#fourier my beloved

[thecolourpurple123]

Fourier Lugunica ramble (with excerpts from Ex 1)

Fourier is, much like all the members of the Lugunican royal family, somewhat airheaded but charming in nature. The Lugunican royals are all genuine and good people, but not particularly skilled stewards―which is pretty much the exact description the LN uses across all the side content I've read recently including Ex 1, 2, and 3.

In his normal state, he's prone to being incredibly impulsive and needy. He rolls up to the Karsten estate at random to bother them with whatever he's fixated on at any given moment and is very good-natured about the teasing he is subject to―not being particularly aware of the depths of Ferris's wit, but always rolling with whatever punches he does see. Fourier's obviously a bit pampered considering how he whines about the cold to the degree that he never goes anywhere without his fancy red coat, but he's not totally adverse to hardship or pain seeing how readily and regularly he challenges Crusch to duels for years of their youth despite never really standing a chance.

Generally, he does not concern himself with his own status, and readily waves it off in pursuit of whatever he's fixated on because he's just that kinda silly goofy guy. At the same time though, he's keenly aware of his status as the fourth prince, and while he does know the kind of effect he can have on people―as seen in how he stalls for time when Crusch is fighting the rabbits by distracting the people at her party with improvised songs and sword demonstrations―Fourier is not one to care for the fact that he's royalty in any ambitious or grand sense. However, as seen in Ferris's unusual appointment as a royal knight, he does know when it can be used to get what he wants/thinks is right and necessary.

Further, Fourier is very much one for bravado and putting on a brave face. He wants to be strong and look cool, especially for Crusch, and in all matters Fourier is one to throw himself headfirst into situations with a high degree of overconfidence. It's actually noted as being part of his charm, the fact that he so readily pretends that he's better than he is and is princely, while also not really caring for being seen as princely and competent, which ends up making those times where he's princely and competent all the more impactful to the people he interacts with.

(here we see Fourier and Ferris discussing after the duel with Crusch to make her wear a dress, for a more relaxed example of Fourier being both overconfident and not caring for how he appears which Ferris takes advantage of to tease him)

(this one is of Crusch talking to Fourier about Ferris's family history that he pretends to already know about and lies to Crusch about blatantly to save face, only to prove himself unknowingly in her eyes in the next breath)

(and this one is Julius talking to him later in Ex 1 for a more serious example of how Fourier views other's views of him)

Ultimately, Fourier is a bit of a walking contradiction. He's oh! so jolly yet still respectable and competent when the need arises. He doesn't care for status yet walks around with overconfidence. He's keenly aware of social dynamics at times when it counts, yet often blunders his way through conversations in a way that's disarmingly absent-minded.

It's a contradiction explained by the fact that Fourier is one of a rare few of his family to be a "master of the blood" as Miklotov puts it, or the Lion King's Blessing as the fandom has come to call it. He's able to just… intuit things, a lot of the time. He knows what moves to play to win at games, knows answers to obscure questions his tutor asks without knowing why, is able to only ever show up to the Karsten estate when Crusch and Ferris aren't too busy to see and hang out with him, and of course is able to coordinate several royal knights to rescue Crusch from Ferris's dad while also setting Reinhard as insurance for stopping Miles (a spy he doesn't know exists, just has a hunch exists based on pretty much no evidence at all) from escaping back to Vollachia all without ever knowing the full scope of his own machinations.

I think the most iconic moment of Fourier is this:

In one move, Fourier pushes Crusch to accept her dual roles of being a Lady and being the martial heir to house Karsten, thrusts Ferris into knightship in a way that doesn't leave him insecure or gives him any room for doubt, and saves Crusch's dad's life from the rabbits―only to after Crusch and Ferris leave, tell a servant Crusch tied up that he has no idea what's going on and that they should probably figure that out.

Fourier is effortlessly foundational to Crusch and Ferris's entire worldviews, and he doesn't even know how or why he just follows his instincts and garners their total respect and admiration. He's humble in an unspoken way that leaves his dramatic overconfidence as endearing instead of irritating. He's a royal with once in a generation blood, yet all he cares for is to see the buds in the garden that are those he holds dear in his life bloom into their own.

The only time he ever really cares for his station, is because Crusch is a little obsessed with the legacy of the Lion King, and Fourier wants that attention on himself (all the while not knowing that he already has it). He makes giving his everything feel like nothing yet still everything―which is all the more tragic, all the more foundational for Crusch going forward, because that very essence of Fourier is exemplified in his death where his very memory is but a footnote in a wider chapter of the nation's history. Everything to Crusch and Ferris, but nothing to a nation in mourning.

This is why, after finishing Ex 1, I have gained an appreciation for Crusch who I'd thought as a very boring character having only experienced her presence in the main series. For years now, I've always looked down upon that short-sighted selfish goal of hers to break the covenant with the dragon, just because she can't get over Fourier's death. But it's deeply understandable if you come to know Fourier, and see it from Crusch's perspective.

