#the January is for Janus

[telemna-hyelle]

The fact that I have a dad who knows who I'm talking about when I say my doorstop's name means everything to me

#love you dad #for those curious my doorstop's name is Sir January Speckles and he is a hedgehog #the January is for Janus #guardian of doorways #and the Speckles is partly because he is speckled but mostly because speckles=spots=Cerberus who again is a guardian of a doorway. #and the 'Sir' is because he is a knight. I held a knighting ceremony with a real dagger and everything #tellie talks

[didoofcarthage]

January calendar page with Janus and Capricorn, from the Stammheim Missal

German, probably 1170s

tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink

J. Paul Getty Museum

#January #Janus #Capricorn #manuscript #medieval manuscript #Stammheim Missal #German #book #codex #Getty Museum #J. Paul Getty Museum

[orbch]

yall like these two, right?

#this is not a pandering moment im also seriously unwell about moceit #i rewatched tss back in january too and. the way i basically only drew moceit… kinda embarrassing……. #moceit is the tss ship of intellectuals #thomas sanders #thomas sanders fanart #sanders sides #sanders sides fanart #sander sides #sander sides fanart #i always put the sander sides tag bc my art is for everyone <3 even people who cant spell #tss #tss fanart #patton sanders #janus sanders #patton sanders fanart #janus sanders fanart #moceit

[env0writes]

Janus Estuaries Vol. 3, 1.1924 “Another Off The List: Another On"

The hard part about having too much to do Is writing down a list The hardest part about writing down a list Is that it is one more thing to do On the newly formed list Of things to do Now there is one more thing to do DONE There is one less thing to do now On the long list of many things to do They are good things Careful, loving things Groceries, Dishes, Laundry, Sleep Taxes, Writing, Eating, Sleep Finding rest at end of day Finding words, to her, to say Getting out with strangers dare Knowing that the world doesn’t play fair There is so much left yet to do I wonder what comes next I wonder if you wonder too

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[malachiwardyt]

Hello again, podcast side of Tumblr.

This time around, I did a video on Ethics Town, a relatively new cosmic horror podcast about a British valley town where nothing is quite as it seems. Right now Ethics Town is a terribly underrated series, so this video is both my analysis of it, and also my attempt at getting more people to listen to it.

Anyways, yeah, watch the video if you want, or not, it's up to you I guess. If you want to, though, I really do suggest you take the less than four hours and actually listen to the podcast, it's well worth your time.

SPOILERS FOR ETHICS TOWN SEASON ONE BEYOND THIS POINT. CONTINUE READING AT YOUR OWN RISK. / / / / / / / / / /

As with the last post, I also want to share the art from the video. For the first one, I wanted to do something that captured the feel of the Ethics Town logo, which is all black and white and red, so I stuck with a pretty monochromatic colour palette here. The image depicts the Mayor of Ethics, Ian Jacobs, moving the wrapped body of Natascha Flynn to make space for a nearby factory's planned expansions. It was one of two scenes I considered, and I think this was the much better option. The skyline in the background, while not perfect, is meant to mimic the same skyline seen on the Mayor's hat in the logo. The other weird detail here is that everything was done linelessly, which was very weird for me, because I thought it created an interesting look. Oh, also, yes, I did give Ian a ponytail.

The other art piece is a sketch of Ian Jacobs and January Johnson, because I wanted to experiment with how much I could push their designs before they stopped looking like the same person. I also wanted to have their outfits at least be a little similar, so both of them have outer coverings closed around the middle of the chest around a shirt beneath, and both Ian and January have black headware. I considered giving January a white band on his headphones, but it just wound up getting lost. Another notable difference is in the hair, which I imagined here as blonde, probably in a more platinum direction, though you can't tell that very well from the greyscale. Ian's hair is pulled back in the aforementioned ponytail while it's left loose when he's acting as January. January also has a little more stubble, and his eye bags sag a little more. Finally, even though I only really had two colours to work with, I wanted to try expanding on how he acts within each role using the clothing. January's clothes are lighter, thanks in big part to the grey and white striped hoodie, which is designed to make him seem more emotionally truthful than he actually is. Underneath that light tone, though, is a plain black tee, which ties him to the darker colour scheme of Ian and also hints at the fact that, below his friendly and approachable personality hides the dark secret that he is, in fact, the Mayor who has been making such terrible decisions. Going back to the sweatshirt, the grey and white striping is also slightly reminiscent of the stripes on prison jumpsuits, which is a way of representing his feeling of being trapped into bad decisions and being ensnared by Ethics and his secret role as Mayor. Speaking of the Mayor, Ian is a lot simpler. I considered giving him a big, slightly cartoon-y MAYOR sash, but I wound up preferring how he looks without it. Generally, I tried to keep his wardrobe darker and more formal, and, of course, I had to include the fancy hat we see on the logo of Ethics Town. I also reduced the amount of vape cloud around him for two reasons. First, the in-story reason, is that Ian has accepted who he is and the role he plays in the "narrative" of Ethics, so I imagine he's a bit less stressed. It also works really well metaphorically, though, because he's not disguised anymore. When we see Ian at the end of "The Identity Issue," the mask is fully off. Artemis knows exactly who he is, which means that his identity doesn't have to be clouded by as much smoke. Oh, also, it's a cosmic horror podcast, so if I didn't put something tentacle-esque around the main antagonist, there would be problems.

