#the official hob

[newsfromthehouseofbourbon]

January 7, 2024: Welcome to 2024!

Okay, I have been writing (and there is a LOT). However, I've had to deal with bedbugs for the past six months (and going). I have no time to go into the logistics (and the blame sits squarely on the shoulders of my stepsister), but I'm here to have some fun and tell you about what is going on with the HOB.

Without too much detail of the private conflicts that plagued this project since its creation upon the heels of the success of @tkwrtrilogy2, @tkwrtrilogy, and @tkwrtrilogy3, there has been an overhaul. Also, the latest addition to the trilogy will make its debut on Wattpad (but will come here eventually).

First, the OVERHAUL: Welcome to the HOB Universe.

You're asking yourself: WTF is this? Well, the best explanation of it can be seen here. All that applies is that this takes place in 17th-century France rather than Middle Earth.

I will be overhauling the Tumblr for @lesecretdelamaisondubourbon. There is a reason, but to find that out, you'll have to read the memoir about all of this (TBA). Either way, it comes on the heels of family drama and the death of a friendship that was supposed to last forever (according to her). But, the book (known by the title XIV) is going up on Wattpad, so while it is being overhauled over here, you can read it in its proper order over there.

XIV: The life and times of Louis XIV as told by Louis XIV--if you haven't figured that out yet. It is part of Book III; his father's story (@thesecretofthehouseofbourbonbook) is Book II.

Now, about that other book: The original title of the book (that was going to be written by my former co-author) was Monsieur. If you guess that the book was going to be about Philippe I, Duc d'Orléans (younger brother of Louis XIV), you were right.

If you think this is a retelling of centuries of rumor and innuendo, you would be wrong. This will be his story--told by Philippe. Under the title of Son of France (Fils de France in French), this is the story you were never told. After 383 years, it is time.

His story officially began in January of 2024, and he will be following his brother Louis here once he debuts on Wattpad. Stay tuned for more. He's part of the universe now.

[iamjaynaemarie]

Anyone want to read a book for me?

Information about Thranduil coming soon on @tkwrtnewsfeed.

Information about Louis XIV coming soon on @newsfromthehouseofbourbon.

[lesecretdelamaisondubourbon]

⚜️XIV⚜️: I am Dieudonné (Ch. I/Pt. VIII)

The night after my father died was when a voice called to me. I was sleeping when it whispered my name.

“Louis,” it whispered. “Louis.”

I opened my eyes to see Philippe sleeping soundly.

“Louis,” the voice said again as I sat up and looked around. No one was in the room with us.

“Maman,” I said.

I climbed out of bed and out of the room. No one was in next room. I went to the door and into the hall. I did not notice there were no guards standing at my door. I looked down the dark hall to see something moving slowly near the end. I thought it was the new governess at first until the figure grew closer. It was a lady I had never seen before.

When she was standing before me, I could see she was dressed strangely even as she was beautiful. When she stopped before me, I realized that she was white as snow. She kneeled down to me and smiled.

“What do they call you,” she asked. It was her voice I heard.

I was confused. She had been calling my name.

“Louis,” I said.

“You know what they call you,” she said. “Tell me, Louis.”

“I am Louis,” I said again. She was beginning to frighten me.

“No,” she said. “Vous êtes le Dieu-donné.”

“That is what Papa said,” I said. “They call me Louis Dieu-donné.”

“Yes, they do,” she answered, smiling. “You are very special, Louis because you are le Dieu-donné. Vous êtes le fils des rois; le fils du Soleil. Never forget that, Louis. Promise me.”

I nodded. She stood up and turned to walk away. She stopped and looked back.

“Your father loved you more than you realize,” she said. She turned away and continued on her way until she faded away. Terrified, I turned to run back into my apartments. The doors opened for me and I realized the guards were at the door.

Back in my room, I jumped onto my bed and shook Philippe awake.

“Philippe,” I said, “Wake up!”

He opened his eyes and glared at me.

“What,” he asked.

“There voice called to me,” I said. “It was a lady.”

“The new one,” he asked.

“No,” I said. “She asked me what I was called but I did not want to say it.”

“You are Louis,” he said.

“But I am called Dieu-donné.”

“Who was she,” he asked—his eyes wide with curiosity and fear.

“I do not know, Philippe,” I answered. “But she knew Papa.”

“Papa,” he said excitedly. “Did you see Papa?”

“No,” I said, leaning back against the bed-board. “I did not see Papa.”

He frowned as he leaned on my shoulder.

“I miss Papa, Louis,” he said.

“So do I,” I answered. 

As we both fell asleep, I thought about the lady and my sobriquet. Dieu-donné.

**** **** **** ****

Not long after the death of our father, it was not unusual to wake up and find Philippe curled up next to me. One night, no sooner had I begun to fall asleep, I was made aware by a tugging on the end of my bed. I looked to see Philippe climbing onto the bed. Once he made it up, he crawled quickly to my side, buried himself underneath the covers, and fell fast asleep. I did not bother to wake him to send him back to his room. Our new governess would realize he was gone and come for him.

One night, he returned, but this time, he spoke to me. 

“Louis,” he whispered. “Louis.”

My eyes opened and not on their own. Philippe’s little fingers did the honors. As I began to focus my eyes, I could see it was still night.

“Philippe, what are doing in my room,” I asked. “You should be sleeping.”

“I cannot I find Papa anywhere,” he said. “Where is he?”

“He is not here,” I said. I was still trying to understand myself that our father had died.

“I know,” Philippe answered. “I looked.”

I sat up and looked at my little brother. His eyes wide in fear of the unknown. How could I explain to him that he would never see our father again when I did not believe it myself?

“Maman said he was gone,” I said. “He cannot come back.”

“Why,” he asked. “Where did Papa go?”

