#Gérard de Villefort

[chateau-dilf]

Fun date idea: you have my child out of wedlock and I bury him in the garden

[ninadove]

A word on Benedetto’s father figures

Because I’ve been thinking about it all week. Have some parallels and contrasts, my friends:

Villefort:

Starts off Benedetto’s story extremely strongly by literally burying him alive within minutes of his birth. No one has ever failed their son harder.

Might have been onto something when he said crime spread around him and from him like a disease. Seriously, look at this family! It’s so dysfunctional in so many ways!!! If you’re a nature-over-nurture person, it’s not that far-fetched to suppose Benedetto got the Criminal Gene™ from him.

Literally changed his name to hide his compromising origins (as much as humanly possible in the spheres he frequents).

Burnt Edmond’s denunciation letter. Guess who else likes to burn things?

Is brought down by the literal unearthing of his biggest secret, which in turn concludes Benedetto’s arc.

Bertuccio:

Is, literally, the one who gave Benedetto life, and the emissary of Providence™ who shows up to bestow blessings upon him at semi-regular intervals.

Unfortunately, those gifts are always cursed. Surprise salvation from the grave in the garden? Only happens because Bertuccio tried to murder the kid’s father first, and results in what is functionally a kidnapping. Surprise adoption? Results in Benedetto being raised by a literal criminal, who is #shocked when his protege starts hanging out with ill-intentioned older boys and disciplines him with what we can reasonably assume from the unreliable narration is the good old belt. Surprise life-changing information about his origins that Bertuccio held onto all these years? Only revealed to cement Benedetto’s status as Monte-Cristo’s puppet.

Crumbled the second Benedetto questioned his ascendance, therefore drawing a clear link between authority and paternity and reinforcing the kid’s desire to defy both.

“Major Cavalcanti”:

Is just Some Guy™.

And yet, they have so much in common: both are impostors trapped in Monte-Cristo’s web, both are passionate about scamming rich people. There’s a quasi-instantaneous recognition between the two and, because they share the same goal, they develop a strangely wholesome understanding…? It’s forced coexistence as much as it is respect, but it’s not deprived of a weird sort of warmth, and Monte-Cristo himself comments on how much it looks like actual familial love. The contrast with Caderousse could not be harsher.

In virtue of his fake wealth and fake fatherhood, the Major becomes the Ultimate Authority™ ‘Andrea’ name-drops every time he wants to advance in society.

Caderousse:

Outwardly, he adopts all the attributes of a good father. He taught Benedetto most of his tricks! He feeds him! He talks of all the hardships they’ve been through together, like a family would!

But, of course, what he’s really doing is blackmailing Benedetto. Caderousse wants money, and it’s taken him a while to actually get his hands dirty, but he’s finally graduating to murder! And his silly young friend should help him if he doesn’t want his blood spilled on Place de Grève.

Anyway Benedetto stabs that guy real bad. I thought it was hilarious of him.

Danglars:

As Andrea’s future father-in-law, Danglars is his ticket towards the life of luxury without effort he has always wanted.

Of course, Danglars is using Andrea for the same reason Caderousse uses Benedetto: for money. Both of them lie about what they own, ergo about who they are, to get their hands on what they think the other has. This is especially interesting when put in perspective with the brutal honesty Danglars employs when talking to Eugénie, who he treats like a son and almost business partner rather than like a daughter (Transmasc Eugénie Truthers, rise up!).

… But of course, he still wants people to think of he and Andrea as family to strengthen his own nobility: if his son (in-law) is a prince, a title Danglars repeats ad nauseam, doesn’t that make him a king?

All things considered, despite losing their freedom (temporarily in Danglars’ case), money and status, both of them get a relatively happy ending compared to most of the cast.

Monte-Cristo:

BUCKLE UP THIS IS THE MOST INTERESTING.

Twice Benedetto raises the possibility of Monte-Cristo being his biological father, a perfectly logical conclusion in light of what he has done for him; in turn, Monte-Cristo recognises Benedetto as one of God’s punishers, a title he otherwise only attributes to himself.

