#the boleyns: a scandalous family

[plantagenetsun]

𝓡afaëlle Cohen as Anne Boleyn in The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family episode three.

#anne boleyn #rafaëlle cohen #the boleyns: a scandalous family #anneboleynedit #period drama #perioddramaedit #*mine

[anne-the-quene]

#the boleyns: a scandalous family

[earlymodernbarbie]

Thinking about making my family watch The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family tomorrow (even though I’ve seen it already and was only mildly impressed) because I enjoy forcing them to watch Tudor documentaries. I consider it revenge for 10 years ago when they made me go to a Harry Potter exhibit in NYC.

#they also made me see one of the movies in a theatre while on vacation #I was not happy #I hate Harry Potter #anti harry potter #tagging anti Harry Potter because I don’t want to upset anyone lol #the boleyns: a scandalous family #anne boleyn #mary boleyn #george boleyn #henry viii

[historicalreusedcostumes]

This White Dress is worn on Uknown Actor as Vampire Girl in Doctor Who: The Vampires of Venice 2010 and worn again on Gemma Whelan as Kate in Upstart Crown 2016 and worn again later on Rosaleen Cunningham-Day as Young Anne Boleyn in The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family 2021

#recycled costumes #doctor who #upstart crow #The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family #historical drama #period drama #costume drama #reused costume

[kathrynhoward]

THE TUDORS (2007-2010) THE BOLEYNS: A SCANDALOUS FAMILY (2021)

#perioddramaedit #periodedit #anneboleynedit #thetudorsedit #tudoredit #theboleynsedit #asfedt #the boleyns a scandalous family #The Boleyns #a scandalous family #the tudors #anne boleyn #elizabeth i #elizabeth tudor #*mine #shots through windows my beloved

[screenshothaven]

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family (2021)

#The Boleyns #2021 #A Scandalous Family #pbs #Thomas Boleyn #anne boleyn

[nelliereadsstuff]

Does anybody know why so many Thomas' in Tudor England??

This is getting ridiculous

#The boleyns a scandalous family #Tudor england #the tudors #the tudor dynasty #Thomas boleyn #Thomas cromwell #Thomas wolsey #Thomas howard #C'mon people spicy it up a little

[thenerdygirlexp]

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family The Fall S1Ep3 Preview via @stacyamiller85 @masterpiecepbs @PBS #AnneBoleyn #TheBoleyns

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family The Fall S1Ep3 Preview via @stacyamiller85 @masterpiecepbs @PBS #AnneBoleyn #TheBoleyns

The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family premieres Sunday, August 28, 2022 on Masterpiece. (more…)

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#The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family Season 1 #The Fall Season 1 Episode 3

[beyondmistland]

I read through all your posts about Alysanne Targaryen as Maegor's daughter and am now in a rabbit hole. Thank you. I've been thinking about Maegor's wives and which one of Henry VIII's wives they represent. Ceryse is Cathrine of Aragon and Alys is Anne Boleyn. The others are hard to pin for me since there isn't a lot. What do you think? Would Maegor's reign have been more interesting if his marriages had more similarities to those of Henry VIII?

I think this is where we run into a number of problems regarding the way GRRM wrote Fire & Blood specifically and the way he setup Westeros more generally.

For one, the fairly homogenized nature of southron culture as well as the oversimplification of religious institutions and history means you can't quite get the same dynamism as from real life European history, with its dizzying array of languages, cultures, cuisines, fashions, etc., to mention nothing of the then-ongoing Protestant Reformation. I suppose GRRM could have had Maegor convert to the Old Gods a la Julian (II) the Apostate or the Drowned God (you just know the Ironborn are the one race on the surface of Planetos that would say King Maegor the Good with a completely straight face) or even R'hllor, which would be the best choice in terms of worldbuilding opportunities in my opinion.

Moving on, we run into a handful of problems with Maegor specifically, one of them being the length of his reign. Look, while I can't deny Maegor ruling for 6 years and 66 days is incredibly cheeky, it also isn't anywhere close to Henry VIII's 36 years as king. With so little room timeline-wise, there isn't a lot of flexibility when it comes to telling new stories and fleshing out preexisting ones and all that is before you factor in Maegor himself.

