#some of these pieces have a history

[callisteios]

I have a new uquiz for you, go on a pilgrimage with me. discover who you are.

#don't you want to go on a nice medieval pilgrimage? #don't you want to rest a little? answer some questions? learn something about yourself? #this was originally a pentiment medieval quiz and now it's this #it's pretty good imo though. i had a lot of fun researching it #yes there really is a biblio. ill write it up soon but its parts of the pentiment biblio plus some stuff i found myself #really thank you to everyone who made pentiment. you know how sometimes you find a piece of art at exactly the right time? #well i discovered pentiment just as my interests perfectly intersected with it. (those interests being history historiography and grief) #have fun etc. tag your results #that's always great #quiz #uquiz #pentiment #medieval #mine #sorry for being absent for a bit. holidays kind of suck #sorry abbie i couldnt fit the saw bathroom in thisone. i couldn't think of a way to do it naturally #i listened to SAVED! and SINNER GET READY the entire time i was writing this so yeah there's a ref. sue me

[literallyaflame]

“abuser” is not a type of person—rather, “abuse” is a pattern of behavior. this is an important distinction to make because humans are inconsistent. they might abuse one person, but not another; their abusive behaviors might end; in an otherwise “good” person, they might begin.

this is why terms like “narc abuse” and “borderline abuse” tend to be useless exercises in demonizing mentally ill people. the terms feel useful to people who have dealt with certain patterns of abuse, but ultimately, it places the blame on a disorder—or, really, on a mythical subtype of Bad Person—rather than commenting on the offensive patterns of behavior themselves. those patterns can manifest themselves in anyone, to varying degrees, under various circumstances. also, it’s not like “this disorder places a strain on the patient’s relationships” is a unique situation, the same is true of many other diagnoses

the reality is that people lie and cheat and demean and abuse for a billion different reasons. some do so maliciously, while others do so without fully realizing. sometimes, a person’s abusive behavior might have something to do with a personality disorder; sometimes it doesn’t

it is very easy to be normal about this! and we better fucking start soon, because at this point, we’ve flooded the internet with shitty “how to deal with EVIL NARCISSISTS!!1!” quora posts and now it’s almost impossible to search for help if you or a loved one has a cluster b personality disorder

#i dont have a pd but i have a severe history w mental illness and some of my friends DO have pds #and every time i’m like ‘oh boy how can i help’ the internet collectively says #’how to DEAL WITH this EVIL PIECE OF SHIT until you can finally CUT THEM OUT’ #and i’m like. dude. they literally aren’t abusing me #why are you being such a fucking asshole

[stuckinapril]

Started my morning off by indulgently reading a book about Palestinian history for two hours straight when I should have been studying instead….. and it was so peaceful

#actual history? devoid of the shitty tumblr think pieces?????? I was in heaven. #and now I have to crunch 827272 different flash cards before I leave the house but that is fine #I strongly recommend this btw like life feels better when you’re relying on actual citations / credible information #vs what some chronically online dum dum has to say about something they know nothing about #this also goes without saying but look up the credentials of the person who wrote the book obviously #I actually had to take a whole class about this but it was in the context of scientific literature

[amarisrosalette]

just for your reminder, mondstadt literally means "moon city". moon being "mond" and city as "stadt". fyi on why i'm talking about this is because i am a literal moon enthusiast and whenever i come across this thought in my head i think "wow. my favoritest city in my favoritest game is really named after my most favoritest thing to look at." and then it just ends up strengthening my love for mondstadt even more

just wondering if there are any mondstadt enthusiasts who are also fellow moon enjoyers? plus points if you're a lore enthusiast because i REALLY wanna know the lore and origin behind mondstadt's name.

