#stephen and matilda

[cesareeborgia]

↳ a brief guide to house plantagenet history: the anarchy (part 1)

#house plantagenet #henry i #henry ii #stephen i #empress matilda #matilda of boulogne #eleanor of aquitaine #the anarchy #white ship #english history #history #historicalevents* #plantagenetguide* #my gifs #creations*

[meandmyrandomstuff]

Dead Poets Society where everything is the same, except at the beginning the poets sing School Song from Matilda to Todd changing Trunchbull name's for Mr.Nolan's.

That's it. That's the post.

#i just had an epiphany #or i'm just mentally ill #Welcome to Hellton #dead poets society #matilda #neil perry #todd anderson #anderperry #Stephen meeks #steven meeks #charlie dalton #gerard pitts #richard cameron #fanon!Knox Overstreet #musicals #gay in general

[bestmusicalworldcup]

#league of musicals #musical theater #musical theatre #broadway #musicals #best musical #theater #theatre #polls #matilda the musical #matilda #sweeney todd #stephen sondheim

[deweydecimalchickens]

So I went down a rabbit hole after the throwaway comment about England's Queen(ish) Matilda/Maud in 'Only Murders in the Building'. You get a years-long civil war known as The Anarchy in the 12th century (Cadfael times) after Henry I died without a legitimate male heir (one legitimate daughter and 24 illegitimate kids). Henry's daughter Matilda and his nephew Stephen are fighting for the throne. I maintain this period should actually be called The Bullshit for reasons including but not limited to:

Entire crisis precipitated by putting all your eggs in one basket, or in this case aristocrats in one boat. The White Ship disaster (which is caused by the passengers getting drunk on the heir's wine and wanting to race another boat) takes out, as far as I can tell, 300 people important enough to be doing international travel in 1120, including the heir to the throne and two of his half-siblings. It's a bit of a political problem.

Stephen, incidentally, was supposed to be on the White Ship but misses it because he's got the shits.

Henry I dies FIFTEEN YEARS LATER, of an honest-to-god SURFEIT OF LAMPREYS (palfreys, according to '1066 and All That'), not having managed to produce another legitimate male child despite apparently being very worried about it and marrying a second wife for this very purpose.

Stephen and Matilda basically fight to a standstill over multiple years with the amount of ridiculous capturings-and-escapings you'd expect from a children's cartoon where nobody can die and the villain has to come back next week, and not actual for-reals warfare. The country is nonfunctional while all this shit is going on. At one point Stephen just straight-up lets Matilda go, because he's too stupid to live, apparently.

Matilda gets as far as a coronation but is chased out by a hostile crowd because god forbid women do anything. She keeps the title 'Lady of the English' which is like when you don't get any more money but your job title gets fancier.

The eventual solution, that Stephen can keep the throne but Matilda's son will inherit, absolutely stinks of everyone else being sick of their nonsense and wanting it to be over. (Stephen has a son, but he's called Eustace so he's obviously shit, but nobody knows this because CS Lewis hasn't been invented yet.)

ANYWAY! That's not the point. The point is Adeliza of Louvain, Matilda's stepmother. Henry I marries her in 1121, after his first wife dies in 1118 and his only legitimate son dies in 1120. Her one job is to produce a male heir to ward off a succession crisis. He's a 54-year-old with 24 illegitimate kids who claimed the throne after his brother had a hunting accident. She's an 18-year-old who likes French poetry. They are together for fourteen years until Henry dies of eating goddamn eels in 1135. They have zero (0) children.

Henry's bits clearly work; see above re: 24 illegitimate children. Okay he's getting on, but that's not a problem for fathers the way it is for mothers. It's not like their part of the baby-making process is difficult or time-consuming.

Maybe she's tragically infertile? LOL NOPE. Three years after Henry dies, Adeliza remarries - to William d'Aubigny, who is six years younger than her. Starting in her thirties, she has seven children with him in twelve years before fucking off to an abbey.

I can only conclude Adeliza - barely an adult, married to the king of England, given the one job of Incubator With A Pulse - spent fourteen years fighting Henry off her lady parts with a shovel. As soon as she's free to marry her toyboy, she has ALL the babies, until she loses interest and does something else instead.

I want to talk to this incredible woman. I need a ouija board and someone who can speak Medieval French.

This has been an episode of Feverish History.

