#c'est la reign

[mermaidsirennikita]

Off the top of my head, I remember 11 wedding ensembles in the CW's Reign. There's no point to this post besides the fact that this show had at least!! 11 wedding moments!!! In four seasons!!!!!

3 for Mary: her lovely happy bride ensemble with the crystal tiara that would've been perfect if not for the pickups in the gown when she married Francis; the red "we're maybe doing a Flamenco vibe? idk" look when she almost married Don Carlos, who was deceiving her after she and Catherine almost accidentally murdered him via sex horse; and her admittedly pretty great even though the guy sucked wedding outfit for her wedding to Darnley.

2 for Lola: the "lmao nobody notice the tiny baby bump because I'm secretly pregnant with my best friend's husband's child and this is a shotgun situation" empire-ish dress for Lola's wedding to Remy (not his real name); and the weird layered situation for her wedding to Narcisse, a sign that this wedding, like that entire relationship, was a huge mistake

1 for Greer: I don't know if I hate this but it wasn't a win, very crumpled, huge bouquet, floral influences all around when there should have been PEPPER influences because she was marrying Lord Castleroy aka PEPPERCORN, a man NOBODY APPRECIATED

1 for Kenna: a simple dress accented with a simple birdcage veil, exactly what you would wear if your ex-lover the King of France was forcing you by swordpoint to marry the guy who was in love with your best friend (your ex's son, by the way) in the midst of a thunderstorm, RIP Kennash, you were excellent at your peak

1 for Claude: I don't give a shit I love this, this was giving Madonna, this was giving 80s choker excellence, this was giving "I marry Narcisse's hot nice good in bed son not because I want to but because I must, stop looking at me weird Leith I swear to GOD I don't want this, honest"

1 for Elisabeth aka "Leeza" after the recast when they had too many women named Elizabeth on the roster: barely saw it, but feels worth noting this due to the fact that it was in the show's pilot and afterwards everyone went to watch this girl and her husband have sex

1 for that girl who was standing proxy for Elizabeth I when Conde got married to her for 30 seconds: don't remember what she wore, just pointing this out

1 for that time Elizabeth I married Gideon, aka Lord Egg Salad, in an non-binding handfasting before he died like 30 seconds later: don't remember this, I think it was a normal outfit, just pointing this out

[deelovesbooks]

ngl my birthday every year is kinda a nightmare bc it's just nonstop sporadic messages and texts and calls from family which is a torture from my own hell

[steddie-as-they-come]

sequel to my roommate steddie au!! here's the first part! tags have changed, it's now more mature with some fade to black sex

Steve’s so warm. It’s not fair.

Eddie must have half his wardrobe on, tucked under all the blankets on his bed, and Steve is just sitting over there, in a T-shirt and thin sweatpants, like the jackass he is.

"You look cold." Steve says, shifting a bit.

Eddie glares at him. "No shit, Sherlock," he bites out, trying to reign in his temper. All things considered, Steve's a pretty great roommate, sharing his food and his children with Eddie. It's not his fault the college decides to let their students freeze to death.

Steve, to his credit, just laughs at him. "Okay, fine. I was gonna offer for you to come hang out over here, since you're over the vent and I'm not, but if you're gonna be like that-"

Eddie practically teleports out of bed. "No! No, please, Steve, did I ever mention how great your hair looks today and how kind you are to me-"

Steve laughs again, moving out of the way and patting the bed next to him. Eddie doesn't hesitate to scurry up and tuck himself into a little cocoon of his own blankets, trying not to bump Steve's arm as he focuses on his homework. He doesn't completely succeed, and his hand brushes against Steve's bare arm.

"What the fuck?" he says loudly. "Why are you the temperature of a campfire?"

Steve shrugs. "I've always run hot." he says. "It's great during winter movie nights because everyone piles on top of me, but then I get banished during summer movie nights, which is no fun."

Eddie's already sprawled over his shoulder, sighing happily, like some kind of lizard on a sunlit rock. If August Eddie could see him now, he'd try to smack the shit outta him for falling for a straight guy. One who was his roommate, no less.

But it's hard not to when Steve is kind, and accepting, and a little bit stupid, and hot as hell. It isn't like he just tolerates Eddie's physical affection either, he seems to welcome it. Steve even started initiating it, wrapping an arm around Eddie's shoulders, grabbing his arm to haul him out of particularly big crowds, and the hugs. Steve loves hugs.

There's a darkness to Steve too, the way he moves, the way he's always checking over his shoulder, flinching at flickering lights, always ready for a fight.

It makes Eddie wonder if Steve is like him.

Eddie wiggles a bit, adjusting his chin to prop on Steve's shoulder. "Whatcha workin' on?" he asks, just to be nosy.

Steve rolls his eyes, leaning away. "None of your business." he teases.

Eddie misses the warmth as soon as Steve's gone. "Nooooo," he whines. "Come back. I won't look!"

Steve stays leaned away, raising his eyebrows. "You're so weird." he says. It's not in a mean way, more that he's bewildered that one person can be this strange. Eddie takes this as a compliment.

He pretends to freeze to death, jerking and flinching. "It's...so cold." he mutters. "I see...the light... All because my roommate...let me freeze to death..."

Finally, Steve's blissful warmth comes back, and Steve sighs, tapping his pen against his paper. Eddie tries to peek again, and recognizes familiar words.

"Is that a character sheet?" he yells, and Steve frowns at him.

"You said you wouldn't look!"

Eddie waves him off, grabbing for the sheet. "Steve, this is D&D. It's automatically my business when it's D&D."

Steve finally hands it over. "Fine. Yes, it's a character sheet. Dustin's birthday is next Monday, and I was gonna ask you if I could join your game as a present to him."

Eddie nods, inspecting the sheet. Dustin's been begging for Steve to join basically since they started their little arrangement, where Eddie DM's for them in exchange for no more open hostility in the dorms. It may have worked a little too well, given Eddie's budding crush, but c'est la vie.

Eddie hands it back. "You are supposed to give the DM the character sheet a couple days in advance so they have time to work you into the plot."

Steve winces. "Really? Shit, I didn't know that."

"It's fine, I got some ideas, just from looking it over. You can borrow a spare set of dice and one of my miniatures too."

"Oh good, I had no idea if I needed any of that stuff."

"Do you want me to do a little crash course for you?" Eddie asks, preparing to brave the cold to grab his little homemade handbook.

Steve gives him a deadpan look. "Are you kidding me? Dustin is gonna love being better than me at this. I might as well go in with a regular six-sided die and pretend I thought that's the one I needed."

Eddie laughs. "Fair enough." The cold touches his neck and he burrows back into his blankets. "This fucking sucks, by the way. The cold."

"You're a big baby, man. It's fine."

"Ah, yes. Forgot I live with a walking, talking furnace." Eddie rolls his eyes, muttering, "This is worse than the time I was left outside in the cold."

"Wait, what?" Steve turns to him, eyes flinty like steel. "You were...what?"

"Oh. Um." Eddie's not sure how much to reveal, but he figures it had to come out eventually. "My dad left me out in the cold when I was thirteen. I think he thought it'd fix me. I just got really sick, though." He laughs humorlessly.

"You said...fix you?" Steve says, and Eddie's heart drops. He backs away from Steve before starting to talk, trying to find something to defend himself with if Steve gets mad.

"Yeah." Eddie says. "He saw me...kissing a boy."

Steve's eyes widen, and then he scoots closer. Eddie's breath hitches.

"Me too." Steve whispers.

Now it's Eddie's turn to be shocked. Steve continues. "Not...not left outside in the cold. They'd need to be home long enough for that. But...bisexual. I like girls and guys."

There's a tense, charged silence in the room. Eddie draws up all his courage. "I like you, Steve."

Steve stares at Eddie’s lips. “Can I-” he whispers breathlessly.

Eddie, seemingly just as entranced, nods, and Steve leans forward, pressing his lips against Eddie. Almost unconsciously, Eddie tilts his head, deepening the kiss, and Steve hums happily. 

Eddie’s tongue swipes at the sealed lines of Steve’s lips. Steve freezes, then slowly, tentatively, opens his mouth. 

Give him an inch and he’ll take a mile. Eddie practically pulls Steve down towards him, hands greedily exploring every inch of Steve he could reach. Steve gladly returns the favor, sneaking his hands between Eddie’s back and the mattress so he can feel the muscles lining Eddie’s spine flex and move as Eddie kisses him stupid. 

Eddie pulls back, breaking the kiss. Steve whines, actually whines, and dives back in, but Eddie stops him with a gentle hand on his chest. 

He kisses the corner of Steve’s mouth, and Steve chases it, leaning subtly towards Eddie, but Eddie just keeps moving, kissing a trail from his mouth to his chin, to the soft skin where Steve's jawline blends into his neck. Steve keeps moving, running his hands up and down Eddie’s back just for something to do. 

Eddie reaches the small curve where his shoulder meets his neck, and Steve feels a small scrape of teeth against his skin. He whimpers. 

“Oh?” Eddie says, the first thing he’s said since Steve leaned in. His voice is raspy, and Steve privately thinks it's the hottest fucking thing in the world. “There?” 

He kisses there again, but this time there's no teeth, and Steve stays quiet, breathing slowly, in and out, in and out. 

“Or…did you like it when I did this?” 

Eddie leans forward and nips at Steve’s collar, and Steve keens. “Eddieee…” he says, dragging the vowels out too long, leaving that name hanging in the air.

Eddie tilts his head back up and captures Steve’s lips in another kiss, tongue sliding into Steve’s mouth smoothly. He kisses for a few seconds, then readjusts and gently nips at Steve’s lower lip. 

“Please, please Eddie,” Steve begs breathlessly, not even sure what he's pleading for. Eddie seems to get it though, and slides his hands under his shirt to cup Steve’s waist.

Steve laces his hands through Eddie's hair and pulls, and Eddie lets out a moan, pushing Steve off of him and rolling so he's on top, enjoying the feeling of Steve under him on the mattress.

"I've never been so glad for the cold," he whispers against Steve's lips, and kisses him again.

[holllandtrash]

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[spookysshadow]

Hatake nibbles.

Just sometimes they get so overwhelmed with happiness or love that they just have to bite the person.

It's not something they do in public, really only amongst those they deem pack. And even then, not all pack is treated to it.

The Senju matriarch nibbles at her little boys fingers and toes when their little pups, and playfully growls at them when they begin to toddle before snapping her jaw shut and making her boys laugh loudly.

Butsuma doesn't understand but then again, he doesn't get bitten either. At least until Tobi shows up.

Hashirama, the least Hatake according to the matriarch's own mother, playfully bites and nibbles at her hands and arms, her legs, full of love and unashamed. Though as the years go by he does it less and less. Sometimes though, when he sees his remaining little brother, he can't help but turn and bite his arm. Or if a hand is on the table, he'll sneak a nibble too. His little brother will huff, but he never stops him from doing it.

Tobirama also grows up nibbling and biting. A little too much even. Anyone he deemed friend/family - even the wolf summons, he'll climb onto and try nibbling at their ears. Not even Butsuma escapes his reign of teething terror - having to go to war meetings with a toddler strapped to his side, teeth nibbling his upper arms.

He also grows out of that all around, all encompassing affection and focuses on the few important ones that remain - a quick nib at his brother's shoulder before they go into battle, a playfully bite on Touka's hand when she tries to reach for something in front of him, so on.

This carries on - lets pretend Izuna lives, village is built and somehow standing in it's own and he's hella confused why one day, when he and Tobirama get assigned on a mission he tells the Senju bastard good luck and the guy just. bites him. Just pivots his head and chomps on his shoulder, before straightening up like something shot up his spine and muttered a quick "you too" before taking off.

Here he thought he and the guy were getting along, but he guesses not. Especially cause after that mission Tobirama won't even be in the same room as him. As always he goes to his brother for guidance in these trying times.

Hikaku: he bit you?

Izuna: Yeah, can you believe that? What the fuck!

Madara: Ah, Hashirama bit me a few times when we were kids. He said it's how his family showed each other they like them.

Hikaku: he likes you??

