#eugene's mum

[twotangledsisters]

Where he came from...

Castle life was everything Eugene ever dreamt of, Rapunzel made it even more than that. Despite this, the extra headspace no longer dedicated to survival allowed his mind to wander more, and when it did he always ended up asking himself the same question: Where did he come from?

[josefavomjaaga]

I arrived in this city yesterday, my dear and good sister, and found the Emperor and the Empress in perfect health. Both of them have attended to my happiness, and I believe that it will be perfect with Princess Auguste. She is an angel of kindness. I am not talking about her beauty, it is beyond anything I could tell you. The only thing missing here is your presence to make me truly happy [...]

Eugène de Beauharnais to his sister Hortense, Munich 11 January 1806

[footprintsinthesxnd]

When your mum keeps sending you pictures of Webster, Nixon and Speirs on Pinterest thinking it’s Eugene because ‘they all look the same’ 😂

[thesinglesock]

the way the last season kept throwing in guys that were Clearly Inspired by Fossegrimen and Nøkken but weren't T^T

[wulfhalls]

u heard about doomed by the narrative now get ready for doomed by my mum and her coven of space eugenics cult sisters thru their 10k year long breeding program

[ph-cutie]

ANOTHER thing about what makes martinaise so alive is that every character truly has their Own Little Things going on outside of whatever role they fill in narratively. its not only the main 2 who get the dignity of an inner life. From the key players in the investigation, to the most obnoxious nuisances, to the most average joes, there's something random and neutral you can say about them. Joyce has a husband and daughter(s), her real name is ReJoyce, she shares your interest in disco culture and has an overall nostalgic worldview. Garte is in love, has 3 jobs but has been holding the Whirling one for nearly half his life. Gary Cryptofash is a food delivery guy. Measureahead loves and respects his mom, in some weird measurehead way. Easy Leo immigrated with his mum at a young age because his father was abusive. Eugene, the Hardie boy, is a teetotaler, he drinks tomato juice. Evrart is also a teetotaler, he likes fishing and garish knick-nacks for his office. Andre is balding at "not 20". Isobel from the fishing village is nearly blind, and Lilienne is a widow, but they're in no way defined by these hardships, rather we know them for their wit and whimsy. Jean has obvious facial scarring and it's never brought up. Everyone's just a little guy who was living a fully realized life even before You came around

[landograndprix]

「Mini me, mini you? ๛ l.n || c.l」

part vii

✧.* you and lando need to make a decision, a decision that might just be the best for the both of you but one is getting over it faster than the other

✧.* there's a little time jump in here 😉 also this is a psa for the people who wanted to be on my taglist but never got tagged, i didn't forget or ignore you, I simply am unable to tag you and therefore removed you from the list since it's a mess to tag that many people when half of it doesn't work, hope you understand! Some people are tagged in the comments, I can only tag 50 peeps in a post. Love ya ❤️

✧.* prev part - next part

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y/nusername

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y/nusername he be cheesin' 🐶

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norrislando I refuse to believe this is our boy Benji, why's this dude growing so fast? 🥺

julieeeexo love that she still tags lando, like man, look at our son ���

landonorris he do be goofin' 🐶

norry4 just like his mom and dad!

clsixteen I just know this boy's spoiled rotten like he should 🥺

yourfriend3 the most handsome boy on the planet ❤️

charles_leclerc the best boy 🐾

sharl16 this dog having the best step-dad for real

carlandooo did I miss something? Step-dad?

sharl16 we are all convinced charles and y/n are dating 🥰

carlandooo but she's with lando..no?

sharl16 they broke up like 5 or 6 months ago but they're still good friends!

carlandooo wow, a lot has happened since I left 😭

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y/nusername

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y/nusername Monaco day ft the love of my life @.maxfewtrell

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charles16 okay girlie I see the soft launch 👀

maxfewtrell soulmates babes

norrizz lmao this is so max and y/n coded, I love them

landonorris absolutely disgusting

norry4 someone's a bit jealous 😂

leclerc_16 that soft launch tho

yourfriend3 better take us with you next time

y/nusername yes mum, I will

charles_leclerc ❤️

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formulaonewags one of charles' friends posted this picture of what seems to be charles' and y/n enjoying some time together! The picture has been removed from the friend's story, most likely posted by mistake.

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carlandooo oh stop it, I'm not supposed to ship this 😭

bott_ass yo y'all so quick, this was posted like 5 minutes ago 💀

sharl16 could be anyone tbh but okay

sixteencl I mean the rumors have been y/n and charles so it would make sense bestie

sharl16 thanks bestie but I'm in denial 😔

chilisainz no but they are being cute though..

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Lando taglist: @beatricemiruna

[a-mysterious-wisp-of-mist]

A letter in a familiar handwriting reaches the former empress of France.

My dearest maman,

I would not know what decisions and what harm you are referring to! Both Hortense and I always agreed that we could not have wished for a more loving and tender mother than you!

Just make sure you don't acquire too many debts, don't anger the emperor by showing jealousy, no matter how justified, and enjoy the peace of mind and tranquility of your new abode.

That's the only wish of your most loving and most devoted son

E.

P.S.: I'm sending some rare seeds for your garden. I hope the plants will bring you joy!

why is Eugene such a precious soul

oh anonyme, i´ve wondered about this too. i love him tenderly as much as a mother can do. in spite of every decision i´ve taken in the past which may have indirectly harmed him and his sister.

[txttletale]

here's how i would have rewritten empire of death to keep as many of the same plot beats as possible while making it thematically coherent:

establish that because of sutekh's devastation, ruby now has the only information in the universe about her mum.

then, she has to shatter it to distract him, giving up on her own want to know for the greater good. this continues what had been up until now a pretty solid track record from RTD of having all his plot-level deus ex machinas come with real and meaningful emotional consequences so they didn't feel cheap and tacky.

use the 5-10 minutes oyu save by not doing asny of that shit at the end to establish a long timeskip and how hard it is to survive in the post-sutekh universe to give sutekh an actual sense of menace and threat

you could even draw parallels, right, ruby could realize that she was just like sutekh, placing outsized importance and expectations on this woman who was in the end just an ordinary person.

ideally don't have the information come from the future eugenics database too lol what was that

ez fix

[twotangledsisters]

Coming from tiktok, may I ask what you think would have happened if the moonstone killed Edmund and Eugene grew up with his mum? (cool art btw, but tiktok kills the quality)

Oh, hi! Thanks for the ask.

Although I wasn't kidding in the video when I said I haven't given it much thought other than wanting to draw Eugene's mum and a little Eugene with his dad's cloak on XD

But while sketching I did think about how, Eugene is probably terrified of the moonstone. He'd look up at portraits of his dad, this huge warrior of a man, he'd peek into the moonstone chamber and see that tiny little glowing stone and know it took his dad away...

I think Eugene's mother would be more understanding of the fact it was Edmund's actions that lead to his demise yet still she'd be scared of losing more of her family to it, because of this she'd happily encourage this fear in her son.

I do wonder if the Brotherhood would be there, protecting their queen and prince, or would the death of their king lead them to arguments and eventually splitting up?

Would Eugene train to be a warrior of the Dark Kingdom? Or would seeing her little boy holding a big sword remind his mum of Edmund and she'd not allow it...?

It could be an interesting AU.

Not once I have any wish to add to my writing list but I wouldn't put it past me to do a few more sketches.

[natailiatulls07]

The golden trio Final

Lando Norris x female!reader

Carlos Sainz x female!reader

Max Verstappen & Female!reader & Charles Leclerc

Summary - Being bestfriends with two famous formula one drivers is never easy, but what will happen when you get involved with yet another formula one driver??

Warning - swearing, talks of throwing up, invasion of privacy, blacking out

A/n - It’s the final, I hope you like it!! My Halloween season starts this Wednesday coming at 5pm BST, all you need about the season is here 🤍

Also Happy Birthday Max!! 🥳

The golden trio

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yourusername

Italia 😚

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username What are Max and Charles doing in the first picture??!

= yourusername They we’re digging a ‘cave’ in the sand 😑

= username Ofc they were 😳

username Y/n and Carlos? No! Mum and dad? Yes!

