Round 3 - Return of the Meme

[hhanon]

Round 3 - Return of the Meme

General Rules

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Prompting Rules

• One prompt per comment. 
• Please follow the correct format (see below).
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• If your prompt is missing something, such as a subject or a warning, repost it in it’s entirety. It is not enough to reply to your own comment with the missing information. The mod will delete the previous duplicate comment.
• Multiple fills of the same prompt by different author!anons are allowed.
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• Prompts for projects other than Horrible Histories (ie. Spy, Gavin and Stacy, Rev, St. Trinian's, the O2 adverts etc., and RPF involving actors from those projects should be posted at the What? They've acted in other things?! post.

Format of Prompts

• Put [RPF] before RPF prompts. 
• For crossover prompts: "[Crossover], HH Character(s)/Other Character(s), [Fandom]" 
• Anyone, everyone, no one? Use "Other."
• Put [GEN] before GEN prompts, just so you don't get unwanted shipping.
• Use appropriate warnings. I'm trusting you all to know what that means.
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Archiving Prompts and Fills

• To make the archiving job easier, please drop a link to your fill/unprompted fic here at the fills post.
• Nothing here you fancy filling? Take a look at the unfilled prompts archived here or at Round 1 or Round 2.

That's nearly the end of the storia, for onto the scene comes our much loved meme: HAIL TO THE QUEEN OF PROMPTIA.

Comments

PROMPT: Charles II/Other, Charlie's the Bad Guy

[(Anonymous)]

We've all read the fics that feature Charles II as the loveable rogue but in real life he'd broken thousands of hearts before he was even crowned King.
I just fancy seeing him as the bad guy for once.
Perhaps Catherine has to comfort Sotherby after Charles has made a particularly nasty comment?

Re: PROMPT: Charles II/Other, Charlie's the Bad Guy

[(Anonymous)]

Good prompt, but in real life he was also a loveable rogue. And he honestly didn't break any hearts, all of his mistresses were well provided for and never treated badly if he could help it at all.

Would like to see Catherine comforting Sothers, though!

Re: PROMPT: Charles II/Other, Charlie's the Bad Guy

[(Anonymous)]

Not OP, just history major nerd: Still Charles did run around a lot, often entertaining multiple partners simultaneously; he might unthinkingly hurt someone or just get frustrated because he still had to deal with Puritans and not having an heir.

Definitely; Catherine had a pretty nice relationship with Charles as he never divorced her even when it became apparent they could not have children and genuinely felt bad when she got hurt by his philandering.

Re: PROMPT: Charles II/Other, Charlie's the Bad Guy

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, yes, totally! That's more what I meant, really. XDDD I can't see Charlie being deliberately nasty to anybody but accidental hurting and then feeling horrid about it afterwards? Yeah, that totally happened. And could work quite well, really.

The thing is that I'm also a history nerd. And pretty much all the sources state him as a lovely guy who would never be actually and properly nasty to people. And would always go out of his way to make people feel better if he ever was.

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[(Anonymous)]

Oh, yes, totally! That's more what I meant, really. XDDD I can't see Charlie being deliberately nasty to anybody but accidental hurting and then feeling horrid about it afterwards? Yeah, that totally happened. And could work quite well, really.

The thing is that I'm also a history nerd. And pretty much all the sources state him as a lovely guy who would never be actually and properly nasty to people. And would always go out of his way to make them feel better if he ever was.

Re: PROMPT: Charles II/Other, Charlie's the Bad Guy

[(Anonymous)]

There are multiple ways to interpret history. One person's loveable rogue is another person's bad guy.

Re: PROMPT: Charles II/Other, Charlie's the Bad Guy

[(Anonymous)]

True, but the general consensus is that Charles II was actually one of the nicest men alive. And I just, probably accidentally because it was late and stuff, read in the assumption that multiple partners = bad guy. We are both allowed to have our opinions, I'm just saying that most sources paint him as actually quite lovely.

Re: PROMPT: Charles II/Other, Charlie's the Bad Guy

[(Anonymous)]

Though this may be true, I thought perhaps that we could paint him in a different light :) It's always interesting to see characters we know quite a lot about in new situations.

Re: PROMPT: Charles II/Other, Charlie's the Bad Guy

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, yes, definitely! And I can definitely understand that urge. :DDD Different interpretations and all that. So, yes, I would most certainly like to see that! And I'm sorry if that didn't come across originally 'cause this is an awesome prompt. <33