#does 1890s

[dimepicture]

[chimeofthecomet]

swappin’ tales around the fire

an hd png as i know the gif will get crunched beyond recognition

[daguerreotyping]

Stereoview by Underwood & Underwood entitled The French Dancing Master, 1897

[marzipanandminutiae]

What on earth is a 'corset apologist'? Like, because you acknowledge corsets were perfectly functional supportive undergarments, you're an agent of the patriarchy??

Yep, that's it exactly.

As with all the other red flags in the post, it's not a guaranteed t*rf signal. I've known plenty of non-t*rfs who expressed similar views (including the person who claimed Abby Cox was "looking down her perfectly powdered nose" at Mary Wollstonecraft for daring to [checks notes] point out that Wollstonecraft was rather judgmental about her fellow women's interest in dress). But...it's definitely a "check blog for t*rf leanings" tip-off for me.

And yes, to clarify: some people (t*rfs or otherwise) think female dress history researchers/historical costumers/vintage fashion enthusiasts who don't believe that corsets were The Root of All Evil when commonly worn are just brainwashed patriarchal shills and we can't possibly know what we're talking about.

Because that's way easier than thinking critically about the history you've been taught, and not vaguely misogynistic at all! </s>

[luvsimskaos]

When Monday comes around and Elijah is walking to school, he is stopped by a voice calling out to him. It's Cela from before! She runs up to Elijah, making sure it's him. She's happy to recognize someone.

The two of them are happy to reintroduce each other. Elijah is excited to see Cela again and the feeling is mutual for Cela.

Cela is shy at first, not sure what to expect at this new school. Elijah understands her nervousness and reaches his hand. He assures her that she's not alone and he'll be there for her. With that promise Cela is more willing to enter the school.

The two kids are happy to find themselves sitting next to each other. While the two wait for the lesson to start, they converse among themselves. The two of them get along well.

Elijah makes sure to introduce Cela to his group of friends during the lunch break. The group is excited, with Venus especially happy to have a girl to play with. Cela is glad for Elijah who's made coming to the Bay so easy and friendly and Elijah is happy to make a new friend.

[tomwambsgans]

tom's straightguysona was constructed by looking to the emphasis of exclusive heterosexuality without necessarily macho masculinity in 40s-modern middle america as well as academia, particularly the excusable effeminacy granted to men in the upper classes due to it simply being a mark of man being civilized, which is perfectly fine so long as you openly lament the loss of true masculinity. and greg's straightguysona was constructed by listening to weezer in middle and high school

[hilsoncrater]

who is this Mr Du Bois the tumblr folk keep talking about? is he an esteemed philosopher? because it appears like he is just based on how people quote him and speak abt him

[doolallymagpie]

once again this "dracula AU" business is just an excuse to picture the gang from the mid-24th century (where everything's grimy and fashion isn't a thing) in fun and sexy historical outfits (historically accurate, of course, and all the hotter for it) but i just realized that if one translated bobbie as quincey, there's a really funny option for both having some analogue to her power armor and dealing with the "quincey goes outside and shoots a bat that may or may not be dracula" scene.

picture it, the godalming house, 189X, a strange bunch of gorgeous people are plotting against an evil, immortal nobleman who drinks blood, when one of them, the handsome cowboy bobbie morris, stands up, orders everyone to get on the ground and not get up until she returns, and leaves the room. there's a lot of stuff being moved around in the other room. she walks out with something so heavy it seems to shake the entire building as she moves. nobody sees it. it's Something.

moments later, there's a horrible grinding sound, followed by bullets hitting the side of the house, shattering every window, and the aforementioned cowboy screaming "DIE MONSTER! YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS WORLD!" over the din.

mrs. naomi harker is the first to look outside when the noise stops, and she nearly faints, looking like the proverbial romance novel heroine clutching her heaving bosom and smiling. everyone else looks, and sees morris running around after a bat with one of these.

she's packing serious heat. she's got that newfangled gatling with the crocker-wheeler motor attachment.

[skyriderwednesday]

Alas, if only Moran could have been called out for cheating at cards two weeks earlier, Holmes could have come back at Easter.

[queenlyfae]

Guys

I accidentally

✨fucked around and found out✨

But in all seriousness what do y’all think of a fic starring this idiot

And also this one?

And possibly a guest appearance from this idiot as well?

The first chapter is on AO3 right now has been for months I’m not joking

[dimepicture]

[fruitbatvampiresociety]

it would make my dysphoria soooo much easier to manage If the way i Want to present and the way i Actually Come off to people were in any way shape or form compatible. frothing at the fucking mouth

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[corallapis]

Strapped into my navy-blue pram, a crescent balanced on sensitive springs, a wide moufflon cape leaving nothing exposed but my white woollen hands, coifed in a so-called ‘Dutch’ bonnet tied like Nanny’s under the chin, I would be wheeled, long-haired tam-o’-shantered sister Letty walking alongside, to the Nannies’ fashion centre, Rotten Row, where Nanny would meet Nanny Benson and Nanny Poynder to talk of their charges in dark undertones, spelling out the flattering p-r-e-t-t-y, or the ominous d-e-n-t-i-s-t, or to discuss disloyally the ‘enamelled’ Prince of Wales or my Nanny’s unreasonable dislike of the Duke of York. We wheeled along Rotten Row and ladies and gentlemen on tall horses would stop and ask whose children we were. Later, when I was always dressed in black satin, more riders stopped. I was taken out of the pram for leg-stretching, but no romping was allowed. The grass was too dirty, hoops too dangerous, so I walked demurely with Letty and Daisy Benson talking of Christmas and birthdays. […] I realised life’s monotony and accepted it as one of the natural laws.

— Lady Diana Cooper, The Rainbow Comes and Goes

[icewindandboringhorror]

I hate the idea of “modernized” adaptations.. if anything we should do the opposite.. take a popular show from 2015 and remake it set in the 1850s or 1400s or something.. it’s about the COSTUMES, it’s about the settings...!! i see fucking iphones and skinny jeans and mcdonalds and automobiles every day of my life.. it’s boring!!!! WHERE are the people in long velvet cloaks.. the elaborate architecture.. the showcase of previously forgotten technology and culture relevant to the time period.... 

[luvsimskaos]

The family heads to church one Sunday. With the children getting older, it should be easier to handle them in public spaces.

It's a small church but the family knows everyone that goes there. Sable and Ishmael sit in the front with the younger children, though Elijah convinces his parents to let him sit in the back with his friends.

It's in the middle of the pastor's sermon when it's interrupted by a new additions entering the building.

It's a family but nobody recognizes them. But their clothes make them stand out even more. Perhaps a new family has moved to Brindleton Bay, but they are clearly from money so why move to a rural area like the Bay.

The new family sits in the row next to Elijah's. The older women is dressed in black and with no husband in sight it's not hard to understand why. The girl is in a red and seems close in age to Elijah.

As the new family sits down, the pastor continues his sermon. Elijah now distracted by the new family, whispers a introduction to the girl across the aisle. She whispers a introduction back, telling him her name is Cela. They aren't able to talk much, especially when the sermon ends, Cela and her mother leave. Elijah hopes to see Cela again.

[t4tbruharvey]

god i hate edwardian fashion so much