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My brainrot today is thinking about just how incredible for a character Eowyn is.
Genuinely. The series might not have many female characters but the ones we do get go so fucking hard.
To me, Eowyn is literally the definition of defining being a woman for oneself. She rejects the roles she is given despite acknlowdging the importance and its mostly because she knows part of the reason is that she is a woman.
The reason why she is obsessed with Aragorn isn't because she loves him but because she wants what he has. She wants the freedom and courage and bravery that Aragorn has at every turn. She literally has multiple conversations during the Two Towers about how what she fears most is a cage. All this girl wants is the freedom to be and not be forced into a role. The best thing is that she literally gets that.
The segment of Return of the King about Eowyn and Faramir is literally about her piecing together what she truly wants. She doesn't want Aragorn. She wants freedom and the ability to choose. Faramir does nothing but encourage that in her. Their love story is literally one of the healthiest love stories I've seen in a long time because at the heart of it, their love is a place to return home to for both parties. Both go off to lead and help their people for a considerable amount of time before returning to each other but that does not diminish their bond. Even Faramir, I believe, falls in love with her bravery and dedication to her loved ones. The reason she went to Pelenor Fields and Gondor with the troops of Rohan was because she had things she wanted to fight for. She wanted to fight for herself, her people, and her loved ones. She is the one who protects Theoden after he is killed so that his body gets the treatment it deserves. She encourages Merry and helps him go to the battle because she sees her struggle in Merry. They feel helpless standing around when there are things to be doing.
Let's also not forget the fact that she was around Grima Wormtounge just as much as the King was. She was exposed to the same poison and awful words that eroded the king. It's even implied that her care for him is part of the reason why Theoden was savable when Gandalf showed up. She had the same power and bravery as everyone else even if she didn't see it in herself.
Then at the end of the day, SHE decides where she wants to go and what path she wants to walk. She walked the path of a warrior. The path of a princess/ruler. The path of a caretaker. But in the end she decides which elements truly mean something to her outside of gender definitions. That is what makes her character so incredible to me. In this she literally kills one of the biggest enemies in that battle with such a badass line.
#i could talk for ages about how i see the struggle of defining being a woman for oneself in her#she rejects the feminine roles given to her but she also doesnt quite want the masculine ones#she just wants the freedom to choose and have the same respect that men are given#she doesnt want to be belitted because she is a woman#thats literally what Faramir gives her and why she stays with him#Faramir loves her for her not anything else#he respects her as she does him#i am someone who is a woman but rejects the definitons of being a woman because they are toxic and caging#all i want is the freedom and respect of being a HUMAN being#i lend more masculine because that is where that freedom is more often but i also see how toxic that relam is too#niether side is good which is why i choose my own path and defintiom#the fact that eowyn gets such a similar story in a series written by a man in the mid 1900s is incredible#i am someone who would love to have more female characters but i do not want them at the expense of them being proper characters and humans#ive read a lot of fantasy women do not always get the agency they deserve#i would rather take fewer well written women then a bunch of poorly written female characters#lotr has that#eowyn arwen and galadriel are all given agency and the space to be their own individuals which makes them incredible characters#thats what i want out of books and ficition#god im making myself insane about my own thoughts lol#i could talk for ages im not kidding#eowyn#eowyn of rohan#lotr#lotr rambling#lord of the rings#the two towers#the return of the king
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is this a safe space to say that I like Armand's hat...
