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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Usually soft-spoken and [[TheStoic stoic]]. You know the situation is dire when she screams at her magician for [[spoiler: tricking her into murdering her husband]].
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* MellowFellow: Henri is very passive, indecisive and WeakWilled, and also SuperGullible and easily influenced, much to the dismay of his father--and the delight of almost everyone else.
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* MellowFellow: Henri is very passive, indecisive and WeakWilled, and also SuperGullible and easily influenced, much to the dismay of his father--and the delight of almost everyone else. This becomes somewhat harsher if you view it as the result of his experiencing frequent sexual abuse from a young age.
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* RapeAsBackstory: is implied to have been raped by guards while imprisoned by The Holy Roman Emperor. By modern standards, the standards of the present day, this is also what Diane does to him, who preys since their relationship has been going on him from when at least since he was just fifteen.fourteen.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: ''Very'' strongly averted--Diane has blonde hair but is tremendously catty and self-centered, not to mention that by modern standards she'd be considered a sexual abuser. She does eventually manage to get ''skin'' of gold, however.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: ''Very'' Very strongly averted--Diane has blonde hair but is tremendously catty and self-centered, not to mention that by modern standards she'd be considered viewed as a sexual abuser. child molester. She does does, however, eventually manage to get ''skin'' of gold, however.golden ''skin'', which is exactly as weird as it sounds.
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* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: After ascending to the throne, Mary outlaws Protestantism and has followers of the religion hanged from trees.
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* AbusiveParents: Arranges to have her own son kidnapped.
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* AbusiveParents: Arranges She arranges to have her own son kidnapped.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: ''Very'' strongly averted--Diane has blonde hair but is tremendously catty and self-centered, not to mention that by modern standards she'd be considered a sexual abuser. (She does eventually manage to get ''skin'' of gold, however.)
* IJustWantToBeBeautiful: Diane is [[VanityIsFeminine obsessed]] with appearing younger than she is, and her (often rather disturbing) beauty rituals are shown on-screen.
* IJustWantToBeBeautiful: Diane is [[VanityIsFeminine obsessed]] with appearing younger than she is, and her (often rather disturbing) beauty rituals are shown on-screen.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: ''Very'' strongly averted--Diane has blonde hair but is tremendously catty and self-centered, not to mention that by modern standards she'd be considered a sexual abuser. (She She does eventually manage to get ''skin'' of gold, however.)
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* IJustWantToBeBeautiful:Diane is She's [[VanityIsFeminine obsessed]] with appearing younger than she is, and her (often rather disturbing) beauty rituals are shown on-screen.
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* DrivenToVillainy: how Catherine views herself, her question "what would you have done differently?" becoming the tagline of the show. And in fairness, she has not had it easy; orphaned as a baby, treated like a meaningless pawn by surviving family, and then cruelly humiliated by the husband she loved.
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* DrivenToVillainy: how How Catherine views herself, her question "what would you have done differently?" becoming the tagline of the show. herself. And in fairness, she has not had it easy; orphaned as a baby, treated like a meaningless pawn by surviving family, and then cruelly (if unintentionally) humiliated by the husband she loved.
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* LoveMartyr: downplayed. Henri isn't abusive towards her, but he's negligent; choosing Diane over her time and again despite always being apologetic about it. Catherine refuses to give up on their marriage for decades.
* ManipulativeBitch: gains Rahima's trust, then tricks her into getting caught snooping through Mary's things. Afterwards, she has the gall to gaslight her about it. On another occasion, she manages to scare Mary off marrying Francis by convincing her he's impotent.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: usually soft-spoken and stoic, you know the situation is dire when she screams at her magician for [[spoiler: tricking her into murdering her husband]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: lampshaded when Henri remarks that while he was a "toy soldier wrapped in cotton wool" at war, Catherine was back home using her cunning and diplomacy to be an excellent regent.
* TheStoic: Catherine rarely raises her voice.
