𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉

Son of Edward II. Removed Mortimer and restored royal authority. One of England's most formidable military kings. Grumpy Grandpa. Royal badass. [Parody/RP]

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝕻𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖙

𝔜𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔯 𝔈𝔡𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔠𝔦𝔯𝔠𝔞. 1327 - 1347 (𝔞𝔤𝔢𝔰 15 - 35)

❝ 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘩 ❞

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

I'd defend your honour if someone even looked at you funny, my love.

[♛ Philippa, Royne d'Angleterre ♛ @RoyneGracieuse]

Heart eyes. Knees weak. Heart racing.

Who can she pay to talk smack about her?

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

Oof–

Hello, sunshine~

[Thomas of Woodstock (Parody) @TommyWoodstock]

(Even though this isn't about him, he pounces on his father anyway.)

Papa~!!

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

Everyone knows he's exempt, Porky Pig ain't mine.

[༄ 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗜𝗩 @EdwardusRexIV]

Hopefully that doesn't include Bacon.

Talking smack about him is a good way to spend an afternoon.

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

Cracks his knuckles.

Who's talking smack about my progeny?

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

"Ah...Catalina, is it? Nothing wrong with piety, but it also doesn't hurt to crack a smile now and then.

I'm well– if a little worn out. Yule with such a large family can take it out of you", he laughed. "How are you, Your Majesty?"

[⚜️ Roi François Ier ⚜️ @RoiFrancoisI]

He chuckled. “I referred to the first Mrs. Henry. The one who likes to wear hair shirts to bed. I tried to give her an opening and she went more pedantic than my scribe. How are you faring, Your Grace?”

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

"Hello, my sweet~"

[♛ Philippa, Royne d'Angleterre ♛ @RoyneGracieuse]

“Edward!”

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

My mother's not here, is she?

[⚜️ Roi François Ier ⚜️ @RoiFrancoisI]

Lord have mercy. I forgot that woman has absolutely no sense of humour.

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

Boys, play nice. Daddy’s busy.

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

“It seems I have forgotten my pail of water”, he shrugged, a lopsided boyish grin on his lips, “but I think I might still be able to help.”

[♛ Philippa, Royne d'Angleterre ♛ @RoyneGracieuse]

"Are you here to bring me more hot water, my lord?" she asked with bright anticipation and a mischievous twinkle in her eye. "The water could use heating up."

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

Room in there for another one?

[♛ Philippa, Royne d'Angleterre ♛ @RoyneGracieuse]

This was fun but she has an important date and she must be fresh for the French.

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

@AnneYorkHoward || we watched it cos Ghost (my current obsession) have literally just released a cover of We Don’t Need Another Hero 😢

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

|| I wondered why you’d posted this, I just saw! 😔

We literally watched her in Mad Max 3 last night wtf

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

@arcadianregxnt “I’m not lashi—“, he barked reactively, before pausing to take a breath and level his tone.

“I’m not lashing out at you. I simply don’t understand why you give her the time of day.” He glanced down at their hands, a brief pause before he gave hers a reassuring squeeze. “We are.”

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

Philippa was never a person to Isabella. She was a resource. Once the bargain was fulfilled, isolating her was the She-Wolf’s futile attempt to keep Edward from any influences that might challenge hers.

Ned opened his eyes, observing her.

“Speak your mind, love.”

[♛ Philippa, Royne d'Angleterre ♛ @RoyneGracieuse]

For two long years at the start of their marriage, Isabella had forced Philippa into the shadows.

Philippa didn't speak for some time as she measured her thoughts. Instead, she focused on his left foot before moving to the right one.

"And trouble follows," she finally said.

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

Edward’s jaw clenched. His thoughts on their father were— complex. He considered himself more his father’s son than his mother’s, though the opposite was probably more accurate.

“She won’t.” He deliberately omitted their late father. “Only if we allow it.”

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

Edward grumbled an acknowledgment, his face screwed up a little as she reached a particularly knotted tendon.

“𝘚𝘩𝘦 is here.”

[♛ Philippa, Royne d'Angleterre ♛ @RoyneGracieuse]

She slowly worked his second boot off, and removed his hose. She poured essential oils into a small wooden bowl and dipped her fingers into it.

Carefully, she began to massage the oil into his left heel, slowly working the liquid upward toward his toes.
"You are tense, my love."

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

He does, sadly. The painful reminders are inevitable.

“I don’t want her peace”, Edward snapped, then sighed. “You might find it in your heart to forgive her, but please don’t press me to do the same…

I won’t have her do to my children what she did to us.”

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

@IsabellaTheFair “I can change that very quickly.” He wasn’t above banishing her. He fought dirty; she taught him that.

“A count, who took her back after her dramatic display. Her methods might be a little extreme, but it appears she is capable of handling things herself.”

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

Sigh…

Forgive him if he’s overly coarse. He bears her no ill will. Their mother’s presence brings with it a dark cloud of animosity that he can’t help but become succumb to.

[𝕰𝖉𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖗𝖉 @EdwardusRexIII]

Edward let his eyes close, weary from the road, just listening to the soft hum of her voice. Forgetting his mother’s caustic presence, and his sister’s whining.

[♛ Philippa, Royne d'Angleterre ♛ @RoyneGracieuse]

Pulling up a footstool, Philippa sat on it as she carefully pulled the first boot off and placed it aside whilst humming a Flemish ballad.

Knowing Ned's mercurial moods, she would curb her tongue waiting for him to express his thoughts, if he chose to do so, at his leisure.