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went into this looking for garment references and left with a cheeky jurko still figuring out how I wanna draw him so he’s a lil rough
#jurko moj kozaczek moj zalosny i mokry jak pozostawiona zabaweczka w burzy also I’m teaching you how to read just so I can get you psychothe#jurko bohun#bohun#ogniem i mieczem#with fire and sword#sienkiewicz trilogy#spx art#spx fanart#spx digishit#spx oim#I love a pathetic slav off the fucking shits#he's such an interesting guy I v much enjoy him easily one of my new guys of all time
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after 10 years i finally got back to "with fire and sword"⚔️ and my love for bohun has returned, so this is my contribution to the fandom
#ogniem i mieczem#jurko bohun#bohun#with fire and sword#polish film#jan skrzetuski#art#polish art#polish artist#kocham bohuna okej#henryk sienkiewicz#Sienkiewicz trilogy#digital art#digital drawing
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There is an old copy-paste moving around the internet regarding discussions asserting the inherent Slavicness of The Witcher, and I will record it here for posterity.
(translated from polish)
-write eight books
-have their main character suffer from otherness, prejudice and erroneous stereotypes
-insert anti-racist references at every turn
-make dwarves into Jews
-and use to criticise anti-Semitism
-criticise nationalist attitudes
-criticise xeno- and homophobia at every turn
-show support for a multicultural society and acceptance of otherness
-describe how victims become executioners
-show how violence begets violence
-make it the central theme of the last three volumes
-have the hero and his lover die during a racist pogrom
-defend the persecuted to the lastHear from every corner of the internet that "a black witcher would be a disaster."
-write thirteen stories
-based three on Andersen's fairy tales
-three more on the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm
-seventh on an Arabian fairy tale
-mock folklore and folk beliefs in the first one
-but also make fun of them in the story "The Edge of the World"
-mock the Polish legend in "The Limits of Possibility"
-name the main character "Żerard" (Jerald)
-generally use mainly names with Celtic roots like Yenefer or Crach
-and those derived from Romance languages such as Cirilla, Falka or Fringilla or Triss
-a few English names such as Merigold
-and those derived from other Germanic languages such as Geralt
-and Italian
-German
-and even French
-borrow monsters from American games, especially from Advanced Dungeons and Dragons
-from Irish, make an elf language
-and from German, make it the language of dwarves
-make the characters celebrate Irish folk holidays
-write an article about where you got your inspiration from
-pour bile on Slavic fantasy in it
-finally write an eighth book
-make one of the key characters a Japanese demoness
Become a champion of turbo-slavism.
/s
#the witcher#the witcher 3#the witcher books#nobody contests The Witcher is the product of the time-place-history and culture experienced by its author#what very much ought to be contested are attempts at painting TW as symbolic of an ideology it very much criticizes#aside ethnonationalism criticism applies to imperialism likewise. not like eastern europe has extensive experience with both or anything#as goes for creative and intellectual inspiration it would be trite to reduce it to the local circle only (and inaccurate)#Sienkiewicz or no Sienkiewicz#at some point the audience must simply read more to know more. helpfully AS has provided a plethora of references + an entire other trilogy#9/10 when you see a discussion about the inherent Slavicness of The Witcher it's thanks to CDPR's excellent marketing strategy#which is a shame
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Vintage Polish postcard designed by Antoni Uniechowski (1903-1976)
Happy New Year greetings from Jan Skrzetuski and Jurko Bohun
(do I see Rzędzian approaching them with a new barrel of wine?)
