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[chbnews]

DAILY NEWS 3/8/24

Recently discovered, Benjamin Franklin was a son of Zeus (explains a lot) (research conducted by Nico Di Angelo using McDonald’s)

Arena wrestling won by Ares cabin

Flood watch in Long Island 🫶 (Percy got a lil angy)

Humidity is rising!!

Cookies dropped off by Sally Jackson for the camp (thank you Mrs Jackson)

Rain incoming for the next 3 days, mud wrestling in the northern woods moved to Saturday evening.

Armory freshly restocked with new weapons (thank you Hephaestus cabin!!)

Thank you for reading - Clarisse La Rue

[queersrus]

request for cottagecore + sad-ish? id pack? please + thanks!

here's my attempt!

assuming id pack includes more than just the usual npts i'll throw in a few cottagecore and sad related labels i found

(nick)names:

ambrose, amos, ansel, acacia, ada, adelaide, arwin/arwen, ava, avery/averie, aviva, amaranth, able, arbor, art, arty/artie, asher, ainsley, acheron, adalia brandy/brandi, branwen, billie/billy, bryony, bill, banner, booker, bram

barley, brion, brian, bryce chloris, chandra, cyrene, cayenne, cade, clyde, chester, cliff denna, diana/dianna, diona, donna/dona, derby, dallas, danica, daphne, dixie, dawn, dylan

edmund, elenore, elodie, eudora, elenore/eleanor, ebony, erica, eila, eira, eve, eithne, everlee, elize, eliza, elizabeth, everlyn, elwood, emerson, elowen finnegan, freddy/freddie, frederick, fallin/fallon, florance/florence

fable, frank, frankie/franky, franklin/franklyn, faine, filbert, finneas ginny/ginnie, gale, georgia, george, georgina, granger halcyone, hana/hanna/hannah, harriet, harry, hayley/hailie/hailey, halie/hallie, heather, harlowe/harlow, harrow, hadar, hawl, hayes,

huck, holden, huso ilana, illiana/iliana, ingrid, ivory jane, janet/janette, jesse/jessie, josie, jose, jack, jackie, jackson kingston, kodi/kodie, kodiak, kylan

lupin, lian, liana/lianna, liane/lianne, linc, linden, lyle, lucius maisie, matilda, maude, mabel, merle, marin, mica/mika, mason/macon, martin, miller, miles nellie, nyssa, ned, nick, ness

opholia, oliver, olive, olivia, oleander, odell, oriel, oscar paisley, poppy, posie, phineas, parker rose, rosemary/rosemarie, rosy/rosie, rory, rosette, rosetta, rue, rosabel/rosabell/rosabelle, rosa, rosabela/rosabella, rosella, rosaria,

rosario, rob, robert, ray, reed, ridge, ryland, rowan, roan shiloh, sharon, scarlet/scarlett/skarlett, sam, samantha, samuel, sunny/sunnie, sawyer, shaw, shay, steve, stevie, stevia, sorell/sorrell, seb, sebby/sebbie, sebastian, saddie/sadie, sade

theodore, theo, tori, toria, tamie/tammie, tawny, terra, timber, tim, timothy, tanner, teddy/teddie, trevis/travis, trevor, tyler, tristan/tristin, tristah/trista, trystia verginia, vicky/vickie, victor, victoria, viola, violet/violette,

violeta/violetta, valerian, vernon winnie, willa, winston, winifred, winslow, will, william, willow, wade, wagner, warren, watts, watson, wilhelmina yvonne, yves zephyr/zephyre, zara, zinnia, zion

surnames:

appleyard, ashton, ashwood baker, brookstone, butterfield catkin, cobbler, cooper, copper, copperwood, copperfield, crestfallen dogwood, direwood, direbrook, direfield, desperfield, downyard

doleman fenlon, falkner, forlorn greenwood, greenfield, golding, goldwood, goldfield, griefman, griefwood, gardner

hilbrook, holbrook, heath, horsewood, horsefield, hawksley, harrowing, hawkswood, hawthorne, hawkner, hawkfield, holloway, hallowood

larken, limewood, lockhart, lovejoy mourner, mournwright, mournman nettleship

plowman, penrose, penwright redbrook, rosedale, redwood, rosewood, redfield summerfield, sweetnam, seawright, sorrowfield, sorrowbrook, shamewood, shamewright

thacker, thatcher westfield, wainwright, write/wright, wagonwright, woodsman, wyrmwood/wormwood, winterwood, winterrose, wretchwood, wretchman

system names:

the cottagecore *system, the sorrowful system, the melancholic cottage system, the mourning flowerbed system, the gloomy garden system, the tearful system, the harvest system

1st p prns: i/me/my/mine/myself

ci/cotte/cottagy/cottagine/cottageself hi/he/hy/harvestine/harvestself gi/garde/gardy/gardine/gardenself si/sade/sady/sadine/sadself si/sorre/sorry/sorrowine/sorrowself mi/me/mely/melancholine/melancholyself

