#louis-joseph gaultier

[teecupangel]

OG anon of the Reborned Desmond in Unity. I'm mighty proud that my ideas spur you fun writing. I'll confess you a secret, I'm also og anons of the ideas I've sent you prior but I don't wanna have you see me aggressive or pushy because I enjoy your content immensely (I had bad experiences of people's harsh words in irl and online on my personality). Anyway, it's similar in Unity idea. What if Desmond is reborned in AC Rogue, like became Shay's childhood friend or Liam's older or younger brother. Or possibly in a time earlier so can Desmond be established in Brotherhood maybe master assassin for Connor's happiness. Haytham's confusion and frustration in some point in the plot that Desmond won't kill him but has a look of a disappointed or pained look of a family member and Lisbon is saved. Desmond and Shay could become platonic soulmates or slow burn childhood friends to lovers (up to you) or better yet Desmond unintentionally became mentor (he was supposed just be an assassin in the background damn it lmao) and Shay is like a bodyguard or right hand which had these intense sexual tension between the two. Sorry for messy and long ask

Ah, well, I don’t see a problem with your personality and I like the ideas you throw at me. To be fair, I do try to limit my time with everyone’s asks to a certain time so I can still write. So if you don’t see an answer, that only means it’s been pushed to next day or something.

Alright, let’s think about how to make this work.

As usual, we’ll keep the same limitation as the Unity AU one

Desmond remembers his life as Desmond Miles

Desmond will have his ancestors’ memories and skills but those memories will be vague

So he either gets reborn as Shay’s childhood friend or Liam’s older/younger brother. Since Liam is Shay’s childhood friend, we can combine the two and make Desmond’s Shay’s childhood friend who is also Liam’s sibling.

Now, according to AC wiki, Liam was Achilles’ first acolyte and it was Liam who also recruited the rest of the Colonial Assassins. He’s pretty much Achilles’ second in command and maybe even being groomed as the next mentor.

In this scenario, Desmond and Liam would both be inducted into the Brotherhood together (whether we keep the whole “Liam’s father got executed to save his son” part of his backstory is up to you, nonny) with Desmond being more of Liam’s shadow. Many will see him as the little bird who whispers in Liam’s ear. Everyone in the Brotherhood knows that if you want Liam on your side, you get Desmond on your side.

We’ll get to Shay later as we need to talk about how Desmond’s inclusion would affect the Colonial Brotherhood as a whole.

Achilles Davenport

Desmond would still remember how Ratonhnhaké:ton thought of him as a father-figure. He also remembers how Achilles sometimes treated Ratonhnhaké:ton like a stubborn child so he has mixed feelings for Achilles. What he does remember is that Achilles’ family would die. Here’s where we get a bit creative with this. Desmond doesn’t have actual medical know-how. What he did had was a Shaun who was more than happy to explain what killed Achilles’ family and how that could have been prevented, which literally boils down to “cleanliness”.

So, in this scenario, Desmond is kind of a clean freak. People assume it’s because he used to live in a dirty place and Liam never tried to correct them that Desmond had always been a clean freak since they were children. The homestead is always clean, especially the kitchen. Achilles learned to live with it because his son loves the ‘wash your hands’ song that Desmond taught him. In this case, Abigail and Connor live and that means that Achilles would be ‘milder’ than his canon characterization. (Maybe Abigail even treats all of Achilles' students like her children as well?)

Hope Jensen

The main difference for Hope in this scenario is how she controls her gangs. Desmond knows it would be impossible to stop crimes from happening but his words and his adherence to the Creed would resonate with Hope. Instead of having something akin to a Proto-Rooks, Hope would be in charge of something similar to how the media portrayed the golden age of the mafia. They’re criminals, yes, and they sell illegal shit but they’re organized and they have a code. They protect the people in their district and take care of crimes not their own. In exchange, the people (and maybe even the police) look the other way when they do illegal stuff. (Hope becomes a mix of Vito Corleone and Red Hood in this scenario… does this mean Desmond accidentally created the mafia in New York during the 18th century?)