#polish art#antoni uniechowski#officially it is not an illustration to H. Sienkiewicz's Trilogy#but the atmosphere is perfect#ogniem i mieczem#trylogia#happy new year my dears#hoping that 2024 will be better than 2022&2023
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i just discover that (I usually don't look at the names of the actors, I just focus on the character itself so don't judge me plz🙏) that Małgorzata Braunek plays in Potop (1974) as Oleńka and ALSO in series Lalka (1978) as Izabela Łecka AND I DIDNT KNEW THAT SHE WAS THE SAME PERSON I JUST CANT WITH MYSELF WHY I DIDNT THOUGT THAT IS THE SAME PERSON, THEY RE LOOK THE SAME i want to kms rn🥲
Małgorzata Braunek as Oleńka Billewiczówna, Potop (1974)
Małgorzata Braunek as Izabela Łęcka, Lalka (1978)
#culture#poland#polish culture#history#lalka#doll#potop#henryk sienkiewicz#wtf am i doing#polska#hoffman#movie#actor#actress#trilogy#trylogiasienkiewicza
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Bohun.
I’m not fond of this character, I liked him for a while but now it’s in the past. The actor’s attitude towards the ongoing war doesn’t help.
Anyway, please enjoy this fanart. Maybe the people who like Bohun will appreciate it.
#Bohun#Jurko Bohun#henryk sienkiewicz#trilogy#trylogia#ogniem i mieczem#with fire and sword#cossack ataman#my fanart#myfanart
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Greater devils of the lowest planes of Hades: Shedim and Asura. The Shedim are the most powerful and serve as personal bodyguards of Asmodeus; the Asura, or Pit Devils, are the largest servants of the arch devils and oversee the slave pits and mines. (Bill Sienkiewicz, The Bestiary: A compendium of creatures and beings from the lost world of Atlantis by Stephan Michael Sechi and J Andrew Keith, Bard Games, 1986)
#D&D#Dungeons & Dragons#Bill Sienkiewicz#devil#devils#dnd#Bard Games#Atlantis#Atlantean Trilogy#The Bestiary#shedim#asura#Hades
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literally nothing as 1. funny and 2. sad as the moment where bohun’s injured and laments that “oughhh rzedzian you’re the only man I can trust, you’re the only friend I have on this cruel bitch of an earth oughhh please p l ease go in my stead I’ll give you anything as a reward euuuuuueeueu”
meanwhile the little fucker is all but salivating at the thought of putting him on a stake
#yeah I'm in the trenches (sienkiewicz's trilogy) and yeah I've got trenchfoot (a carnal desire for jurko bohun) what of it#anyway#forgive my lack of diacritics I am far too lazy to go digging#my dad's gonna be thrilled when he finds out I'm reading da claaaaaassics#and that will immediately disappear when I ask him if he too thinks that bohun is a delicious lil cossack thottie#(I will not be asking my 63 year old polish father about the thot levels of a 17th century cossack)#spext#spext: sienk#there you can mute that so I am free to run wild
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Interesting fact: The author of "Witcher" sued the game company because he wanted money (And he wrote books mainly when he was short of money, yes, that's a funny fact)
And because people thought he wrote the books based on the game
Sapkowski doesn't like it being said that he wrote books based on the game, although in Poland it is a meme that he wrote books based on the game
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In 2016, during an author's meeting at Polcon, the writer commented ironically - negatively - on the impact of CD Projekt RED games on the sale and reception of books, the gaming community reacted to the words with a kind of boycott of Sapkowski[16]. The author defends his view by saying: that from his observations - his titles with covers with computer graphics - were perceived by some readers as the so-called game related, i.e. a book based on a game, which in turn translates into perceiving the work of the writer from Łódź as secondary, unoriginal"
Yes, Polish Wikipedia has no mercy
In October 2018, the writer called on CD Projekt to pay an additional PLN 60 million, over and above the remuneration specified in the contracts between him and the company, for the use of the world of The Witcher in games, citing Art. 44 of the Act on Copyright and Related Rights. CD Projekt described this demand as groundless and stated, that he validly and legally acquired the rights to Sapkowski's works[21]. On December 20, 2019, the company concluded an agreement with the writer, the provisions of which were kept secret"
Hey guys, I found it now:
"Photo - Andrzej Sapkowski Andrzej Sapkowski(1948-06-21) - (still)
Andrzej Sapkowski. The most popular author of short stories and fantasy novels in Poland.
