Hyacinthis

– dark academia or pseudo-that. – films, history and looking for new ferns.

[kootyl]

Footage behind the photograph -

I love the famous picture of Olga, Tatiana, Marie, Anastasia and Alexei Romanov playing on The Polar Star in 1906 but have you seen the footage behind that photograph?

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The Romanov siblings aboard the Standart.

(last gif by @teatimeatwinterpalace)

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Romanov Rare Footage Analysis:

This footage was taken while the Romanov family was visiting Romania in 1914. In the foreground we see Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna bouncing up and down in a silly way. One might wonder why she is doing this. To find out we have to analyze this piece of rare footage.

Anastasia seems to be talking to someone in a white dress and a hat on. That person is who i believe to be Princess Marie “Mignon” of Romania (later Queen of Serbia). In the background of this footage we also see Queen Elisabeth of Romania (far right with baby Prince Mircea of Romania being held by someone), Tsar Nicholas II, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (talking with people), and Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna who we see towards the end of the clip holding what looks like a Brownie Box Camera which the Romanov family used to take pictures.

Now what are Anastasia and Mignon doing? My belief is that Mignon went to greet Anastasia by naturally curtsying (which was the correct protocol) and Anastasia also did the same thing at the same time. I think Anastasia was doing several small curtsies afterward to kind of make a joke out of the moment (hence the giddy bouncing we see in the footage). OTMAA always felt embarrassed or shocked when close members of their family, or anyone at all, treated them with their normal official rules that the protocol demanded (aka curtsying or using official titles). Anastasia probably wanted to break the ice in that moment or make a funny joke of the curtsying at the same time thing. Also we can see the two girls having a good laugh so that could also be why Anastasia is bouncing so much. In the end of the footage we see Tatiana come up to the two girls with her camera ready and it looks like she is going to take a picture of them. The following photo could be the one she took but I’m not sure that it is.

Here are some other photos from the day that this footage was taken:

[anemiacx]

Henry: could you do us a favour?

Francis: for you, my best of friends, I would literally cover up a murder you committed, plant my DNA at the crime scene and take the blame for you if you asked me to.

Henry: so will you do the dishes?

Francis: no

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french people when you say meme instead of l'image humoristique que tu sharedth sur internet

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Bunny Corcoran, an empath, sensing that they are not looking for new ferns.

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so I rose from the dead right and this has so many notes

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this is all I have to say for today

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ladies and gentlemen, Syd March

edit by me, for the funsies

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Henry Winter and Bunny Corcoran

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Do you think that John Richard Papen was his real name or did he call himself that because his haircut reminded him of Jean Arthur Rimbaud?

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Some more TSH memes for u guys (they didn't let me post all of them)

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Henry: and so Francis said, "I'll do whoever it takes to succeed in our bacchanal."

Richard: didn't he mean whatever it takes?

Henry: are you even listening

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*Francis' country house*

Richard: you wanna hear something dirty? ;)

Francis: yes ;)

Richard: the kitchen.

Francis:

Henry from another room: go clean the kitchen.

[anemiacx]

Henry Winter: If I, hypothetically, murdered a man, would you report me?

Bunny Corcoran: No but I'd use it against you all the time, like "are you gonna do the dishes or do I need to make a phone call?"

[anemiacx]

Bunny Corcoran, an empath, sensing that they are not looking for new ferns.