#disappointed but not surprised etc

[richmond-rex]

In 1495 Anne married Thomas, Lord Howard, later earl of Surrey, and the wedding of Catherine and Sir William Courtenay, later the earl of Devon, took place at Greenwich Palace. These court festivities had carefully calculated political and dynastic purposes, formulated by the king himself. (R. A. Griffiths)

Not criticising this author in specific, but it's disappointing that this is the traditional view and Elizabeth of York is never mentioned in that aspect despite evidence of her involvement in arranging her sisters' marriages, as well as her direct involvement in the planning of court festivities. One would think that much like Margaret of Anjou's matchmaking in her time, Elizabeth was at least as equally involved in her sisters' marriages as the king himself. It brings to mind the time Elizabeth and Henry offered a marriage arrangement to the Spanish ambassador, mainly, Henry says, at Elizabeth's insistence:

After many excuses, [Puebla] has at last been persuaded, principally by the Queen, to accept the marriage, but under the express condition that [Ferdinand and Isabella] must first give him their consent. Wishing to marry De Puebla well in England, he [Henry] and his Queen beg them to grant their prayers, and to give their consent (3 February 1498).

De Puebla later confirms it was Elizabeth's own idea:

Thanks them for not having answered the letter of Henry respecting their consent to the marriage which the Queen of England had offered to him. The King will write again on the same subject. Begs them to put off the answer again. Does not like to accept the match, because he fears [Ferdinand and Isabella] would not have so much confidence in him if he were married by the Queen of England to a rich English lady (16 June 1500).

It would be nothing extraordinary for Elizabeth of York to be one of the (if not the main) drivers of the marriages that took place at the English court, considering that was one aspect of royal patronage in which queens consort traditionally excelled. Unfortunately, however, Elizabeth of York is not usually afforded any degree of agency in traditional scholarship.

#disappointed but not surprised etc #elizabeth of york #henry vii #rodrigo de puebla #anne of york #katherine of york

[finewhateveritsgojoverig]

nel 2024 ancora a chiamarci africani colerosi ma non siete stanchi

#disappointed but not surprised etc #ma veramente che palle che stanchezza

[dreamingamongthestars]

Yep

#fia i am extremely disappointed #not surprised #f1 #miami gp 2024 #max verstappen #charles leclerc #lando norris #oscar piastri #lewis hamilton #sebastian vettel #george russell #carlos sainz #sergio perez #etc #lewis punch someone pls #hermie's rants

[pickleslice]

the entire first class tag being cherik art is predictable but still hurtful

#disappointed not surprised etc

[youngestdaughtersyndrome]

Infuriating that people are calling a movie about toys not getting an oscar misogynistic when there is a genuine feminist issue going on in palestine ....... miscarriages have gone up by 300% and people are getting infections because there arent any sanitary products but yeah sure keep captioning pictures of margot robbie with taylor swift lyrics great job youre sooooo hashtag girlboss. I hope god invents hell for these people

#disappointed but not surprised etc etc white capitalist feminism strikes again #hollyws

[femboykaz]

I love you SoC artists and writers who don't feel the need to make Kaz "ugly" in their work

I love you SoC artists and writers who let Kaz be seen as attractive by characters other than just his close friends in their work

I love you SoC fans who don't just brush off and dismiss the idea of Kaz being considered Hot with regard to his physical appearance

I love you people who let the visibly disabled character be seen as attractive and desirable (without fetishizing or objectifying or having it be "in spite of xyz" or "attractive.... for someone who's xyz")

#and no I'm not talking about the 'terrible haircut' jokes #let disabled characters (and ya know. actual real existing disabled people) #Be considered attractive without also making their disability be a Thing(tm) in relation to that #Especially when the author herself (Who based Kaz's disability on her own In case anyone needs reminding) #Made a point of mentioning him being desired by more characters than just The One Who Loves Him #To be clear I'm not criticizing people who go #'oh he's probably malnourished and doesn't eat enough #/he never sleeps #/he's been in a permanent state of stress and Survival More since he was a little kid #and these things can have a visible physical effect' #(I meant survival mode* not survival more. in case that's not clear) #and choose to portray those physical effects when it Makes Sense #(Although if you're attributing labels like 'ugly' to them could you... maybe reconsider that? Please? #And keep in mind that there are very real people who have those traits (whether it's even remotely in their control or not) #and may very well see you talking about them that way? Etc etc) #Anyway! #I'm just tired of seeing the idea of him being physically attractive get dismissed and even #In a (disappointing but not surprising) number of cases *criticized*

[dieletztepanzerhexe]

parallel cousin marriage is so insane

#like how is it possible to feel attraction towards someone you knw since you were a little child? #on the other hand i think it might be normal for males to don't care. i'm disappointed but not surprised #b;la bla bla cultural relativism etc ok ok i know i shouldn't be judging don't tell me #the thought of an arrangement like this with my male cousins is making me sick #moje

[13eyond13]

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#started reading game of thrones because i was like #the problem i had with the show was that though it was interesting I found it a bit hard to get super attached to any of the characters #so i bet reading it will make that easier because it will be more in depth with them all #but TO MY SURPRISE it feels almost exactly the same as watching the show to me?? #like i have almost the exact same level of feeling and familiarity toward everybody so far and insight into them as characters etc #and maybe that is somewhat because grr martin was a tv writer because dang if he doesnt write a novel exactly like a tv drama #but im feeling a bit disappointed maybe because i really did want it to feel deeper to me instead of basically the same #idk why but the ones i like best so far still are a bit hard for me to love you know #its more like i mildly enjoy a few of the characters and then tolerate or dislike the rest #i kinda like tyrion and littlefinger and jon and sam and arya #oh weirdly i also kinda like king Robert too idk he just feels more like a real person to me than some of the other guys #if anything i think i actually like some of the main characters less in the books than the show like #catelyn and sansa get on my nerves more in the novel than i remember them doing in the show #so far the character that seems the best cast to me is lord varys lol its like he stepped straight off the page onto the screen #all sickly sweet and sneaky and bald and perfumed #p

[skitskatdacat63]

OH AND vettonso

AH THANK YOU!

Again: crime against humanity, positive! God they have been brainrotting me so much lately ever since I made that AU for them....literally my brain is purely consumed by the thoughts of historical arranged marriage au!Vettonso...please someone, anyone... come join me in my hell, I can't stop drawing them....

But uhhhhhh yeah so underrated!! They were a rivalry for like 4 seasons and had two extremely close seasons, are they not perfect for enemies-lovers or hatefucking? 🥺 I still am so sad that they never got to be teammates, it would've been so delightfully toxic!! But also their softness, like at AD 2022, the old men were being tender 🥹 It's just a very fun ship to me. Two old guys who've been through it all together, who were at the peaks of their careers together, battling each other, and then the new golden boy dethroned the old golden boy aaahhhhhhh. But then how they became tender....can they come out together unscathed? Also not to mention how similar they are, but it's hard for them to see that because of how they were pitted together at such high stakes

Vettonso is kind of the best of both worlds ship for me because they're literally my two favorite drivers ever, so of course it's great to put them together!!

#i didnt fill in the otp square and yet talked about them this much #i guess its because im getting more into them bcs im doing my own au for them #before i liked them but theres not thay much out there for them so i guess i kinda felt a bit 'aw :/' abt it #like the disappointment when you think something will be more popular than it is #so kinda just crumbs for me up until now when i suddenly got deranged about it #oh my god yah also theres a surprising amount of pics of them together in 2009????? i was so happy!!! #but god if they dont feel like 'pics taken several months before disaster' #but i think the reason they're not so popular is just because there were so many rivalries during that era #so vettonso kinda gets overlooked in favor of martian/sebson/webbonso/etc. #but gaahhhhh always thinking about AD 2022......seb passing the torch of AMR to Nando basically and them being so soft..... #catie.asks. #catie.rambling.txt

[jongace]

so.. she left dawn for that ???

#i mean i normally dc abt dating but this is unhappy news #mixed his name up w jjy for a second and nearly got a heart attack.. at least it’s not that bad #i’ve liked her for years and years but got disappointed when she publicly supported j—-n’s classic abuser PR move #and now she’s appearing w another lowkey scummy person…. #i mean i hope he learnt from what he did and doesn’t do that shit anymore but the fact that he even did it to begin with is #indicative of how he views women. aka with no empathy and like they’re there for his consumption #i’m not thrilled about this but it’s her life. sigh #chatter #honestly not to make this into some kind of divorce feud but #i was always a fan of hers and only rly got into dawn bc of her #but he comes off way better to me nowadays #like what did they do after they split. he released some bangers and collaborated w respected musicians #she publicly supported an abuser and is now going out w a man who condoned the exploitation of women.. #i’m just saying this bc i am surprised. surprised and disappointed #i’m rly not caught up with scandals and gossip etc but THAT was hard to miss.

