An incomplete list of nicknames I’ve given/coined for Napoleonic marshals
Ney: ginger babey, marshal bae, THE babey
He was the original, so all subsequent “babeys” are in one way or another reminded me of him (also one could not be affiliated with English-speaking countries unless he’s a minority in said countries (eg. George Washington Carver))
Lannes: ladder lord
Murat: dummy thicc™️, Jojo, curly god
Moncey: goodest boi
Massena: ravioli lord
Augereau: gangstar
Macdonald: MacMarshal, macbabey (seldom)
Soult: bread man, cookie lord
Bessières: marshal cupcake, cupcake lord
Berthier: administrative cyborg
Kellermann: windmill man
Lefebvre: grandpa
Davout: Savage edge lord
This is as far as I remembered since it’s been YEARS since I was active in the Napoleonic community on tumblr, here’s a cupcake lord for you guys
Also special thanks to my mutual @histoireettralala for reminding me some of the nicknames
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Incorrect Quotes
Lannes: I do two things and two things only, I devastate sorry motherfuckers, and get shit done as an awesome leader.
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Murat: I just had a thought.
Napoleon: I'll buy you a card to commemorate the moment.
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Masséna: Do you believe in conspiracy theories ?
Augereau: No.
Masséna: Would you like to start one ?
Augereau: Absolutely.
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Napoleon: Do you ever think before you do something ?
Lannes: nope! I like being just as surprised as everyone else.
Ney: Lannes, WTF
Lannes: The enemies can't know my next move if I don't know my next move either.
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Napoleon: So, did everyone learn their lesson ?
Augereau: No.
Lannes: I did not.
Berthier: I may have actually forgotten one.
Ney: Also no.
Poniatowski: Oh good, it's not just me.
Davout: exhausted sigh
Murat: There was a lesson ?
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last night when attempting to sleep i had a bat shit idea pop in my head. ghost lannes who just sort of hangs around napoleon judging all his bad choices reacting to napolington
Lannes would have OPINIONS about Napolington. He'd ghost prank the living shit out of Wellesley and would call Napoleon a Little Whore via spooky writing on mirrors in the hallway.
Some Random Person: Aren't you scared of the creepy ghost that is in your house?
Ghost!Lannes: HE'S JUST A LITTLE SLUT. A SLUT FOR HANDSOM MEN IN UNIFORMS.
Napoleon: I'd say I'm more mildly annoyed and wish it would shut the fuck up for once.
Ghost!Lannes: SHAN'T.
Ghost!Lannes and Bertrand would hang out and shit-talk people and it'd be very funny.
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Tag Yourself: Unabridged Shitty Drawing Marshal of the Empire Edition
Yes All 26 Of Them + Bonus 2
drawn and compiled by yours truly, initial and probably inaccurate research assisted by Chet Jean-Paul Tee, additional research from Napoleon and his Marshals by A G MacDonnell, Swords Around A Throne by John R Elting and a bunch of other books and Wikipedia pages
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mike (Michel Ney)
- full of every emotion
- always has ur back
joe (Joachim Murat)
- it's called fashion sweetheart
- will not stop flirting
lens (Jean Lannes)
- bestie who will call u out on ur shit
- does not like their photo taken
bessie (Jean-Baptiste Bessieres)
- actually nice under the ice
- was born in the wrong generation
dave (Louis-Nicolas Davout)
- overachiever
- 20 year old boomer
salt (Jean-de-Dieu Soult)
- people think ur up to no good
- doesn’t cope with sudden changes 2 plans
andrew (Andre Massena)
- actually up to no good
- sleepy until special interest is activated
bertie (Louis-Alexandre Berthier)
- carries the group project
- voted most likely to make a stalker shrine
auggie (Pierre Augereau)
- shady past full of batshit stories
- will not stop swearing in the christian minecraft server
lefrank (François Joseph Lefebvre)
- dad friend
- in my day we walked to school uphill both ways
big mac (Étienne Macdonald)
- brutally honest
- won't let you borrow their charger even if they have 100%
gill (Guillaume Brune)
- love-hate relationship with group chats
- pretends not to care, checks social media every 2 minutes
ouchie (Nicholas Oudinot)
- needs to buy bandages in bulk
- a little aggro
pony (Józef Antoni Poniatowski)
- can't swim
- tries 2 hard to fit in, everyone secretly loves them anyway
grumpy (Emmanuel de Grouchy)
- can't find them when u need them
- complains about the music, never suggests alternatives
bernie (Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte)
- always talks about their other friendship group
- most successful, nobody knows how
monty (Auguste de Marmont)
- does not save u a seat
- causes drama and then lurks in the background
monch (Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey)
- last to leave the party
- dependable
morty (Édouard Mortier)
- everyone looks up 2 them literally and figuratively
- golden retriever friend
jordan (Jean-Baptiste Jourdan)
- volunteers other people for things
- has 20+ alarms but still oversleeps
kelly (François Christophe de Kellermann)
- old as balls but still got it
- waiting in the wings
gov (Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr)
- infuriatingly modest about their art skills
- thinks too much before they speak
perry (Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon)
- low-key rich, only buys things on sale
- “let’s order pizza” solution to everything
sachet (Louis-Gabriel Suchet)
- dependable friend who always brings snacks
- lowkey keeps the group together
cereal (Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier)
- unnervingly methodical and precise about fun
- will delete your social media after u die
vic (Claude Victor-Perrin)
- loves spicy food but can’t handle it
- says they're fine, not actually fine
Bonus!
june (Jean Andoche Junot)
- chaotic disaster bisexual
- will kill a man 4 their bestie
the rock (Géraud Duroc)
- keeps a tidy house
- mom friend with snacks
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