Both of them went through a symbolic rebirth after being buried alive.

Both of them were wrongly accused of being evil incarnate, but eventually graduated to Full-On Criminals. Talk about self-fulfilling prophecies.

Escape Artists™

Both had to completely reinvent themselves, down to their names and origins, to achieve their ambitions.

Ruined engagement ceremony!!! This also draws parallels to Villefort and, interestingly, to Valentine and Franz.

THIS:

🇫🇷 « Ce calme, cette parfaite aisance firent comprendre à Andrea qu’il était pour le moment étreint par une main plus musculeuse que la sienne, et que l’étreinte n’en pouvait être facilement brisée. »

🇬🇧 « This calm, this perfect poise told Andrea that he was presently held by a hand far stronger than his, whose grip could not be escaped easily. »

Both Edmond and Benedetto know they are prisoners of people more powerful than they are, of the narrative, of a superior power that wields them like knives; both Monte-Cristo and Andrea accept their role as knives in the hope of eventually slicing through their ties. Whether or not they succeeded in the end is up to the reader’s interpretation.

[vonlipvig]

he's got a list of names and theirs are in red underlined ❌❌❌

it's about time i sat down to doodle my versions of the characters from the count of monte cristo, so here's dantès and the three beloatheds lmao.

[forsuperbang]

You haven't known true pain until your small pairing in a small fandom has less than five fanfics.

[jeanlib]

Nicolas Maupas as Albert de Morcerf and Bastien Fontaine-Oberto as Franz d'Epinay

Blake Ritson as Danglars and Harry Taurasi as Fernand Mondego

Jason Barnett as Caderousse

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard as Gérard Villefort

Gabriella Pession as Hermine Danglars

[pedanther]

The Calendar of Monte Cristo: Age Chart

The ages of the characters in The Count of Monte Cristo, in 1838, from oldest to youngest.

Major characters bolded, minor characters in italics. Characters who died before 1838 are marked † and the age is what they would have been if still living.

Historical figures are included only if the text mentions their age (and with fair warning that, in every such case, the text fails to match the historical record).

Abbé Faria † (80ish)

Ali Pasha † (76)

M. Noirtier (73–78)

Duc de Blacas (73–75)

Madame de Saint-Méran (66 or 73)

Barrois (60)

Israel Bertuccio † (58–63)

M. Morrel † (58)

The telegraph operator at Montlhéry (55)

Bartolomeo Cavalcanti (52)

Gérard de Villefort (49–50)

Danglars (48–50)

Gaspard Caderousse (48–50)

Giovanni Bertuccio (45–50)

Fernand Mondego (44–45)

Edmond Dantès (41–42)

Hermine Danglars (39–40)

Mercédès (39)

Emmanuel Herbault (32–33)

Maximilien Morrel (30–31)

Raoul de Château-Renaud (30)

Franz d’Epinay (25)

Héloïse de Villefort (25)

Julie Herbault (25)

Peppino (24–26)

Luigi Vampa (22)

Teresa (21)

Haydée (21)

Albert de Morcerf (21)

Benedetto (20)

Valentine de Villefort (19)

Eugénie Danglars (17)

Edouard de Villefort (7–8)

No age given (listed in order of first mention):

Captain Leclère †

Louis Dantès †

Monsieur de Saint-Méran

Renée de Villefort †

General d’Epinay †

M. de Boville

Jacopo

Madeleine Caderousse †

Coclès

Penelon

Ali

Beauchamp

Lucien Debray

Baptistin

Louise d’Armilly

Assunta †

The jeweller †

Dr. d’Avrigny

[darchildre]

Really enjoying the little grace note of Villefort being so very insistent that ghosts certainly do not exist, his ex-mother-in-law definitely didn't see one and absolutely isn't going to haunt him after her death. Ahahaha, no, he isn't worried about ghosts and has never thought about them before, why do you ask?

You buried your newborn illegitimate son alive in a box in your backyard, my guy.

