#Francis M. England

[brandonraykirk]

Edward Theodore England of Logan, WV (1928)

Congressman Edward Theodore England is profiled (1928) #Appalachia #WV #history #politics

From West Virginians, published by the West Virginia Biographical Association in 1928, comes this profile of Congressman Edward Theodore England of Logan, WV: Edward Theodore England, congressman from the sixth district of West Virginia, made a reputation, which finally took him to Congress through his singularly able and efficient administration as attorney general of the state, 1916-1924. Mr.…

[hedgehog-moss]

"rn I feel like reading about someone's quiet daily life, maybe a diary or letters, set in a place or context I don't know much about, without turmoil or tragedy" oh! do you have any recommendations for books like this?

This is one of my favourite types of books! Here are 30(ish) recs...

May Sarton's The House by the Sea or Plant Dreaming Deep

Gyrðir Elíasson's Suðurglugginn / La fenêtre au sud (not translated into English unfortunately!), also Bergsveinn Birgisson's Landslag er aldrei asnalegt / Du temps qu'il fait (exists in German too)

Gretel Ehrlich's The Solace of Open Spaces, which iirc was originally written as journal entries and letters before being adapted into a book

Kenneth White's House of Tides: Letters from Brittany and Other Lands of the West

Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book

The Diary of a Provincial Lady, E. M. Delafield

Growing Up with the Impressionists: The Diary of Julie Manet

Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim (do not read if you don't like flowers)

The Road Through Miyama by Leila Philip (I've mentioned it before, it feels like this gif)

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, I keep recommending this one but it's so nice and I love snails

Epicurean Simplicity, Stephanie Mills

The Light in the Dark: A winter journal by Horatio Clare

The Letters of Rachel Henning

The letters of Tove Jansson, also The Summer Book and Fair Play

The diary of Sylvia Townsend Warner—here's an entry where she describes some big cats at the zoo. "Frank and forthcoming, flirtatious carnivores, [...] guttersnipishly loveable"

The Letters of Rachel Carson & Dorothy Freeman were very sweet and a little bit gay. I mostly remember from this long book I read years ago that Rachel Carson once described herself as "retiring into her shell like a periwinkle at low tide" and once apologised to Dorothy because she had run out of apple-themed stationery.

Jane Austen's letters (quoting the synopsis, "Wiser than her critics, who were disappointed that her correspondence dwelt on gossip and the minutiae of everyday living, Austen understood the importance of "Little Matters," of the emotional and material details of individual lives shared with friends and family")

Madame de Sévigné's letters because obviously, and from the same time period, the letters of the Princess Palatine, Louis XIV's sister-in-law. I read them a long time ago and mostly I remember that I enjoyed her priorities. There's a letter where she complains that she hasn't received the sausages she was promised, and then in the next paragraph, mentions the plot to assassinate the King of England and also, the Tartars are walking on Vienna currently.

Wait I found it:

R.C. Sherriff's The Fortnight in September (quoting the author, "I wanted to write about simple, uncomplicated people doing normal things")

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith

Pond, Claire-Louise Bennett

Rules for Visiting, Jessica Francis Kane

The following aren't or aren't yet available in English, though some have already been translated in 5-6 languages:

ツバキ文具店 / La papeterie Tsubaki by ito Ogawa

半島へ / La péninsule aux 24 saisons by Mayumi Inaba

Giù la piazza non c'è nessuno, Dolores Prato (for a slightly more conceptual take on the "someone's everyday life" theme—I remember it as quite Proustian in its meticulousness, a bit like Nous les filles by Marie Rouanet which is much shorter and more lighthearted but shows the same extreme attention to childhood details)

Journal d'un homme heureux, Philippe Delerm, my favourite thing about this book is that the goodreads commenter who gave it the lowest rating complained that Delerm misidentified a wine as a grenache when actually it's a cabernet sauvignon. Important review!

Un automne à Kyôto, Corinne Atlan (I find her writing style so lovely)

oh and 西の魔女が死んだ / L’été de la sorcière by Kaho Nashiki —such a little Ghibli film of a book. There's a goodreads review that points out that Japanese slice-of-life films and books have "a certain way of describing small, everyday actions in a soothing, flawless manner that can either wear you out, or make you look at the world with a temporary glaze of calm contentment and introspective understanding [...]"

I'd be happy to get recommendations in this 'genre' as well :)

[benjhawkins]

Francis Lewis was born in Yarmouth, MA in 1730 as Deborah Lewis. Later he and his family moved to Tisbury on Martha's Vineyard and he began living as a man in 1764. He married a young woman named Anne Luce in November 1765 and they had at least five children together!

An article in the 1770 edition of the Boston Evening-Post stated that because Lewis was born "bearing a similarity of both Sexes, it was disputed what apparel it should be dressed in, but 'twas at last agreed to dress it in Women's."

Here he is in a 1790 census from Tisbury:

Several notices were posted in New England newspapers upon his death.

In the Essex Register-January 22nd: "In Tisbury, (M. Vineyard) Mr Francis Lewis, aged 93—32 of which years he dressed as a woman, and was supposed to be such. After that, he took his proper apparel as a man, and passed the remainder of his life in the marriage state, and has left numerous descendants."

The Connecticut Courant -January 28th "At Tisbury, (M[assachusett]s.) Mr. Francis Lewis, aged 93—32 of which years he dressed as a woman, and was supposed to be such. After that, he took his proper apparel as a man, and passed the remainder of his life in the marriage state, and has left numerous descendants. The family has always deserved and received the respect of those who knew it."

[whencyclopedia]

Anne, Queen of Great Britain

Anne reigned as Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1702 and then, following the 1707 Act of Union, over a united kingdom as Queen of Great Britain until her death in 1714. The last of the Stuart monarchs, Anne's reign witnessed the Spanish War of Succession which helped Britain establish itself as a major world power.

The Stuart Family

James II of England (r. 1685-1688) took over the throne from his late brother Charles II of England (r. 1660-1685) since the latter had no legitimate heir. James was a Catholic, but part of the deal which allowed him to succeed his Protestant brother in 1685 was that he promise to raise his two daughters as Protestants. James' first wife was Anne Hyde, the daughter of the Earl of Clarendon (m. 1660). The couple had two daughters: Mary (b. 1662) and the younger Anne, born on 6 February 1665 at St. James' Palace. Anne Hyde died of illness in 1671, and King James married again, this time to Mary (d. 1718), the daughter of the Duke of Modena. The royal couple had a son, James Francis Edward, who was born on 10 June 1688. There were rumours that the prince was an outsider brought in for convenience, and Anne herself had her suspicions about his legitimacy. The birth relegated Mary and Anne to second and third in line to the throne respectively. For Anne, in particular, the improbable likelihood of her becoming the monarch meant that she did not receive the education or preparation enjoyed by other future sovereigns.

The arrival of a new heir to the throne, who would surely be brought up a Catholic like both his parents, coupled with the king's pro-Catholic policies and authoritarian manner seriously worried many in Parliament. In order to maintain the integrity of Parliament and the achievements of the English Reformation and the primacy of Protestantism in England, several nobles now looked abroad for an alternative king. The obvious choice was William, Prince of Orange. The Dutchman was a Protestant and, in command of a powerful navy, he would be a very useful ally. Further, William was closely connected to the British royal family. William was, through his mother, the grandson of Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649), and he had married James II's daughter Mary in 1677. William was keen to have England's navy, professional army, and resources to aid him in his ongoing conflict with Louis XIV of France (r. 1643-1715).

As it turned out, William's invasion of England was remarkably tranquil, and King James, seeing desertions left, right, and centre – including by his daughter Anne – took the prudent action of escaping to France. This was the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The Prince of Orange became William III of England and his wife Mary II of England (r. 1689-1694). The two ruled jointly until Mary died of smallpox in December 1694. Anne had an uneasy relationship with William whom she described in letters with derogatory terms such as "the Dutch monster" (Cannon, 308). Largely, the royal in-laws kept their relationship distant and formal.

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[catherinetheprincessofwales]

The Irish Princess and her dynastic marriage to a Norman that helped shape Europe. Aoife, Princess of Leinster -> Catherine, The Princess of Wales. The Princess of Wales is Aoife, Princess of Leinster and Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke 26th Great-Granddaughter  via her paternal grandfather’s line.

** Aoife or Eva, Princess of Leinster, played a pivotal role in the history of Ireland and the Norman expansion. She was the daughter of Diarmaid MacMurrough, King of Leinster, who sought the help of the Normans to secure his throne and defeat his enemies. As part of this alliance, Aoife married the Norman leader Richard de Clare, known as ‘Strongbow,’ on 25 August 1170. This marriage marked the arrival of the Normans in Ireland, just 104 years after their conquest of England by William the Conqueror.

Through their daughter, Isabelle de Clare, The 4th Countess of Pembroke, the union of Aoife and Strongbow forged a lineage that would shape the future of European nobility. Isabelle became an ancestor of nearly every reigning monarch across Europe. Within a few generations, her descendants included much of the European aristocracy, including all the Kings of Scotland since Robert the Bruce (1274–1329) and every monarch of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom since Henry IV (1367–1413). 

Family Line

Aoife MacMurrough, Princess of Leinster and Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Painting of their wedding, depicting the political and cultural consequences. 

Isabelle de Clare 4th Countess of Pembroke m. William Marshall 1st Earl of Pembroke. 

Eve Marshall m William de Briouze, born  Pembroke Castle.

Eve de Briouze m. William de Cauntelo, Coat of Arms

Millicent de Cauntelo m. Eon la Zouche, Coat of Arms

Eva la Zouche m. Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Lord Berkeley, buried St Mary's Church, Portbury. 

Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Lord Berkeley m. Catherine Clivedon

Sir John Berkeley m. Elizabeth Betteshorne, burial location.

Eleanor Berkeley m. Sir Richard Poynings, burial tomb.

Eleanor de Poynings m. Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland

Lady Margaret Percy m. Sir William Gascoigne 

Anne Gascoigne m. Sir Thomas Fairfax - Gawthorpe Hall, family seat.

William Fairfax m. Anne Baker - Gilling Castle, family seat. 

John Fairfax m. Mary Birch - Master of the Great Hospital at Norwich, Norfolk

Rev. Benjamin Fairfax m. Sarah Galliard - Preacher at Rumburgh, Suffolk.

