Thoughts on the English Reformation?

It had to happen, lol. If not with Henry VIII then…eventually. 

There’s also a lot of It Was The Dumbest Thing Henry Could Have Ever Done rhetoric and like, eh…the distance from the Vatican was pretty long. It wasn’t like he lived in a country right on their borders as he gave them the middle finger, so…

He also wasn’t technically wrong in invoking the ancient rights of kings. The Church used to not intervene in royal annulments at all:

 “before the pontificate of Innocent III, royal marriages were commonly dissolved without papal intervention and it appears that no law existed requiring such an action”

thoughts on period dramas :’)

I actually can’t usually get through them?? Which is weird because I like history so much but like…I’m very picky. I feel like I’ve tried more than I’ve been able to watch. 

One of the worst in the last five years was def TWP; I still can’t really believe I watched that…at least I made some good & funny edits off it tho… I watched the teaser for T(S)(P) and my overriding feeling from it was ‘meh’ so idt I’m going to bother. I do want to make funny posts off the screencaps, tho. 

I couldn’t get through Borgias or Versailles. 

The only ones where I’ve watched every ep are, in no particular order: Tudors, The White Queen, Reign, The Virgin Queen, Anne with an E, Harlots, that…Charles II one with Sewell (idr the name), The Crown, Borgia, Wolf Hall and Victoria. 

Among dramas about English royalty, I still think Tudors reigns supreme– it is just so watchable. I don’t think it’s too soon for another long-term Tudor drama, but I do think they need to start from a different point, and preferably it would be directed and written by women (at least primarily) for the next time. I think a lot (although, not all) of its flaws had to do with how the women were portrayed on the show.

Thanks! x.