#evil advisor coded

[autixel]

I think being able to homoerotically loom over someone's shoulder would fix me

[techmomma]

Did you know the king of england had an official Keeper of the Heads position whose duty was to prepare and maintain the severed heads stuck on pikes on London Bridge

anyway I think that's the funniest possible thing to receive a check for. "Here's your weekly pay for... boiling and tarring the head of the king's archnemesis who was drawn and quartered this morning. Would you prefer check or direct deposit?"

did you get annual reviews for how you arranged the pikes. did your pay depend on how lifelike you could keep the dessicated flesh of the severed head. was your pay knocked if one of the heads rotted too much and fell off.

[rain-cloudsky]

I think my absolute favorite trope is the queer coded evil advisor who is clearly evil but no one bats an eye and is planning to steal the throne in the most extra way possible

[courtjester69420]

Heartwarming! This man has made many friends and accrued many favours among the high ranking nobles and rulers that remain of Baldur’s Gate, as well as directly planted a close personal friend as the new Archduke

This will probably be. Fine.

[rosesradio]

🤠

[grahoriasfancave]

Tadius thoughts bc his characterization gives me the zoomies

SO evil advisor coded, that had to be intentional (black and red outfit, Evil Beard, snake clasps on his cape, clever and articulate, hates the royal family) except then it turns out he's the most reasonable man in the cast

Also ace coded imo, even after years of serving the Prince he still takes a moment to figure out when something sexual is being alluded to (happens twice in his first scene, again with the slipper, and there are probably more I'm forgetting)

Can't hide his feelings for shit, this man has never been noticed a day in his life and has about as good a poker face as Murderbot

The way he says "It's TADIUS" when Ella calls him Tedious makes me think people get his name wrong a lot

That Curl. You know the one. An intentional style choice (adorable if so) or has he just given up on trying to tame it (also adorable)?

If he had his own song in the musical, I am 90% sure it would be a reprise of Step On Your Grave

why the fuck is this man ordained

[shapelytimber]

Y2kunt darth maul going to the club with the gals (gn). He was 22 in sw1, he should've been at the club

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Process below (and a quick recap of all the other people in the room (+ rambling because it's my favorite thing to do gkgkflflk)) vvv

Do I think Maul would have a friend group ? No. But it's time to open our hearts and and free ourselves from the shackles of common sense.

Anyway starting from the left, the togruta woman was a design I created nearly... 3 years ago ?? In my first fanart for the fic serie "how to..." (I think I named her Narla).

In the bg is my sw barbie ! In hommage to someone who said on my last maul drawing "I think Maul deserves barbie as a friend" (something along those lines-) and I think they are right so here she is !

And the last person is... The death stick guy from the second film gkgkfkoffk I could not resist not including him idkw. He seems to enjoy going to the club ? That's enough for me ! (Don't think of the timeline, for the love of god nobody think of the timeline-)

When I was doing sketches for this, I thought about one crutial detail I could not comprehensively include in the final image, so here it is : Maul and my togruta lady chose each other's outfits. He picked something he thought looked cool, she picked pink.

PS : the longer I was working on this piece the more Darth Maul was looking like a mean lesbian lhlgkgofok anyway if you want to interpret this image as trans mean lesbian Maul I won't stop you <3 (join me and my evil advisor in this delightful vision)

PSS : my only exposure to maul was though sw1, and half of the book 'maul lockdown' (that I remember nothing about-). I barely know this man, he is just the weird guy from sw I like to draw. (I obviously know other things about him, but only through fandom(tumblr))

[clearancecreedwatersurvival]

Guys :((( we have to cancel all shipping in dungeon meshi :(((((( yeah turns out all the ships are problematic :(((((((((((((

Falin/Marcille is problematic because marcille is only 60 years old which by elf aging standards means she’s a minor :((( yeah I know that she’s actually a half elf whose rate of development is extremely different from full blooded elves, but we can’t be acknowledging any sort of nuance in these things. Plus it’s bad and wrong to eroticize their relationship at all cause then you’re a sapphic fetishizing yuri-enjoyer and you’re disrespecting Kui-sensei. ☹️

Laios/Kabru is problematic because people headcanon kabru as trans which is Obviously fetishizing trans people :(((( plus the inherent power dynamic with a king fucking his advisor? Not okay. 🙅

Kabru/Mithrun is problematic because ewwwwww huge age gap 🤮

Chilchuck/Marcille is problematic because yuck she’s basically his daughter gross

Chilchuck/Senshi is also problematic though because chilchuck is minor coded. Yes I know he’s a grown ass man with an estranged wife and adult children but he Looks vaguely childlike and if you draw fanart of them it would look Super Bad! Children who don’t know who the characters are could see that and get groomed!!!! Think Of The Children!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway in light of all of this it’s clear that the only non-problematic ship is obviously shipping the Touden siblings together.

