#return to the castle

[elizabugz]

[thathomestar]

played a half life mod series called timeline where you're trying to stop nazis from altering the flow of time. g-man teams up with hitler, it's a wild time, whole thing goes crazy

there's a bit where you get sent to a pocket outside of space-time, and jumping in a portal takes you to a random unwinnable scenario in history, one of which is

[illustratus]

Watchful Peace, The Return of the King by John Howe

[shanastoryteller]

Happy Fall Season 🍁🍂🌻 !!! I’d love to see your take on a Merlin role reversal! 🥰

Hunith had never wanted to be queen, but once she gave birth to Balinor's son, there wasn't much choice in it.

Balinor sits as king, the lord of the dragon lords, and Merlin will one day inherit his title. She was just a village girl and the dirty traveling soldier had a nice smile and kind eyes so she'd lain with him.

If she'd known that he was king, she would not have presumed.

~

Merlin is strolling down the street, arguing with Will, when he trips over his own feet, knocks into a fruit stands, sends all the apples sprawling across the ground, and takes another step directly onto one of those apples only to end face first into a stone wall. "Ow."

The stone wall moves, which isn't unheard of in their kingdom, but then it talks, which is new. "Oh the Goddess above."

Hands settle on his shoulders, pushing him back and he looks up dazed to see that the stone wall is actually a blonde man with the brightest blue eyes he's ever seen. He's got broad shoulders and a chest firm enough that Merlin thinks his nose might be broke and Goddess above is right.

He's looking over Merlin's shoulder. "Are you going to clean this up?"

He turns, seeing the irate stall owner and the apples that are fucking everywhere as well as Will laughing his ass off and being no help whatsoever. "Oh, no! I'm sorry, let me just-"

Merlin holds out his hands, trying to remember the correct education, but the stall owner goes pale and starts waving his hands. "No, no, it's okay, please don't-"

The man smacks his hand down and grabs the back of his neck, giving him a rough shake as if he were a misbehaving kitten. "You a precision caster? Otherwise, knock it off. You're more likely to explode them then gather them that way."

He's sort of the exact opposite of a precision caster. He lets the spell go and sees the way the stall owner sighs in relief. "Oh. Right."

~

The man's name is Arthur, he's one of the peasants that have been recruited into being a solider in the war against Camelot, and he's here at the palace to receive the standard training along with the rest of the would be soldiers.

His father won't let him on the battlefield, even though that's where his magic is best, and he can't help but feel vaguely guilty that Arthur's been pulled from his family to fight in a war that Merlin thinks would end a hell of a lot faster if his father wasn't so protective.

It's that guilt that has Merlin forgoing his place at the high table with his mother to wander down to the lower tables at dinner that night to try and thank Arthur for helping him clean up all the apples, something he hadn't been able to do before Will was dragging him away.

He's not expecting it when one of the soldiers leaps to their feet and pulls out a dagger on him, one that has to be cursed against enchantments because none of the spells to pull it form his hands that several people at the high table cast do any good at all.

Merlin's just feeling the bite of it into his throat, frantically trying to think of a spell to get him out of this, when a carving knife goes whizzing past his face and embeds itself into his assailant's skull.

Merlin jumps away, shaking, to see Arthur standing there and cool and unbothered, hand outstretched as if he's about to cast a spell. But he's not, it's like that because he'd grabbed the knife from the venison on the table and killed that man before he could kill Merlin.

"You just make friends wherever you go, don't you?" Arthur asks.

Then everyone's moving forward, pulling him away, and Arthur along with him. His expression turns murderous, like he's wishing he had another knife as he's manhandled across the room.

His mother pat his face and clucks at his neck and then thanks Arthur for saving her son.

Arthur had bowed at Hunith but then frozen. He's looking at Merlin with dismay, which isn't exactly new for him but he's not sure why he's getting that look from Arthur now of all times. "You're Prince Merlin? You?"

"Uh," he says, then shrugs helplessly. "Yes?"

He really doesn't think Arthur's opinion of him is improved when Hunith assigns him to be Merlin's personal servant. It should be a reprieve, getting to work in the palace rather than the battlefield, but the tight look on Arthur's face doesn't ease.

