UltraViolet Darling *smugface* Don’t let the horny police defeat us!!

Oof, a long list, unfortunately.

The shortest and most important bits are:

• Balian of Ibelin was a middle-aged guy who had been born in the Levant, certainly not a young French blacksmith, and as much of a fanatic as most other Christians of the crusader states of the time.

• Baldwin IV was not exceptionally tolerant for the time or region, and was generally close with Reynald de Chatillon, the pirate/raider crusader whom he rebukes and imprisons in the movie.

• Guy de Lusignan and Sibylla of Jerusalem were quite close - to the point where she was forced to divorce him by court politics in order to become queen (as Guy was not liked by many), exacting a promise from the nobility to allow her to marry anyone she wished in exchange for doing so, and after being given that concession, she was crowned queen… immediately after which she re-married Guy and made him king.

• Saladin’s terms of surrender for Jerusalem were much harsher, by modern eyes - only some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem were allowed to go free unconditionally (the offer was for all of Jerusalem in the movie). The rest had to be ransomed, or else would be enslaved, as was common practice when taking a town in that era. Considering that Saladin ‘purchased’ a great many of these people to immediately free them, and that armies of the period expected loot (including slaves) which Saladin could not easily beg off, I think this is probably the most acceptable break from historical detail. True in spirit, if you will.

Nonetheless, despite these inaccuracies, the Director’s Cut is an amazing movie, and I love it.

Says the doggo who posted the thirst trap meme 🤔