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sirenmoth · 3 months

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Hi! If you haven’t already could you do an Irish reader? I haven’t seen any Irish ones so far and I would love if you did. But take your time! Thank you!

reader is from republic of ireland which isn’t part of the UK

!can be romantic or platonic!

Irish!Reader who got selected to join the Task Force, and is disappointed by the fact there’s three Brits in it.

Soap and Irish!Reader immediately join forces, since Scotland and Ireland have very similar traditions and cultures, and definitely not to team up against the English.

Soap tells Irish!Reader about Scot’s language and in return they him some irish words ,

“Eejit means idiot, but you can also say bampot”

“Oh that’s cool, we say eejit as well”

“realy?!”

Ghost isn’t happy with the team up.

Irish!Reader gives Ghost some stuff their mother sends over, as well as the rest of the team. Saying it’s a peace offering.

Price likes asking how Irish!Reader’s family is doing, how their time back in Ireland was once everyone’s come back from leave. Loves hearing about it over some tea and a cigar in his office.

Irish!Reader shows Kyle some of their favourite shows, a little culture share, while in the background secretly giving Soap some advice on how to get Scottish independence.

“it’s gonna be rough for a while but it’s worth it”

“aye, finally free from them fuckin brits”

“What are you two muttering about?”

“Nothing!”

Football week is a nightmare on base (if you watch it) Irish!Reader supporting their team, with Soap if it's Ireland vs an English team, would be a bloodbath if it wasn't for Price. (Based off the European thing, you automatically support the other team if they’re playing against England)

Cooking with Kyle is a bit confusing, Irish!Reader calls British food an abomination which ends up in a back and forth argument,

“Why the potatoes?”

“We didn’t have them for years, we’re catching up”

“What’s the point in that? It’s just potatoes”

“What’s the point in having all those spices, seasonings and herbs you stole from the other countries and never using them, you colonialist”

“I- well that was uncalled for, lovie”

“Am I wrong though?”

St. Patrick’s Day is mostly spent with one of them trying to out drink Irish!Reader, never ends well.

Having one Scot, one Irish, and three Brits as a team maybe isn’t so bad.

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wileys-russo · 5 months

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once again sharing the streaming for todays international matches (the ones I can find anyway)

England vs Scotland

Spain vs Sweden

Republic of Ireland vs Northern Ireland

Portugal vs France

Italy vs Switzerland

USA vs China

Austria vs Norway

Wales vs Germany

Netherlands vs Belgium

#woso #woso community

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traincoded · 1 year

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When is the Women’s World Cup?

It will begin on Thursday, July 20, 2023 to Sunday, August 20.

All the key dates are as follows.

First match: New Zealand vs. Norway — July 20 followed by Australia vs. Republic of Ireland

Group stage: July 20 – August 3

Round of 16: August 5 – August 8

Quarterfinals: August 11 & 12

Semifinals: August 15 & 16

Third-place playoff: August 19

Final: August 20

Where is it being held?

Of the 64 matches throughout the tournament, 35 will be played in Australia and 29 in New Zealand.

The latter will host the first game of the World Cup at Eden Park in Auckland while Stadium Australia in Sydney will be the venue for the final.

Here is how the groups look.

Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Switzerland

Group B: Australia, Canada, Nigeria, Republic of Ireland

Group C: Costa Rica, Japan, Spain, Zambia

Group D: China, Denmark, England, Haiti

Group E: Netherlands, Portugal, United States, Vietnam

Group F: Brazil, France, Jamaica, Panama

Group G: Argentina, Italy, South Africa, Sweden

Group H: Colombia, Germany, Morocco, South Korea

#fifa wwc 2023 #women's world cup #wwc 2023 #football #woso #the first tag should be consistently used if you wanna filter this stuff #im posting this bc i don't want to keep digging into articles repeatedly lol #ref

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ladykinrannoch · 3 months

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Imagine being a royalist in 2024 lmao, an independent Scotland would be a republic

Not sure if you are poking me because I am Scottish and a Royalist. But nevertheless you have opened up an interesting debate! Let us get into it!

I love putting a spanner in the works and playing out hypothetical scenarios for this supposed prophecy of one who does not have the mark of a King being made a King.

This is an extension to an earlier post where the driven out of the Isles comment was presupposed by another Anon to potentially mean a Scottish referendum and a split from the Union for Scottish independence. Why then on independence would the Scots crown a King, once Charles is driven out of Scotland?

Would Scotland be for a Republic or a Restoration on Independence?

TBH before Princess Diana I would have been all for a restoration of the Stuarts to the throne of Scotland or even a Republic, as long as it meant splitting up the Act of Union and giving Scotland back to the Scots.

However Diana changed it all for me as a young teenager and having never been followers of the BRF, I was captivated, as only Diana could do! Now William carrying the Stuart line more strongly and directly through the original Stuarts albeit via illegitimate offspring vs the "official" cadet branch of the Stuarts that came via the Hanoverians; and his little Wales family have captured my heart, so I am not nearly as staunchly anti-BRF as maybe I was raised as a child. My father was a Scottish Nationalist and campaigner for Scottish independence. He was also a great fan of Robert the Bruce as the greatest King of Scots.

