#am I being overdramatic or is this just genuinely not an appropriate way to discuss someone else’s looks - even at 500 years of distance
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It’s the daily mail so i don’t know why I’m surprised but, what is wrong with you? you’re an actual freak
#am I being overdramatic or is this just genuinely not an appropriate way to discuss someone else’s looks - even at 500 years of distance#apart from anything else#other people will have that body type today#it’s not unique to this historical figure#there’s no need to be so horrible#I mean fair enough for people to dislike him obviously#but istg if I have to suffer through another pig or toad comparison#I long for a day where some of these writers/historians find it within themselves to be respectful about these Tudor figures’ apperances#Henry and Cromwell for their weight and 'ugliness' being linked to their morality especially#(or being nasty about looks/bodies at all actually. even if there’s no moral connection being made)#would love for some of them to be in any way normal about this man#Wolf hall#Thomas Cromwell
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