#the last of the high kings

[2o3dinge]

Colin & Jared hot takes: They could’ve actually met in Dublin in 1995.

There’s this funny synchronicity: Jared, at 23, is staying in Colin’s hometown for "two or three months" shooting his first ever movie with a leading role in which he pretended to be a 17-year-old black-haired Irish boy in the 1970ies.

Colin, at 19, was that kind of boy in real life in the 90ies. Like Jared's character he was also kind of in-between phases, not sure which way to go, but already contemplating acting. After dropping out of secondary school prematurely (according to himself), he'd been in Australia for a while in 1994. Back home again he jobbed as a model (e.g. on an Irish daytime TV show wearing a red thong and not much else), waited tables and took a lot of ecstasy (according to himself). This was before he listened to his brother Eamon and tried his luck at the Gaiety drama school in '96.

Jared was in town shooting his very first movie "The Last of the High Kings" which is an adaptation of a coming of age novel by Irish writer Ferdia MacAnna. Miramax produced. Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Rea, Colm Meaney were in this, too, all established Irish actors. And Jordan Catalano from "My So-Called Life", who was neither established nor Irish, but very hot news! According to a post by the Irish Film Institute, people do remember this well. They tried to get hired as extras.

Would Colin and his three older siblings, those upper middle class kids who were all into performing arts (and who all found their destination there eventually) have missed this? Their uncle being an established musical actor in London, Eamon the director of an arts school in Dublin, Catherine enrolled at the Gaiety acting school - wouldn't they have known about it too, maybe try to nab a job in this?

Fun fact: the exam scene was shot in Castleknock college, a private school that Colin went to for several years (and was kicked off)

Who else does remember the summer of 1995?

Jared does. Unusually expressive when reminded of it. Over the years he’s said these things…

But a big part about music is getting out and sharing it with people, and we’re very much a live band, so it’s important for us to be on the road. We’re psyched to be able to come back to Dublin, which is a very close place to my heart too. The first time I was in Dublin was in 1995, so it’s been a long time. I talk with Irish people and I feel like I need to just shut up.

Hot Press (February 24, 2010)

"The Last of the High Kings was my very first film. It was an Irish movie, and I played a young man from Howth. I've had a long love affair with Dublin, and to be able to come back and play a show with my band in the O2 recently meant a lot to me. It was a pretty amazing experience being in Ireland for the film in 1995, and coming back in 2010 was great."

Irish Independent (March 7, 2010)

He would get his first movie break in Ireland when he starred in the lead role of a young Dubliner experiencing a sexual awakening in the late 1970s. The Last Of The High Kings was based on the Ferdia MacAnna novel of the same name, and Leto remembers the movie with affection.

"I spent some great months in Dublin in the summer of 1996," he says. "It's such a beautiful city, so different to any place I'd been."

Few American actors can nail a contemporary Irish accent, but Leto managed it. "I'm getting a bit nostalgic just listening to your accent, man," he says. "I got really into the role and spoke with an Irish accent 24/7 while making that movie. Friends would call me from the US in the middle of the night and wake me up and they'd think they'd got the wrong person because I would speak like an Irish guy even when I'd just woken up and wasn't conscious of what accent I was speaking with." [...]

He would get his first movie break in Ireland when he starred in the lead role of a young Dubliner experiencing a sexual awakening in the late 1970s. The Last Of The High Kings was based on the Ferdia MacAnna novel of the same name, and Leto remembers the movie with affection.

He's had to content himself with small parts in other fine films -- Fight Club and American Psycho, among them -- as well as the odd turkey. Oliver Stone's Alexander is often cited as the worst big-budget film of the decade, but Leto prefers to talk about the fun he had with Colin Farrell.

"I don't know if you've spent any time in Colin's company, but that guy is just so amazing. His zest for life is infectious. I consider him to be a good friend and hopefully if he's in Dublin when we're there, we'll get to hang out."

Irish Independent (January 25, 2008)

... it's still a theme in 2022 ...

While world-famous now, Leto’s first leading role in a movie was Irish film Last of the High Kings, which was shot in and around Howth in Dublin in the mid-90s. His face lit up as he recalled his first experience making a movie in the Irish capital, which is now a hub for international productions.