Stay safe and Always moralize shipping!!! Because dangerous evil people are out there right now waiting to force children to read their inappropriate smutty fanfiction, and We Must Think Of The Children. Yes even when it is clearly marked as explicit content for adults, we simply can’t allow anyone to have freedom of expression in fandom.

I am very smart and morally righteous. 😇

[theheartmold]

Can't remember if I told you but since I regretted the decision to lock Illario up in my fic verse he's released and becomes Lucanis' advisor. So he spends the talon meetings telling Lucanis how to handle things in politically smart ways and occasionally telling him that now is the perfect time to kick a little ass

that’s actually great. he’s so evil advisor coded to me. I still think he’d chafe at not being talon but this is also a compelling resolution. my evil advisor brothercousin who everyone thinks is still out to get me but he’s literally not

[moononmyfloor]

Riverside Code at Qingming Festival (清明上河图密码) : Miscellaneous

Qingming Festival Customs

The 5th Solar Term in Spring, one of the 24 Solar Terms. In the Song Dynasty, Qingming was the 3rd day of the Cold Food Festival. Gradually it formed into a festival itself and gained popularity. It's comprised of Cold Food Festival, Drinking New Wine and Tomb Sweeping.

The Zitui Swallow

Made of dough in the shape of a swallow with small dates inside, and strung up with willow branches. It's said to be in memory of the loyal minister Jie Zitui.

Cold Food

In the Song Dynasty, the 105th day after Winter Solstice was called the Great Cold Food Festival, and the 3rd day afterwards was Qingming. Therefore people don't cook during Qingming and eat cold food instead.

Advertising for New Wine

All wine sellers start brewing wine before Qingming. During Qingming, each store brings wine samples to the provincial government and get evaluated. Each store will advertise by performing music and hanging flags.

Going on Outings

There were not so many taboos about Qingming in the past. The ancients did their best to celebrate the festivals with whatever they had. They would bring food and drinks and go on picnics!

Tomb Sweeping

Cleaning the tombs of your relatives and loved people, adding new soil and burning paper money in front of them is the most important part of Qingming. From Royal Family members to palace servants to ordinary people, everyone offer sacrifices to their ancestors on this day.

Planting Willows

There's an old saying that goes; "When willow branches are green, it'll rain, when willow branches are dry, the sky will be sunny." Therefore, planting willow branches in front of your door during the Qingming festival can predict the weather and is also said to have the effect of warding off evil spirits. This custom is also depicted in the titular painting Riverside Scene by Qingming Festival.

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Various Professions in Song Dynasty

Roadside Litigator- Zhao Buyou

Enabled bringing law and justice to commonfolk, by being hired legal advisors and agents. They would draft important documents, collect evidence and help suing and defense and provide consultations for public.

Independent Business Owners- Wen Yue

In the show, Wen Yue has an oil paper umbrella shop, now one of the intangible cultural heritages of China. She's been caught in rain once hence she chose this line of work. The main person in charge of the store is equivalent to a modern shop owner or manager. They themselves were responsible for quality control, sales strategy, overall performance of the establishment and everything in between.

Retired Cadres- Zhao Li

Among these people were sometimes great talents, royal officials and ex-influential figures, now laying low and enjoying the romantic countryside. Their only responsibility now was to maintain the harmony of their family and savor their leisure time with food, poetry, music and philosophy discussions.

Kaifeng Prefecture's Chief Inspector- Gu Zhen

Equal to patrol police today, they were responsible for upholding righteousness and bringing justice for civilians. Kaifeng was the capital of Song, and this unit was part of the local administrative and military system. They maintained the capital's peace and security and conducted crime investigations and saw to other emergencies.

Kaifeng Prefecture's Police Officers- Wan Fu

Mainly responsible for carrying out punishments and in-situ judgements for minor cases, information gathering and assisting the Chief Inspector.

Painters of the Imperial Academy - Zhang Zeduan

The Eagle Eye of the Song Dynasty, was an amazing city observer and a people-watcher. The man behind "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", a master of details, drew the prosperous cityscape. His other responsibilities were to create paintings needed for the palace, including portraits of emperors and nobles, scenes of court life, historical events etc.