I won't hold back. For all GRRM's talk of moral ambiguity, the human heart in conflict with itself, good men who were bad kings and bad men who were good kings, etc., his Targaryen monarchs are, for the most part, numbingly one-note. Aegon I is a literal enigma, Aenys is weak, Maegor cruel, Viserys I a party animal, Aegon II and Rhaenyra mirror-images of each other in their disqualifying vices, etc. As I've written before with my post reimagining Maegor as more of a Ivan (IV) the Terrible figure there was room to make him a genuinely controversial figure of historiography but instead GRRM doubled down on sensationalism and apathy-inducing slasher porn for lack of a better word. The fact Maegor is also the first and last of Visenya's line just adds more salt to the wound but that's part of GRRM's more general (and for me personally, vexing) habit of keeping family trees incredibly small.

(I do recall another alternative someone once brought up to the late Steven Attewell. Namely, turning Maegor into the Westerosi version of Macbeth by way of Der Untergang.)

This brings me to my semifinal point. GRRM didn't have to write Fire & Blood as Procopius' Secret History on steroids with a dash of Suetonius' Lives of Twelve Caesars and I, Claudius (the entire Saera episode is practically lifted wholesale from the scandal that envelops Augustus' daughter, Julia) but he did, which is doubly disappointing because not only does the final product suck quality-wise as a result but also because there were so many other avenues available to him.

He could have written Fire & Blood as a proper history (with less focus on the sex lives of teenage girls for one) or as a mirror for princes or as a dialogue between two characters or even as a character study. You can even see GRRM struggling with the constraints imposed by his use of Gyldayn in certain sections like the death of Maelor and the entire Hour of the Wolf episode, where you get reams of dialogue and characterization as well as more traditional narrative trappings like build-up, mood setting, etc.

Now, to answer your actual question (lol), I don't think any of Henry VIII's other wives map well onto Maegor's. Tyanna is, more or less, his female counterpart in terms of cruelty and zero redeeming features and entirely a fantasy construct. Elinor and Jeyne are both married to Maegor for only a year (with poor Jeyne dying in childbirth because Jeyne Westerlings, like the Brackens, Peakes, and Florents, cannot catch a break in Westeros) and before said marriage takes place neither appears on the page. As for Rhaena, well, credit where its due, she was a rare (and unexpected) highlight of Fire & Blood.

Thanks for the question, anon

#maegor the cruel #house targaryen #asoiaf criticism #asoiaf meta #valyrianscrolls #asoiaf #asoiaf themes #maegor targaryen #fire and blood #volume 1

[plantagenetsun]

𝓡afaëlle Cohen as Anne Boleyn in The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family episode one.

#anne boleyn #rafaëlle cohen #the boleyns: a scandalous family #anneboleynedit #*mine

[anne-the-quene]

la petite boulain

#anne boleyn #since we so rarely get depictions of young anne #here’s my little appreciation #the tudors #the other boleyn girl #the spanish princess #the boleyns: a scandalous family #anneboleynedit

[earlymodernbarbie]

Why does the music in the Boleyn documentary sound like the Stranger Things theme???

#the boleyns: a scandalous family #anne boleyn #mary boleyn #george boleyn #thomas boleyn #thomas howard #henry viii #stranger things

[pensbridge]

a Compilation of Similar Show Recommendations & things I've wanted to watch from my drafts

Hulu

The Great a comedic period piece on the rise of Catherine the Great

Harlots-(that Nicola Coughlan is in)

The World to Come-a film about 2 women on the frontier in separate marriages, who fall for one another

Ammonite-film about a woman who takes a job to care for a man's wife while in need of money in 1800s England

Portrait of a Lady on Fire-a young woman is tasked to paint a lady without her knowing

The Artful Dodger-(streams Nov 29)

Netflix

The Empress-a love at first sight encounter which leads to marriage and a rebellious woman at the center of the Viennese Court

Victoria & Abdul-following an unlikely friendship between the queen and a clerk

The Last Czars-a revolution that leads to the fall of the Romanov dynasty

Anne With An E-a retelling of Anne of Green Gables about an imaginative girl, navigating life, love, and the world

The Law According to Lidia Poët

Young Royals-boarding school life in Sweden of the "spare" in the royal family dealing with love, sexuality, and scandal

Pride & Predjudice

Outlander

Lady Chatterley's Lover

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

Fair Play-(that Phoebe Dynevor stars)

Amazon Prime

The Paradise-(2 seasons)

Poldark-(5 seasons)

A Very English Scandal-(2 seasons)

Catherine Called Birdy

The Pursuit of Love-(3 seasons)

Reign-Prime (or CW app)

The Other Boleyn Girl-Prime (or free w/ads on Youtube) account of King Henry VIII's one time mistress and her sister as they are forced into plan to seduce the king for power and security