“That was my very first movie that I’d starred in. And of course, Dublin was a very different town. ”But even before we all had the internet, there seemed to be unfounded rumours of celebrity deaths. There was a rumour, I guess, it was reported on the news that I had died. So people would come up to me on the street and be like ‘I thought you were dead’.

“And I’d be like, 'Oh my god, that’s hilarious, but no not yet'. That was bizarre, that happened all the time filming,” he recalled which much laughter. “Then when the movie came out I was mentioned on the news, I believe, as an ‘upcoming Irish actor'." Leto, who has since performed here multiple times when touring with his band, clearly has very fond memories of the film, which co-starred Gabriel Byrne.

“It was a beautiful experience, it changed my life," he said. "I love the country, any time I see someone from Ireland I have a warm feeling, I feel like family. It’s a great place, a very special place, I miss it."

Buzz (March 28, 2022)

re: a "long love affair with Dublin"

#farrelleto #alexander 2004 #FL truther hot takes #but also facts #bffsforever lol #it’s Colin’s bday <3 #colin farrell/jared leto #the last of the high kings #colin farrell

[ittybittyluci]

This specific sequence of Lucifer expressions will never NOT be funny to me.

I stg it gets me every time. Especially that second set? Like, my man goes from mildly shocked to fucking terrified

#hazbin hotel lucifer #lucifer hazbin hotel #i love luci #hazbin hotel #apple daddy #lucifer #duck lord #short king #tumblr sexyman #he’s such a silly #no but fr #what is that second last one? #man looks like he is HIGH

[planetmars732]

how it feels when i get really excited to talk ab a special interest and my friend goes "yeah you've said that before"

#just let me have this #please #SHHHHHH NO YOUVE NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE #booklr #six of crows #ouran high school host club #supernatural #disney #the cruel prince #the wicked king #the queen of nothing #how the king of elfhame learned to hate stories #big mouth #south park #doki doki literature club #last night at the telegraph club #to name a few

[ask-queen-arti]

"Damage Control" [ part 1 / part 2 / part 3 / part 4 ]

(OOC: she is back! sorry for the inactivity, and thank you for being patient)

#rain world #rw artificer #scavenger king #arti stop self-sabotaging challenge #this comic kicked my ass tbh #last part wont take this long i swear #btw scav king is high key speaking for me too lol #i had no idea this blog would blow up #thank you so much and I'm sorry if I don't get to respond to everyone

[juice-thief-frog]

Bonding with Aunt Janai is going well! 👍

I hope that someday Callum and Ezran can take a vacation to the Banther Lodge again, but this time with more elves! Amaya is so happy to see Janai and her nephews getting along... but also not happy that Ezran left the house without a hat-

-

[ Callum, Janai and Ezran sitting in the snow. The Banther Lodge and a forest is sketched messily in the background, slightly whited out by the chilly winter air. Snowflakes are slowly falling from the white and blue sky, lightly decorating the surroundings.

Janai is sitting in the middle, without her crown or any royal clothes. She's wearing a tank top, showing off the yellow, heated marks on her arms. The heated marks are glowing slightly, and she's smiling in amusement at young King Ezran.

Ezran is holding his hands out, warming them on the heat surrounding Janai. He's laughing, amazed at her powers. Ezran is wearing a red and gold oversized sweater and a big, yellow scarf. His cheeks and nose are slightly red from the cold.

Callum is sitting on the other side of Janai, laughing with his eyes closed at Ezran's antics. Callum is wearing a red beanie, his brown hair poking out under the brim. Callum's cheeks and nose are also notably red from the icy air. ]

#i got a drawing tablet yaaallll #i got it last month but i'm still happy #best present ever #i would like to thank my mom and my dad for this opportunity-- #dragon prince fanart #dragon prince #the dragon prince #fanart #tdp fanart #tdp #janai #queen janai #ezran #king ezran #callum #high mage callum #prince callum #prince ezran #tdp janai #tdp callum #tdp ezran #get transcribed fool! #i hope there are no typos #i worked on this drawing for so long #be free my love #fly high #tdp art #my art

[healthydoseofhedonism]

the bad kids spending so much time trying to figure out a way to cheat the system so they could all answer the riddle correctly at the same time only for the riddle to be vultures: yay or nay? is one of the funniest things brennan as ever done

