#The Marmonts: what could this mean

[velvetjune]

The Lake House | Alan Wake 2

“I keep coming back to this page. The author’s clearly Wake. It’s like he’s warning us, but about what?���

— Diana Marmont

[mishkakagehishka]

What's the beef with the Hungarians. genuine I like knowing foreign gossip

I cannot answer this without my historian mutuals' insight /j

It's the usual, though, i don't think it was that bad (???) but then again i'm not continental, so my beef is focused on italians. But there was also forced hungarisation here. I mentioned bân Jelačić specifically because he was staunchly against hungarisation or rather for the usage of the croatian language in croatia and development of our arts, and also because a joke I always repeat is "we have to turn (the statue of) ban Jelačić to face Hungary [threat]" whenever they start stirring some shit (like? Wasn't it last year when O.rban started making some sus statements about "Hungarians abroad" and how our sea should belong to them, as inspired by his daddy P.utin)

Basically it's a mix of austrohungarian politics that shouldn't matter today, but also the fact that i have heard shit like "coastal Hungarians" and. Whatever the hell O.rban was about tbh that just makes me go🤨 sometimes. Hungarians my beloveds, tho. Like with the French, I'm p sure they helped us more than they ruined us, I just hate them for the bit. You always gotta hate your neighbours a lil bit.

Tldr: it's not that deep, but i still hope the Hungarian who called me Albanian on here (bc I was talking about how people who call themselves expats just don't wanna equate themselves to "dirty immigrants" even tho they are immigrants, like, okay, i see what immigrants he had a problem with) stubs his toe once a week

[cosmicalily]

'and if the record skips' with stray kids, ot8 special collab headcanons by @cosmicalily & @hyunjiisa special collab!

author's note: when iza said we should do skz as our favourite songs, i literally leapt in excitement bc i've had that exact prompt in my notes app for weeks now! also feel free to use these songs and lyrics as prompts for your writing x

chris as...'summer' by the volunteers

"Our eyes are closed, but we know when the sun is near us, we'll be in love forever. My door had been ripped out somehow, but now it's constantly fixed by you, I hate to admit it."

minho as...'chateau' by angus and julia stone

"We can go if you wanna go anywhere, I'll take you there. We can go to the Chateau Marmont, and dance in the hotel room. We can run with the headlights on, until we got nothing to lose."

changbin as...'stacking chairs' by middle kids

"You better hold my hand, there is no map for this. When the wheels come off, I'll be your spare, when the party's over, I'll be stacking the chairs, when the world turns on you, I will be there. I will be there."

hyunjin as...'glory of the snow' by clairo

"When I drive, I always check over the seat, I could see you right there, waiting on me. I pull on the string that binds me to memories of, the way I loved you. I push on the door, the one I've ignored, the one that leads me to you."

jisung as...'supersad' by suki waterhouse

"What if I let it go? I'ma look the other way, out of my control. Wash my face, fix my hair, swear to God I'm nobody, I am so damn scared, I look so much better, when I don't care."

felix as...'the blonde' by tv girl

"'Cause anyone who ever had a brain, wouldn't stand out in the rain, or keep it up for very long, just to prove somebody wrong. And anyone who ever had a heart, or sang a lonesome song, would sell their little souls, just to make it with the blonde."

seungmin as...'real love baby' by father john misty

"Our hearts are free, so tell me what's wrong with the feeling. I'm a flower, you're my bee, it's much older than you and me. I'm in love, I'm alive, I belong to the stars and sky. Let's forget who we are for one night."

jeongin as...'square (2017)' by yerin baek

"Come take my arms and go, I'll be yours for sure. You're the only one who saw my yesterday, the one who knows I'm here, alive today, comfort me, say what I mean to you. You should know what you have to say."

taglist: @hyunjiiza @velvetmoonlght @s3ungm1nxxl0ve @btch8008s @yaniluvs - send an ask, dm or comment to be added!

[josefavomjaaga]

First Restauration newspaper gossip – the Marmont edition

Some more snippets from 1814 German newspapers:

Allgemeine Zeitung, 16 June 1814:

There is talk of the appointment of three new marshals, and M. Viomesnil, M. Coigny and M. Nansouty are believed to have been designated. On the other hand, it is said to be true that General Grouchy had asked for his dismissal. But after everything was settled, he showed himself at court, and is said to have taken the liberty of insulting Marshal Marmont in the presence of the Duke of Berry in a parlour adjoining the King's flats, whereupon he was ordered to leave Paris the next day.

Allgemeine Zeitung, 28 June 1814

General Grouchy, who was ordered to leave Paris following his quarrel with Marshal Marmont, has returned; the King has deigned to excuse what he considers to be the temperamental outbursts of an excellent warrior.

Bayreuther Zeitung, 8 July 1814

A private message from Mainz, that cannot be verified, says that there was a tumultuous event in Paris on 30 June and that Marshal Marmont was stabbed to death by Marshal Oudinot.

Bayreuther Zeitung, 9 July 1814

The rumour from Mainz of tumultuous events in Paris on 30 June and of the assassination of Marshal Marmont was not confirmed. Until 2 July, the Paris papers did not report any event that could have given rise to this rumour.

Berlinische Nachrichten von Staats- und gelehrten Sachen, 19 July 1814

Marmont is particularly the object of the censure of the discontented because, instead of putting Paris, which his defeated and shattered corps could not cover, at the mercy of extreme danger, he preferred to capitulate.

Baierische National-Zeitung, 30 July 1814

Marmont, who saved the ruins of his defeated army by a capitulation, the life of a punishable and still dangerous tyrant by a stroke of the pen, and Paris itself from destruction by ceasing to defend it when it could no longer be defended, without provoking and exposing the aggressors; this Marmont is at present universally hated by those citizens whose houses, wives and daughters owe their existence and honour to his prudence. The most daring of Bonaparte's followers accuse him of treachery, because he took the only means to save their idol. The armies, which he rescued with honour from a succession of unequal battles and unavoidable misfortunes, accuse him daily in the cafés of having disgraced the French arms.

And as a bonus: Louise Soult

Allgemeine Zeitung, 16 June 1814

It is said that the other day, when Mme la Maréchale Soult presented herself at court, she was allowed to enter before many of the ladies of old nobility, who were very offended by this.

[aedesluminis]

The relationship between Barras, Carnot and Bonaparte related to the 18th Fructidor coup according to Lavalette

At the period I am now speaking of, Barras was the most violent of the three members of the Directory who wished for an alteration in the councils. His hatred of Carnot was so strong that, a few days before the 18th Fructidor, one of his confidants, to whom I made the observation that Carnot would undoubtedly find means of escaping from persecution, answered, "We will kill him." He had continually in his mouth the most insulting expressions against those whom he suspected of being Royalists. On the other hand, how is it possible to reconcile that hatred of the Bourbons and their friends with the revelations published by Fauche Borel since the Restoration, and which Barras never denied. The above-mentioned agent of Louis XVIII has asserted that the Director had consented to the plan of the Count of Lille to bring about a Royalist revolution ; that a formal pardon had been sent to him, and an amnesty for his vote in the trial of the late King ; finally, that several millions had been promised him to make up for the loss of his rank as Director. If the assertion of Fauche Borel be true, the animosity of Barras against the Royalist party can only be explained by the impossibility in which he found himself of accomplishing his promises, or by his grief at being obliged to share glory and the profit of a Restoration with persons whom he detested, and whose reputation and talents would offer the King better pledges than he could present. The conduct of Napoleon in regard to Barras, during his reign, may also be explained by the knowledge he had acquired of his treason.

