Ye Goode Olde Days: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m Mass update links |
m Mass update links |
||
Line 8:
Wishful thinking about life in the past is also prevalent in fantasy literature, in which noble [[Knight in Shining Armor|knights]] ride great distances to [[Damsel in Distress|save beautiful damsels]], who are never remotely bothered that their rescuers presumably smell of sweat, grease, and horse.
[[The Other Wiki]] has a term with close meaning - [
Something to keep in mind is that neither [[The Dung Ages]] nor [[Ye Goode Olde Days]] is "more" accurate than the other. The reality is that while hygiene was not good by modern standards, and living conditions were not what we'd call "comfortable" (what with the lack of air conditioning, flush toilets, and weekly garbage pick-up); neither did most people walk around barefoot, caked in filth, eating rotten food and living in tumble-down huts made of sticks. Many supposedly modern conveniences are thousands of years old: the Romans had central heating, for instance.
Line 14:
Because it is an [[Acceptable Break From Reality]] in entertainment-- the average viewer prefers looking at good-looking people when they aren't watching a documentary, and most actors and directors aren't quite willing to subject themselves to a completely realistic version of history -- please don't add examples that are just "[Character] had clean hair/white teeth/clear skin/shaved legs/etc."
Strong aversions are probably examples of [[The Dung Ages]]. See also [[Ye Olde Butcherede Englishe]] and [[Nostalgia
Not to be confused with [[Nostalgia Filter|complaining about how things were better in the good old days]].
Line 20:
== Architecture ==
* The Gothic Revival style had been pushed [[Up to Eleven]] in some German restored castles, and peaked when [[King Ludwig II]] of Bavaria commissioned the building of [
== [[Comic Books]] ==
Line 94:
[[Category:Personal Appearance Tropes]]
[[Category:Ye Goode Olde Days]]
|