#I'm just saying dying protecting Humphrey at Agincourt is what he would have wanted

[themidnightcircusshow]

Hi I went through your Catherine tag and found myself cracking up over the tags on this post, specifically these

#they probably loved or at least were fond of each other#(still soft over him sending lyre players to her)#but romance just doesn't seem to be in his nature

I don't know what's funnier. The idea that Hal has an absolutely deranged romantic nature where he's just, "babe I'm cold can I open your ribcage and snuggle in there please?" and "babe if I die, I want you to cannibalise me. At least a little bit." which is something he knows is deranged and would ever dare say to Catherine (he saves it for Courtenay). Or, the idea that he's just not romantic but he knows a good king is a good husband and goddamit he's going to nail this so it's like. an intense study session where he's reading all the courtly romances (getting into the debates about The Romance of the Rose and What Women Want) and Catherine just ends up being... totally bemused by his technically perfect display of courtly romance because no one actually does that, Hal, it's weird...

I feel like Hal would probably direct most of his unhinged energy at his family (if he'd been alive in the Victorian era he probably would have kept a locket of Mary's hair or something. And he brings "Can I die for you? Please let me die for you" energy to his brothers. And Henry, but Henry keeps playing. Love is asking your father to murder you). I kinda love the image of him treating Courtenay the same, but Courtenay is a normal human (he's not, they're just different levels) who keeps getting Concerned and Hal doesn't want Concerned he's just being a regular guy who behaves a regular way.

So instead he starts taking notes on How to Be a Normal Person In Love. And if he goes a bit over the top that's fine. Hey a lot of Courtly Love is about me dying for you can I die for you

#Henry V #listened to a podcast where they said Henry loved Catherine because That Is What Kings Do #Hal is getting a good grade in King something that is both normal and possible to achieve #(this was the same podcast that said Henry died young because robots weren't built to last) #I'm just saying dying protecting Humphrey at Agincourt is what he would have wanted #Also sometimes I feel like Catherine was his Courtly Love ideal except in Courtly Love you never get the girl #so once he got her he was at a complete loss as to what to do next