You must go back to the New Troy, the New Jerusalem, and the sins and crimes of the kings who rode under the tattered banners of Arthur and who married women who came out of the sea or hatched out of eggs, women with scales and fins and feathers; besides which, he says, the match with Anne looks less unusual. These are old stories, he says, but some people, let us remember, do believe them.
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Some of the candles have gone out; Wolsey does not call for more lights. “So you see,” he says, “King Edward’s advisers were planning to marry him to a French princess. As I…as I have intended. And look what happened instead. Look how he chose.” [ x ]
I hate it when neurotypicals are like “get help,” assuming that once you receive one diagnosis and one medication, you’re “cured” and will stop causing problems. Spoiler alert, it doesn’t work like that. I still have symptoms of bpd, depression, anxiety, and psychosis even WITH meds and therapy, even though I’ve “gotten help.” It’s really not that simple, and we should be allowed to talk about our symptoms without neurotypicals assuming we haven’t “gotten help” yet.
Basically this…also don’t assume someone has a support system they might not have. Not everyone is that lucky.
