In the Imperial Court of Vienna, there were two categories of balls. The "official" is the Court Ball, starting at 8pm. The whole court was invited, including members of the diplomatic corps, owners of different orders and official titles, high dignitaries and members of the Viennese garrisons. It was always the Empress who set the date for the ball, it usually took place at the end of January. Only the highest ranking members got an official invitation, the rest of the guests were notified at court (as 90% of the guests were "courtiers"). It was the Court Ball, where debutantes entered society. They were introduced to the Empress in a nearby room by her Obersthofmeisterin. Due to the many guests (around 1500-2000 people) and lack of space, there wasn't much dancing, it was more of a social event, where guests had the chance to speak to the Emperor and Empress during a cercle.
im pre-endorsing whatever petty embarrassing thing buck does in next week's episode because if i was in a tense gay situationship with my baby daddy boy best friend and he started getting obsessed with some guy we've both known for 20 minutes id also do something unspeakable on that basketball court. dont look at him he aint special.
I just read a detailed account of the Bal des Ifs and I’d never realised how funny this event was when you don’t focus on Madame de Pompadour. All I was taught at school is that it was the masquerade ball in 1745 where Louis XV first took (public) notice of la Pompadour, but what I didn’t know was that the former royal mistress had recently died so there was a vacancy so to speak, and a lot of noblewomen showed up specifically hoping to catch the King’s attention.
But he came dressed up as a shrub (a yew tree similar to the ones in the royal topiary gardens) along with seven other men in identical costumes, so no one knew for sure which one was the King. People always focus on how Madame de Pompadour recognised the royal shrub and talked to him, but what about the women who didn’t!! History is written by the winners but I want to hear about the women who doggedly danced the minuet with random shrubs hoping this one was the one. My book mentions that a determined noble lady followed a yew tree outside the room on a hunch, only to find that she had bet on the wrong shrub. This is what the shrub costumes looked like by the way, imagine stalking one all over the park of Versailles at night because you think his gait looks kingly and you are an ambitious noblewoman
Hey, I like your art style can you please do like a comic where Sanji sister finding out that she's gonna be the aunt cause I really like to see the reaction
sorry for the rather somber atmosphere... it's just in any zosan lovechild AU that is not the "sora lives" universe, i see reiju still keeping a distance when zosan's child is born because she's still with the vinsmokes or any other reason. or at least in the beginning anyway, one day she might finally give a chance on being part of sanji's life again -- once she finds a way how.
I know "I'm not bad anymore" is an instant classic, but I'll tell you, "meow" has got to be the highlight of the whole episode for me. I love it when Brennan uses "and you see" to set up a single word of dialogue.
I am obsessed with this relationship. It's opposites attract. It's unrequited requited love. It's clashing wants and needs. It's that slightly toxic dependency. It's a love that could have been different if only they'd never met him.
How dare Aabria and Oscar make me so invested in an owlbear and a satyr called Wuuvy
Soooo Mike treats Will like garbage in season 3,, neglects to reach out to him for months, yet Will still pours his heart into a painting to tell him how much he loves him, sacrifices his own feelings for him, and after all that Will is the one that should save Mike???????? Are you kidding me????????