#mary and george spoilers

[yrsonpurpose]

george's pearl earring™ evolution

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[nicholasgalitzinemedia]

Nicholas Galitzine as George Villiers in 'Mary and George' (2024)

#nicholas galitzine #nick galitzine #mary and george #mary & george #george villiers #filmedit #mary and george spoilers #my gifs

[muy-dulce]

You really don't remember me?

#george villiers #mary and george #mary & george #nicholas galitzine #mary and george spoilers #cinemapix #dailyflicks #usergayppl #tvedit #gifs* #* #usermuydulce #I SCREAMED

[laurenkmyers]

#mary and george #niamh algar #julianne moore #mary x sandie #m&g spoilers #mary and george spoilers #wlw #rooting for them so fucking much #so hot

[swearphil]

MARY AND GEORGE | 1.05 "THE GOLDEN CITY"

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[mossy-fae]

Happy International Women's Day to Lesbians

#i havent seen anyone gif this set of lesbians yet so i did it #mary and george #mary and george gifs #mary and george spoilers #nicholas galitzine #nicholas galitzine gifs #george villiers #mirren mack #mirren mack gifs #kathrine villiers

[faintedloves]

The innocence and light in his eyes in episode one

Compared to the cold dead look in his eyes in the final episode

#it really paints a clear tragic picture #george villiers #mary and george #mary & george #mary and george spoilers #♡

[behindfairytales]

AMELIA GETHING as Frances Coke Mary & George, Not So Much as Love as by Awe (1.03)

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[editfandom]

George Villiers - Mary & George, S01E04

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[yrsonpurpose]

"I didn't ever want to keep you from the King, but the King from you."

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[nicholasgalitzinemedia]

Nicholas Galitzine as George Villiers in 'Mary and George' (2024)

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[hussyknee]

Somewhat put off by the spoilers I've read about Mary and George. There's no doubt nearly all relationships in the British court were some level of sordid, but King James, to all intents and purposes, had genuine feelings for his three male favourites, most especially George Villiers. He was no Henry VIII. I don't know why they wanted to reduce the most famous and open homosexual relationship in European royal history to a comedy between a "cock-struck" old lech and a conniving courtier that led him by the nose and then betrayed and murdered him.

All evidence points to George at least being loyal to James (if you discount his love letters as simply sucking up to his benefactor) and even had a fond relationship with his Queen and his son Charles. He was in fact in France when James died, and reportedly cried when he heard the news.

It's even a little heartbreaking because this is right after Nicholas Galitzine played the closeted gay Prince Henry in Red, White and Royal Blue, who in the book is proud of the open and unashamed love between his ancestor and his lover, and the way even James's son Charles I honoured Villiers for accompanying him to the Spanish Court to ask for the hand of the Infanta.

“Actually . . . you remember how I told you about the gay king, James I?”

“The one with the dumb jock boyfriend?”

“Yes, that one. Well, his most beloved favorite was a man named George Villiers. ‘The handsomest-bodied man in all of England,’ they called him. James was completely besotted. Everyone knew. This French poet, de Viau, wrote a poem about it.” He clears his throat and starts to recite: ‘One man fucks Monsieur le Grand, another fucks the Comte de Tonnerre , and it is well known that the King of England, fucks the Duke of Buckingham.’” Alex must be staring, because he adds, “Well, it rhymes in French. Anyway. Did you know the reason the King James translation of the Bible exists is because the Church of England was so displeased with James for flaunting his relationship with Villiers that he had the translation commissioned to appease them?”

“You’re kidding.”

“He stood in front of the Privy Council and said, ‘Christ had John, and I have George.’’

“Jesus.”

“Precisely.” Henry’s still looking up at the statue, but Alex can’t stop looking at him and the sly smile on his face, lost in his own thoughts. “And James’s son, Charles I, is the reason we have dear Samson. It’s the only Giambologna that ever left Florence. He was a gift to Charles from the King of Spain, and Charles gave it, this massive, absolutely priceless masterpiece of a sculpture, to Villiers. And a few centuries later, here he is. One of the most beautiful pieces we own, and we didn’t even steal it. We only needed Villiers and his trolloping ways with the queer monarchs. To me, if there were a registry of national gay landmarks in Britain, Samson would be on it.”

Henry’s beaming like a proud parent, like Samson is his, and Alex is hit with a wave of pride in kind.

He takes his phone out and lines up a shot, Henry standing there all soft and rumpled and smiling next to one of the most exquisite works of art in the world.

“What are you doing?”

“I’m taking a picture of a national gay landmark,” Alex tells him. “And also a statue.”

