#people are so sensitive about regicide these days god forbid a disabled younger son do ANYTHING urgh i'm doin my best here | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

nostalgia-tblr · 2 years

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i'm not saying i'd have killed the princes in the tower if i'd been in richard's position i'm just saying that if we're barely out of a 30-year civil war and the legitimate heir is a child-king (as is the spare) and we all know how badly that can go and i am an actual adult with a decent claim if those kids were to be shall we say "no longer appearing in this movie due to unforeseen events" and sure i've had them declared illegitimate but i personally know damn well that you don't under any circumstances want to have rival claimants hanging around (see above re: 30-year civil war) and... well if i were in that situation i might. you know. consider murdering a few of my underage relatives. for the greater good. i might not *do* it but i'd certainly give the matter some thought.

#history stuff #really tho #and if anyone overhears my angsty monologing and gives them the Thomas Beckett treatment... well that wouldn't be MY fault right?#i'm just sayin i might be persuaded - quite easily - that it was For The Best #as even an average king of england i'm sure i'd be killing FAR more than two people anyway #(my own historical novel would lay the blame on richard and then aim to make the reader go 'well maybe he had a point idk')#(just to fuck with people u kno?)#people are so sensitive about regicide these days god forbid a disabled younger son do ANYTHING urgh i'm doin my best here #FWIW i do think richard killed them like i'm 99% sure my only doubt is SURELY he's a more competent killer than that?#all he needs to do is wait for plague season and say oops they died oh well nothing to be done about it now #what a shame if only we had invented antibiotics #BUT if those kids were alive when henry tudor got to the tower... well i don't think they'd STAY alive if you get my drift #(yeah i'm gonna invade england win the crown in battle and just hand the throne over to a York child? really?)#but as i said they were most likely long dead by then #which was NOT my fault i wasn't alive then this post is about a hypothetical where i was and also i was king of england

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