#historical nihilism

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2022: Zhao Shukai Calls for Politics-Free Historical Research

Rural China where most of China’s people still live and  rural governance across the long histories of the many states that have occupied the Central Plains since very early ‘barbarian peoples’ coalesced into. assimilated others into and inherited what is still known only dimly of early civilizations that existed in what is now southwestern China. The civilized ‘us’ vs the ‘barbarians’ outside…

[welcometoteyvat]

as a chinese person yall need to stop blaming the ccp for everything (read: hoyo is capable of making colorist design decisions and not everything is a result of censorship pls)

[finisnihil]

Somebody gives me a good sewing machine and I immediately begin researching to make a historically accurate Luocha themed dress except we don't know enough about him yet so I have to dig through the HI3 wiki for Otto to get enough crumbs for this project

Somebody stop me

[skeletonpandas]

[stellerssong]

not getting involved in Thee Conversation but to everyone who cannot see the catharsis and the hope and the simultaneous love and grief in the act of passing the torch in mansand vol 10 the wake....................................like. once again. skill issue. When You Love Danny Then You Will Realize.

[thermodynamic-comedian]

I’m constantly haunted by the idea that Forge is referencing Mary Goore when he says “not just another Bloody Mary” in moc

well gee, anon. now i'll be haunted by that too. but if nihil is referencing mary goore in a song as a comperative to imperator, that implies that nihil and mary were a thing once- sorry i'll leave.

[fiction-quotes]

“I pity your kind,” said Dew softly. “Animals grown too intelligent for their own petty needs. I pity your death. It is trivial. Your kind will come and go like the tide. Nothing you do will ever change Earth. It will endure with or without you. You cannot make or create. You can only change what is there, and eventually, it will change back. What a futile life; what a futile death.”

  —  The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle (Catherine Webb)

[knifeslidez]

someone get all queer historical figures away from the tiktok gays

[tyrannuspitch]

looking at the exit poll sighing heavily and putting on my emo playlist

[georgescitadel]

1st year of George's Citadel - a compilation of quotes from George R.R. Martin

House Targaryen

On the construction of Daenerys and the decision to include dragons in ASOIAF

On Daenerys’ thought process in Lhazarene

On Daenerys’ struggle with rule (1)

On future revelations about the house with the red door

On what led to Robert’s rebellion

On the difference between Daenerys and Aegon’s (I) approach to the throne

On Daenerys subverting gender roles

On the information provided about Rhaegar and Lyanna in ASOIAF

On the “White Saviour” complaints over Daenerys’ storyline

On Daenerys’ future return to Westeros

On Daenerys’ struggle with rule (2)

House Stark

On Sansa’s manipulation at the hands of the Small Council

On Arya and Sansa’s desire to save Ned

On what led Sandor to seek out Sansa during the Battle of Blackwater

On his regret over not further developing Sansa and Arya’s relationships with Catelyn

On what character he’d want to be like

On Ned's inadequacy in King's Landing

House Lannister

On Jaime, Tyrion and loss

On Jaime’s decision to kill Bran

On feeling conflicted over the writing of Tyrion in A Dance With Dragons

On Robert being unsuspicious of the paternity of Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen

On the key event that led Roose to align with the Lannisters

On his intention writing the Lannister POV’s

On similarities between Tywin Lannister and Walter White

House Greyjoy

On the character of Reek

Game Of Thrones

On GOT’s decision to kill off Silver

On GOT’s decision to pair Arya and Tywin up

Miscellaneous

On writing outcasts

On nihilism in ASOIAF

On unfairly hated characters

On the title of A Game Of Thrones

On Epic Fantasy

On his favourite characters in ASOIAF

On the greyest characters in ASOIAF

On unlikable protagonists

On the historical figures that inspired the women of ASOIAF

On father issues in ASOIAF

On the religions in ASOIAF

On creating foils

[khaire-traveler]

Hey, guys, I've been trying my best to get through the day and stuff, and I really just can't do this right now. I'm struggling pretty hardcore. I'm trying to post things that aren't, like, horribly depressing or something, and I even had plans to post a prayer or two, but I just can't do this. There's a lot happening in my life, outside of the major historical events, and I don't really have much support in-person for a lot of it (partially due to the crazy shit happening). Seeing so many people reaching critical points of depression, anxiety, and nihilism has had an extremely negative impact on me. Everyone is processing this in their own way, and I'm not bashing on that; it's just not good for me to be around. So I'll be heading out for a while. How long, I can't say, but it's clear to me that I need to go away.

Take care, everyone, and please remember to prioritize your mental health, too, whatever that looks like for you. I'm sorry I couldn't do more to be encouraging during this time. Genuinely, please take care. 🧡

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2033 Wang Chunhan on Xi Jinping's Rise to Power

Translated below another episode of Yuan Li’s Chinese-language podcast Bumingbai via the Bumingbai Blog. Other translations here of Bumingbai episodes from the transcripts that appear about two weeks after each broadcast. 2023: PRC Freedom of Information Blogger Ruan Xiaohuan Persecuted, translation of Bumingbai #48 Conversations with Yuan Li podcast EP-048 Who is “Programming Musings”?…

[telekinetictrait]

you could say we've been around for a while...

vatores (with a not huge makeover) thru the years :) theres a LOT of cc so be prepared, links and tags under the cut

check my resources page for genetics!