#he fully knew they were going to go for the joke answer of all answering at once #that joke was 5 years in the making lasted approximately 30 seconds and was fucking phenomenal #all hail the vulture king #fantasy high

[starry-bi-sky]

okay a few more danyal al ghul au memes because i think they're funny to make. with bonus yaelokre danyal memes!

yaelokre! danyal 🤝 threes! danyal: being five years older than damian

yaelokre danyal comes from my oneshot right here. however, i would frankly recommend reading the version i put on ao3 because it's been edited and includes more content! shout out to my boy, he's got amnesia </3

Do i think that the LOA has technology in it? Absolutely I do. LED lights but in 3000k warm white instead of the jarring bright sterile white, if they've got glass windows they're those solar panel glass panes my college natural science building uses that detects sunlight position, which in term controls the lights, which in turn saves energy. Amber lights for outside, solar panels. Just. anything environmentally sound and friendly, they've got it, they use it.

Do i think they've got computers and tvs lying around for casual recreational use? ....that i'm not so sure about. For this au? I'm gonna say nooooottt really. That stuff is typically reserved for like, mission planning, debriefing, research, etc. Frankly danny probably does know how to use a computer, however i thought it was funny if he didn't. so the meme is staying in lmao.

If they're not training, they've probably like, got a greenhouse or two somewhere on base they can help with. The LoA's whole thing is balance, harmony, restoring the natural world with extreme environmentalism. All that jazz. Probably plenty of ponds, recreational areas outside, gardens, just, stuff to do that's not technology based. My most basic understanding is that these people are the world's deadliest hippies. They can't be training all the time, that's neither good for morale nor for their bodies, so when they're not training... they're off doing shit. If Ras has kept this thing running for thousands of years then it’s gotta be pretty lit enough that nobody’s revolted lmao.

#dpxdc #dp x dc #dp x dc crossover #dpxdc crossover #danny fenton is not the ghost king #danyal al ghul au #danyal al ghul #amnesiac danyal al ghul au #yaelokre danyal al ghul #hey i finally came up with an au name for my main danyal al ghul au! oh man i have so many posts to reblog. its called #things in threes au #im a good mom talia truther nobody @ me. the villanization of her character stems from post 9/11 racism that's slowly being undone #and there's not enough good mom talia aus in danyal al ghul aus. not ones i've seen at least. #Ras is not an idiot if he's kept this organization running for millennia. If he wants his warriors to be in top shape they *need* breaks #they need high faith and good morale to prevent dissension. Which means good food. things to do. socialization. things to keep them *happy. #Too much exercise is just as bad as not enough and your body will forcibly shut down if you do not do it yourself. Ras can't have that. #of course there's always ruling with an ironfist and dictatorship. but the league would not have lasted as long as it has if that were the #case. #ras may be a shit grandfather in threes but its still up in the air for yaelokre #we’ll see where the wind blows for him. the au is still young

[sbeep]

I spent my free time this weekend drawing Tal; in my head the game takes place over much longer than a year so he gets to lose his babyface and gain some scars.

#**Tal #Skyrim trash tag #ldb oc #the elder scrolls #He also 1v1s Ulfric and gets named High King instead for a while 🤭 bye Ulfric #I have a look in mind for post-game and the DLCs… but work first #Squashes 22 year old Tal in my fist and juices him like a lemon #Goodnight gamers goodnight Talos #He never changes his name though because it was the last thing his parents gave him #SB-art

[narniansteel]

Susan loved Narnia so much that she chose to forget it, because that hurt less.

#she was erasing the queen to forget the queen #the lipstick and nylons were distractions #the problem of susan #chronicles of narnia #narnia #cs lewis #the magicians nephew #the lion the witch and the wardrobe #lww #the horse and his boy #prince caspian #voyage of the dawn treader #silver chair #the last battle #peter pevensie #high king peter #king peter the magnificent #susan pevensie #queen susan the gentle #edmund pevensie #king edmund the just #lucy pevensie #queen lucy the valiant

[m1d-45]

Okay last little idea and I'll leave you be for a bit

Xiao actually responding to the names the creator gives him. Little Friend, Pretty Bird, ect. No matter how far away you are, if you call those names, he has to stop himself from turning into a bird and flying away at that very moment. Those pet names are as much his name as any other he's kept.

