#La Madrague

[philoursmars]

J'essaie de rattraper mon retour : ces photos datent de fin juillet, lors de la visite de mon ami breton, Christian (ici en ange) !

Marseille, la Madrague-de-Montredon la nuit.

Pour info, les arapèdes est le nom régional pour "patelle"...d'où l'expression locale "collé comme un(e) arapède"... "Un" ou "une" ? Je n'ai jamais su)

[barbiemonamie]

La madrague

[starrsaligned]

[hcdahlem]

Mes nuits sans Bardot

Simonetta Greggio dialogue avec Brigitte Bardot en s'imaginant admiratrice de l'actrice déposant ses lettres à la Madrague et faisant parler la nonagénaire. Deux voix qui remettent en perspective la carrière, les amours et les engagements d'une femme.

  En deux mots L’admiratrice de Brigitte Bardot vient régulièrement déposer des lettres sous un caillou devant la Madrague, espérant une réponse. La star, à la veille de ses 90 ans, ne lui répond pas, mais s’appuie sur ces écrits pour raconter sa vie, ses amours, ses engagements. Ma note ★★★ (bien aimé) Ma chronique Derrière les initiales BB Simonetta Greggio dialogue avec Brigitte Bardot en…

[chubbydino]

i just finished la madrague and it was so beautiful, i had to come say thank you for writing it. apologies for not leaving a comment, but it feels so personal that anon makes this easier.

i am always hesitant to consume fics that address grief, let alone revolve around it, because i’ve experienced a pretty significant loss. it’s not always triggering, but it can be frustrating to read inaccurate, insensitive, or otherwise just off depictions of loss and the grieving process. this fic is so far from that. it is raw and realistic and so deep, and it really really touched me. i have a lot of admiration for the way you wove in the feeling of resentment, because that’s so hard to feel, let alone to write about, but you captured it in such a perfect way. what i appreciated most though was the give and take of daniel and maxs relationship. they are refreshingly healthy and in love, even with everything max is facing, and it was super comforting to read something where ones partner is supportive in grief without their needs in the relationship being neglected. that’s something i’ve worried about in the past in my own life, and was not expecting to be so touched by. there are plenty of other aspects of the fic that i loved and could speak about forever, but at its core it is a genuinely good piece of writing about a genuinely good relationship focused around a genuinely good depiction of grief, and i am better because i have read it <3

thank you so much for sending this! i really did love writing this fic, it was a piece I wrote almost in a day because i was so inspired to write it.

i've never personally experienced grief like this (thanking my lucky stars for that) but i'm glad it holds true.

[izzeddine]

My Algeria 🇩🇿❤️

[henk-heijmans]

Brigitte Bardot with her dogs driving her Mini Moke, at La Madrague, 1980 - by Michou Simon (1931 - 2002), French

[7applesins]

Sur la plage les coquillages

[70s80sandbeyond]

Brigitte Bardot in her villa in La Madrague, 1965

[angeprovocateur]

june mood: reading at the beach, "la madrague" by brigitte bardot, moonlit dinners, sofia wine, dressed in silk, rose ice cream, jewelry making, roman holiday (1953), dancing under the stars, honeysuckle aromas, and dreamy summer romances ౨ৎ

[missbrigittebardot]

Brigitte Bardot at La Madrague, 1970s

[philoursmars]

J'essaie de rattraper mon retour : ces photos datent de fin juillet, lors de la visite de mon ami breton, Christian (ici en ange) !

Marseille, la Madrague-de-Montredon la nuit. Derrière le Mont Rose (dernière photo) et le Massif de Marseilleveyre (photos 1, 2 et 3), la lune se lève.

Une tarente en profite pour prendre l'air.

[drawing-way-outside-the-lines]

Danny Rook *Supporting Character

Partner(s): None Parents: Mary Rook & Keith Rook Kids: None Siblings: None Age: 33 (2024) Birthday: 1st of August. Height: 180 cm (8.9ft) Body type: Slim but with some muscle Eye color: Light blue About: ~ Hopeless romantic. ~ Used to follow Sparkle around like a puppy. ~ Gentleman. ~ Reads a lot. ~ Studies to become an Architect. ~ Enjoys nature, but doesn't spend enough time in it. ~ Once went sailing for a year cause the girl he was hopelessly in love with moved to another city. Yes it was Sparkle. ~ Got a lot of tattoos during his time at sea, they are pretty random, and done by several aspiring tattoo artists. ~ Often dives into deep intellectual conversations, which can make him seem a bit pompous. ~ Would like a dog, but doesn't have the time. ~ Smells like old books and warm Amber. ~ Drinks green tea all day long. His favorite is Green Tea Jasmine by the British tea brand Hampstead. ~ Would love to get a bunch of kids some day. ~ Often hangs around the local library. ~ Quite private. ~ Doesn't talk much in crowds, and can come off as reserved, but really isn't. ~ Never forgets his vitamins. ~ A bit shy at times. ~ Speaks fluent French (Grandmother was French so he grew up with French speaking mother). ~ Very kind and helpful. ~ Holds a deep painful secret deep underneath that calm collected exterior. ~ Considers himself quite unlucky. ~ Loves; Snow, romance, cooking, books, reading, hiking, traveling, sailing, nature, grape fruit, clove, red wine, foot rubs, crackling fire, candle lit dinner, going to the cinema, going to the theater, fresh baked cookies, salmon, kids, dogs, green tea, cheesy movies, berries, rainy days and umbrellas, crisp morning air, vegetables, waffles, pancakes, maple syrup, French woman, French music, old records, plants, sunrise, little rustic coffee shops, and Sparkle. ~ Dresses somewhere between formal and casual. ~ Yes, he's still hopeless in love with Sparkle. Danny’s tag Danny’s house/home Danny’s moodboard Ask/answer pic:

