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Hot Take #1
Nobody ever needs to remake an Agatha Christie novel again. It was the Golden Age of detective novels, pick a new author. Personally I’m asking for a remake of the Harriet Vane/Peter Wimsey Dorothy L Sayers novels, because Lord Peter Wimsey is hands down my favorite fictional crush and Harriet Vane is awesome.
Hot Take #2
Nobody ever needs to make another tv series or movie about the Tudors - not Henry, or his wives, or Mary or Elizabeth or the other (Scottish/French) Mary. There are other dysfunctional royal families all over Europe.
There’s Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine right there in England a couple of hundred years earlier. She was the most beautiful (and richest) woman in Europe! She came from the original court of Courtly Love! She was married to the King of France and ran away with the younger man (Henry)! And then became the Queen of England when Henry inherited after the Stephen & Matilda mess. They had really hot sex (I mean, I don’t know that for sure, but probably). They had a really messy family. Also Henry II is my favorite English king (Alfred runs a close second) - he restored peace and order to England after decades of civil war (also Thomas a Beckett was kind of a tool - not saying he deserved to be murdered, but kind of a tool). It would be such a good Starz series.
You could do John of Gaunt and Kathryn Swynford who was his mistress for decades and then he married her in the end and legitimized all their kids who went on to found the Tudor dynasty, if you were really hung up on the Tudors.
Okay, I’m done now.
#Hot takes#no more tudors#no more Agatha Christie#dorothy l sayers#peter wimsey#harriet vane#the Plantagenets
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So I accidentally almost got into an argument on Twitter, and now I'm thinking about bad historical costuming tropes. Specifically, Action Hero Leather Pants.
See, I was light-heartedly pointing out the inaccuracies of the costumes in Black Sails, and someone came out of the woodwork to defend the show. The misunderstanding was that they thought I was dismissing the show just for its costumes, which I wasn't - I was simply pointing out that it can't entirely care about material history (meaning specifically physical objects/culture) if it treats its clothes like that.
But this person was slightly offended on behalf of their show - especially, quote, "And from a fan of OFMD, no less!" Which got me thinking - it's true! I can abide a lot more historical costuming inaccuracy from Our Flag than I can Black Sails or Vikings. And I don't think it's just because one has my blorbos in it. But really, when it comes down to it...
What is the difference between this and this?
Here's the thing. Leather pants in period dramas isn't new. You've got your Vikings, Tudors, Outlander, Pirates of the Caribbean, Once Upon a Time, Will, The Musketeers, even Shakespeare in Love - they love to shove people in leather and call it a day. But where does this come from?
Obviously we have the modern connotations. Modern leather clothes developed in a few subcultures: cowboys drew on Native American clothing. (Allegedly. This is a little beyond my purview, I haven't seen any solid evidence, and it sounds like the kind of fact that people repeat a lot but is based on an assumption. I wouldn't know, though.) Leather was used in some WWI and II uniforms.
But the big boom came in the mid-C20th in motorcycle, punk/goth, and gay subcultures, all intertwined with each other and the above. Motorcyclists wear leather as practical protective gear, and it gets picked up by rock and punk artists as a symbol of counterculture, and transferred to movie designs. It gets wrapped up in gay and kink communities, with even more countercultural and taboo meanings. By the late C20th, leather has entered mainstream fashion, but it still carries those references to goths, punks, BDSM, and motorbike gangs, to James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Mick Jagger. This is whence we get our Spikes and Dave Listers in 1980s/90s media, bad boys and working-class punks.
And some of the above "historical" design choices clearly build on these meanings. William Shakespeare is dressed in a black leather doublet to evoke the swaggering bad boy artist heartthrob, probably down on his luck. So is Kit Marlowe.
But the associations get a little fuzzier after that. Hook, with his eyeliner and jewellery, sure. King Henry, yeah, I see it. It's hideously ahistorical, but sure. But what about Jamie and Will and Ragnar, in their browns and shabby, battle-ready chic? Well, here we get the other strain of Bad Period Drama Leather.