-sibling anon

me when xiao

in his time with you in his adeptal form, xiao has never told you his name.

and yet, he still hears you.

if he’s in the area and the wind brings him the softest call of “you here, little friend?” he morphs in an instant, instinct taking over as he flies to your summons. he ducks through the trees, landing gracefully in your outstretched hand, meeting your wide smile with a chirp.

“there you are,” you mumble, and he ruffles his wings in an approximation of standing straighter. he is here. for you.

he’s commonly perched on your index finger, or your thumb if he’s eating from your palm. you only feed him simple almonds, yet it tastes of a delightful meal, energy coursing through his body. he’s careful not to nick your skin in his eagerness, but nobody could blame his enthusiasm if they knew what he felt.

by sitting in your hand, he is rested. by staying at your side, he is healed. he still upkeeps his duties, ever vigilant, but he’s quicker now, spurred on by something—someone—to return to. his place is at your side, and he hates keeping you waiting.

even when he has to.

xiao crossed his arms over his chest, staring off at liyue’s plains while he waited for the traveller to finish talking with… whoever. he honestly wasn’t paying attention. all he was there for was the lost adeptal artifact that the commissioner had promised he had, and then he would be on his way.

the man said something with a tilt to his tone. the traveller laughed. xiao grit his teeth.

“friend? little buddy? where are you?”

the call pulled at his soul as every other name he held, and he itched to answer.

paimon made a comment, an ooh! tossed somewhere in the middle, and xiao snapped.

“can we wrap it up? this is not a proper use of an adeptus’ time.”

the man swiftly apologized, handing over the totem, and xiao all but snatched it from his hand. a ‘farewell’ may or may not have slipped from him in time for the traveller to hear, he wasn’t sure. all he knew was that one moment he was dropping the totem off at his room at the inn, and the next he was leaping off the balcony, shifting mid-air to fly towards you.

he let out a loud cry when he spotted you, tucking in his wings to dive. you saw him and held out your hand, a motion so familiar that the actions to land were muscle memory.

he flared his wings, slowing his fall, flapping once, twice, before settling on your index finger. your thumb reached up, as it always did, and he leaned into it, repressing a coo at the feeling of it smoothing over his back.

“there you are, my pretty bird. where were you?”

a shiver rolls down his small body at your words, and he hides behind your thumb. you had many names for him—little friend, blue bird, simply blue—but pretty bird?

your pretty bird?

he’s hot in a way he can’t identify, a melting mix of emotions filling his chest. pride, admiration, adoration, even, all blurring into a messy film that covered his mind.

you turned towards your camp, keeping the hand with him perched close to you. “doesn’t matter. you’re here now, pretty bird. i missed you, you know.”

and you missed him?

xiao’s known for a while that the one on the throne wasn’t truly his god, but now he’s wondering if you were. the swell of confusing feelings was proof enough; were you anybody else, mortal or immortal, god or adepti, he’d have surely struck you down for your behavior long ago. cooing over him as if he were a mere household pet, feeding him scraps of crushed fruit, calling him such names as ‘pretty bird’- he’d have morphed back the second he was strong enough, held his blade to your throat and called you insolent and ungrateful. he’d leave you with a scar, and yet here he was, apologizing for the one he did leave in any way he could.

you carefully poured some almonds pieces in your palm, and he shifted to your thumb as you sat. were you anybody else, you would be dead. but your eyes are still open, carefully watching him, and your heart still beats blood. he can feel your pulse through his claws, sometimes, and often finds his own slowing down to match it.

you had an adeptus eating from the palm of your hand, and yet you were none the wiser. you simply propped your head in your free hand, a gentle smile on your face.

“my pretty bird,” you said quietly, and xiao’s eyes closed of their own volition.

yours.

#m1d : [chats] #m1d : [secrets] #sibling anon #bird!xiao shenanigans #< sorry for high jacking your post for this king #to stew anon: i saw your ask regarding bird xiao but the topic makes me uncomfortable. while i agree with your last point everything prior #is off the table. not your fault btw i never gave anything to suggest otherwise #anyway here’s another 800 words abt bird xiao in hopefully ‘good enough’ compensation #hey FUCK tumblr for continuing to delete the last paragraph of my fics #wholeheartedly #GOD fuck this fuck everything lesson learned NEVER DO JACK SHIT IN THE DRAFTS #tumblr is hell and i’m not good enough at navigating to get our #i’m fuckin sobbing- on my hands and knees disoriented and confused

