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guinevereslancelot · 2 days ago

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obsessed with the concept of duels. for many many years there was a 100% legal way for two consenting adults to settle a dispute by trying to kill eachother. there was a fully legal way to just kill someone. also you were humiliated and called a pussy if someone challenged you to a duel and you said no

#cool guys could just kill someone and then go on with their life with no consequences bc it was a consentual duel to the death 😂#obviously there were exceptions to the lack of legal consequences but in general this was a legal practice lmao #and this was so wildly popular that they had to make it illegal bc they were losing so many lives to dueling #and it remained popular to donit illegally for a long ass time after that #insane #every time i watch much ado about nothing im obsessed w the fact that beatrice is like i cant duel claudio but YOU can kill him for me babe #and benedick not only can but it's legal for him to do so 😂#obviously this is in many stories but i think about the kill claudio scene all the time #it truly is a scene that doesn't translate to a modern adaptation very well bc of the historical context of dueling #as not only legal and respectable but actually cool to do #this has been a shitpost #even women got to do this!! less common but there are examples of women dueling lol

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