See, designers like to point to history, but it's just not true. Leather armour, especially in the western/European world, is very, very rare, and not just because it decays faster than metal. (Yes, even in ancient Greece/Rome, despite many articles claiming that as the start of the leather armour trend!) It simply wasn't used a lot, because it's frankly useless at defending the body compared to metal. Leather was used as a backing for some splint armour pieces, and for belts, sheathes, and buckles, but it simply wasn't worn like the costumes above. It's heavy, uncomfortable, and hard to repair - it's simply not practical for a garment when you have perfectly comfortable, insulating, and widely available linen, wool, and cotton!
As far as I can see, the real influence on leather in period dramas is fantasy. Fantasy media has proliferated the idea of leather armour as the lightweight choice for rangers, elves, and rogues, a natural, quiet, flexible material, less flashy or restrictive than metal. And it is cheaper for a costume department to make, and easier for an actor to wear on set. It's in Dungeons and Dragons and Lord of the Rings, King Arthur, Runescape, and World of Warcraft.
And I think this is how we get to characters like Ragnar and Vane. This idea of leather as practical gear and light armour, it's fantasy, but it has this lineage, behind which sits cowboy chaps and bomber/flight jackets. It's usually brown compared to the punk bad boy's black, less shiny, and more often piecemeal or decorated. In fact, there's a great distinction between the two Period Leather Modes within the same piece of media: Robin Hood (2006)! Compare the brooding, fascist-coded villain Guy of Gisborne with the shabby, bow-wielding, forest-dwelling Robin:
So, back to the original question: What's the difference between Charles Vane in Black Sails, and Edward Teach in Our Flag Means Death?
Simply put, it's intention. There is nothing intentional about Vane's leather in Black Sails. It's not the only leather in the show, and it only says what all shabby period leather says, relying on the same tropes as fantasy armour: he's a bad boy and a fighter in workaday leather, poor, flexible, and practical. None of these connotations are based in reality or history, and they've been done countless times before. It's boring design, neither historically accurate nor particularly creative, but much the same as all the other shabby chic fighters on our screens. He has a broad lineage in Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean and such, but that's it.
In Our Flag, however, the lineage is much, much more intentional. Ed is a direct homage to Mad Max, the costuming in which is both practical (Max is an ex-cop and road warrior), and draws on punk and kink designs to evoke a counterculture gone mad to the point of social breakdown, exploiting the thrill of the taboo to frighten and titillate the audience.
In particular, Ed is styled after Max in the second movie, having lost his family, been badly injured, and watched the world turn into an apocalypse. He's a broken man, withdrawn, violent, and deliberately cutting himself off from others to avoid getting hurt again. The plot of Mad Max 2 is him learning to open up and help others, making himself vulnerable to more loss, but more human in the process.
This ties directly into the themes of Our Flag - it's a deliberate intertext. Ed's emotional journey is also one from isolation and pain to vulnerability, community, and love. Mad Max (intentionally and unintentionally) explores themes of masculinity, violence, and power, while Max has become simplified in the popular imagination as a stoic, badass action hero rather than the more complex character he is, struggling with loss and humanity. Similarly, Our Flag explores masculinity, both textually (Stede is trying to build a less abusive pirate culture) and metatextually (the show champions complex, banal, and tender masculinities, especially when we're used to only seeing pirates in either gritty action movies or childish comedies).
Our Flag also draws on the specific countercultures of motorcycles, rockers, and gay/BDSM culture in its design and themes. Naturally, in such a queer show, one can't help but make the connection between leather pirates and leather daddies, and the design certainly nods at this, with its vests and studs. I always think about this guy, with his flat cap so reminiscient of gay leather fashions.
More overtly, though, Blackbeard and his crew are styled as both violent gangsters and countercultural rockstars. They rove the seas like a bikie gang, free and violent, and are seen as icons, bad boys and celebrities. Other pirates revere Blackbeard and wish they could be on his crew, while civilians are awed by his reputation, desperate for juicy, gory details.
