There and Back Again: The English Journeys of Catherine of Aragon
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It's not rational, but she hates him for existing and will do what she can to make his life less enjoyable. This is the bastard who was conceived during the most difficult part of her marriage, it's not great but she hates him..
Plenty of queens loathed their husband's bastards. I can't for my life recall one that murdered their wives. Why would Eleanor, raised to be a queen and mindful of her own standing commit murder that could risk her own position? George of Clarence lost his head for unlawfully murdering someone.
She's a Queen though, a foreign Queen at that. She's not at nearly as much risk, not that she was caught. And to be clear it was a mistress of Jasper, not the wife. Eleanor was driven by her hatred for the young man's existence, it's not like she murdered some random person.
Driven by hatred by his existance? She has given her husband several legitimate heirs.
What I am trying to say is that English queens have fallen from grace for less than murder. And regardless of her own personal feelings towards her husbands bastard, murdering their mistresss would be completely out of line. But I think it's better for me to leave the discussion
See I don't want everyone to be the same, especially if they're women!"Oh we need more complex female characters"
YOU GUYS COULDN'T EVEN HANDLE HER
Hahaa exactly *evil laughter.
I don't think being an petty bitch make makes for a complex female character."Oh we need more complex female characters"
YOU GUYS COULDN'T EVEN HANDLE HER
I would feel the same if you wrote a male character like this. In fact this Eleonor reminds me a little of John from "An Imperial Match"........
If I were Carolajin I might be worried. Elanor might decide even the authorized mistress and bastards are an affront to her pride. I assume that was a reason she was not with her Queen during the poisoning.
Well, I think it does. People on the writing world right now are too focused on making their characters sympathetic. Sometimes, women can be messy too.
It feels more real to have the variety of humanity present in both genders.
She sure knows how to play all the games now, that's for sure. The historical evidence will be..
circumstantial, but I'm sure a few historians would figure it out.
I mean sure, but she's more than that too. It's human to hold grudges and even take some things too far. I wanted to show that, and show that not all women simply wanted to sew and have 18 children.
Well they're not the same, they've developed differently and have different methods. It's a mark of good writing when two people can make similar characters that are also different...