Carpenters and Craftsmen- Zhao Mo'er

Lu Ban was a master architect in Chinese history, famous for his handcrafts, said to be capable of making everything out of anything. Apprentices with potential are personally guided by a master, hoping to promote and pass on the skills as much as possible.

Coroners and Forensic Officers- Zhao Baner/Yao He

They fight for the rights of both the living, and the dead, and worked in the judicial system of the Song Dynasty. Their duties were to examine the corpse, determine the cause of death, type of murder weapon, time of death, etc., provide clues for solving the case, write autopsy reports, and provide basis for judicial trials.

Tabloid Reporter- Song Qiyu

Hot blooded youth often worked in this arena, newspapers were popular among Song Dynasty people and were published and sold in bulk. The journalists would collect news materials by walking in the streets and alleys, seeking information and providing commentary on social issues and fairness across all classes and dynamics.

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Riverside Code at Qingming Festival ( 清明上河图密码 ) : Qīngmíng shànghé tú mìmǎ Cultural Meta Masterpost

[orsinium-scholar]

Kings of Orsinium: Lobok the mad

Among the many leaders of Orsinium, one name stands above all else, remembered with as much fondness as pity.

King Lobok the Mad.

A minor noble with quite some skill in the blade, Lobok challenged Queen Kurg the Savage for kingship and succeeded on 4E 97.

By digging into his family tree, I have learned that there was some evidence of mental health issues down the family line, though initially he seemed to have avoided those, being known simply to be highly strung and often anxious, issues that he had managed well enough in his previous life as a noble.

Kingship broke him like a twig.

Not only the difficulties in managing a still young city and the construction needed, but also the pressures of the political climate took a rapid toll. Dealing with angry Hammerfell diplomats demanding the Dragontail mountains back, along with a sudden drought and minor famine, left him strained to breaking point, clinging to sanity only with strict and unshakable daily routines.

It is believed the void nights were his breaking point, as he spiraled into madness. He was frequently gripped with bouts of mania, writing pages upon pages of gibberish long into the night. He spent days often refusing to speak, believing evil forces would steal his soul through his words. A possibly apocryphal tale tells of him walking right past the High Rock delegate to warmly shake the bough of a nearby tree in greeting. The situation was growing dire, as he failed to respond to treatment, taking the doctors and their medicines for assassins and poisons. Paranoia became his constant companion. Anything and everything became a threat, from his food to his cutlery to his clothing itself, and keeping him dressed and fed was a constant battle, particularly as his health began to rapidly decline.

Fearing invasion if Lobok’s malady became well known, his advisors stepped in to control the situation, keeping him out of the public eye as much as possible and running the country on his behalf. Though tales of his madness had already become known, they were able to spin them as harmless eccentricities.

Before the warlord known at the time as Gular the Bloody came to challenge him in 4E 106 and the advisors had no choice but to allow it.

Gular was known as a monster on the battlefield, but was also famous for his rigid adherence to an honour code. Unknowing of the truth of Lobok’s illness, he was expecting an eccentric but still capable warrior.

Not an emaciated rambling orc, trembling in fear of every shadow, his limbs and chest bound with pillows, as he now believed himself made of glass.

Gular initially refused to raise his weapon, but a kingship challenge could not be reneged.

So instead the beast of an orc, clad in grim daedric armour, who would go on to be known as Gular the Merciful, placed a hand on Loboks chest and gently pushed.

Upon striking the ground, Lobok became convinced that he was, in fact, quite dead. Indeed, the last proclamation he ever made as king before the title was handed over to Gular was an official announcement of his own death.

In truth, his “afterlife” was kind to Lobok, who was allowed to remain in the palace. Clad in white robes, he drifted happily through the palace as if haunting it, growing strong again on a diet of “mourning offerings”, his fear of assassins gone. Lobok spent the rest of his life gently pestering the maids and whispering rambling “portents” into the ears of whoever was on the throne, before quietly passing away in his sleep at the age of 84.

Few kings in Orsinium history had a larger crowd at the funeral than Lobok the Mad.

[oldass-characters-bracket]

Oldass Character Bracket: Round 1

Yzma from the movie Emperor’s New Groove is Kuzco’s advisor who betrayed him and turned him into a llama to claim the throne for herself. God forbid women do anything. She’s a woman of many talents, both politician and scientist.

