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?
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Replying to @medievaliste
Not sure why people want to think about rulers being their friends though.
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Ah and see, that is something that I don’t think is okay. Kids doing it is one thing, but this treatment of royalty and monarchy by fellow scholars who study it? Sorry, whether it carries into your scholarship or not I find it massively problematic.
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Not at all an equivalent to what I said. This is about royalty, so I’m not sure about this stuff about media studies? I think that people can enjoy music and Shakespeare plays, but many people who study them acknowledge that media can be problematic and have nuanced perspectives
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I think everyone needs critical distance to an extent, and I’m not quite sure what you are even talking about? And the fact you mention fandom in relation to this says a lot. Kings and queens shouldn’t have fandoms, and fandoms in general can be pretty terrible.
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I’d encourage you to interrogate why you think it’s okay to fantasize about those class structures.
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