#during wwii

[uefb]

Porpentina Esther Goldstein and Percival Graves, January 1939.

I keep breaking my own heart with this storyline, why am I like this.

#after Tina is offered a semi permanent position leading American aurors in Europe - against Grindelwald #during wwii #I broke my own heart with a few scenes 15 chapters ahead of where I’m actually posting tonight #shits getting real and I haven’t even written newts storyline yet #history is brutal #it’s savage #and what a privilege and a horror that we get to learn from it now #as it writes itself — elsewhere— in harsh stripes of ongoing terror - all around us #dramatic? yeah #I study sad things ok? #tina goldstein #jewish tina goldstein #percival graves #fantastic beasts and where to find them #my stuff #fantastic beasts fanfic #fic: with its head under one wing

[johnbitchsociety]

I feel like both internet liberals and leftists have a tendency to reverse-Great Man Theory Ronald Reagan at the expense of any insight into the history of his policies or the conservative movement that led up to him.

#YOU CAN’T JUST BLAME EVERYTHING ON HIM WITHOUT TACITLY ABSOLVING COUNTLESS OTHER MONSTERS AND THE WHOLE FUCKING SYSTEM OF ITS GUILT. #IT’S DEEPLY INDIVIDUALISTIC AND ARGUABLY ANTIHISTORICAL. #Anyway this is because I saw a post that blamed him for the US backing brutal regimes in the global south under the guise of anticommunism. #When that famously started back in the post-WWII era and has its roots in Monroe Doctrine ideology. #FYI I fucking hate him but he’s a part of a larger picture. #(Anyway I study American politics during the Cold War with a focus on the rise of the far right.) #original content #100 #500 #1k

[ageofgeek]

I've been thinking about tolkien lately, and i know this must've happened to many fathers and mothers across europe in the 1940s, but

do you ever think about how tolkien was sent to fight in a pointless, brutal, terrible war, from which only he and one of his friends returned? a war that promised young british men that they would find glory, only to find death and trauma and suffering? and when he returned, stricken with trench fever, he told his children stories of the adventures of a humble hobbit - a simple tale, that maybe purposefully didn't reflect just how awful his own "adventure" was.

And then just 20 years later, those children, his children who had heard those stories of a humble hobbit, got sent to fight in another brutal, devastating war, and he had to watch them go without him, knowing what they would go through because it had happened to him.

and this time, after that second war was over, and his sons had returned to him safely, he wrote another tale. This one not as simple. This one not for children, but for the grown men and soldiers his sons had been forced to become. This one centered the brutalities of war but also the hope of friendship and love.

i just. do you ever think about john ronald reuel tolkien???

#getting emotional in this chili's #tolkien #j.r.r. tolkien #christopher tolkien #lotr #the hobbit #rant #mine #i think christopher and michael were JRRT's 2 children who served during WWII #i think priscilla was too young to be in the nurse corp but could be wrong!! #creative shit

[raziraphale]

please nobody tell him about the next 25 years of persona games where they actually make you keep attending school while the world is ending

#the passage of time is loosey goosey in p2 #but I'm fairly sure these idiots aren't attending classes #if schools are even open during the sequel to wwii #reilly.txt #persona 2 #persona

[natjennie]

every day I go insane about the fact that havers was only at button house for two months. what do you MEAN they only had two months together. that's so little time. two months is eight weeks. the number of sunday mornings they had together can be counted on two hands. EIGHT weeks. that's IT. are you shitting me???

#for someone who is like. your soulmate. #in the same job like the same sport working on a project together. queer. during wwii. #and you get TWO MONTHS #and thats IT. #and then you think about each other for the next five years. #and then you die in his arms with a gifted symbol of the authority he earned that you stole to get to him #and then you think about him for 80 more years!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #are you kidding!!!!!!!!! #who is doing it like them #bbc ghosts #capvers

[yeoldenews]

A mother's word for word transcription of the imaginary phone call her four-year-old made to Santa Claus in 1911.

(source: The Harbor Beach Times, December 22, 1911.)

Through some outrageous case of serendipity I found a recording of another phone call this same child made 60 years later. Though I have to say his choice of conversational partner is a definite downgrade from the first call.

#I've started using 'our bees are all dead' as my standard filler during lulls in conversation #and no I am not kidding #that is actually 64 year old George Arthur Lincoln in the recording #I'm writing up a bio of him that will hopefully be up within a few days #because this kid grew up to be involved in Forrest Gump levels of 20th century historical events #he was the youngest american general in wwii and was involved in the strategy of d-day and the planned invasion of Japan #he was at yalta and potsdam #he started a social sciences department at West Point #which resulted in his students being called commies because why should soldiers study culture and economics instead of shoot gun at thing #he ended up as the director of the office of emergency preparedness while nixon was president - hence the phone call #this poor man had to sit through so many meetings with Henry Kissinger #his younger brother (Waunce from the letter) was also a general #they were known as 'big abe' and 'little abe'

[thestuffedalligator]

