#a little lady: marie

[citronlad]

I just started reading + watching the rose of Versailles and the relationship dynamics are destroying me, oscar doesn’t need this complicated mess she needs peace and a cookie

[cherrydorothi]

[boxdstars]

Marie Chatman (M.C)

Also known as, the MC for the events of The Wolf In Snakes Skin, my Amara-centric fic. However, I had to give Mar a proper rival, a proper main character. And while I love borrowing my friends, I had to make my own. Lore post coming laterrrr <3

[doves-at-dusk]

Ahh I can't wait for the rose of versailles to come out!! It'll be a dream seeing ikeda's characters animated omggg

[sunlaire]

The crew make it back to England and a few months later, the admiralty host a social function and crozier is only going so he can check in with the men, see how they're recovering. And while he's there, he spots James. But as he approaches, he overhears him talking about this "beautiful and elegant creature" he has back home

And crozier thinks "ah, alas. He is straight. But I'm happy he found someone..."

Meanwhile James won't stop telling people about his cat. Also he's carrying the BIGGEST torch for his co-captain, who is tragically uninterested in men. Whacky shenanigans ensue

[istanblogs]

Hopeless sad eyes of Ladies..

Atonement- Cecilia Tallis

Titanic - Rose DeWitt Bukater

Little Women - Jo March

The Other Boleyn Girl - Anne Boleyn

Poldark - Demelza

Anna Karenina - Anna

Victoria - Queen Victoria

Marie Antoinette

[kokorozasumono]

Future Adrienette designs :3

(design notes and other stuff under the cut)

[lil-gingerbread-queen]

Everytime I see a fucking USAmerican defends Marie-Antoinette, I want to get the guillotine out.

She was an adult woman in her thirties, one of the most powerful women in Europe. She was older than her husband, and the dominant one in their relationship (and if you treat her as a victim because her marriage was arranged when she was a teen, you better start treating ALL French like this. News flash, it was normal at the time for everyone, even men, nobody chose their spouse) She had slaves, she was pro-slavery, she was against the human rights, and more conservative than her husband.

"The French people were racist toward her" yeah, because her husband started a war against her family so her family could kill French people to kill the Revolution. And she was the one who wrote to her family to ask them to do this, btw. She wrote letters to her brother asking him to kill the people for daring to ask for food, when all she wanted was the newest expensive fashion items.

USAmerican historians wants y'all to side with the French monarchy and against the Revolutionaries, don't buy their lies. It's all because France was against the Iraqi war, and to paint resistance and revolution as terrorism. French historians hate them. (I have a bachelor degree in history and a passion for revolutions. So like, I have read and wrote A LOT about revolutions in the last years.)

She is not a victim, she is literally just like any billionaire we have today. She is not a feminist icon or a lgbtq+ icon. Noble women at the time had a lot of rights, poor women had none, and you are putting the woman with the most freedom, and who used it to oppress other women and poc, on a pedestral. Damn, if you really want a feminist icon for the French Revolution, we have Olympe De Gouges! And Robespierre, who is the one who has been framed for centuries when he was too poor and sick to actually be menacing to any other politicians, was clearly aroace! (from my own research. I haven't seen any historian actually calling him that, but, as an aroace, I can deduct he was because he literally was known for not having relationship of any kind and only cared about his work. Historians are lost on his sexuality, because they aren't educated on us) And they both fought for equality OF ALL humans, of all colors and religions.

[delurkr]

May and Ada, 1858

Whaaaat actual progress on drawing the Tilly Johnson era??? I thought we'd never see the day these two got posted, especially after the first version I had started over a year ago up and vanished and I had to start all over...

That aside, we have Ada Johnson, twin sister of Phineas Johnson and aunt to Tilly, with little May, who exists in the gray area between Ada's adopted daughter and housegirl (live-in servant) at the point in time when people were just starting to try to figure out how fostering and adoption should work. Ada is a weaver, having inherited that side of a long-standing family linen business while her other brother Jesse has the farming side, but, between her own failing health (think COPD although they didn’t have that term) and the Carvers' nearby cotton mill and many other mills like it crowding out the local linen industry, the Johnson business has been struggling to survive for many years.

Ada is also the owner of what became known as the Tilly Johnson House. Ada, May, Tilly, and Tilly's step-father all lived there together by 1856 (that lore will surface eventually), and as we know 1856 was the year Tilly's novel was published and became famous, which made enough money to keep all the Johnsons secure despite their failing business.