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charles_leclerc Why do me and Max get bad pics and Carlos gets a nice one of him??!?!

= carlossainz55 Cause she loves me dickhead 😏

= maxverstappen1 So unfair!

username I saw you guys!!

username Well deserved holiday 👏🏻

f1gossip

Spotted: Carlos Sainz and Y/n L/n are really getting spicy on the beaches of Italy. Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc were not there, suggesting a cozy beach visit for the two lovers

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username Good for them!

username Charles and Max were probably off causing shit somewhere lmao 💀

username Very spicy 🙈

username Ngl I think you should respect their privacy

= username See I agree but I love the gossip and I just live my relationship goals through them 🥹

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Gossip Groupchat (White: reader) (Blue: Max) (Red: Charles)

Heyyyy when do you and Carlos get back?????

Soon, idk how long

Ok cool

Why do you ask??

Because…um

Um me and Max are drunk!! 😜

This is why I don’t leave you two for long periods of time

Look Maxy is blacked out!! But I made him look peaceful 😌

Of course he is 😑

Hiiiiiii it’s me Charlie on Maxys phone to send you this cool picture he took!!!

I look great 😍

Might use it for my profile pic on tinder 🤪 The ladies will LOVE it

Look Charlie stay by Max, me and Carlos are on our way

Yayyy Mum and Dad are coming!!

I’m awake!!

I should become a photographer 🤩

I want to throw up

Y/n

Yeah?

I just threw up

Oh god

Yeah Y/n it looks disgusting

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username Carlos and Y/n being Max and Charles’ mum and dad is just something I didn’t know I needed 🤭

username IKR Like they’re so mum and dad coded, I LOVE IT

username I’m guessing we all saw Y/n’s story then 💀

username They’re gonna have such a headache tomorrow you just know it!!!

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[dontbelasagne]

drawtectives letting us know the ideal family dynamic:

sapphic panic fail girlboss thief (parent)

ace strong prince model (parent)

grandma (third parent)

eugene (child who is possibly older than them all)

and not forgetting

exhausted but carrying their shared brain cell so they dont lose it mum/grandma (fourth parent)

[youmakethelight]

This is my truth tbh. Angela Kang babes why don't you and Melissa ride off into the sunset and leave all these men behind.

Literally just give me carol doing literally anything BUT being a side prop to daryl/darren's man pain.

Solo carol, carol & OC, carol & zeke (sue me - their divorced dynamic is cute and wholesome af), carol & fucking eugene idc, carol & lydia (not even joking that is a MISSED opportunity), carol & ash (obviously), carol & hallucination alpha (we don't talk enough about the explosive chemistry between samantha morton and melissa mcbride we really don't), carol & kelly, CAROL & CONNIE (actually this is a sick idea why didn't they do THIS??!), carol & maggie, carol & michonne (ok I know michonne has a fam, but if she can disappear for years to go find rick, she can go away with carol to talk through all that child loss bonding - also the plot could just be the same as dead city where they're looking for a kidnapped Judith* & RJ - and rick is just busy with smth else whatever, maybe he can make brief appearances - or he can be there too, but no cockblocking our girls pls), hang on hang on CAROL & JUDITH.

*I'm still processing the moment Judith recognised carol and said to her that her hair got REALLY long and carol said it DID, it was so cute and I may never recover, I fear.

No but actually Carol and Judith would be the BEST spin off idea. There is SO MUCH to explore there. Like rick destroying carol's self confidence in one fell swoop by banishing her from the prison bc he fears her being around while JUDITH is there (even though everything she did and does was to protect her and the other children and people she loved). The fact that Judith was present for Lizzie and Mika and the main reason they actually had to act on it the way they did. Just obviously the fact that Carol and Beth were the two who nurtured Judith the most as a baby. The fact that Carol knew and was friends with Lori and bonded with her over their children and while she was pregnant. The fact that Carol knew Carl, and that Sophia was friends with Carl, and that Sophia's death had a major impact on Carl. The shared trauma of lost children that Michonne and Carol share and thus she can help Judith understand her mum better. I could go on.

