#culottes! culottes! culottes!

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Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021) dir. Josh Greenbaum

[insanedoritos]

Happy 14 Juillet ✨

Just two Sans-Culotte for the 14th of July. (As always, i'm late, i'm sorry, i'll do a better drawing for 10 thermidor.)

[spectraling]

Maybe I'm slow, but I was looking for references for Maura when I suddenly realized that she's not wearing a long skirt....she's wearing pants?!

Those are pants! I thought that was a skirt?!

[vibe-stash]

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)

Director: Josh Greenbaum DOP: Toby Oliver Production Design: Steve Saklad

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

I haven't seen anyone bring this up so I'll go ahead and say this, I feel pretty unsettled about Hawk Moth akumatazing a pregnant person

Like, akumatized people are more resistant and I know Bustier had an armor, but still..

The best part is that the episode acknowledged how stress isn't good for a pregnant woman when Chloe made a scene in class, yet nothing like that was said when Ms. Bustier was akumatized.

[frevandrest]

Do you think things would've been different had Louis and Marie Antoinette accepted constitutional monarchy.

Oh, definitely. I am bad at alternate history (which I dislike about myself, because it is super interesting), so I can't guess how, but it would sure be a very different situation if they honestly accepted constitutional monarchy.

There is this misconception of the French revolution as the "mob"/revolutionaries jumping at the first opportunity to crush royals, but in reality, Louis and MA were given so many chances and things dragged for several years until it became clear that they were uninterested at being constitutional monarchs. Then and only then the republic was founded and monarchy abolished. (And all of this before any of them lost their head).

We know is that the people of France - revolutionaries at least - wanted constitutional monarchy more than Louis and MA did. National Constituent Assembly prepared everything for it to be put into place, all while the royal couple pretended they wanted to play along. In the writings and speeches of many prominent revolutionaries, there is a clear will and hope for constitutional monarchy. Only a minority (mostly among Girondins) called for a republic. Still, the project of the constitutional monarchy was well underway and constitution prepared when Louis and MA decided to flee the country.

It became clear in the summer 1791 that Louis never really supported the idea of a constitutional monarchy. And yet, they did not proclaim the republic then and there - Louis got another chance. So things dragged for another whole year, but this is where the idea of a republic was truly born: through Louis' actions and treason.

So given that the king's treason and unwillingness to accept the constitutional monarchy led to the proclamation of the republic (and (in)directly, other things, such as the war with foreign powers and a surge of counter-revolutionary efforts to name a few), I can definitely say that things would've been different if he and MA honestly accepted constitutional monarchy.

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

I'm curious about your thoughts regarding people speculating Bustier willingly accepted Monarchs offer the second time around due to her specifically saying "I'm only doing this for the children, Monarch,"

If it's true, then we pretty much have another "Qilin" on our hands.

[76historylover]

oh no i sense a new hyperfixation

french revolution besties, TELL ME EVERYTHING YOU KNOW because holy shit the gojira performance has got me fucked up in the best of ways