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It was me, I’m actually sharing the administration of Himring with my twin Nelyo. But it is a secret!

Ok but consider those “Maeglin Finds and Lives With The Feanorians” fics but Baby! Maeglin was taught all their names by badass “balls of steel” Aredhel, so he thinks their nicknames are their actual names.

So Maeglin, upon meeting the Lord of Himring, is timid and respectful but confidently calls Maedhros One-Handed, Famed Kinslayer, “Lord Neylo”.

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Nicknames of Marshals and Generals in Napoléon’s Grande Armée

Many of these nicknames compare the general or marshal to a legendary hero, historical or mythical, from France or from the Antiquity. You can find, for example:

Alceste Soldat, given to MacDonald, for his moral virtues

Nestor des Armées, to Kellermann, the oldest Marshal

Fabius, to Moncey

Roland de l’Armée d’Italie, Achille de la Grande Armée, to Lannes

Bayard de l’Armée Française, Bayard Moderne, to Oudinot (for his bravery)

Bayard Polonais, given to Poniatowski (Polish Bayard)

Some of the nicknames are flattering, such as the previously mentioned, to which we can add:

Enfant Chéri de la Victoire - Beloved Son of Victory, for Masséna

L’Infatigable, “The Tireless”, for Ney

Le Sultan Juste “Fair Sultan”, for Desaix

Le Sultan de Feu, “Fire Sultan“, for Friant

La Vierge d’Italie  “Italian Virgin”, to Serurier (very virtuous behaviour in the Italian campaign)

Le Mouton-Lion, to Mouton (whose name means “sheep” in French, and about whom Napoleon said: My Mouton is a Lion!)

L’Intrépide, to Rapp

Some are unflattering:

Le Brigand, to Augereau (for looting)

Monsieur de Culfier “Lord Proudass”, to Marmont

Le Roi Nicolas “King Nicolas”, to Soult, who might have hoped for a throne in Spain or Portugal

Le Boucher de la Grande Armée, “Butcher of the Grande Armée”, to Thiébault, who did not take great care of his men’s lives

Bernadotte was known as Sergent Belle Jambe, “Sergent Nice Leg”, and also as “Le Gascon”.

Gouvion Saint-Cyr was a strange character. His men did not like him much. He was nicknamed Le Hibou (The Owl), L’Homme de Glace (Ice Man), Le Mauvais Coucheur (Awkward Customer, Unpleasant Fellow).

Murat was called “King Franconi” for his extravagant attire (in reference to the most famous circus of the time). It didn’t bother him at all.

Ney was, for his red hair and bravery, The Red, Michel the Red, The Red Lion, the Bravest of the Brave, The Hero of the Retreat.

Davout, the Iron Marshal, was also known as The Beast.

Oudinot, the most frequently wounded marshal, was also “Marshal 35 wounds”.

Duroc was “The Emperor’s Shadow”.

Lasalle, often known as the Hussar General, was also nicknamed El Picaro in Spain. He’s been refered to as “Le Plus Grand Chauffeur d’Enthousiasme de l’Histoire”, which is a bit difficult to translate, maybe  “History’s Biggest Enthusiasm Booster”.

Fournier-Sarlovèze, who was a friend of Lasalle’s, became El Demonio.

Caulaincourt, in charge of getting the Emperor’s headquarters ready, became “Caulain qui court” (Caulain who runs), a word play on his name.

And finally, foreign generals weren’t unnoticed either. That’s how Russian general Bagration became The Russian Murat!

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So I had a FIRE whiteboard session with my lovely @apurpledust a few minutes ago. I’ll post some of mine and one of bec’s that she has graciously bestowed upon me😌

I drew some of the napoleonic RP going on from the lannes, soult, and ney blogs bc it’s the best

And just some random stuff (mainly soult)

And here is bec’s 🎉AMAZING🎉 💖ADORABLE 💖 ✨BEAUTIFUL ✨ napjuno art, it’s so cute🥹 its canon

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@neylo has informed me of a comparison most distressing regarding certain dead frenchmen I am enjoying: the banana boys I mean Soult's Aides-de-camp

Yellow tops. Sky blue pants.

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Was Napoleon Bisexual?

I have seen several tumblr posts (or it is the same being reblogged over and over again haha) on a specific book: Napoleon bisexual emperor by Frank Richardson. Unfortunately this book is seemingly very hard to find and since I’m no expert on determining someone’s sexuality, I just wanted to share a few quotes I found on this subject since it seems to fascinate quite some people, myself included.

