r/Richardthethird

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What could Richard III have done in 1483 that wouldn’t lead to either his death and disgrace or the end of the Plantagenet dynasty?

The way I see things, you’re cooked either way. If you do nothing, the Woodvilles rush Prince Edward to London and get him crowned, and from there they control the body of the King and can put whatever decree they want in front of him and can get it signed. You know they don’t like you, and they know you don’t like them, so they can use any perceived slight by you against them to declare you a traitor and strip you of your lands.

If you try and control Prince Edward yourself, by doing what Richard did historically by intercepting him at Stony Stratford and arresting the boy’s uncles, he’ll always remember that, and it’s only a few years till he reaches his majority. He lived with his maternal uncles and kind and barely even knows you. Same as before, you lose your head.

That leaves the third option of taking the crown yourself, and I really don’t see a better option than that

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u/CrestlessYeoman — 4 days ago
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I cast…

If you do not know the text on the image, here:

Act as characters from the play, Richard III made by Shakespeare(but Richard is no hunchback, no murderer, no villain and no coward).

Rules:

  • Only one user can act as one character, no more than 1 person acting as 1 characters.
  • Follow what the text over the rules section is.
  • No changing rules.
  • No doing secret buttons or anything like that(I mean do not say, “Secret casting here👇”).

Characters:

  • Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later King Richard III).
  • King Edward IV.
  • George, Duke of Clarence.
  • Duchess of York.
  • Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward V).
  • Richard, Duke of York.
  • Young Edward, Earl of Warwick.
  • Margaret Plantagenet.
  • Lady Anne.
  • Young Elizabeth.
  • Queen Margaret.
  • Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond.
  • Earl of Oxford.
  • Sir James Blunt.
  • Sir Walter Herbert.
  • Sir William Brandon.
  • Christopher Urswick.
  • The crowd(only the users who are too late because the casting has ran out).
u/Hot-Handle-9855 — 5 days ago
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Was Richard III really as evil as history has portrayed him?

Richard III has one of the most controversial reputations of any medieval English king. Was he genuinely a ruthless usurper responsible for the Princes in the Tower or did the Tudor dynasty have good reason to portray him as a villain? What do you think the evidence actually tells us?

u/HoneybeeXYZ — 10 days ago

12 days before the 541st anniversary of poor Richard III’s death!

Aye! You are early here! You are here before the traitors of Lancaster and Richmond have succeeded to be kings! Glad you are here before the poor king’s death.

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u/Hot-Handle-9855 — 10 days ago