#Marinus

[sinewyinnards]

Marinus, Marianne, and the Masterworks

Art history weaponized against fascism, 1938-1940

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Rembrandt, "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp," 1632 Marinus, Marianne magazine, 2 November 1938

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Arnold Böcklin, "Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle," 1872 Marinus, Marianne magazine, 17 May 1939

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"Laocoön and His Sons," c. 200 BCE Marinus, Marianne magazine, 20 September 1939

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, "The Blind Leading the Blind," (1568) Marinus, Marianne magazine, 3 January 1940

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Auguste Rodin, "The Thinker," (1904) Marinus, Marianne magazine, 14 February 1940

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Jean Turcan, "The Blind Carries the Lame," (1883) Marinus, Marianne magazine, 28 February 1940

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[thelovebudllc]

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[notalien-kaylan]

Marinus o Nantis

Descrição Física:

Marinus é um nantis com cabelos loiros com cabelos alaranjados na nuca

Olhos vermelhos cheios de vida

Barbatanas azuis e amarelas no lugar das orelhas

Seus ombros e pulsos estão cobertos de escamas, destacando-se contra sua pele clara.

Sua cauda elegante pouco a cima das nádegas, adornada com tons de azul e amarelo, dificulta seu movimento em terra firme, mas se torna um poderoso propulsor nas profundezas do mar.

Estilo de Vestimenta:

Ele usa uma blusa vermelha e um calção azul escuro.

Seus pés descalços estão calejados de tanto nadar e explorar as rochas do fundo do mar.

Em seus pulsos, ele usa pulseiras feitas de conchas e algas marinhas, lembranças de suas aventuras no oceano, mas tambem um artefato para se transformar em humano

Além disso, Marinus possui algumas cicatrizes de mordidas de outros monstros e arranhões de corais, testemunhos de suas experiências e da vida selvagem do oceano.

Habilidades e Características Únicas:

Marinus possui a habilidade excepcional de transitar entre o mundo terreno e o aquático com graça e agilidade.

Em terra firme, sua cauda se funde com pernas fortes, permitindo que ele se misture entre os humanos.

Debaixo d'água, ele se move com fluidez, nadando em alta velocidade e realizando acrobacias impressionantes.

Controle da água:

Capacidade de manipular e controlar o fluxo da água ao redor deles, melhorando seu nado, se movendo com fluidez, nadando em alta velocidade e realizando acrobacias impressionantes.

Poder de criar ondas, redemoinhos e outras formas aquáticas, que pode ser usado para a caça de peixes.

Ilusão subaquática:

Capacidade de criar ilusões convincentes debaixo d'água e durante momentos de chuva intensa.

Poder de se camuflar no ambiente marinho e em meio às cortinas de água da chuva.

Personalidade:

Curioso, destemido e animador (ESFP), Marinus está entusiasmado em viver na cidade e conhecer outros seres mágicos.

Ele é geralmente cooperativo, divertido, sociável e tolerante, sempre trazendo um sorriso no rosto e contagiando todos com sua energia contagiante. No entanto, às vezes ele fica nervoso com medo de que alguém possa descobrir o seu segredo, o que o torna mais cauteloso.

Às vezes, pode ser um pouco atrapalhado em terra firme enquanto se adapta à sensação de caminhar longe das águas, mas sua natureza aventureira o impulsiona a explorar novos horizontes.

Marinus é um amigo leal e confiável, sempre disposto a ajudar os necessitados, seja em terra ou no mar.

Curiosidade:

Para evitar ressecamento, Marinus precisa tomar mais agua que o normal, pois sua pele escamosa é propensa a desidratar longe do contato constante com a água.

Marinus tem um fascínio por objetos humanos e adora colecionar coisas que encontra na praia, como pedras coloridas e até mesmo objetos perdidos por humanos.

Ele adorou os doces da superfície, mas não gostou do sabor azedo do limão.

Gosta da chuva o lenbra de casa

[wine-porn]

Rime

Not sure I’ve had a sangio/montepulciano before… I do love sangio/merlot blends, and this is reminiscent–but different. An amazing blend, I believe–from memory–the winemaker said about 50/50 on this one: dark, clear ruby in the glass with blue-tinted edges. It benefits from a bit of decanting, rather closed in upon opening but with air goes gloriously rich and full. The fruit in indescribable…

[polarity-disturbed]

One thing that’s become really clear while watching Classic Doctor Who alongside the current era—especially starting with the Fifteenth Doctor—is how well the Ninth through Twelfth Doctor eras nailed the balance of episode length and story structure.

Classic Who usually split its stories into four or five 20–25 minute episodes per arc, which roughly equals the runtime of a modern two-parter. But while that format allowed for sprawling narratives, it came with a tradeoff: pacing. Entire episodes sometimes feel like narrative treading water—not because the writing was bad, but because of the constraints of mid-20th century television. (That’s its own fascinating rabbit hole, but we’ll save that for another time.)

