#cornelius hickey

[jacquelying]

forgot it was 4/20. pls accept these bad warm ups

[cinematicnomad]

THE TERROR ▸ 1.09 the c, the c, the open c

[lisondraws]

some "how the hell do i draw these people" sketches!!! i wanted to share some traditional art from my sketchbook, as well as studies, things that aren't perfect. it's all part of the process!!!

[glorfindelssword]

[hesbianspock]

ok francis rawdon moira crozier post: everyone’s always (rightly) repeating the “irish and middle born” line but i really don’t see talk about it beyond that — except maybe having him spit some irish gaelic while he fucks fitzjames in a fic, and i guarantee you that man would not have been a fluent irish speaker (see: efforts from both the english and from irish communities to prevent people from speaking irish). and as part of that i’d like to see more discussion of francis’ betrayal of who he is and where he comes from.

he is irish. the famine has just begun. he spends his life attempting to rise through the ranks of, to be a successful arm of, the empire that has ensured his status as a second class citizen, his inability to speak his ancestral language, the genocide of his countrymen. francis has his assertive personality and his vocal objections and his challenges, but ultimately he’s betrayed the very essence of who he is and only does it further upon destroying himself with alcohol — because to the empire, what else would an irishman do?

and he has so little genuine self awareness about it. deep inside himself, in his subconscious, i’m sure he knows. but he could never begin to Truly know it within the conscious or to actually vocalize it. bc how do you even begin to acknowledge or make sense of this about your ENTIRE LIFE?

and ofc this parallels with james and with hickey. pretending to be something you’re not, betraying the very essence of what you are. hiding. he doesn’t know it but THAT is the basis of his initial resentment of those two: they’re betraying themselves.

because to him, at first, hickey is an irishman who has so fully committed to the betrayal he won’t even speak in a way that implies his origin. hickey thinks this double deception makes them comrades, but in reality, would francis really have had hickey punished As A Boy if not for their first exchange? would hickey have mocked francis’ irishness from the gallows if not for the failure of that disguise, this betrayal of a perceived countryman?

the full extent of james’ betrayal is hidden to francis until the cairn but he still sees it, and he sees himself in it. the obedience, the obsequience, the ambition, the admiration, (the queerness,)

so when james confesses his bastardry, his non englishness, his deception, even if francis did not now love him, how could he ever hold it against him? he’s done worse.

and, perhaps most significantly, paralleling that with silna. francis helping the empire to colonize and imperialize other places as ireland was. silna avoiding and almost rejecting her duty for nearly the entirety of the show, seeking shelter with and in some cases allying with the interlopers she despises and who have ruined her life. Tuunbaq Is Dead.

[hacash]

terror shitposting (37/?)

[favouritefi]

Seemingly innocent modern hickey before I finish the rest of the deranged drawing

[massgrav]

I love them and i want them to fuck hard.

(DM for un-roostered version)

[effemar]

I have never been so disappointed.

[caleblandrybones]

like or reblog to hit him with a broom

[jacquelying]

“im gonna be honest, it looks fucking minging”

og video

[cinematicnomad]

THE TERROR ▸ 1.09 the c, the c, the open c

[lady-hammerlock]

I wanted to do one of those poll things for season 1 of The Terror. You know the drill, share it and tell me which one of these you think is a lie. To my fellow Cold Boys enjoyers, please share and don't give it away.

[jirving]

Widower

[staud]

Mirror reflections in THE TERROR (2018)

[favouritefi]

fitzjames sketches I keep forgetting to finish