#louvois

[postcard-from-the-past]

Louvois Hotel in Paris

French vintage postcard

[postcard-from-the-past]

100 years ago:

Les dames du Bois de Boulogne Robert Bresson. 1945

Fountain 12 Rue de Louvois, 75002 Paris, France See in map

See in imdb

[lesbian-odo]

Data Slander

Characters and episodes in order under the cut

Data, S4E3 Brothers Katherine Pulaski, S2E1 The Child Admiral Haftel, S3E16 The Offspring Phillipa Louvois, S2E9 The Measure of a Man Bruce Maddox, S2E9 The Measure of a Man Christopher Hobson, S5E1 Redemption Part 2 Lore, S4E3 Brothers Gosheven, S3E2 The Ensigns of Command Kivas Fajo, S3E22 The Most Toys Data: S4E3 Brothers S7E17 Masks S6E26 Descent Part 1 S6E8 A Fistful of Datas S5E26 Time's Arrow Part 1 S3E13 Deja Q The Enterprise exploding: S5E18 Cause and Effect

[out-of-context-tng]

[filmjunky-99]

s t a r t r e k t h e n e x t g e n e r a t i o n created by gene roddenberry [the measure of a man, s2ep9]

'The Commander is a physical representation of a dream, an idea conceived of by the mind of a man. Its purpose is to serve human needs and interests. It's a collection of neural nets and heuristic algorithms. Its responses are dictated by an elaborate software program written by a man. Its hardware is built by a man. And now a man will shut it off... Pinocchio is broken, the strings are cut.' - riker

[dreamconsumer]

Marie-Adélaïde de France (1732-1800). By Johann Ernest Heinsius.

[roehenstart]

Madame Adélaïde par Jean-Marc Nattier.

[histoireettralala]

Colbert vs Louvois

Though he was valued by the king, who saw it as both a duty and a necessity to help mould the young man only three years younger than himself, Louvois was politically vulnerable, in part because of a cocksure attitude which stayed with him all his life. Louis apparently had to rebuke Louvois from time to time for his pride and arrogance, even for cheek to the royal person. Louvois's excessive self-confidence and great diligence spawned a corresponding suspicion on the part of Jean-Baptiste Colbert. In the late 1660s Colbert was engaged upon the humbling or removal of ministerial rivals, and he seems to have been set on destroying Louvois as a potential rival as quickly as possible: in July 1666, as the government prepared for war, Colbert launched a savage attack on Louvois in a letter to the king, accusing the young War Minister of ruining France through his arrogance and inexperience. Louis, however, does not appear to have acted upon this vitriolic denunciation, possibly because leading courtiers were making sure the king knew exactly what both ministers were like during these years. When the brief War of Devolution (1667-68) yielded territorial fruit, Colbert seems to have realised that it would not be so easy a task to remove Louvois as it had been to oust Fouquet and Du Plessis-Guénégaud. They consequently settled into an essentially polite, but cold and chary relationship.

Guy Rowlands - The Dynastic State and the Army under Louis XIV: Royal Service and Private Interest, 1661-1701

[parisies]

Septembre arrosé à Paris.

Les passants se pressent, maugréant.

Elle a pourtant son charme, la pluie.

Elle change le square en bois charmant,

Et la fontaine des Fleuves, si jolie

Mêle ses eaux à celles des éléments.

[philoursmars]

Deuxième étape de mon périple dans l'Ouest pour retrouver des ami(e)s lointain(e)s , Brigitte et Sylviane à La Rochelle. Bri étant fatiguée, c'est Sylviane qui me fait découvrir la belle île d'Oléron.

Voici le pont d'Oléron, au milieu des zones ostréicoles. à côté, le petit îlot fortifié de Fort-Louvois.

[ficuscircus]

YES the fact that she showed up to the date in his clothes only makes their contrasting moods funnier. Morgane’s fighting for her life out there, working overtime to pay her father’s debts, meanwhile Adam’s on cloud nine (lol) going into their date. Deux ambiances. 🤣

Actually, I like to think Adam has taken so many women on a date at Ranir’s that he knows the menu in and out, wine included. Des avantages d’être un casanova... 🍷 (btw LOVING the idea Ranir watches Adam’s love life unfold like a telenovela omg 😂😂)

Ditto on the cuteness of believing in them enough to go on another date. Les premiers pas d’un nouvel Adam 👀 Also, his insistence at asking Morgane how she’s feeling during the ep reminded me of the beginning of 207, when he grills her in the car because she’s evasive 🤗 Noticing immediatly when something’s off, aw yiss 🥰

They were ready for a heart-to-heart at Adam’s place, I think, had the plot been willing. And I would’ve loved to see it. Where’s a good Brosse Adam hug when you need one?? 😧💞

And urgh, yeah, he was not thinking about the case while she went on and on about her linguistic skills. On les voit les petits allers-retours entre ses yeux et sa bouche !!

