#early morning histories

[mutantes-sinmas]

Buenos días dragoncitos, bienvenidos a la ventana que nos conecta con la belleza de esta vida dura, a la que le unto bálsamos de suavidad con amor, en este surrender, donde las lágrimas brotan como el río de la montaña siguiendo su cauce y su destino. Llevo unos días viendo este ave danzando en el cielo donde aparece y desaparece a su antojo, inspirándome con sus movimientos de libertad. El otro día le grabé más de cerca, estaba revolucionando a los pajaritos que viven por aquí, es un visitante, no es una paloma, ni una gaviota, ni un cuervo, ni ninguno de los pájaros que he visto de por aquí, el sonido que emite es totalmente diferente y la actitud y cómo vuela. Mi ignorancia de haberme educado en una ciudad limita este conocimiento. Se parece a un ave que me encontré junto al Albert un día por el Poblenou, que en aquel entonces era un bebé y tenía un ala herida, lo llevamos al veterinario y nos dijeron que era una especie de águila que vive en unas montañas de alguna zona de Catalunya. Puede que sea él y haya venido a recordar sus tiempos mozos cuando se escapó del nido y se aventuró a venir hasta aquí. Quién sabe, todo puede ser.

#magic sonrise #mis amigos de la naturaleza #meditation time #early morning histories #heartist #aprendemosjuntxs #maktub

[flamingpudding]

The Stand-in Job

Danny loved his job. It was an easy on call job he got rather on accident. But it paid well and gave him enough time to deal with ghost matters outside of scheduled work hours.

Though now he got stuck in a situation his Boss had not provided him with a script and or explanation how to behave for.

Danny was a simple Stand-in. Sort of like a Stuntman kind of job. His boss was paying him to simple take his place during public appearances, or meetings with no big decision he has to sit through just to listen. Or on the easiest of days, to just sit in his boss office so it appears that someone is there while his boss was doing who knows what. Danny doesn't question, that's why his boss liked him.

But again, no where in his contract was described how he was supposed to handle this situation. So now he was stuck having beat up a couple of wannabe kidnappers and some vigilantes talking to him all casually going on and on how 'Tim', his boss, wasn't supposed to do that to not risk his public image. Should he record this as evidence for his Boss? It sounded like these vigilantes were spilling some of his boss' secrets that shouldn't be known to the public.

Tim just needed someone to sit in his place to make it appear like he was there when he had cases to work through. Danny was the perfect hire for it and Tim liked very much that Danny doesn't ask questions, like he understood. Yet when Danny sent him a text questioning how he should behave as Stand-in in front of Gotham's vigilantes.... Tim wasn't sure if he should feel offended or highly amused about his siblings not realizing that the one kidnapped in public hadn't been Tim but his Stand-in Danny.

#danny fenton #dp x dc #danny phantom #dpxdc #crossover #dcxdp #tim drake #Danny is Tim's Stand-in #they look a lot alike thats why it works #for danny its an easy job #for tim itvgives him the time he needs extra to work on cases #his siblings appear to not realize that at forst #and end up lecturing Danny 'Tim' about not waiting for them to rescue him #danny just saw wannabe kidnappers and with his history beat them up good #random late night thoughts #random early morning thoughts #random idea #sleep avoids me these days...

[arainmorn-art]

GOT THE JOB!

AND I'M BACK NOW!

I'll be an Environment Concept artist again. And this is a test task I've done between three job interviews for this new company x) It wasn't easy, but it was worth the efforts. So I made it... in about 8 days. An industrial harbour town from 19th century set in Russian Empire. Oof, it took lots of research in a very small amount of time. It's done in 3d with Blender and then in Photoshop.

And now I have time to rest before starting going to a new job since December x') I was so burn out for these 27 days run of the whole process I feel creative again only now x')

Now back to comic! FINALLY, GOSH!

#my art #my post #environment concept #game concept art #concept art #concept #harbour town #siberia #19th century #russian empire #history #port #industrial town #horse carriage #river #early morning #pier

[psychojetcocktail]

Alright, since my previous post about Vulpes was so positively perceived, heres a long post going more into detail about how I genuinely believe all members of Caesar’s Legion to be representative of real life romans.

I mean obviously a lot of named legionaries dont have a backstory in-game or are even mentioned outside of you interacting with them, but some of them, like Lucius, Aurelius, Vulpes, Lanius and (obviously) Caesar himself, are very similar to some actual real life people.

