#Harlequin France

[chic-a-gigot]

Les Modes : revue mensuelle illustrée des arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme, no. 25, vol. 3, 1 janvier 1903, Paris. Jean Béraud. — Arlequine. Bibliothèque nationale de France

[signedandsealed]

Pierrot The Seducer:

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Genie bottle decanter;

A rising crystal spout;

Garnished with stop—

Stop of cut glass—

And lapidary geometrics.

A billowing base

Of crystal, folded pleats.

Louched contents:

Silken, waxen, milky.

Valetaille circling

The Lucullan banquet,

Pouring libations

At behest of the Host.

Gourmandizing revelers

Turn interrupted

To the symposiarch's toast,

Rendered in verse

Of lines decked in motley.

A fool at the table

Has dropped the ladle

And surrended his power

Before behemoth encroachment

Of fast-swelling sadness,

And nacreous teardrops

Break on the floorboards,

Fallen from a head

Defeated and hung.

Gathering his garb

And long-hanging sleeves,

He begs his pardon

And takes his leave

To the parterre,

With light of the moon

Flooding the hedgerows

Like lunar monsoons;

There to breathe...

Lungs drawing fully

The crystalline air

And now assuming

A curious stare

With eyes magnetized

To the light-giving beacon,

He flies in his mind

Through capers unreasoned;

Polyamorous playbooks.

Spellbroken and leering,

He returns to the party,

Brimming w/ glee

At returning thus tardy.

Discordant ripples

He pulls of a quiver,

Espying at nipples,

And young fleshly slivers;

The skipper charts course.

And one chanteuse—

A socialite dame—

Lofty and gorgeous,

He'll rob of her name,

With gallantry feigned

Or impassioned blame,

His design's executions

Are the end of his aim;

Lunar ecstasy.

(FINIS)

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

only thing that would've made it cooler is if The Individual backflipped off of it and whipped his mask away to reveal another mask beneath it

okay pretty dang cool olympic cauldron

[henk-heijmans]

Harlequin with a cart, Arles, France, 1955 - by Lucien Clergue (1934 - 2014), French

[winterlogysblog]

4KOTA HIGHSCHOOL AU

Liones University

Founder - Bartra Liones President - Meliodas Vice President - Gilthunder Prefect of Disipline - Dreyfus School Doctor - Hendrickson Middle School Principal - Guila Highschool Principal - Howzer Drama Teacher - Gowther PE and Science Teacher - Derieri PE Teacher - Griamore

Known Groups (Past):

The Seven Deadly Sins - Delinquent Gang led by Meliodas (yes, the president of the school) Members: Meliodas - Former Leader of The Ten Commandments; President of Liones University Ban - Owner of Fox's Sin (Bar & Resto) Escanor - Veteran Soldier Harlequin - Alias: King; Fashion and Costume Designer; Owner of Chastiefol (Fashion Clothing Brand) Diane - Former Ballerina; Model for Chastiefol Gowther - Drama Teacher of Liones University; Producer and Owner of Nadja Theater Merlin - Former Vice President of Camelot Academy

The Ten Commandments - Delinquent Gang led by Zeldris Members: Zeldris - Owner of Underworld Corp. Mael - Former Member of The Four Archangels Derieri - PE and Science Teacher of Liones Academy Monspeet - In the US Gloxinia - In France Drole - Also in France Melascula - Professor at Camelot University Galland - Professor at Camelot University Grayroad - <No information found> Fraudrin - <No information found>

The Four Archangels - Student Council Group Members: Ludociel - President Mael - Former Vice President turned member of the Ten Commandments Sariel - Secretary Tarmiel - Comittee Chairman

Known Groups (Present):

The Four Knights of the Apocalypse - just a gaggle of individuals Members: Lancelot - Captain of the Basketball Team; Models for Chastiefol in his free time (either he gets paid or he gets free stuff); Straight A Student (he doesn't even try); Subject of expertise - Math Percival - The most innocent bean known around Campus; Subject of Expertise - Foreign Language (doesn't know why he's good at it) Gawain - Former Camelot University Student; Captain of the Women's Volleyball team; Straight A Student; Self proclaimed chick magnet; Subject of Expertise - Science Tristan - Student Council President; Straight A Student (you're doing great sweetie); Subject of Expertise - Science and History