— Memoirs of Count Lavalette, 1894, p. 132 - 133

Given that these are memoirs, their reliability must be taken with caution. I found these revelations extremely interesting nonetheless.

A few pages later Lavalette also mention that while in Geneva Bonaparte secretly sent notice to Carnot to leave the town - he was hiding there - as soon as possible:

Bonaparte crossed Switzerland, and went to Rastadt : his travelling companions were Generals Marmont, Duroc, myself, his secretary Bourrienne, and Ivan his physician. The only place at which he stopped was Geneva, where the Directory was already beginning, by underhand manoeuvres, to augment the number of its adherents, who were one day to effect the union of that Republic with France. Carnot had sought refuge in that city, and General Bonaparte privately sent him advice to leave it as soon as possible, so as to prevent a persecution he was not able to prevent.

— Memoirs of Count Lavalette, 1894, p. 148

Such a pity there's no official source for all of this. Carnot doesn't mention anything of the sort in his Réponse à Bailleul about the current and following events of 18th Fructidor. I guess that if what Lavalette said right, Carnot didn't say anything not to give Napoléon any more troubles.

[natlacentral]

‘Last Airbender’ Star Dallas Liu Celebrates Renewal, Increased Opportunities for Asian and Indigenous Actors

The cast and crew of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” are still waiting to hear what their creative team has in store for Seasons 2 and 3.

“We have no idea,” Dallas Liu, who stars as Prince Zuko in Netflix‘s live-action adaptation of the Nickelodeon animated series of the same name, told me Wednesday night at Vanity Fair and Instagram’s pre-Oscars party, Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood, at Bar Marmont. “We have literally zero details. I was hoping for something, but Netflix is staying pretty tight-lipped about it right now.”

They haven’t even been told when production will resume.

Even so, Liu is excited, specially because more seasons means more representation. “The Asian and the Indigenous community have so many talented actors and actress,” he said. “I feel like we could go in any direction that we’d like.”

Earlier on Wednesday, Netflix announced the series was renewed for two more seasons. Liu recalled the cast being told the good news during a Zoom call. “Basically, they told us, ‘We need you to be on a Zoom call because we have some post-launch things we’d like for you to do,’ but then I saw there like 50 people on the call,” he said.

Star Daniel Dae Kim initially pranked the young actors by saying on the call that the streamer wasn’t “able to announce a Season 2 for our show.” But then he said, “They are able to announce a Season 2 and 3.”

The cast also includes Gordon Cormier, Ian Ousley and Kiawentiio. Netflix released a video of the Zoom call on YouTube. It has more than 441,000 views as of Thursday morning.

“It was a huge moment for all of us because we had spent so much time with each other on the project,” Liu said. “After the release of the first season, the only thing we wanted was more seasons.”

The show was shot in Vancouver, but production may move to another location. “We’re going to be in a completely different setting for Season 2, so we’ll see. I’m always down for a ride.” Liu said. “I can’t wait to see what the writers have in store for us.”

[sgiandubh]

Hi! I wasn’t around for the chateau marmont photo either, so I don’t know what’s already been discussed. It does kind of look like there’s more of the grass to the left (our left) of the woman in white though. Sure looks like ugly decor, but 🤷🏻‍♀️. Doesn’t change my opinion that Sam and caitriona are together, but I think some of the possible photoshops are hard to be sure of. Definitely appreciate the speculation though!

Dear Chateau Marmont Anon,

If you take five minutes of your time and read the comments thread, two veterans (@mariaae and @dillon7fan) confirmed the picture was never discussed before being posted on 'that ol blunt knife blog' (I see you and now I know there is a definite shortage of capital letters in Spain).

And then, there's you, to whom I am willing to grant the benefit of the doubt.

Work with me:

You write, and I quote you: It does kind of look like there’s more of the grass to the left (our left) of the woman in white though.

You mean, this smiling lady?

That is not grass, my dear. That is, most probably, a ficus tree (but I stand corrected, I am no expert in these).

But that is not the big problem I have with this bizarre picture, featuring outdoorsy bistrot chairs and yes, a lot of greenery.

In all honesty and fairness, here is an interesting picture of Chateau Marmont's very indoor/outdoor restaurant. The nay contest outdoor area - furniture is a perfect match and there are shrubs (happy?):

Let's suppose the pic was taken on the patio area, facing the fancy covered structure that looks like a tent. Something still does not really click and I am pretty sure there's either a problem of angle or a matter of scale.

Not being a gardener, I asked myself if there is a standard height for this kind of privacy/screening shrubs. I found something very interesting, on the site of a Californian landscape professional established since 1869 (https://pacificnurseries.com/great-hedge-screen-plants-for-privacy/) and I have to say the suggested scale matches the picture:

Let's add 2 inches to this rough estimate, upping it to 3 feet and 2 inches (96 centimeters). In the context, the two inches are negligible, because these shrubs grow rather fast and are regularly pruned.

If we assume the leg length represents about half the person's height, well... we reach a height of about 6 feet and 4 inches, which means 193 centimeters. There are scientific reasons to this ratio, by the way, but do not ask me to elaborate on it (specialized input is always a big plus):

I do not remember Tracula to be that commanding. I can, however, think of someone whose height is very close to that result.

So, in a nutshell, it's a pick your adventure scenario, Anon. Either:

a) that is a (photoshopped) grass background and the guy can bilocate better than Star Trek's Data.

b) that's a shrub and the height of that person (body?) does not match Tracula's.

In all fairness, I think that's a shrub. I have no problem acknowledging my wrongs and my limits.

I also have another question: is Tracula documented as wearing watches? I am being very honest here and could do with your feedback.

Is that proof? It's another layer of speculation. I am not megalomaniac, thank God.

It's never (never, ever) waterproof with these people.

[p-redux]

Maybe Sam is in the US bc the $ ?? It could also just be an old photo he just added to. I hope 🤞🏻 he’s still in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 for Mum’s Day with his adorable Mum!!! That’s the guy I think Sam is 😉 Happy Friday @p-redux and as always thanks for your humor in indulging us Sam fans 🤪

Yeah, that's definitely a dollar sign. But it could be an old pic. I'm barely waking up, but someone mentioned he was in NY not LA. But then someone said whatever pic people were basing the NY sighting on is an old pic. Here's the comment that was left on one of my posts. It's in French, but it translates as "old photo...same outfit (t-shirt jacket bracelet) as Nov-Dec 2021 with Josh and his post from 05/03 at the Chinesetuxedo restaurant." Meaning Sam is not in NY.

I'm barely waking up, so I haven't had time to check anything. But the L.A. Chateau Marmont sighting I got was from yesterday. If it's true, then he would still be in L.A....unless he already took off or Mexico to join Matt Neal and his girlfriend.

Let me know if there's other info and I'll post if I get more. Off to pour me a cup of coffee and set an Anon from a couple of days ago straight on some fandom history. I love when people come to me to correct me, bitch, I was in the thick of it. I know that I know what I know. History class will begin in just a bit. 👩‍🏫

[askgeraudduroc]

Hello Marmont.

There are multiple things I want to say to man who has always been welcomed in my house, and cherished by my wife and children as a dear friend. The man, to whom Aglaé went to beg for mercy for me, having no idea that he was one that voted for my death.

I hope you got what you wanted. I hope you’re proud of yourself, because at least you would be the only one who is actually proud of you.

You became a synonym for a traitor.

And you know, you deserve it.

Sincerely, go to hell.

Ney.

@le-brave-des-braves

...Ney

I...

I will not say... The words. 'cause they wouldn't mean anythin' to you.

But... I will let you know that...

