#brittish history

[eve-to-adam]

Isabel Neville - the outfit she wore to her wedding to George of Clarence. Calais, 1469.

I thought about this outfit for so long that I can't believe I managed to draw it aaaa!!

[futurebird]

"Who hurt you?"
An exploration on the impact of Roman colonization on the British by futurebird

[st-just]

Though I mean in terms of insane religiosity it's not like Cromwell stood out that much compared to the other factions in the ECW/Revolution/War of Three Kingdoms.

Or I mean it's been long enough since I took a class on it that I'm probably messing up some details but IIRC one of Royalists more popular aspects was that since all their rivals were more rigorous sorts of Protestants they were the only ones without a theological objection to Christmas/celebrating and fun in general.

(and of course the Rule of the Major Generals only lasted two years because Cromwell was on some level a pragmatist about these things. The constituency was absolutely there to keep it going if he'd had the conviction, instead of the whole back and forth about the Protectorate's actual governing constitution and awkward ambiguity about how it was legitimized that lasted for the rest of his reign)

And hey, at least he wasn't a Covenantor

[polibry]

Okay i just chatted with these 3 middle aged ladies and when i mentioned im french they told me that every frenchperson they met was absolutely delightful and asked me if there was something in our education that made us that way.

maam

im kind goerg.

am an outlier

i shouldn't be accounted for

[xkeepitupx]

"your art, not my strength was the ultimate source of our victory"

"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain." - John Adams

[snudibranchs]

i can't believe dollightful's return from maternity leave yesterday was so fucking epic that it killed the queen of england

[melodiousmonsters]

Firstly I know you all don't mind three posts in one day but I'm still pointing out that I have done so, I had the day off of school with an ungodly hyperfixation on drawing. Secondly I'm going to utilize my newly developed Spurrit obsession to give some information on the seasonals in the melodious monster chronicles universe.

There's one of each seasonal in this universe (not whiz-bangs though they're special and aren't really seasonals anymore) each of them are the common varient with a few slight differences made to further portray their personalities than what's capable with an 100% cannon design. Spurrit has a beard for example.

They also have names yet again like the celestials do, but that's only important to the hypothetical comic I may make after my monstiary project is done. Speaking of, that's only able to be finished once all the fire, ethereal, magical and mythical rares/epics are released, so that's going to be a few years : ] I'm just as happy as you are about that information. At least my art will be much better then( not saying my current stuff is horrible, I'm actually quite happy with my art, mainly the subject matter but the artistic quality is alright)

Most of the seasonals came into being as a living essence of their holiday that's kept alive solely by that holiday being celebrated. Subconsciously they're programed to keep up their holiday so they don't dissipate back into nothingness. Because their ability to live is solely dependent on their holiday being celebrated they don't age. Each of the seasonals are stuck at an age and they don't physically or mentally develop beyond that.

They can also magically conjure up objects related to their holiday with that same energy from the belief in their holiday. Hypothetically this could be used to summon infinite food for example but the seasonals can't actually comprehend the idea of doing this for more than a few minutes, and they can only come up with the idea in the first place if someone else tells them about it. Some mental inhibiting is needed when you are an immortal god-like organism to not break reality.

Now Spurrit is a bit of a weird case. Firstly his name is just Spurrit, or at least he goes by that, and he uses he/him pronouns as you could see. No one really knows where Spurrit came from but because the other seasonals also seemed to come from nowhere he was just lumped in with them. It's also because the first time he unveiled himself to the monsters early in modern history(which is at most all the knowledge a monster has about the history of the monster world) he actually started perplexpore as a holiday to try and get them to stop focusing solely on rebuilding the basics of soicety after it fell during the catyclysm and you know, explore, do some science. This only sort of worked, some basic machines and the sorts were discovered solely to aid in that previous goal, but it was something and Spurrit was accomplished in his goals. and that just happened so long ago that people mostly forgot that he existed before the holiday, but some seasonals like Carillong(doesn't have a final name yet) DID exist before their holidays were started so even then people still just count him as a seasonal. Whatever he is, he seems to be immortal as he's nearly as old as the monster's perspective of history itself, there's only one of him, and he gets along quite well with the other seasonals. Well, most of the time. (Btw he also has a brittish accent)

[silly-tanks-and-other-things]

Starting this off with my favourite tank, the German Sturmpanzerwagen A7V!!

