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Apr. 6th, 2004 12:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oiranLate-breaking GIPs:
I received both of these icons for my birthday and am only just remembering I hadn't debuted them properly. I b&w'ed the one from Kiki because I'm like that, but it remains lovely nonetheless ;)
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bastian1967
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And I finally made myself an avatar icon (so,suzycat, you aren't actually the very last one)
pointless poll talk: Now that Pointless Poll Day is over, and since there is no useful information to garner from analyzing the results, I thought I'd offer up some fairly useless information in follow-up. I already explained what the deviant activities were in the comments following the first pointless poll, but if you're curious about the torture devices…
branks: This icon
is a branks, otherwise known as a scold's bridle. If you sassed your husband or talked back to a magistrate or were "guilty" of some other terrible crime, you could be shut up in a branks. This one looks like a donkey. Most looked like some sort of animal believed to be stupid or crude. They frequently constricted breath, and some also incorporated gags and/or blades or spikes to injure the wearer's tongue.
heretic's fork: Nasty, nasty thing. A double-ended fork fitted onto a collar. One end of the fork would pierce the underside of the wearer's chin, and the other would be fitted behind and between the knobs of the collarbones. It was of a length that the wearer could not bring his or her chin down at all, plus of course the piercing would hurt like fuck. However, despite being terribly uncomfortable, the fork would not poke anything that would kill a person any time soon.
judas' cradle: I used to have nightmares about this sort of death when I was a kid and first learned what this was. It's a fairly narrow pyramid-shaped "seat." The accused/condemned would be stripped and set upon it, with the tip situated within the anus or vagina. The person's upper body would be secured with chains from the ceiling to keep them upright and there would be weights placed on the feet. With increased weight, the person would be eventually split apart over the pointy seat. Totally disgusting.
pear: This sounds innocent, but it's really awful. A bulb-shaped device that cranks open, the pear shape splitting into leaves that would spread/tear the tissues of whatever orifice it was crammed into. Some would have spikes or blades attached, as well. This was not only terribly painful, but the effects of the device would not necessarily show on the outside, and thus the torturers could claim a leniency they had actually not shown.
All of these, and many other horrible devices, were staples in the repertoire of the Spanish Catholic inquisitors. I find the history of the Catholic Church fascinating--gore, pageantry, hypocrisy, greed, and incredible contributions to art, music and architecture.
All you people with your damn jobs to get up for in the morning! I am bursting with energy and full of nonsense to share! Perhaps I should go drink a quantity of wine and eat some popcorn while watching bad TV as a substandard entertainment...
I received both of these icons for my birthday and am only just remembering I hadn't debuted them properly. I b&w'ed the one from Kiki because I'm like that, but it remains lovely nonetheless ;)
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bastian1967from
lapetite_kikiAnd I finally made myself an avatar icon (so,
suzycat, you aren't actually the very last one)pointless poll talk: Now that Pointless Poll Day is over, and since there is no useful information to garner from analyzing the results, I thought I'd offer up some fairly useless information in follow-up. I already explained what the deviant activities were in the comments following the first pointless poll, but if you're curious about the torture devices…
branks: This icon
heretic's fork: Nasty, nasty thing. A double-ended fork fitted onto a collar. One end of the fork would pierce the underside of the wearer's chin, and the other would be fitted behind and between the knobs of the collarbones. It was of a length that the wearer could not bring his or her chin down at all, plus of course the piercing would hurt like fuck. However, despite being terribly uncomfortable, the fork would not poke anything that would kill a person any time soon.
judas' cradle: I used to have nightmares about this sort of death when I was a kid and first learned what this was. It's a fairly narrow pyramid-shaped "seat." The accused/condemned would be stripped and set upon it, with the tip situated within the anus or vagina. The person's upper body would be secured with chains from the ceiling to keep them upright and there would be weights placed on the feet. With increased weight, the person would be eventually split apart over the pointy seat. Totally disgusting.
pear: This sounds innocent, but it's really awful. A bulb-shaped device that cranks open, the pear shape splitting into leaves that would spread/tear the tissues of whatever orifice it was crammed into. Some would have spikes or blades attached, as well. This was not only terribly painful, but the effects of the device would not necessarily show on the outside, and thus the torturers could claim a leniency they had actually not shown.
All of these, and many other horrible devices, were staples in the repertoire of the Spanish Catholic inquisitors. I find the history of the Catholic Church fascinating--gore, pageantry, hypocrisy, greed, and incredible contributions to art, music and architecture.
All you people with your damn jobs to get up for in the morning! I am bursting with energy and full of nonsense to share! Perhaps I should go drink a quantity of wine and eat some popcorn while watching bad TV as a substandard entertainment...
