#the consulate

[empirearchives]

Burton Philips’ description of Napoleon at the Tuileries in 1802:

“He is thin and of low stature; his countenance, though meager and sallow, is extremely animated, his eyes black and piercing, his hair black and cropped, his dress remarkably plain.”

Nathaniel Philips’ description of Napoleon at the Notre-Dame Cathedral on Easter Sunday in 1802:

“Bonaparte bowed in response to the applause of the populace. His carriage was drawn by eight superbly decorated horses. The great bell of Notre-Dame, which had been silent 10 years, was rung.”

Portrait of Napoleon from the same year, by Antoine-Jean Gros

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[eunikia]

Talleyrand called the three consuls (Bonaparte, Cambacérès and Lebrun) "hic, haec, hoc" (he, she, it).

[snobgoblin]

courtiers <3

[deathamaranth]

a few hoodie designs inspired by xenoblade characters :)

[brother-emperors]

WILL NO ONE RID ME OF THIS TROUBLESOME PRIEST ROMAN?

When Caesar arrived in pursuit on the third day, Theodotus showed him Pompey's head and ring, but Caesar was offended and wept.

-Liv. Per. 112.4

the title quotation is referring to the famous quote associated with the henry II-thomas becket conflict. the uhhhhh. the themes match, somewhat. feels the same, in some kind of way. anyway, fucking RIP to caesar and pompey. it's gotta be lonely, to start off as three, and then two, and even locked in conflict, there's a familiarity of being known that you're never going to have again. ah, what loss. what tragedy. etc etc etc.

[bigshotautos]

I really like your theory about Spamton basically haunting a mannequin after death. Have you ever touched upon the reaction from Jevil (or anyone, really) upon seeing the new Spamton? Especially considering Spamton isn't even aware he 'died'.

^ how i think jevil's first sight of Spamton would go. i love this ask. this is referring to some headcanons I made a while back, I'll link it here for the one post and the general ghost spamton theory is linked in that one as well. Going to elaborate on it more under the cut for those interested + more art.

In general I think that people from Spamton's past wouldn't really care if they notice at all, since he wasn't in the business of making close friends with anyone. With the Addisons, in my interpretation he had a "weird co-worker" relationship with them, and while Addisons in general treated each other like potential business competitors that they had to make-nice with, Spamton is especially easy to single out for being visibly and temperamentally different. His altered, current state is something they'd feel at least uncomfortable by, but many wouldn't have been too close with him to begin with for them to talk about it with him directly. Would get whispered about between each other for sure, like we saw with them talking about Spamton after the NEO fight. It moves him from the "disgraced guy I used to know" category to the "actually unpleasant to look at or think about" territory. This goes for Swatch, Queen, and Seam (less so), who seem to buy heavily into the Lightner and Darkner dynamic, with Spamton corrupting the Lightner's dream being a strong taboo against what it means to be a Darkner.

As for what Jevil thinks, Spamton during the NEO fight is both a beautiful and horrifying display. Jevil at this point hasn't seen him in years since his imprisonment, and in their time apart Jevil has grown to find novelty in the cage that everyone else besides him is in since he's created huge emotional distance between him and the reality he lives in. Seeing the fact that Spamton had corrupted an abandoned dream of a Lightner and was causing so much chaos to the established order of the world would be exhilarating, but at the same time seeing that Spamton had accomplished this and still had his strings visible (and changed to a marionette puppet with no symbolic agency), it'd be a painful confirmation of his worldview that even Spamton, who deep down he still cares for, could never have been free.

Jevil would think at first he'd just gone through some nebulous situation to change what he looks like, since ofc he himself has toy-like traits (arguable if that happened with Gasterfication or not), Seam is a plushie cat, and other Card Castle Darkners are based on toys, but feeling the lack of life combined with the symbolic body of Spamton would mean to him something bigger had went wrong. He wouldn't dare to bring it up in an empathetic way, stuck in his mindset that it doesn't matter, but it'd still hit a part of him he doesn't like to think still exists. It's something he gets over quickly, almost performatively going back to fucking with him and taking advantage of his fear for entertainment, but it didn't sit well at first.

To me, the fact Spamton "died" isn't really a huge deal, kind of like with the ghosts in Undertale where no one really cares they're just ghosts. They're just doing their thing. To me it'd be fine if neither of them find out what happened for certain, but it's something that adds Flavor to his character.

[blushily]

Consul M Commission for Nerstair!

[deebyfeeby]

endless now

[drowchancellor]

Oh, these troublemakers…

P.S. Hells, give some love to pt.2 <3

Part 1

Part 2: romantic edition

Part 3: romantic edition (you’re here)

Part 4

Part 5

[empirearchives]

Purdy Napoleon

Bonaparte. Premier Consul de la République Française. / Bonaparte. First Consul of the French Republic.

By Jean-Baptiste Compagnie

Musée Carnavalet

[mapsontheweb]

Mexico has 52 diplomatic missions in the USA, far more than any other nation

[teto414]

mio + older roblox art

[snobgoblin]

I have once again been inspired by Thun talking about Revolutionary Girl Utena

[brother-emperors]

CAESAR AUGUSTUS AND MARCUS LICINIUS CRASSUS

this is about the spolia opima that crassus was robbed of lmao. like, yeah okay octavian could've asked him not to claim it, but nevertheless. a kind of theft happened there.

Fact and Fiction: Crassus, Augustus, and the Spolia Opima, Catherine McPherson

[titanomancy]

"Traitor" Champion Consul. Only traitor iconography I see on this guy is an easily shaved down belt buckle. Guy's gonna see a lot of mileage in loyalist legions with minimal conversion.

[peachdelta]

the girlies and beings of indeterminate gender reading this