Like for example I’m gonna start with Aurelius. Yes there was in fact a roman leader called Aurelius, but Marcus Aurelius has not that many similarities with our in game character. Sure in a way he is helping Caesar rule, but as we can all tell and see Edward doesnt have a triumvirate. However, Aurelius is in a way similar to Octavian Augustus, the way he is put to sort of mirror how Caesar(Edward Sallow) rules, but on a smaller scale. (also, he looks very very similar to Octavian Augustus)

(I will take a moment to apologise because I am very barely educated on Sulla so, if anyone was hoping for an in depth analysis of Lucius, im sorry. However their identical names and even their facial features are similar too)

Lanius too has similarities to roman leaders like Nero and war tactician Hannibal, with his brutal and extremist approach of handling things. He also is similar to Nero since even if he didnt get chosen at random, people still regretted their decision to have him as a leader in one way or another.

And of course, Vulpes. He too was raised and praised by a man named Caesar. Told he was part of his family he doesn’t have, grew up around him and learned everything he knows from him. But the stoicism and sort of indifference he shows after Caesar dies(if you botch the surgery) has lead me to believe that he never fully cared. Yes sure I’m not here to only defend Vulpes’ actions and say he did no wrong. But it is very obvious that Caesar never treated him well, never showed him what he expected out of him. Vulpes has only been given orders to kill and to pillage since he was a child. And hate this man all you would like, people are still people.

In more ways than the way he was brought up is he similar to Brutus, he obviously cannot kill Caesar because killing him would have him exiled, and clearly he cares about the Legion so that would be a bad idea. So he waits and when you finally kill him, you can even see a tonal shift in his speech, the words he uses, he is obviously relieved to some extent. I dont think I’m just stating the obvious right now, so if you didn’t understand what I was getting at, thats fine. But I really do see Brutus in Vulpes, always have, even the way their names sound, even the way they both look, and I’m talking about the Vulpes depiction with white hair, he has a haircut similar to how the romans would wear it.

In conclusion, why do I think Brutus and Vulpes are so very similar? Because they both want to get rid of a man named Caesar and they both don’t want to do it to become leader instead.

#iancu realness #i am struggling to type precieved #anywayyyy heres a very early morning rant #can you tell we went over the roman empire in history class? #i hope someone actually reads this and im not just talking in the void #for once i actually dont want to talk into the void #vulpes inculta #legate lanius #lucius fonv #edward sallow #caesar’s legion #fallout new vegas #brutus complex vulpes

[doll-elvis]

“After we made love we talked til dawn. He had a kind boyish quality, I can’t explain it, he loved to tell me stories about everything! He was very spiritual too. He told me a story how he was riding on a bus and God appeared to him from the clouds. He said God had told him he was put here on Earth to perform, and that he belonged to the people. He spoke of it like it was his mission”

“He talked about his failing marriage and how he loved Lisa Marie. He glowed when he talked about her; he was so proud to be a father. He wanted to be there for her always, and when he was at home he said he would watch her sleep to make sure she was okay. He spoke of how much he loved his mother, and how her death was the worst thing that happened to him. He hated Hollywood and everyone in it, especially the movies he made. He just loved to sing and perform. He had a whole new life planned to just tour and make music”

(excerpt from “Centerfolds” by Charlotte Kemp)

#I just want to talk into the early morning hours about any and everything with Elvis is that to much to ask #elvis book excerpts #vicki peters #elvis presley #elvisaaronpresley #elvis #elvis history #elvis fans #elvis photos

[rosepompadour]

Thomas Culpepper noticed Catherine shortly after her arrival at court. They were both young, unattached, and good-looking. They flirted and he pursued her. Catherine demurred and played hard to get. Thomas did not deal well with sexual frustration, and so he moved on to somebody else, which caused Catherine to break down in tears in front of her fellow maids. The rejection certainly came as a jolt to someone who had only ever been the object of lavish devotion and pursuit. Prior to Culpepper, Catherine had always been the one to end a relationship, and she had never been replaced by another woman. Henry Mannox even ranked his fiancée after Catherine. The rejection was a new and unwelcome sensation for Catherine, made worse by the fact that she had developed genuine feelings for him. [At Lincoln in 1541], Catherine told Culpepper that she was in love with him. Culpepper felt the same, "bound" to her because he "did love her above all other creatures." The declaration of love was a Rubicon moment between Catherine and Thomas. The possibility that the Queen might commit adultery with Thomas had shifted to a probability, and the only explanation for why she was prepared to court such a terrible risk was the obfuscating lunacy of having fallen in love with an arrogant, risk-taking womanizer who, it seems, had actually developed feelings for her. - Gareth Russell, Young and Damned and Fair Catherine herself told [Culpepper] that she pined for him, and was actually dying of love for his person. It is thought that both will be beheaded today. - Eustace Chapuys in a dispatch to Emperor Charles V, December 1541

#ew six #ew the tudors #'actually dying of love for him' it's way too early in the morning for you to be this literal eustace #catherine howard #perioddramaedit #perioddramasource #historicwomendaily #history #*

[carpehistoryandthepens]

I officially prefer when the game starts at 6pm. I really, really, really like being able to watch the whole game.

