a cumbersome bird

The Terror, polar exploration, 19th and 20th century history, etc. he/him | 30s | UK

[strogoff-era]

@lieutenantfest is never over !!!

All my art for the event together :3 and yes, they all fit together

[quakeandquiver]

Studies from Frederick Cook's photos of Antarctica during the 1897 Belgica expedition

[victusinveritas]

"Now I've shot so many Nazis, Daddy will have to buy me a sable coat." (From his Wikipedia article).

Neil Munro "Bunny" Roger

June 9, 1911-April 27, 1997.

Bunny Roger killed a bunch of Nazis and then invented Capri pants.

He was expelled from Oxford for his indiscrete gayness (discrete gayness being perfectly fine at Oxford and part of the curriculum until...today probably, at least like 1992?). Then, having been sent down to London, he started his own fashion business, and his first client was Vivien Leigh.

Bunny served in WWII, killing fascists in North Africa and Italy, and often wearing a mauve scarf in the field. Roger claimed that he had gone into a battle brandishing a rolled-up copy of VOGUE and commanding: "When in doubt, powder heavily!"

Roger was known in high society for his themed soirées; Diamond, Amethyst, and Flame Balls were held to celebrate his 60th, 70th, and 80th birthdays. He wore a curious plum colored catsuit with a feathered headdress at his 70th birthday ball in 1981. At his 80th, he made his entrance in a catsuit of scarlet sequins with a cape of orange organza, greeting his guests from behind a wall of fire. His parties were covered by the newspapers, including a New Year's Eve Fetish Ball where the proper upper class mixed with young guests in rubber S/M gear.

From an obituary: "Beneath his mauve mannerisms, Bunny was stalwart, frank, dependable and undeceived; to onlookers a passing peacock, to intimates, a life enhancer and exemplary friend."

From another obituary:

He served valiantly in every way.

[shabbytigers]

happy 125th birthday to bunny roger

[victusinveritas]

Found this color photo:

And this in-memoriam piece.

[marzipanandminutiae]

(he did not precisely invent capri pants- Sonja de Lennart did, and they popularized them together)

[sealsdaily]

Today's Seal Is: Winning The IDGAF War

[sgtjakes]

liam garrigan endeavour — trove

[mathematikerin-freyja]

I think it would be really wonderful if seagulls were constructed more like bottles with a mystery inside. What I'm imagining is that were you to catch one, you could then unscrew its face and there would be a glowing gem nestled in some sort of socket. The Core of the Gull so to speak. Then you could swap that around with other seagulls, and after screwing the faces back on they would fly off as if nothing happened. Hm... Is this too esoteric, or do some of you see what I am getting at?

[roaldamundsen]

you could never be that bitch (all footage used from danmark på film and the national library of norway)

[guiildenstern]

rip francis crozier you would have loved falling asleep in front of the telly after refusing to lie down for a nap

[guiildenstern]

[frodolives]

Hi my name is Mr Midshipman Horatio Hornblower and I am loosely based on Horatio Nelson (that’s how I got my name) and I have long curly dark brown hair that I tie back with a ribbon and big wet brown eyes like a drowned cat and a lot of people tell me I’m a bootlicker of King George (AN: if u don’t know who he is get da hell out of here!). I’m not related to Edward Pellew but I wish I was because he’s a major fucking hottie. I’m an officer in the Royal Navy but I have seasickness and social anxiety. I have sickly white skin. I’m also a mathematician, and I serve aboard a ship called the Indefatigable near Europe where I’m a midshipman (I’m seventeen). I’m suicidal (in case you couldn’t tell) and I wear mostly my naval uniform. For example today I was wearing a white shirt with a matching waistcoat around it and white cotton breeches, white stockings and black buckled shoes. I was walking on the deck of the Marie Galante. It was cloudy and cold and there was no wind, which I was very miserable about. A lot of the frenchmen stared at me. I put up my middle finger at them.

[girlnaviy]

terror?

[22ratonthestreet]

@jacquelying yeah

[henryclervals]

yeah your show might be good but does it have jared harris banging a table about to be the sole voice of reason in a meeting in which he is outranked? does it have jared harris take off his glasses and rub the bridge of his nose as he realises the depth of the situation he’s in? does jared harris slowly lower a telescope or a pair of binoculars in silent, terrible shock? does jared harris form a deep and lasting bond with a man who he hated? who hated him? does jared harris stare into the distance in despair?

[henryclervals]

does jared harris Suffer?

[thesilliestpotato]

Henry Collins doll I’ve made for @schestokryl BD ✨

Head, hands and buttons are from oven baked polymer clay, body is plush, clothes removable.

He can’t stand without help, though 😂

[jopref]

[crown-and-stallion]

what if carnival….was happy??

[paranoiareigns]

@lieutenantfest

Wednesday - Hodgson

I can tell you what you are, george, not only by the contents of your plate, but by contents of your actions

[runfrost]

@lieutenantfest day 6: Thomas Jopson + haunted doll

Part 2