#les infos

[kermahillway]

A peace offering for the people out there who hate my guts because of my funky fresh crack ship. Have you ever considered Bratt and Valentina fighting over who can spoil Maxime more?

[zivazivc]

I read the tags 🏷️!!!

If all the bandmates names are nicknames, what are their real names?

And does that mean Floyd has a nickname?

sorry for the late reply, i went a little over the top

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Their names are Tamarack, Hedley and Oblivion

[bogusbyron]

Ok i gotta make a post about this ive probably already made one but i gotta do it again . Id love to see more period accurate washing in valvert fics ,, standing baths........ . The homoerotic possibility is RIGHT there . Doesnt even need to be sexual. Plus itd be (at least somewhat) period accurate ...

Isee a few fics where they draw up baths, which like whatever, fine, they DID have tubs back then but it was an absolute rag on to fill it with hot water.. bring the water in, boil it, pour , repeat.......... so why not have them do standing baths instead.....

Im not 100% sure on what decade water was introduced to the standing bath (georgians would oft wash with just a dry cloth to get moisture off their skin. Additionally i dont think soap was used until late 1840s - if anyone knows better than me on this subject feel free to correct) but like whatever, dont care. Valjean literally has a housemaid, he would so be able to have a basin of hot water ready every morning - and hes an old man, joints arent wat they used to be, maybe he cant reach a spot on his back . Oh but javert is there . And hes old too, he cant reach a spot on his back either , so they could TOTALLY help each other out and rub each other down with the warm wet cloth . Maybe they just wash each other for the craic . Or the uh , homoeroticism. EITHER WAY... underappreciated minor little part of 19thc life that woukd not only make your fic feel just a little more period ... but also could totally be gayer .

[clairikine]

LE PORTAIL DE VOTE ÉLECTRONIQUE POUR LES FRANÇAIS•ES DE L’ÉTRANGER OUVRE AUJOURD'HUI À MIDI HEURE DE PARIS JUSQU'À DEMAIN JEUDI 4 JUILLET À 18H DE MÊME HEURE DE PARIS GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO

[whenshefalls]

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[secretmellowblog]

Doing research for a post-seine “Javert quits his job” fic! Found some really good articles

[mali-umkin]

17.06.24, métropole lilloise.

[s-eokie]

⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ 𝖽𝖺𝗇𝗌 𝗅𝖺 𝗏𝗂𝖾 ☁️ ⎯ 세라핌.

⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ 𝟭. 𝖼𝖺t𝗌 𝟮. 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝗌 𝟯. 𝗯𝘁𝘀

⠀ ⠀ 𝖾𝗉𝗂𝗅𝗈𝗀. ♡ 세라핌방탄, 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗅ū𝗏 𝗎

⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ 𝗆𝖺𝗒𝖻𝖾 𝗂𝗌 t𝗁𝖾 𝘀𝘂𝗻 𝗈f ( 𝖻𝖺𝗇𝗀t. ) 눈

[raisin-gran]

everyone quick tell me what school of magic the les amis would be in wizard101

[fuckyeaharthuriana]

mordred through time (movies, tv shows, opera and musicals)

Part 4: From 2014 to 2017

Other Parts: Part 1: From 1949 to 1981 -> here Part 2: From 1982 to 2002 -> here Part 3: From 2002 to 2010 -> here Part 5: From 2018 to 2023

For this part I just wanted to talk a bit about sympathetic Mordred.

Through time we started to see a more sympathetic Mordred. I think the first iteration in audio/movies/tv was the the Blind Guardian's song in 1995. For the first time we have Mordred as a protagonist, mainly lamenting of regret, pain and lonliness. While I do not know why they decided to focus on Mordred, it is also notable that writing a more sympathetic Mordred was already happening in novels, around the same time. I used the arthurian list of novels I made so I might have missed any, but at this time we have 1956 "The Great Captains" by Henry Treece, "Sword at Sunset" by Sutcliff, "The Wicked Day" (the first novel focusing on Mordred as protagonist) by Mary Stewart, 1982 "The Idylls of the Queen" (Phyllis Ann Karr), 1983 "The Mists of Avalon" (Marion Zimmer Bradley), Persia Wolley's 1987 Guinevere trilogy, 1988 "The road to Avalon" by Joan Wolf and 1988 "The Book of Mordred" by Hanratty all depicting Mordred as a more round character, as someone the reader can feel sympathy too or even enjoy or relate to.

A slighty sympathetic but still villanous potrayal can then be found in 2001 ("The Mists of Avalon" miniseries) but we have to wait till 2008 ("Merlin", BBC) to have a tv Mordred who is actually shown trying to do the right thing (at least for a bit), and working with Arthur. I think this is more due to the fact that "Merlin" often tries to depict villains' origins and motivations than a real conscious attempt to redeem Mordred or make him less villanous.

