Hate to be the Ackchually guy but usually the Jester was appointed from the topmost, or second highest ranking noblemen from the kings court - the job needed a lot of guts, an S+ ability to read a room and sharp wit to keep both your job and your head. Even more, the king needed to have supreme trust in you, because that was pretty much the only way to be certain you weren’t making fun of him.
I think jesters were important because they counter-balanced all the rest of the yes men that tend to wiggle their way into the halls of power, and tell the king straight up if some plan or idea was garbage.
I wish I had a source to put here, but this is from the memory of some youtube video that had some good sources. Hopefully someone else can drop some sources.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f848ejfAFNM
TL:DR: apparently a bunch of jesters had autism which helped them speak their mind without a filter
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He’s giving you the nah it’s cool bro
MRW the jester improvs a silly little song about how i take way too long to shit and the guards start readying the guillotine but i genuinely didn’t realize i was taking such long shits and i just KNOW all these other fuckers have been making fun of me behind my back for weeks over it
Henry the VIII moment
isn’t that hand gesture common in byzantine artwork? where my art historians at
Too high for that ride
If I was a court jester I’d flirt with the king at any given opportunity. Subtle at first but if he was interested we’d share banter then I’d sit in his lap. He’d say I’m the funniest silliest little man alive and kiss me with tongue.
That probably happened a couple of times.
One can only dream
One day I’ll roleplay this
Man, I’d love to serve as one. It feels like I do the same fo free rn.