I realize that the illegitimate son in question is very much alive, but by all the laws of fiction, no one has more deliberately signed up to be haunted than M. Gérard de Villefort.

[fangemorose]

gérard de villefort has daddy issues and on top of that he's a workaholic. i mean, how could I not love him?

[bokettochild]

Opera House AU: Count of Monte Cristo

Lullaby, after finding out that Time's music skills allow for more than soothing their Opera Baby, decides to hunt for a musical in which she can cast their stunt coordinator so that he has to show off his talents.

She finally finds it, after the opera house has grown some and the youngsters are old enough to be of more help:

The Count of Monte Cristo

Time is dubious, sure, but once she convinces him (with some bribery and the promise that he'll be working with Malon some on this thing) he eventually agrees.

Hell to Your Doorstep has never sounded so amazing, and Time belts it out with all the rage and fury to make Dei himself impressed. Sure, Lullaby didn't get him on stage with his guitar, but he's singing like he used to, and if the Indi-Go's volunteered to feature (free of charge!) so they could back that song? Well, that will certainly draw the crowds in!

Dusk as Mercedes has some side effects (her tears are more real than the most of the others know) but she's too perfect in the role.

As for the rest of the cast, well! Twilight made a fine Fernand, although the military uniform Styla had on hand had to be altered considerably to fit him. It was a bit awkward pretending to be Dusk's husband, but with Legend as Albert they were able to have a good laugh about it (can they stop being cast as a family? this is getting weird, Lullaby, seriously.)

Hyrule made his first on stage appearance as Franz D'epiney, close to Legend's side through most of his appearances, just in case.

Fable as Valentine and Wild as Maximilien was a heart-winning couple (and adorable as all get out)

Warriors got to try his hand at the villain role for once, as Gérard de Villefort, joined by Sky's Caderousse and Twilight's Fernand Mondego. Playing a corrupted lawyer was an interesting experience, but the boys had fun with A Story Told and their various scenes challenging Time's character really were fantastic and full of fire.

Even Dei stepped in to join them, as he so very rarely does. Monsieur Morrel as a result was far...bigger than most audiences were expecting, but his and Time's scenes were surprisingly wholesome.

Wind had a lot of fun being "poisoned" in the ending act, and he very nearly ended up giggling when Warriors' character had to walk in to find his beloved child killed by his wife (Sun). He did an excellent job though, even if he's technically a bit older than the kid in question was supposed to be.

Four even made an appearance as Benedetto, and his charm and rizz sold the character perfectly.

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There were some difficult scenes of course. The Scarlet Room was one of the worst, and was the main reason why Lullaby didn't ask Dusk to double as Mrs. Caderousse. Asking her to play the woman who had a child out of wedlock and then lost him to her lover was a bit...on the nose (Twilight went out of his way to keep her from getting the role). (Arty played the bitter noblewoman instead and killed it.)

The only scene worse was Haydee's declaration of love for her master, and while Time and Dawn soldiered on, it was.... a lot of work. In contrast, Lullaby stepping up as Vampa was thrilling for all of them. Legend definitely recognized her playing up her Sheik persona, and Time and she had fantastic chemistry in their brief scenes together. None of the audience even guessed she was actually a woman and she loved every second of it.

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Styla had the time of her life with the costumes and Legend and Wind were equally elated to get to create all the various sets. Wind in particular basically designed the whole ship set himself, with only a bit of advice and guidance from the vet. The whole of the backstage department had the time of their life and the show turned out fabulous.

Fable comments when they're done that she wishes her father could have seen it. He loved this story so much, and the songs Dusk sang... he used to rave about those ones all the time. He would have adored hearing them done such justice...

[gerarddevillefort]

Greetings!

Come in, take a seat, I insist. I am Gérard de Villefort, the crown prosecutor of Paris. If you are here, I assume you have some business with me, as I rarely get visitors that come for a simple chat. Especially not the ones I do not know. Whatever it is, I'll be happy to oblige. As busy as I am, I recognize the need to properly socialize amongst out kind, and if I do seem a little unnerving, it is only out of lack of practice - after all, i cannot completely abandon my duties and spend all my time at parties. ♣---------------------------------------------------------------------------♣

Out of Character

It's a bit of a new thing for me but hi. The mod of this blog is at @starholdsystem. We are portraying mostly a book canon compliant Villefort, with some of the inspirations taken from several adaptations.

