Well wanted to use this as an extension of a previous blog written, only to find I either never wrote that blog or can't find it. This is my fault for labeling all my blogs either "Dreams, Revelations, Recent Changes" or something equally vague.
So now I need to write 2 blogs in one.
First off, there are a lot of historical figures I've come across that although I thought I knew the basic understandings of, apparently had more going on than given credit for.
LGBT Historical Figures:
-Abraham Lincoln. I'm not going to list out the details, people can look into these on their own if they don't believe me. Honestly, Abe was either gay or bisexual.
-Rock Hudson. I'd watched him in a lot of Doris Day movies. Wasn't until I saw Dallas Buyer's Club a couple weeks ago I found out he died of Aids and had been with several men.
-Anne Frank. Someone said it's wrong to debate her sexuality given she was young and isn't around to clarify it. But I don't many many straight girls, even when they're "young", who fantasize about the female body and exclaim that they wish they had a girlfriend. I think erasing her history and LGBT history is a greater issue.
-Eleanor Roosevelt. I sort of knew, but also thought it was a rumor based on the nature of she and her husband's relationship. Then I found out there were love letters...
-Juana Ines de la Cruz. I found out a couple things after discovering her story and reading through wikipedia and other articles.
#1 La Cruz = The Cross, which I didn't know in terms of translation and think is an amazing last name.
#2 She was a nun and given everything should have been sainted being clearly blessed by God and on a mission to legitimize the contributions of women of faith in Christianity.
#3 She was screwed by the Catholic Church. Which isn't surprising given the never ending history of Catholic abuses, but was still disheartening and depressing to find out about just the same.
#4 She was a lesbian and one of the first "feminist" authors of her area ---aka a woman who existed and who wrote books and articles and believed women should be able to.
I love finding out about amazing historical people and how life has always been more vivid than it's been painted up to be.
On top of finding out about historical figures, I've also been finding out a ton more on ancient civilizations, lost empires, strange events that have occurred in various parts of the world, and other strange anomalies throughout time.
The more I learn about history the more I realize life has never been normal.
God Working Things Out Through Generations
I'm going to use the Queen of England/Windsor Family as an example of this. All those biopics and history documentaries of The Crown will not go to waste on my watch...
Pattern #1: 2 Siblings = 2 Monarchs Divided
The first was George VI verses Edward VIII. Edward was supposed to be king, but wanted to marry a divorced woman and so denounced the throne and sought fame, family-life instead. This caused a rift and he was sort of disowned by the family and cast out. George VI was disappointed he did not fill his role and was attention-seeking.
The second to follow were two sisters: Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. Margaret had more personality and was an attention loving free thinker like her uncle. Queen Elizabeth was a traditionalist and royal monarch. The two had bad blood on and off for various reasons, including this dynamic.
Last round: Since Queen Elizabeth had so many kids it's hard to know if this dynamic was at play between them. But once again, a set of 2 siblings of the same gender were born by Princess Diana.
Both brothers have balance. They aren't attention-seeking, but they're also not traditionalists. They'e modern and are comfortable somewhere between celebrity and royalty. They also don't "compete" or compare much with one another.
Pattern #2 Celebrity Verses the Crown
The "celebrity" aspect of a monarch's fame didn't really exist until cameras and video came along -although gossip and scandal did. But given the diminished power of the crown due to rising democratic influences and the fact that it virtually has little to no power now -it makes sense for some to be inclined towards Fame over Power.
So you had Edward VIII living a life of photogenic popularity.
Then Margaret.
Then you had Charles veer that way for a little while, then be steered back.
Then Diana.
And the whole time the traditional monarch establishment was yelling at them to get back in line.
But finally life won out and now who are Prince William and Kate Middleton if not celebrities. They have no power. They aren't reigning. They're just famous. And where they're beloved by people it's for their celebrity. And no one cares. The monarchy can't denounce it at this point -it's too extensive and obvious.
#3 Divorce
It was strange watching this portion of history be told fro a modern perspective. I was like, "What??? They seriously have that big of an issue with someone divorced wanting to remarry?"
Divorced in those days = You were a scandalous, promiscuous, immoral, damned, "anti-Christian", nonconformist radical.
And again, I'm watching like, "Where they drunk at the time? How stupid that they were THAT obsessed with it."
-Edward VIII marries a divorced woman. Gets disowned.
-Princess Margaret marries a man and they cheat on each other, but mostly the man sleeps around a lot before he met her, during their relationship, and after they married. She holds out for about 10 years in a failed relationship to spare the monarchy a disgraced divorcee, and then says screw it. By that time most of the UK didn't care about divorce and thought the monarchy had its crown on too tightly. But being the "Head of the Church of England" the queen could not be seen to accept a Catholic/Christian sin like divorce.
-Princess Diana and Charles get divorced after it's publicly clear they aren't working and Charles is in love with Camilla. Again, the divorce is not that big of a deal -only in terms of celebrity gossip.
-Now: It's not likely that William or Harry will divorce, but if they wanted to NO ONE WOULD CARE. People would maybe be sad for them, but that's about it short of just more celebrity gossip. The Amazon is on Fire and we have several world leaders that are sociopathic morons.
Bigger concerns.
And there it is. For generations where there were these "hard-pressing issues", there isn't now. And those issues seem callous and immature looking back. Things are being worked through future generation by generation. The Queen was once anti-LGBT and then half a century later ended up knighting Sir Elton John.
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