Silver Tongue

Sep 30

[video]

brunhiddensmusings:
historyarchaeologyartefacts:
The iron hand of Götz von Berlichingen (1480-1562), a knight and mercenary who lost his right arm in a siege [640×360]
points about this

-it was shot off by a cannon

-he continued being a knight for over 40 years after getting the iron hand

-it was delicate enough he could still write with a quill using it, which is important as he was described as a ‘warrior poet’

-after a merchant-punching life suitable for an elder scrolls protagonist he was outlawed by the holy roman empire, friends of his used a high diplomacy roll and a bribe to get him out, and he then almost immediately kidnapped a bishop

-after outlaw of the holy roman empire 2 electric boogaloo was placed under house arrest in a castle he had purchased with all his quest rewards to spend the next 20 years drunk off his ass
I can’t believe you’d make this post and not mention that his poetry contains the first known usage of the phrase “lick my ass”

(via crouton-knight)

buttpoems:

(via aeritus)

the-a-j-universe:

jephphrey:
thefandombasement:
firelxdykatara:
an-ace-up-your-sleeve:
chrisflemingslegs:
mythosphere:
Victor Frankenstein: I’ve created life but I refuse to put any effort into helping that life develop. I won’t teach him, love him, or defend him even though I forced him into existence with a fully operational adult brain lol. Peace, bitch.
The Monster: Am Eloquent Baby
Boomers: He’S NOt thE ViCtIM, HE’s tHe MOnsTEr
An ironic parallel considering the idea of “tough love” parenting that plenty of boomers like to use. If they buy into the idea that their kids just have to toughen up and face the real world without guidance or emotional support, I’m sure it does scare them to read a story where someone who wasn’t given any support began to resent their creator and turn on them.
it’s like that post that’s like ‘knowledge is knowing that frankenstein is the doctor; wisdom is knowing that frankenstein is the monster’. like the whole point of the post is that frankenstein’s monster is a victim of viktor frankenstein’s own monstrosity.
mary shelley did not lose her virginity on her mother’s grave just for people to misunderstand her best known work over a century later.
she WHAT NOW
Mary Shelly is without a doubt the greatest most metal person to ever live and if I ever manage to get my time machine working I’m gonna shake her goddamned hand.

(via rosexknight)

kingchillmonger:

toasty-bat:
How we feeling
Game reporting is literally worse than sports reporting. They want to invest in making the original game better for those who have now spent money on it and wanna continue playing it. From what I have heard they want to add in-game voice-chat not unlike other games with proximity based voice-chat. This isn’t them saying there won’t be one in the future.