#inebriatedpony

[breakfastautocrat]

There really are only one of two responses when confronted with the genetic horror of the Spanish Hapsburgs; laughter or screaming. Sometimes both.

I apologize for the delay, but yes, I agree wholeheartedly.  I always end up screaming and laughing at the same time.  Carlos II...my god you poor thing how did you even.

[mountedhistory]

inebriatedpony replied to your post: Woah, why have I never seen Hidalgo be...

It’s Viggo Mortensen and a horse going on an adventure, it’s hard not to love it.

True story ;)

[valinaraii]

The miniature of Josephine actually looks more like Caroline - she's got that very round face that Caroline has in most depictions of her. eh. artistic licsense I guess.

That's probably the case. The face reminds me of Caroline. On the other side, I have often seen portraits of Hortense or even Désirée (who probably would not be happy about it) identified as Josephine...

[yoyo-inspace]

'Ello!

1. First impression: "Oh look, history blog that posts a lot of art and such - very sophisticated"2. Truth is: MURAT FANGIRL. Also witty and funny comments on posts that makes everything better.3. How old do you look: 20-ish? (this seems to be my guess for a lot of people)4. Have you ever made me laugh: YES5. Have you ever made me mad: noo6. Best feature: your icon is fabulous well you're awesome and writes funny things and also we can switch a lot of feels about people, which is nice, it's nice to have people to cry with about dead historical people7. Have I ever had a crush on you: not in the crush sense, more in the I want to meet you and hug you and have long chats sort of way.8. You’re my: these are really hard awesome sassy canadian9. Name in my phone: Do not have you on my phone10. Should you post this too? Up to you! :)

[penthesileas]

That close-up of a 1700's RN uniform is in fact, Norrington. I feel like a dork for knowing that.

on the one hand, I love that I knew that, on the other hand, oh my god I knew that.

[tiny-librarian]

Would the three people who've reblogged that Louis XIV set mind correcting the first sentence? It's supposed to say Louis XIV and mot Louis XVI.

THANK YOU!

[hello-spaceb0y]

inebriatedpony replied to your post:Last night I was watching the Bond film, Tomorrow...

"Scruff Brosnan" makes you sound like some sort of scrappy Dublin street urchin.

Well I do come from a rather forsaken wasteland of a suburb (Tallaght, which comes from 'Tamh Lacht', meaning 'site of the plague'), and 'Scruff' is my tumblr alias (I like coming across as a man of mystery).

I don't like the sound of the word 'Brosnan'. I don't know.

[dykeofwellington]

Wellington replaces all Napoleon's books about Rome and Greece with tomes about King Arthur and the Celts. Napoleon casually mentions that he's invited the Rothschilds to stay for the weekend. It goes on.

All Wellington knows about the Rothschilds are that they are his bankers, so later when he votes against letting jews into parliament, Napoleon makes sure to invite a bunch of his jewish friends to dinner that evening. It’s a very quiet, very tense dinner. Napoleon looks like the cat that ate the canary.