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I hate to know some lists of York parties that tried to rescue the prince in the tower and then joined Tudor in exile …
Can you give an example of the Yorkists who defected to Henry Tudor after the crisis in 1483? (other anon ask).
The handiest list of the Yorkist who joined Henry VII is the Wikipedia page of the ill-named Buckingham's rebellion. Some names aren't what I would qualify as 'Yorkist' as Reginald Bray who clearly rebels because Henry Tudor was the son of his liege, Margaret Beaufort, but most of them are Edwardian servants.
We do not know who attempted to rescue the Princes in the Tower in summer 1483. Maybe some of them are on that list, maybe they aren't, we don't know.
But a typical Yorkist rebel could be Giles Daubeney, who's a small landowner in the South-West and esquire of the king's body (basically a mix of courtier and servant and sometimes bodyguard). He rebelled in 1483 very probably at disgust for Richard III's usurpation and the murder of his nephews.
Another one is Robert Willoughby, who was High Sheriff of Cornwall, then High Sheriff of Devon and High Steward of the duchy of Cornwall. He is more dangerous than Daubeney to the extent that he is very connected in the South-West: an already prominent landowner who married an heiress and have a firm institutional position through offices in the duchy of Cornwall who's a major asset of the Crown. His support means a lot.
101 people were attainted at Richard's only parlement. Some of them are Woodvilles, others are connected through familial links to Henry Tudor but most are gentrymen who served Edward IV in the South-West/South-East.
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I'm happy to receive asks but answers will be quite slow/non-existent until march for professional reasons
Buckingham's rebellion is quite ill-named considering his uprising was the weakest, that he was isolated amongst rebels and that historians still speculate on whether it was another uprising with different objectives but opportunistically chose to rise simultaneously with the Edwardian Yorkists.
#war of the roses#Buckingham's rebellion#who really should have another name#Richard III#Edwardian servants
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The OTHER MARGARET BEAUFORT
The OTHER MARGARET BEAUFORT
When anyone hears the name ‘Margaret Beaufort’, they always think instantly of the mother of Henry Tudor. However, there was another Margaret Beaufort, who also had a famous son called Henry, whose mother also bore the surname Beauchamp, who married one of the Staffords, and who was widowed young and remarried—although there her life diversifies from her more famous relative, and she falls…
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#"Princes"#Battle of Northampton#Edward IV#Elizabeth Wydeville#executions#Henry of Buckingham#Henry VII#Lady Margaret Beaufort#Margaret Beaufort#Salisbury#Sir Richard Darrell#Staffords#The Cornish Rebellion#William Viscount Stafford
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Robert’s Rebellion characters in a Fleetwood Mac AU PLEASE IMAGINE THIS. (If you don’t know the drama, please, know the drama)
Robert: Lindsay Buckingham (because I hate him and he’s borderline abusive)
Lyanna: Stevie Nicks (this is so true)
Rhaegar: Mick Fleetwood (Oh the affairs, the love triangle)
Ned: John Mcvie (iconic quiet boy with a hot wife)
Catelyn: Christine Mcvie (the hot wife, unproblematic <3)
#I’m right#you have no idea how right I am#asoiaf#fleetwood mac#omg Elia would be Jenny#cause rhaegar cheated on her w lyanna#oh this is perfect
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I Found Myself a Cheerleader 27
Chapter 27 out of 28
Bumped to the lowest step on the social ladder after his fight with Billy, Steve gets roped in with the cheer team. What starts as a favor to help them out when one member breaks her leg in turn for protection from the brunt of the bullying, sets the universe on a different path.
In this chapter, they're in the hospital and the party stitches itself back together again as they all heal and come together. Hopper returns from the dead and the people from Cali reunite with the others as they catch up and wait for Eddie to wake up again.
On AO3.
Ships: steddie & buckingham
Warnings: hospital, hate-crime mention, homophobia mention, f-slur
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Chapter 27: The Hospital
It’s been two days since the door has been unlocked for the party and uncle Wayne and Eddie still hasn’t woken up yet.
Steve has spend most of his waking moments glued to Eddie’s side, though he makes the rounds past Chrissy and Max whenever Wayne is around, since he is too scared to face the older man just yet. Dustin assures him he’s very nice, but Dustin doesn’t have Steve’s history. So, not meeting between the two so far.
Today is another moment that Steve has ducked out when Wayne came down the hall and has fled to Chrissy’s room to hang out with her and Robin. Chrissy’s own parent have been giving her the cold shoulder for her stunt, especially when she refused to go to bible camp to get her rebellion fixed.
Despite the likely disownment hanging over her head, however, she’s in good spirit. That is probably helped by Robin’s parents, who are taking her under their wing much like they had done for Steve. It’s also helped by the fact that she and Robin have been spending a lot of time together and growing more and more enamored with each other.
However, their budding relationship doesn’t stop them from including Steve whenever possible and the three of them hanging out like they used to do.
“I got a card from all the cheer team, looks like Mary is making head cheerleader after all,” Chrissy tells Steve.
“Bet coach Miller is pissed off she lost her best flyer right before the last championship,” Steve says.
“Yeah, she really thought we were gonna win this time.”
“She always thinks we’re going to win,” Steve rolls his eyes, making Chrissy snort.
“Why do I like you jocks again?” Robin whines. The conversation about cheer has been going on for a while already.
“Because we’re charming and lovely,” Steve suggest.
Chrissy meanwhile grins: “Because you’re a lesbian.”
“I hate you both,” Robin tells them, but she’s grinning too.
“No, you love us,” Steve teases her, feeling safe to do so because he’s getting all their secrets and confessions from both of them.
Like expected, Robin gets a dopey look on her face and grins: “Yeah, I do.”
On the bed, Chrissy blushes, though a happy smile fills her face. She takes Robin’s hand and shyly says: “I love you too.”
Robin’s dopey smile gets even wider and a blush appears, before squeals and kicks her feet, burying her face in the blankets as she face plants into them to hide.
“God, you two are so disgustingly in love, it’s adorable,” Steve complains. Without his consent, his mind wanders to Eddie and how maybe that can be him too, if the other ever wakes up.
The two girls know him well enough to guess where his mind has gone, because Robin pokes her head up from the blankets again and takes his hand, while Chrissy bumps her cast against him. He smiles at them, grateful for their presence.
“He’s going to be okay,” Chrissy assures him.
Robin snorts: “Yeah, he’s too much of a stubborn asshole to go down like that.”
That makes Steve laugh. Robin always knows how to make him laugh or smile again, even when it all feels hopeless. She also knows how to give him hope, they both do.
Their laughter is interrupted by a female voice, who says: “Max told us we could find you here.”
Steve whips his head around and his eyes land on Joyce. She’s standing in the doorway, looking tired but happier than he has seen her since Hopper’s funeral. Before he’s even aware of it, he’s out of his chair and walking to her, hugging her close.
An adult is here to take over again. Joyce is here. He has always felt safe with her, even if she might have only taken him in out of obligation, he knows she cares for him in some way. She wanted him to come to California with them. She wanted to keep him safe. And now she’s here.
“What are you doing here?” he asks, voice tight with unshed tears and colored with disbelief.
“It’s a long story,” Joyce answers, stepping back so she can cup his cheek and check him over, eyebrows frowning when she spots the bruises on his neck. “We were coming home to make sure you all were okay.”
“And El, Will and Jonathan?” Steve asks. “How did you know?”
“El contacted us, she has her powers back. I was in Russia with Murray when she contacted us, because-”
“Russia?” Steve almost shrieks, the thought of meeting a Russian again terrifying to him after last summer.
Before Joyce can answer, however, another voice comes down the hall. A voice that shouldn’t be here, yet is. Hopper who calls out: “Joyce, you know I don’t move as fast with my passenger.”
It seems impossible, but Hopper is indeed there, coming down the hospital hallway with El clinging to his side. He doesn’t look upset as he holds her close and shuffles as best he can without dislodging her in any way.
“You’re- You’re-” Steve stammers, legs almost numb as he stumbles towards Hopper, one hand raised, reaching out, but unsure if he’s truly seeing this.
