#Miss Cromwell

[misscromwellsmonocle]

Serenity (2018) by Serge Marshennikov

[sneez]

various fairfaxes and a drawing from my english civil wars hiking au which i never posted :-) [id under cut]

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the first image is a digital drawing of a group of men on a light brown background. they are all wearing hiking-appropriate clothing. from left to right: a young man swinging from a tree; arrows pointing at him read ‘weirdly passionate about hiking’ and ‘like 15′. a man leaning against a tree; arrows read ‘grumpy’ and ‘only here for family bonding with father-in-law’. a man with a cane and one arm in a sling, leaning over to read a map; arrows read ‘has injured himself on every hike so far’ and ‘designated driver’. a man reading a map with a serious expression; arrows read ‘annoyed about everything except hiking and sometimes also hiking’ and ‘only one who can read a map’. a man with his hands on his hips looking at the viewer; arrows read ‘arranges hikes and then doesn’t go on them’ and ‘good at arguing’.

the second image is a collection of four digital drawings of thomas fairfax, a man with long dark hair, a moustache, and a beard. he is wearing seventeenth-century clothing. one is a full-body coloured drawing of him sitting in a chair facing away from the viewer with his legs folded and his hat on his knee. the other three are uncoloured: two are headshots of him as a young man and an older man, and the third shows him sitting at a table reading a piece of paper with an expression of concentration.

the third image is a coloured digital portrait of thomas fairfax as an older man. he is clean-shaven and has long dark hair and a scar across his cheek. he is wearing a dark doublet and a large white falling band, and is looking to the left of the image with a serious expression.

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[unanchored-ship]

Allllrighty another dream. All I remember is some weird school event happening and I didn't want to participate so I just hung out in the bathroom but I was transported to some other universe where Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Fairfax, and folk like them were alive in the modern(?) day. Then I got infected with some random disease that apparently had a 50% chance of survival and just chilled in a bunch of bushes watching Cromwell and the others go through AU-type shit. Turns out I was never there and it was all just a fanfic on wattpad/tumblr (by someone I'm pretty sure doesn't exist) and I had a great time scrolling through the art of them. They made Cromwell and Fairfax so cute omg and I'm pretty sure they were shipped (ME TOO ME TOO) They looked something like this:

[kenzie-ann27]

baddest bitches of them all

[fideidefenswhore]

Latymer explained how, when Anne heard that the smaller monasteries were to be dissolved, she instructed Hugh Latimer to argue in his next sermon before the king that the houses should not be dissolved but converted to better uses. Anne was not an uncritical supporter of monasticism: Latymer reports how she told a delegation of abbots and priors that they kept 'their gates close[d] from the preachers of God's word, and yourselves sit either idle or scarce well occupied in your cloisters, clean void of knowledge,' knowledge being here the correct evangelical familiarity with the scriptures. Anne's agenda was not dissolution but transformation: Latimer 'besought [the king] it might please [H]is [G]race of goodness to convert the abbeys and priories to places of study and good letters and to the continual relief of the poor.' Anne instructed her other preachers to include in their sermons 'continual and earnest petitions for the stay of the same.'

The Pilgrimage of Grace and the Politics of the 1530s (2001), Richard Hoyle

[wulfhalls]

thinking about the wolf hall trilogy. MISSING the wolf hall trilogy. u wouldn't even get it...

[carewyncromwell]

🏠&✈️ for Carewyn (moodboard ask game)

🏠 HOUSE — my muse's family/hometown: Liverpool, England, UK

✈️ AIRPLANE — my muse's dream travel destination(s): Vienna, Austria

I loved these prompts so much, ma cherie, thank you!! xoxoxo

Character Aesthetic Ask!