No propaganda was submitted (if anyone wants to add something here, comment).

Stanford Pines from the cartoon Gravity Falls is a scientist and cryptozoologist. Smart and autistic coded. He fell victim to the lure of evil Bill Cipher and spent most of his life in different dimensions. He’s a loving granduncle. He used to be close to his brother Stanley, but life drove them apart.

Propaganda:

- he’s part of an old man yaoi/toxic yaoi couple with a dorito

Who will win this clash of scientists? Only you can decide!

[salmonight]

Ra's vs. The Evil Overlord List

or AKA Ra's finding the Evil Overlord List and making use of it to become a better and more devious overlord

So in my random rant my mind came up with idea and latched onto it's absolute high comedy potential so lemme just stash out all the wonderful wonderful scenarios my mind managed to come up with for Ra's to drive the bats mad

12. One of my advisors will be an average five-year-old child. Any flaws in my plan that he is able to spot will be corrected before implementation. : The bats break into Ra 's throne room ready for a full fight, weapons ready, stances turned so they’re blocking each other's blind spots only... for Ra's to seem disgruntled instead of smug or outraged. They are only made aware of another presence when Ra's turns to the...playpen!?? next to his throne to address the toddler happily playing there by themselves "Tell me little one, were my plans and codes this terrible?" and they watch on with horrified fascination as the toddler goes on and points out the most ridiculous and childish points to be faulted with his plans that the bats made good use of to get here and to their stunned surprise Ra's doesn't go into a rage because his plans got ridiculed by a literal toddler but has a disgruntled but all the same pleased look on his face as if stunned his idea actually worked and addresses the child once again "Well done my little advisor, this great work calls for a reward of ice cream after dinner" as the toddler cheers joyfully swinging the toy held in their hands happily in the air, all the bats simultaneously check themselves for drugs finding no such a luck

142. If I have children and subsequently grandchildren, I will keep my three-year-old granddaughter near me at all times. When the hero enters to kill me, I will ask him to first explain to her why it is necessary to kill her beloved grandpa. When the hero launches  into an explanation of morality way over her head, that will be her cue to pull the lever and send him into the pit of crocodiles. After all, small children like crocodiles almost as much as Evil  Overlords and it's important to spend quality time with the grandkids: Bruce in his full Batman regalia breaks down Ra's bedroom door only to find him holding... a toddler once again. Only this time the toddler seems to resemble both of them a bit too much for it to be a coincidence. Bruce is even more stunned when Ra's looks at him, face not giving anything away all the while his eyes gleam mischievously. Before Bruce could prepare himself for anything Ra's would throw his way Ra's opens his mouth "Well not like it is an unpleasant turn of events but what do I owe the pleasure of the great detective coming to visit me in person?" Bruce manages to snap back into the situation and growls out with a low threatening voice "Don't play coy with me Ra's. You know well enough what you did. Now you can come with me peacefully or we can do this the hard way" he says while preparing for the imminent showdown not expecting the following words coming out of his opponent’s mouth "Well great detective while don't you explain to my darling grandson why you would want to hurt his poor poor fragile grandfather" the shock of the words make his eyes snap to the small child held loosely in the immortal's arms looking at him with their big green eyes. Body locked, mind frozen he tries to bluster up an answer for the tiny innocent child's sake only for them to pull a string Bruce never paid mind to. The floor opens under them, and they fall, not having time to jump out of the way, only barely stopping themselves from landing in the water full of...crocodiles!? with a batarang stabbed into the stone walls. And still in the room little Damian let out an utterly happy and mildly feral but all the while blinding smile seeing his scheme work. He bounced in Ra's lap happily while he looked down indulgently. After all, this was his grandson's first successful scheme against his father. This is in order of a celebration. Maybe he could get his grandson some more crocodiles; he seemed to adore them immensely with their deadly beauty and fierce disposition, Ra’s mused as he walked off with his grandson buzzing in excitement held in his arms not sparing a thought for the man stuck in the hole, in the middle of his room, with a bunch of hungry predators.

158. I will exchange the labels on my folder of top-secret plans and my folder of family recipes. Imagine the hero's surprise when he decodes the stolen plans and finds instructions for Grandma's Potato Salad: Tim steals a file labeled as one of Ra’s super-bad-if-it-actually-goes-trough plans only.. For it to be a copy of a hand written recipe of kabsa instead of the supposed plans of action. It’s a copy of Ra’s grandma’s  great recipe book. He watches in great enjoyment through the cameras as the realization sets in, saving the glorious moment with a well timed screenshot of the feed to be safely tucked away into his folder of epic bat fails.

