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gehayi

Against Willful Stupidity

Jul 04, 2007 16:27

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rwday July 4 2007, 22:13:23 UTC

Why, I've heard tales where a king fancied a girl tricked out like a boy, and didn't know he'd got a girl, even after they were in bed

Seriously? Granted that kings aren't selected for their brains, but that's just a wee bit implausible. Even a half-assed editing job ought to have pegged that as a problem.

gehayi July 4 2007, 22:46:04 UTC

It's by Pamela Kaufman and it's called Banners of Gold. King Richard even TELLS the girl he couldn't tell that she was a girl:

"Then I met you. Did I think you were a boy when we went to bed the first time? Yes Alix, I did."

I couldn't make this shit up.

neotoma July 4 2007, 23:28:03 UTC

Was Richard particularly stupid? I know he was pretty terrible as King of England and didn't spend time there if he could avoid it anyway, but really, there's willing to ignore your intuition, and just plain DIM.

rwday July 5 2007, 01:22:53 UTC

My God. I'm trying to imagine the sex scene where Richard I, who definitely knew what a boy should look like, mistook a girl for a boy. Did he think 'he' was castrated, or just incredibly poorly endowed? That's not bad history, that's just plain bad writing.

gehayi July 5 2007, 01:35:37 UTC

I think he just took her from behind and didn't check to see if there was a penis or not. Apparently he didn't try to bring Alix off, either. Selfish bastard.

gehayi July 4 2007, 22:47:26 UTC

There are other excerpts from "Porntagenet" sex scenes here.

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