Andrzej Sapkowski - biography, life and work
Andrzej Sapkowski was born in 1948 in Łódź. He is an economist and trader by education.
Andrzej Sapkowski: the witcher
He gained popularity thanks to a series of stories and novels about the witcher Geralt. The Witcher is a mutant, a hired killer trained from childhood to fight monsters, but this training has not deprived him of his internal ethical code. At once cynical and noble, he is compared to Chandler's Philip Marlowe. World,
in which the action of the Witcher story takes place, draws a lot from Tolkien, but also contains references to Slavic mythologies.
Andrzej Sapkowski: characteristics of his work
Sapkowski's fantasy works are characterized by, apart from the fast-paced action taking place in an imaginary world populated by people, typical of this genre, elves, dwarves, etc., with a specific colorful language somewhat reminiscent of Sienkiewicz's Trilogy and a kind of humorous game with the reader consisting of hundreds of references to the world canon of fantasy novels (Conan, Tolkien, Dune, etc.),
as well as references to Polish classical literature (especially Sienkiewicz and Słowacki) and traditional Germanic, Celtic and Slavic legends. However, under the guise of jokes and fast-paced action, there is often a deeper reflection hidden.
Andrzej Sapkowski: awards
Andrzej Sapkowski is a multiple winner of all the most important Polish awards for fantasy works, and his books are constantly on the bestseller lists. In 1997, he received the POLITYKI PASZPORT award granted by this prestigious weekly to creators who have the opportunity to promote Polish culture in the world.
Andrzej Sapkowski: controversy
Andrzej Sapkowski lost the sympathy of some of his fans by coming to meetings with them under the influence of alcohol.
In 2005, a scandal was caused by Sapkowski's statement that "a white man should work three hours a day. After all, God created other races - Jews, Gypsies, to work for him…".
This statement took place during the National Convention of Fantasy Lovers "Polcon", in Błażejewko near Poznań, on August 27, 2005. According to comments in the press, it was a racist statement, but most of the comments of the convention participants indicate that it was only an ironic provocation.
"Sapkowski has a phenomenal gift of narrative,
inventing sensational events, creating a suggestive mood, grading tension. And a dazzling, slightly cynical sense of humor…" (Jacek Sieradzki, "Polityka")"
"The creator of the fantastic world, Andrzej Sapkowski, was inspired by, among others, Slavic traditions and folklore. There are also elements of contemporary Poland in computer games and the latest TV series"
I don't know if this thing about sequels is a meme, or if he actually wrote new books because he was running out of money, actually, I don't know.
Still, I don't know if people abroad know who the author of this series is
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Assigning Les amis Polish literature I think they would enjoy!!
Enjolras: Undivine Comedy — Zygmunt Krasiński
It's literally set in the French Revolution and it's theme is basically the fight against aristocracy and democracy. It's exactly his kind of thing come on he would adore it and quote it all the time
Combeferre: Master Thaddeus — Adam Mickiewicz
not sure how to explain it, I just feel like he would enjoy it. It's Poland's national epic and he probably learnt the invocation off by heart and cried at the ending. also got recommended it by feuilly
Courfeyrac: Quo Vadis — Henryk Sienkiewicz
It's about the rise of Christianity in Rome and I feel like Courf would DEFINITELY enjoy talking about the Roman Empire in general (also makes fun of nero reading it)
Feuilly: The Peasants — Władysław Reymont
Polish village vibe. EXACTLY HIS KIND OF THING!!!! he is 101% a village boy and I do not care what anyone else has to say. I can also imagine him bawling his eyes out reading it too and rightly so
Grantaire: Dziady — Adam Mickiewicz
Slavic Halloween, Grantaire would absolutely love it and his favourite part is definitely part III, ghosts and blaming God for you country being partitioned is badass
Joly: The Wedding — Stanisław Wyspiański
It's a bit creepy... “ghosts of personae from Polish history and culture, representing the guilty consciences of the living.” oh and the guests at the wedding get hypnotised by a straw-wrap. honestly joly would find it fascinating
Jehan: The Doll — Bolesław Prus
Femme fatale coquette, merchants, floating metals, dilf as a main character, old man yaoi HE WOULD ADORE THIS BOOK (I also recommend it a lot, it's so good, read it)
Bahorel: The Deluge (or the Trilogy in general) — Henryk Sienkiewicz
A whole lot of winged hussar badassery. Duels constantly, Bahorel would love it all. deffo would become obsessed with winged hussars
Lesgle: Vengeance — Aleksander Fredro
This book is genuinely hilarious and he would actually love reading it, that's all I have to say
BONUS!!!