#genshin impact #mondstadt #mondstadt genshin #genshin lore #and not to mention my online name is literally amaris #which means child of the moon #that is how obssessed with the moon i am #like can venti just drop some lore to us because i'm really starting to get the vibes that mondstadt is related to the moon/lunar palace #like. mondstadt and lunar palace lore when #once again mihoyo is gatekeeping us some precious lore of them places #i also think its because either mondstadts earliest founders has a relation with one of the moon sisters? #maybe one of the moon sisters named it or its true founder named it after them #could this hint to the fact that mondstadt is much older than we think it is? #despite how isolated it was during the reign of decarabian? #like we only ever get to have mondstadt's lore form until decarabians reign until the aristocracy #not just from what we're first introduced in the cutscenes but in the books and lore pieces that we get from the game #i wonder if there is a deeper history that extends from even far beyond decarabians reign #like besides #what was decarabian doing even before he reigned mondstadt? how did he even get that position? #and once again my ramblings all circle back to venti #i hope carmen dei act II will give us some huge lore bomb about mondstadt's origins and it's name #plus the moon sisters #and pleaspleapselpaase decarabian lore i'm so fascinated with this god #like yeah ik he's a tyrannical ruler but please #ok im done

[1000sunnygo]

//Manga spoilers ahead

The next op academy chapter title is "My only little brother" and I can sense the feels already

That aside with a couple hours left until ep. 1093 preview, I wish they give Law justice because this might be the last time Law would have a proper combat ever

#the loss was so big i don't know if law would even feel the same from here onwards #no hat no ship no crew - does he have his sword? #he'll probably only do history digging from now on #also re: op acamdemy - i got some light spoilers of something that might've happened at the end of the chapter #seems like a good chapter ahead #one piece manga spoiler #trafalgar law #donquixote corazon #donquixote rosinante #donquixote doflamingo #one piece #one piece academy

[fictionadventurer]

Me: Is this Farmer Boy sequel written in 2012 really going to be able to feel like a legitimate follow-up to the style and atmosphere of the original, or is it just another modern cash-grab?

Heather Williams, on page 2: Best of all, he knew that fall meant crispy spareribs and sweet cider and hot roasted potatoes with melting butter and all the pumpkin pie he could eat.

Me: ....it looks like I can trust you. Carry on.

#little house #farmer boy goes west #i'm about halfway through and i'm fairly impressed #she seems to be making a legitimate effort to match some of the stylistic quirks of the original #there are pieces that are anachronistic or too modern #or elements that fit better into the laura books than the almanzo one #(mrs. wilder of farmer boy would not give an explanation of the history of jenny lind trunks even though caroline ingalls would) #there is a lot of focus on food (good) #perhaps a bit too much focus on horses (he wouldn't spend *all* his time thinking about starlight) #the throughline of 'what does he want to be' is stupid when we know he wants to be a farmer #the parents feel less old-fashioned than they did in the original #the sibling dynamics are pretty good (especially with alice) #there are some things that are fun in light of the later books but aren't obnoxious wink wink style foreshadowing #the author's note makes it clear that she did try to do her research and stick to real history and to laura's heavily altered timeline #and i can totally forgive her for a really shoehorned in conversation #because when you find out that the future founder of sears was in spring valley at the same time as almanzo #you *have* to stick that in no matter how clunky it is

[semiotomatics]

think i found a fake georgia o'keeffe painting lol

#this has been an original post #personal spewage #like. not a real painting someone is trying to pass off as a georgia o'keeffe #just. an image online that is being credited as by her #but not only do i suspect it's not. i don't even know where it _is_ from #like i think it might've been created just to be attributed to her? or something? #like this might be one of those things where it made the leap from physical sources to digital and lost its citations along the way or w/e #but uhhhh. i don't think so #the earliest reference to it i could find was in 2007 on a random art history site (not affiliated w any actual organization/museum/etc) #after that it's all. freaking. pinterest/instagram/tumblr #anyway i emailed the georgia o'keeffe museum abt it. hopefully they get back to me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #this matters to me okay! i love her work! #i hate that when everyone sees one of her pieces all they think is “hur dur that looks like a vag” #a) that was not her intention and b) jesus christ can you think with something other than your reproductive organs for five fucking minutes #yes some things in nature are going to look phallic and/or yonic #you can have a good chuckle over it but then _move on_ #not everything is about sex/sexuality/the human body #sometimes ppl just want to paint pretty flowers #-sigh- #anyway #that's been my crusade today

[karamazovposting]

Considering tattoos became fashionable between European aristocrats in the late 19th century and Tsar Nicholas II himself had a massive dragon tattoo on his right arm (that he got done during a trip in Nagasaki in the early 1890s), it's not completely anachronistic to imagine Dmitri Karamazov as having one or multiple tattoos.

