Ooo this Warloc Wally AU makes me anticipate Howdy as the Tavern keeper with the bulletin board with jobs but every time Wally comes in Howdys just on edge cause "this tiny man just *Feels* off..."
All Wally wants is some apple cider
ohhhhh oooooo y'know in the Original Ramble i stated that he stick With the group on their adventures as a traveling salesman but ough. tavern keeper Howdy...
maybe... maybe we can combine the two by the group being Based Out Of a particular town and Howdy owns the local tavern, but sometimes accompanies the group on their adventures both because he needs a "break" and to sell his wares to fresh faces <3 his staff can handle the tavern in his absence
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The Alan Moore comic my new blog name is taken from has an interesting background.
In 1988 Thatcher's government banned the "promotion of homosexuality" by local authorities and schools. This law would remain in place in England and Wales until 2003.
Moore already antipathic towards the tories organized a comics anthology to raise funds to oppose the law - AARGH or Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia.
Moore convinced (or to use his own words "morally blackmail most of them") a lot of famous comic creator to contribute pieces. Art Spiegelman, Frank Miller and Dave Sims all contributed stories. You may have seen the comic Neil Gaiman wrote for it floating around tumblr.
The quality of the comics varies widely but the best of them is the comic Moore himself wrote for it a poem/comic The Mirror of Love. I don't think the original comic is licitly available online but there's a reading of it by Moore on youtube.
The Mirror of Love depicts queer people throughout history. Moving from pre-history to the modern day and Moore's fury at the homophobia of Thatcher's government and then looking to the future.
It's been one of my favourite comics by Moore since I first read it but as an eight page piece that for decades was only available as part of AARGH it doesn't receive a lot of attention.
My blog name is from the final line of the poem:
While life endures we’ll love, and afterwards,
if what they say is true,
I’ll be refused a Heaven crammed with popes, policemen,
fundamentalists, and burn instead,
quite happily,
with Sappho, Michelangelo and you, my love.
I’d burn throughout eternity with you.
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Nymeria nipped eagerly at her hand as Arya untied her. She had yellow eyes. When they caught the sunlight, they gleamed like two golden coins. Arya had named her after the warrior queen of the Rhoyne, who had led her people across the narrow sea. (Arya I, AGOT) *George directly compares Dany to Nymeria*
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This time the monsters did not frighten her. They seemed almost old friends. Arya held the candle over her head. With each step she took, the shadows moved against the walls, as if they were turning to watch her pass. "Dragons," she whispered. (Arya IV, AGOT)
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If I had wings I could fly back to Winterfell and see for myself. And if it was true, I'd just fly away, fly up past the moon and the shining stars, and see all the things in Old Nan's stories, dragons and sea monsters and the Titan of Braavos, and maybe I wouldn't ever fly back unless I wanted to. (Arya X, ACOK)
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"I wish I had a flaming sword." Arya could think of lots of people she'd like to set on fire. (Arya IV, ASOS)
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Arya drew back from him. "He killed the slave?" That did not sound right. "He should have killed the masters!" (Arya II, AFFC)
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"I would like to see a dragon," Mercy said wistfully. "Why does the envoy have a chicken on his chest?" (Mercy, TWOW) *said to her friend Daena*
This is the same Arya Stark who I'm supposed to believe isn't going to be instant besties with Daenerys Targaryen...okay. I think it's time for some of y'all to go back to the books and actually read them.
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if Lamb, Narinder, and the bishops got into Guilty Gear Strive who would they main
OK SO THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE LORE IT'S ABOUT SPECIFICALLY THE WAY THEY PLAY I THINK NARINDER WOULD EITHER PLAY ZATO BECAUSE OF HOW AWFUL HIS GAMEPLAY IS OR FAUST DEPENDING ON HIS MOOD BUT THE LAMB WOULD PLAY POTEMKIN BECAUSE THIS MOTHERFUCKER WOULD JUST DESTROY U IN 2 SECONDS IN ANY GAME. THE LAMB IS THE BEST AT GGS.
THE BISHOPS I DONT KNOW IMA BE FR WITH YOU I THINK LESHY WOULD TRY TO PLAY HAPPY CHAOS TO BE COOL BUT HE'D BE SUPER BAD BECAUSE HE DOESN'T GET THE POINT OF HC GAMEPLAY AND ALSO HAPPY CHAOS GAVE ME CARPAL TUNNEL AND I THINK LESHY WOULD MAKE THAT MISTAKE AS WELL
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