I don't.

I don't have anythin' to be proud of myself.

And... I have already been in hell.

Not throught a hell of a experience, but in actual. Hell. Real stuff. And, to be more precise, the 9th Circle.

I have been trapted, in burnin' ice, for 'round 100 years. Or more.

I even think that, the one that was also freezed out by my side the whole time was Judas Iscariot himself... Or it could be someone of his same era. I have no idea, nor i really care.

Atleast... does that makes you happy??

[alexstorm]

And then there are the ones from LA before she was allowed into his house she had to stay at Château Marmont // I think she definitely “allowed” there early on since they filmed some parts of her music video there (desert) which was finished by mid 2019.

But looking at her Château Marmont photos, I have to say only she has the power to make that historic hotel look cheap lol

We know she was in his house before but she clearly didn't stay there for long or if at all. Only since last year she's allowed there for more than a week or two.

We had an anon here a few years ago who said (without source) that Alex has this kind of arrangement with his parents that he spends Christmas one year in Sheffield and one year they come to him to LA. I'm not entirely sure but I think those Château Marmont pics were taken in late December so this could mean he parked her at the hotel while his parents stayed at his house. Which again would prove she's not getting on with his family. We know he spent 2018 in Sheffield and 2019 in LA. Not entirely sure where he was in 2020 but we know what she did. lol

[le-brave-des-braves]

Ney entered the room, this time seeming truly inhumane. His wings, although folded, didn't disappear and his eyes remained more gold than blue. This was so much to handle - the encounter with Marmont, who could escape despite his "angelic" powers. Then, there was the hellfire consuming Duroc's house. And now, this? He and Eugène were not especially close, yet he counted him among the few he could call a friend. And now, he is gone. What does THAT even mean, they are ALL fucking gone, they are done, down, flat, on the wrong side of the grass, counting worms or whatever way you wish to express that they are all fucking dead already... They can't die again, right?

Bessières...

It is unclear who he is referring to, and he isn't sure either.

I just... Damn, I'm sorry. I mean it.

The Void is reaching out and as Montebello said, it has claimed Marmont already - I guess it is his nature to join the side he considers stronger. But he is different now. He has powers of sorts - he escaped me and then set Duroc's house ablaze.

I... I shall provide accommodation for him and his family. I will return as soon as I am done.

He needs to get out. He must do something, he can't take any more standing and grieving, he feels the rage, the urge to fight or at least to create. He desperately wants to do something that wouldn't mean a disaster.

@your-dandy-king @armagnac-army @murillo-enthusiast @bayard-de-la-garde @the-adventures-of-lydia-brown @askgeraudduroc

Points of Divergence

( 1, 2, 3 )

A somewhat unusual parade of personages arrives in the encampment of Marshal Soult of the Army of the Beyond.

One of the Bessieres is leading a pony, with a bedraggled Duroc straddling his back. There's a few salvaged items in saddle bags that were dug out of the house's remains, plus a calico kitten. Bessieres carries their daughter's egg in a backpack slung over his shoulder. His eyes are distant, his expression grim. Underneath that surface, though, his thoughts are roiling, and he's coming to a decision on what to do next.

Or at least, soon. He needs rest. He's fucking exhausted from today, but he's not showing that weakness to anyone.

"Papa!" he hears Helene yell happily, as she runs up to him and grabs his legs. He picks her up and tickles her, smiling, but not quite feeling it. He's too numb. How am I going to tell Helene about everything that has happened?

Soult may or may not have had advance notice of their arrival, but it's been a walk from Duroc's domain to Soult's, possibly with Ney, Saint-Chamans, Lannes, and Lydia all in tow.

@murillo-enthusiast @armagnac-army @the-adventures-of-lydia-brown @le-brave-des-braves @askgeraudduroc

[losnoventa90]

In My Own Private Idaho, River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves portray a pair of teenage prostitutes, each more victim than vulture. Phoenix is a narcoleptic, Mike, who dozes off at dangerously inopportune moments as he searches endlessly for his long-lost mother; Reeves is a blue-blooded runaway, Scott, who turns tricks as an act of rebellion against his father. “Idaho is the story of a rich boy who falls of the hill and a kid on the street,” says writer-director, Gus Van Sant. “I saw a bit of the hill in Keanu’s personality and a bit of the street in River’s. They played out those extensions of themselves.”

Reeves is the first to arrive for dinner at Suite 55 in the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard. He looks a bit dazed from a run-in with the paparazzi at a Hollywood screening. “I just stopped on my bike to ask the guard, like, what movie was playing,” he says. “And suddenly all of the guys around me are yelling ‘Keanu, look up!'” Did he? “No way, man. I beat it out of there. It was weird.” He grins, and then offers to grate some Parmesan cheese for the pasta, first asking what side of the grater to use. Soon Phoenix shows up. Immediately, he’s at Reeves’s side in the kitchen, peeling garlic. Within minutes, though, the two escape to the balcony. Phoenix lights up a Camel. He cocks an eyebrow: “Doesn’t figure, huh?” Then he exhales. “I know. I should quit.”

Suddenly he and Reeves are off, excitedly exploring the possibility of doing Shakespeare together. They stand nose to nose—Phoenix newly bleached blond as part of his bid to play the young Andy Warhol in a future Van Sant biopic, Reeves dark-haired and tanned—like positive and negative images of each other. They sustain their banter throughout the meal, as one interrupts the other, but only to complete his thought.

GINI SIKES: Keanu, you’ve said you accepted a part in Idaho first, hoping River would do the film too.

KEANU REEVES: No. We were always together.

RIVER PHOENIX: He was lying. We were doing I Love You to Death, and we both got the Idaho script. We were driving in a car on Santa Monica Boulevard, probably on the way to a club, and were talking really fast about the whole idea. We were excited. It could have been like a bad dream—a dream that never follows through because no one commits, but we just forced ourselves into it. We said “OK, I’ll do it if you do it. I won’t do it if you don’t.” We shook hands. That was it.

PAIGE POWELL: River, what were the challenges you face from portraying a character who suffers from narcolepsy? When I first saw your narcoleptic attacks on film, for one tenth of a second they could have been perceived as comic. Then they seemed painful. It’s clear that they come out of nowhere. How’d you know to do that?

PHOENIX: Mainly from Gus’ descriptions of what Jake would do. Jake was a narcoleptic in Portland who worked with me. I spent a lot of time talking to him about why narcolepsy happens. I understood it completely from the medical and scientific standpoint, though they don’t know exactly what it is. But when I was with Jake he never had a narcoleptic attack in front of me. After I’d done a few of the fits, Gus said they were exactly the way Jake had them.

REEVES: Do you think this film will cause narcolepsy? I mean, should parents watch out for their children?

PHOENIX: I would definitely stress that viewers should be very aware of the catching nature of narcolepsy.

REEVES: Should viewers wear special glasses?

PHOENIX: It’s like the eclipse. If you look at it too long, you might get it.

POWELL: While we’re on the subject of research, did the two of you hang out with the street kids in Portland?

PHOENIX: Totally.

REEVES: Yeah, a little bit.

SIKES: Were there ever times that you felt that asking street hustlers for information was somehow exploiting them?

PHOENIX: I think they were flattered that their story would be told.

REEVES: No, man. I don’t feel that this story is a contemporary tale of the street. It’s not current in the places or language. The only way this story is contemporary is in a larger sense, in its emotions and perhaps what goes on inside of some people…

POWELL: Aren’t emotions timeless?

REEVES: Exactly. But I’m talking about how they’re manifested in language, or, you know, in anything that people are doing. I’m just saying this film is not representative of the street scene in Portland.