If there is a referendum could there be another option to a Republic... Restoration of the Bloodline of Scottish Kings and still have Scots independence?

A revival of the Jacobite successsion? (Read more on the Jacobite uprisings and the succession wars in the link below)

The current Jacobite (Catholic) heir to the Scottish throne is Prince Max, Duke of Bavaria. His full titles according to Jacobites includes Prince of England, Scotland and Ireland. Although he has publicly stated he has no interest in becoming a Pretender to the Crown.

He married Swedish-born Countess Elizabeth Douglas. The Douglas family is a noble Scottish family. (Read more about her here)

Their daughter Sophie married the hereditary Prince of Lichtenstein and will one day be Her Serene Highness of Lichtenstein. A small principality of 35 000 people, but apparently worth Euros 10bn.

Besides being a future consort to a monarch of Lichtenstein, she is second in line to the Jacobite succession.

Sophie married Prince Alois, heir and current regent of Lichtenstein, who will succeed from his role as regent on the passing of his father Prince Max.

Sophie and Alois will eventually ascend as monarchs of the Principality.

Now as a Scot, would I choose the more direct Jacobite line of succession over the cadet branch Protestant line of succession? There is the question.

Depending on your departure point whether Catholic or Protestant both William and Sophie have "equal" claims to be King or Queen of Scots. The Act of Settlement would have to be repealed to allow a Catholic on the Throne of Scotland. (Side note: The Scots never every had a King of Scotland, it was always and will always be King/Queen of Scots)

We have all no doubt watched Outlander on Netflix; as such some may have a rudimentary of the understanding of the Jacobite rebellions of James and later Bonnie Prince Charlie, Sophie is a direct descent from James the Old Pretender.

Personally, although I would like Scottish Independence if push came to shove, I would probably rather choose William than Max Emanuel/Sophie, because although Diana's Stuart lines were consider illegitimate, i.e. through the various Fitzes. Fitz is a prefix given to the father's name as a surname, when the child is born of a mistress, but yet recognised as offspring and often given titles on attainment of adulthood.

However, while Max and Sophie have not interest in their rights to the Scots throne; Sophie has three sons Prince Joseph who will be next heir to Lichtenstein (and the Jacobite succession), but she also has Prince Georg and Prince Nikolaus, either of whom would not carry the destiny of a king in their own principality, but could be named as a King of Scots, should the country want to be independent and yet still have its own monarchy based on legitimate Stuart bloodlines.

Here is Prince Georg (left) who could potentially be named as an alternative King of Scots. With his sister and elder brother Joseph.

However, the family Lichtenstein tend to prefer to remain out of the spotlight and this is maybe not what a young prince might want to take on.

However, anything is possible. And for the conspiracy theorists, Jacobites and the King Harry sycophants, even Prince Georg of Lichtenstein stands a better chance than Haz to be King of Scots. If one had to pick a monarch from amongst second sons, I would take the second son of Sophie over Hazbeen any day!

#Just saying #King of Scots?#british royal family #jacobites #Prince Georg of Lichtenstein

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cypher2 · 8 months

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2023 Women's World Cup records

In addition to breaking numerous worldwide social media and viewing records, the 2023 Women's World Cup set and broke a number of unique tournament records as well. The players and teams that participated in this WWC should all feel extremely proud for the history they have made. Their performances continue to show the world that these athletes are capable of so much more than they are ever fully recognized for.

First team from their nation to qualify for a men’s or women’s senior FIFA tournament: Vietnam WNT 8 nations had their debuts for first time appearing in a FIFA women’s World Cup: Haiti, Portugal, Zambia, Vietnam, The Philippines, Republic of Ireland, Morocco, and Panama. Canadian midfielder Quinn starts for Canada and becomes the first non-binary athlete to play at a FIFA World Cup.

Christine Sinclair (Canada) and Marta (Brazil) become the 3rd and 4th players in history to appear in 6 World Cup competitions men or women, with Homare Sawa (Japan) and Onome Zeno (Nigeria) being the other two. The player with the record for most world cup appearances in history remains Brazil’s Formiga, the only player to compete in 7 world cups (men or women).

Kristine Lilly still holds the record for most WC appearances by men or women with 30 games played - a record set and held since 2007. Followed by Formiga with 27 as of 2019 and Lionel Messi with 26 as of 2022. Brazil’s Marta still holds the all time leading record for most goals scored across all World Cup competitions with 17 goals in 23 appearances across 6 tournaments.

Zambia’s Lushomo Mweemba scores the fastest goal of this year’s tournament in group stage at 2min 11 sec, also marking Zambia’s first ever world cup goal in their debut. The fastest goal in a FIFA Women’s World Cup has stood for over 30 years - it remains the goal scored by Lena Videkull of Sweden, who scored after just 30 seconds against Japan in the inaugural 1991 tournament. Zambia’s Barbra Banda scores the 1000th goal in WWC history. Nouhaila Benzina of Morocco becomes the first Women’s World Cup player to wear a hijab.

