#tcomc

[autismmydearwatson]

Kind of annoyed at this point about adaptations that whitewash the Count of Monte Cristo not only because a huge bit of the Counts character and experiences are based on Dumas himself (who was black) but also because at every point when the Rich Assholes™️ are trying to guess the Counts nationality as if it matters, they assume he's Maltese, Egyptian, Arab, Turkish, Levantine, Indian, everything EXCEPT French. I rest my case that Edmond Dantés is NOT white.

[cerasifera]

lesbians? in MY copy of the count of monte cristo?? its more likely than you think

[sinvulkt]

I’ve recently been confronted with how differently everyone approach stories. This made me curious. So guys, I’m counting on you for data, we need to reblog.

(Calling upon the strenght of my (i hope) fandom friends so we get proper statistics)

@cinderfeather @yatsukisakura @bluntblade @tramp-fiction @purpleopossum @starmahgalaxies @purple-iris @tonhalszendvics @retciwrites @vandervoiz @insertmeaningfulusername @pebblish @pat-the-togorian @linzerj @kgjhk @fanfictasia @kefalion @doctorgeekery @asteral-feileacan @dreaminghour @beewaggle @dirtkid123 @ravenite-void @kuraiarcoiris @angst-buritto-wips-writing @mamashenanigans @fancyfrey @hylianengineer @silvercaptain24 @silvereddaye @omaano @piroporopi @mina-jamsin-derulo @doctorgeekery @ash--00 @trickstress333 @kittonafoxgirl @salparadiselost @charlottevader @ravenstakeflight @starr234 @sarcasticfirefighter @numerousbees1106 @akizumy @25centsoda @udekai @unlikecharlie @beguilewritesstuff @lusseia @azzzryel

I apologize in advance if I bothered anyone! (Warn me in dm and i won’t tag you for this kind of stuff again). Hopefully you’re curious as well and want the answer as much as I do. 🎶

[pulusional]

[eleancrvances]

not a reviewer saying they "added a lesbian" to the count of monte cristo... my girl eugénie has been there since 1844

[rowan-e-ravenwood]

normalize Edmond Dantès being weird. like. we've had enough adaptations where he's cool and suave, it's time for us to embrace the side of him that's just a strange freak that makes everyone uncomfortable but is still part of the local nobility so they have to hang out with him.

[pen-inks]

my looking at my choices for trans names:

Wow I love Victor

I love Henry

I love Edmond,

I-

WAIT.

[vickyvicarious]

'Yes,' said M. de Boville. 'I even had occasion to see the man in 1816 or 1817, and you could only enter his cell with a squad of soldiers. The man made a deep impression on me; I shall never forget his face.' The Englishman gave a hint of a smile.

This conversation is so fucking funny.

'I understand. That must have put an end to the plans for escape.' 'As far as the dead man was concerned, yes,' M. de Boville replied. 'But not for the one who was left alive. On the contrary, this Dantes saw the means to hasten his escape. No doubt he thought that prisoners who die in the Château d'If are buried in an ordinary cemetery. He moved the dead man into his own cell, took his place in the shroud into which he had been sewn and waited for the body to be buried.' 'That was a risky plan, arguing some courage,' the Englishman said.

Dantes: wow you know this Dantes guy actually sounds pretty impressive, pretty cool don't you think?

'Yes, Monsieur,' the inspector went on. 'You can just imagine the fugitive's amazement when he felt himself falling from the top of the cliff. I should like to have seen his face at that moment.' 'It would have been difficult.' 'No matter!' said M. de Boville, in much better humour, now that he was certain of recovering his two hundred thousand francs. 'No matter! I can still imagine it!' And he burst out laughing. 'So can I,' said the Englishman, starting to laugh in his turn, but in the way that the English laugh, through clenched teeth.

Dantes, gritting his teeth: fuckyoufuckyoufuckyoufuckyou

Narrator: he laughed along in typical English fashion

[moonmeg]

I am not well

[live-fast-pet-frogs]

Genuine Question for the Monte Cristo fans:

Why is Fernand always ALWAYS the bff of Edmond in every single adaptation? Like, in the books they pretty much meet literally before the almost-wedding of Edmond and Mercedes, and they don't even like eachother much. It's pretty much stated that even Edmond who is benevolent af is only putting up with Fernand because he is the cousin and best friend of his fiancee, and he wants to form a friendship based on their shared love of Mercedes. But like he is not completely blind and knows that Fernand gives him the stink eye. As for Fernand, he is super vary around Dantes and Mercedes has to essentially beg him to be nice to him.