Izuna: Do I have to bite him back now?

He doesn't. Not at first, but after having to run around the village to get the man to sign a document because he is still avoiding him. he gives up. Just chomps on the arm that's right in front of him and then sits back in his seat like he didn't do that most insane thing in the middle of a council meeting.

Tobirama blinks before nodding and continuing with his report, seemingly back to normal now that his weird affection has been returned. Hashirama, inspired by his little brother, turns to Madara and also tries to chomp.

Now that the cat is out of the bag, Izuna is forced to be nibbled by a surprisingly affectionate Tobirama, while watching his older brother dodge the chomping affections of his friend. C'est la vie.

[empiredesimparte]

Live broadcast of ‘Le Sacre de Napoléon V’ on the national channel Francesim 2, hosted by Stéphane Bernard

(Stéphane Bernard) The Emperor will become a quasi-sacred figure through the anointing: it is a sort of transfiguration. The imperial canopy conceals this profoundly sacred moment because the rite must remain a mystery to the common mortals. We are witnessing a revival of the triple blessing from the Reims ceremonial of the kings of Francesim. Their Majesties, kneeling before the altar, receive the triple anointing from the Pope: one on the forehead, the others on both hands. First the Emperor, then the Empress.

In his prayer, the Pope asks God to bestow the treasures and graces of His blessings upon the Emperor. He prays that the Emperor will govern with strength, justice, loyalty, foresight, courage, and perseverance. The Emperor must combat Evil and defend the holy Christian Church. The Empress, for her part, receives God's support, and that of Christ, to preserve the Empire and the French people for eternity.

(Stéphane Bernard) Such a ceremonial highlights the spiritual and mystical dimension of the imperial monarchy. It is a moment steeped in tradition, where every gesture, every word, carries deep symbolism, reminding us of the sacred bonds that unite the sovereign to his people and to God. (Mgr. Morlot) Almighty and eternal God, who have decreed that, following the example of David, Solomon, and Joash, the foreheads of Kings and Emperors should be adorned with a diadem, so that, through the brilliance of their gemstones and the splendor of their ornaments, they might serve as a vivid and striking image of the majesty that surrounds you to the peoples while they reign on earth…

(Mgr. Morlot) … Pour out, we beseech you, your blessing upon these crowns, so that your servant Napoleon and his spouse, who will wear them on earth, may shine with the radiance of all virtues.

(Pope) May God encircle your brow with the crown of glory and justice...

(Pope) ... May He arm you with strength and courage so that, blessed by Heaven through our hands, filled with faith and good works, you may reach the crown of the eternal kingdom…

(Pope) ... By the grace of Him whose reign and empire extend throughout all ages and ages. Amen.

(Napoléon V) Amen.

⚜ Le Sacre de Napoléon V | N°11 | Francesim, Paris, 28 Thermidor An 230

While the bells ring out and the cannons roar, the Emperor and Empress of Francesim are crowned at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. It was broadcast live on television by Stéphane Bernard, the famous journalist for the crowned heads in Francesim.

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⚜ Traduction française

(Stéphane Bernard) L'Empereur va devenir un personnage quasi-sacré grâce à l'onction : c'est une sorte de transfiguration. Le dais impérial cache ce moment tout à fait sacré car le rite doit rester un mystère pour le commun des mortels. Nous assistons à une reprise de la triple bénédiction du cérémonial de Reims des rois de Francesim. Leurs Majestés, agenouillées devant l'autel, reçoivent du Pape la triple onction : une sur le front, les autres sur les deux mains. D'abord l'Empereur, puis l'Impératrice.

Dans son oraison, le Pape demande à Dieu de répandre les trésors et les grâces de Ses bénédictions sur l'Empereur. Il prie pour qu'il gouverne avec force, justice, fidélité, prévoyance, courage et persévérance. L'Empereur doit combattre le Mal et défendre la sainte Église chrétienne. L'Impératrice, quant à elle, reçoit le soutien de Dieu et du Christ, afin de conserver l'Empire et le peuple français dans l'éternité.

Un tel cérémonial met en lumière la dimension spirituelle et mystique de la monarchie impériale. C'est un moment empreint de tradition, où chaque geste, chaque parole, porte un symbolisme profond, rappelant les liens sacrés qui unissent le souverain à son peuple, et à Dieu.

(Monseigneur Morlot) Dieu tout-puissant et éternel, qui avez voulu qu'à l'exemple de David, de Salomon et de Joas, le front des Rois et des Empereurs fût ceint du diadème, afin que, par l'éclat des pierreries et la splendeur de leurs ornements, ils fussent aux des peuples, pendant qu'ils règnent sur la terre, la vive et frappante image de la majesté qui vous environnement...

(Monseigneur Morlot) ... Répandez, nous vous en conjurons, votre bénédiction sur ces couronnes, afin que votre serviteur Napoléon et son épouse, qui les porteront sur la terre brillent de l'éclat de toutes les vertus.

(Pape) Que Dieu ceigne votre front de la couronne de la gloire et de justice ; qu'il vous arme de force et de courage, afin que, bénis du Ciel par nos mains, pleins de foi et de bonnes oeuvres, vous arriviez à la couronne du règne éternel...

(Pape) Par la grâce de celui dont le règne et l'empire s'étendent dans tous les siècles et les siècles. Amen. (Napoléon V) Amen.

[boozye]

so... ur not 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂? *sigh* come on mr djungleskog the 3rd... *leads very old and crusty mule away by the reigns and mumbles* I guess we continue our search for the 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 warlock... *walks off into the sunset slowly*

C'est la vie.

[kilfeur]

Donc Lucifer était rêveur et ambitieux pour ses créations mais les anges trouvaient ces idées bien trop dangereuses. Maintenant on sait de qui Charlie tient le plus, Lilith refusait de se soumettre Adam en voulant être indépendante. C'est justement dans le jardin, que Lucifer et Lilith se sont rencontrés et sont tombés amoureux. En faisant manger la pomme à Eve pour que l'humanité gagne leur propre volonté, le monde que les anges avaient créé se retrouva corrompu. En conséquence, Lilith et Lucifer se retrouvèrent banni dans les profondeurs. Et Lucifer ne pourra jamais voir ce qui a de bon dans l'humanité, honteux, Lucifer a perdu son envie de rêver. Alors Lilith a prit les reines et grâce à sa voix, l'enfer continua à s'épanouir et à grandir. Bien sûr ça ne plaisait pas au paradis qui envoya l'extermination pour éradiquer une partie de la population de l'enfer. Or l'espoir de Lilith n'est pas perdu car il a été transmit à Charlie qui compte bien maintenir cet espoir.

Bien que le début est assez intéressant je sens que c'est pas entièrement la vérité. Bon après bien sûr ça vient du point de vue de Charlie donc bien sûr que c'est biaisé. Mais si j'ai raison, je serai curieuse de savoir la vraie histoire concernant l'histoire de Lucifer, Lilith et les anges.

So Lucifer was a dreamer and ambitious for his creations, but the angels found these ideas far too dangerous. Now we know who Charlie takes after most, Lilith refused to submit to Adam and wanted to be independent. It was in the garden that Lucifer and Lilith met and fell in love. When Lucifer made Eve eat the apple to make mankind gain their own will, the world the angels had created was corrupted. As a result, Lilith and Lucifer found themselves banished to the depths. And Lucifer could never see the good in mankind, ashamed, Lucifer lost his desire to dream. So Lilith took the reigns, and thanks to her voice, Hell continued to flourish and grow. Of course, this didn't please Heaven, which sent the extermination squad to wipe out part of Hell's population. But Lilith's hope is not lost, as it has been passed on to Charlie, who intends to keep it alive.

Although the beginning is quite interesting, I feel it's not entirely true. Of course it's from Charlie's point of view, so of course it's biased. But if I'm right, I'll be curious to know the real story behind Lucifer, Lilith and the angels.

[pompadourpink]

Fairytale #2 - Donkey skin

Once upon a time, there was a King, so great, so beloved by his people, and so respected by all his neighbours and allies that one might almost say he was the happiest monarch alive. His good fortune was made even greater by the choice he had made for wife of a Princess as beautiful as she was virtuous, with whom he lived in perfect happiness. Now, of this chaste marriage was born a daughter endowed with so many gifts that they had no regret because other children were not given to them.

Il était une fois un roi si grand, si aimé de ses peuples, si respecté de tous ses voisins et de ses alliés, qu'on pouvait dire qu'il était le plus heureux de tous les monarques. Son bonheur était encore confirmé par le choix qu'il avait fait d'une princesse aussi belle que vertueuse; et ces heureux époux vivaient dans une union parfaite. De leur chaste hymen était née une fille, douée de tant de grâces et de charmes, qu'ils ne regrettaient pas de n'avoir pas une plus ample lignée.

Magnificence, taste and abundance reigned in his palace; the ministers were wise and skilful; the courtiers, virtuous and attached; the servants, faithful and industrious; the stables, vast and filled with the most beautiful horses in the world, covered with rich caparison: but what astonished the foreigners who came to admire these beautiful stables, was that in the most apparent place a master donkey displayed long and large ears.

It was not by fancy, but with reason, that the king had given him a special and distinguished place. The virtues of this rare animal deserved this distinction, since nature had formed him so extraordinary, that his litter, instead of being unclean, was covered, every morning, with profusion, with beautiful gold coins in the sun, and with golden louis of all kinds, which one would collect when he woke up.

La magnificence, le goût et l'abondance régnaient dans son palais; les ministres étaient sages et habiles; les courtisans, vertueux et attachés; les domestiques, fidèles et laborieux; les écuries, vastes et remplies des plus beaux chevaux du monde, couverts de riches caparaçons : mais ce qui étonnait les étrangers qui venaient admirer ces belles écuries, c'est qu'au lieu le plus apparent un maître âne étalait de longues et grandes oreilles.

Ce n'était pas par fantaisie, mais avec raison, que le roi lui avait donné une place particulière et distinguée. Les vertus de ce rare animal méritaient cette distinction, puisque la nature l'avait formé si extraordinaire, que sa litière, au lieu d'être malpropre, était couverte, tous les matins, avec profusion, de beaux écus au soleil, et de louis d'or de toute espèce, qu'on allait recueillir à son réveil.

Now, as the vicissitudes of life extend to kings as well as to subjects, and as good things are always mixed with some ills, heaven allowed that the queen was suddenly attacked by a bitter illness, for which, in spite of the science and skill of the physicians, no help could be found. The desolation was general. The king, sensitive and in love, in spite of the famous proverb which says that the hymen is the tomb of love, afflicted himself without moderation, made ardent vows to all the temples of his kingdom, offered his life for that of so dear a wife; but the gods and the fairies were invoked in vain. The queen, feeling that her last hour was approaching, said to her husband, who was bursting into tears: "Find it good, before I die, that I demand one thing of you: that if you should have the desire to remarry…"

Or, comme les vicissitudes de la vie s'étendent aussi bien sur les rois que sur les sujets, et que toujours les biens sont mêlés de quelques maux, le ciel permit que la reine fût tout à coup attaquée d'une âpre maladie, pour laquelle, malgré la science et l'habileté des médecins, on ne put trouver aucun secours. La désolation fut générale. Le roi, sensible et amoureux, malgré le proverbe fameux qui dit que l'hymen est le tombeau de l'amour, s'affligeait sans modération, faisait des voeux ardents à tous les temples de son royaume, offrait sa vie pour celle d'une épouse si chère; mais les dieux et les fées étaient invoqués en vain. La reine, sentant sa dernière heure approcher, dit à son époux qui fondait en larmes : « Trouvez bon, avant que je meure, que j'exige une chose de vous : c'est que s'il vous prenait envie de vous remarier... »

At these words the king gave a pitiful cry, took his wife's hands, bathed them in tears, and, assuring her that it was superfluous to speak to her of a second hymenae: "No, no," he said at last, "my dear queen, speak to me rather of following you;" "The State," resumed the queen, with a firmness which increased the regrets of this prince, "the State must demand successors, and, as I have only given you a daughter, press you to have sons like yourself: But I urge you, by all the love you have had for me, not to yield to the eagerness of your people until you have found a princess more beautiful and better made than I; I want your oath, and then I shall die content. "

À ces mots, le roi fit des cris pitoyables, prit les mains de sa femme, les baigna de pleurs, et, l'assurant qu'il était superflu de lui parler d'un second hyménée : « Non, non, dit-il enfin, ma chère reine, parlez-moi plutôt de vous suivre; - L'État, reprit la reine avec une fermeté qui augmentait les regrets de ce prince, l'État, doit exiger des successeurs, et, comme je ne vous ai donné qu'une fille, vous presser d'avoir des fils qui vous ressemblent : mais je vous demande instamment, par tout l'amour que vous avez eu pour moi, de ne céder à l'empressement de vos peuples que lorsque vous aurez trouvé une princesse plus belle et mieux faite que moi; j'en veux votre serment, et alors je mourrai contente. »

It is presumed that the queen, who was not lacking in self-respect, had demanded this oath, not believing that there was anyone in the world who could match her, thinking that it was to ensure that the king would never remarry. Finally she died. No husband ever made so much fuss: weeping, sobbing day and night, the small rights of widowhood, were her only occupation.

On présume que la reine, qui ne manquait pas d'amour-propre, avait exigé ce serment, ne croyant pas qu'il fût au monde personne qui pût l'égaler, pensant bien que c'était s'assurer que le roi ne se remarierait jamais. Enfin elle mourut. Jamais mari ne fit tant de vacarme : pleurer, sangloter jour et nuit, menus droits du veuvage, furent son unique occupation.

The great pains did not last. Moreover, the great men of the State assembled, and came in body to beg the king to remarry. This first proposal seemed harsh to him, and made him shed new tears. He alleged the oath he had made to the queen, challenging all his advisers to find a princess more beautiful and better made than his late wife, thinking it impossible. But the council treated such a promise as mere bauble, and said that it did not matter how beautiful she was, so long as a queen was virtuous and not barren; that the state required princes for its rest and tranquillity; that indeed the infanta had all the qualities required to make a great queen, but that a stranger should be chosen for her husband; and that either this stranger would take her home with him, or that, if he reigned with her, her children would no longer be reputed to be of the same blood; and that, as there was no prince of her name, the neighbouring peoples might raise wars against them which would lead to the ruin of the kingdom.

Les grandes douleurs ne durent pas. D'ailleurs, les grands de l'État s'assemblèrent, et vinrent en corps prier le roi de se remarier. Cette première proposition lui parut dure, et lui fit répandre de nouvelles larmes. Il allégua le serment qu'il avait fait à la reine, défiant tous ses conseillers de pouvoir trouver une princesse plus belle et mieux faite que feu sa femme, pensant que cela était impossible. Mais le conseil traita de babiole une telle promesse, et dit qu'il importait peu de la beauté, pourvu qu'une reine fût vertueuse et point stérile; que l'État demandait des princes pour son repos et sa tranquillité; qu'à la vérité l'infante avait toutes les qualités requises pour faire une grande reine, mais qu'il fallait lui choisir un étranger pour époux; et qu'alors, ou cet étranger l'emmènerait chez lui, ou que, s'il régnait avec elle, ses enfants ne seraient plus réputés du même sang; et que, n'y ayant point de prince de son nom, les peuples voisins pourraient leur susciter des guerres qui entraîneraient la ruine du royaume.

The king, struck by these considerations, promised that he would think of satisfying them. Indeed, he looked for a suitable bride among the princesses to be married. Every day charming portraits were brought to him, but none of them had the graces of the late queen: so he did not make up his mind. Unfortunately, he found that the infanta, his daughter, was not only beautiful and well-made, but that she far surpassed the queen her mother in spirit and amenities. Her youth and the pleasant freshness of her beautiful complexion inflamed the king with such a violent fire that he could not hide it from the infanta, and he told her that he had resolved to marry her, since she alone could release him from his oath.

Le roi, frappé de ces considérations, promit qu'il songerait à les contenter. Effectivement il chercha, parmi les princesses à marier, que serait celle qui pourrait lui convenir. Chaque jour on lui apportait des portraits charmants, mais aucun n'avait les grâces de la feue reine : ainsi il ne se déterminait point. Malheureusement, il s'avisa de trouver que l'infante, sa fille, était non seulement belle et bien faite à ravir, mais qu'elle surpassait encore de beaucoup la reine sa mère en esprit et en agréments. Sa jeunesse, l'agréable fraîcheur de son beau teint enflamma le roi d'un feu si violent, qu'il ne put le cacher à l'infante, et il lui dit qu'il avait résolu de l'épouser, puisqu'elle seule pouvait le dégager de son serment.

The young princess, full of virtue and modesty, thought she would faint at this horrible proposal. She threw herself at the feet of her father the king, and begged him, with all the strength she could muster in her mind, not to force her to commit such a crime.

La jeune princesse, remplie de vertu et de pudeur, pensa s'évanouir à cette horrible proposition. Elle se jeta aux pieds du roi son père, et le conjura, avec toute la force qu'elle put trouver dans son esprit, de ne la pas contraindre à commettre un tel crime.

The king, who had set himself this strange project in mind, had consulted an old druid to put the princess' conscience at rest. This druid, who was not so much religious as ambitious, sacrificed the interests of innocence and virtue to the honour of being a confidant of a great king, and so skilfully insinuated himself into the king's mind, so softened the crime he was about to commit, that he even persuaded him that it was a pious act to marry his daughter. The prince, flattered by the speeches of this scoundrel, embraced him, and returned from him more stubborn than ever in his project: he, therefore, ordered the infanta to prepare herself to obey him.

Le roi, qui s'était mis en tête ce bizarre projet, avait consulté un vieux druide pour mettre la conscience de la princesse en repos. Ce druide, moins religieux qu'ambitieux, sacrifia, à l'honneur d'être confident d'un grand roi, l'intérêt de l'innocence et de la vertu, et s'insinua avec tant d'adresse dans l'esprit du roi, lui adoucit tellement le crime qu'il allait commettre, qu'il lui persuada même que c'était une oeuvre pie que d'épouser sa fille. Ce prince, flatté par les discours de ce scélérat, l'embrassa, et revint d'avec lui plus entêté que jamais dans son projet : il fit donc ordonner à l'infante de se préparer à lui obéir.

The young princess, outraged by the pain, thought of nothing else but to go and find the Lilac Fairy, her godmother. For this purpose, she set off that same night in a pretty cabriolet harnessed to a big sheep that knew all the roads. She arrived happily. The fairy, who loved the infanta, told her that she knew everything she had come to tell her, but that she had no worries, as nothing could harm her if she faithfully carried out what she was going to tell her. "For, my dear child," she said to her, "it would be a great fault to marry your father; but, without contradicting him, you can avoid it: tell him that, to fulfil a fancy you have, he must give you a dress of the colour of the time; never, with all his love and power, can he succeed."

La jeune princesse, outrée d'une vive douleur, n'imagina rien autre chose que d'aller trouver la fée des Lilas, sa marraine. Pour cet effet elle partit la même nuit dans un joli cabriolet attelé d'un gros mouton qui savait tous les chemins. Elle y arriva heureusement. La fée, qui aimait l'infante, lui dit qu'elle savait tout ce qu'elle venait lui dire, mais qu'elle n'eût aucun souci, rien ne pouvant lui nuire si elle exécutait fidèlement ce qu'elle allait lui prescrire. « Car, ma chère enfant, lui dit-elle, ce serait une grande faute que d'épouser votre père; mais, sans le contredire, vous pouvez l'éviter : dites-lui que, pour remplir une fantaisie que vous avez, il faut qu'il vous donne une robe de la couleur du temps; jamais, avec tout son amour et son pouvoir, il ne pourra y parvenir. »

The princess thanked her godmother well; and the next morning she told the king her father what the fairy had advised her to do, and protested that no confession would be made of her unless she had a dress the colour of the time. The king, delighted with the hope she gave him, assembled the most famous workmen and ordered them to make the dress, on condition that if they failed to do so, he would have them all hanged. He did not have the sorrow to come to this extremity; from the second day, they brought the dress so desired. The empyrean is no more beautiful blue when it is girded with golden clouds than this beautiful dress when it was laid out. The infanta was very upset by this, and did not know how to get out of her predicament. The king was pressing for a conclusion. The godmother had to be called in again and, astonished that her secret had not succeeded, told her to try to ask for one the colour of the moon. The king, who could refuse her nothing, sent for the most skilful workmen, and so expressly ordered them to make a dress the colour of the moon, that there were not twenty-four hours between the order and its delivery…

La princesse remercia bien sa marraine; et dès le lendemain matin elle dit au roi son père ce que la fée lui avait conseillé, et protesta qu'on ne tirerait d'elle aucun aveu qu'elle n'eût une robe couleur du temps. Le roi, ravi de l'espérance qu'elle lui donnait, assembla les plus fameux ouvriers, et leur commanda cette robe, sous la condition que, s'ils ne pouvaient réussir, il les ferait tous pendre. Il n'eut pas le chagrin d'en venir à cette extrémité; dès le second jour ils apportèrent la robe si désirée. L'empyrée n'est pas d'un plus beau bleu lorsqu'il est ceint de nuages d'or, que cette belle robe lorsqu'elle fut étalée. L'infante en fut toute contristée, et ne savait comment se tirer d'embarras. Le roi pressait la conclusion. Il fallut recourir encore à la marraine, qui, étonnée de ce que son secret n'avait pas réussi, lui dit d'essayer d'en demander une de la couleur de la lune. Le roi, qui ne pouvait lui rien refuser, envoya chercher les plus habiles ouvriers, et leur commanda si expressément une robe couleur de la lune, qu'entre ordonner et l'apporter il n'y eut pas vingt-quatre heures...

The infanta, more enchanted by this superb dress than by the care of the king her father, became immoderately distressed when she was with her wives and nurse. The Lilac Fairy, who knew everything, came to the aid of the afflicted princess, and said to her: "Either I am very much mistaken, or I believe that, if you ask for a dress the colour of the sun, we shall either succeed in disgusting the king your father, for it will never be possible to make such a dress, or we shall at least gain time.

L'infante, plus charmée de cette superbe robe que des soins du roi son père, s'affligea immodérément lorsqu'elle fut avec ses femmes et sa nourrice. La fée des Lilas, qui savait tout, vint au secours de l'affligée princesse, et lui dit : « Ou je me trompe fort, ou je crois que, si vous demandez une robe couleur du soleil, ou nous viendrons à bout de dégoûter le roi votre père, car jamais on ne pourra parvenir à faire une pareille robe, ou nous gagnerons au moins du temps. »

The infanta agreed, asked for the dress, and the loving king gave, without regret, all the diamonds and rubies in his crown to help with this superb work, with orders to spare nothing to make this dress equal to the sun. And so, as soon as it appeared, all those who saw it unfurled were forced to close their eyes, so dazzled were they. It was from this time that green glasses and black lenses were introduced. What happened to the infanta at this sight? Never had anyone seen anything so beautiful and so artistically worked. She was confounded; and under the pretext of having a sore eye, she retired to her room, where the fairy was waiting for her, more ashamed than one can say. It was much worse: for, on seeing the sun's dress, she turned red with anger. Oh, now, my daughter," she said to the infanta, "we shall put your father's unworthy love to a terrible test. I think he is very stubborn about this marriage which he believes to be so near, but I think he will be a little dizzy at the request I advise you to make to him: it is the skin of that donkey which he loves so passionately, and which provides for all his expenses with such profusion; go, and do not fail to tell him that you desire this skin.

L'infante en convint, demanda la robe, et l'amoureux roi donna, sans regret, tous les diamants et les rubis de sa couronne pour aider à ce superbe ouvrage, avec ordre de ne rien épargner pour rendre cette robe égale au soleil. Aussi, dès qu'elle parut, tous ceux qui la virent déployée furent obligés de fermer les yeux, tant ils furent éblouis. C'est de ce temps que date les lunettes vertes et les verres noirs. Que devint l'infante à cette vue ? Jamais on n'avait rien vu de si beau et de si artistement ouvré. Elle était confondue; et sous prétexte d'avoir mal aux yeux, elle se retira dans sa chambre, où la fée l'attendait, plus honteuse qu'on ne peut dire. Ce fut bien pis : car, en voyant la robe du soleil, elle devint rouge de colère. « Oh ! pour le coup, ma fille, dit-elle à l'infante, nous allons mettre l'indigne amour de votre père à une terrible épreuve. Je le crois bien entêté de ce mariage qu'il croit si prochain, mais je pense qu'il sera un peu étourdi de la demande que je vous conseille de lui faire : c'est la peau de cet âne qu'il aime si passionnément, et qui fournit à toutes ses dépenses avec tant de profusion; allez, et ne manquez pas de lui dire que vous désirez cette peau. »

The infanta, delighted to find yet another way of evading a marriage she hated, and who thought at the same time that her father could never bring himself to sacrifice his donkey, came to him and explained her desire for the skin of this beautiful animal. Although the king was astonished at this fantasy, he did not hesitate to satisfy it. The poor donkey was sacrificed, and the skin gallantly brought to the infanta, who, seeing no way of evading her misfortune, was about to despair, when her godmother came running. What are you doing, my daughter?" she said, seeing the princess tearing her hair and bruising her beautiful cheeks; "this is the happiest moment of your life. Wrap yourself in this skin; leave this palace, and go as far as the earth will carry you: when one sacrifices everything to virtue, the gods know how to reward it. Go, I will take care that your toilet follows you everywhere; wherever you stop, your cassette, where your clothes and jewels will be, will follow your steps under the ground; and here is my wand which I give you: by striking the ground, when you need this cassette, it will appear to your eyes; but make haste to leave; and do not delay.

L'infante, ravie de trouver encore un moyen d'éluder un mariage qu'elle détestait, et qui pensait en même temps que son père ne pourrait jamais se résoudre à sacrifier son âne, vint le trouver, et lui exposa son désir pour la peau de ce bel animal. Quoique le roi fût étonné de cette fantaisie, il ne balança pas à la satisfaire. Le pauvre âne fut sacrifié, et la peau galamment apportée à l'infante, qui, ne voyant plus aucun moyen d'éluder son malheur, s'allait désespérer, lorsque sa marraine accourut. « Que faites-vous, ma fille ? dit-elle, voyant la princesse déchirant ses cheveux et meurtrissant ses belles joues; voici le moment le plus heureux de votre vie. Enveloppez-vous de cette peau; sortez de ce palais, et allez tant que terre pourra vous porter : lorsqu'on sacrifie tout à la vertu, les dieux savent en récompenser. Allez, j'aurai soin que votre toilette vous suive partout; en quelque lieu que vous vous arrêtiez, votre cassette, où seront vos habits et vos bijoux, suivra vos pas sous terre; et voici ma baguette que je vous donne : en frappant la terre, quand vous aurez besoin de cette cassette, elle paraîtra à vos yeux; mais hâtez-vous de partir; et ne tardez pas. »

The infanta kissed her godmother a thousand times, begged her not to abandon her, put on that ugly skin, after smearing herself with chimney soot, and left the rich palace without being recognised by anyone.

The absence of the infanta caused a great rumour. The king, in despair, who had had a magnificent party prepared, was inconsolable. He sent out more than a hundred gendarmes and more than a thousand musketeers to search for his daughter; but the fairy, who protected her, made her invisible to the most skilful searchers: so it was necessary to console himself.

L'infante embrassa mille fois sa marraine, la pria de ne pas l'abandonner, s'affubla de cette vilaine peau, après s'être barbouillée de suie de cheminée, et sortit de ce riche palais sans être reconnue de personne.

L'absence de l'infante causa une grande rumeur. Le roi, au désespoir, qui avait fait préparer une fête magnifique, était inconsolable. Il fit partir plus de cent gendarmes et plus de mille mousquetaires pour aller à la quête de sa fille; mais la fée, qui la protégeait, la rendait invisible aux plus habiles recherches : ainsi il fallut bien s'en consoler.

In the meantime, the infanta was on her way. She went far, far, farther, and looked everywhere for a place to stay; but although they gave her food out of charity, they found her so filthy that no one wanted her. However, she entered a beautiful town, at the gate of which was a farmhouse, whose farmer needed a sloven to wash the dishcloths, clean the turkeys and the pigs' trough. This woman, seeing this traveller so dirty, offered to let her into her house; which the infanta accepted with a great deal of pleasure, so tired was she of having walked so much. They put her in a back corner of the kitchen, where for the first few days she was the butt of the coarse jokes of the flunkeys, so dirty and disgusting was her donkey skin. At last, they got used to her; besides, she was so careful to fulfil her duties that the farmer took her under her protection. She drove the sheep and had them parked when they needed to be; she led the turkeys to graze with such intelligence that it seemed as if she had never done anything else: everything bore fruit under her beautiful hands.

Pendant ce temps l'infante cheminait. Elle alla bien loin, bien loin, encore plus loin, et cherchait partout une place; mais quoique par charité on lui donnât à manger, on la trouvait si crasseuse que personne n'en voulait. Cependant elle entra dans une belle ville, à la porte de laquelle était une métairie, dont la fermière avait besoin d'une souillon pour laver les torchons, nettoyer les dindons et l'auge des cochons. Cette femme, voyant cette voyageuse si malpropre, lui proposa d'entrer chez elle; ce que l'infante accepta de grand coeur, tant elle était lasse d'avoir tant marché. On la mit dans un coin recule de la cuisine, où elle fut, les premiers jours, en butte aux plaisanteries grossières de la valetaille, tant sa peau d'âne la rendait sale et dégoûtante. Enfin on s'y accoutuma; d'ailleurs elle était si soigneuse de remplir ses devoirs que la fermière la prit sous sa protection. Elle conduisait les moutons, les faisait parquer au temps où il le fallait; elle menait les dindons paître avec une telle intelligence, qu'il semblait qu'elle n'eût jamais fait autre chose : aussi tout fructifiait sous ses belles mains.

One day, sitting by a clear fountain, where she often deplored her sad condition, she thought of taking a look at herself, but the appalling donkey skin which made up her hair and clothing appalled her. Ashamed of this adjustment, she cleaned her face and hands, which became whiter than ivory, and her beautiful complexion regained its natural freshness. The joy of finding herself so beautiful made her want to bathe in it, which she did: but she had to put on her unworthy skin to return to the farm. Fortunately, the next day was a feast day; so she had time to draw out her cassette, to arrange her toilet, to powder her beautiful hair, and to put on her beautiful dress the colour of the time. Her room was so small that the tail of this beautiful dress could not stretch. The beautiful princess wondered and admired herself with good reason, so that she resolved, in order to relieve herself, to put on her beautiful dresses in turn, on festivals and Sundays; which she punctually executed. She mixed flowers and diamonds in her beautiful hair with admirable art; and often she sighed to have for witnesses of her beauty only her sheep and turkeys, who loved her as much with her horrible donkey skin, whose name was given to her on that farm.

Un jour qu'assise près d'une claire fontaine, où elle déplorait souvent sa triste condition, elle s'avisa de s'y mirer, l'effroyable peau d'âne, qui faisait sa coiffure et son habillement, l'épouvanta. Honteuse de cet ajustement, elle se décrassa le visage et les mains, qui devinrent plus blanches que l'ivoire, et son beau teint reprit sa fraîcheur naturelle. La joie de se trouver si belle lui donna envie de s'y baigner. ce qu'elle exécuta : mais il lui fallut remettre son indigne peau pour retourner à la métairie. Heureusement le lendemain était un jour de fête; ainsi elle eut le loisir de tirer sa cassette, d'arranger sa toilette, de poudrer ses beaux cheveux, et de mettre sa belle robe couleur du temps. Sa chambre était si petite, que la queue de cette belle robe ne pouvait pas s'étendre. La belle princesse se mira et s'admira elle-même avec raison, si bien qu'elle résolut, pour se désennuyer, de mettre tour à tour ses belles robes, les fêtes et les dimanches; ce qu'elle exécuta ponctuellement. Elle mêlait des fleurs et des diamants dans ses beaux cheveux, avec un art admirable; et souvent elle soupirait de n'avoir pour témoins de sa beauté que ses moutons et ses dindons, qui l'aimaient autant avec son horrible peau d'âne, dont on lui avait donné le nom dans cette ferme.

One day of festival, when Peau-d'Ane had put on the dress colour of the sun, the son of the king, to whom this farm belonged, came down there to rest, while returning from the hunt. This prince was young, handsome and beautifully made, the love of his father and the queen his mother, adored by the people. The young prince was offered a country snack, which he accepted: then he set out to explore the farmyards and all their corners. Running from place to place, he came to a dark alley, at the end of which he saw a closed door. Curiosity made him look at the lock; but what became of him, when he saw the princess so beautiful and so richly dressed, that from her noble and modest air, he took her for a divinity! The impetuosity of feeling which he felt at that moment would have led him to break down the door, had it not been for the respect that this ravishing person inspired in him.

Un jour de fête, que Peau-d'Ane avait mis la robe couleur du soleil, le fils du roi, a qui cette ferme appartenait, vint y descendre pour se reposer, en revenant de la chasse. Ce prince était jeune, beau et admirablement bien fait, l'amour de son père et de la reine sa mère, adoré des peuples. On offrit à ce jeune prince une collation champêtre, qu'il accepta : puis il se mit à parcourir les basses-cours et tous leurs recoins. En courant ainsi de lieu en lieu, il entra dans une sombre allée, au bout de laquelle il vit une porte fermée. La curiosité lui fit mettre l'oeil à la serrure; mais que devint-il, en apercevant la princesse si belle et si richement vêtue, qu'à son air noble et modeste il la prit pour une divinité ! L'impétuosité du sentiment qu'il éprouva dans ce moment l'aurait porté à enfoncer la porte, sans le respect que lui inspira cette ravissante personne.

He came out of this dark and obscure alley with difficulty, but it was to inquire who was the person who lived in this little room. He was told that she was a slattern, who was called Donkey-skin, because of the skin she wore; and that she was so dirty and filthy that no one looked at her, nor spoke to her; and that she had been taken only out of pity, to look after the sheep and turkeys.

Il sortit avec peine de cette allée sombre et obscure, mais ce fut pour s'informer qui était la personne qui demeurait dans cette petite chambre. On lui répondit que c'était une souillon, qu'on nommait Peau-d'Ane, à cause de la peau dont elle s'habillait; et qu'elle était si sale et si crasseuse, que personne ne la regardait, ni ne lui parlait; et qu'on ne l'avait prise que par pitié, pour garder les moutons et les dindons.

The prince, not very satisfied with this clarification, saw that these rude people knew no more, and that it was useless to question them. He returned to the palace of the king his father, more in love than can be said, having continually before his eyes the beautiful image of this divinity which he had seen through the keyhole. He repented of not knocking at the door, and promised himself that he would not fail to do so another time. But the agitation of his blood, caused by the ardour of his love, gave him, in the same night, a fever so terrible that he was soon reduced to extremity. The queen his mother, who had only him as a child, despaired that all remedies were useless. She promised in vain the greatest rewards to the doctors; they used all their art, but nothing cured the prince.

Le prince, peu satisfait de cet éclaircissement, vit bien que ces gens grossiers n'en savaient pas davantage, et qu'il était inutile de les questionner. Il revint au palais du roi son père, plus amoureux qu'on ne peut dire, ayant continuellement devant les yeux la belle image de cette divinité qu'il avait vue par le trou de la serrure. Il se repentit de n'avoir pas heurté à la porte, et se promit bien de n'y pas manquer une autre fois. Mais l'agitation de son sang, causée par l'ardeur de son amour, lui donna, dans la même nuit, une fièvre si terrible, que bientôt il fut réduit à l'extrémité. La reine sa mère, qui n'avait que lui d'enfant, se désespérait de ce que tous les remèdes étaient inutiles. Elle promettait en vain les plus grandes récompenses aux médecins; ils y employaient tout leur art, mais rien ne guérissait le prince.