#Pens lb #history watches the pens #i have an early morning always so its nice

[mama-mera]

okay you know what? I think it's time for me to take advantage of the release of the Percy Jackson series to talk a little about the relationship between the Greek and Roman gods, because I have a feeling that we're going to have a new generation of people who are convinced that the Romans "stole" the gods of the Greeks and... um, I feel the need to talk and analyze this thing with you. Because the matter is much more complicated than you think

Like SERIOUSLY, the pjo fandom and Greco-Roman mythology enthusiasts in general need this chat.

First of all it is important to understand how the Italic populations came into contact with Greek culture, and who the first Romans were.

Southern Italy (Sicily, Calabria, Campania and Puglia) was colonized by the Greeks since the 8th century BC.

Like any colonization, the local population had to adapt to the culture, religion and language of the colonizer (in Italy there are still two dialects coming from ancient Greek. Griko in Puglia, and Grecanico in Calabria). Every part of the territory considered Magna Graecia (Megàle Hellàs) presents archaeological finds relating to the Greek colonies, and with them also temples dedicated to the gods. (So much so that in Sicily, at the beginning of spring the Antesphorie (or antephorie) were celebrated in honor of Demeter and Persephone, for example).

The entire Etruscan pantheon was strongly influenced by the Greek one. The indigenous deities were joined by the Hellenic ones, creating a new religion.

But still: who were the Romans? The legend of the foundation of Rome refers to Romulus and Remus, but from an archaeological point of view the Romans were probably the result of a mixture of Latin, Sabine (plus Samnites and Sabelli*) and Etruscan peoples. The latter influenced the initial Roman Pantheon the most. Just think of the similarities between the Etruscan goddess Menrva/Menerva and the Roman goddess Minerva.

The same applies to Maris and Mars, who among other things share holidays in March (a month dedicated to them moreover).

Unfortunately there is not much information on the Sabine and Latin ethnic group, but it is known for certain that Etruscans had contact with Magna Graecia, and the Greeks in general, so their culture was never unknown to the Romans.

So what does this tell us? That the Italic populations knew the Greek Pantheon, because they had been colonized and/or influenced by the Greeks. The first Romans can't exactly steal something that's already part of their culture.

*Samnites, Sabelli and Sabines were part of the same ethnic group, and although all three groups can generally be called "Sabines", I preferred to specify. At the same time it is not known how involved the Picenes and Irpinians were initially with the birth of Rome, so I have not mentioned them.

#it was a very quick and not very in-depth post #but it's late and I just needed to vent about this #if you want to make a joke about the Romans stealing religion from the Greeks that's completely ok #I do it too!! #but I think it is important to understand what really happened in the early period of Roman history #the Romans didn't wake up one morning thinking “you know what I should really do? steal a random religion” #the historical context is much more complex than what one might commonly think #and I understand that in schools outside italy there is no interest in explaining the phenomena that led to the birth of the Roman religion #but in doing so in my opinion it creates a great confusion that could be avoided #did the Romans assimilate numerous religions throughout their history? absolutely #just look at what happened with the Egyptian and Mithras #it wasn't a question of cultural appropriation but more of “I pray to all the gods that exist so no one can get angry with me” #greek myth #greek mythology #roman myth #roman mythology #roman history #greek history #pjo #pjo series #please learn about the Etruscan gods because they are much cooler than the Greek and Roman versions

[gingerbreadmonsters]

sleepy and v fed up w this blasted reading for japanese history class tomorrow. give me 45 minutes to finish this article and i will be back to talk about kissing or something

#for the blissfully uninitiated: hello i am history student #which is a fantastic thing to be but also a significant pain in the [REDACTED] when it wants to be #the professor for this class is almost unbearably terrible which does not exactly make me WANT to do this reading #but the exam is in like 2 weeks lol #so yk. i have the hardest life of anyone on earth etc etc #god forbid i actually do the degree i asked to do lmao #also i up early this morning to drag myself to the immigration bureau for a visa amendment #which meant a decidedly unpleasant hour on the metro during rush hour :( #its bc im applying for this english TA position in spring #its literally only for 5 days and tbh i wouldn't mind doing it for free bc i am sad like that and enjoy teaching for fun #but it IS paid - and paid work is Not Allowed under my student visa #so even though i literally have not even GOT the job (applications close today) i still had to go and apply for permission to work #watch as they dont hire me lol #oh i should mention - for those who may not know i am in tokyo this year #i am british and i usually go to uni in the uk but im on a study abroad year this year #i came to japan in sept of 2023 so ive been here for coming up on 5 months and i will be going back home in august on 2024 #its weird to think that im approaching the halfway point #tbh i should really just make this a separate post but whatever #coming to japan has been very strange but a good thing i think