The Tudors-(4 seasons)

Vanity Fair-(1 season)

War & Peace-(Freevee on Prime)

Tulip Fever-(Freevee on Prime)

HBO Max

The Gilded Age

Gentleman Jack

A Royal Affair

Apple

Dickinson-(3 seasons)

YouTube (free w/ads)

Ophelia

Fellow Travelers-(Showtime; that Jonathan Bailey stars)

#peneloise #bridgerton #anthony bridgerton #kate sharma #kate bridgerton #benedict bridgerton #colin bridgerton #penelope featherington #eloise bridgerton #francesca bridgerton #hyacinth bridgerton #gregory bridgerton #violet bridgerton #lady danbury #agatha danbury #queen charlotte #george iii #king george iii #polin #kanthony #the great #harlots #charlotte x george

[mihrsuri]

Tell People About Your WIPs

I kind of came up with this one myself + was inspired by others but: make a list of all your WIPs with a brief description of each and then people can ask you questions about them and then tag other people.

So uh, mine are below.

I am tagging: @miabicicletta @onekisstotakewithme @unseenacademic @emilykaldwen @naurielrochnur @doomhamster @dr-dendritic-trees @sarking @bessemerprocess @nocompromise-noregrets and anyone who wants to do it.

The Big Active Ones

Crown Of Ashes: What if you get everything you think you wanted and it Fucking Sucks Actually.

Rewrite The Stars 2.0: What if hot Thomas Cromwell and a bi triad marriage caused the kindest possible world.

Grishaverse Hunger Games: Darkling going to Darkling. Unfortunately for everyone around him. The Grisha-Crows-Nikolai poly found family is extremely real.

Tortall Found Family: Jon of Conte is a man stealing two faced skank says Emperor Ozorne.

The Ones That Are OT3 Verse Ideas

Dance Rehearsal Content:

Unmasked Part I and II fandom reactions

Norwich Fandom Discourse

Tudor Ships + Taylor Swift

English Civil War: AU edition

Some things that will be going into the OT3 verse main story rewrites eventually

Helen Norwich

Robert proposes to Elizabeth

John and Jane Dudley

Gregory Cromwell has some feelings

hot Thomas Boleyn rights

Misc

Tristan Staghorn deserves this workplace frankly

Multifandom Sex Slave AU (aka ‘that is yours, I am not’)

President Joanna Bartlet and her wife Abbey

Robert Dudley Travels Back In Time

TWW Ballet AU

Persian Jewish Sara Crewe

Race Bent LOTR graphics

Jed/Abbey/Leo OT3 where the “scandal” is their relationship being found out rather than the MS

the oh god we are actually dating Leo/John Marbury that might end in an OT4 with Jed and Abbey.

District One in the Hunger Games as inspired by @lorata world building.

Vulcan!Amanda and Human!Sarek

Mirror Verse Girl Saves Boy

#meme

[sleepytwilight]

I saw your post about Sirius being Anne Boleyn.

So, you know those reaction video? Can you write about Arcana Twilight boys react to themselves in another alternate universe about them being the Six wives?

Also, Summoner as Henry the 8th. It's funny!

LMAO THIS WILL BE HILARIOUS 💀

Ex wives

Arcturus: He really like the introduction but was very confused why it started with divorce, dead, died, divorce, dead and survive. He will ask the Summoner about humans history later.

Spica: he think the outfits are bit too revealing. Other than that, he likes the beats.

Pollux: Poll was like 'WOW' the whole time. He is so gorgeous in that universe. Literally admiring himself lmao and called Alpheratz an old lady too.

Alpheratz: he still look handsome as ever.

Sirius: Green does suit him and he look very fashionable. Kinda wondering why Vega has a smug look the whole introduction.

Vega: know about the history and know that shits going down. Seeing Sirius as Anne Boleyn already make him almost laugh. But then again, he have to hold his laughter.

No way - Spica as Catherine of Aragon.

Arcturus: *shocked pikachu face* Spica is Summoner's wife and Summoner is cheating on him with Sirius?! He almost fainted but Spica caught him.

Spica: he know that's him in other universe but somehow he feel pissed of at Sirius. Image having a family with your husband but then he cheated on you none than other but your colleague.

Pollux: *Shocked Pikachu face #2* he recorded it to use it as a blackmail. Still haven't recovered by the sudden news hit him though.

Alpheratz: he is going to tease Spica forever for this.

Sirius: he laughed for the entire video. It's just a pure gold comedy for him.

