But You're Not King! ...Not Yet.

The Prince’s Shadow: a shipping manifesto

sirken:

with thanks to angevin2 for her help with Elizabethan innuendo

CANON

Henry IV, Part I
Henry IV, Part II

More specifically, The Hollow Crown (2012).

AUTHOR

William Shakespeare

PAIRING

Hal/Poins

THE PLAYERS

Prince Hal, aka Harry, is Prince of Wales and heir to the throne. Once his dad kicks it, he becomes King Henry V (and sometimes Harry le Roy). Dude has names out the wazoo. On the surface, he is a medieval frat boy who spends all his time boozing and whoring it up in common taverns with people far below his station and is generally a huge embarrassment to his dad, King Henry IV. In reality, as his very first soliloquy reveals, all this partying is just an act so that everyone will be even more impressed when he becomes king and casts his partyboy past aside to be super competent. He’s gonna be a legend, damnit, and he’s got the whole story already planned out.

Edward Poins, aka Ned and often just Poins, is the second son of a random nobleman, which means while he’s technically aristocracy, he will inherit no land or titles. Traditionally, second sons go into the church or the military to make their way in the world. Poins has decided to screw tradition and settled on petty thievery for a career. Like Hal, he spends a lot of time at Mistress Quickly’s tavern (The Boar’s Head). In The Hollow Crown specifically, he’s very quick to answer insult with violence and hates Falstaff’s guts.

This being Shakespeare, there are of course alternate character interpretations buzzing around. Feel free to pick one at your own discretion.

TOGETHER, THEY DO CRIME

No, seriously, they do crime.

(Snuggling in Snuggies gifs courtesy of matafari)

Among other things.Like each other.

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So, this is the best thing.

Oh my god, “the Universal Gaze of Already Tapping That”, that is brilliant. Also “If you enjoy tragedy, climb aboard the HMS Hal/Poins, because this is the ship for you.”. Yes.

(also, re: fic, I feel I should point out that if anyone’s interested, I have a Henry IV modern AU that I wrote a few months ago, it’s about 39k and is both plays, but is Hal/Poins, of course [and is what I made this photoset about]. I wasn’t going to post it because, well, it’s long and the shippers are few, but if anyone’s interested, I could post it, or just the first chapter so people could see what they think?)

fuck yes post that fic please

(Reblogged from shinobi93)

May 15

In the Shadow of the King

Rating: Explicit

Category: M/M

Fandoms: The Hollow Crown (2012)

Relationships: Henry V of England/Edward “Ned” Poins

Additional Tags: terminal illness, less-terminal-than-expected illness, kicking historical accuracy in the teeth, haunting, mental illness, hallucinations

Words: 3,286

Chapters: 1/4

Excerpt:

In the year of our Lord 1422, in the Château de Vincennes near Paris, France, the King was dying.

He knew it, though his lords and physicians were loathe to say as much. He knew it from the ache of his withering muscles; the roiling, burning, stabbing in his gut; the slow, dry burn of his fever; the stench of death that filled the room.

Furthermore, Bardolph had told him so.

Jan 18

fic rec: The Ages of Man

Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Category: Gen

Fandom: Hollow Crown (2012)

Characters: Richard II of England, Henry “Hotspur” Percy, John of Lancaster, Henry V of England

Additional Tags: Identity

Collections: Yuletide 2012

Words: 1647

Author: yunitsa

Summary: Hal grows up to be a king.

Hal is seven years old when he is first brought to court. His father leaves him behind, to go in to see the King on his business, and Hal gapes up at the walls of the palace, watching the pennants snap in the wind. He is tall for his age, but extremely thin, as though his limbs have been stretched on the rack.

“Hey!” someone shouts. Another boy is crossing the forecourt toward him: he seems no older than Hal, but smaller and stockier, with a bully’s heavy brow and Northern vowels. “Hey, toothpick! Where did you come from?”

Hal draws himself up. He is the king’s cousin, a good archer and an excellent Latin scholar. He will not, he decides, be spoken to in that manner. “I’m Henry Monmouth,” he says, “and I’d rather be a toothpick than a Scotsman’s bastard.”

In the next moment, Hal realises that he may not have quite thought this through. The other boy is on him at once, fists and elbows, shouting, “You take that back, you lily-livered ginger son of a whore!”

Dec 21

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nanyoky:

ziaro:

Loki’s secret is out.

WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING ON PEOPLE’S DASHES IS THIS EVEN REAL

(Reblogged from xavantina)

Oct 24

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(Reblogged from textsfromthedrunkencrown)

Oct 16

actualbatmanbrucewayne:

Hey remember that time Tom Hiddleston waited until his father was asleep and then went and sat on his throne?

#Is this a hobby of yours #do you do this often

(Source: samandriel)

(Reblogged from mlpendlessnight)

Oct 14

skijumpsallygotthehiddles:

misledghost:

ivyarchive:

More Prince Hal in a sauna

Sorry. My ovaries demanded this. Deal with it.

What a way to wake the fuck up…….now I need a cold shower.

I would like to propose a moment of appreciation for Poins’ arms and pecs, because damn.

(Reblogged from amongablazeoflights)