[charlesdesvoeux]

about me:

~ amc the terror girlie dipping her toes into the larger world of polar exploration history

~ follows from @monstrousdaughter

~ also @theterrorshipspoll and @terrorheritageposts

~ ao3: gwenconliffe

(blinkie by @ghostshipglamour)

[corpusants]

hey did you know that in the script, after stong says, "It's a ship's dog. We put up with it." hickey ends the scene by saying, "No. We put up with it because the captain loves it." did you know that. did you know.

[femdommunismforthemasses-deacti]

[charlesdesvoeux]

are we mutuals francis? I would like that very much

[thehuxler]

Greatest L ever you murder someone to assume their identity to take their spot on the crew of a ship and that ship is HMS Terror and that voyage is The Franklin Expedition and your new name is Cornelius Hickey and you're about to experience the most brutal comeuppance a man has ever experienced and nobody has ever fucked up this badly in the history of fucking up

[splattergutz]

i would have loved to see gibson haunting hickey. hickey hearing his voice just out of reach. the memory of a hand ghosting across his waist. seeing him in the distance, in the fog. gibson’s face appearing in the dark when he first wakes up. hickey haunted by the love he could have had in another life.

[staud]

For a moment only, Lady Jane’s face reveals her vulnerability. Then she takes Sophia’s arm and continues on.

-> 29/∞ CHARACTER DYNAMICS in THE TERROR — for anon

[girlnaviy]

on my 4756millionth rewatch

[monumentino]

[sgtjakes]

THE TERROR 1x3 — THE LADDER

[glitteringpoet1685]

How can I seamlessly weave the Peglar papers into this mundane conversation

[jelatinivan]

jirving and his bf 🫣

[fury161]

party pooper :(

[the-terror-bracket]

Round 1!

who is more fun to hunt?

James Fairholme

John Franklin

Voting ended onJun 14

(like a fox through the woods on horse back)

[teredoworminasillyhat]

[noblehubris]

Told my daughter it was the anniversary of Franklin’s death and she said, in her best JFJ voice, “Oh no! We have LOST Sir John. We have lost the Jar Jar Binks of the expedition.”

[armadillorollup]

letting the days go by.....

[goddisposez]

although i largely love terror/polar exploration fandom and think it's significantly more sensitive and thoughtful than most historically fixated spaces, there is also an undercurrent of subconscious racism and uncritical buy-in to the great man theory + belief that white men's stories no matter how relatively mundane/unremarkable are the center of everything. but then everyone thinks you're crazy for noticing it

[goddisposez]

and if reading this post makes you angry or upset or defensive i strongly recommend doing some self-reflection on why. what are the ways you yourself may be contributing to this undercurrent? are you someone who (even subconsciously) believes in great man theory and lets that bleed through how you write about history, franklin expedition or otherwise? if you are a contributor or possess these mindsets, you aren’t a bad person but it is your responsibility to reflect and unlearn. anti-racism and anti-colonialism is a constant ongoing process for all of us. these aren’t intrinsic virtues or labels you can slap on and call done. now stop making me read microaggressions on the app i downloaded to look at pictures of solomon tozer