#kingdom of the Lord

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

The LORD's Vineyard

1 In that day YHWH lays a charge," With His sword—the sharp, and the great, and the strong," On leviathan—a fleeing serpent, "" And on leviathan—a crooked serpent," And He has slain the dragon that [is] in the sea. 2 In that day respond to her, “A desirable vineyard,

3 I, YHWH, am its keeper," I water it every moment," Lest any lay a charge against it," Night and day I keep it!

4 Fury is not in Me; Who gives Me a brier—a thorn in battle? I step into it," I burn it at once.

5 Or—he takes hold on My strength," [That] he makes peace with Me," [And] he makes peace with Me.”

6 He causes those coming in to take root," Jacob blossoms, and Israel has flourished," And they have filled the face of the world [with] increase.

7 Has He struck him as the striking of his striker? Does He slay as the slaying of his slain?

8 In measure, in sending it forth, you strive with it," He has taken away by His sharp wind," In the day of an east wind,

9 Therefore the iniquity of Jacob is covered by this," And this [is] all the fruit—To take away his sin," In his setting all the stones of an altar," As chalkstones beaten in pieces, "" They do not rise—Asherim and images.

10 For the fortified city [is] alone," A habitation cast out and forsaken as a wilderness," There the calf delights," And there it lies down," And has consumed its branches.

11 In the withering of its branch it is broken off," Women are coming in [and] setting it on fire," For it [is] not a people of understanding," Therefore its Maker does not pity it," And its Former does not favor it.

12 And it has come to pass in that day," YHWH beats out from the branch of the river," To the stream of Egypt," And you are gathered one by one, O sons of Israel. 13 And it has come to pass in that day," It is blown with a great horn," And those perishing in the land of Asshur have come in," And those cast out in the land of Egypt," And have bowed themselves to YHWH," In the holy mountain—in Jerusalem! — Isaiah 27 | Literal Standard Version (LSV) Literal Standard Version Bible Copyright © 2020 by Covenant Press. Cross References: Genesis 15:18; Exodus 34:13; Leviticus 26:30; Deuteronomy 30:3-4; Deuteronomy 32:18; Deuteronomy 32:28; 1 Samuel 10:28; Job 3:8; Job 37:12; Psalm 80:8; Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 7:21; Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 10:17; Isaiah 17:2; Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 54:7; Matthew 3:12; Matthew 24:31; John 10:28; Romans 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Hebrews 6:8; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 11:15; Revelation 12:3-4

[leiaham]

First Post!

I deleted my old tumblr because... man idk why it was covid-times and the prefrontal cortex was not in the room with us!! Anyways, I was reminded by my lovely friend @repecca that tumblr exists, and that some of my work has been going around on here, so I decided to post some of my work up officially! Starting off with my most notable (?) work to date, here's my LOTR: The Middle Kingdom Project. Now, it's been over a year since I posted this, and at the time I was... really searchingfor myself artistically, and I decided to go all in on something that I'd been ruminating on for a long time.

So, hello, again. I'm Leia. I do visual development/BG design, and I'm also a writer of things. I love fantasy and transformative work. It's nice to meet you.

[suzannahnatters]

all RIGHT:

Why You're Writing Medieval (and Medieval-Coded) Women Wrong: A RANT

(Or, For the Love of God, People, Stop Pretending Victorian Style Gender Roles Applied to All of History)

This is a problem I see alllll over the place - I'll be reading a medieval-coded book and the women will be told they aren't allowed to fight or learn or work, that they are only supposed to get married, keep house and have babies, &c &c.

If I point this out ppl will be like "yes but there was misogyny back then! women were treated terribly!" and OK. Stop right there.

By & large, what we as a culture think of as misogyny & patriarchy is the expression prevalent in Victorian times - not medieval. (And NO, this is not me blaming Victorians for their theme park version of "medieval history". This is me blaming 21st century people for being ignorant & refusing to do their homework).

Yes, there was misogyny in medieval times, but 1) in many ways it was actually markedly less severe than Victorian misogyny, tyvm - and 2) it was of a quite different type. (Disclaimer: I am speaking specifically of Frankish, Western European medieval women rather than those in other parts of the world. This applies to a lesser extent in Byzantium and I am still learning about women in the medieval Islamic world.)

So, here are the 2 vital things to remember about women when writing medieval or medieval-coded societies

FIRST. Where in Victorian times the primary axes of prejudice were gender and race - so that a male labourer had more rights than a female of the higher classes, and a middle class white man would be treated with more respect than an African or Indian dignitary - In medieval times, the primary axis of prejudice was, overwhelmingly, class. Thus, Frankish crusader knights arguably felt more solidarity with their Muslim opponents of knightly status, than they did their own peasants. Faith and age were also medieval axes of prejudice - children and young people were exploited ruthlessly, sent into war or marriage at 15 (boys) or 12 (girls). Gender was less important.

