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fideidefenswhore · 2 months ago

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'anne knew how to play henry' is presumptive, speculative narrative; but even where there's a place for it (fiction) ; their likely first 'meetings' (encounters? more like, same place, same time occurences, technically speaking) are almost never given the foreshadowing and hint of narrative structure that one could use...

#the tudors. brushed against it; that's the drama that came the closest; really.#if the tudors had dropped 2022; let me tell you...all the tiktoks would be that focog scene w i bet on losing dogs BLASTING in the bg......#bsr sort of did but only by using the device of anne speaking reflectively in the tower #i actually think it works better as a device if they don't interact directly; and not only because that's probably the most accurate take #but narratively; it's more in-tune #the first time she saw him was in triumph (1513); the second time was in loss (1520)#so like. as far as first encounters go. it's not such a bad insight into what makes him tick #but i think it works better if she's a spectator like everyone else #and i think it works better with both bcus it was relatively unlikely for someone of her status and origin to have even have been #in lille and then in that french valley at those times #and yet she was #very few people were at both of those events; and those that were would've known henry well (wolsey)#and she doesn’t . not then. but one could definitely hint at that being the origin of her insight; laying the bedrock for it ; as it were …#*singular or at least. unique. insight #they would’ve been strong impressions .#also whether the creator is going for 1501 or 1507; either way in 1513 anne was a child #and children notice more. they absorb more .#books don’t really do this either …#g Lawrence came closest ; tarnish made an attempt but it was saur… creepy….

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