#Medieval history #The Anarchy #Adeliza of Louvain #Empress Matilda #Stephen de Blois #Feverish History #It's like Drunk History but you moderate your alcohol intake and also you have Covid

[rhaenin-time]

Seeing the bigoted discourse around HotD as an Indigenous woman from an interracial extended family, one full of 'illegitimate' circumstances of births that the Canadian government has always been SO eager to weaponize, and especially as the daughter of a 60s scoop survivor who found his way back to his birth family which means we navigate belonging to two families, of two different races, in two different ways... it's actually hurtful and a little scary to see all the vitriol levelled against fictional 'illegitimate' children by a MODERN audience.

This is a weird example but it's also the most famous. You know that saying about how you shouldn't insult Trump for his body because he'll never hear or be hurt by it, but the people around you who might share those traits will? How when you insult a powerful or abstract figure in a really low way, that insult is not just for them?

Well, when you express bigotry over fictional characters, obviously said fictional character isn't going to receive it. But real people who share those traits will.

I swear, I know I'm basically setting myself up for a never ending 'to write' list at the moment, but I do intend to someday dive into the subject and SHAME the bigots.

#hotd critical #hotd fandom #asoiaf fandom #ffs even in 'western' culture adoption goes back thousands of years #it's literally how Caesar passed his power to Octavian #And how Matilda's son claimed the throne #not only was adoption a thing in MATILDA'S time but so was weaponizing how easy it is to dispute 'legitimacy' of birth #You know MATILDA? Rhaenyra's historical inspiration? #they were really like: we're not saying it's because she's a WOMAN. The problem is that her mother was “practically a nun!” #making her a bastard even though she was claimed and named by her father who also granted inheritances to many of his known bastards #though for some reason when Stephen agreed to a truce where he adopts her son as heir over his own 'trueborn' son that issue did not come u #bastardphobia is a weapon of the patriarchy wake up you guys #And of course it's been consistently used as a way for the Canadian colonizers to deny rights to both parents and children #hotd #hotd bigotry #asoiaf bigotry #team black #asoiaf #which shouldn't even be a thing because there shouldn't be 'teams' when one is literally team bigotry #anti team green #and anti HBO using bigotry to fuel bad writing to drive engagement with a previously non-existent “team” discourse #i say non-existent bc before hotd TG didn't exist in the same way because the bigotry wasn't obfuscated by misuse of social justice languag #ndn just trying to enjoy online spaces without encountering BIGOTRY at every turn #Yes I'm working on my fic it's complicated because work is complicated #My god in our unholy year 2024 I swear some of you are more bigoted than actual medieval lords #Because even in Matilda's time people would say “we're not bigoted for that OBVIOUS reason! We're bigoted for an 'acceptable' reason”

[amarrymeinbostonwriter]

All Lesbian Coded Characters born in England between 1830 and 1899 know is horses, dogs, chivalry, obsession with maid/nurse, swordfight, duel sexists, hunting, wear trousers, smoke cigars and lie.

#except I trust them #It's that terrible old meme #but for victorian lesbian characters #stephen gordon #matilda murray #lady gerry starling #the well of loneliness #agnes grey #Tilly: The Progress of a Victorian Lesbian and Female Husband #victorian lit #female husands #historic fiction #shit posting #anne bronte #radclyffe hall #b. h. avondale #bookblr #victorian lesbians #butch feral horsegirl forever #yeah she's a specific lady but she's appeared in literature more than twice so I can't help that's a pattern #I'm sure I'd find her a few more times if I really looked hard enough #more awful memes for you #my chatter #brit lit #lesbian writer #writeblr #well of loneliness is a WWI novel so not Victorian but Stephen and her author Hall are Victorians by birth #and the novel reads more like a victorian novel than a modernist novel okay? #and yes Gerry is my character but she's a victorian lesbian too

[lanaloud1992]

Matilda Wormwood and Carrie White are mother and daughter. They know Matilda Wormwood is the daughter of Carrie White.

#carrie white #matilda wormwood #stephen king

[kazz-brekker]

top most iconic/interesting bits in when christ and his saints slept that apparently actually happened in real life:

stephen of blois besieging a castle that empress matilda was in, letting her go out of a misplaced sense of gallantry once she’d surrendered, and therefore causing the entire war to drag on for years longer

empress matilda escaping stephen’s army on a whole separate occasion by dressing in a white cloak and traveling during a blizzard so she couldn’t be seen

the 14 year old future henry ii invading england with an army he put to together himself and stephen paying him to turn around and leave until he was older

john marshal barricading himself in an abbey while under attack by stephen’s forces and outlasting his enemies even when they set the abbey on fire with him inside

eleanor of aquitaine having to evade suitors while traveling through france who wanted to kidnap and forcibly marry her after her divorce from the king, instead managing to successfully marry henry ii of her own choosing

stephen taking john marshal’s youngest son hostage, threatening to hang him if his father didn’t surrender, and john marshal basically saying “go ahead and do it” because (correctly) knew that stephen wouldn’t be able to go through with murdering a child

stephen’s eldest son eustace, who refused to give up his claim to the crown even after peace had been brokered, dying on the same day that henry ii’s first son with eleanor of aquitaine was born