2nd p prns: you/your/yours/yourself

co/cottager/cottagers/cottagerself ho/harvester/harvesters/harvesterself go/gardener/gardeners/gardenerself so/sader/sadders/sadderself so/sorrower/sorrowers/sorrowerself mo/melancholer/melancholers/melancholerself

3rd p prns: they/them/theirs/themself

co/cottage, cott/age, cot/cottage, cot/tage, cottage/cottages, cottage/core har/vest, ha/harvest, harv/est, harvest/harvests gar/den, gar/garden, garden/gardens, garden/core farm/core sa/sad, sad/sads, sa/ad, sad/sadden, so/sorrow, sor/row, sorr/ow, sorrow/sorrows, sorrow/sorrowful mel/melancholy, mel/ancholy, melan/choly, melancholy/melancholies, melancholy/melchancholic

titles:

the weeping gardener, the mourning farmer, the sad cottage dweller, the melancholic planter, the sorrowful woodsman

**one who lives a sad cottage life, one who mourns within ones cottage, one who weeps amongst ones gardens, one who copes with sadness through cottage life

book titles:

the sad little cottage, a melancholic villager, the weeping willows, the mourning garden, the sorrows of an old cottage, a pitiful harvest

genders:

buncottagecoric(link),

cottagegoric(link), cafdreamian(link), cottagecrittean(link), cottagecoric(link), Cálidatierramielgender(link)

epuisetristic(link)

gendersob(link)

Sadnostacatgender(link)

orientations: (n/a)

other:

cottagecore bpd(link)

many can be found by searching cottagecore genders/mogai/liom as well, there are many versions of cottagecore flags especially for lgbt related labels so they should not be hard to find if you feel like looking!

*system can be replaced with any alternative (ex. cluster, collective, hoard/horde, etc)

**one can be replaced with any prn

[jartita-me-teneis]

18 hechos sobre París:

1. El Metro de París tiene varias "estaciones fantasmas" que ya no están en uso. Uno de los más famosos es el Arsenal, que fue cerrado en 1939.

2. El apartamento de Gustave Eiffel en la parte superior de la Torre Eiffel todavía existe. Ahora es un museo, mostrando cómo se veía cuando vivía allí.

3. Montmartre, conocido por su historia artística, tiene un viñedo oculto llamado Clos Montmartre que todavía produce vino.

4. La Ópera del Palais Garnier tiene un apartamento oculto diseñado para el arquitecto del edificio, Charles Garnier.

5. La casa más antigua de París se encuentra en la calle de Montmorency 51 y data de 1407. Perteneció al alquimista Nicolas Flamel.

6. La calle más corta de París, Rue des Degrés, tiene sólo 5,75 metros de largo y consiste únicamente en una escalera.

7. La Opera Garnier tiene un lago subterráneo, originalmente una fuente de agua natural que se convirtió en parte de su infraestructura.

8. Durante la liberación de París en 1944, la contraseña secreta era "Tante Sally. "

9. La Rue des Morts en el 5.o distrito fue una vez una calle donde personas con rostros desfigurados debido a lesiones de la Primera Guerra Mundial vivían y recibieron tratamiento.

10. La Campagne à París en el distrito 20 es un pequeño pueblo escondido dentro de la ciudad, con casas y jardines pintorescos.

11. El Tour Jean-sans-Peur, una torre medieval construida a principios del siglo XV, está escondida en el 2.o distrito.

12. Candelaria, un bar estilo bar clandestino, está escondido detrás de una tienda de tacos en Le Marais.

13. Le Procope, fundado en 1686, es el café más antiguo de París y fue frecuentado por Voltaire, Rousseau y Benjamin Franklin.

14. El Canal Saint-Martin estaba cubierto parcialmente a mediados del siglo XIX, y hoy en día, partes del mismo corren bajo tierra.

15. En el Arco del Triunfo hay un ascensor escondido dentro de uno de los pilares para los que no pueden o no quieren subir las escaleras.

16. El Pont des Arts fue usado una vez como un puente de peaje, donde los artistas montaban sus caballetes y pintaban las vistas del río.

17. Place de la Concorde, ahora una famosa plaza, fue una vez el lugar de muchas ejecuciones públicas durante la Revolución Francesa.

18. El río Bièvre, una vez una vía fluvial prominente en París, ahora fluye completamente bajo tierra a través de la ciudad.

[ataraxiaspainting]

Twelve Days Under the Mistletoe.

-> you can hardly feel your fingertips outside, so you snuggle up with blankets on your bed and enjoy sweet scents from candles and baked goods. it's that time of year again...

