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Penelope… where is your sparkle? where is your pizazz? When were you first diagnosed with dumb bitch disease?

Will my latest read about Elizabeth I be the push I need to finish this book that has been sitting on my shelves since it was gifted to me 9-ish years ago?
Perhaps, but it won’t be pretty, because compared to the woman that Penelope Devereux was, the character on-page is so far very mediocre.

rip Mary I, except not really

‘ “You look for dead men’s shoes, for if aught came to the king but good, you would look to have me.” This was twisted into a plot to kill her husband, marry Norris or one of her other lovers and rule as regent for her daughter Elizabeth ‘ - GOD I WISH THAT HAD HAPPENED OH LORD

Genly Ai vs his complicated hots for treacherous but breedable lords

“The king was pregnant.” Yes 👏🏻he 👏🏻was👏🏻

family tree inbreeding speedrun lets goooo

He’s dressed all in red like a walking flag and you still don’t see it 🤨

Bathsheba the Baddie of the Century

Hey Google so did Thomas Hardy get paid per word to write this yes or yes?

Imagine the slay if Anne and MoNsIeUr CrEmUeL had stayed besties… :(

I want an alternate history novel right NEOW

“No Dad, I don’t want a pet monkey. :(((“ no child ever except when there’s a new queen trending

“In my view,” Norfolk says, “Anne is out for bloody murder.” I WISH I WISH I WISH

i love how no adaptation of Tudor History ever attempts to disguise that Norfolk and Suffolk are both massive dickbags 🫶🏻


(actually scratch that i just remembered the Spanish Princess 🤮)

Thomas and his stupid fucking Sherlockian Mind Palace I’m going to vom.

Thomas & Thomas reading each other horoscopes about deceased English kings. Believe it or not, Edward IV took the throne because he was born during Aries season.

I don't wanna go through the motions of saying that treason is a full-time job. I'd rather smile and simply state that I have a full-time job
As an accountant
As an accountant
Nobody asks you questions when you say you're an accountant. 🤝🏻

One does have to wonder why they came up with the bastard storyline in the show if it’s apparently not the case in the source material

Oh I see. They’re making Tintagel a first-class dick in the book. Mmkay.

I love when society mummies act like complete bitches to each other for no reason

SICK AND TWISTED

Oh lord the little girl is so insufferably realistic

None of them do it like E.M. Forster did.

Evelyn Waugh, probably: and… the catholicism… that’s a metaphor for being gay… maybe.

The English Upper Classes Yearn For The Good Old Days When Being Extra Snobby Was Still Cool.

“Oh nothing much,’ Pip said. ‘Just came out here, looking for Mary Jane.”

Babyyyyy that’s not how you dooo it

gezellig

It’s a good point you bring up, Cathy, to ask yourself: what narrative am i setting this journey to? why am i going to xyz? can i ever experience a city authentically? can anyone?

Reading this as our bus hurtles down serpentines at top speed, blissfully ignoring potholes: hihi the romans could never have gone this fast