#Vive la République

[honestlyicantthinkofausername]

Not the whole Les Mis Fandom coming together for two days to cry about some revolutionary gays from the 19th century and then vanishing again

Anyways It's Barricade Day!

[papirouge]

going to sleep after exposing the ol'dirty secrets of la macronie

If get nuked while I'm sleepin, just so you know the french secret services got me

[giasfclfubrehber-ice-e]

Ha. Ha. Ha. Est mis en place un fichier regroupant les changements de noms, prénoms et états civils détenus par la police. Ha. Ha. Ha.

https://www.laquadrature.net/2024/01/30/la-france-cree-un-fichier-des-personnes-trans/

[goldammerchen]

🙃

[edit: ...t*mblr won’t stop showing this is “rec/similar posts you could like” (no idea how that looks in english)]

fuck the prussian (and german empire) flags, use the civil flag

(or anything pre-empire)

[teatimeatwinterpalace]

Like it or not, the one who saved and modernized the monarchy was King George V, not king Edward VII, and this is an undisputed fact that all historians would agree with. After all, It was during the reign of King George V that 13 European Monarchies crumbled to the ground while the british monarchy survived. And it survived because of George V, because of his leadership, his modern statesmanship, his will to embrace and encourage changes, his popularity and the respect that his nation had for him, while he led his country to victory during WW1. He was the FIRST Monarch that brought monarchy close to people, hence why he was nicknamed the People's Monarch or the Citizen Monarch. George reigned during the most difficult times in the history of monarchy and of mankind, but he managed to save his monarchy and to modernize it, setting the path for a Constitutional Modern Monarch*. Your bias cannot change it, because facts dont give a damn about your opinions. A pity that you cannot uplift Edward VII without bringing George down. George wasnt dull, he was quite the character. He was genuine, funny, reproachable, a lover of books and cinema, and most importantly he was a SERIOUS LEADER, who acted exactly as a modern head of state is suppsed to act. Oh and he was a FAITHFUL Husband, he was devoted to his wife and loyal to her throughout their entire marriage. Something that can never be said of Edward VII who was unfaithful and over-indulgent in everything ( Im sure his mistresses would have preferred Handsome George though). If being faithful and family-oriented makes a man dull, than give me dull everyday. Queen Alexandra would've been happy to have married a man like George who never embarrassed and humiliated his wife

Oh my, where does this come from? lmao. Tbh, I deserve this kind of message when it's about Wilhelm. I'm totally biased regarding this rascally young fop (Alexander III said it first!). Badmouthing him is one of my favourite pastime. But George, come on! I never been too harsh with him? EXCEPT, perhaps, when it comes down to the Romanovs, but what can I say? When you don't have a backbone, you really don't…

Yet, I'm a tad puzzled by your message because we are talking about George V right? The one who in April 1905 hadn't seen his children for three months. The one who used to shout at his second son "Get it out" when the poor soul was suffering from stammer. The one who in 1917, while on a stroll in the grounds of Sandringham complained to Nora Wigram that his children always avoided him. Nora retelling this story in one of her letters to her parents said how Mary, David and Bertie became "quite cheerful & entirely flippant, writing their names in the snow" when George and Mary had gone home on said stroll. However, do you know who was ACTUALLY a good father? his cousin *whispering* Nicky.

Faithful yes but let me remind you that their marriage was far from smooth sailing. They lived seperately for months on end. You also must have forgotten the countless letters from George trying to apologise for shutting down, being rude or cold towards May. + May's letters complaining on how he would shut her out. The man was unable to articulate his feelings which led to endless misunderstanding. May who once wrote to George while in Paris : "I quite understand about yr not wishing to come to Paris & am not angry, I only thought it wd be nice change as I find life in general very dull- unless one has a change sometimes." She had wanted him to join her but had received a rebuff instead. May who wrote to his brother in 1900 while she was stuck in the gloomy York Cottage: "It is so dull here & I feel very low & depressed tho' Im pretty well on the whole" (alright she was pregnant at that time, but guess where George was?… out shooting birds).

Led his country to victory during WW1? Hmmm, you really mean George V who was described in 1918 by the Viscount Esher in those terms: "he seems virtually a recluse, steadily devoting himself to good purposes and little works of a good kind, but with not conspicuousness, no assertiveness of the King's position." / "making himself a nonentity" ? While May wrote on 19 november 1916 to her son David about the hospital visits: "They are "assomant" (tiresome) & I dislike them more than words can describe!" and then proceeded to explain how much she enjoyed her shopping trips at Goode's.