#history is nuts! #i love that sharon kay penman correctly understood that real history was interesting enough she didn't need to add any other drama #any ONE of these things is wild but all of them together in the same book was pretty cool #john marshal…that man was HARDCORE #pie says stuff #when christ and his saints slept #books #sharon kay penman #the anarchy #empress matilda #stephen of blois

[moviehealthcommunity]

Matilda the Musical (2022)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

Matilda the Musical has some bright lightning during the telling of a dramatic story, and again when this scene is flashed back to. There are mild patterned lights during a musical number involving a chocolate cake.

There is brief peril at extreme heights, and there are a few brief spinning and orbiting shots.

Flashing Lights: 6/10. Motion Sickness: 2/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: One character is physically, verbally, and emotionally abusive to children.

Image ID: A promotional poster for Matilda the Musical

#Movie Health Community #Health Warning #Actually Epileptic #Photosensitive Epilepsy #Seizures #Migraines #Motion Sickness #Netflix #Matilda the Musical #December #2022 #Alisha Weir #Lashana Lynch #Stephen Graham #Andrea Riseborough #Emma Thompson #Matthew Warchus #Rated PG

[against-all-0dds]

Into the woods/matilda patches that I made!

#into the woods #matilda #musical theater #time to hyperfixate #diy #miss trunchbull #punk diy #punk #matilda the musical #stephen sondheim #patch pants #crust pants

[very-uncorrect]

I've never watched the Carrie movie before but my dad was telling me about it and I was like "oh so it's kinda like Matilda" and I think I just accidentally rocked his whole world

#stephen king #carrie #matilda

[bestmusicalworldcup]

#league of musicals #musical theater #musical theatre #broadway #best musical #musicals #theater #theatre #polls #matilda the musical #assassins musical #stephen sondheim

[moviemosaics]

Matilda the Musical

directed by Matthew Warchus, 2022

#Matilda the Musical #Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical #Matthew Warchus #movie mosaics #Alisha Weir #Emma Thompson #Lashana Lynch #Matt Heartwood #Sindhu Vee #Carl Spencer #Stephen Graham #Charlie Hodson-Prior #Andrea Riseborough #Rei Yamauchi Fulker #Lauren Alexandra

[zonetrente-trois]

Lena Headey and Matilda Legault

#Barbara Hershey #Carolina Bartczak #Daniel Malik #Eric Lange #Jaeden Noel #Jess Salgueiro #Lena Heady #Marnie McPhail #Matilda Legault #Natasha Mumba #Sandrine Holt #Stephen Root #Sydney Ozerov-Meyer #Wade Bogert O'Brien #Zak Penn #science fiction #Beacon 23 #Amazon Prime Video

[algusunderdunk]

I really like the idea of Matilda Wormwood running a clinic for troubled esper girls, and giving comfort to a bunch of Stephen King characters. Carrie White, Charlie McGee, Abra Stone, Annie Wheaton, etc.

And then they form a squad and fight crime!

#matilda #roald dahl #stephen king #carrie #firestarter #dr sleep #rose red #story ideas

[stuff-diary]

Matilda the Musical

Movies watched in 2022

Matilda the Musical (2022, UK/USA)

Director: Matthew Warchus

Writer: Dennis Kelly (and songs by Tim Minchin)

Mini-review:

I'm not gonna lie, there are few musical movies I haven't enjoyed, so I knew I was going to like this from the beginning, more so considering I used to love the first Matilda movie as a child. This one is well made and it really captures everything that makes this story special. It also changes up just the right amount of things, so it still holds some surprises for people who are familiar with the older movie or the book. It's clear that Matthew Warchus knows how to make a crowd-pleasing movie (if you haven't watched Pride (2014), then you should do so now) and his skills are on show here from the very first scene. The entire cast clearly had a blast making it, too, and it's overall a very fun watch.

#matilda #matilda the musical #roald dahl's matilda #roald dahl's matilda the musical #alisha weir #lashana lynch #emma thompson #stephen graham #andrea riseborough #sindhu vee #lauren alexandra #carl spencer #katherine kingsley #charlie hodson-prior #rei yamauchi fulker #meesha garbett #winter jarrett-glasspool #matt henry #netflix #movie #musical #musicals #tim minchin