Percival Platoon - 4kota sub-group led by Percival Members: Anne - President of Fencing Club; Straight A Student; Subject of Expertise - English Donny - Varsity Basketball Player; Subject of Expertise - PE Nasiens - Hendrickson's assistant; Models for Chastiefol in his free time (automatic free stuff); has an obvious crush on Percy; Straight A Student; Subject of Expertise - Science and Geography

Tristan Platoon - 4kota sub-group led by Tristan Members: Isolde - Cheer Captain; has an obvious crush on Tristan; Subject of Expertise - Art and Design Chion - Campus A-hole; Does not care about anybody except for Tristan (Isolde and Jade too but mainly Tristan); Subject of Expertise - Science and History Jade - The tolerable one; has an obvious crush on Isolde; Subject of Expertise - Geography

Lancelot Platoon - 4kota sub-group led by Lancelot Members: Sixtus - Foreign Exchange Student (currently in France staying with Uncle Glox and Drole); Subject of Expertise - History (really good at memorizing specific dates) Tioreh - Member of the Gymnastics Club; Subject of Expertise - Arts and Design

[docgold13]

Batman: The Animated Series - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Harleen Quinzel

Once a talented albeit unscrupulous psychiatrist, Doctor Harleen Frances Quinzel came to work at Arham Asylum for her postdoctoral internship. Therein she met The Joker and in her youthful ambition believed that she could successfully treat the so-called clown prince of crime. At first it seemed as though Dr. Quinzel was making excellent progress with The Joker.  And yet it turned out that The Joker was slowly and successfully indoctrinating the young woman into his own twisted outlook on the world.  Employing a string of lies and false accounts, The Joker was able to make Quinzel see him as the victim.  Before she knew it, Quinzel was hopelessly and nearly irrevocably entranced by the villain. 

Fashioning herself a harlequin outfit along with a variety of thematic weapons, Quinzel broke The Joker out of Arkham and thus began a colorful career as Harley Quinn, the Joker’s partner in crime.  In her delusional state, Harley never saw The Joker as actually hurting anyone; he was merely bringing mirth and mayhem into their otherwise dull lives.  Similarly, Harley was unable to appreciate the abusive nature of her relationship with The Joker, how he mistreated her and took her for granted.  It was only through her loving relationship with fellow villainess, Poison Ivy, that Harley enjoyed a respite from the toxic thrall of The Joker.  

The wonderful Arleen Sorkin provided the voice for Quinzel, with the character first appearing in the seventh episode of the first season of Batman: The Animated Series, ‘Joker’s Favor.’       

[bloodycyrano]

Gifts I think the DAO companions would appreciate, outside of giftable in game items! (Pt1, I think this will be a long post if not sectioned)

Sten-

Incense and expensive tea, possibly imported. He talks about how he hates the smell of Ferelden, and misses home; Tea and incense being the most notable scents that stick out to him.

Cookies, or a good recipe for cookies. Everyone in the Fandom has had the dialog where Sten reveals that he enjoys cookies, and that in his homeland, there is no such thing. I think he would greatly enjoy a recipe to be able to bring such a thing back with him- Even if he may not be able to make them himself at home. My memory is fuzzy on qunari custom, but I don't think he'd be particularly allowed to bake.

A wardog of his own- I don't think he'd be permitted to keep it, upon return to the qun. But he has immense respect for Barkspawn, and I think if he were here in 2024, he'd be a great dog dad. I think he'd probably give it to his closest companion upon his return, but he would keep a detailed sketch of it with him always. He'd probably give it a specific title in his native tongue.

This is sort of a separate headcannon, but I think in a modern AU, he'd really like pumpkin spice lattes.- It's always the ones you would never expect.

Shayle-

Obviously, we know they like crystals. They like being pretty, and *sparkling*. So it's not too farfetched to assume they would appreciate gold ore or other shining metals fitted to some of their stone bits- Sort of like.. Magically grafted on with heat? Morrigan could weld them, or I'm sure Sandal could potentially do it.

I think, while they couldn't really read themselves, I think if you brought them books and such, they would enjoy hearing you read it to them. Especially if you manage to find some old records of their own lineage after the orzammar quest line.

I think they would also enjoy being given I big, stone bowl to keep shiny trinkets in- Like a crow, almost. Crystals, cute pebbles, coins, keys, etc. Pretty things for them to look at.

Leliana-

She would love it if you wrote her a poem, regardless of what it was about. I think she'd just be so happy you thought of her and wrote something lovely- I honestly think she'd love it even more if it wasn't the best quality. After all, that would mean you were inspired by her to write something of which you had no prior experience and still tried your best. She'd think it was cute.

