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scotlandsladies · 1 year

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♕ Youngest Queen Consorts (at beginning of tenure)

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scotianostra · 4 months

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On February 22nd 1371, King David II died at Edinburgh Castle.

David Bruce was born on March 5th 1324 after his parents, Robert and Elizabeth de Burgh had been married for 22 years. As the anniversary is only 11 days away I will post a full biography of him then.

In the meantime I shall cover, what during his lifetime, would have been one of his greatest accomplishments, the building of David’s Tower.

The mighty David’s Tower once stood in Edinburgh Castle The tower was the heart of the castle in the late 1300s and originally stood over 30m high, the second pic shows how it might have looked, the third is Andrew Spratt's interpretation showing how the castle may have looked back then. While the first imagining of the tower might be more aesthetically pleasing, I think the Andrew’s one is possibly nearer how it may have looked, more of a defensive structure. The first one is based on a 19th century sketch by architect David Bryce, who was commissioned to recreate the Tower as a memorial to Prince Albert.

Through recent years Castle conservationists have worked on excavations as it is likely that there are more towers buried underneath new structures.

When asked if rebuilding of the tower was in the vision for the castle, architect said “no, we do not know what it really looked like, so would not be genuine.” Indeed, not much is known about the actual architecture of the tower.

Here’s what Edinburgh Castle’s blog says on the Tower, it’s a great insight on how the castle developed over the centuries, and how archaeologists rediscovered the remains of the Tower:

They found it hidden at the back of the canteen coal cellar: a narrow window that no-one had looked through for centuries.

Three respected scholars huddled inside the dark vault deep below Edinburgh Castle to examine the blocked-up opening. Cutting through 2.3m of medieval masonry, the window was a mystery. To find out what lay on the other side, they decided to dig down from above, in the middle of Half-Moon Battery.

It was 1912 and the three Royal Commissioners of Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland were about to rediscover a lost landmark that once dominated Edinburgh Castle: David’s Tower.

This mighty building was raised by King David II, son of Robert the Bruce. It served as his own residence, as well as a secure storehouse for royal treasures. It was the chief strength of the castle. But in the final bombardment that ended the Lang Siege in 1573, the tower was sent crashing down by English cannon. Within a few years, its ruins had been sealed inside a new defensive structure: the Half-Moon Battery.

In the 1880s the architect Hippolyte Blanc (who rebuilt the Great Hall) had suggested the coal cellar could be a surviving part of David’s Tower. It branched out from the soldier’s canteen in the Palace and was clearly constructed from older stonework.

William Thomas Oldrieve, one of the three commissioners, later wrote about its rediscovery. The unassuming Englishman was principal architect for Scotland with the Office of Works. He had developed a passion for the country’s historic buildings.

Oldrieve’s workmen dug 1.5m through loose soil from the top of the Half-Moon Battery before revealing the arrow slit from the other side of that medieval wall. But there was more to come. Another 4.5m down, they hit the top of a stone vault. On 23 August, they broke through the vault and continued downwards a further 9m until they reached bedrock. Below the arrow slit was a doorway and a flight of well-worn steps that once led down the Castle Rock. This was once the front door of the stronghold.

Inside, the men found more vaults and passageways cocooned within the walls of the Half-Moon Battery. Within the rubble were cannon balls and fragments of explosive shells, evidence of the castle’s violent heritage. On the tower’s northern side was a gun hole dating the mid-1500s. Once its outer end had been exposed, it looked straight down the Royal Mile.

Oldrieve and his fellow commissioners realised the significance of the discoveries. Here were the remains of David’s Tower, standing almost 15m in places

Today, you can retrace the footsteps of Oldrieve and his colleagues, visiting much of what is left of David’s Tower.

Want to know more about the castle? Check out their blog here https://www.edinburghcastle.scot/

#scotland #scottish #history #edinburgh #House of Bruce #Royalty

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ditzybat · 2 months

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clark, discussing what to do about kon with bruce: you know what this means right?

bruce, nodding: yeah, you owe luthor a buttload of child support

clark: what - i - no??

bruce: i mean, it sucks that he baby trapped you but you don’t want to be a deadbeat

clark: he did not - i am not his father, luthor stole my DNA and put that [pointing at kon] into a tube

bruce: i want you to take one good look on how damian came to be

clark: … oh my rao… i am dead beat aren’t i?

