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The terrorlings and some extras below

There are forces inside Little and Jopson that drive them to remain at Crozier's side even when others are permanently and publicly turned against him. And and: Jopson's and Little's motivations for this can be very ugly. They both believe in class and empire in ways that make them follow orders and refuse to question authority figures even in extreme conditions, even when it puts them in danger. They would both see "inferiors" punished to keep that status quo because that status quo is safe.

Lady Silence

(and yes I redesigned Tuunbaq because I didn't much care for its show design)

some bear insides progress shots under the cut

you see this is the writing of imperialists from all over europe and america, even the contemporarily left-leaning ones—magnus hirschfeld wrote in world journey of a sexologist of his physical inability as a white german man to withstand heat and humidity in his travels, though he always insisted on wearing a full suit anyway. soviet ethnographers in the mid-twentieth century conducted interviews with/studies on several indigenous siberian groups (the nenets, evenki, chukchi, yupik, et cetera) in order to determine how white soviet settlers could best colonize the siberian arctic and survive the cold.

a lot of this was ‘medical’ research, focused on the biological ways that siberian peoples were acclimatized to the landscape. some of it scorned traditional nomadic lifestyles. brochures were published for the benefit of white would-be settlers hoping to survive an arctic winter. despite the saying-so of indigenous interviewees and professional soviet determinations that fur clothing was crucial to both survival and comfort, the campaign rejected the advice. wearing fur against the skin without underwear, as recommended by interviewees, was ‘unhygienic’ and unbecoming of Modern White Settlers. instead, the brochures recommended that hopeful arctic colonists packed really warm socks.

historian of settler colonialism lorenzo veracini wrote that “settler colonialism is about turning a place and a specific human material into something else, and, paradoxically and simultaneously, about a specific human material that remains true to itself in a place that is ‘other’.”

For a moment only, Lady Jane’s face reveals her vulnerability. Then she takes Sophia’s arm and continues on.