“I’m alive, kid,” Hopper tells him, finally there.
Almost as if watching from above, outside of his body, Steve sets another step forwards, collapsing in Hopper’s arms. Tears that have been threatening to fall since Joyce’s arrival begin to fall as he clutches to Hopper, his strong arm coming to rest around Steve as well.
Hopper’s death has been one of the worst things that has ever happened to Steve, which is saying a lot with his life so far. It has given him so much responsibilities and it hurt to loose him. This last stint with the Upside Down, has only made Steve miss Hopper more, feeling the gaps left by his presence.
But now he’s here.
He’s alive.
Hopper is alive.
“It’s okay, kid, it’s okay, I’m here,” Hopper shushes him, rubbing his back as he attempts to soothe Steve.
Steve honestly doesn’t care that he’s an adult and that he’s crying like a little boy in Hopper’s arms, unable to stop. He hiccups: “I lo- love you so so much, I miss- missed you. I’m sorry for not hugging you at the mall, I’m sorry for- I- I’m sorry.”
And he’s only crying more as Hopper holds him. He’s glad the other isn’t too macho to push Steve away after that, because Steve couldn’t have handled that. Hopper is one of the few adults that actually cared for Steve and Steve has regretted not telling him that when he was gone. He needed to say it and now he has.
“Me too, me too,” Hopper says and that’s more than enough for Steve, who continues to try and squeeze the life out of him with how tightly he holds him, uncaring about his stitches.
Robin, however, does care about his stitches and comes to pull him away. She says: “Come on, dingus. The nurse will yell at you if you pop your stitches again.”
Steve stubbornly tries to hold on for a little bit more, but the comment has worried Hopper and Joyce enough that they don’t let them. Joyce going to check him over again, frowning: “Are you hurt?”
“A little bit,” Steve says, playing it off. There are people more hurt than him anyway.
“He nearly got eaten by Upside Down bats along with Eddie,” Robin tattles and he kicks at her, though she jumps out of dodge. She sticks out her tongue and he glares at her.
“Eddie took the brunt,” Steve tries to make it less.
“Let’s just start at the beginning,” Hopper says, moving to go sit down.
Steve now properly spots El and he immediately knows that getting her powers back wasn’t fun or easy. He also knows better than to comment on her lack of hair, so he just hugs her like he did at the funeral and fiercely says: “I am so glad to see you, El. Thank you for coming to save Chrissy and Max.”
She hugs him back and says: “Thank you for keeping my friends safe here.”
It chokes him up all over again and he holds her close. He got everyone through alive, but they have never been more hurt collectively, so he doesn’t feel like he should be thanked. But hearing it from her means everything to him, because she has always been the one keeping everyone safe right alongside Hopper and Steve. It feels good that he had her back.
“Always,” he promises her, rubbing her head. Quietly he tells her: “You look bitchin’.”
El pulls back at that and smiles at him. It’s small, but it’s there and it is so good to see her smile again.
While he was saying hi to El, Robin awkwardly half-introduced herself, because she never really got the chance to get to know Hopper and Joyce, as well as introduce Chrissy. Since she is Robin, she also half catches them up on what has happened by introducing Chrissy as the girl who got Vecna’d with Max, before going into a ramble about Vecna.
Steve puts her out of her misery as they all catch each other up on what happened.
They explain how Hopper is alive, though how Hopper survived that, Steve doesn’t know. He spent a few hours with the Russians and that was more than enough for him, being there for months sounds like a death sentence. But he’s here.
Hearing how Joyce got kidnapped to Russia is insane. He has always known that Joyce was one of the toughest people out there, but he only gains more respects for her.
It’s not really until El tells them how they fared that Steve gets mad. Robin of course notices and grabs his hand to prevent him from picking a fight with the government again.
The others have heard a little bit about what happened with them as well and they catch them up on all the drama and nonsense they’ve had to face. Luckily able to also tell them that Eddie’s name was cleared yesterday and they’ve let Henry Creel take the fall for his own killings, painting Eddie as a hero who tried to take him down, found by Steve.
It has been quite a lot for just a week and Steve is so happy they’re there. They are as tired as they are, but with them there, they have more eyes to watch out for those townsfolk who haven’t been convinced and just in case the Upside Down isn’t as collapsed as they think it is.
Steve isn’t alone in his responsibility anymore.
Will and Mike are with Lucas and Max, Dustin also having joined them, while Jonathan is visiting Nancy along with his friend, Argyle. Their group has come straight to the hospital when they arrived, but they’re tired and Steve suddenly remembers he left his cabin like… that.
“Uhm, I-” he starts, suddenly and all turn on him. He says: “I don’t know if El said that I- I have been staying in the cabin.”
“I am his landlord,” El says proudly at the new word she knows now.
Steve flushes a little as Hopper raises a brow and looks between the two. Steve shrugs: “She wanted to give it to me, I convinced her to rent it to me, but I don’t actually pay rent, I just live there.”
“Well done, kiddo,” Hopper says, ruffling El’s hair as she practically preens.
Then she tells them: “We saved your room. All your stuff is as you left it. I made Steve promise.”
Steve cringes and he tentatively says: “Uhm, about that…” El’s head whips around and Steve can feel his soul shrink under her betrayal. Quickly he waves his hands as he explains: “No, not like that. It’s all there, the basketball team just kind of broke in and searched the place and maybe also spray painted some slurs on it.”
His voice almost disappears at the end, shame taking over. He promised to keep their cabin safe and instead he led the basketball team to it.
However, when Hopper speaks, his anger isn’t directed at Steve when he asks: “They’re still targeting you?”
“I mean, it got better for a while, but they, uhm, they thought I would hide Eddie, so they came to look for him there,” Steve tells them, then hesitates before he adds: “You know how they can be, said ‘a fag will hide a fag.’ Even if they don’t know shit.”
The girls also haven’t heard that detail and they gasp alongside Joyce and Hopper when he tells them. El frowns, Steve is sure Joyce has told her not to use that word, like she told him.
Robin’s hand finds his own and he squeezes it, glad for the support. It’s not really a coming out and he tries to hide behind the fact that the basketball team doesn’t even know shit, because it’s true that they aren’t dating. Sadly. Still, it’s scary.
Steve is sure both Joyce and Hopper never fully believed him when he told them those rumors weren’t true, but they have continued to have his back, so Steve doesn’t expect a big blow out from them. Especially not Joyce and he doesn’t think Joyce would want to be with someone who couldn’t accept her boys.
“Is Powell doing anything about this?” Hopper demands to know.
“He’s kinda had his hands busy and it’s not like I’m reporting it to the cops,” Steve replies. “I don’t need that right now. I just said so you won’t be shocked when you get there. You’re free to use whatever you need.”
“When’s the last time you went home?” Joyce asks, obviously concerned, but luckily stopping Hopper from starting an interrogation about it.
Steve isn’t about to tell them that it’s been days, so he just smiles: “Not that long ago, I have the night watch with Eddie tonight.”
It’s not a lie, he just also doesn’t add that he has the night watch every night, because that’s when Wayne leaves. A detail everyone has been kind of aware of, but has kindly not mentioned in his presence yet. Except for Robin and Chrissy, who back him up and don’t mention it now.
“You’re taking care of yourself?” Joyce checks.
“I am,” Steve assures her. “Don’t worry about me, I didn’t just break a man out of a Russian prison.”
“No, but you kept a group of kids out of the hands of a super powered serial killer, that has to count for something,” Joyce tells him kindly, making Steve blush and duck his head, before they bid their goodbyes.
Once the group is gone, Chrissy lets out a deep breath and says: “I can’t believe the chief’s still alive. Breaking into your house for his funeral seems so long ago now.”
“Do you think you’ll get to keep the cabin now that he’s back?” Robin asks.
“I’ll at least get to crash there. Hopper wanted to take me in from the start,” Steve says. “But with El and Joyce in Cali, he’ll probably join them, so I might.” Not that he cares. Steve can sleep in his car for all he cares. Hopper is alive.
That night he holds vigil at Eddie’s bedside again. Max and Chrissy might get to leave in a few days, but Eddie is still out. There’s a little color in his cheeks again, but it is still wrong to see him like this. So still and quiet.
There are no rings on the hand Steve holds. All Eddie’s stuff has been given to Wayne and a selfish part of Steve wishes he could have one of them. Just to make Eddie look more like Eddie again. To know what it would be like to hold his hand properly, instead of this lifeless imitation.
“Please, wake up, Eds,” he whispers softly. “I miss you. You promised we’d move to the city together, that we’d get out of this hellhole. I still have to sit in on one of your games with the kids. I was going to make you dinner and trace your tattoos. Remember? You still need to find out if my moles make constellations. You gotta be awake to do that.”
It’s selfish to ask Eddie to wake up just for him. But Steve does it anyway. Now in the dead of night with no one around, he can ask it of Eddie. He needs to hear the other say it again. To be assured it’s not just a confession made when they thought they wouldn’t make it. To know that Eddie wants to make good on those promises.
“I love you,” he tells the sleeping boy in the hospital bed, a tear leaking from his eye and falling on the limp hand.
For a second, he thinks Eddie squeezes it, but when he frantically starts to call his name, nothing happens again.
Steve sleeps fitfully on the hospital couch, like he has so often done. Nightmares still haunt him and while he hasn’t thrown up yet, he knows it’s only a matter of time, before that happens. It makes him anxious to actually go to bed, so he gets up early and sleeps only as much as necessary.
That morning, he slips out of the room, before Wayne can arrive. It’s become routine and while he hates leaving Eddie, he is more scared of Wayne. Besides, it gives him an opportunity to check in with the others.
Today, he goes by Max. She’s flipping through a magazine, looking bored. Lucas has been forced home by his parents today along with Erica and Dustin always goes by Eddie first when he gets to the hospital. Will and El might come by later, but that isn’t now.
“How you feeling, Mayfield?” he asks, leaning against the door frame.
She scowls at him, but doesn’t look annoyed with him, just the world. “Like my legs are itching and I can’t scratch them and I have nothing to entertain me but stupid magazines.”
“That sucks,” Steve sympathizes, pulling a face. “I can ask Robin to bring some of her weird novels she loves so much. I think you’ll like them.”
“Thanks, Steve,” she smiles, a good sight. “I can’t wait to get out of here. Then I can start learning tricks with my wheelchair. Not a skateboard, but close enough.”
“God, you’re going to give me gray hairs,” Steve groans, but he’s secretly glad she doesn’t hate it entirely.
“Funny, that’s exactly what my mom said,” Max teases him and like the adult he is, he sticks his tongue out at her.
The two continue to chat a little bit more. It’s good to talk to her, to know how she’s doing, to see her. After having her nearly die because they didn’t check on her enough, Steve revels in getting to shoot the shit with her again.
After a bit, she suddenly asks: “Did you and Eddie make up again?” Steve doesn’t know what face he pulls at that, so she explains: “I saw you knocking and then he wasn’t there at new years and I never saw you two together again, but you seemed friendly again on the run.”
He had almost forgotten Max had been in on their prank on the others, but he nods: “Yeah, we- we did. Turns out, we both were being stupid, me especially. But I said sorry.”
“I hope he wakes up soon,” Max confesses softly. “He’s always nice to me.”
Emotion overtakes Steve and his voice sounds choked up as he agrees: “Me too.”
They’re startled out of the moment by a knock on the door. Both turn to find Will and El standing there. Will waves awkwardly, but El skips into the room, throwing herself at Max.
El had been there yesterday too, but her newly returned dad kind of took up a lot of her mental space, so they hadn’t caught up properly yet. But they are now. The two of them immediately start chattering away.
As they do, Will comes to sit next to Steve. He and Max are friends too, but he’s content to let his sister catch up with Max first. He can always do it later and she needs this right now. And he and Steve probably need to have a conversation too.
Steve hasn’t spoken with Will after those few words before they moved to California. Right now he’s glad that he didn’t have the chance to fuck Will up again when his own bullshit came in the way again. But right now he is in a good space. The best space actually. He can talk to Will now, should he want that.
He’s about to subtly ask if Will wants to, so they can find a more private space to sit. However, before he can, there is screaming coming down the hall.
They rush to the door where Steve almost collides with Dustin, who yells: “Eddie woke up! He woke up!”
It takes a second before the words register, then Steve almost pushes Dustin out of the way as he starts sprinting down the hallways. He is dodging nurses left and right, while Dustin and maybe Will follow behind him.
The elevator takes too long, so he’s taking the stairs two at a time, before flying into the hallway where Eddie’s room is.
When he gets there, he nearly runs into the door frame in his scramble to round the corner, skipping to a halt in the room. He’s breathing loudly as he takes in Eddie, who is sitting upright, his eyes open, looking tired but awake. Alive.
“Eddie,” Steve breathes, almost like he can’t believe it.
“Stevie,” Eddie smiles, his arm shaking as he attempts to reach out, though his muscles are still too weak.
However, before it can drop it, Steve is already holding his hand, pushing into his space or maybe pulling himself into it. He sits on the edge of the hospital bed as he brings up a shaking hand, tucking a strand behind Eddie’s ear, which makes the other boy blush.
“You’re- you’re awake,” he says, his voice quiet and filled with awe, as if he’s afraid the moment will become undone or broken if he speaks too loudly.
“I am,” Eddie replies, a crooked grin coming over his face as adds: “I still had a few promises to fill, remember? Like moving to the city, letting you sit in on a game… tracing your moles, finding the constellations there.”
Tears appear in Steve’s eyes and he buries his head in the crook of Eddie’s neck as he starts to weep. It’s not really crying or sobbing, just little gasps as tears stream out of his eyes. Unable to out all his emotions in any other way.
Eddie probably thinks he’s pathetic, but he truly can’t help but cling to him. Though Eddie is clinging back just as hard and a wet spot appears on Steve’s shirt too.
“I’m so sorry for passing out on you, sweetheart,” Eddie whispers.
“Don’t apologize for that, you idiot. I’m just glad you came back to me,” Steve tells him. He’s not going to let Eddie feel guilty for nearly dying of all things.
“I’ll always come back to you,” Eddie promises and even though he can’t truly promise that, Steve believes him.
“I’ll be waiting,” he replies, a promise in his own right.
It’s not an I love you, but it feels the same. It’s enough of an affirmation that that’s still real, now they get to built up to it again. Say it when their lives aren’t in danger, when they’re not in a hospital.
The two of them finally manage to let go and look each other in the eye. Even tear stained and bruised with exhaustion, Eddie’s eyes are beautiful. And now Steve is finally allowed to get lost in them like he has always wanted to.
Well… Almost.
Behind them, someone clears their throat and Steve startles as he scrambles off the bed to check if they’ve been caught. If they’re going to die now.
Instead, he comes face to face with something that is almost worst; Wayne.
“So, you’re the Steve Eds has told me so much about,” he says, looking Steve over. Probably seeing all the parts where Steve fails. Where he isn’t good enough.
Steve swallows: “Yes, sir.”
“Uncle Wayneee,” Eddie whines. “Steve is cool.” Wayne raises his brow, obviously not believing it, but Eddie isn’t letting it stand. He crosses his arms and juts his chin in a way that is very attractive as he argues: “Steve believed I was innocent. He hid me from the cops, fed me and drove me to the hospital. We talked. It was a misunderstanding. He’s cool.”
Okay, so Eddie did tell Wayne about their fight and their friendship. Steve is now glad he avoided Wayne, because he feels his knees shaking under that stern gaze.
However, with Eddie’s words, Wayne’s face softens and he steps forwards. Without thinking about it, Steve steps backwards, mentally cringing at his own actions, though they are founded in valid experiences.
Wayne frowns again as he does, but he doesn’t move any closer, which Steve is grateful for. Instead, he says: “Thank you for bringing my boy home to me.”