I think she'd like it if you gave her one of your own personal favorite books or fables, with little notes on your commentary and theories. She'd love that, honestly.

A ceramic nug. No explanation needed, she loves Nugs. I've got animals I love, too. And if someone gave me a ceramic or plush critter of my choice, I'd be over the moon.

A little on the weird side, I think she'd like a type of porcelain harlequin doll. I can't think of the specific type, but they don't make them the same way anymore.. they're usually from overseas in Germany or Russia or France, you know? The ones that are really glossy and have beautiful line work in the paint? I feel like you found one in the denerim marketplace, imported from Orlais, and it would remind her of another experience she had there or even just of her time as a bard. After all, they weren't *all* unpleasant memories.

Alistair-

A golem doll. Like a little poppet. I don't think it's rare dialogue, but the other day is the first time I noticed it since I first played the game rented from a family video over a decade ago, so.. Yeah. Point is, Alistair mentions in front of "Wonders of Thedas", that Arl Eamon (I think) once bought him a little golem doll as a child, and how he adored it and wondered if there would be one like it at the wonders of thedas.

A griffon figurine. He's a Grey Warden, I think he'd like it. The wardens have always been his real home, and it's truly where he belongs. I think a memento of that is something he'd hold dear.

A book of poems about honoring fallen soldiers. I feel like it may bring him to tears, and perhaps make him confront some extra grief after ostagar, but perhaps it could also bring a sort of comfort. Maybe he isn't the most religious, maybe he has a bit of trauma from the chantry.. But I think he still prays, if only for the ones he's lost.

Again, I think he'd like a war dog. I'll never let him take Barkspawn, but he'd love a pupper of his own. If you gave it to him as a puppy to raise and train all his own, he'd probably be overjoyed.- Off topic, but I headcannon that all companions to the wardens have an extended lifespan, and live and die with their humanoid counterparts if they don't die in battle, kind of like the animal companions do with the avatars in ATLA. Far fetched, and backed by absolutely no real lore as far as I know, but I like to think it's true.

[kaiasky]

one of my favorite political tendencies to run into is the like, 1960-1970 obsession with like, the revolutionary potential of the prank or that the schedule is the ultimate killer. "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman", "Chronopolis". Situationist International, a revolutionary movement whose philosophy might be summed up as "how could capitalism stand up to the might of Some Funny Shit Happening On Your Commute?" and then yknow, accidentally became the theoretical backing of '68 in France. Discordianism "maybe if we do weird shit people will realize that it's ALL fake" (sorry discordianism for attempting to boil it down to a coherent point.) the legacy of culture-jamming and everyone on tumblr really believing in the revolutionary potential of the graffiti tag.

like... i don't think its a particularly useful leftist revolutionary politics-"ugh! ze sheeple, zey do not even look at my living statue performance en zeir way to work. ze proletariat, zey buy the téléviseur and the téléviseur tells them what to buy next, eh?" but also like. despite it all being quite silly i do see the appeal. repent, harlequin!

[kingscrafty]

Tried to get back into drawing by creating Pokemon Legends ZA starter evos.

Meowscarada is based on a Harlequin, this was a tough one seeing as I bounced between picking a Pierrot or a Harlequin but ultimately picked Harlequin because it felt easier to choose the secondary type. I went with fairy because of the whole "kids love clowns but adults are terrified" thing, particularly when you realise what fairies are really like. The design looks too busy so I'm not all that happy with it, but I also wanted to try to capture the outfit without looking too 'meh'

Cinderace is based off of a marathon runner with neon running shoes and a paper square-like marking on the chest, seeing as there are one or two (ahem) famous marathons in France. Struggled to secondary type this one, almost went for normal, water (triathalon-based), or even flying (speed) but they just didn't feel right. I eventually went with ground because of all the running, but also because of the funny Napoleon being scared of bunnies story because I feel like he was the kinda guy to double down after a stunt like that

Empoleon is based even more off of Napoleon with his hat, a cape, and jacket patterns (thanks it has pockets). I wanted to add red in to the design seeing as Napoleon had red accents in most of his famous paintings, and changed the crown-like headpiece to match the sideburns . The high collar also got replaced by shoulder pads, and I tried to make the feet resemble Napoleon's boots - although with diddy legs like that it was kinda difficult... Also chose water/dark because damn Napoleon. You sure did some things huh

[adarkrainbow]

I found back a little excerpt about how Mother Goose arrived into the English literature despite originally being from France. It comes from "Le panorama illustré de la fantasy et du merveilleux" (a really good book). Loosely translated by yours truly

"Perrault's fairy tales influenced the Anglo-Saxon imagination in ways the French readers probably do not conceive: from the 18th century onward, the name of Mother Goose (translation of Mère l'Oye) became synonymous with fairy tales, then with poetry for children, and finally it became a major inspiration for pantomimes and puppet shows.