Rules:

Non RP blogs are free to interact

I will answer both RP chains/scenes related asks and random asks

I can refuse roleplay something uncomfortable to me without explaining a reason

[fictive-gerard-de-villefort]

Welcome!

Decided to write an intro to my blog because uh... Idk if I'm going to use it, might as well make it more ordered! So...

Greetings!

My name is Gérard, or Renard.

This is a personal blog made for a headmate. Our system's main blog is @starholdsystem, you can check it out for some art we posted. I identify as a fictive and a fictionkin(d). And thus, I am (or at least consider myself to be) Gérard de Villefort from a novel called The Count of Monte-Cristo (tcomc).

Since this is the personal blog, while some of the posts here might be fandom or tcomc related, this is still mostly the place where I come to express my own thoughts and explore my identity, and a bit of my trauma.

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Important note: I do not just relate to the character, I am just him, regardless of our similarities.

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Some boundaries. Not that this happened before but just because I can:

> What I post here are the things I am comfortable with sharing with other people, so feel free to interact.

> I'll gladly answer your questions about fictionkind and fictives but, please, make sure you read the links first, and remember that I can only give you my own perspective on how I personally see those things.

> I'll answer questions about memories as Villefort.

> Please do not come to me and blame me for things that did not happen in this reality.

> Do not call me a kinnie. Do not call my Villefort my kin. I prefer people to call Villefort my fictotype.

> Do not come here if you just want to tell me I am delusional, or that people cannot be fictional character. I'll just block you.

> Obviously, do not use my memories as headcanons. Do not take events of my life for personal use in anything.

> Similarly, if I express a memory that is different from canon or a very dear interpretation for you, you are free to ask about the difference, but remember that I do not owe you to act or think exactly like the character.

> Do not take my posts and reply/reblog/tag it with hate for the character.

A couple of tags that I use:

> #fictive-villefort - things that generally relate to me as a fictive/fictionkind in one way or another

> #this villefort is broken - tag for trauma ramblings, especially related to trauma happened outside of this body

>#this villefort's memories - just me collecting memories, confirmed and the ones I am questioning

(I'll add more as time goes on)

I know nobody will read this but it's still fun to write nevertheless.

[chateau-dilf]

[korrolrezni]

Gérard de Villefort, you fungal bitch!

[rainsofcamelot]

BIRD SONG BY FLORENCE + THE MACHINE BUT IT'S GÉRARD DE VILLEFORT

[forsuperbang]

So here's my chronology (headcanon) pertaining to the Villefort family (with Hermine as a bonus) :

October, 3rd, 1787 – birth of Gérard. The 3rd of October is also his name day, and in the republican calendar it is the day of Helichrysum stoechas (l'immortelle in french). It means that the last time we see him he's 50 years-old.

April, 14th, 1794 – birth of Renée de Saint-Méran. She's born just before the end of the Reign of Terror. In the republican calendar, it is the day of the pigeon, which is known for its affectionate nature. Funnily enough, it is also Maximilien's name day.

October, 18th, 1802 – birth of Hermine. October 18th is the name day of Lucien (her lover, *wink*) and in the republican calendar it is the day of chili pepper, given that she is a woman of character. I also wanted her to be born the same month as Gérard, because they're bound by a (love) child.

February, 25th, 1813 – birth of Héloïse. I wanted her to be born the 25th, as an omen for the age she'll die (25 years-old). In the republican calendar it is the day of Rhamnus alaternus, whose fruits are red and turn to black.

September, 27th, 1817 (canon) – birth of Benedetto. His father would have been 29 years-old and his mother 14 years-old.