Marius: Ashes — Stefan Żeromski
it's set in the napoleonic wars, that's all I need to say for this one.
#les mis#les miserables#les amis de l'abc#enjolras#courfeyrac#combeferre#feuilly#grantaire#joly#jehan prouvaire#bahorel#lesgles#marius pontmercy#IT TOOK AGES TO THINK OF ALL THIS..
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Today “Dom Bohuna / Дім Богуна” celebrates its 4th anniversary
Perhaps, it is a proper moment for some summing-up reflections. I admit that I have created this blog 15.04.2020 only for fun. It was during the COVID-pandemic times, I was closed at home, recovering from a long illness. In such circumstances, some people return to their childhood fairy-tales. So I have returned to Bohun and “Ogniem i mieczem”. I was searching on the Internet for all possible groups of H. Sienkiewicz’s “Trilogy” fans, just to make friends with them, and I have found such a group here, on Tumblr and at the same time – some breathtakingly beautiful English stories about Helena, Jurko & Jan on AO3. For me, as a non-heterosexual person, their greatest value (for which I will be eternally grateful to their Authors!) was adding to my beloved “Trilogy” universe the motif of same-sex love and relationship. I wanted to contribute to it, so I have created my own Tumblr blog and an account on AO3, where I have published some from my own stories.
To be honest, the encounter with the Western “Ogniem i mieczem” fandom, seeing, how some people there perceive “Trilogy” characters, was a VERY shocking experience for me. One of these events, that are leaving you for years with a question circulating in your mind: “WHY??? What is wrong with this content, that people react to it (and to you, its admirer) in SUCH a way?” It is obvious, that H. Sienkiewicz’ “Trilogy”, created in the 19th century and telling about the historical events in the Eastern Europe from the mid-17th century, for contemporary readers can be in many aspects at least problematic (or difficult to accept). In general, it shouldn’t be, it can’t be taken uncritically now. But on the other side, it is not something worthless. Or “dirty”. Its characters (in their majority based on the real people from the past) can commit deeds viewed now as crimes, but they are still HUMANS. What is more, H. Sienkiewicz’ “Trilogy” is part of many people’s cultural heritage, entangled with countless events, heroes, myths, motifs from the Polish history (and in its first part, “Ogniem i mieczem” – also from the Ukrainian history). It is a part of MY OWN heritage and history. And I have felt uncomfortable with a thought, that in such an international community with a world-wide scope like Tumblr, someone, not having any basic knowledge about my culture/s, can think that this heritage is a “sluttish trash”. It is a reason why my blog has become “Dom Bohuna”, “Bohun’s Home”. I believe that the best way to solve such misunderstandings is spreading Knowledge and telling the Truth, so I try to show Bohun in his “natural environment”, on the one side: within H. Sienkiewicz’s “Trilogy” universe (with diverse masterpieces from the Polish culture related to it), on the other: within the Ukrainian tradition of Cossack Heroes (with various treasures of the Ukrainian culture related to it), with the Polish Romantic Cossack myth somewhere between them. I know that for a Western eye, they are all rather “distant islands”, but many parts of them are really worthy to have a closer look.