It was either the famous publisher John Newbery, or his successor Thomas Crana, who, around 1780, began a series of cheap publications derived from the French fairytales (which had been translated in English since 1729). The most ancient edition we have of the anthology "Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets for the cradle" comes from 1784. Its popularity gave birth to stage-shows as early as 1806/1807 (Harlequin and Mother Goose: or, The Golden Egg). Sliding from the world of fairy tales to the one of childhood verses, the character of "Mother Goose" was envisioned as the author of the "nursery rhymes", those small poems learned by all children in England - hence why Mother Goose was a primary influence over what would become the literature of wonders and marvels of the 19th century, and even an influence over fantasy as a whole. Quite a career, for an invented name...

It is even said that Mother Goose was buried by London, in Saint Olaf's church. Unless it was in a cemetery of Boston.... And that despite the obvious fact that Mother Goose is immortal!"

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode nationale, no. 272, 11 juillet 1891, Paris. No. 1. — Costumes de bains de mer. Bibliothèque nationale de France

(1) Costume de bain, en anacoste bleu-marine. Corsage froncé, décolleté en carré sous un galon blanc fantaisie. Jupe courte, garnie de deux galons et d'une ceinture semblable. Pantalons au-dessous du genou. Grand chapeau de paille. Grand manteau de bain en tissu éponge.

(1) Swimming suit, in navy blue anacoste. Gathered bodice, square neckline under fancy white braid. Short skirt, trimmed with two braids and a similar belt. Trousers below the knee. Large straw hat. Large terry cloth bath coat.

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(2) Costume de bain forme marine, en lainage crème. Corsage ouvert sur une chemisette crème et bleue, encadré dans un revers de lainage bleu, se terminant au bas du corsage, boutonné. Pantalons courts, garnis par une bande bleue. Manches semblables à la chemisette. Souliers de bain, attachés en cothurnes. Chapeau de paille blanche et bleue, posé sur un bonnet de toile cirée.

(2) Navy swimsuit, in cream wool. Open bodice over a cream and blue shirt, framed in a blue woolen cuff, ending at the bottom of the bodice, buttoned. Short pants, trimmed with a blue band. Sleeves similar to the shirt. Bathing shoes, tied into buskins. White and blue straw hat, placed on an oilcloth cap.

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(3) Costume marin pour jeune fille. Blouse en lainage bleu foncé, à larges revers crème, brodés d'ancres bleues, entourant un plastron héraldiquement brodé. Jupe plissée tout autour, brodée d'ancres dans le bas, retenue à la taille sous une ceinture crème. Chapeau de paille, très enlevé, doublé par du tulle à pois plissé, avec ancre brodée. Nœud comète en dessus.

(3) Sailor suit for young girl. Dark blue woolen blouse, with wide cream lapels, embroidered with blue anchor, surrounding a heraldically embroidered bib. Skirt pleated all around, embroidered with anchors at the bottom, held at the waist under a cream belt. Straw hat, very stylish, lined with pleated polka dot tulle, with embroidered anchor. Comet knot above.

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(4) Costume italien pour enfant, fille ou garçon, de 4 à 5 ans. Blouse drapée en lainage rayé blanc et rouge, retenue à la taille par une écharpe nouée sur le devant. Grand col blanc retombant dans le dos, et en pointe devant. Chapeau de paille blanche, pointée de rouge, avec fond arlequin en lainage blanc et rouge.

(4) Italian suit for children, girls or boys, 4 to 5 years old. Draped blouse in white and red striped wool, held at the waist by a scarf tied at the front. Large white collar falling in the back, and pointed in front. White straw hat, tipped with red, with harlequin background in white and red wool.