#i need to see clark and lex exchange kon in a waffle house parking lot during weekends like divorced parents #dc #clark kent #bruce wayne #kon el kent #superman #batman #superboy #lex luthor

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bet-on-me-13 · 2 months

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Vampire Misunderstanding

So! Danny got adopted by Bruce Wayne, but he doesn't know that Bruce is the Batman. He is just supernaturally oblivious to all things Batman related going on in the House.

But he does notice that Bruce leaves home a lot at night, that he doesn't like to go out in the day and often has his parties at night, and once or twice he's caught Bruce with a bit if blood still splattered on his cheek.

So he comes to the only plausible conclusion. Bruce is a Vampire.

He starts trying to hint at the fact that he knows, but doesn't want to just go out and say it. What if Bruce reacts negatively to him knowing? He's dealt with enough Supernatural Beings to know that they don't like other people (and especially other supernatural beings) intruding on their lives.

So Danny decided to subtly hint at it.

He started asking questions like "So hypothetically, how would you deal with having a Garlic Allergy in Gotham?" Or "So if you had very sensitive skin that could sunburn extremely easily, how much cloud cover would you need to go outside?" And "So what's your opinion on a High-Iron Diet?"

Basically just tossing out questions and trying to Guage Bruce's reaction.

He thinks he's doing a good job!

...

Bruce is certain that he has adopted a Vampire.

Danny is a good kid, but he has a few oddities that are hard to ignore.

For one, his skin is constantly Ice Cold, but he never seens to be bothered by it. As if he was an Undead that didn't require Body Heat anymore.

He also seems to like Hanging out in the Graveyard outside, and when asked about it he says that he is comforted by the place. Just like the Vampires he has met in the past, who feel comfortable when surrounded by Death.

And of course the biggest reason for suspicion is the fact that Danny seems to be hinting at it to him.

He keeps asking stuff like "How would you deal with a Garlic Allergy in Gotham?", probably trying to hint that he is a Vampire who can't eat Garlic, or asking about easy to sunburn skin, saying that he is probably not a Daywalker.

Bruce hopes Danny will just come clean about it soon, he doesn't want to intrude upon the kid when he is so obviously nervous about how he will react.

#Dpxdc #Dp x dc #Dcxdp #Dc x dp #Danny Phantom #Dc #Dcu #Danny thinks Bruce is a Vampire #Bruce thinks Danny is a Vampire #Misunderstandings #Danny is nervous about it because he has a bad experience with Vampires (vlad)#Bruce is nervous because he doesn't want to push Danny away #The Fenton Parents are still alive #They just lost custody of Danny after a CPS worker stumbled upon Amity and had an aneurysm #Jazz is off to college #Though idk if she went to Gotham U or some other College in a safer part of the country #Coincidentally neither Danny or Bruce actually like Garlic #And they both like to stay indoors #And both of them have caught the other with drops of blood on their faces and/or clothes #Idk where the other Batkids are #Maybe Danny was the first kid adopted by Bruce in this timeline?#Or the others are just coincidentally not in thr house at the moment

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eggsaladstain · 8 months

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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (Netflix, 2023)

#bruce greenwood #mike flanagan #the fall of the house of usher #flanaverse #netflix #fothou #fall of the house of usher #roderick usher #memes

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nerdpoe · 6 months

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Lucius Fox is in the drive thru for some coffee, and like. He's just. He's had a time, okay?

He's stuck on some equations in regard to the amount of torsion a joint would go through if it's half in his dimension and half in another, and it's driving him up a wall.

He's been up for like forty-eight hours, he's tired, he's thirsty, he just wants a coffee, and also how to solve this dilemma.

He doesn't expect the barista in the drive-thru he's ranting about the engineering issues to actually provide decent feedback, and give him a few alternatives.

So he rushes to the pick-up window, not even caring to order, to look at this godsend of a barista.

It's a scrawny kid with black hair and blue eyes, looking startled. Boy can't be more than eighteen.

He asks what college the kid is going to, or plans to go to.

To his absolute horror, the kid-Danny, according to the nametag-says he can't afford college. That he'd had a stint in highschool where he just hadn't been able to focus, and his parents had spent every penny they had on their own inventions.

So that was why he was a barista; because if he worked there for four years, they would offer tuition assistance.

Which.

No. No no no no no.

Lucius pulls around to march into the store, Bruce Motherfucking Wayne already blearily on his phone.

He is getting this kid, and any friend of his, into college.

If Bruce won't foot the bill, he will.

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thebibliosphere · 4 months

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I feel like I've complained about Tim's email situation in Gotham Knights before (edit: I have), but the truth of it is just so funny.

