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A few days ago I learned about the Golden Cavalry of St George and I’m still laughing about it. So I knew Britain doled out subsidies to its European allies since the 18th century but I didn’t know our boi did it so often as to warrant a name being given to it.
The Golden Cavalry of St George is called so because of the British gold coins that bore the image of England’s patron Saint - St George, and were often used to make these payments.
Particularly during the Napoleonic Wars, Britain compensated for its small land army by supplying its allies with cash to continue the fight against France. The same happened during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years’ War and I bet it started driving Francis crazy at some point.
These are golden. HAHAHA
I've seen a lot of people do inverse memes and I really wanted in on all the fun :,)
MATA (Part 5)
Sampaguita flower initially is named after "Sumpa kita" (Our Promise). The words “Sumpa kita” evolved as “Sampaguita” that signifies an everlasting love (WowParadisePhilippines, 2007).
Paoay Church façade & buttress is similar to Borobudur & Prambanan temple respectively (Lazaro, 2014). Both temples are built during Medang Dynasty (Indonesia) whose legacy is the Srivijaya Empire & Mataram Kingdom.
Initially, Philippines is thought to be culturally isolated from the rest of Asia, until the finding of Laguna Copperplate Inscription which tells the relationship between Tondo (PH) & Medang (Mataram) (RI) in 900 CE (Leonard, 2001). Basically, Medang have salary-related debt with Tondo amounting to 865 grams gold. My hypothesis the debt is related to temple-making as at this era, Ind0nesia is under-going rapid growth of temple construction, he wants to be the center of Buddhist & Hindu learning in SEA.
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Blond people
The first time that England hated blond people was also the first time that he hated himself. He was running, trying to catch his brothers and he wondered "is this the meaning of family?" "helplessly trying to be loved?". He got his answer hours later when they try to drown him for the first time. That is when he saw it. His reflection on the river. He saw his green eyes, his pale skin and his blond hair. He saw everything that he wasn't and everything that he should be. And then he hated himself. And then he blamed himself. He blamed on himself that his brothers didn't love him, he blamed on himself that he could never have a family, he blamed on himself that his mother always looked at him pity. And then he hated his brothers. And then hated what it meant to live.
Blond people (2)
The second time that he hated blond people was when he discovered that Germania was his father. He had just been captured by Rome. He had just seen his mother bleed to death.
He was sitting in one of the cells of the coliseum when he saw him. With a blond hair just like his. And he knew, he didn't had to ask, he didn't had to think for long. And then he hated him, he hated him with more passion that he had ever hated anyone, even himself. And he blamed him, he blamed everything that had happened on him. He blamed on him that his brothers didn't love him. He blamed on him that he could never have a family. He blamed on him that his mother was dead. He blamed on him that Rome had captured him. He blamed on him everything that happened and that didn't. And then he hated him even more.
Blond people
The first time that England hated blond people was also the first time that he hated himself. He was running, trying to catch his brothers and he wondered "is this the meaning of family?" "helplessly trying to be loved?". He got his answer hours later when they try to drown him for the first time. That is when he saw it. His reflection on the river. He saw his green eyes, his pale skin and his blond hair. He saw everything that he wasn't and everything that he should be. And then he hated himself. And then he blamed himself. He blamed on himself that his brothers didn't love him, he blamed on himself that he could never have a family, he blamed on himself that his mother always looked at him pity. And then he hated his brothers. And then hated what it meant to live.
100%!
Most notably Charles Dickens' first visit to the US.
He had some understandable criticisms about things (namely slavery), but overall he seemed to hate everything different form him😭. Bro basically complained about poor frontiersmen not behaving like European aristocrats💀.
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Some aristocrat: *talking nonsense about a subject they know nothing about*
America: You didn't have to come here you know😑. We'd be fine without your commentary😒
Alfred/Mary in the 19th century when dealing with the overflow of aristocratic British and French travelers that are visiting them to make their totally 100% legitimate "intellectual observations" when they are really just there to hunt them down to shallowly gawk at, insult, and poke and prod them like weird, exotic animals
Same here! Especially with how isolationist/non-interventionist the US was pre-WW2. After all, I can't remember if the move was exceptionally popular, but even post-WW2 there were people wanting to do what we did after WW1 and just go back to a more isolationist policy.
If anything Alfred would realistically be more of an 'ambivert' when dealing with other nations. Not out of hatred, our boy just has a long history of being a shut-in unless it pertains to business/politcs😆! Alfred would probably be someone who is extremely self-reliant, if we go by even the loosest terms of historical accuracy.
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It just really gives off vibes odd vibes in a way. Though that may be the side of me who's studied the history of a lot of more 'anti-American' historians from the 1600s-now. A lot of the way Alfred is treated in fandom (as you said very much in a 'condescending' way), seems almost how writers like Samuel Johnson viewed Americans even before they became independent (ex. Americans are stupid, violent, they have no culture).
Apologies for the mini rant btw. I was just talking with someone on another website about this, so it all came out in a bit of a 'word vomit'😅. Even more so since I'm a huge American history nerd, and from your blog you are as well, so I'm using you as an excuse to ramble😅!
Man, I get that canonically Alfred can be a bit childish, but the amount of straight-up condescending infantilization I see him get hit with by a lot of fans is, uh, pretty grating.
1477 Burgundian Succession
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suddenly super into Burgundian stuff🥹hope u like it
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happy birthday to the best fictional character I know
Backgrounds? What are those?
I’m officially on my holiday break and I have been left unsupervised with Procreate and a lot of time on my hands, so here, have yourself a shaggy-haired Napoleonic War era Admiral Arthur Kirkland!
I’ll go ahead an blame @historihet for this, because she was the one who coaxed me into watching Horatio Hornblower, from which I’ve taken this uniform reference directly (thanks, Admiral Pellew), so if you spot any historical uniform issues please blame the BBC.
Hetalia headcanon!
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America and Georgia know one another exceptionally well. They aren’t as close friends as they once were, but they were close at a certain point in time.
During the Wild West era, Georgian horsemen (under the title of ‘Russian Cossacks’ - as Georgia was under the Russian Empire at this time), would participate in shows and circuses. They were also called Cossacks due to Cossacks having a colorful reputation.
These riders GREATLY influenced American Cowboy culture. To the point many events done in rodeo were introduced by them!
In particular with trick riding. Including the fact that the Georgian’s wore traditional costume while doing their stunts, colorful outfits and costumes became a staple of trick riding.
They were extremely popular and even Theodore Roosevelt loved them! To the point that the Georgians were probably the most popular part of the shows.
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They first joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in London, toured the rest of Europe with the group, and even participated in the Chicago World Fair!
After the First World War and the Russian Revolution, many stayed in areas like Chicago and had families of their own. Though sadly, many of that returned, were accused often of being American spies and were imprisoned or exiled.
As well as many of the gifts they’d been given and things they brought back being confiscated.
All with the majority of them having to destroy any evidence of their time abroad😕 - though sometimes they’d write odd titles on the backs of photographs to be able to keep them. One notable example being a photograph of a rider with a cowboy, that on the back states, “Proletarians of all the countries, unite!”
Another being of several riders in a car in New York stating, “Gurian riders united with local asylees”.
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Overall, with Hetalia, I picture America and Georgia having at least cordial relations on a personal level (removing politics). You don’t spend so much time around someone and not form at least basic bonds of comradery!