Ary Borges of Brazil scores a hat trick in her WWC debut and the first hat trick of the tournament. First Caribbean nation to reach the round of 16 in WWC history - Jamaica First Arab nation to qualify for a WWC and reach the round of 16 in WWC history - Morocco Of the eight debutants, Morocco was the only one to advance to the round of 16. Two teams reached the round of 16 having conceded no goals so far in the tournament- Japan and Jamaica.

First time four African nations have been represented at a WWC with three of them qualifying for the knock out stage at this years competition - South Africa, Morocco, and Nigeria. 3 of the 4 African nations appearing in this year’s WWC all finished 2nd in their groups (Morocco, South Africa, and Nigeria). The US suffered its earliest elimination in WWC history, getting knocked out in the round of 16. The U.S. has never finished below 3rd place in all previous editions of the competition. Sweden’s Zećira Mušović sets a new record for most saves in any WWC 2023 game with 11 saves vs the US in the round of 16.

First manager to lead two different nations to a World Cup final (Netherlands and England)- Sarina Wiegman First goalkeeper to take and convert a PK in a WWC penalty shootout - Alyssa Naeher

Golden ball (best overall player of the tournament) - Aitana Bonmatí Silver ball - Jenni Hermoso Bronze ball - Amanda Ilestedt Golden boot (most goals scored in the tournament) - Hinata Miyazawa (5 goals) Silver boot - Kadidiatou Diani Bronze boot - Alexandra Popp Golden glove (best goalkeeper of the tournament) - Mary Earps

FIFA young player award (best player of the tournament under 21 years old) - Salma Paralluelo FIFA fair play award (team with best record of fair play during the tournament) - Japan Best mascot of the tournament (unofficial) - Waru Longest penalty shootout in World Cup history (20 penalties taken) - Australia vs France quarter final

The 2023 competition was hosted by Australia and New Zealand, making it the first edition to be held in the Southern Hemisphere, the first Women's World Cup to be hosted by two countries, and the first FIFA senior competition for either men or women to be held across two confederations (Asia and Oceanic).

First edition of the women’s tournament to feature an expansion to 32 teams and 64 matches, and largest women’s sporting event in history with 32 teams and 736 players. Only team to play all matches (group stage + knockout) undefeated with a 6-0-0 record - England All 4 previous winner nations (US, Germany, Norway, and Japan) were eliminated before the semifinal stage, marking the first time this has happened in the competition’s history.

For the first time in its 32 year and 9 tournament history, the WWC has a new champion (Spain) and new runner up (England) in 2023, with both nations never having made it to the final stage before. Only the 2nd nation in history to win both a men’s and women’s World Cup - Spain Top scoring country at the 2023 WWC - Spain with 18 goals First time a senior English football team has made it to a WC final in 6 decades - England WNT

First time advancing past quarterfinals in their WWC history and first host nation to advance to semifinals in 20 years - Australia placed 4th place for best in all 8 WWC competitions they’ve participated in and broke attendance records through all stages of the tournament, with an overall stadium attendance across all matches at 1.978 million. More than 1.5 million tickets were sold for the WWC, surpassing the entire tournament’s projected target in the first 5 days alone.

Two attendance records were broken for both host nations on day one of the WWC - largest crowd ever for a men’s or women’s football game in New Zealand (42,137) and largest crowd ever for a women’s football game in Australia (75,784).

Brazil's opening match v Panama was simulcast live on TV Globo and SporTV, delivering a combined audience of 13.9 million viewers - higher than any audience in the territory during the 2007, 2011, and 2015 WWC. China v England produced the highest audience for a single match, reaching 53.9 million viewers, becoming the highest in any global market so far. 17.15 million people tuned into the Australia v England semifinal cumulatively across Channel 7, Optus Sport, venues, and live-sites, comprising approx 64% of the entire Australian population - the biggest television event not just in any sport in the country, but in Australia’s television history.

The record for highest single match attendance still remains the 1999 WWC final between the US and China with 90,185 in attendance - a number that hasn’t been reached since the men’s tournament at the 1994 WC final between Italy and Brazil at 94,194.

The largest 2023 attendances were at Stadium Australia in Sydney, which saw four capacity-crowd fixtures, including Australia's opening win over Republic of Ireland and the final between Spain and England. The crowd of 75,784 was a record home audience for a women's football match in Australia and the third largest individual crowd attendance in Women's World Cup history. Over 50% of all matches had near sell out or at stadium capacity with a total of 1,977,824 fans in attendance at the 64 games in total, setting a new record for highest overall attendance in Women’s World Cup history across all 9 editions of the tournament. Highest grossing Women’s World Cup in history with a revenue of over half a billion dollars ($570 million), surpassing the projected revenue estimate by $100 million.

#wwc23 #wwc 2023 #fifa women's world cup #woso #attendance and records #wwcedit #I had to throw the waru one in there #for my own heart #waru 🥺

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public-transportation-tournament · 11 months

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Round 1!

