What if people told European history like they told Native American history?
The first immigrants to Europe arrived thousands of years ago from central Asia. Most pre-contact Europeans lived together in small villages. Because the continent was very crowded, their lives were ruled by strict hierarchies within the family and outside it to control resources. Europe was highly multi-ethnic, and most tribes were ruled by hereditary leaders who commanded the majority “commoners.” These groups were engaged in near constant warfare.
Pre-contact Europeans wore clothing made of natural materials such as animal skin and plant and animal-based textiles. Women wore long dresses and covered their hair, and men wore tunics and leggings. Both men and women liked to wear jewelry made from precious stones and metals as a sign of status. Before contact, Europeans had very poor diets. Most people were farmers and grew wheat and vegetables and raised cows and sheep to eat. They rarely washed themselves, and had many diseases because they often let their animals live with them. Religion infused every part of Europeans’ lives.
Europeans believed in one supreme deity, a father figure, who they believed was made of three parts, and they particularly worshiped the deity’s son. They claimed that their god had given humans domination over the earth. They built elaborate temples to him and performed ceremonies in which they ate crackers and drank wine and believed it was the body and blood of their god, who would provide them with entrance into a wondrous afterlife called heaven when they died. Many wars were fought over disagreements about the details of this religion, each group believing their interpretation was the right one that should be spread across the land.
Now imagine that is part of a textbook that has entire chapters on the Mississippian polities of the 1200s and a detailed account of the diplomatic situation of the southeastern provinces in the 1400s and 1500s, an enormous section that goes through the history of the rise of the Triple Alliance in Mexico and goes through the rule of each tlatoani and their policies, the heritage of Teotihuacan and its legacy in later Mesoamerican politics, elaborate descriptions of the trade routes that connected and drove various nations in North America. Long explanations of the rise of various religious movements such as the calumet ceremony and Midewiwin, and how they affected political agendas and artistic trends. Pages and pages and pages going through the past thousand years of American history century by century.
And these three paragraphs are the only mention of European history before the year 1500.
Coloring coloring books into a whole new level.
Art on the right by: http://loish.deviantart.com/
Coloring book pages belong to Disney.Holy shit
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as far as i can tell from my dash there’s some sort of gay musical olympics going on that only europe was invited to
Grantaire takes charge, naturally.
Makes sure Jehan, Courfeyrac, Musichetta, Marius, Joly, and Bossuet are armed with several guns and know how to use them. Gives Bahorel a lead pipe, keeps a fucking machete for himself (“we can’t waste bullets, boys”).
Combeferre and Joly become the most valuable, because they’re doctors. Cosette and Jehan make runs into cities to steal supplies because they’re the fastest and because Cosette’s fucking vicious with a knife. Never uses a gun if she can help it; she hacks the zombies to pieces. Marius is more than a little terrified of her.
Eponine teaches everyone else how to shoot. She and Enjolras team up a lot, because if they were to stay with their significant others they’d just totally lose their shit trying to keep them safe, and Combeferre and Grantaire are both very capable. Feuilly and Marius hunt; Bossuet is learning from Combeferre and Joly so that he can help if, God forbid, something happens to one of them. Musichetta tends to go off on her own and come back covered in blood and grinning because she’s a fucking hero; when the time comes she probably pulls a Michonne and drags one around behind her with its jaw ripped off.
but Grantaire
Grantaire is a fucking god in this world
Grantaire
he sets zombies on fire for fun
this is what he was made for
-no but when people get the characters down SO PERFECTLY -enjolras is the leader but not in this case; enjolras fights for his cause his patria but this is mindless violence; this is survival -and survival when everything seems bleak and hopeless is what grantaire does best; this isn’t the case of too many zombie films and joking p -plans for the end of the world; this is survival ingrained bone deep since he learned in this world you have to hit back -this is rage and destruction and no hope of things getting better; no knives hid behind pretty smiles; just blood that is brutal and honest -and envitable; this is a world where being a cynic is the only way to survive; because hope will kill you quicker than any zombie ever will -WHERE IS THE FIC PLEASE -i am wild -les mis -do you hear the people sing (via ragnarss)
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in the south we don’t say “you’re a dumb fuck” we say “bless your heart” and i think that’s beautiful.
And the highest paid public employee in your state is…
Just be you, Vermont.
The future is bleak…
DO YOU EVER WANNA TALK ABOUT A THING SO MUCH YOU’RE GONNA EXPLODE BUT NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT THE THING SO YOU CAN’T AND JUST WOW! LET! ME! TALK! ABOUT! THE! THING!
Still think these actors should play spouses in a very, very dark romantic comedy where they are possibly serial killers. Best fucking chemistry.
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i always believed i couldn’t be the only one in the world - the only person who was different
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