THREAD: as a medievalist, lemme say that, if medieval tv shows and movies really want to be HISTORICALLY ACCURATE, they should have more men wear pink.

Historical realism, people!

(St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek, VadSlg Ms. 302, f. 26v) #MedievalTwitter

No medieval court was this dour and colorless.

Knights wear pink! Cushions are pink! Decorations are pink!

Any King Arthur movie should be wall-to-wall pink and bright colors. (BL, MS Harley 4605 f. 95)

No way that ALL of these dudes would be in black. They're royal soldiers! Where's the bright overcoats?

A few of them def would be sporting a nice pink overcoat to dazzle and impress everyone!

(St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek, VadSlg Ms. 302, f. 150r)

And knights on horse would also dress their horses in pink for battle! Nobody wants a dour battlefield. They're not monks!

(St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek, VadSlg Ms. 302, f. 66r)

King's Landing is too grim! Not even ONE pink building!

(St. Gallen, Kantonsbibliothek, VadSlg Ms. 302, f. 169v)

WHERE ARE THE PINK TOURNAMENT TENTS??

(BL, MS Harley 4379, f. 23v)

PUT JOHN SNOW IN PINK, YOU COWARDS. IT'S HISTORICAL ACCURACY.

(BL, MS Royal 6 E VI, f. 150v)

This is my petition for more historical movies to have medieval knights and courtiers and kings wearing pink.

(Morgan Library, MS M.396, f. 157r, MS G.54, f. 024r)

Here's Sir Tristan in bed, his hair wrapped in a towel, under his pink sheets. This is the portrait of medieval masculinity and knighthood.

(Morgan Libary, MS M.41, f. 277v)

Tl;dr: medieval knights to each other: