#rocheforte!series

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Aramis x Evangeline x Rochforte Inspiration

Halsey's 'You Should Be So Sad' is the perfect song to sum up the relationship Evangeline had with Rochefort in the past.

A naive girl getting involved with a narcastic, obbessive man who tried to possess every single part of her.

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Happy Birthday, Lili (Tekken)! | Monday, 11.11.24

Today's Monday, November 11.

Happy birthday to Emilie de Rochefort from the Tekken series!

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Nessalisek as Lili (Tekken)

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The Musketeers: Series Two Trailer

New villain, new adventures!

2/8

Series One

[hearkenedsouls]

Despite her glumness, Benjamin's quip brought a small smile to her lips, and she tugged uncomfortably on the sleeves of a dress. "I'm in a bad mood because I'm stuck with you as my husband," she retorted, teasingly. "But, as it happens, the dress isn't helping matters either," she wrinkled her nose at the coarseness of the material against her skin. Certainly, not fit for a Queen...but that was the point, she supposed.

"Good. I am not sure I can say the same," she admitted. Anne was accustomed to long nights dozing on soft down mattresses under dozens of rich furs, and lazy afternoon siestas in the summer, when the heat grew too strong. At least Benjamin would have his wit's about him.

She was pleased when he agreed with their direction, although her expression clouded as he warned of the dangers. "Perhaps I should carry a weapon," she suggested, as they walked out towards the courtyard, where their borrowed horses were waiting. "I'm rather apt with a knife. Did you ever wonder why Rochefort suddenly started wearing an eye patch? Although, I do believe I used a fork in that instance," she flashed Benjamin a smile, which grew when she considered that - in all likelihood - that monster was now among the dead. Unless, of course, he was behind the attack in the first place...

Effortlessly, she mounted the horse and settled the reins comfortably in her hands. The creature did not compare to her own dear horses, but she seemed to have a sweet enough temperament.

The night was not a kind one. Benjamin barely slept; any noise, no matter how miniscule, roused him from his attempts at slumber and drew him upright, his hand already upon his saber. Despite his paranoia, no one came for them -- no one even truly disturbed them, save for the rowdy drinkers down below -- so by the time he awoke mere hours later, he felt much like a husk.

Once he and Anne were reunited, it seemed that she felt much the same way. Glum-faced and droopy-eyed, she inquired of his sleep, and Benjamin had to smile. "Come now," he couldn't help but tease. "Don't tell me you're already in a bad mood because of having to dress like a commoner. Is it truly so bad?"

His jest, though genuine, was also a way to enliven himself. At present, Anne was the only thing keeping him from returning to the confines of his bed.

"I've slept better," he affirmed, "but I also require very little rest to function -- least especially in such trying times, madam."

The Spanish border, unsurprisingly, was Anne's goal; hopefully no one else would have a similar line of thinking. "As you wish," Benjamin agreed. "So long as we keep to our story, we should be able to blend in relatively easily...my only concerns are the back paths and woods. There are plenty of places there for concealment.."

[fools-and-perverts2]

i finished the musketeers season 2!!! (spoilers ahead)

oh my god what a finale

these last 3 episodes have been definitely the best from this series as a whole really its been so iconic

rochefort - i knew he was going to go there!!!! i knew it was going to happen and i was right!!! i remember when they come up with the plot about him hiring a prostitute and calling her the queen i was like,,,, ohh this bitch is CREEPY creepy. but yh i know Marc Warren from hustle(which he's great in) so it was strange seeing him in such a different role but he's so good! I'm being genuine when i say i hated rochefort more than i hated agrivaine - and that's saying something

ohhh and milady de winter in her milady de rescue mission she smashed those moffat woman allegations with a hammer (back in season one i thought she would end up just being a sexy assassin ex wife and nothing else but no!!! she's one of my faves now!!!)

poor queen! i felt so bad for her this entire time cos yeah they really did that but i still love her uwu i was kindof shipping her with constance this entire time??? idk what the fandom thinks I've been avoiding for spoiler reasons but yeah i see yuri potentiel there. maybe i just like women

but yeah in conclusion - great actors, great tv, i felt things and people died, very nearly cheered when rochefort croaked it but stopped myself at the last second, it was great. i can't wait for season 3 i love you goodbye

[they-have-the-same-va]

In French, Emilie "Lili" de Rochefort from the Tekken series (since 2012) shares a voice actress with Liara T'Soni from the Mass Effect series.

