#musings of michelle

[nancydrewwouldnever]

When people want to see a pic of my parents from now on, I'm just going to show them this.

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[eoiris]

Javicia on Drag Race All Stars omfgggggggg

[dragandfashions]

Category is: Famous then

[evilios]

Apollo and the Muses (The Parnassus)

This oil painting was done on a piece of oak in the early 1640s and is currently attributed to the French painter and engraver Michel Dorigny (1616 – 1665).

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[shujubeelamoglia]

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[impetuous-impulse]

At What Point Did Ney and Soult's Relations Become So Embittered?

The more I find out how Ney and Soult are mentioned and perceived (in relation to each other) in the Napoleonic timeline, the more I am convinced that they were on decent terms up until the Empire was well-consolidated. This is mostly a response to this episode, which takes place four days before Napoleon's coronation. During that time, Soult was commandant-in-chief of the Camp of Boulogne and Ney was commandant-in-chief of the left wing of the army at the Camp of Montreuil. They mst have corresponded and cooperated well with each other on various matters, at least on a professional level. Attridge’s Ney biography has an episode about a hay bale conspiracy by the English that necessitated communication between both camps. Hayman, in his Soult biography, even hedges that they were willing to play court with each other through the unpublished correspondence of General Marchand (which he frustratingly paraphrases and does not give a date for).

[...] Marchand accompanied his own chief, Ney, to dinner with the Soults, indicating that these two rivals from the Sambre-et-Meuse were still on social terms. The dinner was followed by a magnificent ball given in honour of Louise Soult, who appeared in an elegant black dress covered with diamonds. The ball cost some six million francs to which senior officers were asked to contribute. Marchand hoped that a similar ball would not be given in honour of Madame Ney since he and his comrades just would not be able to afford it! (p. 50)

We can infer from this letter that around 1803-1805, Soult was still civil with Ney by inviting him to a dinner, and Ney still had some sense of being an equal to Soult despite being the Commander of Montreuil. I wonder if Ney himself contributed to Soult's ball (and if he was willing).

If the primary sources these biographies use are not all too reliable, at the very least, the first big rift in Ney and Soult's relationship that I found was in Saint-Chamans’ memoirs, quoted in Gotteri's Soult biography. This was after the battle of Eylau, 3 February 1807, when Napoleon held a meeting with his Marshals to discuss objectives. As I translate in approximation below:

Marshals Murat and Ney wanted to march onto Königsberg; marshal Soult held that it was necessary to retire behind the Passarge (a small river which was difficult to pass, fifteen miles behind Eylau), to fortify the points of passage, and wait in this position so that the troops can alleviate the fatigues they had accumulated, and so the reinforcements who, in our depots in France, were in route to come join us, would arrive; the discussion was lively, and the opinion of marshal Soult prevailed; marshal Ney was very offended by this [the original word is "piqué", lit. stung], and, from this moment, they were completely at odds [lit. they always made quarrels]. (p. 181)

And even then, Ney would make his remark about borrowing Soult's culottes to Soult himself just four months later, around 6 June 1807. They were evidently still able to joke around with each other after their military disagreements, which always happens on campaign, even between civil colleagues (examples I can think of include Lannes and Murat or Desaix and Saint-Cyr). Or maybe Soult did not reciprocate Ney's jokes by 1807; I have no way of knowing right now.

[romance-club-daily]

Romance Club MC's as Greek deities:

Michelle as Terpsichore:

Muse, Patron and Goddess of Lyric Poetry and Dancing 💃🏽🎶

Terpsichore  is one of the nine Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, and goddess of dance and chorus. She is perhaps the most widely known of the Muses, her name having entered general English as the adjective terpsichorean (“pertaining to dancing”). In some accounts she was the mother of the half-bird, half-woman Sirens, whose father was the sea god Achelous or the river god Phorcys. Terpsichore is usually depicted sitting down, holding a lyre, accompanying the dancers' choirs with her music. Michelle was chosen as this goddess because she is a choreographer in her story, Seduced by the Rhythm.

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[thefagfantasy]

💃🏽 Jessica Wild v Ra’Jah O’Hara 💜

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[silently-judgingyou]

Welcome to Silently-JudgingYou, a Zendaya Multimuse Roleplay Blog! While the Mun is 20+, all roleplayers are encouraged to join in. Don't hesitate to reach out for interaction. Be advised, there might be triggering content for some individuals.

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[mtg-cards-hourly]

Maelstrom Muse

She's an inspiration to everyone, even herself.

Artist: Michele Parisi TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

[nancydrewwouldnever]

Yes, My Queen!!

[lovecatnip]

I Know What You Did Last Summer

1997

[my-t4t-romance]

happy friday the 13th (in october, no less!!)

I did a makeup look inspired by Cesare from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to go see a local production of the Addams Family musical, and I realized that I look a lot like my buddy Michel the porcelain doll :]

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Literary Fiction About College Students

The Adult by Bronwyn Fischer Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever Old Enough by Haley Jakobson We Do What We Do in the Dark by Michelle Hart Bonus: Small Joys by Elvin James Mensah is about a college dropout

[timmurleyart]

Rodeo Jones cubist. 🐟🐟🐟(Mixed media on canvas)🎣💦