History YMMV / Six

* FairForItsDay: WordOfGod said that Homosexuality is illegal in Hyrule, resulting in Link's BileFascination with it.

** Bear. At the beginning of season one, he is about to become a father. Flash forward a few years and we learn that his daughter Sarah died when she was only a few months old, and he and his wife are having difficulty conceiving another child. [[spoiler:And to make things even worse for him, Bear's wife leaves him at the end of season one. Then she gets shot by Chloe and dies at the end of season 2 right when he has decided to try and make up with her.]]

*** The entire situation with Thomas Culpepper described by Howard can be interpreted in several ways. For how she describes him compared to Mannox and Frances ("so sincere", "so sweet"), does Katherine only consider him to be a close friend, or did she have feelings for him? Is the line "just mates, no chemistry" a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial--and if so, is she saying it because she's married to a king who already killed one of his wives for cheating, or because she doesn't know how to handle actually being in love? Is "we hang out loads when the king's away" meant to be taken as innocent time between two friends, or an affair? And what, exactly, did Thomas do that was Katherine's DespairEventHorizon? Did he rape her, or did she realize he was only using her, either for sex or political intrigue?

** There are serious reasons to believe the portrait was actually accurate. Hans Holbein was known for his precision when it came to his portraits, since he didn't flatter his subjects in them[[note]] Close your eyes and picture the historical Henry VIII-- chances are you're thinking of the very realistic portrait(s) Holbein painted of him. The picture on the UsefulNotes/HenryVIII is a crop of a Holbein portrait. Some of Holbein's portraiture looks almost photographically realistic.[[/note]] , which makes Henry's claims that he was tricked by the portrait very flimsy - especially that there is ''absolutely no record'' that Henry blamed Holbein for giving an inaccurate portrait, and knowing Henry, one would think something would have happened to Holbein if it was the case...
* LesYay: Anne of Cleves is a fountain of this. In "Get Down" alone, she refers to the queens as her "bitches", calls an audience member "gorgeous/handsome/pretty", and asks another audience member to get up and dance with her.

* MisaimedFandom: Many people on Tik Tok use the song "All You Wanna Do" as background music for videos where they show off their boyfriends or girlfriends, not realizing it's a song about a teenager being sexually abused. In particular, the verse introducing Henry VIII is used to brag about how much of an improvement their new beau is compares to their ex, with the [[{{Beat}} long pause]] after “Supreme Head of the Church of England” being taken as an emphasis on how impressive it is— in the actual context of the song, though, that pause and mention of his status is actually because unlike her other lovers/abusers, ''Katherine can’t think of a physical compliment for Henry.''
* NarmCharm: ''"Don't lose your head"'' is full of lyrics like "sorry not sorry", "lol", "XO baby". Still, it is ONE catchy song! And as another troper pointed out, this may be on purpose,to convey Boleyn as childish.

* TheWoobie: While all of the wives apply to some extent for various reasons, Katherine Howard stands out for having been used by ('''much''') older men for sex since she was ''thirteen.'' When she sings about finally finding a friend who doesn't expect sex from her in Thomas Culpeper, only to have those hopes dashed away with the realization that he also only sees her as a sex object rather than a person, you just wanna give her a hug.

** There are serious reasons to believe the portrait was actually accurate. Hans Holbein was known for his precision when it came to his portraits, since he didn't flatter his subjects in them, which makes Henry's claims that he was tricked by the portrait very flimsy - especially that there is ''absolutely no record'' that Henry blamed Holbein for giving an inaccurate portrait, and knowing Henry, one would think something would have happened to Holbein if it was the case...

* WeAreStillRelevantDammit: Anne Boleyn's song, "Don't Lose UR Head", is full of modern internet phrases, such as "sorry not sorry", "lol", "XO baby", giving the impression that she tries too hard to make the younger audience relate to her.

--> '''Anne Boleyn:''' OH MY GOD GUYS, NO, SERIOUSLY, HE’S ACTUALLY GONNA CHOP MY HEAD OFF! [{{Beat}}] [[VerbalBackPedaling Eh, I mean,]] I guess he must've really liked my ''[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything head]].'' [[MirthlessLaughter He-he.]]

