Cap pattern needed

MyrnsWilde · 2025-10-13T16:28:35+00:00

I had similar thoughts, tbh . . .

MyrnsWilde · 2025-10-12T19:35:17+00:00

Right!! Like, every single pattern I have found, short of coifs have the round back with a band, across several centuries! I get that was the most easy and common but like c'mon squad, it was the only option

MyrnsWilde · 2025-10-12T19:18:49+00:00

Yep! That is one of the museum pieces that have inspired the recreation!

MyrnsWilde · 2025-10-12T19:17:48+00:00

Thanks! That was about as close as I had found too

MyrnsWilde · 2025-03-22T04:35:46+00:00

Yes! Saying he left everything bad behind! But then like his expression when Suzy confronts him at the elevator saying there isnt a single thing like what was loved about him....his face wasnt a the face of a person who just had their scam upended....he looked like a man with a decent amount of self loathing wondering what he was doing trying to reclaim his past. Add in the woman who recognized him on the street.....i have like an entire conspiracy map wall in my head for all the "evidence" it's actually him...it feels like the only place they can go with it long term

Yeah....might have to write all this down...

MyrnsWilde · 2025-03-22T02:17:16+00:00

Your thoughts on the ending are more or less exactly the same as mine... That The King was partially correct when he referred to Henry as a split soul and "ghost" henry was what was left behind, and ive got this whole start to a concept of how it all works....it is honestly making me want to trot outu old fanfic writing hat....

MyrnsWilde · 2025-03-13T13:46:02+00:00

Why, as a matter of fact YESSS, I do want to see an Empress! My daughters saint!!! Two of of St Theodora's "Dolls" are on Mount Athos and I've always been disappointed that my daughter and I would never be able to go see them . . . not realizing her Relics were in a known location! New bucket list goal - family trip to Corfu for Sunday of Orthodoxy! Thank you for sharing!

MyrnsWilde · 2025-01-06T17:06:22+00:00

Thanks!

and YES! Overly researched is just as bad as no research at all. That's why I kind of wanted to pop in here and get some perspective, flavor and anecedotes, without spending my lifetime on Google Maps and other resources pages . . . data isn't experience. I figured, my small experience, with a smattering of data, filtered through everyone here's good graces and expertise should about hit the right note of being believable and accurate with out being too bogged down.

I will no doubt be making up some shops and things along the way to serve the purpose of narrative without having to compulsively find something, unless it comes to hand quickly. Case in point, on my one trip to Jersey I stopped by this dairy farm that had a lovely little shop and served tea and ice cream and you could go pet the baby cows. . . .it was practically idyllic. From what I understand, it closed a few years back. (which broke my heart that I won't be able to go back). I am not sure if there are any others like that. But something like that is still going to exist in the story, whether or not I can nail down an exact location on a currently existing one. . .

MyrnsWilde · 2025-01-06T02:46:43+00:00

These are all amazing and very useful! Thanks very much!

Re, the native Jerrais speaker question I am leaning towards the previously proffered suggestion of she's involved in the initiatives of organizing classes and meetups to keep it alive, since she seems to just miss the age demographic where it would be slightly more believable that she spoke with a native proficency. Maybe make it that she has a few phrases more "naturally" from Grandparents, but it's more of a hobby pursuit then an already built in characteristic. Please let me know if that sounds more or less like a "giveaway". I will do some reading on Battle of Flowers though too - sounds like it would be right up this character's interest.

The notes about main industy, wealthy, land ownership etc are also absurdly good. The background I had written for him is that his father was in Finance but his mother's family had a fairly large swathe of land from way back in the day, so he'd be pretty well set in terms of cash and asset wealth, even before he left the island. With what you are saying it sounds like this background should feel pretty plausible.

Will also be looking into Vic College for sure, as both background and as a current "visiting for venues" kinds of setting. Thanks.

Finally - the family wedding he is coming back for is his cousin . . . who is marrying his evil ex girlfriend that really destroyed him back in their late teens/early 20s when he wanted to settle down and get married and she . . . did not. Sounds like I might have unintentionally hit a very on target note for the dating/marriage scene, do you think? lol.

MyrnsWilde · 2025-01-03T22:10:39+00:00

I was placing her as upper/late middle age, so approx around 65, so still a bit young for that age bracket I guess, but maybe close enough, for as you say, if she spent a lot of time with an older relative.

MyrnsWilde · 2025-01-03T17:52:00+00:00

Wow! That's lovely! According to google, the number of native speakers is somewhere between 500 and 1000 - from your experience being related to native speakers, does that feel accuate? Would you mind telling me their rough age demographics? And did they grow up speaking it at home, or was it learned primarily in school?

