#household division

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Non nobis solum nati sumus ortusque nostri partem patria vindicat, partem amici.

- Cicero, De Officiis (On Duties)

We are not born for ourselves alone; a part of us is claimed by our nation, another part by our friends.

Photo: The king’s guard and other regiments of the British army rehearse at night ahead of the coronation of HRH King Charles III. Over 7000 members of the British armed forces took part in dress rehearsals in the middle of the night.

[markrothen]

Trooping the Colour - The Sovereign's Birthday Parade - 2022

[old-transport]

Admiring glance for a trooper by Frederick McLean Via Flickr: My photograph of a Blues and Royals mounted trooper on guard at the Whitehall entrance to Horse Guards Parade. Getting an admiring glance from a person walking past, a fairly common occurrence I think.

[generaldavila]

LA REINA DE INGLATERRA. Rafael Dávila ÁLVAREZ. General de División (R.)

LA REINA DE INGLATERRA. Rafael Dávila ÁLVAREZ. General de División (R.)

Hemos asistido estos días al jubileo de platino de La reina Isabel II, de 96 años, que celebra sus 70 años en el trono, la monarca británica que más tiempo ha permanecido como jefe de Estado en la historia del Reino Unido. Tuve la ocasión de asistir hace algunos años, invitado por la Household Division, a la Trooping the Colour que conmemora una ceremonia en el campo de batalla antes de entrar en…

[fjordfolk]

Mother and I have a few major disagreements when it comes to how we keep dogs, one of the main current ones being this:

When giving the dogs eggs (which we do because we have chickens and therefore many eggs) I split an egg in two and toss one half into each of their food bowls. I think eggshell cronch is a beautiful sound.

My mother insists on carefully peeling the egg and then gently crushes it with a fork, stirring it into the dogs' dinner. She thinks eggshell cronch is a terrible sound that should never be made in her house.

We are at a stalemate in this argument.

[ceramicdove]

Cartoony life update: babysitting an orphaned purebred pigeon that ended up outside my window while I was feeling unwell, which immediately made me stop feeling unwell because I then became too focused on mothering the pigeon instead.

[crystaldeclear]

He's kind of a king actually

[eudikot]

Has anyone thought about how maybe after Serizawa leaves Claw to join S&S he doesn't want to live alone (a combination of his years of isolation and living with everyone at Claw) and how maybe Reigen wouldn't mind having a roommate (it would cut his rent and keep him company), so perhaps instead of Serizawa getting his own place they decide moving in together would be more beneficial.

[maaruin]

I rewatched the (cartoon) Atla episode Warriors of Kyoshi, and I have to say, there is a pretty significant thematic oversight.

At the beginning of the episode Katara is mending Sokka's pants. Sokka then explains his idea about gender roles ("girls are better at sewing, boys are better at fighting"), which annoys Katara. Over the course of the episode Sokka learns humility and accepts that girls can be warriors too.

On Kyoshi Island, Aang enjoys his popularity and does a lot of showing off. Katara meanwhile collects supplies for their journey and is annoyed that Aang doesn't pitch in. Aang says it isn't fun and then later when she ignores him because of this he tries to get her attention by putting himself in danger. Finally he learns humility and admits that the fame got to his head.

Notice the oversight? Here it is: Will the boys take care of mending pants and stocking up on supplies from now on? Or will Katara be stuck with that? The mundane, boring parts of gender roles can and do create as much if not more conflict between men and women as excluding women from "boy's things".

There are other episodes in which conflict happens because of division of chores, for example The Chase. Characters generally reconcile, but we don't see the cause of the problem solved. If I was doing an Avatar adaptation, especially one that is intended to be more realistic, I would give chore division in the Gaang more screentime.

[brother-emperors]

have you perhaps read the spartacus novel by h. fast?? it inspired the 1960 movie and crassus is...definitely interesting in it

I have! I've been interested in Spartacus for MUCH longer than I've cared about Crassus. I was actually a Crassus Hater™ for a decade, not because of anything he did in regards to Rome (like yeah, go ahead babygirl, extort those properties from your fellow romans, I love to see it) but because I wanted Spartacus to run Crassus through on his spear and read the fate of Rome in his entrails or whatever.

and I still do! but he lives, and reception on Crassus is fun to explore.

anyway, I have read it, yes!

[blackswaneuroparedux]

The rhythmic cadence of soldiers marching echoes the beating heart of a nation's defence.

- John Keegan

[markrothen]

Trooping the Colour - The Sovereign's Birthday Parade - 2022

[teabutmakeitazure]

can we just skip to the part where i get a malewife and we live happily ever after

[aroacehanzawa]

WHAT R UR THOUGHTS ON BUDDY DADDIES EPISODE 8 🙏

I THINK IT WAS OUTSTANDING

First off, from the very first scene with Miri asking Rei where he's going and then saying but his home is here, and he says "THAT'S TRUE". AS TRUE AS HOW MUCH I CRIED UPON HEARING THAT

I think this episode was a great continuation from last episode's Kazuki-focused perspective, where Kazuki accepted to move on and essentially to live in the present from now on, the present that includes Miri and Rei. And now we got to follow Rei trying to find his place and accepting that his heart belongs with the little Kazuki & Miri family that he has little by little become more a part of than he realises.

I think the episode did a great job portraying how conflicted Rei is as he stands in-between having to continue his family business and having found a new home, which he might not necessarily feel like he belongs to (yet), but which he wants to belong to. And it's the way he did not outright say this, but what he does say is that there is something he also wants to protect, in direct parallel to his former mentor who was fighting to protect his significant other!!!

I also love how Rei's journey in this episode didn't end on some super optimistic final note (which last episode kind of did with Kazuki, the sun breaking out when he comes to his realisation and the colourful flowers and everything) but rather showing how Rei has simply taken the first small steps towards the future he wants, and sometimes that's enough.

Like, he's brooding and contemplating his identity and place in the world when Kazuki calls and he just lets it ring, but he picks it up in the end. Kazuki comes and he doesn't want to get in the car, but he does. We get to see their first meetings and how Kazuki took care of him, and even back then it was just a small step Rei took - he let Kazuki help. Rei asks if they can really change, and Kazuki doesn't know - but he took the step to ask, and Kazuki answered honestly. And that's already a change, this decision of theirs to step by step try to do the right thing so that they can live their lives the way they want, together with Miri. And in this episode it culminated in Rei smiling at sleepy Miri and the birthday table prepared by Kazuki, and that's enough for now.

Idk idk just think this series does such a wonderful job in showing the character's personal journeys and the difficulties of not just their jobs and lifestyles but also, very obviously, of two men raising a child together, and it does this in such a magnificent way with the perfect balance between optimistic and realistic. This episode was just another part of the wonderful whole, and it stands out so well on its own while still being such an important turning point in our main characters' story as a whole!

Also that ending scene?????? i won't survive the angst of the next episodes

[dreamy-conceit]

I feel like female contribution to the family can be summed up in the simple fact that mothers could absolutely never have a "secret second family."

— emilykmay, posted on Twitter 23 March 2023.

[world-of-wales]

CATHERINE'S STYLE FILES - 2019

6 JUNE 2019 || The Duchess of Cambridge attended the Household Division's 'Beating Retreat' at Horse Guards Parade in London.