Here is a piece from the ebook dictator’s sex lives:

“There has been a great deal of speculation that Napoleon was gay. He tolerated homosexuality in the army and refused to outlaw homosexual practices in his Napoleonic Code. Many men wrote of his “seductive charm”. General de Segur put it most succinctly: “In moments of sublime power, he no longer commands like a man but seduces like a woman.”

Later during his exile on st Helena Napoleon confided something to Caulaincourt upon meeting a handsome man:

“He told me that for him the heart was not, the organ of sentiment; that he felt emotions only where men experience feelings of another kind: nothing in the heart, everything in the loins and in another place, which I leave nameless.”

One of the famous arguments used to proof Napoleon’s possible bisexuality was Napoleon’s obsession with the young Tsar of Russia, Alexander I. When they first met on a raft on the River Tilsit, Napoleon exclaimed: “It is Apollo!” Later he wrote to his wife Josephine: “If he were a woman I would make him my mistress.”

Josephine’s maid talked about Napoleon’s “predilection for handsome men”. His aides were often young and effeminate, and he would caress them. Even his secetary Meneval described some of Napoleon’s behaviour which would be viewed as slightly unusual:

“In these days of leisure, which was but apparent, for it usually concealed an increase of cerebral activity, Napoleon appeared embarrassed how to spend his time. He would go and spend an hour with the Empress, then he would return, and sitting down on the settee, would sleep, or appear to sleep for a few minutes. He would then come and seat himself on the corner of my writing-table, or on one of the arms of my chair, or even on my knees. He would then put his arm round my neck, and amuse himself by gently pulling my ear, or by patting me on the shoulder, or on the cheek. He would speak to me of all sorts of disconnected subjects, of himself, of his manias, of his constitution, of me, or of some plan that he had in his head.”

Some historians affirm that Napoleon had multiple affairs with men, mainly soldiers but of course there is no  real evidence to back this up, yet at the same time it was of course logical that such meetings would not leave much if any evidence behind.

Keith Stern (Queers in History, 2009) mentions that Napoleon was particularly inclined toward same-sex love with his fellow soldiers, and that many of his aides were notoriously effeminate. General Duroc, who served as Grand Marshal of the palace, was widely rumored to be the emperor’s lover. As well, Gaspard Gourgaud, one of Napoleon’s aides/lovers, jealously guarded access to his master.

We can however never be certain whether Napoleon was truly bisexual though there are some experiences and written down encounters that suggest that he was. Of course being bisexual in the 18th and 19th century would have been a completely different experience than in the 21st century. It is however noticable how virtually every country in Europe punished sodomy severely yet Napoleon decided to decriminalize the act of sodomy completely.

There is one last interesting thing to observe: Napoleon had a homosexual friend, Laugier de Bellecour who studied with him on the École Militaire. It is known that Laugier sometimes teased Napoleon about his moralities concerning sexual activities with men which eventually resulted in the fight between the two. Later Napoleon said he regretted it and often spoke of his friend with genuine affection.

Make of this what you wish but it will certainly remain an interesting subject to study.

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So, I saw that you had no propaganda for the Iron Duke himself and thought that should be corrected, because I cannot let this man go unloved.

He is the ultimate sexyman. I don't really get that title or the requirements but I do know this man and he is the ultimate in Regency-era sexiness.

Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington, whose full list of titles merits its own Wikipedia page, he had so many (including Prince of Waterloo of the Kingdom of the Netherlands), was so well known for his debonairness that he was often called "the Beau" or Beau Wellesley.

Our dear Duke with his eyes of "a brilliant light blue," is quite the underdog made good. The fourth son of an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family, he was a bit of a loner as a child, whose star was eclipsed by the academic success of his older and younger brothers. Yet he had a remarkable talent for the violin, which as we know from Mrs. Jefferson is quite a good quality for a man to have. As a young man he was considered extremely good humored and drew "much attention" from female society. The Napiers of Celbridge thought he was a "saucy stripling" and he was also considered quite mischievous. Yet he also had a rich inner life, reading and contemplating the great philosophers of the day.

Yes, we know about his military victories in the Peninsula (the position of Field Marshal of the British Army and the accompanying baton were created for him) and his success at Waterloo, but he was also both romantic and a ladies' man. (I could go on about the military success but that's not really what this is about, is it?)