[miyakuli]

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[betterbooksandthings]

Best Fantasy Anime (with mostly female leads)

Listen, I love fantasy anime. They are fun and I love a fight scene as much as the next girl. I am relatively uninterested in male leads mostly because of the *cough, cough* excessive fan service. So, without further adu, if you are interested in some fantasy with women at the helm here's what I got.

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Yona of the Dawn

Inuyasha

Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina

Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss But I'm Not the Demon Lord

7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy!

Fluffy Paradise

Ascendance of a Bookworm

I Shall Survive Using Potions!

The Saint's Magic Power is Omnipotent

Tearmoon Empire

My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer

My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!

Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts

Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for my Retirement

Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear

I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle

Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid

Reincarnated as a Sword

Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools

Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-

The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess

Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!

Management of Novice Alchemist

I'll Become a Villainess Who Goes Down in History

Nina the Starry Bride

Snow White with the Red Hair

ZENSHU

These ones I am keeping an eye on but signs point to a favorable outcome.

The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor

Promise of Wizard

The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom

The Gorilla God's Go-To Girl

[sentrylightz]

So Frank came back because he wanted to do something for Karen, but then he didn't want to take part in the real problem, Karen got mad with him and pretended she didn't care and they both got sad and the angst started, ALL THIS while talking about drinking coffee. Tell people we're back

[wittoladypants]

What’s wrong with the AI generated Ghibli family photos?

What’s wrong with the AI generated Ghibli family photos? I’m sure lots of people think, if you can’t draw, or if you don’t have the time to learn to draw, what’s wrong with it? I’m not here to give you a hard time, so please just hear me out. Has a Ghibli movie ever made you really happy? Like seriously, think about it. Maybe when you were a kid watching My Neighbor Totoro, or Spirited Away, or Ponyo, for the first time. When you were older did you look for other Ghibli movies to watch? Maybe you first discovered Ghibli when you were an adult, and you still got wrapped up in it’s whimsical world. Now, how happy did it make you? After you think about that joy, let’s take a detour for a minute. Hayao Miyazaki despises AI. Here’s two quotes from him about AI art, and a link to a video of him saying it, if you want to fact check. “I am utterly disgusted. If you really want to make creepy stuff, you can go ahead and do it, but I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.” “I feel like we are nearing to the end of times. We humans are losing faith in ourselves…” Video of him saying this

Don’t be insecure about not being able to draw, or your skill level. Made specifically for people who have never picked up a pencil, there’s a 10 minute tutorial on replicating the Ghibli style by SamDoesArts. Please

pick up the pencil

I swear it’ll make the world a better place. And please, honor Hayao Miyazaki. He’s been animating for Ghibli for 40 years. AI replicates the style, by disobeying copyright laws. I think it’s fair to say the workers behind Ghibli do not want you doing this with their hard work. However,

they would love for you to draw.

I would love for you to draw.

Ghibli Art Style Tutorial ❤️

[little-tangerines]

um. happy father's day?

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Jonathan Harker’s Journal

(Kept in shorthand.)

30 June,

Get shovelled, idiot

[elizabugz]

[apollohour]

Castle in the Sky

My Neighbour Totoro

Grave of the Fireflies

Kiki's Delivery Service

Only Yesterday

Porco Rosso

Pom Poko

Whisper of the Heart

Princess Mononoke

My Neighbour the Yamadas

Spirited Away

The Cat Returns

Howl's Moving Castle

Tales from Earthsea

Ponyo

Arrietty

From Up on Poppy Hill

The Wind Rises

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

When Marnie Was There

The Red Turtle

The Boy and the Heron

[witchofthemidlands]

need a ten minute montage of frank returning & decimating every corrupt cop in nyc then beating fisk with their remains <3

[diet-depression]

“An insult to life itself”

-Hayo Miyazaki, in regard to the use of AI in art.

Miyazaki has been adamant about this for years. He has defended his art for so long to no avail it seems. I get it, who wouldn’t want to see themselves in this beautiful art style? But we need to understand that this isn’t about us or our wants. These artists are being stolen from.

This isn’t a new revelation, so many people have been talking about it lately. I just wanted to give my two cents on it

[studio-ghibli-miyazaki-hayao]

✈️𝐅𝐋𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆☁️