#Henry And The Habits

[beaulesbian]

THE TERROR (2018) S01E07 "Horrible From Supper"

They also told us lemon juice would ward off the scurvy. I heard, when it gets bad, your gums pull back. Scars dissolve and open back up.

[largepeachicedtea]

"so cock-struck it's like a curse"

i may as well share these here. movie!firstprince in the style of the new mary and george posters, 1000% influenced by @orchidscripts fic 'noble blood' enough that id even go so far as to call it fan art (despite alex having not even appeared in the fic yet. so. this might not even be accurate)

[coolguyontheblock]

How about platonic Roseprice? Just Ellie and Rupert hanging out as friends.

Smoke buddies

[cosmicdenro]

[rockingtheorange]

They're so bffs😭❤

Might be wrong but I think Nick was rehearsing the sentence "In here, at night, no one else is around to gawk at you or try and take your picture"

THEYRE SO UNSERIOUS 😭

[philosophybits]

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Henry David Thoreau, Walden

[mynamesnotdahlia]

made a blorbo bingo, can you get a bingo?

[welcometololaland]

A fic about Alex Claremont-Diaz's chaotic coffee habits for @rmd-writes, brought to you by the extremely rogue and inadvisable duo of @dustratcentral (ifyoustay) and me (Lolaland).

(updating every couple of days).

NOW COMPLETE

CURSED IS A STATE OF MIND | E | 6/6 | RWRB

Alex Claremont-Diaz is well aware that he’s an absolute catch. He’s intelligent and quick witted, has an ass that absolutely refuses to quit and was once voted ‘most attractive law student’ in a slightly irresponsible and probably unethical NYU student magazine poll. Which is why he finds it super fucking weird that his new roommate, Henry, thinks his caffeine consumption habits are a bit off-putting. So what if he has some unconventional drink choices? It’s not like Alex can’t vehemently defend all of them. OR 5 times Henry has something to say about Alex’s coffee choices and 1 time he says nothing at all.

Chapter 1 - a wake-me-up and a pick-me-up

Chapter 2 - cereal coffee

Chapter 3 - lukecold

Chapter 4 - pre-made, post-warmed

Chapter 5 - dip it

Chapter 6 - the fat hasn't separated

[hon3yra1nbowz]

i had a thought and immediately went for it

[ganseyenthusiast]

you know how gansey functionally went deranged after his first death? what if it's the same after his second one? what if henry, with at least some psychic background, knew to expect it, knew to nudge gansey away from the rest of them because gansey would never want to be seen like that by adam, by ronan, by noah... what if the 'road trip' is a thinly veiled excuse for gansey to go full HarrowTM, curled up on the floors and barely stopped from clawing his own eyes out.

he has good days sometimes -- they look at the woods, at silly attractions, let gansey feel better until the weight of rebirth hits him again. and then its damage control, holding him, forcing him to eat, accepting him as he effectively goes through death-withdrawals. it's at one of henry's properties, wild swath of grass for the good days, isolated enough to muffle screams. people try to reach them during td3, definitely, desperate employees of seondeok insisting that it is a matter of the entire world, of all the Roads, we need you in Boston--and it's henry saying he doesn't give a damn about the world right now, he will not let his friend suffer. it's blue shrugging off the pleading look she's given, following henry out of the foyer, because if the choice is gansey or the world, it's really no choice at all.

it's the both of them gently nudging gansey into the most cramped room in the house when everything gets too loud for him, its them letting gansey crush their hands in a painful grip as his body trudges through the ischemia, adjusts, adjusts. it's taking turns so gansey doesn't get overwhelmed. it's putting aside everything for love, for friendship.

he may have come back wrong, because there is no resurrection without consequence, but he has support, and that love is there to nurture without condition

[yeahiguess3232]

Henry is the type of dad who falls asleep looking like he's reading. Who wouldn't tho when the book is about sediments.

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Anyway, surprise surprise another artwork of them sleeping. I have a problem haha.

This was fun to explore light a bit, and clothes are a pain as always, I bullshit most of the folds tbh.

[fideidefenswhore]

Was the young Henry VIII a very friendly and gentle person?

Assuming you mean on a personal level (since, obviously...ordering executions is not especially 'gentle'), that seems to be the general judgement. There's not actually much variation from it from 1509-20s, foreign observers extol his gentleness and generosity and piety throughout the early 1530s, their only specific criticism there is that he's enthralled with a woman of 'bad character' (shorthand for 'low birth').

'the kindest of princes' (Cranmer, 1526) ‘a man of gentle friendliness, and gentle in debate; he acts more like a companion than a king’ (Erasmus, 1529) 'affable and gracious, harmed no one' (Venetian ambassador, 1519) 'He is kind and affable, full of graciousness and courtesy, and liberal; particularly so to men of science (virtuosi) whom he is never weary of obliging.' (Venetian ambassador, 1531)

There's some interesting post-contemporary observations on this matter, too (that have to be considered more doubtful since they're more influenced by hindsight and sometimes, by partisanship); such as:

"her Majesty's father, though otherwise the most gentle and affable prince in the world, could not abide to have any man stare in his face; or to fix his eye too steadily upon him when he talked with them".

And while I won't arm-chair, body-language 'science', pop psych-analyze that one (search results yield that specific source quote to 'narcissism' discussion), since it's neuroableist particularly to suggest an inability to maintain eye contact is indicative of innate deceit/dishonesty ...it is an interesting observation, considering how long he was in the public eye.

'Otherwise' gentle and affable is what's interesting about this remark, really, because are gentleness and friendliness mutually exclusive with a certain self-consciousness? I don't think so, and I wonder if this manifested particularly once he got to the point in a public ceremony/spectacle where he became overwhelmed by the attention and scrutiny, it is not typically how he's thought of but it's such a specific observation connected (but 'contrasting') those specific traits you asked of, I thought it was worth mentioning.