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(5) Costume de lainage ivoire uni. Corsage à petites basques, sans petits côtés, entouré par une petite frange boule. Manches bouffantes du haut, serrées dans le bas. Jupe drapée devant et plissée à larges plis derrière. Chapeau de paille blanche, entouré par un froufrou de mousseline de soie ivoire, avec nœud de ruban rouge en crest derrière.

(5) Plain ivory wool suit. Bodice with small basques, without small sides, surrounded by a small ball fringe. Puff sleeves at the top, tight at the bottom. Skirt draped at the front and pleated with wide pleats at the back. White straw hat, surrounded by a frill of ivory silk chiffon, with a red ribbon bow in the crest behind.

Métrage: 9 mètres lainage, grande largeur.

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(6) Toilette de lainage rouge. Corsage-jaquette fermé et boutonné, à grandes basques, le tout garni de petit velours noir et de boutons blancs. Col rabattu, poches de velours sur les côtés. Jupe plate devant, plissée derrière, brodée en soie noire dans le bas devant, au-dessus de l'ourlet. Chapeau de paille, à bords enlevés, orné sur le côté par un fouillis de gaze de soie rouge.

(6) Red woolen ensemble. Closed and buttoned bodice-jacket, with large basques, all trimmed with small black velvet and white buttons. Turn-down collar, velvet pockets on the sides. Flat skirt at the front, pleated at the back, embroidered in black silk at the bottom of the front, above the hem. Straw hat, with removed brims, decorated on the side with a mess of red silk gauze.

Métrage: 8 mètres lainage rouge, grande largeur.

[2laffy2]

Me: *Randomly watch some genshin impact videos even though I don't play it because i have no patience for the game to get uploaded on my phone*

Me: *look at the fatui Harbinger* Why in the name of the holy Frogs they names are like this *point at Pantalone and Dottore* really who the frog name they Children, Pantalone and Dottore?! (Trousers and Doctor) Omg- 🤣🤣🤣

The Fatui Harbinger be like:

Pierro

〈pieró〉 (or Pierrot) sm, fr. [der. of the name Pierre «Peter»; owner «Pierino»]. – Character from Italian comedy in France, who originally represented the type of the foolish servant, who then moved on to French pantomime, where he gradually took on the character of a pathetic and unlucky lover.

Il dottore

(Unfortunately I can't post more than 10 photos so take this gif of Mr Bean 🙃, you guys can always look for it)

Balanzone, also known as Doctor Balanzone (Dutåur Balanzån in Bolognese), is a mask of Bolognese origin. He belongs to the ranks of the "old men" of commedia dell'arte, sometimes called Doctor Graziano or simply the Doctor.

Native of Bologna, he is the classic "serious", pedantic and presumptuous character. He is a doctor of law: he is in fact the caricature of the learned and pompous Bolognese lawyer. Its very name proves it, in fact Balanzone derives from the Bolognese balanzån, meaning balance, scales, meaning the symbol of the Law. A man with big red cheeks, he has a big belly and usually gesticulates a lot. He wears a small mask that covers only his eyebrows and nose, resting on two large moustaches. His costume represents the dress of the professors of the University of Bologna: black toga, white collar and cuffs, large Bolognese hat, black jacket and cloak. Fussy, quibbling, he finds every little excuse to start one of his endless meaningless speeches. Always ready to boast of his titles, he says he knows every field of human science: right and law first of all, but also history, astrology, philosophy; he talks about these topics in a boring and long-winded way, mixing them into an inextricable tangle. He enjoys a lot of respect among the other masks who often turn to him for legal advice: he does not deny his help but always takes the opportunity to do the thing he likes most: speaking and giving opinions of no value.

Columbina (Colombina)

Colombina is a Venetian mask from the commedia dell'arte, often the object of attention from her master Pantalone and the cause of Harlequin's jealousy.

The only female mask to stand out among so many male characters is Colombina, a lively and clever servant girl. She's lively, pretty, a liar and is from Venice. She is very fond of her equally young and pretty lady, Rosaura, and in order to make her happy she is willing to commit scam after scam.

Arlecchino

Arlecchino (in Bergamo dialect Arlechì) is a Bergamo mask from the commedia dell'arte.

Identified by his colored lozenge costume, his role is usually that of a carefree and cheerful, but also cunning servant, who acts to thwart the plans of his master Pantalone, in cahoots with his friend Brighella, and to pursue his interest loving, Colombina, with wit and resourcefulness. These characteristics make him assimilate to the typical role of the trickster.