And historians think they were best friends ?!?!

In fact, book Edmond is super kind but he is not THAT stupid. He knows that Danglars is highkey jealous of him, he knows Caderousse is planning to exploit him (as his landlord) after finding out he got a promotion, and he KNOWS that Fernand isn't his biggest fan. He is just amicable with them and polite but doesn't genuinely consider them friends or trust them at all. He only trusts his father, Mr. Morrel and Mercedes, that's it. And Villefort because he doesn't think that being honest with an officer of the law will result in him being fucked over. Which is completely reasonable, and most people would do the same.

So why is his naïveté exaggerated in every adaptation? And WHY do people ship him with Fernand so badly? I get the whole "My bro stole the love of my life " trope but come onnnn.... it's a cliche and not what Dumas intended at all when writing the book! (At least that's what I think, I can't exactly ask him...)

[unhinged-girls-stan]

le comte de monte cristo 2024

today i saw the new adaptation of the Count of Monte Cristo and it Slaps. Hard. Pierre Niney slays the boots down in this role. yes the acting is pompous. yes the dialogues are grandiloquent and super cheesy. yes the plot has been reworked in a kinda "casa de papel" "ocean's 11" thriller way. yes some of it is ridiculous. AND it's so much FUN !!!!!!

bonus:

laurent lafitte is extremely good (as always) as was pierfrancesco favino as faria who was just the absolute best.

the scenery is gorgeous (c'est marseille bébé)

anaïs demoustier be my wife challenge

bonus content cute lesbians

the only thing i'm meh about is the absolute absence of any poc in any roles even though some of the characters were def written as such by dumas (like the casting of a romanian actress for an arab role ?) / also some period-typical misogyny, orientalism and racism which was kinda expected but still was a bit much.

[autismmydearwatson]

Men will be like "it's my favorite book!" and show you 19th century Batman

[gayboss-too-close-to-the-sun]

There's something about the novels I've read that are obsessed with Napoleon - Les Miserables, War and Peace, The Count of Monte Cristo - and something about the novel's I've read that are obsessed with the French Revolution - A Tale of Two Cities, The Scarlet Pimpernel (Les Miserables is about a French Revolution but not the French Revolution). Those are the threads between those books, but somehow it feels stronger than just similar themes. I want to sit and spend a year reading nothing but those five books back to back and see what I learn.

[winter2468]

No Count of Monte Cristo adaptation I've ever seen has potrayed Mercedes as poor.

In the book, she lives in a hovel with a dirt floor, and she has so little that she doesn't even own the nets she uses to fish - she has to borrow them from Fernand.

Yet in every adaptation I'm aware of, she's portrayed as either middle class or upper class. The adaptations refuse to portray an impoverished woman as desirable.

I think this is also partly to do with the fact that Hollywood will allow stories of an underdog sailor courting a wealthy woman, but they're less inclined to protray a working class man's devotion to a working class woman who's even poorer than he is, let alone two men finding her desirable.

[blueskywater-happiness]

As a book reader I gotta ask my fellow bookworms this.

How did you all feel when instead of the brooding vampiric esque count of monte cristo, whenever you search in google or tumblr you get anime white hair chuunibyou Count, the psychedelic clothing anime old man Count, or the MLP animatic Count.

[waterlilyvioletfog]

Twice now (I’m at Valentine’s poisoning) twice now someone Dantes loves has shown up at his house and been like 🥺😭☹️😩😫 noooo Count pleeeeaaaassseee you can’t do your revenge on the children of the guy who wronged you. Because I love them!!!! 🥺😩😭🙏🥺 and the Count just goes 😠😤🤬😑 ugh I hate you. FINE 🙄 just this once I’ll be nice! I’ll save their life ughhhhh smh you plan out this big fucking revenge and it goes badly. why? because of stupid emotionsssss I hate it hereeee 🙄🫤 here’s $2 million dollars 💰