-> how the event works...

the twelve days under the mistletoe event will have a total of twelve stories originating from my own ideas, but people can also send in their requests until december 6th! please do not request anything beyond this date or those requests will be saved until the next time asks are open! nsfw requests are open, but only for people who have 18+ in their bio!

this is an x reader event, and not a character x character event. no exceptions will be made. requests must also follow my rules.

all potential characters for asks will be listed below, and all characters will be written with yandere or darkfic in mind unless stated otherwise.

you can choose up to three characters, separate or otherwise! if you do not have a concept for your character, i will just do my own concept with them!

-> potential characters...

jujutsu kaisen - gojo satoru, geto suguru, mahito, sukuna ryomen, nanami kento, mei mei, megumi fushiguro, yuji itadori, toji fushigoro

hunter x hunter - chrollo lucilfer, nobunaga hazama, feitan portor, machi komacine, hisoka morrow, phinks magcub, shalnark, franklin bordeau, shizuku murasaki, pakunoda, bonolenov, uvogin, kurapika, illumi zoldyck, pariston hill

genshin impact - scaramouche/wanderer, zhongli, albedo, xiao, eula, raiden shogun, kazuha, childe, cyno, alhaitham, kaveh, diluc, kaeya, kamisato ayato, arlecchino, columbina, capitano, dottore, pantalone, beidou

honkai: star rail - kafka, blade, dan heng/imbibitor lunae, aventurine, dr. ratio, jing yuan, sunday, black swan, topaz, jade, ruan mei, serval, boothill, argenti

twisted wonderland - malleus draconia, lilia vanrouge, leona kingscholar, jade leech, floyd leech, azul ashengrotto, riddle rosehearts, jamil viper, vil schoenheit, rook hunt, rollo flamm, idia shround, kalim al-asim, silver, sebek zigvolt, neige leblanche, che'nya, ace trappola, deuce space, cater diamond, trey clover, ruggie bucchi, jack howl, epel felmier

other fandoms in my fandom list (on pinned post) can be included as well!

-> examples of requests include...

yan kafka + white chocolate yan makima + melting candles machi + peppermint candies

-> planned stories...

once upon a december - yan chrollo x (amnesiac) f reader (dub-con)

ice dance - yan dabi x f reader x yan hawks (dub-con)

carol of the bells - yan makima x gn reader

dance of the sugar plum fairy - yan jade x f reader

hollow graveyard - yan sunday x afab reader (non-con)

the nightmare before christmas - yan gojo x afab reader x yan geto (gojo joins geto AU) (non-con)

storytime - yan zhongli x afab (archon) reader (non-con)

fantasia on greensleeves - yan rollo flamm x f reader

christmas dinner at the devil's - yan chrollo x f reader

andante maestoso - yan malleus x f reader

the wardrobe - yan nobunaga x f reader

rue des trois freres - yan feitan + yan phinks + yan shalnark x f reader

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

𝟭𝟴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀:

1. The Paris Metro has several "ghost stations" that are no longer in use. One of the most famous is Arsenal, which was closed in 1939.

2. Gustave Eiffel's apartment at the top of the Eiffel Tower still exists. It's now a museum, showcasing how it looked when he lived there.

3. Montmartre, known for its artistic history, has a hidden vineyard called Clos Montmartre, which still produces wine.

4. The Palais Garnier Opera House has a hidden apartment designed for the building's architect, Charles Garnier.

5. The oldest house in Paris is located at 51 Rue de Montmorency and dates back to 1407. It belonged to the alchemist Nicolas Flamel.

6. The shortest street in Paris, Rue des Degrés, is just 5.75 meters long and consists solely of a staircase.

7. The Opera Garnier has an underground lake, originally a natural water source that became part of its infrastructure.

8. During the liberation of Paris in 1944, the secret password was "Tante Sally."

9. Rue des Morts in the 5th arrondissement was once a street where people with disfigured faces due to World War I injuries lived and received treatment.

10. La Campagne à Paris in the 20th arrondissement is a small, hidden village within the city, complete with quaint houses and gardens.

11. The Tour Jean-sans-Peur, a medieval tower built in the early 15th century, is tucked away in the 2nd arrondissement.

12. Candelaria, a speakeasy-style bar, is hidden behind a taco shop in Le Marais.

13. Le Procope, founded in 1686, is the oldest café in Paris and was frequented by Voltaire, Rousseau, and Benjamin Franklin.

14. The Canal Saint-Martin was partly covered in the mid-19th century, and today, parts of it run underground.

15. At the Arc de Triomphe, there's an elevator hidden within one of the pillars for those who can't or don't want to climb the stairs.