(I'm pretty sure that i made a doll of him when i was in elementary school)

Pulcinella

Pulcinella (derived from Puccio d'Aniello, in Neapolitan: Pulecenella) is a Neapolitan mask of the commedia dell'arte.

Pulcinella embodies the Neapolitan plebs, the simplest man, the one who occupies the last place on the social ladder, the man who, despite being aware of his problems, always manages to come out of them with a smile. He is called to represent the soul of the people and their primitive instincts, he almost always appears in contradiction, so much so that he does not have fixed traits: he is rich or poor, he adapts to do all jobs in addition to being a faithful servant, here he is a baker, innkeeper, farmer, thief and seller of miraculous concoctions, he is either arrogant or cowardly, and sometimes presents both traits at the same time by making fun of the powerful. The quality that best distinguishes Pulcinella is his cunning, and it is precisely with his proverbial cunning that he manages to find the ability to solve the most disparate problems that arise before him, but always in favor of the weakest to the detriment of the powerful. Another famous characteristic of his is that of never being able to keep quiet and this is where the expression “pulcinella's secret” comes from, i.e. something that everyone knows. Pulcinella represents a character who has acquired within himself all the symbols and meanings of the popular and peasant world and has brought to all the scenes of Italian theaters, and beyond, a repertoire rich in movements, gestures, acrobatics, typical dances and rituals of the Neapolitan gestural code. In fact, they accompany him on the theater and carnival scenes: the broom, the horn, the cowbells, elements which for the Neapolitans have a propitiatory value and an antidote against the evil eye and jinx.

Scaramouche

Scaramuccia is a mask from the commedia dell'arte, derived from the Captain: boastful and boastful, he dressed in black according to the uniform of the Spaniards stationed in Naples. In truth, however, the mask was born in Naples with the name Scaramuzza, taking on the form Scaramuccia (Tuscan) in the eighteenth century.

(Oh and there is also a film that its called Scaramouche but it doesn't has nothing to do with the mask i think-)

Sandrone

Sandrone (Sandróun in Modenese) is the traditional mask of the city of Modena.

Sandrone represents the peasant of the past, rough, but smart and shrewd. He is the spokesperson of the most humble and mistreated people, and always looking for stratagems to make ends meet.

La signora

No mask found, but translated into English means The lady

Pantalone

Pantalone (in Venetian Pantalón) is a Venetian mask and a character from the commedia dell'arte.

Pantalone initially appears as a vicious old man who undermines the young lovers, the courtesans, more often the servants of the comedy.

represents the typical old, stingy and lustful merchant: his very name is the one typically imposed on the males of the wealthy families of the Serenissima.

Tartaglia

Tartaglia is a mask of the commedia dell'arte, born in Genoa at the beginning of the 1600s. It is similar to that of the doctor, from which it derives.

His main characteristic (hence the name) is stuttering.

Il capitano

The captain is one of the oldest masks of commedia dell'arte.

Reborn in other forms in the Italian theater of the 1500s, he sometimes personified the noble and imaginative soldier or the vainglorious braggart who boasted of titles he did not possess and of deeds never accomplished: in both cases he actually poorly concealed the terror of having to face a battle or a duel, contrary to what he continually stated in words.

Like they are almost all (-La signora) Italian masks for comedies?! I can't take them seriously anymore 🤣🤣🤣

I don't think that they the personalities match those of the masks but idk anything about them soo~ i could be wrong ^^

If you guys are interested in the Lore of the masks you can just look for them or ask me questions about them if i reamber something

Oh and I used the Google translator because I feel lazy right now

[regicidal-defenestration]

CHARLEY: The Tardis seems to have repaired itself.

DOCTOR: Yeah, everything's back to the way it was before.

CHARLEY: Before what?

DOCTOR: Time and place, Charley. Come on. Where to next? How about a spot of Commedia dell'Arte to cheer you up? Harlequin, Columbina. Of course, my favourite's always been II Dottore.

CHARLEY: How can you be like this?

DOCTOR: What?

CHARLEY: Doctor, C'Rizz is dead. He just turned to dust in front of us, and look at you, all smiles and where to next, Charley.

DOCTOR: I'm sorry.

CHARLEY: Sorry? Just now you said, back to the way it was before. You meant before C'Rizz, didn't you? It's almost as if you're glad. Glad he's gone. Is that it?

DOCTOR: Charley, | don't know what to say to you. | know what's happened is painful for you. CHARLEY: Painful for me? What about you?

