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

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!

  • HalcyonEnglish
    9·
    11 months ago

    In a parallel universe in the 1980s, the King of the British empire, in a fit of secularization and progressiveness, began a punk lifestyle.

    Dall-E Prompt: A caricature image of a King as a 70s punk with wild hair, a crown and a leather jacket, showing British and royal features and exaggerated facial expressions.

    • Deceptichum@kbin.social
      2·
      11 months ago

      “God save the me, the fascist regime. I made you a moron, A potential H bomb”

      He must have hated himself more than i do.

    • Thelsim@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago
      Category Points
      Theme is clear +1
      Workflow included + 1
      Total 2 points

      I love the image, but he comes across like a saner and more considerate king and not a mad one :)

      Creative Abuse of Power