Kesegowaase

Not much would change for Kesegowaase although he would consider Desmond as a close friend. They’re also hunting buddies and Kesegowaase would notice how many of Desmond’s movements are very similar to him or to other tribes that he knows of. Desmond would just wave it off as a coincidence or maybe even say “I had a great teacher”. Kesegowaase would seesaw between thinking Desmond had been trained by one of his people (or one of the other tribes) and thinking Desmond may have been blessed by one of their spirits.

Louis-Joseph Gaultier

Oooohhhh bbooyy. This one… okay. So… Gaultier will be the one that keeps butting heads with Desmond. A lot. Desmond would even argue against his inclusion as he sees Gaultier as violent and arrogant but Achilles will argue that his connection with the French army made him invaluable. Even his suggestion of just keeping Gaultier as an ‘ally’ would be denied because Achilles sees how loyal he is. “He is loyal to a master, not to the Creed!” will be Desmond’s main argument. So there are a lot of times that he and Gaultier would argue on what it means to be an Assassin and what the Creed means. Gaultier would emphasize on Desmond’s Irish immigrant heritage to belittle his knowledge about the Creed and Desmond will argue that blood doesn’t matter. On the flip side, Desmond’s constant arguments with Gaultier and critiquing of Gaultier’s actions make all the other Assassins have a better understanding of the Creed and what it means to be an Assassin.

Liam O'Brien

Honestly, I think Desmond should be his younger brother, mainly because that would make Desmond be of a similar age as Shay and because Liam just has big bro-vibes. Just imagine him being a protective older brother who likes to tease Desmond. In this scenario, Liam would feel responsible for Desmond’s safety (especially if we do decide that their father still dies for Liam’s mistakes) and he’s a bit overprotective at times which Desmond finds both tiring and also makes him feel warm inside. Liam would also be torn whenever Desmond and Achilles would butt heads. On one hand, Achilles is like a father to him, on the other hand, Liam also knows his brother long enough to understand that everything Desmond does is for what he believed is right. Achilles may have been the one to choose Liam to be an Assassin but Liam knows that it’s Desmond who embodies what being an Assassin is supposed to be.

And now, we get to Shay Cormac.

Shay met Liam first and Liam was the one to introduce Desmond to him. Desmond has no memories of Shay at all since, even before the memories of his Bleed took a hit, his memories of Haytham stopped before Haytham met Shay. Not only that but Achilles never told Ratonhnhaké:ton anything. All Desmond knew is that the Colonial Brotherhood will be destroyed by the Templars while Ratonhnhaké:ton was young. So he grew up treating Shay as a friend. They separated due to their family situations but Liam later reunites with Shay and invites him to the Brotherhood.

And this is where Shay gets hit.

Growing up, he saw Desmond more as Liam’s little brother. A small kid that Shay needs to keep an eye on because he can be a little strange and has a mischievous streak that no one would believe. Shay has lost count of how many times Desmond had made some asshole’s life hell without anyone realizing it was him.

So when he heard Desmond was one of the high-ranking members of the Brotherhood, he wasn’t surprised. Desmond had always been a sneaky little shit.

Then…

He saw Desmond as a young adult for the first time, maybe while he’s looking over reports Hope was showing him concerning the current situation in New York, and Shay just…

Stared.

Desmond as a child was cute. Maybe a little too thin but that was unfortunately normal for them. He always wore Liam’s old clothes which were too big for him.

But Desmond in his Assassin robes? Wearing clothes that actually fit him? Having grown up into a fit young man?

Shay gets hit hard. And Desmond is simply too happy to see him again to see it.

But Hope notices it.

And Liam freaking notices it too.

And now Shay doesn’t have to just deal with his growing affection for an oblivious Desmond. He has to deal with Hope’s teasing and Liam’s seesawing erratically between teasing him and threatening to eviscerate him. Shay’s crush is going to be the worst kept secret in the homestead that even little Connor Davenport knows about it.