16. The Pont des Arts was once used as a toll bridge, where artists would set up their easels and paint the river views.

17. Place de la Concorde, now a famous square, was once the site of many public executions during the French Revolution.

18. The Bièvre River, once a prominent waterway in Paris, now flows entirely underground through the city.

[blackcharactertournament]

Black Character Tournament: Right Side!

adding a post break to make this more rebloggable

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Clawdeen Wolf | Monster High vs Tiffany Quilkin | Paper Girls

Miles Morales | Spiderman/Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse vs Kilik Rung | Soul Eater

Djembe | Roleslaying With Roman vs Undine Wells | Sleepless Domain

Benjamin Sisko | Star Trek Deep Space Nine vs Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts | Barbie dolls, tv, and movies

Geordi LaForge | Star Trek: The Next Generation vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Troy Barnes | Community vs Jesper Fahey | Six of Crows

Shuri | Black Panther (Marvel) vs Zoë Alleyne Washburne | Firefly

Hazel Levesque | Heroes of Olympus vs Orange Blossom | Strawberry Shortcake

Louis de Pointe du Lac | Interview with the Vampire 2022 vs Usopp | One Piece

Tiana | The Princess and the Frog vs Allison Hargreaves | The Umbrella Academy

April O'Neal | Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs Adelaide Wilson and/or Red | Us

Victor Stone/Cyborg | DC vs Ikora Rey | Destiny 2

Grace Monroe | Infinity Train vs Beckett Mariner | Star Trek: Lower Decks

Alec Hardison | Leverage vs Ekko | Arcane

Starr Carter | The Hate U Give vs Rachel Reid | The Wilds

Janine Teagues | Abbott Elementary vs Farah Black | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Barbara Howard | Abbott Elementary vs Xenk Yendar | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Amber Bennett | Invincible vs Jade Claymore | Willow (2022)

Pete Repeat | BoJack Horseman vs Ana Spanakopita | BoJack Horseman

Perun | Xenoblade Chronicles vs Tracey Gordon | Chewing Gum

Cleveland "Book" Booker | Star Trek Discovery vs Jon | Less Is Morgue

Lionel Toussaint | Glass Onion vs Demoman! | Team Fortress Two

Erik "Killmonger" Stevens/N'Jadaka | Black Panther vs Claudia | Interview with the Vampire 2022

Annaliese Keating | How to Get Away with Murder vs Olivia | Pokemon

Violet Hart | Murdoch Mysteries vs Rya | Birthright

Craig | Craig of the Creek vs Susie Carmichael | Rugrats

Rue | Hunger Games vs Spider | Anansi Boys

Bismuth | Steven Universe vs Marceline Abadeer | Adventure Time

King Harrow | The Dragon Prince vs Camille Saroyan | Bones

Zachary Ezra Rawlins | The Starless Sea vs Willa | Skyward

Helena Bertinelli / Huntress | Birds of Prey vs Clyde Langer | The Sarah Jane Adventures

Frances Barrison / Shriek) | Venom: Let There Be Carnage vs Spike | The Irregulars

Rosemary Harper | The Wayfarers / A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet vs Georgiana Lambe | Sanditon

Lonnie | She-Ra & the Princesses of Power vs Erica Sinclair | Stranger Things

Patroclus | Hades (video game) vs Uma | Descendants (Disney)

Sig | Jak & Daxter vs Sheva Alomar | Resident Evil 5

Meadow | Entergalactic vs Marrow Amin | RWBY

John Stewart | DC vs Gwendolyn | Saga

Keesha Franklin | Magic School Bus vs Dionysus | Hades (video game)

Charles Milton Porter | Bioshock vs Kelsey | NCIS

Mat Sella | Dream Daddy vs Yutaka Babayaro Inomata | Re-Main

Lucretia | The Adventure Zone: Balance vs Blanca Evangelista | Pose

Max | Black Sails vs Darui | Naruto

The Tumblr Icon | Tumblr vs Knuckles the Echidna | Sonic the Hedgehog

Bonnie | The End of the Fucking World vs Dionne Davenport | Clueless

Jane McKeene | Dread Nation vs Grover | Percy Jackson

Roland A. Round | Valor Academy vs Yoruichi Shihoin | Bleach

Mina | Lou ! (French comic and TV series) vs Tyrone Johnson / Cloak | Cloak and Dagger

[christiangittingsblog]

𝟭𝟴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀  𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀:

1. The Paris Metro has several "ghost stations" that are no longer in use. One of the most famous is Arsenal, which was closed in 1939.

2. Gustave Eiffel's apartment at the top of the Eiffel Tower still exists. It's now a museum, showcasing how it looked when he lived there.

3. Montmartre, known for its artistic history, has a hidden vineyard called Clos Montmartre, which still produces wine.

4. The Palais Garnier Opera House has a hidden apartment designed for the building's architect, Charles Garnier.

5. The oldest house in Paris is located at 51 Rue de Montmorency and dates back to 1407. It belonged to the alchemist Nicolas Flamel.