PHOENIX: That’s very true. If a kid from Portland saw this movie, he wouldn’t think it was Portland street life. But it’s our responsibility to go as deep as we can and to explore all the directions that might even be suggested in a script. Just so we have all the bases covered. Our research was extracurricular, it wasn’t necessarily needed. SIKES: Describe how you went about researching the lifestyle of street hustlers.

PHOENIX: I entered it through friends of Gus’ who were already on the street, Scott and Gary. Gary died in a car wreck recently, from what I heard; God bless his soul. Being anonymous also helped us, I think.

SIKES: They had no idea you two were actors researching a role?

PHOENIX: No, no. It was all in character. We were just hangin’. If anything, they thought, This is another cat who’s trying to take my spot on the street. There was maybe a little curiosity, but never any animosity or jealousy. Because it’s a brotherhood on the street, man. You all watch for each other’s backs. Because no one wants to see anyone get stabbed.

SIKES: So nothing was set up?

PHOENIX: Some street kids came over to Gus’ house, and we met different people at different places. It was staged, in that sense. But the actual street stuff was just us, working on our own time. Like guerrillas [laughs]. It was very sensational for us. I though our main problem was to find out if we could be the real guys. Gus’ choice was to use real street guys or us, so Keanu and I felt a great burden. We wanted to believe in this script and work out the problems.

SIKES: Both of you are very popular among adolescents. In particular, teenagers seem to relate to you, Keanu, because of your Bill and Ted persona. Was there any concern in your camp, say from your agent or manager, that playing a male prostitute would hurt your “image”?

REEVES: Hurt my image? Who am I—a politician? [laughs softly] No. I’m an actor. That wasn’t a problem. But shooting was a very intense experience. I had just finished Point Break and was still into my character. I felt a bit of anxiety about Idaho. I was overwhelmed at what I had to do—it was like, Oh, no! Can I do this? I was afraid. But Gus and River made me fit in. Said, Let’s do one bitchin’ movie. I don’t know about you, River, man—but I was introduced to so many elements through the guy I was playing. Real people. My imagination. Gus’ interpretation. Shakespeare. It was rich! And it was just bottomless, man. You could go as far as you could go, you know?

SIKES: I remember reading an interview with Robert Downey Jr. after Less Than Zero, where he said he was afraid people would harass him because of his character. Has anyone reacted strongly to your rules?

PHOENIX. Fuck them. That’s all I can say. A big capital F, a U-C-K, and THEM. T-H-E-M.

REEVES: Get a clue, man.

SIKES: So you haven’t had any negative—

REEVES: No. I get negative shit all the time. I don’t care.

PHOENIX: Do you think anyone would have taken this script ten years ago?

REEVES: Porno stars, maybe. Like maybe one of Warhol’s crowd.

PHOENIX: Joe Dallesandro?

REEVES: Possibly one of those cats. SIKES: One of your co-stars is a Warhol actor—Udo Kier, from Dracula and Frankenstein. Which brings me to a prurient question…

REEVES: It’s your job!

SIKES: How comfortable were you guys filming your three-way sex scene with Udo?

PHOENIX: Well, I really didn’t help matters. While we were doing our scene I said, “Just think, Keanu. Five hundred million of your fans will be watching this one day.” Like a stupid idiot. I made him feel completely self-conscious. But Keanu rose above it. Gus scolded me endlessly the night after.

REEVES: Did he really?

PHOENIX: Yeah. He scolded the shit out of me. I almost cried. That was terrible of me. I was just trying to break the ice. You know, I thought it was humorous—I was trying to save Keanu from being freeze-framed by twelve-year-olds at home!

REEVES: Thanks, brother.

PHOENIX: Later on, Keanu was filmed naked with the beautiful Chiara [Caselli, who plays Scott’s Italian girlfriend, Carmella]. That scene was really a drag. He was having a great time with this girl, but it was freezing cold and they were dying. So I think they were more worried about the temperature than the nudity. That took five hours.

SIKES: The scene with Udo must have been easier simply because you two were already good friends. How did you meet?

PHOENIX: Actually, I met Keanu through my ex-girlfriend Martha [Plimpton] while they were doing Parenthood—they were sucking face regularly. My brother, Joaquin [Phoenix], otherwise known as Leaf, was also in it. So, Leaf and Martha were his buddies before I was even a friend of his. Then I met up with him on I Love You to Death. And I liked the guy. I wanted to work with him. He’s like my older brother. But shorter.

POWELL: Keanu, Scott is a rich kid who wallows in the gutters to rebel against his father, who’s the mayor of Portland. Gus based Scott on Prince Hal in Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays…

REEVES: Yeah, but in the Shakespeare world, Prince Hal turned out to be a good king. To avoid eternal strife he gets into these wars. All the dukes and lords were pretty happy because men were going off to die for a noble cause and people were being fed. But in Idaho, Scott is not connected to the people. He’s got his own agenda. He just dogs everybody and goes his own way. So he doesn’t have, like, the noble aspect. In the end, his father was perhaps very compassionate and concerned. Perhaps that’s what makes it a modern tale.

SIKES: Were you concerned at all that Mike speaks in street vernacular throughout the film, whereas Scott goes in and out of Shakespearean verse? Did you think your switch in speech might seem jarring, Keanu?

REEVES: The Shakespeare stuff was an aspect of the script. Gus said it was something to do and think about it. So that was my game. I wasn’t worried. It just seemed challenging and interesting to me.

PHOENIX: I was afraid of it not working.

REEVES: For me?

PHOENIX: No, for the entire film. I felt we needed to be very clear on how we set up the transition scenes between the mock Shakespeare stuff and the docu-drama stuff. There needed to be stepping stones to those scenes—so it wouldn’t be like jumping from black to white to Technicolor. It was important to organize our thoughts and to support Gus stylistically.

REEVES: I wasn’t aware of all the different styles going on in the film initially, though. You were looking through the camera a lot more than me.

POWELL: The thing I like so much about Gus and his work is his compassion. Mala Noche just ripped my heart out. In My Own Private Idaho, he’s dealing with the search from home and family. Was that theme important to you in deciding to do this film?

REEVES: Oh, not for me.

PHOENIX: I have really strong feelings about the search for home and mother. I thought it was very, very touching. You just knew that someone who could come up with this premise would have something to back it with in terms of knowledge and experience. Which Gus has.

POWELL: What was it like working with Gus as a person—living in his house, on location, and so on?

PHOENIX: Gus just has those qualities that we all need to get back. Open eyes, open ears, a kid’s stream of consciousness. You know, the things kids do—like putting their fingers up strange pipings in the house or acting all soft because they’ve screwed up and Mom’s mad at them. That’s Gus. Just being a kid. He was very collaborative, completely wide open. It was like a family operation—co-op style.

SIKES: How did you two manage on the set?

PHOENIX: Every morning, Matt [Ebert, production assistant] woke us up by singing show tunes. He’d drag us by our ears down the van.

REEVES: No, man. I was always there, prompt and ready.

PHOENIX: But he had to drag me by the ear down to the van. I’m very stubborn about getting up in the morning.

REEVES: Yeah, man. But I knew that Matt would grab me by the ear, too, so I’d just hang out.

PHOENIX: Yeah, Keanu would wait downstairs with his script in hand, ready to get I the van, and I would be upstairs fumbling for my clothes, although I usually sleep with my clothes on. POWELL: Gus was pretty spontaneous about what scenes you shot each day, wasn’t he?

PHOENIX: I have no clue. I don’t know what he fuckin’ decided to shoot what or where or when or why, man.