[blooming-cecilia]

s/a/g/a/u thought: cosmetic mo/ds

#tulip says #dont mind the slashes im just trying to be safe #but like #may or may not have tried modding. said fuck it and did it. #now i just cant stop thinking of them getting surprised by their outfit/hair/weapon/etc magically changing when you log in #fancy new outfit for them 🥺?! #disappointed when they cant wear it whenever youre gone but boy are they SMUG to everyone who saw em in it #theyre now on the level of characters that got canon skins (if u own any)!! #makes them feel super special even if theyre a bit jelly still that they cant wear it even when you're gone unlike canon skin #but i feel like some of these delulu mfs would think its only meant for your viewing pleasure. or something. #also yes. sighs. i still think abt sagau sometimes boooooo

[chaoswillcalmusdown]

i feel like everyone's watching the bear s2 hating claire meanwhile i'm here like 'hmmmmm interesting that carmy is trying to have a normal relationship with a girl who def knew michael and reminds him of a life 'before' shit happened and when things were nice and easy'

#if i get to the end and carmy's like 'oh yeah just getting shacked up with claire' i'll be vaguely disappointed but like #he starts off talking about how he doesn't even know what fun is #and he's here trying to go to parties and be a normal young person and catch up on all the stuff he missed which makes sense #i'll be surprised if the writers want it to be real and deep bc it's so far very shallow and like. he's trying to be normal!!! #i paused halfway through ep 6 and i'm just thinking #i do think the casting of claire is a bit off bc i keep thinking they look like they should play siblings or like cousins #she looks more like jaw than the girl who plays sugar #the bear #though i will say i hate the directing choices when they talk #the bit in the store?? when it was like 5 seconds on carmy then cut to 5 seconds on claire cut to 5 seconds on carmy etc #something was not good with those angles and just. no #though also: what's more realistic for a straight white man who is going through some shit than for him to cling onto some girl ? #instead of going to therapy... just find a girl who will listen to you..... it's incrediBLy realistic

[cor-lapis]

.those sure were some leaks

#i know theyre drawing from persian culture etc for sumeru but like. they're also drawing from 3 other countries etc #plus is it so hard to have more than 3 characters who have any sort of skin tone variation #not to mention we have not seen a SINGLE person from natlan apart from iansan #just. uh oh. disappointed but not surprised #genshin leaks #i do think diluc and fischl's skins are fun though. no idea how theyre going to be worked into the plot though lol

[lokh]

i willingly went to a bible study in uni cos i thought it would be interesting and they might actually get into analysing stuff. they did not

#they were doing like.... my high school level religion class analysis #i dont remember anything anymore but theyd try to lead me on to something and id be like Oh like this? #and theyd be surprised like wow yea. idr if i stated im not christian so maybe they were just trying to convert me #mildly disappointed. maybe they actually got into stuff in the study proper but it was very much #just extended homily you know. i did not escape mass just to experience it in the form of bible study #you know what i mean???? they werent actually trying to like. Study it they were just kinda. #pointing things out and saying thats proof that jesus wants u to etc etc #i was like does anyone here actually ask questions. apparently not #maybe thats just what bible study actually is and i just misunderstood it 😔 #i think my experience with the evangelical union on campus got my hopes up LMAO #told them i was buddhist back then and it was fun to talk about stuff they werent trying to convert me lmao #i remember they brought up the concept of dukkha and were like isnt that depressing tho #i didnt know how to be like girl im depressed lmao this is just an accurate description #i dont remember if i brought it up then but like cmon. like the concept of sin is any better

[flintbian]

I may get crucified for saying this but y'all I'm genuinely not sure what you were expecting. The show was bad from the beginning. All it had to offer was shallow diversity points. There was no compelling narrative to fulfill from the get go.

#im sorry but im confused why y'all are surprised and disappointed when the show had zero substance to begin with #you are only Now saying it looks cheap there's no compelling narrative no thematic elements or fullfilling character arcs #the writing is bad the cinematography is shit etc etc...well it was like that in season one too #i remember watching season one bc y'all hyped it up just to be extremely confused #all that show had to offer was shallow diversity points and you fell for it #im sorry to those who wanted a happy drama free queer show #but in this day we have various actual good diverse medias you need to raise your standards and stop falling for diversity point bait #it was very clear from the beginning this show was going nowhere and offered nothing substantial #if you want an actual good pirate show you know where to go #and this aint a competition thing i watched season one with open arms only to be shocked y'all in any way shape or form thought it was good #stop accepting less than the bare minimum #shame on them for using diversity points to build an audience but y'all...

[cringesunday]

already dreading my 21st birthday like this is a Huge Thing i don't want it to be a flop (it's 10+ months away)

#i can't even explain this but i had great birthdays till i was 12 & then after that everything started to suck so why would my birthdays not #i didnt have a typical 13th 16th 18th 20th etc like you're supposed to and 21 is supposed to be the next big one and im like #disappointed in advance about it because i can see in my head rhe kind of birthday i want. friends surprise you with a party af 12 am #go out for a trip or something kind of birthday and i already know thats not going to happen and its just going to be as bad as the past 8 #birthdays and FUCK that just sucks i hate that i screwed up everything