"To say that Thomas Boleyn and his children after him set out to be courtiers is, therefore, to say a great deal; they were taking the road to power, prestige and profit. Whether it was the road of honour is a different question, and most historians have felt that Anne's father personified all that was bad about the court. P.W. Sergeant's verdict that 'it is clearly hopeless to attempt a defence of Sir Thomas' may seem totally justified in case of a man who, on his way to an earldom, slipped, or appears to have slipped, two daughters in succession into the king's bed. Friedmann's judgement, 'mean and grasping', is certainly correct." Ives, E. 2004. The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn: 'The Most Happy'

NICK DUNNING as THOMAS BOLEYN in THE TUDORS (2007-2010)

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Day One - Best Episode: Season Two, Episode Seven - Matters of State

ANNE BOLEYN, QUEEN OF ENGLAND & THOMAS BOLEYN, EARL OF WILTSHIRE THE TUDORS (2007-2010)

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THOMAS BOLEYN

THOMAS BOLEYN, 1ST EARL OF WILTSHIRE

c.1477-1539

Thomas Boleyn is the father of Queen Anne Boleyn, who was the second wife of King Henry VIII of England and the grandfather to her daughter Queen Elizabeth I.

            Boleyn was born in Blickling Hall, Norfolk, England and married Elizabeth Howard in c. 1500. The couple had five children, only three survived: Mary, George and Anne Boleyn.

            Boleyn was an English diplomat and politician for King Henry VIII who made him Knight of the Garter in 1523. In 1503 Boleyn escorted Princess Margaret Tudor, the king’s sister to Scotland to marry King James IV. As ambassador, Boleyn had contact with powerful figures around Europe including Archduchess Margaret of Austria who accepted his daughter, Anne to become her maid-of-honour. Boleyn was involved in the arrangements for the ‘Field of Cloth of Gold’ the meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I of France in 1520. He was at the meeting between Charles V and Pope Clement VII in 1529 to seek support for the marriage annulment of Henry VIII and his wife Catherine of Aragon.

            Boleyn’s daughter Mary had been a mistress of Henry VIII and afterwards the King fell in love with his youngest daughter Anne and intended to marry her once his marriage to Catherine was annulled. Due to the king’s love for Anne, her family gained greater favour and Boleyn became Viscount Rochford.

            Henry VIII married Anne in 1533 and was married for three years before he tired of her. Henry VIII wanted a son but Anne only gave birth to a surviving daughter, Elizabeth. Henry wanted out of his marriage and Anne was arrested for treason (for infidelity), and George was also arrested (for incestual relations with his sister). There was no strong evidence of these charges, but they were found guilty and were both executed in 1536.   Boleyn fell from grace and was replaced as Lord Privy Seal. He and his wife left court and returned to their family home, Hever Castle where his wife died two years later in 1538. Boleyn died a year later and was buried in St. Peter’s Church, Hever. After he died, Henry VIII took possession of Hever Castle and gave it to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves after their marriage ended in 1540 it passed on to various owners. Mary, his surviving daughter married for love and was living a humble life away from court; she died in 1543 aged in her 40s. Through Mary Boleyn’s children, the Boleyn blood still exists on the English royal throne. Queen Elizabeth II’s mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon is a direct descendant of Mary through her daughter Katherine Carey.

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watched their cover of katy perry’s ET and just had to make this edit

Self indulgent The Quarry counselors and their favourite D&D classes/races to play 😌🤌

Jacob: Human Fighter, the classic choice of anyone new to d&d and especially new men. He makes a classic big strong viking-looking man and immediately realises it's not that easy to make your character cool and you have to put up with a lot of fumbling and failed plans.

Emma: Bard. Obviously. Meanwhile she always chooses like a half orc or a tiefling. She thrives in the discourse that her controversial race causes. People side eye her? Good. She's maxed out her characters charisma and she's gonna seduce them and ruin their life out of spite. Her way of playing this game is by causing marital mayhem.

