oH MYF UCKING GOD
tHIS IS THE BEST DASH âACCIDENTâ IN TUMBLR HISTORY.

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oH MYF UCKING GOD
tHIS IS THE BEST DASH âACCIDENTâ IN TUMBLR HISTORY.
in movies, when a scientist is held hostage and is forced to make a bomb or virus, like my guy, those villains donât know shit about science. just make a gumball machine, my dude
eighth grade science fair volcano, but fancy looking
 i just want once where the villain is like, you are too late, i detonated the device and instead of doom and gloom it is just confetti sparklers with abbaâs waterloo playing and the scientist is like, bitch you thoughtÂ
itâs hilarious to me when people call historical fashions that men hated oppressive
like in BuzzFeedâs Women Wear Hoop Skirts For A Day While Being Exaggeratedly Bad At Doing Everything In Them video, one woman comments that sheâs being âoppressed by the patriarchy.â if youâve read anything Victorian man ever said about hoop skirts, you know thatâs pretty much the exact opposite of the truth
thing is, hoop skirts evolved as liberating garment for women. before them, to achieve roughly conical skirt fullness, they had to wear many layers of petticoats (some stiffened with horsehair braid or other kinds of cord). the cage crinoline made their outfits instantly lighter and easier to move in
it also enabled skirts to get waaaaay bigger. and, as you see in the late 1860s, 1870s, and mid-late 1880s, to take on even less natural shapes. we jokingly call bustles fake butts, but trust me- nobody saw them that way. it was just skirts doing weird, exciting Skirt Things that women had tons of fun with
men, obviously, loathed the whole affair
(1864)
(1850s. gods, if only crinolines were huge enough to keep men from getting too close)
(no date given, but also, this is 100% impossible)
(also undated, but the ruffles make me think 1850s)
it was also something that women of all social classes- maids and society ladies, enslaved women and free women of color -all wore at one point or another. interesting bit of unexpected equalization there
and when bustles came in, guess what? men hated those, too
(1880s)
(probably also 1880s? the ladies are being compared to beetles and snails. in case that was unclear)
(1870s, I think? the bustle itself looks early 1870s but the tight fit of the actual gown looks later)
hoops and bustles werenât tools of the patriarchy. they were items 1 and 2 on the 19th centuryâs âFashion Trends Women Love That Men Hateâ lists, with bonus built-in personal space enforcement
Gonna add something as someone whoâs worn a lot of period stuff for theatre:
The reason you suck at doing things in a hoop skirt is because youâre not used to doing things in a hoop skirt.
The first time I got in a Colonial-aristocracy dress I felt like I couldnât breathe. The construction didnât actually allow me to raise my arms all the way over my head (yes, thatâs period-accurate). We had one dresser to every two women, because the only things we could put on ourselves were our tights, shifts, and first crinoline. Someone else had to lace our corsets, slip on our extra crinolines, hold our arms to balance us while a second person actually put the dresses on us like we were dolls, and do up our shoesâwhich we could not put on ourselves because we needed to be able to balance when the dress went on. My entire costume was almost 40 pounds (I should mention here that many of the dresses were made entirely of upholstery fabric), and I actually did not have the biggest dress in the show.
We wore our costumes for two weeks of rehearsal, which is quite a lot in university theatre. The first night we were all in dress, most of the ladies went propless because we were holding up our skirts to try and get a feel for both balance and where our feet were in comparison to where it looked like they should be. I actually fell off the stage.
By opening night? We were square-dancing in the damn things. We had one scene where our leading man needed to whistle, but he didnât know how and I was the only one in the cast loud enough to be heard whistling from under the stage, so I was also commando-crawling underneath him at full speed trying to match his stage positionâwhile still in the dress. And petticoats. And corset. Someone took my shoes off for that scene so I could use my toes to propel myself and I laid on a sheet so I wouldnât get the dress dirty, but that was itâI was going full Solid Snake in a space about 18âł high, wearing a dress that covered me from collarbones to floor and weighed as much as a five-year-old child. And it worked beautifully.
