As with most questions of class, it comes down to questions of ideology and and power.
Ideologically, the ideals of the nobility and of the merchant class were entirely opposite: noblemen were supposed to be open-handed (especially since their power originated from them acting as “ring-givers” to armed men), ostentatiously luxurious (so as to display their glory and magnificence that set them apart from the common herd) and pleasure-seeking, bold and reckless in pursuit of fame and glory; merchants were supposed to be thrifty, sober, and prudent.
The nobleman saw in the merchant a coward who would debase himself (and debase others) for mere profit, and who valued his skin more than his honor; the merchant saw the nobleman as a hypocritical parasite who despised anyone who worked for a living and exalted his own idleness, while excusing mindless debauchery and bloodshed by appeal to obsolete virtues.
But as a Marxist historian would argue, there is always the means of production. The power of the nobility was in landed wealth and their rights to extract labor and taxes from those who dwelt on their land. The power of the merchant was in capital, and thus to a feudal mindset represented that terrifying impossibility: wealth not based on land and feudal tenure, notional, imaginary wealth that could fly through the air invisible like spirits and reshape entire economies, and somehow turn a peasant into a magnate richer than any nobleman, threatening the social hierarchy.
And to a merchant, the medieval order itself was the dead hand of the past, the obstacle to all progress. As Polayni notes, capitalism requires free markets in land, labor, and money – feudalism had frozen land into an unbreakable chain of agreements between lords and vassals; serfdom had chained men to their land and their ancestral occupations; faith had deemed lending money at interest to be a mortal sin.
WIP. Not sure if I’ll ever finish it; I was an idiot and did it all in one layer and also intricate armour is hard never mind normal armour, I always do this to myself T T And the face is familiar because I took it from that Maedhros head turnabout sheet I did; I think I’ll do that for all of my drawings in the future so to save time on rendering the face.
HC: Maedhros with a sword gauntlet because I can see Celebrimbor making one for his uncle.
Morwen Steelsheen, also called Morwen of Lossarnach, was the queen to King Thengel of Rohan, and mother of his heir Théoden.
Morwen was a woman of Belfalas, of the Prince of Dol Amroth’s kin, though her family later moved to the flowery vales of Lossarnach.
Morwen was dark-haired and considerably taller than most of the Rohirrim, owing to her High-Númenórean heritage. The descendants of Thengel, including their grandson Éomer, were said to have inherited many of her characteristics, including his size. She was called Steelsheen because of her grace.
please be respectful of cultural boundaries when working with mermaids from various cultures and traditions, and be mindful not to intrude.
🌊 Rusalkas – slavic in origin, disturbed spirits of the “unclean dead”, ghosts of women who died violent deaths, with a penchant for drowning young men. they live only in rivers and lakes, and are known to have green hair like aquatic plants, only appearing in the night.
🌊 Melusina – a mermaid that walks among humans, but returns to their two-tailed form during baths and when they bathe their children. often a water spirit of a nearby lake or river. french origin.
🌊 Siren – greek mythology. servants and companions of persephone, whom searched for her when she was abducted. they are known to sometimes have the body of a bird, and for their song, which lured sailors to their doom. cannibalism implied folklore. have the power of prophecy.
🌊 Merrow – irish mermaid. known to have green hair and webbed fingers. particular noted love of music and their red cap, which when stolen, they will live with the thief until they find it, and then return to the water, leaving even a whole family behind.
🌊 Ben-varrey – from the isle of man, known to bless those that are kind to them with prosperity, gifts, and even the location of treasure.
🌊 Aicaya –
Caribbean mermaid, humans who become mermaids when they are shunned from their community and go to live in the sea.
🌊 Amabie – japanese merpeople, with birdlike torsos and three legs and scales. they are gifted with prophecy, usually foretelling abundant harvests or epidemics
🌊 Ningyo – “human faced fish” known to have golden scales, that brings bad weather and misfortune when caught, but when their flesh is eaten the consumer is granted youth and beauty, even agelessness.
