Richard II was a man and experiecned commander when he came into the throne. Also, Arthur of Brittany, who had by primogeniture, not a truly established concept, a better claim to the throne than John, was imprisoned and killed by John, so this act had an actual precedent, too. Haha, the idea of Richard II ending a…

OH OH PUH-LEEEEZ name ONE ruler of england who was not guilty of crimes like these. COME THE FUCK ON. He was a man of his time who did what was expected of him with the methods that all rulers used and under who knows who how much pressure and madness. Stop maligning him over the other assholes. He was BY NO MEANS…

The Richard III society maintains that Edward IV married Eleanor Butler in secret, then married Elizabeth Woodville while Eleanor Butler was still alive, thus Titulus Regious establishing his nephews with Woodward iligitimate. If the original marriage existed, then Richard would be the rightful heir. Also, it’s never…

Oh I’ll give that not all that is said about him is true, and he’s not going to be the hero of a play written for a Tudor. But trust me, this woman is over-the-top invested.

Josephine Tey, Daughter of Time! Dated (it was published in 1951), but one of the great mystery novels of all time: a police inspector recovering from injury is given the “Richard III case” to examine from a modern perspective. A good yarn and a concise look at arguments on both sides (from well before the bones were…

I feel like I’ve read interviews where Martin even says that Tyrion was inspired by Richard III and Emperor Claudius.

As a medievalist who buried him (I APed the reburial tv events) this hits particularly close to home. It is absolutely unconscionable that anything like this is taking place near the tomb.

For me, the only concern is why they need to do a play near his damn grave at all?

Yeah, the only (and I do mean ONLY) thing that the whole White Queen series got right was to humanize these people and illustrate that very few of them had options in their lives. That series gets in my craw because there are ways of humanizing historical figures without completely rewriting the damn story.

Richard, being the brother of a king, was sent to live in the north and sort of vice-president his way around, keeping everything running smoothly. When he became king, there are plenty of records of the northerners being overjoyed that their awesome good buddy now ruled everyone, and when he died, they were upset and…

This particular lady is really obsessed with King Richard III. I won’t knock her persistence in getting him found, and treated respectfully, but there is something very over the top​ about having him as this sacred being. This sort of... protectiveness...comes across if you see or hear her speak on the matter to.

Richard the Lionheart was a glory hunter who just fought in the Crusades, leaving England and his Continental holdings to suffer under terrible mismanagement in the meantime.

Can I just point out how much I’m laughing in response to the fact you have a Stark profile picture while talking about dynastic legitimacy, especially regarding the War of the Roses.

Anyone with a interest in Plantagenet/pre Tudor history can tell you that journals kept by contemporaries of Richard III painted a completely different pictures of him than what most people think due to Tudor propaganda. I read a fantastic book about him once and am firmly #TeamRichardIII now. Yes, I am a huge dork, I…

If you are into well researched historical fiction, please please read The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman and then you will be just as pissed at this shit as these folks are. Fuck Shakespeare for being a paid propagandist for the Tudors. I...I have strong feelings about this.

My family was not prepared for how loudly I laughed at that Cheadle tweet.

I bet Chris Pratt’s PR company have a red emergency Bat-phone that goes off what he’s going too Jesus-y, and a crack team swoops down to the Marvel message boards to create distractions.

Caitlyn Jenner says she’s drifted away from her family.