And they could take Dog with them. Like Daryl clearly doesn't care about him anymore, but he'd be a cute sort of proxy for Daryl and a reminder of home while they're spin-offing together.

Nah, I'm not done with this idea.

[bellewintersroe]

Max Verstappen X HornerDaughter!

Part 7, here’s the LINK for part 6.

Max throws a luxurious 26th birthday on a yacht in Monaco. Despite it being a fairly civilised meet up the drinks flow a little too easily when the majority of guests have retired for the night. Leni finds herself being one of the party goers drinking with Max until the late hours of the morning. Things only get a little too out of hand from there.

warnings: no spoilers but obviously alcohol consumption, swearing, Max and Leni are giving each other the eyes 👀 mentions of specific antics I will not go into detail about. Taglist: @ironmaiden1313 @callsignwidow @fangirl125reader @norassimpingzone @roseseraj @eugene-emt-roe @copper-boom @its-elias-world @cassiopeiia24 @larastark3107

“Happy birthday! Happy birthday!” I cheered, the birthday boy holding a hand out for me as I climbed on the boat, handing Max the biggest bottle of alcohol and a card over.

“Leni!” He exclaimed catching a sight of the present. “You didn’t have to!”

“No it’s fine, you should celebrate with it.” I wobbled slightly before setting my feet down on the ground below. “Thank you.” He smiled, rubbing my arm slightly. “It’s okay.” My voice cracked slightly as I had to force myself to tare my eyes to the other guests on the boat. Amongst them were Max’s mum and sister, whom I’d got along with so well over the years. I was relieved to see them here, alongside a couple more familiar faces I’d met over the years. ”Leni, it’s been too long!” Victoria stood up, welcoming me in a tight hug, one which was followed from his mum. “I know it’s been ages. When did I last see you both, last year?!” “In Abu Dhabi!” Vic immediately began snorting out laughter as I attempted to muffle mine, the memory of how plastered we both were after Max had been crowned champion was hilarious. We did things that were super messy and ever since it had been our inside joke. “Oh..” I cleared my throat. “Was it really that long ago?”

“Yes. I’m surprised you’re not still hungover.” Her voice wobbled from laughter. “What, I don’t get it?” Max approached, touching my back gently before sitting down besides where I stood.

“You wouldn’t.” His sister responded. “I probably am.” I answered her question with a giggle before we returned to our seats. I purposefully sat a little away from Max, especially seeing as his family was here. I didn’t want them to think anything was going on between us, not that it was- but I did want something to happen. Well, partly, the other side of me was playing devils advocate and told myself it was too early after his previous breakup. Even I was in a full fledged relationship only 5 months ago, hell I didn't think I’d thought about my ex once in the past two months, but I had to rationale the time frame before letting myself fully grow feelings for Max.

My mind was a goldmine for overthinking. It was hard not to, even when he was next to me, the warmth of his skin would brush against mine and I’d move away, but only after I’d experienced the way my cheeks warmed, or how my heart would skip a little, stomach would churn, or I’d experience the overwhelming sensation to move closer to him. Fuck! “Are you still with your boyfriend then, Leni?” Sophie asked me as I smiled gently, shaking my head. “No, we broke up a couple months ago now.”

“Oh.” She nodded as I awkwardly smiled, gripping my glass of champagne.

“He wasn’t a really nice boy though, was he? You could do better.” When she did that, I noticed how she eyed Max up slightly who sat besides me, innocently swigging his beer.

“Probably… has my dad been telling everybody about this or?”

“Actually Max told us.” She nodded as I almost choked on my drink. Max looked towards her as if to say ‘shut the hell up’ before I began laughing.

“You’re just as bad as my dad.” This time, I placed a hand on his arm. “They gossip all the time!” Victoria added on as my hand slipped off, shaking my head. “And they say girls are bad…” “Well are you going on dates, Leni?” Sophie asked again. Max let out a groan, “mum, we don’t have to talk about this now.”

“No it’s fine.” I reassured Max. “I’m not, nobody’s asked me.”

“Max ask her on a date.” Sophie immediately spoke, speaking deadpan serious. Victoria and I began laughing at the bluntness behind her words, but when I glanced over to Max I knew I’d needed to save him from such an awkward situation.

