#I hate all men... but Francis...

[little-mx-perfect]

I need this man.

[amethystarachnid]

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[lwyikas]

francis forever ft miya atsumu

w:angst but with little sprinkle of pure love, death

"I don't think I could stand to be where you don't see me"

“Did she cry after i left?”

"Yes but she fall asleep after playing with her toys ”

“I wont be late mom,is there anything you want me to get?”

“No honey, just drive carefully”

After muttering something similar to “i will”, he put the phone in his pocket.He would love to bring your daughter to anniversary you two, but he couldn’t afford to risk her getting sick. Although he was dressed thickly, he was quite cold, he didn’t have enough gasoline to turn on heater. He forgot to stop by petrol. He was sentenced to sit in the cold because he was confused. His head was always messy anyway. He blows hot air into his hands and rubs it, took bouquet of roses from next seat and got out of the car.

Here we go again

and autumn comes when you're not yet done with the summer passing by

The cold breeze of October, which he hated while walking with slow steps, made him startle. Unlike you, he hates autumn, anymore. Rain, wind are shitty mud everywhere, according to him, there is no side to make any beautification of them but he likes days when weather matches his mood. Partly, if the weather was sunny on a shitty day, his nerves would be more.

When he reached you he stops. Sighing, he left bouquet on dried soil. Sits on cold marble, he put his hands on his chin and brokes silence after short wait.

“I’m here, dear”

silence, all he hears is hum of the wind

“I’m sorry, there weren’t any white roses you loved, so i bought red ones”

silence

I end up on a tree-lined place I look up at the gaps of sunlight

He squeezes his jaw and turns his gaze to sky, he hates coming here to death, but except for his daughter, the last thing left of you is the tombstone. When he came to his grandfather’s grave when he was little, he would see people talking to the graves and wonder,is these people think how they looks from outside?

With his growth and maturation, he find out that this thought didn't mean a fuck. He had a painful process to found out but still did.

Stop it Atsumu, you’re not here to cry.

In a hurry takes out a paper from his jacket ”our daughter really loves draw, i can’t say she is very talented, but i thought you would still want”he put paper, which is small hand shapes and stick mens, under bouquet so it wouldn’t fly from wind.

“I’m sorry you heard this but she more and more looks like me every day, you lost bet” another pause “But i will never get that 10 dollar from you”

He passes his hand through blonde hair. It’s been two years, but pain still same like first day, it never goes away. He was never ready for this. You gave him many signals in last moments in your illness but he is stubborn man.

“I don’t freak out when we lose a match anymore” because now he knows that there so much things that will upset human more than losing a match. Not being able to witness your daughter’s first day at school, only he was there when he took her to park, chair you used to sit on was always empty while teaching her numbers at tkitchen table are a few of them.

“I just focus on the mistakes i made in match and i try not to make them in the next match” but he won’t have a chance to try not to make mistakes he made against you again.

no, today is your two’s wedding anniversary, 6 days later it’s your death anniversary,no negativity,even if his wife passed, he is still a married man who in love with her deeply.That wedding ring never comes out of his finger.

he miss you more than anything

It’s getting dark, before going home, he has to buy chocolates he promised to his daughter. Although he couldn’t keep all the promises he made to you,he must keep promises he made to her.

“See you gorgeous, don’t leave until i come next week” he doesn’t even find this funny.he leaving a kiss on tombstone, he gets in way towards his car. After getting into car, he leans his head against steering wheel and takes a deep breaths to recover.

When he comes home after stopping by convenience store,he don't ring bell just in case.His mother opens door,he gets inside.Leaving bag in his hand in the kitchen,he goes up stairs and watches from doorframe to his daughter sleep.

He’s liar asshole, this girl was definitely your copy.He slowly sits on the edge of her bed and gently strokes her hair so she doesn’t wake up.

When his vision starts to blur, his chest trembles and difficult to breathe, he cannot suppress his tears more.

i'm crying with him too

[thecraziness]

so i was thinking about camilla last night and how she feels after it all. does she feel wronged? she was the deer, the prey, the chased. does she lie awake at night, thinking of the group, knowing that when they sleep and dream of their guilt, they will see her reckoning, pointing at them with blood dripping from her hands? to be a woman in the world of men was the loneliest sin of all. all of them had sinned too, not through the death but also against her. francis, who had stood silently by, henry, who dragged her into the mess and then died, richard, who romanticized but didn't truly care, bunny, who mocked and harassed, and charles. her brother. who abused her and forced her and all the other things, the evil the rot the destruction. ante said that those who sin against whom they must love, those who sin against their family, were th worst sinners. complex fraud, in the 9th circle of hell, and GOD she hoped that it was true, hoped that charles would be there, frozen as a corpse or even being chewed on by lucifer-

at least some nights. others she wished that her brother would come back to her and they could be twins again, best friends. but she knew she could never really forgive, always hating hating hating hating

but shes a sinner too, isn't she? she watched as bunny died, allowed henry to kill himself. her hands are dripping in blood, but its not only her own. the deer had found her, and she was both the predator and one of them one of them one of them one of them one of them

anyways yea i was like up late last night thinking abt this. lmk ur thoughts!

[carolaetroses]

Edmund "Bunny" Corcoran, and his possible bisexuality. First of all, I'm aware this is a very common concept on the fandom, but I'm still willing to write about it.

Bunny is well known for his deep rooted hate to homosexuality, which in their context makes sense since the homophobia wasn't unusual back then. The thing is, even if we don't consider the fact that he studied the greeks (which we can argue that he wasn't very aware because he got into that career because of Henry), he does give a lot of signals about his bisexuality, repressed, of course.

First of all, and one thing that I don't see people talk about: just the way he talked to Richard first. In their conversation, as soon as Francis was brought up and his homosexuality was implied, Bunny got defensive and claim that what Francis needed was a girlfriend to distract himself; and what did Bunny do inmediatly after? Talk about his own girlfriend.

This could be easly read as Bunny, unconsciously showing that Marion is a distraction of his likings, that he does get the attraction towards men, but he focuses on his girlfriend instead.

And clearly there are a lot of more hints, like his relationship with Charles (which I alredy talked about on a different post), and his need to assert dominance to Camilla when he told her to iron his clothes, emphasizing on his "role as a man", or his clear disgust towards Francis that could be understood as envy since Francis is not repressed as he is.

However, if I were to talk, Henry is the most evident. When Bunny and Henry were arguing loudly (mostly from Bunny's side), he called Henry a lot of things he considered negative: jew, nazi and gay. And after this, he fell sleep on Henry's bed.

All these things, that Bunny considered terrible and negative were meant to be hurtful, and it is obvious that the concept of gay stands out on these other adjectives because Bunny finds to be gay at the same level of being nazi.

He's deeply terrified of his own sexuality, yet he tries to fill this void with Henry's attention. He somehow tries to be as close as he can be to Henry without crossing the line of friendship: whenever he's in trouble, whenever he needs money, whenever he needs comfort (like sleeping on Henry's bed after a fight with him), all these are the clear signal of Bunny taking a partner role with Henry, on his own way. Which, of course, Henry isn't bothered about (as I said on another post, the greek class seems to take something alike a harem-dynamic, where their center is Henry).

[twilightkitkat]

Ok so if technically there are 2 Logans alive in the timeline rn (which doesn't make sense thank you Marvel)

How do you think they would interact if they met each other

Assuming that Logan is still alive and just in Mexico or Canada hiding out, I think it'd be interesting as hell if he heard about a Wolverine dupe. Because he definitely didn't live in the city and judging from the rumors, they wore a yellow suit and had his signature tufted hair. ...Which he was very much not sporting right now.

Deadpool's Timeline is before the Westchester Incident so Charles isn't yet classified as a weapon of mass destruction, even if the government is definitely wary of him. Therefore, Logan could justify leaving for a bit to investigate these rumors (if just for old times' sake and for an excuse to check up on the X-men).

He expects them to be, like most things, incredibly fake.

Except when he does some digging... they don't seem to be entirely fabricated? One guy even showed him the scars from claw marks that looked identical to his own, but Logan knew damn well he wasn't in the area at the time. Much less infiltrating a drug ring.

He snoops around and hears rumors that this new Wolverine sticks close to Deadpool. That's... an interesting name. It's vaguely familiar, and something in him recognizes it, but he can't quite place where he heard it.

But the way people react to the name "Deadpool" is telling enough. Even people who are entrenched in the underground look around warily, as if afraid to give out too much information. People are hesitant to speak, fearful of the idea of him alone.

But Logan's nothing if not persistent. He settles down in a seedy bar where he knows shady business happens and listens. If this guy was as big of a deal as people act, he should pick something up.

Soon enough, the name pops up.

"I'm thinking of hiring Deadpool for this job, actually," some sleazy rich guy remarks as he leans back in his chair. Logan's senses lock onto the conversation immediately.

"Really? Isn't that a little excessive? You know how expensive he is these days," his companion replies.

"But there's a reason he's in demand. It's a two-for-one deal these days, you know," another person at the table adds.

"Exactly," the guy nods, "Deadpool is already a force to be reckoned with on his own, but with Wolverine? They're unstoppable."

"I once saw them fight," someone nearby pipes up, "it was terrifying."

"Deadpool alone is terrifying. Did you hear what happened to Francis?" someone murmurs.

By the end of the night, Logan has a rough idea of what he's working with. Deadpool seems to be a mercenary who's well-known for getting the job done for the right price, no matter how gruesome it is. He's also someone you'd hate to cross and who would stop at nothing to get revenge, which apparently became known after he killed some bigshot named Francis.

Deadpool was definitely... interesting, to say the least (it isn't often that a mercenary is feared more than major organization leaders) but it wasn't what he came for. No, the real piece of information was that his copycat seemed to hang around Deadpool. The two were inseparable, they'd said.

"The Wolverine" apparently showed up out of the blue one day and has been trailing after Deadpool ever since. The two seemed to be partners of sorts, and Wolverine never made any appearances in battles where Deadpool wasn't present. Rumors seem to be that Deadpool hired him or that he owed Deadpool a great debt, although some people who've encountered them whisper that they might be something much deeper. Lovers, almost.

Logan snorted. What was the point of someone dressing like him if all they were gonna do was run around with a mercenary helping on missions? No evil scheme, no grand imitation, and the guy didn't even make public appearances. Maybe he was just a fanboy or some shit.

Although he wasn't as wary anymore, something in him still felt the need to investigate further. And luckily, he knew who was going to hire Deadpool next and the job he was gonna give. All he had to do was intercept.

And so he did.

He turned into the alleyway to see some guy in a red suit and... himself?

It wasn't just a realistic copy. It was an honest-to-god clone. He smelled like him, looked like him, moved like him. He had adamantium claws like him and the exact same build. Except this guy actually fucking shaved from time to time and still kept his hair up.

"Ohhh, looks like we have a visitor, Wolvie," Deadpool chirped.

Wolverine shook his head, "Damn it, I told you he was gonna drop by to check on the rumors eventually. It's what I would've done."

"...Who are you?" Logan asked warily, tensing up.

"I'm Deadpool, as you probably already know, and this is you! Well, you from another universe. Say hi!" the man in red dramatically gestured to Wolverine, who grumbled in irritation.

"From another universe?" Logan crossed his arms.

"Yeah, bub. Believe it or not, I don't care. But we're not here to cause trouble, I'm just stuck with this lunatic here so there's two of us right now." Wolverine insulted him, but let Deadpool lean over to wrap an arm around his shoulder, whining about how he chose to stay here so he was stuck by choice.

It was... a lot to take in. Logan didn't really know how to feel about it. It was odd seeing another version of him so close to someone. He forgot what it felt like, to be like that with people. Hell, even when Scott and Jean were alive, he wasn't like that. He fucked off most of the time and they were happy to ignore him until something serious happened.

It was also odd to see another, apparently older, version of him look... so much younger. Well, younger wasn't the right word, but energized? Less depressed? He still had wrinkles on his forehead and a hardness in his eyes, but it was softer. Like he had something to live for and fight for. (Something Logan hadn't in a while.)

Somehow, the other version of him was both more and less jaded. He had a vaguely haunted look on his face when Logan mentioned the X-men, one even Logan himself didn't quite understand the depths of. He'd clearly been through some shit in his original world, maybe even more fucked up than his own trauma.

But it was like someone sanded down those jagged edges. Until they stopped cutting into him every time he sifted through his emotions.

(Logan never had anyone do that for him, not really. Jean cared, vaguely, but she prioritized Scott and was more focused on her own life than Logan's baggage. Charles cared too—he'd taken him in and made sure he had the necessities—but he had so many children that there was only so much attention he could give to a rugged stray. He didn't ever manage to file down his sharp ridges, he just kept cutting himself and hoping one day it'd get easier. That he'd get used to it.)

When he sees the soft look in Wolverine's eyes as he looks at Deadpool, Logan thinks he knows who's responsible.