At last, they guessed that a deadly grief was causing all this havoc; they warned the queen, who, full of tenderness for her son, came to beseech him to tell the cause of his affliction; and that, when it came to giving up the crown to him, the king his father would come down from his throne without regret, to bring him up; That if he desired any princess, even if they were at war with the king his father, and had just subjects to complain of, they would sacrifice everything to obtain what he desired; but that she begged him not to let himself die, since their lives depended on his.

Enfin ils devinèrent qu'un mortel chagrin causait tout ce ravage; ils en avertirent la reine, qui, toute pleine de tendresse pour son fils, vint le conjurer de dire la cause de son mal; et que, quand il s'agirait de lui céder la couronne, le roi son père descendrait de son trône sans regret, pour l'y faire monter; que s'il désirait quelque princesse, quand même on serait en guerre avec le roi son père, et qu'on eût de justes sujets pour s'en plaindre, on sacrifierait tout pour obtenir ce qu'il désirait; mais qu'elle le conjurait de ne pas se laisser mourir, puisque de sa vie dépendait la leur.

The queen did not finish this touching speech without wetting the prince's face with a flood of tears. Madam," said the prince at last, in a very weak voice, "I am not so unnatural as to desire my father's crown; may heaven grant that he may live many years, and that he may wish me to be for a long time the most faithful and most respectful of his subjects! As for the princesses you offer me, I have not yet thought of marrying; and you can be sure that, submissive as I am to your wishes, I will always obey you, whatever the cost. - Ah, my son," said the queen, "nothing will cost me to save your life; but, my dear son, save mine and that of the king your father, by declaring to me what you desire, and be assured that it will be granted. Well, madam," he said, "since I must tell you what I think, I will obey you; it would be a crime for me to put in danger two people who are so dear to me. I want Donkey-skin to make me a cake, and as soon as it is made, to bring it to me.

La reine n'acheva pas ce touchant discours sans mouiller le visage du prince d'un torrent de larmes. « Madame, lui dit enfin le prince avec une voix très faible, je ne suis pas assez dénaturé pour désirer la couronne de mon père; plaise au ciel qu'il vive de longues années, et qu'il veuille bien que je sois long temps le plus fidèle et le plus respectueux de ses sujets ! Quant aux princesses que vous m'offrez, je n'ai point encore pensé à me marier; et vous pensez bien que, soumis comme je le suis à vos volontés, je vous obéirai toujours, quoi qu'il m'en coûte. - Ah ! mon fils, reprit la reine, rien ne me coûtera pour te sauver la vie; mais, mon cher fils, sauve la mienne et celle du roi ton père, en me déclarant ce que tu désires, et sois bien assuré qu'il te sera accordé. Eh bien ! madame, dit-il, puisqu'il faut vous déclarer ma pensée, je vais vous obéir; je me ferais un crime de mettre en danger deux êtres qui me sont si chers. Oui ma mère, je désire que Peau-d'Âne me fasse un gâteau, et que, dès qu'il sera fait, on me l'apporte. »

The queen, astonished at this strange name, asked who this Donkey-Skin was. It is, madam," said one of her officers, who by chance had seen this girl, "the ugliest beast after the wolf; a black skin, a filthy one, who lodges in your tenant farm and guards your turkeys. -It is a sick fancy; in a word, I want Donkey-skin (since Donkey-skin is there) to make him a cake quickly.

They ran to the farmhouse, and sent for Donkey-Skin, to order him to do his best to make a cake for the prince.

La reine, étonnée de ce nom bizarre, demanda qui était cette Peau-d'Ane. « C'est, madame, reprit un de ses officiers qui par hasard avait vu cette fille, c'est la plus vilaine bête après le loup; une peau noire, une crasseuse, qui loge dans votre métairie et qui garde vos dindons. -N'importe, dit la reine; mon fils, au retour de la chasse, a peut-être mangé de sa pâtisserie; c'est une fantaisie de malade, en un mot, je veux que Peau-d'Ane (puisque Peau-d'Ane il y a) lui fasse promptement un gâteau. »

On courut à la métairie, et l'on fit venir Peau-d'Ane, pour lui ordonner de faire de son mieux un gâteau pour le prince.

Some authors have assured us that when this prince had put his eye to the lock, her own people had seen him: and then, looking out of her little window, she had seen this prince so young, so handsome and so well-made, that the idea had remained with her, and that this memory had often cost her a few sighs. In any case, having seen him, or having heard much about him with praise, delighted to be able to find a way of being known, Peau-d'Ane shut herself up in her room, threw off her ugly skin, washed her face and hands, put on her blond hair, put on a beautiful corset of shining silver, a similar petticoat, and set about making the cake she had so longed for: she took some of the purest flour, some eggs and fresh butter. As she worked, whether by design or otherwise, a ring which she had on her finger fell into the batter, got mixed up in it; and as soon as the cake was baked, putting on its horrible skin, she gave the cake to the officer, to whom she asked for news of the prince; but this man, not deigning to answer her, ran to the prince's house to bring him the cake.

Quelques auteurs ont assuré que Peau-d'Ane, au moment que ce prince avait mis l'oeil à la serrure, les siens l'avaient aperçu : et puis, que regardant par sa petite fenêtre, elle avait vu ce prince si jeune, si beau et si bien fait, que l'idée lui en était restée, et que souvent ce souvenir lui avait coûté quelques soupirs. Quoi qu'il en soit, Peau-d'Ane l'ayant vu, ou en ayant beaucoup entendu parler avec éloge, ravie de pouvoir trouver un moyen d'être connue. s'enferma dans sa chambre, jeta sa vilaine peau, se décrassa le visage et les mains, se coiffa de ses blonds cheveux, mit un beau corset d'argent brillant. un jupon pareil, et se mit à faire le gâteau tant désiré : elle prit de la plus pure farine, des oeufs et du beurre bien frais. En travaillant, soit de dessein ou autrement, une bague qu'elle avait au doigt tomba dans la pâte, s'y mêla; et dès que le gâteau fut cuit, s'affublant de son horrible peau, elle donna le gâteau à l'officier, à qui elle demanda des nouvelles du prince; mais cet homme, ne daignant pas lui répondre, courut chez le prince lui porter ce gâteau.

The prince took it greedily from the man's hands, and ate it with such vivacity, that the doctors, who were present, did not fail to say that this fury was not a good sign: indeed, the prince thought of choking on the ring which he found in one of the pieces of the cake; but he deftly drew it from his mouth: and his eagerness to devour that cake was slowed down, as he examined that fine emerald, mounted on a gold ring, the circle of which was so narrow, that he judged that it could only fit the prettiest finger in the world.

Le prince le prit avidement des mains de cet homme, et le mangea avec une telle vivacité, que les médecins, qui étaient présents, ne manquèrent pas de dire que cette fureur n'était pas un bon signe : effectivement, le prince pensa s'étrangler par la bague qu'il trouva dans un des morceaux du gâteau; mais il la tira adroitement de sa bouche : et son ardeur à dévorer ce gâteau se ralentit, en examinant cette fine émeraude, montée sur un jonc d'or, dont le cercle était si étroit, qu'il jugea ne pouvoir servir qu'au plus joli doigt du monde.

He kissed this ring a thousand times, put it under his bedside table, and drew it out at any moment, when he thought he would not be seen by anyone. The torment he gave himself, to imagine how he could see the one to whom this ring could go; and not daring to believe, if he asked for Peau-d'Ane, who had made this cake he had asked for, that he would be allowed to bring her, nor daring to say what he had seen through the keyhole, lest he be laughed at, and taken for a visionary, all these ideas tormenting him at once, the fever took hold of him strongly; and the doctors, not knowing what to do, declared to the queen that the prince was sick with love.

Il baisa mille fois cette bague, la mit sous son chevet, et l'en tirait à tout moment, quand il croyait n'être vu de personne. Le tourment qu'il se donna, pour imaginer comment il pourrait voir celle à qui cette bague pouvait aller; et n'osant croire, s'il demandait Peau-d'Ane, qui avait fait ce gâteau qu'il avait demandé, qu'on lui accordât de la faire venir, n'osant non plus dire ce qu'il avait vu par le trou de la serrure, de crainte qu'on se moquât de lui, et qu'on le prît pour un visionnaire, toutes ces idées le tourmentant à la fois, la fièvre le reprit fortement; et les médecins, ne sachant plus que faire, déclarèrent à la reine que le prince était malade d'amour.

The queen ran to her son's house with the king, who was distressed: "My son, my dear son," cried the distressed monarch, "name the one you want; we swear that we will give her to you, even if she is the vilest of slaves. The queen, embracing him, confirmed the king's oath. The prince, moved by the tears and caresses of the authors of his days, said to them: "My father and my mother, I have no intention of making an alliance which would displease you; and as proof of this truth," he said, drawing the emerald from under his bedside, "I will marry the person to whom this ring goes, whoever she may be; and there is no appearance that the person who will have this pretty finger is a boorish person or a peasant.

La reine accourut chez son fils, avec le roi, qui se désolait : « Mon fils, mon cher fils, s'écria le monarque affligé, nomme-nous celle que tu veux; nous jurons que nous te la donnerons, fût-elle la plus vile des esclaves. » La reine, en l'embrassant, lui confirma le serment du roi. Le prince, attendri par les larmes et les caresses des auteurs de ses jours : « Mon père et ma mère, leur dit-il, je n'ai point dessein de faire une alliance qui vous déplaise; et pour preuve de cette vérité, dit-il en tirant l'émeraude de dessous son chevet, c'est que j'épouserai la personne à qui cette bague ira, telle qu'elle soit; et il n'y a pas apparence que celle qui aura ce joli doigt soit une rustaude ou une paysanne. »

The king and queen took the ring, examined it curiously, and judged, as did the prince, that this ring could only belong to a girl of good family. Then the king, having embraced his son and begged him to get well, went out and had drums, fifes and trumpets sounded throughout the town, and his heralds shouted that all they had to do was to come to the palace to try on a ring, and that the one to whom it would fit would marry the heir to the throne.

The princesses arrived first, then the duchesses, marquises and baronesses; but no matter how much they shrank their fingers, none could put on the ring. It was necessary to come to the grisettes, who, as pretty as they were, all had fingers that were too big. The prince, who was feeling better, tried it on himself. Finally, it came to the chambermaids; they were no more successful. There was no one left who had not tried this ring without success, when the prince asked for the cooks, the kitchen maids, the sheep keepers: they were all brought in; but their fat, red, short fingers could not go beyond the nail.

Le roi et la reine prirent la bague, l'examinèrent curieusement, et jugèrent, ainsi que le prince, que cette bague ne pouvait aller qu'à quelque fille de bonne maison. Alors le roi ayant embrassé son fils, en le conjurant de guérir, sortit, fit sonner les tambours, les fifres et les trompettes par toute la ville, et crier par ses hérauts que l'on n'avait qu'à venir au palais essayer une bague, et que celle à qui elle irait juste épouserait l'héritier du trône.

Les princesses d'abord arrivèrent, puis les duchesses, les marquises et les baronnes; mais elles eurent beau toutes s'amenuiser les doigts, aucune ne put mettre la bague. Il en fallut venir aux grisettes, qui, toutes jolies qu'elles étaient, avaient toutes les doigts trop gros. Le prince, qui se portait mieux, faisait lui-même l'essai. Enfin, on en vint aux filles de chambre; elles ne réussirent pas mieux. Il n'y avait plus personne qui n'eût essayé cette bague sans succès, lorsque le prince demanda les cuisinières, les marmitonnes, les gardeuses de moutons : on amena tout cela; mais leurs gros doigts rouges et courts ne purent seulement aller par-delà l'ongle.

"Has this Donkey-skin been sent for, who has been baking me a cake for the last few days?" said the prince. Everyone laughed, and told him no, so dirty and filthy was she. Let him be fetched presently," said the king; "it will not be said that I have excepted anyone. They ran, laughing and mocking, to fetch the turkey keeper.

