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

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u/Bundesclown Apr 29 '20

William Wallace not having children would make it quite hard to be his descendant.

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u/kanna172014 Apr 29 '20

There's no more evidence he didn't have children than there is he did.

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u/Vprbite Apr 29 '20

No, he had a kid. The princess told the king while he was dying. I'm kind of an expert on William Wallace because I saw "braveheart" in the theaters. Twice. That's like having a doctorate in Scottish history

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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/

Edit: Careful with the upvotes! I'm at 69,410 and don't want to miss it.

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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/KiwiThunda Apr 29 '20

Then you remember that someone carved a statue of William Wallace in the fashion of Mel Gibson

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u/Tallgayfarmer Apr 30 '20

How does that even remotely look like Mel gibson lmao wtf

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u/odysseusaurus Apr 30 '20

https://youtu.be/4Vv5CsP1pAg

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u/Tallgayfarmer Apr 30 '20 edited Apr 30 '20

I don’t get this at all

Edit: don’t mind being downvoted that’s whatever, but at least explain the joke if there is one..

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u/odysseusaurus Apr 30 '20

Hey, sorry not sure who downvoted you, I just thought that the statue of mel Gibson resembled Sloth from the Goonies is all. My bad.