“I do not know,” I said sadly. “But he cannot come back.”

“Can we go see him tomorrow,” Philippe asked.

“No, I do not think we can.”

“Why,” he asked, beginning to cry. “I want to see Papa.”

He lay down in my arms next to me. I could feel his tears through my nightshirt. There would be many nights like this until we finally accepted our father was gone forever. –The Secret of the House of Bourbon–XIV by Jaynaé Marie Miller. 10-2-2022

[lazycranberrydoodles]

dianxia you can't just say things like that

prev comic / follow for taizi dianxia

[shijiujun]

Artist Kuri Huang releases TGCF CN censored print cover arts in full today 🔥🔥🔥 Originally posted by the artist here

[shadowgale96]

Okay but THIS redrawn with Hualian would be perfect. Has anyone drawn this already because I will commission somebody if not.

[meepzs]

they are just so tender ur honor

[huaenrose]

I think it's very significant Hua Cheng's power involves rain because the event that started Xie Lian's suffering was a drought, so it's as if when he emerged to protect him, he said: "if it was wrong for gods to answer prayers for rain, a ghost will. And the heavens will bleed for it".

[fmd-art]

Dragon Hua Cheng for the Dragon year 🐉

[reborn-from-taxes]

Yet another Hua Cheng sketch im sorry

[ghironda7]

Ongoing prints giveaway💃

[newsfromthehouseofbourbon]

June 12, 2023: Beta Readers Wanted

Hello. How are you doing? I think I should explain a few things. Let me get this out of the way first: I will be looking for beta readers for the first part of the book XIV.

Yes, XIV is about Louis XIV. How did you know? Anyway, it is a long book and it will be here always: @lesecretdelamaisondubourbon.

Long story short: a famous person DMs me to ask to read my work and I had to make it possible. I write a lot (@tkwrtrilogy @tkwrtrilogy @tkwrtrilogy3 @trenarnolegolaslasgalen and all subsequent side projects), and this trilogy is part of my work. So, naturally, I decided that why should the famous person have all the fun? I decided to make it possible for a few beta readers to read Part I of XIV (which is a trilogy within an actual trilogy now because each part is as long as a book). Good, now that you know that...

Yes, Monsieur has his own book--which brings me to what I should explain (more about this particular trilogy).

This is Part II of Book III--NOT of XIV (which is about Louis XIV). This is a separate book. It is written by @fortunatelyclevercandy (who is also working on @thehouseofdurin). Clearly, this book is entitled Monsieur (because, as everyone knows, Monsieur was the honorific title of the second-born son of a French Monarch).

Part I of Book III is the book XIV written by @iamjaynaemarie (the person writing this blog post, and author of the abovementioned blogs about The Kingdom of the Woodland Realm Trilogy).

Yes, THIS book is about Louis XIV. This book is the one that will be available in November for a select group of readers.

This is a trilogy. Why is it a trilogy?

This is why*. It's a family affair. Interestingly enough, this family makes all other royal families look like Disney by comparison. The years of movies and television shows didn't even scratch the surface.

⚠️ BY THE WAY: People seem to be having issues with WordPress and reading this book, so I am going to figure out what is going on today and probably until tomorrow. I don't know what happened. It works for me obviously because I'm the one posting things on my website. But for some reason, it is not working for readers, so I'm going to be looking into that today and probably over the next few days to rectify this issue. In the meantime, anyone not on WordPress please try to read Tumblr for a while. I hope it doesn't take too long.

Yeah, the KING is NOT HAPPY about that.

So, that's it for today. I hope you enjoyed all that. Thank you for reading.--JMM.

Every family has a secret. Some have more than others.

Welcome to the House of Bourbon. Enjoy your stay.

*Book I will be the last book completed. It is going through some minor outline changes as the overall tone of the trilogy has shifted to deal with our favorite recurring theme: Brothers.

Note: This book is also written in multiple languages: English, French, Spanish, Italian, and German. This means that the actual text of the book will casually flip between languages (mostly in dialogue). This is done because, interestingly enough, Louis XIV was fluent in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and German. His brother Philippe preferred Spanish to his native French, but he was also multilingual as his best friend was Italian, his first wife was English, and his second wife spoke German. 🙂

[xueyuverse]

Updates on TGCF from MXTX!

TGCF unrevised UNCENSORED VERSION released! ↓

1. Hua Cheng always fully intended to marry Xie Lian, he collected engagement gifts for Xie Lian;

2. Hua Cheng likes to grab and squeeze and merge with Xie Lian when he's horny;

3. Xie Lian would dance for Hua Cheng in women's clothing happily;

4. Xie Lian feeds chickens, has cats and likes to plant flowers (he is a grandmother);

5. From the extras we already know that Hua Cheng is a bully in bed, so he rules out introductions 🤭

6. Hua Cheng tried to grab Xie Lian's ass in the kiss scene at the opening of Mount Tonglu;

7. Huahua would see Xie Lian on the swing when he was a child and referred to him as "future wife";

8. Huahua takes good care of his boots lmfao;

9. Xie Lian CRIES in some kissing scenes;

10. Xie Lian LOVES Hua Cheng's rough side.

[rejectedfables]

by far the funniest explanation for Xie Lian not realizing all those boys/men in his life with dark hair and an eyepatch have been the same guy is that repeated exposure to Hua Cheng has caused him to believe that eyepatches on men are way more common than they actually are. "average person is highly likely to wear an eyepatch" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person wears 0 eyepatches. Eyepatches Georg, who sculpts in a cave & wears an eyepatch for 800 years, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

[lazycranberrydoodles]

this is how the post-lqq interaction went right

[shijiujun]

Everyone: DO NOT EVEN- Xie Lian: BUT?!!!

+ bonus: