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astonmartinii · 2 years ago

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you and me got a whole lotta history | charles leclerc social media au

pairing: charles leclerc x historian!reader

y/n is a historian and it’s not her fault her bf’s job takes him all around the world…

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location: melbourne 📍

yourusername: so it’s the australian grand prix and i’ve spent the start of the week exploring this old city. one of my stops was the historic old melbourne gaol. this now museum was once a prison that housed some of the most feared criminals in australian history. constructed in 1839, the old melbourne gaol saw 133 hanged for their crimes between 1845 and 1924. it was briefly used during world war two but ceased operation as a prison in 1924 and was renovated to be part of the RMIT university and the museum it is today. a definite must if you’re visiting melbourne !!

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user1: my fave part of the race week is y/n’s museum recommendations tbf

user2: i can vision charles being dragged around this place hating his life

charles_leclerc: the things we do for love

yourusername: you said you enjoyed it :(

charles_leclerc: I DID

user2: oops

yourusername: i’ll leave you at the hotel next time

charles_leclerc: it was scary but i enjoyed it because i was with you

yourusername: okay that’s better

danielricciardo: so my farm isn’t good enough for you

yourusername: noooooo danny i thought we were going after the race?

danielricciardo: oof my bad

user3: petition for there to be a teds notebook but it’s y/n giving us a historical guide to the city the race is in

f1: we’re listening @skysportsf1

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charles_leclerc: tough race in melbourne but a beautiful city regardless

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user4: HE served, we don’t talk about the race

yourusername: i don’t mean to say i told you so but i did say our day trip would be the best part

user5: girl you’re gonna get banned from the ferrari garage

yourusername: they deserve far worse than what i’m saying let’s be real

user5: true

user6: i love how charles didn’t reply ferrari has his ass ON LOCK

carlossainz55: we'll come back stronger

danielricciardo: we can all commiserate at my farm bro

charles_leclerc: your farm better be as good as you're saying now

danielricciardo: nervously awaiting the y/n review

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location: miami 📍

yourusername: though miami may be known for it's partying (it's all about the U), charles and i took our monday to take a stroll around st bernard de clairvaux church, one of miami's hidden gems. the church was originally built in spain all the way back in 1141 to the style of cistercian romanesque architecture for alfonso vii. the monastry's cloister was illegally purchased by american william randolph hearst in 1926 and in order for the church to be transported it was dismantled to 11,000 pieces and sent to the us where it was rebuilt and still stands to this day.

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user7: i'm never gonna be able to afford to go to miami so why did i read this whole thing like i'll visit some day?

yourusername: history is important and interesting, always good to read even if you never visit !!

user8: she's like the older sister i never had

user9: did charles enjoy this one more?

yourusername: "at least i'll get a tan here"

charles_leclerc: i feel like anyone who reads about me in your comments will think i'm an asshole, i have fun every time i just don't understand most of it

yourusername: i know you have fun baby (and i love you for driving us to all of these places)

user10: have you considered our super historic frat house this saturday night?

user11: imagine thinking you have a chance when her literal boyf is CHARLES LECLERC

user10: every goal has a goalkeeper doesn't mean you can't score

charles_leclerc: i will run you over

user12: omg ferrari's pr is quaking

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yourusername: it is my biggest honour to announce my position as a history lecturer here at oxford!! i always dreamed of studying here and to get to pass on my knowledge to those looking to follow in my footsteps is a huge pleasure and responsibility.

p.s. no worries, it is not full time so race week explorations will continue.

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user13: so it was true :(((((( wait i just read the whole post my bad

user14: so i guess i now need to turn my Cs into As if i wanna attend a y/n lecture

charles_leclerc: unbelievably proud of you my love - don't miss me too much

yourusername: you sure i can't persuade you to move to england with me :(

charles_leclerc: i'll be there as much as i can be but monaco is still our home

yourusername: always

landonorris: proud of you smarty pants

yourusername: thank you landito

landonorris: so you'll now root for the brits?

charles_leclerc: over my dead body

yourusername: what charlie said

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charles_leclerc: super happy for another win for the season but we keep pushing for the real prize at the end of the season - thank you for your continued support tifosi and my love y/n who stayed up all the way in oxford ❤️

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user20: i don't wanna jinx it but like the season is going well

user21: too well....

yourusername: winning looks good on you

charles_leclerc: you look better on me

pierregasly: oh god you've been apart for a triple header and now you're being horny on main

yourusername: says mr. doggy emoji

pierregasly: touche

user22: so charles can mathematically win in either austin or brazil FUCK THEM KIDS I NEED Y/N AT THESE RACES

user23: if she's not there for charles wdc i am personally going to have a sleepover on the train tracks

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yourusername: the autodromo jose carlos pace is the crown jewel of the interlagos neighbourhood. the circuit opened 83 years ago and has hosted the f1 since 1972. the circuit was originally meant to be a housing area but due to the 1929 stock market crash the owners decided to construct a racing track instead. interlagos is often a season decider with fernando alonso winning both his 2005 and 2006 titles here, kimi raikkonen winning the 2007 championship here, lewis hamilton won the 2008 championship here, jenson button clinched the 2009 title here and CHARLES LECLERC WON HIS FIRST TITLE HERE IN INTERLAGOS FOR THE 2023 SEASON

on a real note i am so proud of you charles, i have seen the sacrifices you have made and the unbelievable amount of effort you pour into every facet of your racing NO ONE deserves this more than you. i am so grateful to have shared this moment with you, here's to many more xxx

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user26: i am unwell this is so fucking cute

user27: bro this is so fucking crazy

charles_leclerc: couldn't have done it without you, so glad you could be there for me xx

yourusername: always charlie xx

yourstudent: miss y/n you can cancel all of our lectures if charles wins the championship again FORZA FERRARI

charles_leclerc: the people have spoken

user28: insane butterfly effect of the wall street crash to charles leclerc 2023 wdc

user29: they make me believe in love

note: this was super random but popped into my head while at work and i knew i had to write it !! hope you enjoyed xx

#f1 imagine #f1 x reader #f1 instagram au #f1 x you #f1 #charles leclerc imagine #charles leclerc x reader #charles leclerc #charles leclerc instagram edit #charles leclerc instagram au #charles leclerc x you

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thisismeracing · 2 months ago

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Hi there

I've just read your "Charles dating a greek girl" and I loved so much. I was wondering if I could request a brazilian girl version??

Oi, mana! <3 sure! here you go! (pls put your age in your bio or something that lets ppl know you're +18, I don't interact with minors 😭) <3 I hope you like it! Let me know if you do *beijinhos*

CHARLES DATING A BRAZILIAN GIRL | CL16

Warnings: mentions of food; tooth-rotting fluff; mentions of family members; not proofread.

