#matilda ii

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7th Australian Division Matilda II in action at Balikpapan, 3 July 1945.

[carbone14]

Char Matilda II du 7th Royal Tank Regiment – Opération Compass – Campagne d'Afrique du Nord – 19 décembre 1940

Photographe : Capitaine Geoffrey John Keating - No. 1 Army Film and Photo Section, Army Film and Photographic Unit

©Imperial War Museums - E 1416

[capt-riverdry]

Matilda II

21 May 1940: The Battle of Arras begins with British tanks descending on the German 7th Panzer Division. British Matilda tanks wreak havoc among the German column and buy time for the evacuation at Dunkirk.

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[teamdarkdaily]

day 332: matilda's shows

[ricky-mortis]

TCB/Shipwrecked/Pulp Doodles!

[angevinyaoiz]

All the blossoms in my garden 🪴

An Angevin-Plantagenets family tree I made for my medieval art collection zine, “If All The World Were Mine!” The physical edition is now available, so check it out if you can :D

[cesareeborgia]

↳ a brief guide to house plantagenet history: the anarchy (part 1)

[lunasglow]

Empress Matilda — Rhaenyra’s Historical Parallel

“We can think of Empress Matilda as the fierce nearly Norman queen, who battled her cousin Stephen and the sexism of medieval England for 19 long years, during a period described as ‘The Anarchy’. Basing her campaign in Oxford, Matilda battled, sieged, and even made an elaborate escape during her enduring efforts to claim the English throne.

Matilda would have been the first English Queen to rule in her own right, had she been crowned in 1141. She was the first woman to be named as heir to the English throne and she fought fiercely for her succession. As it happened, England wouldn’t see a queen for another 400 years.” — Museum of Oxford

[redjennies]

other people playing pentiment: I think Ferenc and Guy killed those people because I don't like them and think they deserve to die.

me playing pentiment: I think Matilda and Else killed those people because I like them and think they deserve to get away with murder.

[wonder-worker]

the fact that Henry II had two parents who were willing to relinquish their titles and share their authority with him (with his father even writing that he hoped Henry would one day "surpass me and all my predecessors in power and dignity") only to become known as the guy who drove all his sons into open revolt against him because he refused to give them adequate power 🤡

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7th RTR Matilda II "GLOUCHESTER" sabotaged by its own crew after getting bogged down at Arras in May 1940

[fairydr3ams]

❛𝐼𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠

𝐼𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠, 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠

𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐𝒉 𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝒉𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑑𝑒

𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑, 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑑❜

. ֺ ָ ֙⋆ ་ ᳝ ˖ . ֺ ָ ֙⋆ ་ ᳝ ˖ . ֺ ָ ֙⋆ ་ ᳝ ˖ . ֺ ָ ֙⋆ ˖ . ֺ ָ ֙⋆ ་ ᳝ ˖ . ֺ ָ ֙⋆ ་ ᳝˖ . ֺ ָ ֙⋆

☾︎⋆͙̈𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕's oc☆˚⋆͙̈ Don't steal or copy

. ֺ ָ ֙⋆ ་ ᳝ ˖ . ֺ ָ ֙⋆ ་ ᳝ ˖ . ֺ ָ ֙⋆ ་ ᳝ ˖ . ֺ ָ ֙⋆ ˖ . ֺ ָ ֙⋆ ་ ᳝ ˖ . ֺ ָ ֙⋆ ་ ᳝˖ . ֺ ָ ֙⋆

──┈⊰᯽⊱┈──╌❊╌──┈⊰᯽⊱┈──

𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐲𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥 . House Tyrell values family, image, and power.

Their Vanity was Exceeded Only by Their Ambition.

A Tyrell can be graceful, beautiful, kind, and gentle as well as cunning, scheming, protective, and vain.

House Tyrell’s sigil, Golden Rose with the words “Growing Strong” actually represent their main personality. They will plant some seeds and may appear as harmless and charming at first. As the time goes, they will slowly but surely grows into something bigger and bigger until their roots stick with their host. As they have grown strong, they are able to destroy everything as they please. Like some thorny plants that can destroy even a fortress when they outgrew it.

Like a rose petal, the Tyrells may appear as sweet hearted, graceful, pretty, alluring, and caring. But beneath this persona, they possess sharp thorns which can effectively kill. They are actually extremely cunning, politically-savvy, manipulative, and ruthless.

𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫. Large blue eyes, softly curling brown hair, gentle, dutiful, fair. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒆.

