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And he even understood the rain, the way it fell on his cheeks, his hair, the way it matted and soaked into Spanish lace. And the way the boots fell on wood, oh did he understand that. The way they echoed and that sound reverberated through his body so that all other cries and cheers were drowned out. So that not even memories of a gasped, "I need your comfort despite your claims that you have none to give" could claw their way into his mind. So that not even the smile of the just-as-obscure-man from Oxford was remembered. Oh that he understood.
And he even understood the way his face fell when he finally understood, finally grasped that no matter what he did, no matter how hard he tried this is all he would ever be and his body would never be lain to rest. That even a no name like Brandon would rise higher because that was the way the world worked.
And he wanted to tell him, whisper to him, that he understood, that he had been there too but instead his fingers caressed ink on paper from a safety of a two hundred year away difference and he wondered if he too would feel the rain on his skin, in his hair, matting and marring his Spanish lace, as his boots fell on wood reverberating a sound that would drown out his soul.
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But, that said, it is an entertaining show. And there are kudos I give them, I shall name a few since I'm all about converts:
- they makes Thomas Cromwell human and sympathetic. I've seen so many Tudor-era shows/movies/books etc. that portray Cromwell as this evil power grabbing greedy S.O.B. and while he does have those characteristics there is also a human, caring, passionate side to him that truly believed that what he was doing was right and the necessary thing etc. And the show does well in showing both sides.
- the same for Cardinal Wolsey
- they changed Wolsey's death, I won't say how, and while it's not actually what happened in real life it made sense in the context of the show and added great commentary on Thomas More ;D
- Thomas More is portrayed as the complicated man that he was. He was not a saint in many, many ways. He purported to be a humanist yet had books burned and suppressed that he didn't agree with and had people burned with whom he disagreed religiously. And while this was par for the course for the time humanists made themselves distinct in their belief that you shouldn't burn people or their books for believing something. In any case they made him well rounded.
- They gave Cranmer (the just-as-obscure-man-from-Oxford) his wife! I was so happy that he got his wife. Many things just leave her out which is a shame since he set a prescident for Protestant clergy of England. She was the niece of a Lutheran Minister by the name of Osiander. The one thing I didn't like was that they used the "she-was-shipped-in-a-box" theory to get her to England. Many historians think she just cross dressed as a page-boy or something like that to get into the country.
- hahahah gay men. Historically-inaccurate gay men. oh yes. xDD
I could go on and pick out all the faults and good points of the show but I shan't, would take too long and bore everyone to death xD So, just go watch it and be amused and don't trust everything in it (like that everyone was so hot). ;D
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The TV show is all on ice films - the last three seasons and the fourth (final) one is airing in a few months.
-coughs- not like I'm a huge fan or anything xD
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Oh no, not at all. ;]
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I agree 100% on what you say about Cromwell and More. I ship them like whoa because I'm just that insane
Obviously I'm no expert on this matter but I think for a show that is probably primarily concerned with luring as many people as possible into watching and buying the DVDs and whatnot it did much better than anything I've seen so far. I think it's nice they at least try for a certain accuracy (as long as it fits their purposes which is as much as can be expected) but much much more important than that is that they do try to make most characters 3D, which is something I'm painfully obsessed with. :P
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And lol at Crumbucket (my affectionate nickname for him) and More, I'm more of a More/Wolsey and all-reformers-are-in-bed-together shipper. What says "I-love-you" more than agreeing over the theological background of transubstantiation. Sexy talk, right there.
Well obviously it's about hot people having sex in costume. Which is why, when they are accurate about something, or do something well, I am so pleasantly surprised. But the 3D characters are nice, I'm super happy about that.
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The only way I could would be like this, where Beckett greatly admires/hero worships Cromwell and perhaps fantasizes/day dreams about him a bit. ^.^ I see Cromwell with Cranmer too much otherwise xD
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