But Desmond doesn’t.

Why?

Because Desmond is too focused dealing with the whole Kenway drama at the moment.

Because no matter who Desmond gets reborn to… He will always prioritize the three men he cared for the most.

And, at this point, Haytham Kenway was already in America (but Desmond has no idea where) and there were even slow ongoing talks of an alliance with Ratonhnhaké:ton’s tribe that Desmond has taken charge of.

And this is where I go back to my try-and-tested idea of Desmond spending lots of time with baby!Ratonhnhaké:ton and being bff with Kaniehtí:io. (*whispers*Ratonhnhaké:ton and Connor Davenport being brothers *whispers*)

But let’s focus on the first part of Rogue for this one.

One way for Desmond to learn that Achilles is messing with Isu bs is thanks to Hope. Hope and Shay were the ones to be ordered to find and analyze the precursor box and either of them could tell Desmond about it but, at this point, Shay is still ‘new’ and may be trying to get some brownie points from Achilles. On the other hand, Hope has long been converted to Desmond’s side and would definitely tell Desmond about all of these because she’s heard of how dangerous these items are from Desmond himself.

Desmond would strongarm his way to being part of the mission and might even sneak into Morrigan as a stowaway and only show himself when they were nearing Lisbon. Thanks to Desmond’s ‘affinity’ with POEs, Lisbon will definitely not happen (hell, we can even use some of the plot points from A Pirate's Son for this part XD) and the second part of Rogue would be changed to Desmond and Shay trying to secure all the other POEs in the manuscript they have.

And… maybe they start getting close during their travels and something develops between them during that time… (nudgenudgenudge)

Sidenote: This is also a bit similar to the idea I was thinking of based on @twitcherpated’s suggestion in AO3 of Desmond being reborn as the actual Connor Davenport. The only difference is that Desmond would be a bit young in that one and won’t be able to stop Lisbon but, even if he’s young, he can still comfort Shay and stop him from doing anything drastic while still in shock.

[bookworm-with-coffee]

[Louis Joseph Gaultier] Chevalier de la Verendrye

《 E x p l o r e r • ◇ • A s s a s s i n • ◇ • B a s t a r d 》

Born: November 9, 1717

Died: 1760

"You are dreaming if you think any training could make you into a proper Assassin! Do you even know what that means?? It means being responsible for an ancient and proud tradition! It means obeying your Mentor without question! How else will we ensure freedom for the human race?!".

[joliackermann]

More AC rogue screenshots

Currently trying to get full sync on all the missions, here are some new screenshots (and some old ones)

Bless him, he looks so annoyed 🙏🏻🖤

I can´t fucking remember how to spell out his whole name I literally have to copy it from somewhere else every time I wanna write it.

WHY DO THEY ALL LOOK SO CONCERNED?! Like... Chevalier looks so confused by the fact that he just killed somebody.

I also wanna talk about the fact that during my first playthrough, I hated him. Which I think was intendet lol. But then I read fanfiction where he was actually nice AND LOOK AT HIM TAKING CARE OF HIS MEN! I actually really like him, he´s just a bit mean sometimes.

But look how pretty this is and I really love Chevalier´s outfit! The only two things I have to complain about him is that he can be a bit mean and the fact that the fight against him during my first playthrough was the most boring fight ever. Like, back then I was excited to kill him, but he died from two pistol shots. The guy I had to kill before getting to him had put up a harder fight.

More random old Shay because he´s hot lmao I´m actually really excited to play Unity, even though my friend wants me to play Syndicate first. Sorry @cnmnqirl 🖤🥺

Have I already shared this one? I can´t remember but look at him 🖤🙏🏻

[mrsxshaythamxkenway-cormac]

Ich heiße euch willkommen im Leben von Mistress Kenway!

Die lang ersehnte Expedition kann jetzt starten, nachdem man noch Pläne der Galeone angefertigt hat und die Jackdaw mit allem nötigen Proviant beladen wurde. Natürlich erweckt Edward Kenways Brig mal wieder die Aufmerksamkeit im Hafen von Charles Town. Die neugierigen Blicke kommen aber nicht nur von der einfachen Bevölkerung! Hoffen wir, dass es kein zweites Wrack nach Beendigung zu vermelden gibt.

Viel Vergnügen beim Lesen und bleibt gesund!

#FCKCANCER #fckbreastcancer

Liebe Grüße MrsHEKenway

Anne Bonny 👉 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bonny

Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye 👇

(historische Person!) 👉 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Joseph_Gaultier_de_La_V%C3%A9rendrye

(fiktionale Version im Spiel! 👉 https://assassinscreed.fandom.com/de/wiki/Louis-Joseph_Gaultier,_Chevalier_de_La_V%C3%A9rendrye

Von schicksalhaften Zeitreisen und dem Ruf der Nornen - Part II - Virginia - Die Expedition startet (on Wattpad) https://www.wattpad.com/1393466420-von-schicksalhaften-zeitreisen-und-dem-ruf-der?utm_source=web&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_content=share_reading&wp_uname=Mrs_H_E_Kenway&wp_originator=fI3AMJH29dFIeMejicvL9%2FHxBmHM7l3lKfOrZh2nIgOij99YXVpTlL8R0nSFUYTzMptj7kJ1PxChNPF%2Bg%2Fq2x1xJi7SQZ9c%2BO2PyqScTRwaIeuSNgedhzPrr%2BeDqJKGJ ~~~ Atlantik, 6. August 1768. Die Jackdaw ist auf dem Heimweg nach Virginia. Die Familie Kenway wähnt sich in Sicherheit, bis die Naglfar mit ihrem Kapitän Hrymr auftaucht. Damit starten wir in den zweiten Part und von jetzt an rückt der Revolutionskrieg mit seinen Schattenseiten immer näher. Ratonhnhaké:ton tritt auf den Plan und wird bald zu einer wichtigen Unterstützung, nicht nur für seinen Vater! ~~~

[akecrow]

[trashfactorysstuff]

Assassin's Creed Rogue first cap be like

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I finally have ACR :'), I just love it.

[worldly-diversity]

   “ i thought you were dead. “ — Shay & Chevallier — ( @irishtemplar )

Louis-Joseph had been careful after his defeat not to show his face, albeit that surviving had taken most of his effort at first. With Shay having written him off as dead, he'd had the anonymity needed to make sure the other's assumption did not come to pass.

That, however, had not counted on him coming across the former assassin in France. He'd fled there after realising that any time spent in the colonies meant another opportunity for the assassin hunter to realise he'd botched a job. And yet here they were, face to face once more.

"You thought wrong, Shay." Was his simple answer, his muscles tense and ready to either make a run for it or fight. While still wishing for revenge on some base level for everything that had gone down in the colonies, he knows antagonising Shay now will only bring ruin upon the French brotherhood, for after Achilles had reportedly been defeated, Shay had ceased his hunting and had followed a different trail, one le Chevalier had identified as that of the precursor artefacts they had been fighting over in the first place.

"Come to finish the job, then?"

[multimana]

🔪 Chevalier :)

Send 🔪 to stab my muse. @irishtemplar

                As the blood flies from him as he is stabbed, falling backwards a few moments later. His hands clutching on the one that stabbed him. “You know – I should have expected this sooner — from the likes of you.” 

[writerjodie]

💀 Most Disliked Character ?

Louis-Joseph Gaultier, Chevalier de la Vérendrye. without a doubt.

Assassin’s Creed Asks

[historybehindassassinscreed]

In Game:

James Cook was a British explorer, cartographer, navigator and captain in the Royal Navy, as well as an unwitting ally of the Templar Order.

After rising through the ranks of the merchant navy, Cook volunteered for service in the Royal Navy. In late 1757, he was made master of HMS Pembroke and sent to the Colonies, where he made the acquaintance of frontiersman and Templar Christopher Gist. While Gist and his fellow Templars considered Cook a valuable asset to their cause, they elected to keep him in the dark regarding the Order's existence, believing the man's character to be too honest to adequately keep secrets.

In June 1758, Cook discovered that the French planned to launch a preemptive attack against the Royal Navy fleet and turn the tide in the Siege of Louisbourg. Once Gist and his allies had been notified, they set out to defeat the French ships, with Shay Cormac taking the helm of HMS Pembroke. After facing several fireships, they were able to destroy the reinforcements, allowing the Royal Navy to continue unimpeded and launch a decisive offensive on the Fortress of Louisbourg.

Following the Siege of Louisbourg, Cook was called on to track down Adéwalé, the captain of the Experto Crede. Successful in this endeavor, he informed his friends that their target resided at the fort on Île des Pins, after which he departed. In the next year, Cook participated in the Siege of Quebec City and the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. During this time, he also began mapping the coast of Newfoundland, which caught the attention of the Admiralty and the Royal Society, and launched his career as an explorer.

Later on, Cook encountered Shay once again at Percé. When asked whether he knew anything about Louis-Joseph Gaultier, Chevalier de la Vérendrye, Cook told Shay that the man had departed for Anticosti Island a few days earlier. Cook also offered his assistance in any future matters, which Shay soon took him up on, having found encrypted maps of de la Vérendrye that detailed the man's course.

At Shay's request, Cook joined him and Gist on the Morrigan to track down de la Vérendrye. They subsequently became embroiled in a battle with de la Vérendrye's Man O' War, the Gerfaut, and her escorts.

After de la Vérendrye had been dealt with, Cook questioned whether Shay Cormac and Gist were part of a larger group, but mistakenly assumed they received orders from the King, rather than a secret organization. Before Cook departed, Shay gave him de la Vérendrye's maps and promised him his patrons would contact Cook regarding the sponsoring of future voyages.

In Real Life:

James Cook was born on October 27th, 1728 in a small village near Middlesbrough in Yorkshire. His father was a farm worker. At the age of 17, Cook moved to the coast, settling in Whitby and finding work with a coal merchant. In 1755, Cook enlisted in the Royal Navy, serving in North America where he learnt to survey and chart coastal waters.

At the age of 18, in 1746, he was apprenticed to a well-known Quaker shipowner, John Walker of Whitby, and at 21 was rated able seaman in the Walker collier-barks—stout, seaworthy, slow 300- and 400-tonners mainly in the North Sea trade. When the ships were laid up for refitting (done by the apprentices and crews) at Whitby during the worst months of winter, Cook lived ashore and studied mathematics by night. The Whitby barks, constantly working North Sea waters off a dangerous and ill-marked lee shore, offered Cook splendid practical training: the young man who learned his seamanship there had little to fear from any other sea.

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Promoted to mate in 1752, Cook was offered command of a bark three years later, after eight years at sea. Advancement of this nature opened up a career that would have satisfied most working seamen, but instead Cook volunteered as able seaman in the Royal Navy. The navy, he was sure, offered a more interesting career for the competent professional seaman, and greater opportunity than in the North Sea barks. Cook almost immediately caught the attention of his superiors, and with excellent power of command, he was marked for rapid advancement.

After advancing to master’s mate and boatswain, both non-commissioned ranks, he was made master of HMS Pembroke at the age of 29. During the Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France (1756–63), he saw action in the Bay of Biscay, was given command of a captured ship, and took part in the siege of Louisbourg, Île Royale (now in Nova Scotia), and in the successful amphibious assault against Quebec. His charting and marking of the more difficult reaches of the St. Lawrence River contributed to the success of Maj. Gen. James Wolfe’s landing there. Based at Halifax during the winters, he mastered surveying with the plane table. Between 1763 and 1768, after the war had ended, he commanded the schooner Grenville while surveying the coasts of Newfoundland, sailing most of the year and working on his charts at his base in England during the winters. In 1766 he observed an eclipse of the Sun and sent the details to the Royal Society in London—an unusual activity for a non-commissioned officer, for Cook still rated only as master.

