LINKDING

Summary: Final Paper for HIST-232, 19th Century Europe. Profile a change agent from between 1790-1910. Describe their influence on their social or political surroundings, and attempt to analyze the limits and drives behind their actions. // Temeraire's career, after the war. ➜ yuletide fanfic, for Temeraire ➜ in the form of a student's essay written centuries later about Temeraire's political career after the war ➜ absolutely delightful, the things you can see about what the standard narrative about Temeraire must have been, that this student is trying to upend! ➜ and it's so right about Temeraire, too....his temperament is revolutionary but he loves money too much to be in favour of any politics that might lead to him having less of it ➜ also, love the very Student Essay nature of it, with most of the footnoted sources leading back to a single book, lol ➜ 1k words in length

<blockquote>“I feel like I’m trapped in an abusive relationship with this work. Why won’t it let me leave?” - Peerless Cucumber, Chapter 1273, Proud Immortal Demon Way. An analysis of the unending cycle of hope and disappointment visible in the comments left by User PeerlessCucumber. Why does Cucumber keep having semi-positive expectations, in what ways are they killed off, and how intentionally was this done by Airplane Shooting Towards The Sky?</blockquote> ➤ in-universe meta about pidw and peerless cucumber as a commenter

<blockquote>The Guardian's cultural critic Leslie Shoemaker analyses the first few episodes of "The Revival of English Magic," a new BBC One television drama focusing on the life and times of esteemed magicians Jonathan Strange and Gilbert Norrell. Article originally published on Oct. 23, 2019.</blockquote>

<blockquote>It is thus with great surprise that I read the recent article by Sleazebaggano [9] that argues that Falleen are "reptomammalians" descended from reptiles that acquired mammalian reproductive strategies—including gestation and bearing of live young and production of a nutritious substance from pectoral mammary glands to feed those offspring—via hybridogenesis, i.e., ancestral mating and subsequent hybridization with a mammalian species. (An academic fight about whether Falleen are reptiles or mammals, because I wanted to write fic in the style of a snarky reply letter.)</blockquote>

<blockquote>To whoever matched me on NASA RPF and didn't just now default, you are my hero.</blockquote>