6. The shortest street in Paris, Rue des Degrés, is just 5.75 meters long and consists solely of a staircase.

7. The Opera Garnier has an underground lake, originally a natural water source that became part of its infrastructure.

8. During the liberation of Paris in 1944, the secret password was "Tante Sally."

9. Rue des Morts in the 5th arrondissement was once a street where people with disfigured faces due to World War I injuries lived and received treatment.

10. La Campagne à Paris in the 20th arrondissement is a small, hidden village within the city, complete with quaint houses and gardens.

11. The Tour Jean-sans-Peur, a medieval tower built in the early 15th century, is tucked away in the 2nd arrondissement.

12. Candelaria, a speakeasy-style bar, is hidden behind a taco shop in Le Marais.

13. Le Procope, founded in 1686, is the oldest café in Paris and was frequented by Voltaire, Rousseau, and Benjamin Franklin.

14. The Canal Saint-Martin was partly covered in the mid-19th century, and today, parts of it run underground.

15. At the Arc de Triomphe, there's an elevator hidden within one of the pillars for those who can't or don't want to climb the stairs.

16. The Pont des Arts was once used as a toll bridge, where artists would set up their easels and paint the river views.

17. Place de la Concorde, now a famous square, was once the site of many public executions during the French Revolution.

18. The Bièvre River, once a prominent waterway in Paris, now flows entirely underground through the city.

Pictures by me and Infomation from https://www.facebook.com/share/p/xCvErckZJgqo7x8P/

[illegally-blind-and-deaf]

Young Tintin Headcanons Because I Can and I'm a Sentimental Person

Also, Tintin's mother is blind. That's my own headcanon

Tintin learnt Braille through his mother reading him Braille books while he sat on her lap. She also taught him to write formally using Braille and it's because of her that he became such a good journalist.

He loved to make paper planes and kites out of everything: newspapers, discarded letters, anything he could get his hands on. He loved to study the way birds' wings curve to catch the air and spent hours reading about how planes fly.

Every day, after school, Tintin and his mother would go to the market, buy some fruit (strawberries, oranges, apples, whatever was available) and would eat them in the park. Even when it was raining, they would eat then splash in the puddles.

Tintin's mother was kind off eccentric, but in the appreciate-the-little-things eccentric. When it stormed, she would open the windows until rain began to puddle on the floor. She would also lie in the floor a lot, either on the grass or on the carpet becay se she liked the feel of the ground below her. Tintin learnt to do the same, noticing the minutia of life that was truly special that so often gets overlooked. He loves the clouds especially.

Tintin used to ask a lot of questions (and then follow up with "why?" 5 times.) His mother never grew bored of it and always answered to the best of her ability. When she didn't know something, they would go to the library and Tintin would read aloud to her what he found.

One of Tintin's friends went to America and bought back "The Wizard of Oz" soundtrack on a record for him. His favourite song was "Over the Rainbow", but it wasn't until after the war that generalised just how sad the song was.

Tintin's hair started off a really warm, golden blond that had a couple of copper streaks when the light hit it. As he got older, his hair got darker until it grew into a solid ginger hue.

Museums. Enough said. Entire days spent wandering around, exploring the artifacts and paintings. Art museums, Natura history, modern history, science, anything. If it was a museum, Tintin had been at least once.

Tintin grew to really appreciate music. He had piano lessons, but stopped due to money and a certain war and never picked it back up again, but he loved listening to music on the radio or gramaphone, either dancing or lying on the floor staring at the ceiling. He especially loved Debussy and other impressionist musicians.

One of the reasons Tintin is such a phenomenal writer is because he became accustomed to describing the world around him and the little things happening to his mother. Describing without relying of visual explanations was difficult, but he managed to convey that sunshine was like fresh bread.

He read many classics, such as Tolkien, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Beatrix Potter, A A Milne, Mary Poppins, A Little Prince, etc. He was a very well-educated boy, despite hating school because everyone there were bullies and also he got bored very quickly writing simple sentences over and over again.

His baby teeth were crooked: his front two teeth were larger that the rest and overlapped with the other teeth. His adult teeth do the same, but much more subtly. You only notice if you stare hard enough.

Freckles. So many. That is all. Freckles.

He loved to dance. Just waving his arms about, twirling around in the living room, moving his body in any way he could to music or even just because.

He was in the Belgian resistance (Dutch-Paris network, 20th convoy and le faux soir) but if I say any more this will become too long and you will all hate me

Remember how Haddock asked Tintin if he could fly the plane and Tintin replied with "I interviewed a pilot once?" It was more of an interrogation between a British RAF pilot who had been shot down and a determined 11 year old Belgian boy in a dark basement somewhere on Rue Franklin as the pilot waited for his escape to Switzerland. Tintin had a book on planes and pestered the pilot to teach him how to fly planes until they had regular meetups in a broken garble of French and English.