“No, no, I’ve seen a couple guys, but I wasn’t really interested.” “Well, I’m sure you’ll find somebody very soon…”

As the night continued we’d sailed further out, lingering not too far from the harbour when we’d dropped a few people off to go to bed. It was 2:30AM and despite the fact we weren’t allowed to play music, the 7 of us that were left were playing all kinds of stupid games.

“I’ve got a game! I’ve got a game!” Maria, who was a girlfriend of one of Max’s friends announced excitedly. “It’s like would you rather, but it’s not would you rather, because we don’t play kids games anymore.”

“Okay..” Ben, her boyfriend waited patiently. “So you have to say like ‘Ben would you rather drink this drink or that one’, and whatever you pick you have to do.”

“Alright, alright.” Max agreed, clearly pretty drunk if he was agreeing to play. “Would you rather, Ben, jump in the water or drink three of them.” Max pushed forwards 3 cans of beer.

“Well, seeing as we’re not allowed in the sea…” he reached out for the alcohol, making a start with his chugging skills. I cringed, praying I wouldn’t get such a difficult question. Who would’ve thought the game would turn so silly so quickly, when people began kissing each other, I’d already polished off way too many drinks.

“Leni!” Somebody called out. “Strip off your dress or take your underwear off.”

“Oh my god.” I laughed, knowing some of the other girls had already done the same. “Neither!” My response was met with protests. “You just want everybody to go commando!” I pulled on the strings of my underwear, not believing I was doing this at all. People wolf whistled and I rolled my eyes, sticking my finger up at Henry who had sent the request out of several other girls. From besides me Max was snickering like a child.

The game was still going heavy with four of us left, Ben and Maria, and Max and I. I found myself with a blanket Max and I shared wrapped over both our shoulders, huddled closer together.

“Leni sit on Max’s lap or give him a lap dance.”

“I don’t know how to give a lap dance!” I exclaimed in my defence, feeling Max’s arm shift down onto my lower back as I shuffled onto his lap, sitting across him with a casual arm over his shoulders comfortably. The alcohol was making me fidgety, I’d craved nothing more than this, I didn’t care about any prior doubts I had. When Max’s other hand rested on my lap, beer in hand, I gulped nervously.

“Max, now kiss Leni or throw her in the sea.” Despite my lack of sobriety I knew I was blushing a vibrant pink colour, giggling towards the Dutch man. “You can throw me in the sea, Max.” I teased. Max was smiling, borderline grinning in amusement. He took my cheek with the hand that still held it beer and we shared a peck on the lips, one that ended so fast I barely even felt anything.

“Oh, do a real one!” Maria groaned, swaying. “Like this-” Ben pulled her in closer, arm wrapping around the back of her neck as they shared the most sloppiest kiss I’d ever seen. Max and I both grimaced, blinking away. They weren’t stopping. “Ew.” Max muttered as I laughed.

“Go around the other side of the boat if you’re gonna do that!” The driver exclaimed as they actually stood up, ‘sneaking’ away on Max’s half-joke.

“Oh my god.” I exhaled in amusement, glancing back to Max. My legs were fidgeting slightly, and being alone in a position like this was making feel all hot and bothered.

“Jesus.” Max muttered as I glanced back down to him, amusement spread across both our faces. Max’s eyes fell to lips and I felt a burst of energy, excitement, an overwhelming desire to lean in. It must have been a mutual feeling, because his hand reached up to touch my face again, bringing me in for a kiss which happened so quickly my drunken mind couldn’t comprehend it.

The kiss was warm, his lips were plump and smiling against my own. We laughed as we kissed one another, butterflies filling my stomach as I placed another hand on his chest. At first it seemed playful, borderline not even real. We were giggling into the kiss like we knew we shouldn’t have been doing it. It seemed to come out of nowhere, but I wasn’t complaining. Max was a good kisser, even if we were both shit-faced. His lips moved against mine, beer discarded to one side as he deepened the kiss, pulling me in closer to his lap with a hand on my waist.

