#this is the day of battle by rick atkinson btw. v well known ww2 writer

[dykesynthezoid]

The amount of material George S. Patton on his own has given me bc he was just that fucking evil is crazy. Every new anecdote I read about this guy is like being hit in the head with a brick

Like????? HELLO????????

Been researching both ancient Rome and the allied invasion of Sicily for an original story idea bc drawing a throughline interrogating the connections between fascism, nationalism, patriotism, patriarchal masculinity, queerness, etc across time and space is deeply interesting (especially if it’s using vampires. don’t worry about it) but also the more I read the more I end up going “god I wish there wasn’t so much to work with here.” Bc it’s actually devastating. Just me out loud going “what the fuck” and having to get up and walk around my house every five minutes. Incredible for me trying to build a story and fucking harrowing for everyone else