#My 20th Century

[20th-century-man]

Danni Ashe

[cozylittleartblog]

i now understand how certain people felt when harpy eda was revealed 😳

prints here

[staticsnowfall]

swan lake (1957)

🦢༉

maya plisetskaya, prima ballerina of the bolshoi ballet, as odette, the swan princess

dir. by zoya tulubyeva, choreo. by aleksander gorsky

[leulahart]

Some more pre-canon doodles!

Alternative title: Katniss and her blondies :)

[nazrigar]

It's great to see the Aliens franchise get its time to shine!

It's been a long and tumultous road for 20th Century post buyout, but I'm glad to see the studio find its footing once more.

It's great to see all the big tentpole science fiction franchises of 20th Century Studios be critical and commercial successes.

[ralucafarcas]

I ended up picking Levi today! He was a tough one, and might look a bit out of place vs the other ones because I had to do a different proportion to fit his chair in too. Anyway, I hope you like how he turned out!

He's waiting for Gabi and Falco, who are LATE. UGH.

Ps. Levi in a cute hat😭

[honehonn3honey]

Save a person in trouble, please kiss an frog Prince Todoroki! @andypantsx3

[thetrinitytest]

happy pride month from peepaw harkness and the torchwood team 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[7pleiades7]

After the Ball (1909), (detail), by Conrad Kiesel (German, 1846-1921), oil on canvas, 75 × 95 cm, Private Collection

[yeoldenews]

I know we live in a very different world now, but I find it concerning how the newspapers printed all these kids' addresses. Did any harm ever come from that, to your knowledge?

I feel like the concept of your address being private information is a very modern one. Any news story until the mid-20th century (and much later in small towns/rural areas) would include the addresses of the individuals involved. Even the smallest towns printed yearly city directories that listed everyone's current address and occupation. So I can't imagine anyone would hesitate to publish a child's address, as why bother concealing what was already considered public information?

Furthermore, the concept of stranger kidnapping - and 'stranger danger' in general - was not something that really entered the public consciousness in the US until the 1920s, and even then the vast majority of kidnappings were for ransom. It was something that happened to rich people, usually in big cities.

It wasn't until several extremely high profile kidnappings of children in the late 20s/early 30s (namely Marion Parker, Walter Collins and Charles Lindbergh Jr.) that the concept of a stranger taking your child would probably have even crossed the mind of the average parent.

Additionally it's important to understand that the role of small town newspapers (where most of the Dear Santa letters are from) was something closer to Facebook or the Nextdoor app than a source of important news. Going on a trip? It's in the newspaper. Having a small dinner party? That's getting reported, along with the guest list, menu, party favors and any decorations you put up. Your child built a particularly nice snowman? There's a reporter here and entire town will know before dinner time.

So is it possible that some burglar used a Dear Santa letter to target the home of a wealthy child sometime in the 1890s? Sure? But I can't see why in an era where if you wanted to know where someone lived you could stop any random person on the street and say "Hey, where do the Johnsons live?" and no one would hesitate to tell you.

[princema-k]

so draw your blade, you wretched fiend and let's you and i fight like the dishonourable dogs we are savage, violent, yet free and when the curtain calls, let me put you out of my misery

[20th-century-man]

Sherilyn Fenn / Zalman King’s Two Moon Junction (1988)

[chialattea]

yeah so I just finished Pluto

[marzipanandminutiae]

surprise, friend, you're one of today's lucky 10,000

guest at the museum: oh look, a fainting couch!

me, preparing to talk to him: :D

him: it's not surprising- I mean, if you look at some of those corsets-

me, now actively vibrating, about to jump in and blow his entire mind: :D :D :D

[thinkingofbluethunder]

Morning winter sun in a cottage in Sweden.

[theloverboy27]

Finally got to see Deadpool and Wolverine, and I just, the behind the scenes and other footage from the 20th-century Fox X-Men movies made me cry. I grew up watching those on DVDS, they started my love for comics and X-Men and superheroes in general, what a beautiful homage and swan song to the last 20 years.