Fenian Cycle Puns

Fionn mac Cumhaill

 

>I will be frightened of nothing, and the only person I will be sorry for is that Aillen mac Midna, who is going to get his own spear back.

 

Fionn mac Cumhaill, formerly named Deimne, is an incredible Irish warrior of legend. His father was the late captain of the Fianna, Uail mac Baiscne, and his mother was Muirne, who had the blood of the mother goddess, Danu. Targeted by the dreaded Sons of Morna, Fionn's mother gave him away to two women skilled in the art of war. Fionn underwent vigorous training, and throughout his childhood was passed from caretaker to caretaker as his identity was kept secret from the Sons of Morna. At one point in his young adulthood, Fionn ate the Salmon of Knowledge, giving him prophet-like foresight. Using this power, he figured out how he could end the hostility of the Sons once and for all, and even reclaim ownership of the Fianna in the process. He volunteered to defend the kingdom from Aillen mac Midna, an Underworld savage who every so often would lull the palace's inhabitants to sleep before burning it to the ground. Upon defeating Midna, Fionn was granted leadership of the Fianna, becoming a legend by his own right.

#Naturalist/Survivalist Skills

• Hearing- Fionn can recognize the sounds and call of any bird that lived within his woods growing up. (Ch. 4)

• Hearing- Even when listening to multiple sounds at once, Fionn can pick each sound out and recognize the source of the noise, such as a ferret's claws scraping against the ground or a bird rustling a bush. (Ch. 13)

• Sight- In the dark, Fionn can see the shadows of dun-colored birds, animals among trees colored like the bark, hiding hares, and fish along a green riverbank. (Ch. 8)

• Fionn sleeps with one eye open and one ear listening at all times. (Ch. 2)

• Climbing/Stamina- As a child, climbed a large tree that takes a while to walk around and its top can't be seen from the ground. (Ch. 2)

• Stealth- Fionn is said to be able to move noiselessly. (Ch. 7)

#Physical Feats

• Speed [Fionn's caretakers trained him by chasing him around a tree, wielding a switch thorn that they used to hit him with.

Lu Bu Respect Thread

[Diarmuid Respect Thread] (https://www.reddit.com/r/respectthreads/comments/64k1d3/respect_diarmuid_oduibne_fenian_cycle/)

The battle will take place in the Céide Fields in Ireland. Both combatants are in character

Round 1: Lu Bu is given a regular spear, and Diarmuid is given a regular sword. Neither side gets any other gear.

Round 2: Standard Gear for both. For Lu Bu that includes Red Hare, his spear, and his bow. For Diarmuid that includes Moralltach, Gae Buidhe and Gae Derg, His armor, and his shield.

> “Who is that freckled sweet-worded man, upon whom is the curling dusky-black hair and the two red ruddy cheeks, upon the left hand of Oisin the son of Finn?”

> “That man is Diarmuid the grandson of Dubne, the white-toothed, of the light-some countenance; that is, the best lover of women and of maidens that is in the whole world.”

Diarmuid is a legendary hero of the Fenian Cycle, one of the many cycles in Celtic mythology. He is famed for both his magic weapons (two magic javelins and a magic sword), and the mole which bestows upon him the power to charm any woman.

###Feats

Weapons. Armor, and the Love Spot

• He wields the Moralltach, a sword which can cut through anything

> and he took the Moralltach, that is, the sword of Angus of the Brug, at his left side; which sword left no stroke nor blow unfinished at the first trial.

• He also wields Gae Buidhe and Gae Derg, the yellow and red javelins which inflict permanent wounds on those they strike

> He took likewise his two thick-shafted javelins of battle, that is, the Gae Buide (“Yellow Javelin”), and the Gae Derg (“Red Javelin”), from which none recovered, or man or woman, that had ever been wounded by them.

• His armor is described as invulnerable

> Diarmuid rose at early dawn of the morning, and girt about him his suit of battle and of conflict; under which, through which, or over which, it was not possible to wound him;

• Despite this, he also has a shield

> Diarmuid rose at early day and beaming dawn on the morrow, and halted not until he had reached the aforesaid hill, and having gotten there he struck his shield mightily and soundingly, so that he caused the shore to tremble with the noise around him.

• Diarmuid is in possession of a magical love spot above his eye. Any woman who sees this love spot will fall in love with him on the spot

> "O Diarmuid," she said, "that cannot be; I belonged to you once, and I can never belong to you again; but come over here to me, Diarmuid," she said, "and I will put a love-spot on you, that no woman will ever see without giving you her love." So Diarmuid went over to her, and she put her hand on his forehead, and she left the love-spot there, and no woman that ever saw him after that was able to refuse him her love.

Strength

• Rolls an empty barrel up a hill and rides it down three times

> “If ye were pleased to bring out a tun of wine,” said Diarmuid, “I would perform a feat for you.” Certain men were

Hi All,

I'm working on a Cthulhu RPG campaign, and I want to integrate elements from the Fenian cycle. Particularly, in the story, Finn Mac Cool and the Fianna is treated as an actual historical persons, that were later mythologized.

Is there any cultural historiography that tries to put a date to the actual humans that the Fenian cycle is inspired by?

