeches "bedecked with a truly Ciceronian eloquence".

Intelligent and well-educated.

Had a portentous dream (about a dragon and bear fighting), not very good at interpreting it though.

Reasonably devout Christian.

Family

Wife: Guinevere, "from a noble Roman family", who had been brought up in the household of Duke Cador of Cornwall and "surpassed all the other women of the isle in beauty."

Mother: Igerna, married to Gorlois the duke of Cornwall when Arthur was conceived. Her "beauty surpassed that of all the other women of Britain".

Father: Uther Pendragon, who was disguised as Gorlois when Arthur was conceived, then later married Igerna after Gorlois' death. Poisoned to death by the Saxons after defeating them. Buried in Stonehenge (the "Ring of Giants") next to his brother Aurelius.

Sister: Anna, "whose sons and grandsons will later rule the kingdom of Britain" per Merlin's prophecy. Married Loth of Lothian, lord of Leis, "a most experienced soldier, wise and mature".

Another sister? Possibly a half-sister from Igerna and Gorlois? Unclear and unnamed, but married Budicus the king of the Armorican Britons over in what's now part of France.

Nephew: Hoel, king of the Armorican Britons. Arthur and Hoel were very fond of one another, "united by love and a common blood", and Hoel was a strong ally. Arthur dropped everything to rally to his rescue when he was ill and besieged, and they showed affection to each other more than Arthur is described as doing with anyone else in Geoffrey's narrative. (I get the sense based on the timeline and interactions that they're of similar ages, but I don't have evidence of that.)

Nephew: Gawain, son of Loth of Lothian and Arthur's sister Anna.

Nephew: Mordred, son of Loth of Lothian and Arthur's sister Anna.

Brother-in-law: Loth of Lothian, Earl of Lothian and King of Norway

Paternal uncle: Constans, eldest brother of Uther, prior king of Britain before Vortigern and Vortimer, former monk, puppet of Vortigern, deceased before Arthur's birth.

Paternal uncle: Aurelius Ambrosius, older brother of Uther, prior king of Britain after Vortigern and before Uther, deceased before Arthur's birth.

Grandfather: Constantine, king of Britain before Constans, deceased before Arthur's birth

Grandmother: Unnamed woman from a noble family "who Guithelin had personally raised"

Timeline

Arthur's birth prophesied by Merlin to Uther, along with the birth of his sister Anna.

Conceived at Tintagel Castle in Cornwall when Uther lay with Igerna while disguised by Merlin as her husband Gorlois, who he was at war with at the time (because he wanted Igerna).

Uther and Igerna marry shortly thereafter, as Gorlois died in battle while Uther and Igerna were conceiving Arthur. They "lived together as equals bound by mutual affection".

Arthur's sister Anna is born to Uther and Igerna.

Uther becomes ill and places Loth of Lothian in charge of the armies to fight the invading Saxons. Uther is carried in a litter to command the battle when Loth is unable to command the Britons successfully, manages to mostly succeed until the Saxons assassinate him by poisoning a spring.

The leaders of the various provinces of Britain ask Archbishop Dubricius of Caerleon to crown 15-year-old Arthur as king.

Arthur "upheld the ancient custom" of gift-giving to soldiers who joined him until he ran began to run out of gifts, so then he attacked the Saxons to distribute their riches among his men.

Drove out the Saxons, then also the Picts, Scots, and Irish from Britain (the Britain of the time, which is now Wales and some of England).

Rebuilt the churches that the Saxons had destroyed.

Married Guinevere.

Subdued Ireland and Iceland, and then the kings of Gotland and Orkney surrendered to him before they could get invaded.

12 years of peace, during which Arthur invited "all the bravest men from the farflung reaches of his domain to join his household," and cultivated "such refinement in his court so that people far and wide sought to emulate it," and "every young nobleman was tempted to hang himself unless he could dress or bear arms like the knights of King Arthur's court".

Possibly around this time is when Arthur fights the giant Retho atop Mount Aravius, when Retho challenges him to single combat to add to Retho's kingly beard collection? (Retho was collecting beards of kings to make a fur coat.) Timeline is unclear here.

Conquers Norway and Denmark. Establishes Loth as king.

Spends 9 years conquering Gaul, holds court at Paris, gives Neudtria (Normandy) to Bedivere and gives the province of Anjou to Kay.

Big fancy feast/tournament/celebration at Caerlon, is ceremoniously bestowed the royal crown. Rome sends a delegation to threaten Britain, tell Arthur to come to Rome in August, and that Britain still owes Rome tribute. The Britons are outraged, Arthur tells Rome they should give Britain tribute instead.

Rome advances towards Britain. Arthur leaves Britain under custodianship of Mordred and Guinevere and invades Rome.

Arthur sneaks off with Bedivere and Kay to fight and kill an unnamed giant in single combat while waiting in Gaul for the rest of his armies to arrive.

The Britons defeat the Roman forces somewhere between Paris and Rome. Arthur winters in the Allobroges, continuing to conquer the area, and wants to cross the mountains to invade Rome when summer comes.

Arthur receives word that Mordred has "proven himself to be a tyrant and a traitor", seized the throne of Britain, and "now took his wicked pleasure with Guinevere, who had broken her marriage vows".

Arthur returns to Britain and wages war against Mordred, who's allied with the Scots, Picts, Irish, and Saxons. Guinevere joins the nuns at a church in Caerleon when hearing of Arthur's arrival and victories.

~542 C.E.: Battle of Camlann. Mordred is killed Arthur is carried off by Merlin, Barinthus, and maybe others to Avalon to be healed by Morgen. Constantine, son of Duke Cador of Cornwall, becomes king.

Other notes

"The Boar of Cornwall" in Merlin's prophecies refers to Arthur.

Most described court events were at Tintagel or Caerleon.

Merlin does not show up in Arthur's story after his conception. In "The Life of Merlin", Merlin implies that he helped bring Arthur's body to Avalon as well.

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[trans-rights-adam-jensen]

Current mood with Icarus Effect is that I am suffering to get through this. Also this book would have been shorter and therefore more fast-paced and enjoyable if it was just about Kelso.

Ben's not savage enough to be interesting to me. You put someone on the Tyrants and I want to be inside their twisted angry mind. Not just some guy. Hardesty would have been better ffs and nobody likes him.

How it should've gone is the whole thing should have been about Anna and then she runs into Ben at the end, completely unrelated, and he's just immediately captivated by her and that's how he joins Juggernaut. Oh and make him a himbo. We haven't really got any of those in universe yet afaik.

#deus ex #deus ex icarus effect #icarus effect #helix chatters #anna kelso #ben saxon