This isn't all of why I like the costuming in Our Flag Means Death (especially season 1). Stede's outfits are by no means accurate, but they're a lot more accurate than most pirate media, and they're bright and colourful, with accurate and delightful silks, lace, velvets, and brocades, and lovely, puffy skirts on his jackets. Many of the Revenge crew wear recognisable sailor's trousers, and practical but bright, varied gear that easily conveys personality and flair. There is a surprising dedication to little details, like changing Ed's trousers to fall-fronts for a historical feel, Izzy's puffy sleeves, the handmade fringe on Lucius's red jacket, or the increasing absurdity of navy uniform cuffs between Nigel and Chauncey.
A really big one is the fact that they don't shy away from historical footwear! In almost every example above, we see the period drama's obsession with putting men in skinny jeans and bucket-top boots, but not only does Stede wear his little red-heeled shoes with stockings, but most of his crew, and the ordinary people of Barbados, wear low boots or pumps, and even rough, masculine characters like Pete wear knee breeches and bright colours. It's inaccurate, but at least it's a new kind of inaccuracy, that builds much more on actual historical fashions, and eschews the shortcuts of other, grittier period dramas in favour of colour and personality.
But also. At least it fucking says something with its leather.
#everyone say 'thank you togas' for not including a long tangent about evil rimmer in red dwarf 5x05#Our Flag Means Death#Togas does meta#and yes these principles DO fall apart slightly in s2 and i DON'T like those costumes as much#don't get me wrong they're fun and gorgeous - but generally a bit less deep and more inaccurate. so. :(#I'm not sure this really says anything new about Our Flag but I just needed to get my thoughts out#i hate hate hate Gritty Period Drama costumes they're so boring and so ugly and so wrong#god bless OFMD for using more than 3 muted colours and actually putting men in heels (and not as a shorthand for rich/foppish villainy) <3#looking at that Tudors still is insane like they really will go to any lengths to not make men feel like they've got bare legs XD#image descriptions in alt text#and yes i DID just sink about two hours into those so you'd better appreciate them
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Natalie Dormer as Anne Boleyn in The Tudors (2007–2010)
#*gif#the tudors#anne boleyn#sandushengshou#usersjen#tusermich#tusereliza#tusertha#userfefa#userbennet#violaobanion#weloveperioddrama#perioddramasource#onlyperioddramas#thetudorsedit#perioddramaedit#*tudors#*tv#anneboleynedit#ndormeredit#saw some nice comments on my prev sets with her and my tags she's having vampire vibes#I tried to play with colouring to show how I see it and these are just season one gifs#in s2 she's having even more vibes for me with her capes / necklaces / decorations - I will gif next part soon too
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“Near the end, [King Jaehaerys] grew certain [Alicent] was his daughter Saera, returned to him from beyond the narrow sea.”
artist: @riotarttherite
I had the great pleasure of commissioning, in my opinion, one of ASOIAF fandom’s greatest artists on this gorgeous piece. I had never commissioned any artwork before and didn’t know what to expect, and this far exceeded my expectations. The attention to detail is beautiful and the overall piece conveys exactly what I was envisioning in my head, so I wanted to start off with a big thank you.
The idea for this art piece was originally a “what if” or AU where Saera either didn’t get caught at the brothel or was brought back from the Silent Sisters as was allegedly Jaehaerys’s plan (or if she had bonded with Balerion and gotten to stay! Would have loved that for her) so she stays in King’s Landing and becomes his caretaker in his old age instead of Alicent Hightower. As his daughter, she would have significantly more influence in being able to “speak for him” instead of a caretaker for another House, so although I do not take Saera as someone particularly obsessed with power, I do find it very interesting to imagine her deciding to cause chaos as the Old King’s mouthpiece. The streets of King’s Landing are burning as we speak! Even before Jaehaerys seemed to succumb to dementia, Saera did appear to have a strange influence over him, so once Alysanne passed away, it only makes sense that Saera would become the person in his ear. Not all that great for the smallfolk or even Lords of the realm, but great for drama and storylines. And Saera, of course! I’m sure she would have paraded everywhere, weighed down by jewelry and the finest wines. Perhaps she would have had a full menagerie, as she appeared to love animals. Definitely an elephant there somewhere.
