As someone who studies kingship and the idea of rulers to my fellow scholars who also study this stuff: why this incessant and persistent twee woobification of kings and queens?
Like I just want to understand the thought process, and it seems to be common.
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I think there's a thread (prominent on the right but not exclusive to them) that thinks that the Humanities are for "pleasure" - that you have to identify with the things you study. it's weird to me.
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What the hell
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I “like” the people I study (some of whom are rulers) the same way I like Samwise Gamgee or Hudson Hawk: they are cultural touchstones, not real people (anymore) and the extent to which we may know them is through the medium of storytelling. But I still like some of them.
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I can’t really get behind the idea of them as fictional characters. Their deeds may have been embellished and fictionalised but they were real people. Again, if you find them interesting that’s one thing. But I’m talking about these people being put on a pedestal.
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