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neveralarchBut in reality, it's mostly just me talking about history, and hardly anything to do with Who at all. Good priorities, me.
I stopped to google this, and the first black man in the Presidential Secret Service was in 1961. Score one for inclusive accuracy! (I read his autobiography a while ago, and I thought they had it right, but I have to look this kind of thing up or it bothers me. It's an interesting book, if you want to know about civil rights history and wrongful conviction: The Echo from Dealey Plaza, by Abraham Bolden.) I also looked up the name of the one Secret Service agent who gets a name, but I don't think he's based on a real person. Bah.
Also, can I say that this actor doesn't look much like Nixon? He does not. I say this as a person who may or may not have made large amounts of former president fanart in the last four months. He doesn't look enough like a caricature to look like Nixon. But he's a good actor otherwise, so I'm sorry to be so shallow.
This is the big one, though - if there isn't a 1776 the Musical crossover with Doctor Who within the next week, I'll want to know why not. (This would be Jefferson and Adams, since Hamilton was busy actually fighting the British and wasn't at the convention. But Adams/Hamilton is the ultimate enemies pairing, so what I really want is the one where they fight over the Doctor. If I write this, there will be a waiting period of five months until I get back to all of my Founding history books, so I'm hoping someone else will.)
In sum - Doctor Who, please never stop making historicals, even if they are terrifying. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to get my historical RPF love all over my favorite fandom.
I stopped to google this, and the first black man in the Presidential Secret Service was in 1961. Score one for inclusive accuracy! (I read his autobiography a while ago, and I thought they had it right, but I have to look this kind of thing up or it bothers me. It's an interesting book, if you want to know about civil rights history and wrongful conviction: The Echo from Dealey Plaza, by Abraham Bolden.) I also looked up the name of the one Secret Service agent who gets a name, but I don't think he's based on a real person. Bah.
Also, can I say that this actor doesn't look much like Nixon? He does not. I say this as a person who may or may not have made large amounts of former president fanart in the last four months. He doesn't look enough like a caricature to look like Nixon. But he's a good actor otherwise, so I'm sorry to be so shallow.
This is the big one, though - if there isn't a 1776 the Musical crossover with Doctor Who within the next week, I'll want to know why not. (This would be Jefferson and Adams, since Hamilton was busy actually fighting the British and wasn't at the convention. But Adams/Hamilton is the ultimate enemies pairing, so what I really want is the one where they fight over the Doctor. If I write this, there will be a waiting period of five months until I get back to all of my Founding history books, so I'm hoping someone else will.)
In sum - Doctor Who, please never stop making historicals, even if they are terrifying. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to get my historical RPF love all over my favorite fandom.
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Date: 2011-04-28 01:26 pm (UTC)If you ACTUALLY want the presidential fanart, it is on my other secret blog Ghost Presidents. The introduction post is here - these have this whole concept to them, I don't even know. I was updating twice a week, but then I moved to Germany and started having classes again. I need to get back on the horse of regular updates.
Oh man, the songs in 1776. THE SONGS. If I had the ability, I would totally be rewriting But, Mr. Adams to fit the Doctor. Eleven would be so excited to have a chorus of founders.(Eleven and Ben Franklin meeting - TOTAL DISASTER or best meeting of the minds ever?)