A Door on Other Time

Title is from Tolkien's "On Fairy Stories". Handle means "storyteller" in Nahuatl. This'll mostly be about pop culture, linguistics, philosophy, history, and other things that interest me, but also about writing.

[tlaquetzqui]

[siryouarebeingmocked]

There's also the famous "well, there were a small number of Black Vikings, therefore it makes perfect sense for Vikings Valhalla turn an actual historical white male chieftan into a black woman."

The second part is implied, because not a single person in that article defending the racebending actually addressed that complaint. I had to go to Screenrant for the canon explanation of "the real guy got killed, and his wife took over".

And they immediately admitted there was no evidence of any female Viking ruler, ever, but, but, there COULD have been!

This incident was held up by some people as an example of progressives living down to memes about racebending.

Bridgerton had to invent an entire alternate history to explain black British nobility.

Of course, since musicians apparently play orchestral covers of Taylor Swift and Billy Eilish, I gotta wonder why they even bothered.

Funny thing is, when I Googled for controversy, I kept finding criticism from the left, not the right.

I also remember the times MedievalPOC said it made perfect sense to for a random African trader to head hundreds of miles out of his way, over a mountain range, to a random corner of medival Europe (that is still extremely white today) to appear in Kingdom Come:Deliverance.

Just to be clear; anti-woke people have been wrong about diversity. Both in fiction and IRL. Up to the point of riots and terrorism.

I have argued with them.

But I think it sure is curious that neither OOP nor any of the people in the reblogs had a single actual example. Heck, none of them even named a specific work.

And of course they never admitted their enemies could be right about anything, ever.

[hst3000]

Natural fiber costumes: yes

No corset slander: yes

Colorful clothes, historical hairstyles, hats and headcovers: YES

No potatoes or pumpkins: this one doesn't bug me as much unless it's plot relevant but sure

Actors with aging and minimal makeup: other than you don't understand what stage and screen makeup is, yes.

Hema consultants: I would KILL for this.

Diagetic soundtrack music: Some of the best soundtracks use period instruments.

Don't fucking threaten me with a good time.

[tlaquetzqui]

You don’t really need HEMA consultants, when Japanese arts are almost identical and never had to be reconstructed, plus they’re much more widely practiced so the consultants are cheaper and easier to find. Longsword is katana, glaive and halberd are naginata.

[amagi2000]

[tlaquetzqui]

Hopefully the two adult males are being executed.

Like still in the process. Like they started as soon as they arrested them, and still aren’t finished.

[amagi2000]

[blignick]

[doggirlpaws]

When I see a video of a cat minding its own business with nothing else going on I unmute immediately cause I know that mf is about to make a funny noise

[tonysaintborgi]

pushed over by ghosts! sad

[bluering8]

listen to me, this is so so important: you've gotta get used to really giving it your 60% as a default. like don't half-ass it necessarily but try not to go over 70% or so of an ass. you'll feel better and live a happier more fulfilled life, and on the rare occasions where you do need to lock the fuck in you'll be able to pull off bullshit that the sad miserable wretches giving it their 100% can never dream off, because they're busy draining themselves dry and you have energy reserves to spare.

[smokingchagga]

This is actually what I was adviced to do at the work rehabilitation program I went to. Hasn't left my mind since. 10/10 solid advice

[givingblood]

"My family thinks because im a leftist it means im radical but like whats radical about that? I just want everyone to hug, no bad things to happen, free healthcare and be nice to everyone" - the coldest, rudest most judgemental person you know.

[sawbuckplus]

[siryouarebeingmocked]

I like how his le epic own quote isn't an actual counterpoint.

And most of the rest of the video is people clapping like trained seals. Presumably so other left-wing people will feel smug.

[dragonsllayer22]

[the-garbanzo-annex-jr]

[tlaquetzqui]

Also the Trojan War and the Exodus are roughly contemporary. There’s a letter between an Egyptian king and a Hittite one that mentions both.

