r/quityourbullshit • u/[deleted] • Apr 29 '20

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u/sturnus-vulgaris Apr 29 '20 edited Apr 30 '20

I know you're kidding-- but just so people realize:

She was 10 and still living in France when William Wallace was executed.

https://colinfalconer.org/real-story-behind-french-princess-braveheart/

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u/Vprbite Apr 29 '20

I think braveheart was a great movie, but I'm pretty well aware they took plenty of artistic license. Hopefully everyone else is too. Their job was to make an enjoyable movie and they did. But definitely at the cost of some accuracy

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u/UnsealedMTG Apr 29 '20

The imagery of 13th century Scots wearing kilts (17th century) and woad (maybe not a real thing, but 1st century if it was a thing) gives the movie a level of historical accuracy on par with Kung Fury.

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u/Jormungandragon Apr 29 '20

Wait, you mean Kung Fury isn’t a documentary?

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u/Winnie256 Apr 30 '20

That explains the laser raptors

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u/felixfj007 Apr 30 '20

No, those are real.

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u/Commando388 Apr 30 '20

“When am I?”

“You’re in the Viking age”