[ SECRET POST #5207 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5207 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Randy Orton]


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[Rush (2013)]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 09 secrets from Secret Submission Post #745.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

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Name the fandom. And repeats, etc.

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01. https://i.imgur.com/swOrZ75.png

[babydraco]

I'm gonna go with the whole Anne of Cleves incident was just Henry being Henry. That she was just average looking, but he was unstable, entitled, and out of touch with reality, throwing a fit because he couldn't cope with the realization that gorgeous women didn't want him for his looks anymore either.

[(Anonymous)]

I've always liked that portrait of Anne, she looks so serene.

Portraits are 100% impossible to judge real life attractiveness from. Iirc that was intentional half the time, especially amongst the kind of classes who would sail to each other's countries bearing portraits of each other's womenfolk in an attempt to lure people into marriage based on them.

In Anne's case I bet she was pretty or at least average and Henry was just being his usual disgusting himself. Ugh.

[(Anonymous)]

I always thought that the painting of Anne looked really pretty tbh, and ia with the other commenter that it was probably really a case of Henry being cranky about her not swooning over him immediately, as opposed to him legit thinking she was ugly. Elizabeth Woodville looks ok in her portrait, though she would probably look prettier to modern eyes if not for the weird super-high-forehead-plucking thing that was in vogue in that era. Her dress is pretty sweet, I would wear that.

and yeah, in general, I always wonder what "super hot" historical figures really looked like, or if people whose portraits weren't so great actually looked better than that irl. For example, Mary Queen of Scots' husband Darnley was supposed to be the hottest thing on two legs in Scotland at the time, but his portraits do NOT give that impression at all, at least to my eyes.

[(Anonymous)]

I thought Anne of Cleves was the cutest of Henry’s wives when we studied them in school. I also wondered if it was weird to marry a woman who had the same name as a previous wife.

[sparklywalls]

Medieval portraits/copies of lost medieval portraits really emphasise the beauty standards of the day so you can never be too sure. That and there’s a weird disconnect for me as they often look not quite right so it’s hard to imagine the real person looking just like one of us.

I still think Elizabeth Woodville wouldn’t have exactly been decidedly average to catch Edward IV’s attention, though I know the other side to this is some would argue about his standards not being much beyond “breathing” considering the numerous mistresses.

There’s a lot of misinformation accepted as fact about the Tudors so I’m never sure if it’s true that poor Anne there was bustier than Henry VIII apparently liked. It’s not my era beyond passing knowledge.

[(Anonymous)]

I learned about Anne of Cleves through Hark a Vagrant’s fantastic little crossover “Anne of Cleves Gables”:

http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=348

Anne’s portrait really does give a sense of calm, so it cracks me up to think of that as the potential equivalent of Jessica-Rabbit-outfit with boobs&butt/Instagram angles pose.

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder that about Cleopatra. I wonder what people pictured when they imagined Helen of Troy.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't have anything smart or specific to add, but I want to say that I absolutely love this secret. It's something I've often wondered about myself.

[(Anonymous)]

Imagine being the hottest woman in the village in a world where like, only twelve people who share a language with you would’ve laid eyes on whoever that time’s Angelina Jolie was.

I’m mostly symmetrical and have no genetic dental issues. It’d been over for you botches.

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder what Charles II of Spain actually looked liked since apparently the painter who did his portrait did his best to make him look good.

[(Anonymous)]

I wonder the same thing, as well as how the standards of beauty compared with the reality (and whatever passed for the earthly)common beauty of any poor people, as well as what would have counted as an other worldly beauty as well).

Agreeing, i also like Anne's portrait. She looks nice!

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02. https://i.imgur.com/JVMaAA6.png

[babydraco]

I feel like...Homer being a Boomer Dad is what half his personality is based on.

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03. https://i.imgur.com/En9fmUG.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

I like these too, as long as the mob boss isn't a total sociopath.

My secret: I identify with the dom daddy mob boss.

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04. https://i.imgur.com/pUQDHZ5.png
[Randy Orton]

[(Anonymous)]

Aww nonnie :/

I was never a fan of Orton either, not while watching him, but even less when I ended up reading a fic where he was featured as the abusive mafia boyfriend of the MC who intends to force her into marriage and a bunch of other awful things. I couldn't stand him after that.

But I really don't know a thing about the guy himself.

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05. https://i.imgur.com/tviwQf9.png
[Rush (2013)]

[sparklywalls]

I don’t watch it often, but it was a great film. Every time I get bitter about how Daniel was robbed a bit come award season though. He got some nods but not enough.

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06. https://i.imgur.com/rbkX3Jh.png

[(Anonymous)]

It really seems like this has nothing to do with him coming out and you just don't like the character? Which is fair enough, it just made me laugh

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07. https://i.imgur.com/4KhO7oU.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

My friends and I were seriously into Ranma back in the mid/late 90s, and even back then we avoided the English dub when possible. :P Even by the standards in those days it was... lackluster.

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Inspired by Secret #4 today.

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