DOCTOR: I-

CHARLEY: You never really cared for him, did you, Doctor. Well? Oh, come on, admit it. DOCTOR: Charley, that's just not true.

CHARLEY: Isn't it? Look at yourself. You're perfectly happy to just, | don't know, to carry on as if nothing has happened. How can you do that? Oh, it's because you liked it the way it used to be, before the Divergent Universe. Just you and naive little Charlotte Pollard hanging on your every word.

DOCTOR: Charley, Charley, stop it.

CHARLEY: The little girl you saved from the Web of Time.

DOCTOR: Stop, stop this now.

CHARLEY: The only thing you really care about is this wretched machine. (laughs) Look at you. Now you're hurt.

DOCTOR: People come and go. It's not. Look, it's not that | don't care about them, but CHARLEY: Oh, but what, Doctor?

DOCTOR: Charley, everybody leaves. Everybody. When it comes down to it, there's just me and the Tardis.

CHARLEY: Take me home.

DOCTOR: What?

CHARLEY: | think I've had enough. Yeah, I'm finished.

DOCTOR: Charley, home means somewhere over France, back aboard the R101.

CHARLEY: Does it? | thought this was home.

DOCTOR: Look, | think you just, you need

CHARLEY: I'm going to my room now to pack. | would appreciate it if you could let me know when we've arrived.

DOCTOR: Charley?

CHARLEY: No, Doctor. Remember, everybody leaves.

[in-kyblogs]

need to know more about italian lestat and why is this so overshadowed by his french side 😤

Have you heard about the fact that Lestat is nonbinary on his mother side? We could say the Italian thing is the same kind of situation really lmao

His mother, Gabrielle De Lioncourt, was born in Naples and grew up there. It was common for Italian nobles to marry in France for political alliances reasons, the most famous is the Medici family from ‘400 Firenze: Caterina De’ Medici was a french queen in 1547 (fun fact: the Medici family seal has similarities to the royal French seals with the arald of a lily I think for some alliance thing in the ‘500 but I can’t exactly remember). But I digress. This is to say that, as direct neighbours, Italy and France have a lot of history and a lot of beef, mostly due to wine and cheese if you can believe it. And football. Oh, especially football.

Gabrielle isn’t really an affectionate mother, she has a complex and fascinating relationship to her role as a woman and a wife and a traumatic experience, I’d say, with giving birth to seven sons (can’t wait for her character in the show, especially since Hannah, who wrote a play on these themes called What a young wife ought to know, which I wholeheartedly recommend, said she is really excited to be writing for her!). This results in her and Lestat having a really weird relationship, cold and distant but at the same time extremely visceral due to the both of them being kind of prisoners in their own life. Gabrielle never teaches Lestat Italian, nor is particularly forthcoming about her old life or her cultural roots. When Lestat runs to Paris, Gabrielle tells him to find someone who can write Italian for him, so he can send her letters that his father can’t read. She also never bothered to teach him the alphabet, even less a second language, and she used to read Italian books that Lestat couldn’t understand. So, very mixed feelings about this on Lestat’s part I’d say. He is, I think, really resentful of this side of his mother that he isn’t allowed to know, but at the same time really fascinated by it: his first attempt at escaping is with an Italian troupe of commedia dell’arte actors, a type of play that involves a lot of improv. Basically you have a series of “maschere” (characters) that have a definite set of characteristics but no written lines (we call it canovaccio I have no idea how to translate this concept though). Each character is tied to a specific part of Italy, for example Pulcinella is the neapolitan one, Arlecchino (Harlequin) is from Bergamo (near Milan). Lestat plays Lelio in the book, a character from the italian play that is the maschera of the lover. (He is also the protagonist of a play by Goldoni where he is also a liar (title of the play Il Bugiardo), totally unrelated to iwtv but it always makes me laugh).

I basically wrote all this stuff to say that Lestat knows basically nothing about his italian heritage and that explains why it is so overshadowed by his french side, but I will say that both italian and french people are extremely extra, in wildly different ways and also they will fight each others over nothing (they stole the Gioconda btw), so this accounts for why Lestat is like that ™️. Particular about food? Italian heritage. Snobbish about music? French heritage. Extremely petty? Eh, to be fair, both. Will hold a grudge forever? I will tell you, during fifa and uefa football games we still yell at the French team about that time during the 2006 World Cup final when one of their players went and hit one of the Italian team players with a headbutt (Italy won btw💁🏻‍♀️). So yeah. Lestat never stood a chance really

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I say "attempted to change it" (about the origin of the harlequin portrayal) because S2 ep3 promo I've seen so far treats the introduction of Lestat playing that character as super cool and awesome and Armand seems to have swooned over him via Lestat's attitude in portrayal of this character. Which is unhinged because Armand of all people would likely know the racism inherent to the harlequin.

