#beowulf 2007

[angels-holocaust]

Costas Mandylor in Beowulf (2007)

[tarisbackyard]

Do people know that the method in Dungeon Meshi by which they kill the dragon is effectively the same as in the Beowulf movie from 2007.

[glinmare]

@neil-gaiman obsessed with your Grendel

[themousefromfantasyland]

Guys, I knew that the singer during the end credits of Beowulf sounded familiar. It was Idina Menzel. IT WAS ELSA

@ariel-seagull-wings @thealmightyemprex @the-blue-fairie

[rhymeswithfart]

Haven't drawn them in a while

[cowboysanddragons23]

Grendel and the Dragon are the embodiments of the sins of their fathers:

-Grendel is a misshapen glutton who is ruled by his instincts, devouring and killing with no self control or concern with how his actions affect others, yet remains an emaciated sack of bones and meat hoping yet failing to fill his intense hunger, similar to Hrothgar partaking in food and debauchery in order to fill an existencial emptiness.

-As explained before, the Dragon is an arrogant, sadistic man who loves boasting about his superiority and has an intense lust for blood and power, similar to Beowulf partaking in adventures and defeating monsters in order to increase his renown and glory.

Hrothgar and Beowulf are both trapped in cycles of their own weakness, their own ironic hells, only being released from them by death:

-Hrothgar has all the power, fame and luxuries he desired, except his wife is distant from him and can't find any satisfaction in ruling, with the adoration of his people being shallow, forced to stand watch over Heorot and Grendel, both his partying place and his greatest source of shame.

-Similar to Hrothgar, Beowulf has all the power, lust and glory he desired, except the crown was handed over to him, his wife doesn't pay him any attention and the opponents he faces are so disgustingly easy to defeat that it completely drained from him any enjoyment he could have from said activity.

[grendelsmilf]

Out of curiosity what is the story behind your url?

evil breeds pain 😔

[baddawg94]

Angelina Jolie as Grendel’s mother

2007’s “Beowulf”

[rebeccasthoughts]

Beowulf (TL;DR)

Mini Book Reviews! originally from Books I Read in January 2023! 4.5/5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 Beowulf is a heroic poem from around the 6th century AD and was originally written in Old English. It follows the titular hero Beowulf, the hero of the Geats. The story begins with him travelling to help Hrothgar, the king of the Danes, who is being terrorized by a monster named Grendel. The story continues to…

[monsterasia-zero]

Monsterasia Zero Comic Of The Day! - IDW Comics - Beowulf Promo Edition - Cover Date September 2007

[scarletwitchie2]

Beowulf 2007

[pedroam-bang]

Beowulf (2007)

[medievalandfantasymelee]

COME ONE, COME ALL to the MOSTE ILLUSTRIOUS TOURNAMENT of the FINEST, the MOSTE PUISSANT and HOTTEST MEN MEDIEVAL MEDIA HAS TO ITS CREDIT.

Be it known that we shall accept submissions of the hottest men OF THE PEOPLES’ CHOOSING from any live-action* TV or movie media property set between the years AD 500 – 1550 (Tudors WELCOME!!), and any fantasy properties which emulate said period!

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THESE GUIDELINES here given:

ANY HOT GUY who appears in any movie or TV show released in ANY YEAR, from ANY COUNTRY, shall be deemed eligible for entry. Below are listed examples of eligible properties. If YE BE NOT CERTAIN whether your hot guy is eligible, submit him anyway!

Examples of Eligible Properties: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-03), Game of Thrones (2011-19) House of the Dragon (2022), Wolf Hall (2015-2024), The Tudors (2007-2010), Ladyhawke (1985), The Princess Bride (1987), The White Queen (2013), Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020-2022), Vikings (2013-2020), The Last Kingdom (2015-2022), Diriliş: Ertuğrul (2014), A Knight’s Tale (2001), BBC’s Robin Hood (2006-3009), The Last Duel (2021), The Story of Minglan (2018), The Borgias (2013), Robin Hood (1939), Outlaw King (2018), Pilgrimage (2017), Legend (1985), Braveheart (1995), The Green Knight (2021), Excalibur (1981), Beowulf & Grendel (2005), The Lion in Winter (1968), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), The Black Adder (Blackadder Series 1, 1982), Rashomon (1950)

Remember: This is just a list of examples—WOW ME!

