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hhanonBecause I suppose we all need somewhere to squee.
Venting frustrations is what anon memes are made for, but keep it respectful.
You are allowed to talk about the show, the actors, their other projects, the twitter RP, the forum, and what you had for breakfast.
Venting frustrations is what anon memes are made for, but keep it respectful.
You are allowed to talk about the show, the actors, their other projects, the twitter RP, the forum, and what you had for breakfast.
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Re: Rank insignia
Date: 2011-10-13 06:41 pm (UTC)Also, medal wise he has both the Queen's South Africa Medal and the king's South Africa Medal, which means that he not only served in the Boer War during the King's reign, but also in Victoria's, as to have the King's South Africa medal (thanks Wikipedia!): "The medal was not issued alone but always with the Queen's South Africa Medal or QSA. The KSA was awarded only to those troops who fought in 1902, and who had served for 18 months. Service did not have to be continuous, but even with continuous service the recipient would have had to serve from December 1900 to have 18 months service before the war ended in May 1902 (and commencing before the death of Queen Victoria on 22 January 1901)."
So that's just completely destroyed all head-canon about those two.
FFFFFFF.
Re: Rank insignia
Date: 2011-10-13 06:53 pm (UTC)I DON'T LIKE ALL THIS. D': I'M GOING TO HIDE IN A CORNER WITH MY HEADCANON.Re: Rank insignia
Date: 2011-10-13 07:05 pm (UTC)(I mean, the plot bunny of awesome mature Blenkinsop having say, his brain melted by spiders (as I refuse to think of him as old and a major and being so DIM) and actually, he's like this huge bamf is interesting, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY HEADCANON NOOOOOOOOOOO)
Re: Rank insignia
Date: 2011-10-13 07:20 pm (UTC)(I am much more upset by this than I should be. And it's totally illogical, because I can cope with reading/writing fics where they die even though I'm convinced that they survive and grow old in a cottage together. But the idea that they aren't early twenty-somethings who were at boarding school together only a few years ago? COGNITIVE DISSONANCE, IT ACTUALLY HURTS.)
Re: Rank insignia
Date: 2011-10-13 07:25 pm (UTC)(And don't worry, I am too. I think it's just cos they're - well, they're them. They wouldn't be best friends if Blenkinsop was a Major and Maltravers wasn't unless there'd been an epic baptism of fire, and even then, the rank structure!!! They wouldn't be them!!!!!)
Re: Rank insignia
Date: 2011-10-13 07:44 pm (UTC)(Yes! They wouldn't be them! I could maybe, maybe have coped with Maltravers being one rank higher than Blenkinsop, because he's always cast as the protective one anyway, but... the other way around? Nope, can't deal with it. And they would still have had to be twenty-somethings. So, yes, interesting though a fic about the suddenly more realistic them would be? It's never going to replace my headcanon.
Now if only I could think about my about headcanon without wanting to cry, that would be super.)Re: Rank insignia
Date: 2011-10-14 01:12 am (UTC)also, fantastic research on the medals. I didn't know where the start with them!
and totally agree, it just feels so wrong D:
My headcanon will stay my headcanon! I think their public school together, joining up young and innocent then surviving and living happily in a cottage is a collective fandom headcanon...
Re: Rank insignia
Date: 2011-10-14 08:11 am (UTC)CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. (well, once essays are done. Also as I have the feeling it may get big on me.)
Medal wise, the wonders of Wikipedia and the zoom button on my lappy xD
And yes! Collective headcanon works on those two :DDD
Re: Rank insignia
Date: 2011-10-14 05:28 pm (UTC)And we aren't letting it go, nope.Re: Rank insignia
Date: 2011-10-14 08:09 am (UTC)(nope, I refuse to believe this. Especially as Maltravers is also the one who asks the pertinent questions in the sketch whereas Blenkinsop is ... well ... dim, NONE OF IT MAKES SENSEEEEEE *bursts into tears and hugs you for comfort*)
Re: Rank insignia
Date: 2011-10-14 05:50 pm (UTC)Re: Rank insignia
Date: 2011-10-14 02:01 am (UTC)I HAVE PUT WAY TOO MUCH THOUGHT INTO THIS, OKAY. I AM NOT CHANGING IT NOW JUST BECAUSE OF "CANON".
Re: Rank insignia
Date: 2011-10-14 08:11 am (UTC)(and thanks, it's all due to Wikipedia :DDD)