Theme

We all know the trope: Kings, queens and other royalty gone mad with power or just not right in the head. Ruling over a compliant court who will humor their liege in whatever way they can or risk losing their heads.

This weeks challenge is for you to come up with an emperor, king, queen, prince, princess, duke, etc. who has gone completely bananas and is abusing their power in some eccentric way. Just to be clear, this is not meant to be a bloody or violent challenge. Any king is happy to torture or execute his subjects, but only a mad one will order his duke to stand in a tub of molten cheese for an entire afternoon.

In other words, it’s silly, don’t take it too seriously :)

Midjourney prompt for post image:

a mad king with a bird obsession, wearing feathered garments and a golden crown, sitting on his throne, in a throne room filled with birds and stained with bird poo, guards in bird costumes stand to attention in the background --ar 4:3 --v 6.0

Rules

  1. Follow the community’s rules above all else

  2. One comment and image per user

  3. Embed image directly in the post (no external link)

  4. Workflow/Prompt sharing encouraged (we’re all here for fun)

  5. At the end of the week each post will be scored according to the following grid

    Prize Points
    Most upvoted +3 points
    Second most upvoted +1 point
    Theme is clear +1 point
    OP’s favorite (me, this week) +1 point
    Most original +1 point
    Last entry (to compensate for less time to vote) +1 point
    Prompt and workflow included +1 point
    Creative abuse of power +2 points

  6. Posts that are ex aequo (tied) will both get the points

  7. Winner gets to pick next theme! Good luck everyone and have fun!

Past entries

  1. Dieselpunk
  2. Goosebump Book
  3. Deep Space Wonders
  4. Fairy Tales
  5. A New Sport
  6. Monsters are Back to School
  7. War and Peace
  8. Distant lands
  9. Unreal Cartoons
  10. Sustainable Ecumenopolis
  11. Masks
  12. Mascots
  13. Old Gods, New Jobs
  14. Winter Festivities
  15. High Tech, Low Life
  16. Character Limit
  17. Gatsby’s Jazz Hands
  18. Reel to Canvas
  19. Cruelly Cute Characters
  20. Retro Sci-Fi
  21. Get Your Bard On!
  22. Busy Bees: Animals with Jobs
  • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    9 months ago


    The Mad King Decrees All Carrots Shall Be Made Purple.

    Used a Dutch angle for a Dutch topic.

    Prompt

    cinematic film still of Dutch Angle Style rotated view, in the foreground are people painting (purple carrots:1) with brushes, half purple and orange carrot on the table, background shows a fat king

    medieval,

    UHD resolution, Canon EOS R5, 1/4000s, f/8, ISO 100, dramatic lighting, high-definition details, RAW photography, professional grade,

      • Thelsim@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Dutch Prince! He’d wish he was king, he only held the title of Stadtholder.
        Only in 1815, after the defeat of Napoleon, did his descendant manage to become king of The Netherlands.

    • Thelsim@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
      0·
      9 months ago

      Being Dutch myself, I actually had to look up what this was referring to. That’s so weird, never heard of that carrot story before.
      So… I’m guessing this is Philip II of Spain with the Duke of Alba in the background? :)

    • Thelsim@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
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      9 months ago
      Category Points
      Most votes +3
      Theme is clear +1
      Workflow included +1
      Creative Abuse of Power +2
      OP Favorite +1
      Total 8 points

      Congratulations, you won! I really enjoyed the idea of a king putting his subjects at work on painting carrots. I don’t know what his motivation is, but that just makes it even better :)

      It’s your turn to host the next challenge!