#learn about historical events

[ego-meliorem-esse]

Ok but what if another turning point for the world power dynamic was the Suez Crisis of 1956. France and England were adamant that they control the canal while the US and USSR were (surprisingly) collaborative in their demand for a cease-fire in the region. I can just imagine Alfred storming into a meeting room with a storm in his eyes yelling at these two raggedy fucks to quit their dumb-ass behaviour. Giving them an eloquent lecture in front of the world. The room full of nations, still recovering from all the events of recent years, going quiet while both Arthur and Francois (for probably not the first time) start reevaluating their roles in the evolving global landscape.

Arthur would likely have felt a mix of anger, embarrassment, and surprise. He had grown accustomed to being an influential world power, and being confronted so forcefully by Alfred, especially as his son, would have challenged his sense of authority and superiority. Despite his pride, Arthur would also have acknowledged a sense of resignation, knowing deep down that the world was changing and that his empire's dominance was waning.

Arthur has a complex relationship with his children, and Alfred holds a special place in his heart as his favorite child (I'm sorry but it's true). He might recognize Alfred's achievements as a reflection of his own influence and guidance, feeling a slight mixture of satisfaction and pride in seeing his protege step into a position of power. Seeing the United States, a former colony, rise to prominence and challenge the established powers could evoke a sense of pride in Arthur as he recognizes the legacy of British influence and ideals that have shaped the nation.

Arthur does recognize the accomplishments of his "wayward son" to a degree. (what a loser)

Francois would definitely feel anger. Even stronger than Arthur, I think. The failure and backlash of the crisis would have strongly wounded his pride. He would display a certain stubbornness and reluctance to accept the changing dynamics of power, more so than Arthur. His pride and desire to assert France's influence might have led him to defend his nation's actions during the Suez Crisis, even in the face of mounting criticism and geopolitical realities. (huge loser)

The Suez Crisis, a focal point of tension, becoming a catalyst for transformation, shaping the dynamics of power and diplomacy for generations to come. In that meeting room, the world witnessed the birth of a new era, where old empires bowed to the demands of a changing world.

#when talking about any historical even i try to do it respectfuly and as educated as i can be #ofc i am but a simple slav asshole who is very fond of learning historx and this just seemed like such a power move #also i dont really want to mention egypt here i know nothing about that character nor do i wish ot make an egypt oc with my lack of knowled #i just thought itd be interesting to touch on the dynamic of the failing old empires and the shining new boy on the block #unrelated to hetalia the event was horrible and unfair #historical hetalia #hetalia #hws england #hws france #hws america #meli speaks #my headcanons

[sixty-silver-wishes]

#can people just be normal about composers please and thank you #you can find tons of biographies for free online #historical composers weren't fictional characters; they were nuanced and complicated real people #many from the previous century with still living immediate relatives #I definitely encourage fans to learn about classical music history but the uwu anime softboi-ication of deeply flawed real people is. weird #especially when you've done the research #not saying you can't do whatever you want. I'm not a cop. but like. #when you're reading about the multiple traumatic events shostakovich faced and the historical controversies surrounding him #it is weird to see a ton of pictures of him as an anime catboy

[ihatethiswebsite77]

One thing I love about the episode "Tonsil Trouble" is that it showcases just how nonchalantly Cartman can mess with Kyle. Their entire trip, everything he does and says is so purposefully done to so he can watch Kyle malding. ESPECIALLY so in the "I'm not sure I'm HIV positive" scene.

Kyle is SO that one kid that is smart enough to know that someone is purposefully saying something to mess with him and get a reaction out of him, but dumb enough to continue arguing and getting pointlessly upset despite that.

When Cartman is going on his spiel about HIV in front of the airport guy, which he words in a way he knows will annoy Kyle.

Kyle just can't let shit go. He has to make sure this random ass guy knows that it's Cartman's fault, because that's just so in character of him. And by doing so he ends up saying something even more embarrassing for himself which in turn ends with him malding even more. And Cartman is just quietly watching.

In the other scene, Cartman doesn't even need to say anything, the announcer is saying it all for him, and Kyle will have the exact same reaction.

And what's funnier is that this litteraly continues into adulthood, with literally the exact same joke. Cartman purposely doing shit that he knows will annoy Kyle, Kyle malding, telling whoever is in the room something completely out of pocket because he is the only one that doesn't realize how it sounds because he needs everyone to know that Cartman is the asshole, and then he ends up making an ass out of only himself. (Litteraly word for word what happens in Post Covid)

And at Magic Johnson's house, even when Kyle starts yelling, Cartman keeps acting like he doesn't understand why Kyle is upset, while continuing to do the thing that is making Kyle upset. Because he knows that him acting innocent will piss Kyle off more than anything. And he is counting on the fact that Kyle is going to keep arguing, cuz like I said Kyle can't let shit go.

