#The Pursuit of Power

[empirearchives]

Napoleon as a rallying cry during the revolutions in France during the 19th century

July Revolution (French Revolution of 1830):

French Revolution of 1848:

Source: The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914, Richard J. Evans

[spaceistheplaceart]

once again thinking about @void-dude's static ford. ough.

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[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts 3 - Rage Form

[maesonc-artistic-adventures]

Daughter of the Red Moon.

[group-dynamic]

Very Minor Spoiler for Episode 7 (S2) of Rings of Power

Thinking casually about Galadriel's declaration earlier this season that caring for that which is most fragile and most dear is the duty entrusted to all elves and how Celebrimbor's gentle care in noticing and greeting that little mouse is what allowed him to see past Sauron's deception. :)

[kavalyera]

prince stop fucking ur primogen challenge

[vitaminkenjoyer]

maybe im just not enough of a cerseihead to see the vision but ive never gotten the vibe that if she was just given a sword and lessons like jaime everything would be fine or she would be not as bad as she is in adulthood and thats mostly cause sword training is uncomfortable n sweaty and physically demanding and i just dont think cersei gets down with all that

[staab]

Trying new styles with queen bee

[bonefall]

Maybe I'll make a post on this at some point but like, something deeply fucked up about TNP and Po3 that people have totally forgotten about is how badly they try to whine that "Tigerstar Had Good Traits :("

Firestar does it, Brambleclaw does it, and they keep doing this after it becomes this GRAND irony that Firestar almost gets Tiger'd to death in a fox trap because he was too trusting. Bramble gets his pity award of keeping deputyship and then cries to his son about how No One Saw The Good In Tigerstar :(

And it's wiiiiild that no one else in this fandom has done anything with the fact that Leopardstar broke the Warrior Code to appoint Hawkfrost, who had no apprentice, an extremely aggressive and warmongering Tigerclone who says things like "Tigerstar wasn't the worst cat to look up to." ONLY qualifying trait was being kinda like Tigerstar.

And she practically did that the SECOND Mistyfoot went missing. And then Leopardstar continued to be one of the most violent and xenophobic leaders through Po3, joining with WindClan to attack ThunderClan.

What I'm getting at is that like, a few years ago, with books like "Blackfoot's Reckoning" and "Shadow in RiverClan" it's like they suddenly decided to retcon in a bunch of "redemption arcs" in hindsight. They just pretended like there was this grand high reckoning with TigerClan, when there literally wasn't, and if anything that caused SERIOUS problems for the cast that the authors didn't fully acknowledge as such.

And now ppl haven't actually read the main series and are just working with their recent memory of all these retcon books.

But TNP and PO3 are still there, and you can go and see the ACTUAL timeline where Leopardstar is really not apologetic at all, and Blackstar is a useful stooge for the very next wannabe dictator that strolls in, in spite of the new side content that COMPLETELY mischaracterized them for their plots to work.

[mammalsofaction]

The fact that the Doof had been paired and proved most compatible with Perry, canonically and repeatedly proclaimed to be one of OWCA's best agents in the field, is curious to me.

Some fics have a throwaway line or two talking referring to his compatibility with other agents. I think, also, about the canonical fact that he remains as third most dangerous evil scientist in OWCA's ledger.

I also like thinking about the fact that we have been proven, multiple times, in VARIOUS dimensions and fluctuations to the time space continuem, that were he not continuously thwarted throughout his career, he would not only have achieved tyrannical rule, he would have EXCELLED in it, and perfectly undefeated, EVEN BY HIS EVIL PEERS that people loved to pretend were always more competent than him.

Like. I think about that. Why? What makes Heinz so dangerous? What made everyone else incompatible to a point OWCA realized they needed to send their best, and he needed to be on call ALL THE TIME?

Curious

[sleepyorchidmonster]

What about a genshin event where Furina and Neuvillette go to Sumeru? Maybe as a way to improve diplomatic relations, since both Sumeru and Fontaine had a change in their governments?

Just Furina having fun, meeting Nilou and Nahida while thinking of enrolling in the Akademiya (she can be classmates with Hatguy in Vahumana), almost getting adopted by Faruzan, going shopping with Dehya and Candace....

As for the diplomatic meetings, it was just Nahida and Neuvillette drinking tea while Wanderer, Cyno and Clorinde acted as bodyguards. Neuvillette decided that Nahida did nothing wrong and gave up on judging her. The sages are being drowned, though.

They also take a detour and meet Apep, who is much nicer this time around. Mostly because she finally found another dragon sovereign. And that's how we get more dragon lore!

Apep decided that Focalors is the only archon that she likes.

Also Neuvillette has a new target: Dottore. He talked a bit with Wanderer and Collei and Sumeru almost flooded.

[empirearchives]

Some of the Napoleonic reforms undone by the Pope was vaccination against smallpox and street lighting.

Source: Richard J. Evans, The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815-1914

[cult-of-the-eye]

The OIAR is literally just middle management between eldritch creatures like they're the morally grey clipboard people standing behind the monster and telling it who to maul

[paarthursass]

The thing that's so incredibly tragic about Hades killing Heron (and dooming not just himself, but everyone else in the process) is that, if he had just talked to Heron about what was going on, Heron would probably been amenable to finding a different solution. Heron had just actively aided Seraphim (who killed his mother) and spared and forgave Hera (who made his life a living hell and directed Seraphim to kill his mother). Heron is, all things considered, a pretty reasonable guy! But Hades is so used to the mindset of the gods - stubborn, never changing - and to being isolated and abandoned for so long that it probably never even occurred to him to ask for help.

[dateamonster]

[ripping out my hair] rebecca was not an evil master manipulator and rebecca was not a girlboss. rebecca was a woman whos entirely life was dictated by her desirability to men. but also rebecca was an upperclass woman who threatened and used people especially those below her because what she wanted more than anything was the level of power only men of her class possessed. rebecca wanted to live with a rich white mans freedom but the best that was available to her was becoming a rich white mans wife and having domain over the estate which represented his patriarchal power. and still no matter how she went behind his back no matter how she deliberately provoked him she only became a true threat to him when he realized her affairs might lead to an illegitimate heir inheriting that estate. the only real power she ever really held over him was that of the potential unborn male that existed within her and that! was a lie! she was infertile! her only fear in life was of a slow death by sickness! because sickness would cause her to lose her beauty and ability and at the end of the day those were the only things she had! and when her worst fears were realized she killed herself for the slim chance that her death might be a final fuck you to the men that could only be infatuated with her but never love her! AHHHHHHH!

[ficandkaboodle]

Lately, I’ve started to wonder how things might’ve turned out had Terzo not ascended to the antipapacy. Like, I’m not sure he necessarily had much of a choice given it appears to be largely dynastic in organization but what if he had more of a say and it? What if he said no thanks, I think my use is best served elsewhere? And he stayed with Bishop Necropolitus…They can’t bring Meliora in its entirety to life, but they can work together to make the world around them just a bit more beautiful for people who’ve felt like them…I wonder if things could’ve been different. Better.

And then I stop.