#then they try to argue that ACTUALLY the Princes don't matter and we shouldn't spend so much time talking about them

[wonder-worker]

this is a Princes in the Tower and Edward of Lancaster stan account btw

[ardenrosegarden]

#I do not want to hear one word against Edward of Lancaster#not a single one #least of all if you're a yorkist stan who thinks that edmund of rutland's death in battle at 17 by his father's enemies is a tragedy #while simultaneously thinking that edward of lancaster's death in battle at the same age by HIS father's enemies is a cause of celebration #deeply embarrassing and unserious behaviour#and where to even start with how the majority of self-declared 'Yorkists' treat the Princes in the Tower 🤡 #I've truly never seen anything like this#first they try to vilify two children (including a literal 9-year-old) for being 'Woodvilles' #which in their minds is synonymous to greed/duplicity/ambition/unworthiness aka how they view the Princes' mother #then they try to deny that their vaunted Richard III murdered them even though they're perfectly willing to believe John murdered Arthur #then they try to argue that Richard III was just 'a man of his times' and downplay his actions even though his usurpation and deposition #of his pre-teen nephews absolutely broke all parameters of politically and personally acceptable behaviour in medieval England #then they try to argue that ACTUALLY the Princes don't matter and we shouldn't spend so much time talking about them #(says the person who spends all their time trying to convince people on the internet that Richard didn't kill them) #then they try to argue that finding out what happened to the Princes shouldn't affect our reading of Richard III and won't change how we #view his reign#even though it absolutely affected how contemporaries viewed him and was what provoked opposition to his rule #like. what is happening here. where is this one-sided beef against a long-dead 12-year-old and 9-year-old coming from? #are you okay? (via @wonder-worker)

this is a Princes in the Tower and Edward of Lancaster stan account btw