Ophelia seamless pattern by Katya Murysina
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“Grecian Reverie” - 2021.
Photographer & Model : Psyché Ophiuchus
Villa “Le Relais”, Nice.
Print available on my Etsy shop.I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GODWARD PAINTING
i know it’s not canon but .. he wore this look so well ;u;
tragedy in art
- the execution of lady jane grey by paul delaroche (1833)
- the fall of babylon by john martin (1831)
- ophelia by sir john everett millais (1852)
- the destruction of pompeii and herculaneum by john martin (1822)
- princess tarakanova by konstantin flavitsky (1864)
- the episode of the yellow fever by juan manuel blanes (1871)
- les saltimbanques by gustave dore (1874)
- ivan the terrible and his son ivan by ilya repin (1885)
- the course of empire, destruction by thomas cole (1836)
- the plague of ashdod by nicolas poussin (1630)
theres something very funny about people writing these rich and detailed backstories for dnd characters as if the characters aren’t gonna still be level 1 when they start
“my elf has been alive for a thousand years and has won ten thousand battles!!!” you’re still level 1 aint ya i guess you those ten thousand battles you won werent all that hard to win
i know this sounds all grumpy but i legit mean it when i say it is hilarious when someone writes it in to their backstory that they were the Smartest Mage on the Planet that has researched magic for A Thousand Centuries and then the game starts and they’re like “yeah i know fireball whats up”
the more detailed your character’s backstory is and the more you boast about the character’s competence and abilities, the funnier it becomes when you roll a 1 and your character just drops their sword and shits themselves. president of the dwarves for six centuries and you just shit yourself in a bar you were trying to find work in.
Like I know that this is a Goof Post™ and that you’re generally not supposed to try to offer any explanations for stuff like this for fear of Ruining The Joke™ but I feel like people do this because they fundamentally misunderstand what their character’s backstory is actually for.
The most interesting and compelling part of a character’s life is supposed to be the story you’re going to tell; you’re defeating the object by shoving all of the cool shit into their backstory. The actual purpose of the backstory is to inform your character’s behaviour and choices and the way they react to things so you can play/write them consistently! A solid backstory is a great way to make your character a whole person with a personality that makes sense.
tl;dr - A “cool” backstory doesn’t necessarily make for a cool character. It’s less about who they’ve been and what they’ve already done than it is about who they might become over the course of the story you’re going to tell with them.
hey! this! this is really really good advice for players!
My way around this was my monk, who had been a monk for 10 years before the game started, would constantly fall asleep instead of training while she was still in the monastery.
*reads midsommar analysis for 3 hours straight*
aaanyway the may queen and the demon king should become bffs
‘Rebel Riders’, Vogue Italia December 2015.
Photographer: Tim Walker
Featuring models Anna Cleveland, Christina Carey, Erin O'Connor and Jamie Bochert. Styled by Jacob K; Makeup by Val Garland; hair by Julien D'ys
I made a little tune but I didn’t know what to use it for. So. I made this.
And now, it’s time to leave and turn to dust.
— The Cinematic Orchestra