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minus-squareAmerica@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoHenry the 8th was hot as hell as a young, fit adult. There are libraries of vague, contemporaneous homoeroticism preserved to verify it. The pic on the right significantly decreases his attractiveness in a way that feels almost antagonistic.
minus-squareundergroundoverground@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 months agoTbf, if I lived around someone as psychotic as Henry VII, I’d flatter him too.
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoApparently, Henry loved to joust. He probably took a lot of concussions. Might explain a lot. https://www.webmd.com/brain/ss/slideshow-concussions-brain-injuries
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoWasn’t being chubby seen as an attractive trait back then because it implied wealth?
minus-squareClockworkOtter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoI don’t think his most attractive period was considered to be once he became obese
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoNo, this is some apocryphal nonsense that became a “fun fact” spread by everyone.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoooo, aporcyphal nonsense is my favorite kind of nonsense
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoOk, the picture is of him from when he’s older
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoDe gustibus non disputandem est!
minus-squareAmputret@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoTrue, but I’mean, people age.
minus-squareAmerica@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoInto having larger, more expressive features? It’s fairly uncommon for tiny mouthed Clint Eastwood to shift into tiny mouthed Gabriel Iglesias
Henry the 8th was hot as hell as a young, fit adult. There are libraries of vague, contemporaneous homoeroticism preserved to verify it. The pic on the right significantly decreases his attractiveness in a way that feels almost antagonistic.
Tbf, if I lived around someone as psychotic as Henry VII, I’d flatter him too.
Apparently, Henry loved to joust.
He probably took a lot of concussions.
Might explain a lot.
https://www.webmd.com/brain/ss/slideshow-concussions-brain-injuries
Wasn’t being chubby seen as an attractive trait back then because it implied wealth?
I don’t think his most attractive period was considered to be once he became obese
No, this is some apocryphal nonsense that became a “fun fact” spread by everyone.
ooo, aporcyphal nonsense is my favorite kind of nonsense
It’s fun, usually.
Ok, the picture is of him from when he’s older
De gustibus non disputandem est!
True, but I’mean, people age.
Into having larger, more expressive features? It’s fairly uncommon for tiny mouthed Clint Eastwood to shift into tiny mouthed Gabriel Iglesias