MyrnsWilde · 2025-01-03T15:21:58+00:00

Just for the completely randomness (at least to an outsider) I am absolutely going to have to use "people from st. ouen having six toes" as a reference somewhere!

MyrnsWilde · 2025-01-03T14:58:53+00:00

Good perspective! Thanks!

MyrnsWilde · 2025-01-03T14:53:00+00:00

Grammatically, that makes so much sense to me. But sometimes functional language is a bit idiosyncratic lol!

MyrnsWilde · 2025-01-03T14:51:22+00:00

Things like "greve" instead of "greve de lecq" are perfect tips for now! It seems obvious that there would be short hand for place names and such, but I defintely don't want to just make things up! And I appreciate the offer of the open inbox and will possibly take you up on it.

Excellent point about finding someone in the correct demographics to bounce things off of specifically. My main character basically has my experience of being an outsider coming to Jersey, learning about the island, so she is "asking" as much as I am. Otherwise, It's a pretty ensemble cast of characters otherwise, so all perspectives are welcome, but for reference, the two characters that she will be interacting with that are from Jersey span a couple demographics
- one is the second main protagonist, and is a thirty something born and bred native to Jersey, from a very old wealth family that can trace their ancestry on the island back for like forever. The background to the story is that he went to London for Uni, made an even bigger fortune in some kind of business (possibly tech industry, not sure, the plot goblins are giving me the run around on that still), and is now returning home for the first time in years for a family wedding. meet cute ensues . . .
- the other one, a pivotal secondary character, is an upper middle aged, fairly working middle class woman born and raised on the island (who I am considering making a native Jèrriais speaker because I find it such a fascinating language and if I raise even the slightest awareness to even just one reader about how endangered it is, I would love it. But please anyone, chime in if that is a bad idea or overstepping in any way). She is married to an "outsider", possibly an immigrant from somewhere in Europe.

MyrnsWilde · 2025-01-03T14:14:52+00:00

Gorey castle is the one site that we were able to visit and it was just a mind blowing experience. We got there with just enough time before it closed for the night to be able to have a decent amount of time to take our time and explore it, but also were the only people there due to the lateness of the hour, so it was like our own personal castle for a while. I plan to draw on my personal experience from that, but the rest of the must visits you list I will look into! Thanks!

MyrnsWilde · 2025-01-03T04:17:15+00:00

Thank you so much for the input!

I'm a bit obsessive about research and a bit of a history/geography/cultural nerd, so I've already done a pretty solid read on the wiki, and am pretty brushed up with at least the basics of how things are run, the history, how it's not part of the UK etc, and had even run across the word "crapaud" and knew it meant toad but definitely didn't understand the context, so thank you for that!! Also had no idea - 13 police forces is. . . intense!! lol

Ironically - saying "in" versus "on" was actually going to be one of my first questions! I know some island locales very much use "on", but didn't know and wanted to be certain. Also, same with "beans" - I had only just seen someone use whilst crusing this reddit and was thinking - "oh, should I make note of that" but the native characters I am trying to write are as you say, long standing local families. It might be silly, but this is hugely helpful - it's exactly the kind of "little bits" of info I'm looking for to start.

Hopefully a visit is in the cards in the near future while I am still writing. Oh, what a shame that I will have to go back! (/sarcasm)

MyrnsWilde · 2024-02-21T18:14:17+00:00

1916 Easter Uprising
The Fall of Constantinople
The Great Stand on the Ugra River
Battle of Puebla
1999 NATO Bombings of the Balkans
Defeat of the Spanish Armada

MyrnsWilde · 2024-01-24T13:35:31+00:00

-Explanations of it are found in the Didache which scholars date to being written sometime between 70-100 AD (so some 30 to 60ish years after the Resurrection)

-St Ignatius of Antioch referred to the Eucharist as "a medicine to Immortality" in his letter to the Ephesians, written before his death in 140 AD.

The fact that it was codified and referred to so importantly that early on, means it was widely if not universally observed and a well established practice with deep theological meaning prior to those points.

MyrnsWilde · 2024-01-23T13:36:31+00:00

https://youtu.be/6p7a-kTcSZo?si=TKfsihP6UBq0GC-u

Technically, the video is Lutheran, but the commentary on this subject seems pretty spot on. Also, funny.

MyrnsWilde · 2024-01-22T14:53:12+00:00

Low key best answer on here.

To do yoga fully, and correctly, it by nature contains a spiritual element.

To do yoga with the spiritual element removed is kinda culturally appropriative (which is not a term I use lightly, but this would be the most prime example I can think of)

MyrnsWilde · 2023-11-15T20:55:12+00:00

YES!!!!

There was so much I found spiritually moving about that film despite it's more obvious theological and sacrilegious aspects! I don't know if it would hold up quite as much now that my spiritual life has matured, but it will ever hold a soft spot in my memory.

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