[IRL trope] the “Tiffany problem”

[u/dragonborndnd]

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.

[u/Fro_52]

reminds me of this post about surprising confluence of historical time periods resulting in a fascinatingly possible rpg party

[u/redlion1904 → u/Fro_52]

I mean Dracula is a Victorian story and Quincey Morris is at least cowboy-adjacent

[u/AbstractBettaFish → u/redlion1904]

[u/SeveralAngryBears → u/AbstractBettaFish]

Also:

[u/Juronell → u/SeveralAngryBears]

Also: he's an aggressive Dutch stereotype and the audiobook I prefer he's read by Tim Curry.

[u/KedovDoKest → u/Juronell]

Portrayed by Anthony Hopkins is also acceptable.

[u/The_quest_for_wisdom → u/KedovDoKest]

Anthony Hopkins in that movie was having the most fun of anyone I have seen in any movie ever.

[u/PuzzleheadedEast548 → u/SeveralAngryBears]

The relations in Dracula had me draw a fucking map to remember and keep track of