[kit-herondale-blackthorn]

All of the new Chain of Iron character cards and snippets

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[shakespeaker]

Who are the Anti-Stratfordians?

People who think Shakespeare wasn’t actually Shakespeare, but that ‘Shakespeare’ was a secret pseudonym for someone more important and better educated, like the Earl of Oxford. 

See also: imbeciles.

[dukeofbookingham-deactivated202]

This

[thebookishgurl]

Not to piss anyone off, but why does this matter? The author is literally (and possibly metaphorically) dead.

[dukeofbookingham-deactivated202]

I feel like I have to address this. I tried not to, but I actually think it’s really important. Most of the people who make the argument that ‘Shakespeare wasn’t Shakespeare’ are doing so on the basis that the real William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon simply didn’t have the literary wherewithal to have written what are now the most famous plays in the English (or possibly any) language. They like to argue that because Shakespeare’s family wasn’t particularly wealthy or influential, and that he never got more than the Elizabethan equivalent of a grade school education, he couldn’t possibly be as well-read or as eloquent as the person who wrote Hamlet, or Macbeth, or what have you. 

The reason Stratfordians are so vehemently defensive of Shakespeare as himself is because (a) there’s literally no proof that he wasn’t exactly who we think he was and (b) we believe that it’s entirely possible that a man who was nominally ordinary became the world’s most famous playwright. If you take that away from him, you are doing the world a huge disservice, by reinforcing the idea that in order to have a significant impact on the course of history, you have to be wealthy or politically powerful or socially superior. I for one want to be able to tell any struggling middle school kid with average grades not to give up, because passion is more important than money or power, and he or she could be the next Shakespeare. 

So, that’s why it matters. 

[engrprof]

^^^This^^^

[melusineloriginale]

Yes. All of this. The Oxfordian authorship theory is rooted in classist, elitist attitudes that insist that a glovemaker’s son from Stratford-on-Avon who never left England couldn’t possibly have written 37 plays based simply on extensive reading and a great deal of imagination.

Also they have no conception of what “grammar school” actually means. A grammar school education in the sixteenth century usually included extensive study of rhetoric, philosophy, and history. Ben Jonson claimed that Shakespeare’s Latin was mediocre and his Greek nonexistent, but there were a wide variety of classical texts available in English translation during his lifetime and we can clearly see echoes of those translations in Shakespeare’s works.

Lastly, the Oxfordian theory is rooted in an 18th century forgery popularized by a man named Looney (pronounced Loh-ney, but WHATEVER). The best book I’ve seen on the subject is Contested Will by James Shapiro, which is marvellous and snarky and everyone should read it.

[gnimmish]

It’s the exact same logic that tries to discredit Mary Shelley as the author of Frankentstein, because a particular school of (white, upper class, male) critical thought can’t stand the idea that an eighteen year old girl could have written something so profound that it founded an entirely new literary genre. 

They don’t like being confronted with the fact that great art is not the preserve of the ruling class.

[capricorn-0mnikorn]

Also, here’s another reason it matters: Shakespeare populated his plays with characters from all the social strata, from prostitutes to monarchs, and everyone in between.

The view of such people, their attitudes and foibles looks a lot different when you’re looking at them from the same level than if you’re looking down at them from above, with only a vague, abstract, view of what their lives are like.

Therefore, knowing that Shakespeare had come from “common” origins and worked his way into the patronage of King James by the time he retired, gives us a different understanding of his plays, and the history of the time and place in which he wrote them.

[ms-demeanor]

Also as much as meaning is subjective and in a philosophical sense everyone experiences reality differently FACTS ARE STILL FACTS AND IT’S STILL IMPORTANT THAT YOUR WORLDVIEW RESTS ON AT LEAST SOME PORTION OF REALITY.

ANTISTRATFORDIANS ARE HOW WE GET FLAT EARTHERS AND ANTI-VAXXERS. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?

You know who looooooooves the antistratfordian view? Anti-intellectualist pricks who want to knock down academia a few pegs. People who believe in revisionist histories in this way are also more likely to believe in revisionist histories in other ways.

We have historical documentation that Shakespeare was Shakespeare. We have proof. We have a hell of a lot more proof that the holocaust happened but that doesn’t stop people from trying to rewrite history to reflect the world they wish they lived in.

We shouldn’t have to litigate facts like this but the fact that we DO have to means it’s incredibly important to shut down folks who say that none of it matters.

It does matter. History matters. Facts matter. What happened in the past matters. Reality matters.

[bakuhatsuo]

No we don’t have facts on Shakespeare thats literally the whole point. Recent studies have considered that perhaps he was a girl all along considering how his plays employed outspoken female characters, which was very feminist of the time period.