“Oh, uhm, you’re welcome, sir. It- It was no issue,” Steve stumbles, unsure how to act in face of this sudden chance of tune. “Is- Is this okay?” he adds, because he’s still waiting for the other shoe to drop, even if he knows Wayne knows Eddie is gay, this might be too much.
“Of course it’s okay,” Wayne assures him. “Eds told me you were family.”
It’s the same euphemism Eddie used at that picnic table back in the spring of 1985, now almost a year ago. The sentence that made Steve feel safe for the first time. Now he knows where Eddie got it from.
Oh my god, Eddie got it from Wayne. Wayne knows. Wayne is gay.
Steve is sure his eyeballs nearly fall out of his sockets and Wayne sends him a crooked little grin that makes him look like Eddie. “I mean no harm, son,” Wayne assures him and Steve again feels that blanket of safety fall over his shoulders.
Tentatively, Steve allows himself to smile back. “Thank you, sir.”
“No need for that sir shit,” Wayne tells him, again stepping closer – which Steve allows this time – and clasps a hand on Steve’s shoulder. “You saved Eddie and you made him smile, that’s more than enough for me. You’re always welcome at our house.”
“Thank you, s-” Steve stops himself before he can say sir again, but he doesn’t care about the mishap. Meeting Wayne could have been so so so much worse.
“Can I please have my Steve back now,” Eddie interrupts them and Wayne chuckles, while Steve blushes.
Though, despite his red face, he still sits down next to Eddie again. His Steve. It sounds great, the best and now that Eddie is awake and all their issues cleared up, Steve is never just leaving his side again. Unless like Robin needs him.
Eddie sags back into the pillows and softly murmurs: “I’m a little sleepy, sweetheart. Sorry.”
“Don’t be sorry, Eds, just rest,” Steve tells him.
“Will you be there when I wake up?” Eddie asks.
“Of course,” Steve promises. “And I’ll be there when you recover and when you get released and then I’ll take you on a silly movie date, if you’d like.”
“I’d love that, Stevie,” Eddie grins tiredly, before he drops off again.
Steve rearranges the pillows a little until Eddie is comfortable, though it might not have mattered, since the boy is fast asleep again. A fond smile graces his lips as his hands linger slightly on Eddie’s skin, finally allowed to touch. To be close.
Dustin’s voice cuts through the moment as he complains: “I didn’t even get to say hi to him.”
He is standing at the doorway alongside Will, who is staring at the scene with eyes big as saucers, which are filled with awe and hope. Dustin however, looks displeased, crossing his arms as he goes on: “When I got here the doctors were poking at him and now you stole all his attention.”
Will glances at Dustin, then at Steve. He’s clearly unsure if Dustin is that oblivious or if he’s that cool and he doesn’t know how to react.
Steve smirks at Dustin then says: “Probably because he likes me better.”
At that Dustin is about to get say something huffy, before he remembers Will and stops himself, also glancing between his friend and Steve. It’s very touching that neither of them want to out him to the other.
“It’s okay,” he assures them.
That’s enough for Dustin, because he immediately pouts: “Just because Eddie’s your boyfriend now or whatever, doesn’t mean he’s not my friend.”
“Technically, I found him first,” Steve points out.
“But I didn’t know that!” Dustin exclaims. “You still have to hang out with me. Both of you. This is unfair.”
“Dating someone doesn’t mean dropping all your friends,” Steve rolls his eyes. “Of course we’re still going to hang out with you. I’ve had to sit both of your rambling about your little board game too much for either of you to give that up.”
“You know DnD isn’t a board game,” Dustin complains, but he’s smiling again as he sits on Eddie’s other side. He tells the sleeping form: “You better say hi to me when you wake up again.”
Steve snorts at that, but doesn’t tease Dustin further. He knows how Dustin felt about Eddie being in a coma. How badly he wanted the other to wake up. Dustin deserves to be a little huffy about not getting to say hi to him when he finally did woke up.
Will cautiously follows Dustin, unable to stop looking between Wayne, Steve and Eddie. It’s both adorable and heartbreaking. Steve wants to say something to him, but Dustin is there and Steve knows better than that.
Wayne also goes to sit back down and sags a little in his chair. The man must be exhausted, working the nights and spending the day here. An idea pops in Steve’s head and he says: “I’m getting some coffee while Eds is still asleep. Want me to bring you one too?”
“Hm? Ah, yeah, thank you,” Wayne says, startling a little from where he was nodding off.
Steve nods, then turns to Will, asking him: “Wanna help me carry, Will?”
Smart as he is, Will sees the offer for what it is and gratefully takes it, following Steve out of the room and down the hall. As always, leaving Eddie hurts, but knowing he’s awake makes it all the easier.
Instead of going to the cafeteria directly, Steve leads Will outside. Once in the privacy of the outdoors, Will bursts: “You and Eddie are dating?”
“Yeah, but it’s a new thing. We danced around each other until- Well, until it was nearly too late,” Steve tells him.
“You have a boyfriend,” Will says, more for himself, because he needs to hear it to believe it.
“I do,” Steve smiles giddily. He also almost can’t believe it either. With all the ups and downs he’s had in accepting himself, it’s almost unreal to be here. To have this. To be in a place where it doesn’t want to make him curl into a ball.
“How does it feel?” Will asks.
“Odd, but great,” Steve answers honestly. “It’s not really real yet. Having this.”
“So, uhm, you’re gay?” Will quietly asks, as if he knows he shouldn’t, but needs to know.
“I am. I’m gay, yeah,” Steve says, because Will needs to hear that even if it’s just once. He needs to have someone say it and it be okay. “I’m sorry about not talking to you last summer. You didn’t deserve that.”
Will looks to the ground, looking grateful but guilty as he kicks the dirt a little. He says: “I mean, I get it. You just got kicked out. Probably wasn’t a good time.”
“Nah, it wasn’t, but I was a bit of dick about it,” Steve shrugs easily. Thinking about that day still makes his heart constrict, but it’s getting easier with time. Easier with people around him, who do accept him.
“A bit,” Will gives in, sending Steve a small smile to tell him he doesn’t mean it.
They’re quiet for a second. Steve isn’t sure if more is coming, but he’s giving Will time. Everyone needs time with this.
After a minute or so, it seems like Will isn’t going to say anything. Steve is about to herd him back inside and get that coffee like they promised, when Will suddenly says: “I might be too, you know, uhm, gay.”
Steve has already known that, but he doesn’t say it. It can be terrifying to hear that you didn’t pass as straight and the only reason Steve even suspects is because Will let him see glimpses of himself that allude to it. So instead he says: “Thank you for trusting me with that,” as he pulls the kid into a hug.
Will goes easily, hugging Steve tightly. It makes his wounds twinge, but he doesn’t care.
It feels good to be in a place where he can hold Will. It hasn’t been easy to get here and there probably will be roadblocks ahead that he can’t foresee yet, but right now, he’s in a good space and he can be here for Will, like he couldn’t last summer. That’s already amazing.
They stand there for a bit until Will pulls back and clears his throat, obviously embarrassed. Steve gets it, so he just asks: “Anything you wanna know before we go back in?”
“Who knows?”
“That I’m…?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, Robs – Robin – knows, Chris- Chrissy, too. Eddie of course, Dustin too and Wayne. I’m pretty sure Joyce and Hopper suspect, but I never confirmed. And I accidentally came out to Nancy, but I haven’t spoken with her since,” Steve lists.
“Can I talk to those people about it?” Will asks, sounding like he isn’t sure it’s a question he should be asking.
Steve can read between the lines and figure out, Will might want one of his own friends to talk about his struggles. Steve will always be his brother’s girlfriend’s ex, who is friends with his friends and who he has gotten to know. He never had Will under his wing during their run ins with the Upside Down, so they have a different connection.
“Course you can, kid,” Steve tells him, ruffling his hair. “Now let’s get that coffee before they start wondering where we are.”
Will looks lighter than he has in a long time as they walk back into the hospital to get the coffee for Steve and Wayne, as well as some snacks for Dustin and Will.