#char.txt#interview with the vampire#early-mid 1900s mens wear is all about the hats especially in outside wear#its an appropriate size for his head and the year. i think its especially flattering in the loumand first meeting#and when hes strangling santiago#mm ykw ill say its a little wider than maybe is typical but i think it goes with the whole masquerading as a gentleman thing#if anything i actually hate his overcoat i think its functional but unflattering
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slightly awkward time slip situation
#ace attorney#tgaa#tgaa spoilers#sorta. in the subtext#iris wilson#barok van zieks#hey guys did you know time travel stories were quite popular for english childrens literature#from like checks wikipedia The late 1800s to the mid 1900s What#i know because i read them I read toms midnight garden and when marnie was there which i remember was good#anyways. what#i painted these because i didnt know how to paint the other thing and wanted to chill which is strange because i struggled alot doing this#but these are the ones that that made me tell the alucard castlevania in the corner of the canvas that i was Cracked as they say#my art
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Necklace, 1660 & 1800-1900.
Bow made in c. 1660, chain & pendant in 1800-1900. Enameled gold necklace with pendant, set with diamonds, hung with a pearl & a large sapphire drop.
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The change of fashion through the years 1867-1907.
#fashion#historical#historical fashion#victorian#victorian era#victorian fashion#historical clothing#historical dress#history#long dress#1800s dress#edwardian dress#edwardian era#edwardian#19th century fashion#1900s style#1890s fashion#mid 1800s#1870s fashion#1860s fashion#the gilded age#victorian dress#fashion dress#dresses#dress#edwardian fashion#high fashion#19th century#20th century
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Spice girls Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan 1996⋆.ೃ࿔*:・
I love how this looks like a late summer night with your best girl friends ෆ╹ .̮ ╹ෆ⋆.*
#2000s aesthetic#2000s nostalgia#summer#pop culture#90s aesthetic#90s fashion#90s#90s music#90s nostalgia#90s photography#90s photoshoot#y2k aesthetic#y2kcore#spice girls#ginger spice#scary spice#posh spice#sporty spice#emma bunton#90s style#90s stuff#90s pop#girl group#y2k#2000s fashion#mid 90s#1990s#early 1900s#1990s fashion#1990s nostalgia
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Elbe Day (1945) aka the only time the Americans and Soviets were friends during a war.
#history#ww2 history#ww2#wwii#world war ii#world war 2#world war two#united states#us army#ussr#soviet union#soviet army#red army#germany#elbe river#mid 1900s#1900s#1940s#circa 1945#colorized photo
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i cannot for the life of me remember who made that post with the headcanon about the black family losing a lot of their wealth.
but i've been thinking about it a lot. and in england from early to mid 1900s, the aristocracy changed fundamentally as a class, they lost a lot of their previous held power as well as a lot of their money. and because of this, they either had to get a job (the aristocracy is the leisure class. they don't work), which means leaving behind the traditions of your class and your family in order to modernise and keep your money/power, or they could sell off their large estates/lands/artworks in order to keep tradition of the aristocracy as much as they could, but it meant losing a lot of money/power.
there's this quote describing this change in the aristocracy actually- "less power, more prestige". in staying with the traditions of old money, they lose the power they had in government/economy/whatever, but gain lots of admiration and respect from society- like they still have honour and integrity despite losing their money and power, which then becomes their primary tool in still being seen as an influential family.
and with the black family being known as "the noble and most ancient house of black", that definitely could show they chose that pathway. they're clinging onto their lineage of nobility in a time when the aristocracy as a class and the idea of high society is very much falling apart. and unlike quite a lot of these families, they don't modernise but instead keep their heads high and very much make it known that they are nobility and an ancient family, and have no intentions of disrupting this and losing the meaning of what being an aristocrat and a noble used to mean.
