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Okay but can we talk about the most buckwild claim, which is that francoist Spain was the only Third Reich satelite (okay, not a satelite, I'll get to it) that fought the USSR during WWII?! FOUR more Nazi satellites had boots on the ground - Romania, Slovakštát (spit on the groud), Hungary and Ustaše Croatia; plus Finland, a democratic country that was kinda, sorta, not really allied with Germany in their own beef with USSR for their own reasons, and Italy, which was mostly independent at first, though ofc a founding member of the Axis. AND THAT'S JUST THE EASTERN FRONT POST-BARBAROSSA. USSR very much engaged in other operations, like the occupation of Manchuria at the end of the war. Hoptová* would tear @a-krogan-skald-and-bearsark limb from limb in a bacchae-like frenzy and then fail his ass HARD.

*Hoptová teaches us courses concerning world history in the 20th century. Let's just say she's anything but lax or benevolent.

I think this has been posted on here before but this one always makes me laugh

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Girl, help, my boy is getting starring roles in Turkish shows and movies and respectable bit parts in Italian ones, but he still craves Hollywood enough to do THIS.

Random but Mehmet Günsur asking to be killed off popular Turkish show because he wasn't the main character and so he could star in a Z-list American slasher that absolutely no one saw and has a 0% ratings on Rotten Tomatoes is so something the Mustafa in my rewrite project would do

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Every girl in The Decameron is the best girl if you're brave enough. Yes, even Pampinea. ESPECIALLY Pampinea. I thought we support women's wrongs here, huh? Well, there has never been a woman more wrong than Pampinea!

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Wait, no, forget what I said, no spoilers, but Stratilia *was* pursued by someone who you could maybe call cool. I mean, he was rich, handsome and got the pussy, even if that's where his list of possitive qualities ends. Okay, Stratilia it is! Go watch The Decameron, love.

Do you guys know any other character like Nigar that I can project onto? (But with a better and more satisfying story).

She should be:

An adult. Preferably in her 20s or 30s.

Not upper class, preferably a servant but a governess or a factory worker etc. would work too.

SMART

Sexy

Not ugly but also not conventionally attractive.

Her antagonist is a more beautiful and richer woman and she DEFEATS her.

She is loved by a character I would find cool. Preferably has sex with him or her. If the love interest is a man, I would prefer a self-made man.

Either ethnically-ambiguous or not-white. I don't want blondes or redheads or Bella Swan type brunettes. A Middle Eastern or an East Asian woman would be my preference. I will project onto her and this matters to me, sorry.

Not an angel but also not a villain.

She can have a happy ending or a tragic ending but it should be an ending that makes sense and feels cathartic.

She should be a bit of a surprise attack. Like when the love interest chooses her, people should ask "He chose HER?".

She should not be in a BookTok smut romance novel or in any badly-written book. She should not be in a video game or a manga or a comic book. She CAN be in a bad or trashy TV show as long as her arc in particular is satisfying.

Generally I would prefer her to be from a well-written book or from a TV show. But a film would also be fine.

I guess I want someone like Jane Eyre but less white and sexier?

I guess I will never fully get over Nigar because she just is tailor-made for me to project onto and to obsess over and to over-analyze, but I am looking for alternatives because her being shittily-written makes me too sad to be worth it at this point.

This is a genuine post btw. Give me recommendations.

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Stratilia from The Decameron is your woman, except for the "loved by a cool character" part (because her bf is in fact pretty lame). Also Licisca, except for the "woman of colour or at least ethnically ambiguous" part. Look, girl, if you could bend those rigid criteria a little, The Decameron could be an absolute paradise of girls that fit at least some of the above.

Do you guys know any other character like Nigar that I can project onto? (But with a better and more satisfying story).

She should be:

An adult. Preferably in her 20s or 30s.

Not upper class, preferably a servant but a governess or a factory worker etc. would work too.

SMART

Sexy

Not ugly but also not conventionally attractive.

Her antagonist is a more beautiful and richer woman and she DEFEATS her.

She is loved by a character I would find cool. Preferably has sex with him or her. If the love interest is a man, I would prefer a self-made man.

Either ethnically-ambiguous or not-white. I don't want blondes or redheads or Bella Swan type brunettes. A Middle Eastern or an East Asian woman would be my preference. I will project onto her and this matters to me, sorry.

Not an angel but also not a villain.

She can have a happy ending or a tragic ending but it should be an ending that makes sense and feels cathartic.

She should be a bit of a surprise attack. Like when the love interest chooses her, people should ask "He chose HER?".

She should not be in a BookTok smut romance novel or in any badly-written book. She should not be in a video game or a manga or a comic book. She CAN be in a bad or trashy TV show as long as her arc in particular is satisfying.

Generally I would prefer her to be from a well-written book or from a TV show. But a film would also be fine.

I guess I want someone like Jane Eyre but less white and sexier?