[elfhunk]

genuinely i will lose it if anyone else tries to convince me this was the woke good pope who pushed the church forward into a new age of inclusion or whatever.

can you cite me the material effects of that? because from what i've seen, it's just a lot of damage control and smart public relations?

the church just understands you cannot be openly vitriolic about gay people anymore! it's kind of gauche when the evangelicals do it! you have to welcome them back into the church! and then when they're back in the church? that's when you start stripping their identities away anyway!

i check r/Catholicism once a week for reasons i can't explain, and the number of young gay men converting to catholicism and being encouraged to abandon their identities in order to stop living in sin is actually disturbing! it's really bad!

nothing has culturally changed within catholicism because of pope francis, at all!

if anything, his rehabilitation of the church's image combined with the church pushing dramatically towards evangelization has only made evangelization easier because you saw how nice and welcoming the new pope was on the news!

please do not let the church trick you. we hate the catholic church in this house and i am not going to let any of you get tricked.

[emma-o-yt]

Rick Riordan's problematic age gaps

Apparently reddit hates criticism because this got removed from there after a few minutes, maybe I can get it back up...anyways.

The age of consent in Texas is 17, Texas is where Rick lived (according to wikipedia) up until 2013. And yet...here we are.

Where do I even begin with this bullf*ckery? How about the most egregious of all?

Luke and Annabeth

We have two lines confirming their mutual feelings, one from The Demigod Diaries:

"Overtime, Annabeth developed a crush on Luke. As Annabeth got older, Luke developed feelings for her, too."

Mark of Athena (from her conversation with Venus):

"First there was Luke Castellan, her first crush, who had seen her only as a little sister; then he’d turned evil and decided he liked her—right before he died."

Now let me remind you, Annabeth and Luke have a seven year age difference, they knew each other at 7 and 14. By the time he died, Annabeth was just 16, while he was 23. And it's implied he begun returning her feelings a little before he asked her to run away, perhaps when she was 14. He's paralleled with Percy as Annabeth is his string in the river styx. He asks Annabeth explicitly if she loved him romantically (and she denies because Percy is there).

It's disgustingly inappropriate but at the very least they don't end up together...as for when they do...

Sadie Kane and Anubis

When it comes to immortal romance, I usually go for coded age. Anubis is thousands of years old but is mentally and physically 16, which is fine and dandy except for the fact that Sadie is 12. What do you want me to say except Rick is disgusting for promoting this.

Speaking of extreme age gaps:

Calypso and Leo

When you have a philosophy that every character must end up in a relationship, you run out of sensical options to pair up. Now, I'm a Caleo hater mainly because of how it retconned PJO and also because they are very toxic.

Now hold on, doesn't Caleo fall into coded age? Calypso is 15/16 and Leo is 15, so it's A okay! I suppose, if it wasn't for Calypso's past loves.

Odysseus, he had a wife and a son who was 20 years old in his final year on Ogygia, he is well into adult age. She also mentions the privateer Francis Drake and his wife Elizabeth, he was 45 when he married her.

If your defence is that she's actually thousands of years old, then that must also apply to Caleo. You cannot have it both ways.

Hazel and Frank

It's not that bad but it's necessary to mention for the point I will be making.

The timeline is messed up but I think they're 13 and 16 and meet at 12-15. I mean, come on.

Misogyny and Racism

What do these have in common? Well in 3/4 or 4/4, the younger one is female. In 2/4 or 3/4, the younger one is a person of colour.

Remember Nico? His crush on Percy as revealed in HoH? Well in MoA, there's a cheeky little red herring that happens a bit before Annabeth's talk with Venus (where it is revealed that Luke liked Annnabeth back). She wonders if Nico had a crush on her, but denounces him as too young. Now, Nico's age is inconsistent, I am unsure of his gap with Annabeth but I do know his gap with Percy. It's 3 years 5 months in PJO and 2 years 5 months in HoO (the series we are currently in).

So in RR's messed up mind, a white boy having a relationship with someone 2 to less than 4 years his senior is inappropriate. But a black tween girl dating someone 3 years her senior is just fine, a 12 year old biracial black girl dating a 16 year old is daijoubu, a 15 year old mestizo Latino boy dating an elderly woman is relationship goals, or the reverse a 15 year old girl dating middle aged men is a tragic romance and a 12 year old girl having mutual feelings with a 19 year old man is a "love story for the ages"!

The tv adaptation is so infuriating for this, they made Annabeth black, a lot of the changes they made came off as micro aggressions but especially her relationship with Luke. It's reduced to Luke simping for Annabeth behind her back and it's even worse because you can visibly see how large their age gap is. Heck, Charlie Bushnell and Leah Jeffries have a smaller age gap than book Luke and Annabeth.

Adultification is a huge real life issue. Children of colour and especially female children of colour are seen as less innocent than their white counterparts. Rick, who is dedicated to inclusivity should've known better than to include these illegal relationships. Stans will try and make excuses but it's there, deal with it.

As a black teenage girl who has been a fan of Rick's work for 12 years, I am disappointed.

[patrice-bergerons]

Saw Outlander BTS pics of Tobes as Frank Randall and blacked out for a second BUT you could get so much mileage out of a historical fitzier au set just after wwii.

Like what if they were both officers in some part of the military, and James came back an absolute war hero, lauded, his face all over the papers (a spy perhaps?), whereas Francis, was out there doing far less glamorous work of trying to (I know so little about wwii) not lose men to folly and hubris, and try and help win a brutal war, and constantly coming up against bureaucracy and officers far too full of themselves - just like James.

But with the war over, they find themselves in the same small town somewhere in the country, because they both to convalesce, and initially absolutely hate one another. James has the entire town on the palm of his hand, practically adored by everyone, which Francis cannot stand, you know the drill.

But they are in fact both wildly traumatised. James cannot sleep or eat and keeps getting terrible panic attacks and feeling so ashamed of himself for it — while Francis is busy drowning his sorrows in alcohol. And i want them to. Bond over a tiny, extremely inconsequential project, which means nothing in the grand scheme of things and means everything to them - as a sign of hope and that there is good left in the world. I want them to go from enemies to friends (to lovers), to get to understand and console one another, while trying to raise a litter of kittens that should have been to young to survive when orphaned. You know what I mean?

