#feistyphocion

[ringingofraevolution]

Hey there! Just saw your tags on my masterpost and I'd like to clarify that our investigation is ongoing, but at this point we're about as sure that there was really something going on as we can get! It's exciting stuff!

cool!

[parkersrevenge]

Your anon is getting into counterfactual possibilities and educated guesses. That isn't what historians work with. Going too far into "what ifs" makes for good fiction, but it's not very useful when you're delving into historical fact.

I know, but I’m all for debate! Some of the points were really good, even if I didn’t agree with all of them.

I just don’t know everything there is to know about the war, and I know I’m not the best person to ask these questions to sometimes. I’m a specifics sort of person. I don’t always know the big picture because I focus on the details. I couldn’t tell you everything about the battle of the Wilderness, but I know everything that the 20th Mass was doing during it. I know everything key figures were doing in it, even if I only have a basic understanding of the battle as a whole.

So either the anon is giving me a lot more credit than I deserve, which is realy nice and I appreciate it, or they’re trying to publicly embarrass me because I’m not an expert (and don’t claim to be).

[parkersrevenge]

Would you rather fight six Stephen Douglas-sized Abraham Lincolns or one Abraham Lincoln-sized Stephen Douglas?

wHAT THE FCUKD;GOIJDSFG’LDFS.

NEITHER SOUND LIKE A GOOD OPTION EVEN SMALL LINCOLN WOULD BE PRETTY SPRY AND HAVE GOOD UPPER BODY STRENGTH AND WOULD STILL BE TALLER THAN ME AND THERE WOULD BE SIX OF THEM.

I have to go with monstro Stevie D, even though I know he too would kick my ass.

[fauvester]

Nicholas Biddle looks good in every picture, but what about the Nearly Nipless Nick bust?

he looks good in the bust, too....

Nearly Nipless Nick always lives on in our hearts, if not in our nips

[lizzywhimsy]

When you know you’re about to get burned with intense history feels but you keep going anyways:

[parkersrevenge]

I’m actually crying right now.

(Source)

[parkersrevenge]

James Dearing!

Why I like them: He was a brave man, and a very smart one too. Always optimistic, looked on the bright side of everything. Resourceful as hell, managed to smuggle in a hot pink couch through a union blockade and siege. Funny. Absolutely hilarious. Laugh out loud, tears in your eyes levels of funny. Was a hopeless romantic, and a truly amazing father. All around, he was a genuinely good man, and one of the historical figures I am proud to like, in many ways.Why I don’t: Dumb ass got himself shot three days before Lee’s surrender. Joined a really shitty cause to begin with. Had the weirdest fucking views of race of any confederate I’ve ever seen.Favorite ancectode: My favorite story of all time was when he ordered his mine to line up for review, and reviewed all his troops with his little girl in his arms, wearing a little kepi on her head, and he spent more time paying attention to her than his soldiers.Favorite quote (from them or about them): “You know how hard I can bite.”BrOTP: Jimmy Jams and Thomas RosserOTP: James and Lala, on maaaan.an-oh-god-what-did-that-have-to-happen: HIS DEATH WAS RATHER AVOIDABLE AND USELESS AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME.Unpopular opinion: I know there are some things about him that are bad, I own that, but I still adore him anyway, which I know some would side eye on here.A wish: That he had lived so his wife didnt have to live 70 years without him.5 words to best describe them: Hot sexy rebel with banjoMy nickname for them: Jimmy Jams, Captain Darlingif you could say one thing to them: Dont go to High Bridge, it’s a silly place.Favourite portrayal of them: There is none!LEAST favourite portrayal of them: By that mark, there is none either.

[fauvester]

Charles Sumner!

the big bae!!!!!

Why I like them:  Why not?  He was so ahead of his time.  He was probably the most decent person of the nineteenth century, and he fought constantly for the rights of others.  He had no chill when he dealt with southern bullshit.  In his personal life he was #relatable.  he was also gorgeous, which definitely helps.  he was SO TOL.

Why I don’t:  kind of an asshole at first glance.  vain and humorless without the charm to make it a Good Look for him. 

Favorite anecdote:  The cow story is still my favorite.my little bespatted child.

Favorite quote (from them or about them): “That damn fool is going to get himself shot by some other damn fool”: Douglas being #done with being roasted in public

BrOTP:  Longfellow... Lincoln... wish Douglas lived long enough...

OTP: Howe and also Adele Douglas

an-oh-god-what-did-that-have-to-happen:  ANNEX CANADAAAA!!!!!

Unpopular opinion:  I wish i could like him a lot... but I get attached to big personalities, I guess.  Terrible people like Douglas will always have a hold on my heart, despite myself

A wish: I JUST WISH.  HE COULD HAVE BEEN FUCKING HAPPY. GOD DAMN IT.  OR AT LEAST NOT CUT UP ALL OF HIS LETTERS.

5 words to best describe them: Too Right For This World

My nickname for them: chuckles... chucky....

if you could say one thing to them: you were right on 99.9%of everything.  Also, go say hi to Mrs. Douglas.  Get her flowers or some shit.

Favourite portrayal of them:  That one kid’s cartoon where he looked like a disney prince.

LEAST favourite portrayal of them:  Fucking Gore Vidal.  fuck.