Benjamin Fairfax m. Bridget Stringer - died in Halesworth, Suffolk.

Sarah Fairfax m. Rev. John Meadows - died in Ousedon, Suffolk.

Philip Meadows m. Margaret Hall

Sarah Meadows m. Dr. David Martineau

Thomas Martineau m. Elizabeth Rankin - buried at Rosary Cemetery, Norwich.

Elizabeth Martineau m. Dr. Thomas Michael Greenhow - died in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Frances Elizabeth Greenhow m. Francis Lupton

Francis Martineau Lupton m. Harriet Davis

Olive Lupton m. Richard Middleton

Peter Middleton m. Valerie Glassborow

Michael Middleton m. Carole Goldsmith 

Catherine Middleton m. Prince William of Wales

*Catherine is also a descendant of Aoife via her mother Caroles maternal line.

[ego-meliorem-esse]

I feel like Francis and Arthur would do that thing with baby Matthew that people do where they put the dog in the middle and both call for it to see who it loves more haha. Except neither of them really care who Matthew loves, they just want to spite the other. Arthur wants to show off Matthews obedience to him and Francis wants to very smugly undermine that. Matthew gets a brief moment of thinking they both desperately want him. The illusion shatters very quickly.

wow mate you're almost more brutal in your interpretation of their relationship than me. Don't get me wrong, what I'm trying to interpret here is that as Matt for all intents and purposes was lonely and frankly miserable with his bio father, the frog. However I do not think François outright didn't care or love Matt. He, did but in his own distant and Empire-y way. What 'm trying to portray is that Matt didn't get love. He didn't feel it. He felt nothing coming from his papa. Whether or not François felt love for his firstborn and only son is irrelevant when it comes to Matt and his experiences. His experience is that where love should be, has always been a tabula rasa. I am a bit of a softie (unimaginable lol) and I am keen on making François feel love in a sense of "Yeah you're my son. I love you but you are a bit boring, and I have court stuff to do". And what I've mentioned is a few asks is that François is only realising his assholery when it's too late, and the boy has found a father to replace his biological one. In the modern era they may even reconnect slightly, they may even meet to get coffee, during a meeting break they might smoke outside the building together in silence, Matt even might stay over at his pops place during a summit week in Paris.

the ignition of remorse may even begin in the vast and smooth void of François' mind.

As for Arthur, he expects the boy to be useful. In 1763 and maybe a few years after that, he feels as if he has a mini François in the house. Until ofcourse he realises that he is angry at this boy sitting opposite of him despite the child having never even uttered a single word, not even made a disagreeable face at that. He softenes up to the boy eventualy. A decade later he starts to not see his enemys face every time he looks at this scared child. Canada indeed is expensive, and England is an Empire. Therefore, the colony WILL be useful. Has to be. Otherwise. That's his mindset, at least for a while. Granted that while lasts a long time but by the modern era Matt his his closest confidante, a friend, and a son. And by god, blood, sweat and tears have been shed for those titles by Matthew. He was needed when he entered those trenches clean, shaved and anxious, he was loved when he left the trenches covered in blood, a broken spirit, with half of his previous eyesight intact.

Not because he risked everything, but because he was willing to.

[fuckyeah-hetalia]

Status: Complete

Summary:

Francis finds himself a prisoner of a group of sky pirates. He's forced to join their adventures and the people he meets alnog the way are going to change how he looks at the world. It requires teamwork only to get out of it alive, and Francis manages to make a mistake that will cost him dearly.

Chapters: 10/10 Words: 61,802

Creator: iFindus

Fandoms: Hetalia: Axis Powers

Rating: M

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Categories: M/M

Relationships: England/France

Characters: England, France, Prussia, Sealand, America, Canada, Russia, China, Spain, South Italy, Turkey

Tags: Alternate Universe - Steampunk, Slow Burn, Dismemberment, Plot Twists

[guinevere-of-smiths]

TUH: Home Front

Book: The Unexpected Heiress

Words: ~6000

Rating: M

Pairing: John Somerset x f!MC (Celeste Hayes)

Warnings: Discussion of War (World War I), discussion (but no depiction) of air raids

Summary: Spring 1916, London. World War 1 has been raging for more than 18 months and Lieutenant John Somserset returns to London on home leave, never expecting to hear that his wife Celeste is not only in London, but that for all the propaganda of 'fighting to keep England safe' to make men enlist, the home front is far from untouchable.

John was too tired to even feel the trepidation he usually returned to England with these days. It was difficult to dissect how unreal his homeland’s normalcy felt compared to the blighted landscape he had left behind while all he longed for was a warm bed.

Yawning, he trudged up the steps of the terrace house Francis had moved into while their family’s townhouse did its bit for King and Country and rung the bell. A few minutes later, the door was opened by an elderly lady in a dark dress. “Yes?” She stared at him for a moment, taking in his mud-spattered uniform, then blinked. “Oh, Lieutenant Somerset, it’s you.”

She immediately opened the door wide enough for John to slip inside. He nodded at her. “Good afternoon. Mrs. Gilbert, if I recall?”

“Are you here to visit your brother?” She eyed him critically, and there was no doubt in John’s mind that she was seeing every clump of mud clinging to him, from his shoes up to his greatcoat, and calculating how many of them he was likely to leave behind in her hallway. He had hardly slept during the train ride to the coast or the Channel crossing, never mind sparing the time to shave or wash himself; dirty clothing had been the least of his worries.

He nodded again. “Is he in?”

“I’m sorry, I suspect he’s still at the Office. But I can go upstairs to have a look.”

“That’s not necessary. I’ll wait for him. Would I inconvenience you greatly if I asked for a cup of tea in the meantime?”

She assured him that no, of course it wasn’t an inconvenience, but she insisted on first ascertaining that his brother truly wasn’t home. John did his best not to fall asleep standing up while waiting at the foot of the stairs. At least he didn’t have to wait long, but was soon ushered into the sitting room, where he first let her take his coat and then gratefully sank down onto one of the couches. It would probably be best to spend the night at Francis’ and return to Windcroft the following morning. As much as he longed for home, for Celeste and their little girl, he didn’t think he would be able to motivate his leaden bones to move into an upright position again anytime soon.

Only the blink of an eye seemed to have passed when Mrs. Gilbert returned with a tray, laden with a tea pot, crockery, as well as some small jugs and tins. She glanced up while she poured his tea. “Are you here on leave, sir?”

“Yes. I plan to travel on tomorrow.”

“You will want to see the rest of your family, I’m sure. Is there anything else I can do for you?”

“I would like to rest until my brother returns. I’d be thankful if you could be patient about coming to collect this.” He indicated the tray.

She only hesitated for a moment. “Of course, sir.”

Soon after that, she left, allowing John to finally close his eyes and lean back. If he was lucky, she would actually stay away until he rang for her or Francis returned, and he’d be able to sleep for an hour or two. He took a deep breath, listening to the sounds around him; besides the ticking of a clock, distant street noise and a creaking wood floor, the flat was absolutely quiet. Eerily quiet, after the booming of the artillery, the squealing train and the crowded streets. His every nerve was waiting for the whistling of a grenade or the crack of a gun, any sign to take cover, but of course, there was no such sound. He was in England. He was home. Everything was fine. And yet, nothing was fine.

He almost believed he could hear all of it, the whistling, the thundering, the sharp sounds of a gun, but he knew those had to be hallucinations. He was so sleep-deprived that it wouldn’t surprise him. Rubbing his face with both hands, he forced himself into some semblance of an upright position to drink his tea before it got cold.

The pleasant warmth spreading through his chest while he drank, combined with the tea’s bitter tang, served to wake him enough to wash and change out of the dirtiest of his clothes before curling up on the sofa. He was half asleep before his head hit the pillow.

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„John?“

Someone put a hand on his shoulder. Within a moment, before he even realized that the someone had also used his first name – and that the voice was suspiciously familiar – he was sitting upright and looking around until he spotted Francis, who had taken a step back, his hands raised. “Beg your pardon. I didn’t mean to startle you.”

He blinked, trying to orientate himself. There was still light coming in from outside, but if had become dimmer than before. Already late afternoon, then, if not evening. “It’s alright”, he muttered and cleared his throat when he realized that his voice sounded like a grinding stone. “Hello, Francis.”

His brother had obviously just come in; he was still wearing his overcoat and hat and was looking at him with an expression that said that the few hours of sleep had only improved on his appearance to a point. “Mrs. Gilbert would have prepared the guest room for you if you had said anything.”

“To be honest, that was simply too much effort to my liking.” He rubbed his face and looked around for a clock. “What time is it?”

“Almost half past five.” Francis took off first his hat and then his coat and hung both neatly on the hall stand. “When did you get here?”

“Three, four hours ago? I don’t remember exactly.” Little by little, he was at least starting to feel decently awake. “I’m sorry, I would have sent a message ahead, but I was given very short notice for my leave.”

“How long do you have?”

“Two weeks. I was intending to travel on tomorrow, but I thought I’d call on you on the way.”

“And I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that you were looking for a place to sleep and that my flat lent itself”, Francis responded drily, but there was no censure in his words. Quite the opposite, his brother even allowed himself a tired smile. “It’s good to see you again, John.”

Alive and on this side of the Channel, you mean. “I hope I haven’t interrupted any plans for your evening.”

Francis shook his head and sat down in one of the armchairs. It was only now that John noticed the briefcase standing next to it, or the tired expression of Francis’ eyes. Apparently he wasn’t the only one that was exhausted. “Nothing that can’t be postponed. Have you come directly from the front?”

No, from a vacation at the beach. “From where else? I didn’t want to waste time lingering anywhere. The sooner I’m home, the better.” No matter what he did, the time he had with his wife and daughter wouldn’t be enough. He wasn’t sure Terry would even recognize him, even if Celeste was as diligent in telling their girl stories as she claimed in her letters. He hadn’t seen her since last autumn. Half a year was a long time for a child not even two years old.

He pulled himself together when he noticed Francis staring at him with his brow furrowed, as if he could guess what was going on inside him, and cleared his throat, this time to break the uncomfortable silence. “How are things in the War Office?”

“Chaotic, like always.” Before Francis could say more, the door opened, and Mrs. Gilbert bustled in with a second tea tray. Francis continued speaking while she put the first one aside and poured fresh tea from the new one. “Are you staying for dinner, John?”