To be fair, Classic Who did experiment with its format. Some stories, like The Edge of Destruction—a tight, two-part psychological thriller set entirely inside the TARDIS—used a smaller runtime to great effect. It’s still one of the strongest entries of Season 1, partly because it had no room to meander.

Later, the show dabbled in stories of two 45-minute episodes during Season 22. But those episodes often had the same problem: some stories still didn’t need the extra time. Take The Mark of the Rani, for example. It was padded out to fit that two-part, 45-minute-per-episode format (roughly 90 minutes total), but honestly? It could’ve been a sharper, more effective 40-minute story. There’s a lot of unnecessary fluff that drags the pacing down.

But then you get something like The Keys of Marinus—a six-parter (20 min each part) that essentially functions as a sci-fi anthology. Each episode throws the Doctor and co. into a completely new setting with its own self-contained mini-plot. It uses its extended format to experiment and surprise without feeling stale. That’s when the long form works.

Then came the 2005–2017 revival era, and honestly? The show hit its structural gold standard: twelve episodes per season, blending 40-minute standalones with 80-minute two-parters. And it just worked.

Episodes like Blink and Midnight were tight, high-impact stories that landed precisely because they didn’t overstay their welcome. Try stretching either one to feature-length, and the tension would unravel. Meanwhile, two-parters like The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances had room to build atmosphere, layer in character development, and deliver those signature emotional wallops. They remain fan favorites for a reason: the format gave them the breathing room they needed—and then stopped.

Which brings us to the Fifteenth Doctor’s era.

Right now, we’re back to a one-size-fits-all approach but the opposite direction: single 40-minute episodes across the season, with only the finale allowed to be a two-parter. And the result? Some stories just aren’t getting the space they need to land.

Doctor Who thrives on structural flexibility. Some stories need 80 minutes to unfold. Others are perfect little 40-minute excursions. Locking every episode into the same runtime is like asking every alien to fit inside a human suit: it works until it doesn’t, and when it doesn’t, it’s obvious.

The point is: variety in format has always been one of Doctor Who’s strengths. When the show leans into that, it sings. When it forgets that… well, you end up with stories that could’ve soared if they were just given a little more space to breathe.

(Also I don’t mean to exclude 13—it’s just that her era experimented with structure so much across her run that it’s kind of its own thing, there’s a whole separate post to be written about what worked and didn’t there.)

(Fun fact for reading this far: The Edge of Destruction was only two 25-minute parts because the production team didn’t know if the show was getting picked up for more episodes. They wrote a short, self-contained story set entirely inside the TARDIS to avoid building new sets. It was meant to be cheap filler—and it ended up being one of the highlights of the First Doctor’s era.)

[spaceagesparkledust]

being into classic who is wild because its just being so hype over an episode that aired in the 60s and going "why is no one else talking about this"

[notyoujamie]

[cuties-in-codices]

aquatic creatures (stella, zytiron, serra marina, equus marinus, monachus, scilla)

illustrations from a manuscript copy of thomas of cantimpré's 13th c. liber de natura rerum, bavaria, c. 1424

source: Vatican, Bibl. Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 1066, fol. 110r-125v

[by-gray]

right, summary of the keys of marinus…

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

[laclefdescoeurs]

A Wooded Summer Landscape with Figures, 1853, Marinus Adrianaus Koekkoek

[yorkshirereaper]

June/July sketchdump!

1 Cicero and Gianna being typical newlywed assassins

2. Wip of varona accidentally catching Ildari and neloth

3. vent art

4. Sirene, collette marence, and newborn Marinus Sero

5. Not really sure, I started drawing this while watching nosferatu and it sort of took on a life of its own

6. A little modern au Nelvas- tipsy at a jazz club

7. More nelvas: now with tails!

8. A floating Ildari

9. Sirene and Teldryn

10. Stöllyn my beloved girl

[jadafitch]

Franklin Island Light, Muscongus Bay, Friendship, Maine. Once the lighthouse was automated in 1933, all the structures, save the tower and oil house, were burned. In 1973 U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service took over care of what is now Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge. It's a popular nesting spot for a number of gull species, as well as eiders, storm petrels and other sea birds. Because of this, the refuge is closed to the public annually from April 1st to July 31st, so the birds can focus on keeping their chicks safe and fed.

[devilofwinterborne]

Ian Chesterton -> The Keys of Marinus

[germanpostwarmodern]

Nienke van Hichtumschool (1929-30) in Hilversum, the Netherlands, by Willem Marinus Dudok

[polarity-disturbed]

Hold me like one of your ancient temple statues