What this meant was that a medieval woman could expect - indeed demand - to be treated more or less the same way the men of her class were. Where no ancient legal obstacle existed, such as Salic law, a king's daughter could and did expect to rule, even after marriage.

Women of the knightly class could & did arm & fight - something that required a MASSIVE outlay of money, which was obviously at their discretion & disposal. See: Sichelgaita, Isabel de Conches, the unnamed women fighting in armour as knights during the Third Crusade, as recorded by Muslim chroniclers.

Tolkien's Eowyn is a great example of this medieval attitude to class trumping race: complaining that she's being told not to fight, she stresses her class: "I am of the house of Eorl & not a serving woman". She claims her rights, not as a woman, but as a member of the warrior class and the ruling family. Similarly in Renaissance Venice a doge protested the practice which saw 80% of noble women locked into convents for life: if these had been men they would have been "born to command & govern the world". Their class ought to have exempted them from discrimination on the basis of sex.

So, tip #1 for writing medieval women: remember that their class always outweighed their gender. They might be subordinate to the men within their own class, but not to those below.

SECOND. Whereas Victorians saw women's highest calling as marriage & children - the "angel in the house" ennobling & improving their men on a spiritual but rarely practical level - Medievals by contrast prized virginity/celibacy above marriage, seeing it as a way for women to transcend their sex. Often as nuns, saints, mystics; sometimes as warriors, queens, & ladies; always as businesswomen & merchants, women could & did forge their own paths in life

When Elizabeth I claimed to have "the heart & stomach of a king" & adopted the persona of the virgin queen, this was the norm she appealed to. Women could do things; they just had to prove they were Not Like Other Girls. By Elizabeth's time things were already changing: it was the Reformation that switched the ideal to marriage, & the Enlightenment that divorced femininity from reason, aggression & public life.

For more on this topic, read Katherine Hager's article "Endowed With Manly Courage: Medieval Perceptions of Women in Combat" on women who transcended gender to occupy a liminal space as warrior/virgin/saint.

So, tip #2: remember that for medieval women, wife and mother wasn't the ideal, virgin saint was the ideal. By proving yourself "not like other girls" you could gain significant autonomy & freedom.

Finally a bonus tip: if writing about medieval women, be sure to read writing on women's issues from the time so as to understand the terms in which these women spoke about & defended their ambitions. Start with Christine de Pisan.

I learned all this doing the reading for WATCHERS OF OUTREMER, my series of historical fantasy novels set in the medieval crusader states, which were dominated by strong medieval women! Book 5, THE HOUSE OF MOURNING (forthcoming 2023) will focus, to a greater extent than any other novel I've ever yet read or written, on the experience of women during the crusades - as warriors, captives, and political leaders. I can't wait to share it with you all!

[shellshooked]

so about that lotr x zelda au...

[dandyleyen]

Twitter post | ToTK zelink x Howl's Moving Castle

[coveredinsun]

i’ve seen gimleaf fics where they each try to find out how to court by the other’s traditions. and i love those, so i think they ought to be taken a step further. and i think the way to do that would be, naturally, to make bagginshield real. allow me to explain why. ahem. after the ring is destroyed, girlfailure legolas spends two weeks poring over The Ancient Texts and stressing because his one (1) friend who WOULD help him (that’s aragorn) knows jack shit about dwarves beyond the surface (no pun intended) (well gandalf knows things but gandalf is a bitch) (he would just smile at legolas knowingly and wish him good luck instead of giving him answers).

so alas, girlfailure “shit tier ass elf” legolas is left to like, idk, sulk or something in the garden he starts at the Bestie Residence in minas tirith. and after like 2 days sam’s had enough he’s like “dude your vibes are upsetting the plants.” and legolas is like “my bad bro. it just seems i know nothing about dwarves which i probably should’ve thought about before, by elf standards, getting hitched in vegas.” and sam is like “oh dwarves? just ask mister frodo ^_^ he knows tons about dwarves!” and legolas is like “what the shit? him in particular? why does he anything about dwarves?” and sam leans in reaaaalllllll close and whispers behind his hand, “well you see mister elf, mister legolas, sir, there’s always been a very healthy amount of rumors that go around in the shire about mister frodo’s uncle, mister bilbo, and the letters he used to exchange with a certain king under the mountain.” and legolas, who was THERE, is like

[weirdgirl92]

I just really love the found family trope, okay?! 🤧

[choking-on-ice]

oh my god I can't believe how good this turned out and how quickly I finished it ahhhh!!

Fully rendered Zuko study! Expression study of my favorite guy in traditional clothing from different nations (ooh I wonder who gave him that water tribe betrothal necklace)

[robocatfan]

I noticed something

[yanagiineko]

shattered pieces

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Israel Set Free

1 In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan, the large snake-like sea animal, with His sharp and great and powerful sword. He will punish Leviathan the turning snake, and kill the big dragon that lives in the sea.

