7 tweets for 2010-3-23

[azurelunatic]

In the last 24 hours, I posted the following to Twitter:

• Monday, 1013: The Love Story of John Winchester and Bobby Singer, As Told by Sam - jmtorres (SFW) http://archiveofourown.org/works/73223
• Monday, 1018: Bodyswap by Astolat (AI-RPF, Adam!Kris/Kris!Adam), crackfic, pwp, nsfw http://www.intimations.org/fanfic/idol/bodyswap.html
• Monday, 1227: My hobby: going through the Facebook friends of my old buddies once they add me, and finding who they've added already that I know.
• Monday, 1738: @jamoche http://twitpic.com/1ab75f - Logged-out, free, or Plus?
• Monday, 2221: The Seventeenth Step - The Violet Elephant - Holmes http://katieforsythe.livejournal.com/13961.html
• Monday, 2331: @omnivorously Not sure the cut of the skirt on the first guy flatters him. Maybe something straighter? He has that thin figure.
• Monday, 2331: @omnivorously The length looks fine, though.

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Comments

[wibbble]

The proper length for a kilt, at least, is one such that it won't get muddy when you're on one knee in front of the monarch.

At least according to the idea of Scottish dress which was basically invented by people like Walter Scott and had no real link to what had gone before.

[azurelunatic]

There's also "won't get bloody when you're wading knee-deep in the blood of your enemies".

[wibbble]

Sadly, no. The kind of kilt that rule applied to was well after Scotland was domesticated and broken.

The old-style kilt was banned during the Highland Clearances as part of an attempt at cultural genocide. Fast-forward to the Victorians, who had a revival in 'Scottish culture', which included them creating an entirely new idea of the kilt.

The traditional idea of Scottish culture was largely made up, but most people - even here - aren't really aware of it.

Having said that, we did watch guys in kilts beating each other with swords and axes last night. :oD