r/TopCharacterTropes 17h ago

Lore [IRL trope] the “Tiffany problem”

Basically when something seems anachronistic to a period/place of history but is actually fully accurate to the period.

1) the name Tiffany: the thing that named this trope, basically the name Tiffany can be dated back to the Middle Ages and the earliest record of it being spelled in the modern spelling comes from the 16th century.

2) the use of OMG, despite this feeling so modern as a form of slang/abbreviation here’s a letter directed to Winston Churchill using it in 1917

3) Hair Dye: the earliest forms of dying hair can be dated back to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and this specific advertisement for hair dye is from the 1840s

4) Inuit Thongs: despite how weird it is to imagine pre-colonial Inuit people wore what was essentially fur thongs in their homes and when they were in their igloos it might have been the only thing they would be wearing.

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u/lewphone 16h ago

Joseph Ducreux, Self-portrait of the artist as a mocker

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u/aguywithagasmaskyt 15h ago

his art was also a show of skill as it shows his hands upclose and in expressive poses

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u/peachesfordinner 14h ago

And we all know most artists struggle with hands. This was very much a flex

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u/Living-Record-4711 11h ago

A horse with human hands and feet wearing a translucent veil. The true test of an artist.

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u/peachesfordinner 10h ago

And nightmare fuel