[bemusedlybespectacled]

We have extensive, documented evidence that Shakespeare was a real person who wrote the plays attributed to him. A lot of that evidence is very boring, like tax rolls (for taxes that he dodged) and surveys of assets (which for Shakespeare was a certain amount of malt grain), but some of it is stuff like contemporary theater and literary critics commenting on his work. 

It’s true that we don’t have very much evidence in the way of primary documents, like notes written in his own hand. But the idea of keeping records for future use was a foreign idea in Shakespeare’s day, unless it was an official government document or the important papers of someone noble. And Shakespeare was not a noble. Shakespeare was a middle class guy from a podunk town. Any argument otherwise – whether it’s speculation that he was secretly nobility or a woman or anything else – has to overcome that documentary evidence. Otherwise it’s just speculation.

[hilarioushumorfromouterspace]

[aubs-of-steel-deactivated201708]

fun fact: The last supper would have been more like this, according to tradition:

[evangeline-elena-deactivated201]

so casual i love it

[thedevoteddemon]

a sleepover with jc and the boys

[hotcommunist-deactivated2019032]

Paul: Judas truth or dare??

Judas: dare

Paul: okay lmao I dare u to kiss JC

[ghoulfr13nd]

Jesus: ok your turn peter truth or dare

Peter: truth

Jesus: would you ever betray me peter

[papa-peach-deactivated20241019]

Peter:

Jesus:

(a few days later)

Peter: *betrays Jesus*

Jesus:

[that-twink-over-there]

Jesus: *returns*

Peter: “Jesus… you’re back ?”

Jesus:

[aaronexplainsitall]

this post gets more absurd every time it crosses my dash

[lawbreaker13]

Another fun fact:

The Last Supper was actually a Passover Seder which means by the time they broke the food out, these guys were likely already drunk out of their minds.

[cutecommiefemme]

Drunk Jesus: guys take this bread

Drunk Jesus: it’s me

[just-a-donut-who-reads]

Every time I see this it gets funnier

[december-rains]

It would explain A Lot

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

As someone who was raised catholic and literally heard the last supper story hundreds of time, this is so much better than what they would say at church

[nogodsnokingsnomasters]

Kent State University

[tiredtransgal]

“The Kent State shootings (also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre)[3][4][5] were the shootings on May 4, 1970 of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio during a mass protest against the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces. Twenty-eight guardsmen fired approximately 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.[6][7]”

“There was a significant national response to the shootings: hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of 4 million students,[10] and the event further affected public opinion, at an already socially contentious time, over the role of the United States in the Vietnam War.[11]”

Student strike of 4 million students! Let’s do that again lol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

[solarpunkcast]

Don’t forget that basically half the country thought the students deserved it…

[captain-rez]

Another picture from Kent State.

But it was not just Kent State, eleven days later Mississippi Police fired 150 rounds into a dormitory at Jackson State College, killing 2 and wounding 15 black protesters.

[saurons-optometrist]

Btw half of the students killed at Kent State weren’t even protesting, they were just there

[bando--grand-scamyon]

What in the absolute fuck

[wuh2k]

When the Irish guy has known about this since he was like 8, but it’s suspiciously hard for Americans to learn about…

[hekeepsmeworm]

I literally only know abt this bc my parents are hippies it’s fucked up

[jheselbraum]

I only had a vague idea of what this was and what happened until I did my own research on it.

When I was 21.

[beautifultoafault]

i never heard of this…… and i live in this country……… WTF 

[fuckyouformakingmedothis]

Welcome to America. If you want to learn some actual history, then research it yourself

[thewholeguacamole]

History 101, day 1: forget everything you learned in high school and before because it’s wrong and skewed.

[aratilightwood]

Imagine if Ariadne spent CHOI developing a witty and healthy friendship with Alastair, instead of pining after someone who doesn’t want her... sounds more appealing.

[inloveforevr-deactivated2025041]

I Appreciate it x

[alastaircarstairsdefenselawyer]

i am not a hero pt 2: all will be well

Part 1 | Fanfiction Masterlist | AO3

A/N: Sorry this took so long! Warnings: descriptions of racism, mentions of alcoholism

“Thank the angel you’re all here,” Cordelia exhaled as she arrived in the room about the Devil’s Tavern. “Have you heard? Alastair was-” She stopped herself as she surveyed the room, registering the looks the Merry Thieves were giving her. “Oh, no. No, no, no.” She turned to James. “Tell me you didn’t have anything to do with this." 

"Daisy-" 

"Tell me!" 

Keep reading

[king1pin]

If Dabi really is Touya Todoroki, which he definitely is tbh, how much do you think he hates himself for leaving Fuyumi, Natsuo and Shouto behind? Knowing he left them in Endeavour’s grasp, still at risk, must eat him alive. As if he regrets not being able to save them. He just wanted to be a good big bro.