Why on earth is this chunky monstrosity my favourite tank out of every tank ever made? Because it is absolutely awful at everything and I think that's very funny.

The A7V was the first tank ever made by the Germans, it was invented in 1917 and used in the later stages of WW1. This thing was massive, measuring at about 8 metres long (26 feet), 3 metres wide (almost 10 feet), and 3.3 metres tall (almost 11 feet). It also weighed about 36 tons when in combat which caused a lot of problems, namely for its speed and traversal capabilities. Soldiers could outpace this thing ON FOOT. The A7V had a top speed of only 14 km/h (9 miles/h), which is already pretty slow, but that speed was drastically reduced if the terrain was even a little bumpy, going down to only 6 km/h (4 miles/h). And that was if this thing managed to not break down or get stuck in a shallow ditch. The Sturmpanzerwagen A7V was highly prone to suddenly failing due to the fact that the tank's track base was literally pulled out of a tractor. It was not a suitable base for a tank at all and made the whole thing unsafe in certain conditions, leading to frequent breakdowns. The A7V also had only a few inches of ground clearance. This meant that it had issues going over even a slight bump in the ground. It would also fall into ditches constantly. The overhanging and heavy front end meant that if it went over an edge even a little too far, there was no stopping it. Judging by the number of pictures of this thing getting stuck, this was a fairly common occurence.

Let's not forget to mention that the driver of the A7V had a 10 meter long blindspot at all times. They were sat in that little box on top of the tank and had the front end of the tank blocking their view!! How anyone thought this was a good idea absolutely baffles me.

That's a lot of soldiers just to man one tank. This thing required a crew of 18 or more to operate, but due to its absolutely awful armour, none of them were safe!! The Sturmpanzerwagen A7V had near vertical armour plating, which made it highly susceptible to direct hits. Many tanks nowadays have angled plating for this exact reason, because vertical armour does not deflect bullets properly! Interestingly, the Sturmpanzerwagen A7V was one of the tanks involved in the first ever recorded tank on tank duel! On the 24th of April in 1918, three A7Vs went up against three Brittish Mk. IVs. The A7Vs lost of course. Brittish tanks, while still clunky, were much better than German tanks at this time.

Only twenty A7Vs were produced before WW1 ended. Many of them were either destroyed during the war, or scrapped afterwards due to their flawed design. Today only one Sturmpanzerwagen A7V remains, the 506 Mephisto, and it's in Australia of all places. The Mephisto was abandoned on the battlefield by its crew and later taken as a trophy by Australian soldiers. It now resides in the Queensland museum in Brisbane.

Sources: X , and my brain, I have this thing's history memorized.

[xclowniex]

Ita crazy how people don't understand the historical persecution that jews face in the middle east.

Like I don't even know what specific country my arabness comes from due to jews being forced out or killed in almost if not all arab country historically.

Every other arab person I know, knows what country they're from. They know if they're Turkish, Lebanese, etc. Yet here I am with absolutely zero clue.

The most I know about my family is that they were arab jews in the middle east who had to flee to Europe, still marrying other arab jews, before settling in South Africa and then moving to New Zealand where I was born.

Like I don't think people understand how I just have this gap in my identity and how I yearn to fill it.

Everyone I know, including non Arabs can give me a rough rundown of their family history. Fuck I can even give a rundown on my white side. I'm a combo of German, Scottish and Brittish. My arab side? No fucking clue.

[eve-to-adam]

I don't know at all how Warwick's appearance was and the manuscripts do not help at all to individualize him. So I thought I'd propose my version of Warwick. Which gave me the chance to try something new in terms of clothing. 

Even if this Warwick doesn't have any element from a portrait, I made sure that this element will be found in the sketch of his ladies, hihi.

[pazzesco]

— HMS Terror —

Edwin Landseer — Man Proposes, God Disposes — 1864

Man proposes God disposes. The HMS Terror a never ending tale of horror. This story has it all. In its first incarnation she ferried Brittish troops during the revolutionary war and was in the harbor when the Star Spangled Banner was composed. From there she joined in the pursuit to find the northwest passage in the Arctic where it became the poster child of all things shipwreck.

