#also in my version of BE Anne Stanhope and Frances Brandon also exist and Catherine Parr is actually loving towards Elizabeth

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My BE hot take is that Edward and Mary should have been the protagonists this season, with the main plot focusing on how their love for each other entered in conflict with their religion beliefs until these differences were irreconcilable, all leading to Edward excluding her and Elizabeth of the succesion and naming Jane his heir instead. Elizabeth should've been a supporting character, with the Seymour affair lasting only two, three episodes top (and no gross graphic scenes), and then she would lay low for the rest of the season but she still would be there in the background, watching and learning from everyone else's mistakes. Also I would show her bonding with Anna of Cleves because unlike the show runners I do not think that this show has that many characters for a short cameo of her to be "confusing". Oh and her plot with Robert can be almost exactly the same, because I really like the angst they're delivering. Then in season 2 Elizabeth would become a main character, with the main plot mirroring the plot of season 1 (i.e. two sisters who loved each other but their differences also ended up being irreconcilable), except that this time is Mary the one that is the the place that Edward was in season 1, and unlike their brother, Mary does name Elizabeth her heir because she understood that it was the best for England, putting the stability of the country before her personal beliefs, and thus completing her character arc.

#the themes would basically be Familial love vs Personal beliefs vs Duty #also in my version of BE Anne Stanhope and Frances Brandon also exist and Catherine Parr is actually loving towards Elizabeth #becoming elizabeth