On to the art, I won't go over everything but as usual I'll point some things out starting with May:

The pattern on her dress has elements from all the M's, first with nods to the little girl's plaid and Megan's floral as well as the little girl's red, Megan's light blue, and more subtly Mary's dark brown. The 1850s adored plaid so that was a no-brainer, and I hadn't planned on the floral part, but then I saw the dress in this portrait with a great mix of both patterns in the colors I was after so I worked off that.

M's peter pan collar and long sleeves are ofc her staples but while they wouldn't be out of place in 1858 (except that this is set in the summertime and girls predominantly wore short sleeves) I figured I'd go with styles more typical for children's clothing this time. The two parts are not related by the way; the collar is an interchangeable piece sewn into the dress, and the undersleeves are from her chemise (the base layer of female undergarments).

Part of May's role is to serve as an errand girl in the Johnson business, where she goes back and forth between the house in town and the farm on the outskirts. That has an important part in the story, hence the basket I gave her.

Also note the piecing of her dress fabric up by the shoulders, included just for funsies. Cloth was not to be wasted, so it was not uncommon or frowned upon to more or less carefully piece odd-shaped sections of cloth together to squeeze as much out the fabric as possible, even when it meant putting random seams in conspicuous places and even if the pattern didn't quite match up.

Ada:

She's wearing a one-piece wrapper, which was the unstructured in-between sort of garment a woman would wear in the morning when she wakes up to get stuff done around the house before she gets dressed for the day. A sick person who didn't get out of the house much might have worn one throughout the day, which is Ada's case since she is chronically ill. (They weren't necessarily as short as I made hers but they were very casual and I wanted to draw 1850s cloth shoes my beloveds, these in particular having similarities to Angela’s two-tone oxfords). It made a perfect equivalent to Anne's housecoat, especially with quilted trim inspired by this extant wrapper. And ofc it’s done in horizontal stripes like Angela’s shirt, and it has shades of brown, blue, and a version of pink, adjacent to canon A-ladies’ colors.

Her chatelaine��� Basically a clip that was worn on a belt with chains suspending various items that were useful to have on hand. They have a long history and were popular for women to wear at home as well as in certain occupations. I was very excited to give her one after I took notice of the purse Amy has on her belt.

She is wearing an indoors day cap (not a bonnet), a relatively simple one similar to Amy's bonnet. This era was the last hurrah for women wearing headgear at home and only older women were still doing it.

And lastly, her hexagon eyeglasses✨✨ You see them every so often in antique photos and I'm a big fan.

Here are the other drawings I've done for this set so far:

1858 Tilly Johnson (I'm going to do this one over eventually but that's the old version for now)

1846 Phineas and Tilly Johnson

1858 Mona and Solomon Carver

[enbysiriusblack]

Peter quietly shut the door, and grabbed the handles off his bike, a stack of newspapers shoved into the basket in front. He sat down on the bike, ready to peddle when he spotted James walking over.

"Hey, Mate!"

Peter leaned over the handrails, "What you doing here?"

James shrugged, "Got your letter the other day about your new job and thought it'd be fun to see you in action."

Peter huffed, "But it's so early, James!"

James grinned, "Eh, I would be up anyway."

"Well hop on I guess", he motioned behind him.

James' grin widened and he ran over, jumping onto the back of the bike and wrapping his arms around Peter.

As Peter began to pedal down the road, James piped up.

"So your job is the same as an owl?"

Peter laughed, "Yeah, I guess."

"That's strange... I knew owls didn't deliver to muggles but why wouldn't they just get an adult with an actual car to deliver the newspapers?"

"Cause it's low paying I suppose, and some kids our age need a job and all. Plus it's early morning, so muggle kids can do it before school starts."

Peter stopped the bike, grabbing a newspaper from the stack and jumping off to post it through a house's letterbox.

As Peter walked back over to the bike, James' eyes widened with an idea.

"Hey, how far do you think I could throw one of these papers?"

Peter bit his lip, "If you break it or lose it then it'll come out my paycheck."

James huffed, "Come on, Pete, I'll just give you some galleons if something happens."

"Fine", Peter untied another paper and passed it James.

James grinned, rolling up the paper before glancing around, thinking about where to aim.

"Hey, what's the next house you need to hit?"

Peter pulled the list out his jacket pocket, "Number sixteen, just a few houses down.

"Great", James kept the newspaper rolled up tight in his grip, "Let's go!"

Peter headed to the house, but before he could come to a stop, James yelled out, "Watch this!"

He chucked the paper towards the house, it derolled in the air, and landed neatly right outside the door.

