Comparative Studies in Elfhoods and Manhoods

Pompey study

Why does he write praise to God in such a... hot way

Batter my heart, three-person'd God, for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new. I, like an usurp'd town to another due, Labor to admit you, but oh, to no end; Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend, But is captiv'd, and proves weak or untrue. Yet dearly I love you, and would be lov'd fain, But am betroth'd unto your enemy; Divorce me, untie or break that knot again, Take me to you, imprison me, for I, Except you enthrall me, never shall be free, Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.

incredibly disturbing lack of crisis of the third century stuff around here…

Showing Mairon the CHONK

Richard Wright and Syd Barrett in the ‘Arnold Layne’ music video, February 1967.

“Something I was pleased about was that he started painting again in the ‘80s. Byzantine and Roman were his favourite periods. He loved doing mosaics —the colours and intricacies appealed to him. Modern art not so much. He didn’t mind Picasso. He would look at Picasso’s paintings and laugh because he thought the big features were funny. But when he had an idea for a painting, he was really careful crossing the road in Cambridge. He was worried he wouldn’t get the idea out in case something happened to him and he’d have to go to hospital. He didn’t do art because he wanted to. He had to. When I used to see him not long before he died, I always knew when he’d done a painting or a drawing because he would be calmer. It really was therapy. But he’d destroy the work afterwards —he’d often burn it or throw it in the bin. He’d take a photograph of it and then it was gone. That’s just how it was —I’m not reading anything into it. It was the same with his music. He never did the same thing twice. Everything had to be original.” —Rosemary Breen, Syd’s sister. Pink Floyd Shine On: The Definitive Oral History (2025), Mark Blake.

And the Noldor hurried to buy my wares, jewels and trinkets in hand. and it continues here...

⚔️ One Year Hence! 🌲

also featuring an older design of lucullus when he was visually meant to mirror crassus because I'm just feeling out the scene and felt like using this look for him. & pompey is here as well

Happy Sir Gawain and the Green Knight holiday here’s a beheading!

Could be any son really, who knows

Started this before actually designing any Arthurian characters and then left it rotting for a month and then had to deal with my style being ahead of the work already done when i tried to finish it. Fun!