#by the time of louis 14th gotta praise how the other one just went im fine as i am actually :)

[magnitoria]

what do you think was an *actually* interesting rivalry in mc and/or mc: k? 😃 also what do you think was the dullest, most annoying rivalry in the series? (i could name 70% of them lolololol)

ayo the dullest rivalries are all rivalries what do i care about the rich on rich violence ye know seize the means of seduction or how it went 😔✊

aktually the big and probably only reason why i got so interested in the show's setup and by extension in the history it's based on is between the potential heirs. the rich on rich violence was always the same across all royalty houses, sure ya your brother is a king and you want power too bestie aren't you rich enough already for the love of god explain to me how the benefits of treason dying outweigh the difficult task of sitting still, literally N O T H I N G is threatening you besides your small peepee insecurities if a billionaire leech no.2 wants to become a billionaire leech no.1 you don't get a fan in me. but the spin on the same rivalry in the ottoman times is VERY exciting, you are straight up born dead by default and there's nothing you can do about it unless you fight, that's the only extreme situation where your life IS at stake by design and your death is GUARANTEED unless you rebel. how do you stay brothers in this situation? how do you talk, how do you even live with this knowledge constantly weighing down on you? every second of your existence is like having a bucket of ice water being thrown in your face, the rivalry is justified beyond all reasons.

and as it always goes with both shows, of course it's not explored. we got a hopeful glimpse between mustafa and mehmet but there wasn't much to talk about, and then everything else was kinda....not done right. bayezid's aaaaaah daddy doesnt love meee, whatever the hell they did with murad vs kasim like h u h now you're framing it as kasim deserving it??? osman vs mehmet was somewhat confusing at best now that i think about it, the leap from BEST BROS FOREVER LICHERALLY SURVIVED DEATH TOGETHER to die yeet is kinda ye know....not natural. i did write a post on the possible reasons of mehmet's execution and if im still half correct, he got the noose solely as a precaution during osman's work trip?? some people turn off electricity before going on holiday and some kill their brothers to mitigate a chance of revolt ye know. don't go here tryna sell me some brotherly love narrative to frame it.

so yea my biggest interest was in exploring just how the hell do you live in those conditions, that's a rivalry with tons of layers, but alas :)