Galaxia_Milktastic

Saw a slug on the cellar kitchen floor just as I was going to go back upstairs to my room (which is 3 floors above btw lol). Wtf.
          	
          	fc: I was filling up my water for bedtime (yes I still call it that) even though it's literally almost midnight

Galaxia_Milktastic

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Who was going to me that a) Taylor Swift did a collab with Fall Out Boy & b) that the FUCKING NAZIS (okay the Germans working on weren't but the Nazis approved it) created a Napoleon II romance film BEFORE I did

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@Galaxia_Milktastic *probably weren't
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Galaxia_Milktastic

Daily reminder that the historical research you do for creative writing is more of a guidance rather than a set of rules. If it's not conventional for that era but is still plausible,  especially considering character, then who's to say you can't put it in? 
          
          Like yes, Karl having shoulder-length curly hair for a man is considerably out of place for the 1950s. However, that's the point of it because Karl is an outsider in the 1950s considering that mental disorders like his (keep in mind neurodivergent is more of an accurate term nowadays) would have been frowned upon by the "perfect" 1950s society. It's also plausible that he can achieve curly hair because hair rollers were, obviously, purchasable for home use and how-to magazines existed (though Karl wouldn't have followed it perfectly). 
          
          If it's something like tomato or potato farms in Medieval England, then that's fully inaccurate as tomatoes and potatoes (along with other foods) were only available in the Americas and weren't brought over until after the Columbian exchange. This is also potentially harmful misinformation as it takes away the credit of the native Americans originally cultivating the food by saying "it was always in Europe". 
          
          Basically, if it's plausible for the character/setting, considering multiple factors, but not conventional in that era, then you can put it into your fictional story as long as can both justify it and show how it is out of place for that era. However,

Galaxia_Milktastic

@Galaxia_Milktastic ignore the "However" bit. I was trying to say that you should still show the conventions of that era (DO NOT BELIEVE THAT CORSETS WERE AN OPPRESSIVE TOOL TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL, THEY LITERALLY SERVED THE SAME PURPOSE AS BRAS). Personalities don't always "line up" with dress style. Also don't glorify bigotry (*cough cough* internalised misogyny disguised as "not like other girls") even if people are complex.
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