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3 years ago

Tom Holt/K.J. Parker’s fantasy works do include some Byzantine names and allusions, but they tend to be rather mild. I think the Fencer trilogy (Colors in the Steel, Belly of the Bow, The Proof House) probably go the deepest into Byzantine allusions, with the first book being set in a massive Constantinople-like medieval city that is sacked by the end of the book. If you want to go the science-fiction route, Arkady Martine’s Teixcalaan books (currently just A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace) rework the Byzantine Empire’s annexation of Armenia in the 11th century into a space opera setting.

Do you know of any (even halfway decent) fantasy set in a Byzantine setting? A Shadow and Bone set in Constantinople for example.

Sailing to Sarantium and its sequel Lord of Emperors, by Guy Gavriel Kay.


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5 years ago

Troy Baker drinks Red Bull, so you know he’s evil.

Well....at least we can still drink piss water Monster Energy after the apocalypse...

Well....at Least We Can Still Drink Piss Water Monster Energy After The Apocalypse...

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6 years ago

I love it! Thank you so much (and that is a very dignified chapeau of high revolutionary pedigree)!!!

For your daily sketch, could you draw Kuvira in a Soviet Red Army uniform from the Russian Civil War (pointy hat at your discretion)?

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Daily Kuvira #9

I hope I was accurate. I’m not the best when it comes to historical fashion. hhhhh


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6 years ago

I used to have a friend who was pretty big into both WW2 militaria and animé, and she used to argue that people in both these groups have a bad habit of adopting imagery from Wilhelmite Germany in substitution for Nazi imagery as a way to glamorizing German militarism without being immediately accused of pro-Nazi sympathies. Now she was very hard-left politically, and some of this may have been hyperbolic. Still, this something that has given me pause, and I feel that Tanya the Evil does straddle the line, particularly in the later installments when WW2-era technology starts appearing. Still, while I don’t want to die on the “let people dress like Nazis!” hill, I would not ban Tanya cosplay on the grounds that it depicts a “fictitious Nazi organization,” because it bloody well doesn’t and a personal interpretation of subtext is not the same thing as out-and-out pro-Nazi propaganda, and if it is then we might as well cut out the middleman and just start arresting people because we don’t like them.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6vgyi0WwAAnVfX.jpg

Well… that’s dumb.


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6 years ago
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Avatar: Legend of Korra Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Kuvira (Avatar), Bataar Jr. (Avatar), Suyin Beifong (Avatar), Gnatha Chavran, Ailing Fengtian, And some more minor OCs Additional Tags: Epistolary, Politics and War in a Time of Revolution!, Yet another fill-in fic for B3 and B4, Inexplicable Dream Sequences Summary:

A week before setting out for the state of Yi, in a state of some minor disquiet, Kuvira sits down and recounts all that has happened to her over the last three years.


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6 years ago

I have to admit, I liked the conceit of Suyin being on the side of our heroes despite not actually being a good person herself, but I feel like the Suyin/Kuvira conflict was mishandled, in large part because Bryke couldn’t decide whether Kuvira was a well-intentioned hardliner who went a little too far in places or Hitler with geomancy powers. The way I see it, when Suyin refused to take any role in stabilizing the Earth Kingdom, she essentially threw away Zaofu’s one chance to influence events in the civil conflict(s) and left its fate to the whims of chance. By the time Book 4 rolled around the question was not if, but when Zaofu would be annexed. Even so, I’d argue that Kuvira considered Zaofu to be the spiritual home for the new modernized Earth Empire she wished to create, and as such may have been prepared to offer a sweetheart deal to Zaofu in exchange for its peaceful entry into the empire. Of course, if they when with that deal, Suyin wouldn’t be top dog of her own little modernist fiefdom, so Suyin attacked Kuvira under cover of truce, placing the safety of her citizens and their accomplishments in jeopardy because her pride had been stung. And this would have been great, dramatic stuff if Bryke had acknowledged it! Have Kuvira annex Zaofu, but have Korra and gang hold Suyin responsible for escalating the conflict. Heck, have her escape with them, then have them worry about the repercussions of their actions on Kuvira’s strategic goals, the United Republic’s diplomatic relationship to the Earth Empire, and with whatever the hell Suyin’s doing with the anti-imperial exile groups in Republic City. But instead of that, Bryke made Suyin the victim, Kuvira the tyrant, and we ended the show with a giant mech with a death laser. If there’s one thing Korra taught me about writing stories, it’s this: if you want to be political, commit to your premise. Consider the implications, and follow them through. If you pull up and settle for half-measures, you’ll make a farce of the whole thing.

She Was More Than That. She Was Like A Daughter To Me. I Took Her In When She Was Eight Years Old And
She Was More Than That. She Was Like A Daughter To Me. I Took Her In When She Was Eight Years Old And
She Was More Than That. She Was Like A Daughter To Me. I Took Her In When She Was Eight Years Old And
She Was More Than That. She Was Like A Daughter To Me. I Took Her In When She Was Eight Years Old And
She Was More Than That. She Was Like A Daughter To Me. I Took Her In When She Was Eight Years Old And
She Was More Than That. She Was Like A Daughter To Me. I Took Her In When She Was Eight Years Old And
She Was More Than That. She Was Like A Daughter To Me. I Took Her In When She Was Eight Years Old And
She Was More Than That. She Was Like A Daughter To Me. I Took Her In When She Was Eight Years Old And

She was more than that. She was like a daughter to me. I took her in when she was eight years old and nourished her talents. Kuvira was smart, a natural leader, and quickly rose through the ranks. I saw myself in her.


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7 years ago
A Selection Of The 3D Character Models In Minsk-based Artist Dmitriy Bezrodniy’s Portfolio.
A Selection Of The 3D Character Models In Minsk-based Artist Dmitriy Bezrodniy’s Portfolio.
A Selection Of The 3D Character Models In Minsk-based Artist Dmitriy Bezrodniy’s Portfolio.
A Selection Of The 3D Character Models In Minsk-based Artist Dmitriy Bezrodniy’s Portfolio.
A Selection Of The 3D Character Models In Minsk-based Artist Dmitriy Bezrodniy’s Portfolio.
A Selection Of The 3D Character Models In Minsk-based Artist Dmitriy Bezrodniy’s Portfolio.

A selection of the 3D character models in Minsk-based artist Dmitriy Bezrodniy’s portfolio.


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6 years ago

Eeeeeee I love it!:D

I've got another sketch idea for you: Kuvira as Captain Kirk, and Bataar as Spock! (It's a bit of an in-joke; Todd Haberkorn, Bataar's VA, also played Spock in the online fan series "Star Trek Continues".)

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Daily Kuvira #30 - NEEEEEEEERRRRRDs

You can tell this was Baatar’s idea.

Also bonus from my fav podcast:


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6 years ago

That modern Captain Planet discussion you guys had at the beginning of the latest @transmediacrity podcast was surprisingly resonant to me, @wyattsalazar. I’ve been chewing on this essay criticizing the first season of Star Trek: Discovery, and it seems like the attitudes and beliefs that the liberal TNG era was built on are now also verboten, and have been replaced by sadder, crueler things.


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7 years ago

You can’t fool me, Madiha, you’re clearly a Belarusian bot, here to tempt us with pro-tractor propaganda.

we did it guys we caught all of them. mission accomplished. now nobody can call me a russian bot. we have a list theyre all there


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