#Napoleon link

[doodleplus]

Aligned with the Emperor

[lenny-link]

um,, engiespy yuri,,,,,,,plez,,,,,,

i love old women yuri <<33

bro the way that i gave up on all the other fanarts i was working on, art requests, art trades, biocomputing homework, enzyme engineering assignments, life projects, studying, eating, breathing since i received this ask a few days ago, because my brain couldn’t stop thinking about these two old gay ladies being in love

i thought engiespy was my otp but femengiespy now thats something else

also the "experiment 08" is obviously a reference for "expiration date" it rhymes lol

(i know its just a single letter changing but idk they all give a different vibe and i just couldnt choose one :p)

edit: you can suggest other names if you wish in the comments! :D

[poppies-0]

Hello, just wanted to notify you that I have been working on a fanfic for a few days and today I finished it.

Summary: Sniper and Scout go on a date and Spy has a freakout.

If you like Sniper/Scout as well as Spy/Engineer, fluff , implied sexual stuff and a bit of comedy, feel free to check it out!

[bethany-lancer]

Art based off my Napoleonic War AU of Shield and Sword :3 uhh read here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/63769996 (is this considered shameful self-advertisement?)

[friedrich-2]

[megsiepoo]

"Time of Our Lives"

            "Because that is too easy," Spy said, rolling his eyes as he explained the problem yet again. "And anything Engineer would ask for of his own accord would have little to no romantic value. He would be more likely to ask for scrap metal than a proper gift."             "But if he would like it, then it makes for a good gift, ja?" Medic interjected. "Besides, for all his intelligence, Herr Engineer is a simple man."             "Doctor is right. Little Spy is over thinking problem," Heavy concurred. Spy sighed heavily, rubbing at his temples to ease the headache threatening to take hold.             "It should not be this difficult to find something that can be both romantic and practical. Merde, this is useless."

WOO DAY 7 LET'S GO

And Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Man, I so did not mean for this last fic to be so long compared to the others. I did the rest in one or two sittings while this took the better part of the last 3 days lol. But I'm really happy with this one! And what a fitting end to this challenge!

I had a lot of fun doing this prompt week. It was a challenging experience but super enjoyable, and it's been neat exploring different ships and character dynamics I haven't spent much time on up till now. I fully intend to do more stuff like this in the future. After some much needed sleep!

Thank you to everyone who's enjoyed and commented on this series. Somehow my favorite tf2 author even discovered it! That's been a major trip on its own.

Thanks for reading and feedback appreciated as always!

[seashoreships]

Was reading through Stanley Kubrick's 'Napoleon' script while on a deep dive yesterday and here are some highlights (mostly just napalex but ignore that..)

My personal favourite...,

[lizzysimaginativeworlds]

My dear followers and supporters…whether on Ao3, Newgrounds, or tumblr.

THANK YOU!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING ME! I EVEN HIT 500 HITS ON MY NOVEL, FAUX FANTASIA NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE ON AO3!

I have so much more stories I want to tell and say, and I have so much more to tell for FFNE.

Thank you my dear fans and friends, and everyone else, including @supersour, my co-author and dear friend, for supporting me all this time.

I’m planning to write more stories and worlds, and I will share them.

thank you all! And in the meanwhile, you can check out the latest chapter of FFNE.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60593668/chapters/164398426

[soniakats]

Dear Global Activist Team,

Currently we have an emergency situation in South Sudan. The civil war has reached near the camps in Juba. The embassies have evacuated and the UNHCR has also left. The South Sudan Government officials, soildiers and local community leaders have requested the Ugandans/ LGBTQ to leave Juba. They have given them two weeks to relocate or they may be killed. Apparently the Ugandan Museveni government has made some agreement with the south Sudanese to hunt them.

I will be writing the embassies and the UNHCR protection officers requesting an emergency meeting to ask the way forward on their end and how we can support their solution, if they present one.

If they are non responsive I would be surprised.

I believe we may have to assist them to transport back to Kenya. This is a large group with children of over 500. I kindly request we act as a united team with one campaign. We will need to raise funds to move them . Everything at this point is dangerous. If we act quickly we may be able to reduce or eliminate deaths and group sexual assaults.

So I am humbly requesting you join us .

The existing campaign in kakuma is run by Albert. We are working directly with amnesty international and their attorneys who have agreed to take the legal case to push registration and resettlement for lgbtq moving their out of Kenya. My suggestion is we move as one with this campaign and bring in as much support and as many organizations as we can to unite. This may not work. It may completely fail but we must try. I do not know what else we can do with the large group in South Sudan. I am open to all suggestions and ideas.

[empirearchives]

Lord Byron and Napoleon

Someone responded to my Lord Byron post saying they were surprised Lord Byron liked Napoleon. Let’s just say this, Lord Byron was obsessed with Napoleon. He was his “alter ego.” He loved him.

