#CAVALIERS

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Oliver Cromwell Questioning a Prisoner by Ernest Crofts

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Cavalry design, by Yang J

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Cavaliers - Machine stimboard

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Cam, Coronabeth, Babs?

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DCI uniform sketches

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Do you have any strong opinions on traditional uniforms vs more "costume" ones because I know a lot of people do

ohhh boy you've given me an excuse to ramble and I will Take it.

I'd say I fall more on the traditionalist/purist side when it comes to uniforms but I'm not quite a hardcore uniform purist. I don't have anything against show-specific uniforms like some people do but they're just too flat these days in my opinion. I'm strongly against printed details on a uniform that could be adding dimensionality if they were sewed on.

I really dislike how flat the Bluecoats' uniforms are this year (left image) and I think that SCV (right image) did a really good job with dimensionality and textural variety this year.

I don't care as much about the shaping of the uniform, if it's more form fitting and not traditional bibbers and jacket/coat, as long as it's not this flat.

I do really miss shakos though. I feel like the plume just adds so much potential for visuals and the marchers' hair being hidden does a Lot for uniformity. and even the hollow shakos like Boston had for White Whale last year! I wasn't a fan when I first saw them but it's still so much better than a bare head of hair.

and I really like when a corps has year to year consistent design elements in their uniforms, which I feel like the Blue Devils and the Cavaliers do really well. I would be able to look at a Cavaliers or Blue Devils uniform from any year after "modern" show-specific uniforms started gaining traction and tell you it was them even if I had never seen the show. that's what I like, being able to recognize a corps by their uniforms and feeling like there's an identity to the uniform past just the year that it's made for. and I suppose shakos help with that too, to unify all the corps visually, when some have more traditional uniforms like Phantom Regiment and some have more modern ones like the Bluecoats. if they all have shakos of some sort it's easier to recognize that they're all part of the same activity.

okay uniform rant over haha

[ghostlymarcy]

originally wrote this for uni but had to cut it. Thinking ab how — whilst gender as identity definitely still exists in tlt — traditional gender roles don't really, and gender isn't really the primary social dichotomy along which people are divided. Instead, you could propose that Necro/Cav is the new social dichotomy — with the majority of our characters in gtn being one or the other (of course this dichotomy only really applies to the small 0.01% of society that we see in gtn, but I like to assume the rest of Nine Houses society mirrors the Necro/Cav relations of their ruling class.) and so I thought in a typically me fashion: how would this paradigm shift affect lesbian identities? Butch and Femme are identities defined traditionally by masculinity or femininity, but what if they weren't? What if instead they were defined by adherence to their Necro/Cav roles?

Femmes are defined by their "necromancer-ness", with them often being skinny, malnourished, sickly, shorter, less colour in makeup/clothing, more stylistic or extravagant or regal fashion, integration of bodily motifs in dress (i.e. bone lacing or patterns with body-parts). Femmes exert soft power, controlling from the sidelines through manipulation. They would also be typically seen as playing the dominant and active role in a relationship.

Butches are defined by their "cavalier-ness", with them generally being more physically capable, stronger, faster, and more martial. They would typically wear more practical clothing, with a simpler, less emphasized look so as not to detract from their partners, and adorned with more metal and protective gear/pieces such as wrist bracers. They may also carry weapons as accessories. Butches exert literal power, acting through direct confrontation. They would also be typically seen as playing the more submissive and passive role in a relationship.

Courting would be an ordeal of Cavalier-Butches vying to win the attention of Necromancer-Femmes, generally through acts that show-off their physical capabilities and aptitude for service.

Of course necromancers can present traditionally butch and cavaliers can present traditionally femme, but I think it'd be fun to re-frame how we view these lesbian archetypes within a completely different social setting.

Interested if anyone else wants to expand on this idea hehe

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JARRETT ALLEN Mic'd Up Thanksgiving Edition | 11/23/22

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Donovan Mitchell - Orlando Magic at. Cleveland Cavaliers 04/20/24/

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Cavaliers riding on a woodland track by Ernest Crofts

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Dragon, by Ruan Jia

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Cavaliers and Cadets stimboard (x) (x) (x) - (x) (x) - (x) (x) (x)

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Tʜᴀɴᴋs ʟᴏʀᴅ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴜsɪᴄᴋ 🇫🇷

I ᴘᴏᴘᴜʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇɪɢʜʙᴏʀɪɴɢ ᴘᴀʀᴋ

Oғ ʜᴏʀsᴇᴍᴇɴ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴀ ᴍᴏᴜɴᴛ

Fᴏʀᴄᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴄʀᴀᴡʟ ғᴏʀ ᴍᴇ

Oɴ ᴀʟʟ ғᴏᴜʀs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴀʀᴍᴏʀ

Tʜᴇʏ ʜᴀɴɢ ᴏᴜᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅs

Tʜᴇʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴀ ʜᴜɴᴅʀᴇᴅ ᴛɪᴍᴇs

I ᴡɪsʜ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ’ᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ

Vᴀɪɴ ᴇғғᴏʀᴛs ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ

I’ᴍ ᴀғʀᴀɪᴅ ᴛᴏ sʟᴇᴇᴘ, I’ᴍ ᴀғʀᴀɪᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴀᴋᴇ ᴜᴘ

I ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅɪᴇ ɪɴ ᴍʏ sʟᴇᴇᴘ

I ғᴇᴇʟ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴄᴏᴡᴀʀᴅʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ I’ᴍ ᴀғʀᴀɪᴅ ᴏғ ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴡ

As ʟᴏɴɢ ᴀs I ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ I’ᴍ ᴀғʀᴀɪᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ

As ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴀs I ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ʙᴜᴛ I’ᴍ ᴀғʀᴀɪᴅ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ

Tʜᴇʏ ʜᴀɴɢ ᴏᴜᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅs

Tʜᴇʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴀ ʜᴜɴᴅʀᴇᴅ ᴛɪᴍᴇs

I ᴡɪsʜ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅɴ’ᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ

Vᴀɪɴ ᴇғғᴏʀᴛs ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ

Cavaliers by Mansfield.TYA @len0r

​Sʟᴏᴡ ᴅᴀɴᴄɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴋ

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All of the original Midwest Combine and remaining founding members at 2024 DCI finals recreating the same photo from 1971