#i'm not talking historically

[bell-of-indecision]

rumor has it that if you ask me about porus 2017 I will vibrate at the speed of light and then combust out of sheer anger

#i postponed watching the last 6 episodes because I couldn't watch Hasti die yet i love him too much #and OH MY GOODNESS I should've just left it at that #this was by far the absolute worst ending I've ever seen #character assassination at its finest #and no I'm not talking about the fact that puru was literally assassinated in the end #I'm talking about the fact that Alexander did the most absurd things including murdering puru's brother #AND disrespecting his dead body #and by the end Puru was calling him friend #CHARACTER #ASSASSINATION #this can't be the same puru that brutally murdered ambhiraj out of vengeance #Alexander was the WORST he deserved DEATH and nothing else #it wouldn't be historically accurate you say??? #WHAT about this show was historically accurate my guy??? #anyway It's been a week and I'm still LIVID don't touch me I will explode #to whom it may concern. #the three people in this fandom come get y'all juice #porus #indian tumblr #desi tumblr #desiblr

[boleynecklace]

#happy birthday lizzie #i'm 600 words into my dissertation's introduction #and obvs i'm gonna be talking about her in it so #moodboard #tudor memes #elizabeth of york #tudor queens #tudor history #english history #history memes #historical memes #maria rambles #personal #historical queens #medieval history #english queens

[adhd-merlin]

Christian iconography? in my Merlin??

#it's more likely than you think #ok has anyone written meta about religion in merlin or #i don't mean based on historical facts #i mean literally based on merlin canon #because i'm fascinated #they didn't dwell too much on it (for understandable reasons) #but that scene where merlin talks to his mother and says “THE GODS will protect me”? #implying they're both polytheists #whereas arthur and gaius say things like “thank god” #i'm reading too much into things again probably #i just want to know if the writers gave it some thought even if it wasn't included in the show #i don't know shit about the introduction of christianity to britain but like #isn't it roughly around this time that it was gaining predominance over paganism (5th-ish century??) #so it's possible yeah? idk idk #i just wanna know if the writers thought about any of this #or if merlin mentioning “the gods” was just a random line #merlin #bbc merlin #ramblings #merlin meta #eta: pls read added meta in the reblogs! (not mine)

[uncanny-tranny]

I love giving advice, apparently, so if you are a newly pierced person or are planning on being pierced, here are some of the things I found helpful, as somebody who isn't a professional piercer but has had six plus piercings on my face and body, and multiple ear piercings (which I don't count, since I DIY'd them):

Normal bath towels are your enemy, proceed with caution after bathing. NEVER wipe moisture away from a fresh piercing, always pat it dry

You will hit a new piercing and it will hurt. This is inevitable, just know that you likely haven't destroyed it. Feel free to cry, though, it hurts like hell.

If your piercer gives you instructions, heed them. If you're on restrictions, please take it as seriously as possible

When you're going in for a piercing, please eat or drink something - at least what constitutes as a snack for your body. It really helps

If you're getting an oral piercing, make sure you size down after the healing period - I hadn't sized down for my last oral piercing when I first had the chance, and it was... so annoying to have too-large of jewelry

Not all jewelry is made equally. Do your research on materials, threading, and sizing. I've found that titanium jewelry is really nice for me, and I like it, but that isn't the only option. Make sure you think about your body and its needs and preferences

Close your eyes while being pierced (I found this really helps me)

Don't over-clean a new piercing, twice per day is usually a good place to start

The completed healing period is a very average suggestion - you may heal slower or faster. Try to adhere to that suggestion, though, especially if you do not feel you're healed enough

Personally, I have found that I am completely healed when my piercing feels like just another part of my body, even when it is touched. When my piercings start to feel as though they are foreign when they never do before, I know I likely need to clean them

While I have DIY'd piercings, I personally do not recommend it, especially if you are either not using sterilized equipment, or are piercing a very dangerous place (like the tongue). If you are absolutely positive about committing to the DIY mindset, please try to do due diligence in research at least

Tip your piercer. Body mods are a luxury service, and it takes years to even become a piercer, much less to be proficient at it. Tip your piercer, ESPECIALLY if their prices feel too good to be true - they likely are. Unless you are directed otherwise by your piercer, just assume that you will be tipping them for their services and budget accordingly

Make sure you understand how your piercer wants you to take care of your piercing, and ask questions. There is no question too "dumb"

If you are getting a body part pierced you are insecure about, realize your piercer has most likely seen HUNDREDS of different body parts of various sizes, shapes, and oddities. Your body is not uniquely bad, nor would a good piercer make you feel unwelcome or uncomfortable with your body. If they do, however, DO NOT go through with the piercing. You should feel safe being pierced by somebody, and, indeed, that is the bare minimum.