Vega: is recording Sirius laughing for the whole situation just so he can replay his laugh when Sirius turn come.

Don't lose your head - Sirius as Anne Boleyn

Arcturus: oh boy, this gave him heart attack. It explains the song introduction.

Spica: slander Sirius for it such as "that's what you get for stealing someone's man." he is enjoying this.

Pollux: almost cry to be honest. Image seeing your friend from another universe got beheaded by Summoner from other universe. He doesn't like it anymore. Also, it explains why Vega hold his laughter for the whole time.

Alpheratz: that took turn really fast. He thought it's just hilarious story but oh boy. He was wrong. Probably won't be able to sleep for a while after seeing a guy you dislike got beheaded.

Sirius: drop his smile as soon the song getting darker in beats. He is mad at his other self for marrying the other Summoner.

Vega: literally replays Sirius laughter a lot of time just to pissed him off. Everyone started to think Vega is a psychopath for smiling throughout the video.

Heart of Stone - Arcturus as Jane Seymour.

Arcturus: he is crying. He feels bad for his own son from another universe and also himself. They have something in common which is hope.

Spica: Spica was like, oh this is so Arcturus and yeah he was right. Almost drop a tear but hold it. The song is so sad for him and it sadden him more to see Arcturus in that universe hoping for Summoner's love is permanent.

Pollux: he is crying like a baby to be honest. Had Alpheratz as his pillow to wipe of his tears. Arcturus is so sweet in every universe.

Alpheratz: crying mentally on the inside. He won't make fun of anyone who cry at this song because it's cryable.

Sirius: the situation is so tense even for him so he tried to bright up the mood with patting Arcturus's back. Vega slap his hand though.

Vega: he slap Sirius's hand because he's the one who want to comfort Arcturus.

Get down- Alpheratz as Anna the Cleve

Arcturus: this song teach him the term of gaslight, girlboss and gatekeep. He really like Alpheratz attitude in there.

Spica: "why can't you be more like her?" he said to Alpheratz with a grin. Marriage that didn't last for a year, oh how he love to hear scandal.

Pollux: regret calling Alpheratz in that universe an old lady. In fact he is admiring the other Alpheratz more than the original one.

Alpheratz: proud of himself. He frowned at Spica's comment and said "Image getting divorced because you're old." Spica all frowned at that.

Sirius: he secretly proud- yeah a big surprise. He likes this song more than his own.

Vega: still surprised that Alpheratz as Anna the Cleve. They both have huge difference personality but it's funny to see Alpheratz acting like Girlboss.

All you wanna do - Pollux as Kathryn Howard.

Arcturus: he was wondering why Vega insisting on throwing Pollux to his room again. Oh boy, once he heard the song he felt his heart shattered to pieces.

Spica: he is glad he shove Pollux back to his room. Even if Pollux is not that innocent, he can't handle another crying person. Arcturus already have his eyes red from crying. It was disturbed and sad.

Pollux: still wondering why the hell he can't listen to the song and why when he came back, Arcturus and Alpheratz won't stop stop hugging him.

Alpheratz: he was disgusted at those people who harassed Pollux from another universe. He even scream when Pollux was beheaded for false accusations. Once he get out from here, he's going to treat both Pollux and Arcturus a nice meal-

Sirius: had his jaw dropped the whole time. He really doesn't enjoy this anymore. Yeah all of it start with nice stuff but this? It's too much even for him.

Vega: he feel bad for both Kathryn and Pollux in that universe. Vega is a big fan of Kathryn back in Middle Eartheim when he was learning England history

I don't need your love- Vega as Catherine Parr

Arcturus: Vega voice is very majestic and he is proud of other Vega too. This stopped the whole room before it get flooded with tears.

Spica: really glad everything come to the end. He hopes from the dead one rest in peace-

Pollux: is proud for other Vega for not needing her husband love anymore. Listening to Vega's singing wanting him to karaoke with Vega again.

Alpheratz: they both have huge difference personality. Somehow, Alpheratz commenting to Vega for the whole video.

Sirius: "hey, how come he gets the cool part?" -Sirius 2023. Still not over the fact he got beheaded.

Vega: "because unlike someone I don't see the reason why I should steal someone's husband to climb the throne." -Vega 2023. Yeah he and Sirius having a beef after this.

#arcana twilight #arcana twilight sirius #arcana twilight alpheratz #arcana twilight pollux #arcana twilight vega #arcana twilight arcturus #arcana twilight spica #six the musical #arcana twilight mc #artw text #artw ask

[endlessly-cursed]

FBAWTFT- Aurora di Napoli

"𝙄 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨: 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙣𝙚, 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚."