Reading a wonderful book about the Fenian Cycle titled Fionn: Defence of Ráth Bládhma. Interestingly enough, it takes place well within the historical record elsewhere in Europe, 192 CE.

One thing about Irish mythology I absolutely love is how relatively recent these stories take place. When one thinks of other mythologies, they take place well into the past (the difference in time between the events of the Illiad and Homer creating it, for example).

It just leads my imagination to crazy places. Depending on the version, Cormac Mac Airt reigned at the same time as Marcus Aurelius, a very real historical figure. Finn MacCool living almost 200 years after Christ makes him seem less like a completely fictional character, and more like a mythologized version of a real person.

Essentially, how far back can we go to prove conclusively whether an Ard Rí was a historical character? I understand the oral tradition of the Gaels makes these things exceptionally difficult to date, but my mind can't help but wonder.

These are some half-baked ideas for servants that have been rattling in my degenerate brain for a while. I don't promise total accuracy in what I say about them and mean no harm in anything. Just think of it as Nasuverse changes if that makes it easier. Enjoy and feel free to run with them.

1. Pharaoh Hatshepsut. King, builder, daughter of the god Amun. Built the tallest remaining obelisk. Financed expeditions to the land of Punt, transplanting myrrh trees. Predated Ozy by around 200 years. As a servant I see her as a 5* caster with a single target arts np with a lot of hits, and a QAABB deck. She could have High speed divine words, and Daughter of Amun could be a skill (Arts buff). I see her as spamming her NP often. She would have my room lines for the other pharaohs, Wu Zetian (as fellow 'female kings') and an interlude where she clashes with her stepson Thutmose II, who tried to cut her out of history.
2. Genghis Khan. The Tartan chief who became The Mongolian conqueror. There are a couple places to go with the Khan. Someone who absorbed a piece of the velbar star to become a war fueled warrior? The light of possibility Mongolia still admires? The innocent monster the Silk Road still fears? A rider or an archer? Definitely a 5* though. I like the idea of a double summon so he can jump from Knight class to Cavalier class, get class advantage on both saber and caster at the same time. I would give him the riding passive and give his NP extra damage to peoples his armies conquered, or at least China. Maybe have the scourge of god skill, or scourge of god (apocryphal) because of an apocryphal account, where he applied it to himself. My room comments for Altera, Iskander, Qin and Gilgamesh. His likes are the "what is best in life quote", that was supposed to come from him.
3. Julie 'La Maupin" d'Aubigny. French fencer, opera star, and bi-icon. Liked dressing in men's fashion, to scandalize and arouse those around her. Famous for dueling three men at once for a maiden's attentions, winning and then going back and seducing one of the men (This would be the basis of her NP). Once for joined a convent to pursue a girl, faked her death with by exhuming a corpse and starting a fire, then got bored and ditched her (Possible comment for Martha and Jeanne: "So she devoted her body to God? And what a body it is," needs workshopping). Financed her travels by putting on combination singing and sword duels, when onlookers accused her of being a man, she flashed the c

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Oisín- 3 Lancer*

The son of Fionn mac Cumhaill and a poet of Ireland. He is the narrator of the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology and carries the chronicle that is the legends of Celtic heroes. Despite carrying qualifications as a Caster, he can be summoned in any class that allows him to fight side-by-side with his brothers in the Fenian Cycle. He is most famous for spending time with a fairy for 300 years and not realizing it; time catches up to him when he returns home but he manages to tell his stories before passing on.

Golden Chronicle is the written records of the Cycle's exploits and a reminder of Oisín's desire to keep fighting. As the author of the takes of his brothers, he is given an advantage in skills in prowess based on their knowledge. He cannot carry their Noble Phantasms but knows runes and fighting styles befitting of the group. As someone with a penchant for runes and fairies, he has a magical ability more superb than others, and carries a laden talent befitting of a Caster Servant. His ties with fairies allows him to bring their tales to life in his Fairy Tale, and even gives his fellow Celts an advantage. Oath of Embarr is the manifestation of the promise he made to the fairy Niamh to prevent 300 years to catch up to him- he failed, but the power will still remain. If he were to find himself in an area with Fae folk, he could be on par with Grand Servants for a small moment of time, but necessary to take down his enemies. His Noble Phantasm is a reality marble that manifests his Celts and the fairies he lived with to give him the power to rewrite the exploits of his enemies.

Lancer is a young man at about 19. He is described as handsome, with mid length black hair that is pulled into a small ponytail, heterochromia eyes, the left brown and the right blue, tanned skin, and small scars scattered across his body. He is wearing a black tunic with light armor and brown boots. He carries dual lances, one red and the other black. In his 2nd Ascension he gains armor on his legs and a satchel on his hip. In his 3rd Ascension he wears a black skintight suit with antlers growing from his head, alongside the satchel, there are numerous charms and trinkets adorning his body. His 4th Ascension is him sitting on the forest floor, playing with fawns as a small fairy flies around him.

Card Spread: QQAAB

Class Skills

Magic Resistance A- Increase your Debuff Resist by 20%

Fairy Oath C- Increase your Arts and Quick Card effecti

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

You take away their little brooms

It was about a weak back.

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved

Him: I can explain everything!

(It's his best joke yet I think)

Bob

So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."

Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.