POWELL: Well, when you woke up in the morning didn’t you know what scene you were going to shoot?

REEVES: Generally, yeah. I’m sure that was other people telling Gus, “You need to know what you’re going to do tomorrow.” I don’t know if that was necessarily his personal impetus, but I think the machine was asking him what we were going to do so that we could be ready.

POWELL: The movie starts in Portland, moves to Idaho, then to Italy. While filming sequentially, did anything develop that you couldn’t have anticipated at the beginning?

PHOENIX: The campfire scene was definitely a combination of Keanu and me working together off-set, fucking around with improv, talking about our characters. Getting deeper into it, we discovered a lot about our relationship within the film, and by the time we were ready to shoot the last scene in the States, we had enough insight to go a hell of a lot deeper than the script every told us it would.

SIKES: That’s the scene where Mike tells Scott that he loves him.

PHOENIX: There was a lot of deep love [in the film]. You don’t know until you see the dailies whether it comes across or not. But because we shot in sequence, we were watching the film unfold before us, and when that scene cam around we could just, like, ad-lib it.

POWELL: That campfire scene is very similar to the one you did in Stand by Me—

PHOENIX: The confession scene. It’s also similar to a scene in Running on Empty. Gus did see both movies, so maybe he sampled them. POWELL: When I visited the set in Italy, I noticed that you were both always really sweet. You’d have gone without sleep and be really tired; yet you were always considerate to the hotel clerks, limo drivers. Everyone.

PHOENIX: Oh, yeah. We’re great guys. We are really wonderful people. I think Keanu and I are the nicest guys on the planet—with the exception of George Bush and Ronald Reagan.

REEVES: They are the sweetest guys. They’re good to their clan. We should say thank you now that we have the opportunity. “Thanks, guys!”

PHOENIX: [laughs] I’m sorry. You gave us a compliment.

POWELL: O.K. But it’s true—you did seem to demonstrate a genuine consideration for anyone you worked with on the set.

PHOENIX: But, seriously, we know what it’s like to be on the bottom. The Lord Jesus Christ has given us a chance to be on top. So we’re not going to abuse it. We’re going to be very thankful for it and gracious about the luck that we had in our positions. We’re very lucky young men. We do what we want, we get to be creative and make money.

REEVES: Right on, brother. Right on.

SIKES: So what else are you guys doing now?

PHOENIX: I want to buy a 16mm camera. I’m not committed to the idea of being a filmmaker, but I’d like to try some shorts. I really like documentaries. And I want to drive through the mountains where I used to live when I was doing this TV series [Seven Brides for Seven Brothers] when I was twelve. I’m going with my girlfriend.

REEVES: Every moment is precious. I’m trying to travel. I want to go to Paris. It’s probably just a pipe dream. I’d like to read some books. Take some voice lessons.

SIKES: To do more Shakespeare, perhaps?

REEVES: Um, who knows? I really would like to do Shakespeare with River. I think we’d have a hoot. We could do A Midsummer Night’s Dream or Romeo and Juliet.

PHOENIX: I’ll be Juliet.

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Released to promote the Gus Van Sant movie 'My Own Private Idaho', this issue of Warhol's Interview magazine includes an interview with Keanu Reeves and the late iconic actor River Phoenix.

The interview was held at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles over a dinner shared by the pair, discussing things such as their position and influence on the world, and their daily routines.

The accompanying images are a thing of beauty - shot by renowned photographer Bruce Weber around the hotel with friends, capturing the pair fully in their prime.

[josefavomjaaga]

Eugène harrasses a lady

What better way to spend the first day of Christmas than to search for the one incident of Eugène harrassing a woman that I had once come across and then (probably due to my subconsciousness refusing to cooperate) had such trouble to remember the details of that I could barely find it again. But I won, for what it’s worth 😋. I found it again, here's the translation.

For context: Countess Ludovica "Lulu" von Thürheim (1788 – 1864) belonged to a family of minor nobility in the Austrian Netherlands (today’s Belgium) with however some good connections to Austrian aristocracy. The French Revolution had forced her father to flee to the Austrian mainlands, which explains in itself why Lulu and all her family were no friends of the French. Lulu seems to have kept a diary from an early age on, and those diaries are the basis for the later publication entitled "Lebenserinnerungen" that however, according to her own wish, only happened 50 years after her death (well, almost fifty), in 1913. The first volume covers the years up to 1812. The original diaries have however undergone some heavy editing, first by the author herself in the 1840s, then by the publisher Philipp von Blittersdorf. It’s not always clear where the original diaries end and the later comment begins. I’ve come across a passage that seemed to come from the diary, yet referenced the memoirs of Marmont only published in the 1850s.

In 1809, during the Fifth coalition war, the Thürheim family lived in Klagenfurt and in late May witnessed the passage of the Army of Italy, under Eugène’s command, on its way to Vienna to support Napoleon after the defeat at Aspern-Essling. Lulu’s sister Isabella was married since 1807 to one count Goëß, who had been sent to Northern Italy by Archduke Johann on a special mission (inciting the inhabitants to riot against the French, which was labelled as espionage) and had been captured by the French in Padua. The Thürheims learned the details about this from archduke Johann himself who passed through Klagenfurt on his hasty retreat from the Italians pursuing him. Only two days later, the French were there, and a certain general Grouchy, (described by Lulu as seemingly "an evil man [...] despite his outward politeness") was briefly quartered for a night in the Thürheim’s house before the army moved on:

23 May: General Grouchy advised my sister to visit the Viceroy and ask him to exchange her husband. Beauharnais received her at first with the haughty air of a true parvenu. He was very harsh towards Count Goëß, calling him ‘un colporteur de libelles infames’. Then he continued: ‘Your husband must be treated as a prisoner of the state and I myself do not understand why he was not immediately executed. - But if I had known you before, Countess,’ he interjected cynically, ’I would have felt obliged to serve you in any way I could. But now everything rests in the hands of the great Napoleon. The Emperor is stern and will not allow himself to be insulted without punishment, and I fear the worst for Count Goëß. My personal wish, however, is to be of service to you. I pity you, it must be difficult to live as a widow so young and so beautiful for so long.’ A torrent of gallant phrases followed, until my sister began to weep bitterly. Only now did Beauharnais stop his silly importunity and poor Isabelle was able to withdraw. What a difference between this conversation and the one with Archduke Johann two days ago!

Isabelle told me that Beauharnais has a nice figure, beautiful eyes and false teeth. He is a bit high-backed, but nevertheless well-grown. His manners are by no means distinguished and his eyes have a false [i.e., deceitful] gaze.

Isabelle then went to General Charpentier, who received her with the perfect politeness of a man ‘de l'ancien regime’ and gave her the best hopes for her husband. The viceroy liked to frighten people, he said with a smile. - Nevertheless, we learnt much later that Napoleon was very angry with Goëß and really intended to have him shot.

The story briefly picks up some time later, in late July (? the chronology is not always clear to me), as Eugène, despite not having gotten any … favours from Isabelle, apparently still had talked to Napoleon about the fate of count Goëß.

Our stay in Vienna was not to last long. Through the mediation of Eugene Beauharnais, my sister finally obtained the exchange of her husband for some French general. Despite the service the viceroy rendered her, Isabella found him even less comme il faut at her audience than at the first interview. He told her a thousand absurdities, asked her if she loved her husband, and behaved as indecorously as in bad taste.

Which are indeed rather unusual accusations towards Eugène. But hey, here we go.