“Sherlock Holmes is King Arthur.” Is that anything. Arthur returns in England’s greatest hour of need, and that’s why we keep getting modern retellings of Sherlock Holmes because he keeps coming back when shit starts looking dire, only for the past dozen or so incarnations he’s been choosing to be a private detective instead of a king

(“Because what the hell can a king do to help people these days?” he asks in 1979 to his Watson [in older days, distant days, he would have said “His Lancelot.”] “Better to be here on the ground floor, actually putting in the effort”)

#the landlady #sherlock holmes #arthurian mythology #i think it’d be neat #give us an immortal holmes in a dozen time settings #1790s holmes who arose during the napoleonic wars #1910s holmes who woke up because of wwi and stuck around long enough to see wwii #1980s holmes whose hour of need was margaret thatcher being pm

[eyk-hetaart]

Fact 1: Austria canonically was in a wheelchair at one point

Fact 2: the wheelchair was invented in the late 1500s

Fact 3: why the hell didn’t Hima tell us when

#hetalia #aph #hws #aph austria #hws austria #poll #weird to leave it up to interpretation #also a little hard to argue during WWII since we see a lot of him #but I want to know everyone’s opinions!

[stone-cold-groove]

Thunderbolts blast ’em!

#vintage illustration #vintage poster #army air forces #u.s. army #propaganda #propaganda posters #u.s. military #fighter aircraft #bomber aircraft #life during wartime #wwii #ww2 history #ww2 aircraft #ww2 art #ww2 #military aircraft #attack aircraft #republic p-47 thunderbolt #republic aviation #p-47 thunderbolt #p-47

[admiralnelsoniii]

The Dam Busters. The Allies decided they needed to destroy some dams. The RAF used Lancaster bombers to "Skipbomb" using these drum shaped bombs and skipping them across the waters surface and into the wall of the Dam. It was a wild plan, but they freaking did it. They destroyed Dams by skipbombing with Lancaster bombers.. Just another tale of people pulling crazy shit off for victory in wartime.

#history #ww2 art #ww2 #wwii #wwii art #warship #art #artwork #warbird #fighter #dambusters #lancaster #military art #military aircraft #military history #military aviation #life during wartime

[bestworstcase]

looks up. i regret to inform you all that i’ve seen another post today. the faunus woman who led vacuo during the great war was not a queen and almost certainly not of royal descent as the asturias family claims to be: it is stated repeatedly in the CFVY novels that the last time vacuo had any kings or queens was centuries ago and that very little of the historical record has been preserved (with 9.11 reiterating the novels’ point that this is a consequence of colonial occupation in the intervening centuries).

and from the world of remnant episodes pertaining to vacuo and the great war, we know that modern-day vacuo did not have a formal government until after the great war; it was not a state, it was an occupied territory under mistrali control. the faunus woman who led vacuo’s forces was the leader of the vacuan movement for independent statehood and likely became a member of the ruling council established after the war—which is now defunct and has been de facto replaced by shade academy.

please. BLEASE. the great war began about ninety years ago it has not even been a century. the vacuan monarchy is “ancient history.” finn talks about his mother—who would have been a contemporary of nicholas schnee, who was born right after the great war—and her mother, who would have lived through the great war, and his grandmother’s father, and his grandmother’s grandfather, and his grandmother’s grandfather’s mother. rumpole—who is an actual historian—flat out states that it was so long ago, and war and colonization so thoroughly degraded the historical record, that all that remains is legends and uncertain guesswork.

the asturiases having no blood relation to the faunus woman who led vacuo in the great war doesn’t prove or disprove anything because even if she did style herself a queen and claim royal descent the vacuan monarchy ended so long ago that her claim would have been unverifiable mythmaking too.

#like do you think all the war and colonization that destroyed all record of the vacuan monarchy and turned vacuo into a wasteland #happened AFTER the great war?? ? hello?? in just eighty years?? HELLO? #most of the adult generation will have been born to parents who were born during or after the great war it was not that long ago! #if you want a real world comparison as to the historical scale? #the second world war ended 79 years ago. not the first; the SECOND. #the great war is very recent history. #it feels ancient to the 15-19 year old characters but adults whose parents or grandparents were great war vets keep TELLING THEM it isn’t #it ended eighty years ago. eighty years. my grandfather fought in wwii. i’m thirty. #and there are in fact. detailed historical records of vacuo in the great war and the period of conflicts preceding it #we know this because the characters are familiar with that history and no one is confused or unclear on the historical facts of that period #AAAAAAA!!!!!

[cuntylestat]

louis with that twin lens camera like wow he is LITERALLY me. that's me myself and i. we are bonded and connected. best friends even

#i don't have that rolleiflex money (and how would he get one during wwii) but still!!!!

