older lotr illustrations sometimes depict éowyn wearing ridiculously small armour. apart from the problem general sexualisation of the only female character (who really does anything), there’s another hilarious thought:
éowyn pretended to be dernhelm, a man. to fit in, she must have worn men’s armor. so the armor in the illustrations is normal for rohirrim.
therefore, all the rohirrim rode to war just like that:
there’s a thundering sound in the distance as the rohirrim ride into war but rather than hoofbeats it’s the collective sound of all their cheeks clapping
the artist for this particular piece is Frank Frazetta and to be fair to him this is how he drew the orcs armor
so the rohirrim comment is probably not that far off
Okay, but this is more historically accurate than 300.
In my Classics class we watched both 300 and Meet the Spartans and had to point out inaccuracies in both and where each film got it right. Surprisingly Meet the Spartans got more right than 300. The fact that they go off to war singing?? ACCURATE. The fact that they braid each others hair??? ACCURATE. The men of Spartan always oiled their hair and braided it back because if they were to die in battle they wanted to look their best.
Isn’t also true that Male spartans got with guys more than women. Or is that misinformation?
every day I think about how hysterical it is that taika waititi really almost had a scene in thor ragnarok where thor reveals he has “LOKI R.I.P.” tattooed on his wrist like thats. literally so funny how did that get past anyone at marvel there is FOOTAGE of them shooting that scene gjkhdfjkghgf
like let’s unpack this behind the scenes photo:
1. that’s taika’s forearm and and he clearly practiced writing tattoo ideas on his own arm, in ballpoint pen, moments before shooting, and “loki 4 eva” was a rejected idea
2. thor’s tattoo is also written in ballpoint pen
3. chris hemsworth has absurdly well-manicured hands. not relevant to this discussion but it’s worth pointing out
If Hulk can smash Thor around and not even break his skin, what I want to know is what kind of freakin needle can actually bust through that godly epidermis and make a lasting impression on it. These are important questions.
serious answer: skurge, also an asgardian, has head tattoos, so ostensibly there’s some kind of godly tattoo parlor out there
fun answer: thor possibly, in canon, also literally wrote this “tattoo” in ballpoint pen and just kept writing over it whenever it faded because he’s not quite sure what a tattoo actually is
better answer: there is no godly tattoo parlor and skurge also does his tattoos in ballpoint pen
I have the same question about Aquaman’s ink all over his bulletproof skin.
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