* TearJerker:
** All of "Six," if you think about it. The women describe what their lives would've been like if they'd never married Henry, and all of them would've been ''so much happier''. (Well, except for maybe Anne of Cleves, who got a pretty sweet deal in the end in reality as well.) In particular, Katherine Howard imagines a world where she told Henry Mannox to piss off, and decided she didn't need him. It's hard not to tear up a little at the realization of how abused this girl was. And throughout the song, the women sing that this concert, in which they've retaken the narrative and spoken for themselves for once, is only going to last "five more minutes." After those five minutes are up, the show is over… and we're back in the real world, where most of these women we've gotten to know and care about met tragic ends, and most people simply remember them for how their marriages ended. Ouch.
** The final verse of "No Way," in which Catherine of Aragon [[SincerityMode sincerely]] tells Henry that if he truly has a good reason for divorcing her if she's really caused him any pain, she'll accept the annulment and leave with no further hassle. She just wants him to explain a single thing she's done wrong. But, of course, Henry ''doesn't'' have a good reason, which just pisses Catherine off even further.
** Anne Boleyn's refrain of "what was I meant to do?" starts out cheeky and then grows desperate and terrified, especially combined with the part in the live shows where Anne stops singing for a couple of seconds to panic over her impending execution.
** "Heart of Stone," in which Jane Seymour, "the only one he truly loved," makes it clear she is ''well'' aware that Henry's love for her would likely evaporate if anything happened to their son. And, tragically, it did, though Jane and Henry were both long dead by the time Edward passed away at the age of fifteen.
** "All You Wanna Do", the chronicles of Katherine Howard's extensive experiences of being sexually abused. By the end, she's screaming her lines in anger and desperation, or even sobbing, as the audiences squirm in discomfort. It shows plainly how desperate she is to please the men around her, for them to "tell [her she's] the fairest of the fair". Her exhale at the very end of the song is tired and resigned, as at this point she's finally given up on finding love, and is broken… [[FridgeHorror Or it's her last breath.]] At least once, Aimie Atkinson has ended the song with a loud gasp of shock and pain, then freezing with her head tilted back, [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence simultaneously bringing to mind sexual activity and Katherine's death by beheading.]] This is made worse by the real Katherine's steadfast insistence, up until her death, that Francis Dereham had raped her - she got executed for something that was ''[[AdaptationalConsent not her fault]].'' "Don't care if you don't please me," takes on a darker bent.

* MemeticMutation:
** Anne Boleyn is a gremlin.
** Being protective over Katherine Howard.
** Jane Seymour being the ultimate mom friend.
** Hating Henry VIII.
** "Don't Lose Ur Head" became one of many songs that got popular through Tik Tok challenges.
** Whenever one of the swings plays all six roles is called making "Swingo," usually accompanied with a Megasix compilation where they sing all the parts.
** Natalie Paris ''is'' Jane Seymour. [[note]]She's been Seymour in the Arts Theatre production, studio cast recording, original West End production (twice), and filled in for Lauren Byrne (UK tour Seymour) for a TV performance.[[/note]]
** "Welcome to the Haus... TO THE HAUS OF HOLBEIN!!!" [[note]] YA! DAS IS GUT OOH YA! [[/note]]

* NarmCharm: ''"Don't lose your head"'' is full of lyrics like "sorry not sorry", "lol", "XO baby". Still, it is ONE catchy song!

** The final verse of "No Way," in which Catherine of Aragon [[SincerityMode sincerely]] tells Henry that if he truly has a good reason for divorcing her if she's really caused him any pain, she'll accept the annulment and leave with no further hassle. She just wants him to explain a single thing she's done wrong. But, of course, Henry ''doesn't'' have a good reason, which just pisses Catherine off even further.]

* WeAreStillRelevantDammit: Anne Boleyn's song, ''"Don't lose your head"'', is full of modern internet phrases, such as "sorry not sorry", "lol", "XO baby", giving the impression that she tries too hard to make the younger audience relate to her.

* MisaimedFandom: Many people on Tik Tok use the song "All You Wanna Do" as background music for videos where they show off their boyfriends, not realizing it's a song about a teenager being sexually abused.

* BizzaroEpisode: The entirety of "Haus of Holbein." It's not centred around a particular Queen, rather it's a description of the process of Henry finding Anna of Cleves. It's also filled with GratuitousGerman. While it's referenced again in the musical, its only real purpose seems to be to highlight the double standards for [HotGuyUglyWife women's appearances.]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The entirety of "Haus of Holbein." It's not centred around a particular Queen.

** "Welcome to the Haus... TO THE HAUS OF HOLBEIN!!!"

** The entire situation with Thomas Culpepper described by Howard can be interpreted in several ways. For how she describes him compared to Mannox and Frances ("so sincere", "so sweet"), does Katherine only consider him to be a close friend, or did she have feelings for him? Is the line "just mates, no chemistry" a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial--and if so, is she saying it because she's married to a king who already killed one of his wives for cheating, or because she doesn't know how to handle actually being in love? Is "we hang out loads when the king's away" meant to be taken as innocent time between two friends, or an affair? And what, exactly, did Thomas do that was Katherine's DespairEventHorizon? Did he rape her, or did she realize he was only using her, either for sex or political intrigue?

* GeniusBonus: Katherine Howard mentions Thomas Cromwell - he was the chief minister responsible for engineering the annulment of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII's marriage, and was beheaded because his attempt to make a Queen out of Anne of Cleves didn't go so well. Katherine was the next queen after Anne.