[the-pumpkween]

hate to say it, but I need to talk about these pope posts.

for context, I have 17 years of intensive christian education, including a bachelor's degree, and spent 10 years working in an american lutheran denomination, ecumenical spaces, and i'm deeply familiar with catholicism, academically and personally. what i am going to say here does not mean there are not good, loving, affirming christians or catholics. there are. but the ones in power? that ain't them.

so we're clear, there is no good pope. no pope is going to be the culture changer you hope for. not francis, not chicago style leo, none of them, because in order to get to the rank of cardinal, by necessity you have upheld colonialism, cultural extermination, forced birth policies, "merit-based" poverty relief, sexual abuse, misogyny, and queer persecution. bare minimum. that's why the only candidates for the papacy are old white men.

the papacy is about power, and the history of christian imperialism. and you should be bothered, not comforted, that the new pope is american and was a missionary for much of his career. i've lived with missionaries, worked with them, been friends with them. they are the kindest, cruelest, most compassionate lawful good sort of dangerous there is. they will lovingly stab you in the heart and watch you bleed out, bathing the wound and praising you because this death will save your soul. they have suffered for the truth they believe, which in the case of most christian mission work is that we all must suffer and all must be saved, and salvation comes at a terrible price. the advertising says jesus paid the price but ask any indigenous community and you will hear a very different story. ask anyone living their truth who is then confronted with conservative theology.

silence on certain issues is not approval, particularly not in positions of power. silence is an action against you. queer folx, take note, a christian who is silent about your rights does not believe you should have them. they just hope you won't notice who's tying the noose. pope said jd vance doesn't understand love? fine. do not take that to mean he'll defend the rights of the people being persecuted. not if they are theologically opposed to his beliefs.

I am all for the hot dog memes and the paper formatting jokes. it's history and we should get a laugh, but now, especially if you are queer, if you need access to reproductive rights, if you are part of a non-christian culture, you should above all be wary.

new pope might not like the u.s. leadership, but he has no problem with barring the rights of queer folks and restricting medical care.

beyond the pope himself, no matter what he says or does, the propaganda machine will use an american pope to its advantage in persecuting non-conservative folks.

[reikoknshii]

❤ Hey are you single? 🥛

Francis Mosses x Male Reader

Reader is Bi

Matthew / Reader's friend

꒷︶꒷꒥꒷‧₊˚꒷︶꒷꒥꒷‧₊˚

You're a newly hired Doorman, that was helped by your friend Matthew whos a 'Cleaning Services' of the D.D.D. to get the open slot for you.

"you're set for today, did you watched the whole tape for your first day?" Matthew asked wearing the D.D.D. hazard suit. You put on you cap and shrugged. "I'm sure it'll be easy-"

"No..it isnt, Also i know you're Bi dont get distracted by Izaack or Francis"

"Who are they?" You asked as you sat on your chair. "The big smiling News reporter man and the Milkman" Matthew said as you thought about it for awhile. "I don't see a problem-"

"You cant say that yet, you havent seen them and i know you easily fawn over 'pretty men' " Matthew said with his fingers when he mentioned 'Pretty men'. "Like you?-"

"What"

"What"

"What.." Matthew coughed and shakes his head. "Good luck Y/n, one wrong decision you and the residents are dead" Matthew said as he left you work on your first day.

..

Its been afew hours on your shift, you encountered multiple doppelgangers that looks disturbing in somesort of way, mostly you hate the one with trypophobia on its faces. You met the Reporter guy, Izaack Gauss? He wasn't that much interesting to you but he's..cute in a way.

Soon enough, while playing with the telephone line you heard a tired voice from the other side.

"mm..Hello"

Holy...cow..

You froze for abit as he slipped his ID and Entry request through the dropper for you to check.

'Fuck that News Reporter guy, hello sailor-'

You cleared your throat as you checked the files of the guy in front of you.

"Francis Mosses" you read softly as he stared at you. "Yes..thats me"

'Ohhh...this is the milkman Matthew was telling me-' you internally said to yourself as your mouth went agape. "Hey-"

"Hm..?" The tired man hummed as he keep staring at you.

"Are you single?-"

"..."

"..."

"..."

'I want to slap myself for asking that-' You forced a laugh pretending to look more further into his information. "mm..I'm divorced"

You choked on your spit as you stared up at him. "O-oh" you stammered as you checked his ID and Entry request. "Marriage didn't work out?" You asked but then again hating yourself for asking him his personal life.

"I guess....as long i get to have time with my daughter mm.."

'He's a father-'

You checked all of the list since none of the doppelgangers traits were visible. "..It wouldn't hurt to know your name?"

Your eyes widen in surprise when he asked for your name. "Me?- oh uhm...I'm Y/n L/n.." You introduced yourself as he nodded.

"mm..its nice to meet you" Francis said as he yawned. "Long day from work?" You asked with a chuckle as he nodded.

"A dog chased me down the street..must have mistaken me for a mailman"

"Pft-" you snort as you checked the last remaining list. "It was nice chatting with you Francis, you're good to go"

"..say, me and angus had a night out..perhaps you want to come tomorrow night"

"Me? Y-you sure?!" You asked shocked and happy. "mm..i don't see anything wrong with you, you seem like a great guy"

"I'd love to!" You said with a smile blushing abit for the offer, Francis went inside the apartments as you wave him goodbye.

Soon enough you closed the metal covers and immediately called Matthew on your encounter.

[resident-idiot-simp]

Ok so I'm a huge fan of time travel fics they're my favorite genre not Time loop! Hate time loop fics I've only found like two good time loop ones I like (they're very rare) nothing against anyone to write them they're just not my cup of tea. But time travel is my favorite.

So I raise you we have a few options here if possible time travel fics for Deadpool and Wolverine.

1) Back to the original Avengers movie and then trying to stop everything that goes wrong after that.

2) Back to Origins. I'll be honest I got nothing for this I just think it would be funny not sure the plot I'm sure someone can come up with something if you do tell me I'd love to hear it.

