#Hang Tough

[banding-those-brothers]

Would I fight Dick Winters in the street over his letters to DeEtta? Maybe.

[bicc-y]

Kicking my feet and giggling reading these letter like they were written to me - this is NOT good for the maladaptive delusions.

[lightthewaybackhome]

I'm getting close to owning and having read the majority of books published about Easy Company. So it gives me no end of delight to read a book about Winters that I haven't read yet.

Also, I found out today that DeEtta Almon and I share a birthday, which I count as a great honor.

[audiart]

Based on a photoset on TikTok of a Crow and Owl 💜💛

[spiritualseeker777]

[pngblog]

im going through a rough time right now, could i have some alien plushies? its alright if not :]

[storiesofaot]

💔🥺

[bleedingcoffee42]

Happy Anniversary to Dick Winter's Hitchhiking trip home for Christmas where he got hit on by the good looking, well spoken, West Virginian and declined the invite to feel 'Very happy'.

[pastlivesandpurplepuppets]

10 April 1945 Dick wrote to DeEtta:

In his letter to DeEtta on the 16th September 1945 Dick apparently knew plenty about love, especially about being lovesick:

In his letters he wrote between April and Sept, Dick suddenly started talking a lot about Nix. At one point claiming how untrustworthy Nix is off duty. He also kept gently urging DeEtta to go find and marry someone.

[ww2yaoi]

dick winters was really onto something with ‘hang tough’ every time someone is going through something and I don’t know what to say I just say hang tough and it seems to be a comfort. thanks dick

[schneiderenjoyer]

This part has provided and honestly confirmed an insight that's been implied occasionally, but never openly stated as much as this moment.

Arcanists are less durable.

It's mentioned a handful of times how it's important for combat between arcanists to be quick and efficient. While they can be physically strong even beyond human standards, their limits are far shorter in comparison. They're far more prone to taking physical and mental damage quicker with their quick healing/recovery to make up for it, but not change just how fragile they are.

This is very insightful too as to why arcanists would be more inclined to fight using arcanum instead of physically as much as possible. Their arcanum gives them an upper hand where their physical stamina is lacking.

[banding-those-brothers]

[Image description: an excerpt from “Hang Tough: The WWII Letters and Artifacts of Major Dick Winters”]

Dec. 16, 1941

Tuesday, 6:15 A.M.

(it's still pitch dark, although I've been up an hour already and shivering all the while)

Dear DeEtta:

Don't call me Richard. "Dick" sounds more natural to me and personally I prefer it. For in my childhood I developed a dislike for the sound of the name after my aunts mauled it around. So just call me "Dick" and say what you have to say straight from the shoulder.

[muscariii]

I realised that I never really post any traditional art so here's some things I made this month.

Lately I've been drawing with an ink pen I found in my room (I don't know how old it is but it works so that's cool). I'm really into drawing these weird planets/orbs with it because honestly it's just really relaxing and I guess it's almost like stimming to me? I recommend it.

I've also been working on improving designs of my ocs and doing some worldbuilding so there's a few drawings of Diphy here.

[lightthewaybackhome]

Hang Tough: The WWII Letters and Artifacts of Major Dick Winters by Erik Dorr My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book took me a bit to get into, but it was fascinating to read. I think the part that struck me the most was how different Winter's tone in his letters was after Normandy. He was far more sarcastic almost scathing even. After a time, that evened out a bit. It was crazy the change you could see between before and after combat. I also appreciated how careful he was not to lead DeEtta on and to try and protect her feelings. I love all the advice he gave her and their teasing. It's always dangerous to see your hero's close up, but reading Winter's letters to DeEtta didn't make me lose my fondness for this man or my respect for him. It did make him seem more like a man and less up on the pedestal but in a good way. It reminded me that he loved being a paratrooper but had little respect for much of the rest of the military. He loved his men but held himself at a distance from them. He was proud of his actions in Holland. He was proud of being a Major. He always wanted to do right by his men. He was good friends with Nixon and Welsh, and thought highly of Talbert and Moose. This was an excellent addition to my books on Winters. I kinda want to read them in a semi-chronological order. View all my reviews

[ophernelia]

when you gotta call the pickiest friend you have to help you finalize your menu

[biomic]

much can be said about how tokusatsu has changed over time but at least it remains untouched by the influence of ~anti-woke~ incels