#but also beowulf

[unpretty]

from time immemorial in cultures all over the world, storytellers have asked: what if there was a guy who kicked major ass? what if he kicked so much ass, every time someone stepped to him, he found even cooler ways to kick ass?

#original #i'm thinking about journey to the west again #but also beowulf #but also the worst webnovels you've ever read in your life

[thesarosperiod]

epic poem smackdown! tell me which epic is your favorite (and why! if you feel so inclined). apologies in advance to everyone whose favorite i left off but unfortunately tumblr is stifling my power with this ten option limit

#also if you pick homer tell me which one in the tags! #i didn't feel justified giving him two spots lmao #but i know people have strong iliad vs. odyssey feelings #have not read all of these btw but god i want to #tagamemnon #the iliad #the odyssey #the epic of gilgamesh #beowulf #tain bo cuailnge #the aeneid #mahabharata #ramayana #shahnameh #the divine comedy #classics #epic poetry

[redbootsindoriath]

Apparently in my absence this post had its 1000-notes-iversary.

This time we get to see the culprit responsible for ruining our heroes' lives as well.

I've really missed you guys, by the way. I know I've said that already, but I'm serious. Once or twice this year I've been right on the brink of coming back but schedule stuff always keeps me from letting myself commit to that again, and that in turn has kept me from posting anything at all. But I've been in an unexpected drawing mood lately and so if I can get enough stuff to set up a queue we might pretend I'm back for a month or so sometime this year. Maybe. Hopefully. We'll see. No promises though. That's why I'm hiding this paragraph under the cut.

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[Beren:] "Uhhh...barkeep...I think he's had enough now..." [Tolkien:] "No, I don't think he has...!"

#beren #bilbo #frodo #tolkien #túrin #the man the myth the legends #beowulf except everybody is short #one shiny #three shinies #everyone deserved better except mîm #what's this a happy ending #my trash #is this actually funny or am i just tired #i'm sorry professor tolkien #/end classification tags #túrin keeps becoming a bigger and bigger guy in my drawings and at this rate he's going to be way taller and broader than he should be #canonically he was really tall and broad but i don't think the professor meant like THIS #at least it makes him really distinct i guess #gonna be sufficiently intimidating for the dagor dagorath #but in the meantime he's just making beren look like a schoolkid in this doodle #(and as i'm sitting here writing these tags i suddenly realize i forgot túrin's white hair streaks again) #(tsk tsk shame on me) #(and didn't it say somewhere that beren's hair also turned grey...? i can't remember where it said that though) #(0 for 2 i have failed all of us) #ANYWAY in my absence tumblr apparently changed formatting again which is not cool but whatever #it's nice to draw again #i've had art block for like 9 months straight #and suddenly this month i suddenly was able to write AND draw again as if i never stopped #i've had writer's block since maybe 2021 so that was the most surprising part #weirdest thing ever but i'm not mad about it

[leohtttbriar]

what a way to explore the consequences and sources of paternalism. the interventionist efforts of the caretaker to fix what was broken by providing the end-products necessary for survival but not the means, while dooming others to a somewhat artificial competition, creating an ecosystem that cannot sustain itself nor foster any aspect of higher-level sentience in beings (like curiosity! or deep passion! which is punished!), all of which relies on reproduction.

reproduction which is delicate and fragile and yet insurmountable in its demands. like of course this civilization that depends on a top-down selective distribution of power also depends entirely on reproduction and fails when reproduction fails. it's like the failures of medieval lords-and-bondsman, where "the institution cannot guarantee the continuity of kingly life, but it is the only institution available" and beowulf, alone and irreproduced (son-less), dies with a dragon. of course b'elanna and harry are honored guests---they were foundational to the entire ocampa people for the brief moments they were among them. their illness was just a symbol of the foundation's brittleness.

contrasted with janeway cutting the entirety of voyager's strings to their community, their infrastructure, their source of power, their foundational space. they're all in a similar helplessness to the ocampa by the end of it, but the degree of choice is vastly different--as in, choice exists. the implication being that while voyager is now more lost than imaginable they're also not. and the fact that the ship is named the same name as NASA's voyager 1 and voyager 2, both of which were sent out with the absolute intention of them never being returned home, speaks to something particular as well. what ties a people to a place has to be something more dependable than the "honor" of producing offspring.

#voyager #star trek #quotation from lees' “men and beowulf” essay #b'elanna despising any type of prison is also Compelling to me #the imprisonment among the ocampa or the imprisonment of the vastness of space. she's like NOPE. to both.

[iwannarunawayandbeapirate]

shoutout to lydia nicholas for always playing the best characters ever

#this applies to actual play characters and scripted roles #like sasha rackett? cel sidebottom? mini smithson? melanie king? #they're all amazing #and also their characters from rqg specials! #that barbarian from thanes of beowulf who collected bones? amazing. 10/10. no notes #her storyjam character who was basically controllled by a gun? SUCH a good concept #lydia just manages to play every character in a really compelling and interesting way #rqg #rusty quill gaming #cel sidebottom #sasha rackett #tma #the magnus archives #melanie king #chapter and multiverse #mini smithson #lydia nicholas

[aguita-mineral]

Today I bring some Taliewulf angst nomnomnom

#I have a lot of angsty hcs for them muejejeje #also I’ve never watched Devilmam crybaby #I just saw this scene and thought it would fit them(? #anyways that moment when you find out your boyfriend is a sadistic punisher that works for the mafia #and you start asking a lot of questions #oooh mi lente de contacto #Eider’s art! #Taliesin #Beowulf #Skullgirls #Skullgirls fanart #skullgirls taliesin #skullgirls beowulf #Taliewulf #digital art #digital drawing #drawing #my art #fanart #sjksjkjakjq

[incomingalbatross]

I have now. FINALLY. Read Beowulf.

