#1917 memes

[kenobihater]

"Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne, he travels the fastest who travels alone."

1917 (2019), dir. sam mendes

[schos-in-the-field]

Let him sleep

[leonardoeatscarrots]

Harr harr

[dimity-lawn]

I’m not quite sure when the original is from, but I’d guess about 1915-1918.

[sillygooseuniversity11]

I think it’s the potential neurodivergence

[local-kneecap-dealer]

For context, I just find it funny how history books like to cover up how the US was a direct inspiration for the gas chambers used during the holocaust. The El Paso de-lousing chambers were racially motivated. The use of Zyklon B inspired German scientist Gerhard Peters to push for the chemical to be used to disinfect nazi concrntration camps.. He included photos of the El Paso de-lousing chambers as examples for how effective Zyklon B could be.

Obviously I cannot compare the atrocities of the holocaust to other historical incidents, but it's difficult to ignore how the US' own prejudice was an active inspiration for the gas chambers that would later kill millions.

[martennorr]

where are my fellow millennial WWI nerds

Listen. I have been researching and annotating for my book about wartime autograph books for 6 years since college. I have given up hope of finding anyone under 50 to talk about it with, let alone of finding fellow queer leftist WWI scholars anywhere near my age. BUT!! I suddenly remembered I have a tumblr so this is my last resort. would you like to live deliciously and by deliciously I mean do you want to make a discord server and scream about research and historiography and sad gay poets

I'm not joking. If this sounds fun to you (or if this discord server somehow miraculously already exists and you'd be willing to let me join it) pls message me. my crops are dying

[samanthamulder]

Christmas, 1917. It was a time of dark, dark despair. [...] But here at 1501 Larkspur Lane for a pair of star-crossed lovers tragedy came not from war or pestilence – not by the boot heel or the bombardier – but by their own innocent hand.

6.06 "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" writ. & dir. Chris Carter — aired 25 years ago today

THE X-FILES GIF MEME — [3/20] EPISODES

[nanshe-of-nina]

Women’s History Meme || Virtually Unknown Women (6/10) ↬ Vera Nikolayevna Figner (1852 – 1942)

Vera Figner was supposed to die in 1884. A tsarist court declared it; Vera herself expected and even welcomed it. Although she would have been only the second woman in more than a century to die on the scaffold by decree of the Russian state, her notoriety and prominence within the terrorist group the People’s Will was such that few people expected leniency for the condemned criminal. If the sentence decreed by an imperial military tribunal in October 1884 had stood, newspapers across Europe would have noted Vera Figner’s execution and most likely recounted the dramatic and seemingly tragic turns that the notoriously beautiful young woman’s life had taken in the previous decades. Journalists would have found it hard to resist regaling their readers with the details of this beguiling revolutionary’s life, as it poetically seemed to symbolize the fervor, promise, idealism, and desperation of a generation of Russian radicals. In childhood Figner seemed destined for a life of privilege as a member of the Imperial Russian nobility. But amid the turbulent decade in which she came of age, Vera exchanged privilege for political radicalism; abandoned legal, professional aspirations for a life in the revolutionary underground; and foreswore marital ties for a desperate plot to assassinate the Russian tsar. She certainly was not alone in her beliefs, her dedication, or her willingness to die for her cause, but she was exceptional for the seamless manner in which her life and commitment personified her age of political radicals and exemplified the ideals to which her generation aspired. In the late 1870s and early 1880s, Vera Nikolaevna Figner was at the center of a movement and a series of events that transformed the political landscape in Russia and ultimately changed the empire of the tsars irrevocably. If she had died in 1884, Vera Figner’s life would be significant for what it conveys about Russian noblewomen who came of age in the twilight of the era of serfdom and for what it indicates about those among them who pursued education as a means of intellectual and moral autonomy and a path to economic independence. Even if it had ended when she was thirty-two, Vera’s life would have historical importance for the insight it provides into the motivation that drove such a significant number of young, privileged Russians to embrace terrorism as a solution to the country’s ills. As a leader of the revolutionary organization the People’s Will, Vera Figner helped to change the course of Russian history through the 1881 assassination of the most powerful man in the country, the Tsar Liberator, Alexander II. Yet Vera Figner did not die in 1884. After Alexander III, the son and heir of the man she helped to murder, commuted her death sentence to life in prison at hard labor, her life continued, as did her revolutionary influence. Although the tsarist state resolved to bury her alive in Shlisselburg Fortress, a notorious prison known as the Russian Bastille, Vera’s two decades of incarceration became an essential element of her revolutionary identity and infused the subsequent narrative of revolution both before and after 1917. Vera survived Shlisselburg; in fact, she lived for almost six decades after her death sentence was declared and survived the regime that she had sought to topple. — The Defiant Life of Vera Figner: Surviving the Russian Revolution by Lynne Ann Hartnett

