Like I ever look at that!It's the CF Banner
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I like how the crows are surrounding2022: A bit of Inline, a bit of Vacant, but an accompanying story still missing.
Writhing
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I love the expression on the blonde's face as she awaits her turn. No fear...she seems to be contemplating the suffering of her companions, perhaps anticipating the moment when she herself can experience such intense pain and arousal.2022: A bit of Inline, a bit of Vacant, but an accompanying story still missing.
Writhing
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In September, Melissa's train of thought contained Buffalo Bill's Circus and "Arcimboldo's injuns".Close! but my train of thought was something like "Screwed"...>"Clockwise"....>Archimedes' screw....>Da Vinci's flying machine using Archimedes screw...>Monty Python's Flying Circus...>Buffalo Bill's Circus...>Arcimboldo's injuns...>Ideas for a front cover. The Red Baron wasn't part of it.
A beautifully done image, and thank you for sharing. It's nice to know you're still creating.
They always squaw high marks with me!those wicked squaws tormenting captives.
I can see why she needs to sit down, those are stunning!Arcimboldo's work on a meta-level...
I pondered the title of the picture for a long time:
"Museum"? "Fascinated"?
Then I decided to focus on her feet and called it:
Flip flops
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This one is absolutely amazing.Arcimboldo's work on a meta-level...
I pondered the title of the picture for a long time:
"Museum"? "Fascinated"?
Then I decided to focus on her feet and called it:
Flip flops
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Poor Romilda was betrayed three times: by her allies who abandoned her and her lands in the hands of the Avars; by the prince (or king) of the misers who after accepting the promise of marriage in exchange for her peace raped her and had her raped by her soldiers (along with the women of the city) and by the story of her who presented her as whore and nympho.Clockwise
Romilda of Friuli
Romilda or Ramhilde (died 611), was a Duchess consort of Friuli by marriage to Duke Gisulf II of Friuli. She served as regent of Friuli in 611, during the invasion of the Pannonian Avars.
Romilda was reportedly the daughter of Garibald I of Bavaria. She married Gisulf II of Friuli, and became the mother of the sons Tasso, Kakko, Radoald and Grimoald, and the daughters Appa and Geila (or Gaila), married to the King of the Alemanni (uncertain) and the Prince of the Bavarians, probably Garibald II of Bavaria.
In 611, the Duchy of Friuli was invaded by the Pannonian Avars under their king Cacan. Gisulf II died on the battle field, and the Avars besieged the main capital Friuli, which was defended by Romilda, who had taken command as regent. Romilda famously offered the Avarian king Cacan to surrender the city peacefully, if he accepted her peace offering by a marriage between them. Cacan accepted the offer, and the siege was lifted. However, when Romilda surrendered the city, Friuli was pillaged by Cacan, who broke his word. He reportedly spent one night with Romilda and raped her, after which he allowed her to be raped by his soldiers. After this, he is claimed to have had her executed by impalement. Her children managed to escape.
Romilda has been given a very bad reputation in history because Paul the Deacon, who in his chronicle from the following century claimed that she made the offer of marriage to Cacan out of personal attraction and betrayed her city out of sexual lust. However, to make peace through proposal of a marriage alliance was in fact a common and accepted political peace method of the time.
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I shifted the story of Romilda from the Early to the Late Middle Ages, with the clockwork already invented and any guttersnipe knowing the term clockwise...
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