When they get back, Steve knows they’ve been gone a little too long for getting coffee. He meets Wayne’s eyes and nods to him as Wayne nods back, a bit of approval and understanding in his eyes that has pride swell in Steve’s chest.
Eddie is still asleep, but he’s sniffling and shuffling a little as he sleeps. It’s an infinite improvement to the stillness from before.
Things are looking up. Finally.
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We’re finally here! Steve and Will buddies! It took so many chapters, but we’re here :D
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Thomas Stafford was the ninth child and second surviving son of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford and Ursula Pole. Little is known of his early life, first being mentioned in 1550 as he travelled to Rome, where he associated with his uncle Reginald Cardinal Pole. He spent three years in Italy before travelling to Poland, obtaining the recommendation of King Sigismund Augustus who requested Mary restore him to the Dukedom of Buckingham.
Augustus's appeal appeared to have no effect. When Stafford returned to England in January 1554 he joined the rebellion led by Thomas Wyatt; this arose out of concern of Mary's determination to marry Philip II of Spain. The rebellion failed and Thomas was captured and briefly imprisoned in the Fleet Prison before fleeing to France. There, he intrigued with other English exiles and continued to promote his claim to the English throne.
On 18 April 1557 (Easter Sunday) Stafford sailed from Dieppe with two ships and over 30 men. Landing in Scarborough on 25 April 1557, he walked into the unprotected castle and proclaimed himself Protector of the Realm,[2] attempting to incite a new revolt by denouncing the Spanish marriage, railed against increased Spanish influence and promised to return the crown "to the trewe Inglyshe bloude of our owne naterall countrye".[1][3][4] Stafford claimed he had seen letters at Dieppe showing that Scarborough and 12 other castles would be given to Philip II and garrisoned with 12,000 Spanish soldiers before his coronation.[5] Three days later, the Earl of Westmorland recaptured the castle and arrested Stafford and his companions. Stafford was beheaded for treason on 28 May 1557 on Tower Hill, after imprisonment in the Tower of London. Thirty-two of his followers were also executed after the rebellion.[6].
#rlly showcasing hcavill's 'acting' here...anyways. let me mind my business#i need the tudors to be less underrated than it is bcus like. the way i totally buy this was a rant he totally gave...#'they have plantagenet blood in their veins' (so do you; babygirl) and all#bcs like. he is truly the worst. but is he wrong?#thomas stafford like my grandfather was right! the tudors suck dhfagrfwragfm#honestly the reason being given as her marriage to felipe ii was probably just a pretense#also yes this is all from wiki. don't judge me .#for all the faults of the writing (and it had plenty) it really like...took you to that emotional place#of this is the worst man in the world but also. he's sort of right. and just lets you sit#in the discomfort of that...#and also that this is all his self-fulfilling prophecy to some extent. reginald pole wrote that indictment of him#but he didn't have it widely published until he. yk. killed his entire fucking family bar geoffrey#(and then this does happen to edward courtenany to some extent too. altho it seems he was more pawned than complicit)#marian#henrician#i actually didn't know about this rebellion ...really contradicts that narrative#that all mary's plantagent relatives 'adored' her; huh?
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Wasn't there also a bit of a culling by the House of York of other Lancastrian claimants such as the Marquess of Dorset and the Duke of Somerset's beheadings in 1471 or the Duke of Exeter's drowning in the English Channel in 1475 and the Duke of Buckingham's beheading in 1483? Maybe some others? Those deaths were another boosting up for Henry VIII pre-Bosworth Field?
The deaths of John and Edmund Beaufort don't fit: John was killed during the fighting at Tewksbury and Edmund two days later because they had fought for Henry VI as the Lancastrian King of England and while they were both of the House of Lancaster, they were certainly behind Henry and his son Edward of Westminster in the line of succession and were not claimants to the throne at the time of their death.
Whether Exeter was actually assassinated or just fell overboard is a matter of rumor, but again he wasn't a claimant and if he was killed it was probably because he had fought for Lancaster even after marrying Anne of York, which Edward would porbably have considered a betrayal. Buckingham wasn't a claimant either; his rebellion was on behalf of Henry Tudor.
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November 19th 1600 saw the birth of King Charles I at Dunfermline Palace.
No-one knew that Charles would be the last king born in Scotland. He had an elder brother who was destined to be king and Charles was a frail, sickly child. Three years after the birth of Charles, his father, King James VI, became King of England also. His elder brother Henry, became Prince of Wales - an English title created by Edward I. But Henry died in 1612 and suddenly Charles became the heir apparent. But he was soon under the malign influence of the Duke of Buckingham, eight years older than Charles, who had been made a favourite of King James largely on the basis of his foppish good looks.
In 1623, in pursuit of King James' plan to create an alliance with Spain, Buckingham accompanied Charles to the Iberian peninsula to arrange the marriage of the King of Spain's daughter to Charles. The plan was badly bungled (Buckingam gets the blame) and war was declared between Britain and Spain shortly after their return! As lord high admiral, Buckingham continued to mismanage various expeditions and was eventually murdered in 1628.
King James died on March 27, 1625 and Charles was crowned at Westminster Abbey on February 2, 1626. With an alliance with Spain now abandoned, a French one was pursued instead, this time with a bit more success, and Charles married Henrietta Maria, the sister of King Louis XIII.
His wife had an even more exaggerated view than Charles of the "Divine Right of Kings" which led him into conflict with Parliament both in Westminster and Scotland. Charles fell foul of the "puritans" favouring a church more in line with Catholicism, a "high" church with richness and ceremony.
He also fell out with the English parliament over him raising taxes without their permission, so what is man who believes in that "Divine Right of Kings"again? Dissolves Parliament and rules the country himself for 11 years.
Charles eventually came to Scotland in 1633 to be crowned at Holyrood. Although the Union of the Crowns had taken place in 1603, the monarch ruled two separate countries, each with their own laws - and church. In Scotland the meddling of the king in church affairs led to the signing of the National Covenant in 1638 and a call to arms.
The English Parliament and the Scottish Presbyterians were now both at loggerheads with the king and civil war broke out in 1642. In Scotland, the Marquis of Montrose carried out a brilliant campaign on behalf of the King. But in England, the battle between the Royalists and the Roundheads (led by Oliver Cromwell) swung back and forwards. But with defeats at Marston Moor in 1644 and Naseby in June 1645, his cause was lost in England. Charles therefore surrendered to the Scottish army in 1646. He tried to sow dissension between the Scots and the English Parliaments but he was eventually handed over to the English Parliament.
Charles continued to attempt to "negotiate" but following an attempt to escape to France, rebellions in Wales and the south-east of England and an invasion of England by the Scots in 1648, convinced the English Parliament that Charles should be tried for treason. Charles argued (with some justification) that the court was illegal but he was sentenced to death and beheaded on January 30, 1649.
Despite his many failings, his refusal to compromise and save himself by accepting Presbyterianism, the illegal nature of his "trial" and his dignity at his execution, have all retrospectively provided Charles with a halo of martyrdom.
If nothing more, Charles I did provide us with some fantastic portraits of himself, and if he was around nowadays I am sure he would love a wee selfie to himself! The National Portrait Gallery, London say, on their web site Charles is associated with 335 portraits, although not all will be from his lifetime.
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Hi, I want to know if Henry VII and Elizabeth of York got married to unite two families that had been hostile for many years, did the multiple rebellions of the York Party during the Tudor dynasty mean that this wish was thwarted? Or are these rebellious Yorkers mostly supporters of Richard III rather than Edward IV? How did the hundreds of English nobles who were exiled with Henry Tudor fare during the Tudor dynasty? Do they agree with the Tudor dynasty? I heard that many Yorkers expressed joy when Henry VIII ascended the throne?
