It's hard to tell if two men in ye olden days were in love bc it was normal then as a guy to write to your guy friend that you pine for his embrace and the smell of his breath and you long beyond longing for his "fleshen tower which Providence must furely have fashioned and purposed for this aff" - ThreadSky

bombsfall.bsky.social • 41 days ago

It's hard to tell if two men in ye olden days were in love bc it was normal then as a guy to write to your guy friend that you pine for his embrace and the smell of his breath and you long beyond longing for his "fleshen tower which Providence must furely have fashioned and purposed for this aff"

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emberaegle.bsky.social•41 days ago

Look we can't hold historical figures to our modern ideas of things like sexuality and gender because those things change over time and they lived in a time when those things were not properly understood and that's why we always refer to George Washington as gender neutral.

alexbpart.bsky.social•41 days ago

We could do so much for male loneliness if men were allowed Chivalric Buds

hreter.bsky.social•41 days ago

The Fleshen Tower is my favorite tarot card

powerfulhag.bsky.social•41 days ago

back then it was called a reache arounde

deschain82.bsky.social•40 days ago

oooooh gimme dat aff, bruh.

frogfather.bsky.social•41 days ago

Just brof being good brof

thussayethchaucer.bsky.social•41 days ago

Certes, in dayes of olde, men penned full free,
With words so swete they’d shame a she.
For love was bold, be it frendshipe’s grace,
Or yearning deep for closen space.
Yet whate’er this ‘fleshen tower’ be,
‘Tis best left wrapped in mysterye!