Boleynfan said:I agree, it would be hard not to be intrigued by Anne, wouldn't it? When I mention her (which is quite often) I usually get either blank, curious looks or “oh yeah, she was the wife who got beheaded by Henry VIII, right?” And then I feel physical pain

I totally understand, Boleynfan. While I love Anne, most people I know have either no idea who she is (the horror!), know only the myths about her (she was a witch, wasn't she?), or know she was beheaded. I also feel physical pain, and bite my tongue. I cannot understand how some people have no sense of history, or could not be intriged by such a sad, human story. I'm glad to know their is a new generation of teenagers discovering Anne.

Oh gosh, wreckmasterjay! Painful 

wreckmasterjay said:

Thats not as bad as my mate…..I told him I had been to see Anne Boleyns grave and he turned to me and said…”oh yeah my mate went to see her in Amsterdam.

“Dude…..thats Anne Frank.”

“Ah….”

Oh boo.

I actually just had a conversation with an older lady about about Anne the other day at work. Though a lot of her information was not fact, it was a lot of fun to talk to someone who at least knows more about her than “Oh she had her head wacked off, right?”

I agree, wreckmasterjay. And I do chat on here all day! 🙂 If there's one historical figure whose memory must be kept alive in my opinion it is Anne's all the way!

Wow! I have been a member on this forum for a while now and am finally soo glad to meet someone of the same age group who is also into Anne! It is very nice to meet you BoleynChild.

I just turned fifteen in September and have totally been addicted to Anne and everything Tudor since I read Jean Plaidy’s ‘The Lady in the Tower’ in sixth grade. My mum and I rescently watched seasons 1-3 of the Tudors and The other Boleyn Girl. She got kinda annoyed when I kept pointing out innacuracies in The Tudors and totally stunned when I ebmarked on a rant during TOBG about how horrible and inaccurate the movie was…lol she now begs me to consider some variety and I love other periods in history too, but whenever I google anything about the Tudor period , especially Anne Boleyn the obsession always reignites!!!

Don’t worry Star5000, I cry everytime too!:D 

Good to know I’m not the only, “Tudor Teenager,” out there! I’m eighteen now, but I too got into Anne Boleyn and the Tudors via, “The Other Boleyn Girl,” a few years ago! It’s an obsession that’s lasted ever since! (I also blame my fantastic mother. She got me into the Showtime series.  None of my friends are really into it either, but I finally took a European history class my Senior year in high school, (Last year lol,) and finally discovered other history nuts! Funnily enough, I ended up correcting my teacher a few times over some points in Tudor history! One thing we were required to do every semester was write a movie review and book report over a historical book/ movie from a list the teacher gave us. I just about died from happiness when I was able to do a book report on More’s, “Utopia,” and, “Anne of the Thousand Days!” 

Speaking of keeping Anne’s memory alive, (which I completely and totally agree with!) I befriended a Chinese exchange student my tenth grade year, the same year in which they were showing the second season of the Tudors.  She actually ended up living at our house a few weeks before she left for China again, the same few weeks in which they showed the final few episodes of the second season. My mom thought she might like watching the Tudors, and boy….she did! I thought maybe she wouldn’t like it because she was still improving her english at the time, but man, she would watch every episode intently and with great concentration. 

She kept asking me, “What happen to the Queen?” And was shocked to hear of Anne’s fate. We ended up watching the season finale together, her and I, along with my mom, and we ALL cried. Needless to say, when she ended up visiting the next year, the first television show she wanted to watch was, “The Tudors!”  To quote her, “Tudor too sexy for China.” Lol. 

So glad to meet you fellow teenagers AND history lovers! Sorry for my long post, I just love sharing experiences!

Oh, Lina, those all made me laugh (and groan with disappointment at the same time!) As my Dad used to say, “Some people know just enough about something to be dangerous!” I’ve also heard it as, “Some people know just enough to think they’re an expert!”

Too funny, Lina!! I don’t think I’ve said that about Caesar since, what, elementary school? 🙂

Costumes, hmm…well I suppose after many years I need to stop being Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth, and other various Tudor ladies. Perhaps I’ll try for something a bit different this time…then again, perhaps not. Maybe I’ll stick with a medieval lady.

Cool, tell us about that medieval lady costume! I have a gold-edged one, dark blue, with Anne Boleyn sleeves, so I’m excited about it. And of course many others from years past…