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ricardienneSo I'm sure I already knew this somewhere, but renewed costume research has made it clear…
Nearly Headless Nick can't have died in 1492. He wears a ruff. It must have been 1592, right in the late-middle Elizabethan period. 1492 is early Tudor. here's a link: the first half of the page would be the relevant part. They didn't wear ruffs. Unfortunately, this voids my brilliant theory on Nearly Headless Nick and Perkin Warbeck. Ah, well.
In other interesting information, the first pressure cooker with a safety valve was invented in 1680 by Denis Papin. Isn't that interesting?
<td align="center">You are Amelia Earhart
<td align="center">You are a super geek
<td align="center">You should have grown up during the twenties
Obviously, this is referring to the 1820s, or maybe the 16- or 1720s. Heck. The 1420s, the 1220s, the 420s. Just about any '20s but the 19- ones.
<td align="center">You are 33% evil
Nice picture, no? I suppose that means I'm evil in a generic All Mankind is Sinful and Evil and Deserves Eternal Death kind of way.
<td align="center">You were a band geek in high school
Oh, no, not at all. I was an 'orch dork.' Much less cool. Because, let's face it: no teen movie ever had a famous line along the lines of "so this one time at Quartet Camp…"
<td align="center">You hate smug people!
That would be because I am a smug person.
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Which is basically meaningless to me, but still…
Nearly Headless Nick can't have died in 1492. He wears a ruff. It must have been 1592, right in the late-middle Elizabethan period. 1492 is early Tudor. here's a link: the first half of the page would be the relevant part. They didn't wear ruffs. Unfortunately, this voids my brilliant theory on Nearly Headless Nick and Perkin Warbeck. Ah, well.
In other interesting information, the first pressure cooker with a safety valve was invented in 1680 by Denis Papin. Isn't that interesting?
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Obviously, this is referring to the 1820s, or maybe the 16- or 1720s. Heck. The 1420s, the 1220s, the 420s. Just about any '20s but the 19- ones.
Nice picture, no? I suppose that means I'm evil in a generic All Mankind is Sinful and Evil and Deserves Eternal Death kind of way.
Oh, no, not at all. I was an 'orch dork.' Much less cool. Because, let's face it: no teen movie ever had a famous line along the lines of "so this one time at Quartet Camp…"
That would be because I am a smug person.
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Which is basically meaningless to me, but still…
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Date: 2006-01-05 11:04 am (UTC)This slip shod handling of historical consistency and world building are one of the pet peeves of a lot of fans. Just ignore it. I think your historical parallels with the War of the Roses is very apt.
I keep trying to debate that the WW is a world built on aristocracy, privilege and is currently experiencing a social breakdown. Most don't see it.
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Date: 2006-01-05 06:36 pm (UTC)The iffy thing about the WW being built on an aristocracy is that the social breakdown seems to have been going on for the past 1000 years or so. We're told that the Founders of Hogwarts debated the muggle-born issue, and it still isn't resolved.
But I wonder… Before the Statute of Secrecy in `1692, muggle-born wizards probably returned to the muggle world much more frequently. The ones who remained surely 'knew their place' and wouldn't have interfered with the ruling elites. And it does still seem that family and ancestry play an overwhelming role in the government. My personal theory is that we're really in the middle of a reaction, right now, the reaction that really gave Voldemort the means to rise to power in the first place. I would guess that there was a period in the earlier part of the twentieth century, maybe even as late as the '60's or so, where there was a push to do away with the old aristocracy, or rather, to diminish their power. This would have been when 'muggle studies' was instituted as an elective at Hogwarts and when muggle protection statutes would have first been introduced in an effort to reduce tensions and prejudice in the WW.
Voldemort gained followers by exploiting the anger and indignation the old wizarding families would have felt at seeing their power decreasing, playing off of old prejudices and entitlements. I wonder if the myth of Salazar Slytherin, Defender of Blood Purity wasn't at least partially created during this period of reaction as a way to legitimize both Voldemort's claims to leadership, and the goals of the movement itself.
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Date: 2006-01-06 05:10 am (UTC)That is what I've always thought too. I've also played with the idea that the founders were dealing with their own prophecy problems. Perhaps a Prophecy foretelling the destruction of Hogwarts by a Halfblood or Muggle. I don't think JKR will go in that direction. So your interpretation is closer.
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Date: 2006-01-06 05:20 am (UTC)The wheels can't turn that slowly, can they?
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Date: 2006-01-07 01:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-09 05:22 am (UTC)Wood.... versus metal.
Someone going to quartet camp would not ruin their bow.
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Date: 2006-01-10 08:05 pm (UTC)I really don't know what I'm talking about.
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Date: 2006-01-10 11:58 pm (UTC)