“I had hoped I’d be able to stay until tomorrow. Is that inconvenient?” In the past, staying the night in Francis’ flat had never been a problem. As much as John longed for his family, it wasn’t as if seeing his brother after months at the front didn’t do him good. Francis and he might have their problems with each other, but the evenings he spent here tended to be very quiet.

His brother gave him a confused look. “No, but I would have thought you…” He paused. “When did you last get a letter from Celeste?”

The question caught John so much by surprise that he tensed instantly. Everything but bad news. “A few days ago, maybe a week”, he replied and couldn’t help sounding suspicious. “I didn’t tell her that I’d come here, if that is what you mean.”

“I mean that you probably can’t know that she’s here in London, then.”

“Pardon?”

“Your wife is here in London”, Francis repeated. “She has been for about a week now. I have been wondering why you’re here and not with her, to be honest, but I suppose that explains it.”

“Celeste is in London?”

His flummoxed tone teased a smile out of Francis. Or possibly it was the unnecessary repetition, but apparently his tired mind wasn’t quick enough to process the news that he could have seen his Celeste hours ago. “She is”, Francis confirmed, unnecessarily. “She has been staying with Aunt Maude for a few days to attend a number of charity events.”

“Why didn’t you tell me before?” The words came out more accusatory than he had intended them, but before he could say anything more, Francis was already frowning.

“You mean since I’ve learned five minutes ago that you’re even in the country?”

John forced a smile. “I’d have thought that your all-important work at the War Office has been teaching you quick reflexes.”

“I fear you’re confusing something”, Francis said drily. “Be that as it may, I can understand that you’d prefer Celeste’s company to mine.”

John supressed a smile, an honest one this time. “It’s nothing personal.”

“That’s what I thought.”

It felt bizarre, almost surreal, to be sitting in a warm sitting room with his brother after months at the front, with an old landlady serving them tea and without the consistent rumbling of the artillery. There was nothing but quiet street noise. He wondered how his platoon was faring in this moment. He could only hope that the front was calm and that he wouldn’t return to find his men half decimated – or worse.

He pushed the thought aside. He himself was safe, and he should savour that, no matter how guilty he felt in doing so. “I hope you won’t think me rude if I go over to Aunt Maude’s as soon as possible, given the circumstances.”

“Before you leave, there’s something you should know about.”

John had already risen to gather up his necktie and his tunic, which he had draped over the armrest of the other armchair. Francis’ sober tone of voice made him freeze and his hackles rise.

“Yes?”

Francis sighed and rubbed his hands. “Thank you for the tea, Mrs. Gilbert. I think you may go.”

Not before the eyes of the servants, then. Nothing was secret at the front, so John should have been glad of the privacy, but in that moment, the gesture only served to worsen his anxiety. In their circles, people seldom paid attention whether servants were present or not; they were too omnipresent in their lives for it to be worth the effort. And still, Francis waited until Mrs. Gilbert had left the room before he spoke. That couldn’t bode well.

His brother took a deep breath before he spoke. “Firstly, I want you to stay calm throughout all that I’m about to tell you. Everything is fine.”

“Did something happen?”

“You could say that. Did you pay attention to the newspapers on the way here?”

He shook his head and sat back down on the sofa.

“As I said, everything is fine, I don’t want you to be upset, but…There was a bombing attack by the Germans on Aunt Maude’s neighbourhood last night.”

This news, his tired brain didn’t struggle to parse. Probably a side effect of the adrenaline that had flooded his veins further with every second Francis had dallied in getting to the point. “Celeste?”, was all he could get out.

“She is unharmed, as is Aunt Maude. Their house wasn’t hit.”

“Oh, thank God.” He was almost faint with relief; he buried his face in his hands, his elbows on his knees, and took several deep breaths. In that moment, he didn’t even care that his brother was sitting in front of him or that there was that voice in the back of his mind, useless as it was, telling him that an officer wasn’t supposed to be this obvious in losing his nerves. He had seen enough destruction to know the harm German bombs could do. He didn’t want to imagine Celeste, his Celeste, even close to that. She was in England, far away from the battlegrounds on the continent. She was supposed to be safe.

It was his own fault, really, that he had still carried hope like that, after Europe had already gone mad years ago.

He allowed himself two deep breaths before looking up at Francis, who, to his credit, was diligently acting as if preparing his tea was the most intriguing task in the world, all to give him time to collect himself. “Was anyone injured? Killed?”

„At least two dead and several wounded”, Francis said soberly. “I don’t know the exact numbers. I only learned of it when a colleague told me. I called Aunt Maude’s telephone post-haste. Celeste is understandably shaken, but they were far enough away from the impact site that aside from the noise and the tremor, they didn’t notice anything at first.”

“You spoke to her?”

“Yes, but only for a few minutes. Apparently, the house of an acquaintance of her aunt’s was hit. Maude’s acquaintance and the others in the house were out that evening, but she and Celeste have spent the day helping them bring their affairs in order.”

His amusement wasn’t enough to make him laugh or even smile, but immediately throwing herself into helping others sounded so much like his wife that it made him feel a smidgeon better. Or maybe the wish to laugh in a situation like this was a sign of hysteria. It discomforted him how little able he felt to tell the difference.

To keep his fingers occupied, he began re-tying his tie, as he had intended before. “Thank you for checking on her.”

Francis lifted a brow. “Of course I did. You’re not the only one in this family she means something to, John.”

“Certainly, but…” He didn’t know what else to say. “Either way, I’ll go to her at once.”

He was done with his tie now and pulled on his tunic. It wasn’t that he didn’t believe Francis that Celeste was alright, but he still wanted to see her for himself. His wife was resilient, but he could picture only too well how much living through something like this had to have shaken her. It was frightening, knowing you were alive due to nothing but luck. The knowledge that her beloved aunt could have been a victim had to weigh on her, as well, and…”

Although he had been in the process of getting up, he sank down on the sofa again. Francis gave him a worried look. “John?”

“Do you know if she’s taken Theresa to London with her?”

He saw the moment Francis realized the extent of the horror that had gripped him so suddenly. Facing how close his wife’s brush with death had been was cruel enough, but his daughter? He forced himself to stay calm, while his brother frowned and shook his head.

“I’m sorry, I haven’t asked. I’d assume she didn’t, but I can’t tell you with certainty.”

“It didn’t cross your might to maybe ask if your niece is alright?”, he asked incredulously, knowing he was being unfair without caring about that fact overmuch.

“It was only a short phone call”, Francis defended himself. “I’m sure your wife would have mentioned Terry had she been there.”

“Perhaps”, John muttered and attempted to rise, but paused when Francis sighed.

“At least drink a cup of tea, John, and try to calm yourself. If you rush into that house like a man chased, that won’t make the situation any better, after what Celeste and Aunt Maude have already been through.”

He gave his brother a sourly look that he hoped made sufficiently plain what he thought about that idea. “That I’m – justifiably, I’d say – concerned for my dearly beloved wife doesn’t mean I don’t know how to behave myself, Francis.”

“I’d still suggest that it’s advisable to call ahead and give notice of your coming. And in the meantime, I’m sure we can find some refreshments in addition to the tea. I assume you didn’t eat anything all day?”

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Death was Celeste’s constant companion.

The sentiment was quite possibly – if not certainly – overly dramatic, but sometimes, her life felt exactly like that. Her mother had died when she had still been a little girl; her sister had been murdered; her husband had nearly died before he had been able to become exactly that. She would never forget Lady Hunsbury’s hateful gaze when she had pointed that gun at herself and Effie, ready to pull the trigger, and not even a year after her wedding a war had broken out. There was hardly a day now that she didn’t go to bed wondering if she would wake a widow. Her brother-in-law had lost a sister, her husband his mother.

All that considered, the fact that only a few streets had separated herself and her aunt from becoming casualties of war shouldn’t surprise her, really. And yet, all day she had found herself thinking about how easily she could have died, especially when there had been nothing left to do to keep busy. What would become of her daughter if she wasn’t here to take care of her anymore? Who would write to John? Sie didn’t want to think about it.

And then Aunt Maude had informed her that Francis had called ahead to tell them that he would pay them a visit – and, more importantly, that John would be with him. At first, she had been sure that her aunt had to be joking, but Maude Leighton, for all her joie de vivre, wasn’t that cruel.

So she was once again standing before the floor-length mirror in the hall in an effort to neaten her hair and to check the fit of her blouse and skirt. Aunt Maude strolled over, shaking her head.

“My sweet cherub, you look lovely. Not that I think that that is what your John will care about.”

“It’s a better alternative than pacing, aunty. This way, at least I won’t be drenched in sweat.” She wondered if there was enough time to run upstairs and change her clothing. Her dark skirt didn’t show the dust and dirt the debris she had sorted through had left, but the sleeves of her cream-coloured blouse told a different story. Wouldn’t it be better to put on a jacket?

Her aunt snorted, amused. “Ah, young love. One could think you were seeing each other for the very first time, what with how nervous you are.”

No, but for the first time in half a year. Intellectually, Celeste knew that John wouldn’t give a damn how she looked – she didn’t care either, after all. But she had to do something to keep herself from perching by the window and keeping watch for him. She had her pride, after all.

But by God, she missed John so much. She wanted to run towards him, but that would be both useless and embarrassingly close to the stereotype of the yearning wife. Which didn’t change the fact that now that she knew that her husband was in London and on his way to her, it was hard to keep still.

“Celeste?”

“Hm?” She turned towards her aunt, who was looking at her expectingly. “I’m sorry, did you say something?”

Her aunt gave her a slight smile. “I suggested going into the drawing room to wait there. I know you won’t be able to concentrate on that novel you’ve been reading, but you could help me make sure that I haven’t forgotten anything I need to take care of before my departure.”

“Certainly, Aunt Maude.” Celeste straightened her skirt one more time before following her aunt – not without another look at the door, whose bell remained silent despite her gaze. It was far too early for John and Francis to be here already, but she couldn’t help herself.

Her aunt had settled into one of the room’s armchairs when she came in, her list and pencil in her hand. Celeste sat down on the couch across from her, the C.L. Pirkis novel she had been reading before Francis’ call on the coffee table between them.

Aunt Maude tapped her pencil on the upper edge of the book she was using as a writing support. “Do you know, it’s dreadfully kind of your parents-in-law to take me in after this shock”, she said thoughtfully. “But I don’t think I’ll be taking advantage of their hospitality for more than a few weeks.”