[sidereon-spaceace]

torn between wanting to make all my ocs Specialest Little Guys and overpowered VS. the fact I just finished watching all three extended editions of Lord of the Rings and am deeply moved by the struggles and worth of the common man

#ramblings #the end of Return of the King gave me many OC Thoughts and now you're going to hear them #might veto the whole 'Funney Big Weapon Guy is also psychic' thing for Sid Sibyl #won't fully un-magic him just cuz i made it a common thing in the setting but like. i might still nerf him a little in that aspect #his whole schtick is that he is aggressively Just A Guy #he's very persistent. won't come back from a job until he found the last crate that fell off the merchant's wagon or whatever #very good at sword-fighting. cuz he trains and spars a lot and eats like a furnace to keep up his strength #his 'high pain tolerance' is something im self-inserting where i won't notice injuries until later. a bit oblivious. just keeps on truckin #an altogether formidable combo but. he is so much Just A Guy #no super strength no immunities no super-charged magic. not even a cursed weapon to give him a leg up #he finally visits his home again and it's confusing why it's not the same as he remembers it- #-when he should have much more in common with old neighbors and vendors at the market than with his cosmically superpowered friends #old sights and sounds and some friends that give him a warm welcome-back but... it's not the same. it's not home. not anymore #from the moment he chose his path he could never go back home #and I feel like the tragedy of that would be undercut if i gave him something like future-vision or a magical sword

[nox-corvus]

Ugh therapy isnt enough, I need to ride my rotten world into the sun

#the mechanisms #high noon over camelot #the mechs #let me hear the last high noon ring #I'll send him out #into the dark #the once and future king

[wanderer-clarisse]

the countless stars of heaven's field

were mirrored in his silver shield.

#gil-galad #shiny sparkly gil-galad #his sword was long his lance was keen #his shining helm afar was seen #the last high king of the elves #the last whose realm was fair and free #(more or less) the last family elrond had left #after he died the second age ends and the elves continue to fade #hm. many thoughts #or maybe i just listened to adele mcallister's rendition of the gil galad song too many times. #tolkien #the silmarillion #lotr #lord of the rings #elves #@ everyone who sent requests i am working on them! hopefully will be posting those by next week #clarisse doodles

[patrocles]

It will not be written that Alfred did stand on Uhtred's shoulders. Many times. But I know it to be true.

⮡ THE LAST KINGDOM (2015 - 2022)

#the last kingdom #thelastkingdomgif #tlkgif #tvgifs #tvedit #userstream #uhtred of bebbanburg #alfred of wessex #uhtred x alfred #alexander dreymon #david dawson #im never gonna let the boys who think this show is For Them forget that the central arc for half this series #was about the epic highs and lows of homoerotic drama of a king who couldnt recocile his faith with how badly he wanted uhtred #and the warrior in question who never ceased to get on his goddamn nerves #you'd think that would come back thematically when uhtred had to deal with that kings grandson's homo/religious guilt arc #but yeah we'll pretend we didnt have a 20 year situationship and super bad break up and then secret make up #ITS FINE

[hfjonewiki]

watching oj get the season one balloon "i dont have a voice actor anymore so im just gonna sit in the back of scenes and do nothing forever" treatment is really funny to me for some reason

#inanimate insanity #they recast all of taylors other characters. what is going on #itd be really funny if they couldnt find a new va for toilet so he just Fucking Died #the last thing he ever did was get called out for mephone for shipping tomtord </3 fly high king

[saurons-pr-department]

Did an (extremely quick) google. Gondor was without a king for about 969 years. The last High King of Ireland's reign ended about 825 years ago (yes, we are ignoring the lot next door). Imagine if in another 144 years someone rocked up claiming to be the heir of Ruaidrí mac Tairrdelbach Ua Conchobair or something and no one laughed them off the island.

#sorcha reads lotr #to be fair i had actually thought it was longer #don't know why but i had 2000 years in my head this whole time?? #for gondor i mean #also as a note: i went with the last properly recognised high king #there were two more after him but they never *really* got the position #which if i knew my history well enough i could probably use to drag the idea of aragorn reclaiming the kingship even more #alas i know nothing #can't believe our last high king was named rory o'conner #like that's literally just some guy