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The Tudor cosplay community on TikTok is split into many different factions: Caitlin Davis is one of the most historically accurate Tudor cosplayers, Jasmine Cooper fights sexist myths, and Emilee Shield is a costume buff, and a woman of color in an overwhelmingly white world.

Every weekend, Shield has a cosplay-related event or photo shoot on her schedule in addition to creating content for her TikTok channel. For a 2012 competition, Shield designed and sewed a Tudor-inspired gown modeled after Catherine of Aragon, in order to honor a woman who she says “exemplifies what a queen should be.”

“She’s politically educated and she’s running the country while her husband’s in battle,” Shield says. “And I have a soft spot for characters who follow the rules, and don’t end up with a happy ending. She did everything right, and still ended up divorced.”