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kateeorg · 2 years

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Headless Fun Fact + Hamilton Connection

So, you know that Jonathan Oldstyle guy that appeared in the finale?

Apparently "Jonathan Oldstyle" was another pseudonym of Washington Irving's. Specifically, he used it in nine satirical letters written to The Morning Chronicle in 1802-1803. It marked Irving's first appearance in print, before Sleepy Hollow or Rip Van Winkle, when he was 19 years old.

So, first of all, kudos to Shipwrecked having one Irving pseudonym replace another Irving pseudonym as bard.

But it gets more interesting.

The editor of the paper at the time Irving wrote those letters? Was Aaron Burr.

Yes, THAT Aaron Burr.

Who sent five of those letters to his daughter Theodosia, because he was so impressed for the work of one so young.

His final letter, eerily enough, was on dueling , which had recently been formally outlawed in New York (April 1803).

According to Wikipedia,

Declaring the practice of dueling with pistols "unceremonious," [Irving] recommends instead that duelists draw lots to see who gets to have a brick dropped on his head from a window. "If he survives, well and good", [Irving] says, "if he falls, why nobody is to blame, it was purely accidental."[11] [Irving] even suggests that dueling be licensed by "the Blood and Thunder office" of the state as an official event, where the public can watch, as "this would be a valuable addition to the list of our refined amusements."

Which.... good god, the irony, y'all. Not just because of what Jonathan Oldstyle does in Headless, but in real life, the Burr-Hamilton duel happened in July 1804. Just over a year later!

@shipwreckedcomedy did y'all know about this connection when you made that Hamilton reference in the Unsolved Babesteries finale??? Because that's just... wow.

#headless series #washington irving #jonathan oldstyle #aaron burr #hamilton #hamilton musical #history #historical tumblr #aaron burr sir

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weaselbeaselpants · 1 year

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If any indigenous people seriously don't want me hating on Disney's Pocahontas on their behalf (see last rb), be my guest and dm me telling me so. I'm trying to do the responsible thing and echo back what the native bloggers I do follow have said and feel. I get it.

I'll try not to be dismissive, though understand that a major part of what irks me about that movie isn't just the white guilt, it is the inaccuracies. Wolfwalkers and Iron Giant can send Oliver Cromwell off a cliff and end Coldwar with hugs because they're well written; the writers are making speculative alt history which is the point. Where I think media, especially children's media, is actually harmful is when it isn't set in a time period but about real figures in history, as that trains kids idealize these people as fictional characters.

And you know?

Since we're on this "ruining ur childhood by pointing out that the original stories are disturbing"-tanget, why doesn't any one of these clickbait sites talk about the rest of the Jamestown story? No one gonna even make a joke about how the guy Governer Ratcliffe is based on was apparently skinned alive? Or how the Starving Time included the colonists eating eat other?

#white ally #white liberal #indigenous people #indigenous rights #historical tumblr #history stuff #history tumblr #kay wikipedia isn't giving me a source for the Ratcliffe stuff so FINE MOM #Disney's Pocahontas #Pocahontas

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shotgunyuri · 8 months

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“Good luck. And DON’T fuck it up.”

#just to clarify I didn’t make this edit. this is an old tumblr post that the website made inaccessible for some reason. so I recreated it #it’s smth of a historic restoration effort with saw heritage posts. check their addition (also part of the original post)#loutown #saw

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scarletstitchstudios · 1 month

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I finally made my first yarn wig after 10+ years of crocheting my cosplays...

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bebs-art-gallery · 17 days

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Embroidery by Kathrin Marchenko

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kudriaken · 1 year

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Another speedpainting study.

#speedpaint #artists on tumblr #illustrators on tumblr #historical costuming #braveheart

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carigradmergen · 6 days

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Just my fantasy for Marcille in medieval fashion, Im no expert so some details may appear historically incorrect sorry

#marcille dungeon meshi #marcille donato #Marcille #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #historical fashion #fashion history #medieval fashion #middle ages #illustration #artists on tumblr #delicious in dungeon

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canisalbus · 10 months

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They need a bigger bathtub.