#also their motto being “always pure”. like i know its about purebloods and shit#but i do think there's an element of clinging onto traditions#in early 1900s was the rise of celebrities (actors/musicians/writers) surpassing a lot of religious or noble figures in pop culture#and then aristocracts then began to marry these sort of new money celebrities (although not all of them new money#i just mean not following traditions of high society and upper class#and the always pure motto could be very much a clear statement of outrage at this. of class becoming less about lineage#and more about who's the got the bigger wallets and the better parties#sorry i'm doing a module in uni rn about the monarchy and the british classes in early to mid 1900s soo#marauders era#marauders#the black family#the noble and most ancient house of black
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I scrutinize each photo Each letter, each tape, each story Digging further and further back through history Hoping to pinpoint Where the weight on my shoulders originated
Who carried it first How many generations of suffering do I hold How many ghosts are tearing at my flesh How many generations of knowledge have I been denied How much has been lost How much will be lost As my fingers slowly erode paper As obsession wears through the tapes As each memory slowly becomes unrecognizable
The film strips undulate like intestines The dust and ink sticking to my hands like flecks of gore When you cut into my gut Is it blood that spills out Or history?
Salamatullah Eldritch (2022), Archival Violence, Mnemonic Gore [digital collage]
[Image attribution & sources for images used]
#Eldritch IT Speaks#Digital Collage#blood tw#I'm planning on making an story based on this#anyways this is all just. musings on generational trauma. partially brought from my family finding photos#from the late 1800s to mid 1900s#along with my own struggles w/ generational trauma and memory#i usually don't make collages and the last time I did was while I was in a psychiatric treatment center and it was made of just words#im usually not good with like. making something like this. i struggle to abandon symmetry and weird rules in my head#so im kinda proud that I managed to let go of that to make this#ALSO. lowkey I am inspired to do this collage n using gore bcuz of Yah Yah Scholfield#eldritch it writes
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Stela N by Alfred Maudslay, Copan, Honduras 1885.
#Vintage photos#Maya ruins#1880-1900#ancient monument#monument#maya#ancient civilizations#mid-eighth century#photo#photography#photos#Stela N by Alfred Maudslay#Copan#Honduras 1885#1885#Honduras
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Alright here's my full (possibly hot) take on redesigning Hazbin Hotel characters and making a video showcasing those redesigns while you criticize the official designs.
First and foremost, you are redesigning someone else's OCs. Hazbin Hotel is, in essence, a passion project for Viv. How she talks about it makes that incredibly clear to me. The only difference between Hazbin Hotel and, for example, the story I'm developing surrounding some of my D&D OCs is that Hazbin Hotel got picked up by a streaming service and is significantly more popular than most passsion projects get.
Personally if someone wanted to redesign my D&D OCs, I wouldn't mind it, in fact I'd probably think it was really cool that someone would want to redesign one of my OCs to be closer to their tastes in terms of what they like to draw. I would, however, be made incredibly uncomfortable if someone made a video redesigning them where they also pointed out everything they thought was wrong with the designs. I didn't design these specific D&D characters to be 1-to-1 accurate to their classes in D&D or to look professionally designed. I designed them how I wanted them to look for the story I'm telling because I don't plan to ever play them in a campaign. The main character Avlan is a paladin, and I can acknowledge that his design might not look exactly like a paladin. One of the tabaxi in the story (Ice) is a bard and the other (Spark) is a ranger, and I acknowledge that their classes might not come across well in their designs. The single tiefling I've designed for this story (Tragedy) is a cleric but might not come off as one in their design. But I specifically designed them to be easy for me to draw because I want to be able to tell this story through my art. Having someone say "oh, Avlan's armor isn't paladin enough!" or "Avlan's fur colors and patterns should be closer to a wild rabbit's because harengon shouldn't be based on domestic rabbit colors!" would fucking hurt (especially because I'm so attached to Avlan, but it would hurt just as much if similar comments were made about Ice, Spark, or Tragedy). I am so passionate about these characters and being told their designs are bad or wrong in some way would be like a stab in the heart, and it would still feel like a stab in the heart if this story ever got a massive fandom behind it. Giving Avlan more complex armor because you think it'd look cool or just want to see what it'd look like? Sure, if I could draw more complex armor I'd give him more complex armor too. Giving him more complex armor but also shitting on the armor I decide to draw him with? My motivation to draw him in his armor, potentially draw him period, would be dead for WEEKS.
