#historical verse

[imprvdente]

@tmvoldemort​ . 𝐆𝐎𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐀𝐔 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋

An eerie vision stepped out of the cold waves, long blue hair trickling down her back. Water flowed against her skin to return to the Ocean, leaving little droplets behind. Rán looked ageless, wild, and most importantly... angry. 

“You have been trying very hard to catch my attention,” she told the hooded silhouette standing on the beach, “well, now you have it.” Her voice was menacing, like a storm brewing on the horizon. Calm and yet implacable. 

“It is not very wise, to anger a Goddess. Speak before I decide to punish you for the mayhem you have caused.”

[ask-nyc-boroughs]

Early Appalachian frontiersman Alfred in buckskin circa 1790- 1810s. I’m trying to figure out how to paint like NC Wyeth digitally (so lol the background is Wyeth’s).

Gonna ramble a bit about my nor’easter au and Alfred below the cut

Following the American Revolution, Alfred is immediately sent out to squash any rebellions (like whiskey rebellion) and to partake in wars against Indigenous nations like the Cherokee. I’ll save a discussion about the Cherokee wars for another time because that’ll take a long time to explain + I’m still working on my Cherokee oc and I need to understand Cherokee history and perspective more before I go forward with talking about this topic.

Now the many of the east coast states are older than Alfred, and they mostly supported him during the revolution because they thought he’d be easy to control given at the time of the revolution he wasn’t tied down as any colony or city. However, he was a New Englander and very obviously so

He was once Plymouth colony and he grew up alongside his cousin Henry/Massachusetts, but by the time the revolution occurred, his status was unclear and he was simply living with his cousin (who’s his earliest and most fierce supporter) .

These states operated like countries and part of why the had the revolution was to continue to self-govern and maintain their regional cultures. It’s also part of why the federal government initially was rather weak. Given Alfred’s closeness to his cousin, and his very staunch New England identity, I think the states would be hesitant over a strong New England national control. And so I think they especially Jennie/NY & Rich/Virginia encouraged Alfred to leave his cousin for a while, and partake in military campaigns (+ he was good at battle).

Also Alfred was like 14, and I don’t think he’s ever been the type to sit down and do paperwork. Honestly he was always a bad student, who was far more interested in the outdoors, horses, sailing and hunting. While he won the war, and he was fine with being head of state, he still didn’t 1) have confidence in himself to make non-military related decisions 2) he just wasn’t mentally ready to take on the responsibilities and was fine deferring it to his states like Jennie, Rich, or Henry to figure out matters that weren’t military related. He was irresponsible and it would come back to bite him in the ass during the Civil War.

Alfred on a personal level it was probably good for him to get away from his overly critical cousin who can be overbearing, but also so he would get more experience to deeply get to know his states.

Also Alfred, growing up in New England, he was a little ball of rage as a kid and he has a difficult time managing his emotions. He wasn’t exactly the personable seemingly fun loving Alfred of the present. Not that he couldn’t crack a joke, but ok I’m not from New England, but in the northeast I find we’re rather cynical, un-filtered and sarcastic and tbh kind of asssholes in the way we have fun and in our humor. That’s how he was, which is like fine unless you’re trying to appeal to the rest of the nation lol which he would have to

I think his time spent in Appalachia and the south did help him learn more about his other states especially Maisie/ North Carolina. But also helped him learn more how to let go some of this intense New England rage, and how to better control his emotions. But also let loose in a way that isn’t so dark and cynical. Also I think this helped him slowly learn how to speak with less of a New England specific accent

He was also able to observe states like Rich and Carl/ South Carolina and gain an understanding of how being able to control your emotions, can help control your image and how others perceive you. So these are the origins of how he slowly began to shape and become at least in public this overly friendly happy go lucky Alfred.

I’ll save a discussion about his interactions with the Appalachian states more explicitly another time I’m just tired😴 fr rn

[writingsinashes]

Multi-Muse

Novella || Multi-Para || Canon & OC || Multi-Verse || Multi-Ship

30 || CST || NSFW

Muses and plots that span various media, such as films, literature, video games, mythology, and with the power of imagination.