** "I Don't Need Your Love" seems like a sweet song from Catherine Parr to the man she loves to tell him she has to marry the King, and when you find out she later gets to marry him you're supposed to be happy for her. The song and its message become a lot less cute when you realize Tom Seymour (who was Jane's brother and Parr's fourth husband) was at best inappropriate with the then 14-year-old Elizabeth Tudor and that Parr eventually sent Elizabeth away after seeing ignoring/minimizing her husband's problematic behavior.
** Aragon's crack about Howard being "the least relevant Catherine" gets [[TearJerker sadder]] - the Howard family [[IHaveNoSon took down her portraits]] [[UnPerson after her execution]]. Howard was erased from their narrative. As of 2020, there is no extant artwork conclusively known to depict Howard, although some historians believe one miniature shows her. Boleyn got the same fate, but at least a coin bearing her likeness (struck during her lifetime) survived.

* HollywoodHomely: In the grand tradition of Tudor-focused media, the actresses playing the allegedly-ugly Anne of Cleves have all been lovely. The show makes no effort to pretend otherwise, and a couple lines in "Get Down" are devoted to snarking at this. (Of course, given that Henry was probably looking for an excuse to divorce her, and a couple of his contemporaries said that Anne was actually quite pretty, so it ''might'' be justified.) The line “You said that I tricked you ‘cuz I didn’t look like my profile picture. Too bad I don’t agree — so I’m gonna hang it up for everyone to see, and you can’t stop me,” might be imply that the portrait was more accurate than Henry claimed and that Anne of Cleves is aware of and proving that.
** There are serious reasons to believe the portrait was actually accurate - Hans Holbein was known for his precision when it came to his portraits, since he didn't flatter his subjects in them, which makes Henry's claims that he was tricked by the portrait very flimsy - especially that there is ''absolutely no record'' that Henry blamed Holbein for giving an inaccurate portrait, and knowing Henry, one would think something would have happened to Holbein if it was the case...

** Katherine Howard was only thirteen when she had allegedly lost her virginity to Henry Mannox.
** The methods of beauty described in the song, "Haus of Holbein." Special mention to using ''urine'' to bleach hair.

** "Heart of Stone," in which Jane Seymour, "the only one he truly loved," makes it clear she is ''well'' aware that Henry's love for her would likely evaporate if anything happened to their son. And, tragically, it did, though Jane, as well as Henry, were long dead by the time Edward passed away at the age of fifteen.

* TheWoobie: While all of the wives apply to some extent for various reasons, Katherine Howard stands out for having been used by ('''much''') older men for sex since she was ''thirteen.'' When she sings about finally finding a friend who doesn't expect sex from her in Thomas Culpeper only to have those hopes dashed away with the realization that he also only sees her as a sex object rather than a person, you just wanna give her a hug.
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* FollowTheLeader: PlayedWith Somewhat, this story inspired [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/160421/from-wires-to-wonders this story.]]

* HoYay: Anne of Cleves is a fountain of this. In "Get Down" alone, she refers to the queens as her "bitches", calls an audience member "gorgeous/handsome/pretty", and asks another audience member to get up and dance with her.

* TheWoobie: While all of the wives apply to some extent for various reasons, Katherine Howard stands out for having been used by ('''much''') older men for sex since she was ''thirteen.'' When she sings about finally finding a friend who doesn't expect sex from her in Thomas Culpeper only to have those hopes dashed away with the realization that he also only sees her as a sex object rather than a person, you just wanna give her a hug.

** Aragon's crack about Howard being "the least relevant Catherine" gets [[TearJerker sadder]] - the Howard family [[IHaveNoSon took down her portraits]] [[UnPerson after her execution]]. Howard was erased from their narrative.

** Aragon's crack about Howard being "the least relevant Catherine" gets [[TearJerker sadder]] - out of the queens, as of 2020 Howard is the only one without an extant portrait conclusively known to be hers. [[note]]That being said, there is still a Holbein portrait miniature that most historians believe depict Howard.[[/note]] The Howard family [[IHaveNoSon took down her portraits]] [[UnPerson after her execution]]. Howard was erased from their narrative.

* WhatTheHellCostumingDepartment: While the costumes for each of the queens are intentionally stylized, some parts of the fandom consider them to be a bit unflattering, thinking that the hairstyles are great but anything below the neck looks too sexualized. While that opinion isn't universal, there's plenty of fanwork which dresses the Six in more sensible, stylized versions of their historical garments while keeping the hairstyles in-tact.

* HarsherInHindsight: "I Don't Need Your Love" seems like a sweet song from Catherine Parr to the man she loves to tell him she has to marry the King, and when you find out she later gets to marry him you're supposed to be happy for her. The song and its message become a lot less cute when you realize Tom Seymour (who was Jane's brother and Parr's fourth husband) was at best inappropriate with the then 14-year-old Elizabeth Tudor and that Parr eventually sent Elizabeth away after seeing ignoring/minimizing her husband's problematic behavior.