He's signed up for so many podcasts, video game streamers, and random news alerts; it's just a constant barrage of data going straight into his constantly whirring brain. Hell, he even floats the idea of the Batfamily having their own podcast as a way to correct misinformation about them (which Jason shoots down instantly), and it's made me realize something.

Timothy Drake would be a YouTuber.

In this universe specifically, Timothy Jackson Drake, the heir to Drake Industries and the foster son of the late Bruce Wayne would be a YouTuber.

Think about it. It'd be the perfect cover. Who would ever suspect that some 16-year-old nepo baby with a YouTube channel could ever be Red Robin? You'd have to be mad. I mean, look at him.

Red Robin just dropped out of literal thin air and garotted someone four times his size, and you expect anyone to believe that's the same kid who does 24-hour Minecraft charity streams and occasionally drops 6-hour video essays (his last one was on Lex Luthor's illegal bit mining operation on the moon)?

That kid?

You think that kid is Red Robin?

Ch'yah, okay, sure. And the Joker is funny 🤡.

#gotham knights game #I'm now incorporating this into all my Tim headcanons across the multiverse #twice a week as part of maintaining his Normal Teenager Identity #he streams random shit on YouTube/Twitch #he's got the full gamer set up in the background #LED lights around the ceiling and walls #rainbow keyboard/headset #mini fridge filled with Monster Energy Drinks #(other streamers have 'take a shot' prompts in chat. his audience has 'drink water before you die')#whenever he hosts a charity stream Bruce makes an appearance in chat via the official Wayne Enterprises account #and promises to match whatever they raise #and then hangs about for a bit to cheer Tim on #he's the epitome of 'are ya winning son?' meme #meanwhile off screen #Tim's keeping an eye on a seperate monitor #and helping Babs run remote ops #if his stream suddenly dies (which is does fairly often) he blames it on the Manor having shitty wifi #and that tracks #it's an old house #it's probably FILLED with lead and dead signal spots #in reality Tim killed the stream because Red Robin is needed #and no one will ever know

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ghost-bxrd · 5 months

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Prompt:

Tim is the first to find out the Red Hood’s identity and from then on sticks to Jason during patrol like glue (much to Jason’s chagrin, dammit, it would feel wrong to beat up Robin when he’s that starry eyed…)

Cue: PANIC from the rest of the Batfamily, who still think Hood is a forty-something year old crime lord and now assume they’re dating.

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incorrectbatfam · 7 months

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[after Duke sneaks out]

Dick: You lost Duke? I went to work for seven hours and you lost 20% of our siblings?

Jason, who was in charge: ...

Dick: Tim, call Bruce. Steph and Cass, start driving around the neighborhood. I'm gonna call Duke's friends.

Damian: And I'll go get Duke.

Everyone:

Dick: Damian?

Damian: Yes, Grayson?

Dick: Damian, kiddo, do you know where Duke is?

Damian: *nods*

Dick: Why didn't you say something sooner?

Damian: Nobody asked me.

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kitxvoss · 8 months

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"And we're the problem?"

#thehauntingsource #the fall of the house of usher #madeline usher #roderick usher #mary mcdonnell #bruce greenwood #spoilers #tfothou spoilers #mine #mine bg #mike flanagan #this speech as a whole was fucking FABULOUS #but this part in particular was amazing jfc #and i needed gifs of it

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scotlandsladies · 2 years

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♕ Queens Regnant and Queen Consorts who had twins

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scotianostra · 1 year

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David Bruce, the only son of Robert the Bruce and his second wife Elizabeth de Burgh was born on 5th March, 1324 at Dunfermline, Fife.

By the terms of the Treaty of Northampton, David was married at the age of four on 17 July 1328 to Joan of England, the seven year old daughter of King Edward II. Despite their marriage lasting thirty-four years, it was childless and apparently loveless.

On the death of his father David, aged five at the time, David was duly proclaimed King of Scots and was crowned at Scone Abbey in in November 1331. Edward Balliol, the son of the exiled King John Balliol seizing the opportunity a minority presented, invaded Scotland with an English army and achieved victory over a Scottish army at Dupplin Moor when the regent, Robert’s the Bruce’s nephew, Donald, Earl of Mar was killed in battle. Balliol was duly crowned Edward, King of Scots at Scone Abbey, however he has never been recognised as a true king in the history books of Scotland.

In 1332, at a meeting in Dumbarton Castle, Sir Andrew Murray was elected Guardian of Scotland by Scots who adhered to Robert the Bruce’s young son, David II. The young David and his wife Joan were promptly sent to France for their greater safety. They arrived at Boulogne-sur-Mer in May 1334, where they were received by Joan’s cousin, King Philip VI of France, the young couple resided at Château Gaillard at Les Andelys during their stay in France. Murray was later captured and imprisoned at Durham.