Mantel touched on this,

‘The burden of kingship,’ he says, ‘no man can imagine it. All my life, to be a prince: to be observed to be a prince; all eyes to be set on me; to be an exemplar of virtue, of discretion, of excellence in learning; to have a mind young and vigorous yet as wise as Solomon; to take pleasure in what others have designed for my pleasure, or be thought ungrateful; to discipline all my appetites, to unmake myself as a man in order to make myself as a king; to waste not a minute lest I be seen to waste it; for idleness, no excuses; always alert to prove, always to show, that I am worthy of the place God appointed me … When I was a young man I suppose I showed the calf of my leg to an ambassador and said, “There, has your French king a calf as good as that?” And my words were reported, and all Europe laughed at me, a vain idle boy, and no doubt people laugh still. But being young I asked myself, if God had formed François better than me, which prince did He favour most?’

And I also thought Mantel touched on this (although I can't find it in my highlights atm, so maybe I'm misremembering); I distinctly remember this scene...where somebody is recalling, as Duke of York, Henry was placed on a pony or horse when he's only two or three years old, and this is really his first public appearance, and he's reported to have acquitted himself well, to have been charming and gracious and graceful, even then...but even then, there was always this dark spectre. The timing of his ennoblement as Duke of York was chosen with purpose, it was in the shadow of a pretender. Was there a sense of unease, even then, that he couldn't articulate until later: that behind every smile, could be a knife?

'[Henry VII]'s children grew up in a world of threats, intrigue, and paranoia', '[Prince Henry]'s earliest years were as emotionally insecure as his father's reign was politically uncertain', '"he is so subjugated that he does not speak a word except in response to what the king asks him"'; again, the latter does not match the gregarious (perhaps even, more self-fashioned than natural) personality he's recorded as having as an adult.

The possibility that he oscillated between two opposite settings, and adapted accordingly, back to back (relative isolation and circumspection, to complete immersion in public celebration and celebrity and grandiose openness/friendliness); could account for the contradiction of an "affable" young man that gradually became uncomfortable with the level of scrutiny to which he was held, and maybe even modulated his habit and outward persona to fit what was expected of a king.

[putuponpercy]

Henry hasn't had any issues with his chest since his prolonged hospital stay following the Kipper crash and yet if he were to approach Gordon during one of his smoke breaks, Gordon will always hold his cigarette and blow smoke away from whichever side Henry is at. This is something he only does for Henry.

[tomoleary]

William Henry Bradley (1868–1962) “Narcoticure” Advertisement Poster (1895)

Narcoti-Cure: ‘Why smoke and spit your life away?’

No mention of what the narcotic is, if there is one.

“NARCOTI-CURE is entirely vegetable and free from injurious ingredients.” Well, that’s good.

[leoleolovesdc]

Howard: Hey guys, do y’all know where’s Cathy?

Aragon, somewhat annoyed: In her room. Writing.

Howard: Oh, so she’s back?

Cleves: Uhh.. she never left?

Howard, disbelieving: She hasn’t shown up in like, five days, and you’re saying that all this time she was just in her room working?

Cleves, shrugging: Workaholics, go figure.

Howard: I’m pretty sure that’s not healthy.

Howard: Like, at all.

Boleyn: Just let her be, Kat. If she wants to work then let her work. It’s her choice and all that shit.

Seymour: No, no, no! Kat’s right, we can’t let Cathy lock herself into a room for a whole week and act like nothing’s wrong!

Aragon: Yeah, someone should definetly go check on her.

Aragon, agressively pointing at Anne: Bo-loser, you’re going. If someone can annoy people out of motivation then that’s you.

Boleyn: What?! I don’t want to!

Cleves: No, Lina’s right. You should go.

Seymour: Yeah, it has to be you, Annie.

Boleyn: Kat? Please?

Howard: As you once wisely said; sorry not sorry, sis.

Boleyn: Ugh, fine! I’ll do it, but you owe me! All of you!

6 hours later

Cleves: Damn, Annie’s surely taking her time, huh?

Aragon: Hm… You’re right. I thought with how enraging she can be Cathy would have given up like, five hours ago

Seymour, uncertainly: Maybe she’s trying a more mature approach?

Seymour: Or maybe Cathy’s just being specially stubborn!

Howard: That’s it, I’m going in.

Howard, kicking the door open: What’s taking so godda-

Cathy is sitting on her desk while writing on a laptop, Anne’s on her lap, belly-to-belly, while reading “Torwards a Gay Communism”.

Aragon:

Parr:

Howard:

Boleyn:

Cleves:

Seymour:

Aragon: How the fu- ?!

Boleyn: I got distracted!

[pizzaboat]

I think one of the first horrid henry episodes has him detailing how he gets ready for school (it's a fucking mood to a university student, I'll say that)

So for some reason the poor kid has an alarm set for half 7, then his dad comes in to wake him, then his mom comes into yell at him for ignoring his dad, then his brother comes in to try and get him up

And like, the kid genuinely seems like he can't function at that hour, and I won't lie, I'd snap if I were him too. He wasn't even THAT late. He was 10 minutes early for school in the end anyway

So he didn't have any clean clothes in his room, so he's forced to wear clothes from the dirty clothes hamper and his mom screams at him for that. Then his dad yells at him for not sitting close enough at the table

His mom is annoyed at him for looking for his bag (and not knowing where it is when she has it)

Henry hasn't brushed his teeth yet so they've gotta stop and do that (I mean, they were rushing him out the door, what do they expect?)

And I feel the need to point out that he and Peter are eating breakfast at the same time! Henry is still 10 minutes early to school!