As this piece was being worked on, however, I did think of a second meaning to the art that I also think is really neat. You could also view this as what Jaehaerys is seeing as Alicent is caring for him. He did believe her to be Saera in the end, as his mind was being lost. His Saera had come back to him, and although I do not like Jaehaerys and think he probably deserved worse, he most likely died happy at that thought, believing Saera was reading to him. So if you prefer to interpret this as viewing things through Jaehaerys’s mind, I welcome you because I love it at least equally to the first idea.
Lastly, the detailings are beautiful so I wanted to touch on them and give them the attention they deserve for the moment. I asked Riot to have a caring but sinister vibe, that she is caring for him for a plethora of reasons but certainly that includes self-serving reasons. I believe this was captured really well! I wanted it to be illustrated that Jaehaerys had lost his wits a while beforehand, so he has a vacant look, and Saera has the keys, showing that she is the real power behind the Crown. She has several expensive jewelry pieces (she has many from her lovers, but she doesn’t bother with them, leaving them to collect dust, only thinking gifts from the King are worthy to wear), but my favorite was one I specifically requested. Her jeweled bodice, which contains replicas of the King’s jewels that are present on his crown. Dare I say, she had her mother’s crown repurposed for herself? The intention is clear, Saera is effectively the Queen now, not in name, but Queen nonetheless. As for the general fashion, I told Riot that my favorite era of fashion was the Tudor era, more broadly 1300s- 1550s. As you can see, this was more than delivered and extremely beautifully inspired by historical fashion. GRRM doesn’t always describe his character’s outfits, and the GOT and HOTD outfits were often lackluster. This was exactly the type of beauty I was looking for. The dragon embroidery on Saera’s sleeves? Mwah!
Anyway, thank you so much for geeking out with me! The Saera/Jaehaerys dynamic is one of the most interesting dynamics to me. There’s simultaneously so little and so much there. It’s complex and layered, I can’t stop thinking about it. If you have been on my tiktok, you may have heard about my extensive theory regarding that dynamic, iykyk. If you ever want to talk about them, absolutely feel free to inbox me. More commission ideas coming this year definitely, at least a couple more of this dynamic, but I don’t know how a piece could be any more perfect <3
#jaehaerys targaryen#king jaehaerys#jaehaerys the conciliator#saera targaryen#fire and blood#let women be sinister#evil thoughts#behind every evil person is a more evil person#tudor fashion
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long live the queen
#Meereen!dany my beloved#not the most accurate ghiscari tokar but I wanted to be distinct from my more mid Tudor westerosi dresses#whilst still taking inspiration from my Shakespeare based reference 🥰#Daenerys Targaryen#Daenerys stormborn#dany#queen of Meereen#fashion of ice and fire#a song of ice and fire#asoiaf#Valyrian scrolls#Valyrianscrolls#minsart#my art#fanart#grrm#adwd#a dance with dragons#house targaryen
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wanted to imagine outfits for them as heads of their houses!
#jaime x brienne#jaime lannister#brienne of tarth#asoiaf#valyrianscrolls#melrosing art#Jaime’s is a cross between Tudor and seafaring which is how I imagine Lannister garb#for Brienne I like to imagine the Evenstar leads some sort of celestial ritual on Tarth based on phases of the moon or whatever#so tried some more priestly/fantasy esque for her?? idk
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The "Lucky" One
#anne of cleves#jane seymour#anne boleyn#katherine howard#katherine of aragon#tudor history#tudor england#european history#poetry#writers on tumblr#writeblr#writing community#writing inspiration#paintings#creative writing#medieval history#web weaving#henry viii#this was...kinda hard but it was super fun#i promise more queer poems tomorrow#period pieces#historical writing
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they officially cancelled My Lady Jane after only one season because it apparently “didn’t find a broad enough audience”. i’m disappointed but not surprised, unfortunately it’s just one more name in the very long list of too-soon cancelled shows with incredible potential.