Torn from her thoughts, it took Celeste a moment to digest the meaning of her words. “Are you sure? After what happened…” She shuddered. Seeing her aunt’s friends’ ruined house had really made her realize how real the war’s dangers were, even in London. She didn’t want anything so much as to be back in the countryside with her daughter, far removed from anything that could interest the Germans as a target.

Aunt Maude shrugged, still smiling. “The safe, conventional option was never my choice.”

“Aunty…”

“I feel like I can be of greater use here. Soldiers like your John put themselves in far greater danger every day. Which doesn’t mean that I don’t understand that you would rather be with Terry.”

“There are a lot of ways to help out in the country, too”, Celeste argued. What did her aunt think she was doing most days? “We have enough veterans, injured soldiers and widows and orphans in need of help around Windcroft.”

As always, Aunt Maude didn’t allow anything to dampen her mood. “Let us discuss this another time, sweet cherub. For now, I’m coming with you, and we’ll see how quickly I’ll get bored after that.”

Celeste couldn’t help but grin. She never could when she sensed a challenge. There was little she enjoyed more. “You’ll see. Give me two weeks and you won’t want to leave.”

Her aunt laughed quietly. “I’m on tenterhooks. So-”

They were interrupted by the sound of a stopping automobile. Without thinking, Celeste jumped to her feet, ran over to the window and pushed the drapes aside – her hope to see John again was too violent to allow another reaction. It only made her disappointment greater when she looked outside. “Only the neighbours”, she announced, dropping the drapes.

“It won’t be long now until you’ve got him back.”

Yes, for nothing but a few days. She shook of the ungrateful thought. A few days every few months were more than many other wives got, even those whose husbands were still alive. John was an officer, after all. A few days he was with her, safe, would be heavenly. She forced herself to smile.

“You’re right, of course. So, we were planning to go over your list of preparations?”

After she stopped looking at the clock every few seconds and started focusing on her discussion with her aunt, they made quite decent progress. Aunt Maude might try to make her believe differently, but she, too, was shaken by the night’s events and had readily accepted Lady Ashbourne’s invitation to stay at Windcroft Manor for the foreseeable future. She would stay in London for a few days to help her friends and get her affairs in order, but after that, she would travel out to Gloucestershire to stay with them. Celeste, for her part, was planning to return to Windcroft the next day; she had been away from her little girl for far too long. She hoped that John felt the same, because she would certainly not be leaving without him.

She looked up when a car stopped in front of the house, but forced herself to stay seated this time, fingers buried in the fabric of her skirt. She held her breath, looked towards the door and couldn’t rise fast enough when the bell rang. She reached the entrance hall only a moment after Aunt Maude’s chauffeur-butler, hovering in the doorway while he opened the front door.

Knowing that her husband was in London after only exchanging letters with him one or two times per week was one thing. Seeing him walk in the door, in a dirty coat and lean, but gloriously alive left her unsure how to feel for a moment. He only had to look around a moment to spot her, and she knew that the only thing brighter than his smile was probably her own.

She only absently noticed Francis following his brother into the house; she was far too preoccupied by John walking towards her with long strides. It was hardly a moment before she found herself wrapped in a tight embrace, as if he never wanted to let her go again. She had no complaints about that. She shoved her hands under his trench coat and hugged him as tightly as she could. All her tension of the last few hours, if not months, fell away under his warm, familiar presence.

It wasn’t the first time she saw John again when he came home, injured or on leave. That didn’t dim the breathless relief to have him back in her arms in the slightest. It never would, probably.

He pressed his face into her neck for a few seconds before lifting his head without letting her go. “I heard you’ve managed to get yourself into trouble again?”

This was so unexpected that she had to laugh. “You know me. I wither when I don’t have enough excitement in my life.”

This time, he did step away from her, just enough to reach up and push a lock of hair back from her forehead. It must have come loose while she had pushed her face into the rough fabric of his uniform. “And I see that your sense of dramatic timing hasn’t diminished. You shouldn’t have done this just for me.”

She smiled. “You have far too exalted an opinion of yourself, Lieutenant.”

“My superiors would say the same thing.” He stroked her jaw, studying her face attentively. “But to be serious: are you alright?”

“As alright as I can be, given the circumstances.” She took a deep breath and looked up into his face. He looked tired, but alright, for a man that had spent the winter at the front. “I won’t pretend it hasn’t shaken me, but it could have been much worse.”

“Still, for my peace of mind, I’d ask you to desist from such things in the future. It’s enough that one of us has to dodge artillery.”

She raised a brow, smiling. “I’ll leave it to you to tell the Germans, the next time you meet one of them.” Slowly, she realized that she and John weren’t alone in the foyer and that Francis and her aunt had probably spent a good while pretending not to see them. With an embarrassed cough, she rose to her toes to kiss his cheek before carefully disentangling herself from him. “And I want to hear all about how you are in a moment, but first…Hello, Francis.”

Her brother-in-law had indeed been studying a painting but couldn’t help but chuckle now. “Hello, Celeste.”

“I’d apologize for that passionate reunion”, John said, “but I’d have to be sorry to do that.” One of his arms was still slung loosely around her waist, and he pulled her close to him for one last moment before letting go for good. “I’m glad you’re alright.”

“Then you should see how much my dear niece has been fretting”, Aunt Maude announced pleasantly, sauntering into the foyer. “She almost left a trail in my floor, that’s how upset the poor girl has been.”

“Aunt Maude!” Her cheeks were glowing with heat, but her aunt merely laughed.

“I’m just kidding, little cherub. I’m happy to see your husband, too.”

“Thank you for taking me in so spontaneously, Maude.” Now that the first relief of seeing each other safe and sound had passed, John appeared far more composed, even while keeping close to her side. He handed his coat over to Ingram, her aunt’s butler. “Especially given the circumstances.”

“Nonsense”, she said firmly and enveloped the hand her had offered her to shake with both of hers. “You know you’re always welcome. All the more because it’s advantageous for my niece’s peace of mind.” She laughed. “And it isn’t as if I need to have an additional room prepared!”

Francis, who had taken off his coat and hat as well, cleared his throat. “It’s good to see that last night’s events haven’t affected you too badly.”

“One has to take life as it presents itself”, Aunt Maude responded with a shrug. “It was frightening, I’ll admit that much, but what would I gain from sinking into despair now? But now, come along into the drawing room. We’ll be far more comfortable waiting there for dinner.”

Glad as she was to have John with her again, Celeste didn’t want to take her eyes off him, and much less move away from this spot. One heard so many terrible things about the war that it was a mystery to her how anyone could return from the front in one piece – especially her own husband. Thankfully, he didn’t seem inclined to follow the others into the drawing room, either. Quite the opposite: he took her hand in his to keep her from moving.

“Would you excuse us for a few moments?”, he asked, addressing Francis and Aunt Maude. “I’d like to talk to my wife in private.”

The expressions their relatives regarded them with after that couldn’t have been more different; while Francis studied his brother with knitted brows (which only garnered him an expressionless look) Aunt Maude only smiled.

“But certainly”, she cooed. “I’m sure that you have a lot to discuss.” With a wink, she ushered Francis into the drawing room. He, for his part, gave his brother another look over his shoulder, but sighed and followed his hostess.

Although they were left alone in the foyer, John led her a few steps away from the door into an alcove between wall and stairs, where they were better hidden from curious stares. Neither of them said anything, but John let go of her fingers to instead cup her face in his hands, stroking her cheekbones before leaning in to kiss her; softly, tenderly, sweetly, more a caress than the passion of a lover that hadn’t seen her for months. And yet it was everything she wished for in that moment; she closed her eyes, hands flat on his chest, and allowed herself to enjoy the warmth flooding her body. Even after he pulled back to learn his forehead against hers, they stayed standing like that for a moment, breathless.

“I missed you”, John said quietly.

“I missed you too.” She opened her eyes and looked up into his dark brown ones. “How long can you stay?”

“Twelve days, then I’ll have to head back.” He kissed her again. “I was planning to go to Windcroft tomorrow. To you.”

She couldn’t help smiling. “I’m happy to have taken that step for you.”

“I’m not sure how happy I am about it.” He met her eyes briefly before looking away again. “I saw what’s left of the houses that were hit on our way over. When Francis told me what happened…or almost happened…I don’t want to imagine.”

“I’m sure it’s nothing worse than what you live through every day.” Her voice was quiet, but she wasn’t sure if she had been able to keep all her grief out of it.

“That may be true, but it’s still not a pleasant feeling to come home and find out that my wife has been through something like this only the night before.” He took a deep breath. “But the important thing is that you are alright.”

“I am. I swear it.” She regarded his tired, a little stubbly face – apparently, he hadn’t had the time or the will to shave on his way home. News of her adventures of the previous night probably hadn’t done anything to improve that – her heart bled imagining how anxious he had to have been on the drive over. “How are you?”, she asked, straightening his tie, which was slightly crooked. “We have only talked about me so far.”

“I’m looking forward to a night’s rest in a proper bed”, he told her honestly. “But other than that, I can’t complain about anything right in this moment.”

That wasn’t what she had meant, but she let the issue rest. John didn’t owe her any more honesty. She knew very well herself that no matter how much good will she invested, she would never be able to truly understand what he lived through at the front, and it would be cruel beyond measure to force him to try make her understand anyway. So she only gave him a short kiss of her own and took his hand.

“Then it’s just as well that we can go to bed right after dinner. And tomorrow, we’ll go to Windcroft, where no one will throw bombs at either of us.”

“Wait.” He held her hand tightly, but didn’t move an inch when she, assuming he had really only wished for a private moment for a few kisses, tried to move towards the drawing room. “I have one more question.”

“Yes?” Her anxiety, just soothed, stirred again when she saw how serious he looked and how much he struggled to clothe his question into words.

“Theresa”, he managed to say, finally. “Is she here?”

“Terry? She’s at the Manor, with your parents. I didn’t intend to leave her behind for so long, but initially, my stay here was only meant to be for two days, and…John? What is it?”

At her words – her first words in this torrent of speech – he had closed his eyes and sagged against the wall with his back. “Oh, thank God”, he murmured. “I feared the worst.”

“You thought…Oh, John. She would have been just as safe as me.” She tried to sound optimistic as she said it, but hadn’t she herself said a silent prayer of thanks that her daughter was far away and safe this morning?

John forced a smile. “Of course. You’re right.” But she hadn’t imagined his relief. It was probably similar to what she felt when she saw him again during one of his leaves from the front. Somehow, she had learned to live with knowing that she could lose her husband forever any moment – there were too many war widows to not look that reality in the eye. But she couldn’t imagine going on without him and without Terry. She didn’t think she’d survive a loss like that. Not after everything she had already been through.

“I’m sure she’ll be overjoyed to see you again.”

“If she even recognizes me.”

“She will. And even if she doesn’t, she knows who you are. I tell her about you often enough.” Truthfully, Celeste wasn’t so certain herself. Her daughter was barely more than a year old, and the last time she had seen John had been late summer. For a child that small, a few months were a long time.

“Then I’m relying on your judgement.” He kissed her forehead one last time. “And now, we shouldn’t let the others wait any longer. Elsewise, we’re giving your aunt too much time to speculate.”

[hetacupid]

Hetalia Human Names

NOTE: This is my personal interpretation and the names may diverge from canon and established fanon. Also I might update this every so often to make it more accurate, depending on the information I find.

Table of Contents

The Main Characters

Western Europe

Northern Europe

Eastern Europe

Southern Europe

Western Asia

South Asia

East Asia

Southeast Asia

Oceania

Micronations

Former nations

The Main Characters

Italy Veneziano: Feliciano Vergano

I chose the name Vergano instead as it keeps the essense of the original surname, but is actually Italian.

Italy Romano: Lovino Vergano

Germany: Ludwig Beilschmidt

Japan: Kiku Honda

Prussia: Gilbert Beilschmidt

America: Alfred Franklin Jones

I like the headcanon of his middle name being "Freedom", but Franklin is my personal favourite.

England: Arthur James Kirkland

I came across this in a fic a while back and never looked back. This man needs a middle name.

France: Francis Bonnefoy

Russia: Ivan Braginsky

China: Yao Wang

Canada: Matthew Williams

Western Europe

Austria: Roderich Edelstein

Belgium: Laura Janssens

Liechtenstein: Erika Vogel

Luxembourg: Henri Janssens

I've also used the name Gabriel before, but it doesn't seem to be used much in Luxembourg, so Henri would be more fitting.

Monaco: Louise Bonnefoy

The name Louise and it's masculine variant, Louis, appear a few times in the Monaguesque royal family.

Netherlands: Willem Janssens

Willem appears a few times in the Dutch royal family, and it sounds a bit older than other suggested names, which reflects his age and general vibes imo. I really like this name.

Switzerland: Sebastian Zwingli

Personally I see his name "Basch" as a nickname for Sebastian. It's also easy to adapt to his official languages: Sebastian/Sébastién/Sebastiano. The Romansh variant would be Bistgaun, but the archaic version seems to be Bastgaun, which is more similar to Basch. I headcanon that he goes by the name "Basch" in all languages to make it more cohesive.

Northern Europe

Denmark: Mathias Rasmussen

I'm from Scandinavia myself and I don't know if it's widespread, but I've heard people say "all Danish people are named Rasmus" more than once, so I like to incorporate that into his surname.

Estonia: Eduard Kaasik

Around 50% of Estonia is covered in forest, and one of the most common tree types is birch. Kaasik is a common surname and means "birch forest".

Finland: Timo Väinämöinen

Iceland: Eiríkur Steinsson

Steinsson means "son of Stein (given name meaning stone)",. Also Emil isn't traditionally Icelandic, but it's widely used. Personally though, I prefer the name Eiríkur.

Latvia: Raivis Bērziņš

The surname Galante corresponds with the modern Latvian opera singer Inese Galante, but I couldn't find anything to suggest it's commonly used or that it's Latvian at all. Bērziņš is one of the most used Latvian surnames and means "birch tree", like Estonia's surname. Personally, I don't see the Baltics as siblings, but I think this would be a cute reference.

Also, based on what I read, surnames became common in Latvia around the 19th century, with Bērziņš being one of them. Latvia could have picked up whatever the people around him (Estonia) was using and made it his own.

Lithuania: Tolys Laurinaitis

Norway: Sigurd Bondevik

Sweden: Berwald Oxenstierna

Eastern Europe

Belarus: Natalya Arlovskaya

Bulgaria: Mihail Petrov Isporov

Isporov is the family name and is derived from an alternative name of Asparukh, the first king of the First Bulgarian Empire.

Czech: Tereza Novakova

Hungary: Erzsébet Héderváry

Moldova: Marcel Popescu

Poland: Feliks Łukasiewicz

Romania: Vladislav Popescu

Slovakia: Jozef Novak

Ukraine: Iryna Chernenko

Southern Europe

Greece: Herakles Karpusi

Portugal: João Silva Ferreira

Spain: Antonio Fernandez Carriedo

Western Asia

Cyprus: Stasinos Karpusi

Stasinos was one of the first European poets who wrote the epic poem Cypria.

Turkey: Sadiq Adnan

TRNC: Tarkan Adnan

South Asia

India: Rajesh Thakur

East Asia

Hong Kong: Leon Wang / Wong Kulung

Macau: Chen Wang

South Korea: Im Yong-soo

Taiwan: Mei Lin

Southeast Asia

Thailand: Prasert Chakri

Vietnam: Lien Nguyen

Africa

Cameroon: Emmanuel Mawdo Ahidjo

Many of the most commonly used forenames in Cameroon are of French or English origins, such as Emmanuel.

Mawdo means ‘elder’ in Fulfulde.

Ahidjo refers to the first president of Cameroon.

Egypt: Gupta Muhammad Hassan

Seychelles: Michelle Mancham

Americas

Cuba: Carlos Machado Rodríguez

Oceania

Australia: Daniel Kirkland

New Zealand: Zachary Kirkland

Micronations

Hutt River: Christopher Kirkland

Kugelmugel: Leopold Edelstein

Ladonia: Erland Oxenstierna

Molossia: Jacob Jones

"JJ" :)

Sealand: Peter Kirkland

Seborga: Romeo Vergano

Okay listen. I have no explaination, I just really like this name. Also, if the names of the trio is Peter, Wendy, and Romeo, they're all named after characters from literature. I think that's fun.

Wy: Wendy Kirkland

Former Nations

Ancient Egypt: Neferure

References the only biological child of Hatshepsut.

Ancient Greece: Helene

Ancient Rome: Marcus Valerius Maximus

Marcus is the praenomina (given name) and refers to how Romulus and Remus were said to have been twins of Mars, the god.

Valerius is the nomen gentilicium (hereditary name) and means “to be strong”.

Maximus is the cognomen and means “the greatest”.

Germania: Alaric

Holy Roman Empire: Otto Beilschmidt

Personally I like the idea that HRE and Germany aren't the same person, but share the same body.

[vanessalocke]

(This is about the 'your crush' meme) i'm curious about what you mean that Francis is Arthur's kids' father and not mother? Are they both not fathers?

[NSFW NSFW NSFW NSFW]

In my nationverse setup, the country-humans have no fixed gender. With different stages, their bodies will change to different genders depending on the period. To avoid trouble, for each body shape they will have different names. England in his male phase will use the name Arthur, while in her female phase she will use the name Alice. France in his male phase will use the name Francis, while in her female phase she will use the name Marianne. With each stage, hormones in the body and life circumstances will cause them to change their temperament, behavior and lifestyle, so even though they are the same person, Arthur still has differences compared to Alice.

Yes, for explaining the birth of children I never used headcanon mpreg. I changed the character's gender 👍

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WARNING DEAD DOVE. I have explained your question above. You can stop reading here.

In a fanfic (p0rn) that I would never, ever dare post, I mentioned the birth of Arthur and Marianne's children. The context of this fanfic is that Arthur has lost his memory of his French wife, and he slowly remembers their past times. I will quote somes passages so you can better understand the "context" of their children’s birth and... uhm, their ambiguous and troubled relationship (please don't judge me):

"He could only vaguely grasp the memories between the two at a time of change in the world, that they had stumbled and entwined with each other on a drunken night, they agreed to be s3x partners but there was no commitment. No more forced than that, and children, many children, were born one after another. They competed with each other, sharing power with each other. She was beheaded, he couldn't save her in time. The time between the two world wars made them closer than ever, but the physical element almost ceased to exist between them. After that, they gradually became cold to each other, Marianne was cold to him and he hated her."

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"Arthur remembered the first time they made love. He carried Marianne back to his pirate ship as a hostage, and then, they were drunk, Marianne herself took the initiative to seduce him. She took the initiative to seduce him, but at the peak moment, she told him not to c*m inside. How could he be so restrained? He c*m inside her twice, but the next time she begged him to c*m inside her. From the pirate ship to the land in the New World, that whole week they were like animals in heat clinging to each other. Children were born one after another, children with half English blood and half continental aristocratic blood."

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" “If you call me to be your husband, please fulfill the virtues of a wife.” Arthur said.

“Mmm~” She moaned, not knowing if it was in response to his words or because his stick rubbed evenly on the sweet spot inside her.

“That's being loyal to me, don't hang out with… guys from the continent. No, the women too.” Arthur hinted. He wrapped his hands around her breasts and fondled them a bit, thinking to himself that he needed to be more gentle with them. “It's up to you to give birth or not. But if you give birth to a child, only give birth to MY child.”

He kissed her shoulder. His hand reached down to caress her slightly bulging lower abdomen.

“Will you give birth to a litter of kittens, or a litter of wolf cubs?”

The strange vibration in Arthur's voice brought Marianne back to her senses a little. Drops of sweat fell from the two people, mixing with each other. She picked up the hand that was caressing her chest and kissed his wrist:

“If it was a girl, it would be a cat like me. If it was a boy, it would be a wolf like you.” She turned around, her purple eyes looking at him earnestly. “I will accept everything you give me and I will give you everything I have in return. I want to have children with the person I love.”

They kiss. Lips and tongue twisted, teasing like a couple. For Marianne, it was her husband's love. For Arthur, this was a dream in which his hatred, his first love, his obsession actively invited him and wanted to have children with him. He didn’t want to wake up."

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"When Marianne was sleeping soundly in his arms, Arthur was still restless. He looked at the person lying in his arms, running his hands through her brown hair. He observed her curled brown eyelids closing, her lips were faded with lipstick but still pink, her bare back was full of bite marks, and he still couldn't believe that she was now his wife.