Dylan: Artificer or Wizard. Typically the dozens and dozens of spell cards and abilities are intimidating but Dylan works best when he has a bunch of shit to read and remember and pull out the craziest moves that no one is expecting. Also for Races he gives me the vibes as someone who will ironically play as a tortle and then proceed to unironically play as tortles when he realises how much he can abuse the game mechanics with them.

Ryan: I'm on the fence. On one hand he gives me rouge vibes, I think he'd thrive sneaking around and doing mass amounts of sneak attack damage. But also I think he'd love being a gun slinger fighter. Also I can see him playing as a genasi of some kind! Like a water or air one because he's also here to utilise his character to make it as effective as possible and the natural race magic is fun to use.

Abi: she's all about the narrative. She's constructing it behind the scenes at all times with every character choice and interaction. I think she plays as a changeling just for the drama of the reveal. She also gives me Artificer vibes. Either that or a druid. Just a class that's all about creating things.

Laura: Barbarian baby! She's here to rage and kick ass and she has an unlimited supply of both! Then she would probably choose some small/thin race for the irony of it all. Like yes this halfling has 20 strength and wields a giant hammer what about it?

Kaitlyn: paladin paladin paladin. she's got all the protection abilities and built her character to be all about buffing and protecting while also kicking ass. She plays exclusively giant characters because of course she does. Goliath's are fun and she exploits the height as often as she can.

Nick: I think Nick would also get invested in the roleplay and play a monk or something. He'll craft a character with an in depth backstory and refuse to break character. He'd probably play as a human or a half elf and make them super handsome too. Actually I think Nick makes female characters. He just gives me that vibe. Just makes strong beautiful ladies.

Max: cleric. He's the sweet handsome healer boy. Also he will prioritise Laura half because she's his beautiful girlfriend and half because it's broken if he just heals and buffs the barbarian with every turn. I think Max would also play like a dwarf or a halfling. Maybe even a gnome. He likes being little. He also gets very into the roleplay but he is also prone towards shenanigans when Dylan starts them.

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“The stakes are too high. Whoever is a coward now will soon rue the day and regret his misfortune. Successful people only recognise fear in others” - Thomas Boleyn

**I did my favourite episode Season Two - Episode Seven: Matters of State, I hope you don’t mind.**

MAKE ME CHOOSE

everyone is all "thinkin about Oak family too hard today" crying memes. All you lucky bastards (affectionately) with the painless trans-Nick hc's (scars are cool, plz draw moar)….well… i was thinking about Nick too hard today and have made myself sad

think about it, Nicky has both distinct Glenn & Jodie timelines in his head, yeah? teh Nick Close and 'narcolas' Nicholas Foster: neither are him exactly.....

so where this new headcanon took me is DID (Dissociative identity disorder) as in this precious half-demon basically has these 2 other voices (alters) in his head, and traumatic flashbacks to things that didn't happen (aka, the very distinct "Growing up with Glenn" and "Growing up with boring-cop Jodie" 2 timelines, that are no longer true) or maybe other moments that his brain insists are his life [demon-Nick born and raised in Hell) but not quite, he doesn't remember that sometimes happening and oooh boy nothing triggers an anxiety attack when you fall into a weird memory-gap in middle of...

ALSO the trans hc very easily slots into this.... in the 2 no-longer-true timelines he absolutely was born a boy, but by a silly chance and roll of chromosomes the current ver just happened to be born a girl (hey, if entire realities can be rewritten, why not a few cells) which would also add to the STRESS OF THE THING

like ... oh man... i dun even need to bring the Current Plot into it, just think... one minute he was out with Cassandra at the mall, and alter in his head goes "oh that would be such a cute gift for mom" and other alter still in his head is like "wtf, mom's been dead for years" and why is his suddenly drowning in depression, all they did was look at some kitchen appliances....

I am now inconsolable, plz send chocolates & hugs (finally, a hc that can't be drawn! ... probly.... yeah, new lvl of fic inspo im too dumb to write unlocked)

The Tudors (2007): True Love