A/n: Just a quick reminder that there are many shades, experiences, and backgrounds regarding Brazilians and their culture, what I am writing does not resume everything, but rather brings a piece of it to the table. <3

▸ my masterlist | my taglist | patreon guide ▸ support my writing by reblogging, leaving a comment (don’tforget to follow me if you like the piece), or buying me a coffee

Charles is used to friendly people and yummy food, but when you cook for him for the first time and you Facetime your family he’s out of words with how good the energy is;

Obsessed with brigadeiro and pão de queijo, and even more after you talk with his nutritionist and adapt the recipe in a way that he can eat without cheating on his diet;

Charles loves Brazilian music!!! His favorite will most likely be Cazuza, Djavan, or Gilberto Gil (though he will listen to funk and drive the fandom crazy during the Brazilian GP);

Maldivas? Nah, it's just Rio with the music, the altinha games, globo biscuit, and matte tea; He was baffled when you explained to him how big and how many things there were in Brazil so his new personal goal was to vacation there in order to go to each city;

You find it cute and, during the break, you fly so he can meet your country and family. He gets to finally walk around Sao Paulo without the rush of an upcoming race;

He has a relationship of love and hate with the South American weather. The hate gets bigger when he gets a sunburn after not reapplying sunscreen, but it lessens and becomes love when you rub lotion on his back and kiss his skin to "heal faster";

So, I know there are many hair products everywhere, but hear me out on this one! Charles with wavy hair/curls because the thing is, there are dozens of options for people with wavy/curly hair, from shampoo to moisturizers, and he loves to indulge in your self-care routine, so he won't complain when you tell him that maybe -just maybe- his hair is wavy;

Will start treating his hair after that and fans will go batshit crazy with wavyclerc lol;

He'll most likely adopt a viralata caramel during one of your trips to Brazil;

Charles will also try to learn Portuguese in the speed of his Ferrari to talk to your family, but he'll end up with a Portunhol by the due date. It's no biggie though, your family will love him anyways;

Overall obsessed with you and even more with Brazil;

#millies inbox #anon #cl16 #charles leclerc #op: headcanons #f1 fandom #f1 x reader #charles leclerc x reader #brazilian!reader #charles leclerc headcanon #charles leclerc imagine #f1 imagines #f1 headcanons

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f1crecs · 11 months ago

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Fic Rec List - Charles/Max AUs

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On the Ice by @f1tyreslightmyfyre | T | 5.5k Max is a hockey player, and Charles is a figure skater! Cue a lot of teasing and romance. This was so cute!!! I absolutely loved the teasing and the dynamics between Charles and Max. So much fluff! It was also based off of an artwork in the community that everyone needs to see too!

'Max knows that he probably stares like a lovesick puppy, but who can blame him? “Am I dreaming?” He says by way of greeting. “Or is that you, pretty boy?” Charles doesn’t quite roll his eyes as he scoffs in amusement. “Yeah, of course, it’s me. Don’t cream your pants.” He skates in a lazy, easy circle around Max. “I know I’m irresistible, but I know you can do it.”'

nsfw: chemical (can't let go) by @alphatinies | E | 8k Max is in a club bathroom when suddenly, his rut hits. It turns out– his ex, Charles, is willing to help him through it. Even if they broke up 3 months ago. I really loved the A/B/O dynamics! It was a fantastic read and I love the raw dialogue and want that Max has for Charles. Nothing is ever really over!

'They broke up three months ago. Coming here is not only humiliating, but also stupid—they haven’t talked since the break-up, agreed on a clean cut, pretending not to know each other whenever their friend circles happen to cross paths. They’re mature about it. Mostly.'

all this happened, more or less by @lightningmickqueen | ? | 10.3k In lockdown, a popstar named Escalier Des Fleurs has taken storm. It turns out he's a familiar face: Charles Leclerc. And– he's singing about his crush, Max Verstappen. I loved this fic so much! It was one of my first fics I read when I was introduced to the F1 fandom. It's such an adorable story, and is very very VERY reminiscent of Hannah Montana. Read if you want a fluffy, angsty with a happy ending story!!!

'i am having the hardest time processing the fact that the ferrari strategy team cannot put together a strategy but charles leclerc can have two successful and unrelated careers #his team doesn’t know the weather #meanwhile charles is in the car writing a song in his head that will go on to be one of the best selling songs of all time #WITCHCRAFT'

Story of Our Lives by Eviestappen, footysel | G | 16.3k When Charles and Max meet when they are kids, they are both drawn to football. Charles' assists and Max's goals are teamwork at its best. But when Max has to move back to Belgium, they're torn apart. However, life throws them for a loop, and they are reunited again and again. I love a good childhood friends to lovers arc! Plus, this taught me so much about football terminology. It's literally Lestappen IRL but with football instead! Adorable must-read!

When the final whistle blew, they all collapsed onto their knees, shedding a few tears of happiness as they once again crowded the dutch boy. They sang cheers in his honor, hoisting him high up in the air during the trophy presentation. For the first time in my life, it's all so clear. I feel calm like I belong. I'm so happy here. Just as it had been all season, Charles picked up the ‘star of the match’ award posing alongside Max, who had received the ‘player of the tournament’ trophy. The two young boys, predictably future stars, smiling like there was no tomorrow.

nsfw: noir désir by @alphatinies | E | 24k Max moves in with Charles and Pierre. Charles is an artist struggling with inspiration, which he happens to find in Max. There is a lot of longing in this fic which I love, it’s practically palpable. Charles especially struggles with his desire for max as he has a lot of history with Pierre. The mix of it being a character study and exploration, but also having good plot progression was absolutely amazing. One of my absolute favourites and made me feel many emotions. This fic is what AUS23 (1:1) sounds like.

'The desire hasn’t dissipated by the time they pull apart. Charles almost expects there to be a moment of clarity, to realise what he’s done—but that doesn’t come. When Max pulls away, Charles could still drown in his eyes, yearning to taste him again, and he does, leaning forward to press their mouths together. He kisses him eagerly, like he’s trying to prove a point—he wants this just as much as Max does, he can’t stop thinking about him in a way that he hopes is reciprocated, he wants him.'

glitch by @nyoomfruits | T | 26.5k Max is a webmaster at a fashion magazine, and an F1 fan. He has a meet-cute with driver Charles in the elevator at when Charles turns up for a photoshoot. It's love at first sight for Charles. I love an office romance and I guess this was half of one. Max is so not interested at first but Charles is charming and persistent-but-not-pushy and the developing relationship is sweet and unhurried. The fic deals with the realities of dating a famous person when you value privacy. The peanut gallery/Greek chorus provided by Daniel and Lando is hilarious and very in character.

'Daniel opens his mouth, presumably to say thank you, but then he looks at the coffee cup and frowns. “Uh,” he says, pointing at the cup and looking up at Max. “Where’s the rest of it?” Max pulls a face. “Soaking into the shirt of two time Formula One World Driver Champion Charles Leclerc.” “What,” Daniel says, as Lando pops his head over the divider with a gleeful look on his face. “Oh this sounds like it’s going to be good,” he says, as he catches the red bull can Max throws him one handed. “What happened?” Max sighs. “I ran into him in the elevator. Literally. Then I told him he was braking too early on turn 11 yesterday and that’s probably why he lost, and he just kept staring at me, so I kind of panicked, and got out of the elevator three floors too early.” “You are a gift to this earth,” Lando says, sighing delightedly as Daniel howls with laughter next to him. “Like who the fuck does that? Meets one of their favorite drivers and then tells them their braking is shit. Truly, only you. I’m so glad we are friends.” “Max, Maxy, never change,” Daniel says, trying to catch his breath. “God I wish I could have been there.” “You,” Max says, pointing between the two of them with his Red Bull can. “Both suck.” “What was he even doing here?” Lando asks, as Daniel wipes the tears from the corners of his eye. “No clue,” Max says, with a shrug. “Didn’t think to ask.” “Too busy insulting his braking,” Daniel says, sending himself off into another peel of laughter.'

no brakes on by @drivestraight | T | 32.5k Max is a Red Bull driver, but Charles is a (surprisingly good) actor. After a not-so-good meet-cute, they're suddenly drawn together after having to make amends for PR. I love AUs where half of a pair is still a driver yet the other doesn't have to do anything with racing at all! The fic deals with the perils of being famous and always in the spotlight while dealing with romance. And, Sebastian is still driving for Ferrari!