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In 1768, he took command of the first scientific expedition to the Pacific. In 1770, on his ship the HMB Endeavour, Cook discovered and charted New Zealand and the Great Barrier Reef of Australia—since credited as one of the world's most dangerous areas to navigate.

After his return to England, Cook was chosen to circumnavigate and explore Antarctica. On this voyage, he charted present-day Tonga, Easter Island, New Caledonia, the South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia, and disproved the existence of Terra Australis, a fabled southern continent. (Cook named the Hawaiian Islands the Sandwich Islands after the Earl of Sandwich, also known as John Montagu).

During all his voyages, James Cook successfully fought scurvy (a deadly disease caused by vitamin deficiency) by feeding his crew a diet that included watercress, sauerkraut and orange extract. He died in a skirmish with islanders during a winter layover in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, on February 14th, 1779.

Today, Cook's voyages are credited with helping to guide generations of explorers, as well as with providing the first accurate map of the Pacific, and many believe that he did more to fill the map of the world than any other explorer in history.

Sources:

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cook-james-1917

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cook_captain_james.shtml

https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Cook

https://www.biography.com/people/james-cook-21210409

[joliackermann]

What I should do: learn for my exams

What I am doing instead: going through every bit of AC Rogue lore available to find a timeline in which I could set my fanfiction so it would make at least a bit of sense

Like... WHY DAFUQ IS MY MAN LOUIS JOSEPH GAULTIER CHEVALIER DE LA VERENDRYE SO FUCKING OLD

[akecrow]

get his ass

[billy-on-a-walk]

Julie d'Aubigny

better known as Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin, was a 17th-century swordswoman and opera singer. Her tumultuous career and flamboyant life were the subject of gossip and colourful stories in her own time, and inspired numerous portrayals afterwards.

Julie d'Aubigny was born in 1673 to Gaston d'Aubigny, a secretary to Louis de Lorraine-Guise, comte d'Armagnac, the Master of the Horse for King Louis XIV. Her father trained the court pages, and so his daughter learned dancing, reading, drawing, and fencing alongside the pages, and dressed as a boy from an early age. In 1687, the Count d'Armagnac took her for his "mistress" when she was barely fourteen years old. He then had her married to Sieur de Maupin of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and she became Madame de Maupin (or simply "La Maupin" per French custom). Soon after the wedding, her husband received an administrative position in the south of France, but the Count kept her in Paris.

Also around 1687, La Maupin became involved with an assistant fencing master named Sérannes. When Lieutenant-General of Police Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie tried to apprehend Sérannes for killing a man in an illegal duel, the pair fled the city to Marseille.

On the road south, La Maupin and Sérannes made a living by giving fencing exhibitions and singing in taverns and at local fairs. While travelling and performing in these impromptu shows, La Maupin dressed in male clothing but did not conceal her gender. On arrival in Marseille, she joined the opera company run by Pierre Gaultier, singing under her maiden name.

Eventually, she grew bored of Sérannes and became involved with a young woman. When the girl's parents put her away in the Visitandines convent in Avignon, La Maupin followed, entering the convent as a postulant. In order to run away with her new love, she stole the body of a dead nun, placed it in the bed of her lover, and set the room on fire to cover their escape. Their affair lasted for three months before the young woman returned to her family. La Maupin was charged in absentia—as a male—with kidnapping, body snatching, arson, and failing to appear before the tribunal. The sentence was death by fire.

La Maupin left for Paris and again earned her living by singing. Near Poitiers, she met an old actor named Maréchal who began to teach her until his alcoholism got worse and he sent her on her way to Paris.

In Villeperdue, still wearing men's clothing, she was insulted by a young nobleman. They fought a duel and she drove her blade through his shoulder. The next day, she asked about his health and found out he was Louis-Joseph d'Albert Luynes, son of the Duke of Luynes. Later, one of his companions came to offer d'Albert's apologies. She went to his room and subsequently they became lovers and, later, lifelong friends.