One song to describe him: Bj Thomas - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head Personal playlist: 1. Francoise Hardy - Le Temps De L'amour 2. Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose 3. Brigitte Bardot - La Madrague 4. Nancy Sinatra - Bang Bang 5. Nick Drake - Things Behind The Sun 6. Cigarettes After Sex - Bubblegum 7. Marie Laforêt - Viens, Viens 8. Kitty Kallen - It's Been A Long Long Time 9. The Ronettes - Be My Baby 10. Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes 11. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Can't Take My Eyes Off You 12. Kitty Kallen - It's Been A Long Long Time 13. Dion - Lovers Who Wander 14. Dusty Springfield - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 15. Lana Del Rey - Cinnamon Girl

[chubbydino]

In honor of the completion of HLS, the most hopeful and heart wrenching piarles and maxiel narratives ever, what inspired you bring phantoms and la madrague together and continue their stories?

How long did you imagine the events of HSL before you began writing it?

originally i was going to publish a different maxiel fic but the story just wasn't working and it wasn't sad enough imo. i started daydreaming about PAPM but i didn't want to be entirely in pierre's POV again and i felt like going into charles's would be cheating, since a lot of what i love about PAPM is that we're never in charles's head.

the original arc of HLS had a much darker ending, and the fic was going to be very piarles focused. more under the cut (+ spoilers)

i don't remember exactly what spurred me to bring the two stories together, but once i started thinking about it, it really worked. of course, PAPM has a chapter where max is married to a woman with a daughter, but that was the only retcon i really needed, and it wasn't the important part of that story. i didn't want to develop a whole new maxiel, and then the parallels between max and pierre started showing and i dove in.

originally, pierre was going to regain his memories like he did, but then the side effects would get so bad (essentially his brain never turned completely off so even while sleeping he would be burning his brain and exhausting himself) that eventually he would have to choose between being bedridden but with memories, or choose to forget himself every few months and start over each time. it was going to end with pierre waking up after making that decision, once again not knowing who charles was.

but every time i thought about max and what he was going through, it hurt so much more. pierre's memory loss isn't painful for him, just confusing and frustrating. max was just surrounded by pain and grief and his worldview is so fucked up, and his family is so fucked up, there was just so much to explore. so, i gravitated toward that story. max took center stage and i decided not to add more angst with pierre's original arc--it just didn't work the way i planned, and max's role took on a new life.

i said it in the discord, but max was also supposed to go through with the suicide attempt on the houseboat. i planned for him to wrap the anchor chain around his neck, slip on the deck, then get up and jump in and go to "heaven"... only for us to figure out that when he slipped on the deck, he hit his head and went into a coma and never actually jumped in the water. but one night while i was playing the story out (i "watch" the next chapter before i go to sleep lolol) i thought about mack truck and the accident took shape. that fit a lot better with the story, especially for daniel, who would never have forgiven himself if he found out max actually tried to kill himself (daniel still doesn't know max was planning to, the same way max doesn't know his family went after his money).

the museum scene with daniel was heavily inspired by What Is And What Should Never Be aka S2 Ep30 of Supernatural aka the Djinn episode, when Dean realizes his perfect world is fake and he's actually dying in real life. That episode hit me so hard and every time i watch it, it still hits. I wanted the same type of scene with Daniel finally appearing in Max's world and making him realize what was really going on.

the supernatural elements of HLS aren't particularly supernatural to me. many people i know have seen or experienced something they can't explain. there are plenty of weird happenings in my own extended family that aren't scary, just strange and maybe unsettling. kids also see the world differently and i feel like theo seeing marshmallow or the kids seeing squalo goes along with that. maybe max only sees it because of his grief, or maybe that's the part of the boys that's always with him.

overall, i wanted to end HLS with the understanding that there is no way to completely heal from what max went through. he'll always, always grieve for his babies, but he doesn't have to hold space for that grief anymore. it will always be there, but he's living life despite that. he's carefully choosing daniel, over and over, and now he knows it's okay to do that. his love for daniel doesn't have to detract from his love for his boys. i don't think he ever would have learned that without the supernatural element at play.

camp bluefin is the purest form of max's love for his daniel, not only because he's allowing children back into their lives, but because he's allowing himself to enjoy having a "family" again. <3

[aneptuniana]

FLEMING [spotify] - 2h 0min

"quiet village" - les baxter // "the nile" - sun ra // "old devil moon" - chet baker // "off shore" - martin denny // "i concentrate on you" - fred astaire // "blue lester" - lester young // "stardust" - hoagy carmichael // "nature boy" - robert maxwell // "wondrous place" - billy fury // "diamonds" - the ventures // "action line" - dorothy ashby // "comin' home baby" - mel tormé // "love potion #9" - herb alpert & the tijuana brass // "a taste of honey" - lenny welch // "the look of love" - sergio mendes & brasil '66 // "mojave" - antonio carlos jobim // "my kind of town - frank sinatra // "pink champagne" - georgie fame & the blue flames // "women of the world" - jimmy smith // "harlem shuffle" - bob & earl // "i come from jamaica" - clifford brown // "the russians are coming" - val bennet // "traveling man" (version I) - the techniques // "la madrague" - brigitte bardot // "jet set" - david pike // "saint-tropez blues" - marie laforêt // "summertime" - the zombies // "that's life" - james brown // "i put a spell on you" - alan price // "primitive london 2" - basil kirchin // "graham greene" - john cale // "sukiyaki" - kyu sakamoto // "footprints on the moon" - johnny harris // "time doesn't matter anymore" - margie day // "solaris" - lalo schifrin // "daydream" - wallace collection // "cry baby cry" - ramsey lewis // "time beat" - ray cathode

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