#Dangerous liaisons daily

[tybaltsjuliet]

my awful, horrible, no-good blorbeaux are certainly hurtling towards Something. nothing good though.

[theteaisaddictive]

epistolary novels are just analogue found footage movies

[dodger-chan]

In light of Azolan's letter, I want to talk about servants for a bit.

Every one of our main characters is nobility. They are all rich. They live their lives surrounded by servants. Because this is so commonplace, they barely even comment on them.

Valmont includes his chasseur, Azolan, in many of his plans. Presumably he pays him well to keep him from betraying those plans. He speak to him with disdain, which seems poor planning if he wants to be certain of the best support, but well, rank, wealth, etc. Valmont has also suborned via blackmail Tourvel's lady's maid, though the way Azolan writes of her, she seems happy enough to keep helping without further threats. Is Tourvel a bad employer? Or is Azolan not saying everything? Either would fit with what we know.

We know Merteuil speaks of her own lady's maid with some contempt, but no more so than she speaks of her peers. Her outward behavior, as communicated to Valmont, seems a bit patronizing but loving. She thinks her maid views her as a sister; I wonder how accurate that is. I presume she also pays a good wage rather than relying solely on fear. Her maid seems to be the only servant who is aware of her behavior. It is unfortunate her maid is always with her, because I would be very curious to see letters between them.

Unmentioned entirely are whoever dealt with Cécile's bedding after Valmont raped her. Not every girl bleeds her first time but Valmont was not gentle and it is common enough. Cécile might not know enough to worry, but I would not be surprised if some of Madame de Rosemonde's servants know the general gist of what happened. And could easily give that information to Madame de Volanges' maid.

[babeluda]

Danceny, you're such a twit. Is this what sex does to you? I suppose your brain wasn't very irrigated to begin with but now I'm sure there's almost no blood left for it all rushing down.

That letter to Merteuil was shamefully puppyish. Also, tu? Impudence! I'm sort of curious if you'll be imprudent enough to juggle seeing her and Cecile for clandestine visits (good plot says you will).

But you made the Vicomte delightfully jealous, go you. Look at him all bristling and snarky, pretending not to care and sure you'll lose the infatuation in 8 days.

He sure didn't.

It's lovely when he's angry.

[phiilomath]

switching between all of my subscriptions like

[motsimages]

Valmont to Tourvel, one of these days.

[pineapple-split]

Get in loser, we’re about to watch Valmont and Merteuil destroy each other.

[dangerous-liaisons-daily]

thank you everyone for roasting danceny in the dangerous liaisons daily tag good job hit the showers

[magpiefngrl]

although I was familiar with the plot, I was still surprised at how abruptly Valmont's death came. I was quite sad too; my corrupting, immoral little meow meow was no match for the Marquise

[anawkwardlady]

What Merteuil and Cécile had was truly a psychosexual bond unseen on any media since......

[madly-empirical]

Interesting, the idea of Dangerous Liaisons being a critique of aristocratic society is a modern interpretation. I would argue that it’s contemporaneous social commentary is more about the double standard, but I’m only halfway through... (Source)

[sugarbabywenkexing]

I was definitely reading Valmont's letter today like "dude she's not gonna fuck you" and then Merteuil scribbles his letter out, writes "Very well! War!" at the bottom and posts it back to him? Hot girl shit

[theteaisaddictive]

danceny you piece of shit

[dodger-chan]

Do you know, Vicomte, why I have never married again? It is not, assuredly, for lack of advantageous offers; it is solely in order that nobody should have the right to dictate my actions. It is not even that I was afraid of no longer being able to carry out my wishes, for I should always have ended by doing that; but that it would have been a burden to me that anyone should have had the right merely to complain of them; it is, in short, because I wished only to deceive for my pleasure, and not from necessity.

nobody should have the right to dictate my actions

I know she is evil, but she's also kind of a role model.

[babeluda]

These people's sign offs. I would steal them all, but I'd lose all my friends.

"have a kiss even though you don't want one, marquise. how do you like this flashback to being a girl with cheek pinching old aunts"

[laufire]

How fortunate you are to have me for a friend! I am a benevolent Fairy to you. You languish afar from the Beauty who engrosses you; I say one word, and you find yourself once more at her side. You wish to revenge yourself on a woman who injures you; I point out to you the place where you have to strike, and abandon her to your tender mercies. Finally, to drive a formidable competitor from the lists, it is once more I whom you invoke, and I give heed to you. Truly, if you do not spend your life in thanking me, it means that you are an ingrate.

The Marquise de Merteuil to the Vicomte de Valmont Dangerous Liaisons, by Pierre Chordelos de Laclos.