I guess I will never fully get over Nigar because she just is tailor-made for me to project onto and to obsess over and to over-analyze, but I am looking for alternatives because her being shittily-written makes me too sad to be worth it at this point.

This is a genuine post btw. Give me recommendations.

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Oh, absolutely do! I mean, it's fine for little kids, but for an adult Sisi enjoyer, it's either the worst or the best thing you've ever seen. Metternich is still alive and in power. He also looks like a mummy of Disney's Frollo, put in 19th century clothes in some sick necromantic ritual. Nene is not Sisi's sister, also she looks and acts like a generic soap opera/shoujo villainess. Similarly, archduchess Sophie is just as evil as she was in Die Kaiserin. Franz isn't an emperor, an admittedly minor change for a man for whom the throne was merely HIS ENTIRE PERSONALITY. There is some evil count that looks like the villain from Disney's Tarzan crossed with Gaston from Beauty and the Beast. I don't remember what his deal was, I think some "an orphanage needs saving from him" type of thing. Franzjoseph's only brother in this show is Karl. Then again, I am like 50% sure there's some ship tease between him and Sisi during the many, many times she and Franz were torn apart by cruel fate. There's some little boy in lederhosen and a pet squirrel. I think he was from the orphanage. I don't remember particullar plot points, but I know it was basically a child-friendly soap opera, a very funny concept if you ask me.

Hey, I know you talk about TV series and films about Empress Elisabeth, but I’m curious—have you ever watched the 1997 animated series Princess Sissi? 😂 I used to watch it as a child, and that’s what sparked my fascination with everything about Elisabeth. It’s hardly accurate, but it’s so nostalgic for me, and I still love it!

Hello! No, I haven't - though my older sister did, once I mentioned Elisabeth to her and she recognized her for the cartoon lol. As it aired here when I was a baby I missed it; I only learned about the series when I became interested in the real Elisabeth. One day I'll watch it because I'm a Sisi media completationist, I just haven't gotten around to it yet.

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Mom pick me up girlies are once again using the word capitalism in a way that means "the greed of man".

Also not to say anything, but it is genuinely insane to lament the greed of men (or "capitalists" or what have you) over... McDonalds places opting for a sleeker, more stripped-down design. Like this would be an insane thing to say even about a visual downgrade of McDonalds places, but the newer ones actually look BETTER???

Also, also! This seems to me like the symptom of a different phenomenon entirely: the death of themed McDonalds. Like we don't have themed McDonald's where I am from, so I can't tell exactly, but I think this is the case of a former themed McDonald's being transformed into a regular venue. Which could actually be a more cogent way of criticizing their business practices, or hell capitalism itself if you want! You could spin this as a corporation stripping down a popular feature that makes money (note: I do not in fact know if themed McDonald's actually make money, I am speaking hypothetically) just because it doesn't make *enough* money! I am not a strict anticapitalist, so not really my circus or monkeys but good God, can't the actual anticapitalists at least TRY???

This is how any corporation functions. First, increasing profits is done by attracting more customers. Then, once they have all the customers they're going to get, increasing profits is done by increasing prices or cutting costs.

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Čo je hrozná vec, pretože Matovičova vláda bol vtip, na ktorom ste sa mohli smiať aspoň prvý raz.

Matovičov vtip o tom, že Blaha mydlil barana vydržal dlhšie ako jeho vláda.

Zdroj:

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Look! This dude doesn't know the difference between a tumblrina and redditor!

rip crown prince rudolf, you would've been a hit on tumblr.

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Au contraire, Rudolf wouldn't touch tumblr with a ten foot pole. My man was a born redditor. He'd be a jewel of any science-oriented subreddit, mayhaps even a treasured admin (I mean look at how well he was doing on Kronprinzwerk), but still a redditor with everything that implies.

Ofc this is about irl Rudolf, I haven't seen the musical, so it's possible that one checks out.

rip crown prince rudolf, you would've been a hit on tumblr.

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I am not going to go all cynical and say *all* girldads are a lie. But there's a vast contingent of men who would like to believe their favourite child is a daughter, but because she's a woman and they are, at the end of the day, still misogynist, they do not actually care about her the way they do for other men, including their sons. They do not respect her, they do not truly pay attention to her feelings, and they would never truly put her needs first. They are friendly towards her, spare her the expectations they place on her brothers and indulge her when they feel like it, but in the end, their daughter is still a woman and thus worthy of less consideration. They prefer her over sons, because those challenge their authority, and that in their eyes is the greatest sin their child can commit.

This post is not based on any real person, though I don't doubt this is a type of person that exists. It's a hate letter to show!Süleyman I. and old Gattopardo.

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Can I just say what a great historical blog you are running! Tumblr randomly put you on my feed, and as a Hungarian, I was a little hesitant at first, but after a short (and very normal) scrolling session on your blog, hats off to you that you see and talk about history in a very matter-of-fact and nuanced way. It was truly refreshing.

