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When you just wanted some pea soup and Some Guy™️ has decided to organize to storm the Bastille. Get your own patio furniture!

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As voted on in my IG poll- Camille/Maxime mini comic about their budding friendship. They were both nerds.

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He is just standing there.

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He lost his keys just like he lost that guy’s manuscript.

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Historians are usually up in everyone’s business. It’s like professional gossip, but with sources

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He’s doin great, thanks for asking

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“Just ignore my siblings.”

He needs to go to work, guys.

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Have you ever drawn Napoleon? Perhaps Napoleon and Bon Bon together?

I used to do a lot of Napoleon and Josephine art back when I was into a series of books by Sandra Gulland. Bonbon and Napoleon art isn’t out of the question!

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I mainly referenced his bust for this rather than his portraits. I think his bust has more character and unique features. You can also see the resemblance between him and Maximilien more

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A doodle that turned into not-a-doodle

SJ doesn’t care if Camille gets into trouble…

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Why's it so hard to find Saint-Just's writings in English? I have been reading your Organt translation (thank you!!) and I downloaded the Oeuvres linked on Wikipedia, but I have a shitty American high school education in French haha so... it's gonna be a task. I keep seeing references to his philosophy & politics but it's so hard to find the actual original sources. How is the work of someone so famous so obscure?! Is it somewhere that I just haven't found?

I'm not saying I won't sit here typing it into Google Translate but I'm sure actual translators would do better!

Thanks for your question! When I was first getting into Frev, I was frustrated by the same thing.

For Saint-Just in particular, I don’t think he’s studied much outside of France. If anyone attended primary school in France, I’d be interested in knowing how he is discussed in class, so feel free to chime in.

I can only speak to my American educational experience, but the French Revolution was discussed only briefly and very simplified: Marie Antoinette was super into cake and then Robespierre showed up and murdered everyone. The end.

In that context, SJ was a relatively minor figure; Camille gets a shoutout if the Bastille is mentioned, but that’s the extent of what we’re taught in America.

Organt isn’t considered a shining example of French literature in SJ’s time or in ours. It’s just not good compared to other writings from the time (although it has its moments). I don’t think there’s a demand for this relatively obscure text in English by the general public or historians broadly. It’s very niche and you only know about it if you happen to learn more about SJ specifically. Even he distanced himself from that work after it flopped. I’ve thought that he probably wouldn’t care to have it translated into more languages- his work and writings for the Revolution were closer to his heart in the end.

I’ll admit that I am disappointed that the biographies that exist about him have not been translated into English. To me, those would have more mass appeal to people than his poem (unless you are researching that work specifically).

I think Organt is still very interesting in that we see an SJ before the drastic change of his life. It’s an important base for him, but not so much outside of that context.

His speeches and other writings have a better chance of being translated into English. Again, there’s a lack of demand for it from the public. You’d have to have an academic intentionally publish those if only for the sake of contributing to the pool of resources and many of them are frying bigger fish. He’s famous to us because we’re into the French Revolution, but the average person outside of France probably only recognizes the Big Names like Antoinette, Robespierre, Marat, and King Louis (again, from my experience as an American).

It also doesn’t help that he had a whopping 2 years of participation before he died. Had he lived, I think he would have gone on to have a brilliant career and gained more prominent recognition. He accomplished a lot in the time he had, but the loss of his potential is a greater wound. Who knows? He could have been a bigger name if he had more time and thus we have more demand for his works in other languages.

For now, we get to have what he did leave behind and even “unofficial” attempts at translating his work and his story are important to the study of history. This lovely community here has shown how much they want to continue to tell the stories of not just SJ, but of the other revolutionary figures. Any knowledge is good knowledge, even if you have to struggle to get it yourself.

I know this was long, but these were just my thoughts. Others are free to add their own!

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Express chibi page because I didn’t feel like committing to a bigger project right now

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A simplified Camille speed draw and “fun” fact video. Do you like this format? I tried to avoid a voice over.

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Rewatching Winx Club because I need a break from *gestures to everything*

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Some lil keychains I made for personal use- there’s some things I’d change if I printed more, but I like them a lot

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This is referencing exactly what you think it is.

Did you know Mirabeau was only 42 when he died?

Anyway. Here you go.

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Young Camille and Maxime meeting at school. Meanwhile, SJ was only 7 and BonBon was 11.

Does anyone know how tall Camille was as an adult anyway? I pictured him as being between 5’10/11. Of course, it’s not too hard to be taller than Maximilien…