No reblogs cuz I don't wanna step on any toes, but it does annoy me a bit how much Preston gets characterized as a cowboy in fandom.
Like. This is a man who grew up poor in Massachusetts and joined a militia based on early Colonial ideas/aesthetics.
It just feels like people can't comprehend being rural without being distinctly "Southerner stereotype." (And after a while tastes like some flavor of classism to me, ie "all rural people are the same.")
Like. I'm a rural New Yorker. Our rural culture is VERY different from the rural culture seen in southern and midwestern states. And for example South Carolina and Texas also have very different rural cultures. Even the food (HEAVILY influenced by Black culture) is vastly different.
Massachusetts specifically has lot of maritime industry, from giant port cities to tiny fishing villages.
Just. Remember that rural people exist in the Northeast too, and someone wearing a wide-brimmed hat does not mean they're a cowboy.
Learn about the history of hats. I'm 100% certain that Preston's is meant to be a slouch hat, commonly worn by historical military. One side being pinned up is a dead giveaway. It's not a cowboy hat.