3) Back to the first X-Men movie helping deal with all the issues with two Wolverines (three if you count Laura) and a Deadpool

4) Back to the first Deadpool movie again no idea of plot but it would also be very funny. I mean the only thing I could think of would be stopping Francis before it even happens and of course it would be an alternate timeline so no worrying about erasing Wade. You can throw in moral dilemma of letting Wade die because of the cancer I don't know

[socgf]

the outsiders bts tea from rob lowe's book: part 1 (casting)

okay i am reading rob lowe's autobiography and taking notes on anything the outsiders related! this first part is some personal background as well as the casting for the outsiders.

i know some of this is already common knowledge about their audition process but i thought rob had some interesting insights/ways of describing it so thought i would share. 😁 also i am recording every word he says about matt dillon because that's my man

ch 1-8: early life and acting idrc

at 15 rob gets a role in a tv sitcom, "a new kind of family” - this is when he first starts being seen as a teen idol, he's only 15 and getting fan mail from men in jail asking to see him shirtless :( and girls chase him around and basically jump him, they steal his shoelaces (?) he writes a lot about how he hates this ear piercing scream of teenage girls

he moves to santa monica and becomes friends with the LA actors crowd, mostly through his high school - he’s friends with the sheens and penns, robert downey jr, emilio estevez

charlie sheen is a freak and sometimes wears a bulletproof vest to school and is a huge conspiracy theorist but we knew he was a weirdo

but the tv show flops and he has trouble landing acting gigs for a while, he feels like a has been at 17, thinks of doing something else with his life, is ready to go into usc

in december 1982, he’s told he can audition for the outsiders - it’s basically his last chance

ch 9: the audition process part 1

LA auditions: tom cruise, emilio estevez, tommy howell

every male actor in hollywood between ages of 15 and 30 were being asked to audition

coppola didnt even know the outsiders existed until one middle school liked the book so much that they petitioned it to be made into a movie and he was like okay

rob says s.e. wrote the outsiders set in the 50s? maybe a writing mistake but i think that’s so funny if he actually thought it was in the 50s this whole time

rob sees emilio at the soundstage for the audition among 25 other actors, the audition is nothing like he's seen before, emilio is wearing a ‘ridiculous looking pompadour’ and rob asks him wtf is going on, emilio is like “hey what can i say it’s francis” - his dad genuinely almost died of a heart attack working for coppola on apocalypse now

side note the filming process of apocalypse now is absolutely INSANE - sickness everywhere, a tapeworm coming out of martin’s driver’s mouth at one point, playboy bunnies were just written into the film etc

everyone is leaving the auditions miserable except for this one guy who comes out all happy, telling rob and emilio that francis sent all the actors away except for him - rob describes him as friendly and funny but having a robotic, bloodless, focused intensity (tom cruise btw)

francis keeps switching everyone’s parts and having them read each others parts in front of the other actors

tom reads for sodapop randy darry and dally!

rob reads for sodapop and randy

emilio reads for sodapop and darry

the auditions have this insane setup of a table with a small light and 4 chairs in the middle of a dark room, everyone who’s not in the scene is circling around watching- he describes it like a boxing match

he says tom looks like he wants to bash his brains in and steal his role from him

1st lineup: dennis quaid as darryl, scot bayo as sodapop, tommy howell as ponyboy

tommy is so lowkey he doesn’t seem like he’s trying, but also seems very real and authentic, he looks like a baby

tommy is stonefaced and cool the entire time he’s watching others, they can’t believe he’s only 15

mickey rourke comes in and rob says he looks dirty and homeless lol francis worships him

2nd lineup: rob and tommy play their respective roles with john laughlin as darry

robs entire career lowkey rests on the soda crying monologue, he’s only able to cry because he sees tommy’s eyes water for him (aw)

francis gets mad at some of the actors for pronouncing soc as sock LOLLLL

the role of sodapop is most coveted after ponyboy, it’s supposed to be huge, romantic, with the big breakdown scene at the end - he will bring this back later i assume with how he was upset about it being cut

NYC auditions: matt dillon, ralph macchio

they fly to new york for the next round of auditions

on the flight together rob tommy emilio and tom are ‘working a cute stewardess for alcohol’ lol and become friends - this is like the LA squad

the new york actors make up the other group which is kinda fighting for roles against this LA group, they’re tough, intense, serious

the actors stay at the plaza hotel and they’re told they need to share rooms

as soon as tom hears this he calls his agent and rob literally does an impression of him “uh paul? they’re making us share 😠” he is certain this is not right and wants this fixed asap, he’s already a diva

the boys go out to times square and get super drunk

next morning is what rob calls the east coast vs. west coast acting brawl (screentest time)

rob’s impressions of the other actors below:

matt dillon

matt is already a huge teen idol, he’s pretty intimidated by him

he’s reading the part of dallas - “and by reading i mean reading, he’s holding the entire script with his eyes locked on the text” - idk what he means by this i thought this is what they’re supposed to do.. whatever

after a while he puts it down and is paraphrasing completely, adlibbing, making up dialogue while the other actors try to keep up with him

he can’t tell if francis told him to freestyle it or not - if so, he’s got the part locked in and if he didn’t, then matt dillon has “dangling, clanking, scary big elephant balls”

ralph macchio

he recognizes ralph because they were competing for a part in ‘eight is enough’

describes him as a tiny kid, bro is 21

he says it’s clear he’s the front runner for johnny

ralph says him and matt have only been reading for their respective parts and have been doing so for days (together btw) (it’s clear the dally-johnny dynamic is very important to francis)

this is very interesting to me!!! how everyone else was so in between parts and matt and ralph were just. locked in from the start. and paired.

tom comes in and is asked to do sodapop, he is nailing the breakdown and rob’s like ‘i’m done that’s it’ - he is a force to be reckoned with

then tom stops in the middle of the scene!! and says “this just isn’t working for me i’m sorry”, francis lets him try again but it doesn’t hit so that’s how he loses the role basically

rob does the scene and crushes it

that’s all for chapter 9, no one is casted yet. the only greaser not mentioned at auditions at this point is patrick, i assume he will get to that + diane lane + others in the next part though, and it’ll also cover the dynamic between the cast once they already get the roles

pt 2 coming soon hopefully some more juicy stuff 😋

[vanessalocke]

French discrimination

Somehow I always feel like I'm in the minority of people in the fandom who think of Alfred F. Jones as a child forced to grow up early. That boy likes chocolate, likes to play games, loves to have fun, doesn't know how to drink alcohol, doesn't know how to smoke, is afraid of ghosts, doesn't care about love and can easily be taken advantage of. He makes me feel like a ten year old kid being forced by adults to read a stack of books on economics. And when he goes to work, he's still mostly taken advantage of, pushed around like crazy, and hated by everyone around him.

Alfred really gives me the feeling that he has to try his best or else the adults around him will trample him to death underfoot. And that hurts the child inside him very, very much. The other day I read a post that said: We have forgotten that America's history has only existed for 3 generations. I was like 😟 shocked because I didn't realize America was that young.

Alfred is the type that, the environment forces him to be excellent, the adults around him place all expectations on him. As a result, everyone around him hated him because they were jealous of him, and if he fell down, he would be torn to pieces by the wolves around him. So he constantly has to try, try and try. While the old men were discussing and negotiating with each other, all he thought was that he wanted to go home, wanted to play with his puppy, wanted to play parkour with his friends who didn't know about his identity.

