#historical amnesia

[unfamiliarize]

We all like to imagine ourselves as the good guys in history. It is fun to fantasize about holding the line at Harper’s Ferry or refusing to ratify our compromised Constitution. It’s also very easy. ... 'History is as complicated as people are,' Munden says. 'We don’t have to come from a place of ‘people are right or wrong,’ but rather from a place of what we learn from them about how we can behave differently.'

The ‘Safe Space’ Where America's History is Debated in Real Time - POLITICO

[tichaona-chinyelu]

The Dinkinesh Journal

Life happens and you get stuck digging up weeds, literally and figuratively. This post focuses on the literal weeds as I am a writer as well as a gardener. I got my first lesson inherent in the phrase “one man’s weeds is another man’s treasure in an elite town not very far from Boston. I loved the apartment itself but had severe problems living in that town. The one bright spot was the plot at…

[woodland-gremlin]

DC X DP Master Post

Adoption AU

Adoption AU Summary

Lemons? Pt. 1 , Lemons? Pt. 2

How to Adopt Your Clone Pt. 1 , Pt. 2 , Pt. 3 , Pt. 4 , Pt. 5 , Pt. 6, Ao3

Meeting the Kids Pt. 1

Amnesia AU

Amnesia AU Summary

Seen

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Ghostly Parents AU

Ghostly Parents AU Summary

Soul Song AU

Soul Song AU Summary

Flash Point AU

Flash Point AU Summary

Time Zone AU

Time Zone AU Summary

Fruitloops Ao3

Summoning Your Secret Boyfriend Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3, Pt. 4, Pt. 5, Pt. 6, Pt. 7, Ao3

Meme Sketch

Phantom Zone AU

Phantom Zone AU Summary

Ancestors' Fury AU

Ancestors' Fury Summary

Historical Crush AU

Historical Crush AU Summary

Occult Consequences AU

Occult Consequences AU Summary

Demon Siblings AU

Demon Siblings AU Summary

Black Out AU

Black Out AU Summary

Lost Prince AU

The Beginning

One-Shots

Himbo Turned Beast Ao3

Ideas/Random Stuff

Danny is a clone of Superman and Wonder Woman

[spending-life-pretending]

started reading the lymond chronicles and I truly have no idea what’s going on but I do like the funny words this guy is speaking to me

[bigredmagnus]

Character Development

I am currently rereading the “Empire of Ivory” (the fourth book in the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik for those who are unfamiliar) and at the end of the book, our main characters Laurence, a naval captain forced into the aerial corps, and Temeraire, and the dragon that chose Laurence as his own handler/captain, discover that their government will be sending a dragon sick with a highly contagious and deadly virus to France to greatly reduce their own dragons numbers. Laurence and Temeraire become concerned, and rightfully so in my opinion, that this virus will spread not only across France but through the rest of the continent as well and greatly harm their allies as well. Laurence and Temeraire decide to defy orders and bring the cure to this plague over to France in order to prevent this from occurring. After which, they return to Britain, despite Napoleon’s assurances that they will be treated as heroes in France, and face the consequences of their actions, where they are both named traitors and are forcibly separated from each other. Laurence is sent to prison and awaits execution and Temeraire is sent to Britain’s dragon breeding grounds.

Later on in the series, in the eighth book “Blood of Tyrants”, Laurence loses his memory of his time in the aerial corps due to an injury to the head. Later on in the book when Laurence learns of his actions, he is upset with himself for having defied orders from the government, despite the stakes. Only after further reforging his bond with Temeraire and almost losing him in a rockslide does Laurence realize why he decided to go against the government.

I bring this up because it shows a great example of character development Laurence goes through throughout the series. From following orders without question to standing true to his morals, despite what the people around him, and his superiors, believe.

[ellaenchanting]

Hypnovember Day 10: Confidence

"Misses Weatherby, may I presume to ask you a somewhat forward question?"

"Why, yes my dear Misses Honeycutt. Of course you may!"

"Please," the younger woman said, admiring her companion's fine golden hair. "Call me Amelia".

Her laugh was like a tinkly Christmas bell. "Well, of course Amelia. And you may call me Harriet. Or- Sleeping Harriet if you prefer the distinction from my awake self. I do think there is a distinction there- is there not? I must confess, there's a certain freedom to feeling like I do now."