Peter cheered, "How did you do that?"

James shrugged happily, "It was easy", he nodded to the house, "Do you need to put it through the letterbox or is it fine like that?"

Peter smiled, "It'll be fine... You want to do that again?"

"Yeah", James reached over and grabbed another paper himself whilst Peter rode to the next house.

[disneyboot]

[cherrydorothi]

[houseofbrat]

Personally, I don't know how the W&C look at themselves in the mirror every day. Those pics of the Duke of Kent--at 90!!!--doing what they SHOULD be doing on the heels of the announcement of C&C's North American tour really hit me hard. For heaven's sake, William, put on a frigging tux and attend BAFTA, you lazy bugger. Alert. You're their patron and I don't think it ridiculous to take ONE NIGHT out of your life to acknowledge that. Also, I am convinced that the KP coms team reads this blog because the pushback on their own stupidity regarding Catherine's wardrobe was swift. Nothing like saying, hey, she's been the icon for the British fashion industry for the last ten years, but we don't like the shade she's getting for trotting around with ridiculously expensive handbags, so she's going to take her 3000-pound handbag and go home (and put it on the shelf with the rest of her stupidly-expensive handbags). So there! Two days later... Oops, we didn't really mean that!

It wouldn't be so bad if the marry band of apologists for Will & Kate's lazy, ingratiating behavior weren't making excuses for them left and right.

The "past royal presidents" were Anne, Philip, and Dickie Mountbatten. All three have or had significant royal careers. Philip used to travel a lot for the WWF, accompanying QEII, and other things. Anne still travels for Save the Children and for the Foreign Office. Dickie Mountbatten had retired from the military when he became president of what is now BAFTA, but he also was president of the United World Colleges organization, which is where Leonor attended.

What is William doing with all his free time? Oh, yes. Vacation! He was on vacation five weeks ago, so it's time for another week off!

In the Caribbean!

Yeah, LCC has a really long tweet and only what's shown above is relevant. Will & Kate & kids are heading to Mustique for half-term, according to Lady Colin Campbell.

Yeah, the irony of critiquing Meghan for heading up to Vancouver & back from California when the Waleses are heading to Mustique, which is part of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines!

It's about a nine-hour trip one way to Mustique. Who really is the big spender on a carbon footprint when it only takes three hours to fly from Los Angeles, CA, to Vancouver, BC?

Am I really supposed to believe that Will & Kate & kids are flying commercial all the way to Mustique and back? It's three times the length of flying from from LA to Vancouver. We know they fly private, regardless of whether it's Pippa's husband's jet or their own rented jet.

But hey, we're not going to get proof of life by Will or Kate until they come back and do an engagement somewhere. After they've spent a week "restoring" themselves in the Caribbean.

Somehow Kate is going to keep wearing her funeral wear when she comes back and does ONE engagement per week. If she can work harder, it might be two. Maybe. I'm not going to hold my breath.

I can't wait to see how long Kate can go without a handbag at her engagements. Will she have a handbag next time even if it's a "recycle," or will she go without to avoid more discussion of how many she has? It's going to be interesting either way. The fact that she has not appeared with a new one in the last couple of weeks means KP knows the heat is on. In these times of economic turmoil, it's not a good look to be known as The UK's Marie Antoinette! If she didn't want to be known as that, then she would have to work more. But therein lies the problem, the Rich Party Girl aversion to work.

Or BIG BLUE. She wore BIG BLUE when she visited a prison back in September 2023, but she couldn't wear it this week? Why? I'm really back to Kate had to wear that ring for the past thirteen years due to her husband's mommy issues, and she's not wearing it much in the future anymore because she wants to do her jewelry her way.

Still no announcement that Kate or William is going to be issuing royal warrants anytime soon. No announcement of an application period opening up for them this spring yet.

I am so not surprised.

[turkey-sandwich]

Methinks we should have more cards with Bloody Mary in it actually....

[starlightparks]

i watched my lady jane and it's just like!!! amazing!!! spectacular!!!

i keep seeing people saying it fulfilled what bridgerton s3 couldn't and i ardently disagree with the notion that the two need to be compared, it does scratch a similar itch (jane reminds me of eloise so much and i love eloise so of course i love jane)

but if you are in the market for a witty period drama with some of the best romantic tension ever put to screen i would highly recommend

[theresamouseinmyhouse]

go ahead. ask me abt my mayerling ballet au. i can be normal. i promise. im totally normal and wont yap about sarah lamb and steven mcrae as mary vetsera and rudolf for hours i wont i swear