#Scarlet Pimpernel

[bodhrancomedy]

Please, please add your own to this! Especially non-English books because my knowledge is very European-centric.

[dehautdesert]

What you need to understand is that all the things I've ever been obsessed with ever since I was a little girl are actually in conversation with/inspired by each other.

AKA the literary equivalent of the Habsburg family tree (It really explains how a lot of these guys come off as very similar even though the authors have never heard of each other e.g. Gen Queensthief and Lymond. It's because they share like 98% of their DNA and can be traced to 2 common ancestors. Captive Prince is basically that one guy who was so inbred he needed to eat through a straw because he couldn't open his jaw, and I say this in the most affectionate way possible.)

I'm pretty sure lots of these people have also been inspired by Dumas and Sabatini, but I can't find them saying so on record (only Lynn Flewelling cited Sabatini among her influences).

Other common influences that I didn't include because either I've never been more than lukewarm on them or because they're a cultural milestone everyone's read are Tolkien (obviously), Shakespeare (obviously), Mary Renault, Arthur Conan Doyle, Anne Rice, and obviously the Odyssey, the inventor of the guile hero. Other books inspired by these that I didn't include because I've never been more than lukewarm on them include Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, Cassandra Claire's entire opus, Christopher Ruocchio's Sun Eater, Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora (which I remember liking a lot when I was reading them, but I don't remember anything about them currently), and Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series. And also a million Star Wars and ASOIAF copycats I guess. Thought I might list them anyway in case somebody used this as a reclist. Some rando on Reddit said that Martin cited Dunnett as one of his influences but I can't find where he said that? All I've found was an ancient forum post where he says he never read them.

*Pacat has cited ASOIAF as an influence on her Dark Rise books, which I haven't read, but I included it nonetheless.

Also the arrow between Kay and Graves should be in the opposite direction but I can't be arsed to fix it lol

[driveintheaterofthemind]

Arthouse Muppets

The Scarlet Pimpernel featuring Kermit, Piggy And Sam The Eagle

Art by Bruce McCorkindale

[dickensianenglishbulldog]

The three layers of Sir Percy Blakney’s personality:

[freshtots]

This is so irrelevant but my gf and i have this au…

Anyway sir Percival Blakeney L / French Revolution au /menace de morte

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[alchemyfire]

I was bored, so I made some screenshots of Maxime from The Scarlet Pimpernel series, I mentioned several days ago. Enjoy!

Admiring picture of Marat ... Dead yet immortal.

He is disappointed

Very disappointed

And exhausted by his incompetent subordinates

one from the back so you can admire his wig

before it is blown away by the explosion

He gets really angry without his wig... it means death sentence.

Although, I think it is the maker of his wig from the first episodes, who deserved the guillotine.

[julyquestion26]

My impression of Sir Blakeney from "The Scarlet Pimpernel".

I'm only reading the first book in the series, but it has already stolen my heart.

[suzieloveships]

I'm a history nerd, don't get me wrong, but I always found it funny when people get like really really angry about period dramas being "historically inaccurate" because people from back then didn't gave shit about that. Do you know how inaccurate Shakespear's plays about War of the Roses are? For context War of the Roses happened from 1455 to 1487, Henry VI, Part 1 is believed to have been written in 1591. Best example of Willie not giving a shit is the fact according to him Richard III killed a guy in battle that really happend when he was 3.

And don't even get me started about the Scarlet Pimpernel (1905). You think Orczy cared about being historically accurate when writing abour French Revolution? No, she wanted to write about her Batman prototype. So stop complaining, it makes you look stupid

[nicoleclowes]

They seek him here, they seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven, or is he in hell? That damned, elusive Pimpernel. 🌹 A birthday drawing for my lovely twin sister 🌹

[unkn0wnvariable]

Scarlet Pimpernel

A small but vibrant red scarlet pimpernel flower, wide open in the midday sun at RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes.

[captain-will]

Chauvelin: If only we could have the note written in the Pimpernel’s hand! …How are you at forgery?

Grappin, who is definitely Not Percy in disguise: This one I Think I could manage ;3

[liminal-roses]

Maximilien Robespierre played by Tamaki Ryou, Hiroki Nanami, Nozomi Fuuto and Kiwami Shin

[ripleythexenomorphslayer]

Carolee Carmello as Marguerite St Just

The Scarlet Pimpernel musical

[dickensianenglishbulldog]

I love the scarlet Pimpernel series, because every book it’s like a game of where’s Wally.

A dirty peasant with a hacking cough? Tall yet hunched? A wonder that a man with such a powerful frame should live in such depths of squaller?

Me (in my head): It’s him!! It’s him!!! IT IS SO HIM!!!!!!!

My Mum: why are you grinning at your book?

[junibyrd]

I finally did it!!!

2 weeks ago I had a dream (a real one, like i was literally asleeep) about some Scarlet Pimpernel merchandise based on the musical. One of the items was a deck of playing cards.

When I woke up I was like- yeah, I really want one of those! So I began to plan the characters and eventually I gained enough confidence to try to draw them.

The concept was this:

♥️ : the Richmond section♦️ : the English section♠️ : the French section ♣️ : the Revolutionary section

I found a place where they can custom-make you the deck so I just had to draw the 12 characters and send it in.

AND NOW IT'S HERE! They were so professional and quick with the printing and I'm more than satisfied with the results.

Soooo here are some pictures of that, a bit of Robespierre and Madame Guillotine and of Percy as Grappin and actress Margot...

Enjoy and guys FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS!