Manipulative Love

<p>This week on What the Smut we are talking all about manipulative lovers and other amazing historical characters in <a href='https://amzn.to/3qxJTMh'>A Year and a Day</a> (Medieval DeWarenne Trilogy Book 1) by <a href='https://amzn.to/32wMu1c'>Virginia Henley</a>. The book is set in medieval Scotland during the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_War_of_Scottish_Independence'>First War of Scottish Independence</a>. In the first half of the episode, we are talking about the historical figures in the book including <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I_of_England'>Edward Longshanks</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Warenne,_6th_Earl_of_Surrey'>John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey</a>, and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_the_Bruce'>Robert The Bruce</a>. We were lucky to have our guest and historical book reader <a href='https://whatthesmut.com/2021/04/15/amanda-friend-of-the-podcast/'>Amanda</a> come to the rescue. As bad as we are at math it has NOTHING on medieval English/Scottish history. In the second half of the ep, we got to chat about the non-historical characters. You really can't lose with these characters! A racist granny, a dick-faced bad guy, a sweet cunning lady, and a normative and normative manly type man. Join in and see if you can count how many times Kandy says colonialism...</p> <p>Our manly man main character thinks quite poorly of women. He sees them as manipulative beasts so we spent quite a lot of time talking about manipulation. I think we answered the question of what makes manipulative lovers and then some. A manipulation is just a tool and pretty much everyone uses it. We even managed to bring perspective, intent, and ethics into the thing. Hey, as long as it's not math or history... </p>