#'cause it's historical

[my-skull-is-full-of-sunken-ships]

Prigozhin and his assassin's gang started a riot and occupied russian Rostov-on-Don in one night. I don't even have a meme for this.

What a day, huh.

[marzipanandminutiae]

I hate "it's not trying to be accurate!" arguments for historical fiction or historically-inspired fantasy clothing choices that just. don't make sense logistically

why is that girl in Br*dgerton tightlacing her stays? what is she reducing- her upper ribcage? not only can you not tightlace in those (hand-bound eyelets can't usually take that strain, in my experience), but there's no reason to because your waistline is under your boobs. and unlike most of the series, they actually commit to the empire waistline for the court presentation gowns. small waists don't matter when NOBODY IS SEEING YOUR WAIST

why no chemise, in so many productions? fantasy/lack of concern for accuracy can't make things not chafe. chafing is not a matter of accuracy; it's a physical reality. did a wizard give everybody in the kingdom Anti-Chafing Spells?

just because you don't WANT a linen underlayer beneath a medieval tunic doesn't mean sweat won't get to outer garments and damage them- or make them need laundering, which weakens the fibers -at a time when all clothing is handmade, custom-fitted, and created from hand-woven fabrics and thus a HUGE investment

you're not just throwing accuracy to the winds as a design choice; you're ignoring How Textiles And Bodies And the Realities of Your Technology Level's Fabric and Laundering Capabilities Work

[mike-wachowski]

reblog and tag ur answer so I can see please :)

[father-killjoy]

As someone who’s lived in the Deep South their whole life, this drawing of Engie as a lil kid personally offends me.

I don’t know who that boy is, cause I know for a fact Engie was a chubby lil redneck child shooting at beercans and small animals with a BB gun he built himself.

[mysterycitrus]

tom taylor has truly rotted online disk horse cause wdym people are seriously upset that during an event where heroes lose their powers this guy is the one who starts ordering people around

he’s very bossy and likes being in charge. no of fence but ofc he’s going to lead instead of flash on a motorbike or an aquaman who can’t swim

[ammonitetheseaserpent]

Something something abt how a clown’s whole thing is to make themselves the butt of the joke and take everything thrown at them while a jester’s whole thing is to freely call out & ridicule the king however they choose something something…

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

We've noted previously that Palestinians and their groupies love to hijack any cause just to turn it into a vehicle to attack Israel. Anti-racism, climate, oceans, women's rights, children's rights...the list goes on. Palestinians join world bodies tackling real problems just so they can make speeches and write papers about how Israel is the enemy of every social movement. 

No doubt this irritates people who are dedicated to their causes.  They are willing to tolerate it because they think that the alternative - being harassed forever - is not worth the hassle.

But one comment about the AHA resolution struck me as being true, and accurate for all of these causes. 

“If this vote succeeds, it will destroy the A.H.A.,” Jeffrey Herf, a professor emeritus of history at the University of Maryland and one of five historians who spoke against the resolution on Sunday, told me. “At that point, public opinion and political actors outside the academy will say that the A.H.A. has become a political organization and they’ll completely lose trust in us. Why should we believe anything they have to say about slavery or the New Deal or anything else?”  

Already the Middle East Studies Association lost several schools as affiliates when they were taken over by Israel haters. A number of others dropped their association with the American Anthropological  Association after their own July 2023 anti-Israel resolution. Alternative academic groups are forming. 

The single-minded obsession with Israel, which is today's flavor of antisemitism. doesn't just hurt Jews. It hurts everyone who adopts its stances. 

Any good that is being done in academia, in the field of social justice, and in international forums to combat problems that transcend national boundaries is endangered by the Jew-haters who try to make every cause about Israel. Unfortunately, those fields and forums themselves are so filled with the modern antisemites that anyone pointing this out would be threatened with expulsion from the group. 

[callsign-coolsquirrel]

The General's Daughter

@g-backto505

[p3ach-bun]

“I have you here to fix it for me ..”

[kairennart]

And the true power here… is a little more complicated than that.

For the Black Sails 10th anniversary week: Favorite story arc.

[royaltea000]

they should scissor

[keithphobic]

renheng historical au: dan heng

[pythiaswine]

all those guilty of loving this man too much say "aye"

[cookiepie111]

Inspired by @yeyinde got me thinking about regency era simon . I blacked out and wrote this. Simon x black reader. Not proofread

That questionable man that follows Mr price everywhere, the one that spoke 3 times in house when Mr. Price and his wife were away, managed to somehow disgust all the maids and servant men.

It seems you got the short end of the stick. You're the one he needs something. A drink, finding a room, a cut arm.

He's Got you cornered at the edge of the servants kitchen, presenting a bleeding hand. The servants dont make it past the door when they see his back, opting to leave him and the poor you pressed up against him.

The man's cut all over from things worse than severing knife, he'd be fine, just wrap some cloth around it. But that's no good he wouldn't have your soft hands pressing down a little too hard on the wound, wouldn't get to sit so close to you taking in all the shades of brown in your face and the smell the sweet orange perfume Mrs price gave you. He thanks you with a kiss to neck, something you told him to stop too many times before.

He's safe, it's John's maid he's messing him, if ghost asks, john will present you so nicely to him and even pay for the wedding. Only he's wrong, your Mrs. Price maid so when you cry to her about the nasty man who won't leave you alone, she's wringing John's ear out.

"Tell your dog to keep his grubby hands off my maid!"

"come on now he just being nice."

[ego-meliorem-esse]

Omg pls give some soft na bros playing as kids or something and Arthur being a good dad for once

The boys know each other for a full 72 hours and already they are inseparable.

Matt may be a constant reminder of François to Arthur but even he has to admit that having Matthew around is the best decision he's made in the past 130 years. Just having someone else be on the receiving end of Alfreds shenanigans is giving saving Arthur from endless migraines and worries. Alfred is a wonderful and exceptionally intelligent boy, but having to answer unending questions about anything and everything is a job he doesn't mind sharing with the lads northern brother.

So off they go to the garden to read/draw with the setting sun watching over them <3

[kreative-kiss]

ITS DONE ITS DONE ITS DONE and it’s tasted blood! literally.

i’m so glad to finally be done with this linen shirt. i handmade the buttons and was proud enough of the gussets to take a picture because they’ll mostly be tucked in where no one can see them. i wore it to a medieval combat event and got some compliments! huge huge shoutout to @badassindistress for the fantastic sewalong instructions.

about the literal blood…as i was finishing my last buttonhole, i got myself pretty good with the needle and got blood ALL over the cuff. thank god for hydrogen peroxide, i got it out quick enough that you can barely tell it looked like i’d murdered someone in it