The TCAT, Tompkins County, NY, USA vs Seattle Center Monorail, Seattle, WA, USA

M1 (or Millennium Underground Railway, but also known as "the small underground" by locals), Budapest, Hungary vs Grande Recife, Recife, Brazil

London Underground, Greater London, England vs Rotterdam Metro, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Beamish Tramway, Beamish Museum, Beamish, England vs Catbus/Nekobus, Sayama Hills, Saitama Prefecture, Japan (My Neighbor Totoro)

The New York City Subway system, New York City, NY, USA vs Corviknight Flying Taxi, Galar (Pokémon Sword and Shield)

Buenos Aires Underground (Subte), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina vs Monte Toboggan, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

The Stargate Network, throughout the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies (the Stargate franchise) vs the Deepsea Metro, Inkopolis Bay (Splatoon)

CAT, Perth, Western Australia vs SkyTrain, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Brolly Rail, Nevermoor (Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend) vs Métro Ligne 4, Paris, France

Tyne and Wear Metro, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom vs the REM, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (upcoming)

Jeepney, the Philippines vs Sea Train, Water 7, connecting it with St. Poplar, San Faldo, and Pucci, as well as the Judicial Island Enies Lobby (One Piece)

The MTR, Hong Kong, PRC vs the Omnibus, New York, NY, USA (1832)

SeaBus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada vs Wuppertaler Schwebebahn, Wuppertal, Germany

Ice Highway, the Nether Roof (Minecraft) vs Battle Subway, Unova (Pokémon Black and White)

WY Metro, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom vs Tunnelbana, Stockholm, Sweden

MRT (Moda Raya Terpadu/Mass Rapid Transit), Jakarta, Indonesia vs An Luas, Dublin, Ireland

RIPTA (Rhode Island public transit authority) (it’s buses), Rhode Island, USA vs Bakerloo Line, London Underground, London, England

Mount Vesuvius Funicular Railway, Mount Vesuvius, Italy (opened in 1880, destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1944) vs AquaBus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Yarra Trams, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia vs SEPTA (southeast pennsylvania transportation authority), Pennsylvania, United States

Cable Cars, San Francisco, California, United States vs MAX Light Rail system, Portland, Oregon, United States

Amtrak, United States vs Fenelon Place Elevator, Dubuque, Iowa, United States

Ninky Nonk, Night Garden (In The Night Garden) vs Prague Metro, Prague, Czech Republic

Polar Bear Express, between Cochrane and Moosonee, Ontario, Canada vs the Crosstown Express, Robot City (Robots (2005))

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (the T), Greater Boston, Massachusetts, United States vs Worcester Regional Transit Authority, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States

Kakola Funicular, Turku, Finland vs Angkutan Kota (Angkot), Indonesia

Galaxy Railways, the Milky Way (The Galaxy Railways (銀河鉄道物語, Ginga Tetsudō Monogatari)) vs The Ride, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

MST Trolley, Monterey, California, United States vs People Mover, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Florida, United States

Public Transit Victoria, Victoria, Australia vs Carmelit, Haifa, Israel

The L, Chicago, Illinois, United States vs Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), Morgantown, West Virginia vs Helsingin seudun liikenne/Helsingforsregionens trafik/Helsinki Regional Transport, Helsinki, Finland

Gondolas, Venice, Italy vs the Trolley from the Trolley Problem (Philippa Foot came up with it originally, but in media it was also presented in "the good place")

Zahnradbahn Stuttgart (die Zacke), Stuttgart (Marienplatz to Degerloch), Baden-Württemberg, Germany vs Detroit People Mover, Detroit, Michigan, United States

Warp Pipes (Super Mario Bros.) vs SCMaglev, Yamanashi, Japan

Transport Canberra Bus Network, Canberra, Australia vs Stagways, Hallownest (Hollow Knight)

Roosevelt Island Tram, Roosevelt Island, New York, NY, United States vs NJ Transit (Northeast Corridor), New Jersey, United States

Sunrail, Orlando, Florida, United States vs Bay Area Rapid Transit, Bay Area, California, United States

Purple Route (Charm City Circulator), Baltimore, Maryland, United States vs Alderney Ferry (Halifax Transit), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Millennium Line, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada vs MARTA, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Dual Mode Vehicle (DMV), Asa Coast Railway, Shikoku, Japan vs Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, Lynmouth, England, UK

Hovercraft, Portsmouth - Ryde, UK vs Funiculars, the Questionable Area (Psychonauts 2)

WildNorWester, Sodor (The Railway Series) vs Shinkansen, Japan

Métro de Paris, Paris, France vs Metro do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Deutsche Bahn, Germany vs UC Davis Unitrans Bus System, Davis, California

Vaporetti, Venice, Italy vs Harbour Bus, Copenhagen, Denmark

#hopefully i did the links right

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meademalove · 22 days

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For tomorrows match https://m.youtube.com/live/UCsre8ThFds

Here you go guys, thank you, Anon! 🫶🏼

#meademalove #ask meademalove

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detectivesus · 21 days

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if anyone needs!!!

