'I used to have a magpie when I was a child. I caught it myself.'
She says, 'I cannot imagine you as a child.'
He thinks, neither can I. I cannot picture myself.
- The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel
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okay but people claiming ‘uhhh Guy was only into Nan for her money’ are FOOLS. The second this man saw her climbing down the building to find Conchita’s pin, he was a goner. He saw her as a mischievous, clumsy, outspoken, giggly American and immediately understood that she was the one for him. I have no doubt that Theo is also in love with her, but it is so clear that she has always been on her best behaviour around the Duke.
She is only truly ever herself around Guy because he is the only one who truly understands the beauty of her character as much as her girls do. He is head over heels in love with her and he has been from the second they interacted. He understands her in a way Theo never will. Theo’s “you’re deliberately misunderstanding. Why aren’t you more grateful” is proof that he cannot and does not love Nan as much as she deserves to be. He sees her situation as a flaw, as an embarrassment they will share. Guy understands it as a part of her, as something which has made her as strong as she is.
She loves Guy because they share a true understanding of each other. So much so, that she knows that it is only him who can take care of her sister, because he knows that she loves her so deeply.
I can (and have) go on for longer but basically, Team Guy ftw and if they don’t end up together I will storm the gates
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PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK 2023
Day 7: Free Day — Favorite Romantic Pairing: Jack and Rose Dawson
"What would you wish for?"
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My dear lizzie absolutely destroying darcy's cold outward persona was the start of all these tropes and fanfictions I swea-
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the reasons i'm still hyperfixating on the borgias for a decade is not just because of the phenomenal cast and costumes, but mostly because the characters are well-written and their dynamics with each other are top-tier; a driven possessive man who's toxically codependent towards his angelic but cunning sister? yes!!! two pretty doomed brothers whose father's ambitions for them and trapping them in positions they don't fit and tore them apart? fuck yes!!! a misguided brother who believed he was protecting his sister's reputation but she ended up hating him and their relationship turned into antagonism with both of them playing petty games against each other? yeah!!! the pope's smart and gorgeous mistress and the pope's daughter forming a bond, believing in women's solidarity and outsmarting the cardinals? exactly!!! a master and his assassin who admire each other, trust each other, and even counsel each other? yep!!! inject the whole show into my bloodstream!
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I fully expect a villainous Margaret Beaufort but other than that I'm looking forward to reading Richard, My Richard. Apparently it's well written, if clunky with its exposition.
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