[weedle-testaburger]

just had a random idea for a poll:

[hungerpunch]

CUSTOM VB BUCKET HAT CUSTOM VB BUCKET HAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jolyneswife-anime-reviews]

Why Candy is an icon

Major spoilers for Candy Candy and tw for verbal harassment not explicitly discussed in this post) and death

This anime was one of my favourites as a kid and to this day, it still holds a special place in my heart. While it definitely has quite a few noteworthy characters, none stood out to me like Candy herself, and this is a list of reasons why

She enjoyed more stereotypically "masculine," things and threw the "delicate girl," stereotypes down the toilet- in early 20th century America, when the anime is set, girls were not expected to have hobbies like climbing trees or playing at cowboys, but this is exactly what Candy did, regardless of all the skepticism she faced and the negative comments from those around her about how it was "dangerous,". She dominated too, being skilled enough at tree climbing to beat a professional and win a bet against him in the process. She also had a bit of a temper and a rough side, which also lines up with this - she was often shown getting into scrapes with the boys when they provoked her, and later on with the Leagan children. It's definitely clear that Candy wasn't afraid to stand up for herself and fight against what she deemed unfair, talking back to adults and breaking school rules she deemed unjust, like when she his her pet racoon in the forest so she could keep him.

She never threw in the towel - Candy's life was a very difficult one as shown by the anime. First, the best friend she has known for her entire life leaves her and the children's home they both grew up in, then she's adopted by a family who uses her as a servant and is forced to deal with constant verbal abuse at the hands of their children, who stop at nothing to try to sabotage her, even causing her to get sent to work in Mexico for a period of time, and when it seems like things are finally taking a turn for the better as her relationship with Anthony starts to take off, he dies in a horse riding accident, leaving Candy devastated. A few years later, Candy goes to study in London and meets her next love, Terry Grantchester. The two develop deep feelings for each other but, after they get in trouble with the school directors, Terry is forced to leave so she won't have to. After a while, Candy also leaves to pursue a path in life that is completely her own - she starts to train to become a nurse, after experiencing first hand what it feels like to help the sick. In all this, no matter how difficult life got, how alone she felt or how scared she was, Candy still kept going, even when she was hesitant, in order to reach her goals and find happiness. The fact that she managed to persevere through so much, all the while keeping her smile and staying cheerful throughout the anime, shows a huge amount of mental strength and determination, which are two of Candy's most admirable qualities.

Candy was selfless - her own ambition is proof of this- wanting to become a nurse to help people get better. This is even more clear when she starts working for Dr Martin, despite the fact he can't pay her. Another point in the series when this selflessness is evident is when she was willing to give up everything she had with Terry after realising Susanna, a young actress who was in a terrible accident, needed him by her side to carry on living. Candy realised his importance in her life and left, trying her best to move on.

Candy showed a lot of loyalty to her friends - From the start of the series, Candy is always shown helping and protecting those she considered friends. From helping Pattie hide her pet from the teachers, to pretending she doesn't know Annie so her past at the children's home can remain a secret, just as her parents wished, to nursing Albert back to health when he got amnesia and even staying with him until he regained his memory, Candy definitely did a lot for those close to her and was the type to stick by her friends, no matter how painful or uncomfortable things got.

Candy was stubborn and opinionated - she had her beliefs and principles, and didn't shift from them, even when she was pressured to or when they caused her pain. Throughout the show, she continued to stand up for them and make decisions based on them, even when others were unhappy with these decisions.

She was a style icon - the dresses she wore throughout the series (when she did wear dresses) were instrumental in influencing today's soft, cutesy and fairy tale Lolita style, which means the impact of her stunning princess dresses is still felt today.

If you want to know my thoughts on Candy candy as a whole, click here

Masterlist

[everlastingfable]

ohhh my god I hate searching up info about mark smeaton like what do you mean he had servants? and he bought them liveries???? and he had horses! plural!!

not to mention that one book that made an offhand comment about him owning land like WHAT?

[misscromwellsmonocle]

Grasshopper (1987) by Peter Blegvad from Imagine, Observe, Remember

[missgossiper]

The latest on the worrisome and troublesome Jester case

Feeling behind on the news? Like the cases have flown by faster than the weeks can? Stay puzzled no longer, my Dearest and Kindest readers, I have all that you may need to check up on this ongoing phantom thief!

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The first two thefts - being covered in a previous paper I recommend a read before you proceed here - were but only the beginning of this twisted game of Cops Vs Robbers. Recently, it has made those previous cases seems like mere child play with the next few being mercilessly to jeopardize cost and value, and even gruesomely risk terminal injuries to victims.