The next turning point was the February 2022. Here, no further explanation is required, I think. It was a time, when the whole our World has changed unimaginably and abruptly. And in these new circumstances, I realized one day, that I had a blog thematically related not only to the Polish literature/culture, but above all – to the Ukrainian Cossack Hero. I am deeply grateful to all my Ukrainian and Polish Friends for encouraging me to put here more content about the real Bohun and the history of the Cossack State (Hetmanate). You have given me courage. Because I hesitated, for two reasons. First: I know that I don’t have such in-depth knowledge about the Ukrainian culture, I have about the Polish one (so I can always make some hurtful mistakes). Second: I think that my blog, created for fun/fandom reasons, is not an entirely proper place for such an important content. But after all: it is a place, where one can just talk about the Ukrainian cultural heritage and turn some people's attention to it. That is why I try, as much as my limited skills and knowledge let me, to sing here about the Ukrainian Cossacks Glory. Just as Bohun himself used to do a long time ago.
#theophan-o talks#trylogia#ogniem i mieczem#with fire and sword#trylogia sienkiewicza#trylogia sensem życia#ukrainian culture#polish culture
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Ao3 pozwoliło mi wreszcie przekroczyć swe święte progi, prezentuję Państwu zatem pierwsze moje opowiadanie z uniwersum Pana Wołodyjowskiego‼️
#ao3 fanfic#pan wołodyjowski#trylogia#henryk sienkiewicz#krzysia drohojowska#krzysia x ketling#pisanie#dzięki ao3 za talon#dopiero się rozkręcam
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The third volume of Bard Games’ Atlantis Trilogy is The Bestiary (1986). Save the best for last — monster books are always the most fun. This one in particular because, as you can see on the cover, the entirety of the interior illustrations are by Bill Sienkiewicz (Moon Knight, Thor, Elektra, countless other comics). This book is a treasure. I could literally have photographed every illustration in the book, they’re all great. Every time I flip through, I find new drawings to love. How did I not photograph his wingless manticore?! That’s how you know an artist is doing fantastic work, when I forget to grind my traditional axes. His inks have an almost ridiculous amount of energy and movement to them.
The monster selection is weird and dynamic (and maybe feels more so thanks to Sienkiewicz). I particularly like the variety of devils and demons, but there are lots of other critters to love, too. Sienkiewicz does particularly well with dragons, I think. Honestly, just go buy a copy, you’ll thank me for it.
#RPG#TTRPG#Tabletop RPG#Roleplaying Game#D&D#dungeons & dragons#Bard Games#Atlantis#Bestiary#bill sienkiewicz
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9, 19 — and 21 for dealers choice of character!
Thank you so much for the asks, and for making this fantastic ask meme!
9. How did you learn to write smut? Were there specific fics or authors that inspired you? Or novels/movies/other texts?
Hmm gosh. I think I've been mostly influenced by fic-reading. I'll go through phases where I read a LOT of fic, including smutfic. After reading/watching some new thing I tend to go through the AO3 tag at speed like a baleen whale consuming krill. Also, reading enough smut fic really gives you a sense of like, the words and moments and acts that come up such that it makes it feel doable to replicate (not saying it's "formulaic" but I was internalizing some of the formulas). And chatting with fandom friends, sort of writing out AUs in a nearly-rp-but-less-structured style, which is something I've been doing in um graphic nsfw detail for way longer than I've written actual smutfic to post, has I think also been really formative in terms of my writing.