After Count d'Albert recovered and had to return to his military unit, La Maupin continued to Rouen. There she met Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard, another singer, and began a new affair with him. They continued together towards Paris in the hope of joining the Paris Opéra. In the Marais, she contacted Count d'Armagnac for help against the sentence hanging over her. He persuaded the king to grant her a pardon and allow her to sing with the Opéra.

The Paris Opéra hired La Maupin in 1690, having initially refused her. She befriended an elderly singer, Bouvard, and he and Thévenard convinced Jean-Nicolas de Francine, master of the king's household, to accept her into the company. She debuted as Pallas Athena in Cadmus et Hermione by Jean-Baptiste Lully the same year. She performed regularly with the Opéra, first singing as a soprano, and later in her more natural contralto range. The Marquis de Dangeauwrote in his journal of a performance by La Maupin given at Trianon of Destouches' Omphale in 1701 that hers was "the most beautiful voice in the world".

In Paris, and later in Brussels, she performed under the name Mademoiselle de Maupin because singers were addressed as "mademoiselle" whether or not they were married.

Due to Mademoiselle de Maupin's beautiful voice, her acting skill, and her androgynous appearance, she became quite popular with the audience, although her relationship with her fellow actors and actresses was sometimes tempestuous. She famously beat the singer Louis Gaulard Dumesny after he pestered the women members of the troupe, and a legendary duel of wits with Thévenard was the talk of Paris. She also fell in love with Fanchon Moreau, another singer who was the mistress of the Grand Dauphin, and tried to commit suicide when she was rejected.

Her Paris career was interrupted around 1695, when she kissed a young woman at a society ball and was challenged to duels by three different noblemen. She beat them all, but fell afoul of the king's law that forbade duels in Paris. She fled to Brussels to wait for calmer times. There, she was briefly the mistress of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria.

While in Brussels, Mademoiselle de Maupin appeared at the Opéra du Quai au Foin from November 1697 to July 1698, after which she returned to the Paris Opéra to replace the retiring Marie Le Rochois. She and her friend d'Albert were both in trouble with the law over the years: he for yet another fatal duel, and she for beating up her landlord.

Until 1705, La Maupin sang in new operas by Pascal Collasse, André Cardinal Destouches, and André Campra. In 1702, André Campra composed the role of Clorinde in Tancrède specifically for her bas-dessus (contralto) range. She sang for the court at Versailles on a number of occasions, and again performed in many of the Opéra's major productions. She appeared for the last time in La Vénitienne by Michel de La Barre (1705).

These final years of her career were spent in a relationship with the Madame la Marquise de Florensac, upon whose death La Maupin was inconsolable. She retired from the opera in 1705 and took refuge in a convent, probably in Provence, where she died in 1707 at the age of only 33. She has no known grave.

[worldly-diversity]

021 @ Chevalier

VIOLENT ACTION STARTERSSend me a NUMBER for your muse to : 021. — Force my muse’s head under water.

Chevalier hadn’t been expecting Shay to get the upper hand on him at all, but he had expected even less to be shoved face first into a nearby barrel of nearly freezing water. Holding his breath as much as possible in the face of the pins and needles on his skin and the strong arm holding him in place, he struggled viciously for his air.

Finally he managed a lucky shot and Shay’s grip loosened enough for him to come up, shove the former assassin away and get some distance between them; coughing and hacking along the way as his lungs greedily took in the evening air.

There is silence between them then, Chevalier eyeing Shay both warily and in a new light. Either way, he refused to go out drowning on sheer principle—

[multimana]

@swift-vengeance-waits (x)

            “Oh?” the sailor quipped, quirking a brow to her words. A curiosity was present in his hues as he listened to her continue to speak on.  “Well,” the assassin started again, “where have you seen the map before then?”