Like Cartman says in Imagination Land, "God damn it Kyle you've never walked away from anything in your life".

Both of them are relentless in their own way. And that makes their dynamic hilarious.

#i just know cartman was heaving the time of his life watching kyle boiling like a kettle #i know i would #i hope kyle never learns to think before he speaks #because it makes for great comedy #eric cartman #kyle broflovski #kyman #ish #ppl have already made these conclusions im sure but i just wanted to write my thoughts after watching the episode #this also goes for the ep major boobage #when kyle asked if he saw a resemblance between what he said and some other historical event #you can't convince me cartman wasn't fucking with him with that #i don't know what you are talking about 🤷‍♂️ ahh response

[aroacettorney]

do not let caseys sunshiness distract you from the fact that she is just as much emotionally constipated as ludger.

#academy's undercover professor spoilers #academy's undercover professor #casey selmore #the fact that casey has never told anyone including betty and terinna about delica/memory storming events is so wild to me #like girlie why r u suffering from all that by urself #ppl hating on casey for having negative EQ but that only reflects how much emotional support she usually gets from others #case in point: marias selmore #wouldnt surprise me if casey has never trusted to emotionally open up to anyone ever again when its her own family treating her like that #in her entire life casey is close to only 4 ppl but they are either: #1) her sister who historically sucks #2) bestie no. 1 who is almost always swarmed with work #3) bestie no. 2 who once again gave her trust and abandonment issues #4) bestie no. 3 who is not even a human but an automaton also learning how to deal with her own emotions #not to mention to maintain her reputation as a renowned detective she must have been neglecting her own emotional needs #casey selmore my beloved just because you dont look at it doesnt mean it is not there #casey tryna brush off her emotions after the memory storming and seek to solve the problem logically like a thinker she is but #she didnt realise that she was just delaying the inevitable and so the basara arc hit her like a truck + left her bedridden for a month 💀 #caseys apologies to ludger only really solved the problem on logical terms #but there is never any emotional closure between them bc they are both painfully emotionally constipated so back to suffering we go 💀💀💀 #lesson learnt from ludgercasey angst galore: stop trying to solve emotional problems with logics

[magdaclaire]

listen you have to have to have to realize how important zines are to the cultural zeitgeist. zines, pamphlets, even fucking brochures have been so essential to nearly every cultural liberation of the past several centuries. are you listening. is this thing on

#buy zines!! support zine creators!! and yes i am including fandom zines in this #the microcosm of culture that is only available through the lens of the creation of the layperson is essential to the understanding of #the culture as a whole #you can read full books from the harlem renaissance and learn all of the essential natures but if you never read a personally released #selection of art and poetry by someone you've never heard of. will you really know what happened there. who happened there. #i'm very passionate about zines and the like #mer rambles #if you take this as an invite to start discourse w me pls know i will just remove it argue with a wall idc #written and drawn records of the personal experience of historical events will always be and have always been inarticulably important

[vero-niche]

a fellow english major, really happy to see someone who's proud of their degree <3

you know that "no love, no matter how brief, is wasted" line? i think the same applies for knowledge too - no matter how useless it may seem, knowledge acquired is never in vain.

#honestly like. idk what your age is but when i was attending uni i kept getting told that i shouldve gone for IT. because the future #- and the money - is there. #now look at the IT companies. the whole thing is crumbling #not to mention the arrogance. that IT degree didnt make you immune to the same old scam tactics did it. how are your nfts doing btw #honestly i never really expected it myself that a humanities degree would prove useful in a daily life type of way #like. sure i knew it wasnt useless but still. its entirely different to experience it in real time yknow #and the whole new wave ''it isnt that deep'' trend is honestly pretty dangerous bc there usually IS something deeper. #a narrative an agenda a propaganda etc.... or simply just capitalist greed #so its needed to read between the lines and see what the point/intention really is #- and thats what literary and other art analysis is making you do! it makes you stop and think #this is all not even mentioning all the political historical and cultural stuff we learned about all the anglo-saxon countries #which all prove to be pretty useful in light of recent events...... #so yeah. anyway. dont listen to all those who say its useless (and theres a lot of those even among the ones who chose this major too) #its clearly not. but even if it were it wouldnt matter ehat they think #(i do wish tho that i couldve attended it already on the right meds bc i feel like i forgot A Lot bc of my mental state at the time #but oh well. what can you do) #thank you for the ask it was really nice of you 💞💞💞 #ask #anon

[specspectacle]

I’m listening to The Royal Art of Poison by Eleanor Herman. And just. Wow. So many “medicines” involving feces. Or basically cannibalism. And I’m not talking about the practice of using bits of mummies as medicine, though that was definitely happening, too.