* ManipulativeBitch: gains Rahima's trust, then tricks her into getting caught snooping through Mary's things. Afterwards, she has the gall to gaslight her about it. On another occasion, she manages to scare Mary off marrying Francis by convincing her he's impotent.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: usually soft-spoken and stoic, you know the situation is dire when she screams at her magician for [[spoiler: tricking her into murdering her husband]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: lampshaded when Henri remarks that while he was a "toy soldier wrapped in cotton wool" at war, Catherine was back home using her cunning and diplomacy to be an excellent regent.
* TheStoic: Catherine rarely raises her voice.
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* InformedAttribute: The way others talk about her, one would think that Catherine is hideously ugly, even though in reality she's (at worst) somewhat plain.
* LoveMartyr:downplayed. Downplayed. Henri isn't abusive towards her, but he's negligent; negligent, choosing Diane over her time and again despite always being although he's consistently apologetic about it. Despite this, Catherine refuses to give up on their marriage for decades.
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* ManipulativeBitch:gains Gains Rahima's trust, then tricks her into getting caught snooping through Mary's things. Afterwards, she has the gall to gaslight her about it. On another occasion, she manages to scare Mary off marrying Francis by convincing her he's impotent.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:usually Usually soft-spoken and stoic, you [[TheStoic stoic]]. You know the situation is dire when she screams at her magician for [[spoiler: tricking her into murdering her husband]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething:lampshaded Lampshaded when Henri remarks that while he was a "toy soldier wrapped in cotton wool" at war, Catherine was back home using her cunning and diplomacy to be an excellent regent.
* TheStoic: Catherine rarely raises her voice.regent.
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* ManipulativeBitch:
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* TheStoic: Catherine rarely raises her voice.
* ColorMotifs: Black and white, just like Diane, symbolizing the extent to which he is in her thrall.
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* PuppetKing: how he is viewed by his court, who see him as completely controlled by Diane. They're mostly right.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: As a teenager, he's shown to be interested in animals, particularly frogs, which he delights in catching and showing to any woman who catches his fancy. As an adult he's also shown to be [[FriendToAllChildren good with his and Catherine's children.]]
* MellowFellow: Henri is very passive, indecisive and WeakWilled, and also SuperGullible and easily influenced, much to the dismay of his father--and the delight of almost everyone else.
* PuppetKing:how How he is viewed by his court, who see him as being completely controlled by Diane. They're mostly right.
* MellowFellow: Henri is very passive, indecisive and WeakWilled, and also SuperGullible and easily influenced, much to the dismay of his father--and the delight of almost everyone else.
* PuppetKing:
* IWantToBeARealMan: Henri finally gets fed up with everyone seeing him as a pushover who is always under Diane's thumb, and decides to prove his masculinity by [[IdiotBall participating in a joust with another knight]], whom he specifically orders not to go easy on him. This leads to his [[spoiler: suffering a significant head injury and, ultimately, dying from the wounds.]]
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* AmbiguouslyBi: preys on Henri, but also kisses Angelica when trying to manipulate her into betraying Catherine. It's unclear whether she is genuinely attracted to her, or just trying to seduce her into doing her bidding.
* BettyAndVeronica: a loud, opinionated, self-proclaimed "whore" who bathes in gold, Diane is the Veronica to Catherine's more humble Betty.
* ColorMotifs: wears exclusively black and white, to reflect how she was both sad and happy when she became a widow.
* DepravedBisexual: uses her sexuality to get her way, and doesn't care much about the gender of the person she's seducing.
* ManipulativeBitch: grooms young Henri, then manipulates him into doing whatever she wants most of the time.
* BettyAndVeronica: a loud, opinionated, self-proclaimed "whore" who bathes in gold, Diane is the Veronica to Catherine's more humble Betty.
* ColorMotifs: wears exclusively black and white, to reflect how she was both sad and happy when she became a widow.