Other following examples are the kid movie 2010 "Merlin and Arthur the Lion King" and the album 2014 "High Noon Over Camelot" that positions Mordred in a co-protagonist role and fully allows the listeners to empathyze with him. The Fate franchise (the introduction of Mordred should be around 2012 in the novels) continues on this trajectory, making Mordred a main sympathetic and beloved protagonist in many of the adaptations.

2014 High Noon Over Camelot album by The Mechanisms: The song I used is "Peacemaker". The album has multiple arthurian characters sung by different artists, and Mordred is interpreted by Ashes O'Reilly. This is also the first time we have an explicitly queer Mordred (outside of novels), as Mordred is a trans man in this retelling. The story is a Western reimagining of arthuriana, and another case of a sympathetic Mordred - this time Mordred is more overtly sympathetic and even reconcile with his father Arthur at the end.

2011 recording of Albeniz's "Merlin": Piotr Prochera plays Mordred. This is another recording (no dvd, this has been shared by Piotr Prochera acor himself on youtube) of the "Merlin" opera.

2015 recording of "Le Roi Arthus": This opera is probably my favorite arthurian opera. It was created by Ernest Chausson between 1886 and 1895 and it is sung in French. Mordred is a bass and a classic villain, here jealous of Lancelot and the attention Guinevere gives Lancelot. This 2015 version was a modernized edition, with the knights depicted as modern soldiers. Mordred here is played by Alexandre Duhamel.

2016 Rex, youtube webseries: This series is on Severe Chill Studios' Youtube channel, with 48 short episodes. The series is a vlog of arthurian characters living in modern times (no reincarnations, just reimaginings). It follows Rex (Arthur) a student who is dealing with his abusive family and the brothers Merlin and Lancelot. Moore (Mordred) is Arthur's spoiled and arrogant friend (played by Daniel O’Sullivan). He lets Rex crash at his place for a bit, and is often depicted insulting his mother and calling her slurs. If you decide to watch this just know the series has some pretty heavy themes (a part from domestic abuse it also touches on terminal illness). Youtube link.

2017 Fate/Apocrypha: This is one of the many anime adaptation of the Fate franchise. Mordred is voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro. The Fate franchise is massive and deals with numerous spin-offs or even alternative realities to tell the tales of wars/battles for the Holy Grail mainly fought by Servants who are personification of historical/legendary figures. Fate/Apocrypha is based on a series of novel and is an alternative timeline to the previous Fate/Stay Night anime and also the first time we have Mordred in the anime. Mordred is here a Servant, they are the cloned-son of Saber (Arthur/Arturia, who is a woman) and Morgana. Their story is massive so let me just say I am using they/them for Mordred because the Fate series is very ambigous regarding theri gender. They are born as the close of a woman (Saber) and often referred with female pronouns through the series, they hate being called "a girl", and also hate being called "a boy". While I do not think the series was making an effort to actually depict a non-binary character, I do believe Mordred can easily be read as one.

2017 King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table: 2017 was a wild year for arthuriana but nothing was as wild as this movie. The movie follows the life of some arthurian characters' descendant living in Thailand. Morgana and Mordred (banished in arthurian times) ended up in space, working with aliens, and are now back to destroy the descendants. The movie is full over dramatic close up, Morgana turning into a mecha, fighting scenes and more. Interestingly, given how ridiculous the movie is, Mordred is depicted as a sympathetic (almost) villain. He is played by Russell Geoffrey Banks.

2017 King Arthur: Excalibur Rising: The scene I used in the video is right at the start, as the movie is set after Arthur's death. While Mordred might seem sympathetic there he is actually a pretty violent villain for the rest of the movie. The story is focused on Owain (Arthur's illegitimate son) trying to take back the crown from Mordred and Morgana. Here Mordred (played by Gavin Swift) is Arthur's incestuous son with Morgana.

2017 Legend, youtube webseries: A webseries you can watch on Tufts University Television's channel (link here). The series has 7 episodes and an epilogue and is set in a university. Each student is an arthurian character, with Mordred (Morty) as the overly joking, friendly guy who is hiding some deep hatred and jealousy towards Arthur. Unfortunately I do not remember if Mordred is Arthur's half-brother or just a friend. Mordred is played by Yuval Ben-Hayun. The story and production were pretty good, so I recommend it!

2017 Mordred La Revolte: I cheated a bit as this movie is the end of a long webseries. The series started in 2013 and run till 2018 with two season and can still be found here on youtube. The series was created by Tommy-Lee Baïk (who also played Mordred) and is in French. Unfortunately I cannot really tell how arthurian the series is, but the plot does not mention other arthurian characters. If I am not wrong, la Revolte is simply S2 turned into a movie.