Also, those fancy houses, palaces, and castles? Piss everywhere. Especially in stairwells. I spent yesterday basically hissing in disgust at work over every gross thing being covered. And don’t even talk about laundry. I already knew about urine being used as part of the laundry process, in addition to tanning. There’s a reason perfuming was such a big deal. Everything had to have smelled horrible.

#there’s 3 more hours left and the author is doing the contemporary vs modern postmortems of historical personages #interesting to learn about their lives and the events surrounding them even if I’m terrible at remembering names #tycho and Caravaggio have been covered so far along with a number of royals including Edward VI

[coridallasmultipass]

TW for racism and genocide of Native Americans

Today I learned that the original "The only good _, is a dead _," was "The only good Indian, is a dead Indian." And it really sucks that now I know this information.

Looks like it's speculated to be attributed to one specific Union general due to his actions, but it was more likely just a common anti-Native sentiment of the time held by a lot of the settlers, not just one person.

Like I know I hear 'the only good snake, is a dead snake' most often since I love being in snake discussion groups, which also sucks because I love snakes, and they shouldn't be killed.

But I've also heard like 'the only good Nazi, is a dead Nazi.' And like, I So agree with that, fuck Nazis, but I don't want to think about the original phrase being reclaimed like that for a laugh, no matter how much I agree that Nazis suck.

It should stay as horrifying and sickening as 'the only good Indian, is a dead Indian' in my opinion. I think we should retire the phrase entirely and just note that, that was the origin of it - the continued genocide of Native Americans during the 1800s when settlers were eager to get rid of us so they could claim property for themselves while forcing us into insufficient reservations as US America expanded westward.

This book I'm reading describes that the usual retaliation for the theft of a cow would have been the execution of an entire Indian village. One specific horrifying example given, is from accounts of a traveler that joined a group of Mexicans pursuing Indians (Chumash) in possession of stolen horses. They come across a group of some old Indians, women and children, drying the horse meat. Every last one was killed, and their ears cut off as proof for the priests that they made every effort to retrieve the horses.

This shit is so sickening. They were hungry and trying to survive.

It also describes how the accounts of Indians from my tribe before the mission system were all about how generous and welcoming they were. (Though, it was through the lens of the Spanish who saw us as ideal candidates for conversion because of this.) Then after the collapse of the missions and post-assimilation, the accounts simply describe the Indians' drunkenness and disorder. What did you expect???? You assimilate a group of people so they're entirely reliant on you (the rigid structure of the mission system and the dismantling of their previous tribal villages), and then suddenly turn them out to a world without their previous villages and social order. Of course they're going to struggle and suffer and abuse the drugs (alcohol) you introduced them to.

I hate this so much.

The book also mentions how, during the mission period, anyone who ran away from the missions to go back to their original tribal lives, would be dragged back to the missions and cruelly punished with restraints, lashing, or stocks, and they couldn't understand why because punishment was exceedingly rare before Spanish rule.

Ugh. Anyway.

I'm going to bring this up any time I hear anyone mention that phrase, because the horror of that time period should not be diminished in its modern reclamation. ('Diminished,' because I, a 30yo Native American, did not even know the origin. I thought it was a modern phrase. Our local Native history was always glossed over in school to focus on the mission system. I didn't even learn of my tribe's revolt until like 2016 when I went to a lecture my tribe held.)

I get that reclamation is supposed to be like a good thing, to take away the power of its original use, but I personally don't think that's appropriate for this phrase that was used as a rally for genocide.

Maybe I'm just being a sensitive baby, though, who knows! I'm crying while reading a history book about my tribe. This shit really hurts deep, though. It always has.