Marianne stirred slightly. She wrapped her arms around him and nuzzled his chest. Even when she slept, he still felt that she loved him. It wasn't like this before. In the past, after both of them finished, they would both lie on opposite sides of the bed. At that time, he looked at her for a while and then left first. He didn't know how she would feel afterward, but he thought she wouldn't mind too much.

Then he fell asleep. He gradually remembered that in the past, their relationship only stopped at s3x partners. After that, when the relationship between both countries improved, she often went to England to hang out with him more. He grumbled at her, asking her why she came to his place to play, but still walked around with her. Every time she noticed a piece of jewelry, he would secretly buy it and give it to her in the name of a "diplomatic gift". They spent more time together without having s3x. They talked more, and sometimes he opened up to her. He gradually spent the night with her until morning, no longer leaving before she woke up. Their positions on the bed got closer little by little, then without knowing it, they gradually hugged each other and fell asleep. He discovered that when he hugged her, he slept better than usual.

In fact, they never said they loved each other. Never. Just one day, he suddenly became overwhelmed with nostalgia for that woman. He rushed out of the house, went to the jewelry store to buy a large diamond ring, then got on the train to cross the channel to get to her. The first thing he did when he met her was hug her. He saw her face turn pink. He asked her if he proposed to her now, would she agree? She thought he was joking, so without hesitation she jokingly told him that she would agree. Every now and then, he asked that question. Until he pushed her onto the bed, he still asked, and she was still half-joking and half-serious that she would. He was still not very sure. When he pushed inside her, she called him her beloved husband, she would love him to death.

When she woke up, there was a diamond ring in her hand. He asked her with a red face: do you want to be my wife? And they made love one more time. A few months later, they were officially husband and wife.

He will never forget the image of her in her wedding dress, walking towards him, telling him how handsome he looked and again saying that she would love him forever. He asked her why she chose him? She became confused. It's like the fact that she chose him was always obvious in her mind.

When he opened his eyes and woke up, tears were already falling on his face."

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As you might have guessed, actually at the time the children were born, they were not yet actually married, nor had they officially established a love relationship. During the war, they no longer had that friend with benefits relationship: both focused on other matters. They became teammates, and although they didn't make love, their relationship became deeper than ever. In the 60s and 70s, they became cold towards each other, but quickly pulled each other into other friend with benefits relationship. That's right, they love each other deeply, so every time they can't be together openly, or don't dare to confess their love to each other, or are denying their feelings, they will become fwb. It wasn't until the early 21st century that Arthur proposed to Marianne and they got married.

[idiasmentalhealth]

yo so this is really weird but im tryna think of names inspired by cozier songs and I see that you have a case of the hyper fixation so if it suits your fancy could you perhaps like think of some (no pressure at all btw)

i'm not entirely sure if i'll be much help but i will try my best :)

and p.s. a lot of his song reference stories i don't know much about and i'm willing to do some research to understand it but not that much so 😭

(edit note: i wrote this last night and stayed up till like 3am i think and i was gonna proofread it today but i was too busy/lazy and forgot to and i don't wanna take too long to reply so here you go good luck lol) i probably put way more effort into this than you wanted me to from the ask buttt too late now

ok so i'll start with the easier songs (the ones with actual names in the lyrics/title)

1.

"But, still, the mind, rejectin' this new empty space

Fills it with somethin' or someone

No closer could I be to God Or why he would do what he's done"

"What you're given, what you live in Darlin', it finds a way to live in you And your heart, love, has such darkness I feel it in the corners of the room"

Selby: gender-neutral name meaning "manor village; from the willow farm"

note that these songs are inspired by the fictional character De Selby. Hozier describes him as "-this philosopher, this kind of scholar, who's kind of part genius part lunatic. He sees the world through a very dream-like logic." its up to you if you want to name ur character after a song inspired by another character or not lol

here's a cool little description of the name on thebump.com: "Selby is a gender-neutral name of English origin, meaning “manor village.” Softly alluding to a place of dwelling in Yorkshire, England, Selby is a wholesome moniker that feels like home the minute it’s spoken. Selby is also a name linked to Old Norse history and points to a person or thing “from the willow farm.” Known for its connections to the Underworld and Otherworld, willow trees, in all their cosmic wonder, put realms beyond imagination right at our fingertips. Both an abode and a bridge to a land existent only in legends, Selby inspires us to look beyond what our eyes can see but reminds us to stay grounded while we’re at it!"

and hozier's other song "Would That I" also references willow trees so in a way it's inspired by 3 songs?

2.

"Do you think I'd give up

That this might've shook the love from me

Or that I was on the brink?

How could you think, darling, I'd scare so easily?

Now that it's done

There's not one thing that I would change

My life was a storm, since I was born

How could I fear any hurricane?"

"Heaven is not fit to house a love (like you and I)"

This song is about the story of Francesca da Ramini in the 2nd circle of hell. Basically Francesca has an affair with Paolo Malasta because of how unpleasant her husband (Paolo's brother) is. Eventually they get found out and her husband kills them. She's saying that even though she's in the 2nd circle of hell (where lustful souls are punished by somekind of hurricane) she doesn't regret loving Paolo and would do it all again. - a summary of a comment on genius.com about the lyrics

Francesca: feminine name meaning "free."

similar names: Francis, Francisca/o

you could also use Paolo (meaning "small; humble) if you want

3.

"I do not have wings, love, I never will

Soarin' over a world you are carryin'

If these heights should bring my fall

Let me be your own

Icarian carrion

If the wind turns, if I hit a squall

Allow the ground to find its brutal way to me

If I should fall, on that day

I only pray, don't fall away from me"

clearly referencing icarus, the man who flew too close to the sun

Icarus: "follower; the one who reaches the sky"

4.

"I'd be the voice that urged Orpheus

When her body was found"

"And I'd be the immediate forgiveness

In Eurydice

Imagine being loved by me"

Orpheus: "the darkness of night"

Eurydice: "wide justice"

similar names: Alice, Justyce, Justin/e

ok now to get more creative

or not. quite a few of his songs reference light/darkness and there are a LOT of names that reference either one of those 😭 here's some examples:

light/shinning/clear/etc:

Phoebe, Clara, Nora, Lucian, Lucius, Elena, Ayla, Claire, Bodhi, Lucia

dark/shadow/etc:

Adriana, Achlys, Akmad, Apollo, Azazel, Asra, Carey, Colin, Corvina, Cronan

now back to "Would That I," he describes 2 kinds of loves in this song: the willow tree and the fire. thr willow being a past love, and the fire being the new that burnst away the attachment to the old. or something like, that im tired.

could always use Willow, which i think is a pretty name.

other names meaning willow tree: Dozier (haha), Arava, Salton, Wellesley, Liu, Wilford, Osier, Vide, Lian, Verba

names meaning fire: Ember, Bedelia (goddess of fire in Celtic mythology), Bridget, Calida, Cyra, Enya, Eliane, Elidth, Elidi, Hestia, Helia, Idalia, Mehri, Soleil, Seraphina, Oriane, Nina (also mentioned in "Nina Cried Power" which is a protest song)

speaking of Nina Cried power, a list of all the names in the song just in case: Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Mavis Staples, Curtis Mayfield, Patti Smith, John Lennon, James Brown, B.B. King, Joni Mitchell, Pete Seeger, Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie. These are all names of musicians who contributed to the battle for equality over the years (Civil Rights Movement and other such protests) not sure if you'd want to name your character one of these since it wouldn't exactly be naming them after a Hozier song, but i felt like i should mention them anyways

other names mentioned in song lyrics but i'm too tired to do more researching rn: Cher, Atlas, Fred, Sergei (Sergei Polunin, the dancer in the music video for "Movement")

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The End

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/ZLmbVrN by Parasocial_Investigator Arthur woke up sore and exhausted, apparently he hadn't slept well last night. Groaning, he pushed himself up and rubbed his head. He lifted his eyes groggily and looked next to him, opening his mouth to say good morning to Francis. A string of swears spill out of him instead when he sees Alfred sitting next to him, blue eyed and staring. “Arthur,” He began. His dark shirt was crinkled and his glasses were on the nightstand, blonde hair bed trodden and messy. Shit. This wasn't even Arthurs own bed he was sitting on, it was Alfred's. “Don't-” Arthur breathed, dropping his head into his hands. “Don't even say anything.”   OR Arthur has a bad morning. Words: 1729, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Hetalia (Anime & Manga) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: America (Hetalia), England (Hetalia), France (Hetalia) Relationships: America/England (Hetalia) Additional Tags: Cheating, Implied Sexual Content, Background FrUk - Freeform, no beta we die like HRE read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/ZLmbVrN

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AMOUROUSNESS  (Leah Williamson x OC)

So any Wattpad folk might already recognise this but what are people's thoughts about me bringing my Leah fic to Tumblr....???

A M O R O U S N E S S

- full of or strongly disposed to romantic love a feeling of love or fondness -

am · o · rous · ness

" the one where two of england's greatest footballers come together to form an unstoppable lioness bond "

: MEET THE CAST :

" the newbie "

OTTILIA "OLLIE" MURPHIE BRIGHT

| 20 yrs old | september 1st, 2001 |

[fc: tabitha swatosh]

" the captain "

LEAH CATHERINE WILLIAMSON

| 25 yrs old | march 29th, 1997 |

[fc: herself]

" the brightness "

STEVE & NICOLA BRIGHT

[fc: paul rudd & jo frost]

MILLICENT "MILLIE" BRIGHT

| 28 yrs old |

[fc: herself]

WILBUR "BILLIE" & BEATRICE BRIGHT

| 28 yrs old | 26 yrs old |

[fc: mitchell hope & laura marano]

SHEPHERD FRANCIS, ETTA HARRIET & WILDER PHEONIX BRIGHT

| 5 yrs old | 3 yrs old | 1 yr old |

[fc: landen roque, poise labrant, zealand labrant]

PLUS THE ENGLAND LIONESSES AND MORE...

