world war 2:
-thinks they’re a lot tougher than they actually are
-tend to be really niche about one very, very specific aspect
-really sarcastic sense of humour
-acts like the war’s still on
-very bitter about the 2001 pearl harbor movie
-wakes up in a cold sweat to boogie woogie bugle boy & the in the mood intro
-their fashion taste is either impeccable or an atrocity to god there is no in-between
world war 1:
-weird and quiet
-drinks cheap booze even if they can have/afford better
-hoarders
-would sell soul & firstborn for a pickelhaube
-knows lots of really obscure facts
-underlying & unexplainable 19th century german history fetish
-copes with problems by turning them into memes & shitty jokes
-bad puns galore
classics:
-come off really sensible & serious but h2g has the most perverted sense of humour out of everyone
-probably hiding some dark shit
-either really enthusiastic about homoeroticism or ignores it completely
-really defensive about their favourite society/period
-a lot of tension between the roman buffs & the greek ones???
-latin’s not dead, it just smells funny
cold war/vietnam war:
-probably either a communist or has a hard-on for JFK
-world war 2 buff’s edgy sibling
-usually really into guns or at least knows a fuckload about them. may also be really into guns but know jack shit about them, too
-gets into a lot of internet fights
-so many conspiracy theories
-their jokes make literally no sense to anyone else
-has a lot to say about the 2k16 presidential race
-really political in general tbh
-will wear military surplus uniforms as streetwear
-cool taste in sunglasses tho
medieval europe:
-goes ham on fantasy or drags it within an inch of its life
-gets asked about king henry viii way too much
-warped & morbid sense of humour
-cheerfully cynical about everything
-can slice you in half with their writing
-eternal academic 1v1 in the pit w/ each other
-holds personal grudges against someone who died like 900 years ago
-but also will die in the gutter for someone who died like 900 years ago
-complains about rain & cold weather but actually doesn’t mind it
*I do not mean any offence by these, and please feel free to add/specify/correct/etc! I’ve obviously only covered a small range of eras because these are the ones I have read & interacted the most with. Also, these are simply generalisations based on what I’ve personally seen & weren’t written to vague abt anybody. Please add if you think of anything else!
You forgot some!!
Napoleonic: ▪rude af but only because everyone keeps spouting the same 3 myths about him, also hilarious when they want to be ▪super creative ones that makes beautiful fan art or absolute meme trash ▪talk about Napoleon and his crew as if they all knew him personally ▪if you compare their interest to Hitler you will get dragged to Hell and back ▪usually older students/adults ▪many have a military fashion obsession too. Bring back pants de la gloire ▪often European, not always ▪loves to fight
AmRev/American history: ▪never European ▪either PhD students or meme kings and ship monarchs ▪everyone is gay ▪Hamilton obsession or completely ignores it, everyone in the fandom has an opinion on it whichever side they are on ▪touchy about the slave trade/Constitution and their effects in the modern day ▪the lame ones are patriots, the cool ones just love their history
French Rev: ▪either 12 year old communists or educated adults that know what they’re talking about ▪usually speak French ▪always take their hat off when the Terror is mentioned ▪no hon Enjolras lived in a different time ▪never right wing
Enlightenment and Romantic era: ▪#aesthetic ▪interested in literature usually ▪usually obsessed with their own historic faves and know everything on two or three people in the era ▪period drama is a hot topic ▪some are monarchists
*what she said!! This is just a bit of fun and only what I’ve observed!!
Russian Revs -feels sorry for trotsky -probably got into it bc of anastasia the film -’have you seen young hot stalin?’ -loves trains -not a monarchist but loves the romanov #aesthetic -knows all the words to ra ra rasputin -knows one word in cyrillic that word is ‘october’ -bolshevik mean girls memes -”communism is a great idea on paper”
modern political british history:
– either a massive tory, a fight-to-the-death old labour supporter or just really loves satire – would die for spitting image – Very Big opinion on thatcher and blair – SUPERMAC! – knows more about john profumo’s private life than they would like to – scared of peter mandleson
I was telling my boyfriend about this and I decided that I had to make a post to introduce tumblr to Pedals the bear.
Pedals is a very special black bear because he always walks on his two hind legs and doesn’t like to use his front paws (bipedal, hence Pedals). A few years ago people started seeing him in and around my town and for a while no one was sure what the heck he was. Some people claimed that he was a man in a bear suit until people started capturing footage of him doing his thing. He became a local celebrity and NJ news networks started covering his appearances.
People started worrying that he might be injured or a lost performing animal that wouldn’t be able to survive in the wilderness, so they called for an investigation from the local wildlife service to see if he needed to be taken into captivity. After monitoring him though, it became clear that Pedals taught himself how to do this due to an injury to his front paws when he was young, and continued to walk out of habit. He’s perfectly healthy and able to forage and be social with no problem, so he’s still free and wandering around my town. He has fans who follow his appearances and seeing him is a great surprise :]
A Middleground 