I have a headcanon that sometimes, when Francis comes up behind the tall, modern meeting places so he can smoke, he'll see Alfred sitting on his knees. He will pat Alfred's head, telling Alfred "My son, if you don't know how to smoke, it's okay to cry a little." Immediately, Alfred will burst into tears and throw himself into Francis' arms.

Another headcanon is that Alfred has his own group of friends (normal people) and this group of friends has no idea who he really is. That group of friends have played with him because he is Alfred F. Jones, not because he is America. That group of friends won't laugh at him just because he's cosplaying The Flash. That group of friends will listen to what he has to say without using his confidences as a weakness against him. That group of friends will not see him as a sinner if he makes a mistake.

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Regarding the meme, contrary to everyone's imagination, France has indeed often treated England like this. You may be surprised, but when having conversations with England, France is really sharp, easily angry and sarcastic hahahahaha. Well, it's hard not to get angry when you meet an enemy, a rival, a closest friend, someone you know has stalked you for hundreds of years and is still stalking you now. And one thing is quite strange: every time France gets angry with England, England always shows a panicked attitude, then appeases France and tries to make France less angry. This has happened and repeated many times.

I won't say that I created this meme because a few years ago I read that Macron called Boris Johnson a "clown" and called the broken deal between him and Johnson a "circus".

[generational-atrophy]

hetalia axis & allies (+ canada) xmas headcanons

1.6k words ~ gender neutral headcanons

tw: uhhh christmas obviously. mention of religion and underwear?? uh... i think that's it

a/n: this is my first christmas as a jewish convert so that's been weird. anyway I just wanted something quick, so its mostly a list of gift ideas (:

America

Alfred is SUCH a huge Christmas fan. I mean, canonically he dresses up as Santa, so he goes all out for the entire month of December. He's been working on a huge holiday home display for decades, and it shows.

He plays Santa at his local mall during the weeks leading up to Christmas; and on the night of, he hands out hot cocoa outside his house. It's fun, but it also means he's a little distracted when it comes to you.

What he would get you: Posters of your favourite movies, super comfy pyjamas, expensive figures of characters you like, candy you like but never get for yourself, model planes or Legos for you two to build together, novelty pens, a stupid cowboy costume so you can match <3, those handmade coupons because he 1. Loves you and 2. Forgot about Christmas until yesterday

What he would want: Any video games, Funko Pops, vinyls of music he likes, those big packs of shirts (he is constantly running out of shirts because he rips or irreparably stains them,) Marvel comics, anything with an eagle on it, those mini wacky waving inflatable tube men things, bulk pens and pencils because he also breaks those constantly-

England

Arthur is not big into Christmas and never has been. He'll celebrate with you, but he's not going out when it comes to any aspect. If anything, he finds it a little exhausting getting gifts for everyone

But, he does adore walking around and looking at all the lights. He'll do that a couple times with you in December.

What he would get you: Any novel you’ve mentioned even once, tickets to a concert both of you will enjoy, classy jackets that fit you perfectly, cute keychains, fancy art supplies, fragrances that remind him of you, bags/purses that fit your style, CDs

What he would want: Sewing supplies (thread, new needles, new fabric scissors,) framed photos of the two of you, Doctor Who merch, foreign tea, a book on how to take care of your eyebrows properly (he will not learn otherwise,) slippers, those sarcastic magnets that all millennial women have at least one of, any ridiculous piece of merch with the union jack on it

France

Francis has very mixed feelings about Christmas. On one hand, he hates how consumerist it has become, but on the other hand, nothing makes him happier than seeing the joy the season brings to others.

Plus, he does enjoy giving and receiving presents. The music too? Wonderful. As long as you don't get too stressed out, the holiday should be perfect.

What he would get you: Tons of clothes; stuff that's already your style, and completely new stuff, room decorations (NOT posters,) a reservation at a nice restaurant, bracelets that he made for you, makeup (if you like that kind of thing,) candles that smell like his cologne, CHEESE

What he would want: Fancy fabric, any clothes (he doesn’t care what they are as long as you think they’d look good on him…) paintings or photography, literally ANYTHING creative you’ve made, hair ties (he loses at least 5 a day,) bird stuffed animals, (Basically anything! Francis is not picky)

China

Christmas is a new occurrence for Yao, and he isn't the biggest fan. He'll buy you stuff for it, but he would do that normally. The lights and the music aren't anything special to him either. Basically, he won't celebrate unless you want to.

What he would get you: Elaborate, very expensive jewellery, huge stuff like a car, Chinese cookbooks, traditional clothes that he made specifically to represent you (: luxury handbags (that he got at SUCH a good discount,) tons of weird off-brand merch of your favourite show, probably a nice meal too!

What he would want: Yao is hard to buy for. Soft robes, stuff to help with back pain, face masks, Hello Kitty keychains… reading glasses maybe?

Russia

Although he isn't as excited about Christmas as he is about the New Year, he still loves the holiday. It's a nice excuse to see family, and everyone is just so happy around the season! He's especially excited to celebrate it with you.

He's not the best at giving gifts, but he could be worse. Regardless of whether you like all of it, you're gonna get a lot of stuff.

(Also, he plays Santa for the kids sometimes. It's so cute-)

What he would get you: Random knick-knacks he probably found at a local market, knitted hats and gloves in your favourite colour, a scarf to match his, tickets to go somewhere warm on vacation, stuffed animals! books that made him think of you (usually philosophical or religious novels,) pretty rocks (:

What he would want: SUNFLOWERS! (This works for every occasion,) baked goods, clothes that aren’t 250 years old- new doilies and paintings to decorate his house, pictures of yourself, friendship bracelets, stuffed animals, if you can make a scarf somehow, DO THAT

North Italy

Feliciano cares about Christmas in a more religious way, but he's never mad about getting presents. So, he'll probably spend most of the day in church, but he still did put a lot of effort into getting you stuff you love.

What he would get you: Pajamas & bath robes, shitty romance novels that he wants you to read, weird hand-made knick-knacks, makeup, strange mugs that he found at a thrift store, a painting of you (: probably a pair of his boxers-

What he would want: New paint brushes, novelty pasta shapes, fancy jackets, any art that you’ve made (regardless of quality,) cat stuffed animals, The Ability To Get A Grip, skincare products, shiny garbage (For art purposes, duh,) those handmade coupon things

Germany

Ludwig does not enjoy Christmas particularly. He's terrible at giving gifts but he wants to so desperately that he spends all of winter stressing out about it. Yes, he's excited to see your reaction to his gifts, but at what cost?!