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pernillecfcw · 20 days

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Great to see Leah back in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 colours

#leah williamson #lioneses #great to see her back #engwnt #captain leah #as an england fan it’s great to see her back #arsenal wfc #womens football #footy #football #republic of ireland vs england #women’s euro qualifiers #euro qualifiers #aviva stadium #republic of ireland #international duty

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newerasports3 · 4 years

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Curtis Campher's 59 Runs Off 118 Balls On Debut Against Good Looking English Fast Bowling🏏

A Find For Ireland 🍀🇮🇪

#sports #cricket #cricketer #indian cricket fans #england #ireland #irish mythology #irish castle #the irishman #irish history #irish republic #irish politics #curtis campher #dhoni cricket #cricket fans #england vs ireland #ireland vs england

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theroleofimagination · 2 years

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International Matches - Thursday 17th February

09:30EST/14:30GMT/15:30CET

Germany vs Spain | Arnold Clark Cup 📺 ITV4 (UK) / sportschau.de (GER) / rtve tdp (ESP) / TSN 1 (CAN) / Paramount+ (USA) / ESPN (C. & S. America) / FA Player (Rest of the World)

10:00EST/15:00GMT/16:00CET

Northern Ireland vs Faroe Islands | International Friendly

14:30EST/19:30GMT/20:30CET

England vs Canada | Arnold Clark Cup 📺 ITV4 (UK) / TSN 1 (CAN) / (GER) / rtve tdp (ESP) / Paramount+ (USA) / ESPN (C. & S. America) / FA Player (Rest of the World)

16:00EST/21:00GMT/22:00CET

Haiti vs Honduras | CONCACAF WWC23 Qualifiers 📺 Paramount+ (USA) / CONCACAFGo/CONCACAF App (Most of the World)

17:00EST/22:00GMT/23:00CET

Trinidad & Tobago vs Nicaragua | CONCACAF WWC23 Qualifiers 📺 Paramount+ (USA) / CONCACAFGo/CONCACAF App (Most of the World)

18:00EST/23:00GMT/00:00CET

Jamaica vs Bermuda | CONCACAF WWC23 Qualifiers 📺 Paramount+ (USA) / CONCACAFGo/CONCACAF App (Most of the World)

20:00EST/01:00GMT/02:00CET

Iceland vs New Zealand | She Believes Cup 📺 ESPN 3 (USA) / Sky Sports 7 (Oceania)

Panama vs Barbados | CONCACAF WWC23 Qualifiers 📺 Paramount+ (USA) / CONCACAFGo/CONCACAF App (Most of the World)

Costa Rica vs St Kitts & Nevis | CONCACAF WWC23 Qualifiers 📺 Paramount+ (USA) / CONCACAFGo/CONCACAF App (Most of the World)

21:00EST/02:00GMT/03:00CET

Mexico vs Suriname | CONCACAF WWC23 Qualifiers 📺 Paramount+ (USA) / CONCACAFGo/CONCACAF App (Most of the World)

23:00EST/04:00GMT/05:00CET

USA vs Czech Republic | She Believes Cup 📺 ESPN/TUDN (USA) / ESPN (AUS/NZ) / / ESPN 2 (MEX) / ESPN Star (BRA)

Many of these links will be geoblocked and so will need a VPN, if you can't access any games try streaming sites (although obv be careful) such as:

skorlive / sportshub / sportlemons / usagoals

#international friendlies #arnold clark cup #she believes cup #concacaf wwc23 qualifiers #match links #streaming links #apologoes if there are any errors - i've been swamped at work and life generally but wanted to get ot out before the gamea started #women's football #woso

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alexbkrieger13 · 2 years

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What games are you looking forward to in the International Break

Wont lie i completely forgot they started tomorrow 🤣

16th

Denmark v. Italy (12pm)

Should be a good match up

Wales v. Scotland and Ireland v. Poland (2.30)

Watching these with my granda should be entertaining

Brazil vs Netherlands (6pm)

Expecting No defence just vibes

Norway V. Portugal (6.30pm)

Should be good

France v. Finland (8.10pm)

No interest in the French but the off field drama makes me watch

17th

Germany v. Spain (2.30)

I'm excited for this one

England v. Canada (7.30)

I cannot predict what's gonna happen and I actually don't care

18th

US v. Czech Republic (4am)

I'll watch it with my breakfast, i value sleep

Sweden v. Denmark (5pm)

No Magda v Pernille 😓

However, always love a scandi Derby

edit: never mind the Danes got covid

19th

Finland v. Netherlands (5pm)

Will the Dutch shit the bed?

France v. Brazil (8.10pm)

I want this to be good so bad

20th

England v. Spain (2.30pm)

Won't lie this is the one I'm most excited to watch

Portugal v. Sweden (5pm)

Just watching for the swedes

US v. New Zealand (8pm)

Another 6-1?