But also, I think I've been heavily influenced by the stuff I liked in media in general (and still absolutely am, though for purposes of this question I'm listing the formative oldies). Honestly, rarely sex scenes themselves (though them also), but more the tropes and emotional beats or separate images that really grabbed me and seemed "sexy." Thinking of villainous moments ft. shirtless Gwaine and Morgana from BBC Merlin LMAO, formative. LotR naturally. The Queen of Attolia's descriptions of Irene Attolia, Name of the Wind's descriptions of Denna that baby me had memorized whole paragraphs of by heart--stuff that was plausibly kinda unhorny in these books but in reality sooo very horny. But also various depictions of sex, like the touching & radiant-with-light sex montage of Alicia/Julio's finally getting together in the TV show Gran Hotel. Also, for unbridled PASSION at the MAX despite no actual sex, Sienkiewicz's Trilogy of historical novels, which I wrote my first smut fic for. I also read romance novels ft. erotica from time to time and enjoy them a lot (if there's sufficient DRAMA), and I guess I internalize what I feel like "hits" (or doesn't, ha) in the ways that genre does sex too. It's only been fairly recently that I started to write sex in more detail in my fics and less as like a sort of brief "tasteful" "artistic" (lol) moment--those "moments" gradually grew more description. like a mold--and I still think that kinda shows in my writing in the ways the detail is sometimes not as present or bodily as it could be, and things can get glossed instead of closely inhabited. But hey I like it and am having fun :D
19. Share a favorite passage from one of your smut fics.
Hmmmm hmm. I like this one, from yes many and beautiful things (unwieldy fic but really dear to me still):
Maedhros doesn’t resist him, not on this. When Maglor coaxes pleasure from his scarred body, Maedhros lets him.
He was unmade for pleasure in Angband. He had sought to render himself the unbreakable shackle to the mountainside, the sheer cliff—but Maglor plays upon him as well as any instrument, transforming him into something alive and enjoying. Maedhros barely hears the low, ragged noises he makes, barely sees the gleam of Maglor’s eyes beneath dark lashes, as he spills down Maglor’s sweet-voiced throat.
The silence is no silence—it is Maglor choking and swallowing and Maedhros panting, the air about them like a tide in his ears.
Maglor wipes his mouth and looks very pleased with himself, though he struggles to catch his breath. His eyes are dark and dizzy.
Maedhros seizes two scraps of his strength and tugs Maglor up to him by the shoulder, none too gently. He kisses him and devours the sweet startled sound, the taste of his pleasure in Maglor's mouth, the flush, full press of Maglor's cock against his thigh as Maglor falls in a graceless drape atop him.
"Maedhros," Maglor keens.
The Sindarin name makes Maedhros all the more desperate. Yes, they are here, not in Aman; that is his name—and Maglor wants him anyway, has— And Maedhros kisses him again, winding his arms around him, pleasure still uncoiling in his own flushed body. He can feel each tremble of Maglor's, holding him so close. At last he tips awkwardly into pressing Maglor upon his back instead and unfolding him. Maglor gasps like a rustling bough when Maedhros palms over him, and both their hands trip over each other reaching for the vial of oil in its niche. Maedhros is quicker, and he tugs the cork free with his teeth.
(the VIAL OF OIL lolol... but still...)
21. Share a smutty headcanon about [character(s)].
Finrod is an effortless and true neutral switch. He just wants to have fun and he just wants his partner to have fun. I feel like he's so comfortable bottoming that that might happen more often in his long and varied life, but where that comfort and willingness comes from is the same place as the wellspring of confidence and affection that makes him such a good dom and/or top. xoxo
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“The typical Arcitenus is stronger and much larger than an ordinary centaur, and possessed of two heads, rather than one, on broad, muscular shoulders.” (Bill Sienkiewicz illustration from The Bestiary: A compendium of creatures and beings from the lost world of Atlantis by Stephan Michael Sechi and J Andrew Keith, Bard Games, 1986)
#D&D#Dungeons & Dragons#Bill Sienkiewicz#centaur#Atlantis#The Bestiary#Atlantean Trilogy#arcitenus#Bard Games#dnd#two headed centaur
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