Voiced by Laura Blanc

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FE OC Week Introductions:

Knights:

Bayard Rodrigue's right hand man. He's a Great Knight with an autistic stare and long dark hair. A few years older than Rodrigue and sworn to protect him. He's quiet and steadfast and thoughtful, but isn't afraid to speak up when his liege has allowed the worry to set in. If Rodrigue says 'let's ride to Fhirdiad to steal Areadbhar from under Cornelia's nose' then Bayard is all in.

Leal Rodrigue's left hand man. Another Great Knight who is all smiles and has light brown curls. He's the red cavalier to Bayard's green. Close in age to his counterpart and dedicated to a fault. Makes excuses for people, but also puts his allies at ease. If Rodrigue says 'let's keep looking for Dimitri because I think he's still alive based on a hunch' then Leal is right there with him.

Raissa This is Boreas' right hand [wo]man. She is an aroace bow knight who understands her liege implicitly. They are like a single unit in combat. She's fierce and continues to serve the Fraldarius family even after Boreas' death. Amazing shot with a bow and has never hesitated once--if Boreas wants something shot, then she will shoot it.

Ernesta Thierry A Knight of Seiros from Itha. I'm discovering that she's aromantic and allosexual. She went to the Officer's Academy in the same year as Lambert and Rodrigue and was a friend of theirs, though not extremely close. She likes to show off and has an easy kind of confidence that makes her a great ally. She leaves the Knights of Seiros to become a member of the Royal Ithan Guard after winding up with a Blaiddyd Bastard, so that she can be closer to her family.

Rochefort A knight in the Royal Ithan Guard. Older than Glenn and company but younger than Rodrigue. He's in part 2 of my ongoing divorce au series Wildfire, because I needed a character to fill a gap. He goes by Roch but also Roach (because he just won't die). Redhead. Bescuffly. Paladin.

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i was just looking through the reblogs bc i love seeing what tags people put and "#first I watched season 3#now I've started season 2#eventually I'll find out how the series started#The Musketeers BBC" is SENDING ME. i just. i love that so much. i hope you have a great night 💖😂

Well you see I watched season 3 first for Grimaud, and now I'm watching season 2 for Rochefort, but through the course of my villain-lusting I've become attached to the actual Musketeers themselves, so eventually I'll get back to the start of their story! 😂

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oh... to be a girl, cosplaying on roblox avatar creator 🩷😩

characters are: chun li (street fighter), alisa bosconovitch (tekken), asuka kazama (tekken), cammy (street fighter), xiaoyu (tekken), jinx (arcane), juri han (street fighter), lili rochefort (tekken), alice liddell (american mcgees alice series) and GARFIELD

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Behind Peau d’Âne (1970) - A

I want to talk a bit about one of the most famous French “fairy tale movies”, still very popular to this day: 1970′s “Peau d’Âne”, Donkey Skin by Jacques Demy. If you aren’t familiar with the movie this series of posts will... probably confuse you a lot, as what I will do is go over info about the movie’s production, creation, adaptation process. I actually decided to make this series of posts because there is a full article about this movie with ton of info and analysis - but given it is only in French well, why not share it in English for non-French speakers? X) So let’s go.

# So, Demy’s project for a “fairy tale” movie dates back as early as the 1950s: he had written a script for a Sleeping Beauty movie, but it never went anywhere. The two movies he did after that, “Lola” and “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” did reference fairy tales, but they were not a full fairy tale movie. After a trip to the USA  between 1967 and 1969 for the making of his movie “Model Shop”, he returned to his fairy tale project out of a desire to make a movie fully into French culture and fully into the “merveilleux” genre. Out of all the tales of Perrault, Demy decides to choose “Peau d’âne”, “Donkeyskin” due to how weird this story of a girl hiding in a donkey skin to escape an incestuous father was, and because he felt it was the most complex of Perrault stories. In fact, Demy had already written a Donkey Skin script back in 1962 - and his original plans for the movie back then were to have as the Princesse and Prince Brigitte Bardot (which did happen) and Anthony Perkins (because he was then spending a lot of time in Europe). In fact both actors had agreed to the project, but due to financial reasons it was stopped, and if Demy putted it back together in 1969 it was because of the HUGE success of “The Young Girls of Rochefort” in 67. 