Do whatever you want with this information, I'm just saying.

#I feel the need to justify this knowledge of mine because I do hate monarchies but #I have many tattoos and I find the history of tattooing very interesting #many people think that back in the day in non-indigenous cultures tattoos were only a prisoners and sailors thing but no! #tattoos have always had artistic/spiritual/cultural value across the world and regardless of the time period #we have direct proof that humans have been getting tattoos since the Bronze Age how cool is that #anyway as for the tsar there are pictures of him with his sleeve rolled up where you can see the tattoo #and he talks about it in a diary of his #he said the tattooing session lasted from 9 pm to 4 am and while he liked the tattoo #he said going through that experience once discouraged him from ever getting tattooed again (lmao) #he wasn't the only tattooed member of the Russian royal family either #for some reason this piece of lore popped up in my mind again after years so here it is #the brothers karamazov #dmitri karamazov #mine

[frogteethblogteeth]

Smoking suit, Great Britain, c. 1906

#appears to have been made out of handkerchief silk as the pattern is not continuous #i think that is why there are some seams in weird places #because it might have been made using smaller pieces of fabric that needed to be sewn together rather than cut out of one large piece #smoking suits were meant to be worn informally at evenings at home #I think this is one of the most interesting ones I've seen #I think generally 1900s British mens fashion doesn't interest me much #but I think with any period in fashion history there are interesting things to be found if you look hard enough #menswear #smoking suits #smoking jackets #textiles #silk #suits #jackets #trousers #1900s #edwardian #britain #europe #fashion #historical fashion

[penwrythe]

Learning how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable is important. I'm genuinely not okay when I hear, see, and research more about the genocide happening in Gaza, the history of Israel's founding, and its terroristic actions. It is important for me to know.

Taking short breaks (usually a couple of hours or so) does help when things get too much. Then, I return and continue engaging with reblogs on Palestine.

I really don't know what else to say, but this genocide must end. All genocides must end and must never happen again. Keep talking about Palestine, Armenia, Congo, and Sudan! Keep protesting! Keep fighting!

What is important now is to be as loud as you can be! Raise ruckus! Make your voice unavoidable! Be as annoying as possible! Do not let your representatives ignore this!

#// vent #// vent in tags #also eat butt biden you piece of shit I hope you don't get elected #no possibility of a ceasefire my ass WHAT THE HELL IS FUCKING STOPPING YOU FROM CALLING A CEASEFIRE #HOSPITALS SCHOOLS AND PLACES OF WORSHIP WERE BOMBED #YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PROTESTING AROUND THE WORLD AND FROM THIS COUNTRY DO YOU NOT FUCKING HEAR THEM #Jewish protesters were arrested too; how does their protesting against Israel warrant arrest?? #Some of them were also doxxed and harassed but they protesting is bad somehow okay I have serious questions about this #they do not want this at all; why are we arresting them?? #what are we fucking doing? Denying someone's right to freedom of protest. Freedom of speech. For saying stop killing people. #god forbid the marginalized rise up and raise our voices once we understand what happened to us and what will happen to others #we all stand together we will see a better world; a world we finally be free #but that means the US needs to really take a bit of time to really realize it's own history and learn from it for once #how the hell I got here? What happened to my people? I read the stories of slaves who barely survived the boats on the way here #....annnd I remember that some history books in the South omit that part. What's up with that? #And the Native Genocide here too? The broken promises the US made to steal more land and kill more people #Why this keeps repeating??? #palestine #tw colonialism #genocide

[swordmaid]

yves is soooo cute….. she will be experiencing catastrophic amount of horrors and despair later <3