« A-t-on fait venir cette Peau-d'Ane, qui m'a fait un gâteau ces jours derniers ? » dit le prince. Chacun se prit à rire, et lui dit que non, tant elle était sale et crasseuse. « Qu'on l'aille chercher tout à l'heure, dit le roi; il ne sera pas dit que j'aie excepté quelqu'un. » On courut, en riant et se moquant, chercher la dindonnière.

The infanta, who had heard the drums and the cry of the heralds, had well suspected that her ring was making this din: she loved the prince; and, as true love is fearful and has no vanity, she was in continual fear that some lady had a finger as small as hers. So she was very glad when she was sought out and knocked at her door. Ever since she had heard that they were looking for a suitable finger to put on her ring, I don't know what hope had led her to do her hair more carefully, and to put on her beautiful silver body, with the petticoat full of falbalas, silver lace, and studded with emeralds. As soon as she heard the knock at the door, and that she was called to go to the prince's house, she quickly put on her donkey skin, opened her door And these people, mocking her, told her that the king was asking her to marry his son, and then, with long bursts of laughter, they led her to the prince, who himself, astonished at the attire of this girl, did not dare to believe that it was she whom he had seen so pompous and so beautiful. Saddened and confounded at having been so heavily deceived, he said to her, "Is it you who lodge at the end of this dark alley, in the third bailey of the farmhouse? -- Yes, my lord," she answered. -- Show me your hand," he said, trembling and sighing deeply…

L'infante, qui avait entendu les tambours et le cri des hérauts d'armes, s'était bien doutée que sa bague faisait ce tintamarre : elle aimait le prince; et, comme le véritable amour est craintif et n'a point de vanité, elle était dans la crainte continuelle que quelque dame n'eût le doigt aussi menu que le sien. Elle eut donc une grande joie quand on vint la chercher et qu'on heurta à sa porte. Depuis qu'elle avait su qu'on cherchait un doigt propre à mettre sa bague, je ne sais quel espoir l'avait portée à se coiffer plus soigneusement, et à mettre son beau corps d'argent, avec le jupon plein de falbalas, de dentelles d'argent, semé d'émeraudes. Sitôt qu'elle entendit qu'on heurtait à la porte, et qu'on l'appelait pour aller chez le prince, elle remit promptement sa peau d'âne, ouvrit sa porte; et ces gens, en se moquant d'elle, lui dirent que le roi la demandait pour lui faire épouser son fils, puis, avec de longs éclats de rire, ils la menèrent chez le prince, qui, lui-même, étonné de l'accoutrement de cette fille, n'osa croire que ce fût elle qu'il avait vue si pompeuse et si belle. Triste et confondu de s'être si lourdement trompé; « Est-ce vous, lui dit-il, qui logez au fond de cette allée obscure, dans la troisième basse-cour de la métairie ? -- Oui, seigneur, répondit-elle. -- Montrez-moi votre main », dit-il en tremblant et poussant un profond soupir...

Who was really surprised? It was the king and queen, as well as all the chamberlains and grandees of the court, when from under that black and filthy skin there emerged a small, delicate, white, rose-coloured hand, where the ring fitted without difficulty on the prettiest little finger in the world; And by a little movement which the infanta gave herself, the skin fell off, and she appeared so ravishingly beautiful, that the prince, weak as he was, got down on her knees, and clasped them with an ardour which made her blush; but this was hardly noticed, because the king and queen came and kissed her with all their strength, and asked her if she would marry their son. The princess, confused by so many caresses and the love shown to her by this handsome young prince, was about to thank them, when the ceiling opened and the Lilac Fairy, descending in a chariot made of branches and flowers of her name, told, with infinite grace, the story of the infanta.

Dame ! qui fut bien surpris ? Ce furent le roi et la reine, ainsi que tous les chambellans et les grands de la cour, lorsque de dessous cette peau noire et crasseuse sortit une petite main délicate, blanche et couleur de rose, où la bague s'ajusta sans peine au plus joli petit doigt du monde; et par un petit mouvement que l'infante se donna, la peau tomba, et elle parut d'une beauté si ravissante, que le prince, tout faible qu'il était, se mit à ses genoux, et les serra avec une ardeur qui la fit rougir; mais on ne s'en aperçut presque pas, parce que le roi et la reine vinrent l'embrasser de toute leur force, et lui demander si elle voulait bien épouser leur fils. La princesse, confuse de tant de caresses et de l'amour que lui marquait ce beau jeune prince, allait cependant les en remercier, lorsque le plafond s'ouvrit, et que la fée des Lilas, descendant dans un char fait de branches et de fleurs de son nom, conta, avec une grâce infinie, l'histoire de l'infante.

The king and queen, charmed to see that Donkey Skin was a great princess, redoubled their caresses; but the prince was still more sensitive to the virtue of the princess, and his love increased by this knowledge.

Le roi et la reine, charmés de voir que Peau-d'Ane était une grande princesse, redoublèrent leurs caresses; mais le prince fut encore plus sensible à la vertu de la princesse, et son amour s'accrut par cette connaissance.

Such was the prince's impatience to marry the princess, that he scarcely gave time to make the proper preparations for this august wedding. The king and queen, who were in a panic for their daughter-in-law, caressed her a thousand times, and held her in their arms incessantly; she had declared that she could not marry the prince without the consent of the king her father: so he was the first to whom an invitation was sent, without telling him who the bride was; the Lilac fairy, who presided over everything, as was only natural, had demanded it, because of the consequences. Kings came from all over the world: some in sedan chairs, others in cabriolets; some more distant, mounted on elephants, on tigers, on eagles; but the most magnificent and the most powerful was the father of the infanta, who had fortunately forgotten his disordered love, and had married a widowed queen, very beautiful, of whom he had had no child. The infanta ran to meet him; he recognised her at once, and embraced her with great tenderness, before she had time to throw herself on his knee. The king and queen presented him with their son, whom he showered with friendship. The wedding took place with all the pomp imaginable. The young couple, not very sensitive to these magnificences, saw and looked only at themselves.

L'impatience du prince, pour épouser la princesse, fut telle, qu'à peine donna-t-il le temps de faire les préparatifs convenables pour cet auguste hyménée. Le roi et la reine, qui étaient affolés de leur belle-fille, lui faisaient mille caresses, et la tenaient incessamment dans leurs bras; elle avait déclaré qu'elle ne pouvait épouser le prince sans le consentement du roi son père : aussi fut-il le premier à qui on envoya une invitation, sans lui dire quelle était l'épousée; la fée des Lilas, qui présidait à tout, comme de raison, l'avait exigé, à cause des conséquences. Il vint des rois de tous les pays : les uns en chaise à porteurs, d'autres en cabriolet; de plus éloignés, montés sur des éléphants, sur des tigres, sur des aigles; mais le plus magnifique et le plus puissant fut le père de l'infante, qui heureusement avait oublié son amour déréglé, et avait épousé une reine veuve, fort belle, dont il n'avait point eu d'enfant. L'infante courut au-devant de lui; il la reconnut aussitôt, et l'embrassa avec une grande tendresse, avant qu'elle eût le temps de se jeter à ses genoux. Le roi et la reine lui présentèrent leur fils, qu'il combla d'amitiés. Les noces se firent avec toute la pompe imaginable. Les jeunes époux, peu sensibles à ces magnificences, ne virent et ne regardèrent qu'eux.

The king, the prince's father, had his son crowned that same day, and, kissing his hand, placed him on his throne, in spite of the resistance of this son so well born: he had to obey. The celebrations of this illustrious marriage lasted nearly three months; but the love of the two spouses would still last, so much did they love each other, if they had not died a hundred years later.

Le roi, père du prince, fit couronner son fils ce même jour, et, lui baisant la main, le plaça sur son trône, malgré la résistance de ce fils si bien né : il lui fallut obéir. Les fêtes de cet illustre mariage durèrent près de trois mois; mais l'amour des deux époux durerait encore, tant ils s'aimaient, s'ils n'étaient pas morts cent ans après.

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oooooups j'avais oublié de poster la finale...

Jean Ier:

First and only king of France to have reigned from his birth to his death! That's a total of five days.

Louis IX:

SAINT LOUIS ! Considéré comme un saint de son vivant déjà ! Canonisé seulement quelques années après ça mort ! C'est pas du swag, ça ? Il a remis la quarantaine-le-roi et ordonné la présomption d'innocence ! Il a viré les ordalies, atténué la torture ! Votez pour lui, c'est le seul juste juge, sollicité même par les autres monarques ! ❤

(translation: enthusiastic french noise)

Champion of human rights even by our time's standards.

[concretejungle-forum]

Bonsoir ✨

Pour l'instant pub de ce soir, c'est trois groupes de préliens qu'on vient vous présenter, parce que the more, the merrier ! Comme d'hab, on pense à lire les TW se trouvant au début de chaque sujet.

CLOVER'S RUMBLE - Un Fight-Club en plein Londres, où on vient se foutre sur le nez pour exorciser les démons ; Cette pépite est incontournable, ficelée par les mains expertes de Nade et ses 49 victoires, reigning champion de l'arène située à Newham.

LONDON BRIDGE EXPERIENCE - Halloween est terminé mais la peur ne s'arrête jamais, surtout pas pour les acteurs.trices du London Bridge Experience, attraction touristique avec sa zone 'hantée' où quelques 'weirdos' s'amusent à faire hurler les badauds.

THE APOSTATS - Groupe de vétérans, des frères d'armes sortis sans honneur du Special Air Service après avoir déserté une mission en Afghanistan, qui aujourd'hui sont en marge de la société à jouer les justiciers à la morale endommagée.

Belle soirée et beau weekend 💕

[corinneecrivaine]

SUPERGIRL

Supergirl : une héroïne inspirante et importante

Créée en 1959 par Otto Binder scénariste et Mort Weisinger rédacteur en chef des Comics de Superman, Supergirl n'est pas seulement une héroïne en petite jupe rouge issue d'une autre planète et dotée de pouvoirs surnaturels. Elle représente bien plus. Elle est née suite à la demande de nombreuses lectrices de la BD Superman qui souhaitaient voir un homologue féminin. C'est ainsi que Supergirl apparaît pour la première fois dans un DC Comics en 1959.

Une série actuelle qui traite de sujets importants

Si les trois premières saisons de la série Supergirl sont un peu ennuyeuses, la quatrième est pour moi la meilleure. Elle traite d'un sujet lourd et malheureusement bien réel : "La peur de l'autre. La peur de ceux que l'on ne connaît pas". Les créateurs de ce personnage, Otto Binder d'origine autrichienne et Mort Weisinger de nationalité juive, ont donné naissance à Supergirl à une époque troublante où être différents c'était s'attirer la haine des autres, où parfois il fallait cacher ses origines pour pouvoir vivre.

Supergirl/Kara Danvers, une femme forte et courageuse

Supergirl/Kara Danvers, nous démontre la vie d'un être venu d'une autre planète qui doit s'adapter sur une Terre qui n'est pas la sienne, se faire accepter et se faire aimer. Comment vivre, s'intégrer dans un monde lorsque l'on est différent et étranger ? L'amitié, l'amour, la trahison, la confiance, tous les sujets sont traités dans la série. La peur de l'autre qui pousse à la haine, à la violence. Et ceux qui vous acceptent tel que vous êtes.

Supergirl/Kara Danvers, est une femme avec ses craintes, sa force, sa souffrance mais aussi ses joies, une famille adoptive qui l'a élevée comme leur propre fille, une sœur présente sur qui elle peut compter et des amis de toutes origines, de toutes cultures et de toutes orientations sexuelles.

Au fil des saisons, on finit par s'attacher à ce personnage qui malgré sa différence et la cruauté humaine à laquelle elle est confrontée, croit toujours qu'il y a du bon en chaque être humain. Courageuse, combative qui ne baisse jamais les bras pour défendre ses convictions, ses valeurs et faire de ce monde un monde meilleur où vivre.

Voici quelques exemples concrets qui montrent en quoi Supergirl est un personnage important et inspirant :

Dans la saison 4, Supergirl doit affronter un groupe extrémiste qui veut éliminer tous les extraterrestres de la Terre. Elle montre alors que la tolérance et l'acceptation de l'autre sont des valeurs fondamentales pour vivre en paix, tout en défendant les innocents contre ma montée de la xénophobie et de la haine.