These women knew how to wear these clothes. Itâs a lot less ârestrictiveâ when itâs old hat.
I have worn hoop skirts a lot, especially in summer. I still wear hoop skirts if Iâm going to be at an event where I will probably be under stage lights. (For example, Vampire Ball.)
I can ride public transportation while wearing them. I can take a taxi while wearing them. I can go on rides at Disneyland while wearing them. Because Iâve practiced wearing them and twisting the rigid-but-flexible skirt bones so I can sit on them and not buffet other people with my skirts.Â
Hoop skirts are awesome.
Hoop skirts are also air conditioning. If you ever go to reenactments in the South, particularly in summer, youâll notice a lot of ladies gently swaying in their big 1860s skirts â because it fans all the sweaty bits. Youâll be much cooler in a polished cotton gown with full sleeves, ruffles, and hoopskirt than in a riding jacket and trousers, let me promise you! (This is part of the reason many enslaved women also enthusiastically preferred larger skirts â they had more to do than sit in the shade, but theyâd get a bit of a breeze from the hoopsâ movement as they were walking.) Â
Theyâre also â and I canât emphasize enough how important this is â really easy to pee in. If youâre in split-crotch drawers (which, until at least the 1890s, you were), you can take an easy promenade a few feet away from the gents and then squat down and pee in pretty much total privacy. It gives so much freedom in travel when itâs not a problem to pee most anywhere.
People also donât realize that corsets themselves were a HUGE HUGE IMPROVEMENT over previous support-garment styles â and if you have large breasts that donât naturally float freely above your ribcage (which some peopleâs do! but itâs not that common), corsets are often an improvement over modern bras.
They hold up the breasts from underneath, taking the weight of them off your back. Most historical corset styles donât have shoulder straps, so youâre not bearing the weight of your breast there, either, and you can raise your arms as far as your dressâs shoulder line allows (which is the actually restrictive bit â in my 1830s dress, literally all I can do is work in my lap, but in my 1890s dress I can paddle a kayak or draw a longbow with no trouble. Both in a full corset). They support your back and reduce the physical effort it takes to not slouch, helping avoid back pain. Theyâre rigid enough that you donât usually have to adjust your clothing to keep it where it belongs. Theyâre flexible â if youâre having a bloaty PMS day you just ⊠donât lace it as tightly, and if your back muscles are sore you can lace it a little tighter. And you can undo a cup (or, yâknow, not have breast cups) to nurse a baby without losing any of the structural integrity of the garment.
I do educational/historical dressing and people are really insistent, like, âThe corset was invented by a man, wasnât it?â  âActually, women were at the forefront of changing undergarment styles throughout the 19th century!â âBut itâs true that it was invented by a man.â Â
Uh, well, itâs hard to say who âinventedâ the style but itâs very likely that womenâs dressmakers mostly innovated womenâs corsets and menâs tailors mostly innovated menâs corsets, honey. Because those exist too.
This post is incredible. đ±
I love this post so much! Honestly the more you do research in womenâs garments in history the more you realize how innovative and interesting a lot of them are!
admin: this one is good actually
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Coming into a fandom late
Coming into a fandom early and watching it become an angry clusterfuck
Being in a dormant fandom that suddenly comes alive again after a new book/movie
Donât forget about those who come in the midst of a fandom war.Â
Accuracy at its best
Being in a fandom and not even knowing thereâs a war going onâŠ
all of this shitâŠlol
When Youâre Not In The Fandom But Youâre Nosy AF
When you get into a fandom only to discover itâs dead
This gets better every time I see it.Â
@fuboos-mess
Being in a dead fandomâŠ
Or being in such a tiny fandom that it feels like youre the only one
The accuracy hurts.
Being in a fandom that had a shit ending.
When youâve been fangirling long enough, youâve experienced all of the above.