* DepravedBisexual: uses her sexuality to get her way, and doesn't care much about the gender of the person she's seducing.
* ManipulativeBitch: grooms young Henri, then manipulates him into doing whatever she wants most of the time.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: preys Preys on Henri, but also kisses Angelica when trying to manipulate her into betraying Catherine. It's unclear whether she is genuinely attracted to her, or just trying to seduce her into doing her bidding.
* BettyAndVeronica:a A loud, opinionated, self-proclaimed "whore" who bathes in gold, Diane is the Veronica to Catherine's more humble Betty.
* BerserkButton: She ''really'' doesn't like it when people bring up her age.
* ColorMotifs:wears Wears exclusively black and white, to reflect how she was both sad and happy when that she became a widow.
widow. Although by the end of the series, gold is definitely the color that viewers will most readily associate with her.
* DepravedBisexual:uses Uses her sexuality to get her way, and doesn't care much about the gender of the person she's seducing.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: ''Very'' strongly averted--Diane has blonde hair but is tremendously catty and self-centered, not to mention that by modern standards she'd be considered a sexual abuser. (She does eventually manage to get ''skin'' of gold, however.)
* IJustWantToBeBeautiful: Diane is [[VanityIsFeminine obsessed]] with appearing younger than she is, and her (often rather disturbing) beauty rituals are shown on-screen.
-->'''Angelica:''' You want to be noticed?\\
'''Diane:''' I want to be ''unforgettable.''
* ManipulativeBitch:grooms Grooms young Henri, then manipulates him into doing whatever she wants most of the time.time.
* MsFanservice: Diane gets fully naked multiple times and even engages in a bit of GirlOnGirlIsHot when she French-kisses Angelica.
* BettyAndVeronica:
* BerserkButton: She ''really'' doesn't like it when people bring up her age.
* ColorMotifs:
* DepravedBisexual:
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: ''Very'' strongly averted--Diane has blonde hair but is tremendously catty and self-centered, not to mention that by modern standards she'd be considered a sexual abuser. (She does eventually manage to get ''skin'' of gold, however.)
* IJustWantToBeBeautiful: Diane is [[VanityIsFeminine obsessed]] with appearing younger than she is, and her (often rather disturbing) beauty rituals are shown on-screen.
-->'''Angelica:''' You want to be noticed?\\
'''Diane:''' I want to be ''unforgettable.''
* ManipulativeBitch:
* MsFanservice: Diane gets fully naked multiple times and even engages in a bit of GirlOnGirlIsHot when she French-kisses Angelica.
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* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: after ascending to the throne, Mary outlaws Protestantism and has followers of the religion hanged from trees.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: after ascending to the throne, Mary outlaws Protestantism and has followers of the religion hanged from trees.
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--> '''Louis de Bourbon:''' We, uh...we wish you all the best.
--> '''Mary, Queen of Scots:''' ''(smiling)'' Ah! And I pray you'll be spared God's wrath, as I pray for all Protestants.
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* StepfordSmiler: the psychotic kind. Will smile in your face while telling you she hopes you're spared God's wrath.
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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: the The real Mary did not lead a violent persecution of Protestants in France.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: he He wants to triumph over the Protestants. But unlike his niece, he does not want to kill them.them.
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* StrawHypocrite: a Catholic priest who persecutes Protestants for their perceived heresy, whilst openly not caring about his vow of abstinence.
* WellDoneSonGuy: his mother is always negatively comparing him to his older brother, and it seems to sting.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: his mother is always negatively comparing him to his older brother, and it seems to sting.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: he'll He'll seize Protestants' property and eventually criminalize them. But when his niece Queen Mary begins to execute them, even he objects.
* StrawHypocrite:a A Catholic priest who persecutes Protestants for their perceived heresy, whilst openly not caring about his vow of abstinence.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: referred to as "it" by other servants.
