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did you see the interview where Hilary Mantel said “Mary is emotionally compromised or, as she would see it, morally compromised, because of the attraction she feels to him. She is angry – with herself.“? ☠️ Mary was not attracted to cromwell lmao; she was just being polite to an important administrator. What do you think of the Cromwell-Mary relationship, or how wolf hall handles it?
Why does every woman in the Tudor court have to have weird sexual tension with Cromwell?! Anne Boleyn, Mary Boleyn, Jane Seymour, now Mary... I am not a fan lol.
I think the Cromwell-Mary relationship was nothing more than Mary interacting with him because he was her father's chief advisor and unless you'd done something horrible, Mary seemed to be nice to people. I'm sure she also thought being friendly with him would help her situation, via Cromwell influencing her father.
But I can just see they're going to use the fact she drew him for a Valentine irl to portray their relationship more romantic ew.