'Real. That’s—that’s a hard concept. For most of Max’s life, the past, the present, the future; what was in front of him and what was merely a dream he was running toward, they blended together. He spent seventeen years, even the years he can’t remember, working at his dream, then all of a sudden, it was his reality. Fast forward seven years he was a champion, everything he wanted to be but wasn’t sure if he would ever be. It’s just—everything has moved so fast. Max can’t tell real from unreal anymore. He wants to rest, wants to live in the moment, but the moment is—it keeps moving. It keeps escaping him. He isn’t sure where it is, isn’t sure where he is. What is real, what is not. Max feels like he could wake up one day, twelve years old again, strapped into his go-kart in pouring Holland rain, trying to find grip where there wasn’t, thinking of better things and a brighter future.'

nsfw: give me that fire by Lady_Something | E | 40k Chef!au, Max and Charles have history, but it doesn't stop Charles from coming to work as Max's new sous chef. Exes to lovers. To be honest working in a restaurant sounds like a nightmare but for some reason I love reading stories with this setting. This fic was an emotional rollercoaster in the best way, at times I was near tears and had completely given up on a happy ending but the lovely lady_something brought it all together in a both happy and realistic ending. If you like well written and delightfully flawed characters dealing with complicated relationships and grief, this is a fic for you! Trigger warning for death of a pet!

'“Charles, I just spent the last four years thinking I’d lost you forever. That I’d ruined not just the best relationship I would ever have, but the best friendship as well. If there is even the slightest chance that I can earn back enough of your trust for you to give me another chance, I will do whatever you want.” Charles chews on his bottom lip, his cheeks flushing beautifully. “That’s a lot of power to give somebody over you,” Charles says slowly, twisting the fork in his hand nervously. “I trust you,” Max answers immediately. “You probably shouldn’t,” he says softly. “I still haven’t forgiven you for not wanting me to go to Arthur.” Max wonders what Charles might make him do, if he were feeling vindictive. He’s never been on the receiving end of Charles’ pettiness, not really—except when he’d sabotaged Max’s serving to the Michelin Inspectors in Paris—but he’s seen it. When they were kids, he’d seen it a lot. He’d always thought it was funny, that Max had a reputation amongst their peers for being aggressive—but Max had always known that Charles was really the unhinged one between them.'

Of Shadow by racingline | M | 46k Charles Leclerc is a typical college student. Except, it turns out, none of what he knows is true: he's stuck in a universe where racing, his family, and the people he love don't exist. This is one of my all-time favorite magical realism fics! It's crazy, each chapter had me so hooked and wanting to know what happens next constantly. I loved it so much and the universe.

'Charles’ brain is still an echo of modena yellow and rosso corsa, the sounds of the factory and the smells of winter in Italy a vibrant flurry against the flat backdrop of his reality. He thinks of Maranello and Ferrari, the uneasy whine of Jules’ Renault when he revved the engine too high at every red light on the drive back to Monaco like each one was the start of a race. He thinks of the Academy–of Jules, who was the first one to be signed, and of himself, the first to make it all the way through. He thinks of the garage, more an artists’ studio than a factory. He thinks of Enzo and the son he lost too soon. He thinks, amo pensare che la Ferrari puo costruire piloti tanto quanto macchine, and he thinks, ask a child to draw a car and certainly he’ll draw it red. He thinks of mistaking the Italian anthem for that of his own country; he thinks of the scuderia in all its infallible, divine contradictions; its hopes and heartbreaks interlinked in an endless chain.'

nsfw: The Things You Do by loveleclerc | E | 71.9k Dutch mafia boss Max meets Charles in a strip club, where the latter formally works. After Charles decides to steal his wallet and go on a shopping spree, Max finds him, and lots of teasing ensues. Plus, Max is practically Charles' sugar daddy. This was genuinely so captivating and so hot. The plot was so insanely well-written and made me want to keep coming back! I read this on a plane ride and it made the time fly.

'“The quiet only lasted so long. Shouting in Italian and Dutch soon erupted from somewhere in the house along with gunfire that made Charles flinch, covering his ears while he squeezed his eyes shut. What the fuck had his life become?”'

nsfw: grapefruit mignonette by slapshots | E | 73.6k Max is an esteemed chef working under Christian Horner and Charles is an part-time server and architecture student. It turns out, tension does wonders for attracting the two together. So much food imagery! God, when I was reading this, I got so hungry. The descriptions were so lovely! And, I love any restaurant AUs. The characters were so funny and I loved their attitudes.

“Charles, this is our Executive Chef Max,” Christian said, picking up the fork and digging into it. “Charles just moved from –“ “France,” Max said. “Monaco,” Charles corrected. “Monaco is in France.” “I assure you, Chef, that Monaco is its own country.”

mr. invisible and the thing by @chubbydino | M | 97k A soulmate AU where Charles is a mechanic and Max is Daniel's agent. But– Max doesn't believe in soulmates, and Charles is struggling to cope. I love this fic so much! I reread the whole fic every update. Slow burn and soulmates are some of my favorite AUs and it's a fantastic read with some of the best writing in the fandom.

'Max hated the person his life had been mangled with. He referred to him as The Thing, because Max considered him more demon than anything else. Soulmates—he hated that term, but he had no other one to use in conversation—seemed awfully similar to demonic possession. The Thing certainly haunted him. The Thing seemed to like every kind of food Max hated. Every morning, Max tasted frothed milk and espresso when he woke up. Every morning, it made him gag. The Thing also liked French Onion soup during winter (palatable), mango in summer (chalky), and some vile kind of meat in the fall. The Thing lived in Europe somewhere, Max guessed. The Thing woke up at dawn and didn’t sleep until dark. The Thing’s schedule made it nearly impossible for Max to nap—and Max loved to nap. The Thing was also scared of cars. Max couldn’t describe how he knew, but the sound of a Formula 1 car always made him nervous the first time he heard it on race weekend, distant terror echoing in his bones. Further proof that the system was flawed—no soulmate of his would be scared of what he'd devoted his whole life to.'

thank you to @blueballsracing, @maaxverstappen, & @lydia-petze for compiling this list 💝

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ltwilliammowett · 9 months ago

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Reflecting circles

The reflecting circle was invented by the German geometer and astronomer Tobias Mayer in 1752, with details published in 1767. His development preceded the sextant and was motivated by the need to create a superior surveying instrument.

A Mayer circle, 18th century

It is a complete circular instrument graduated to 720° (to measure distances between heavenly bodies, there is no need to read an angle greater than 180°, since the minimum distance will always be less than 180°). Mayer presented a detailed description of this instrument to the Board of Longitude and John Bird used the information to construct one sixteen inches in diameter for evaluation by the Royal Navy. This instrument was one of those used by Admiral John Campbell during his evaluation of the lunar distance method. It differed in that it was graduated to 360° and was so heavy that it was fitted with a support that attached to a belt. It was not considered better than the Hadley octant and was less convenient to use. As a result, Campbell recommended the construction of the sextant.