Here’s to a good episode that will carry us in times of trouble 🥹🥂🥹

on a cheerier note, shoutout to céline’s double take at morgane’s outfit 😄😏 il lui en faut peu pour oublier ses problèmes avec le préfet… (while we’re at it, prayer circle she dumps fachoman sooner than later, c’est la saison des ruptures anyway 🕯️)

let’s also note it’s the outfit morgane shows up in at the date/debrief debacle. bourge coinços vibes much? 👀 loved how out of sync they were, adam was trying SO hard and morgane just couldn’t wrap her head around what was going on 😂😂 (meanwhile, ranir hovering around them, tu crois qu’il avait été briefé sur Le Date™ ? they weren’t seated at the usual table, iirc 🧐) ahh. the way they don’t fit together… delicious. without a case to fall back on they’re completely lost!!

Idk, I’m just a sucker for the contrast between the glimpses of vulnerability they let on and their general uselessness on the day-to-day. something about the miscommunications being trumped by a deep trust, yknow? 🥹 (and I kinda loved how they talked about ~décryptage. it has a blorbo débrief ring to it)

when morgane comes for adam’s help… gaaah. 🥲❣️ (the music had me think we’d get les démons 2.0, tbh) best interaction of the ep. and then she backs out because she doesn’t want to be a burden????? sign me up for that sweet sweet angst!!!! 😱 followed by "vous avez pleuré ?"--😭😭😭❤️💔 pfiou, my hearttt ⚰️ we need more of this healthy gut-wrenching stuff, don’t we? (ils nous doivent bien ça 🥲)

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on all of this, the good & the bad. thx for reading and bye til next time! 👋💖

Lololol, I love how Céline like... freezes whenever she sees a co-worker presenting unusually. Be it Adam without a beard or Morgane in fancy clothes, it never ceases to amuse me 😅 But yea, Céliane vibes all the way 🤗

Also let's not forget how Adam's eyes were falling out of their sockets when he saw Morgane climbing off the car (in his defense, she does look amazing in his clothes lol), so it's very likely that he really enjoyed that she came to the date in her "bourge coinços V2" outfit, this man probably has a kink and now I can't stop imagining the kind of roleplay they'd be into if they were a couple 🙈

The date was SO fun!!!! I've said this before, but a few months ago I had this idea of a disastrous date fic about them, and I just LOVE that the show went this way, it was just SO them, the out-of-sync-ness, le malaise absolu, "et sinon vous êtes allée au cinéma ?", "Ninja Warrior, c'est japonais ?", somebody puts them out of their misery already 😅😅😅, the fact that they only get their chemistry back as soon as they talk shop... Ranir awkwardly standing in front of the table after bringing the wine (btw, "Ranir, le Languedoc s'il te plaît", is it me or did they imply that Adam knows all of Ranir's wines list? This man takes ONE glass of wine at a housewarming and now he's a patented alcoholic I'm losing my mind here) was HILARIOUS, as was Morgane cheering with him out of despair 😆 Also I can't help thinking that Ranir has seen Adam bring all his dates here, he must bet with himself on how many times he'll see this one again, c'est sa télénovela à lui lol!