May, 20th, 1819 – birth of Valentine. I had a hard time picking up a day because of all the contradictions in the book, but the 20th of May is, in the republican calendar, the day of Medicago sativa (the lucerne) which is actually mentionned in the book. Her father is 31 years-old then, and her mother is 24 years-old.

February, 23rd, 1828 – death of Renée. Yes, her death is two days before Héloïse's birthday, by design.

March, 1st, 1829 – wedding of Gérard and Héloïse. Gérard did respect the one year of mourning before remarrying, but he probably courted Héloïse during that same year, which is why Mme de Saint-Méran resents him. Édouard would have been conceived very soon after the wedding. Gérard is 41 years-old, and Héloïse is 16 years-old.

January, 4th, 1830 – birth of Édouard. In the republican calendar, it is the day of the bunny, which supposedly was a bad omen for sailors. The number 4 also is close in pronounciation to death is East Asia. His father is 42 years-old then, and his mother is 16 years-old. He's eight when he dies.

[jaimendonsa]

e-book grátis O CONDE DE MONTE CRISTO, Alexandre Dumas

"O Conde de Monte Cristo" é um dos mais famosos romances de Alexandre Dumas, escrito entre 1844 e 1845 e publicado em série no jornal "Journal des Débats". A obra é um clássico da literatura francesa e é considerada uma das maiores histórias de vingança e redenção já escritas. O romance foi inspirado por eventos reais e mistura elementos de aventura, drama, romance e mistério.

A história segue Edmond Dantès, um jovem marinheiro que, prestes a se casar com Mercedes e assumir o comando de um navio, é traído por amigos e inimigos invejosos. Ele é falsamente acusado de ser um bonapartista e, sem ter a chance de se defender, é preso na temida prisão do Château d'If, onde passa anos de sofrimento.

Durante seu longo encarceramento, Dantès conhece um prisioneiro que lhe revela a localização de um grande tesouro escondido na ilha de Monte Cristo. Após escapar da prisão, ele encontra o tesouro e, com sua nova riqueza e identidade como o Conde de Monte Cristo, começa a arquitetar um plano de vingança meticuloso contra aqueles que o traíram.

Ao longo do romance, Dantès assume várias identidades e usa sua fortuna e astúcia para destruir a vida de seus inimigos: Fernand Mondego, que se casou com Mercedes; Gérard de Villefort, o promotor que o denunciou; Caderousse, um vizinho que também o traiu; e Danglars, o contador do navio que o denunciou por ganância.

A busca implacável de Dantès por vingança é o motor principal da narrativa. A obra explora os limites da justiça, da moralidade e do perdão, mostrando como a vingança pode consumir uma pessoa e alterar sua visão sobre o mundo e as relações humanas.

À medida que a história se desenrola, Dantès começa a perceber os efeitos devastadores de sua vingança, tanto para ele quanto para as vítimas de seu plano. Isso levanta questões sobre o poder do perdão e a possibilidade de redenção.

O personagem de Dantès se transforma completamente ao longo do livro, passando de um homem inocente e ingénuo para um conde sofisticado, habilidoso na manipulação e nas intrigas. Sua jornada pessoal é marcada por uma busca por sua identidade verdadeira, enquanto lida com as máscaras que coloca para alcançar seus objetivos.

Dantès é traído por pessoas que ele considerava amigos ou familiares, e a obra explora as consequências dessa traição. A lealdade, por outro lado, também é um tema central, com personagens que se destacam por sua lealdade a Dantès, como Haydée, a princesa que acaba por se apaixonar por ele.

"O Conde de Monte Cristo" continua sendo uma das obras literárias mais adaptadas para o cinema, televisão, teatro e outras mídias. Sua complexidade narrativa e seus personagens profundos fazem dela uma obra atemporal, que ainda cativa leitores de todas as idades. A história de Dantès, sua transformação e sua busca por justiça, mesmo que sombria, tocam questões universais sobre o perdão, o destino e a natureza humana.

Leia, gratuitamente, O CONDE DE MONTE CRISTO, de Alexandre Dumas https://tinyurl.com/6x4jdbc2