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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 51 points 6 days ago (2 children)

In the interest of helping PugJesus hit his hORny JAIl quota, here's a link to the original image, for strictly research purposes only.

(Obviously NSFW)

(Honestly, I prefer the meme that leaves it to your imagination)

[–] nagaram@startrek.website 2 points 5 days ago

Saved the whole collection earlier.

[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Imma need a name too. For research.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's elsewhere in the comments, but ultraviolet darling

[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

She looks like a younger Cadey Mercury.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 27 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (5 children)

Explanation: The figure featured is Edward Norton in the movie Kingdom of Heaven, playing the medieval Leper-King of Jerusalem, Baldwin IV. The incredibly cool mask is, unfortunately, not historical (nor is most of the movie), but has since become iconic.

I am Jerusalem...

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 29 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 34 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Ouch! Soooooo do I get the name now?

Edit: Hah! After scouring the archives for minutes, I finally found her! UltraViolet Darling.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 7 points 6 days ago

I would also like to know about the history of her memes

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

She was bullied relentlessly and threatened for this meme. That’s why we stopped using it.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

OK, but what is the girl's name? For uh... historical research purposes...

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A jail full of horny people, you say?

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 14 points 6 days ago

The jail itself is horny? Like a D&D mimic, but horny?

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Definitely not an orgy, no sir

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

That doesn't help.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

UltraViolet Darling *smugface* Don't let the horny police defeat us!!

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They'll take the genitals from our cold, dead hands!!!

Aw fuck I got this all backwards

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

TIL that was Edward Norton!

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

I thought that was from Elden Ring.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Awww, now I got to ask, what are some of the stuff it got wrong?

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 12 points 6 days ago

Oof, a long list, unfortunately.

The shortest and most important bits are:

  • Balian of Ibelin was a middle-aged guy who had been born in the Levant, certainly not a young French blacksmith, and as much of a fanatic as most other Christians of the crusader states of the time.

  • Baldwin IV was not exceptionally tolerant for the time or region, and was generally close with Reynald de Chatillon, the pirate/raider crusader whom he rebukes and imprisons in the movie.

  • Guy de Lusignan and Sibylla of Jerusalem were quite close - to the point where she was forced to divorce him by court politics in order to become queen (as Guy was not liked by many), exacting a promise from the nobility to allow her to marry anyone she wished in exchange for doing so, and after being given that concession, she was crowned queen... immediately after which she re-married Guy and made him king.

  • Saladin's terms of surrender for Jerusalem were much harsher, by modern eyes - only some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem were allowed to go free unconditionally (the offer was for all of Jerusalem in the movie). The rest had to be ransomed, or else would be enslaved, as was common practice when taking a town in that era. Considering that Saladin 'purchased' a great many of these people to immediately free them, and that armies of the period expected loot (including slaves) which Saladin could not easily beg off, I think this is probably the most acceptable break from historical detail. True in spirit, if you will.

Nonetheless, despite these inaccuracies, the Director's Cut is an amazing movie, and I love it.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I'm looking at his eyes. It helps that they're the same place I would be looking anyway

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Says the doggo who posted the thirst trap meme 🤔

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I have to meet my Horny Jail arrest quota

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So... You're trying to get people into your hORny JAIl?

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For profit horny jails lead to horny over policing, kickbacks to horny judges for harsher bonks, and horny slave labor.

horny slave labor

I'm not seeing the downside

[–] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org 12 points 6 days ago

Yes yes, but could you just step a second to the side…

[–] cjoll4@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

If it's temporary then I'd better enjoy it while I can

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago

I am trying to look behind the eyes. If only, the dude in the mask wasn't there.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Hey, it's that guy from Fight Club!