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La compagne la plus fidèle d’une âme sensible, c’est sa souffrance…

V. H. SCORP

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happy clown week!!!

here are my ocs in a geometric style

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L'homme fidèle (A Faithful Man) (2018)

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CŒUR FIDÈLE (1923) dir. JEAN EPSTEIN

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Bon anniversaire mon Galopin 🙏🏻 💗 🕊️

Hauser ~ Allelujah (source Pinterest)

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Je me suis retrouvée à penser à la religion dans Kaamelott et c'est tellement étrange mais genre, d'une manière super intéressante

Donc, il y a les Dieux. Ils existent, ils ont un impact sur le monde, on le voit à travers la série et le film. Puis, il y a le dieu chrétien, le Dieu Unique. Pour le coup, on n'a pas vraiment beaucoup de preuves de son existence hormis l'endorssement des Dieux, ainsi que la BD l'armée du nécromant, où après 20h de prière et à essayer d'échapper au danger, Père Blaise balance un rayon de lumière divine qui désintègre les revenants (et sa croix)

Clairement, il y a l'air d'avoir en effet ce dieu chrétien aussi, c'est juste qu'il répond moins aux appels que les Dieux.

Jusqu'à présent ça va, mais c'est quand tu t'intéresses aux détails que ça devient bizarre:

1) Les chevaliers sont techniquement chrétiens, car ils font la quête du Graal, qui est une quête liée au Dieu Unique. "Techniquement", parce que la plupart semble soit n'en avoir rien à foutre, soit tenir les croyances païennes qu'ils ont apprit en grandissant

2) Arthur est l'élu des Dieux. Ce sont eux qui l'ont choisi pour unir la Bretagne, et seul lui peut voir leur envoyée la Dame du Lac

3) La Dame du Lac est censée aider avec la quête du Graal. C'est son job. La Dame du Lac, envoyée des Dieux, doit aider Arthur, élu des Dieux, à trouver le Graal, une quête du Dieu Unique.

4) Arthur est censé s'être converti au christianisme. Il suit la religion du Dieu Unique, et non pas la religion des Dieux qui l'ont choisi comme roi de Bretagne

5) L'impression est alors que les Dieux travaillent pour le Dieu Unique, expliquant qu'ils soient d'accord avec tout le monde quittant leur religion. Cependant, dans un épisode on apprend que Merlin a peur d'énerver les Dieux s'il se convertit, ce qui indique que malgré tout, les Dieux sont pas complètement chauds à l'idée de perdre des personnes qui les vénèrent

6) Kaamelott se passe durant une période de transition, où la vénération des Dieux laisse place à la vénération d'un Dieu. La quête du Graal, c'est un peu un moyen d'aider à répandre le christianisme. Les Dieux semblent donc travailler dans la direction de ce remplacement

On a donc des dieux qui aident un autre dieu à les supplanter, et entre les deux, ce sont les Dieux les plus actifs pour effectuer cette transition, bien qu'ils ne semblent pas complètement d'accord avec l'idée de perdre tout le monde

Ce qui bien sûr amène à des réflexions super cool sur comment tout ce bousin fonctionne. Le Dieu Unique est-il juste un des Dieux, mais qui est plus jeune et beaucoup plus puissant? Les Dieux l'aident-t-ils parce qu'ils le veulent, parce qu'ils ont peur?

Bref je parie qu'il y a un gros jeu d'échec politique chez les Dieux, et les personnages ne sont au final que leurs pions

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Bon Soir🆕️🕺👍💃💙

Dany Brillant 🎶 Je voudrais bien rester toujours fidèle

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T'inquiète Jean-Pierre, on se reverra dans l'coin-coin. Punchline.

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une femme fidèle, roger vadim 1976

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Victor Meets Bonaparte, 1793

7 December, 1764 is Victor’s birthday. To be topical on the same day, let me detail the first meeting between Victor, then still using the name Claude Perrin, and the young artillery captain Napoleone Buonaparte at the Siege of Toulon. I will use the two Victor biographies I have access to: one by veternarian-turned-writer Jacques Le Costumier, the second by Jean-Pierre Tarin, who, in his avant-propos, accuses Le Costumier of publishing "a catalogue of errors" instead of a biography. The two authors illustrate the ways the same historical evidence can be spun in different ways to further different narratives about Victor and Bonaparte’s initial relationship. All translation errors are my own.

To set the scene, the man who would become Victor went to Toulon under the command of General Carteaux, where he was appointed adjutant-général chef de brigade (colonel) of a brigade of volunteers on 2 October 1793. Bonaparte, as I will call him for clarity, had been called to replace Carteaux’s commandant of artillery Dommartin on 7 September 1793, after the latter was shot in the shoulder and was unable to make his appointment to Toulon. General Doppet came to aid Carteaux after quelling resistance in Lyon, and Carteaux was replaced by General Dugommier on 16 November.

Here is how both biographies describe their meeting, with Tarin more extensively quoting Victor’s unpublished Memoires (1846):

Following his valourous conduct during the affair [a counter-attack at Arenes] on 30 November, Bonaparte was appointed adjutant-general [basically colonel]. "It was then that he became more particularly acquainted with Victor, whom Dugommier had brought from the left to the right of the Army. The Commander of artillery visited the quarters of the colonel of Volunteers every morning and took him to visit the batteries; relations of esteem and intimacy were promptly establisehd between them. In this moment perhaps, Bonaparte inscribed Victor among the number of Napoleon’s lieutenants, and perhaps Victor foresaw the conqueror he was to accompany, throughout all of Europe, on triumphant courses. Already, no doubt, he admired the surety of his certainty of his glance, the boldness of his plans, the promptness of its execution and the energy of his character.” (p. 34)

Le Costumier is eager to reinforce how dazzled Victor is by Bonaparte.

The Lorrainian historian Michel Caffier reproduces the remarks Victor would have made in Paris, two years later on Bonaparte. “What surprises me most about this man who entered the [military] career by his mathematical spirit is his appetite for reading. At Toulon, I saw him devour the works of Tacitus, [Michel de] Montaigne, Plato, Racine, and Livy which are not habitual companions of the bivouac. I was surprised by him. He replied to me: ‘I always find something to learn.’ Bonaparte for me, has a mind that thinks, and above all as we have seen in his reactions on the night of 12 Vendemaire, he has a mind that thinks fast. [...] His career will not end here. He knows how to command, to act. He also reflects and I saw him at Toulon writing a document for the Academy of Lyon on the verities and feelings that are most important to instill in men for their happiness.” (pp. 27-28)

Let us put aside the fact that the veracity of Victor’s statements, not to mention the later date at which he wrote them with how he uses “Bonaparte”, a spelling only used since 1796, instead of “Buonaparte”. Let us admire that Le Costumier has created a perfect picture of Victor being won over by Bonaparte during the Revolution. Tarin is not so sure, however:

Let us refrain from all abusive extrapolations: fraternity of arms, no doubt, esteem certainly, but as to intimacy… The general Doppet wrote in his memoirs about Bonaparte: “This young officer never left his batteries.” […] It was therefore at this moment that relations were established between Victor and Bonaparte which, “without having presented a great character of intimacy, nevertheless did not remain without influence on the state of the military career" of the Vosgien. (pp. 34)

Here’s the kicker: the first quote is from Doppet’s memoirs (he died in 1799, so there is no doubt they are contemporary). The second quote is from Biographies contemporaines, Vol. I by A. Boullée, published in 1863. Tarin uses these quotes combined to declare Victor and Bonaparte’s intimacy as only “plausible”. He also posits that rapport was borne of a similar career path, not of natural friendship, and that Victor was quite normal about Bonaparte:

Furthermore, the fact that both were artillerymen had obviously played a role, even if Victor did not have the same level of theoretical knowledge as Bonaparte; this is what we call espirit de corps. […] On this occasion, it seems fair to say that Victor admired Bonaparte’s qualities. He experienced what all his contemporaries recognised. (ibid.)

So, was Victor under Bonaparte’s spell from the start? Quite hard to tell, considering we only have Victor's memoirs as evidence. It is still highly interesting to read Victor's account of their meeting, considering he was one of few soldiers Napoleon had known since Toulon, aside from Junot and Marmont, that stayed under his influence until the Empire collapsed. And out of these three, two went over to the Bourbons at the first chance, while the other went mad in his devotion.

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Cœur fidèle (1923) - Jean Epstein

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