#my lady jane#amazon prime video#lady jane grey#guildford dudley#jane x guildford#emily bader#edward bluemel#elizabeth tudor#mary tudor#edward tudor#gemma burgess#fantasy#comedy#enemies to lovers#arranged marriage#satirical#tv shows#the list is long#shadow and bone#the society#lockwood and co#julie and the phantoms#spinning out#and more
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James Frain and Henry Cavill as Thomas Cromwell and Charles Brandon in The Tudors | 3x08 — 4x01
requested by @cosmicwalkersmain
#Charles brandon in jail NOW#the tudors#thomas cromwell#charles brandon#james frain#henry cavill#periodramaedit#tudorerasource#thetudorsedit#request#byfefa#byme#tudore era#the irony in this first scene is that they used the music theme of thomas More. when he was in the tower#and charles adressing him as “MR.” to diminish thomas of his prev title#when I remember charles's dad was killed by richard iii I smile#thank you for your service king
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The Tudors 1.04
“His Majesty, the King”
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And finally I could do another drawing for my project #YamiNeedsMoreClothes 😆 Yes, I know Yami uses this clothes in Duelist of the Roses, so basically is not new clothes, but I wanted to draw it and I needed an excuse! 😂 Anyway, doesn't he look handsome? 😍
#yami yugi#yami is sexy#pharaoh atem#henry tudor#yugioh#duelists of the roses#yugioh dm#yugioh fanart#yugioh fandom#ygo duel monsters#ygo fanart#yami needs more clothes#roselyn drawings
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We are back for another historical hypothetical folks!
And this time it is:
Think of it as a Midsomer Murders/Clue style thing.
I don’t have an answer for who the victim is. You can choose anyone you want, for the victim.
#historical hypotheticals#historical hypothetical#Polls#tumblr poll#Tumblr polls#historical polls#war of the roses#the war of the roses#wars of the roses#tudors#the Tudors#Tudor England#Henry v#humphrey duke of gloucester#john duke of bedford#richard duke of york#richard plantagenet#edmund duke of somerset#edmund beaufort#richard neville#Richard Earl of Warwick#margaret of anjou#Henry Vi#edward iv#richard iii#henry viii#thomas more#thomas cromwell
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"The Mirror and the Light"
Lithography, 2024
#more traditional prints from me#introducing my favourite printing technique#knowing Mark owns and loves this is making me all warm and fuzzy#beautiful man#lithograph#lithography#thomas cromwell#mark rylance#wolf hall#the mirror and the light#traditional art#traditional printing#hilary mantel#my art#artwork#artists on tumblr#illustration#drawing#fanart#artist#character art#henry viii#tudors
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Martín Macuilmazatl, a young gentleman of the Ciudad de México.
#em draws stuff#em is posting about temeraire#temeraire worldbuilding collection#and oh FINE#oc time again hehe#⚬⚬⚬⚬⚬𐂂#<- have to stop denying I really like these guys.#point being this is 5deer and cipachcoatzin in the Evil and Fucked-Up Timeline.#we will have to wait until I Get to reading tongues of serpents to determine precisely the differences between the regular timeline#and the evil and fucked-up timeline but I Think You Get The Idea probably.#shoutout to the two most important tomes for this drawing - 'the tudor tailor' and patricia rieff anawalt's 'worldwide history of dress'#the anawalt book isn't always great for Period Specificity but it Is fairly solid on 16thc mesoamerica which is just what I needed#also. someday I'll get more of cipacton's body in the frame but Not Today. dragon too big.
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Thinking about Elizabeth Woodville as a gothic heroine is making me go insane. She entered the story by overturning existing social structures, provoking both ire and fascination. She married into a dynasty doomed to eat itself alive. She was repeatedly associated with the supernatural, both in terms of love and death. Her life was shaped entirely by uncanny repetitions - two marriages, two widowhoods, two depositions, two flights to sanctuary, two ultimate reclamations, all paralleling and ricocheting off each other. Her plight after 1483 exposed the true rot at the heart of the monarchy - the trappings of royalty pulled away to reveal nothing, a never-ending cycle of betrayal and war, the price of power being the (literal) blood of children. She lived past the end of her family name, she lived past the end of her myth. She ended her life in a deeply anomalous position, half-in and half-out of royal society. She was both a haunting tragedy and the ultimate survivor who was finally free.