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* CorruptTheCutie: a sweet young girl who is manipulated by Catherine into becoming more and more cold.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: referred Referred to as "it" by other servants.
* CorruptTheCutie:a A sweet young girl who is manipulated by Catherine into becoming more cold and more cold.
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* AbusiveParents: her father was driven mad by ingesting too much gold, and apparently attacked his daughter, until "she stopped him".
* LipstickLesbian: somewhat inevitable as 16th Century France would not have supported a woman dressing in trousers, but Angelica wears beautiful dresses.
* LipstickLesbian: somewhat inevitable as 16th Century France would not have supported a woman dressing in trousers, but Angelica wears beautiful dresses.
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* AbusiveParents: her Her father was driven mad by ingesting too much gold, and apparently attacked his daughter, until "she stopped him".
* LipstickLesbian:somewhat Somewhat inevitable as 16th Century France would not have supported a woman dressing in trousers, but Angelica wears beautiful dresses.dresses.
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* BettyAndVeronica: the Betty to Diane's Veronica; patient, sensible, and loyal, but less wild than Diane.
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* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: possibly. When Catherine warns him not to joust as she saw in a dream that he would die, Henri goes ahead and jousts anyway. On his deathbed, he tells Catherine he chose to joust because he knew she wanted the dream to come true.]]
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* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: possibly. Possibly. When Catherine warns him not to joust as she saw in a dream that he would die, Henri [[spoiler:Henri goes ahead and jousts anyway. On his deathbed, he tells Catherine he chose to joust because he knew she wanted the dream to come true.]]
*[[spoiler: EyeScream: dies Dies after being impaled through the eye with a lance]]lance.
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* NiceGuy: a sweet boy who adores his wife and lacks confidence in himself.
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* [[spoiler: MercyKill: with his consent, his mother feeds him poison laced with opium to allow him to die peacefully without pain.]]
* NiceGuy: a sweet boy who adores his wife and lacks confidence in himself.
* PuppetKing: Francis is easily led by his wife, who seems to be the real power behind the throne.
* [[spoiler: IncurableCoughOfDeath]]
* [[spoiler: MercyKill: with his consent, his mother feeds him poison laced with opium to allow him to die peacefully without pain.]]
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* EveryoneHasStandards: he'll seize Protestants' property and eventually criminalize them. But when his niece Queen Mary begins to execute them, even he objects.
* StrawHypocrite: a Catholic priest who persecutes Protestants for their perceived heresy, whilst openly not caring about his vow of abstinence.
* WellDoneSonGuy: his mother is always negatively comparing him to his older brother, and it seems to sting.
* StrawHypocrite: a Catholic priest who persecutes Protestants for their perceived heresy, whilst openly not caring about his vow of abstinence.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: usually soft-spoken and stoic, you know the situation is dire when she screams at her magician for [[spoiler: tricking her into murdering her husband]].
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* DepravedBisexual: uses her sexuality to get her way, and doesn't care much about the gender of the person she's seducing.
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!! Louis de Bourbon
!! Francois de Guise
!! Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine
!! Louis de Bourbon
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!! Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine
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* CorruptTheCutie: a sweet young girl who is manipulated by Catherine into becoming more and more cold.cold.
* HiddenDepths: pretends to be uneducated and illiterate. She isn't.
!! Mathilde
!! Aabis
* AmbiguousBi
!! Angelica
* AbusiveParents: her father was driven mad by ingesting too much gold, and apparently attacked his daughter, until "she stopped him".
* LipstickLesbian: somewhat inevitable as 16th Century France would not have supported a woman dressing in trousers, but Angelica wears beautiful dresses.
!! Sebastio
* HiddenDepths: pretends to be uneducated and illiterate. She isn't.
!! Mathilde
!! Aabis
* AmbiguousBi
!! Angelica
* AbusiveParents: her father was driven mad by ingesting too much gold, and apparently attacked his daughter, until "she stopped him".
