#which kinda makes sense considering that Hugh's behavior could be truly juvenile

[thewritingpossum]

So when Hugh Despenser beat up John Ros in front of Edward's own two eyes in the goddamn cathedral, what do you think was going through Edward's mind, because a disgusting little part of my brain is CONVINCED that this was the moment that Edward was first like... oh... maybe...

Eh girl!

First of all, sorry for taking a while to answer. I love getting asks but I am fundamentally slow at answering them so yeah…

This said...While I do find the idea of Edward looking at Hugh beating the shit out of someone in church and going all "damn ok 👀" both extremely funny and not entirely unrealistic, I'll be honest and say that I don't think that's where their relationship was at at this moment in time.

If anything, I think it was one of those case where Edward looked at Hugh the elder all like "listen, you know I love and respect you, you're one of my oldest friend and ally and the godfather of my son and heir but like…What the actual fuck is wrong with your son? Like for real, what's his problem? Can't you do something? I mean, I know he's technically grown an all but the whole "spare the rod, spoil the child" still has got to apply here, don't you think?" while Hugh the elder just stood there looking all😐, wondering why his only living son had to be so, so annoying (but still thinking deep down that he's not actually that bad and that people really just overreact a lot to the small mistakes made by his beloved 336 months old boy…)

So yeah, while I don't personally subscribe to this theory but I still support it and would have 0 problem with it appearing in an histfic novel.

(Also, unrelated but I saw your tags about Hugh's brain being exploded by being in a polycule with his wife's sister's husbands and like...Do you know that Hugh's sister Isabel ended up marrying the guy who had been his wife's step-father for most of her life? We sadly don't know how she felt about that but I always thought she must have been somehow vexed at them for making their family tree so damn complicated...)