"Do you even know how hard it is to find a purple cheetah in France during the winter?!"

I think they literally have no idea what they are doing with Narcisse. For generosity's sake, however, maybe we can assume he's sort of under house arrest? And since all his properties have been seized, I guess house arrest means he is stuck in the castle.

Haha seriously. She's got a good ten years left, unless the show decides to kill her off prematurely! Whatever else we may say about Antoine, though, that dress he gave Kenna for the party was awesome. It was so sparkly and I loved it. Kenna's totally inappropriate animal print dress was hilarious. At least she knew…

Oh yeah, I definitely don't think Mary is going to make it to Scotland with Louis. I was thinking more about potential future seasons after the show finally does away with Francis. Also, I'd be more intrigued by Mary running away with Louis if she hadn't run away with Bash just last year. Another reason to move to…

I was delighted by the potential Conde/Elizabeth pairing! It is so deeply historically inaccurate and yet such a perfect way to inject conflict into Louis' side of the Mary/Conde pairing.

This! Thank you!

LOL so hard at "nobody even sends pages anymore"!!

From your caps-lock, I'm not sure if you're 100% serious or not. But assuming you are, it's a lot easier for tv shows in general to pass the Bechdel test because they have many more hours in which to tell a story than a movie does. As for the movie Serenity, I am actually not sure it does pass the Bechdel test. I am…

Indeed.

Fair enough.

That's still you making a pretty big assumption about a lot of people.

I do. I was also molested as a child. Is your implication that I should never be okay with being touched or want to fall in love because I was abused? I personally think you are the one being insensitive to rape/abuse survivors by suggesting that you know how every single one of them feels afterwards.

And I'm fine with them going back to Francis and Mary. I don't have a problem with them being together and I often like them together. I just don't think Mary owes him anything emotionally.
I do agree that the rape does seem to have had the primary plot effect of driving a wedge between her and Francis so that she…

Oh, great. I'll tell that to my friends who've been raped. That'll be really helpful information for them.

Honestly, I think she's not fully admitting it to herself, though she did come close in last night's episode. And just because Francis wouldn't want to hurt her, which I do believe, doesn't mean that if she were to be caught that he wouldn't be pressured into doing so. Appearances are literally everything.
Also, I…

I can respect the desire for her to be more honest with Francis about her feelings for Conde. But the show has many times pointed out the difference in how acceptable it is for a King to take a lover but not a Queen. So she may be concerned for her personal safety if she were to be honest with Francis about her…

Why does she have to reject Conde? Teenagers who aren't married to other teenagers fall out of love and into new relationships all the time. Why does her rape mean that she can't love anybody for it to be legitimate?

Wait are you saying Aylee had no title? I'm pretty sure her family was supposed to have owned half of Scotland, according to the show. Plus she actually spoke Italian (which got her seated next to some ambassador at a party one time) and maybe also Latin? All of which would imply that she was of noble birth. But if…

Regarding the episode itself, I am deeply dismayed by the assassination of Uncle de Guise! His proposal to Catherine was so breathtakingly pragmatic that it almost became romantic from his sheer enthusiasm for it. I may not be able to forgive Narcisse for ruining that for me.

I'll be honest, I do not understand the intensity of the Frary shippers and their rage at Mary. I have definitely enjoyed Frary (and will forever swoon over Francis's line to Mary about wanting a baby with her because he loves her), but I guess I can't say I've ever been deeply invested in them because I know that…