We were giggling, like children, and when a funny noise emerged from the two stumbling around on the other side of the ship I turned away and let out a louder laugh. Max exclaimed one of his own too, hugging me closer with a hand on the side of my hip. I felt his chin rest on the bare skin of my shoulder, eyeing my body up from where I sat.

“They’re so drunk.” I managed to squeak out, like the two of us weren’t absolutely rat-arsed. “I know.” He snickered, I turned back down to him and we shared a few more kisses. “What’re we doing, Max?”

“I dunno.” He laughed, kissing me again. I hummed out a giggle, deepening the kiss. I could feel his hands beginning to press on me, finger tips digging in as he pulled me even closer. Our tongues moved against one another’s, and we were fully making out. In fact, when I’d shuffled even further onto Max’s lap, I could feel something pressing against my thigh. He was fucking hard, oh my god. The thought felt alien to me, the fact I was sitting on my good friends lap, making out and he had a whole fucking boner. It turned me on to say the least.

It wasn’t until the boat docked up at the harbour that we broke apart, his hand digging deeper into the flesh of my thigh, as though he was desperate for more. My core was throbbing for him, I hated to sound so crude, but I was so desperate for him it was pathetic. Maybe it was a good thing that we were both a little too drunk, Max attempted to swig the last of his drink, but in return he heaved all over the path on the way to get a ride home.

“Oh, no, Max!” I scurried away in a fake disgust. Truth be told I went home and threw up more than I’d liked to have admitted that night (or morning) and passed out on the bathroom floor. Only future Leni would have to worry about the events of the night which just unfolded…

[wulfhalls]

dune actually insane from the get go like. hii it's me paulie atreides I'm 15 and just woke up! we're on page 12 and I've uttered the phrase terrible purpose 5 separate times! now I'm in a meeting with my mum and her creepy superior. they're part of a eugenics cult?? who also do evil affirmative action on the side??? for fun?? I had to participate in pain play and now I'm also part of the cult? I think?? they're trying to get me on ketamin to see if I'm the über eugenics progeny they've been selectively breeding for 10.000 years??? I think my mum made me into god?? its giving terrible purpose. help I'm 15 and I just woke up!

[josefavomjaaga]

Just a quick update as I found the dates for the two letters seized by the Brits, as cited by Frédéric Masson in "Joséphine répudiée":

Eugène informs his mother on 6 Thermidor, from Giseh (outside of Cairo) - this would be 24 July 1798 - that he has overheard Julien, Junot and Berthier talking to Napoleon about Josephine and Hippolyte Charles. One day later Napoleon writes to Joseph that "the veil is completely torn away".

Eugène's letter in its entirety (or at least as much as is quoted by Masson):

Bonaparte has seemed very sad for the last five days, and this is the result of a conversation he had with Julien, Junot and even Berthier; he was more affected than I thought he would be by these conversations. All the words I have heard come back to the fact that Charles came in your carriage as far as three posts from Paris, that you saw him in Paris, that you went to the Italians with him in the fourth box, that he gave you your little dog, that even at the moment he is close to you; that, in jumbled words, is all I have been able to hear. You can be sure, Mama, that I don't believe this, but what is certain is that the General is very upset. However, he is redoubling his kindness to me. By his actions, he seems to be saying that children are not responsible for their mother's faults. But your son likes to believe all this gossip invented by your enemies. He loves you no less and wants to kiss you no less. I hope that when you come, all will be forgotten.

The end of the letter is only quoted in a footnote, so there might be something missing:

We've had a lot to endure. We have crossed deserts. We have suffered thirst, hunger and heat, but fortunately we have arrived in Cairo victorious. For six weeks there has been no news, no letters from you, from my sister, from anyone. You mustn't forget us, Mama, you must think of your children. Adieu, believe that your son would sacrifice his happiness for yours a thousand times over. E. Beauharnais

So, according to Eugène it was Julien, Junot and Berthier who had talked to Napoleon. But as Eugène mentions things happening "at the moment", this seems to refer to events after the army had left for Egypt? How did they know? Who had informed them? I always figured there was little to no contact between the French in Egypt and France? But Eugène's disappointment at not receiving any letters from mother and sister also seems to indicate that there would have been a way for them to write.