Jean-Charles de Borda further developed the reflecting circle. He modified the position of the telescopic sight in such a way that the mirror could be used to receive an image from either side relative to the telescope. This eliminated the need to ascertain that the mirrors were precisely parallel when reading zero. This simplified the use of the instrument. Further refinements were performed with the help of Etienne Lenoir. The two of them refined the instrument to its definitive form in 1777. This instrument was so distinctive it was given the name Borda circle or repeating circle. Borda and Lenoir developed the instrument for geodetic surveying. Since it was not used for the celestial measures, it did not use double reflection and substituted two telescope sights. As such, it was not a reflecting instrument. It was notable as being the equal of the great theodolite created by the renowned instrument maker, Jesse Ramsden.

A Jean-Charles de Borda circle, by Étienne Lenoir 1775

Josef de Mendoza y Ríos redesigned Borda's reflecting circle in 1801. The goal was to use it together with his Lunar Tables published by the Royal Society. He made a design with two concentric circles and a vernier scale and recommended averaging three sequential readings to reduce the error. Borda's system was not based on a circle of 360° but 400 grads (Borda spent years calculating his tables with a circle divided in 400°). Mendoza's lunar tables have been used through almost the entire 19th century. Edward Troughton also modified the reflecting circle. He created a design with three index arms and verniers. This permitted three simultaneous readings to average out the error.

A Troughton Circle, 1803

As a navigation instrument, the reflecting circle was more popular with the French navy than with the British.

M. Daumas, Scientific Instruments of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries and Their Makers, London 1989

William Edward May, A History of Marine Navigation, G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd., Oxfordshire, 1973

Richard, Dunn, Navigational Instruments, London 2016

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supergraphicgirl81 · 30 days ago

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With A Little Help From My Friends ⋆⁺₊❅.

Alexandra Saint Mleux ˖ . ݁𝜗𝜚. ݁₊

Formula 1 college hockey team social media AU! Instagram Edition

The tight-knit college hockey team, the Silver Blades, run by team captain Max Verstappen, isn't just about scoring goals—it's a chosen family. On and off the ice, the team has each other's backs, whether that's through college assignments, throwing awesome parties, or winning the championship together. Follow these overworked, tired, college students as they post through their day-to-day life.

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With A Little Help From My Friends Masterlist ݁𝜗𝜚. Alexandra Saint Mleux Masterlist ݁𝜗𝜚.

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ItsYourname so he's the reason i was drinking coffee by myself this morning, hm

ChaLeclerc Not my fault she likes me more

AlexandraSaint Charles do not start this with her again, you know she always ends up winning and you get your feelings hurts (liked by ItsYourname)

ChaLeclerc She is mean!

LilyMuniHe 😑😑😑😑😑 are those my shoes

AlexandraSaint LILYYYYYYY literally just for the day!!!!! (liked by LilyMuniHe)

AlexandraSaint THANK U! luv u!! (liked by LilyMuniHe)

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AlexandraSaint 📷 @ItsYourname

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CharLeclerc Oh my godf (liked by AlexandraSaint)

CharLeclerc Oh mon dieu comment (liked by AlexandraSaint) Oh my god how

CharLeclerc Alex please I need to breathe today (liked by AlexandraSaint)

CharLeclerc tu es parfait, tu es à moi, tu es tout, tes yeux, tes lèvres, tes cheveux, tu es parfait dans tous les sens imaginables un jour je vais t'épouser et nous passerons le reste de notre vie ensemble (liked by AlexandraSaint) you are perfect, you are mine, you are everything, your eyes, your lips, your hair, you are perfect in every way imaginable one day I will marry you and we will spend the rest of our lives together

Franco43Colapinto holy yap! 😭🙏

LandoNorris4 brother in christ CALM DOWN

OscarJP I think you've broken charles (liked by AlexandraSaint)

AlexandraSaint sorry son

OscarJP Please by all god 🙏 Do not call me that

CharLeclerc Oscar Jack Piastri do NOT speak to your mother like that (liked by AlexandraSaint and ItsYourname)

OllieBearman LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

ItsYourname you are the prettiest muse i have ever had, I want to shoot pictures of your forever

OscarJP Feeling slightly offended by this one

AlexandraSaint oscar! quitte nos affaires!!!!! leave our business

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AlexandraSaint crazzzy day out

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Franco43Colapinto i noticed one franco was not invited to the hangout? Since when did it get cool to uninvited the cool people estoy muy confundido y curioso?

AlexandraSaint franco we literally asked you to go but you said and i quote "this is the worse hangover i will ever have, i cannot cope and will never drink again, please go on without me"

Franco43Colapinto i didn't actually mean go 🙄

AlexandraSaint no seas tan estúpido tengo algo de sopa para ti 🙄 don't be so stupid I have some soup for you

LandoNorris4 i think in another life i was meant to be your guys fourth roomate

LandoNorris4 like yeah wresting time and video game marathon nights with the boys are fun but my true potential was to be sipping a warm chai with my girls gossiping

OscarJP Are you okay??

Albono Nono I know exactly what he means (liked by AlexandraSaint)

CharLeclerc 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨

CharLeclerc That is a lot of bags and my credit card is gone

AlexandraSaint i think leo took it again?

RandomFan One strand of her hair, and I'm copying her whole life

RandomOtherFan PUH-LEASE you could never do it like her (liked by AlexandraSaint)

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waiting-eyez · 7 months ago

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The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it.

(Charles de Lint)

#charles de lint

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tinyhrry · 11 months ago

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F1 Fic Recs

Oscar Piastri

First time @arieslost

quiet

goals @cutielando

chef's kiss @uglyducklingofthe2000s

she's a yapper

jealousy @lewisvinga

he said baby, that's what he called me @lacyslcver

wish u hell @astonmartingf

hbd @charlesluvr

This

Charles Leclerc

la myrtille de Charles @chrisevansonly

men in movies @uglyducklingofthe2000s

stolen sweethearts @cherry-leclerc

little crush @fxrmuladaydreams

picture perfect

u can call her phone @captainreecejames

DTS @charlessainzz

beginning of a friendship @hemmingsleclerc

cards n flowers @prettymonegasque

do what now? @yuiernie

they're just nostalgia

is it casual now

what happens in vegas @sunrizef1

the prettiest star @lovings4turn

my real reaction @lewisvinga

just like in the movies @thisismeracing

cause when u know, u know @sv5hive

different priorities @il-miele-che-scrive

carnival @venusacrossthestars

love at the first wave @goldsainz

Lando Norris

imagination @gentlyweeps-world

my name @norrizzandpia

sweet relief @f1rodrigo

mcalren boy mystery pt2

i didnt miss it @fxrmuladaydreams

ur hand please @uglyducklingofthe2000s

from the day i met u

all in the details

bearman!reader @faithshouseofchaos

for u @dreamydrifts

when did the camera clicked? @nouvellevqgue

head @18ls

the best best friend @bedsyandco

failed soft launch @captainreecejames

did they fall out? @il-miele-che-scrive

F1 Grid

names they would call u @lightsoutletsgo

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chlerc · 2 years ago

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position rose ; charles leclerc

— summary; in which Charles shows up to his apartment with a bouquet of flowers in hand for you, and he realise that it is not just some sort of benign gesture. Will he finally see that it should have been you all along?

pairing — charles leclerc x f. reader ( third person story )

word count — 2301.

content — friends to lovers, f. reader is a football player wow! Mason Mount cameo because I’m a loyal Chelsea fan and he did show up at Monaco Grand Prix 2022, praying he’s there this year. P.s she loves slapping his ass, what would Charles do with the bouquet of roses for you? Celebrate a pole position together.