[remyfire]

#sorry i just love him and i love that they packed so much fucking character in a three-second segment #we know sam has resided in california which is very interesting if he was there during wwii #the question is did he just live in the bay area or did he actually attend uc berkeley for any reason #was he TEACHING at uc berkeley and this was one of his students #i love that he has close relationships with people there who were little when he knew them but have grown up now #and i love that he doesn't even flinch when using yiddish which suggests to me that he was in some form or fashion #involved in or rubbed shoulders comfortably with the jewish community there #also that he just fucking showed up with a salami as what like a gift to the co for inviting him? #sam i want five million episodes with you in them #you fascinate me and i also want to write five million fics with you in the center of them #trapper john mcintyre #sam pak #m*a*s*h #deal me out #s2e13 #mashposting #mashblogging

[stirringwinds]

Do you think Alfred is insecure about being young? Like I know that there’s countries younger or closer to age to Alfred, but the people Alfred hangs out with the most, has more economic ties, and has military alliances with are way older than Alfred (ex literally all of Europe and Asia). So I was wondering if you think Alfred, being always around people with way more experience than him, feels insecure about being so young and ‘inexperienced’ maybe that’s why he wears glasseS

Interesting question! As I see it, yes and no. 

Yes—in the 18th century, when he was much younger, and rebelling against Arthur. Going hat in hand to the other Old World empires and nations like Francis and Antonio for money was a pretty intimidating experience. So it was with Gilbert, coming to whip his ass into shape in Valley Forge. Even with other nations where he wasn't asking for major favours to fund his rebellion but more like 'hey recognise me? please? can my ships come to your ports?' like Morocco or Yao, during the Old China Trade (uhhhhh ive been banned from all the usual trading posts all across my father's empire...and I heard you guys like otter pelt and ginseng?).

No, because from the 19th century onwards, he's very much growing into a world power. I see Alfred as being quite a zealous idealist who sees potential for improving the world (not always in the best way, but from his POV it is), and this is the period where his mindset is increasingly one of brazen, youthful self-confidence. To him, his age is an asset. He's casting a pretty jaundiced eye on the Old World as a whole—perceiving them as being full of religious feuds, outdated monarchies and straitjacketed by nonsensical traditions: they’re ossified fucks who ought to realise the glory of republican civilisation and everything else he's got grand ideas about. Like, one contrast is really how much more intimidated I see him being going to China during the Old China Trade in the late 1700s—versus the brazen gunboat diplomacy of the Perry expedition to Japan in 1853. Like, the contrast with how the Americans behaved themselves when they had no navy and their ships were so small the Chinese traders thought they were tenders from larger vessels and not ocean going ships (lmao) and the Perry expedition is huge. 18th century Alfred would’ve been more intimidated around a nation who beheaded Kublai Khan’s emissaries and fought in more battles long before he was born—19th century Alfred isn’t. 

And even less so in the 20th century—especially during WWII. There’s no victory unless he puts his thumb on the scale, and even Sir Lord Arthur Kirkland is openly begging for it. If people had any remaining thought of him as the young, ambitious crown prince somewhat walking in the shadow of his father, all that is gone in WWII. He steals the fire of the gods and literally makes it shine brighter than a thousand suns in all its terror and awe. Other nations can get under his skin, especially in the dynamics of a rivalry (Arthur, in their power struggle over influence, Kiku, as a duelling Pacific empire in the late 1800s—1945 and then also Ivan). But older Alfred is far less likely to be insecure solely on account of them being older than him. It’s more if he perceives they’re challenging his dominance and hegemony—or if they’re questioning his idealism and principles. Like Antonio at the end of the Spanish-American War—oh, you really are your father’s son. I can see moments of vulnerability where his youth and inexperience shines through (such as the American Civil War), but older Alfred’s insecurities tend to dig on faultlines regarding: challenges to his hegemony and principles because unlike Lord Father (tm), I think he’s far more of an idealist. He wants to be great and good, but greatness often is in direct conflict with the latter. 

#hetalia #hetalia headcanons #hws america #alfred f jones #aph america #long post #i dont really do him with glasses mainly bc I see him as a pilot #during WWII and no lasik then #you'd have to have good vision

[randomly--accessed--memories]

At first, Alastor gets a kick out of forcing Vox to do manual, menial labor, something he knows Vox would’ve hated under normal circumstances. Vox always saw hands-on work as beneath him, associating it with the poor and preferring more “cerebral” work. However, the novelty eventually wears off when it becomes clear that The New Vox actually enjoys his handyman work and doesn’t/can’t perceive it as the insult that Alastor meant it as.

#alastor gets a lot of joy out of how mindlessly obedient vox is #even/especially when it comes to stuff he knows the normal him would’ve found humiliating #but there’s only so long that can last before it just becomes banal #vox (ram) #alastor (ram) #randomly accessed memories #neutral #al’s also not aware that the time vox spent as an electrical engineer during wwii was one of the happiest times in his life #even if it wasn’t what he wanted to do as a career it was mentally stimulating in its own way and he loved having a built-in community #comradery goes a long way toward making something enjoyable and that’s more or less what he has at the hotel

[bloodhaven99]

Thinking about what Haytham would be like in the 1940s…

#I’ve been thinking wtf the assassins and templars were doing during wwi and wwii #and then it devolved into Haytham in dress uniform #smh I’m so bad #haven says things #haytham kenway #assassin's creed #text post