#Jane de la Vaudère

[ladyniniane]

no need to answer all: 2, 17, 18, and 20?

Distracting Asks

Thank you for the questions 👋!

2) Name something that you want to read

Milorad Pavić's Dictionary of the Khazars has been on my mind lately. It seems to have everything I like: legends, mysticism, folklore and an enigmatic ancient civilisation. I think it will be one of my Christmas presents.

I also want to read some of Jane de la Vaudère's books. I managed to snatch a few ones for free (thanks Gallica). There are many forgotten female authors and I really want to discover more of them.

And of course, the first volume of Tomes & Tea is on my TBR list!

17) Tell us about your favorite character

Hm...picking a favorite character is difficult. But I'm going to say some words about Rhea from fe3h since it seems that you like her as well!

To me, Rhea is an example of a strong, complex and grey female character. Her choices are really interesting and perfectly understandable in the context of her wanting to protect what remains of her people. She's also incredibly badass: she hunted down the people responsible for the genocide and defeated them.

I admire her fortitude. She has been through horrible stuff. She has seen humanity pull the vilest sh*t over the centuries (because yes, humans are responsible for their acts and they brought it upon themselves. If anything, human greed is to blame). And yet, she's still helping and protecting others. I think I would have turned out like Macuil if I were in her place.

Too bad the game doesn't give her the focus she deserves!

18) Dream job?

Working as a freelance as I've started doing now is a way to get closer to my dream job. No job is ideal, but at least, I'm my own boss, I work on my own project, I chose with who I want to work and how and when. No one is going to criticize me for being an introvert (because yes, it happened).

And I can also decide of where I want to live, which is a definite advantage.

My experiences as an employee convinced me to try. I have nothing to lose.

20) Share a recipe of two

Since it's seasonally appropriate: vegetarian raclette! I'm having the raclette cheese with potatoes, avocados, apples (crunchy ones), broccoli, mushrooms, pickles...(You can basically add all the vegetables you want!).

[fleuromanie]

Fiamette avait rempli la chambre de violettes, et toute la campagne endeuillée semblait renaître avec ses verdures, ses eaux et ses forêts dans le jaune d'or d'une branche de mimosas. La jeune femme se rappelait une joie pareille lorsque, petite fille, elle s'était réveillée à l'orée d'un bois, chez un de ses grands parents qui était garde dans les environs de Paris. Elle avait eu la même impression de félicité et de quiétude, et cette impression, alors, ne lui avait pas semblé nouvelle, comme si elle eût subi l'influence de souvenirs lointains, antérieurs à sa naissance : des souvenirs qu'un rien avait suffi à ressusciter et qui chantaient mystérieusement dans son âme.

Jane de La Vaudère, Les Androgynes. Roman passionnel, Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1903.

[the-two-germanys]

Le blessé entendit le bruit d’un galop dans le brouillard.

Folie d'opium

Jane de la Vaudère Paris: Roman-Biblioteque de la Albert Méricant, 1902.

[nemosisworld]

Les mots ont leur couleur et les baisers aussi

Les uns, du ton pâli des roses effeuillées,

S'envolent tristement vers les cimes brouillées

Où pleure le regret du souvenir transi.

D'autres, dernières fleurs, sur le chemin durci,

Aux pétales de givre, aux corolles fouillées

Dans des pleurs de cristal, sont aux âmes rouillées

D'un blanc immaculé sous le ciel obscurci.

Quelques-uns ont le ton discret des violettes;

D'autres, presque effacés, doux et frêles squelettes,

Me semblent un essaim de grands papillons gris.

--- Jane de la Vaudère

Ph. Martina Matencio

[fleuromanie]

Jane de la Vaudere, Sapho, dompteuse, 1908.

Dans l’ambiance crue de l'électricité, l'étoffe paraît déteindre sur la peau, y couler des rayons de lune ; la dompteuse aime les robes enluminées, brochées d'or, d'argent, de bronze, agrafées de joyaux rutilants, et la graine de sa jupe semble porter la fleur rare de son buste comme une tige magique.