Canada v. Germany (8.15pm)

If this is a dull game I'll be disappointed

22nd

France v. Netherlands (8.10 pm)

Expecting a game of vibes and frankly cannot wait

23rd

Spain v. Canada (2.30)

This feels like a vibes game and I'm here for it

England v. Germany (7.30pm)

I'm so curious what the fuck is gonna happen

24th

US v. Iceland (2am)

Again watch with breakfast cause I ain't staying up for that

#woso

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uthseikoashx-inflamedme · 3 years

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Summer of 1899 fanfictions: with Philosophy, ancient Greek and Latin, foreign languages and a bit of Literature

(note: by “Summer of 1899 fanfictions”, I refer to the summer of Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald’s meeting as teenagers)

(note: I am not a native speaker, so I apologise for the mistakes, inaccuracies, truly bad use of tenses and wrong phrases. I hope it won’t be too unpleasant. Let me know if something is really not understandable!)

What about philosphy, Latin, etc, but in 1899 fanfictions? (dark academia vibes, I know)

There are already quite a lot of fanfics about it but not enough - because it's so great, let me detail why it is (and expose my headcanons)

(the [1] and [2] are notes, check the end of the post to read them)

(tiny disclaimer: i am not at all an advanced scholar on any of the following topics, just studying that kind of subjects and loving to draw parallels with hp. i hope i won’t say too many wrong things, etc.)

Philosophy :

Moral philosophy

The theories and questions throughout the history of moral philosophy (as far as I know) fit so well with the concerns of our revolutionary boys.

Is there any moral duty? Knowing wizards and witches could solve an amount of muggles' problems, is this immoral for them to stay in the shadows? What about the means of the revolution - is this ok to kill for the Greater Good, to initiate injuries, doom and destruction to build a better world, which cost is acceptable? What about consequentialism, utilitarianism, moral of virtue, deontological philosophy, idk? What's good? What's fair?

More touchy question: the maj-people are able to perform marvellous things, so are they consequently more important than maj-people? Because of their capacities, should they be praised - considered as superior beings - as gods? But if yes, should they treat muggles differently than they would treat wizards? If wizards shouldn’t be considered as superior beings, are they equal to muggles anyway?

And what about the Hallows - is this moral to possess them, considering they mirror Gyges’ ring? Should Albus and Gellet keep them for themselves, use them for the Greater Good (yes they want to, it’s clearly exposed in DH)? Is the Quest important enough to justify sacrifices?

Also, what about Aristotle’s virtue system - being moderate and all, use our reason to be in the middle? Because I’m sure as hell Albus and even more Gellert would reject this idea: isn’t it a form of passivism? (no, but through their pov and situation, they might think that)

(by the way they both read passages of Bentham's and Mill's and Kant's and Plato's and Aristotle's books nobody can convince me otherwise)

(I never read Nietzsche’s extracts and haven’t even merely a define idea of his theories to be honest, except for a few uncertain glimpses of his philosophy - he disagrees with religious morality and is quite vehement about it, and praises an idea of a free human being, released from this moral of the weaks. And as far as I know, I’m pretty sure Gellert would agree with him.)

Political philosophy

I do have a headcanon: Albus and Gellert both read the Republic of Plato (initially because it’s well-known and they didn’t want to be ignorant about it and they surprised themselves being enthralled by Socrates reflexions) ; and quite a lot of their discussions about a perfect society instituted by themselves (and about what’s fair and what’s good) were underpinned by the book.

Is this ok to rule the world? Which system is the best - tyranny, democracy, oligarchy? Are the wizards just like the philosophers and, thus, are righteously meant to be the aristocrats at the top of the government? And are all the wizards as legitimate as Albus and Gellert to rule the world (no)? What’s the acceptable extent of power they should have on civilians? What’s the necessary authority they must be allowed to have on civilians? What about the freedom of the press, of speech (those themes are explored in the Republic and well-), of maj-people and non-maj-people?

Philosophy of desire, joy, pleasure, beauty, etc

Have you ever heard of Plato? (sorry, again, yes.) Well in several Socrates’ dialogs, themes of love and desire are developed (I particularly think about the Symposium) and Albus and Gellert could be convinced by it: the praise of relationships between men, of intellect, of beauty… but also by the myth of Aristophanes (people are halves and search their soulmate (more or less)). Besides, I’ll be quite curious about what Albus and Gellert may say about Alcibiades’ eulogy of Socrates and what they may think of their dynamics.

(long story short, Alcibiades is young and handsome and desires the ugly Socrates, is fascinated by his intellect and considers him as the most interessant man he knows, and can’t help but feeling inferior facing him and being deeply humiliated because Socrates rejects him (on top of that, Alcibiades is drunk and jealous - the parallels to draw between them and our revolutionary boys are bloody interesting but back to the point))

Also, I totally see Albus and Gellert as hedonists during their youth - justifying their immoral and unwise chase of pleasure and complaisance by an artificial sentiment of moderation, temperance, so not true hedonists, like they are not epicurean at all - and this is again something quite compelling, I must admit.

Ancient Greek and Latin :

Latin and ancient Greek at Hogwarts

Throughout the 19th century, the civilizations of antiquity increasingly fascinated the intellectuals - a phantasm around the topic grew and influenced artists and erudite persons, and was furthermore a mark of the cultural capital and level of education of somebody.