#i gave her a facial scar I think it’s fitting esp with the kressa stuff…! #in my head she looks more messy… like lipstick smudged all over her mouth + chin … red tear stains and tattoos smeared on her cheeks #also her hair is def more choppy. like it was up to her knees before now it’s brushing her shoulders but it looks like someone hacked it #off with a knife and there’s some pieces that are still long but currently it is choppy and unkempt #and the white roots is growing too..! the black is just a dye #I really want to draw post crash yves bc she’s waking around wearing rags and in barefoot #while looking like she got a really bad hungover 😭 I’m wondering why they teamed up with her #I also like the idea that it’s in the second night that she looks at her reflection again #and she realised she had forgotten what she looked like. and now looking at her reflection she looks like a mess and there’s clearly #history there but she doesn’t know if she should uncover it or not. (like why does she have tears tattooed on her face???) #and she tries to clean herself up and make herself look more presentable but she still looks really rough lol #she gets more cleaner gradually… but post crash yves… it’s so bad for her #shut up about bg3. #bg3

[six-of-ravens]

think I've figured out what bugs me so much about Natasha Pulley's work - every female character who could potentially interfere with the ~gay couple~ is portrayed in a negative light

#there's something else about it that bugs me too. like. something about her depiction of history... #i started the kingdoms and im trying to puzzle out why it's not really working for me #also i swear this author KEEPS GIVING HER GAY CHARACTERS WIVES for NO REASON #she literally just wants to portray the wives as bitches #but like. WHY ADD THEM?? WHY MAKE ALICE JOE'S WIFE??? #she did that and then immediately went 'well alice is a rapist and a bad mother then!!' like girl. you could have just made them like #co-inhabitants of this house. and not married. and Lily could be related to Joe in some other way if you NEED a kid... #idk. im still bitter about pepperharrow lol where the eofe finally started being treated like a human and not a fucking chess piece #and then killed herself for her husband basically. SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO DIE. THERE WERE A TON OF SOLUTIONS!! #but no. we can't have sweet baby Mori having a wife after he ran away to England to live with his gay lover nooooooo #WHY EVEN MAKE HIM MARRIED JUST SO YOU CAN KILL HIS WIFE OFF. SHE COULD'VE BEEN HIS HOUSEKEEPER OR SMTH #this has gotten away from me. I just don't like it tho. #if there were any female characters that were portrayed positively though and not treated like a Threat to the Gay I'd feel better #but there aren't so far #unless you count the absentee Madeline #the only female character treated well so far is Joe's daughter Lily and she's two

[scarletiswailing347]

i cant find it anymore but this one post i read about zam caring about lifesteal for lifesteals sake while nobody else really does that inspired an au for me lol

#mine.txt #right as i was about to reblog it the page died #the joys (sarcastic) of having shit college internet #its also inspired by the many novels throughout history that present themselves as love stories #but are actually revolutionary/anti colonialism/nationalistic inntrospection pieces in disguise #im still workshopping it but its basically a neo-noir au where zams gf which is actually a stand in for lifesteal mysteriously dies and #zam not believing that she killed herself decides to investigate what happened himself #and along the way gets some other ppl to help him too #planet is also included in this cause his nosey ass is perfect for the story #its also princetech but im still trying to decide if im gonna base it on their ks dynamic or their ls dynamic or some kind of mixture #probs mixture ngl #also trying to decide if i should include pentar and jumper in the team of ppl wholl help zam out or not #also trying to decide if i should make it cyberpunk as a funny haha this is whats in store for zams future if he really meant it when he #said that hell keep playing on ls even when nobody else does #or if should just make it modern to keep it more grounded #so yeah a Lot of workshopping still

[niishi]

I realized my disconnect when it comes to talking about one piece, and why I always say I like talking to dudebros more even if they're the worst... Is, I like to analyze literature. I like to analyze the source material and the canonic information. Shipping and stuff is for fun but I see it separately. The intersect bc canon inspires fanon but fanon CANNOT change canon.. I don't mix the two things especially not when I'm doing analysis... So I'll say things that are factual and ppl who are stuck in their headcanons or personal biases will think I'm saying something bad. What I'm saying isn't good or bad. It's not judgmental of the character I'm talking about. Nor is it a bias bc I like them/dislike them. I'm analyzing odas writing and his intentions as an author and what he's trying to say and portray. Most ppl online are too caught up in headcanons and personal bias while having no media comprehension and they think that I'm attacking their made up fanon stuff..... Noooo..... You're over there playing pretend and I'm over here doing analysis. We are not doing remotely near the same activity. They don't always need to intersect. Anyways it's hard to have genuine analytical conversations with ppl fully indulged in fandom and fanon. The only group of ppl who doesn't do that are dudebros but also... They get hung up on other stuff that doesn't matter too. Idkkkkkkkkk.