# Before Demy’s movie, there was only ONE French cinematographic adaptation of “Donkey Skin”, a mute 1908 short film by Albert Capellani, which itself was an adaptation of a “féerie” as they were called (a sub-type of theatrical performances) from 1838 and was a big success of the 19th century stage. But this original theater play (by Emle Vanderburch and Laurencin), and the later short movie, had removed the incestuous nature of the story. The princess was forced into the donkey-skin as a punishment for her vanity. As a result, Demy’s movie was the first attempt at making a faithful cinematographic adaptation of the story exploring the incestuous thematic. It was quite a bold and audacious move compared to the landscape of 60s French cinema, but Demy had grown quite bold and audacious during his trip to the United-States. He wanted to get rid of his reputation of a “maker of pastel movies” that the “Young Girls of Rochefort” earned him, he wanted to do something “simple and true” like the “Umbrellas of Cherbourg”. And he had this to say to his experience in the USA: he discovered America as a “baroque and garish world where the notion of “taste”, the French good taste we are injected with like a vaccine, did not exist”. He said he was “transported by” and “adored” the “American bad taste”. 

# Despite his first American movie, “Model Shop” being a failure, Hollywood producers wanted Demy to make another project, “A Walk in the Spring Rain” with Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn. But Demy refused because he really wanted to just do his “Peau d’âne” and return to his own passion projects. So he launched his Donkey Skin project, riding on the fame of “The Young Girls of Rochefort”, and using the famous and iconic actress Catherine Deneuve for the main role. In fact her presence in the movie was a big help in finding financial means, because while producers refused to spend anything on a “movie for kids”, they were all aboard to fund a “Catherine Deneuve piece”. 

# The costumes were created in a complex way. They were first imagined and conceived by Agostino Pace in fifteen days, because he was very busy with theater work and so only had fifteen days to co-work with Demy to create all of the costumes (Demy himself checked Pace’s work almost every fifteen minutes, and gave constant feedback and review other those days as Pace worked actually at Demy’s house for those fifteen days). It is notably when Pace had the idea to split the two kingdoms into two colors - he wanted to make visuals “just like children would”, to deliberately play on the “childish freedom” of such a movie. The costumes however were created, physically, by Gitt Magrini, who made them all in Italy before shipping them to France. And Magrini added his own touch and twist to the costumes by taking inspiration from the fashions of the Renaissance and from the era of Charlemagne (in fact, the way the beard of the Red King is covered in flowers is a nod to Charlemagne’s nickname “the emperor with the flowery beard”). The dresses of the Princess were inspired by the Louis XV fashion, but with references to the Walt Disney movies ; as for the Prince’s outfit they were taken out of the Henri II fashion. For the Lilac Fairy however they completely mixed the “Hollywood glamor” style (with a vaporous negligee) with classical “Cour fashion” (such as the big collar). The three dresses asked by the Princess (the Weather, Moon and Sun dress) were actually very heavy (just like the fake donkey skin), and Deneuve had a lot of troubles walking around with them (especially since they shot in the Chambord castles which TONS of staircases), so she had to slide between shots a stool under her dresses to be able to rest. Deneuve notably remembers that Demy was very uncaring when it came to the difficulties of the costumes, as he didn’t care if an outfit was practical or not, or if it caused actors problem, because for him as long as it looked good in the movie it had to go. 

# When there is the sequence of the Ball of the Cats and Birds, Demy wanted to recreate the works of Leonor Fini (which notably greatly inspired both the surrealists and Jean Cocteau). As for the donkey-skin... I have to correct what I said earlier, it wasn’t fake. It was a real donkey skin, taken from a slaughterhouse - which, even if it was cleaned up and adapted as a movie costume, still was a very heavy thing to wear, and smelled quite bad. In fact, Deneuve was not told it was a real skin - she thought it was fake all the way until the movie was finished shooting. 

