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
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Follow the community’s rules above all else
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One comment and image per user
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Embed image directly in the post (no external link)
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Workflow/Prompt sharing encouraged (we're all here for fun)
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At the end of the week each post will be scored according to the following grid
| Prize | Points | |
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| | 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 |
- Posts that are ex aequo (tied) will both get the points
- Winner gets to pick next theme! Good luck everyone and have fun!
Past entries
- Dieselpunk
- Goosebump Book
- Deep Space Wonders
- Fairy Tales
- A New Sport
- Monsters are Back to School
- War and Peace
- Distant lands
- Unreal Cartoons
- Sustainable Ecumenopolis
- Masks
- Mascots
- Old Gods, New Jobs
- Winter Festivities
- High Tech, Low Life
- Character Limit
- Gatsby's Jazz Hands
- Reel to Canvas
- Cruelly Cute Characters
- Retro Sci-Fi
- Get Your Bard On!
- Busy Bees: Animals with Jobs
And that's the end of this challenge! Congrats to @Deceptichum for winning this round!
Normally I'd write a personal reply to everyone but I'm feeling a bit down and under the weather. I just want to say thank you to everyone who participated. I enjoyed receiving all of your submissions and I hope to see you again next challenge!