Eugène’s correspondence is understandably silent about this meeting. The only thing I can confirm is that either the date Lulu gives in her diary must be wrong (she may only have found the time to write the entry on the 23rd while things had happened earlier), or that Isabelle must have followed the marching army of Italy, which I doubt. Eugène had passed through Klagenfurt already on the 21st and on the 23rd was already 50 kms away.

Eugène to Auguste, Klagenfurt, 21 May 1809

Here I am at Klagenfurth with part of the army, my good Auguste, and already, four leagues further on, on the Marburg side, I have my light troops. We will probably march for seven or eight days without finding the enemy, because they are withdrawing in all haste, and I will manoeuvre to get closer to the Emperor. I was unable to write to you yesterday, as I worked a lot and slept very little; but I had Bataille write to Madame de Wurmbs. I receive your lovely little letters every day, and I hope you are thinking how much I enjoy them. It has rained excessively today, and I have no means of changing my clothes, as all my carriages are two days behind me, and I don't think they will join me until tomorrow; I am like a little Saint John, with only one garment on my body, as I have lost my topcoat. Those devilish bridges broken by the enemy have caused us a lot of trouble.

Eugène to Auguste, Sankt Veit, 22 May 1809

I am only writing you a word from here, my dear Auguste. I am in a hurry to get to the right of the Emperor with as many men as possible; you will see from the date of this letter the route I am taking; but I don't want anyone to know about it in Milan for a few days yet. So during the day I'll be putting in one or two articles from Klagenfurth, and yet in four days I'll be in Leoben.

Eugène to Napoleon, Friesach, 23 May 1809

Sire, I have the honour of reporting to Your Majesty that I am sending him, by the direct route from here to Vienna, my aide-de-camp, Captain Bataille, who will have an individual from Vienna protected by our posts, who has given an assurance, for his part, that he will have my aide-de-camp pass through, supposing that he should come across enemy posts. I did not wish, for greater safety, to give a dispatch to my aide-de-camp: but I have charged him with giving Your Majesty an account of everything that has happened in his army of Italy since I had the honour of writing to him. [...]

Well, giving dispatches to Bataille apparently was not even safe in peace times, so…

There’s also a very detailled letter by Eugène to Napoleon about Count Goëß and his seized papers, in which Eugène does try to downplay the effect the count’s actions had within the kingdom. It is from 27 May.

Lulu von Thürheim's "Lebenserinnerungen" can be found online:

Volume 1

Volume 2

Volume 3

Volume 4

[yaggy031910]

Warning: *This reblog really escalated*

Some of us should start working for HBO because they are the only ones I would trust with such a task. We would need a really long series which goes into as many details as possible. I don’t understand why HBO and a lot of other American shows only have like 10 episodes with 1 hour of content per episode but if we are going to go that route, this project will need like idk 10 seasons???

1. & 2. Season:

Start with Napoleon’s youth, put all the anecdotes and little stories we know about that time of his life. We need to meet his family, learn about his siblings, see his relationship to his parents.

Show him going to school, how he studies, his awkwardness, his brilliance, everything. We could have one little scene or shot in a scene of Davout who started his journey at the military school of Brienne right after Bonaparte.

Him dealing with his father’s death, him taking care of his younger siblings, him and Joseph being him and Joseph.

Show how he and his siblings deal with the start of the revolution and end the season (or not? It really depends on how every episode is structured and when what is shown) with Napoléon’s brilliant siege of Toulon. Suchet, Victor, Junot and Marmont were there as well, we need to meet them as well. These four also had their part in the Italian campaign.

His struggles after the siege of Toulon. Show him how he was imprisoned for 10 days in August 1794. Living with Junot. His months of unemployment before dealing with the royalist mob of 13th Vendémiaire. I believe future Marshal Brune was there as well? Meeting Murat. They would also have their roles in the Italian campaign. This combined with meeting his first wife Joséphine and marrying her before the start of the Italian campaign would make a great finale for the first season. This would also mean that we need to meet Désirée Clay (if not both Clary sisters because Joséph married in 1794).

We have to give the Italian campaign at least half of a season. Napoléon improving the state of the army of Italy. We would need to meet Augerau, Bernadotte, Berthier, Bessières, Duroc, Lannes, Masséna and Sérurier. Considering how the army of Italy was structured, generals La Harpe, Meynier, Macquard, Garnier and Stengel would be nice to see too? At least to mention them in one sentence. Lanusse would also be a nice detail (thank you, @diagnosed-anxiety-disorder for telling me about him)

I have no idea when Larrey finds his way to Napoléon but he is always loved and cherished and obviously part of all of this. In addition to that, it would be nice to see how…

…Bernadotte and Berthier clashed together

…Lannes forms his friendships with Victor and meets Napoléon at Dego, I believe.

…Murat and Bessières (so @flowwochair gets their BessiMu scenes) acted together and how Napoléon noticed Bessi and how Bessières got the command of “Les Guides de Bonaparte”

…people disliked Augerau’s and Brune’s lootings.

…Suchet performed in Italy brilliantly. I believe one of his friends died either in this campaign or in the siege of Toulon in his arms so having this moment, at the right time, would be nice.

…Masséna doing his night march. Show the good and bad parts of this campaign, the most important battles, the traits of the generals and also the looting the army itself did and how Napoléon failed to control and punish this type of behaviour. How Naps won three victories in four days and how he won the (4 years long?) war against Piedmont-Sardinia in around three weeks. Lodi. Milan’s reaction the French. Castiglione, Bassano, Arcole, Rivoli etc. Include the letters of Napoléon to Joséphine and how he felt because of her while she had fun with Hippolyte. As a teaser for the future marshals and important figures, let’s have Naps do a monologue about glory (at the proper moment ofc) while we see a scene with different soldiers and even politicians? Show Ney, Soult under Lefebvre, Bessi doing his thing in south of France before they are introduced. Give Desaix and Moreau one little moment. I have no idea what politicians like Fouché or Talleyrand did at that time of their lives but we could see them as well? The Bonapartes siblings. What ever suits the scene.

Egypt with “THE gang”. Berthier, Bessières, Davout, Desaix, Duroc, Junot, Lannes, Larrey, Marmont, Masséna, Murat, and idk who else. Eugène was even there. -> Malta -> Nile -> Cairo/Pyramids -> ??? (My knowledge about the Egyptian campaign is so little, pls, forgive me) -> Davout doesn’t have any fun because of dysentery. -> Nelson doing his thing and the French having a bad time -> Napoleon finds out that Joséphine cheats (I couldn’t find a date) -> Rosetta Stone ->Battle of Aboukir (25th July 1799) ; Duroc is badly wounded, Murat gets his jaw shot, Lannes making fun of Murat while recovering himself until Lannes finds out that his wife cheated (I have no idea if that’s the exact moment how Lannes found out but it would be a funny scene showing their interesting dynamic as rivals and friends) -> Battle of Alexandria (21st March 1801); this would be after the Brumaire coup so idk if it finds a place in all of this but it needs to be mentioned because if I understood correctly, this meant the end of the French influence in Egypt.

The 18th Brumaire coup. Could be the end of the second season. Could also be in the third season. It really depends on the structure of everything beforehand; it would make a great finale though.

AND I AM STOPPING NOW, BECAUSE MY BRAIN IS LIQUID.

Conclusion: I think this bubble would do an amazing job. Love you all. I hope you like this idea. C:

The Tumblr's own Napoleon movie

Okay, I don't usually post but at this point I'm so disappointed about Ridley Scott's Napoleon that I certainly think, the napoleonic fandom on Tumblr could make a historically more accurate film about the era. Who knows more about our beloved&hated historical figures or who is a bigger chaotic genius than the people of Tumblr? We should make our own movie as a protest. I mean, this was meant as a joke but seriously we should do it one day. Whether it's a historical drama, a comedy or even a musical - I think, even online, separately we could make a bigger blockbuster than that merde-dans-un-bas-de-soie. If there was a Napoleon 2002 (not the best one either), there should be a Napoleon 2023, too. I mean, a second one.