And I'm with you on the contrast between the deep connection they share, but also their absolute incompatibility regarding mundane things, that's the kind of stuff we want in this house!! 🥹🥹 The décryptage argument was a great moment too, especially when lit up with Morgane's bad faith (but also Adam's inability to call a date a date lol), ambulant disasters 😅

But also. I love SO MUCH that he tries again. He asked her out on a date, it was a complete mess and it would be easy to give up, but he doesn't. And he asks her out again because he believes in them while I turn into a puddle of goo 🫠🫠

Finally finally, Morgane knocking at Adam's door... 🥹🥹🥹🥹 Gah indeed! Bonus point for the implication that Adam listens to love songs while eating dinner alone 🤣 but the simple fact that she comes to him. And he lets her in without even protesting. And he SEES THAT SHE CRIED AND HE WON'T TAKE HER BULLSHIT ABOUT THE RAIN AND SHE'LL QUIETLY ADMIT IT AH BAH OUAIS EN FAIT IL PLEUT PAS -> we were THIS CLOSE to Morgane openly admitting to him that she cried and ugh, my heart 😭❤️

And then cue the case-solving where Adam BLATANTLY is only thinking about kissing Morgane, and they work her way (🥹) and end up in a post-orgasmic haze (it's been two episodes in a row where the final resolution sounds like they're having/just had sex, just saying) where he ASKS HER OUT AGAIN BE STILL MY BEATING HEART ⚰️⚰️

All of this was such a great scene altogether and I agree with you, we need more of this gut-wrenching angst of Morgane taking bad decisions not to be a burden and actually making things worse 😈 Something tells me 308 will deliver in that regard...😏

I honestly can't wish you a happy finale-watch for reasons that I've mentioned too many times already, but when the time comes I'll be happy to hear your thought if you have any. Stay strong, and see you on the other side anon 😘🫂

[postcard-from-the-past]

Hotel Louvois in the 2nd district of Paris

French vintage postcard

[seventhartandothers]

If Caine truly feels emotions or not, I think it's safe to say that he feels them but in his own way, similar to Data or Doctor from Star Trek, you can't just say that everything about him is scripted AI, specially accounting how much time he has been existing.

With Doctor on Star Trek it was somewhat like this he stayed turned on beyond his own program was meant to be and over time he created a personality with hobbies and emotions, this is to say Caine is possibility learning constantly without any reboot(as far as we know), which can be shown on how he constantly tries to advance his adventures for Zooble, through trial and error, of course his programming might have a lot of limits, but as far as we can consider Caine is just as much alive as Data and Doctor are.

Caine could also pass the sentient trial Data had on the episode "The Measure of a Man" such as

"Picard points out that Data meets two of the three criteria that Maddox uses to define sentient life. Data is intelligent and self-aware and Picard asks anyone in the court to show a means of measuring consciousness.

With no one able to answer this, Louvois acknowledges that neither she nor anyone else can measure this in Data and rules that he has the right to choose."

[you-have-made-a-fatal-error]

Treasure in the Royal Tower Tapestries (some sourced more reliably than others)

17th c Aubusson Mythological Tapestry (possibly Venus and Adonis)

l'Histoire du Roi: the defeat of the Count of Marsin, ca. 1711-1715

Young cavalier executing the levade before Mercury and a gentleman, ca. 1666

The Great Yarmouth Cloth of Estate with Tudor Arms, ca. 1547-1594

Tapestry with the De Nagera family coat of arms, ca. 1550

left: 17th c. Louis XIV Armorial Tapestry with Marquis de Louvois' coat of arms (but make it dark, I guess) right: Les Grandes Armes de l'Empire Français, ca. 1808-1811 (but make it dark, I guess)

left: tapestry recreation websites my unreliable and beloathed, but they seem to be my only option. pattern is described as a 'Napolen III style, 19th c. entre fenêtre' but I have not been able to find the original design right: tapestry recreation websites my unreliable my beloathed my only option once again: I don't even have my original source link for this one because in addition to being unreliable, sites that sell handmade tapestry recreations also tend to be short lived. but hey, you can buy one on AliExpress for $3k. seriously though, I have no reliable information for this design.

[coovieilledentelle]

Le fort Louvois... Le Fort Louvois est situé à 400m de la terre ferme, en plein Océan Atlantique ! Au rythme des marées, le Fort Louvois se dévoile, et se rejoint à pied ou en bateau. Situé à Bourcefranc-Le Chapus, au pied du pont de l’île d’Oléron, le Fort Louvois est un site incontournable du bassin de Marennes. Imaginé par Vauban, il est le petit frère du Fort Boyard ! Visitez le donjon, la caserne, la halle aux vivres, la poudrière, le corps de garde… Découvrez son architecture unique et laissez-vous conter son histoire. Une visite insolite pour tout public.

[ham-le-tii]

The french dub of Sonic Underground (1999) was better than the english one and here's why.