With a touch of canon and a sprinkle of OCs, this blog might have just what you've been looking for!

Write with someone who's been in the RPC for about 17 years without the drama of the past 17 years! 😂

{Memes} {Rules} {Muses}

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[merrysithmas]

headcanon that Charles Xavier and Princess Diana were close friends and he was devastated when she died

[lsdoiphin]

Lord Lamonte Hubert Urdagan is known among Tri-Kingdom nobility as the worst Lord in all of Vestur. At a rather young age he inherited the Urdagan Lordship after his father perished in a freak moose accident, and he has been an unwanted blemish on the Northern Kingdom ever since. Luckily, the Tri-Kingdom at large can comfortably pretend he does not exist, as Urdagan territory has little in the ways of population, roads, trade exports, or modern strategic value. There are viscounts with more sway in Tri-Kingdom politics than Lord Urdagan.

This is a reality he has accepted, and he attempts to make the best of it. He does his damnedest to care for his people with the means he has, and looks for silver linings where he can find them.

After all, if no one cares to watch you too closely, your time is your own.

[malkaleh]

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eta: I wasn’t going to share the actual comment but you know what, fuck it the ‘idealogical agenda’ comment fucking got me.

[profoundbondfanfic]

The Law of Equivalent Exchange

The Law of Equivalent Exchange by awed_frog @awed-frog Rating: Mature Word Count: 60k

“And what’s the point of it?” “Of love? There isn’t one. Loving is its own purpose.”

This fic is poetic and deeply touching in a way that truly just has to be experienced. It's just a breathtakingly beautiful love story.

Cas, Angel of Tears, is assigned to watch over two brothers, tied together and experiencing hundreds of lifetimes of sorrow and joy in preparation for some mysterious Heavenly plan. His mission is to watch over a green-eyed boy, to guide him into each next life. The human doesn't know, doesn't remember (mostly), but it's impossible to ignore the growing bond between them. Cas finds himself inexorably changed by watching the many lives he experiences. 

The fic ties into canon (so you should be familiar with canon to truly enjoy it) to make some of the iconic scenes even more emotional. 

It all comes together to tell an unforgettable story of love and devotion that had me crying by chapter 2, and it has a soft, beautiful ending that will stick with me for a while.

[hecksee]

im learning i have an intense fondness for historical gays. modern gays are good, but theres just Something about historical queers that hit my brain. bonus points if they're from the 17th-19th century.

[ameliafuckinjones]

So I just finished reading "Uncle Sam is to be sacrificed: Anglophobia in late 19th century politics and culture" which -to summarize- essentially discusses the Anglophobia that ran concurrent with Anglophilia due to America's rising imperial interests in the Western Hemisphere (interests which were ironically protected by British presence in the Western Hemisphere from other European powers), economic nationalism, populism and grassroot politics. You had the Northeastern states that leaned more toward Anglophilia among the WASP population all the while nurturing a growing Irish population -fleeing imperial Britian- with a strong and lethal bent toward anti-British/Anglophobia sentiment not only to stoke a strategic anti-British culture within American politics but to also emphasize their Americanness by drawing parallels between Ireland's revolutionary struggle with Britian and America's revolutionary struggle with Britian.

As a result, politicians courting the Irish vote and Irish Newspapers often attacked -who they dubbed- the Anglomaniac who loved Britian more than he loved America. Anti-British sentiment was also prevalent in the south, midwest, and western states due to populism, Wall Street elites, and British ties to it. There was also some anti-British sentiment due to holdover resentments from the Civil War (both with former confederates who suspected British influence in the abolition/emancipation movement and former unionist who believed the British sought to ally itself with the rebellious south as seen via the Alabama claims).

Anglophobia in America dies down during the Spanish-American War, where the loudest critics of Anglomania/Anglophilia (mainly political factions that once used Anglophobia as a tool for electorate victory) change course and begin to draw on shared heritage and interests between America and Great Britain with regards to imperialism and opposition against common foes in the old world (Spain and eventually Russia during the Russo-Japanese war in 1904). Though, even during the height of anti-British sentiment, it was married with begrudging respect.