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names, most surnames (2)

Allow me to apologize again for this partial list of names in the library,  titles available on request…

amis, acker kathy, ackroyd peter, abbey edward, aldiss brian, alcott louisa, m. anonymous, aldiss brian editor, ackroyd peter, allende isabel, acker kathy, adair gilbert, adams richard, asimov isaac, alcott louisa m., austen jane, azhayev vasili, asimov isaac, austen jane, ableman paul, amis martin, atwood marga,ret adams richard, abish walter, burroughs edgar rice, benn melissa, butler samuel, blyton enid, beckett samuel, beckett samuel, blyton enid, billington rachel, burnford. sheila, burroughs edgar r,ice bentley phyllis, burney francis, burroughs edgar rice, burroughs edgar rice, compton-burnett ivy, bryant arthur, burchard johann, bryant arthur, brame charlotte, bryant arthur, boll heinrich, buckeridge ant,hony boston l.m., buchan john, brightwen mrs illustrated by f carruthers gold, bronte charlotte, bradbury ray, banks lynne reid, barr pat, betto fre,i baxter stephen, banks iain, bronte charlotte, bryant arthur, banks iain m illustrated by nick day, bradbury malcolm, bell adrian, ballantyne r,.m. balzac honore de, benson e.f, barth richard, barrie j.m, bainbridge beryl, bronte emily, ballard j.g, bronte charl,otte borden mary, black lionel , bellow saul, introduced b,y j. michael walton wilde oscar, salgado gamini, ready stuart, besier rudolf, salgado gamini, euripides, euripides, williams t,ennessee sophocles, ionesco. eugene, ibsen henrick, marillier chri,stabel jonson ben, bennett alan, ionesco eugene, brenton. howard, stoppard tom, pinter harold, aristophanes, arnold mathew, daisenberger j.a., stoppard tom, eliot t.s., creeley rob,ert chaucer geoffrey - edited by walter w. skeat, cronin a. j., carr j. l., cooper edmu,nd colette, chevalier tracy, cosse laurence, christopher joh,n chatwin bruce, collingwood h, cather willa, cattieuchlan, crane stephen, calvino italo, collier eric, cela camilo c,ela crichton micheal, carpino f. brancaccio di, comrie margaret s., chabon michael, crofts freeman wills, carre john le, crace jim, michael co,x and r. a. gilbert cheever john, cardetti raphael, coolidge clark, chevallier gabr,ial coxe harmon george, cronin a. j., cheyney peter, conway hugh, cullum ridgwell, christian catherine, crace jim, crace jim, dickens charles, dickens charles, dunn nell, defoe dani,el bernheim emmanuele, doctorow e.l., chesterton g. k., donleavy j.p., bronte charlotte, duggan alfred, delany samuel r. - petaja emil, durrell gerald, dallek robert, dickens charles, dickens charles, dalby richard ed,. dickens charles, chang jung, delacorta, dickens ch,arles dickens charles, conan-doyle arthur, du maurier daphne, dostoyevsky f.m, durrant valentine, durrant valentine, donoso jose, delillo don, delillo don, defoe daniel, defoe daniel, duke neville, colette, camus albert, cheever john, egan frank, eastwood helen, england barry, duke of windsor, eden emily, egan greg, edwardson ake, franken rose, fowles john, frzer douglas, fielding henry, frankau gilbert, featherstone don,ald fyson j.g., fitzgerald f. scott, fyfield francis, fletcher h.l.v., ford madox ford, fuentes carlos, fuentes carlos, fossum karin, fielding henry, fielding henry, fox gardner f., forester c.s., flaubert gustave, forsyth frederick, fitchett w.h., faulkner willi,am gallico paul, garfeld leon, galsworthy john, gaskin catherine, goldring douglas, greene graham, fletcher j. s., goldsmith olive,r grey zane, faulkner william, grisham john, greene graham, green f.l., delany samuel r, fenn george manville, gide andre, grimwood jon courtenay , gordimer nadine, grisham john, greene graham, greene graham, grass gunter, galsworthy john, gray malcolm, gou xiaolu, goldsmith oliver, greene graham, harsch rick, hill weldon, hall radclyffe, hibbert christopher, hanley james, hemingway ernest, hardy thomas, horvath odon von, conan-doyle arthu,r scott-giles c.w., kollings ken, herbert a.p., houellebecq m,ichel hawes james, holt anne, hopkins r. thurston, huxley aldous, hawkins paula, holwell william, indridason arnaldur, inoue yasushi, ishiguro kazuo, houellebecq michel, hesse hermann, hemingway erne,st hamilton peter f., howard cecil, hyland ann, jewett sara,h orne - with a preface by willa cather joinville & villehardouin, jelinek elfriede, james m. r., jonke gert, moyle j.b.  (translator) - justinian, johns capt. w.e., jerome jerome k, jenkins elizabet,h jenkins elizabeth, james m. r., kipling rudyard, kipling rudyard, kipling rudyard, kipling rudyard, kerr j. lennox, kipling rudyard, kilvert rev francis, kipling rudyard, kipling rudyard, kent nora, kipling rudyard, king stephen, kipling rudyard, kipling rudyard, kipling rudyard, khadra yasmina, khadra yasmina, kipling rudyard, kipling rudyard, lovell ann, koontz dean, lucas-philli,ps c.e. kafka franz, leyner marx, linklater eric, kipling rudyard, kipling rudyard, kennard mrs. edward, kipling rudyard, kipling rudyard, kipling rudyard, kipling rudyard, kipling rudyard, leskov nikolai, leyner mark, lewis norman, carre john le, lee laurie, kilver francis - edited william plover, leyner mark, laver james, lear edward, lever charles, laing e.t., carre john le, longmate norma,n lane jane, lewycka marina, baker margaret, llwelyn davis w,eeks forestier-walker and bor wenstrom o. edmund and harlock walter e., rensschler eric, st. claire byrne muriel, day mabel  (edited by), linklater eric, linklater eric, linklater eric, martel yann, lewis c. s., lee laurie, longford elizabeth, lewis c. s., mason a.e.w, maupassant guy de, maclean alistair, masters john, reich-ranicki marcel, melwood mary, mathews basil, mackenzie fait,h compton maxwell  w. b., macleod m kathleen, mcwilliam candia, mee arthur, marquez gabriel garcia mendoza plinio apuleyo, maurois andre, maclean alistair, mankowitz wolf, masefield john, marryat captain, macnamara brinsley, morris william, murdoch iris, mandelstam. osip, morris william, murdoch iris, mustoe anne, morris william, morris william, bradbury ray, gifford barry, miller henry, maturin charles, millet lydia, mitchison naomi, michener james, mcewan ian, miln lousie, jordan mitford mary russell, menglong feng, munthe. alex, moran lord, nicholl charles, new yorker the editors, oppenheim e.phillips, o'neill jamie, oppenheim e.phillips, nin anais, nairne a, hughes-pa,rry j. powell anthony, ponsonby d.a., price anthony, pangborn edgar, pollard velma, priestley j.b, barry n. malzberg & bill pronzini, powell anthony, nabokov vladimir, porter sheena, peacock thomas love, pratchett terry ian ,stewart and jack cohen powell anthony, percy w. s., needham violet, raymond diana, russo richard, rice margery spring, rabelais, reed thom,as baines russ joanna, remarque erich maria, pearson hesketh, rezzori gregor v,on rolfe fr- frederick baron corvo, sayers dorothy l. sayers  (translator), renault mary, raphael frede,ric phillips adam, robertson e.arnot, pavic milorad, robinson heath, rendell ruth, read miss, robinson heath, rice elmer, rackham arthur, rutley c. bernard, renault mary, steinbeck joh,n smith alexander mccall, spyris johanna, sabatini rafael, spalding francis, stables gordon, camus albert, sinclair upton, stowe harriet b,eecher shem samuel, sienkiewicz henryk, swift jonathan, samuel maurice, scott sir walter, scott paul, stowe harriet beecher, scott sir walter, skinner john, sterne laurence, sewell anna, stevenson d.,e. sitwell edith, strang herbert, surtees r. s., sidney sir phi,llip stout william, sigurdardottir yrsa, solzhenitsyn alexander, scott sir walter, stephenson neil, self will, styron william, scott sir walte,r scott sir walter, scott sir walter, slavicsek bill, sebold alice, smith f seymour, slaughter frank, seth vkram, trollope jo,anna henry fielding, trevelyan g. m., thelwell normal, trevor elleston, thompson flora, thompson flora, tey josephine, tyler j.e.a., tutton diana, tuchman barbara, tolkien j.r.r, duke of windso,r wheatley dennis, wilkinson gerald, wells h.g, rawnsley c,.f. and wright robert white patrick, winchester simon, waugh evelyn, wodehouse p.g,. walsh j. m., welles orson, wood mrs henry, wren p.c, waugh auberon, white. t. h., white t. h., westo kjell, webster jason, wain john, quin b. g., westall rob,ert white t.h, wodehouse p.g, wodehouse p.g, westerfield sc,ott wodehouse p.g, zweig stefan, wodehouse p.g, urquhart r.e., wyndham john, wodehouse p.g, wodehouse p.g, waugh evelyn, wallace edgar, vine barbara, white patrick, virgil, vesaas tarjei, varesi valerio, vine barbara, updike john, young francis brett, vaizey george, wilde oscar, verne jules, wheatley dennis, updike john, markham mrs, vine barbara, vine barbara, kilvert rev francis, kilvert rev francis, new towns act 1946 -, leyser henrietta, perry anderson malcolm bull jan breman rob lucas david simpson rachel malik alexander zevin marco d'eramo, shaw george bernard, shaw george bernard, shakespeare william, shaw george bernard, shakespeare william, shaw george bernard, shaw bernard, shakespeare william, shaw bernard, shakespeare w,illiam shaw george bernard, shaw bernard, shaw george bernard, shaw george bernard, shaw bernard, sturgess keith (edited), euripides, matsumoto ,seicho lewis naomi, lang andrew, goethe, aristop,hanes pevsner nicholas, alvarez a., de la mare walter, larkin phillip, townsend sue, kyd thomas, euripides, lawrence d,. h. anderson w.e.k., marvell andrew, allan c.f., de la mare ,walter illustrated by edward ardizzone mitchell tony, plath sylvia, hobbs jack and hobbs margaret, spender stephen, whittier john greenleaf, millay edna st. vincent, bridges robert, steakley james , arkell reginald, thompson francis, arkell reginald, townsend sue, stamp l. dudley, keats john, farmer john s. , gollancz sir isr,ael and  day mabel and serjeantson mary s hood thomas, milton john, walsh michae,l (editor) barkow al, british sociological association, burgess tyrrell, bentley michael, braudel fernand, de botton alain, ardrey robert, barrow r. h., bennett joan, aylward j. d., albert marvin h., alford violet, ali ayaan hirsi, cookson mrs. nesfield, cecil david, cudlipp hugh, conway gregory j., ccta, beard patten, clarke mike, deighton k, doyle clare, cottrell leonard, the ecologist, ellis chri, furmston m.p. and simpson a.w.b, elton lord, arellano ro,bert williams reese, brandys kazimierz, rich adrienne, lee laurie, khorsandi shappi, midgley mary, blackburn robin , butler samuel, butler samuel, burroughs william s, brooke nichlas, d.s.pugh d.j.hi,ckman c.r.hinings moliere, hamilton ronald, hill christopher, hackforth-jones g,ilbert hartley john, hervey h.e., kynaston david, herrmann paul, gregory otto, clay a.j. mackenzie, gombrick e.h. and kris k, kingsmill hugh, lloyd christopher, jarvns matt, labour party research department, jacob e. f., krake ken, longmate norman, golding louis, jackson major ,donovan james philip, lethbridge t. c., liechti elaine, ladurie emmanue,l le roy morris desmond, malina f.j, p.m., mundy, john h. carroll noel , middleton john , perniola mario, maxton james, paz octavio, menzies gavin, plaskitt harold and jrdan percy, woodward c. vann, rowntree b.seebohm and lavers g.r., weill herman n., wellman paul i, victor weybrigh,t and henry blackman sell scruton roger, smith j.c., taylor g. rattray, the times, thompson james westfall, taylor arthur, kulke hermann and rothermund dietmar, thomas mary, diamond jared, bacigalupi paolo, johnston william r., woods william, woodward sir llewellyn, shaw josephine, williams christopher, sidebotham helen m., williamson james a., tuchman barbara, smith wm. dr. (on the plan of), tafuri manfredo, bussi michel, rose richard , rawlinson george, rayner robert m., tisserand robert, ibsen henrick, ackroyd peter, powys t. f., sansom william, byatt a.s., bertrand a. and guillaumin a., bryant arthur, palgrave francis t., trewin j.c, morton a. l., mathews hazel, c. johnson a. h., gregory e. w., brogan d.w, tuchman bar,bara howard elizabeth jane, howard elizabeth jane, kerr philip , burton mauric,e borman tracy, kumar manjit, bryant arthur, moers ellen, simpson jacqueline, longmate norman, leasor james, piggott derek, lewycka marina, duncan f. martin and duncan  l.t., armstrong karen, rankin nicholas, catton eleanor, harrison harry and stover leon e., prose francine, jacob naomi, lovell terry, webb marion st.john, sheppard elizabeth sara, dickinson g. lowes, king laurie r, hawthorne james, levy yank, ley wilfre,d rooke kelman janet harvey and rev theodore wood, agar winifred and others, blom eric, house rich,ard field robert, van loon hendrick, hayward gallery, eitlinger l.d. a,nd holloway r.g. fougasse and mccullough, davison philip, turnbull agnes sligh, harrison sidney, ashley maurice, oakeshott w. ewart, steingarten jeffrey, linna vaino, brecht bertholt, benni stefano, winbolt s. e., plumb j. h., bryson bill, prebble john, knight margeret, quarrie bruce, spry constance, squires patricia, smith ali, hadley tes,sa eng tan twan, virno paolo, wilson sloan, campbell alan, cumming charles, pedly robin, clegg alec and megson barbara, holt john, laurie peter, motley john lothrop, beumarchais repertoire general du theatre francais, de la mare walter. mackenzie compton. farjeon  elea,nor lord dunsany  blackwood  algernon etc... betz, bjork samuel, campbell alan, archer thomas ,and amelia hutchinson stirling dollimore jonathan and sinfield alan, deegan denise, holdsworth r.v., durband alan, douglas lloyd c., ash william, dyer gillian and baehr helen, lindop audrey erskine, percival maciver, bellamy h.s., robbe-grillet alain, frith henry, barnett richard, bumpus t. francis, bartholomews, harrow school, martin george, hayward gallery, ducros louis, defrates joan,na ali tariq, lowry malcom (edited by harver briet and margerie bonner lowry), colour, robinso,n francis benton dr micheal j., rankin robert, leonard. jonathan norton, edey maitland a., trippet frank, norton-taylor  duncan, hamblin dora jane, edey maitland a., hicks jim, knauth. percy, dancona p and aeschlimann e, urwin e.c., joyce graham, leslie doris, oakeshott w. ewart, department of scial, and administrative studies oxford university grossman vasily, sinclair andrew, quennell marjorie and c.h.b, smith alexander mccall, crispen edmund, kipling rudyard, oscar wilde mervyn peake, proust marcel illustrated, by phillipe julian proust marcel, chesterton g. k., kipling rudyard, ardrey robert, pakenham elizabeth, bradford ernle, kohn george childs, mcmahon katherine, introduced by j. michael walton, allegro j.m., leakey richard e. lewin roger, sobel dava, lancaster 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[poorly-drawn-frenchman]