NAVIGATION + author’s note: in honour of Charles home race weekend nearing its date and Barça champions of Laliga title! also does anyone know how to indent paragraphs

IF CHARLES HAD KNOWN better, the last thing he’d do was to invite her to the Formula 1 Grand Prix De Monaco 2023. Not when she’s right there sitting on his bed, in her jersey with his name and number printed to the back of her football club; it was the custom shirt she had gotten him when she first signed with the club. The athletic shorts clinging onto her thighs didn’t aid him either.

“You’re actually insane if you think I’m gonna let you wear that to any of my races this week. Shit, blue isn’t even our colour, Tesorino.” He complains, mumbling the last sentence out as if he was totally against the idea of her in those tight shorts. “You literally just flew me in from my hotel in Madrid after a match, didn’t say shit about bringing me here to watch the race, Charles. I thought I would have stayed at home to watch because of our schedule clash.”

He kept silent and winced on his part, she wasn’t completely off about that and the fact that he didn’t inform her of it. To be fair, she had known that he had a race this weekend and he would have definitely flown her in. Charles made it a promise to be at every match of hers, if he could and this was one of the matches he couldn’t attend. Not seeing her would kill him either way, it’s a win-win situation.

“Eh but you did win though, a goal and two assists. I’m doing you a favour by letting you recharge by watching me!” He threw her a Ferrari team shirt and black shorts her way as much as he loved seeing her in her own colours, this certainly wasn’t a time for it. “Anyways, why do you have another printed replica of the jersey you got me? Scared you’ll miss me that much huh?”

Rolling her eyes at him as she walked past him, his shirt and shorts in a hand, the other slapping him on his ass. “You need to stop doing that whenever you walk past me! What if they got it on camera? The next thing you’d see is FC Barcelona Femeni Player, Y/n caught slapping Formula One Driver, Charles Leclerc on the ass.” He eyed her as she made her way towards the bathroom.

Shit, he loves her curves of softness. With the muscle of a footballer and those damn thighs, she was the most astonishing girl he had ever met. She had safe eyes, perhaps that's the best way to say it. She had a beauty that made those billboard-princesses look as paper thin as they are, she was something robust and real. That was his girl, it was her before she was his and it was her all of her days.

He knew he shouldn’t be thinking of his best-friend in that light, but growing up with her and watching her mature into what she is today didn’t help. “You’d love that though wouldn’t you? On the front cover newspaper in the sports section and top hashtag on twitter’s trending, that’d certainly boost your Spotify stats and Instagram followers!” She calls from the bathroom, and he pictures her sly smirk on her face.

Yeah fuck, if he wouldn’t love being seen with her although their friendship was already widely known. A shriek escapes her when she runs out of the bathroom, phone in her hand and looking all star struck. “No one told me he would be here!” She shoves her phone up in his face, the Instagram story of Mason Mount by the McLaren garage.

“Mi Tesoro, you literally played against Chelsea’s Women's team in the Champions League recently. Why are you acting all fangirl over him? You didn’t even seem excited to see me by my garage, in my race suit if I must add.” His jaw twitches, watching her bounce around him. “It’s different, I see you almost everyday but I only see him on the pitch when he plays.” Charles hums in response, if that’s what keeps her going then he’s not going to stop it.

“He’s stopping by the Ferrari garage later, I invited him over just because I’m a Chelsea fan too, don’t think I’m doing this just for you.” He watches her jaw drop open and curve up, looking at him as if he hung the stars up for her. But fuck he barely even supported Chelsea, he had never watched a premier league match live even when he was in Silverstone for the race. Well, if that’s what it takes for her to look at him, he wouldn’t mind inviting any Footballers she loves to any other race.

Charles is starting to question if everything he does was for the sake of her smile. The type of smile that reaches his bones, the type of smile that extends to her eyes as the sides crinkles and her dimples on display. “Quit looking at me like that, we have to go if you wanna see your favourite boy on the track and I have a qualifying session to get to.”

“No, you’re my favourite boy for doing this for me.” And there’s a slap to his ass before he knew it, a strangled groan evades his lips as he slips on the Ray-Ban shades. “Will not be doing this for you anymore if you keep slapping my ass, that habit needs to go.” Charles watches as she runs past him, loving the way she donned his team shirt and pants so perfectly that it made him feel something, just a little.

There’s a bounce in her steps when she walks out of the lobby of his apartment, the sun set in the sky as fresh colours brushed upon an artist’s canvas, as if those rays were destined to create a great work of art. The rays dawned upon her, her tan skin illuminated in the hues and Charles watched as she turned around with his cap covering her face from the sunlight.

There was a softness to her appearance, a kind of warmth married to a shyness. “You seem awfully excited about the qualifying session and I wonder why.” He flicks his cap, sauntering past her as they enter the garage, where her eyes had already landed on the English footballer for Chelsea. “You have fun with him, I need to get ready.” Charles bends to leave a peck on her cheek, something he had always done before qualifying or the featured race, he thinks she’s good luck for him.

His fingers hesitated on clicking the Whatsapp icon on his phone and to open the chat with his younger brother. Once in a lifetime thing, it’s now or never and he fears he might never have the balls to do this again.

charles: get me a bouquet of roses on the way here would you?

arthur: lol for y/n? finally getting some pussy aren’t you? 😁

charles: shut up mate, just get them :)

arthur: 👍 but if you fuck it up with her, you’ll lose me as well.

arthur: dude i don’t even know how you got a barça player as your best-friend.

charles: wtf picking my best-friend over your own brother?

charles: she was my best-friend before she became a barça player…

arthur: our best-friend and good luck for quali.

charles: yeah thanks, will do my best.

He shuts his phone off, walking out of his room in his race suit, the custom helmet for his home race in his hand. Greeted by the sight of his best-friend ogling at the footballer beside her with her headset on as he made a beeline towards her. “Hey, nice to finally meet you. Big fan, hoping the team does better next season though.” He pulls Mason in for a hug, a pat on the back before pulling away. “You head back to our home right after qualifying okay? I have a debrief and stuff, it's gonna take a long while.”

“Mhm yeah sure, good luck. Cheering for you always.” She mumbles into the crook of his neck, ruffling his hair before pushing him towards his car. He staggered from the impact of the push and threw a glare her way but never could he get angry at her. Not now or ever.

Sitting in the cockpit with his foot on the throttle, pushing flat out on the last straight before crossing the line with his last attempt of Q3, only two things on his mind. Pole position and roses. Fuck he didn’t even know what he was thinking with the roses. And before he knew it, the static noise from the radio broke his train of thoughts. “And P1, good job Charles.”

His heart was at ease clinching the pole position for his home race, hoping it’d go as smoothly as the featured race tomorrow. One thing off his mind now, the other thing weighed slightly heavier on his shoulders. He’s turning 26 this year, surely asking a girl out would be no challenge for him.

Charles pranced his way towards Max and Carlos, it was a Ferrari front row lockout for the weekend’s qualifying session. Sure he’d love to stick around and celebrate with the team, but not when his prize was right at home waiting for him. “Great work today Carlos, hopefully it goes as well tomorrow.” He clasps the Spaniard by the hand, pulling him for a hug as they make their way towards the Ferrari garage.

