#christopher rae pls forgive me. your portrayal of henry's memory of this eats all others...i could not NOT include
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the tudors (2007-2010) / the concubine, by christopher rae / the six queens of henry viii (2016) / zombie (2018), cover by bad wolves / the white princess (2017) / hunting the falcon, by john guy & julia fox / viii, by hm castor / the white queen (2013) / henry viii, by lucy wooding / firebrand (2023)
#christopher rae pls forgive me. your portrayal of henry's memory of this eats all others...i could not NOT include#prism of privilege (he does not know what it is to be 'imprisoned' in the tower. he knows what it is to be confined there. as a child.#in fear it might have well felt like that...but#)#notwithstanding...#then in the tudors we have the prism of#his sanctified memory of his mother#means he wants to believe he had a deep affinity with her. so it's that she 'seemed' calm but he 'knew' she was terrified... (like him)#but elizabeth had experience of being in sanctuary ; very young; for much longer stretches#she would have known what would best comfort her children in that situation#web weaving#2023- allegedly.#and also how different the memory and associations of place are depending on the pov#for henry's subjects it's a place of fear/punishment#for henry it's a place he would associate with refuge ; a fortress of protection and majesty#but also a place of fear and sorrow#it's the place where it's said his uncles were murdered; for once#(the tower was also where his mother had her last lying in; and she died there)#and then it'll have an even more juxtapositional place in his heart/mind as he becomes older#it was where he both welcomed his wife after her coronation and where he sent her to die once he'd decided she'd betrayed him
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christopher rae pls forgive me. your portrayal of henry's memory of this eats all others...i could not NOT include prism of privilege (he does not know what it is to be 'imprisoned' in the tower. he knows what it is to be confined there. as a child.in fear it might have well felt like that...but) notwithstanding...then in the tudors we have the prism ofhis sanctified memory of his mothermeans he wants to believe he had a deep affinity with her. so it's that she 'seemed' calm but he 'knew' she was terrified... (like him) but elizabeth had experience of being in sanctuary ; very young; for much longer stretchesshe would have known what would best comfort her children in that situation and also how different the memory and associations of place are depending on the povfor henry's subjects it's a place of fear/punishmentfor henry it's a place he would associate with refuge ; a fortress of protection and majestybut also a place of fear and sorrowit's the place where it's said his uncles were murdered; for once(the tower was also where his mother had her last lying in; and she died there)and then it'll have an even more juxtapositional place in his heart/mind as he becomes olderit was where he both welcomed his wife after her coronation and where he sent her to die once he'd decided she'd betrayed him (via fideidefenswhore)
the tudors (2007-2010) / the concubine, by christopher rae / the six queens of henry viii (2016) / zombie (2018), cover by bad wolves / the white princess (2017) / hunting the falcon, by john guy & julia fox / viii, by hm castor / the white queen (2013) / henry viii, by lucy wooding / firebrand (2023)
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