Fushigi no Kuni no Bird

[Steelkenshin]

Since there are some changes in the story and Isabella's real life (her father was still alive during her first adventure, she was older -45?- when she went to Japan) I am still hoping she'll end up marrying Ito like please I'll cry if they don't end up together

46-47. She was born in 1831 and went to Japan in 1878. The Dollop Podcast did an episode on her recently. She almost married an alcoholic Irish mountain man in Colorado, but left him when he wouldn't stop drinking.

 

[Calledwylch]

I'd just like to point out for historical accuracy that Isabella Bird was not Scottish*, but English (she was born in Yorkshire). Her husband, Dr John Bishop, was Scottish; they moved to Scotland after their marriage, and she was subsequently buried there upon her death. She was also not blond, but dark-haired (there may have been a mistake made, as many photos show her white-haired due to age).

Source: Wikipedia

* Edit - the original synopsis maintained that Ms. Bird was Scottish. This has since been corrected.

 

[toriaezu]

I'd just like to point out for historical accuracy that Isabella Bird was not Scottish, but English (she was born in Yorkshire).

Source: Wikipedia

shit that's embarrassing

uhh... yeah I don't know why I wrote she was Scottish in my original summary 10 years ago (damn has it been that long?)
That's very inaccurate and easily searchable, wtf me

Thanks for pointing that out, I'll change it where I can (although aggregator sites are a bit of a lost cause)

 

[Calledwylch]

shit that's embarrassing

uhh... yeah I don't know why I wrote she was Scottish in my original summary 10 years ago (damn has it been that long?)
That's very inaccurate and easily searchable, wtf me

Thanks for pointing that out, I'll change it where I can (although aggregator sites are a bit of a lost cause)

Not a problem, my friend. I had actually assumed it was the author's mistake, lol. 🤷‍♂️

 

[toriaezu]

Not a problem, my friend. I had actually assumed it was the author's mistake, lol. 🤷‍♂️

Nope that one's all on meeeee

I figured out why I thought so though. She's English by birth but she had lived (wintered, technically, she spent most of the summer traveling) in Edinburgh for almost 20 years before she went to Japan. A newspaper article on her journey to Japan referred to her as "an English subject of the name of Bird[...] a lady from Scotland, a part of England" (apologies to any Scots who just read that sentence)

 

[Keepbro]

Say what you want about British colonialism but it did give rise to a particularly awesome brand of adventurous nutjobs who went around being very interested in stuff that all the locals took for granted.
To this day the usual response to to Brits is an eyeroll....