[nordleuchten]

La Fayette on Animal Magnetism and Mesmerism

The Marquis de La Fayette has always been interest in science and how scientific discoveries could better everyday life. Despite this interest, or maybe because of it, La Fayette found himself in contact with scientific theories that sound rather strange to the modern ear. One of these was Animal Magnetism, also known as Mesmerism.

Animal Magnetism is a theory that was first published in 1779 by the German physician Franz Anton Mesmer. In short, proponents of this theory believe that all living things have a natural force and that there are magnetic fluids within the human body. They postulated a parallel between the magnetism in animals and in metals. This force and the fluids can be manipulated via different mechanism such as the lying on of hands. These manipulations can lead to positive effects like the curing of certain ailments or to harmful side effects like dizziness, heating of the body and seizures.

This is just a very superficial summary of Animal Magnetism for the sake of this post. The theory was very popular for a good one hundred years and is sometimes still used in the field of alternative medicine. Over the years different groups within the field of Animal Magnetism formed and these groups were characterized by (slightly) differencing theories, believes, practices, and varying terminologies. The theory was investigated by several of the leading scientific organizations of their day – with varying results.

Mesmer taught his theories to other people, his “disciples”, but kept the ultimate secrets to himself. La Fayette was one of his students and very, very enthusiastic about the whole matter. He wrote to George Washington on May 14, 1784:

A German doctor Called Mesmer Having Made the Greatest discovery Upon Magnetism Animal, He Has Instructed scholars, Among Whom Your Humble Servant is Called One of the Most Enthusiastic. I know as Much as Any Conjurer Ever did, which Remind's me of our old friend's at Fiskills Enterwiew with the devil that Made us laugh So Much at His House, and Before I Go, I will Get leave to let You into the Secret of Mesmer, which You May depend Upon, is a Grand philosophical discovery.

Idzerda Stanley J. et al., editors, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776–1790, Volume 5, January 4, 1782‑December 29, 1785, Cornell University Press, 1983, p. 216.

Mesmer and his students gathered in the Rue de Coq Héron in Paris. In 1784 one of Mesmer’s students, Deslon, left the group to set up a rivaling group that did more or less the same as Mesmer’s group did. When the French King ordered a commission (of which Benjamin Franklin was a member) to investigate the claims made, Mesmer refused to appear in front of the committee and Deslon used this as his chance to present himself as the true expert on Animal Magnetism.

La Fayette certainly had opinions about this whole affair and wrote to Benjamin Franklin on May 20, 1784:

That Mesmer is the true preacher of Magnetism Animal, to Which By the Way He Has Been Much Helped By Your electric discoveries, is a truth which No Body Will deny. That Deslon Has treacherously Broken His faith, trampled Upon the Most Sacred Engagements is a More disputable. That While Mesmer Intended Acquiring a great glory and a great fortune, He Has not Been Such a fool as to Impart His Whole System to One Man who Might Claim a share in the Honour and Profit is also pretty Clear. That Baron de Breteuil, out of a private picque to Mesmer, Has Sent to Deslon, in order to know Mesmer'sdoctrine which does not Exist, and that what May Be known of the doctrine will Be Either Betraied By Deslon, or Stolen out By private Spies, are also pretty clear to Every Mind. Now, My dear Sir, instead of Helping to those transactions, don't You think the Commissaries, to whom the World Considers you as a president, Had Better Report. That What they Have Seen Gives them the idea of a Great discovery, But that Mesmer Being the Author of it, He is the fountain Head to which You Must Apply—that Sciences and letters are frighted a way By the Hand of despotism—But that, in order to Come to the whole truth, Commissaries Must plainly, and Oppenly Go to Mr. Mesmer, and in the Same way as other people, do, Be Regularly let By Him Into His whole System. Upon that I Have not Spoken to Mesmer. But I would Be Sorry to See a traitor triumph over an Honest man—and I am Sure You May Give a Good turn to the affair.

Idzerda Stanley J. et al., editors, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776–1790, Volume 5, January 4, 1782‑December 29, 1785, Cornell University Press, 1983, p. 220-222.

La Fayette’s enthusiasm for Mesmer’s theories was not limited to a theoretical approach. He very much sought to implement Mesmer’s teaching in day-to-day life. On August 12, 1784, he gave a two-hour long speech about Animal Magnetism to the American Philosophical Society. Prior to that, on the ship that brought him to America, he tried to cure his seasickness with one of Mesmer’s methods. He wrote to his wife Adrienne on June 28, 1784:

As long as I stay quiet, I shall suffer only what my whole mental and physical being will always suffer at being confined. But when the Courier starts to move, I shall fortify myself with magnetism, camphor, and treacle tablets on an empty stomach, and drops of ether on a piece of sugar, all new remedies that I shall try and that will do nothing at all for me. In recommending that I embrace the mainmast, Mesmer did not know, and I forgot, that it is coated with tar up to a certain height, and hugging it is absolutely impossible without getting tarred from head to foot.