[remnantglow]

This isn't on the books ask meme, but any nonfiction books you've loved recently or general recommendations?

ooh, ofc! here's a couple really good ones i've read in the last couple of months:

None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary by Travis Alabanza - memoir abt the author's experiences as a transfem nonbinary person of colour, rly honest and gut-wrenching

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi - honestly essential reading

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis - brilliant collection of essays/interviews abt activism

Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space by Erika Nesvold - kinda dry, but provides a really good pragmatic & intersectional perspective on the subject of space settlement and the practical & ethical issues the space industry tends to ignore

A City on Mars: Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through? by Zach and Kelly Weinersmith - more or less on the same subject matter, but with a focus on Mars; less academic, more light-hearted and approachable in tone (personally I liked Nesvold's book more, but i think this one would be more fun for the average person)

The Little Book of Aliens by Adam Frank - very fun, readable and decently thorough look at the Fermi Paradox and the search for extraterrestrial life

[samwinchesterslostshoe]

Masterlist

Some things about me: I love to paint, sew and knit! I have a deep love for history, architecture and anything 40’s 50’s related!

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These include:

Band of brothers

Supernatural

Uncharted

The boys

The last of us

And many more!

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Band of Brothers fanfic:

Denouement: David Webster x OC

Denouement chapter 1

Denouement chapter 2

Denouement chapter 3

Marie drawing

Band of brothers icons:

Alton more

Ronald Spiers

Chuck Grant

Eugene Roe

David Webster

Band of brothers moodboards:

Easy Ranch - Pat Christenson

Easy Ranch - Bill Guarnere

Skinny Sisk and Shifty Powers - Taylor Swift

Ronald Spiers x Nurse

Soft Spiers

Eugene Roe

Band of brothers fan art:

George Luz sketch

Lewis Nixon sketch

Liebgott sketch

Lewis Nixon x J.C Leyendecker

Ronald Spiers

Liebgott and Webster

Webster pencil drawing

Malarkey pencil drawing

Stupid pigeon meme (aka Spiedgon)

The Pacific

Eugene Sledge doodle

Eugene Sledge drawing

Masters of the air

Harry Crosby drawing

1917

Blake and Schofield drawing

Detroit: Become Human

Connor

Marcus

Uncharted

Chloe and Nadine

Young Nate and Sam

Stinky Sam

Nathan

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[mykingdomforapen]

if you still feel like answering the writing ask meme: 1, 11, 13, 18, 22, and 68? Hope you're doing well!

Hehehehe I love answering questions :))

Do you daydream a lot before you write, or go for it as soon as the ideas strike?

I love daydreaming about it first! It makes me excited about the story, and I also love rewatching the movies in my mind of blorbos and stories hehehe. I've had something of a beloved routine where I sort of imagine certain scenes as I'm about to fall asleep.

11. Do you write scenes in order, or do you jump around?

I almost always write scenes in order! There are many moments that I can only fully realise after going through the journey of the story as the characters do. Certain emotional arcs that I would have missed had I only went with Plan A, or motifs/parallels/foreshadowing that I didn't think of including until I'm in the moment. I will jump backwards, but never forwards.

13. Do you listen to music while you write? If yes, what have you been listening to recently?

YESSss I listen to music when I write, and very specific mood setting music. Whether it is thematically relevant, or its melody evokes emotions in me that fit the mood of the story even if the lyrics are not entirely relevant. I have certain songs that I associate to certain stories for sure.