[northernmariette]

Part 4: Army life for the Napoleonic infantryman morphing into...

... the battle of Ulm. 

This is my fourth and last translated post drawn from an article in the September 2019 issue of Historia magazine, This the same magazine from which I posted eight biographical sketches of Marshals recently. I was inspired to do this by @history-and-arts‘s recent participation in a re-enactment of the battle of Waterloo.

The article is specific to the battle of Ulm, but parts of it described aspects of army life applicable throughout the Napoleonic era.  

For the two years preceding this battle, Napoleon had been involved in preparing an invasion of Britain, and had stationed seven army corps along the northern coasts of France and the Flemish coast, Bernadotte holding the easternmost position in Holland, and Augereau the westernmost at Brest. This final post will concern the seven army corps marching to Ulm, and some information regarding the battle itself.

One bit of preliminary information: when historians refer to Boulogne, they don’t mean just the city of Boulogne itself, but the entire seven army corps along the coast facing England. The distance between these corps’ encampments and Boulogne itself, where Napoleon had his headquarters, could be hundreds of kilometres.

The Magnificent Seven (no, not the movie)

Each corps, commanded by a marshal and comprising the different branches of the army - namely the infantry, the cavalry, artillery, and engineers -, followed a separate route in order to speed up movement and facilitate provisioning of supplies. The marches were organized by divisions, each spaced one day apart. Despite these precautions, the marching columns spread over long distances.

From Boulogne to Ulm

August 1805: Napoleon was planning to land in England when Austria's declaration of war caught him by surprise. A third coalition, including Russia, had arisen against him. Without delay, he had to turn his army around and rush to Germany. In order to prevent his enemies from joining forces and outnumbering him, he had to crush the Austrians. The Grande Armee departed from Boulogne on 29 August 1805 and moved in what Napoleon called "seven torrents", covering almost 40 km per day and reaching the Rhine on 25 September. Less than a fortnight later, on 7 October, it crossed the Danube. As a result of the speed of its progress, Napoleon's army trapped the Austrians inside the stronghold of Ulm and forced them to capitulate on 17 October. 

This last part of the article is accompanied by a map showing the position of the army corps on September 25, as well as their individual paths to Ulm. In a rough north-north-east line, starting from the south and going north, we have Murat, Lannes, Ney, Soult, Davout, Marmont, and Bernadotte. The seventh “magnificent”, Augereau, is missing. Murat’s path is shown as an assemblage of curlicued arrows, as he was ordered by Napoleon to feign an attack so as to distract the Austrians. To the north, Marmont and Bernadotte seem to have crossed paths at some point, Marmont’s corps taking the northernmost position.

My copy of David G. Chandler’s The Illustrated Napoleon has a similar map on page 44. It includes some differences and additional information. Murat’s movements are shown with similar curlicues, but Marmont’s and Bernadotte’s armies apparently merged in Wurzburg, about 80 miles from Ulm. Augereau’s corps is at least 100 miles away, not surprising since it had the longest distance to travel. Wrede and Deroi are shown fighting with the French at the head of Bavarian troops. I know that Deroi died in batttle, but I’m not sure if it happened at Ulm. Be it as it may, there is a painting showing Deroi being carried off a field of battle. 

[andromedasstarship]

in the stars - chapter 4

photo credit - @ssa-emilyhotchner​

pairing - aaron hotchner x reader 

warnings - canon typical criminal minds, stalking, angst. pretty tame chapter 

summary - “I’m on a date.” You responded flatly. The other end of the line went silent.

a/n - hi besties. so this chapter is p short compared to the last one, i had like  7k something chapter 4 and it just didnt feel right, BUT that means chapter 5 is basically done i just need to edit it soooooooooooo hopefully wont take a long time lol! enjoy, heart yall forever 

masterlist // series masterlist // read it on ao3 

chapter 3 / chapter 5 

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The rest of the team was left in various levels of shock. Everyone was struggling to process the bomb of information that had just been revealed. With hindsight, it was easy to connect the strange levels of tension and intimacy that radiated between you and Hotch. What was more difficult to swallow, was the new understanding that Hotch had been keeping this secret for nearly five years. Random ‘trips’ that Hotch would take out of state or the subtle sprinkles of wealth showing up in the form of gifts suddenly made sense. 

This was completely uncharted territory for the entire team. Given Hotch’s history, it wasn’t too difficult to understand how protective he may be of any relationships post-Haley; but the magnitude of your relationship- both in terms of your status as well as length-, and the withholding of information even on the case was a different form of betrayal that couldn’t be kicked under the rug. 

Hotch had always been one of the fiercest advocates for unity, truth and an equal playing field when it came to information concerning a case,- Morgan was still feeling second hand embarrassment for Jordan- for him to be the one to hold back such influential info was difficult to fully wrap their heads around. Anger, of course, was felt and there would certainly be time for that anger- not even getting started on the amount of questions everyone was bound to have-, but as the team was silently processing, they all reached similar conclusions. Hotch was displaying a softness and side of him they hadn’t seen in a very long time and they wouldn’t let their valid frustrations get in the way of solving this case. 

Morgan was the first to speak, pulling his phone out of his pocket. “I need to text Garcia about this.” He said, shaking the phone a bit. Everyone managed to laugh at that, all certain that Garcia would have the most interesting reaction to the news.  

“You know…, the other day when she was giving me a tour of her house, I pointed out a bottle of Dalmore 25 she had on the wall. She got really weird about it and I thought she was trying to play modest, but this, this makes a lot more sense.” JJ remarked lightheartedly. 

“So now we know Hotch has some game then, huh?” Morgan quipped, a large grin on his face. When everyone just stared blankly back at him, even more confused than they already were he continued. “Do you all not remember when he ‘magically’ got a bottle of Dalmore 45, those start at twelve grand” 

Reid was about to open his mouth and add to the conversation, but just as the words were leaving his mouth Hotch stormed back into the conference room. One hand was tightly balled in a fist while the other was gripping his phone. 

“She’s not answering her phone. Three times, it went straight to voicemail.” 

“She isn’t on set today, when she left this morning she told me she had work related errands to run.” Emily recounted, racking her brain for any more info about your whereabouts. 

Hotch strode over to an open laptop at the edge of the table, quickly hitting a series of buttons until a very flustered Garcia appeared on screen; her mouth dropping open when she saw Hotch. 

“Questions later Garcia,” Hotch opened, already anticipating that someone Derek would have informed her of the latest news, “I need you to track Y/N. I want her current and last location.” 

“Yes sir! I uh, I will do that right now for you.” Garcia responded, clearly doing her best to hold back the hoard of questions and comments she had. The sound of her vigorously typing filled the room. “Alright sir, so the bad news is that it looks like her phone is currently turned off, but! The last place it pinged at was outside of Chateau Marmont about three hours ago. Which for those of you who don’t know this place is notorious for being the A-lister hideaway-” 

“Garcia, do a wide search for her name and location for today’s date. Check to see if there’s been any media sightings on her whereabouts.” Hotch ordered. He hadn’t forgotten how uneasy it had made him once he found out how easy it was to locate you. Paparazzi were a different form of ruthless and he’d never realized how difficult it actually was for people in the spotlight until he met you. 