Mysterious sinking, check, cannibalism check, beautiful preserved artifacts like China and journals, check. This painting by Edwin Landseer hangs in the Royal Holloway at the University of London and has haunted students since the 1920’s. Associated with failure, the painting is ceremoniously covered during all exams. — Rebekah Harris

W. Thomas Smith — 'They forged the last links with their lives' — Sir John Franklin's Men Dying by Their Boat During the North-West Passage Expedition — National Maritime Museum

Sketch by George Back — from the Toronto Public Library

The crew of HMS Terror saving the boats and provisions on the night of 15 March 1837 during Franklin's lost expedition. — Painting of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.

Inside the wreckage of the doomed HMS Terror

Chinaware from the HMS Terror — On display at the Canadian Museum of History.

François Musin — The Search for Sir John Franklin in the Arctic - 1850

[emotionally-devastating-scout]

Wanna hear a joke?

Why don't the brittish pronounce the 'T'?

The Bostonians threw it in the harbor

(American history jokes go brr)

HA nice

scout doesn't actually understand it

Haha yeah fuck the British man glad we don't have a teammate that's fucking British

[brilliantfantasticgeronimo]

rewatching the idiot's lantern

visuals: this episode's direction is amazing, ya'll. really underrated. the use of slanted angles gives what could be a standard period YA story stand out, and it gives it a kind of... splashy, noir-but-colorful vibe. it also fits really well with the whole "telly gone wrong" thing the story is going for. the faceless ones effect is simple but effective, the telly lady is iconic, and don't get me started on rose and ten's iconic rockabilly outfits... colonialism / hegemony: some interesting lines: "we may have lost the empire, but we can still be proud" / "only an idiot hangs the union flag upside down". there's a line from ten that's really funny about "this is the queen's england! not being men in black or stalinist russia",,, stealth anti-communist propaganda is always hilarious but specially hilarious in november 2023 when sunak is pushing the "anti-terrorism" card to jail palestine marches (and starmer would rather be die than call for a ceasefire). this ep is interesting also in that it's a good example of brittish pop culture trying to re-build a sense of identity after being "beaten" as an empire. so in the story, the coronation itself must retain its importance, the monarchy can't be questioned... but it seeks to reframe its importance in "the domestic" and entertainment sphere ("this is history right here"). make no mistake tho, it is still very patriotic. the dad gets called out not for being a Proper briton and not hanging The Flag Correctly... overall tho it's fun to see a conservative ass get his own rhetoric used against him (by the doctor, by rose, by tommy, and by the mother). And i think this episode makes the correct analysis in showing how the "patriotic veterans" ideology is fueling the neo-facists of today's uk (See: the "poppies sellers are afraid to leaver heir home" circus last week). themes: i used to think s2 didnt have much of a cohesive theme compared to s1 or s3 but now i think im starting to notice one emerging: the resistance against modernity and the passage of time. this episode is a good partner to rise of the cybermen/Army of steel with one talking about "phone updates and blootooth but they can mind control" and "what if tv melts ur brain"... in both the evil bug eyed monsters make those fears literal... but the real moral crutch is, pherhaps more than "phone bad"... that people become complicit and compliant to everything happening on the world around them. and that those who rebel against this apathy are virtuous in doing so (see The Preachers, tommy, etc). I also think this theme fits really well with School Reunion (sarah jane coming to terms with her ageing, rose coming to terms with her eventual death / the death of her relationship with the doctor, the "disco" aspect of k-9 being ridiculed but then showing to have value) and then with GiTf, with the clockwork robots being a probable (unintentional?) metaphor for monarchy and "obsolete" technologies that linger on.

Character of the day highlight: The telly-lady is such a good one off villain. Every time she says "IM HUNGRY" "FEEEDMEEE" it was hilarious and great. The whole family is also all get a moment to shine. "I did what I thought was right" and "That's my mother" were really arresting. On a negative point though, I would have cut the inspector guy, his death did not hit hard enough because he just didn't have enough screentime in this one. The Timeless Child bonus: Ten's bonding with the kid serves really well as parallel to himself. Tecteum would have a lot in common with the dad this episode so it's kind of cool that in that way, The Doctor gets to stand up for themeselves.

Companion watch: Ten and rose are very clever in this one.not in a wow million years of techbobabble clever or high functioning psychopath clever way but like, good ol fashion connecting cues, knowing how to push ppl's button and who to talk to get information. I would say these are about apathy, and [falling in line]. there's also an interesting character point of her being more invested in things working out for his family which as i said in another post, honestly takes off some of the sensationalism i've seen around her telling the kid to talk to his dad.