For example, in spinning silk I listened to a lot of Kuchikamizake Trip during Chapter 6, when Cheng Xiaoshi falls through his different death scenes. For the finale, chapter 8, I was exclusively listening to Katawaredoki on loop, and I was sitting in the middle seat of a plane to Hong Kong and I had that song downloaded because I had no internet access. courage of stars wouldn't be what it has become were it not for Saturn by Sleeping at Last, naturally. But I also listened to Mercury by Sleeping at Last while writing chapter 12 and Repentance by Gable Price and Friends while writing chapter 13 & 14. And because these are about future chapters, I'll go ahead and say that they were for mood setting melodies, rather than because of their lyrics.

Right now, I'm playing with a new Link Click WIP. I'm listening to the Boy and the Heron OST by Joe Hisaishi on loop, mainly for its relevance :).

But in general? Sleeping At Last is THE band to listen to while writing. They have rescued me SO MUCH and they're beautiful. They have both lyrical songs and orchestral instrumentals, the perfect balance.

18. Do you enjoy research? Which fic of yours required the most research?

Because I love history, and I tend to write history-influenced fics, I do love research! I love aiming for accuracy in my stories, not to be pedantic about it but to make it feel as immersed into the setting as possible. One time, I was writing a fic that took place in Reading, England. A place that I've never been to, but because of looking things up and incorporating what I learned, a reader who actually was from Reading left me a comment saying how much they appreciated that, and it made me happy that those details could be meaningful to someone!

The fic I researched for the most....it could either be here be dragons (1917) or indeed, courage of stars. The difference is that here be dragons, which takes in WWII-era Reading, England, I did a lot of external research about the civilian experience of war, a day in the life of during that era, rationing, etc. as well as drawing from my uni background. It's weird calling courage of stars research when it was really me asking my family lots of questions, for purposes outside of fic, and I just happened to be able to incorporate what I learned into fic.

22. Do you title your fics before, during, or after the writing process? How do you come up with titles?

It depends on the story! Fics that I knew very quickly what the title would be, in some cases even before I finished writing it, are: here be dragons, today is such a good day, (Ted Lasso), and Jacob and Esau say their goodbyes (Thor). Others I have to finish it until I can tell what they are meant to be because of a theme of the story that had grown as I wrote it, like finally (The Bear), irreplaceable (Falcon and the Winter Soldier), and priceless (Squid Game). I also LOVE quoting poems, Bible verses, songs, etc. that are relevant to the story: greater love has no one than this (Trigun Stampede) which is part of a Bible verse, therefore, dark past, (Ted Lasso) which is from one of my favorite Mary Oliver poems, the prison disappears (FatWS) which is from a letter written by Vincent van Gogh, and more fics drawing from a line from The Little Prince, A Separate Peace, and various Sleeping At Last songs. Those usually come to me upon after writing it.

68. Are there any fics that influenced you to write the way you do?

There are so many fic writers that I admire and wish to emulate, but end up never being able to. There are also fics that, especially when I was younger, left SUCH an impression on me that they inspired me to write an original novel (if I got a nickel for every time this happened, I would get two nickels, which is not much but it's weird it happened twice). Both those fics were not on Ao3 and are essentially impossible for me to find again, btw. One was a Durarara!! fic and another was a Thor and Loki fic. I'm definitely a Frankenstein's monster of many writers I admire, both fic writers and published writers.

I will say that Markus Zusak a la The Book Thief fame has definitely influenced the way I write metaphors and turns of phrases. Hands down, that man makes magic with words, it's insane.

Thank you so much for asking me questions!! I love to share my thoughts heeheehee.

From this ask meme!

[sardonyyx]

Tagged by @stripedroseandsketchpads for a WIP meme, ty!!

rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! Then tag as many people as you have WIPs

Gonna stay on tvc brand since I’m posting 2 this blog

-B. D. Women You Sure Can’t Understand (title from the Lucille Bogan song 🙃🙃🙃. 1917 era, Rule 63 Louis and Lestat do drag at the du Lac house to bother Florence)

-Negotiations (SO MAD I called it that bc the real title is a Herman Melville love letter excerpt I’m really excited abt. Anyway in this one rule 63 lestat, armand, and louis fuck nasty)

-Amontillado’ing (r63 au tenet is Lestat gets stuck in the theater basement instead of taking a voluntary nap And I Can’t Shut Up Abt It)

-Susanna In The Garden (magnus stalks rule 63 lestat)

-Augustin Take That Shit OFF (this one is str8 book-canon fic. Nicki is the only person who knows Lestat is stealth transmasc; Augustin takes credit for the wolf kills)

Not tagging anyone bc this is a fairly new sideblog & I feel like ppl will look in their mentions like ‘who the FUCK,’ but if someone wants to pls do!!