──┈⊰᯽⊱┈──╌❊╌──┈⊰᯽⊱┈──

❝𝐀𝐆𝐄

─18 ❞

──┈⊰᯽⊱┈──╌❊╌──┈⊰᯽⊱┈──

❝𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌

─ Matilda De Angelis❞

──┈⊰᯽⊱┈──╌❊╌──┈⊰᯽⊱┈──

❝𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘

─ caring - dutiful - cunning - gentle ❞

She is very conscientious and gentle but underneath the surface there is a little bit of fire and a rebellious streak that she doesn’t even know exists.

Elinor has grown up a certain way and is very aware of the rules and boundaries that society has set upon her.

Through the years, duty became, for Elinor, the obvious virtue to follow in her life, not because she wants to, but because she needs to, because she needs to in order to survive at court, amongst snakes and dragons or, maybe, deep down, only to justify the unrighteous nature of some of her thoughts. She has learned to do her duty, it comes easier to her, especially because of how Alicent has and probably will always have, great influence on her behaviour, because of how, growing up, the Queen seemes to have shaped Elinor into a version of herself, not knowing if the young lady would b I'me a better version or a worse one...

Elinor is fair and lively, with a shy and sweet smile; she has a kind, caring nature and a magnetic charm. She is intelligent and shrewd, sweet, gentle, ambitious, energetic, tractable and practical. She is also particularly skilled at reading a room, adjusting her behaviour depending on the situation.

Elinor is a sociable introvert and loves connecting with people in a meaningful way, often preferring one-on-one conversations to big group events. She is sensitive and kind, always thinking about others, particularly those who she cares about and those in need.

She also values harmony and avoids conflict when possible.Trustworthy and committed, she fights for what she believes in and greatly values stability.

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❝𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒

❏ Interests

She’s 18 years old so she has still a kind of innocent character. She very much appreciates books, painting, and also nature and being outside, adventure and just the simple things in life like flowers and the gardens, where she can appreciate the calm surroundings.

❏ Family

Elinor is the only daughter of Lord Martyn Tyrell and his wife, Lady Florence Fossoway. She is also related to the Hightowers by her mother's side of the family.

Elinor had her disagreements with her mother, like most daughters have but, she loved her dearly, craving her love and validation even if her mother often requested perfection. When Elinor's mother fell ill, Elinor was only fourteen and she would forever miss her presence in the years that followed.

That is when, in her moment of weakness, Alicent appeared like a saviour, extending her hand out for Elinor to take, extending her hand out so she could pull the young girl into a motherly embrace, both comforting ans coated in poison, making the young rose grow around the stony tower; a pillar from which Elinor couldn't and didn't want to get away from. As years passed, Elinor started viewing Alicent as a mother figure and, in her young, broken heart, she constantly feels the need and urge to please the Queen in everything she does and Alicent, maybe, even absentmindedly, uses it to her advantage.

Elinor and Alicent seem to exist like mirror of each other; Elinor being a broken glass recomposed with pieces from both her mother and the Queen.

Elinor's father, another important figure in the young woman's life, rather changed through time. He's considered a man of great learning, but also methodical, blunt, domineering. He's an ambitious man, always has been, cunning, organized, methodical and calculating.

His worst traits only surfaced even more after Elinor's mother died. It is almost like she was the one keeping his ambitious and calculating nature at bay.

Elinor loves her father dearly, despite him having changed, despite the fact that he uses his daughter's affection for him to convince her to do what he thinks is best for him, herself and their house.

❏ Bad habits

And she would do it again and again, fidgeting and torturing her poor fingers as if hurting them was a way for her fear and anxiety to be externalised, a way for her to feel free from worries for a spilt second while her thoughts were numbed by the pain her hands were feeling...

❏ Love interest (optional)

Aegon II Targaryen

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Matilda II

The Battle of Arras was fought in 1940. The Infantry Tank Mk.II was at the top of the proverbial food chain in 1940, but this engagement proved that it takes more than the thickest armour and the biggest gun to win a tank battle.

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[stephantom]

Becket (1964)

[royalty-nobility]

Frederica, Princess Royal of Prussia, Shortly to be Duchess of York, Presented to King George III

Artist: Richard Livesay (British, 1750-1826)

Date: 1791

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Collection Trust, United Kingdom

Description

Frederica was the eldest daughter of Frederick William II, King of Prussia. Her marriage to the Duke of York, George III’s second son, took place on 29 September 1791. The scene is set in an entrance hall, with the King and Queen standing in the centre. The Duke of York, sponsoring the introduction, is seen advancing from the right. The King is surrounded by the Princesses, and to the right are shown the Prince of Wales (next to the Queen) and the Duke of Clarence.