A birthday story

The flames on the candles flickered softly, illuminating the small cake that sat on the table before him, there were only 4 candles but it was good enough. The little man made of muslin and stuffing smiled, though his eyes seemed sad, watching the wax slowly roll down each of the candles before he leaned in closer. " Joyeux anniversaire à moi, joyeux anniversaire à moi, joyeux anniversaire à Francis, joyeux anniversaire à moi " despite a lack of lungs, he took a deep breath and blew the candles out, darkness gently falling upon the room once more before the sunrise gently crept in through the window. He yawned softly and got down from his chair, rubbing his eyes sleepily as he sought out a plate and a small butterknife. As he went to retrieve said items there was a knock at the door and it slowly opened to reveal a certain Frenchmen, his eyes falling upon the small man before he smiled, kneeling down to the ground to see him better.

" mon petit, ça fait si longtemps que je ne t'ai pas vu. Je suis vraiment désolé " he opened his arms wide, watching the other blink for a moment as he processed what was happening before he he took a running start into his arms,  clutching to his shirt as the frenchmen stood and held him in an embrace. Though he had no tears to shed the little man sobbed and cried his heart out, clinging to the man as if his life depended on, until he finally fell silent and calmed down. " Pourquoi as-tu dû partir si longtemps ? " he asked quietly " tout es devenu frénétique si vite, un nouveau millénaire a commencé et tout- " " pourquoi es-tu revenu ? " he asked again, the frenchmen was silent, "...France? " he looked up at his face and realized it was blurrier than before. The little man's eyes widened as he pulled away, and took a step back " qu-qu'est-ce qui t'est arrivé ? " he was met with dull eyes before the other spoke " Je ne reviens pas petit, tu dois te réveiller " " M-mais toi! " " se réveiller ". Petit woke with a start and looked around, the candles had been freshly blown out and the sunrise was still making its way in, it had all been a dream.

He sighed and put his face in his hands, rubbing his eyes before he got down from the chair, slowly trudging his way to the plates. Then there was a knock, quiet at first, and then a louder one. Before he could say a word the door opened and two men stood before him, both were young and blonde, the one with a curl hanging down infront of his face carefully knelt down infront of him " um, c'est toi petit, n'est-ce pas? ".

Petit nodded silently as the other, more excitable, man followed suit and got down " wow! England wasn't kidding after all, sweet! Were here to bust you out little guy!.... atleast for today ". The little man suddenly smiled and offered a hand to the both of then, " bonjour, vous voulez du gâteau ? "

Translations:

Happy Birthday to me, happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to Francis, happy Birthday to me.

my little one, it's been so long since I saw you, I am really sorry.

Why did you have to leave for so long?  everything got so busy so fast, a new millennium has started and everything-

Why did you come back?

Wh-what happened to you?

I'm not coming back little one, you need to wake up

B-but you!

Wake up.

You are petit, aren't you?

Hello, would you like some cake?

EDIT: some phrases have been fixed with some very lovely and appreciated help from someone who actually knows French

[catherinetheprincessofwales]

William, The Conqueror to Catherine, The Princess of Wales ⤜ The Princess of Wales is William I's 27th Great-Granddaughter  via her paternal grandfather’s line.

William the Conqueror (m. Matilda of Flanders)

Henry I, King of England (m. Matilda of Scotland)

Empress Matilda (m. Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou)

Henry II, King of England (m. Eleanor of Aquitaine)

John I, King of England (m. Isabella of Angoulême)

Henry III, King of England (m. Eleanor of Provence)

Edmund, Earl of Lancaster (m. Blanche of Artois)

Henry, 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster (m. Matilda de Chaworth)

Mary of Lancaster, Baroness Percy (m. Henry de Percy, 3rd Lord Percy) - Coat of Arms

Sir Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (m. Margaret de Neville)

Sir Henry ‘Hotspur’ Percy (m. Elizabeth Mortimer)

Sir Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (m. Lady Eleanor Neville) - Coat of Arms

Sir Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (m. Eleanor, Baroness Poynings) - Coat of Arms

Lady Margaret Percy (m. Sir William Gascoigne)

Agnes Gascoigne (m. Sir Thomas Fairfax) - Gawthorpe Hall, family seat.

William Fairfax (m. Anne Baker) - Gilling Castle, family seat. 

John Fairfax (m. Mary Birch) Master of the Great Hospital at Norwich, Norfolk

Rev. Benjamin Fairfax (m. Sarah Galliard), Preacher at Rumburgh, Suffolk.

Benjamin Fairfax (m. Bridget Stringer) died in Halesworth, Suffolk.

Sarah Fairfax (m. Rev. John Meadows) died in Ousedon, Suffolk.

Philip Meadows (m. Margaret Hall)

Sarah Meadows (m. Dr. David Martineau)

Thomas Martineau (m. Elizabeth Rankin) buried at Rosary Cemetery, Norwich.

Elizabeth Martineau (m. Dr. Thomas Michael Greenhow) died in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

Frances Elizabeth Greenhow (m. Francis Lupton)

Francis Martineau Lupton (m. Harriet Albina Davis)

Olive Christina Lupton (m. Richard Noel Middleton)

Peter Francis Middleton (m. Valerie Glassborow)

Michael Francis Middleton (m. Carole Elizabeth Goldsmith)

The Princess of Wales m. The Prince of Wales