"I agree, Sleeping Harriet, " replied Amelia. "When you are awake you are full of hesitation and furtive glances, but entranced you appear quite liberated indeed! "

"Ah," Harriet Weatherby sighed. "Yes, it is my duty when awake to respect the social niceties and boundaries of our relatively new companionship. Bothersome. I'm very glad you were clever enough to respond to my curiosity about mesmerism so that we may have these opportunities to share ourselves more fully!"

"Indeed," blushed Amelia Honeycutt. "I...had noticed that you have invited me over several times to offer yourself for my mesmeric experiments. Wealthy ladies like you sometimes have the curiosity to experience it once- often under the guidance of a handsome young mesmerist, mind you- but you have requested my company quite a few times. "

"Well, of course my dear Amelia. You are so tender and gentle with me and I feel deeply refreshed after our sessions. Even George notices, and he hardly notices anything not in a book. Also- I adore your companionship! You are so well read and intelligent and your conversation could delight me for hours."

"Well," the young woman continued gently. "That is part of what I wanted to ask you today. Are you- fond of me, Harriet?"

Harriet seemed almost offended. "Of course I am fond, dearest Amelia! The fondest! Have you not been listening to what I've been saying?..."

"No," interrupted the young mesmerist. "I mean- I know this is quite unusual but- I find myself quite fond of you, Harriet. In that I think of you often. In that I find myself sketching your lips, your eyes, your neck. In that- I picture us...indecently. Together....In your marital bed." She blushed, overcome by her rush of words. "And I have noticed your tendency to touch my hand a little too long or bite your lip when you look at my mouth. And, well, I know that the mesmerized tend to be quite honest as a matter of course so I thought I should ask you in this moment of candor -are you fond of me too?" She was so nervous the last words came out in almost a squeek.

Harriet gave her friend a very serious look indeed. "Amelia. I am quite, quite fond of you. In fact, I find myself besotted, picturing you all throughout the night. Only- my dearest - my feelings cause me so much pain! For I quite adore you but my waking self- she feels it is entirely inappropriate. She is very loyal to George, you see, and would not dream of causing the scandal that would result from actually pursuing her affection for you."

She began to tear up.

"My dear- she will never let us be together! How horrid!"

She dove into Amelia's open embrace.

Amelia smiled, reassuringly. "But- my love! Now I know that you return my affection! Surely we can find a way through." She held the distraught Harriet closely, soothing her. Then- an idea came.

"What if- what if we were to hold this in confidence?"

"In confidence?" gulped her companion.

Amelia nodded. "Yes, Harriet. Or, rather, Sleeping Harriet. You and I will just hold our amorous relationship in the greatest, most secret confidence. Not only shall none around us know but- Why! Even Awake Harriet will be fooled! We will just tell her not to remember and she will experience no unease as a result of our companionship."

"A secret relationship," Harriet contemplated. "Secret even from me. Held in trust and confidence."

She seemed to decide something.

"Oh dearest Amelia! It's like a novel! How romantic!"

She threw her arms around her lover.

"But- sweetness? What if she notices?" asked Harriet.

"She won't," said Amelia, assuredly. "Not if we both are committed to keeping the secret. She doesn't need to know. And it's not unusual for ladies like us to take on bosom companions."

"Oh! How splendid! Oh dearest- I am overcome!" said Harriet, swooning. "I cannot wait to spend more time in your arms. Shall we consummate our love in the French way?"

Amelia smiled slyly.

And, in the French way, they did.

@mentat101posts @thekinkycocktailclub @jam-and-stuff

[cinnbar-bun]

Also I dunno about you guys but when my sister, my cousin, and I played with our Barbie and Monster High dolls we actively made the most insane and ludicrous plot points that probably should not have been discussed by elementary students.

[moesartblog]

some weyer and agrippa too

[incorrectly-quoted-queers]

So uh. My book? Daughter of Or? It's #18 in new gay horror releases???

At least for today, I am peers with bookish icon CHUCK TINGLE???

I could die. This is bliss.

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....But also it would be crazy right if I got like, top ten right?

[unfamiliarize]

The progressive myth of history also makes for arrogance and condescension. I said that the notion of history as a kind of force that blows through human affairs is like something out of physics—but really, it’s like something out of Christianity. It is a secularized version of the Holy Spirit. “History is on our side” is a secularized version of “God is on our side.” “History will judge them” is an update of “God will judge them.” To believe in the Holy Spirit is to believe that it acts through—that it fills—some people but not others. To believe in “history,” in progress as a metaphysical principle, is to believe in the existence of a progressive class: the ones who push history forward, the ones who are filled with the future. In other words, us. “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” Which means that we have the right—the duty—to teach others how to live. How to speak, think, eat, spend, make love, raise their children, vote. You know how enraging evangelical preachers can be, how insulting it is to hear them talk about how sinful and benighted the secular are? That is how most people, including a lot of rank-and-file Democrats, feel about the self-anointed progressive class.