Oh, wow, thanks! *blushes*

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Minette Watches: Il Gattopardo Mondays (in Tuesday) (3/6)

So, so sorry you guys for not watching Il Gattopardo this Monday, I was busy with school and junk. Anyway, onto my thoughts on this episode because BOY OH BOY

Oh, so you have a breakdown of traditional society leading to a "benevolent", or at least playing by the established rules aristocrat displaces by the worst sort of capitalist, meaning that in the short term, societal progress is actually net negative for the lower classes? *MORAL ECONOMY INTENSIFIES*

On the whole, I don't think Sedara's inclusion is bad per se, again this was actually a Kind of Guy in history, but it does make me worry about a potential whitewashing of Gattopardo. Because this guy is better than Sedara, much like Bobby B is better than Ramsay Bolton, but good God he's by no means a good person, or even a capable bad person. Legit, he's been coasting solely on his wealth, linneage and swagger (for which Kim Rossi Stuart deserves all the credit in the world), and now that he actually has to fight for something, all he can muster are strategic retreats at best. Say what you will about Tancredi, but at least he's actually willing to pick up a rifle for something he believes in, even if he's half motivated by daddy issues towards his uncle! There's also the fact that he doesn't abuse his wife, "merely" neglects, cheats on her and doesn't even have the common decency to even try to pleasure her sexually. He doesn't outright groom his daughter to be a perfect little himedere seductress, "merely" is grossly negligent towards her. And the less said about his political opinions, the better, honestly.

The Sedara voter fraud is confusing af, in a sense that I absolutely don't get what point it serves. As a demonstration of Sedara's scummyness? Because that hasn't been demonstrated enough??? As a commetary on the unification of Italy? Because of something this one gross dude did in this one town? The most likely answer is proving Gattopardo right in his assertion that poor uneducated Sicilians can't handle their elections, which. They literally spoke against voter fraud, what the fuck?! They seem pretty stoked that their voice actually matters, and well aware of how to use it, lemme tell you!

Okay, I get that it's supposed to be a powergrab by Sedara, but it's very funny that Gattopardo is shocked, shocked I tell you, that someone else dares to donate to HIS convent???

Oh wow, I sure do love losing all sympathy for Gattopardo's wife! Like ngl, judgy older woman is my least favourite type of character since good old Ayşe Hafsa, and trashtalking the manners of a battered wife from impoverished family hits that neuralgic spot HARD. Seriously, fuck you. You and your stupid husband deserve each other.

Now, where to start with the love triangle subplot? Well, probably with Angelica. While we've seen kernels of a personality peaking trough her Hot and Mysterious façade, she's mostly just a standard sexy himedere and I can only attribute Tacredi's eagerness to ditch Concetta for her to his rather unsubstantiated hope that she can accept him at his ugliest and nastiest, which Concetta can't. And it is in fact unsubstantiated, because a) he actually doesn't know Angelica that well; b) Concetta would absolutely accept him at his ugliest and nastiest, if he only communicated with her, tried to appologize, make ammends, that sort of thing. Miscommunication for the win, as usual. And while I get that he's partly motivated by daddy issues towards Gattopardo, that is ALSO a bad reason to ditch he so far had fantastic repour with. Not sure whether to blame the watsonian side (Tancredi is an idiot) or doylist (the Angelica-Tancredi relationship just isn't very well-developed) side of this whole affair, either way I don't like it. Anyway, hope Concetta is able to get over him, maybe marries the hot colonel.

I am also lowkey shipping her with Angelica, because one thing about me is that I have a weakness for not only Pair The Suitors, but also "Becky vs Stacy no, Becky x Stacy yes". You see two contrasting female characters, angel and devil, madonna and whore, Dark Feminine and Light Feminine. I see a girl who deserves a good fingering and another who is just the woman to do it in this horrible repressed society.

Oh, so you mean. Tancredi wants Angelica, because she's the only thing that Gattopardo "didn't have first" (yes, I know, a pretty misogynist sentiment, but I guess I can lowkey forgive him, because he, too, Lives In a Society and all that). And said uncle, who is so determined to maintain control over him he negotiates the marriage with Sedara himself. That guy also lusts after Angelica... I swear to God, Gattopardo and Angelica have the chance to do the funniest thing possible. Would serve Tancredi right for abandoning Concetta for a random himedere, too.

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Tak som rozmýšľala, že urobím Sexyman turnaj (po vzore Napoleonic Sexyman Tournament, skutočnej veci čo sa naozaj koná na tejto sociálnej sieti) pre štúrovcov, ale nemyslím, že účasť by bola valná, navyše všetci vieme, že by to nakoniec aj tak vyhral Francisci.

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Listening to The Decameron soundtrack and MY GOD I COMPLETELY FORGOT HOW FUCKING GOOD IT IS??? And it feels strangely fitting that there's this stunningly beautiful renaissance pastiche melody on it that is literally called Sex Den. My only regret is that all the tracks are so damn short, all of them are under 3 minutes, a lot of them only a minute or so.