“Let me see…, yes sir you are right! I’m getting a bunch of hits of her entering the-” Garcia’s sentence falling off with an ‘oh’. 

“Garcia, what’d you find?” 

A headline popped up on the screen. 

“Emma Co-Stars Pictured Together Out At Lunch: Has The Love Moved Past The Screen?” 

Underneath, multiple photos of you quickly loaded. There you were, cheerily standing next to your co-star, looking up at him with a big grin on your face. The photos showed the two of you in different positions as you made your way inside. A few of him as he opened the car door for you. One of you with your arm wrapped loosely around his while you walked up the door. One of you ducking under his arm as you entered the restaurant. 

The tension in the room was palpable as everyone did their own mini attempt at profiling the photo. It was difficult, you’d clearly proven to be a great actress and they knew you were capable of manipulating your outward emotions. It was even more difficult considering it was just a handful of mediocre quality photos. 

Hotch was tightly gripping the edge of the table, forcing himself to keep a level head. He knew it was unreasonable to get angry over the idea of you with another man, but it didn’t help the pang in his heart as he recognized the genuine signs of happiness you were emitting. 

“JJ,” Hotch said, voice dangerously calm, “call the restaurant and have them discreetly tell Y/N that ‘Andi’ is calling her.” Discretion was the highest priority for him, the envelope being even further confirmation that the unsub was closely trailing you. The last thing he wanted to do was either trigger a violent reaction or cause him to go underground.

Back when the two of you had been together, out of an abundance of caution, you used to refer to Aaron as ‘Andi’ in public. You hated not being able to thank him in speeches or mention him in any capacity, so this had been your best way around it. 

“Yes sir.” JJ responded, quickly moving out of the room to make the phone call. 

“Garcia, do you have any leads on the kid that dropped off the envelope?” Hotch asked. 

“No sir. The car he left in was reported stolen a few days ago with no leads as to where it went. Camera feeds loose the car about three blocks away and his face was too obstructed to get any hits that way.” 

“Alright, once JJ comes back with confirmation Y/N’s gotten the message, I’m going to pick her up. I want the rest of you to work with Garcia and categorize these photos. Cross reference whatever you can to get a timeline.” Hotch ordered, the rest of the team not being to be told twice. 

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“Where the hell are you?” Aaron demanded. 

Even through the phone, you could tell he was absolutely seething. It was bad, by the time you had picked up the phone you’d amassed a total of twenty texts and nearly ten missed calls from Aaron; not even mentioning the individual missed calls you had from each member of the team. It was bad, but in your defense it had been less than an hour from the first missed call to your current response. 

What could you say? You were big on not being on your phone when you were spending time with friends. 

“What do you mean, where the hell am I,” you answered, rolling your eyes as you leaned up against one of the private bathroom countertops. “How did you describe it before Agent? I’m very in ‘demand’.”

You could hear him groan through the phone and wondered if he was running his hands over his face; something he used to always do when you were being difficult; he absolutely was. 

“Y/N-” 

“I’m on a date.” You responded flatly. The other end of the line went silent. As you were debating whether or not you should add the part about it being a publicity date, Aaron’s voice came through. 

“End it. I’m picking you up. The drive there from the station shouldn’t be more than 30 minutes.” Aaron said, his voice dangerously even. 

“I’m perfectly capable of getting back to the station on my own Agent. I don’t need you stirring up an absolute scene-”

“Y/N,” he started, voice commanding in a way that told you he was serious, “a package was delivered to the station today. Filled with hundreds of photos of you over the years,” he paused again and you could hear him take a deep breath before continuing, “there’s photos of us in there. The unsub knows.” 

You went silent, mouth opening over and over, unable to find anything to say. You had always envisioned a world where you and Aaron were some sort of ‘public’ knowledge, but never like this, obviously never like this. 

“Y/N, I need to come get you,” Hotch said, his voice much softer now, “I can’t-, I need to see that you’re safe.” 

“I’ll make something up,” You said quickly, before adding, “there’s a private valet area, I’ll send you the instructions to get past the gates and I’ll let the security know you’re coming to pick me up.” 

“I’ll be there in ten minutes, don’t draw any attention to yourself.” And with that he hung up, leaving you stunned in the bathroom. You gripped the edges of the counter, staring at yourself in the mirror. You wished you could stay in the bathroom for hours, desperately needing some time to privately process what Aaron had told you. 

That wasn’t in the cards for you though, so you quickly did some pointless attempts at ‘straightening’ your appearance- more for your benefit than anything else- before you turned the lock and left back for your table 

You slipped back into your seat across from your friend and co-star Johnny. 

“Your friend alright?” Johnny asked. 

“Yeah, yeah,” you said with a small smile, “she’s fine. But my Agent called me when I was in there, she apparently managed to set up some last minute FBI consult to help me prep for an audition I have coming up. According to her, she ‘pulled a lot of strings for this’.” You said, rolling your eyes. The lie sliding out of your mouth with ease. “Whoever this FBI dude is, is supposed to come pick me up right about,” you looked down at your phone, “now apparently. So I guess our little date has to end early.” You said, giving him an exaggerated sad pout. 

Johnny rolled his eyes at that, giving you a small laugh. The two of you were both equally uninterested, romantically, in each other. But you did get along quite well, so being ‘forced’ into hanging out with each other outside of filming wasn’t bad; you’d probably hang out outside of filming anyway 

“No worries, we still on for running lines later tonight?” He asked. 

You thought for a moment, before nodding. “Wouldn’t miss it for the world. Now, help me flag down the waiter, I want to get one last drink in before I go.” 

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About twenty minutes later you found yourself waiting out in the private courtyard of the restaurant. You were doing your best to calm your nerves, this being the first opportunity you had to try and process what Aaron had told you. You should’ve seen it coming, if the stalker was so obsessed with you, he must’ve noticed Aaron in your life at some point. But you had been so careful. 

Then the other obvious thing hit you. His team knew. You were wondering how the team had taken the news when you saw the black SUV come into view. Aaron quickly stopped the car in front of you and before you could move to open the passenger door yourself, he was out of his seat in a flash, coming over to where you were standing. 

For a moment you were both silent. You felt tiny under his unrelenting gaze, his eyes scanning your entire being as he ensured himself you were okay. 

Without thinking, you launched yourself at him, wrapping your arms tightly around his waist, ensnaring his arms tight to his side. As soon you realized what you did, you were internally kicking yourself, moving to loosen your arms nearly as fast as you had put them there.

“Aaron I-” 

Before you could finish your attempted apology, Aaron had pulled his arms from under yours and repositioned them around you, pulling you tightly against him. Your head naturally fit perfectly under his and you took in a deep breath, letting his scent surround you. It was cliche, but you both were thinking about how perfectly your bodies melded against each other.  

You felt his hand rest gently on the back of your head, gently stroking down your hair in a steady rhythm. “I got you.” He whispered, so quiet you nearly didn’t hear it. 

You pulled your head back so you could look up at him. “I’m scared.” You said, admitting it aloud for the first time.  

Aaron was staring hard down at you, his face soft. “I know,” he started, moving a piece of hair away from your face, “I’m not going to let anyone hurt you, okay?” 

You nodded at that, missing his warmth when he started to pull away from you. He kept a protective hand on your lower back, guiding you towards the passenger seat. He opened the door and helped you in, gently shutting the door behind you. As soon as your door was shut he wasted no time in getting in the driver's seat, starting the car up again. With a quick check to make sure your seatbelt clicked was in, Aaron peeled out of the parking lot. 

A few floors above the courtyard, in one of the private hotel rooms, a curtain was angrily thrown shut. 

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