Misc: Missed a trick by not having ten say NOTHING IN THE WOKR DCAN STOP ME NOWW in That Scene. this ep also vibes well with s1 in that tommy is Inspired to save the day (i wish he had more time to bond w/ 10/rose so this Hit more, but as it is, it's perfectly fine. it's more of a "this person was already great and they didn*t *need* the doctor and co, but it's nice that they helped anyway").

[trashworldblog]

its so silly having history/history adjacent classes in college cus you'll learn shit and when they ask if you learned this in highschool youre like??? no??? and you'll think ur high school sucks until someone else says something stupid like, "i didn't think the brittish could do something bad like the opium war. they were on our side in ww2!"

like... my guy... the levels of ignorant you are... you must be so happy...

[mrchalamet-mrstyles]

Your ask box is full of mentally ill individuals so quick to pounce on someone as long as they have a difference in opinion. Your anons need to stop accusing people of being Armie hammer fans / antisemetic / other immoral things just because they disagree with *an opinion!!*…

I’m the 18 year old anon who compared BD to Taylor swift and i’m british too, so maybe that’s why i’m not impressed with Bob Dylan because he’s never been that culturally relevant here. My mum knows who he is, but it’s not as if he’s John Lennon. Do you know what I am getting at? His art and life legacy isn’t shit but he’s also not relevant. He’s not Taylor Swift!! I stand by what I said. Bob dylan isn’t international. It’s literally folk music. I’m not going to argue with people about Serge Gainsbourg or Tracey Emin, why are ppl so defensive over bob dylan?

“I bet that "older Brit" expounding on the banality of Bob Dylan's place in music history is one of those fans who thinks Armie Hammer was great actor. “ - Nowhere in that text did she allude to armie hammer at all. Stop mentioning that rat’s name, you’re only making him more relevant.

“ Did that last anon just basically say they're right because they're brittish..... oh petal no that's not how it works tho. “ - No. Nowhere in that person’s text did she allude to that. It’s relevant because bob dylan isn’t relevant culturally in the UK. The older Brit doesn’t think she’s right just because she’s british, and I don’t either.

“I do have to wonder if “fans” are unimpressed with a Bob Dylan biopic are harboring some antisemitism. Dylan is Jewish and the others named are not. I want fans to remember that their fav is also half Jewish. “ - No, I’m not antisemitic . I can’t believe i have to say this. How is me saying I don’t care for bob dylans music or art antisemitic at all?. If I’m on a timothee chalamet blog taking time out of my life to submit an ask that is soaked in admiration for someone - who’s Jewish, how could any sane person jump to the conclusion that i’m antisemitic? I’m not a fan of bob dylan not because he’s jewish, but because he’s irrelevant and literally makes folk songs. sorry but it’s true... He’s 80, how would any young person think that an 80 year old who makes folk music is cool. This film might be an amazing performance or whatever but ultimately it’s not going to be anything but a blip in the vast deep sea that is the film industry and pop culture. He needs something to solidify himself in the industry forever. Like patrick bateman in american psycho, tom cruise in top gun, Leonardo dicaprio in titanic, benedict cumberbatch as sherlock, martin freeman in the hobbit, tom holland as spider-man, tom hardy in mad max etc. i could go on. Hopefully he achieves this in dune. We’ll have to see 😌

TLDR Stop making assumptions just because you disagree with someone, brain dead anons. Also, I loved the attention replies and reblogs my ask got though lol you have a lot to thank me for making your blog pop off like that haha

If anyone wants to respond...

[silverhammerv]

You know how The Crown tells the story of the brittish family, there should be a show like that but about my country.

One time we had a president for 10 years and he was hiding the real value of the dollar and our own currency and it was only found out after he left that he was lying and that we now had the GREATEST ECONOMIC CRISIS OF OUR HISTORY. People said that they couldn’t buy diapers because they were as expensive as their salaries, just for reference. And after the current president couldn’t deal with the debt his predecessor left and had to abandon the presidency, there was a period of 5 different presidents in least than a month(sometimes a day).

AND WHEN WE FINALLY HAD ELECTIONS AGAIN THE FIRST GUY POSTULATED HIMSELF AND GUESS WHAT

HE WON THE ELECTION

He didn’t got to be president again just because he was blackmailed out of it.

Lord