#p: victorian

[moodsandtenses]

A very happy Quincey P. Morris Day to all who celebrate! At last it is time to, as Bram Stoker's notes put it,

Bring in the Texan

[caktusjuice-draws]

I have such a good fanfic idea, and wanted to draw a bit from the first chapter. I missed drawing in this style so bad.

His pet hound is named Woever

Edit: if anyone wishes to be tagged when the first chapter comes out please let me know

[skate2victory]

(in the voice of james a. janisse) SPOOKY!!!

[ideas-on-paper]

The origin of the term "Sweepers"

Lies of P fun fact of the day: The name of the Sweepers probably originates from the crossing sweepers of Victorian times - usually destitute children, disabled or elderly people who swept the pathways for well-off pedestrians.

19th century streets were commonly teeming with dirt, mainly horse dung due to all the carriages on the roads (you can see a fair bit of broken-down carriages in Krat), but also food waste and other kinds of refuse. This “mud” created an inconvenience for rich folks - particularly ladies with their long dresses - who wanted to cross the streets without soiling their fine clothes.

This is where the crossing sweepers came in, who stood at the ready to clear a path for any passersby with their broom, receiving a tip in return for their service (unless the lady or gentleman was particularly stingy). Being a crossing sweeper was considered as just one step above begging, and it was one of the last resorts for poor people to earn a “honest living”.

With Krat being the City of Puppets, however, you’d have to wonder whether this wouldn’t be a job for puppets to take over - it’s quite probable they had public street sweeping puppets, and rich people surely had their own butler puppets that accompanied them whenever they went out on the town.

But perhaps, the name “Sweepers” is a vestige from the past, applied to this subgroup of Stalkers in a more figurative way: They are recruited from the lowest classes and slums, and they get paid by aristocrats and upper-class people to clean up their “filth” (as in eliminating their adversaries and similar kinds of dirty work). On one hand, they’re at the opposite end of society than the rich folks that they work for, but at the same time, they’re unable to live without them.

[kazious]

🦋 Lies of P 🦋

Never got around to completing the real background so I just wanted to go ahead and share the main visual of P 🩵 I loved working on him so much and learned a lot!

[erinsvintageemporium]

It's Fashion Plate Friday!

This week I have a fashion plate from Journal des Demoiselles, dating to January of 1892. Signed by P. Deferneville, featuring toilettes by Madame Pelletier-Vidal of 19 Rue de la Paix, corsets by Madame Emma-Guelle of 3 Place du Théàtre Français, perfumes by Maison Guerlain of 15 Rue de la Paix and shoes by Maison Kahn of 55 Rue Montorgeuil.

GRAVURE DE MODES nº 4866 bis Toilettes de Mme. Pelletier-Vidal, rue de la Paix, 19

TOILETTE DE BAL. Robe en gaze brochée Nil pour jeune fille. Jupe légèrement drapée faisant un peu la traîne et garnie dans le bas d'une chicorée en gaze découpée, sur laquelle est posé un cordon de roses pom-pons. Le corsage, drapé en travers, est décolleté en carré devant et derrière; double bretelle de roses pompons maintenant le haut du drapé; manche bouffante avec bracelet de roses pompons. Coiffure grecque avec cordon de roses enroulé dans le nœud des cheveux.

TOILETTE DE DINER. Polonaise en tissu tête de nègre rayé de petits liserés de soie vieux rose en saillie sur l'étoffe. Le corsage est décolleté en cœur devant, sur une guimpe plate en velours gros vert, à revers brodés. Col montant doublé de fourrure; le tour de la jupe, le décolleté du corsage et le bas des manches sont bordés de fourrure.

1892-01 JDD4866bis

[nmelos]

More of the boy

[thetonsource]

@thetonsource presents: a victorian holiday novella selection ❄️

“there’s this man. he’s had his eye on me for months, but i haven’t always treated him kindly.” her words faltered. “he gave me the truth for christmas. the first time—and the second time—and the third time he offered it, i couldn’t take it. how do i let him know…” her voice faltered. “how do i let him know that i want nobody but him?”

a kiss for midwinter by courtney milan

“i might not have the same body you became acquainted with, the same scars or history. i don’t have the hands that touched you. the mouth that tasted you, not exactly. but i have the soul that adored you from the first moment i laid eyes on you.”

the earl of christmas past by kerrigan byrne

“i’m not a man given to great expressions of emotion. it’s not how i was raised. it’s not how i’ve lived my life. but i do feel things deeply. i may not always show it, but i do.”

a holiday by gaslight by mimi matthews

[sygneth]

Dzisiaj Speak Your Language Day, więc narysowałem Holmesa po polsku, bo ngghhhh w tych tłumaczeniach oni są tak nielegalnie słodcy że no nie mogę xD

Zwykle wolę czytać książki w oryginale, ale ten fragment po polsku ma specjalne miejsce w moim sercu <3

(wiem ze ten font jest może mało czytelny, dałem transkrypcję polski w ALT)

A 1988 Polish translation of "The Golden Pince-Nez":

"Whom can he seek?"