Although we haven’t any clue about the fact that Hogwarts changed the disciplines provided through the centuries, we know it is possible : Dumbledore himself almost dismissed divination studies and depending the demands of the students, 7th years can study alchemy (most likely thanks a teaching offered by Dumbledore himself).

And I do have the headcanon that Hogwarts was in the past not that far from studies dispensed in english colleges - or at least, proposed classes of British (magic) Literature, maybe Law (like an elitist subject but necessary to enter in the Ministry and consequently pure-blood kids are always following that course) and, of course, ancient Greek and Latin classes.

And it was necessary, because Latin is the language of spells and most of the magical essays written back in antiquity were in ancient Greek - furthermore, the more complex, ancient and ruthless spells and rituals were based on ancient Greek and not on Latin, more used in everyday, ordinary, common magic (it is again an hc).

(by the way, Arabic and Hebrew could be as well considered as ancient languages used in magic (again an headcanon, but it would underline how magic is complex and has multiple forms and is not just European-centred), but I have the slight feeling that the ideologies and culture of European countries combined with xenophobia and racism have excluded the study of those languages even though they are also vital in the history of magic you know)

Yes it’s based on nothing, but it would be so great and ask so many things about the Wizarding World back in the late 19th and early 20th century - especially about social and political struggle between the population - pure-blood families vs muggle born students, etc [1]. (And it would satisfy my dark academia aesthetic. But quite irrelevant here.)

What about Albus and Gellert then?

Durmstrang could also dispense Latin of Ancient Greek class, in my opinion, but I think (again, imo), it is a bit unlikely. But it does not change the fact that Gellert had always been attracted to Dark magic; so he could have learned the basis by himself in order to decipher ancient Dark ceremonies, etc.

That’s why I think both of them had learnt ancient languages. Maybe Albus took an interest in Celtic dialects (Merlin’s language?), and Gellert was familiar with Vicking Runes. It obviously helped them regarding a lot of their magical and academic performances. Indeed, the boys were able to understand old papers about the Hollows, but also ancient rituals, etc. And thus, had a wide access to a more dangerous, unstable, raw and primeral practice of magic: it was not like the average spells in Latin, but an intricate way to unleash their potential [2].

Besides, only few people - erudites - were as interested as the boys were in these old ways to use magic, and needless to say that neither of those persons were as powerful as Albus and Gellert were. Furthermore, the boys were able to keep a balance between the complexity of the enchantments and the instincts they both have regarding the expression of their magic. They accordingly thought of being more powerful than everybody else.

Foreign languages :

The languages in the schools

It is clear that Hogwarts is exclusively Anglophone. The school is quite small: 40 students per year, so 280 students in all, coming from Great Britain - England, Ireland, Scotland, Yales, so the isles. We could also think that the wizardkind living in the CommonWealth during the colonial age also studied in Hogwarts. (again a hc, but Henry Potter and his son Fleamont were both born in India, fight me)

Durmstrang, on the other hand, could host quite more nationalities. I imagine the school having three main languages: German, French and English. But in fact, English and French are more “officials”, used by administration and in some classes (French was quite important at the time, right? then it was English?). So the students most likely speak between them in German (Germany had been formed in 1871 and I think the Austrian-Ungarian Empire was also Germanophone?), Russian, Hungarian, Lithuanian… well, all the languages spoken in Easten Europe.

(and just to mention it, I believe that Beauxbâtons is a huge school, bigger than Hogwarts and Durmstrang, because we need logic at some point - anyway)

What about Albus and Gellert then, again?

Gellert was probably speaking German, English (obviously, he wrote letters in English, spoke in English with Albus and Aberforth…), maybe French, and maybe another language depending on his mother country. I headcanon him coming from the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, but he might as well come from Denmark (the country of Mikkelsen?) or a Balkan State (there were wars here at the end of the 19th century, it could be an interesting theme), etc.

However, I doubt that Albus knew Danish or Hungarian, but he definitely spoke French rather well (he exchanged letters with Nicolas Flamel) and perhaps the basis of something else (Italian? German?).

I do not mention magical foreign languages they could have been familiar with - we know Albus is fluent in Goblegedook and Mermish in 1994, but I doubt he already was in 1899.

(Also, Albus’ mother came from America, so she might be originally from the Native American community and thus know an another language and let Albus know as well, but the fact that she is Christian (most likely, regarding what is her epitaph) let me doubtful; but I’m not enough informed about the Native American history to build meta, headcanon and theories, so I won’t explore this idea more.)

All in all, they are quite familiar with a lot of languages, and they certainly had a few conversations in what was not English (a mix of Latin, Ancient Greek, German and French, perhaps?) to infuriate Aberforth and not let him know about what they were talking about. (headcanon, again)

Literature :

We do not have a lot of clues about fiction - novels, theater or poetry - belonging to the wizarding universe - except Beedle’s Tales, of course. But we can imagine it exists.