* LipstickLesbian: somewhat inevitable as 16th Century France would not have supported a woman dressing in trousers, but Angelica wears beautiful dresses.
!! Sebastio
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* KnightTemplar: see GoodSaveUsFromTheQueen .
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* KnightTemplar: see GoodSaveUsFromTheQueen .GodSaveUsFromTheQueen .
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* AbusiveParents: arranges to have her own son kidnapped.
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* ManipulativeBitch: gains Rahima's trust, then tricks her into getting caught snooping through Mary's things. Afterwards, she has the gall to gaslight her about it.
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* [[spoiler: ImAHumanitarian: drinks a broth containing her husband's heart]].
* ManipulativeBitch: gains Rahima's trust, then tricks her into getting caught snooping through Mary's things. Afterwards, she has the gall to gaslight her about it. On another occasion, she manages to scare Mary off marrying Francis by convincing her he's impotent.
* ManipulativeBitch: gains Rahima's trust, then tricks her into getting caught snooping through Mary's things. Afterwards, she has the gall to gaslight her about it. On another occasion, she manages to scare Mary off marrying Francis by convincing her he's impotent.
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* WickedStepmother: from Mary's perspective.
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* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: possibly. When Catherine warns him not to joust as she saw in a dream that he would die, Henri goes ahead and jousts anyway. On his deathbed, he tells Catherine he chose to joust because he knew she wanted the dream to come true.]]
* [[spoiler: EyeScream: dies after being impaled through the eye with a lance]]
* PuppetKing: how he is viewed by his court, who see him as completely controlled by Diane. They're mostly right.
* [[spoiler: EyeScream: dies after being impaled through the eye with a lance]]
* PuppetKing: how he is viewed by his court, who see him as completely controlled by Diane. They're mostly right.
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!! Mary, Queen of Scots
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: after ascending to the throne, Mary outlaws Protestantism and has followers of the religion hanged from trees.
* KnightTemplar: see GoodSaveUsFromTheQueen .
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: the real Mary did not lead a violent persecution of Protestants in France.
* StepfordSmiler: the psychotic kind. Will smile in your face while telling you she hopes you're spared God's wrath.
* UnwittingPawn: The Holy Roman Emperor convinces her it's her destiny to lead a United Catholic Europe. He then tells Catherine that he has manipulated the "silly girl" into causing civil war in France, destabilizing the kingdom and thereby promoting the status of his.
* BitchInSheepsClothing
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: after ascending to the throne, Mary outlaws Protestantism and has followers of the religion hanged from trees.
* KnightTemplar: see GoodSaveUsFromTheQueen .
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: the real Mary did not lead a violent persecution of Protestants in France.
* StepfordSmiler: the psychotic kind. Will smile in your face while telling you she hopes you're spared God's wrath.
* UnwittingPawn: The Holy Roman Emperor convinces her it's her destiny to lead a United Catholic Europe. He then tells Catherine that he has manipulated the "silly girl" into causing civil war in France, destabilizing the kingdom and thereby promoting the status of his.
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* AnimalMotifs: the snake. Cold and calculating.
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!!Rahima
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: referred to as "it" by other servants.
* CorruptTheCutie: a sweet young girl who is manipulated by Catherine into becoming more and more cold.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: referred to as "it" by other servants.
* CorruptTheCutie: a sweet young girl who is manipulated by Catherine into becoming more and more cold.
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* ManipulativeBitch: grooms young Henri, then manipulates him into doing whatever she wants most of the time.
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* ManipulativeBitch: grooms young Henri, then manipulates him into doing whatever she wants most of the time.time.
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!!Rahima
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: referred to as "it" by other servants.
* CorruptTheCutie: a sweet young girl who is manipulated by Catherine into becoming more and more cold.
! Servants
!!Rahima
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: referred to as "it" by other servants.
* CorruptTheCutie: a sweet young girl who is manipulated by Catherine into becoming more and more cold.