# The sets were conceived by Jim Leon, famous for his love of the “oniric art of the 19th century”. He was chosen by Demy after a meeting at San Francisco where Leon showed him drawings he mades of butterflies, as well as an erotic drawing of Alice in Wonderland. 

# Demy insisted on having “natural” sets and shooting in real buildings and real nature - notably the shooting of the movie took place during eight weeks at the height of 1970′s summer. Several of the “Loire castles” were used for the movie; Chambord’s castle for the Red castle and the wedding scenes ; the Plessis-Bourré castle for the Blue castle. Other castles included the Neuville castle and his park (Yvelines) for the farm and cabin-in-the-woods scene ; and the Pierrefonsds castle (Oise) for the final scene of the “guests parade”. As for the “dream of the lovers”, it was shot in the Eure-et-Loir countryside, near Rouvres and the house of Michel Legrand.

# Demy insisted on the actors using a lot of gestures ; and he asked them to over-play, to exaggerate everything from the looks they cave to the emotions they expressed. In fact, they over-played so much they often had fits of laughter (and you can still see hints of them trying not to laugh in the movie). It was all to play in the “aesthetic and literary marvel”, in a “surreal” feeling. 

# The movie had some budget restrains, which made it less grandiose than originally planned: most of the money went towards the sets and the costumes, and both Jacques Demy and Catherine Deneuve agreed to be paid less than they should have to help the movie go forward. A part of the financial problems came to Bernard Evein, in charge of the decoration, being unable to clearly estimate the price of the sets due to lacking any type of comparative element - Peau d’Âne was THAT much of an unusual movie. When the sets were finally done, it turned out they costed twice as much as initially planned. There was a lot of “last-time fix-up”, such as the bed of the Princess in her bedroom, which was apparetly a fixing of a “catastrophic mess” and not at all what was originally planned. It was originally supposed to be an enormous pink flower that would open when the Princess came near it and close itself when she slept in it - but their attempt at doing so was disastrous, and so to replace it they just took two of the statues actually already present at the Chambord castle and they improvised a bed with them. 

# Despite all that, Demy and his actors apparently had a great relationship: he included them in his talks of the scenario, annd it was so smooth that Jacques Perrin (the actor of the Prince) declared that he wouldn’t place “Donkey Skin” with his other cinema works, because it wasn’t true “work” like the others, but more of a pleasant and memorable experience. But the relationship between Demy and his production director, Philippe Dussart were... poisonous to say the best, as the movie went not only over-budget for what was initially planned, but over-budget for what ANY French movie of the time usually did. Demy notably explained how he had to basically cut half of the sets, half of the actors and half of the costumes, which saddened him as he wanted to make a truly grand, majestic, magical piece, and in his own word “magic costs A LOT”. 

# The team was thankful for being able to shot at the Chambord castle... BUT it came with a lot of problems. They shot in a part of the castle not accessible to the public, and given it had barely any furniture, you often heard the sound of the tourists and guides from the rest of the castles, arriving through echoes to the set. Jacques Demy notably had a lot of patience as he calmly stopped shooting every time there were “tourists noises” and they resumed once the group was away. 

# Demy insisted on having a lot of “artisanal” special effects, to recreate the type of movies of George Méliès and Jean Cocteau. In fact there is a great mystery surrounding one specific trick: how were the clouds on the “Weather Dress” able to move? According to Demy, Deneuve and Agnès Varda (a producer of the movie) the dress was made out of the same material used for cinema screens - the clouds moving were shot separately by a 16 millimeters camera, and then projected onto the dress, with the projector constantly following the actress. However, despite those three testimonies, there is a problem... In 2013, in honor of the movie, the dresses were recreated, and when the Weather Dress had to be re-created, the team in charge realized that such a “projection technique” was impossible, pointing out how the waves and folds of the dress would have deformed the picture. They pointed out how the material of the dress seemed “too soft”, and pushed forward the idea that the cloud images were added later as the movie was edited. But another theory was also pushed forward: it is possible that the dress was made out of Translex, a specific “reflective material” on which the picture was projected through a complex system of colorless mirrors. But we will probably never know the truth as the men in charge of the special effects for the movie ALWAYS refused to reveal their trick. 

