Being a medieval geek and watching medieval shows is both a blessing and a curse, because sometimes the anachronism is funny, and other times it makes you want to throttle the writers and ask them what the fuck they're doing.
Funny Things: technically none of the saddles on BBC Merlin should have stirrups, those didn't reach England until 10th century during the Viking invasions. The shiny decoration on Morgana's green dress wouldn't be beading but most likely preserved beetle shells. The bright red colour of the Pendragon banners and capes would come from a dye made with bugs.
I-Have-QUESTIONS Things: If Gaius and Hunith are supposed to be siblings and Gaius wasn't previously a freeman (ergo bound in service to Camelot, meaning his entire family was also) how did Hunith end up in another kingdom, that's literally illegal, she's also got an education that she clearly passed on to Merlin, so their family must have had wealth/importance at one point, so again WHY IS SHE IN PODUNK, ESSETIR, and [gunshots]
here me out: Young Hunith was an anarchist and deliberately left Camelot bc she wanted to start her own life somewhere else, thereby going against Gaius's wishes to stay low and keep the peace. unlike her relative Gaius, who stayed bc that was the law and whatnot, Hunith said "fuck that" and in this essay i will--
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the show is actually run by JLH and for that we should all be grateful
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Next on the list is Audrey! She is buff Latina waman, and a college student with Crys, AJ, and one other person that I will reveal when I figure out how to draw them TwT Anyways don’t let her looks intimidate you (they definitely don’t intimidate literally everyone else), she is super friendly and like the biggest meme lord you will meet in your life. She is half-dryad, but she rarely ever uses her natural magic, preferring to let her kick-ass giant battle-axe do the talking. Anyways I cant think of anything else about her at the moment but I’ll do more later probably.
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whenever there’s a story about an older woman abusing a younger man and ppl are like ‘ew DISGUSTANG how is no one talking about this can you imagine if she were a man she’d definitely not be able to get away with this!!!’ and it’s like… idk how to break the news to you but if she were a man doing this to a woman, it would probably not change anything bc we live in a society that demonizes victims and protects predators no matter their gender. men ‘get away with this’ behavior all the time!!! also if she were a man abusing a young woman it would probably not faze anyone as much bc we’re programmed to normalize older man younger woman relationships. this isn’t to defend female predators at all but i feel like ppl go after them as a way to somehow blame feminism for why abusers are still out there 🫨
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where am i supposed to post this shit now. look at that smug face his ass is on the queen mary having yet another affair w marlene dietrich
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In being reminded that Sanctuary had a musical episode, I'm back in my Lena-and-the-Sanctuary daydreams. Which means that I'm strongly considering the fact that Helen Magnus is an older woman, and that Lena has had some arguably charged scenes with similarly older women in canon (cough*rhea*cough), which leads me to the conclusion that Lena may or may not have had relations with this woman:
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the way I would kill to see the quick changes that @taylorswift does purely from the persective of a theater kid who has had to do an ungodly number of quick changes by herself and help others with a quick change in the wings. Like she literally changes from body suit to body suit, and there are very few opportunities to double the costume and wear say half of it under the one she would be wearing before.
I know this ruins the magic if you know how it works, but as someone who spent half her life in the wings and on the stage, I just gotta know. The absolute blinding speed at which you have to rip a dress off to put a skin tight bodysuit on that may or may not have delicate seams is astonishing.
Edit: holy hell you guys- I made this queue post and queued it up before the eras movie was announced. Is blondie implanting easter eggs directly into our nogins now? /j
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first of all: kyoshi is literally right there. second of all: korra is immortal so theres no need for a new avatar
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@jamespotterthefirst this specific photo!!!! I’m actually loosing my mind holy shit screaming crying throwing up how is this woman even real???
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