There Is No Right Side of History

[queen-mabs-revenge]

i can't believe i'm seeing LISTEN UP FUCKWADS PULL UP YOUR DIAPER AND VOTE FOR BIDEN posts in 2023

bruh...how the fuck do you think we got here???

[sang8262]

JP's move names have been fully translated!

i almost forgot to share here lmao, here's the link!!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LPyFZ3pSIA-L8eJPXU86W2iUM0unnJCptS8jA-Yc4uY/edit?pli=1#gid=0

it's been a collaborative effort between several JP fans all around the world, im so glad he has such dedicated fans ♡

extra commentary from me:

The mythology references!! and to be so specific to his (supposed) country of origin too, like with zilant, the firebird, or sackman/ bogeyman. Or like, how the Triglav mountain is quite the significant national symbol for Slovenia. That's so specific and you can totally imagine JP himself learning this fact as he prepares his fake ID.

It's interesting that they mixed normal animals that exist in real life with these fantasy ones too. To me, it goes in line with his theme of duality, and also his knowledge about local cultures or history once again. Also, it's the heavy versions of buttons that are mythological creatures (like j.HP being Unicorn), so it maintains a theme that the stronger attacks are also the more mystical animals.

The verbs and other nouns they chose, like Spite, Prank, or Knife are really interesting too. They reflect his underhanded, cruel nature, which obviously fit quite well.

'Knife' in particular, when he deflects Kalima's attack with one from the comics, which he calls "such tricky things"...

'Prayer' gets a shout out for being so unique. I dont think they ever mention him being religious, or imply he is, but I can see him interested by the effects (and effectiveness) of religion upon the masses. And 2HP does look a bit like a praying pose lol

But stuff like his throws all being natural disasters (Tornado, Hurricane, Avalanche) is quite ominous as well!! I like that they recognize just how strong throws are in the game, like a destructive, inescapable force of nature..... :)

I think I mentioned this already, but the fact that his Drive Impact and Reversal are in Spanish for some?! reason!? Sword again, like Knife.. I'm almost imagining he knows how to wield a sword or idk, as a sport, like fencing.The way he holds his cane in his Parries suggest it too a bit.

Then of course, Exile. It could just be that Drive Reversal is 'exiling' the opponent, with the attack, but I'm so hung up on the fact that it's in Spanish. They put so much thought into the rest of his move names, I swear these arent random! But we may never know for sure;;

Final shoutouts to the series of "low/ smart/ quick/ light" blows. I think they're his easily cancelable, chainable normals too, so it makes sense that they share this naming scheme.

I think my favorite has to be 6MK, Guillotinna, which ironically requires minimal translating, as it means 'Guillotine'.

It's obviously fitting for how the axe kick looks ofc, but guillotines also invoke images of beheading kings, revolutions, the Reign of Terror, and public executions as a spectator sport. Clearly there's a lot there that works well for JP.

[gravitasmalfunction]

Just finished Never a Hero, now chewing the walls in anticipation of Vanessa Len’s third book.

[woodland-gremlin]

Link to AUs

[neproxrezi]

tried the amnesia: the bunker demo and it was very fun! i'm really not good at timed games though so i hope there's an option / mod to make it less harsh

i LOVE the gun animations, checking the revolver barrel and slowly loading your paltry collection of bullets then looking at the empty chambers when you aim it to check how many are left

[girlvinland]

You know how earlier this year I read that sapphic romance book about like, the woman who worked at a gym and the love interest who ghosted her fiancé on her wedding day and I hated it and hated pretty much all the characters and found it generally awful in terms of writing and well, everything? God. Everyone was so hateable in that one.

Lol. A month or two ago I got a YA book that I initially didn’t realize was by the same author (although I did learn early on), but it was like. So much better to me than the other, and now I kind of want to read her other YA books too lol. I think I just feel like maybe her writing style suits YA better or something bc whatever the fuck that gym one was was. Uffda. Tbf I was given it for free so I can’t complain a ton but.