Hello! @blackboar answered a similar ask (here) and I agree with most of their points. The purpose of Henry and Elizabeth's marriage was to unite two very specific rival claims which could (and did) mean more stability for the realm in the long run**. However, other claims were still around in the form of the cadet York branches headed by George of Clarence's children and the de la Poles (the children of Edward IV's sister) as well as the claim headed by the Duke of Buckingham. Most of the English political elite was already in support of Edward IV's direct heirs and by extension to Henry VII but ultimately anyone discontented with the Henry's regime could always support those other claims. That doesn't mean Elizabeth and Henry's marriage failed its purpose.
How did the hundreds of English nobles who were exiled with Henry Tudor fare during the Tudor dynasty?
They were restored to the positions they lost when they rebelled against Richard III and Henry VII granted offices/rewards to several of them. Most of Edward IV's councillors received a place in Henry VII's council too and were favoured by him.
Do they agree with the Tudor dynasty? I heard that many Yorkers expressed joy when Henry VIII ascended the throne?
Considering they remained almost two years with Henry in exile, yes. As to how Henry VII was perceived after he ascended the throne, the continuator of the Croyland Chronicle said that 'he [Henry] began to receive the praises of all as though he had been an angel sent down from heaven, through whom God had deigned to visit His people, and to deliver it from the evils with which it had hitherto, beyond measure, been afflicted.' This is not Croyland's opinion of Henry (as ricardians like to claim) but rather his retelling of the events and the actions of the people around him, very much punctuated by irony as well.
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** Although the political/ruling elite was already consistely united behind Edward IV, it's difficult to measure the feelings still surviving in the popular imagination. Henry VI was a very popular saint and his memory was intensely revered to the point that Edward IV tried to suppress his cult. There were likely some political aspects to it as every other cult dedicated to 'political martyrs' in that century did. Henry VII's reconciling discourse to the realm touched on feelings that were, presumably, still very much alive in popular memory. 20,000 or more englishmen died in a single battle between Lancaster and York (Towton) in the 1460s. I don't think people had completely recovered from the memory of those battles yet. We should never downsize the Wars of the Roses to an event that involved the ruling elites only. Common people lived and died in those wars and Edward IV, Warwick, Richard III and Henry VII all tried to dialogue with their aspirations and fears. So in a sense Henry VII's reconciling discourse was very much propaganda, but it most likely wasn't baseless propaganda rooted in no popular sentiment, as propaganda very rarely (if ever) is.
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Songs for Writing playlists: Warriors, Rebellions, War, Military, Revolutions
• Taking a Hold - Wildwood Kin
• Warfare - Katie Garfield
• The Seed - AURORA
• Rise and Fall - The Rigs
• Salute - Little Mix
• Young Fighter - Nate Fenwick
• I’m Not Afraid - Tommee Profitt
• Revolution - The Score
• Gods of War - Celeste Buckingham
• Battle Cry - Imagine Dragons
• Turning Tides - Wildwood Kin
• White Flag - Bishop Briggs
• Ready Set Let’s Go - Sam Tinnesz
• Walk through the Fire - Zayde Wolf
• Keep Your Eyes Open - Taylor Swift
• White Flag - JOSEPH
• Ready for War - Tommee Profitt
• I See Fire - Ed Sheeran
• Light That Match - Down Like Silver
• War Paint - Fletcher
• Forest Fire - Brighton
• The Great War - Taylor Swift
• Between The Wars - Allman Brown
• Battlefield - SVRCINA
• Everybody Wants To Rule the World - Lorde
• Soldier -Fleurie
• Start a War - Klergy
• The War - SYML
• Battle for Your Life - The Rigs
• Here Come The Warriors - UNSECRET
• Left Right Left - Track Team Droppouts
• Time to Go to War - King Dude
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JEWS COME OUT AGAINST HARRY INTERVIEW WITH GABOR MATE
Prince Harry was today urged to reconsider holding an online event to promote his memoir, Spare, with a 'toxic trauma' doctor who has compared Hamas to the Jewish heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising against the Nazis and once branded Israel's government terrorists.
Gabor Maté, 79 - who has also defended Palestinian rocket fire at Israeli civilians - will join the Duke of Sussex on Saturday for an 'intimate' £17-a-head virtual conference to discuss 'living with loss and the importance of personal healing', followed by a live Q&A.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in New York, told the Jewish Chronicle: 'Whoever made the arrangements to have this individual appear with Prince Harry, did him no favours. If Prince Harry knew this man's record and still chose him for the interview, our center would criticise the prince for such an inappropriate choice.'
Harry's memoirs are dominated by the death of his mother Princess Diana in 1997. Buckingham Palace will be watching what he says at 5pm GMT tomorrow, especially after it emerged this week that King Charles decided to evict the Sussexes from Frogmore Cottage in Windsor just 24 hours after the release of Spare.
Dr Maté, a Hungarian-Canadian physician, has his own harrowing story. Born in Nazi-occupied Budapest in 1944, when he was five months old his maternal grandparents were among the Jews murdered in Auschwitz. He was taken from his mother and hidden with an aunt until the war ended.
But it is not clear if Harry is aware of some of the controversies - and hurt - Dr Maté has caused with some of his words, especially on Israel and Palestine.
He has also recently defended Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn from claims of anti-Semitism.
He has also appeared on a left-wing YouTube channel: The Grayzone, which has been branded pro-Kremlin.
MailOnline has contacted a representative of Prince Harry for comment and asked if the event is still going ahead and whether Harry was aware of the controversies surrounding Gabor Maté before the event was organised.
It is not yet clear who put Harry and Dr Maté together, and if they have spent time together in the past.
It could be the publishers of Spare or one of the Sussexes' team who put them in touch.
Archewell's executive director is Briton, James Holt one of Prince Harry's longest-serving team members, having led communications for the Royal Foundation from October 2017, when it was run by Harry along with Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Mr Holt, who has previously worked for the Liberal Democrats, also acted as Harry and Meghan Markle's UK spokesman and took on the role of executive director of the Archewell Foundation in March 2020. He is now based in LA.
There is also Mandana Dayani, who Harry and Meghan hired as a tech and media executive in June 2021.
There is also Ashley Momtaheni, one of the Sussexes' most recent hires. She joined last May as executive vice president for global communications.
In 2021 Gabor Maté said in an online event that Hamas was 'nothing compared to the terrorism of the Israeli government', accusing Israel of wanting to seize all of 'biblical Palestine' beyond the Jordan.
He also appeared on a podcast with left-wing comic Russell Brand, saying of Israel: 'It's the longest ethnic-cleansing operation in the 20th and 21st centuries. It's still going on.'
He then described Gaza as 'the world's largest outdoor prison'.
In another controversy, writing in the Toronto Star, he compared Hamas terrorists to the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - the 1943 Jewish rebellion in German-occupied Poland
Dr Mate said in in 2014: 'The Palestinians use tunnels? So did my heroes, the poorly armed fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto.'
Defending the firing of rockets from Palestine into Israel, he said: 'Out of impotent defiance, they fire inept rockets, causing terror for innocent Israelis but rarely physical harm'.
He has spoken in friendly terms of Pink Floyd star Roger Waters, recently described as 'antisemitic to [his] rotten core'.
Gabor Maté also taken in part in discussions hosted by a far-left, pro-Kremlin blog and defended Jeremy Corbyn against charges of antisemitism, according to The JC.
Harry will speak publicly tomorrow as the rift with his family appeared to deepen this week.
His father appears to have retaliated to Spare by evicting the Sussexes from their grace-and-favour UK home.
The couple no longer have a base in Britain - in an act their allies say they consider to be 'cruel'.
And a wrangle over money could also follow.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry could be owed a 'refund' after they were kicked out of Frogmore Cottage having spent £2.4million on refurbishments and apparently paying for rent up front.
King Charles issued notice to the Sussexes that they would need to vacate the five-bedroom mansion on Tuesday in a dramatic move reportedly prompted by the repeated broadsides at Queen Consort Camilla in the Duke's memoir, Spare.
The decision was backed both by his wife and the Prince and Princess of Wales, it is understood.
However, it has now prompted questions as to whether the Crown Estate, which leases out Frogmore to the Sussexes, might actually end up owing the couple money.
The Sussexes were given use of Frogmore Cottage in 2018 by Queen Elizabeth amid their explosive fall-out with William and Katherine.