And I think that about covers it. I had a lot of fun listening to the podcast and making the video, and I hope it can bring joy to y'all as well. Catch y'all next time around for The Buried Explained!

#Ethics Town #Ethics Town Podcast #Ethics Town Spoilers #fiction podcast #podcast recs #horror podcast #audio drama #cosmic horror #podcast recommendations #podcast #oh also art i guess #philosophy #morality #ethics #youtube #youtube video #Ian Jacobs is one of the best written characters in fiction #January Johnson #Yeah still don't know how to use Tumblr #Also I forgot about a detail but I asked them if it was intentional on Twitter and apparently it was so yeah Ian is derived from Janus/Ianu #Youtube

[stairnaheireann]

January God

In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Janus is the god of beginnings and transitions, thence also of gates, doors, doorways, endings and time. He is usually a two-faced god since he looks to the future and the past. The Romans dedicated the month of January to Janus. His most apparent remnant in modern culture is his namesake, the month of January. The Nobel Prize winning poet, Seamus Heaney,…

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[loganslowdown4]

Huh.

I knew he was the god of past and future, however I didn’t know January was named after him! But it makes sense. And he’s also the god of doors, meaning transition and change.

If you wanna read a good book relating to this, I recommend The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix Harrow! Lots of background about this in that book 👀

#January #Janus theory #thomas sanders #sanders sides #sander sides #Janus sanders #ts theory #ts janus

[andthebeanstalk]

Achievement unlocked! Remember your childhood hyperfixation on the Caesar family? No? Well that's alright because it remembers you, and NOW THE BEAST IS ONCE AGAIN AWAKE. IT DEMANDS SUSTENANCE. A THOUSAND YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND PRESTIGE DRAMAS. YOU NEED ALL THE HOTTEST GOSS FROM 2000 YEARS AGO. WHY IS JULIUS CAESAR AN EVIL DILF? WHY IS AUGUSTUS CAESAR THE MICHAEL CORLEONE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN?? HOW DID ONE FATHER-SON DUO WRECK EVERYONE'S SHIT SO HARD THAT 1/6 OF OUR MONTHS ARE STILL NAMED AFTER THEM???

I NEED TO KNOW.

#original #honestly every time I wake up an old hyperfixation it feels like an eldritch beast awakening to crawl out of the deep sea #but like in a fun way #Roman history #Augustus Caesar #Julius Caesar #Octavius Caesar #Octavian caesar #Roman Empire #Roman republic #july and august are named for Julius and Augustus Caesar #meanwhile September through December is all fucked up naming wise because we used to have 10 months #which is why the months with the names translating to 'months 7 8 9 and 10' are all off by 2 #june is for juno #january for janus and march for mars. the rest i have forgotten

[myowangs]

#Janus #january

[lenbryant]

Hello, Janus. He's the Roman god for whom the month of January was named. Looking backwards and forwards seems appropriate for the turn of a new year.

#janus #gods #january #happy new year #roman empire #ancient rome

[banghwa]

birthday boys 🎂

#i’m connecting the dots #+ jopping also #this is a rly old pic from like janus wtv idc #*january. wtv #dl

[didoofcarthage]

A Reconstruction of the Temple of Janus (above) and a View of the Ruins (below) by Jan Goeree 

Dutch, before 1704

pen and black ink with gray wash over red chalk

Metropolitan Museum of Art

#Temple of Janus #(I think this looks more like the Arch of Janus... which probably has nothing to do with Janus actually #but it's January so I'm looking for Janus-related things) #drawing #pen and ink #works on paper #Jan Goeree #Dutch #Metropolitan Museum of Art

[beccaelizabeth315]

#January #Janus #ethan rayne

[env0writes]

Janus Estuaries Vol. 3, 1.24.24 “Morning Glories"

Change of schedules; habits Rituals – within rituals I look to the bed like a distant forlorn lover The wick burnt low of love Why am I not in that embrace What keeps me but myself From that doorway to tomorrow Am I afraid of the days to come? That I will prolong, even the moon Stop the inconstant moon in the sky Break a habit of waiting For a reason to rest

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[permanentlyfleetingthoughts]

Cycle of Reincarnation

#reincarnation #rebirth #flowers #skull #art #digital art #life #death #c.c.russo #Illustration #janus #january #beginning

[stairnaheireann]

January God

In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Janus is the god of beginnings and transitions, thence also of gates, doors, doorways, endings and time. He is usually a two-faced god since he looks to the future and the past. The Romans dedicated the month of January to Janus. His most apparent remnant in modern culture is his namesake, the month of January. The Nobel Prize winning poet, Seamus Heaney,…

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#&039;January God&039; #Ancient Irish History #Ancient Roman Religion #Boa Island #Co. Fermanagh #Eniskillin #From Cruach #Ireland #Irish History #January #Janus Figure #Mythology #Seamus Heaney #The Secret of Kells