#native #native american #n8v #ndn #the only good indian is a dead indian #history #american indian #indigenous #chumash #california #idk what to tag this bro #racism #genocide #prob gonna get this post blacklisted for that word with the current world events ugh #ill just leave it at that for now im not done w the book yet so i might post more when i get to the actual purpose of the book #this is just like part of the intro to set the historical background the book is focused on our cave art and i havent gotten there yet #Cori.exe #Post.exe #maybe this was something obvious to other people but i literally had no idea i dont watch westerns or anything... #...like that where i couldve heard the original phrase before today #this is the shit those 'parents rights' nuts dont want youth educated about #but we need to learn this even when its extremely uncomfortable because this is how life was for people in the 1800s #anyway ill leave it at that i wanna get through this book its already been renewed once and i still have a lot more to read

[amygdalae]

u ever get stressed out about music. like how as time goes on we might run out of unique melodies. like obvs theres so much variation to how u can present a song cuz melody isnt everything and its not really a problem for the time being but like. what if we run out of combinations. these are the things that haunt me sometimes

#i have a similar thought sometimes about like. history class curriculum #like as time goes on and there are more and more important historical events to learn about...how are we gonna teach abt it #without losing details. #like its not a big deal for the moment but. what abt 100/200/300 yrs from now #how do we decide what to prioritize when its all important .idk #sry im tipsy once more so im being a bit goofy lol

[melisusthewee]

So um... after some conversations with a couple people, I built a LSDLN/SOTS server. It's small and intended to be a safe space for people of all levels of interest. I'm not going to promote it wildly, but if you're one of the lovelies who has found me because of the gifsets and whatnot, you can always ask me about an invite.

#it's modeled after a couple terror-related servers #so like... there's space for interest and learning and conversations about the real historical events #as well as space for conversations about the fictional versions #apparently that's controversial but this ain't my first rodeo

[mejomonster]

I started reading Billy Bat manga by Urasawa Naoki (u may know him as the guy who did Monster) and jesus christ its wild. Absolute experience. Judas and Jesus are in it, so are ninjas, so is lee harvey oswald (technically at least 3), theres a bat thats satire about how evil mickey mouse and disney are, there's lying cartoons galore, there's the civil rights movement, the oppressivr terror of the ku klux klan and the structural damage of segregation and fucked up laws, and the pervasiveness of advertising and the coca cola company ("golden cola") there's real events sprinkled with gratuitious fictional shit about manipulative God Billy Bat (or perhaps "administrator/guide to the human race"), a scroll that could control the world, Fake walt disney has hired killers, the looming brutality of imperialism and corporations buying out poorer areas, killing in other countries and breaking laws and whatever else is needed to acquire what they want, there's a cartoon dog kennedy assasination, a baby kevin inherits the powers of an older kevin, there's ninjas and priests, there's a small town out west full of cowboy larpers who are this comic artists biggest fan club, a secret agent Smith with a heart of gold (one hopes), a teenager named jackie whos seeing visions, there's a good and evil fake "mickey mouse" bat but frankly theyre probqbly both evil cause either way they lie and manipulate to get people to do what they want, judas cameos not only in his jesus arc but as a little kiddo, and like. Im not even halfway done. Einstein JUST showed up.

#rant #billy bat #its. an experience ill say that. its wild and im kind of floored it got published #it makes a lot of good points but its also ultimately a long winding Batshit Wild Bat Cartoon-as-God MYSTERY thriller #so its like. oh you learn about the pains of cowardice. the cruelties of corporations. #the way society doesnt value a whores life as you cry for her because she was wondetful. the way being just is hard #its hard to be brave and dangerous but it uas to be done. the vile dangers of advertizing and capitalism and profit over human life. #but then also. theres a fucking bat talking to a girl in her college class lol #its an interesting perspective in a way also cause like... #1 a lot of comic artists just full on would not touch these elements in their plots at all. and while ive seen these topics in stories #before. tjis is the most Pointed Disney/governments/corporations critique ive seen in comics. since like. its literally fake disney #ajd real ass historical figures and govts getting critiqued. #then 2 in japanese manga i havent seen foreign events covered much. and its interesting to see the perspective of #world events and america from this author. and his choice to make the protagonists who he did: a japanese american whos born american #and was in the allies as a translator. part of the US occupation when he initially visits japan. #the japanese mangaka whos older than ww2. the white upper class (truly upper class) coca cola #dynasty equivalent inheritor. a lower class black woman factory worker from florida whos outspoken and a leader and #braver than her husband. their kiddo kevin whos the most important person in the world worth saving. jackie the japanese american teen girl #eho grew up Loving fake disney and is in college. her dad the taxi driver who through other people #eventhally got the courage to go reunite with his wife and daughter jackie who left him. #(oh also a european priest and JUDAS and a ninja) #its just like. the author worked hard to put what feels like a japanese and american perspective and the Many ways those overlap and Dont #into this. as well as a variety of upper class and lower class characters. the rich fake walt disney and the poor bat town mayor and elder #who get killed for standing in the way of a corporations dreams. #jackie kennedy and the sweet girl who saved cartoonist Kevin and worked the street. #the rich dynasty inheritor of golden cola and his working class wife. how it all falls away in the deep soutj with pther lines #society draws. the poor student jackie versus the other protagonists witj a job #how kevin yamagata has not much connection to japan except a fondness for his parents. while jackie is even more #culturally removed (having never even visited japan) but her family still has their heritage of stories and places they miss and #want to visit and traditions her dad still regulalry discusses.

