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wonder-worker · 11 months ago
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how do you think the Lancasters stood the best chance at winning the war?
Imo, if they'd won at Mortimer's Cross or Towton, the Yorkists would be finished.
A lot of the WotR depended on military victories, tbh. We tend to get distracted by fancy discussions like "Who had the best claim?"* or Propaganda Roulette 101, but the fact remains that it was ultimately military victories that sealed the deal and got rid of opposition**. Everything else was pretty wrapping on top of the already-won or to-be-won prize.
*The most useless debate of all **The exception was Richard III's usurpation but that was a fairly unconventional and entirely unexpected usurpation, and in any case it was a military defeat that ended his reign.
#ask#wars of the roses#Remember that the Yorkists were on the brink of total defeat by the end of 1460#The Duke of York and his second son were killed; and his heir was only 18; the King would soon be reclaimed from their grasp#If they'd lost in 1461 their cause would most likely be over#A fairly analogous example would be the Battle of Bosworth - if Richard III had won Henry Tudor's cause would be finished#(and he'd probably be dead)#If the Lancastrians had seized London they'd have a huge advantage but might also encounter some difficulties#including a potential siege and hostility from the aldermen and public. But a military victory would seal the deal#Also I think I've mentioned in some tags before but imo it's clear that the Lancastrians stood a monumentally better chance at#consolidating their power/support/reputation if they won in 1461 rather than 1471#A 1471 military victory would result in victory but would also bring with it a whole host of other problems in terms of consolidation#(Among others: the inevitable head-on national clash between Yorkist and Lancastrian lords in terms of forfeited and restored estates#which had been postponed by Warwick but would undoubtedly take center stage once the royal family was properly established#and would almost definitely result in the eruption of widespread rivalries and resentment from the affected parties;#foreign and domestic policy with regards to the promised war with Burgundy which was very unpopular with the English patriciate; etc)#(That's not even getting into whether Warwick would survive or not and the equally complicated possibilities in either scenario#or George of Clarence: whether their victory would be before or after he switched sides and what that would mean for him)#There's also the obvious fact that Henry VI would still ultimately be King - and that can take VERY different routes depending#on the wider situation#In a completely alternate scenario if they had established themselves when Edward IV was still in exile he would be out of reach#which would over-complicate matters even further#(I'd be personally curious to know if they took any action against royal claims through the female line considering this was a HUGE#aspect of their gendered propaganda in the 1460s to try and delegitimize the Yorkist claim...Henry IV gave them an obvious precedent)#a 1471 victor would also be devastating on a personal level for everyone involved considering Henry's imprisonment and#Margaret and Edward's almost decade-long exile before it#It would be significantly more devastating for Edward IV's widow and four frighteningly young children - especially considering#that unlike Margaret or Anne Neville they lacked the active/direct connection of powerful foreign or national relatives#All in all - It's difficult to say but it's clear that a path forward in 1471 would be tremendously hard#A victory in 1461 would not only forever end the Yorkist challenge but would also ensure a far smoother aftermath for the Lancasters
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fumifooms · 9 months ago
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Omg guys he just genuinely likes bugs and mollusks and critters 😭💘💔 Forced to noble when he just wanna crouch and watch things skitter in the dirt…
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f-athr · 4 months ago
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i’m ovulating.
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just the line art and pure black here, as i’m conflicted between liking the shading on the suit but loathing how i can’t figure out how to properly colour any and all skin
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jojotichakorn · 1 year ago
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i love how the show made sure 1) to show us that for once boston was extremely reluctant to make sexual advances on someone and atom absolutely did all the work, and then also blamed boston for not wanting to see him again, despite the clearly established boundaries; and 2) to explicitly frame the fact that boston as a gay man (particularly a promiscuous gay man) is seen as predatory by having chueam verbally frame the situation as the classic deeply homophobic "homosexual preying on the young and inexperienced and turning them to the "homosexual lifestyle"" idea (reflected in anything from 1961's "boys beware" short to the current "protect children from drag queens" moral panic), and y'all are STILL somehow saying that boston is at fault here, just because he is a shitty friend and a selfish person. like i'm sorry, but a leap from these honestly regular human traits to literal blackmail and sexual assault is not as obvious and easy as some of you seem to think.
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sforzesco · 7 months ago
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Modern au Pompey is so relatable, like yes that is my exact reaction to the glasses
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everyone’s having a normal time about the glasses :)
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vulcan-moon · 2 years ago
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I’m assuming Serizawa doesn’t take the whole spirit situation well… how does dimple fare?