"Whom? Us! He came to see us, Watson! And we, my dear, must take our overcoats, cravats and every other aid that man ever invented to fight the weather. Wait a bit, though! The cab is off again! There's hope yet. If he had wanted us to come, he'd have kept it. Go down, my darling, and open the door, for all virtuous folk have been long in bed"

[sadieadlr]

𓍯𓂃𓂃𓂃 WILSON : don't starve together . . . png pack ༘⋆ ( victorian / the physician )

[caktusjuice-draws]

Collecting a Ping List

If you want to be tagged when the actual chapter for this fanfic gets posted please respond to this post

[mrkusbastard]

RANDOM WILSON STUFF

mostly doodles... drawings from different periods of time

Fighting piggy 😋💪 I love Piggsbury skin he so funny.....

“ Break this, we all fucking die “

AND HE!!!!! I love him😭😭😭

TW: cartoon blood and doodles

I LOVE MA WIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vmp1reee]

I want an angel on my grave when i die

[ideas-on-paper]

On Carlo and Romeo's relationship & homosexuality in Victorian schools

In my quest to find out more about Carlo and Romeo's lives at Monad Charity House, I have once again resorted to my tried and tested method of historical research, this time with a primary focus on Victorian boarding schools.

Along the way, I stumbled upon Lord Alfred Douglas, aka "Bosie" Douglas, the lover of Oscar Wilde. As people familiar with them may know, their gay romance caused quite a stir in 1895 due to the (in)famous trials of Wilde for “gross indecency”, the tragic result of which was that the latter was convicted to two years of hard labor that ruined his health.

Both already had their fair share of gay affairs beforehand though - Bosie specifically was very popular among his peers during his time at Oxford University, being excellent at sports, artistically gifted and incredibly handsome, so it's not too surprising he hooked up with some of his fellow students. What absolutely had me rolling on the floor was this statement, however (quoted from this page):

"[...] we argue that the English public schools in the last part of the nineteenth century tolerated, if they did not actually encourage the development of strong homoerotic friendships between students."

Apparently, homosexuality in boarding schools was so common people made off-hand jokes about it. In the novel Rites of Passage by William Golding, the protagonist finds a fellow traveler engaged in oral sex with a sailor, thinking of it as "that silly schoolboy prank". Admittedly, Golding wrote his novel in the 20th century, so we don’t know for sure if the 19th-century attitudes portrayed in it are accurate, but this might imply that sexual interaction between schoolboys was fairly common.

In the first edition of Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes, published in 1857, there was even a passage of the protagonist insulting two boys who were clearly in a sexual relationship with senior boys, with the author commenting that "everyone who studied at Rugby would understand why this passage was necessary". (Hughes himself was Christian and condemned homosexual relationships; the concerning passage was cut out in later versions).

This does not mean, however, that all the boys attending boarding schools were gay - rather, because boarding schools were restricted by gender, they had their first sexual experiences in this male-only environment. Many of them would try the exact same thing out with a girl later and find they enjoyed it much more. However, there were also those who never felt any desire to try it out with a girl - and given how close Carlo and Romeo were, I would honestly be more surprised if there wasn’t anything romantic going on between them.

I mean, it’s not like the entire LoP community isn’t already shipping Carlo and Romeo, but in case there was ever any doubt about it, take it from me: I’m positive these boys were gay.

And in case anyone feels like pointing out that “well, actually, the setting of Lies of P is based on France”: Homosexuality was already decriminalized in France as early as 1791 by the National Constituent Assembly, making France the first Western European country to do so - or rather, the penal code drafted with the intention to only punish "real crimes" made no mention of homosexual acts in private. Still, it was a major step for gay rights.

[kazious]

🦋 Lies Of P 🦋

Posting this one again on its own because I’m still super proud of it 🥹🤍

[winding-maze]

━━━✥◈ Diamond Heart ◈✥━━━

I had to do a loose portrait of P after watching the Lies of P demo - I still can't get over how beautiful it looks!

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