Like most of the Romantics, Napoleon was his muse. He was not a propagandist. He was able to write about Napoleon in a nuanced way and explore different aspects. For example, his “Ode Napoleon Buonaparte” is a sharp criticism which expresses his utter disappointment in Napoleon for abdicating. He hated Napoleon for his defeat, but he loved him for his cause.

Lord Byron had a bust of Napoleon since he was a young boy. He modelled his carriage on Napoleon’s carriage. He had engravings of Napoleon in his room and collected mementos of Napoleon long after his death in 1821. He referred to Napoleon as his “little pagod.” People around him said that the vicissitudes of Napoleon’s life affected his personality. He mattered to him a lot. This is what he said in a letter to his friend after Napoleon’s defeat: “I detest the cause and the victors – and the victory.” (Quote source)

He was hard on Napoleon because he believed in him, but he was devotedly loyal. Notice that he died in exile, just like Napoleon. Thomas Medwin explains that Lord Byron admired Napoleon so much that he came to envy him. Like Beethoven, his admiration turned into a desire to replicate. Beethoven once said he wanted “to conquer” the conqueror.

If anyone is interested in learning more about Lord Byron and Napoleon, I’ve provided some links. Any good book about Lord Byron should mention it. But most biographies about Napoleon will not mention it because it was a parasocial relationship for Lord Byron.

Some but not all sources on the topic:

Between Emperor and Exile: Byron and Napoleon (source)

Byron’s Napoleonic Poems (source)

Beethoven, Byron, and Bonaparte - part 1 (source)

Beethoven, Byron, and Bonaparte - part 2 (source)

Lord Byron Reacts to the News - Napoleon's 100 Days (source)

Lord Byron and Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte between the Ode and Waterloo (source)

Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron […] in the Years 1821 and 1822, By Thomas Medwin (source)

Manuscript of Byron’s additional stanzas to ‘Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte,’ 1814 (source)

[rosemary-rothlorein]

Read an article on Beethoven’s third symphony.

The piece was inspired by and originally dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte, who, in the composer’s eyes, represented the democrat ideal. After Napoleon crowded himself emperor, an infuriated Beethoven retracted the dedication, and called his third symphony simply Eroica, hero. If the hero is no longer Napoleon, who is it? One interpretation is that hero here should be viewed abstractly, as a great man, a magnificent soul, and human spirits at the full potential.

Imagined Grantaire reading this passage.

No one:

Grantaire:

[phatburd]

By Andrew Roberts

British historians — including friends of mine such as Paul Johnson, Sir John Keegan and Sir Alistair Horne — have had immense influence on the bleak way Napoleon is viewed. Claude Ribbe’s book Le Crime de Napoleon portrayed him as a genocidal dictator on a par with Hitler, and the US historian Paul Schroeder wrote: “Hitler did it for the sake of an unbelievably horrible ideal; Napoleon for no underlying purpose at all.”

Unfortunately, Scott’s movie perpetuates this absurd myth. No mention is made of any achievement beyond the military ones. He rightly shows Napoleon as being popular with the French people but the evidence given in the movie makes this incomprehensible.

Without the context of the Napoleonic Code — the reorganisation of French laws — the financial reforms, the restoration of law and order, the concordat with the Catholic Church, the infrastructure projects, the new education system, meritocratic social advancement, the creation of the Banque de France and Légion d’Honneur and Council of State, for example, the film’s emperor is reduced to a man who merely throws food at his wife, has sex with her under the table with servants present, and almost never takes off his hat while indoors.

[napoleonic-sexyman-tournament]

If you don’t have any pictures for people like Hippolyte Charles you could put in a random hussar or would you accept “fanart” submissions?

We absolutely would. It's much better than a placeholder image.

But we wouldn't want to use artwork without it being submitted by the person who made it. That's why we've been using film stills for fictional characters (or official book art.) It's just a matter of permission. So, if you drew it, yes please. If it is someone else's, please make sure they give permission.

[writer-and-artist27]

It's past 10 pm on a Friday night when the author posts this, but with a third family member having ascended to the world beyond in the span of a year from cancer treatment, the author had to process things.

And with the recent Halloween Rising 2023 event in FGO NA, a certain Foreigner's antics rubbed the author the wrong way enough to provide just enough of leeway to go try-hard in writing rage.

Fuck cancer in taking another person away from me.

Content warning for spoilers for Sections 4-6 of said Halloween event, graphic violence, cruel and unusual punishment, and mentions of torture. You've been warned.

AO3 link here. OST Playlist on YouTube here, with the new songs all included.

[msclaritea]

Brian Cox tears into Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘appalling’ Napoleon performance | The Independent

BRIAN COX IS A LITTLE BITCH, GOING AFTER JOAQUIN PHOENIX.