I'm teasing because OF COURSE I think George V was a good ruler and perhaps he was the kind of ruler the country needed at that time. He was a great arbitrator and was able to adapt and change despite having conservative views and being very much uneducated. How he dealt with the Irish question is a stellar example! He was an ordinary man who disliked society and suffered from bouts of depression. There is a sentence that struck me in Ridley's book which in my opinion sums up George : "He was a man of disconnected feelings".

I could write PAGES about Bertie's shortcomings and how his shenanigans damaged the monarchy. Yet he was a gifted ruler, very much in tune with his time.

So I guess anon, it comes down to... preference. If you are more into shooting birds and collecting stamps, you do you! I, on the contrary, have a soft spot for cosmopolitan kings with a string of scandals.

Now if you'd excuse me, I'm off painting the town red with Bertie!

[erd-nas-sac]

j'ai bu une infusion, je crois que y'avait du thym dedans du coup j'ai l'impression d'avoir bouffé un bouquet garnit et de me transformer en petit salé aux lentilles

[fangirlshameblog]

18:30: vacron sur Wish

19:30:

[ombre-des-roses]

Passion plante !

Ma bégonias, au joli nom original de Bégo, tient bon sous les combles !

J'ai même encore des pousses 😌

Je pensais ne pas avoir la main verte, mais depuis qu'on me l'a offert en mai dernier, elle s'épanouie pour mon plus grand plaisir 🥰

Si jamais vous avez des tip's pour qu'elle se porte à merveille n'hésitez pas 😁

[jjeremysstash]

Interesting to see that signs of radicalisations given by the fucking ministry of education to school are qamis, abayas and burkinis.

There totally isn't any trace at all of islamophobia in this list.

No no.

[juanitasupreme]

WAIT COWBOY CARTER IS ALREADY HERE

[cannotescape]

"Toutefois, en 2022, faute de pouvoir bénéficier donc d’un trophée, Emmanuel Macron va devoir revenir rapidement au réel. Le metteur en scène franco-marocain Mohamed El Khatib, présent dans la délégation pour la demi-finale, expliquait ainsi en guise d’avertissement : « Je n'ai finalement pas eu le temps de dire au président que si mon père ne voulait pas que je fasse ce voyage en sa compagnie, c'est moins pour des raisons nationalistes que sociales, notamment à cause de la réforme des retraites à venir. Car mon père a 70 ans, mais il en fait 85 tellement l'usine lui a fracassé la santé, et il sait combien pour les classes populaires les années de vie ne possèdent pas la même valeur que pour les autres. » Cette fois, le sport ne pourra ni secourir, ni servir l’homme politique."

[shimydim]

Drag Race France officially coming on June 25th HAPPY PRIDE MONTH

[gavroche-le-moineau]

Today I'm thinking way too much about how to translate "permets-tu?" into English.

The verb "permettre" does literally mean "to permit/allow" but "Do you permit it?" has always felt way too formal to me, given the original French. First of all, the original phrase doesn't specify an "it" or a "me" (Le permets-tu? / Me permets-tu?). It's very short, very casual, very ambiguous.

Some alternative translations might be: "May I?" "Do you mind?" "If you'll allow?" "Is it alright with you?"

I think if I were to translate the chapter now I might go with "May I?" which keeps the casual, short, and ambiguous nature.

Also, Grantaire uses a lot of casual/ambiguous language in this chapter (maybe always? But I haven't been paying enough attention.) He says "Vive la République! J'en suis." (translated as "Long live the Republic! I'm one of them.") "J'en suis" is also a very ambiguous phrase. It's basically "I am of [something]" and the something is left unspecified. I would love for others to weigh in on this but I wasn't sure whether it could imply both "I'm a part of the Republic" and "I'm one of the insurgents." More modern translations of this phrase (on its own) would be "I'm in," or "I'm on board," but I don't know if that holds for the 19th century. (If something, such as a group of people, were specified beforehand it would still mean "I'm one of them / ...of which I am one / etc." in context) Any other French speakers with thoughts on these lines?

[yknkaito]

Vive la République!

[fabioquartararhoe]

@.fabioquartararo20: Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur 🥇 Vive la France, vive la République 🇫🇷