Edward III,allied to Balliol, laid siege to the border town of Berwick, The Scots, led by the new regent, Sir Archibald Douglas, met EdwardIII in battle at Halidon Hill, in Northumberland on July 19, 1333,a decisive English victory where Douglas was slain.

David II was eventually reinstated as Scotland’s sovereign on the flight of Edward Balliol in 1336. The new King landed at Inverbervie in Kincardineshire on 2 June 1341.

David bore deep suspicions of his nephew, Robert Stewart, who was actually older than himself and had prior to his birth been declared the heir of Robert the Bruce. In response to an appeal for help from Phillip VI of France, in an uneasy alliance, the pair invaded England, where they jointly encountered an English army at The Battle of Neville’s Cross in Northumberland.

The battle progressed badly for the Scots, as their position grew more dangerous, Robert Stewart panicked and fled the battlefield, but David displayed himself a true son of Robert the Bruce, fighting on with valour, despite having two arrows in his body.

He was taken captive by Sir John Copeland, David had initially managed to escape. However, legend records that while he was hiding under a bridge over the nearby River Browney, his reflection was spotted in the water by a English soldiers out searching for him. He was transported to Calais, and delivered to King Edward III. King David was imprisoned at Odiham Castle in Hampshire from 1346 to 1357. After eleven long years, he was released in return for a ransom of 100,000 marks.

The Scots continued the struggle, receiving French aid. Enraged, Edward III marched north into Scotland with an army. The crushed Scots finally submitted and agreed to pay a ransom of a hundred thousand pounds for the return of their captive king.

Weary of his English captivity, David Bruce came to a compromise with his captor Edward III, in an agreement frowned upon by the Scots and considered as a betrayal of all his renowned father had fought so long and hard for, he offered the English King his homage and his throne if he died childless, in return for his freedom. In 1363 David, who was now on cordial terms with King Edward III, proposed that Lionel Duke of Clarence, the second surviving son of the English king should succeed to the Scottish throne in return for the cancellation of the ransom. The arrangement did little to improve his relationship with nephew, the future Robert II, and was repudiated by the Scottish Parliament.

David II did not live up to his early promise, Robert the Bruce proved a hard act to follow. David was extravagant and pleasure loving, the Scots tolerated him because he was his father’s son, but he failed to evoke their love or loyalty in the way his father had done.

He remarried around 20th February 1364, to Margaret Drummond, widow of Sir John Logie, and daughter of Sir Malcolm Drummond. He divorced her about 20th March 1370. They had no issue. Margaret travelled to Avignon and made a successful appeal to the Pope to reverse the sentence of divorce.

After a long reign, David died at Edinburgh Castle in February, 1371, the last of the House of Bruce, he was buried at Holyrood Abbey. At the time of his death, David was planning to marry his mistress, Agnes Dunbar, the niece of Agnes Randolph, who was known as Black Agnes. He was succeeded by his nephew, Robert II, the first of the Stewart dynasty.

Pics are of the king and an artists impression of how the palace and Abbey at Dunfermline may have looked.

#scotland #scottish #king David II #house of bruce #fife #history

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batcavescolony · 8 months

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Tim: I love Christmas

Jason: did your parents celebrate with you or something?

Tim: no, but while at boarding school my roommate wanted to watch Home Alone and I just loved the idea.

Steph: oh this will be fun

Tim: so I forged my parents signature and signed myself out. Took a cab home and set trapps all throughout my house. Now that was fun but I wanted to whole experience so I hired two goons to break into my house.

Jason: what the fuck?

Tim: they didn't get permanently hurt, I wasn't cruel. I did give them payment and obviously I didn't want my parents knowing so I just let them go after. It's was fun

Steph: sounds like you.

Tim: hey, we should do that! We have better training and traps! It could be Family bonding!

Steph: YES!

Jason: ...that does sound fun. I'm game.

#comics #dc comics #robin #tim drake #batman #bruce wayne #red robin #jason todd #red hood #spoiler #stephanie brown #batfamily #batfam #home alone #then they build a safe house into a home alone style trap #the goons were fine they got money for the price of doing a giant excape room which isnt really ooc for gotham.

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mikelogan · 8 months

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THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER 1x08 The Raven

But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we-- Of many far wiser than we And neither the angels in Heaven above Nor the demons down under the sea Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee -- Edgar Allan Poe

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