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#i can’t stop making these#versailles meme#versailles#versailles tv#chevalier de lorraine#phillipe duc d’orlean#phillipe d’orlean#liselotte#monchevy#monchelotte#ot3#gaslight gatekeep girlboss
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I’m losing my MIND over here.
So I’m starting to write this graphic novel Les Chevaliers. It’s the true-ish story of Chevalier de Saint-Georges and Chevalier D’Eon. SG was the son of a French nobleman and a slave who went on to become a violin virtuoso and composer; some called him the Black Mozart. D’Eon was a genderbender who dressed as a woman to infiltrate the court of the Russian empress and as a man to fight in the French dragoons during the Seven Years’ War. Both were championship-level fencers and though they were contemporaries the only known rmeeting was an exhibition duel organized by the Prince of Wales while D’Eon was in political exile in London and SG happened to be in town in the service of Phillipe, duc d’Orleans.
That duel happened in 1787. That same fucking year, SG went back to France and wrote an opera called La Fille garçon (”The Girl-Boy”) about a girl who was disguised as a boy by her mother so that she would have a male heir to provide for her after her eldest son and husband both die in battle.
At the time, D’Eon was claiming that as their* exact origin story. Due to political reasons that are too complicated to get into here, they* needed to invent a backstory that would make them* sympathetic to the French court. How true that backstory is...well, that’s deeply questionable.
Here I am trying to invent all sorts of potential meetings between the two and. He just. Wrote an entire opera about them*. Just a whole-ass opera. That’s not something you do for someone you just met on the casual! And I haven’t seen any historian make this connection in any of the books or articles I’ve read about either SG or D’Eon! What the fuck!
*I use they/them pronouns for D’Eon but it’s impossible to know what pronouns they would sincerely have used in the past or now. They identified as male or female at different points out of basic survival and even their biological sex is disputed.
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My hatred for Louis - Philippe: Duc d’Orleans is unparalleled, even my hatred for Eve/Kristin in Seconds Apart pales in comparison.
He was a bastard: Louis Auguste was sentenced to death by majority of a singular vote ... that of his cousin ... Phillipe Égalité ( Formerly: Duc d’ Orleans ). My only solace is in that stupid fucker getting his just desserts - he was guillotined on the same scaffold as Louis XVI before the year was out in November of 1793.
That is EXACTLY what power hungry bastards deserve: Death™.
#( God --- I'd spit right in his stupid face. )#( I mean fine - don't have a monarchy ... but you did your family dirty my guy. )#• If It isn't ' Madame Guillotine ' Herself ! • ( OOC. )#• Why Do Americans Think They Know It All ? • ( OOC Historical Rambling. )
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Re. the Versailles strategy, did it contribute to the French Revolution, by distancing the nobility from the rest of French society?
Yes and no.
The complicating factor is that significant portions of the nobility were quite involved in the early stages of the French Revolution - the Parlement of Paris’ refusal to register royal decrees on taxation leading to the calling of the Estates General, the renunciations of feudal privileges, the Orleanist faction of the Second Estate joining the National Assembly, etc. - and were quite fluent in the language of the Enlightenment, and could become quite popular political figures. (Think nobles like the Comte de Mirabeau, or Phillipe Égalité the Duc d’Orleans, or the Marquis de Lafayette.) The real turn against the nobility comes a bit later, with the Great Fear, the beginning of the war, etc.
I would argue that the main contribution was that it exacerbated inequalities in taxation, and here is where the political and economic impulses of Louis XIV’s government come to the fore. Politically, Louis needed to give out tax exemptions as a way to get the nobility to come to Versailles and keep them there. Economically, Louis’ ministers wanted to tax the Second Estate to pay for Versailles, to pay for Louis’ wars, to pay for the growing centralized bureaucracy that was replacing the nobility out in the provinces, to pay for the infrastructure and investments in new industries that were needed to develop the French economy.
Because the former impulse usually won out during the reigns of Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI (to be fair, a lot of royal finance ministers tried to tax the First and Second Estates even when it usually ended their political careers), the tax burden on the Third Estate was significantly higher than it would have been had the Second Estate been paying taxes.
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“It’s a wide rift, isn’t it? Between the world we want it to be, and the world as it is.”
- Phillipe II, Duc d’Orleans, Versailles
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I’ve been tagged. How exciting
I was tagged by the @noaor
Thank you for the Tag you beautiful thing
Rules: list ten of your favourite characters in ten different fandoms and then tag ten people.
I tag @nothingbuthappydays @sweetvengeancee @inthenameofodin @hornyorca @float-autumn-leave @kirah34 @sconniebelle @guardianofthestars25 @ivarslittlelamb @ivars-heathen
In no particular order:
Ivar the boneless (Vikings)
Phillipe duc d’orleans (Versailles)
Jon Snow (GOT)
Louis XIV (Versailles)
Floki (Vikings)
Rachel (Friends)
Uhtred (Last Kingdom)
Einstein (Genius)
Anne Boleyn (The Tudors)
Dany (GOT)
Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter)
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Prince Phillipe Duc D’Orleans
Alone...
