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You know, I really hate that this show is called “The Tudors” because that implies that it’s about all the Tudor monarchs…but it’s not. I mean, I guess I can understand not just wanting to call it “Henry VIII” or something like that…but why “The Tudors”? Could you really have not thought of any other title?

Okay I actually liked that they depict a young, slim, sexy Henry because, by all accounts, he was very tall and handsome and athletic; and I also think that Jonathan Rhys Meyers is a great actor and did a great job as Henry; but one thing I’ve always liked is that Henry was so tall so I’m sure he could be very physically imposing if he wanted to be (especially in his later years where he was like perpetually angry) so I just don’t like that they went with an actor who was so short. I mean, JRM isn’t short (I think he’s about 5′10), but he’s short compared to the real Henry. I want to see depictions of Henry where he uses his height to physically intimidate people when he’s angry and gets all up in their face and is like “grrr”. But in all seriousness, that’s probably the one thing I don’t really like about JRM as Henry is that he’s just too short (and the brown hair, but whatever).

Don’t even get me started on Anne having blue eyes…

Also all of the other historical inaccuracies. There are so many we’re not even gonna go there.

Look, I really like The Tudors, okay? I like how it depicts the politics and how all of these people all had their own agendas and all that, because it certainly makes for compelling storytelling. But the only way I can watch this show and actually enjoy it is if I pretend that this is a purely fictional story and they aren’t real people.

Interestingly, the next three seasons seem to actually try to be somewhat historically accurate which makes me think that the show got a lot of criticism for its inaccuracy so Michael Hirst was like “oh okay maybe I should try to be a little more accurate” (it’s still not perfect of course and there are still inaccuracies, but A For Effort right?)

I think a lot of the weakness and also heavy-handed foreshadowing in s1 was because they didn’t know if they’d be renewed.

I definitely think it improved from there in terms of political plotlines, and also Henry’s development– I remember in s3 watching him talk about the importance of certain borders re: the Pilgrimage of Grace and being like ‘oh man, dude…based on s1 I didn’t even think you knew what a border was’ 😂