“Your flowers, remember don’t fuck it up.” Arthur shoves the bouquet of roses into the right hand of Charles, his left holding on the Pirelli Pole Position tyre. “Charles, I see you finally making a move on the Barça player eh? Good luck mate.” He’s taking the chance to tease Charles, but whatever it takes for Y/n. “Thanks, you’re a Real Madrid fan though, Carlos. Not sure if luck is needed from a Madrid fan…”

He’s in his room, swiftly changing out of his race suit into the team’s attire and attending the quick debrief with the team before leaving the garage. The strides he takes are huge, the roses in his clammy hands, the rapid beating of his heart blaring at his ears. Hell he wasn’t even this nervous during races or qualifying sessions.

Charles is met with the button of the elevator up to his apartment where his best-friend would be sitting on the couch, awaiting him to have dinner together. The elevator was a plain silver box with plain silver buttons and plain silver doors, something he took every day yet it has never felt as confined and as cramped as it was now. Not when his anxiety was eating him alive, everything he had waited for was right in front of him when the elevator doors opened.

The door unlocks with a simple reading of his fingerprint and he sees his favourite girl jumping off the couch and running towards him. Her eyes glued onto the bouquet of roses in his hands, her eyebrows cocking up at the sight. “Which fangirl got this for you?” She nudged him by the elbow, taking a seat on the couch like she was earlier. “Eh, it’s for you.” He hands her the bouquet, craning his neck away from her gaze. “For me? What’s the occasion, or is this some roses your fan girl got you and you give it to me as a donation.”

“No I got it for you, technically I asked Arthur to get it for me so I could give it to you. Anyways, I wouldn’t give you what my fans gave me, are you crazy?” He’s rambling and it’s so absolutely adorable, it’s the fact that he doesn’t know he’s only rambling when he’s nervous but she picked up on his mannerism anyways. “Mhm, thanks Charles. Congrats on the pole today, you were flying out there.”

She rises to her feet, leaving a chaste kiss on his cheek, her arms wrapped around his waist. His heart beating so rapidly and loudly, he’s afraid she might be able to hear it with her head resting against his chest in their stance. This wasn’t just a benign gesture like he thought it’d be, it’s literally a whole love confession.

“I don’t know how to put this but I think I’m in love with you. Okay, maybe not I think but more like I’ve been in love with you for a while now. I don’t think you ever realised how I’ve never been in a relationship, like hell I could have gotten anyone I wanted but it was you I was waiting for, for a long time now if you don’t see it. If you’re willing to give me a chance, I would love to make you the happiest girl alive. So, what do you say? Can I please be your boyfriend, mi tesoro?”

His fingers running through her caramel strands, calms him down a little at her stillness and quietness. “Say something baby, please don’t keep me in suspense.” He’s pleading, and never has he pleaded for anything or anyone. “I don’t know what took you so long to realise the same thing, Charles.”

“Took me Mason Mount and seeing you in my team’s shirt over and over again to realise that.” There’s a huge grin on his face, the deep happiness in the well of his dimples, those dimples that showed her the way home.

“I’d like to thank my brother for the so-so motivational ted talk of choosing you over me if I messed this confession up. I love you, you’re the best-friend I could ever ask for and I promise to be the best boyfriend ever.”

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nesiacha · 2 months ago

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Relations between Babeuf and Robespierre

Babeuf had a rather complex opinion of Robespierre (worship then hate then worship). In fact, this dates back well before the French Revolution. Through Dubois, Babeuf praises Robespierre. After all, Babeuf already had strong views about the Revolution. Here’s what he says about Robespierre: “He knows, as we do, that most of the time, bastards are the children of poor girls and ‘young men,’ sons of families whose parents would disinherit them if they had the misfortune of marrying beneath them, to avoid committing an outrage, to avoid sullying themselves with a crime. He knows, as we do, that the great factory of bastards is in the convents, and that among both sexes, the vow of celibacy is not a vow of chastity... I sense that he is a man of exact integrity and rare selflessness.”

When Robespierre delivered his famous speech in response to Louise de Kéralio’s remarks, saying: "It must be admitted: the admission of a woman into a literary society was regarded until now as a kind of phenomenon. France and all of Europe offered very few examples of it. The power of habit and perhaps the strength of prejudice seemed to oppose these two obstacles to the wishes of those who might aspire to take their place among you. Two charming and learned women deigned to address you this year, and you did not hesitate for a moment to grant their request. Their sex did not cause them to lose any of the rights their merit gave them. What do I say? Their sex probably seemed to you an additional merit. (…) Would I have to fight those who, wishing to condemn all women to ignorance and frivolity, would regard as scandalous anything that would suggest in them a particular taste for useful knowledge? I will certainly avoid reopening this great question, which would itself be the scandal of an enlightened century."

Babeuf, in turn, would take up the pen (he was more committed to women's rights than Robespierre, but less so than Charles Gilbert-Romme and Condorcet, although Babeuf used sexist terms against Theresia Tallien) to go further than Robespierre: "The woman would not have taken refuge in these sad imitations if her genius had not been killed; there would then have been a literature of women, a poetry of women, music, painting, sculpture by women; alongside and equal to the genius of men, the genius of women would have risen with its own character, and the two sexes would have admired and charmed each other mutually. How much happiness and joy we would have gained from this!"

"True civilization halts and majestically sets a level, there lies the end of all misery, all groaning, all sobbing, all gnashing of teeth. Only there, when everyone is reassured about their fate, is the goal of society realized, for unless it is a league hostile to the principles of justice, it must be instituted solely for the purpose that the weak is no more unfortunate than the strong, the woman no more unfortunate than the husband, the mother than the father, the children than the father and mother, the sisters than the brothers, the younger than the older; the happiness of individuals, families, peoples, and sexes can only be a result of equalization: equalization perfects and destroys nothing but that which destroys. Sooner or later, it will destroy the servitude of women; it will proclaim their emancipation. What would be the consequences of this emancipation, what new laws would be indispensable for it to have only salutary effects? These are questions I am not in a position to answer, but one day we must consider them."

In 1791, Babeuf held admiration for Robespierre, Pétion, Abbé Grégoire, Buzot, and people like Chapelier, Malouet. He said to Robespierre, "Analyze Robespierre, you will find him also agrarian in the final result, and these illustrious figures are obliged to maneuver because they feel that the time has not yet come," Babeuf would assert to Abbé Coupé in a letter on September 10, 1791.

Even though Babeuf’s social ideas went much further than Robespierre’s, he still held great admiration for him. Here’s what he wrote to his wife in May 1793: "I have here as friends the most distinguished people in Paris: Chaumette, procurer of the Commune, Pache, mayor, Garin, municipal officer and general administrator of supplies, Robespierre, Sylvain Maréchal, editor of Les Révolutions de Paris, and many others. All these people give me the warmest welcome despite my shabby attire."

We know that during this period, Babeuf would say of Robespierre: "But you, Robespierre, who have precisely defined property, who have outlined the boundaries within which this right must be confined to prevent it from being harmful to the great majority of society... Come, you are our legislator. And you, Jacobins! [...] come stand beside our Lycurgus..."