#elizabeth woodville#nobody was doing it like her#I wanted to add more things (eg: propaganda casting her as a transgressive figure and a threat to established orders; the way we'll never#truly Know her as she's been constantly rewritten across history) but ofc neither are unique to her or any other historical woman#my post#wars of the roses#don't reblog these tags but - the thing about Elizabeth is that she kept winning and losing at the same time#She rose higher and fell harder (in 1483-85) than anyone else in the late 15th century#From 1461 she was never ever at lasting peace - her widowhood and the crisis of 1469-71 and the actual terrible nightmare of 1483-85 and#Simnel's rebellion against her family and the fact that her birth family kept dying with her#and then she herself died right around the time yet another Pretender was stirring and threatening her children. That's...A Lot.#Imho Elizabeth was THE adaptor of the Wars of the Roses - she repeatedly found herself in highly anomalous and#unprecedented situations and just had to survive and adjust every single time#But that's just...never talked about when it comes to her#There are so many aspects of her life that are potentially fascinating yet completely unexplored in scholarship or media:#Her official appointment in royal councils; her position as the first Englishwoman post the Norman Conquest to be crowned queen#and what that actually MEANT for her; an actual examination of the propaganda against her; how she both foreshadowed and set a precedent#for Henry VIII's english queens; etc#There hasn't even been a proper reassessment of her role in 1483-85 TILL DATE despite it being one of the most wildly contested#periods in medieval England#lol I guess that's what drew me to Elizabeth in the first place - there's a fundamental lack of interest or acknowledgement in what was#actually happening with her and how it may have affected her. There's SO MUCH we can talk about but historians have repeatedly#stuck to the basics - and even then not well#I guess I have more things to write about on this blog then ((assuming I ever ever find the energy)#also to be clear while the Yorkists did 'eat themselves alive' they also Won - the crisis of 1483-85 was an internal conflict within#the dynasty that was not related to the events that ended in 1471 (which resulted in Edward IV's victory)#Henry Tudor was a figurehead for Edwardian Yorkists who specifically raised him as a claimant and were the ones who supported him#specifically as the husband of Elizabeth of York (swearing him as king only after he publicly swore to marry her)#Richard's defeat at Bosworth had *nothing* to do with 'York VS Lancaster' - it was the victory of one Yorkist faction against another#But yes the traditional line of succession was broken by Richard's betrayal and the male dynastic line was ultimately extinguished.
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twdg s4 really gave us an adorable wlw romance for the main character about building a home and a family where the two antagonists are an evil woman who she was partially cared for by as a child and her girlfriends fucked up not-exactly-ex girlfriend who wants her dead (who has been manipulated by Evil Woman and they are character foils) AND its written by a gay woman and its fucking CRICKETS!!!!! i dont understand !!!!!!!
#this time im really gonna do it (post more clemviminnie shit even if people are weird about it)#yes i know twdg ended years ago I DONT CARE its no excuse#theyve always been ignored and i dont fucking GET IT!!!!!#yes i know theyre also buried 4 seasons deep I STILL DONT CARE. THEYRE WORTH IT. CLEM IS WORTH ALL OF IT ANYWAY#take me back to when S4 was releasing i miss when they had attention 😭😭😭#clemvi literally has EVERYTHING im not even exaggerating 😭😭 no ship has come close since them ive been spoiled#its just me and the surprising amount of people still writing clemvi fics on ao3. i love you#i saw that “top f/f pairings on ao3” post the other day and i was just like........... clemvi deserves to be here HDJKSHDSJK#im doing my part (writing another clemvi fic)#theres an easter egg where if you dont know who randy tudor is it just looks like god is winking down at these two girls about to confess#and like... thats just awesome :)#twdg s4 was written by the girls and the gays FOR the girls and the gays. thank you mary kenney for my life#twdg#it speaks#violentine
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