Want the romantic side? He fell in love with Kitty Pakenham while a lowly aide-de-camp in Dublin but, with no real position or prospects, was laughed away by her brother when he sought to marry her. In a fit of pique he destroyed his violin and turned firmly toward progressing his career. Over a decade later, after he had made something of himself in India, he learned she hadn't married, supposedly because she was still pining for him. Reader, he married her, despite thinking she'd grown ugly, and got two children from her in less than two years. I'm not kidding, this man was virile. They married in April of 1806, their first son was born in February, 1807, and their second son was born in January 1808. Although he wasn't sexual faithful to her, Wellington wore an amulet she gave him for over twenty years, and was still wearing it when he sat with her on her deathbed. When she was surprised he still wore it, he told her if she'd just bothered to check in the last twenty years, she'd have found it. Despite surviving her by twenty years, the Duke never remarried.

Now, please don't think badly of him for the lack of sexual fidelity. It was the Georgian era. Sexual fidelity was not a part of marriage in high society. Men didn't sleep only with their wives and some wives could be quite happy with that (for one, it's much easier not to have one pregnancy after another when your husband is sleeping with someone else). Not that women weren't also sleeping around. Which brings me to one of Wellington's more... interesting conquests: Lady Caroline Lamb, wife of William Lamb (the future Second Viscount Melbourne and Prime Minister). Why do I know that name, you ask? The OG pixie manic dream girl, Caro's much more notably known for her affair with Lord Byron. After that particular bit of nonsense, she was in Brussels with the rest of the English aristocracy during the 100 Days/post Waterloo. She and the Duke supposedly slept together and she took his cloak away as a souvenir.

Who else did the Duke liaise with? Well, there were the usual flings with actresses and singers, such as La Grassini. As previously noted in another post on this tumblr, he was noted as a stronger, better lover than Napoleon by another of their mutual lovers. Wellington also was a client of Harriette Wilson. He visited her when she was in Paris after the Duke of Beaufort bought her off, though this was before Beaufort stopped paying her, prompting her to publish her memoirs. She canvassed her old lovers, including Wellington, to see if they'd pay her not to be in them. Wellington send her a note in return saying "Publish and be Damned." Something about his succinct dismissal of her is just so hot.

Oh, want a bit more of Wellington being a bad boy? In 1829, while Prime Minister, he got into a duel that still is commemorated almost two hundred years later. King's College, London, was set up while Wellington was also advocating for Catholic Emancipation and this led to Lord Winchilsea publicly insulting Wellington's honor to the point that the Duke (who'd never dueled before or supported dueling generally) called him out. They went to Battersea Fields and settled the matter with pistols. Wellington won and Winchelsea apologized. King's College celebrates "Duel Day" every March.

Even better, want to read about Elizabeth Bennet and the Duke being witty and falling in love? Complete with scenes of the Duke showing he knows what to do with his cannon? Then let me recommend the third variation of An Ever Fixed Mark, A Dalliance with the Duke. I dare you not to vote for him for all eternity with that portrayal in your head.

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Bonus sticker: Flat Marshal Ney, because this is how I feel.

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What did happen to the dead from the Siege of Hamburg, the battle of Waterloo and many more?

“There have been researchers excavating at Waterloo since 2012, and they have found just two bodies. But at least 10,000 men were killed there. That leaves 9998 still missing. That got us wondering—what if the fate of these men was different than we thought?”

Well. They found, ugh, a sweet purpose. In fact, Waterloo area became a sugar beet production hotspot. And why? Because the bones were considered a great fertiliser.

And the bone char was very convenient for sugar processing.

Despite the “yuck factor” bone collecting became a source of money - an opportunity for the poor local farmers to make a little additional profit.

Was it legal? No. But the consequences were not as severe, so it was still worth it.

No wonder so many people in the Napoleonic bubble are into cannibalism.

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Additional bunch of Napoleonic discord stickers/emojis for my collection

Featuring some British Bisexual boat men aka Kiss me Hardy and one traffic cone

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Okay, since poor @le-brave-des-braves got turned into his younger self, additional photos were needed and I “grew” the moustache!

Steal the look: Revolutionary Wars edition

I have a day off. I should be working on my thesis.

My stupid ass decided it would be a great day to recreate the Ney’s portrait with the stupidest hairstyle ever. Like seriously what even are those pigtails.

Sad thing is that I’m around the same age as he is on this portrait and my hairline looks worse

(Feat my Darkling cosplay tunic, because I don’t have the uniform at home, which might be a bit surprising)

Bonus: The moment I realised my stupid decision:

Time to get a TikTok and do those hairstyle makeup tutorials. I have almost no hair and almost zero makeup skills.

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Vandamme was such a meme

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Still fucking too soon.

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made some more!!☆

its fun to draw with ink so im thinking about making more stuff like this

also thank you so much for so many likes and reblogs on my first post!♡ i really didnt expect it to blow up since they were just dumb scribbles done around like 3am but anyways tysm!

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