There’s a vaguely Islamophobic documentary on the History Channel about historical warfare (”The Ancient Mega-Fort”), and it had been SUPER INTERESTING until they started talking about how Islam is an expansionist religion, “just as as Christianity is an expansionist religion, sending missionaries all over the world”. Except they’re painting the Muslims as the aggressors in a situation where the Christians are doing the EXACT SAME THING, and they misused the word “jihad”.
I’m just … were they JUST sending missionaries? Were they, perhaps, sending other people WITH the missionaries?
Oddly HEAVILY-ARMED missionaries, y/n?
I’m not 100% sure that missionaries need to be quite that pointy?
This sarcasm brought to you by the grumpy valkyrie who thought the documentary was really interesting what with the weaponized bees and so on UP UNTIL THAT POINT.
I’m sorry weaponized bees? Because now I need to know more about weaponized bees. In my head i’m sure they tried to use them to sting the enemy but in my heart i want it to be little bee knights fighting duels with their stingers and maybe riding hummingbirds or dragonflies or something as their noble steeds.
Also fuck Islamophobia who needs that shit WHEN WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT BEE KNIGHTS
The weaponized bees were actually from Mayan defenses, in an earlier segment on the episode. I did not catch ALL of it, because turned it on mid-episode, but they did a re-enactment bit with bees inside a statue/model thing that was made to look like a person. Then if someone were to ATTACK the model person, they would end up COVERED IN BEES.
Though really, having bee hives at intervals outside your fort in general would make it really easy for enemies to accidentally disturb them and then get COVERED IN BEES. So that’s useful!
Also, honey. Delicious, and good for its antiseptic, preserving and antiallegenic properties!
knitting in the dark 