Idzerda Stanley J. et al., editors, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776–1790, Volume 5, January 4, 1782‑December 29, 1785, Cornell University Press, 1983, p. 231.

La Fayette was very interested in visiting a settlement of Shaker (a religious group) while in America since he believed that some of the Shaker’s practices were very similar to those of Animal Magnetism. One of his travel companions, Barbé de Marbois’s, notes in his journal:

We had heard a great deal about the American Shakers. For the three years that that sect had been growing in America, we had all wanted to see their principal settlement, which was not far from our route; and in addition to ordinary motives of curiosity, M. le Marquis de Lafayette wished to examine at firsthand phenomena that seemed very similar to those associated with Mesmer, with whom he studied. It was a Sunday. We left for Niskayuna, the place of their assembly. It is difficult to reach this village, which is in the middle of the woods, and we were obliged to go to see them on foot. At great distance we heard a slow, melancholy, but rather melodious music. All the voices were singing in unison or in octaves, and the effect was rather pleasing at a distance. We found the Shakers in the midst of their religious devotions … M. le Marquis de Lafayette, one of Dr. Mesmer’s adepts, wanted to try out animal magnetism on one of them. While he was magnetizing him with all his power, the poor man told us his story: “One day I fell from my wagon,” he told us. “I injured my leg very badly. A kind man came to my aid while I was unconscious. When I awoke, I found myself healed. I experienced a complete change in my sentiments and beliefs. I renounced the world and its ways. I followed those of these perfect men, and from that moment, I have been infinitely happy.” This chosen one was a person of extreme simplicity, and while M. le Marquis de Lafayette was trying without success the effects of magnetism on all his poles, one of the old men—uneasy about what might result from it—came to us. He asked whether we were acting in the name of a good spirit or of an evil spirit. "Assuredly," said M. le Marquis de Lafayette, "it is in the name of a good spirit." Once he had made this avowal, you can well imagine that the Shaker pressed us hard. He even tried to persuade us to become his proselytes, and we were unable to shake him off until we left Niskayuna to continue our voyage …

Idzerda Stanley J. et al., editors, Lafayette in the Age of the American Revolution: Selected Letters and Papers, 1776–1790, Volume 5, January 4, 1782‑December 29, 1785, Cornell University Press, 1983, p. 245.

With time and other things to occupy himself with, La Fayette’s interest faded. But as far as I can tell, it never completely left him. By the time of his death in 1834, the theory was still popular.

[madamemorisot]

In 1864, Monsieur Morisot was appointed chief councillor of the Cour des Comptes, and moved to the other side of the Rue Franklin. The principal building of this block is still preserved; it is occupied by the College Saint-Louis de Gonzague. Tiburce thus describes the family home:

“This very simple house, standing in a beautiful garden with large shade trees, to which doors on the ground floor gave direct access, was attractive in itself. My mother was a born hostess: she received her visitors simply, without the slightest ostentation. The cordial welcome she gave her guests put them all at their ease; she not only had wit, without in the least claiming to have it, she also stimulated wit in those with whom she talked. And the intimates invited to the Tuesday dinners knew that they need have no fear of meeting tiresome or boring people.

“The two Ferrys: frequented this house assiduously for a long time. They were determined climbers, then. at the beginning of their careers. Jules was full of political ambition, and Charles was eager to make money. Jules was the brilliant intellectual, Charles the man about town. At the time they were inseparable; they lived together, chiefly on the money provided by Charles, who had no definite profession, but earned enough here and there to supplement thcir meagre private means, whereas Jules, a lawyer without clients and a writer who managed only with difficulty to publish a few occasional articles in Le Temps, certainly did not earn the modest cost of his personal subsistence. The two brothers stood by each other firmly, at the same time they were flawlessly correct. They were too polite, both of them, not to display some interest in the two young ladies of the house, who  were neither ugly nor stupid, but Charles” politely fervid attentions to Edma and Jules” to Berthe met merely with aloof response, manifested even more politely. And this is not surprising, since these two strapping and somewhat burly fellows were completely lacking in elegance, in a period that carried social refinement to an extreme.

“It was from my father's candid talk — he was at that time an official of the Cour des Comptes — that Jules Ferry, not too discreetly, took the material for his pamphlet, Les Comptes Fantastiques d'Haussmann. The success of this facile play on words for the first time revealed to the public at large the existence of a Ferry other than the fashionable bootmaker ...

“Little Charles Durant, a long-haired, romantic native of Lille, who had assumed the name of Carolus Duran, who wrapped himself Spanish-style in a red-lined capa, and who was always ready to draw an imaginary sword, was introduced in the Rue Franklin by a mutual friend, under the pretext that he could give advice to the young painters. His paintings were only halfway liked, his coxcomb poses were thoroughly disliked.