#monsieur#prince phillipe#prince phillipe duc d'orleans#phillipe d'orleans#versailles tv show#versailles series#s1#s2
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Versailles season 3 thoughts
I just finished my Versailles rewatch and I wanted to share some of my thoughts on the last season
- I HATE Madame de Maintenon so much you have no idea
- Three of her worst crimes: getting Liselotte’s baby taken away, firing Chev as master of ceremonies, and starting the whole ‘get rid of the Protestants’ thing
- It was very cathartic when her nude portraits got exposed
- We really took Madame de Montespan for granted
- You know it’s bad when you hate another mistress more than the one who participated in an attempted baby sacrifice
- I don’t like the ‘man in the iron mask’ plot line very much, I just don’t find it that interesting
- The whole thing was just Phillipe getting gaslit until the end
- RIP Maria-Theresa, you were a girlboss
- (the way she died is my WORST NIGHTMARE, I have a bug phobia, especially them crawling into my ears/nose/mouth)
- CHEVALIER’S HAIR THIS SEASON IS SO AMAZING
- They also give Liselotte way better hairstyles this season, she looks so pretty with her hair in a braid
- I don’t like the Paris people at all, sorry they are boring
- I know a lot of people like Guillaume but I don’t care about him
- I don’t like Delphine (I call her ‘that woman’) because I feel like she is taking advantage of Chev
- Like he is risking his life to help her and her friends and she is like “I wouldn’t marry you if you were the last person on earth”
- It was better towards the end I guess but I’m not a fan of their relationship
- I do love bi Chev though <3
- When they burned down Delphine’s father’s house I was like nooooo that house is so pretty
- I do respect her for keeping her faith but she needs to think about self preservation more
- If it was me I would just lie about being Catholic and continue to be Protestant in secret (I’m Lutheran irl)
- I hate the Vatican but I hate Louis even more
- I actually really like Colbert (RIP)
- The Portuguese infanta was kinda slay and Louis was super rude to her
- Louis thinking he is a god makes me so angry
- Can I just point out how during the thaumaturgy Louis didn’t even touch the people??? He just hovered his hands over them like he didn’t want to get dirty poor people germs
- Why did they have to do that to Fabien :( let him go be with Sophie or something
- This season is just Louis being stupid
- Last three episodes: screaming crying throwing up
- Love Monchelotte at the end though
- Overall: imo it is the worst season but still worth watching
#message me with your Versailles opinions#I need someone to vent with lol#versailles season 3#versailles#versailles tv#thoughts#monchevy#monchelotte#chevalier de lorraine#liselotte#phillipe duc d’orlean#louis xiv#i am the president of the madame de maintenon hate club btw
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Phillipe’s gravestone if Chevalier didn’t save him (season 2 finale)
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Niche meme!!! (Versailles season 2 finale)
I’ve been binging this show and I just finished s2! Will make a post with my thoughts but in the meantime just know that Chevalier is my favourite character, I ship Chevalier/Phillipe SO HARD, and I hate Louis so much he’s so annoying. I would really recommend this show if you like The Great!
#versailles#versailles tv#niche meme#chevalier de lorraine#phillipe duc d’orlean#monchevy#its always sunny in philadelphia#its always sunny meme#period drama#I thought of this meme the moment I saw the scene
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What I would serve the characters of Versailles at an ice cream shop
I work at an ice cream shop as one of my jobs and I thought it would be fun to think of what I would serve each of the characters!
I might do this for The Great sometime.
Chevalier: brownie sundae
Not only is it really pretty, it’s the most *extra* thing on our menu (hot fudge sundae with brownie pieces, whipped cream, and a cherry). Only the best for my boy :)
Phillipe: 2 scoops of cookies & cream in a chocolate waffle cone
Idk why but I get cookies and cream vibes from Phillipe (maybe it’s the dark hair/pale skin combo?) 2 scoops in a special cone because he deserves it <3
Liselotte: raspberry lemon cheesecake in a waffle cone with sprinkles
One thing I know is that Liselotte is definitely a sprinkle girl! Idk but I think she would like the flavour.
Fabien: Cappuccino milkshake
He probably needs coffee. Also he doesn’t have time for a cone, so he gets a shake.
Louis: child size peach jalapeño
I can’t give him nothing because he is king, but peach jalapeño is our worst flavour and sometimes he has the maturity of a child, hence what I’m serving him.
Bontemps: 1 scoop of pistachio
Why does Bontemps scream pistachio to me? 1 scoop is all he deserves.
Sophie: Strawberry oat milk
I associate Sophie with pink and I think she would want something a bit more mature than bubblegum.
Madame de Montespan: child size vanilla
Nothing special, just the bare minimum. Only gets ice cream because she’s kinda gaslight gatekeep girlboss.
Madame de Maintenon: nothing
I would make her watch everyone else get their ice cream and then give nothing to her.
#versailles#versailles tv#chevalier de lorraine#phillipe duc d’orlean#liselotte#louis xiv#fabien marchal#bontemps#madame de montespan#Madame de Maintenon#ice cream shop#monchevy
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Versailles tier list!
*Just my opinion*
They are in no particular order within the tiers
If anyone is still active in the fandom (lol) please send me your list!
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