If you use saline wash to clean piercings, you can DIY it. You will go through NeilMed like no other, and with it being $5USD a bottle, that price can rack up quickly. Make sure you use distilled water and non-iodized salt, though

If your piercing is infected, please don't be too ashamed to seek help. It's in your best interest to make sure you don't get ill or your site gets nasty ("nasty" as in painful)

These are just some of the things I've learned being a pierced person! My piercings are something I absolutely needed, and I do not for a minute regret having them. I want that same happiness to befall you, and that happens when you are able to understand a bit more what goes into piercings. You are, essentially, getting a new body part installed by a pro, and so I don't want you to not be ready for that.

Again, I am not a professional piercer, but am rather a body piercing enthusiast with many different types of piercings. I don't have every piercing, though, so please look at this critically for the piercing(s) that you want or have. At least, treat this like a soft suggestion or ways to help you brainstorm what you will find helpful.

More tips are obviously welcomed, especially if you yourself have more insight or expertise. Good luck to every pierced person or future pierced person reading this💛

#body modification #body mods #piercings #body piercing #long post #honestly i love having a professional relationship with my piercer and i feel so happy to be pierced by her #i think the client and piercer relationship is a very important aspect of getting a piercing #and i don't think people talk about that part much. you should feel SAFE being around your piercer #they are literally creating a new hole in your body with a needle. that is a very vulnerable position to be in #but i'm honestly shocked at how cheap my piercer is... #...so my last piercing was only $50USD and that included the (nice) jewelry. i feel that in that cast tipping 60% was worth it... #...i know that can rack up the cost of the piercing but especially if you LIKE your piercer (like i do) - try being as generous as possible #i personally LOVE tipping my piercer and it's the best way i can show her that i LOVE her work even when i tell her #love having a personal blog that i can be autistic about piercings!!!!! I LOVE THIS ANCIENT TRADITIONNNN #one of my profs let us write about anything as long as it was an essay and i went Insane writing about historical piercing practices #LOVE ALL TYPES OF PIERCINGS especially ones that are used to 'scare' outsiders <3 #when i was a kid they used to tell us about the Mystical African Tribes that STRETCHED THEIR LIPS (scary!!!!)... #...if it isn't obvious i hate that the lip plate especially practiced by the Mursi and many others have been used for frankly rascist ideas #i brought up the lip thing because i learned a lot about iirc the Mursi practice of lip plating and it's given me more appreciation for it!! #it's ENDLESSLY fascinating and i wish i hadn't been shown the negative bias against them first

[lillywhitefield]

The costume designer really went off script for the Regency silhouette this season and idk if I like it

Of course it's one thing to play with modern fabrics and embellishments, it's the fantasy of it, but the silhouette is what anchored the show in the fantasy regency era. From what we've seen so far, the waistlines are a lot lower on women's dresses, there are a lot of interesting things being done with sleeves and gloves, and the makeup is so heavy. It no longer feels like they are playing with the silhouette, they've changed it completely and it might be too much?

#polin #bridgerton #idk just some stuff i've noticed #everyone is beautiful but it feels very different from the previous seasons #and i'm not even talking about kates dress in the new clip #they're clearly going with a more indian look for her which i love #but on Pen's and Frannie's dresses the waistlines are kind of low and not right under the bustline like they are meant to be #waistlines don't drop for another 10 years historically

[throwing-roses-into-the-abyss]

I know this is interesting to no one because it's incredibly niche but I have a little mystery around mid-to-late 19th century mens waistcoats that I've been digging into, and so far, after digging into a bunch of local, provincial, and also national and international online archives, including but not limited to the Rijksmuseum, the V&A, LACMA, and KCI, and also asking about this on instagram and specifically asking the dutch costume society, I have found:

-9 pictures, all local to my area in eastern Netherlands, and every single one of these pictures is people wearing local folk dress -and one (1) extant garment, in the US and also made there.

that's it.

#fashion history #historical fashion #all this to say: if anyone happens to know of a good database with menswear (esp waistcoats) 1840-1890 please send it to me #because I'm ???????? right now #can be from literally anywhere #I'm just collecting data at this point and not limiting sources at all #because I can't find any information at all #also if anyone here happens to work with antique clothes please come talk to me about this #maybe we can collectively figure this out

[lilithpleasant]

☔🌈

#mine #ts2 #sims 2 #the sims 2 #sims #simblr #hood: candyfloss #one of ts4s biggest drawbacks is #not having a silly little neon world for me to live in #the lack of hood creation in general is a huge downfall imho #and i really dulled my style down to fit w ts4's aesthetic #and i mean #i was doing more historical fandomy stuff w ts4 as well #but like #idk what i'm talking about other than im rly enjoying ts2 again rn

[idon-twannabeperceived]

The thing with usamerican education is kinda annoying actually like

"omg the american education system failed me" *does nothing about it*... Like you do see that by doing that you are letting that system you hate be the only way you learn stuff ever, right?? it's not very useful to be aware that it sucks if you don't ever do anything to challenge the beliefs they taught you and learn the things they didn't teach you.

The thing has to go "the american education system failed me... so i'm gonna learn this stuff on my own". Nowadays you have access to so much information through the internet, it's not like it's hard to learn where a country is located, you don't even have to walk to the library anymore, just open your laptop or look it up on your phone, it's that easy.

