"Now Blooms the Tudor Rose."
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To quote Susan Sarandon from "Bull Durham", and I think it is totally appropriate here: "Oh, my!"
Take a good look at those Habsburg codpieces. The things don't only stick out--they jut up.
I had sampled this TL earlier in the year. Having spent all of my free time these last few days rereading it, I must say it's even better than my first read-through. The dot- (or dash-) point format helps to convey a great deal of information without feeling onerous, as you can tackle each well-organised point one at a time. However, it would feel like a bland infodump if not for the snarky professor tone you adopt.
Actually, it feels more like a well-read tour guide. The sort of person who leads people around museums or galleries who knows the subject intimately and can engage the audience with amusing anecdotes, unconfirmed rumours and stranger-than-fiction tales about the subject. I can actually speak with some degree of experience here, as I work part time in a railway museum, and some of the old hands are a seemingly endless fount of stories and wisdom. (It helps that a lot of them used to work for the railway back when the museum was an operating station.)
You have my applause and my subscription sir. And Merry Christmas; 'tis the Season, after all.
If only we had more frequent updates. Alas, real life interferes where it has no business doing so.
And truth be told, I don't mind waiting when the result is so utterly satisfying in both quantity and quality.
Actually, it feels more like a well-read tour guide. The sort of person who leads people around museums or galleries who knows the subject intimately and can engage the audience with amusing anecdotes, unconfirmed rumours and stranger-than-fiction tales about the subject. I can actually speak with some degree of experience here, as I work part time in a railway museum, and some of the old hands are a seemingly endless fount of stories and wisdom. (It helps that a lot of them used to work for the railway back when the museum was an operating station.)
You have my applause and my subscription sir. And Merry Christmas; 'tis the Season, after all.
If only we had more frequent updates. Alas, real life interferes where it has no business doing so.
And truth be told, I don't mind waiting when the result is so utterly satisfying in both quantity and quality. Imperator Maximilianius
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I think that was meant to symbolize virility, but don't quote me on that.
If that is true... then why in the name of sanity did Carlos wear one? I love him in this timeline - and he'll probably be as fertile as a bull... but in history? Yeuch!
Not only were they meant to symbolize virility, but as the Heir Apparent to more thrones than I'd care to count, Cawwos was expected to be virile, regardless of whether or not he actually was.
Exactly. It didn't matter what you actual status in those things were--you played at being the manliest man who ever manned up. Because otherwise, people laughed at you.
And you couldn't have that.
Imperator Maximilianius
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I'm surprised that they weren't also portrayed with chest hair shaped like their domains.
Actually, I can understand that.
*ahem*
I have a great deal of 1567 done, though I will admit, my other projects are keeping me preoccupied. (Including The King Nobody Wanted. ASoIaF fans--give it a try!) Still, I do hope to get it up in time.
Further, I am planning on putting another Jan van Aske scene up in the near future. Be prepared.
*ahem*
I have a great deal of 1567 done, though I will admit, my other projects are keeping me preoccupied. (Including The King Nobody Wanted. ASoIaF fans--give it a try!) Still, I do hope to get it up in time.
Further, I am planning on putting another Jan van Aske scene up in the near future. Be prepared.
Have done and i enjoy it greatly
As to this one, the quality is so good just take your time
Thank you for the TL, and congrats on the Turtledove! It got my vote!
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