#Gigola

[empirearchives]

Two portraits of Francesca Lechi

1. By Giovanni Battista Gigola, 1800

2. By Andrea Appiani, 1803

Francesca Lechi was involved in Napoleonic events in Italy, such as the Revolution in Brescia, which took place when Napoleon’s army entered the region in 1797. She met Joachim Murat at a ball, and the two had an affair. She even followed him to Paris, until her husband wrote to Napoleon complaining of the situation. She was active in political events, procuring the fabric used for the tricolor flag hoisted on the Broletto in Brescia.

Stendhal, in Vie de Napoléon, said of her:

“Countess Gherardi, daughter of Count Lecchi, had perhaps the most beautiful eyes in Brescia, the land of beautiful eyes. She added to all her father’s genius a gentle cheerfulness, a real simplicity, which was never altered.”

(Source)

[celluloidrainbow]

GIGOLA (2010) dir. Laure Charpentier George, a charismatic and adventurous young woman, born from an old, catholic family, falls in love with a teacher named Sybil. Devastated by the woman’s eventual suicide, some years later, George embarks on an exciting and reckless journey to the depths of Pigalle’s nightlife, circa 1960. After an encounter with a very wealthy, still attractive, but older woman, Odete, who offers her money and gifts in return for sexual favours, George becomes Gigola, a kind of gigolo for women only. (link in title)

[weevilwizard]

so we all agree that lord of the rings is a musical

[keltii-tea]

(affectionate <3)

[eliounora]

the besties three drinks before ruining aragorn's wedding

[coveredinsun]

[fluentisonus]

i've seen several variations on this meme with legolas & gimli but no one but me gets which way around it should be it should be like this:

[deheerkonijn]

The annual pic of Gimli in his pride underwear. 🏳️‍🌈

Bark bark bark bark

[maalidoesart]

traveling companions

[injureddreams]

Just being with you makes my day so much better.

Did an OTP 30day challenge and these are some of my favorite ones. Lots of AU Gigolas for days!

[corndog-patrol]

gigolas scribbles from a while ago

[a-sneaky-bagginses]

Gimli, who went through standard dwarf education: "We'll need to be careful to elevate the head and monitor 'is blood pressure for the next few hours."

Legolas, who grew up in the woods surrounded by other weird ass Mirkwood elves: "...Why don't we just ask the moon to fix him?"

[leillorien]

fell for the oldest trick in the book 🤦‍♂️

long time no post! i’m currently in the middle of my annual lotr rewatch and i can just never resist these two <3

[eliounora]

ritual

[butchjesus]

still obsessed with these drawings of legolas and gimli.....

[garlic-flower]

the sillies