Why is it suddenly okay just because someone's passion project was picked up by Amazon Prime? Why is it suddenly okay to be "fixing" someone's character designs just because the project has a much bigger budget than most artists get and is on a popular streaming service? It's not. I don't care if you're a professional character designer, or think a specific character would look better with certain traits, or just don't like the character designs.
Hazbin Hotel is still Vivienne Medrano's passion project, and redesigning her characters and making videos talking about everything you think is "wrong" with them is, honestly, disgusting. You can make videos explaining your choices in your redesigns without putting down the designs that already exist, whether you like them or not. Me thinking Lucifer looks better with his tail not restricted to his full demon form doesn't suddenly mean I don't like his official design, because I fucking love it. If you wouldn't do it to an artist whose passion project is just a webcomic here on Tumblr, don't fucking do it to an artist whose passion project got picked up for a cartoon by a big streaming service (or any company for that matter).
#hazbin hotel#vent#kinda#i just think it's a weird double standard#'yeah don't fix people's art! unless theyre working on a project that was picked up by a big company then it's fine to fix their art'#like???#why is that a mentality that exists?? they're still viv's characters#and you can still redesign them without shitting on the official designs#pretty much all of my redesign notes for hazbin hotel are 'how can i make this character easier and more fun for me to draw'#because i specialize in furry art. i don't usually draw humanoids lol#so giving vox some shark traits for example or making adam more birdlike would make them more fun for me to draw#why can't we redesign them based on that without saying 'i think it's weird that this decision was made for this character's design'#they're still viv's characters. they're still her designs. stop pointing out everything you think is wrong with them for fucks sake#we don't need to talk about hazbin's character designs. we don't need to 'fix' them#just say they aren't for you and move on. there's literally nothing inherently wrong with them#i also feel like not enough people actually do research into the historical contexts of some characters#and i think it'd be really fuckin cool to see people redesign characters more based on headcanons based on that than anything#look into how the mafia operated in new york in the early/mid 1900s for angel. look into radio hosts in the 1920s for alastor.#look into las vegas culture during husk's lifetime for husk. look into the culture surrounding tv hosts in the 1950s for vox.#LOOK INTO THE CULTURE OF THE ELIZABETHAN ERA FOR ZESTIAL.#(i just presented zestial ideas to anyone who wants them on a silver platter. you're welcome)#(also new headcanon that zestial was friends with shakespeare in life because why the fuck not)#(when the tags get wildly out of hand)
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Feel free to stick more details in the tags ^_^
#sunday night curiosity with breakfast tea#tumblr polls#my great grandparents would've all been born in the mid to late 1800s#my grandparents were all born in the 1900s - 1910s#my mum said only her grandmother was alive by the time she was born in the 50s#also the idea that some people meet and spend time with great grandparents is mindblowing to me lol#heck it blows my mind that several of my friends still have grandparents#we're all in our late 30s so these people are OOOOOOLD
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everyone look at the cute dead mid Victorian couple and my new beauty up and running
#the locket is probably gold filled by the luster#Victorian#Victorian era#mid Victorian#the sewing machine is 1930s electric but the table is 1890s-1900s
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i feel like not enough people see with the canon-era-but-grown-up newsies fics that they were in the exact right time and place to be bootleggers
#newsies#OK BUT THINK ABT IT#they're all like teenagers circa 1900#Meaning by the time the prohibition era rolls around they're maybe early to mid-thirties#and of course they're in one of the biggest cities in america#do we see the vision?#Are we feeling this??
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Afternoon Dress, 1855-1903
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recently found out only like 50-something % of voting age americans actually vote... i mean guys i knew you didnt have mandatory voting i knew you had lower turnout numbers but holy SHIT that is DIRE.
#in 2020 it was like 61.5% which is apparently the best turnout since 1900??????? like HOLYYY SHITTTTTTT#btw in australia voter turnout is like low-mid 90%s#for comparison
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