Name: Aurora Ellen di Napoli 

Nicknames: Rory 

Birthdate: 8th of March, 1905 

Zodiac Sign: Pisces 

Personality Type (MBTI): INFP 

Blood Status: Half-blood 

Nationality: British with Italian ancestry 

Physical Appearance

Hair: Black 

Eyes: Blue 

Height: 1.68m 

Weight: 62kg 

Body Type: Tall and lean 

Skin Tone: Fair 

Distinguishing Marks (scars, birthmarks, etc.): Freckles, several tattoos and acne in her back 

Background

Hometown

Aurora grew up in the Di Napoli manor with her three youngest siblings. While her lifestyle wasn’t ostentatious, it was a rather privileged life. She developed a tomboy personality, quickly adopting the 20s lifestyle and becoming the rebel oldest daughter. 

Family

Mother: Abigail Jane di Napoli, neé Bennett ( @mjs-oc-corner ) 

A vivacious and strong woman, Rory loves her mother, and though she gives her strokes by smoking too many cigarettes and heavy drinking, they both have a close bond, she being her first child and helping out with her siblings, especially when her youngest sister came. 

Father: Ernest Regulus Maurice di Napoli 

A complicated man, Aurora made of her father a better man the moment she was born, for he had grown up in a deeply tramuatized and problematic family, and defying Rory’s grandfather and seeking his path and seeing his fortune decrease, Ernest was changed forever and poured his whole heart in his children, and despite having arguments with Rory, he loved her perhaps the most, being his firstborn child, and was certainly amused of how easily she outdrank him... 

Emmett di Napoli 

Temperamental, whip-smart and a but cocky, Emmett and Rory got along well and was her confidante, both relying on one another. 

Theodore di Napoli ( @mjs-oc-corner​ ) 

INFO TBD 

Christabel di Napoli ( @mjs-oc-corner​ ) 

INFO TBD, though she’s protective of her 

Dominique? di Napoli 

INFO TBD 

Hogwarts

House: Hufflepuff 

Best Class: DADA, Transfigurations and History of Magic 

Worst Class: Potions & Herbology 

Boggart: Her father becomes like her grandfather 

Riddikulus: He instead recites a very dirty limerick 

Patronus: TBD

Patronus Memory: Singing in the car with her parents and siblings 

Mirror of Erised: Living free and roaming around the world 

Amortentia (what she smells like): Cigarettes, expensive champagne, eau de cologne lavender, coconut, spicy food and plane gas 

Amortentia (what she smells): TBD 

Career

11-18: Hogwarts student 

19-35: Wanderer 

36-58: Model & actress for the wizarding cinema 

59-64: Philantropist 

65+: Retiree 

Personality & Attitude

Priorities: Wanderlust, her family and friends, having her independance 

Strengths: Charismatic, charming, funny, enthralling and uses her beauty to her own advantage 

Weaknesses: Reckless, vain, full of herself and a complete diva 

Stressed: Around men lol 

Calm/Comforted: Around women 

Favorites

Colors: Blue, red, green and white 

Weather: Sunny with a calm wind 

Hobbies: Playing roles, being around cameras and talking to people 

Fashion: Rory dresses like all the stars in the Old Hollywood 

Relationships

Significant Other/Love Interest: TBD, though due to her job she’ll have many husbands and a secret lesbian romance hehe. HMU if you want your OC to be her husband or wife!! 

Friends: TBD 

Rivals: TBD 

Trivia

Aurora is based on Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor 

She has made several movies of Muggle and Magical events: she has played as Anne Boleyn in a magical interpretation of Henry VIII in 1936, as a magical Jane Eyre in 1938, in an original project based on the Malfoy family in the regency era and Cleopatra in 1942, among others 

She married at least from three to eight times, to hide her liking for women and her many scandals from nude scenes to almost being caught by the paparazzi 

She’s also based on Evelyn Hugo from The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo sjehdeud 

She changed her name from Aurora to Jade St. Claire, though her family still called her Rory 

She met Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe 

She was obssesed with skincare, and included several creams and vaseline 

She has a lesbian romance for years that is on and off 

She also sang birthday songs for Ministers of Magic and was the mistress of several 

She changed her hair to blonde and redheaded for many of her films 

Her favourite muggle actress was Romy Schneider 

#oc: aurora di napoli #oc: ernest di napoli #abbi bennett #abigail bennett #fankids: erbigail