#redrosescharmingsouls

[lemonhemlock]

Hi Lemon! I had a lil question out of curiosity,do you have a favorite period of history or a favorite historical figure ? Have a good day/night !

oh, red roses, i'm afraid i always suck at this type of question! surprising no one, i've always loved the medieval period, as a vaguely-defined aesthetic interval. what a completely predictable answer! 😂 i'm a complete dilettante, though, as i have had a total of 1 measly medieval history course in uni, so i'm coasting on vibes most of the time. i do love castles a lot, though, and i visit as many as i can during my holidays. and sometimes i go down the rabbit hole when it comes to the late bronze age collapse.

but, you see, my schooling was mainly in the 20th century, and by that i mean the "short century" of 1914-1991 with a few courses on the long 19th century (1800-1914) leading up to it, and both of these periods have always been interesting for me to study, perhaps the intervals i also found the ~easiest, so studying them at university-level felt the most natural choice for me. to be honest with you, i don't really dislike any historical period, but i probably wouldn't have appreciated sitting for exams on them! whereas the 19th-20th centuries just tended to gel better in my mind and i could make the most sense of them.

i really like the social & cultural aspects (what a vague descriptor LOL) but i avoided them like the plague in uni, because i could not stand studying them for actual grades. i like finding out about them organically through reading (social history is a super important field & i will fight anyone to the death to defend it), but i would have legit lost my mind if i had to be quizzed on matters like church and society LMFAO. from the very beginning i was a brat! so i always, always chose the political/diplomatic modules without question, without blinking. it's the balance of powers and hegemonic stability theory for me all the way

it's funny because it's exactly what i did for my aforementioned one medieval course, because during the exam we had to pick the type of question we wanted to be quizzed on, and i immediately went for the political/diplomatic pile because for the economic/social category the professor had us reading stuff like crop rotation and i nearly had an aneurysm when i opened the course book. the way i immediately skipped all that and just went to petty kingdoms and my elizabeth i book,,,,,,,,,,,,

we focused a lot on the world wars, in the least shocking turn of events, and spent a lot of time on the leading causes, peace treaties, formation of international organisations, regimes etc. nothing like painstakingly writing pages after pages of course notes on the treaty of versailles wednesdays at 8:00 in the morning. it does something to a person! 👌

as for historical figures, i haven't really fixated on a favourite one, so to speak. i mean, wojtek the bear is always a good answer though!

[lemonhemlock]

Hi! Sorry to bother but since the new season is close i wanted to ask you ,as an alicole shipper to ther other ,how would you like to see them developed?.

(Also this is random but i love your new graphic! The old one was cunty and beautiful too but the new one can match the other!)

Anyway ,have a good day/night!

hi & thank you so much! 🩷 i'm joining the war on coquettes on the side of coquettes lol

(j/k don't send me discourse, anons 🤟)

i've always thought that alicole had a timeless longing, yearning, courtly-love dimension that gets a really fervent build-up of tension to the point that anything can become erotic, a look, a touch that lingers a little too much, even silence or just being in each other's presence. i think that's the most difficult type of attraction to portray on screen or in writing and you definitely need people whose chemistry just clicks. i mean, there's a reason mr darcy and elizabeth bennet are a staple couple in the romance genre. i'm not opposed to consummation either for alicole, in fact i greatly encourage it!

that being said, i do have to wonder, for the freaks, how would dead dove alicole even look like? many things to think about!