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Francis & Mary | Meant to be (1x01-3x05) by iForeverYooung

“…Mary abandoned herself to passionate grief at the death of the king…She had lost the companion of her childhood, the husband who had loved her, and who had shared with her the happy intimacies of their charmed upbringing at the French court…Alone of the close companions of her youth, Francis had remained a part of her life, and to their childhood intimacy had been added the natural intimacy of husband and wife. Since the first moment of their meeting at St. Germain in October 1548, when the five-year-old Scottish queen had been solemnly presented to the four-year-old dauphin of France, and King Henry II had rejoiced over the immediate love which the children felt for each other, Mary and Francis had never been apart for more than a few months at a time. They had thus been united by over twelve years of continuous friendship and companionship, and all that happy memories can signify in the mind of a romantic and affectionate girl…Now she found herself bereft of a husband, with whom indeed she had led a far more prolonged and contented existence than the few short months she had spent with her mother since babyhood. It was small wonder that Mary gave herself up to transports of true grief.”

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I ain't lying when I say I ugly cried like a baby with snot on my face when Francis died. My roommate was looking at me like a crazy person😄. I mean, we all knew his death was coming right from the start. The show still took some liberties in its storytelling. They had a modern take on a historical plot, just like with Bridgerton. The dances/balls, the dresses, the raunchy scenes. And even with the music, they had classical renditions of pop songs (I know, just like Bridgerton 😁).

It was refreshing to see a modern take on a story that had been told several times. At the time, the modernization of period drama wasn't a thing for me to see. But even with the show's liberties, at the end of the day, it was still based on historical events and historically, Francis died 😔.

So when Bridgerton came along, I welcomed it with open arms.

WHERE WERE MY SCENES OF FRANCIS CHASING MARY THROUGH THE HALLS AND THEM BOTH LAUGHING AND THEN CRASHING INTO THE THRONE ROOM, KISSING AND GIGGLING AND NOT EVEN REALISING THERE ARE LORDS AND KNIGHTS AND EVEN THE BLOODY POPE STOOD THERE, WATCHING, IN A MIXTURE OF DISGUST AND AWE????

WHERE ARE MY FLASHBACK SCENES OF THEM AS CHILDREN??

WHERE ARE MY SCENES OF WHAT THEY DO TOGETHER FOR FUN, WHEN THEY’RE NOT RULING? YES, 3x05 GAVE US SWIMMING NAKED IN THE LAKE TOGETHER AND SAILING AND SHAGGING IN THE WOODS, BUT NO NEED TO CRAM ALL THEIR GOOD SCENES INTO THE EPISODE HE DIED IN!!