The Rabbit Hole of Plantagenet Genealogy
Remember how I said I wasted an entire day looking up family trees and giving myself a migraine? Well, here's all the nonsense I dredged up.
WARNING TL;DR
I’ll walk you home. ‘Cause I live nearby.
Where am I?
“What about the promise?” “What promise” “About his life belonging to her and not him?”
Vanthiyathevan and Kundavai in Ponniyin Selvan: II
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I’ll walk you home. ‘Cause I live nearby.
Where am I?
“It’s my fault. After I lost my beloved, I couldn’t afford to care for you.”
Tale of the nine tailed 1938구미호뎐1938 // Episode 1
You mean to oppose the emperor, destroy the kingdom? You want to divide the Chola kingdom? You’ll divide it? Dividing the kingdom is like dividing a mother’s heart.
PONNIYIN SELVAN: II (2023) dir. by Mani Ratnam
We will destroy the Cholas.
PONNIYIN SELVAN: II dir. by Mani Ratnmam
Happy April 26th, aka My Gang This Way! The day that fans of Robin Hood BBC’s picked to celebrate our love of this show. Glorious_clio, RK and ladyarcherfan watch the pilot episode and fan girl hard. And Never Forget the Outlaws!
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The Leading Ladies of BBC’s Robin Hood (2006-2009)
Despite #all our creys are Royston White it is the two former Crusaders here who take the prize for intelligence in such a situation.
Robin knows they need water.
Much knows that cheese is an excellent source of protein, desperately needed when trying to keep up your energy for a long haul such as they are in.
The best Will and Djaq scene is in 2x4 when he was being held back by All of the Men in the group and is inconsolable, and then Djaq just calls his name. He looks to her and she puts her hand in his chest and he just, stops. For just a moment, he stops and calms down, following her lead.
The intro music for the BBC Robin Hood (2006) show GOES OFF and you can’t convince me otherwise
And then what does it matter if it was true when it was born? It’s found truth in its maturity. Because what’s it all for if it goes unremembered?
My Gang To Me 2023
In honor of this all-important fandom anniversary (17 years since the show first aired, and 831 years since the day Robin rescued the Locksley Four), I have written RH fanfic for the first time in over a decade!
“Do you want to do it with me or not?” Not clarifying what “it” is can cause a misunderstanding.
True to Love 보라! 데보라 (2023)
Anonymous asked:
Hi! I love your posts and insights about the Wars of the Roses. Do you think you could talk a bit about Richard Duke of York? What do you think his character/life was like? Also re his and his sons appearance??
Hi! I'm sorry for taking so long to answer your ask, but I just couldn't find the time before. (I happen to currently have more free time than usual, due to particular circumstances.)
Thank you for asking about Richard, Duke of York, because I think he is a very interesting historical figure who gets usually overshadowed by his sons. If one day someone decides to make a new TV show or movie about the Wars of the Roses that doesn't just skip over the 1460s and start when Richard Duke of York, his life would make quite a compelling story.
As for historical books about him, I recommend Matthew Lewis' Richard, Duke of York: King by Right.(2016), which is a very detailed (but still very interesting, to me at least) account of his life. I read it a few years ago so I don't remember all the details, only the main points and overall impression I got from it.
My main impression is that, although he is often portrayed by pro-Lancaster writers as power-hungry, this is far from the truth. It seems unlikely that he ever wanted to challenge Henry VI and put himself forward as king, before the last year of his life - and this controversial act makes perfect sense when you look at the circumstances and the things that had happened to him and his family just before that. Besides, while Richard was for a long time - before Edward of Lancaster was born - Henry VI's heir, it seems more likely that he was hoping that his son would one day succeed Henry, rather than himself, since Henry was younger than him and in good physical health. Rather than the result of some evil overreaching lust for power, it seems to me that his conflict with the Lancaster/Beaufort faction was a result of the years of frustration over his treatment. As the conflict grew, staking his clai to the throne throne may have been an act of desperation (since, at that point, this must have seemed like the only way to protect himself and his family), but maybe he was also just really done with everything, and with Henry VI and unwilling to support him as King. Considering the context, I don't really think even pro-Henry VI people could really blame him.