[themagicalghost]

Finding out I still had time to get the Halloween exclusive goodies I went out of my way to fish for materials and jellybeans while I still could

I ended up fishing for nearly 5 hours straight with no breaks and the only thing that kept me going was talking with the 3 other toons I was fishing with who I was with all the way

#ttcc #toontown #toontown cc #toontown corporate clash #corporate clash #ttcc halloween #toonblr #One of them infodumped to me about TTO and TTR lore and I never expected to be so invested #like what do you MEAN there are alternate realities and time traveling #I never expected to be in such a ride but I love learning about new stuff related to my fixations like the historical events that I - #was never a part of #Doomsday... #I learned about the existence of Sads the Skelecog as well #Oh yeah the said toon who infodumped also told me they recognized me from tumblr #I had a feeling I would have been recognized eventually because of all the toonposting but emotionally I was like “hwat” #It was funny #Hey if you're reading this hello :]

[follfoxes]

A bit of a follow up to my last post, I actually used to roleplay Noah in a multifandom server I was in. In other words, he was meeting and interacting with characters from completely different worlds and universes.

Needless to say, your boy finding himself in a world where literally no one knew who he was turned out to be a blessing in disguise for him.

I...kinda wanna write for him again lmao.

#total drama #tdi #total drama island #total drama noah #tdi noah #never get to roleplay with another td character though #the competition aspect of the show was entertaining #but a little too intimidating to write for some reason #at least in an rp setting #he ended up befriending a Fire Emblem character lmao #it was interesting #they'd occasionally debate over things like religion #or geek out over historical events from each others worlds #Noah would help this character learn how to use modern technology #And in return #they'd teach him how use magic #It was an interesting development while it lasted #like #convincing him not to be so skeptical about things like magic was fun #on the other hand #the other character got to learn from the perspective of someone who doesn't live nor condone the idea of a monarchy

[sirenofthegreenbanks]

springing through hoops trying to recontextualize the (subversive?) nationalist / patriotic rethoric winding through qi ye and tyk and make it work in a german context. because this shit doesnt work in a german context. it doesnt

#ughghghghghg #i love the challenge!!!! i doooo #but also. noooooooo #noOoooooOOooo #i think i need to rethink this. #understand WHY it is employed and WHY it works in the historical context of qiyeverse #WHY it might be important to the characters #then recontextualize it #what of it might be part of the present nationalist (communist) rethoric (propaganda) #and what is rooted in historical facts etc etc #its probably both. #muddling in words and stuff #i might need to tweak a few historical events to accomodate zzs's influence in a fictional german setting #ughghgh. i need to learn more about my own government probs likely surely #and THEN i need to somehow work all that rethinking and researching and recontextualizing into a narrative that doesnt care about zzs's pas #what im saying is. im suffering and i want a few pats on the head TvT #the fic tag:

[maitanii]

i wish i was rich so i could study history at university

like, i remember learning about Ernest Shackleton during my first high school year and studying everything about the Discovery Expedition.

then when I was 15, I started to study the French Revolution on my own and it changed my whole personality.

idk, i just love History and wish I could spend more time reading and searching things.

#it was my dream when i was a kid #i read pages of Wikipedia of multiple events #because wikipedia was my most reliable source at that time #then i fell in love with writing #and journalism allowed me to write stories so it was the perfect path for me #but i still love learning about the past #i love knowing random historical events that i can bring up in conversations #—martha talks

[turbo-overkill]

Why did my mom just use "you liked this movie when you were 10 so I find it hard to believe you dislike it now" as an actual argument after I pointed out why said movie is problematic. Bro it's called character development.

#yeet talks #does she think people canr grow or learn. Plus why is she surprised that a 10 year old child did not notice badly drawn parallels to #a historical event they knew nothing about in a movie about fucking. talking turkeys