Although he does still like all the decorations at least. Maybe he just likes re-decorating though.

What he would get you: Puzzles you can complete together, soft sweaters, practical stuff you need (like book bags, lens cloths, that kind of thing,) stationery, reservations for private tours at museums you would find interesting, a subscription to whatever silly service you want (:

What he would want: Books about city planning, nerdy card games, a fun lanyard, a new coffee machine, those aroma-therapy diffuser things, household tools like vacuums and stuff (Get him an air fryer. He’s going to be fascinated.) stress balls, pens (He is boring.)

Japan

Kiku really has no particular feelings towards Christmas. If you weren't there, the most he would do was put up a mini tree. He's stressed out by both giving and receiving presents and is only willing to do that kind of thing if you want to.

What he would get you: Electronics, merch of your favourite Sanrio character, books that he thinks you’ll like, stickers, a bento box, comfy sweatpants, cute hairpins, plushies from your favourite media, a bunch of pillows, some obscure Japanese snacks too!

What he would want: Miku figures, posters, video games, manga, general nerdy stuff, history novels (he likes to correct them,) blackout curtains, cute face masks, a Polaroid camera, a guide on socialization (Seriously.) a knit scarf, if you can knit (:

South Italy

Romano desperately wants to care about Jesus more than getting gifts. He's a devout catholic, g*ddamnit! But... he does just really love eating baked goods and getting gifts more than anything. Getting together with family, the music, the lights, he just ADORES the holiday.

What he would get you: Blankets and pillows, your favourite snacks, clothes that are a little more revealing- cruise tickets (if going on wouldn’t be hell for you,) a journal where he wrote down all of the things he loves about you (completely honestly,) religious items, fancy perfumes

What he would want: Paintings from local artists, post-its (so he can finally remember SOMETHING,) anything with the Italian flag on it, stupid bumper stickers, pictures of the other nations that you’ve written insults on, fancy patterned scarves and fabric

Prussia

Like Alfred, Gilbert loves Christmas in a very childish way. He embraces that side of himself during the holidays and he'd love it if you joined him in that. He constantly insists on going out to see the lights, and he just can't get enough of Christmas movies. Even the bad ones (He's a Hallmark girlie.)

What he would get you: A vintage music box, hair dye, DVDs of your favourite movies (just to have,) stationery, random snacks he picked up from a gas station an hour ago, weirdly sentimental jewellery? Vintage journals, pictures of himself

What he would want: Coupons (???) goofy temporary tattoos, metal CDs, tea (he’s weirdly embarrassed about liking tea and doesn’t buy it for himself?) vintage maps that he can frame and hang up, probably like, WD40? DC comics, novelty trophies, Pokemon cards, video games

Canada

More than anything, Matthew loves winter. So, therefore, he loves Christmas! Seeing you smile when you open your gifts, he looks forward to it all season. It seems like the only time of year when everyone else is either as miserable or as happy as he is, so it's his favourite holiday.

Cuddling up in front of the fireplace with hot cocoa, watching some old Christmas movie, its all he wants.

What he would get you: Comfy hoodies, comfy slippers too, hot cocoa packs, big stuff like a new PC or fridge or smth- decorations for your room, face masks, fidget toys, novelty Canadian keychains, figures of your favourite characters, festive sweets (like candy-canes and stuff.)

What he would want: Anything with a maple leaf (yes, he wants MORE of that,) boring stuff like socks, wood-working tools or like a new snow shovel, fairy lights, DVDs (because he still uses them? Why.) a new phone case, gift cards (HES BORING,) pre-packaged crafts, lotion and cologne that smells like pine

merry christmas if you celebrate! this'll probably be the last full thing I post until 2024, so thanks to all you readers for sticking around this year (: you have no idea how much it means to me. i love yall. and to all a good night or whatever santa said

[austin-friars]

what are somethings you would personally change about wolfhall?? like how certain figures are adapted or things from the book you wish had been included?

Oooh okay, I have a lot of opinions so I guess I’ll start by saying I really do love the show/books but there are also a lot of things I didn’t like about it. Which isn’t a bad thing; I truly believe that Wolf Hall did such an amazing job at opening the door for a more nuanced perspective of Thomas Cromwell. From Wolf Hall we were able to learn things about him that were not previously discuss or highlighted. Such as his charity work, his implementation of laws that helped non-nobles, his love for arts, literature, music, etc. We got to see a very humanized version of a historical figure that had otherwise been demonized for centuries. That said, while I do adore what Mantel has done, there were some things that I wouldn’t have done.

Also, just letting y’all know these are MY opinions! You don't have to share them or agree with me! Putting this all under a cut because it's a lot longer than I thought.

And I also want to start by saying that while I like Wolf Hall and the series, I am not a fan of Hilary Mantel. 

The first thing I would change is Thomas Cromwell himself, specifically is relationship with women and his protestantism or therefore lack of. 

Now, let me state that I for the most part hated his relationships with women in the show. It can be because I am a lesbian or whatever, but more so, it didn’t do him, nor any of the women justice. I would’ve rather his relationship with a lot of the women be more paternal than romantic. I don’t find anything alluring or interesting about an older man having romantic feelings toward women 10+ years younger than him. That is something I have to see every day, and it is one of the most common tropes in media - especially historical fiction. It’s not really one of my favorite things to read about, especially when the women in the relationship aren’t given a solid character outside of their proximity to a man. 

Historically, we know that Thomas Cromwell was kind to women close to him and we know that the death of his daughters impacted him very much. Reports from those around him spoke about how much he loved his daughters, wife, family, etc. We know that he also had a close relationship with Mary I that could’ve also been sparked from him missing his own daughters, and a naturally paternal bond that sparked between him and Mary. This is to say that, Mantel’s desire to portray Thomas as someone who wants to fuck all the women he’s around (and vice versa), just didn’t do it for me. If you’ve read the books, and even watched the show, it’s somewhat apparent he has feelings for all the women around him, sexual feelings. In the books, it is much more descriptive and much more obvious. From Anne Boleyn, to Mary, to Jane Seymour to Bess Seymour to Mary I and even at a point to his own nieces. 

