obsessed with the concept of duels. for many many years there was a 100% legal way for two consenting adults to settle a dispute by trying to kill eachother. there was a fully legal way to just kill someone. also you were humiliated and called a pussy if someone challenged you to a duel and you said no
#cool guys could just kill someone and then go on with their life with no consequences bc it was a consentual duel to the death 😂#obviously there were exceptions to the lack of legal consequences but in general this was a legal practice lmao#and this was so wildly popular that they had to make it illegal bc they were losing so many lives to dueling#and it remained popular to donit illegally for a long ass time after that#insane#every time i watch much ado about nothing im obsessed w the fact that beatrice is like i cant duel claudio but YOU can kill him for me babe#and benedick not only can but it's legal for him to do so 😂#obviously this is in many stories but i think about the kill claudio scene all the time#it truly is a scene that doesn't translate to a modern adaptation very well bc of the historical context of dueling#as not only legal and respectable but actually cool to do#this has been a shitpost#even women got to do this!! less common but there are examples of women dueling lol