It was originally five, run-down, staff residences but was knocked back into one large home with a private garden initially using £2.4million in taxpayers' money.
The couple themselves paid for anything over and above basic fixtures and fittings.
At the time, the couple were said to be 'relieved and pleased' to refund taxpayers for the renovations.
'They are 'very relieved and very pleased' to have been able to pay off the debt so quickly,' a source close to them told Vanity Fair's Katie Nicholl.
'This has been a pro-active step and something they wanted to do from the outset.
'There was no requirement [from the Queen] for them to pay the money back but it was important to them that they did, and after the Netflix deal they were in a position to do so. I think this is quite a significant moment for them.'
The source added: 'They're now in their forever home, it's the start of their new life and they're very much looking forward to everything that's about to come.'
Gabor Maté has 20 years' experience working with people suffering from addiction and mental illness, with other specialisms such as stress and child development. But it has since emerged he once caused concern with the authorities for using a 'spiritual' psychedelic drug to treat patients.
He was born in Budapest in 1944, his maternal grandparents were killed in Auschwitz when he was five months old.
Tragically he was separated from his mother as a baby to save his life, while his father was subjected to forced labour by the Nazis.
The academic has described how he was unable to look at his mother when they were finally reunited when he was a toddler due to feelings of 'abandonment, rage and despair'.
He says the trauma he suffered continues to affect his adult life, leading to an intense emotional reaction when he perceives a threat of abandonment, especially from his wife.
He also believes it may have shaped his 'addiction' to shopping for classical music.
'As I was writing about my hardcore, drug-addicted clients I was certainly able to recognize similar areas in myself and in their behaviors,' he told Classical Voice in 2013.
'Working through the emotional dynamics and being with the emptiness that addictions attempt to fill, it just helped me understand myself better.'
The author is an outspoken supporter of decriminalising drugs, and has used the Amazonian plant ayahuasca to treat patients suffering from mental illness.
The psychedelic plant, which is taken as a brewed drink, causes people to experience hallucinations and other side effects, including vomiting.
Ayahuasca has traditionally been used by shamans and traditional healers but is now popular among Western tourists.
It remains illegal in the US, UK and Canada, and in 2011 Canadian officials threatened to arrest Dr Maté if he didn't stop using the drug to treat his patients.
Dr Maté regularly airs his opinions on a range of topics, and in 2021 appeared on a podcast series by the comedian Russell Brand where he discussed the Israel-Palestine conflict.
'There's no way you could have ever created a Jewish state without oppressing and expelling the local population,' he said.
Dr Maté called Gaza the 'world's largest outdoor prison,' and said that 'given those conditions, of course people will go for extremist leadership' - a reference to the 2006 election victory of Hamas.
'The disproportion of power and responsibility and oppression is so markedly on one side, that you take the worst thing you can say about Hamas, multiply it by a thousand times - and it still will not meet the Israeli repression, and killing, and dispossession of Palestinians,' he said.
He has published a series of books including In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Close Encounters With Addiction, When the Body Says No, The Cost of Hidden Stress and Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder.
He has received the Civic Merit Award of the City of Vancouver and the Order of Canada for his work on addiction and other mental health-related contributions.
Prince Harry's decision to select Dr Maté to help promote his memoir is another sign of his interest in therapeutic healing, having previously discussed his experience of going through therapy.
The event, organised in collaboration with Harry's publishers Penguin Random House, will take place at 5pm UK time on Saturday March 4.
It comes at a fragile time for the Sussexes, who have seen their popularity ratings in the US drop significantly since the release of Spare last month - and now face a decision over whether to attend Charles' coronation.
Since December last year, Harry's popularity has sunk by 48 points and Meghan's by 40, giving them net approval ratings of -10 and -17 respectively, according to a survey by Redfield & Wilton for Newsweek.
Sources suggest neither William nor King Charles are prepared to offer any apology prior to the coronation, meaning the Sussexes may stay away.
'There is still a huge amount of ill-will boiling over in the family,' one said.
Save the date cards are set to be sent in two weeks to the 2,000 guests who have been chosen to attend the pared-down spring ceremony.
Numbers have been reduced from the 8,251 who attended Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953 to make the event more streamlined amid the cost of living crisis.
Formal invitations to those who have indicated they will accept will not be posted until three weeks before the event itself.
One well-placed source says Harry has made it clear that he wants a private apology of some sort from both Charles and William if he is to attend.
It is unclear whether Meghan will attend the ceremony if Harry chooses to do so, but as the date chosen for the coronation also falls on their son Archie's fourth birthday, there are doubts she will be present regardless of the ongoing family feud.
Anti-semitism has been rising the US at an alarming rate. I can't imagine Harry's choice to sit down with Gabor is going to go down too well with Americans, especially my fellow liberals.
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Regarding the Buckingham rebellion, can you discuss in detail what historians think of as "opportunism at the same time as Yorkton"? I heard it for the first time.
We don't have much idea of what Buckingham's game was. the biggest probability was that he wanted the throne but even accepting this premise doesn't help to fully comprehend his actions between April and November 1483.
For two reasons, Henry Stafford was labelled as an ally of the Woodvilles before 1483. First, he married the queen's sister and second, he participated in Clarence's demise by voting his death sentence. Deposing Edward V means that his marriage with Catherine Woodville becomes worthless. His sons wouldn't be first cousins of the king, and they wouldn't have familial links with privileged access to the Crown. But marital links aren't an absolute guarantee of loyalty and we had precedents of magnates favoring a faction despite their familial links.
Switching side to Richard III makes sense if you want to muddy the succession and slowly put yourself forward. It also makes sense for Buckingham, who won the ear of the new king (who badly needed someone managing Wales and the Marches), a lot of lucrative offices and his hereditary Bohun lands.
What stopped making sense is his 180° switch between July and November in which he contacted rebels and launched a separate uprising. This is very opportunistic behaviour. He basically forsakes the Woodville faction as soon as Edward IV died and then forssakes Richard III as soon as he learns a rebellion was forming. Many historians discussed the reason of this highly opportunistic behaviour. Hicks suggested that he feared that the rebels would kill or marginalize him because the rebellion was so strong. The old tale that he rebelled because he was denied the Bohun lands, which came from Thomas More, is thoroughly debunked. What's left is a want for the crown, which in my opinion, makes the most sense.
So Buckingham did rise on October 1483. The issue is that:
He launched a revolt alone with his retainers. He was joined by no ally from the peerage or the gentry
what little correspondence we have do not tell who he wanted to put as king. He did talk with Henry Tudor but the recognition of his kingship is left at best implicit.
We think he planned to join with Courtenay at Exeter to then rally Henry Tudor. Was it his original plan? Was it to play along with the rebels or simply not to damage his forces by being the first rebel Richard III would confront when he moved south?
His uprising was the most disastrous one. Floods blocked passages through the Severn, his castle was ransacked by the Vaughan and his men quickly abandoned him. As an aside, a magnate isn't some absolute autocrat and retainers would desert an unworthy liege or a liege who switches sides thrice in six months, leaving no explanation for his position other than bad opportunism.
So historians still discuss what were his plans if his position hadn't suddenly collapsed in October. Staying loyal to Henry Tudor? Pushing someone else forward? Pushing himself as king? He overestimated his position. But his rebellion is so odd that Buckingham's uprising is sometimes considered by historians as a separate uprising to the southern-gentry-household uprising in the south, whose motives are clear.
To sum it up, historians still discuss: a) Buckingham's motives, b) his level of coordination with the rebels and c) whether his uprising could be truly included as part of the other uprisings of October 1483 considering it probably didn't share the same motives or the same social force behind it.
As an aside, calling it "Buckingham's rebellion" is quite inaccurate (but not for the reasons Lewis put forward) considering the rebellion was fomenting before he backstabbed Richard III, that his uprising was the weakest and that he didn't plan much of the revolt.