🌊 Finman / Finwife – magical shapeshifters that disguise themselves as sea creatures or plants to lure humans, unlike most mermaids they kidnap people from the shores to be their spouses or servants. they have a greed for jewelry and coins, particularly silver, and prefer humans over other finfolk.
🌊 Sirena Chilota – considered the more friendly mermaids, caring for all fish life and rescuing drowned sailors to restore life to them. known for their human-like beauty and youth, according to legend they are the child of a human and a “king of seas”, tears are a powerful substance. from chilote mythology.
🌊 Cecealia – sometimes known as “sea witches”, they are half human and half octopus. origins in native american and japanese mythology.
🌊 Sirena / Siyokoy – the philippine version of mermaid and merman respectively. also called “magindara”, they are known to protect the waters from raiders, and protect the boy moon from sea monsters. Siyokoys can sometimes have legs however, covered with scales and webbed feet
🌊 Sea Mither – scottish/orcadian mythology, a spirit that personifies the sea during spring and summer, battles along scottish isles using storms to bring the summer about. a mother figure to all aquatic life.
🌊 Ceasg – a fresh-water mermaid, specifically half-salmon, said to grant three wishes if captured. sometimes called maighdean na tuinne (maid of the wave) or maighdean mhara (maid of the sea). scottish.
🌊 Selkie – though somewhat different from the typical mermaid, as they are not cold-blooded, have the body of a seal in the water and are human on land. in legends their skins are often stolen and they are kept by fishermen as spouses, or become lovers to fishermen’s wives who shed tears into the sea.
“Anakin, just relax, have some fun, you don’t need to go chasing adventure every single second, you can take a br–exCUSE ME I GOTTA GO CHASE A SMUGGLER BYE. *ZOOM*”
I HAVE BEEN LAUGHING OUT LOUD FOR TEN MINUTES STRAIGHT NOW.
(”Just look for the man who looks unhappy to be here.” when telling the Rodian to give Anakin the bill, I am never feeling sorry for Obi-Wan having to deal with that little shit ever again, not when he clearly goddamned started it. FOREVER LOL.)
Okay, just…wait a second.
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?
Anakin, Obi-wan and Ahsoka on vacation at the beach? Obi-wan getting someone else to pay the bill (um, he’s done this a ton of times, guys. Getting to Alderaan and the Deception arc being the most notable times…) Of course, somehow Obi-wan finding trouble and running off, just as he told Anakin he wouldn’t and shouldn’t do.
WOW.
This is truly a piece of art.
(Wait, why is Anakin at the beach? I thought he hated sand.)
I am so in love with everything in this scene.
– ANAKIN. AT THE BEACH. WITHOUT A SHIRT EVEN. Why is he not wearing a shirt if he’s the one who’s like UUUGHH I DON’T EVEN WANT TO BE HERE??
– Obi-Wan has actually taken off his shoes and socks! That’s how you know he’s in vacation mode! He still has two layers of his tunics on, but!! NO SOCKS AND SHOES!!!
– Ahsoka still in her full outfit. Shoes and everything!
THESE PEOPLE ARE TERRIBLE AT BEACH VACATIONS, I LOVE IT. And I’m forever angry that we were denied The Team in tacky Hawaiian print shirts at the beach. WE WERE ROBBED.
Holy fuck. I– I think this is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen, from Anakin’s hair to them *being at a beach* to Ahsoka still in her usual outfit to Obi-Wan pulling on his boots and sprinting into trouble. I’m–
Beach sand is clearly different than desert sand (no really, beach sand is typically much finer, thus softer than sand in deserts, at least in my experience). Plus there are no fruity drinks and lounge chairs on tatooine.
Your voice sounds completely different in different languages. It alters your personality somehow. I don’t think people get the same feeling from you. The rhythm changes. Because the rhythm of the language is different, it changes your inner rhythm and that changes how you process everything.
When I hear myself speak French, I look at myself differently. Certain aspects will feel closer to the way I feel or the way I am and others won’t. I like that—to tour different sides of yourself. I often find when looking at people who are comfortable in many languages, they’re more comfortable talking about emotional stuff in a certain language or political stuff in another and that’s really interesting, how people relate to those languages.
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