used many times: peebsplays' princess of sims sideburns recolors - peebsplays' baby chops - bloodmooncc's nihil nose chain - saruin's moth tattoo - trillyke's accessory fishnet top - auretta-sims' long gloves recolor - javitrulovesims' midnight evening gloves - peebsplays' lace gloves - homelot's antique gloves - adelarsims gloves - ameyasims' invested pants recolor - kedluu's ankle boots - waxesnostalgic's cuban mary janes - waxesnostalgic's vintage neutrals saddle shoes recolors - plumbobteasociety's foxtrot footwear - chere-indolente's asthete velvet shoes

1790s: the-melancholy-maiden's eleonora and francois hairs / waxesnostalgic's 18th century waistcoat - waxesnostalgic's georgian shoes separated / simulatedstyles' eliza gown - simulatedstyles' fichu and sash

1800s: peebsplays' unrequited hair / nightingalesongx's historical hair - zurkdesign's latest fashion frock conversion - batsfromwesteros' emma coral jewelery

...and because there's so many, the rest are in THIS POST! sorry :(

thank you to (takes a deep breath) @peebsplays @bloodmooncc @saruin @trillyke @auretta-sims @javitrulovesims @homelot @adelarsims @ameyasims @kedluu @waxesnostalgic @plumbobteasociety @chere-indolente @the-melancholy-maiden @simulatedstyles @nightingalesongx @zurkdesign @batsfromwesteros @sunivaa @gilded-ghosts @thesimsblues @historicalsimslife @johnnysimmer @happylifesimsreblogs @moon-simmers @sunlittides @dancemachinetrait @buzzardly28 @linzlu @oydis @kotcatmeow @theroyalthornoliachronicles @simstomaggie @lace-and-honey @dzifasims @wheresbella @vintagesimstress @cyber-frog-cc @elfdor @hezzasims @emmastillsims @cliffirem @vroshii @twentiethcenturysims @daylifesims @glimersims @bustedpixels @simadelics @polygraphish and its not letting me tag everyone else so the rest will also be tagged in that other post i guess!!!! ah!!!!

[sun-death]

The very name “Black Sun” as an esoteric concept is not the historic property of the Nazis. In Western alchemy, the “black sun” was the Sol Niger, a symbol of the process of nigredo, the state of spiritual putrefaction or “death” that necessarily precedes renewal and the completion of the Great Work. There have been other “black suns” and similarly dark lights with different symbolic meanings throughout the ancient pre-Christian world. In Egypt, a “black sun” can be seen in some tombs as a devourer of the unrighteous and the enemies of the gods, and this sun was represented by a demon in the form of a black ram dubbed “The Lord of Power”. In Greece and Rome, the god Dionysus or Bacchus was sometimes referred to as the “Night Sun”. The planet Saturn was in some cultures considered to be a “sun of night”, and in Mesopotamia the sun god Utu was believed to travel to the underworld as a “night sun” to judge the dead. Mayans believed that the Sun took the form of the “Night Sun” as it journeyed to the underworld.

Aleph Skoteinos, "Chaos, nihilism, and the way of “No Surrender” (or, In defence of the Chaos Star and the Nihilist-Anarchists)"

[skeletonpandas]

[yatima]

A propos of nothing in particular I wanna talk about Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake from my other favorite TV show, M*A*S*H. Henry was based on a historical person who seems to have been pretty shitty, and in the sitcom he starts out as a terrible leader and kind of a hateful jerk. Over time, though, he demonstrates competence, shows real growth and, thanks to a terrific performance from a gifted actor, becomes a beloved character.

In the final episode of the third season, Henry gets his much-wanted honorable discharge from the Army and is given a hilariously chaotic send-off from his unit in Korea. Just as we think he's going to be safe for the rest of his life in Bloomington, Illinois, Radar comes into the OR and speaks the words that are engraved on my HEART: "Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake's plane was shot down over the Sea of Japan. It spun in. There were no survivors."

My God. People were SO MAD at the showrunners. Henry worked so hard! He went through so much! He deserved an endless retirement full of fishing! He didn't deserve a random awful sudden death! We loved him and how he interacted with all the other characters and we missed him for the rest of the show!

My God if the rest of that show wasn't immeasurably changed and improved. After Henry died for real, everything had stakes. Profound tone-shift from wacky hijinks to still incredibly funny but character-driven and insightful. Frank and Margaret went from flat caricatures to - well, at least in Margaret's case - one of the best and most complex women on TV at the time. (Team Let Frank Be Trans can still win.) The shallow nihilism that the early seasons shared with the novel and the film was replaced by a hard-earned melancholy that set the comedy in high relief. Henry's death underscored one of the most memorable exchanges in the show, that came two entire seasons later:

Hawkeye: War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.

Father Mulcahy: How do you figure that, Hawkeye?

Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?

Father Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.

Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them — little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.

M*A*S*H isn't just a show about war. It didn't just define the modern workplace comedy, it did so by making the point that the modern workplace is where most of us viewers spend our lives trying to reckon with the violent empire in which we are embedded. At its best, M*A*S*H showed us that the resistance lives and endures in pockets of unconditional love and mutual aid.

Henry wasn't being punished for anything, and his death wasn't a statement on the part of the writers that people like him don't deserve to live. The writers loved Henry too. People, unfortunately, die. We are all going to die (cue Sufjan Steven's Fourth of July), some of us old and surrounded by people who love us, and some of us way too young and unfairly and not infrequently as a direct consequence of the aforementioned violent empire. The randomness and cruelty of it is what makes love and resistance so utterly necessary and beautiful.

Rest in peace, you lovable jerk.