I just finished watching The White Queen

I never liked it, I want to say that at the outset.  I mean, what's the point of making a historical series from the point of view of the women if you're only going to underscore how ultimately powerless they are?  Even the "magical" subplot was annoying because it was so obviously a ploy to make the series' passive heroine look slightly less passive, but that too ultimately failed.  If the closest she comes to taking charge of her life is basically wishing someone dead, that is not power.  The way this series was advertised, I honestly can't tell if the writers legitimately thought it was feminist and empowering, or if they were just lying, and I'm not sure which is worse.

So anyway, given that I never liked it, I probably have no right to be as annoyed as I am about how completely off the goddamn rails it went in the last episode.

( But seriously )

See, all of this happened a long time ago.  We know who married who, who had which kid, who died in what battlefield and who didn't, but we don't know the meaning behind a lot of it.  What I like about historical fiction (when I like it) is when the writers take what we do know and make an interesting backstory, weaving the facts together to create a reading I haven't thought of before.  This was a poor one, and it handwaved plenty of what we do know to serve itself, which to my mind defeats the purpose.

At the end of the day, I'm sticking to Shakespeare, guys.  They're equally fictional, but Shakespeare was just better at it.