Now I don’t know if Mantel’s decision was to point out the inherent misogyny that men carry around, but even the way she wrote women to be overly taken by Cromwell to the point of them being in small, potential side relationships with him was annoying. And I don’t mind one sided romance, I don’t mind some of the women having attraction to him, but him solely wanting a father-daughter relationship , but that’s not what we had. Hell, he even had feelings for Rafe’s wife. If we saw more of Francis Cromwell, I’m sure he’d want to fuck her too. The reason this upsets me is because I don’t like reading things where I see women just, heavily reduced to being romantically desired for men, and when said man doesn’t really have any care or use for them, they fizzle out of the narrative. Which is essentially, what happened. And even if they didn’t fizzle out of the narrative, a large part of their importance was centered around him and how he desired them. And this wouldn’t be that much of an issue to me, if these women weren’t historical figures. 

I’m really looking at Jane Seymour and Mary I…I think they deserved more than to be viewed as romantic interest for Thomas Cromwell. Especially Jane Seymour. SO much of Jane’s life historically is heavily tied to men. To her brothers, to her husband, and to her son. She rarely, if ever, exists as a queen in her own right. Wolf Hall did not do much better. If you see how she is written in Wolf Hall, Bring up the Bodies and, Mirror and the Light…you see Mantel goes out of her way to make Jane very slow, and not really understanding of things around her, when that’s not the case. There is a scene in the books where her mother, sister and brothers force her to wear a gable hood and she looks like an idiot, and Thomas is just staring. When in reality, Jane Seymour was the one who chose to wear a gable hood to present herself as the ‘anti - Anne’. So much of Jane’s agency was taken away so she could be viewed as a love interest for Thomas Cromwell. And when she died, especially in MATL, it was him we are supposed to feel bad for, not her. When we see explicitly in the books, the only reason she was married to Henry was because Cromwell himself set up the match, and pushed for her to be Henry’s mistress so his family could have power. I didn’t like how every bit of Jane revolved around Cromwell, I didn’t like how even in death, we focus on how he is impacted not her. 

The portrayal of Mary I and Thomas’s relationship is probably my least favorite, and I do pray that we get another examination of their realtionship in another series, show, etc. They went the ‘maybe this is romantic maybe it’s not romantic’ route, and I just…didn’t like it. And that isn’t even considering how weirdly Mantel wrote Mary I. What I can personally summarize too is that Mantel herself didn’t like Catholics, which okay…but she tried her best to hype up protestantism as if it is any better. And that showed in how she wrote Catholic characters, like Cahterine and Mary. But ugh, the reltationship he had with Mary was imo, disrespectful to both of them. Historically, Cromwell was put to death on false charges of wanting to marry Mary. MATL pretty much gave credence to a rumor that put an innocent man to death. He died maintaining his innocence that he had no romantic feelings toward her, and historically he didn’t. he was like a father to her, so for Mantel to decide to make it romantic….was just weird to me. 

And then Mary Boleyn…I HATED her relationship with Thomas in the show and tbh, I really didn’t like her. I think her portrayal in Wolf Hall is my least favorite for a multitude of reasons, however, as a woman who is constantly under historical scrutiny for her virtue and for relationships, I don't think it was fair to make her essentially a gold digger? I don't think it's fair to take a woman, who was already historically unfairly viewed as unfaithful , and make her try to baby trap someone that historically, she had no love toward.

So all in all, his relationship with women was just…such a disservice to everyone involved. I don’t like this idea of taking historical women, especially those who barely get representation for themselves, and tie them to a man. And then try to make relationships where there shouldn't be. I just...didn't like that. I know a lot of people did, and that's fine, that's their right. But I didn't. Going into the book as well, Thomas tends to objectify women and just...if they don't attract him, if he doesn't view them as beautiful or useful, he is very cold toward them.

And I'm not saying that's not how he was. For all I love him, he was still a christian man in the 16th century, he wasn't perfect. But Mantle also couldn't make up her mind, and God help the women she hated , because she wrote him to treat them terribly. And tbh the fandom also has that issue of treating women badly if Thomas didn't like them.

I think about Dorthea, Wolsey's daughter, and how the fandom kinda flipped out at the mere idea that a woman didn't kiss Thomases feet and ask him to get in her pants. The idea that a woman had the audacity to be cold to Thomas, and call him out on his historical and canonically hypocrisy...yeah....they hated that.

Another thing is that, I would've loved Mantel to focus more on him as a protestantism, and show us how important his religion was to him, because that (aside from money) was a huge push for the dissolution of the monasteries/holy houses.

Now truly, I believe that Mantel withheld this because she didn't want to shed negative light on Protestantism. She was very critical toward Catholicism, and she showed that through Thomas and her writing of Catholic figures. When she portrays Thomas, she makes him extremely dismissive of religion to begin with, almost as if he doesn't really have one and he thinks religion, in every sense, is insane. We don't get to truly see him being an actual Protestant man. And this is because Catholicism and Protestanism are just, two sides of the same patriarchal coin, and I don't think Mantel wanted to show that.

But in reality, he was very very religious and pious. He dressed in darker colors, and he passed that protestanism on to his son and nephew.

That was a big big part of him, and who he was. But by not describing this, by simply going after the Catholic church, and coming up with a lot of bogus reasons as to why the reformation was justified, Mantel was able to in a way, pacify Thomas of any accountability for the reformation. She was able to give 'reasons' as to why he was doing what he was doing was okay. I appreciate that the show had Gregory call him out for that, but the books didn't do it very well.

This is to say, that the destructions of the holy houses and the monastaries, the reformation, etc., wasn't this good, noble thing despite Mantel portraying it as such. Many many people died and that was kinda brushed over because Mantel portrays it from a more logistical standpoint and not a religious one.

So yeah. I'd like us to see him as a more Protestant man, in addition to actually holding him accountable for what happened with the monasteries....

Aside from Thomas, I don't like how Gardiner was portrayed. I've spoken about it in length, but Mantel just needed a villain and okay I guess. Historically, he was no more of a villain than Cromwell was. And Mantel butchered Wolsey and Gardiner's relationship LMAO . I won't go too into that LOL.

Gregory, was also a victim of just...terrible research or therefore lack of research. The way Mantel portrayed he and Thomas's relationship was abysmal.

So yepp...I love Wolf Hall but it isn't perfect. I hope one day, we do get another series, show, etc., that focuses on Thomas Cromwell and can do what Mantel couldn't? I don't want the Wolf Hall trilogy to be the only tudor media that examines Thomas Cromwell. I would hope in the future to see more portrayals of Thomas Cromwell.

Like, for reference, Mantel is a radical feminist/TERF and she wrote Cromwell through that perspective which I felt did him such a great, unfair disservice .