And also I think I've seen an interview, but don't quote me here because it could very well be fandom bs, where Sam(?) talked about the difference between Lelio and Harlequin and the only thing he expressed was the trickster nature of the Harlequin vs the lover's nature of Lelio or smth. Nothing to aknowledge Harlequin is blackface and maybe Lestat had those racist biases as a human/fresh vampire (very possible) or etc.

Which is why I'm so serious when I say I hope he comments on the situation, least AMC are utter fools and trying to pull an "It's not racist when WE do it because, um, reasons!!!"

thank u for explaining! I don't want to doom spiral so I can't say anything before seeing the episode. It's a bunch of theatre ppl making the show tho and the racial commentary is usually good, I don't see why they'd skip over a mention of it. It's not surprising it hasn't been brought up in interviews before the episode has aired tho. Sam also is never gonna be the one to deep dive into racial topics lol.

Idk anything about this stuff so I went looking on youtube to see performances and general videos. This is *always* mentioned somehow when talking about the character and the mask, so it's not rly hidden info once u poke around the tiniest bit.

I will say tho that I don't think ur supposed to see Lestat in that role as being very positive tbh. We've basically been told that it's Armand switching the roles for him in the play in his version of events and he's supposed to look goofy. I always took it to be intentional for Armand to try and downplay his desire while still clearly being overtaken by it. The plays are book canon so I don't see anything outright problematic about how this is set up in terms of what it means for Armand and Lestat. It doesn't suddenly make them good or bad ppl by itself. There's limited characters to pick from in the play. They're old, popular plays with multiple influences and versions. Pretty much *everything* is also rooted in racism tbh, especially hundreds of years ago in France. I'm not trying to tell u how to feel, I'm just saying I'm not gonna get angry ahead of time with a show that's already mentioning racial history in every scene we see. Daniel's always ready to blurt out some racist shit to Armand as it is and show off his white, liberal knowledge about history so I can p easily see this being a setup for that.

Sorry the part about Lestat "maybe" having racist biases made me lol too bcuz....of course he did. He still has them through the entirety of S1! He's white and French from 17whatever. He thinks racism is an American problem. He'd be saying slurs all over the place if this show wanted to be authentic about it. We're getting the toned down version of what would rly be "book accurate" for those who want that lol.

Anyways here's the videos. Most of the commentary about race stuff is near the end of all of them.

[joannerenaud]

Sylvia Baumgarten (aka Sylvia Halliday, Louisa Rawlings and Ena Halliday), 1933-2024

My friend Sylvia Baumgarten died on the morning of February 1rst. Our friendship began in the 1990s, when I wrote her a fan letter about one of her early Harlequin historicals, Wicked Stranger, and she wrote back a long type-written letter about her influences and research and sent me a copy of Stranger in My Arms as well. I interviewed her for my old blog in 2011-- sadly, that interview has been lost. But we also met in 2016 for dinner, and she sent me her collection of books about the French Revolution. She was a great talent, as well as witty, opinionated and immensely generous. I will miss her very much.

She graduated from Brown University in 1955, and from 1982 to 2015 wrote for a variety of publishers, including Pocket Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., Harlequin, and Diversion Books. She was also a President of the Romance Writers of America/ New York City Chapter, and her books were nominated for multiple awards. Forever Wild was a finalist for the RWA/Golden Medallion award, Best Historical Romance (1986). Stolen Spring (which I reviewed for Dear Author) received a Romantic Times nomination as Best French Historical (1988), while Promise of Summer [archive.org link] received the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award as the Best Historical Romance set in France (1989). Wicked Stranger had also been nominated for a Rita Award by the Romance Writers of America.

Baumgarten's papers are available in the Manuscripts Division of Brown University, and include press kits, book reviews, news clippings, public relations material (including photographs), interviews, correspondence about her books, and the manuscripts of Stolen Spring and Dreams So Fleeting.

She also blogged extensively about her observations and experiences selling wedding dresses at Macy's in New York.