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I would also say that from the perspective of looking at her as a mother, this event is like her becoming a sin eater for her sons and sacrificing so that they can do this

is indicative of both her desire to make sure that they have a firm footing and to make sure

that like people aren't cast out that that Henry,

King Henry doesn't like try to kill or take out or do something bad to his sons.

So she does this even though Richard is her favorite kid.

Richard is a mama's boy.

Oh, this is a future.

Richard the Lionheart,

Third Crusade.

We'll get to him at some point.

We'll get that.

But this is Richard the Lionheart and he is a mama's boy.

And say what you will about that.

But Eleanor,

he was apparently Eleanor's favorite too.

And so, like, she was giving up, like, her, the rest of her, like, life with him until he became king, because in order to, like, appease this and keep this going.

And, I mean, that, like, for a mother, like, you, you admire the

political instincts and intelligence it takes to do that. But, like, for a mom, for a parent to do

that is just, it's a really heartbreaking thing. Like, you know, it's, she's, I, she's one of my favorite, like, characters in doing

the show with Eleanor.

She's, she's one of my favorite characters because she just, like, there's so much stuff

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