After the museum fiasco, @james-cromwell's jewelry store was the next target of The Jester's larceny game; @abraham-stoker included, as it was his jewelry order for the costumes of his upcoming play production for the town's newest theater - also being his project. Not only was half the order gone without a trace, but a lapis lazuli, and a wire planted as a dirty trap for the unsuspecting jewelsmith who ran straight into it. Falling, not only straight into the floor, but also a temporary coma. What a dirty criminal, sparing not even the disabled! It was said @mostlyyourlysander's purple opal brooch was then found at the crime scene. He was not long a suspect, as the Detective quickly affirmed that there is, indeed, an imposter among us. The Jester had impersonated well-known British poet, Renée Vivien, and must have snatched @mostlyyourlysander's brooch while offering her services to Columbia college. Only to never show, as her disguise was no longer needed then.

After this, it seems that the museum came to a sort of plot with @the--investigation--team, where the museum would release a shiny, new, eye catching exhibit! Displaying weaponry and swords, @previously-bookie was so certain that it would work as a successful trap for the Jester with high-tech security planted by the town's newest programmer, @adastra-astrid, this time to ensure the rightful capture of the criminal mastermind. Yet... instead what was gained, was what I can only describe as a Sherlock Holmes episode; where witnesses have claimed to have saw the detective, himself, @sincerely-edevane conversating with the one and only Jester, @deceitfullyyours upon the very roof of the museum! As if they were merely two Joes catching up over some tea, Detective Edevane did not even make a single move to remove the mask of the Jester, even when standing right in front of them. Instead, the Jester must have known the museum exhibit was but a trap, and chose a sexually intense discussion with who they described their "Favorite Detective". Sounds like a big fan, I must say.

We ought to suspect the mental stability of townsfolk while we also suspect who is truly the masked mastermind, as it seems this case is being run by no one but sociopaths who have a sickening joy for this game instead of the town's well-being and belongings. Are we truly doing right by leaving this case in the hands of a man of questionable morals? But while we are upon the subject of suspects... allow me to make a few recommendations of who are to be aware of;

@previously-bookie, have we all forgotten his apparent criminal background? Let us not put it behind him to rob from his own business.

Or @carnally-vittorio? Seemingly in alliance with @previously-bookie on multiple matters, who is to say the Jester is but one person and not them both? As the two do have rumors surrounding them and their encounters with the law.

@cicero-defacto it should also be noted that the well-known historian seems to be sticky with the hands, and has the record of resenting law and the rich (a noticable pattern in these robberies). Even snatching @james-alexander-hamilton's keys during a manipulative one night stand with his secretary to sneak into the Hamiltons' law firm and retrieve personal letters against deliberate orders they were private.

What of all Mister Secrets, @abraham-stoker? Perhaps @kitty-livingston's missing diamond and his own missing order can be found behind that infamous red door... It would explain as to how the theater has so quickly recovered such a loss of supplies. Is it truly a matter of the importance of his privacy, or rather his secrecy?

Would it be farfetched to suggest that someone with such technological knowledge would certainly know how to bypass security on their own, @adastra-astrid? Waltzing straight into buildings to offer unauthorized and unprofessional security advancements could very well serve to better understand these systems and back into them for her little thefts. Who is even to say that is truly the programmer @sincerely-edevane claims to know? This Jester is not only a skilled puppeteer, but a mimic, and hardly can you tell who might be an impersonator or not.

Maybe even someone amongst @the--investigation--team, as you must wonder how it is they have not be able to provide much at all to this case. After all, the enemy is not always outside... but rather within. Which can all be said about the most untrustworthy person we have handling the case, @sincerely-edevane, himself.

You really must ask yourself... who can we trust?

Upon the next bundle of rumors, shall I appear once more. Gossiping is amongst us, and I find it my duty to reveal it upon us.

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[cattatoir]

Lol Aziraphale apologized in 1650 (unknown) 1793 (French revolution) and 1941 (nazis, after the holy water fight)

[pretendfan]

[Curls™️]

[iamthekarmapolice]

biting the walls it’s so over for him