Crusch started with this chip on her shoulder regarding needing to be worthy of inheriting this mantle of the lion, and then by the end of the novel she inherits this impossible dream of Fourier's too―where he pictures this future together with Ferris and Crusch as he dies in her arms, not even able to finish telling her that he loves her before he goes.

Fourier was her Lion King, he always was, and in his absence, given this singular opportunity through her candidacy and in the context of the seemingly callous attitude of the Sage Council and the gathered nobles… to me, it just feels so earned that she would despise the Dragon, whose mere promise of protection overshadows the deaths of so many royals who were amazing in their own rights. Ultimately, Crusch's ire does come from misplaced grief, but it's one I can't help but respect now. The path Ferris and Crusch walk is not one that is kind to either of them, but it is one that is quite fitting. One that is lonely by necessity, because even though Fourier told Ferris to rely on his friend Julius, he was unable to finish telling Crusch his full feelings for her, leaving Crusch with an impossible dream and shoes she can't fill even with Ferris at her side.

So basically, all of this is to say that my favorite ferret man Ferrier Lugunica haunts the narrative and after reading Ex 1 he lives in my head as rent free as he does in Crusch and Ferris's.

[zeivira]

I’m finally completely free for a few weeks and ofc first thing i do is post the fifth chapter of Sleep-Talking

Hope the other 2 Fourier fans in this fandom like it (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ ✧ﾟ･: *ヽ(◕ヮ◕ヽ)

Extra kudos as always to @fleuropixels​ (Marquess) for beta-reading!

[colosseumofblahaj]

i don't know why i chose to fixate on a character who appears once in a franchise and then never again. my brain just be like that.

[heycerulean]

yearning for my eccentric tour guide era honestly. born for enthusiasm forced into "hey yeah i really like that thing and it's all i can think about and it's stuck in my head like that feeling when you eat grapes and you can't stop tasting the grape mouth feeling so everything you say is covered over by a 12% opacity layer of horror podcast but yeah let's talk about math sure"

[very-high-priest]

Call me Fourier the way I deconstruct these mixed messages

[zeivira]

OKAY BUT---the re: zero tumblr fandom is surprisingly fond of these three blorbos too (finally some side character appreciators!). So I’m like---adding them. Because i can, yes

Look it’s the re:Zero tumblr fandom

[glasses-rex]

Relistening to Wolf 359 like 4 years since the first listen through! I’m midway through season 3 and my main thoughts are:

They start foreshadowing a helluva lot earlier than I thought they did (Fourier’s journals are mentioned in Box 953).

I somehow am attached to Hilbert now???? Terrible horrible man (also a significant inspiration for my current Pathfinder character).

I remembered Eiffel and Hera having a legendary dynamic but I think this time I might actually love the Eiffel and Minkowski dynamic even more.

See also whatever the S1-5 dynamic is.

Minkowski remains my absolute beloved.

Look. I have been into audio drama for many years. I have a great many favourite podcasts. But I think Wolf 359 may just be objectively the best one I’ve listened to? Like there are a whole bunch of podcasts that I love for sentimental reasons, or because I specifically vibe with them, but W359 is just…*so good*. Like the complexity of the characters! The well-written dialogue! The overarching plot where secrets are revealed over seasons’ worth of time! The slow burn of it all!

I am, once again, obsessed.

[jan-jan-binks]

Fourier sequence my beloved

[yellowpaperdaisyy]

fourier transforms my beloved <3

[colosseumofblahaj]

top of my list of characters that i want to play but never will is victoire fourier (my beloved)

[heycerulean]

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT CHANGE OF MIND???

(No pressure, of course, I am just curious. I hope you get to pet a very good textured snake soon!)

IT WAS WONDERFUL FULL RANT BELOW: victoire fourier is actually the best and i love them so much. right up there with minlace now. that scene where hui was in forced corporate space trauma solitary confinement? i am DYING. STILL. that was so well written oh my god lovelace and lambert learning to exist peacefully around eachother is actually my lifeblood fisher deserves an entire bag of dark chocolate covered pretzels i love him so much too the voice acting was so so wonderful THE MUSIC!!! PARADISE VALLEY!!! THE ENDING WITH IT IN THE BACKGROUND!!! that was legit the best part of the episode and it's been playing back in my mind since wolf 359 try not to use the literary device of chekov's gun for one episode challenge (failed) (not clickbait) (don't watch at 3 am) + cutter try not to be a silly little whimsical murderer for one episode (failed) (not clickbait) (don't watch at 3 am) my beloveds it was very good as all of wolf 359 is perfect start to my relisten of the show as always: pryce and carter 614. when it doubt, whip it out, it being hydrochloric acid i hope you recognize a constellation that makes you happy next time you look at the sky :)

[hellishfig]

finishing up the first special episode of wolf 359, “change of mind,” for the third time and god i miss the first crew of the hephaestus every day and i only had them for a little over two hours

[trans-ramonaflowers]

Fourier series’ my beloved

Fun fact: by just using imaginary numbers, some Evil Math, and 101 rotating vectors You Can Create a shitty approximation of a fish.

[equalseleventhirds]

hm. u kno my w359 post-canon fic that doesn't exist where copies of eiffel, kepler, fourier, and eris wake up on a copy of the sol, just bcos i think it would be Fun & Funky Fresh (read: fascinating and potentially heartbreaking) for those four specifically to be in that situation?

the plant monster also is there. bcos it deserves to live, and i think the dear listeners Get That.

[starot]

the yassification of fourier transform

pink ink my beloved! my bottle of diamine sultry strawberry finally arrived, and i just knew it'd be perfect for the platinum little meteor <333 said pen also matches perfectly the muscle melody keychain a friend gifted me, and now i am truly unstoppable 👾

[dooareyastudy]

Ah oui, et des bouquins à conseiller pour mieux comprendre la politique ? Merci :)

Je m'excuse par avance - je suis de gauche (d'extrême-gauche du coup, vu la distinction que je fais ici) donc mes recommandations seront... peu diverses !

Il y a des classiques de la théorie politique qui peuvent être intéressants à lire mais honnêtement je ne trouve pas la lecture du Léviathan de Hobbes des plus stimulantes (un petit résumé peut suffire à se faire une idée de ce que c'est). Parmi les fameux contractualistes, on cite aussi Locke (que j'avoue ne pas avoir lu du tout). Au détriment de la chronologie, lire Machiavel (Le Prince) ça peut être intéressant par contre (en tout cas, c'est une lecture que j'ai appréciée).

L’œuvre politique de Rousseau | le troisième grand contractualiste (cf. mon prof d'histoire des idées politiques de L1 que j'écoutais d'une oreille). C'est sur ma liste de lecture depuis un moment, j'ai à peine le souvenir d'avoir lu Du Contrat social, tant ça remonte... Je pense que ça peut être intéressant pour commencer à lire des ouvrages politiques !

Socialisme utopique et socialisme scientifique, Engels | un petit texte qui explique la différence entre les projets utopiques socialistes (Owen et Fourier notamment) et ce qu'on appelle aujourd'hui le marxisme. Un très bon ouvrage pour commencer l’œuvre de Marx et d'Engels.

et donc logiquement... l’œuvre de Marx et Engels ! | Le Capital au moins, c'est une lecture hyper instructive. Le Manifeste aussi évidemment !

Pour deux références parmi tant d'autres, un peu plus complexes : Le Nouvel Esprit du capitalisme, Boltanski et Chiapello | (trop) long donc ça peut décourager donc je comprend les gens qui en lisent des résumés (et il doit y en avoir des très bien en ligne). La thèse du bouquin ne me semble pas très novatrice mais c'est un très bon état de l'art comme on dit & Les intellectuels contre la gauche, Christofferson | pour un exemple d'ouvrage plus complexe. C'est un livre dense et plutôt compliqué. Il remet dans son contexte le déclin du communisme en France au profit d'une gauche libérale modérée (celle qu'on connaît aujourd'hui en bref). Très intéressant mais je ne le conseille pas pour débuter !

Deux réf davantage axées sur l'économie : Libres d'obéir, Chapoutot & La Société ingouvernable, Chamayou.

Mention spéciale pour Bernard Friot, dont les ouvrages (en tout cas ceux que j'ai lu : Émanciper le travail & Enjeu des retraites) sont clairs et agréables à lire. C'est un auteur qui travaille sur le système de Sécurité sociale (my beloved), notamment les retraites. Enjeu politique de premier ordre et d'actualité donc je recommande forcément.

Il ne faut pas oublier que l'éducation politique passe aussi par d'autres ouvrages que ceux de "pure" politique : des ouvrages d'histoire peuvent être très éclairants (pour comprendre pourquoi les références aux révolutions françaises sont structurantes par exemple). De même, la philosophie vient nourrir la réflexion politique (quand on lit Marx, on finit par avoir envie de découvrir Hegel et là... c'est le drame). La sociologie et l'économie aussi peuvent fournir des pistes intéressantes - tout dépend de ce qui te donne envie !

L'intérêt, c'est d'identifier un point de départ et à partir de là, découvrir de plus en plus d'auteurs, d'idées et d’approfondir et affiner ses positions (c'est pourquoi partir de Marx peut être intéressant car il a pléthore de continuateurs : Lukacs, Goldmann, Debord, Clouscard...).