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.

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compliment: i really love your edits/gifsets! they are so crisp and hd. and i know we’ve only talked via asks and replies but i really enjoy talking to you ❤

criticism: dfdsjfa i can’t really think of any um…everytime i see a borgias edit i’m like ‘oh should i try to watch it again?’ and then i remember it wasn’t my thing and i enjoyed borgia much more (altho i do think borgias had good costumes…x.)

13. somewhere historical you’d like to go!

Surprising no one, I say: Hever Castle.

Also definitely Hampton Court if I ever get a chance. ❤️

This isn’t a tudor ask, but were Cesare and Lucrezia incesty irl? They’re always portrayed that way in shows and stuff, and I wanted to know if it was true.

alicehoffmans:

I don’t even have a rudimentary knowledge of the Borgias, so you should probably ask someone else?

My impression is that there were rumors that they were; and that the two of them did have a close relationship, perhaps unusually close for siblings of the gentry in that era. Beyond that, I really don’t know, but I don’t think there’s ever been irrefutable “proof” of incest between the two of them.

lucreceborgia said: hi! sorry to jump in, but yes! the borgia family is indeed involved in many rumors, especially lucrezia! she was accused of having an incestuous relationship with cesare, but there is no irrefutable evidence of anything! but there is proof of an affectionate and close relationship!

Thanks! That was my impression as well; I just didn’t want to say anything incorrect. I’ve never done any in-depth reading on them.