Dans la saison 3, Supergirl (Kara Danvers) doit faire face à la disparition de Mon-El et à l'émergence d'un nouvel ennemi, Reign. Elle montre que la force et le courage sont essentiels pour surmonter les épreuves de la vie, tout en jonglant avec des défis personnels et familiaux.

Dans la saison 2, Supergirl doit affronter un ennemi qui veut détruire la Terre. Elle montre alors que la détermination et la persévérance sont des qualités indispensables pour protéger ceux que l'on aime.

En conclusion, Supergirl est une série qui traite de sujets importants et qui met en avant un personnage féminin fort et inspirant. En mettant en avant les valeurs de tolérance, de courage et de persévérance.

Supergirl est bien plus qu'une simple héroïne en petite jupe rouge. C'est une femme qui représente l'espoir et l'acceptation de soi, et qui montre que chacun peut faire une différence dans ce monde.

[sleepy-achilles]

Backlash in France?

Okay...that's actually kinda cool

En tant que membre de la famille vivant en France, je ne peux pas mentir, c'est en fait plutôt cool. Même si ce n’est qu’un contrecoup.

Excuse me if that's a bit rusty. I've been practicing my Welsh for the past 291 days. Longer than drews title reign.

Oh. Translation in the tags.

[starwonderz]

RENT: THE ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING SENTENCE STARTERS -- ACT 1.

content warning(s) : mentions of drug use/drug abuse, themes of HIV/AIDs, mentions or references to sex

" from here on in, i shoot without a script. see if anything comes of it. "

" this won't tune. "

" are you talking to me? "

" are you ready? hold that focus steady... "

" tell the folks at home what you're doing, [name]! "

" i'm writing one great song. "

" that was a very loud beep. i don't even know if this is working. "

" are you screening your calls? "

" i hope you like the hot plate! just don't leave it on, dear, when you leave the house. "

" we're sorry to hear that [name] dumped you. i say c'est la vie! there are other fishies in the sea. "

" a wild night is now pre - ordained! "

" what do you mean, detained?! "

" dudes, i'm on my way. "

" i need the rent. "

" let slide? you said we were golden! "

" remember? you lived here. "

" how is the drama queen? "

" you still dating her? "

" she's got a new man? what's his name? "

" rent, my amigos, is due! or i will have to evict you. "

" how do you document real life when real life's getting more like fiction each day? "

" how do you write a song when the chords sound wrong, though they once sounded right and rare? "

" when the notes are sour, where is the power you once had to ignite the air? "

" we're hungry and frozen! "

" how we gonna pay last year's rent? "

" how do you start a fire when there's nothing to burn and you feel like something's stuck in your flue? "

" you light up a mean blaze! "

" did you eat? don't change the subject, [name]. "

" but darling . . . you haven't eaten all day! "

" the digital delay didn't blow up, exactly. there may have been one teeny tiny spark . . . "

" how do you stay on your feet when on every street, it's trick or treat and tonight it's trick! "

" i should lie down. everything's brown and, uh oh, i feel sick . . . "

" where is he?! "

" i don't believe those two after everything i've done! "

" i can help them all out in the long run! "

" [name], i'm not a theater person! could never be a theater person. "

" they burn the past to the ground and feel the heat of the future's glow. "

" your equipment won't work? "

" how can you leave the past behind when it keeps finding ways to get to your heart? "

" how can you connect in an age where strangers, landlords, lovers, your own blood cells betray? "

" what binds the fabric together when the raging, shifting winds of change keep ripping away? "

" draw a line in the sand, and then make a stand. "

" use your camera to spar! "

" when they act tough, you call their bluff. "

" we're not gonna pay rent. "

" christmas bells are ringing -- somewhere else, not here. "

" you okay, honey? they get any money? "

" they purloined my coat. "

" let's get a band - aid for your knee. "

" there's a life support meeting at 9:30. "

" this body provides a comfortable home for the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. "

" you're cute when you blush. "

" i don't suppose you'd like to see the show in the lot tonight? or, come to dinner? "

" zoom in on my empty wallet. "

" i'll check on you later, you have to get out of the house. "

" find glory beyond the cheap - colored lights, one song before the sun sets on another empty life. "

" find glory in a song that reigns true, truth like a blazing fire, an eternal flame . . . "

" time flies, and then no need to endure anymore! "

" i know you, you're -- you're shivering. "

" they turned off my heat. "

" would you light my candle? "

" what are you staring at? "

" your smile reminded me . . . "

" i always remind people of -- who is she? "

" sorry about your friend. "

" it blew out again? "

" i think that i dropped my stash. "

" i know i've seen you out and about, when i used to go out. "

" is it on the floor? "

" they say that i have the best ass below 14th street. is it true? "

" you're staring again. "

" i didn't recognize you without the handcuffs. "

" why don't you forget that stuff? you look like you're 16. "

" i'm just born to be bad. "

" that was my last match. "

" our eyes'll adjust. thank god for the moon. "

" i hear spike lee's shooting down the street. "

" do you wanna dance? "

" i tried you at the office and they said you're stage managing or something? "

" we'll be at the spa for new year's . . . unless the senator changes his mind. "

" you hear that? it's three weeks away and she's already nervous. "

" no doc martens this time! "

" a box of captain crunch will taste so good. "

" look, it's santa claus! "

" this boy could use some stoli! "

" struck gold at MIT? "

" they expelled me for my theory of Actual Reality, which i'll soon impart to the couch potatoes at New York University. "

" i was waiting for you, don't you know? "

" today for you, tomorrow for me! "

" you earned this on the street? "

" i need your help to make my neighbor's yappy dog disappear. "

" i'm certain that cur will bark itself to death. "

" who could foretell that it would go so well? "

" that dog is now in doggy hell. "

" get your ass off that range rover! "

" that attitude toward the homeless is just what [name] is protesting tonight! "

" the owner of that lot next door has a right to do with it as he pleases. "

" you're wasting your time. "

" you broke your word -- this is absurd! "

" there is one way you won't have to pay . . . "

" our dream can become a reality. "

" i'll forego your rent and on paper guarantee you can stay here for free if you do me one small favor. "

" why not just get an injunction or call the cops? "

" my investors would rather i handle this quietly. "

" you can't quietly wipe out an entire tent city, then watch It's A Wonderful Life on TV! "

" you want to produce films and write songs? you need somewhere to do it. "

" think twice before you pooh - pooh it. "

" you'll see . . . or you'll pack! "

" that boy could use some prozac. or heavy drugs. or group hugs. "

" we have a detour to make tonight. "

" life support's a group for people coping with life. you don't have to stay too long. "

" i've got a protest to save! "

" i'm not much company you'll find. "

" he'll catch up later -- he's just got other things on his mind. "

" i told her not to call you. "

" can i help since i'm here? "

" the samples won't delay, but the cable . . . "

" there's another way. say something, anything. "

" this is weird. very weird. "

" i'm so mad that i don't know what to do -- fighting with microphones, freezing down to my bones, and to top it all off i'm with you. "

" feel like going insane, got a fire in your brain? and you're thinking of drinking gasoline? "

" honey, i know this act. "

" it's a dark, dizzy, merry - go - round. "

" you toss and you turn 'cause her cold eyes can burn, yet you yearn and you churn and rebound. "

" i think i know what you mean. "

" have you ever doubted a kiss or two? "

" did you swoon when she walked through the door? "

" where'd you learn to tango? "

" it's hard to do this backwards. "

" i'm defeated, i should give up right now! "

" you don't stand a chance. her grip of romance makes you fall. "

" dance a tango to hell. at least i'll have tangoed at all! "

" gotta dance 'til your diva is through. "

" you pretend to believe her 'cause in the end you can't leave her. "

" you know, i feel great now! "

" there's only us. there's only this. "

" oh, i'm not -- i'm just here to -- i don't have -- i'm here with -- um, [name]. [name]. i'm [name]. "

" well! this is quite an operation. "

" forget regret, or life is yours to miss. "

" excuse me, [name.] i'm having a problem with this. "

" my t - cells are low. i regret this news, okay? "

" how do you feel today? "

" then why choose fear? "

" i'm a new yorker! fear's my life. "

" look, i find some of what you teach suspect, because i'm used to relying on intellect. "

" i try to open up to what i don't know. "

" reason says i should've died three years ago. "

" no other road, no other way. no day but today. "

" well, it's gotta be close to midnight. "

" my body's talking to me. it says, time for danger! "

" i wanna commit a crime, wanna be the cause of a fight. "

" i wanna put on a tight skirt and flirt with a stranger. "

" i've had a knack from way back of breaking the rules once i've learned the games. "

" get up -- life's too quick! i know some place sick! "

" we don't need any money. "

" i always get in for free. you can get in too if you get in with me. "

" let's go out tonight. i have to go out tonight. "

" let's run away. we won't be back before it's Christmas Day. "

" when i get a wink from the doorman, do you know how lucky you'll be? "

" be my night owl? "

" in the evening, i've got to roam. can't sleep in the city of neon and chrome. feels too damn much like home. "

" let's find a bar, so dark we forget who we are, and all the scars from the nevers and maybes die. "

" wanna hit the street? "

" who do you think you are, barging in on me and my guitar?! "

" hey, the door is that way. you better go. you know the fire is out anyway. "

" your sweet whisper, i just can't handle. "

" i should tell you -- no! "

" another time, another place. "

" looking for romance? come back another day. "

" the heart may freeze, or it may burn. the pain will ease, if i can learn. "

" there is no future, there is no past. i live this moment as my last. "

" excuse me, if i'm off track, but if you're so wise, then tell me why do you need smack?! "

" take your fancy prayer! don't forget, get the moonlight out of your hair! "

" long ago you might've lit up my heart, but the fire's dead and ain't never ever gonna start. "

" you wanna prove me wrong? come back another day! "

" there's only yes! only tonight! "

" we must let go to know what's right. "

" i can't control my destiny. "

" control your temper. "

" i trust my soul. "

" who says that there's a soul? "

" my only goal is just to be. "

" just let me be. "

" give into love, or live in fear. "

" take your brown eyes, your pretty smile, your silhouette! "

" will i lose my dignity? will someone care? "

" will i wake tomorrow from this nightmare? "

" who the fuck do you think you are?! "

" i don't need no goddamn help from some bleeding heart cameraman! "

" my life's not for you to make a name for yourself on! "

" easy, sugar, easy. "

" it's not that kind of movie, honey! "

" let's go, this lot is full of motherfuckin' artists! "

" you gotta dollar? "

" times are shitty, but i'm pretty sure they can't get worse. "

" it's a comfort to know when you're singing the hit the road blues? that anywhere else you could possibly go after New York would be a pleasure cruise. "

" i'm thwarted by a metaphysic puzzle. "

" i'm sick of grading papers that i know. "

" i'm shouting in my sleep, i need a muzzle. "

" all this misery pays no salary. "

" let's open up a restaurant in Santa Fe. oh, sunny Santa Fe would be . . . nice. "

" let's leave this to the roaches and mice. "

" my students would rather watch TV. "

" you're a sensitive aesthete. "

" you could make the menu sparkle with a rhyme. "

" i could seat guests as they come, chatting not about Heidegger but wine! "

" our labors would reap financial gain. "

" we'll pack up all our junk and fly so far away, devote ourselves to projects that sell. "

" forget this cold bohemian hell. "

" do you know the way to Sante Fe? you know, tumbleweeds . . . prairie dogs? "

" live in my house, i'll be your shelter. just pay me back with one thousand kisses. "

" be my lover, and i'll cover you. "

" open your door, i'll be your tenant. don't got much baggage to lay at your feet. "

" sweet kisses i've got to spare. "

" i'll be there, and i'll cover you. "

" i think they meant it, when they said you can't buy love. now i know you can rent it. "

" a new lease, you are, on life. be my life! "

" just slip me on, i'll be your blanket. "

" you'll be my king, and i'll be your castle. "