Being in a fandom meant for kids.
This just gets better..
@mi-kleos
When you realize that joining the fandom has ruined you
Fandom hell in general
Yes.
This^^^ just⊠ALL OF THIS.
Being in so many fandoms that you donât even know whatâs going on
THIS IS THE SKULDUGGERY FUCKING PLEASANT FANDOM IN ONE POST!!
Trying to recruit people to your fandom
Annnnnnndddd itâs back
Being in a fandom which has so many antis
Iâve probably reblogged this before, but that was before these great additions.
Being in a fandom that actually works together
Why is this so true? All of it.
being in a fanbase but all your mutuals suddenly turn into Kpop blogs
I always enjoy it when a good post comes around again and has been improved by the reblogs like the years for a fine wine.
Being in a fandom when shit goes down and everyone has different opinions
When you are in a fandom and donât care for others people opinionâŠ..even if they are rightâŠ(believe me, I have met several of those)
Being in a fandom you never meant to join
I love this. and itâs gotten better
After abandoning a fandom youâre still a little bit emotionally invested inâŠ.
Thereâs more!!!
being in a fandom that you thought was gonna be toxic but itâs actually nice
accidentally getting into a fandomÂ
It got better
Holy shit it exists still
when you thought tumblr is over and so is this thread, but you still come across it on you dash
Showing someone a fandom you really like
This cafe make you feel like you are in cartoon
FB: Yeonnam-dong 239-20
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What even are Ao3 tagsâŠ
Tag yourself iâm accidental bardic performance
Accidental Plot is the worst though.
You sit down to write a 2k PWP just to scratch an itch and then suddenly the world is ending again or the gang has to solve a murder and this isnât what you signed up for.
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My favorite part of this is that they didnât change âAristocatsâ
Desire paths are just the best human invention because cities will spend millions on sidewalks and yet. Our little foraging brains will think âtoo far cut thru grass for foodâ and others will be like âother human have good idea. I followâ until thereâs a beaten path when thereâs perfectly acceptable sidewalks to either side
For example
these are called âolifantenpaadjesâ in dutch (little elephant paths) (remember this for later itâs important) and thereâs a whole facebook page dedicated to it, where people can send in pictures of these âelephant pathsâ all across the country and they get rated with stars.
apparently, a city renovated its park, and ended up putting a tree branch over a beloved path:
of course, this meant the path had become unusable, which is an utter tragedy, so an anonymous citizen did the rational thing and got up in the middle of the night, went to the park, and cut the branch in half using a chainsaw.Â
so like.. this citizen should probably get arrested for destruction of public property right??? nah. the city just thought it was funny and even made a joke about it when the renovated park got-re opened. the only thing to come out of it was this photo, posted by a local news site:
and thatâs the story of how dutch people really, really, really love their little elephant paths.
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country gnomes,
take my bones
to a place,
they don't belong
see shit like this is the reason that itâs so hard to turn my back on this website. Where else, pray tell, are you going to find this kind of quality nonsense.
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not to be controversial but
mid season two zuko hair is his best
I want proof
book one: does not pull off this very traditional cut at all. he looks like an onion with a horseâs tail glued onto his head. (1/10)
book two: wholesome cut, so cute. just look at him, he just wants to support his uncle and be happy. (10/10)
book three: angst overload. too much edginess, look at him. wow he even has hair in front of his eyes. so rebellious (4/10)
YOU FOOL, YOU ABSOLUTE fOoooL!
^^^ THIS is true Zuko book three hair. It has just the right amount of floofyness to dance in the breeze and itâs BEAUTIFUL 11/10 donât come at me with your Beach episode Zuko.
Book three redemption Zuko hair is best hair.
i love how in atla fandom ten years after the show was completed still one of the biggest discourse is about the most superior Zukoâs hairstyle
F O O L S
Here, I fixed this scene from âBread and Circusesâ for you Tumblr types.