#it's good i like it #can't follow all the 'and this was right after x killed y' stories going on #but i like it #also get to read tolkien's essay on it again for class #and this is the same week i finish (re)reading iliad selections for other class #i like my two classes this semester SO MUCH BETTER than the last semesters they're FUN and i'm EXCITED about them #anyway: could beowulf kill your average iliad-warrior-on-a-rampage yes or no

[itspileofgoodthings]

currently teaching Beowulf (with a heavy emphasis on Tolkien), I just started teaching the Hobbit, and I am in the middle (approaching the end) of a lord of the rings rewatch. it is Tolkien-city in my brain and I love it here.

#I played my one sophomore class the clip of Eowyn giving Theoden and then Aragorn the cup #a scene directly inspired by Wealhtheow giving the ale-cup to Hrothgar and Beowulf #(if you ask me) #anyway. I am also learning a lot about the Anglo-Saxons and their influence both on Tolkien and English culture generally #ALSO ALSO I read this thing about how Tolkien loved that Beowulf was a christian epic with a pagan past #how it lives at the meeting point of the two #AND SO MUCH MAKES SENSE TO ME NOW ABOUT LOTR #teaching tag #Sorry I’m just excited. what a thing this learning is indeed to quote the nurse from R+J #lol

[that-gay-guy-from-hell]

Me: I think I'm pretty good at playing Vergil Also Me:

I wish I had recorded it because I messed up World of V so MANY FUCKING TIMES I was getting so pissed off lmfao

MASTER LIST FOR TUMBLR

#This is by FAR the WORST Cerberus fight I've had in Bloody Palace lmao #I thought this was funny tbh #kind of a shitpost #Also please ignore the playboy bunny outfit too btw #(I also have a banana Yamato mod on too but I had Beowulf out lmao) #devil may cry 5 #devil may cry #devil may cry vergil #vergil #vergil devil may cry #dmc #dmc 5 #dmc vergil #vergil dmc

[scubasaber]

love having weird old books, hate having to google which translation of a strange, ye-olde epic is the best one. what do you mean i can’t just pick up any copy of the epic of gilgamesh. what do you mean not all of them are good. why isn’t it good. what happened to it.

#like i get it i just hate it #also i don’t think anyone actually has this problem #but i do so #books #literature #epic poetry #epic of gilgamesh #beowulf #the song of roland

[ratuszarsenal]

this evening we are pondering how and if there is any gay shit to be found between the inter-to-intratextual layers of beowulf

#prompted by one post I have only unkind things to say about #like Yes this text is about monstrosity and what makes an outsider #it is also very preoccupied with masculinity #and beowulf does remain unmarried #his lack of wife & children is in fact an important thing thematically #with him an era comes to a close. it's a way of emphasising that the ways of the pagan warriors are a historical and spiritual dead end #but idk idk. it doesn't seem like a very gay text or a gay character #queer text? could be. just no homosexuality in sight really #accepting criticism in the askbox #echo

[this-is-a-dystopian-parable]

Had a full day at the theater today so I have listened to Preludes, Great Comet, Ghost Quartet (McKittrick, of course) and Octet. I feel like I don't give the "popular" malloysicals enough love anymore so here I go <3

#also a little of Beowulf and Clown Bible on the bus #it has been a malloysical day #dave malloy #malloysicals #ghost quartet #great comet #great comet of 1812 #preludes #octet #octet musical

[redbootsindoriath]

I remembered today that if I want to continue my accidental Bilbo and the troll tradition I need to get cracking on a new drawing before I wake up in 2024 having missed my chance.

2023 Bert stole 2020 Bert’s hair and put it all over his face.  That’s why 2020 Bert was bald.  I just didn’t know that at the time.

#bilbo #the man the myth the legends #beowulf except everybody is short #my trash #/end classification tags #bilbo continues his 2020 aspirations of becoming a contortionist #hear me out though: it's a bit difficult to have two characters have a non-awkward-looking conversation when #one is a hobbit #and the other is a troll #and the other is suspending the one in the air by holding the one's toes #let's at least admire bilbo's core strength in this drawing anyway #trying to form a sentence while holding yourself halfway through a hanging sit-up is not the easiest task in the world #for a 50-year-old hobbit he's doing remarkably well in that area #no but this one took like THREE HOURS #(maybe more?? i wasn't keeping exact track of time for it) #and i still somehow managed to get the perspective wrong #rip me #but hey this art tablet is such a lifesaver #also just so y'all know #i've got a moderately notable and time-consuming life change coming up in august #one which will require a decent amount of preparation beforehand #so i don't know if i'll be posting much during july or august #but then again who knows #i might #(also happy belated insufferable yank day to my american followers) #(sorry i didn't get a drawing done in time) #(i have been on the road for a MONTH and only got back last week)

[preggomancer]

I Hope one time man can be prego. What you think?

hwat now

#unrelated fun fact! hwæt is the first word of Beowulf in old English and is notoriously difficult to translate #also I just turned in my masters thesis ten minutes ago. unrelated to Beowulf. #k bye #ask #Asks

[stylishkatz68]

i keep forgetting to change blogs like una idiota, oh well. here's something I've never shared to tumblr before, a color palette for Beowulf (from skullgirls) (referencing mister fahrenheit/the showman from just dance) it looks like doodoo but its fine

#just dance #skullgirls #skullgirls palette #skullgirls beowulf #I don't know if this also counts as jd fanart #oh well #lets just put it there #just dance fanart

[marsithefox]

Sometimes I forget I created this silly guy..!! Like,..HES MINE??

Also doodles of the boys

#sometimes I feel like collie is someone elses oc and not mine lol #the muppets #ocs #collie #Beowulf #barksley #also do you like the whiskers I gave them :03