[appartonaute]

😎 Connaissez-vous les grands classiques de la vie nocturne parisienne ? Révisons les cabarets de #Paris pour ce week-end ! 👯‍♂️

To Do! Les cabarets : incontournables de la vie parisienne

Dans le cadre des projets d’achat d’appartement que nous accompagnons, nous parlons avec nos clients de la vie diurne de Paris dans 90% des cas : écoles, commerces, transports, vie de quartier… et pourtant, en tant qu’amoureux de Paris, comment parler de la ville-lumière sans évoquer sa vie nocturne : son glamour, son sens du spectacle qui font son charme et sa renommée internationale. Bien sûr, on pense souvent aux Champs Elysées et aux nombreux théâtres mais ce serait oublier les cabarets qui sont autant l’apanage des touristes que de véritables lieux de culte pour certains parisiens. Nous avons sélectionnés pour vous cinq cabarets qui, chacun à leur manière, dépeignent une partie de la culture de Paris et que tout un chacun devrait visiter un jour ! Une bonne occasion de confier les enfants à la baby sitter pour profiter d’une soirée en amoureux.

  – Le Crazy Horse / https://www.lecrazyhorseparis.com/

Ouvert en 1951 par Alain Bernardin, cet amoureux des femmes décide de leur rendre hommage dans son spectacle et c’est encore le cas aujourd’hui. Douze danseuses créent un dîner spectacle entre numéros solos et groupes avec des artistes invités comme Christian Louboutin, Bob Sinclar, Chantal Thomas, Jean-Paul Gaultier… qui font les saisons du Crazy et inspirent les nouveaux numéros saisonniers.

– Le Moulin Rouge / http://www.moulinrouge.fr/

Fondé en 1889 par Charles Zidler et Joseph Ollier, le Moulin Rouge s’installe au pied de la butte Montmartre, là où, quelques temps avant de situaient de vrais moulins. Véritable institution, le lieu influence de nombreux autres cabarets. Le succès du French Cancan, la danse endiablée du Moulin Rouge, est l’une des raisons de son succès et de sa réputation.

– Le Divan du Monde – Madame Arthur / https://www.divandumonde.com

Fondé en 1946, Madame Arthur est le premier cabaret travesti de Paris. Fermé pendant longtemps, il a été rouvert par l’équipe du Divan du Monde. Cette autre salle de spectacle, voisine de Madame Arthur, ouverte au 19ème siècle, est passée par de nombreux noms (dont le Divan Japonais) avant de trouver celui de Divan du Monde en 1994.

– Le Paradis Latin / http://www.paradislatin.com/

Contrairement à ce que l’on pourrait penser, le plus ancien cabaret de Paris se trouve être le Paradis Latin ! Créé en 1802 sous le nom de Théâtre Latin, il accueille les artistes, bourgeois et écrivains de l’époque comme Alexandre Dumas et Honoré de Balzac. Détruit à cause d’un incendie en 1870, il fut laissé à l’état de ruines pendant 17 ans avant de renaître en 1887 lors de la préparation de l’exposition Universelle et ce, grâce au talent de… Gustave Eiffel ! Après une vie bien remplie, le cabaret célèbre cette année ses 130 ans de renaissance avec une revue composée par Kamel Ouali et avec Miss Univers 2016, Iris Mittenaere, pour meneuse de revue.

– Le Lido / https://www.lido.fr/

Fondé en 1946 par Joseph et Louis Clerico, le Lido est l’institution cabaret des Champs Elysées. De Laurel & Hardy à Elton John en passant par Edith Piaf, de prestigieux artistes se sont produits sur sa scène, forgeant la légende de ce lieu de divertissement d’après guerre. Le Lido s’est aussi adapté à la demande touristique et maintient le rythme soutenu de deux spectacles par jour.

  Les spectacles varient d’une saison à l’autre et ce sont toujours de beaux moments à passer ensemble pour célébrer un évènement ou tout simplement une belle soirée. Confiez les enfants à la nounou, votre recherche d’appartement à Appartonaute, et profiter d’une soirée hors du commun ;) Vous connaissez d’autres lieux à découvrir ? Partagez-les avec nous !

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