And when it comes to the narratives taught in history class, i see people from other countries talking about it all the time, sharing articles, videos, pictures, movies, books, etc. You just have to listen for once, and then you can do research on the stuff you didn't know or what to learn more about.

#we talk al the time about our history and about stuff the us government did that they won't teach you in school bc ofc #and i'm sure there's a lot of research out there about the history of the US. historical revisionism and different perspectives to navigate #just GO do something about it

[ilgaksu]

the reason you should talk to writers you like if you like them is because i found out a headcanon i created is now commonly accepted fanon by accident, and i've found this out years after i created it, because nobody ever thought to tell me, despite actively still writing for it, because why would they? i'm repeatedly just torn between finding this hilarious and being genuinely sad that apparently there was no reason for me to know??? i would have loved to know people loved the idea i put all that work and my own love into.

#you CANNOT make this up #if i had a nickel for every time i've found out this has happened i would have....a number of nickels. #i know that i've been credited for it but. why would nobody think i would want to talk about an idea i literally came up with #and painstakingly wrote from a mix of historical reference and my own lived experience #delete later #i think i'll see the funny side again later but right now. yeah #right now i'm just. i'm just sad. #it's fine to interact with this because it would be nice to feel like i'm not shouting into a void.

[adhd-merlin]

what do we think of gwen calling her father "dad" in ep 1x03 and merlin calling hunith "mother"? any thoughts

#i have Reasons to ask this #alright do you think arthur and gwen's daughter would call them “mother” and “father” in private or “mum” and “dad” #i'm not talking historically I mean canon-wise #merlin always called hunith “mother” as far as i recall #even though they were close. it wasn't meant to be formal #do you see what i mean #also tbf gwen did call tom “father” once or twice in that same ep so it wasn't even internally consistent lol #i haven't checked the ep where tom is condemned to death though #do they even have any scenes together there. i can't remember #misc. #*

[anarchy-and-piglins]

Speaking of historical accuracy and such, I wonder how many people noticed that my choice for what disease Wilbur suffered from in Tasting Your Blood was very deliberate

#Hehehe #I was talking about historical accuracy in reference to a pirate au I'm writing for whumptober lmao

[irithnova]

One of the funniest things I've seen someone say is "I hate when people try to FORCE POLITICS into HISTORICAL HETALIA" girl I have really bad news for you

#I'm sorry but history + politics aren't these 2 completely separate things #Just like how philosophy + politics aren't two completely separate things etc #And accusing people of “forcing” politics down historical hetalia's throat or something is just nonsensical #People who say this usually don't have an issue with politics being discussed in historical hetalia #They only have an issue with it when it makes their blorbo look bad lmao #Lol #Again I just wanted to highlight how stupid it is to say something like that #Like HISTORICAL hetalia specifically girl yeah maybe there will be talks of politics 💀💀💀 #If it was like. General hetalia ok I'd maybe get it #BUT HISTORICAL HETALIA ? #Sorry I'm too humanities brained for this nonsense

[melmedardasworld]

While I found Ivy and Vincent cute in TO, of course, the writers had to kill her off, leaving Vincent alone again. I wished him and Eva were written differently as a couple.

Imagine if Eva and Vincent did survive as a married couple. What if they did have their baby? Instead of that horrible, Eva sacrificing kids (a way to permanently kill her off so that Rebekah could be the one in her body) and that ridiculous Hollow/Inadu storyline. Another storyline that again reduced the WOC as this evil monster who was murderous and crazy and powerful because... why again? Also, I'm not sure if I remember it well, but didn't the writers allude to Eva and Vicent's unborn child becoming a sacrificed to the Hollow/Inadu? Just... sick.

Anyway, the covens were already looking up to Vincent and wanted him to become the next Regent after Josephine died. He and Eva could've been a power couple/elders for the covens in NOLA if they wanted to, of course. Vincent, stepping down to protect his wife and unborn, would've been an interesting story, too.

They were individually lauded as powerful witches in their community and by the regent herself. Together, they'd have made a stand against the vampires in the city for their people.

Finally, why could we not just get one wholesome (power) couple navigating the supernatural world as a growing family? A ⚫️ couple at that, too.

#vincent griffith #eva sinclair #she was wronged #the originals #this show is problematic cause why are witches who are powerful always do dark or black magic or do the most heinous things and have agency #or they say no more and they are seen as crazy evil #or obsessed yes looking at qetsiyah #like even dahlia too #but the ones supposedly on the good side are always punished for some reason or the other #its not even how witches are historically portrayed and I'm talking about female witches #the men other than vincent didn’t have these issues #thinking kai and silas i guess but he was a mediocre witch lol

[azulock]

Once again time for a poll to sate my curiosity

#bllk #blue lock #I'm only putting the general tag cause I really wanna see how this is distributed #Tho I know results will be skewed by the language and I should get a lot of Americans in the answers #If you are curious I responded with the middle one and I'm brazilian #I do technically have a team I root for and should keep up with by I'm too anxious to keep up with championships #But I really love talking about the historical and political sides of football so I know a little more about the sport