2017 Fate/Grand Order The stage - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot: Part of the Fate saga but in the Grand Order timeline, this is a stage adaptation of one of the events in the videogame Fate/Grand Order. In particular, it should be the same story shown in the later movie Camelot part 1 as the full title is Fate/Grand Order THE STAGE - Divine Realm of the Round Table: Camelot Replica; Agateram. I will explain more about it in the next part of this Mordred series. Chihiro Kai plays Mordred.

[i-dreamed-i-had-a-son]

“because he never accepts that it's never been about righteousness--it's about repentance.” except javert killing himself IS repentance.

well, it’s like 12 different things, because bro had gone days without sleeping and very little food and water and he already had low self-worth and kept asking the amis to kill him and just assumed he was going to die AND THEN valjean upended his understanding of the world and morality. he was really going through it & there are a lot of overlapping reasons for why he jumps into the seine.

but javert is like Number One Most Responsible guy in the whole story. taking responsibility is his Thing (forever bitter the musical doesn’t include the punish me monsieur le maire scene). how else, in his derailment, could he atone for his conceived misdeeds other than by handing in his resignation to god? in the brick he had already left a note urging his superiors to treat convicts at toulon better, which is another step in his repentance (and another crime the musical commits by not including it). jumping into the seine was another step.

honestly a lot of ppl who like the book think the musical was dead wrong to exclude him from the big heaven group sing, because it COMPLETELY undermines the themes of forgiveness and compassion threaded throughout les mis. like the musical was simply wrong lol.

This is helpful context! I am still finishing the brick, although I have fully read the abridged version, and that detail about the letter wasn't included, so I didn't know that occurred! (And thank you for the message--this is a long response but I'd love to hear more of your thoughts!)

I agree that Javert is certainly deeply distraught and remorseful; like you mentioned, his worldview is literally falling apart, and his actions reflect his mental state. But his death isn't really repentance--in the sense that it's not what God would have wanted. To me it reads like a Judas situation: a desperate realization of a huge mistake, and doing the only thing you think can make it right, namely, ending it all. That's the just punishment for someone so wrong, isn't it?

But true repentance, meaning the repentance that the Lord desires, is about changing your ways, not "paying a price." Had Javert really understood the beauty of Valjean's mercy (an image of Christ's, just as the bishop's undeserved mercy was to Valjean himself), rather than killing himself, he would have lived to also become "an honest man"--in heart. One who could forgive and understand forgiveness, for himself as well as others. One who could recognize that he is not The Law, that he can fall, but that he can also be "brought to the light." One who could accept that men like Valjean, and men like himself, CAN change, and be changed.

It's tragic to me because so much of "Stars," and his character in the book as well as the musical, is about wanting to be righteous, to rise above his birth and the sinfulness he associates it with. It's about wanting to please the Lord by his actions. But in his end, he shows he never understood what God really wanted from him, and that's where my original phrase comes in: not righteousness, but repentance. To live, and face the man you were, knowing it's no longer the man you are. That it's never been about what you've done or can do, but about what's been done for you. That's the Gospel that he could never fully accept.

To use another example you mentioned, that misunderstanding drives why he asks the Mayor (Valjean) to punish him--in his worldview, mercy is unjust, or at the very least, unfair. Evil must be punished; "those who fall like Lucifer fell" receive "the sword." But "as it is written," God "desires mercy, not sacrifice" (Matthew 9:13). God would have wanted Javert to live, and Javert couldn't see that, and that's why it's devastating to me. In his misunderstanding of the heart of God, he misses what would have set him free from the chains of sin he's always been trying to escape.

That's why he's contrasted with Valjean, who (though he carries guilt about his past till the end of his life) is eventually able to face it and confess what he had done to those he loves. He knew there was mercy to be found, if only it was asked for. Javert was too blinded by pride and shame to realize it, and so, while broken, he never was able to truly repent.

For that, you must go on.

[fiction-podcast-lover]

Info dumping isn't enough I need to have an in depth conversation about it

[maegalkarven]

I just thought why Levi successfully remembers his name and does not take some other.

It's because only Gortash actually used his name to address him.

This is what stays, when all the memories are gone, when any glimpse of Gortash is erased by unflinching force of Bhaal.

Sarevok always called Levi "son" or "boy". Sceleritas called Levi "little prince" or "master".

Orin called him "bloodkin", "slaughter-kin", "big brother" when they were little.

But only Enver Gortash, the chosen of his Father's foe, called him Levi. Used his name like it meant something, like it was not just bunch of letters put together, like it was not the mirror of his destiny, but actually something solely his.

This is what Levi remembers first when he wakes up on nautiloid.

A voice calling someone, calling...him?

And he knows whoever this "Levi" is, he wants to be him. If only to be called by that voice again.

[elinaline]

Putain vraiment entre le procès Mazan, le génocide en cours qui menace de plus en plus les familles de mes amis, et la situation politique en France, heureusement que le COVID m'a déjà défoncé la gueule émotionnellement il y a quatre ans sinon j'aurais activement envie de mourir là

[nell-le]

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