tells him off, which is not the best choice considering how reigen died lol. but i feel dimple has a different view on the permanence of death considering he's currently experiencing a pretty rich afterlife. i think he's kind of determined to make sure reigen experiences the pros of being a spirit over the cons
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dimple teaching reigen how to change his spirit form bc reigen gets pretty stressed out at the idea of anyone other than serizawa and dimple seeing him with his Many Arms
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i think dimple also has the easiest time interpreting reigen's aura, both bc i have some HeadcanonsTM on how dimple died but also mainly bc i think there's a sort of innate connection between two spirits. anyway, fluff bc i like the idea of them curling up w each other in blob form like cats
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thyrell · 9 months ago
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aaron stated his pronouns were he/him to jounalists and news outlets before his self-immolation. speculating someone else's gender, especially after his death is disrespectful and not your business. even if he went by lilly and used other pronouns, you are essentially trying to out him and disrespecting his wishes. maybe you should do as aaron asked and keep your focus on palestine instead of sending hate to a black trans person on here
im not sending hate to this person, i havent even interacted with him unless those anons were sent by him. i continue to use he/him for aaron bushnell, as per his last public communications, because as per the original post this is about, this is all speculation. i appreciate you coming to me off anon to tell me this, but i want you to think about whether this discussion is genuinely harmful to aaron bushnell's legacy or the palestinian freedom movement as a whole, whether it is just uncomfortable or in poor taste, and most importantly whether it warranted the widespread backlash against trans women on this website that it elicited.
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flowercrowncrip · 9 months ago
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As often happens, my work team meeting overran today and my carer was making sure that I and everyone else in the room knew she was very upset about it (think repeated asking when we were leaving, sighing and tutting loudly that kind of thing)
I was just completely ignoring how passive aggressive and rude she was being and stayed behind, like I always do, to chat with colleagues, completely ignoring my carer seething in the corner. I made sure today that I was among the last to leave just to hammer the point home that I wasn’t going to be manipulated like that and also because I’d rather be around my colleagues who I like than this carer who I don’t.
I think it’s backfired slightly and she’s now even more pissed at me than she was at work, and letting me know about it, but I’m just ignoring that too.
It’s a very messy and pretty toxic situation but I have been bullied so much by various carers and I’m adamant that I’m not going to let her stop me living my life or making myself smaller
Hopefully I won’t be working with her for much longer.
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tallymali · 1 year ago
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im fascinated by ppl who think they have to defend themselves from random statements they come across online. like sometimes i make a silly post about hating carpet (which i do but idc what other ppl do with their homes) and someone inevitably gets angy with me and gives me a list of reasons why they love having carpet and its like baby i do not know you!! you do not have to justify a single choice you ever make to me!!
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ghost-proofbaby · 5 months ago
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so... i just got off work, and can see i've missed a few things.
gonna spend the rest of my waking hours getting caught up, but just want to say a few things.
one, thank you to all the love and support. publicly and privately. it's seen and appreciated, even if i don't individually respond.
two, i hope going forward, we all carry the lesson learned from what's been happening in the fandom. i wasn't the only one who has received nasty reactions or felt exclusion to any degree, and that's really important to remember. i'm privileged to have any sort of platform to any degree on this hellsite, and i can guarantee you anything that's thrown at an account with reach like my own (no matter if sometimes i misconceive just how far that reach can be, given i didn't expect the response garnered), can be thrown just as easily if not ten times worse at smaller creators/those whose voices are getting lost in it all. i'm also privileged that thus far in my online presence, my queer experience has been entirely different from my actual life, and that's largely due to having my shit figured out, and for being a white cis woman who can wholeheartedly say she identifies as bisexual.
fandom spaces have always experienced these issues. they don't get better unless we speak up, and especially unless we listen.
uplift each other. be kind to each other. life is hard enough without this kind of stuff - if we want to see a better online space to feel safe in, we've gotta make it. there'll always be people like that anon. it's sad and shitty, but it's the human experience. the way to change it? keep the energy i saw today.
it's not just a today thing, and it's not just a "it happened to ghost so it matters" thing. it always happens, and it always matters.
keep. that. energy.
and, again just for shits and giggles and to drill it into all our brains, be kind to one another. <3
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OHHHHH so THAT'S who Mara Jade always sounded like in my head (Jennifer Hale)
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smokszyvverstar · 2 months ago
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I am going to write 500 words today then i will reward myself with a hot choccy and drawing my Mareach fankids and their Luisley fankid cousin
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pizzaqueen · 1 year ago
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But whyyyyyyy do I have to be so self conscious about the kind of fic I enjoy writing??? 😫
It can’t just be me who gets like this right? I live for fluff but sometimes I’m embarrassed that it’s all I write ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(Okay that tag is meant to say romance but I’m on mobile and I do not want to write them all again 🙄)
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ph-cutie · 11 months ago
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bitches each late december will be like omg which church resultant from the great schism do i side with this year. im the only bitch who does this actually i think
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dolores-slay · 2 months ago
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The state of my period sustainability journey is currently that I might look into washable period underwear but I am NOT putting anything into myself again THANK YOU VERY MUCH
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golohours · 2 months ago
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*talking about uk crew having dinner with george and clearly not believing/caring about caiti in the first place*
craziest thing is this is so fucking true. in specifically george’s second response he stands by the fact that he did not assault her HOWEVER he extends empathy and genuine remorse that he inadvertently made her uncomfortable. he is one of the only people who can grasp that making her uncomfortable does not mean sa but also isn’t something he shouldn’t say sorry for. he was very respectful and that respect and kindness was repeatedly thrown back in his face
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