[armthearmour]

The fantastically etched and silvered Sallet of Philip the Handsome, attributed to Domenico Negroli,

Length: 16 in/40.7 cm

Width: 9.8 in/25 cm

Height: 8.3 in/21 cm

Weight: 5.9 lbs/2680 g

Milan, Italy, ca. 1496, housed at the Real Armería, Madrid.

[tlaquetzqui]

If that’s who I think it is, pity that such a nice helmet belonged to the guy who kidnapped the Pope and had the Knights Templar liquidated on bogus charges.

[tsarina-anadyomene]

it really is quite bad for your military to have an image of itself as a warrior class. what you really want is for your soldiers to think of themselves as boring professionals who will fill out a report form if someone gets a little too warrior ethos out there

[gsot]

[drmajalis]

[skulki-d]

WWII definitely demonstrated the result of conflicts between these two mentalities with all else completely equal...

[weather-n-calamity]

Germany did in WW2 what France did in WW1.

[tlaquetzqui]

…You think Germany won World War Two virtually singlehanded, and won several battles despite the soldiers fighting in them actively mutinying against their officers?

I don’t think you know much about France in World War One.

(Also it works best when you combine both, like the Mongol Horde.)

[asparrowdraws]

Gaming Dice.

I learned a lot about edges and light and color relationships here.

[greywolfheirs]

PAINTING!!! THIS IS A PAINTING

[sensoryscorpio]

CHAT THIS IS A PAINTING!!!

[almaignismare]

I went over this post twice before realising. I was like "oh it's just set up like a still life painting, right". NO IT'S FUCKING NOT!

[gsirvitor]

[gremlininho]

let me. innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[weather-n-calamity]

[ms-demeanor]

I am a glorified office administrator who understands server hardware why am I the only person in this company who gets what social engineering is?

[ms-demeanor]

Total stranger on the phone who we’ve never spoken to before: I have power of attorney over the CEO of this corporation and we are a customer of yours. Please change the administrator password on the server to XXXXX

My boss, putting on white grease paint and a red wig: Oh, of course! Let’s do it quickly so that you’ll want to keep working with us since you’re going to be making business decisions!

Me: I would sell you to satan for one corn chip and I’m allergic to corn but before you do this maybe you should call someone who is actually on our contact list for our customer and see if they’ve ever heard of this stranger.

My boss, looking through a selection of shoes that honk when you walk: Oh, but she said that it was very important that none of the employees know what was happening because they’re making staffing changes.

Me: As your lawyer I recommend that you just call a single one of our contacts and see if they’ve ever heard of her name.

My boss, shoving all of our technicians into a VW beetle: You’re not my lawyer.

Me: HOW THE FUCK WOULD YOU KNOW? I COULD BE! YOU SHOULD MAYBE CHECK ON THAT.

[yoursjupiter]

TIL everyone’s employee ID at my company is the last five of their SSN.

Boss: On the bright side, it’s only the last five

Me: YOU CAN COMMIT FRAUD WITH FOUR

[zevveli]

Security firms that are hired to check the security of banks will often use the following tactic: They will walk up to the teller in a suit with their ID badge and a clipboard and go:

“Hello I am [name] from [security firm] we’ve been hired to verify the security of the facility I need to see your computers.”

“Erm…I’ll have to verify that with my managers.”

“Congratulations, you have just passed the security verification.” [Scribbles on clipboard] “But in all seriousness I do need to verify your security so I need to see your computers.”

“Oh okay.” AND LETS THEM IN.

[palindromordnilap-deactivated20]

“Social engineering” is a way too fancy word for what it is. I know a guy (not personally) who broke several people out of prison by essentially writing “Greetings, please release this person, signed, whoever the judge is” on a piece of paper and faxing it there. Because no one would have a fax machine in their own house I guess.

[closet-keys]

not to derail, but holy shit that praxis

[cal-is-a-cuddlefish]

I’ve had clerks just give out a whole ass SSN when I asked.

[airandangels]

An inspection in 2014 found the password for the Louvre’s surveillance camera system was “louvre.”