#was that it almost came across as if AB was...secular?
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#the difference being anne very much did gaf what the priests said#but these scenes seemed to beat a common refrain so...tehe#altho on that conjectural note what did bother me about the adaptation (not so much the book iirc bcus it's been a great while since i've#read it...)#was that it almost came across as if AB was...secular?#and she definitely wasn't#that was almost how elizabeth was portrayed in BE as well which bothered me#bcus it made these scenes of prayer and like anne's coronation seem like playacting with no belief behind them#dm once made the critique that elizabeth is often portrayed as 'coolly secular' to contrast her sister's 'lush piety'#and it seems the same forced contrast is often depicted respective of their mothers#anyways...makes me ILL that anne didn't get to have a moment like this#'better women than you have tried. go and look for them now' it makes me illll
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