semper-exdem:

alicehoffmans:

alicehoffmans:

apparently an actual, honest-to-god take is that henry viii writing “thys booke is myne” on the 1st page of his book as a child was like… an early sign of sociopathy?

y’all. 

that was common. george boleyn did the same, in 1526. 

hardly a red flag/harbinger. 

@essequamvideri24 runs in the fam i guess….

keeping up with the york/tudors, take 1:

And like … this is not exclusive to the 15th/16th century. I wrote my name in my books all the time because kids are just Like That™️

@semper-exdem I mean you would think… that most would reasonably reach that conclusion, but no??

There are forums revolving around this and so many people were like “what an evil little boy…..defacing books like that……”

Like…have they never met a child before? [That’s so sad, Alexa play Pastime w/ Good Company…] 

Emily/Harriet

I think they’re like…compatible in a way that I really hope is explored?? At least as friends/allies/coworkers (idk if that’s the correct term since Emily’s striving to be the head of the household but she’s also…still working herself so maybe); hopefully romantically in future. 

Because they’re both very…innately/inherently brassy, I think, but clever in that they’ve found a way to harness that and their personalities to their full potential in their line of work. 

Also nicely parallel how much they know their own potential even if others don’t– both basically told Margaret that they were valuable to her at different points.

To sum up:

Duchess of Quim + Queen of Carthage = DreamTeam