These following titles are examples of properties that do not fall within or emulate the stated time period and therefore DO NOT QUALIFY: The Three Musketeers (Any Version), Pirates of the Caribbean (2004), Barbarians (2020), Gladiator (2000), Ben Hur (1959), Shogun (2024), Elizabeth (1999), 300 (2006), Troy (2004), Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001), Disney's Robin Hood (1973)**, Yojimbo (1961), Shakespeare in Love (1998), King Arthur (2004)***

For the purposes of this tournament, "Man" and "Guy" are defined as any bi-pedal humanoid male character played by a man. As such, characters belonging to non-human races such as Hobbits, Orcs, Elves, Demons, Fauns, Werewolves etc. ARE admissible, and, indeed, encouraged.

If you have propaganda you forgot to include in your submission, just hold onto it and send it in an ask after the Tournament begins.

You may submit as many hot men as you like but please submit only ONE ENTRANT per submission.

Do not hesitate to submit ANY hot guy you think may qualify, no matter how popular he is. There is no such thing as a shoo-in with these tournaments. If you think "Someone MUST have submitted him already!" Everyone else is probably thinking that too and then he may well NEVER get submitted and we don't want that.

Do not worry about how many submissions your hot guy might have had already--I need to get a sense of who the strongest contenders are in order to fairly seed the draws, and the best way to do that is volume of submissions.

We are voting on the hotness of the characters. While the actors who portray them are of course a major factor in this, we are not voting on the actors themselves, therefore propaganda pertaining to the actors real lives (aside from anecdotes relating to their portrayal of the character) is not admissible.

By that same token, in the case of historical figures (e.g. Henry VIII) we are judging hotness based on the fictionalized portrayals of them in these properties, not on historical fact.

Regarding immortal/time-travelling/dimension-hopping/extremely long-lived characters, regardless of when the character was born, the main action**** of the story must take place within the Medieval Period (see dates listed at the top of this post) or Medieval-esque fantasy fantasy realm in order for them to be eligible for submission. As such, characters like the Pevensie brothers (The Chronicles of Narnia) and Ash Williams (Army of Darkness) are admissible, but Asgardians (the MCU Thor films) are not.

I, as the Administrator and Master of Revels of this tournament, am exercising discretion in the admittance of characters from works by Shakespeare, since many of them have no set date.

Re: characters adapted from books/written works - Book quotes by/ about your character are not admissible as Propaganda for their tv/ movie counterparts unless said quotes were also written into the show/movie.

Book illustrations and fanart are not admissible Propaganda

SUBMISSIONS SHALL REMAIN OPEN FOR ONE MONTH FROM THIS DATE (27 May, 2024)

The Tourney shall begin at a date yet to be determined with the Melee (Qualifying Rounds), wherein the entrants with the fewest submissions and least propaganda will duke it out in a free for all brawl to determine who will enter the Lists.

SUBMIT YOUR ENTRANTS HERE TODAY!!!

-- Master of Revels

*The "live-action" qualification does have a caveat: exception may be made for those CGI films which were all the rage in the mid-00's that used the motion-capture and likeness of the actors; for example characters from, Robert Zemeckis's Beowulf (2007) are admissible.

** this one doesn't qualify, not because it isn't the right time period, but because it falls solidly under the "Animated" category.

***Yes, sadly we are deprived of the beautiful countenances of Clive Owen, Mads Mikkelsen, Ioan Gruffudd et al because the producers of this film in their infinite wisdom and in an attempt to seem "more historically accurate" chose to set it during the Roman withdrawal from Britain, which occurred in the 5th Century (About a CENTURY earlier than Authurian tradition) and is generally agreed to have ended by AD 410. It therefore does not fall under the Medieval umbrella and is not eligible for submission.

**** "Main Action" here defined as "More than half an hour of a movie and more than two episodes of a series"

[rhymeswithfart]

Some Grendel studies bc I forgot how to draw him and the reference pics are mostly shadowy blurry ass screenshots from the movie

Also I like to imagine a world where he reaps the benefits of modern medicine

[cowboysanddragons23]

"I am tearer, reaper, slasher, gouger. I am the teeth in the darkness, the talons in the night. Mine is strength and lust and power! I AM BEOWULF!"

This part calls my attention because it hints us to the presence of the Dragon. Just like Grendel was the embodiment of Hrothgar's sins (Hrothgar was a drunk glutton and Grendel was emaciated and hungered for destruction), the Dragon was the embodiment of Beowulf's. I'll elaborate:

-The Dragon is arrogant, vain, greedy and always wants more than his reach can grasp. The most human-like he feels is when he is destroying things and protecting his treasure. (His lust falls more into bloodlust and powerlust than sexual lust, though) This description is also applied to Beowulf himself as well and even though the Dragon hates his father, they resemble each other more than what they like. He doesn't want to merely hurt and kill Beowulf, he wants to prove he is superior.....and said arrogance led to his literal downfall.