[nonhuman-fo-help]

I LOVE MY BORG QUEEN she truly is the queen of my heart <333 I love her WIRES most of all and how she’s evil and how shes just the type of sinister leader who needs a little jester/advisor like me and Ummm she’s hot as hell and a bit slimy and has her gay coded moments (to me) and uhhhh she’s my glorpwife:-)

YOUR BORG QUEEN LOVES YOU!!! Every evil woman needs a silly jester I think

[shapelytimber]

It's *definitely* not a date

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I love these two glhohkgkgjgk the silly 60s spies are cute ok ;; (and there is something about an american man and a russian man romancing each other during the cold war-)

Process (+ a long ass rant about what they are eating (with pics)) below vvv

For this one I wanted to challenge myself by drawing something that's really challenging for me : food ! It's really hard for me to make it look appetizing- I don't really like eating, and I don't usually bother to cook (why cook when I could just grab a baguette, a piece of cheese that could kill an american on sight, and combine the two to create easely one of the top 5 dish france has to offer ?), so I really struggle with making it look good lgkglflfofi but I'm very happy with how it turned out !!!

Welcome to my long ass rent on a very specific type of french food :

So the plan for this was always to have them eat at a french restaurant, but I could not resist doing something really personal and extremely specific to my hometown- so they are eating in Nice ! And Nissart cuisine is very different from the rest of France. Why ? Quick history (I swear this has something to do with food), Nice was a very late addition to France, only becoming french in 1860, before that point it was part of the kingdom of Sardinia (so not Italian, but pretty close). It mostly translate to it having it's own dead language "Niçois" (a derivation of "Provençal", the old french language of the south), it's own anthem "Nissa la bella" and a very distinct cuisine.

So what are they eating ? First, you'll notice they have a little plate of Pissaladière ! It's flatbread with caramelized onions, anchovy (this is a crucial part of the dish, if you exclude them your just eating onion pie (/neg)), and black olive (btw I checked the english wikipedia page for pissaladière- it's so shit omg nooo)

It's commonly free in restaurants, and served while you wait for your order (not all restaurants do that, but it's always so nice when they do fkfjkf). It's a pain in the ass to make, and all the ones you buy in boulangeries or stores are dogshit-

Ok for the actual dishes (It was hard to find something that would go well with red wine kgkgfjlfk because that means no fish-) ! Napoleon is eating roasted rabbit a la Niçoise ! The rabbit is flavored with olive oil, onions, garlic, lard and white wine (quick note, nearly everything we cook in Nice is in olive oil, not a big fan of butter). It's served with cooked tomatoes, rosemary, potatoes and black olive.

And Illya is eating two distinct things, 1) zucchini flower fritters ('beignets de fleurs de courgette' in french) ! More specifically, the flatter version (it taste more like the flower. The more crispy version tastes more like just oil (in my opinion)).

And 2) stuffed vegetable a la niçoise ('farcis niçois' in french) ! Just empty a tomato/zucchini/eggplant/bell pepper, stuff it with a mixture of meat, garlic, thyme, parsley and parmesan, then put bread crumbs on top.

PS : just wanted to share a quote from my evil advisor (@quijicroix) : "I'm glad the waiter brought their F cups" (this is my best attempt to translate : "damn le serveur de genre indéterminé qui ramene les miches !")

[lynnbecks-mainblog]

Half-Life lore: "There's this weird guy in a suit, right, and he 'hires' people, including Gordon and Adrian. At the end of Half-Life Alyx, he 'hires' Alyx and 'fires' Gordon, while also rewriting the timeline so Eli doesn't die to the Advisor." Portal lore: "Aperture Science might have killed a bunch of astronauts, war-heroes and olympians; also, they had a boat full of cool technology that vanished, and the plot of Half-Life 3 will probably take place on or around it." TF2 lore: "Ok so basically Buff Shakespeare invented America. Tom Jones (yes that one) got killed by a lead-poisoned rejected soldier (though the murder was pinned on a wizard). In the 1800s Australia looked like a retrofuturistic metropolis. Also a pair of evil, immortal, colour-coded twins that hate each-other try to make an MPreg machine powered by gravel, before being murdered by their long-lost triplet, who was kidnapped and raised by an eagle immediately after being born, and also has a daughter who is impossibly young."