[bunibelles]

Good morning guys!! :D Guess whose making breads today 🍞

#by breads I mean I’m making both banana bread and focaccia! #hopefully #first time making focaccia bread! #the 2 banana breads is in the oven rn #also my 9 am class got canceled today which is nice! #got up early anyway tho cause I did not want to bake thru the night again #anyway I’ve been looping amoeba by clairo while baking #and my friends convinced me to get this app called airbuds where they can see my spotify music history #I’ve looped this song 30+ times already #sometimes while doing a task it’s just easier to loop songs for me #hope everyone else has a nice morning!! #bella rambles #bunibelles bakes

[intertexts]

good morninnnng

#i was right this morning me was NOT happy about waking up early. eugh. got woken up at like 4 by a MASSIVE thunderstorm which is #ok because it was awesome & then kept awake by thunder & my Beaft..... whattttttt ever. on a breakfast sandwich expedition b4 art history & #it's so lovely out actually??? gray & kind of cool & rainy. #txt

[waugh-bao]

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#I cannot even begin to express my rage at how this day has gone #my big second year project #which I’ve been working on since June #is due on Monday #I sent drafts off to my two advisors last week #one of them got back to me yesterday and had critiques/points to push further or clarify #but was overall very positive #(this is the Jewish history one) #this morning the imperial history advisor sends me his notes #rapturous about how much new material there is #and then immediately demanding I axe three of the sections and make it all about state history #because focusing on court cases adjudicated within the synagogues and naming practices is ‘distracting’ #you looked at the outline for this on four separate occasions [name redacted] #and never asked me to do anything to those sections #those massive. required me to translate from 3 different languages. key to my argument sections #I don’t care that you don’t take Jewish history seriously you asshole #you admitted me as a Jewish early modernists #and you will suffer through watching [other advisor] examine me in a Sephardi orals field and me submitting a Sephardi prospectus #and dissertation and articles for publication #god I fucking hate academia #every day I’m more and more convinced I’m just going to go work in diplomacy or banking #it’ll put the LSE degree and the Russian language certification and my Arabic to actual good use #and I won’t spend the next 40 years dealing with this assininity #not the stones #me stuff

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

The base of fuels and lubricants of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in Sevastopol has become sad, Ukraine, April 29, 2023. Source:  Arestovych

P.S. Good morning bunnies! The holiday season has begun...! Nice! There is nothing more magnificent in the world this morning than watching burning Russian oil storages in Sevastopol...

#Ukraine #Sevastopol #russian defeat #early morning #defense of liberty #ukrainian independence war #liberation of crimea #retaliation #revenge #city #urban landscape #european history #russian invasion #russian losses #clouds #Crimea

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Megadeth  -   Almost Honest

#Megadeth #Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years #Almost Honest #Release date: October 27th 2000 #Compilation #Genre: Thrash Metal (early/later); Heavy Metal/Rock #Lyrical themes: Politics War History Death Religion Society New World Order #USA #Living alone can't stand this place It's four in the morning and I still see your face

[hardrockshrimp]

We're gonna wrestle the devil!!!!

#scribblies #my US history class today was SO BORINGGGGG i filled this whole entire spread and left early LMAOAOAOSOAOAOO #edguy #tobias sammet #felix bohnke #i was listening to wrestle the devil this morning and i got.... inspired #didnt feel like drawing eyes today 🙄 #so basically this is an edguy wrestling au #OUT OF THE MONUMENTS ERA TOO #i had a vision ok i forgor monuments came out in 2017JWKVKDKGKD #i love this a lot despite that!! :] #then theres a me in the corner because i was shaking against the bare of my enclosure needing to stay quiet and during my class LMAO

[justinefrischmanngf]

i HATE that i have to record a voiceover for this film assignment i HATE IT . i would much rather just write an essay but nooooooooo apparently not

#anyway if i'd planned it out better it would've been fine . but i didn't . so there we go #basically my plan is to get into uni v early tomorrow and then 1) write out what i'm going to say in this assignment bc they need the #transcript as well #2) skim through these readings for my history class + post the correlated discussion post #3) attend my lecture #4) find somewhere quiet to try and record this voiceover between my lecture + work #5) work <3 #6) edit this voiceover into the video file + submit the assignment #i do have until friday night but i have classes all friday and then work and i'd rather be doing more interesting things than #recording voiceovers on a friday night icl............... #if i get this assignment submitted by tomorrow night then on friday i can do my reading for my film class + catch up on some history readin #and then i'll be caught up with everything ! #so it'll be fine bc i do have to submit this by friday night one way or another which rly does mean tomorrow night or friday morning #at LATEST and then if i do this reading.... my weekend will be so chill