Nevertheless, I am more interested in what Albus and Gellert might have read in the muggle literature. Besides, I think it is funny to consider that some writers or playwrights are known by muggles but are in reality wizards and witches - especially Braham Stoker, Mary Shelley… maybe Poe and Shakespeare as well.

So, I imagine that Albus and Gellert would have heard of Goethe, Heine, Novalis for German literature; maybe Hugo, Baudelaire, Flaubert for French literature… most likely Dante (definitely Dante). Though I honestly do not think they were fond of novels and literature, they could have been interested by it sometimes, when it echoed to something in them - Shakespeare, but also the story of Verlaine and Rimbaud, or Oscar Wilde’s story and unique novel.

There is also the theme of Oscar Wilde, homosexual writer, and his trial at the end of the 19th century, which are recurrent topics in 1899 fanfictions - a quite interesting one, imo. Have you ever read the Preface of the Picture of Dorian Gray? Definitely Albus and Gellert vibes.

All in all, I don’t think they may have been interested in literature for literature itself, but rather for the political aspect of it. (except for Shelley, Shakespeare and Dante which are a witch and two wizards, and are interested by the references to magic in the works themselves, again hc)

To conclude :

Even though 1899 fanfictions are great - and I thank you, 1899 fanfictions writers, you are amazing - I quite love the idea of all of this aesthetic that could developed. It is somehow prompt ideas.

(also I an studying humanities so it might be why I see those themes in 1899 fanfics so well, yes)

Thanks for reading! :)

Notes :

[1] : I wrote about the conservative Wizarding World and pure-blood families here: Why are the Weasleys poor? (eng&fr) (theories about pure-blood families, inheritance, etc) / How can everyone find their true-love and still be in love after years in HP? (”magic-soulmates” theory and conservative society)

[2] : I wrote about Dark magic and rituals in 1899 here: What if Antonio (Gellert Grindelwald’s chupacabra) had been created in 1899? / What about a dangerous, complicated and a bit gore alchemical experience tried by Albus and Gellert secretly?

And I posted quite a lot of things about GGAD, check the Table of contents if you are interested! :)

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pernillecfcw · 21 days

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It was so good to see Hannah get a start and clean sheet for the lionesses tonight ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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mallowstep · 3 years

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Consider this ask your free pass to dump some watclif historical nerdery on me. I too have an irrational amount of love for certain periods of history and I know how hard it can be to bottle it all up. <3

kjlfdsj don't fret my irl friends/family already know to be careful what historical dramas they watch with me

mom: i thought harlots had really good costumes

me: did it, mother, or were you just distracted by the pretty colours?

anne with an e is one of my biggest victims because like. they're generally so good. i have nothing but praise 90% of the time. and then they'll give someone a scarf that's clearly plucked out of claire's like come on you're better than this.

historical dress is one of my biggest passions, going right back to me checking out "a history of dress" when it was like. almost as big as i was. god those were the days.

anyway, we're not here to talk about that, because the history of irish independence is Fascinating.

so uhh to summarize briefly bc i'm not in the mood to do sources, england colonizes ireland and then that causes the potato famine and then ireland says "fuck this shit" and they proceed to fight for their independence and well. we all know how that goes.

wait do we? uh, crash course, during brexit, one of the major hold ups for negotiations were centred around northern ireland vs ireland (republic of ireland) because well. there's uh, there's not supposed to be a Hard Border between them because last time there was bad things happened.

(also, the derry girls on netflix is a fun exploration of this time period. no words to accuracy because while i think the troubles are a really interesting time, i don't know much about daily life during them because i'm more into early 20th century stuff, and a great appreciation for like. post-classical stuff.)

right but anyway. so you have a huge suppression of the irish language and culture by the english. the schools forbid the speaking of gaelic which like ✨so cool of you england✨

there's a big gaelic revival tho! right around the time of watlcitf, because pre-wwi there's a huge movement for home rule

anyway you have a lot of stuff going on with ulster irish and immigration politics in the us and! right so a lot of irish emigration is of catholics, which was uh. you know not considered exactly great in the us either.

irish catholics were systematically pushed out of their language, land, and culture by the english. not that that's news, but i feel like? i feel like not a lot of people know that?

like england has colonized Everywhere. and it's always the same story.

i can't begin to express how terrible the great potato famine was, and like. god.

anyway gaelic as a language continuing to exist as a primary language for Anyone is cool and should be valued actually. like. fuck i have a lot of thoughts about this and this is a Warrior Cats Blog so sorry for anyone not expecting to get hit with ramblings on linguistics but.

gaelic is very cool! it's got all sorts of ~funky sound stuff~ going on with how it mutates as a grammatical feature like. love u gaelic so glad the english failed to exterminate you.

in conclusion: i'm not sure if you gained anything from this because i kind of just rambled on until i got to my inevitable end conclusion of talking about linguistics.

#ask #aerial jace #watlcitf #i don't have a tonne of like #interesting stuff to share bc i don't have my sources out #n i try to source shit #head empty and all that #mine #talk #txt #friend tag

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