[lady-of-the-spirit]

mousedetective for the playlist meme!

Meet me in the woods by Lord Huron

Onward and Upward by Fleurie

Unforgettable by Nat King Cole

Soldier, Poet, King by The Oh Hellos

Everybody wants to rule the world by Lorde

Devil's Backbone by The Civil Wars

Event Horizon by Hi-Finesse

That Home by The Cinematic Orchestra

Everything Stays from Adventure Time

Catapult by 2WEI

Too much is never enough by Florence + The Machine

In Another Life by Vienna Teng

Vampire by Olivia Rodrigo

Englander from 1917

[sardotin]

One day I was reading “Anna Karenina” and my friend sent me a meme with Robin from HIMYM. Suddenly I realized that Kitty’s surname (Shcherbatsky in English and Щербацкая in Russian) is pretty similar (almost identical) to Robin’s surname (Scherbatsky in English and Щербацки in Russian). So, I thought, maybe they can be relatives, Kitty can be Robin’s great-great-great-grandmother? Well, I now introduce you the crossover that you didn’t know you needed.

​In Anna Karenina we have the family of Shcherbatsky, they are Princes (or Knyazya, which is a way better translation). Sadly, the only son of this family has drowned and now they have only two daughters – Kitty and Dolly. Both took their husbands’ surnames after marriage, so it’s impossible for this branch of the family to pass their surname to future generations. But the father of these girls – Prince Shcherbatsky – probably has a brother (we are not sure about their family ties because Tolstoy doesn’t like describing minor characters especially when they are mentioned only once or twice). This brother has two sons – the first one is called Nikolay, the name of the second one we don’t know (because why do we need this information), and they are Kitty and Dolly’s cousins. In the beginning of the novel (1870s) they are pretty young, approximately 15-20 years (but we don’t know it for sure because once again, why do we need this information). We can take any of them because it doesn’t matter for us who will be the ancestor of Robin.

If in 1872 (let’s take this year as the beginning) he is 20, in the end of the novel (in 1904) he is around 52. Probably he already has children and among them there is one or maybe more boys that can keep and pass the surname to future generations.

​In 1917 after the February Revolution the family of Princes Shcherbatsky emigrate to Canada. Or maybe not directly to Canada, maybe at first, they go to some other countries but in the end, they found themselves in Canada (particularly in British Columbia because they could have some friends or relatives there).

While setting up house in anglophone society, they change the spelling of their surname to Scherbatsky so as it is easy for Canadian people to pronounce it. Around 1945-1955 a boy is born in this family, and he is given the name according to Canadian (or anglophone) traditions – Robin Charles. 20-25 years later he gets married to Genevieve Scherbatsky (her surname before marriage is unknown but her name is more French than English…. But it’s not our topic). In 1980 she gives birth to a girl. Robin has always wanted to have a boy and that’s why this girl is given his name – now we have Robin Charles Scherbatsky Jr.

At some point during her teenage years Robin decides to read the novel by the famous Russian writer Lev Tolstoy because many people told her that there is something similar between her surname and the surname of one of the families from the novel. Robin’s father runs into his daughter reading this book and thinks that it’s time to tell her about their ancestors because the novel is based on a true story and the Shcherbatsky from “Anna Karenina” are their relatives.

I don’t see any plot clashes, everything was the way I described it, try to change my mind

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[helenadurazzo]

Family Line

Vincent Durazzo-Rath (1998 - ????)

Helena Durazzo (1973 - ????)

Olivia Hearst Durazzo (1939 - 2045)

Nicolas Hearst (1917 - 2008)

Phineas Hearst (1880 - 1953)

Silenus Hearst (1848 - ????)

Lazarus Hearst (1822 - ????)

Hieronymus Hearst (???? - ????)

Damocles Hearst (???? - ????)

Morpheus Hearst (1750 - ????)

Ludovicus Hearst (1717 - ????)

Drusilla Hearst (1698 - 1736)

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