#fer diad

[incorrect-ulster-cycle]

Cú Chulainn: I had seven dads and two moms and I turned out fine

Fer Diad: seven what now?

[sissiarte]

Cú Chulainn and the three people who want to be buried with him :) I'm very happy that I'm finally settling their designs !!!!!!

[revisionlightning]

Art of Cú Chulainn and Ferdiad. I couldn't decide on a bg so have both.

[riastrad]

Medb: Could you do me a favor and kill your boyfriend?

Fer Diad: No.

Medb: please

Fer Diad: No.

Medb: I’ll let you marry my daughter.

Fer Diad: what exactly about the whole boyfriend thing makes you think I’m into women

Medb:

Medb: Cú Chulainn called you a pussy ass bitch and said he didn’t think you had the balls to fight him.

Fer Diad: I am going to end him

[isathetiefling]

"They were brothers of one blanket" and "Loeg needs to help him prepare his special weapon" are two quotes that only make sense in Celtic lit class

[trans-cuchulainn]

saw this on Facebook and immediately thought of fer diad so now I'm making you see it too

[riseupriseupandcomealong]

i love to be normal about the táin bó cúailnge

[finnlongman]

Dá scaraind gan troit is tú, gidar comaltai, a cháemChú, bud olc mo briathar is mo blad ic Ailill is ac Meidb Chrúachan Should I part from you without a fight, O gentle Hound, though we are fosterbrothers, my word and my name would be held in ill esteem by Ailill and Medb of Crúachu.

(TBC LL, ll. 3207-3210)

A cháemChú.

Hard to gauge for sure whether it was intended as a compound in the manuscript, since the Book of Leinster isn't big on word-breaks, but if it were a regular adjective, it would come after the noun, so I guess whacking it on the front like that -- while probably for metrical/rhyme reasons -- does have that effect.

Cool, well, I'm fine about that.

[wodania]

“Two hearts that beat as one, we were comrades in the woods, men who shared a bed and the same deep sleep after heavy fighting.”

Literally sobbing literally crying.

“Food has not passed his lips, nor was the man ever born to high king or shining queen for whose sake I’d do you harm.”

Literally SOBBING literally CRYING

“My brave heart is a dead weight, my soul near torn from its roots; I’d welcome any other fate, than to fight you, Fer Diad.”

LITERALLY SOBBING LITERALLY CRYING.

“He could have cut off my arm, my leg, and still I would mourn Fer Diad of the steeds, who was part of me, and breathes no more.”

LITERALLY SOBBING! LITERALLY CRYING!

“I loved the blush in your cheek, your fine, upstanding young form, your clear eye, your way of speech. I loved the way you held yourself.”

LITERALLY SOBBING!!! LITERALLY CRYING!!!

“Had you fallen at the hands of Greek warriors, my life would not have outlasted yours. I would have died by your side.”

literally deceased.

[aliaoftheknives]

ff loves to name a bunch of its weapons after weapons of mythological legend which every game since the beginning of time has done this but it's often very funny because it'll be like ah the storied spear Gae Bolg, whose name means Spear of Mortal Pain, with which the great Cu Chulainn struck down his brother Fer Diad. It's from the base game released in 2013 and is a level 50 weapon now only acquired for fashion purposes

[wesley-de-cornualles]

He could have cut off my arm, my leg, and still I would mourn Fer Diad of the steeds, who was part of me, and breathes no more.

Cú Chulainn to Láeg, The Táin, trans. Ciaran Carson

[incorrect-ulster-cycle]

Cú Chulainn: You want what I have.

Fer Diad: A stupid name and a death wish?

[sissiarte]

THEY ARE HERE!!! I'm very excited to finally share the full designs hope you guys like them <3

These are only like a base, they'll wear more layers on top and have more weapons and armor some times (and like, wear other clothes) but I wanted to have at least one reference for myself that I can use and later on work on top of and give them more outfits (playing dolls with them basically)

I had a lot of thought behind the designs so if you're interested, there's an infodump below the cut. It's very long and messy so read at your own risk

I tried to have some sort of historical accuracy (even if it's a fictional story and the exact time period when it happens is ??) mainly bc I'm tired of how celts are portrayed in media (they wore tacky colors please stop with the grey brown leathers fur), and a bit bc I'm a nerd and I can't do anything if I don't do some research before.

On the other hand I wanted to make good character designs that told things about the characters and stuff, so I had to juggle a bit both things. Plus there's not much variation in clothing styles, so I had to do what I could.

I wanted to use colors, jewelery and styles to group or distinguish the characters. So Láeg and Emer wear a very similar color palette, Cú Chulainn has some blue in his mainly red outfit (and also the under tunic thing resembles Emer's) and Ferdia has some red in his mainly blue one.

Láeg and Cú Chulainn wear the same kind of thing, but I gave Cú Chulainn more layers in reference to the 34683 shirts thing. I went no pants wider belt for Ferdia bc honestly I didn't know how else to make a clear distinction as "this one character is from a different place", there's only so much you can do with the few styles there are.

Jewelery choices! This was a lot bc I really like torcs and I wanted to use them again to give Ulster characters and Connacht characters different kinds of torcs. My first instinct was to give Connacht those very heavy ones that have rings at the ends, but then I did some research and those were only found in england so. Then I went to look what kind of torcs were found in each place and I found that they were the same!!! Obviously!!! Bc they are next to eachother!!!

So I took creative choices and as I found some bracelets in Ulster that looked like torcs I went okay those done (plus they are way easier to draw) And I gave Ferdia the spirally one and Cú Chulainn the "bracelet" one. Plus gave a matching bracelet to Láeg. Emer wears a lunula bc her father is described as wearing one in The Hound of Ulster and I liked it.

(some pics for reference: from left to right the torc Ferdia wears, the bracelet Láeg wears and from were I based Cú Chulainn's torc, and the lunula Emer wears)

Also important, the headpiece Láeg wears. I used to draw Cú Chulainn with a similar one just because I liked it, but then after reading I liked that Láeg is the only one wearing it. At first I was going to give Emer a similar one but in the end decided against it to make it exclusive to Láeg and to not give her more jewelery than to Ferdia. I wanted Ferdia to wear a lot and be like, more stylish I guess bc I feel he cares about that stuff (I mean part of the bribe to fight Cú Chulainn was a brooch so)

And I think that's it! Sorry it was a lot hfasjkd but I wanted to share it. If there's something I have missed and you're curious to know about feel free to ask! I might have a long ass answer like this or it might be just because XD And if you have comments or opinions they are also welcome! I'm no expert or anything (just a big nerd) so I apreciate any insight.

And if you've gotten this far thank you for reading my yapping <3

[revisionlightning]

Cú Chulainn and Ferdiad art. The first one from two years ago, the second one from a couple nights ago. I will continue the work on the new one. Ferdiad is on the right in each pic.

[riastrad]

Less what actually happens more like, vibes or hypothetical modern au. Because otherwise it’s just going to be everyone but like, Naoise, in life sentence

[lumpydigits]

Fer Diad notices something new about Cú Chulainn!

Was thinking about Cú Chulainn’s battle rage with the weird eyes, and also the modern/college AU fanfic of Táin Bó Cúailnge, In Loco Parentis. And then this happened.