Here's a rant that no one asked for (and that probably no one will read in its entirety or at all), but I still wanted to write about it. I used to date a guy who said that the english dub of Sonic Underground was better than the french one and that is just inacceptable.

If you don't know what it is, Sonic Underground is an animated series made by both France and the United States in 1999 and was first aired in France in January, then the USA in August. It follows the adventures of Sonic and his siblings, Sonia and Manic, while they are trying to find their mother and also defeat the evil Robotnik who rules over their city. Each episodes features it's own original song. Even though this series wasn't really appreciated by Sonic fans, I personally loved it as a kid as it was one of the few series you could find for free on YouTube that was fully available in French back then (sadly, it doesn't seem to be anymore).

Now here are my arguments:

1. The jokes were funnier in French

Now, for anyone who speaks French as a first language, you know that's rarely the case. But for Sonic Underground, it just is. One exemple in particular just stuck with me, in episode 02:

There's this one moment where Sonic, Manic and Sonia find a cloak that look's like it could be their mother's. Then Sonic says that there was something wrong with it. It's then that Louvois (Sleet in English) shows up and, in the French dub, basically says like the absolute troll that he is : ''maybe it's because the label is in English''. Then the screen shows how, on the label it's written in English how the cloak is actually owned by Sleet. I just found little jokes like that so freaking funny, it's unbelievable. In the english dub, Sleet just boringly says that there's something wrong with the tag. Boring.

2. The songs sound better

This is entirely my own personal opinion, but I think that the songs in Sonic Underground sounded better in French. I just think that the songs rhymed better in French. A first exemple could be the intro song that, while similar, still sounded quite different. I liked the French version better, but I might just be biased on this one. It just sounds so dramatic, I love it.

The French version

The English version

Then there's my favorite song from this show. I really think that the French version of this song was done better than in English and that's something so freaking rare in dubs. From the same episode mentionned earlier, the song in French was called Fréquence copains, while, in English, it's Have you got the 4.1.1? To be honest, I have no clue what the 4.1.1 is. Still, I think it sounds better in French.

The French version

The English version

Something else that I discovered while searching videos to back up my claim for this rant is one song that, in French, is called Comme au temps des acadiens, while in English it's Let the good times roll. If you don't know who the Acadians are, they were Fench speaking people living In what was called Acadia, who later on mostly became Nova Scotia. After Britain won some territory over France, they took over Acadia and basically decided they didn't want the people already living there to stay there anymore. But it's not like Acadians could just go to France, by that time, the acadians people had been living there for quite a few generations and didn't really thought themselves as French people. They had their own identity. So Britain decided to clear out their houses so English people could live there and deported them towards the 13 colonies while also separating families so that they wouldn't keep their language or something (i'm going off from my high school history classes and museums on acadians in Nova Scotia, guys, this is what I basically remember). Many tried to go back to their homes in Acadia, but many were unsuccesful. In any case, here's the song:

French version

English version

3. The terrible choices for the voice actors (BASICALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT I HAVE)

Here is my last point and also my most important one. I fully believe that the English dub of Sonic Underground wouldn't have been as terrible if it wasn't for that one decision. In the 90s, the established voice for Sonic in animated series was Jaleel White. He already voiced Sonic in Sonic the Hedgehog (1991), so for continuity's sake, it wasn't a bad choice to recast him in Sonic Underground. The problem came when it was decided that he would also voice Sonia and Manic. I guess for Manic, it's not too bad. The problem really came with Sonia. His voice as Sonia is what made the show unbearable for me to watch in English. I found it even worse when he had to sing with the high pitch weird voice of Sonia. It was just terrible. I wonder who thought THAT would be a good idea? Luckily, they didn't do that in the French dub. They actually casted three different people for the siblings. Sonic was voiced by Olivier Korol, Manic (and also Knuckles) was voiced by Philippe Bozo and Sonia was voiced by Patricia Legrand. And thank god for Patricia Legrand. I think her voice suited perfectly Sonia. Not only did she have a really nice singing voice, but her voice also suited perfectly her character who was a noble lady. Patricia Legrand made her character sound like she actually came from a higher class, which I think was really nice.

Here is some of my research :)

Sonic le Rebelle | Wiki Sonic The Hedgehog | Fandom

On another note, I've watched the entirety of Sonic Prime season 3 in one day. I liked it.