# Jim Morrison visited the shooting of the movie at the Chambord castle, with his friend Alain Ronay (they had studied cinema together apparently). He took pictures of the shooting of the movie, and while very discreet on the scene he did agree to one autograph, for Duncan Youngerman (the son of Delphine Seyrig, the Lilac Fairy). 

# The scenes of Donkey-Skin working at the farm were apparently really difficult, not just because of the problems of the donkye-ksin itself, but because due to it being the heat of summer it was really hot, AND the manure... was just as real as the skin. 

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A quick round up of updates on the blog including new characters added to the ASK LIST and a list of fics that went out last week:

New characters were added to the ask list this week so check them out!

New Fics:

Chicago Med:

Life Changes - You make a decision in the aftermath of the investigation. Companion Piece to Him and Fault and Wishes .

Chicago PD:

7 Months - Mouse comes home to discuss the future. - Companion piece to  How Long Have You Been Hiding This.

FBI:

Ask Me Again - You recieve a change of perspective after being injured in the field.

FBI Most Wanted:

Got You - You are always there for Remy, no matter what happens between you.

Fire Country:

Wild Swimming - You take Manny swimming with you.

1am - You call Manny at one in the morning.

Bonfire Heart - Manny surprises the both of you with a proposal.

The Man On The Hill - Three years ago VInce made Sharon a promise.

Haven:

Last Night - Dwight decides to clear the air about what happened last night.

Trouble - Your Trouble has an unexpected use in the bedroom.

Where I Belong - Dwight's found the place where he belongs.

Another (NSFW) - Duke wants to make sure you forget any other man.

JAG:

Waltzing Matilda - Mic doesn't want to leave.

Law & Order:

What Are You Going To Do About It - Mike gets a little jealous.

Mayans:

LongDistance!Series - Part Three: Home  - Manny realises what home means to you.

MCU:

French (NSFW) - Steven says the sweetest things in French.

The Musketeers:

To Be Loved (NSFW) - You show Athos what it means to be loved.

Yours (NSFW) - Athos shows you he's yours.

A Little Adventure - You bring a sense of adventure to Porthos' life.

Rochefort - You've never revealed the identity of the man who disfigured you.

NCIS:

Silk - It's amazing what a slip of silk can do.

NCIS LA:

High - Arlo knows something isn't right.

3 Times Sabatino Thought About Proposing and the 1 Time He Did - Part Three: Love Language - Nik loses the ring during a footchase.

The Rookie:

Forget About It - You and John share a heated moment in the breakroom. - Companion piece to Bad Timing

Freedom of Information - Vestri confronts you when FOI paperwork comes across his desk.

SOA:

Come Home - Juice finally lays eyes on you after a year apart.

Disinterest - Your indifference to Tig is what attracts him to you.

Complicated - Both you and Chibs don't want anything complicated.

SWAT:

Oxygen (NSFW) - It’s been too long since Rocker last had you.

Ted Lasso:

Viral - Your relationship with Roy changes after something he says goes viral.

Top Gun Maverick:

Broken Buttons (feat: Harmon Rabb)- Beau discovers the real reason you broke things off with him.

Will Trent:

Trying!Series Part Two: Trying - You and Will struggle to give each other what you really want, causing friction in the relationship.

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My Female Fighters for [Tekken 8] | Friday, 12.15.2023

These are the female fighters I might play as down below should I buy and play Tekken 8 when or after it releases on January 26, 2024.

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Nessalisek as Lili (Tekken)

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The Musketeers Series: The CW Trailer

"Praise and glory are two of my favourite things."

Oh, Porthos, I love you.

My one complaint here is that there's hardly any Athos in this trailer... One brief glimpse of him riding downhill does not count. ಠ_ಠ

You do know that there are four of them, right, CW?

7/8

[natitoonfan]

What is it with babies being raised by criminals? (Bertuccio x benedetto, Caderousse and Toussaint, starlord with yondu and manic and Farrel from sonic underground)??¿ . This should be a trope on tvtropes.org. Farrel (bug dude) is a criminal that stole manic from the doorstep he was supposed to go to, probably thinking it was something valuable like money or Jewels and then opens it and sees its a baby Manic is like benedetto because he's from an important background and is adopted as a son figure by the thief that took him.

Foto is from the cartoon sonic underground on Youtube.