Anglo-Saxonism in this article doesn't seem to be interchangeable with Anglophilia, but a state in which one maintains a rivalry with Britian alongside a camaraderie in a united goal for imperial ambition. Anglo-Saxonism (as well as Anglophobia, which can be seen as a branch of Anglo-Saxonism alongside Anglophilia) was a simply pragmatic assessment paired with transatlantic sympathy for Britian and vice versa. America was the rising power clashing with the pre-eminent power that ironically often acquiesced to the former's demands and sought out a closer relationship based on familial and imperial bonds. You'll note that as Anglophobia sentiment found purchase in American political thought, Americomania steadily grew in Britain among some of its elite, such as Andrew Carnegie, who yearned for a re-union between America and Great Britain.

So America's heart was basically in conflict with itself. He yearned for England, wanted to emulate him both culturally and politically all the while resenting him for what he saw as an overstepping of bounds upon his (economic and international) autonomy as an independent nation paired with a desire to surpass England in a seemingly one-sided rivalry. Meanwhile, England just wanted to be friends and do imperialism together, nursing power fantasies of two Anglo-Saxon nations conquering the world and beating up their annoying enemies (Russia, Spain, Germany, etc).

I'm sure I'm missing some things (and I link the article which I annotated if anyone wants to read, but you do need Adobe Acrobat, I think), but this is the gist of it. I'll probably go over it again while looking up more articles that discuss Anglophobia in America. From what I'm gathering, though, the animosity was mostly one-sided. Even when England takes a semi-antagonistic stance toward America, as he did during the Civil War, he makes a great effort to show remorse and apologizes via Alabama claims and Treaty of Washington:

Reading and analyzing this article is my way of challenging my thoughts about their (mainly) pre-WWII relationship and finding a balance between hostility and friendliness for them. At the moment, I'm of the mind that America still idolized and emulated him but had a really funny, rebellious, and childish way of showing that which exasperated and perplexed England to no end. Like America really likes and wants to be like England, is terribly conscious of this fact, and really, really resents it for a point in time before fully embracing it (again?). But the animosity is all one-sided, because England doesn't have that many hard feelings about their past squabbling, apologizes when he truly feels like he messed up or overstepped, tries to do things to indirectly/directly support America's political interests, and tries to foster friendship and camaraderie between them and...America is just NOT having it (but is secretly loving it and wants more even as he rebuffs it until finally giving in for a moment toward the end of the 19th century???).

[theophan-o]

Graceful, beautifully drawn Cossack Heroes and their horses:

Petro S. Andrusiv (Петро Стефанович Андрусiв, 1906-1981), Ukrainian artist, graphic and illustrator: Hunting with Falcon (1971)

It is a fan&didactic account, existing only for the Cossack Heroes glory and promoting Ukrainian heritage worldwide. Copyright belongs to the Artist/Museum.

[qiqi-guai-guai]

Thinking about Lin Wan'er.... Her brother is dead and he was one of her only companions during a devastatingly lonely childhood and she owes it to him to avenge him. She owes it to herself to avenge him. The Lin family's pride still stands, however fragmented, in its least viable heir. If Fan Xian lost someone he loved he would burn down the world; she would too, but she doesn't have the ability.

It doesn't matter whether or not his murder was justified. He was her brother.

[imprvdente]

Sometimes I think that you’ll never understand me. (sea god!westley for sea goddess!fish)

"You are being childish."

The goddess' voice was cold and unyielding, devoid of tenderness. She was not uncaring, but much like the ocean, she was… merciless. Her attention and tenderness were offered randomly, and just as easily denied.

She did not seem to care that her words would only confirm what the other sea god was saying. Or at least, make him believe that he was justified in what she deemed to be the tantrum of a petulant child. Perhaps she'd have been more understanding if she had not been jaded by centuries of conflict with the other gods of the oceans. Endless wars and bickering from deities who refused to share a piece of their realm.

Ràn, of course, was no better.