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Buckingham's Bones--Supposedly
Buckingham’s Bones–Supposedly
One of Salisbury‘s claims to fame is that it was the place of execution of Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, infamous rebel and possible killer of one or both ‘princes in the Tower‘ (that’s if they were killed at all.)
According to legend he was held at the Blue Boar Inn/Saracen’s Head and executed in the courtyard of the same. His ghost is said to haunt the shop now on the site–formerly…
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Do you prefer Robert or George for James? Idk why I like Robert more
Robert has the appeal of the romantic tournament story: accidentally break your leg in front of the king's box, he leaps from it and takes you into his arms*, nurses you back to health and teaches you Latin, and then you become the most powerful man in the country.
But honestly, every single favorite is a terrible person and bad for James. Of the major ones:
Esmé Stewart (Lennox) was Esmé Stewart
George Gordon (Huntly) constantly used James's favor to wiggle out of consequences for his rebellions and feuding
Francis Stewart (Bothwell) (less clearly a favorite but there's some evidence) was an all-around horrible person
Alexander Lindsay (Spynie) sided with Bothwell
Philip Herbert (Montgomery/Pembroke) was known for randomly physically attacking people
Robert Carr (Somerset) was a dumb jock who abused his position and was really nasty to James by the end
George Villiers (Buckingham) is like the ur-example of corrupt courtier and did so many dumb, selfish, and destructive things
I guess James Hay (Doncaster/Carlslie) never particularly stabbed James in the back, but it's not like he's a particularly great guy.
I'm moved by the sweetness and affection of the James-George letters but like, all these relationships are kinda terrible. As they inevitably are, because they involve ambitious nobles struggling for power in court. It was sadly simply impossible for someone in James's position to have a healthy wholesome relationship.
Of course, we don't need to pick our favorite historical ships for wholesomeness, but I am james-vi-stan after all, so I feel bad for him. Maybe if he had had, against all odds, just a stable supportive guy at his side for a long period, he wouldn't have been so subject to grasping favorites, and maybe had a happier life. But... not possible in the 16th-17th century court.
*probably not how that actually went down
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Thess vs Cancellations
So, last thing before I get the fuck offline because I need a break from the tomfuckery surrounding the Queen’s death and I’m not going to get it anywhere online: a note on “national time of mourning”.
Official statement from Buckingham Palace is, “Go ahead and do what you want because she wouldn’t want to spoil people’s fun or cause too much fuss. Except maaaaaaybe on the day of the funeral but that’s just a suggestion”.
However, there’s a lot of virtue signalling around this. Here’s what is being cancelled because of “mourning” and “respect”:
Football matches and concerts
Basically anything fun on the BBC (which is costing a lot of people either paid time off or straight-up pay depending on contract)
All strikes (by the will of the trade unions, never mind that the workers in the union voted for the strike and they shouldn’t be cancelled without the workers’ consent)
Extinction Rebellion resistance action
Basically the entire online system to petition Parliament
Parliament itself, at least after they swear their vows to King Jug-Ears
And here’s what’s not being cancelled:
Everything else. No time off, no business closures, nothing
It’s not even the fucking Palace saying “You’re not allowed to have any fun but you must still slave away, you plebs”. It’s the companies saying, “You’re not allowed to have any fun but you must still slave away, you plebs” - which is what they already do given low wages and excessive work hours, but now they have even more of an excuse. It’s trade unions and protesters going, “We’ll shut down services and traffic because of the importance of what we’re saying but gods forbid we be disrespectful to a 96-year-old dead woman who would not have suffered as a result to the things that we are protesting”.
We’re supposed to be unhappy but productive. That’s what those at the top want us to be permanently. I resent the fuck out of it being forced upon people because an old lady died.
Yeah, no, I need a few hours away from the internet. This isn’t going to end for weeks and I live in the centre of it and am already pissed off.
...Though speaking of living in the centre of it, there is one thing I approve of that has happened because of this. Those of you who know the current London skyline know about the London Eye, the big ferris wheel on the South Bank between Waterloo and Westminster Bridges that some people (myself being among them) call the London Eyesore because it makes the damn place look like a theme park. Generally at night it’s lit up in a variety of colours, with special displays for holidays. For the last two nights, it hasn’t been lit at all. I figure it’s because it looks particularly obnoxious from Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace and it’s another “respect and mourning” thing. Finally, some good is coming of this.
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It Was Good While It Lasted
On watching the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee concert.
The ghost of Jimmy Saville
haunts the gates of Buckingham Palace,
shaking chains, locks; trying to be
relevant again -
on stage, his classmates sing
about love, and life and their inherent goodness.
Most are older than the Mau Mau rebellion,
remember the colonies, call
that equity. They dance, sing;
how much has changed, how much stays
the same. The Ghost of Jimmy Savile
smiles; recollects
the white powder asbestos we pour into
children; how nothing changes.
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Boris Johnson’s government will force through police powers to prevent disruptive yet peaceful protests as one of 38 new bills in Tuesday’s Queen’s speech.
In a move to reinstate measures thrown out by the House of Lords in January, the government will announce new offences to stop protesters from “locking on” to infrastructure, extend stop and search powers, and make it illegal to obstruct transport projects.
The public order bill will be aimed at quashing tactics employed by protest groups such as Extinction Rebellion, Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil.
It will be seen as part of a plan by Johnson to boost his premiership with proposals which will appeal to core Tory supporters.
The development came as Buckingham Palace announced on Monday night that the Queen will miss the state opening of parliament. The Prince of Wales will instead read the Queen’s speech for the first time on her behalf.
In a move that will anger civil liberty groups, the new public order measures will include:
New criminal offences of locking on, and going equipped to lock on to others, objects or buildings – carrying a maximum penalty of six months’ imprisonment and an unlimited fine.
The creation of a new criminal offence of interfering with key national infrastructure, such as airports, railways and printing presses – carrying a maximum sentence of 12 months in prison and an unlimited fine.
Measures to make it illegal to obstruct major transport works, including disrupting the construction or maintenance of projects like HS2 – punishable by up to six months in prison and an unlimited fine.
The bill is expected to extend stop and search powers so the police can seize articles related to these new offences. New preventive “serious disruption prevention orders” will also be available for repeat offenders, a statement said.
The home secretary, Priti Patel, first announced plans to disrupt the tactics of protesters last October at the Conservative party conference. But in January, peers rejected half a dozen government amendments to the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill which would have introduced the measures.
Because the amendments were introduced in the House of Lords once the bill had passed through the Commons they could not be sent back to MPs. However, the latest plan will mean that the government can rely on its Commons majority to force through a new law.
Commenting on the new measures, Patel said: “The public order bill will give the police the powers they need to clamp down on this outrageous behaviour and ensure the British public can go about their lives without disruption.”
The programme includes seven bills intended to remove EU regulation, covering areas from data reform to gene editing and financial services.
Other new laws are expected to try to boost economic growth across the country to address the cost of living crisis. The government will also try to create the conditions for more people to have high wage, high skilled jobs, and keep the public safe, a statement said.
Announcing a “mission to deliver”, Johnson will say: “This Queen’s speech will get our country back on track, and I will strive – and this government will strive – night and day to deliver it.
“Because in spite of everything we have been through, we are going to ensure that over the two years we have left in this parliament, we spend every second uniting and levelling up this country, exactly as we said we would.”
Following Conservative backbench concerns over the cost of living crisis, the government is widely expected to make announcements on its energy strategy. Other expected announcements include changes to Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit border arrangements and a replacement for the Human Rights Act.
Addressing cost of living challenges, Johnson is expected to say: “We will get the country through the aftershocks of Covid, just as we got through Covid, with every ounce of ingenuity and compassion and hard work.
“By urgently pressing on with our mission to create the high wage, high skilled jobs that will drive economic growth across our whole United Kingdom.”
Buckingham Palace said in a statement that the Queen, 96, has pulled out of the ceremonial occasion after experiencing “episodic mobility problems”.
“At Her Majesty’s request, and with the agreement of the relevant authorities, the Prince of Wales will read the Queen’s speech on Her Majesty’s behalf, with the Duke of Cambridge also in attendance,” the statement said.
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