And if Napoleon already learned about Josephine's affair in July 1798, why was he so shocked in February 1799, during the march into Syria (date according to Bourrienne)?

Wondering about how Eugène may have felt about Junot, I ended with another question and thought maybe you would know: How did Junot feel about Napoleon's marriage to Josephine? As he was quite possessive about Napoleon, were there any signs of jealousy? If I remember correctly, Junot was the one who claimed that Josephine had slept with Hippolyte Charles during the trip to Milan in 1796?

Hi! Thanks for the ask! That's a very interesting question! One which is hard to answer because we don't have any indication of Junot's own personal feelings towards Josephine.

The lack of information does steer me towards ambivalence perhaps? Junot was simply fine with Josephine because Napoleon loved her so he respected her all the same. However, it could be that Junot was good at hiding his contempt behind a polite facade. For all his explosive emotions and lack of secrecy involving his own indiscretions, Junot could play the part of a flatterer. Marbot alludes to this during the third invasion of Portugal in 1810 when Junot was gracious towards Masséna's mistress. Later on, Junot (and the other generals) would complain about this woman and Marbot would ask why the about face? Junot laughed, replying:

Because an old hussar like me has his games sometimes, that is no reason for Masséna to imitate them. Besides, I must stand by my colleagues.

So perhaps Junot wasn't particularly fond of Josephine and was just able to not express it in front of people.

Another point is that Laure Junot talks about how Junot had seduced one of Josephine's ladies in waiting while accompanying her to join Napoleon in Milan during the first Italian campaign of 1796. Her name was Louise (no surname mentioned) and Junot, no surprises there, was not discreet:

Madame Bonaparte from that moment [of the trip] evinced some degree of ill-humor toward Junot, and complained with singular warmth of the want of respect which he had shown her, in making love to her femme de chambre before her face.

Parentheses by me.

So perhaps it's not that Junot disliked Josephine from the onset but it was Junot's own behaviour that caused Josephine to not have a high opinion of Junot, and her complaints did not encourage him to be too nice to her from then on.

Junot was pretty upfront with the people he disliked. He hated Clarke and wasn't overly fond of Fouché. However, Junot was someone who could laugh and play along at even the most absurd of things so actually there may be a bit of both in the truth -- he outwardly respected Josephine as the wife of his dear General Bonaparte but he wasn't overly magnanimous towards her because of her dislike over something he did.

The main source of the story of Junot telling Napoleon about Josephine's infidelities comes from Bourrienne who apparently on the 11th February 1799, decided to come out and tell him about the affair with Hippolyte Charles, accompanied with written evidence too! Bourrienne also says to have witnessed this meeting in person.

However, correspondence puts Junot at the Suez at the time so it was probably likely that Napoleon heard the rumours from someone else (we don't know who) and Junot had to reluctantly corroborate the information. Why reluctantly? Well, Laure completely denies that Junot would ever talk about this, and given the reliability of her accounts, there may be an inkling of truth but we can't say for sure. It's possible that Junot didn't outright say anything but he did confirm what he knew, albeit with reluctance. That's probably how the idea that Junot directly told Napoleon about the affair came about.

Ultimately, this is one of those times in Junot's life that would be totally shrouded in speculation unless we unearth more evidence. I will say though, that maybe looking at Marmont's own musings (with hindsight though) on Josephine's effect on Napoleon at the time of their wedding could give a bit of a clue to how Junot also felt about Josephine:

It was, it seems, his first love, and he experienced it with all the intensity of his nature...What is incredibly, and yet, absolutely true, is that Bonaparte's vanity was flattered.

A woman who knew how to make a man feel like the king of the world. Too far-fetched of an analysis, perhaps? But they were very good friends and might have had similar opinions. It's probably the closest we will get to an impression.

duchesse d’Abrantès, Laure Junot. Memoirs Of The Emperor Napoleon – From Ajaccio To Waterloo, As Soldier, Emperor And Husband – Vol. I (p. 312). Wagram Press.

de Marbot, Général de Division, Baron Jean Baptiste Antoine Marcelin. The Memoirs of Baron de Marbot - late Lieutenant General in the French Army. Vol. II. Wagram Press.