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  • MissConstrueMissConstrue@mefi.social
    Oct 8, 2026, 11:17 PM

    I've not had much luck convincing my joints to move on this day, and I can't get my braces on cause swelling, but when looking for inspiration for inktober, I often turn towards medieval manuscripts, because the art in them is just bonkers. Despite it not being relevant, I did feel it necessary to share.

    So, while tomorrow will include today and tomorrow's prompts, today instead I give you; a sultry sturgeon atop a jousting helmet. The middle ages were wild, if the illustrations are anything to go by.

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    Knight: The tournament is about to begin. Bring me my most fearsome battle helmet! Squire: The one with the sturgeon wearing mascara? Knight: *nodding slowly* ... let them tremble beneath its sultry gaze... It is an illustration from a medieval manuscript, that does indeed have a knight in livery of his house, wielding a sword, while atop his helmet, a large fish has taken a large bite, and is holding on, looking towards the field of battle with a "come hither" sort of gaze." Monks were weird man. Lots of time on their hands. Many strange illustrations.
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  • Vmiss_rodent@girlcock.club
    Oct 8, 2026, 11:39 PM

    @MissConstrue I love that, even without the fish, that outfit is excessive in, like, every respect. Even the horse is dressed in an outfit I probably couldn't afford *now*, let alone in the 14th century.

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  • Vmiss_rodent@girlcock.club
    Oct 8, 2026, 11:51 PM

    @MissConstrue Personally, I'm fond of the "Heavily armed murder bunnies" genre of weird medieval bullshit.

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  • MissConstrueMissConstrue@mefi.social
    Oct 9, 2026, 4:54 PM

    @miss_rodent Omg, what was it about rabbits in the Middle Ages? There is some wild-ass shit being performed by demented hares in manuscripts!

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