2 In that day it will be said: “Sing about a grape-field of wine! 3 I, the Lord, am its keeper. I water it all the time. I watch over it day and night so no one will hurt it. 4 I am not angry. If someone were to give Me thistles and thorns in battle, I would step on them. I would burn them together. 5 Or let him trust in Me to keep him safe. Let him make peace with Me. Yes, let him make peace with Me.” 6 In the days to come Jacob will take root. Israel will flower and begin to grow, and fill the whole world with fruit.

7 Has the Lord punished Israel as He punished those who went against Israel? Or have as many people of Israel been killed as their killers were killed? 8 You showed Your anger towards them by driving them out of the land. You moved them out with Your strong wind on the day of the east wind. 9 So by this Jacob’s sin will be forgiven. This will be the full price of taking his sin away: When he crushes all the altar stones into fine pieces, so the wooden female goddess Asherah and the altars of special perfume will not stand. 10 The city made strong for battle is empty and alone, a place left alone like the desert. The calves eat there, and they lie down and eat from its branches. 11 When its branches are dry, they are broken off. Women come and make a fire with them. They are not a people of understanding, so their Maker will not have pity on them. The One Who made them will not show kindness to them.

12 In that day the Lord will beat out His grain from the flowing river of the Euphrates to the river of Egypt. And you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel. 13 In that day a great horn will be blown. Those who were dying in the land of Assyria and those who were sent everywhere through the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem. — Isaiah 27 | New Life Version (NLV) New Life Version Holy Bible Copyright © 1969, 2003 by Barbour Publishing, Inc. Cross References: Genesis 15:18; Exodus 34:13; Leviticus 26:30; Deuteronomy 30:3-4; Deuteronomy 32:18; Deuteronomy 32:28; 1 Samuel 10:28; Job 3:8; Job 37:12; Psalm 80:8; Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 7:21; Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 10:17; Isaiah 17:2; Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 54:7; Matthew 3:12; Matthew 24:31; John 10:28; Romans 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Hebrews 6:8; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 11:15; Revelation 12:3-4

[axl-fox]

submission for the crk maincord valentine's contest, I didn't win but I still had fun making this lmao.

[cosmicwhoreo]

Albatross Cookie by design alone looks like the type of person to have ridiculously high standards and will not accept anything less than absolutely perfect.

He says he likes to run a tight ship. You do well, you get to enjoy the luxury of a 5 star cruise for a good week. Fail? Well... They don't talk about what happens when you perform poorly.

[lemon-slushie]

It’s simple because it’s too much to properly line, color, and shade but hey it’s that one song!

[dewphox]

Omg HIIIIIIIIII <3 *twirls hair*

If the character you wanted to ship ur OC with has gotten himself a canonical wife then I guess all i can do is make a partner for her myself UU

Anyway hello Nintendo yes I borrowed ur glowing sparkly horse for a minute thänks <3

[featherlouise]

Exploring some concepts for a slightly older Ghost!! I imagine them as about 8-9ish during the game.

I’ve been neglecting them in most of my AUs lmao, I think it’s time for some Ghost centric stuff shxhxjxj (also they’re VERY fun to draw)

After killing the Radiance, the siblings take some time to rest and recuperate, and at some point decide to try and rebuild Hallownest. Hornet takes over Deepnest, taking her rightful place as Queen, while Hollow becomes king of Hallownest. While Ghost is technically the crown prince, it’s more in name than anything, as they would rather run the Path of Pain handcuffed in the dark than have that kinda responsibility (also they’re like. 13 by this point)

Some tidbits about their design and this AU for those interested:

- They resemble their mother more than PK, and as a result their horns are more like branches and grow to resemble antlers!!

- They also have a faint wood grain pattern all over their body

- Vessels typically have small glowing white dots on their bodies, and darker spots on their face and horns (I’ve been referring to them as soul spots and void freckles shbxxn), and you can generally tell whether they’re more proficient in soul magic or void magic depending on how many of either they have!!

(E.g. Hollow has a few void freckles, but they are COVERED in soul spots, meanwhile Ghost has a few soul spots but they have a TON of void freckles).

When they come into their power as Shade Lord, Ghost’s soul spots are swallowed by their void, and as they get older more void freckles appear until their horns are entirely black.

- I like the idea of Ghost’s power as SL showing in their physical form more as they get older, like their mortal body can’t contain their entire being, so it leaks out in the form of wispy void hair, void freckles, etc etc

- When they started rebuilding, there became a sudden need for formal clothing once again, so Hornet raids every closet in the White Palace to cannibalise the different dresses and robes into something presentable (luckily Ghost fits into most of Hornet’s old stuff)

(Assume the White Palace appears again at some point (finding PK’s corpse is a VERY fun time for Holly ahahaha))

- With the discovery of kingdoms beyond the Wastelands (via Silksong), the siblings start reaching out in the hopes of establishing some trade routes, and getting some help with the rebuilding effort

This opens some opportunities for visits from neighbouring royals (and pooossibly some new friends for Ghost, they need to meet people their age lmaooo)