#this soup has more dog than water #own art #own characters #CanisAlbus #art #artists on tumblr #Machete #Vasco #anthro #sighthound #dogs #canine #animals #I also regret to inform you that clawfoot tubs like this aren't even remotely historically accurate for these guys #at the time bathtubs were made of wood or copper they were more oval in shape and they weren't elevated off the floor #but let me fantasize about fancy bathtubs at least for once

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ladylucck · 1 year

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mosque cats x

#cats #mosques #mosque #cairo #historical architecture #cats of tumblr

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hexnovo · 9 months

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A sphinx inspired by a terracotta oil jar from the Taman Peninsula, 4th century BC

✨prints

#Just a fun study for the historical redraw tag on Twitter :>#artists on tumblr #digital art #sphinx

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cottagecore-raccoon · 7 months

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Disclaimer: I know that some folks continue to wear some or all of these items in the 21st century. This is more asking what you wish would become fashionable again so you could wear it without receiving any second glances from strangers

#history #historic clothing #clothing history #fashion #clothing #period drama #jane austen #tumblr poll #tumblr polls #poll #polls #cottagecore-raccoon

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rthwrms · 4 months

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rhytons.... practicing my flash skills

#illustration #illo #rhyton #historical #artists on tumblr #my art tag

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ultimatehistorical · 1 year

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ULTIMATE HISTORICAL FIGURE OF TUMBLR DOT COM!!! SUPER FINAL!!!!!!!!!!!

#im not going to try and sway this one since its the final but... you all know who i want to win #ultimate historical figure of tumblr dot com #polls #poll tournament #ea nasir #franz kafka

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destalva25 · 1 year

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Mama i'm in love with those criminals🔥🔥

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(Parody from Barbie Movie)

#karl marx #friedrich engels #fan art #communism #artwork #historical figures #marxism #artists on tumblr #barbie movie #parody art #margot robbie #ryan gosling #barbie greta gerwig

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writers-potion · 27 days

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Writing Weapons (1): Swords

The Thrusting Sword

Type of fight scene: entertaining, duels, non-lethal fights, non-gory deaths, swashbuckling adventure

Mostly used in: Europe, including Renaissance and Regency periods

Typical User: silm, male or female, good aerobic fitness

Main action: thrust, pierce, stab

Main motion: horizontal with the tip forward

Shape: straight, often thin, may be lightweight

Typical Injury: seeping blood, blood stains spreading

Strategy: target gaps in the armous, pierce a vital organ

Disadvantage: cannot slice through bone or armour

Examples: foil, epee, rapier, gladius

The Cleaving Sword

Type of fight scene: gritty, brutal, battles, cutting through armour

Typical user: tall brawny male with broad shulders and bulging biceps

Mostly used in: Medieval Europe

Main action: cleave, hack, chop, cut, split

Main motion: downwards

Shape: broad, straight, heavy, solid, sometime huge, sometimes need to be held in both hands, both sides sharpened

Typical Injury: severed large limbs

Strategy: hack off a leg, them decapitate; or split the skull

Disadvantage: too big to carry concealed, too heavy to carry in daily lifem too slow to draw for spontaneous action

Examples: Medieval greatsword, Scottish claymore, machete, falchion

The Slashing Sword

Type of fight scene: gritty or entertaining, executions, cavalry charge, on board a ship

Mostly used in: Asia, Middle East

Typical user: male (female is plausible), any body shape, Arab, Asian, mounted warrior, cavalryman, sailor, pirate

Main action: slash, cut, slice

Main motion: fluid, continuous, curving, eg.figure-eight

Shape: curved, often slender, extremely sharp on the outer edge

Typical Injury: severed limbs, lots of spurting blood

Strategy: first disable opponent's sword hand (cut it off or slice into tendons inside the elbow)

Disadvantage: unable to cut thorugh hard objects (e.g. metal armor)

Examples: scimitar, sabre, saif, shamshir, cutlass, katana

Blunders to Avoid:

Weapons performing what they shouldn't be able to do (e.g. a foil slashing metal armour)

Protagonists fighting with weapons for which they don't have the strength or build to handle

The hero carrying a huge sword all the time as if it's a wallet

Drawing a big sword form a sheath on the back (a physical impossiblity, unless your hero is a giant...)

Generic sword which can slash, stab, cleave, slash, block, pierce, thrust, whirl through the air, cut a few limbs, etc...as if that's plausible

adapted from <Writer's Craft> by Rayne Hall

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wandering-jana · 3 months

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Matera, Italy is famous for the Sassi, small homes built into the rock that supports the city. The residents shared the space with their farm animals. They were lived in until the 1950s.

March 3, 2024

#Matera #house #old house #Italy #Italia #architecture #travel #wandering #original photography #iphonography #photographers on tumblr #photography #urbanexploration #history #lensblr #historical architecture #wanderingjana

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