ok it's official: i'm jumping ship. this blog is now @kbsd-moved and i will be posting from now on over at @kbsd! come join me if you like, and if not you can still find all my spn videos on this blog :)
ok it's official: i'm jumping ship. this blog is now @kbsd-moved and i will be posting from now on over at @kbsd! come join me if you like, and if not you can still find all my spn videos on this blog :)
ok it's official: i'm jumping ship. this blog is now @kbsd-moved and i will be posting from now on over at @kbsd! come join me if you like, and if not you can still find all my spn videos on this blog :)
ok it's official: i'm jumping ship. this blog is now @kbsd-moved and i will be posting from now on over at @kbsd! come join me if you like, and if not you can still find all my spn videos on this blog :)
ok it's official: i'm jumping ship. this blog is now @kbsd-moved and i will be posting from now on over at @kbsd! come join me if you like, and if not you can still find all my spn videos on this blog :)
ok it's official: i'm jumping ship. this blog is now @kbsd-moved and i will be posting from now on over at @kbsd! come join me if you like, and if not you can still find all my spn videos on this blog :)
Eugene keeps finding excuses to go back to the How Company library.
My first Sledge/Leckie fic! Written in part for the HBO War Tournament rarepair steals (because, of course). Enjoy the yaoi and maybe learn a little bit about English WW1 poetry while you’re at it.
"Dad has this record of "People Will Say We're in Love." Reminds me of a couple I once knew, so there's that tricky smile on my lips and a wee bit of twinkle in my eye as I listen."
— Dick Winters in a letter to DeEtta Almon
this video could not have been made without yna @evidenceof: i compiled all your wonderful posts, but every single historical photograph, letter, quote, and transcript you see (including the one above!) was scanned or collected by her. thank you for everything, and for providing inspiration and motivation to work on such an ambitious project!
more credits/sources under the cut ->
the style of this video was inspired in part by (and could never live up to) twelve years a clown and a new season by kira @remythologise. you do well-sourced fandom meta as comedy so well!
HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS CITED (in order of appearance; sourced by yna unless otherwise specified):
Letter to from Bob Gibson to Harry Welsh
Conversations with Major Dick Winters by Cole C. Kingseed (partially via @sheletlune here)
Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers" by Don Malarkey, Bob Welch
Band of Brothers panel at the American Veterans Center Conference (2007)
From Toccoa to Europe: On the Ground with Easy Company from The National World War II Museum
Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters by Larry Alexander
Letters from Dick Winters to DeEtta Almon
Band of Brothers show bible (via USAHEC)
Ron Livingston interviewed by Ross Owen for The Story So Far podcast (via @sidsledge here)
Letters from Lewis Nixon to Dick Winters
Mark Cowen's interview of Dick Winters
Dick Winters' eulogy for Lewis Nixon
Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife from The Gettysburg Museum of History [disputed]
Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters by Dick Winters
Letter from Grace Nixon to Dick Winters
Letter from Dick Winters to Lewis Nixon
FAN POSTS FEATURED (in order of appearance):
Tom Hanks meme by @bleedingcoffee42
Gay people can never flirt normally by @4o4notf0und
Tags on this post (by @stopstopstopit) from @igotyoubabeheffron, @randlemartin, @mr-chatterboxs-column
Why is he looking at him lighting a cigarette like that by @sidsledge
Tags on this post (by @airborneinfantry) from @roedotjpg, @holdingforgeneralhugs, @airborneinfantry, @boogiesheep
This yaoi shit is life or death by @bleedingcoffee42
Yearning disease by @evidenceof
Fujo goggles by @sidleckie
I'd follow him to hell by @stopstopstopit
What are your thoughts on... by @balladofthe101st
Their souls are literally intertwined by @stopstopstopit
Harry Welsh art by @foxholebuttfinder
Live Harry reaction by @finalgirljesus
Addicted to chilling with gay guys by @ww2yaoi
He gave him chocolates by @sidsledge
Loving your best friend so much by @sidsledge
Happy VE Day by @evidenceof
Getting your shit rocked by @sidsledge
Tags on this post (by @searchingforacircuitbreaker) from @sleepy-hyperfixations, @siiiiideblooooog, @redhcad, @kazanskied, @hanniewinnix, @danopdf, @cock-guillotine
Fellas, is it gay by @luckyreds
Tank fanart by @andromeddog
Bastogne fanart by @roberttingle
He's the exception to everything by @runaeveena
The Inherent Homoeroticism of War Media by @oatflatwhite
Souvenir program from Paradise Theater featuring Earl "Fatha" Hines. Printed on front: "Souvenir program, compliments of Earl 'Fatha' Hines. His piano and his orchestra appearing at Paradise Theater, Detroit, Michigan." Cover includes inset portrait of Hines.
Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
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