[historynerdj2]

Others: If you were asked to write for the 5th Valkyria Chrinicles game, how would you write it?

Me: As a mixture of the Burma, New Guinea, and Borneo campaign.

Others: … What?

Me: Well, the Valkyria chronicles franchise has always liked toying with some degree of moral ambiguity, with an empire that is clearly in the wrong, but the side you are fighting for, while better, still has glaring flaws. Furthermore, the fourth game implied and talked about the idea that nations within the Federation has colonies, and while I am skeptical of how much of what the Imperial soldier stating that claim is stating established facts or state propaganda, that could be an angle to explore plot wise.

Think about it, perhaps the Empire launches a naval invasion to try and take over these resource rich colonies, and are banking on creating a narrative that they are liberators to the indigenous population, just like how the Japanese did during their initial pushes into Southeast Asia.

This could also mean a new perspective of what I shall dub for the sake of this post, the “Commonwealth”, who draws inspiration from mainly British colonial forces and Commonwealth, more specifically, Indian and Australian forces, with a heavy side of Gurkhas. Where you have to manage and combat this narrative, between members of your squad that are descendants of Edinburgh Federation settlers (Australians), indigenous peoples (Indians, Indonesians, Malaysians, and Nepali Gurkhas) and those actually from the Federation (British).

Not to mention, this could also be interesting to explore in the context of why they are siding with the Federation. Those actually from the Federation might view the conflict through the lens of ideology, and preserving the Empire Federation. Meanwhile the settlers might not care about the broader Federation, but they do care about their home being threatened. Finally those who are indigenous might have negative feelings about their current Colonial overlords, but be even more skeptical to the Imperial claims, or maybe even be exposed to the actual Imperial treatment that is far worse than anything the Federation have done.

And the Darscen can be explored in an interesting lens, as the Federation-native members might have the most amount of anti-Darscen soldiers, while settlers might still talk about them using offensive terms, but otherwise treats them better due to the need for the skill sets often associated with Darscens being particularly useful and valuable, while the indigenous members don’t have the context for the hate, and as far as they’re concerned, it’s someone else’s problem.

Gameplay-wise, the door is open to a lot of creativity. Jungle warfare can open the door to a lot of new mechanics and tactical situations. Maps could be very claustrophobic due to the thick jungle. Closer engagements could lead to having classes be more flexible, such as the inclusion of melee, bonus equipment like flares for the Scout class that helps to boost accuracy within the zone, or even new skills like engineers being able to build emplaced weapons.

Then there are the tanks. Tanks could play an interesting role, as tanks were used in far more limited numbers and roles compared to the European fronts, but I can easily see an interesting exploration in this world about smaller more compact tanks that function like anti-infantry roles, like how the Australians use Matilda tanks in the liberation of Borneo.

I could also see the dropping of the lancer class (iconic as it is), but the adoption of a new class that I would dub the “point man”, who would act as a mix of the scout and the shock class, having high movement range, but armed with more short ranged weapons like submachine guns and introducing shotguns to the series.

And the enemy can be interesting as well, with perhaps less use of the traditional image of the Imperial forces within the series, but instead more like naval troops and sailors and marines, perhaps their own colonial forces, and maybe even native people who side with the Imperials, deeming the Federation too irredeemable.

Finally, aesthetic. I think people are too obsessed with either the German, Soviet and/or American WWII aesthetic, but I personally find British commonwealth and colonial forces too be an awesome aesthetic, and also because I believe people often overlook the actions and achievements of British imperial forces.

Personally, I think people might be intrigued with playing characters inspired and based off Sikh, Malay, Gurkhas, Australians, and even British forces. Slouches hats, Bren guns, Owen guns, and Kukri knives, honestly it would be cool to see and use.

Besides, what could be cooler than siccing a fantasy world equivalent of a Gurkha or Aussie on an unsuspecting Imperial?

Others:… Go back to having the shower thoughts be about Genshin.

Images from top left, clockwise: Australians during the Borneo campaign; Gurkha, unknown location; British soldiers crossing a river during the Burma campaign; Australian Matilda Tanks during the Borneo Campaign; Soldier of the Malay Regiment; Indian Sikh soldiers, Burma campaign