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* RapeAsBackstory: is implied to have been raped by guards while imprisoned by The Holy Roman Emperor. By modern standards, this is also what Diane does to him, who preys on him from when he was just fifteen.
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* BettyAndVeronica: a loud, opinionated, self-proclaimed "whore" who bathes in gold, Diane is the Veronica to Catherine's more humble Betty.
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* BettyAndVeronica: a loud, opinionated, self-proclaimed "whore" who bathes in gold, Diane is the Veronica to Catherine's more humble Betty.Betty.
* ColorMotifs: wears exclusively black and white, to reflect how she was both sad and happy when she became a widow.
* ManipulativeBitch: grooms young Henri, then manipulates him into doing whatever she wants most of the time.
* ColorMotifs: wears exclusively black and white, to reflect how she was both sad and happy when she became a widow.
* ManipulativeBitch: grooms young Henri, then manipulates him into doing whatever she wants most of the time.
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!!Catherine de Medici
* BettyAndVeronica: the Betty to Diane's Veronica; patient, sensible, and loyal, but less wild than Diane.
* ColorMotifs: Catherine wears a lot of green to symbolize her serpentine character, and potentially her jealousy of Diane.
* DrivenToVillainy: how Catherine views herself, her question "what would you have done differently?" becoming the tagline of the show. And in fairness, she has not had it easy; orphaned as a baby, treated like a meaningless pawn by surviving family, and then cruelly humiliated by the husband she loved.
* ManipulativeBitch: gains Rahima's trust, then tricks her into getting caught snooping through Mary's things. Afterwards, she has the gall to gaslight her about it.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: lampshaded when Henri remarks that while he was a "toy soldier wrapped in cotton wool" at war, Catherine was back home using her cunning and diplomacy to be an excellent regent.
* TheStoic: Catherine rarely raises her voice.
!!Henry II of France
* YourCheatingHeart: openly prefers his mistress to his wife.
!!Rahima
* CorruptTheCutie: a sweet young girl who is manipulated by Catherine into becoming more and more cold.
!! Diane de Poitiers
* AmbiguouslyBi: preys on Henri, but also kisses Angelica when trying to manipulate her into betraying Catherine. It's unclear whether she is genuinely attracted to her, or just trying to seduce her into doing her bidding.
* BettyAndVeronica: a loud, opinionated, self-proclaimed "whore" who bathes in gold, Diane is the Veronica to Catherine's more humble Betty.
* BettyAndVeronica: the Betty to Diane's Veronica; patient, sensible, and loyal, but less wild than Diane.
* ColorMotifs: Catherine wears a lot of green to symbolize her serpentine character, and potentially her jealousy of Diane.
* DrivenToVillainy: how Catherine views herself, her question "what would you have done differently?" becoming the tagline of the show. And in fairness, she has not had it easy; orphaned as a baby, treated like a meaningless pawn by surviving family, and then cruelly humiliated by the husband she loved.
* ManipulativeBitch: gains Rahima's trust, then tricks her into getting caught snooping through Mary's things. Afterwards, she has the gall to gaslight her about it.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: lampshaded when Henri remarks that while he was a "toy soldier wrapped in cotton wool" at war, Catherine was back home using her cunning and diplomacy to be an excellent regent.
* TheStoic: Catherine rarely raises her voice.
!!Henry II of France
* YourCheatingHeart: openly prefers his mistress to his wife.
!!Rahima
* CorruptTheCutie: a sweet young girl who is manipulated by Catherine into becoming more and more cold.
!! Diane de Poitiers
* AmbiguouslyBi: preys on Henri, but also kisses Angelica when trying to manipulate her into betraying Catherine. It's unclear whether she is genuinely attracted to her, or just trying to seduce her into doing her bidding.
* BettyAndVeronica: a loud, opinionated, self-proclaimed "whore" who bathes in gold, Diane is the Veronica to Catherine's more humble Betty.