However, his opinion changes as we see in Thermidor. Is it because Robespierre never followed deeper social policies, like the fact that he wasn’t in favor of the maximum but had to accept it under pressure from the Hébertists (where the Enragés, the Hébertists, and part of the Babouvists supported this maximum)? Regarding the sharing of property rights, which he refused (like the vast majority of revolutionaries, including the Enragés or the Exagérés, with the exception of people like Momoro, etc.)? It is true that Robespierre was conservative in some aspects (particularly on women’s rights, on taxes, whereas Babeuf went further)? Or is it the fall and execution of certain people that Babeuf esteemed, such as Chaumette (where Babeuf, despite his modest needs, would do what he could to support the widow Chaumette, considered the widow of a traitor to the country)? Babeuf had criticized, even before Robespierre’s fall, the question of religious reason. On the other hand, Victor Daline states that there is no evidence that he was close to the cult of reason with the Hébertists (even though he shared some of their ideals) because in Histoire nouvelle de la vie de Jésus-Christ, he told Hébert: “Jean-Jacques, Père Duchesne, citizen Gillet, I do not fear giving you a formal denial. Jesus was neither more than a man, nor sans-culotte, nor a true Jacobin.” Even though he said of Robespierre, “Robespierre provoked an invitation for silence to all French people on matters of religion. This measure seemed necessary, and I do not intend to contradict it; its purpose was to suppress a vast fire of fanaticism, some sparks of which had already lit up and threatened to ignite the entire Republic.” He adds, “Certainly, the goal may be achieved by this measure, for it is impossible for something that is not discussed to cause fermentation. But one must rely on the possibility of general deference to the recommended silence. And would this goal be enough for us? Should we be content with precautions to prevent the monster of fanaticism from doing us harm? A kind of transaction with it, a clause allowing it to retain a semblance of existence within us, would it not warn us that we still recognize its power? We have done too much, it seems to me, against superstition to remain halfway; there is force in retreating or advancing.”

Here is what he says about Robespierre after Thermidor. Babeuf called Robespierre the “most cruel enemy of liberty” and said, “There were two people, that is, Robespierre, sincerely a patriot and a friend of principles until the beginning of 1793, and Robespierre, ambitious, a tyrant, and the deepest villain since that time; this Robespierre, I say, when he was a citizen, is perhaps the best source from which to seek the great truths and strong proofs of the rights of the press. It is with the weapons he left that I will begin the battle of sophisms against the reasoners of the day.” (Babeuf, Journal de la liberté de la presse, N°1, p. 3 and 4, September 1794).

In fact, it seems that Babeuf was one of the first to use the word "terrorist" for the revolutionary excesses: "Patriot terrorists (the French love variety, this expression will soon come into fashion).” But Babeuf, at the same time, attacked other members of the Committee of Public Safety, like Barère, saying that Robespierre was not the only one. “Today, patriots who dare preach the rights of man are not off the hook so easily. First, they are chased from the Jacobins, then imprisoned, and then assassinated. But let us not say to Barère, Billaud, Bourdon, Collot, Carrier, Louchet, that chasing, imprisoning, and assassinating is not the answer. No matter how much you imprison, assassinate patriots, you will not kill the truth: it will come to light through the grates of your new bastilles…” (Babeuf, Journal de la liberté... op. cit., N°12, De la fête de l'Opinion, fourth sans-culotte, Year 2). So he does not fall into the ease of blaming just one man. Furthermore, he calls Collot d’Herbois, for what he did in Lyon, “a scourge of mankind, a monster of evil like Carrier, like Lebon.” It should be noted that at that time, Babeuf was unknowingly surrounded by people trying to blame Robespierre to cover up their own crimes, starting with Fouché, who exploited Babeuf’s humanist values, as I discussed here about the Fouché-Babeuf relationship and their ruptures here. And how strangely Turreau (one of the authors of atrocities in Vendée) adopted the son of Gracchus Babeuf, Camille Babeuf, after his father’s execution (the only good deed I found from him), while Gracchus Babeuf was fighting against the atrocities in Vendée with sincerity. However, he was definitely not a friend of the Muscadins or the jeunesse dorée, nor was he an anti-Jacobin; he always maintained his socially committed ideals, contrary to what some sources claim.

Yet, he would later reconnect with Robespierre posthumously and had close ties with the Duplay family. Babeuf even thought that Hébertism was a minority in the revolution. Here’s what he wrote to his Babouvist colleague, who was also an Hébertist and anti-Robespierre, Joseph Bodson, in February 1796: “I confess today, honestly, that I regret having once seen in black both the revolutionary government and Robespierre, Saint-Just, etc. I believe that these men were better than all the revolutionaries combined, and that their dictatorial government was devilishly well-imagined... I do not agree at all with you that they committed great crimes and caused the death of many republicans. Not so much, I believe. It was the Thermidorian reaction that caused many to perish. I do not enter into whether Hébert and Chaumette were innocent. If they were, I still justify Robespierre... Draftsmen, half-hearted men, hungry for glory and full of presumption, such as Chaumette, may have been seen by our Robespierre as wanting to challenge his leadership. So the one who had the initiative... must have seen that all these ridiculous rivals, even with good intentions, would hinder and ruin everything. I suppose he would have said: Let’s extinguish these annoying imps and their good intentions. My opinion is that he did well. The salvation of 25 million people must not be balanced against the deference to some ambiguous individuals... Rogues, fools, or presumptuous and ambitious for glory, it doesn’t matter, tough luck for them. Why are they in this? Robespierre knew all this, and that’s partly why I admire him. That’s what makes me see in him the genius where true regenerative ideas resided.” He says that a revolutionary cannot remain an Hébertist. He resumed his admiration for Robespierre. Nevertheless, one could argue that it is a pity he approved of the execution of Chaumette and even Hébert, stemming from a parody of justice (even more so Chaumette, who, despite his flaws, was a complex character and an effective prosecutor of the Commune as you can see here https://www.tumblr.com/nesiacha/753092098599829504/pierre-gaspard-chaumette?source=share , but on the other hand, Babeuf, while adoring Marat, as you can see here, did not hesitate to make harsh criticisms of him; for Babeuf, friendship did not exclude severity, so it is also possible he did the same with Chaumette and the hebertists ). He went from one extreme, criticizing the entire Committee of Public Safety, to another, saying they made few mistakes overall, whereas the truth lies somewhere in between, even regarding Robespierre.

An interesting fact among the Hébertist anti-Robespierre Babouvists, there was not only Joseph Bodson (who resented Robespierre for what he did to the Hébertists, if I understand correctly), close to Babeuf, and they held each other in high esteem, with Bodson being one of Babeuf’s "lieutenants," but also Clémence and Marchand, former members of the Paris Commune, whom the Committees of Public Safety and General Security had sent on mission to the departments of Oise and Seine-et-Oise in Year II, who were imprisoned before the 9th of Thermidor, along with General Fyon and Clerex. They played an important role in Babouvism.

I’m not sure about including Rossignol (Momoro’s friend and considered close to Ronsin and Vincent) because for a time, Robespierre defended him, but later abandoned him due to doubts about his connections with Ronsin and Vincent.

Buonarroti further developed Babeuf's thinking, who had now reconnected with Robespierre's ideas concerning the Hébertists.

