#Visiting Paris

[vincentblackbearmediallc]

Paris, the City of Lights and one of the most romantic cities in the world, is a must-see destination for any traveler. With its iconic monuments, world-class museums, lively cafes, and unique neighborhoods to explore, it can be hard to decide what to do when visiting Paris.

[theblindgoddess]

Epic the Musical AU

An au that begins after Aphrodite wins the golden apple and she shows Paris what is basically a magic video recording of Helen, telling him about his future bride.

However, in this magic video recording Helen is spending time with Penelope, and Paris goes "forget that Helen chick, I want that one."

And Aphrodite just goes with it, so instead of kidnapping Helen, Paris and Aphrodite kidnap Penelope, and a baby Telemachus to help them better control Penelope.

Odysseus is rightfully murderous, and even if he doesn't have the benefit of a treaty to get all of the Greeks on his side, he is still able to strong arm and lie his way into getting that massive army to besiege Troy and get his wife back.

And over in Troy Penelope is making the situation as insufferable for Paris as she possibly can, she will cause all of the problems until she can get back home safely with her son.

This au would be called Penelope of Troy.

[chocostrwberry]

60s VOGUE Magazine Kagami bc she would serve so HARDD

[alexsiple]

paris

[sleepsucks]

[kenneth-black]

“we saw you from across the bar and we really like your vibe”

[baylardian-1]

tail problems :)

[clairedaring]

PP KRIT ขอโทษละกัน (friend to friend) (2024) dir. Yong Songyos Sugmakanan

[summerscaries]

IWTV unholy family fic recs <3 (if you have more please send them to me, I'm desperate!!) (was inspired by @ldpdluvr posting a fic rec list to finally post the one I’ve had in my drafts!)

FAMILY CENTRIC / LOUSTAT CENTRIC / BOTH

montage of lost things by twocutlines 🔒(canon world-not compliant, M, 4/4, 15,360 words)

Maman by Gigi_Sinclair (canon world-not compliant, T, oneshot, 2017 words, Claudeleine centric)

Comme Il Faut by lesfleursrouges (canon world-compliant, E, oneshot, 4,049 words)

Parts of You in Me by Pileas (human!divorcees, T, one shot, 8,370 words)

drop off by prtyfears (human!divorcees, M, one shot, 16,322 words, +Claudeleine)

Fifth Avenue by ohofcourse (human!divorcees, E, 14 chapters, ongoing, +Claudeleine)

youngest, greenest, dearest by icedmango (human!divorcees, G, 3/3, 15,429 words)

In Sickness and in Health by Anonymous 🔒(human!divorcees, M, oneshot, 3,327 words, +Claudeleine)

i should be over all the butterflies by Amiteva3 (human!divorcees, N/A, chaptered, ongoing)

The Bug Collector by Megamarvelousnerd (human, N/A, oneshot, 777 words)

bmw baby. by hcneymooners (human, N/A, oneshot, 4,746 words)

cord of communion by themasterletters (human, M, 50/50, 145,053 words)

[esilher]

« "It's just... look at this view," Blaine continued, his voice filled with quiet awe, "it's like the city is glowing, radiant with all these stories and history. You can almost feel it in the air, like it's alive with the love and dreams of everyone who's ever been here. Every corner, every street... it's all part of something so much bigger, something timeless. It's like the city itself is whispering its secrets to us, sharing the hopes and passions of all those who have come before..." »

Illustration of the story « Leaps and Dives » from @annepi-blog. You can read chapter 8 on AO3. For the Klaine Word Scramble 2024.

[croix-meridies]

Season 1, it was like this to me

[jonathanbyersphd]

Obviously Jonathan's not dead, he's just on a hot girl trip to Paris with Robin 🙄

[anxiouspotatorants]

I cannot believe that Lane and Paris would live with the information that Jess worked at a Wallmart and not run over to his place of work at least once a week to terrorize him

[canisfrance]

⚜️

[frances-baby-houseman]

A thing I never want to hear about again is cortisol.

Just stop talking about it. "Health" influencers ("dietician here!" just fucking kill me) just make shit up. I do not want to hear about it and I want the algorithm to stop giving it to me. I never ever ever want to hear a single person who is not my personal physician or my friend Melissa* tell me a thing about health. Especially cortisol, which I understand to be real but is also just a fad. it's a fad!!!!!!!!Q!!!2rkljdfgshkljgadfkljadgfslhjkagrs

*melissa is a doctor in addition to being my friend.

[ardri-na-bpiteog]

Maybe I'm being boring and No Fun and it's Not That Deep but it's my blog and I can say what I want 😠.

But my whole thing about people on the internet constantly talking about how Paris is so shitty and terrible that it causes psychiatric distress in tourists is that:

The primary reason for it is not that Paris is uniquely awful, it's because Paris is heavily romanticized in media leading some people to have extremely high expectations that are not met when it turns out to be a large city with the typical large city problems.

"Paris syndrome" affects an extremely small number of people and is largely noted in Japanese tourists, who come from a country that is uniquely safe, clean, and orderly. The vast majority of cities in the world are significantly dirtier, more chaotic, and more dangerous than many areas of Japan.

Paris is in the top 10 most visited cities and France as a whole receives the most international tourists of any country in the world. Obviously some experiences are going to be negative, but it's clearly not widespread enough to deter the millions of tourists who visit Paris every year 🤷.

I think if you go to Paris with the realistic expectation that it's a major city with one of the highest population densities in Europe and a metro area population of over 18 million people and will not be a perfect, idealised theme park, you can enjoy the city for what it is.