December 3rd, 2012
3 Dec 2012 · page 163 of 1306
A sad ta- oh wait he doesn't really care
Cast: Harriet Barber, Sidney Malik, Tim Chiang
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Heh, I like this guy already.
Harry seems only moderately impressed. I like the way she's spinning his beard on her finger.
And hanging it on the hat rack.
This might be some totally unnecessary nitpicking, but would they have referred to folks from that continent as "Asians" back in the 1830s? It just looks a bit weird to me.
Not really, but a lot of the words that would have been used are... Uncomfortable, to say the least! I'm aware I'm trying to have my cake and eat it by having a Victorian setting with nonwhite people in it, but yeah.
I tell myself, "Hey, wait! Anachronism abounds!" And then I remember, heck, this is a fantasy anyhow. I'm enjoying the story. Carry on.
There were plenty of people of Asian origin in London in the 19th century as well as the 20th century.
Oh yeah, I know. Heck, no-one seems to mind the Indian guy in the comic yet either! There's also a world-based reason for England having a little more immigration that it did in reality, which I finally get to address in this story :)
Isn’t this “William IV ian” instead of Victorian? I thought Victoria was still a Princess at this setting?
yeah, she's less than a year from being crowned though, so it's easy shorthand.
1) I’m very impressed that you’re replying to comments from readers (like me) who are 5+ years behind! 2) You’re right! I wouldn’t know how to say “WilliamIVian” —— I can barely spell it! “Victorian” really is better.
Well, it's nominally still "Georgian" under William ıv, but it's not really like there was a sudden overnight transition in all points of culture when Victoria took the throne. I imagine all is much closer to the Victorian period than it is to, say, the 1730s!
Asian was the formal expression but I think the common ones were 'Orientals' or 'Chinamen'.
For obvious reasons, these were terms I didn't want to use.
Of course, I can understand that.
?? I didn’t know “Oriental” was LESS objectionable than “Asian” or “Asiatic” ! ?? In fact I’ve heard first-hand people who came, or whose ancestors came, from that part of the world, object to “Asian” and “Asiatic”, but I’ve only heard OF people objecting to “Oriental”. I bet this is one of those “issues” where it’s pointless to try to avoid giving offense, unless you decide to stay totally silent or else tailor your speech/writing to please just one person. (E.g. your boss or editor or father-in-law.)
I believe the formal expression that anthropologists used is "Mongoloid race", due to its assumed origins in what is now Mongolia.
We all know why that term isn't used anymore, however. Cigar?
Will we be getting a flashback to Sid and Tim's childhoods, where Tim looks like a 1930's Shortround?
I see a potentially imminent love triangle here. XD
Oh, you and your charming gentleman characters! <3
ahahahaha I come from surrey and this appeals me
Am I the only one who know that in OUR world, Chung (Ling) Soo was actually an American named William Robinson? The bullet catching trick was his show stopper, until it was for real!
Excellent.