"No one can understand you better than me," she finally added, stormy blue eyes examining the other. "We are one and the same. Your… ignorance does not make you any less of a God. And your insistence to deny what you must know deep down is true, will not make you any more of a human."

[ask-nyc-boroughs]

😈😈 I’m cooking up some comics. Anyways “To Prevent Consequence” is the title for my American Revolution arc in Nor’easter verse. The first of these I made back in April to help introduce major characters in this arc in a fun way. I will note that these “cheat sheets” are an oversimplification of positions at the beginning of the American Revolution. I’ll keep this as a navigational post, and I’ll try to update it as each comic page comes out. Also links to all my comics can be found here & you can follow the tags #tpc comic for updates on the comic.

Denise/Quebec & Thomas/ Nova Scotia belongs to my friend ekuos.art on Instagram.

Also feel free to ask questions!

For reference, these are the chapters that I have mostly completed as of August 2024:

The End: Most of the 13 colonies see no other option, but to agree with their people and declare independence from Arthur thus putting their lives on the line. However some colonies remain on the fence. Furthermore, the colonies can’t seem to agree upon one of their own to lead them, or really have as a figurehead. In general the colonies can’t seem to even decide if they want to be independent together, or strike it out on their own. Henry (Massachusetts), a fierce advocate of independence, and an advocate of remaining together proposes that his cousin Alfred Jones, who was once Plymouth colony (yet his exact role in the present is unclear), be their figurehead while they unite together. However Henry & Alfred face great opposition from their peers.

The Ashes: Following the Battle of Long Island, Jennie Van Slyke (New York State) wakes up in Albany, hurt and disoriented. There she finds her longtime rival and now ally in independence, Henry with her.

lol I realize the font is small in case you needed a close up here it is.

Other notes:

You may be familiar with the Haudenosaunee as the Iroquois Confederacy, some suspect the name Iroquois comes from an insult and was later adapted by colonists. I put their names in their respective languages so Mr. Seneca (O-non-Dowa-Gah), Mr. Mohawk (Kaniek’kehá:ka), Mr. Onondaga (Onoñda’gegá”), Cayuga (Gayoghó:no’), Oneida (Onyota’a:ka), & Ms. Tuscarora (Skarùr:re).

Mr. Cherokee = Mr. Anigiduwagi

Mr. Mohican = Mr. Muhhekunneuw. Also Lynn/ NYC’s biological father

I focus mostly on settler colonial histories. I try my best to research and understand indigenous histories, but as this is a piece of fiction and I’m not a historian - I will be prone to error in my work. If you notice something egregious in this regard & have sources to lead me to, do let me know via private message.

[alexanderhamilton-official]

𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦?

𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦.

Hello everyone! My name is Pucca, I'm 27 years old and I go by she/her. I've had 7+ years of roleplay experience, and have already tried rping as Hamilton a few times before. I am from Turkey.

Everything will be tagged accordingly, from anons to threads to asks to NSFW. NSFW will be present on this blog, so though I can't keep minors away, do have the caution.

I will have two verses for hamilton. Before the war and after the war. So, young Alex and middle aged alex. They will both be tagged, which means his age will differ between RP to RP.

I will do my best to do him justice and be as historically accurate as possible, as far as my knowledge goes. I'm not so keep on history, but I do my researches, and I'm studying Alex's character to make sure I don't say anything out of pocket or something that doesn't fit him. If you see me post anything that you feel like doesn't fit his character, please tell me. I encourage it! I would love help on this, since again, I'm not even American nor do I love history all that much. So feel free to correct me!

Rest are basic roleplay rules, y'know, don't spam, respect, don't pester me, all that good stuff. I hope we have fun!

[charmantevamp]

( trace )     for the sender to trace their finger of the receiver’s body. - @ofravensandseas

"You're a tease," Audrey observed with a false calm. It was calm before a storm. Her mouth clashes with his and she pulls him closer, pressing her body against his.

"So stop teasing."

[iobartach]

Him? Apologising? Fake news, didn't happen. Except Mauga's new ringtone proves otherwise.