“Hébert and Danton gave their names to two factions which, although both were enemies of the revolutionary government they had helped establish, differed fundamentally in their objectives and the character of the individuals they consisted of. Generally, the Hébertists were made up of hardworking, honest, straightforward, courageous men, who were not very studious, unfamiliar with political theories, who loved liberty for its own sake, enthusiastic about equality and impatient to enjoy it. They were good citizens in a settled popular republic but poor leaders in the storms preceding its establishment. It was not difficult to stir them against the prolongation of the revolutionary institution, by portraying it as a wrongful attack on the sovereignty of the people. It was also not hard to persuade them that in order to forever extinguish the source of superstitions and the power of the priests, all religious ideas should be banned. However, such men, more inclined to resolve difficulties through quick action than to carefully weigh the utility and consequences of a political crisis, had the same goal as the wise friends of equality, but they did not form a clear idea, like them, of the institutions through which it could be achieved, nor of the path to get there. Therefore, the blame for the disastrous division and misfortunes caused by the faction to which they belonged should not rest with them. A grave responsibility lies entirely with the influential men who, in the name of the public good, inspired unjust suspicions in them, and whose criminal blindness we regret not being able to excuse.”

Thus, Buonarroti, in some ways, aligns with Babeuf's thinking and, at other times, contradicts it. In reality, the Hébertists were more competent and more important to the revolution than popular culture often acknowledges (although they also had their share of faults and responsibilities). Moreover, Babeuf, in a piece addressed to Bodson, even though he speaks harshly of Chaumette, a man whose widow he supported, acknowledges Chaumette's good intentions.

What can we conclude? Surely, at times, Babeuf viewed things too black and white, given the horrible trials he had endured, and his enthusiasm sometimes led him to be careless. Had he lived longer, I believe he might have placed Chaumette on a pedestal alongside Robespierre, but that is just my opinion. Just as he initially placed Robespierre on a pedestal, then accused him of tyranny before rehabilitating him. However, Babeuf had brilliant ideas, economic plans at times, and was no fool. He was a humanist who managed to establish many important contacts across different political factions, such as Albertine Marat, who gave him a letter to publish against Fréron and subscribed to Le Tribun du peuple (she admired Danton and disliked Robespierre), Lindet (who, however, was not part of the conspiracy), as well as both Robespierre's supporters and the Hébertists. This is a significant quality.

I also think he was capable of forgiveness and understanding, provided that the person who committed the reprehensible acts did so with the intention of saving the revolution or France, and not out of a desire for corruption (even if it is only a theory). Example? During his last trial, Carnot was the one who harshly led the repression of the Babouvist movement, while Barras was more passive. Yet, during his trial, Babeuf only expressed a few criticisms of Carnot, even though he knew Carnot's role in leading him to his death, as you can see here. The theory, therefore, should be approached with caution: despite knowing what Carnot had done against him, Babeuf often criticized people like Fréron, Tallien, Fouché, and Barras. However, he recognized that, for all his flaws, Carnot was more sincere than they were in safeguarding the Republic. Or perhaps he simply never forgave Barras for feasting on corruption while Babeuf’s daughter slowly died from malnutrition.

But regardless of the revolutionary factions, our opinions on them—these were not monsters (I exclude the turncoats like Fréron, Barras, Tallien, Fouché, Turreau, and people like Carrier)—but rather complex men caught in a complicated period, as I have already said.

Even though I am quite (even very) critical of Robespierre, I leave this quote from Babeuf to conclude this article: "Maximilien Robespierre... this man whom the centuries will appreciate, and whose judgment it is for my free voice to anticipate."

P.S. If you're interested, here is Babeuf’s opinion on Abbé Grégoire: "Regarding what he calls vandalism," he says, “How old is he? Give him a decent pension and let him be quiet.” This is off-topic, but it might interest you.

Sources:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41921463?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41925466

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Let's start the new year with opening up some commission slots. You can help me out and keep me writing by commissioning a story via my Ko-Fi [ Here ]

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Most recent fills have been Arthur Harrow x ftm reader, among my more popular works are: Scream's Stu Macher (stepbrother), FNAF William Afton (also Stepdad series), Black Phone's Albert Shaw & Moon Knight's Arthur Harrow fics.

Among characters I have written for are: Stranger Things (Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson, Vecna/Henry Creel, Billy Hargrove), Dead Boy Detectives (Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland, Niko, Crystal, basically all), One Piece (Buggy), Crimson Peak (Thomas Sharpe, Dr. Alan McMichael), (Blue Eye Samurai) Abijah Fowler, Terrifier (Art the clown), Baldur's Gate 3 (Gale, Astarion), Joker (Arthur Fleck, Heath Ledger Joker), Scream (Stu Macher, Billy Loomis), Black Phone (Albert Shaw), Moon Knight (Arthur Harrow, Jake Lockley/Steven/Marc), House of a 1000 Corpses (Otis Driftwood, Baby), Halloween (Michael Myers), Rocky Horror Picture Show ( De. Frank-N-Further, Riff Raff, Magenta, Comubia), Tanz der Vampire/Fearless Vampire Killers (Alfred, Herbert rt von Krolock), Harry Potter (Professor Snape, Remus Lupin, Scabior Snatcher, Draco Malfoy), Enola Holmes (Enola Holmes, Sherlock Holmes (Also BBC version), Joost Klein (The music artist), Once Upon A Time (Mr. Gold/Rumplestiltskin), Peter Pan (Captain Hook), Game of Thrones (Arya, Jaqen H'ghar, Jon Snow), Doctor Who (Tenth Doctor, Twelfth Doctor), Blake's 7 (Roj Blake, Kerr Avon, Servalan, Soolin, Tarrant), Lord of the Rings (Aragorn, Legolas, Frodo) & The Hobbit (Fíli, Kíli, Thorin), Rings of Power (Adar), First Reformed (Ernst Toller), NCIS (Ziva David, Leroy Jethro Gibbs), Alice in Wonderland (Alice, Mad Hatter, Knave of Hearts (Ilosovic Stayne) 2010 movie version), Sweeney Todd, Romeo & Juliet (Also musical versions, mostly wirtten about Mercutio, Tybalt, Benvolio and Romeo), Star Wars (Kylo Ren, General A. Hux, Luke Skywalker), Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (Angus, Rowan), Xena Warrior Princess (Xena, Gabrielle), Wednesday & The Addams Family

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You can donate via my Ko-fi and leave a prompt

I'm known to write around 3000 words, even when I say it will just be a 1000 word short thing (others know I might get carried away). I won't make promises, but if you donate more, you'll get more words. I have deliberately not set a fixed amount for the tales because I am happy with every little help I can get.

What will you write and what won't you?

I will write sfw, sweet tales, but also explicit content and most kinks. I love writing from a reader's perspective (2nd person) but can do 1st person or 3rd. I can write about you, your OC, or your favorite pairing. I'll write het, slash mxm/fxf, poly. I won't write underage or miscarriage-related content.

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Why not work a proper job to get your money?

I can't work because of Long Covid.

What am I saving for?

A new laptop (299 euros) & A table/attendance to the Spice & Steamy Bookevent in Amsterdam in Octorber 2025 (apr. 100 euros)

Girl, we haven't seen you around for ages, why now?

True! As those who have followed me for years know, I fell ill in 2020 and have been very irregular with updating. Due to Long Covid, I barely have energy and time to write as I am asleep a lot. It also means I can't work a proper job any longer. Which sucks. I'm currently a stay-at-home mom. Still sleeping a lot.

I have had surgery last August, removing my womb etc, got rid of a tumor and have been feeling a lot better since. But like I said, still limited energy thanks to the long-term drag of covid and sleeping a lot.

Any plans?

Yes! You haven't really seen me around last year because I tried to focus my energy on writing original tales to publish in 2025, since I can't work a proper job. I'd saved up money to achieve that goal (buy cover, hire editor) but then my laptop broke down and I had to use up my savings to replace it). Any more questions? Just ask! :)

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