“Alfred Stevens and his wife, a young couple of striking beauty, radiant with happiness and jote de vivre, became close and dear friends. My father, under the amused eye of my mother, displayed a somewhat old-fashioned gallantry toward the delightful Madame Stevens, who — without being affected by it, of course — received not without pleasure the delicate and discreet homage of a still elegant sexagenarian. As for Stevens, he had a dazzling cleverness, without ever stooping to the vulgarity of a drawing-room wag.”

[megraen]

Frames I've made for my OCs

Farcry 5 - Abigail and Richard Fehn. Luis Rivera, Timothy Scott and Michael Priestley.

Jamestown - Jeanne Gardner

COD Modern Warfare - Dillon and Siobhan O'Sullivan

Uncharted 4 - Sara Briggs and Emma Dolton

Red Dead Redemption 2 - Johanna and Elizabeth Lynn

Sons of Anarchy - Carmina and Franklin West

Resident Evil - Arianna Smoak

Farcry 3 - Lia and Lucca Ricci

Hitman Reborn - Rei Sawada

The Witcher - Fiona Thomas (I changed her faceclaim)

The Walking Dead - Dr Cassidy Frost

Better Call Saul - Ruth 'Rue' McGill

[sportygothic]

Alexander Bigot's ceramic tilework at 25 rue Franklin ( 1 2 )

[plaques-memoire]

Plaque en hommage à : Marius-Paul Faurax

Type : Lieu de naissance

Adresse : 10 cours Franklin Roosevelt, 69006 Lyon, France

Date de pose : 1998 [inscrite]

Texte : Ici est né en 1948 le commandant Faurax, officier de la Légion étrangère, mort pour la France en 1892 au Dahomey

Quelques précisions : Marius-Paul Faurax (1849-1892) est un militaire français. Il prend notamment part à la guerre franco-prussienne de 1870, durant laquelle il accède au grade de capitaine d'infanterie. Il est ensuite détaché dans les colonies françaises, notamment en Afrique puis au Tonkin, missions durant lesquelles il s'illustre particulièrement. En 1892, il est envoyé au Dahomey (actuel Bénin) pour y combattre les troupes du roi Béhanzin, qui s'est élevé contre la présence coloniale française. Il meurt durant la bataille de Dogba (remportée par les Français). Un fort construit à l'endroit de la bataille est nommé en son honneur. Une rue de Lyon porte également son nom.

[jartita-me-teneis]

18 hechos sobre París:

1. El Metro de París tiene varias "estaciones fantasmas" que ya no están en uso. Uno de los más famosos es el Arsenal, que fue cerrado en 1939.

2. El apartamento de Gustave Eiffel en la parte superior de la Torre Eiffel todavía existe. Ahora es un museo, mostrando cómo se veía cuando vivía allí.

3. Montmartre, conocido por su historia artística, tiene un viñedo oculto llamado Clos Montmartre que todavía produce vino.

4. La Ópera del Palais Garnier tiene un apartamento oculto diseñado para el arquitecto del edificio, Charles Garnier.

5. La casa más antigua de París se encuentra en la calle de Montmorency 51 y data de 1407. Perteneció al alquimista Nicolas Flamel.

6. La calle más corta de París, Rue des Degrés, tiene sólo 5,75 metros de largo y consiste únicamente en una escalera.

7. La Opera Garnier tiene un lago subterráneo, originalmente una fuente de agua natural que se convirtió en parte de su infraestructura.

8. Durante la liberación de París en 1944, la contraseña secreta era "Tante Sally. "

9. La Rue des Morts en el 5.o distrito fue una vez una calle donde personas con rostros desfigurados debido a lesiones de la Primera Guerra Mundial vivían y recibieron tratamiento.

10. La Campagne à París en el distrito 20 es un pequeño pueblo escondido dentro de la ciudad, con casas y jardines pintorescos.

11. El Tour Jean-sans-Peur, una torre medieval construida a principios del siglo XV, está escondida en el 2.o distrito.

12. Candelaria, un bar estilo bar clandestino, está escondido detrás de una tienda de tacos en Le Marais.

13. Le Procope, fundado en 1686, es el café más antiguo de París y fue frecuentado por Voltaire, Rousseau y Benjamin Franklin.

14. El Canal Saint-Martin estaba cubierto parcialmente a mediados del siglo XIX, y hoy en día, partes del mismo corren bajo tierra.

15. En el Arco del Triunfo hay un ascensor escondido dentro de uno de los pilares para los que no pueden o no quieren subir las escaleras.

16. El Pont des Arts fue usado una vez como un puente de peaje, donde los artistas montaban sus caballetes y pintaban las vistas del río.

17. Place de la Concorde, ahora una famosa plaza, fue una vez el lugar de muchas ejecuciones públicas durante la Revolución Francesa.

18. El río Bièvre, una vez una vía fluvial prominente en París, ahora fluye completamente bajo tierra a través de la ciudad.