#ppl have said im an irl bootlicker bc i like garp #and that i think sabo is a horrible person and hate him bc i said hes a terrorist #garp is an amazingly written character #he has so much purpose and nuance #ace was used as a plot device to further his and luffys story #period #idc how much any of u like ace that doesnt wash away the intentions of the author #sabo IS a terrorist. by definition. so is luffy. #thats not me saying i hate them #canonically in the one piece universe #they commit acts of terror on large governing systems #luffy has left countries destroyed and in lawlessness bc they no longer have a governing system to oversee them #and just like most americans #theyd rather live in comfortable ignorance than be extremist and change the situation #and guess who takes care of them after luffy does this? not luffy #the marines. #oda is writing a story thats way too fucking smart for some of you #performative activist types who cant even fathom reading anarchy or history books #some of you have no ability to comprehend media in the least bit #im just tired of me analyzing media and ppl with peanut brains getting offended bc i said something factual and truthful #about their fave #when what I'm saying was fully intended to come across that way by the author #dont come and play dolls all over my analysis

[marzipanandminutiae]

You made a post stating that pierced ears weren’t accepted in America from the 20s to 60s, but I was under the impression that many women, esp in the 40s and 50s, often wore classic Pearl or diamond stud earrings. Have I been deceived by Hollywood again?? :c

Clip-ons and screw-backs, my dear Anon!

(Screw-back earrings, c. 1950s)

Piercing your ears was frowned upon, but wearing earrings remained wildly popular. I don't understand the logic here, since it looks functionally identical to wearing pierced earrings in practice, but apparently that was A-okay.

Earring clamped onto your ear? Fine! That exact same earring going through your ear? DIRTY AND/OR FOREIGN HARLOT.

Make it make sense.

(Pierced earrings DID still exist, since some women- for cultural or personal reasons -bucked the zeitgeist. But they were by far the less common of the two options.)

(Also, clips and screw-backs hurt in my experience. Like. You have your ear pinched in a vise for as long as you're wearing them, basically. My mom, born 1953, remembers Grandma taking her clip earrings off the second she got home from a party, always. And yet I saw clips advertised as "torture-free" earrings in a 1930s ad. Yes, skip the torture of like 30 seconds with a needle for the comfort and ease of clamping something heavy onto your ear with sheer pressure, all day long.)

(The whole "pierced ears bad" fad makes about the least sense to me of any fashion-related historical Hot Take.)

#ask #anon #history #vintage #fashion history #earrings #ear piercing #xenophobia #my least favorite is when they converted perfectly lovely Georgian and Victorian earrings to screw-back #thanks for giving me extra steps you weirdos #modern period pieces probably use vintage-style pierced earrings since most of the actresses likely have pierced ears #which could give rise to some confusion #ironically it's accurate for like...Victorian period dramas #but not most things set c. 1925-1960 #the Crimson Peak ladies probably did have pierced ears and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel probably didn't

[crepuscularqueens]

miranda's green dress haters... perish.

#'it's not historically accurate!!!' idc it's hot #to be clear <- guy who took history of costume design classes. i am aware. have you considered she looks so hot though? #(also black sails is a show that is doing so much about telling of tales and evoking the sense of idealized memory in these sequences...) #(i think it's intentional. there are other wardrobe aspects in show that aren't entirely accurate either but it's okay) #(the point comes across to the audience. it's supposed to be like a play! it's supposed to be!) #the point was to give her a dress that she looks fucking stunning in. mission accomplished be a loser somewhere else #god idk the mission to get all wardrobe in films and drama series to be entirely historically accurate is kind of exhausting to me #it should evoke the era. sure. in some dramas it is more important than others it really depends what kind of story you're telling. #in this show its a set piece it sets the scene it's helping tell the story on another level than simply this is the exact year it is #you're so boring im sorry. you simply didn't get it.