“Authors can’t use it in fantasy fiction, eh? We’ll see about that…”
–Terry Pratchett, probably
Try to implement anything but a conservative’s sixth grade education level of medieval or Victorian times and you will butt into this. all. the. time.
There was a literaly fad in the 1890′s for nipple rings for all genders(and NO, it was NOT under the mistaken belief that it would help breastfeeding–there’s LOTS of doctors’ writing at the time telling people to STOP and that they thought it would ruin the breast’s ability to breastfeed well, etc). It was straight up because the Victorians were freaks, okay Imagine trying to make a Victorian character with nipple rings. IMAGINE THE ACCUSATIONS OF GROSS HISTORICAL INACCURACY
people just really, REALLY have entrenched ideas of what people in the past were like
tell them the vikings were clean, had a complex democratic legal system, respected women, had freeform rap battles, and had child support payments? theyd call you a liar
tell them that chopsticks became popular in china during the bronze age because street food vendors were all the rage and they wanted to have disposable eating utensils? theyll say youre making that up
tell them native americans had a trade network stretching from canada to peru and built sacred mounds bigger then the pyramids of giza? you are some SJW twisting facts
ancient egypt had circular saws, debt cards, and eye surgery? are you high?
our misconception of medieval peasants being illiterate and living in poverty in one room mud huts being their own creation as part of a century long tax aversion scam? you stole that from the game of thrones reject bin
iron age india had stone telescopes, air conditioning, and the number 0 along with all ‘arabic’ numbers including algebra and calculus? i understand some of those words.
romans had accurate maps detailing vacation travel times along with a star rating for hotels along the way, fast food restaurants, swiss army knives, black soldiers in brittany, traded with china, and that soldiers wrote thank-you notes when their parents sent them underwear in the mail? but they thought the earth was flat!
ancient bronze age mesopotamia had pedantic complaints sent to merchants about crappy goods, comedic performances, and transgender/nobinary representation? what are you smoking?
I’ve seen posts about the paladins making up their own memes while in space, but I don’t think I’ve seen anything in regards to them referencing Earth memes and confusing the shit out of poor Allura and Coran.
Ex:
*everyone hears about Hunk’s cooking at the space mall* *proceed to throw Gordon Ramsey jokes everywhere*
Pidge, running in circles: “WHERE IS THE LAMB SAUCE???”
Keith, holding Lance’s face between two pieces of bread: “What are you?”
Lance: “An idiot sandwich”
Shiro, squinting at a plate of food goo: “This goo is so green, it could be coming out of your nose.”
Allura and Coran: ??????
..
Lance, to Keith after an argument: “Catch me outside, how bou dat???”
Allura: “We’re in space please do not exit the castle????”
..
*Lance slips and falls on something*
Pidge: “I can’t believe Lance is fucking dead.”
Coran, befuddled: “He’s perfectly fine all of his suits functions show-”
..
*loses Keith in a crowd* *Lance climbs onto a chair*
Lance: “LANCE IS A USELESS, SEVENTH WHEEL”
Keith: “WHAT DID YOU FUCKING SAY”
Lance: “There he is”
Allura, to Hunk: “Do humans often scream self deprecating sentences over crowds of strangers?”
..
Allura, in the middle of a fight: “WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP”
*cue paladins singing “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley*
Allura: “We are in BATTLE”
..
Coran, discussing infiltration plans for Galra base: “And then Shiro and Keith will enter in through the main doors.”
Shiro: “One does not simply walk into a Galra base.”
Coran: “That’s…that’s what I just said. Were you not listening?”
y’know if i were mother gothel i wouldn’t tell rapunzel that her birthday was ACTUALLY her birthday. like i’d probably tell her that her birthday was any other day where floating lanterns from the castle do NOT fill the sky and make her think they’re for her. hell whats the point of even telling her that birthdays exist, its not like she’s gonna ever know anyone else besides mother gothel who’ll tell her about birthdays
also what is rapunzel’s real name? is it actually rapunzel; is that what the queen and king named her? if that were the case then mother gothel should have definitely renamed her and had her grow up with a name that is different than the missing princess. like if she got to the town in the movie and heard someone say “this is for the missing princess, rapunzel” she’d be like “holy FUCK”
kiana this is a children’s movie
a man gets fatally stabbed and a woman literally turns to dust as she falls from a 60 foot tower. im talking about birthdays and names so i dont know what the fuck your point is
I recently moved to a new house and had been too busy to draw. Now that most of the stuff is unpacked, I can finally draw it all out.
The little girl and dog is actually from a children’s story book that I never finished making (but plan on finishing one of these days). The inspiration for Fantine and Lala came from 2 dreams I’ve had many years ago. I won’t spoil their story now, but I hope one day I’ll find the time between all my projects to tell their tale.
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