Like all white liberals, Casey McQuiston tends to romanticise the crime against humanity that is royalty and also that house built by bunch of slave owners that has since housed a progression of genocidal war criminals. There's very little to like about any British monarch. But the relationship between James and Villiers is a significant part of gay history and there's no need to smear it even more than it's already been smeared the last four hundred years, contrary to the actual known facts.

Idk man. I'm sensitive to this stuff Ig. Maybe I'd be a little more positive about it if I watched it, but the trailer gave me "tee hee they're gay" vibes so Idk if I want to.

Edit: so it seems the trailer is misleading and the story is more complex than a "tee hee gay" comedy. I might watch it after all, even if the starkly visible age difference makes me a bit queasy. How tf is Galitzine nearly thirty and a babyface with those razor cheekbones?? Perfect to show how uncomfortable it looks for a middle aged man to get with a kid of twenty.

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[captainjunglegym]

sry needed to talk to this about someone lmao but I’ve seen so many people on twitter say that george played the king like a fiddle when i feel like looking at it this way is way too easy. like yes ofc george manipulates james but i feel like to some degree james even knows that he isn’t dumb he kind of lets george rule. you can see a shift in their relationship when he feels like george is more sincere and i think in a lot of moments their love was real. he only freaks out when george goes against the one thing he hates which is war that is a line george should not have crossed. their relationship definitely wasn’t healthy (which relationship in the 1600s was tbh) but at least you could still see some of george‘s softer side shine through with james. george as a character isn’t one dimensional he is so many things at once until well the end when i don’t think he is even a person anymore.

firstly, anything ever said on twitter is a bad take. I have twitter blocked on my computer bc i get tempted to look and it only brings bad vibes.

and yes you're right. james comes across as a monarch who doesn't particularly have head (or the patience) for politics. He does kinda let george do a lot of that for him. Famously, James' only stance is that he's a staunch pacifist and when george crosses that line, and tries to lie about it, then that's when the cards fall. George doesn't even realise theres a line bc he's so lost in the power he's gained, and when James fights back you can SEE how devastated and completely caught of guard he is. He banks on james loving him unconditionally but that ultimately doesn't hold up.

The best example i think of their relationship dynamic is the woods scene in ep7. James is rotting inside under mary's watch, dying of illness. George makes the woods his bedroom because he knows james lives for being outdoors. Some might say this was solely to butter james up about the spain issue, BUT even if it was, george had to know james so intimately to understand what that gesture meant for him. That was PEAK romance. He literally brought james back to life because he was the only one who knew him enough to do so. And you can see in that ep that they really do love each other. Even if, like you say, its not that healthy bc power and status was more important back then. they laugh together, they enjoy each other's company, they'd, at that point, been together for YEARS.

George is such a wonderful character. His is so complex. He does love James genuinely. But he gets very comfortable in james' favour and crosses a line because he craves the power and status his position affords. By the end, he doesn't really have anything tethering him to the ground. Especially with James' death, which i think was probs pretty traumatic for him haha, and the fact he no longer is under mary's thumb. Historically speaking, we know that everyone fucking HATED george by the end, and thought he was incompetent. And you can see in how he acts with the guy who kills him (john felton) that he's completely lost touch with reality. And its SO upsetting to watch because he's a dead eyed double of the young 20 year old we meet in the beginning.

God i could write ESSAYS about this show and it's relationships.

#mary and george spoilers #spoilers #george villiers

[swearphil]

MARY AND GEORGE | 1.07 "WAR"

#mary and george #mary & george #mary and george spoilers #maryandgeorgeedit #gifs #mine #usersteen #lookstevie #rmd tracks #userlang #usersmblmn #alielook #userrin #usermbg #iuserzoe #userzaynab #userfinches #obsessed with charles's reaction #like he immediately understood that this wasn't good

[lightninghitsground]

The “What the fuck have you done with your face?” delivery…. I love how casually it’s dropped in around the other conversation. The look of half horror/half puzzlement on Nick’s face… perfect.

The whole exchange in fact *chefs kiss*

#mary and george #@gif makers- please say this is on your list… #also ‘always round up’…. #and the way he says ‘or those raised by one’ #before he slides away #that’s before we even get to the julianne/nicola walker exchange which is also 👌🏼 #mary and george spoilers #mary & george

[faintedloves]

This scene was so tragic, because he really has become a monster of Mary's own making. And the way the audience got to slowly see George become more and more driven by his own arrogance and greed as the show built was so sad yet so riveting to witness.

#mary and george #mary and george spoilers #mary & george #george villiers #mary villiers #anyway I have too many thoughts #and I mean #this is based on real events #so just thinking about court dynamics and life in court at this time period hurts my brain #and how the villiers did anything they could to achieve power #and how many people were willing to do the same #I feel like I'm about to explode with all my thoughts #anywayyyy #♡