" you'll be my queen, and i'll be your moat. "

" i've longed to discover something as true as this is. "

" with a thousand sweet kisses, i'll cover you. "

" if you're cold and you're lonely, you've got one nickel only . . . when you're worn out and tired, when your heart has expired . . . i'll cover you. "

" honeybear, wait, i'm on the other phone! "

" yes, i have the cowbell. we're okay. "

" tell them we'll sue, but a settlement will do. "

" no, you cut the paper plate. "

" [name] is coming to mother's hearing. "

" [name]'s lesbian sister? i'll tell him. "

" can't you spare a dime or two? "

" you'll be merry, i'll be merry! though, merry ain't in my vocabulary. "

" no room at the holiday inn. "

" it's beginning to snow. "

" no one's buying. feel like crying? "

" how about a fur in perfect shape owned by an MBA from uptown? "

" i got a tweed broken in by a greedy broker who went broke, and then broke down. "

" you don't have to do this. i don't deserve you, [name]. "

" hush now, it's Christmas. "

" all you do is give. "

" give me some way to show how you've touched me so. "

" wait, what's on the floor? "

" let's see some more. "

" kiss me, it's beginning to snow. "

" she was more than okay, but i pushed her away. "

" it was bad, i got mad, and i had to push her out of my sight. "

" wait, wait, wait -- you said she was sweet? "

" let's go eat. "

" i'll just get fat. it's the one vice left when you're dead meat. "

" there! that's her! "

" i should go. "

" i just want to say, i'm sorry for the way i blew up. can i make it up to you? "

" you steal my client, you die! "

" you'll never lack for customers! "

" i gotta get my sickness off. "

" wish me luck, [name], the protest is on! "

" which investor's coming? "

" fall on your knees, oh night divine. you'll do some time. "

" you'll feel cheery, i'll feel cheery! though, i don't really know that theory. "

" let's not hold hands yet. i just need to take it slow. "

" [name], which way to the stage?! "

" last night, i had a dream. "

" it was hot, my canteen had sprung a leak and i was thirsty. "

" they closed everything real down, like barns and troughs and performance spaces, and replaced it all with lies and rules and virtual life. "

" i've gotta get out of here. "

" it's like i'm being tied to the hood of a yellow rental truck being packed in with fertilizer and fuel oil, pushed over a cliff by a suicidal mickey mouse. "

" uh, one two three, that's bull. "

" maybe it's a . . . female thing. "

" who'd want to leave Cyberland anyway? "

" walls ain't so bad. "

" the only way out is up. "

" i sucked the sweetest milk i have ever tasted. "

" moo with me. "

" mister, can't you go? "

" what am i, just a blur? "

" you sit all night, you never buy! "

" that's lie! i had a tea the other day! "

" you couldn't pay! "

" was the yuppie scum stomped? "

" how many tickets weren't comped? "

" why did [name] miss the show? "

" there was a death in the family, if you must know. "

" i'm surprised. a bright and charming person like you hangs out with these slackers, who don't adhere to deals? "

" i'm the one attempting to do some good! or do you really want a neighborhood, where people piss on your stoop every night? "

" Bohemia's a fallacy in your head. this is Calcutta! Bohemia is dead! "

" we gather here to say our goodbyes. "

" here she lies, no one knew her worth. "

" we raise our glass, you bet your ass, to La vie Bohème. "

" to being an us, for once, instead of a them. "

" La vie Bohème! "

" is the equipment in a pyramid? "

" the mixer doesn't have case. "

" don't give me that face! "

" hey, mister. she's my sister. "

" so that's five miso soup, four seaweed salad, three soy burger dinner, two tofu dog platter, and one pasta with meatless balls? "

" it tastes the same! "

" wipe the speakers off before you pack. "

" it's between God and me. "

" in honor of the death of Bohemia, an impromptu salon will commence immediately following dinner! "

" your new boyfriend doesn't know about us. "

" we're taking it slow. "

" excuse me, did i do something wrong? i get invited, then ignored all night long. "

" i've been trying, i'm not lying. "

" no one's perfect, i've got baggage. "

" life's too short, babe, time is flying. "

" i'm looking for baggage that goes with mine. "

" azt break . . . "

" i should tell you, i'm disaster. i forget how to begin it. "

" let's just make this part go faster. i have yet to be in it. "

" i should tell i blew the candle out just to get back in. "

" i'd forgotten how to smile until your candle burnt my skin. "

" clinging a shoulder, a leap begins. "

" are we packed? "

" you should see they've padlocked your building. "

" they're rioting on Avenue B. "

" the cops are sweeping the lot, but no one's leaving. they're just sitting, mooing! "

" to people living with, not dying from disease! "

" let he among us without sin be the first to condemn! "

" anyone out of the mainstream? is anyone in the mainstream? "

" anyone alive with a sex drive? tear down the wall! aren't we all? "

" the opposite of war isn't peace ; it's creation. "

" viva la vie Bohème! "

[wwethennowforevertogether]

~ Bienvenue sur ta Ligue simulée ~

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[patricia-von-arundel]

Oh my christing fuck, this is why "I took three history classes in high school" should mean you never, ever, ever act as if you know a damn bit about anything. Because you don't.

"They won." Oh my god. No, honey. No. They did not "win." They beheaded a king and then settled in for another half-century of war, riots, starvation, and a period called THE REIGN OF TERROR.

Ultimately, yes, society was in the midst of great social upheavals in Europe between the mid-18th century and the 20th century. Absolutely. And most of it ultimately was positive (even if not permanent) for the lower classes and for establishment of voting rights, eventually for all adult citizens. But birth is a messy, rough, dangerous process. And France wasn't the first to revolt and kill a king - who can tell me when the English Civil War was?

Started in 1642. Led to thousands of deaths not only from war, but also from disease, religious unrest, famine, and absolutely abysmal conditions for prisoners of war. Up to 4% of the entire population of England died.

Know what percentage of the population was estimated to have been killed or died from war-related causes in World War I? About 2%. 🤷‍♀️

And if you were in Scotland or Ireland (both under English control - hell, the king they beheaded, Charles I, was a Stuart. AKA... a king from the Scottish Royal family, who took control after the childless death of Elizabeth I), Scotland lost an estimated 6% of its people, and Ireland a whopping 41% of its population. That's more than died during the infamous famine in the mid-1800s. Around 130,000 people died from non-combat-related causes.

That French Revolution you want to see as some amazing, grand idea? Children were being guillotined. 17,000 people were officially condemned to die during the revolution, but tens of thousands more died without that "official" condemnation.

Hey, read or seen Les Misérables? That wasn't the French Revolution. It was 1832 - over 40 years later. Hundreds more dead. There was another insurrection in 1848. More dead. France ping-ponged between royal and republic governments for over half a century.

Women and children and other non-combatants? Gavroche says hi.

Or he would have, but...

C'est la vie... 🤷‍♀️

Oliver Cromwell, who took power in England after the Civil War? He remained in power until his death (likely from sepsis). But a few years later, they dug up his body and posthumously "executed" him.

Richard Cromwell, his son, was such a poor leader that they ultimately invited Charles II back from exile.

About a century later, England again got sick of their king (James II), and kicked him out of Britain and asked William and Mary to take over. James' son, the self-proclaimed Charles III (don't tell the current king), decided he wanted the place back, and danced around rebellion in Scotland (which wanted independence) before shrugging it off and going back to the continent. Unfortunately, it didn't end so well for Scotland: the Jacobite Rebellions of the 1700s ended at Culloden, where in less than an hour, over 1,000 Scots were killed. After, the English continued killing the leaders of Scottish clans involved in the rebellion, and many more Scots died either as prisoners of war, of disease, or of starvation after the English also slaughtered or stole all the livestock they could find (they also killed any wounded Scots they happened to stumble across at the same time). Scotland remains under English control to this day.

The power behind the revolution and then reign of terror in France? That would be Maximilien Robespierre. Let's talk about what happened to him, shall we? He tried to commit suicide when he realized he would otherwise be executed himself - but he only managed to shoot his own jaw off.

In the contemporary account of Jacques-Joseph Cassanyes:

Most of the watchers fixed their gaze on the cart in which Robespierre, his brother, Caution and Henriot were riding. These miserable creatures were all mutilated and covered with blood. They looked like a band of brigands the gendarmes had surprised in the forest and were unable to arrest without inflicting serious wounds upon them.

It would be difficult to describe the appearance of Robespierre. His face was wrapped in a bandage of dirty, bloodstained linen; his features were horribly disfigured. A pale pallor made it even more repulsive. He kept his eyes downward and almost closed; whether that was from the pain of his wounds or an awareness of his misdeeds, one cannot say.

Just before arriving at the place of execution, Robespierre was shaken out of his lethargy by a woman who forced her way through the crowd and rushed up to the cart carrying this cannibal. She grasped the cart rail with one hand and threatened Robespierre with the other, saying “Monster spewed from Hell. The thought of your punishment intoxicates me with joy”. Robespierre opened his eyes and looked at her sadly as she said: “Go now, evildoer, go down into your grave carrying the curses of the wives and mothers of France!”

When the cart had reached the foot of the scaffold, the executioners carried the tyrant down and laid him out prone until it was his turn for execution. While his accomplices were being beheaded, Robespierre appeared not to be taking notice; he kept his eyes shut and did not open them until he himself was carried up the scaffold. Some said that when he saw the instrument of death, he heaved a sigh of pain, but before dying he had to endure bitter suffering. After having thrown down his coat, the executioner roughly tore away the bandage and splint which the surgeon had put on his wounds. This unhinged his lower jaw from the upper jaw and caused the blood to flow in torrents.

The wretched man’s head was now no more than an object of horror and repulsion. When at last it was severed from his body and the executioner held it by the hair to show to the people, it presented an indescribably horrible sight. 

So long, Max.

Russian Revolution? Up to about 12 million people died. Most were civilians. Then Lenin took over, and millions more died. And then, they got Stalin. You know Stalin, right? Pretty well-known guy. Between Lenin and Stalin, we get political executions, ethnic cleansing, and famines.

Would you like to see the results of the famines in Russia in the early 20th century?

I'm not putting the pictures here, but I'll link to them. Do not click if you are squeamish. I am not exaggerating. These are some of the most horrific images I have ever seen, and I've been in the OR during brain surgery and have looked at many unaltered images of murder scenes/victims. I've watched the suicide of Budd Dwyer. These are worse. Consider yourself warned.

I'm very serious. If you know what you're going to see here, please back me up on this: this is graphic, gruesome, and not something you want to see and then try to forget.

Starving people resort to desperate measures to survive. Sometimes including eating their own siblings.

The Chinese Civil War/Revolution that began in the 1920s and ended with the takeover of the government by communists in 1949 left up to 3.5 million people dead. In the years following, China under Mao saw further mass murder along class lines (up to 5 million more killed), and then the Great Leap Forward, during which up to 55 million died.

55 million. 55,000,000.

The one-child policy then led to the deaths of millions more, with mostly female babies killed or left to die in the elements because of a greater desire for a son. Forced sterilizations and undocumented female children were also a result of the policy. The effects continue even now, with an estimated 33 million more men than women in China. Such imbalances are correlated with increased violence.

Even in 1989, 40 years after the end of the civil war, the impacts of revolution reverberated through protests of the communist government at Tiananmen Square. A warning again - extremely graphic images in the link, including dead bodies, blood, and brain matter. These pictures are in color. Do not click unless you are certain you want to see and can handle seeing such things.

Do I think revolutions are a bad thing, inherently? Not at all! In many cases, they do, ultimately, lead to improved conditions for non-ruling classes, more egalitarian societies, republican or parliamentary government where every adult citizen is given voting rights and thus a voice, and less censorship of alternative views and history.

But revolutions and sometimes many decades after the "official" end are awful, bloody, terrible, nasty, dangerous times to be alive.

It isn't as simple as "revolution good, let's do it."

It never has been.

Please don't assume you understand how revolutions generally play out, or the repercussions of those living during or after them, because there was a page and a half about the French Revolution in your tenth-grade history textbook.