[king1pin]

Lmao I was so wrong sksksksksksks

[granolybary]

personal opinion: alastair should not have to apologize to matthew unless matthew also apologizes to him (tbh the only people he should ~maybe~ apologize to are sophie and gideon)

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

Castle Towers Fall

Chapter 9

January 1904; London Institute

They’d been working on trying to find out information on Theodor Verlac for a month now. And they barely had anything.

“Maybe we should just give up,” Alastair said finally, sinking down into his chair. “We’re not getting anywhere.”

“Come on now, don’t say that Alastair.” Thomas said from the chair he was sitting on. “Maybe we’re getting closer to finding out something.”

Alastair blew a tuft of hair from out of his eyes. “All we know is that he married my mother in June 1883 and died suddenly in early January of 1884. We can’t get anywhere with that information.”

“I mean we could ask-”

“No, we are not asking her.”

The her Alastair was referring to, was none other than Filomena di Angelo. She had recently come to the London Institute for a late travel year, apparently she wasn’t as old as Alastair originally thought, only two years older than himself. They’d talked a few times, mostly just short conversations when bumping into each other in the halls. Thomas had thought it would be a good idea to ask her about Theodor, as he was her cousin after all, but Alastair refused to bring more people into this than necessary. “It’s not like she could help much anyways.” he said in his own defense.

Thomas sighed and rolled his eyes. “But she could. She has the resources to ask family members and get photographs.”

“I suppose you’re right.” Alastair sighed, rubbing his hands over his eyes. He hadn’t slept much in the past few weeks, the lack of sleep had given him a painful headache over the past few days, making it hard to focus.

“Are you alright, Alastair?” Thomas asked, moving to sit next to Alastair on the couch.

“Just peachy.” he groaned, sinking deeper into the couch cushion. The dull throb in his skull was slowly getting worse and worse.

“Maybe a break will do you some good.” the other boy suggested as he placed a hand on Alastair’s shoulder and squeezed lightly. Thomas had been doing things like that a lot recently, Alastair had noticed. Placing a hand on his shoulder that lingered a little too long, small smiles, longing looks. It was slowly starting to make Alastair go insane. It was pure torture.

It made Alastair wonder if Thomas knew his affect on Alastair? Did he know how Alastair felt about him? Alastair was tugged out of his thoughts by Thomas’s voice calling out to him.

“Alastair? Are you sure, you’re alright?” Thomas sounded concerned and when Alastair looked at him, he noticed his hazel eyes were wide with it as well.

“I’m fine. Let’s just get back to work, yeah?”

And they worked for the next half hour or so, looking over the files again and again for something, anything that could help them.

“Thomas, can you hand me the file from the Paris Institute?” he asked without looking up from his own current file.

“Sure thing.” the other boy replied, getting up to hand the file over. Alastair turned slightly to thank him, turning his head up.

Their faces were so close that their lips brushed together slightly. Alastair jumped back and shock, Thomas doing the same. They both had shocked looks on their faces.

Alastair was about to apologize when Thomas kissed him.

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Author Note:

I’m back!!!!!! This is the chapter you’ve all been waiting for. Sorry this took so long, but I think it was worth it for this. The angst isn’t over yet and will make a comeback soon enough, so don’t be worried.

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[eicinic-deactivated20211001]

RONAN LYNCH AND ADAM PARRISH, thank you for listening, 

[thegrumpycaterpillar]

Break the stigma

[deakysgurl-deactivated20240308]

I could not reblog this fast enough 

[lifewouldbebetteronmars]

For all the people who say I’m faking it or that I’m following a “trend”:🖕

[kyaato]

sometimes i just find myself thinking of alastair and how much i look forward to his character redemption arc

[bagiesupreme]

Hey I’m sorry why does the brown character need a “redemption arc” for parroting a rumor after being insulted but then excuse the white character for literally egging the guy on with racist insinuations. Like yeah what he said was kind of messed up especially for the time period but like the white guy dug his own grave and laid in it full stop. Where’s the call for the redemption arc there?

[missbliss12]

The Weight of My Brother’s Dreams.

I loved Call Down the Hawk, especially getting to read more about the Lynch brothers. This is a drawing dedicated to kid Declan (my secretive fave since book 1), carrying his beloved brother and his family’s burdens on his back.

[galetops]

declan’s bisexual and the reason he’s not out to ronan yet isn’t because he’s desperately afraid of telling the truth about himself let alone the very prospect of being known, it’s actually because he knows that ronan’s gonna say some stupid shit like “i came out first so in gay years I’M the oldest” and declan is gonna break their no fistfights streak

[king1pin]

Gay years

[king1pin]

All I ask of the potential Nico book is that he meet Magnus and Alex. That content is something I need.