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I just saw your Mexico OC and he's incredible!! Can we see more of him??

cinco mimir

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// Ah- Don’t mind me, I’m at my Hetalia phase and I still need to sedate my Latam spirit and OC hyper fixations /ih.

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i learned that the word for saudi in spanish was saudita and i ain't never stopped thinking about it since

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Why do you think Michel Lepelletier is forgotten if he was a martyr of the revolution? I never see him talked about here until recently.

This is an excellent question and I don't really know. It sure needs to be researched (and I hope someone did research it) - Lepeletier and Marat were jointly hailed at the martyrs of the revolution during the revolution. Michel was known as the first martyr, and celebrated as such. They knew him and celebrated him during frev. But today, he is not that well known. @saintjustitude gave a good guess as to why it might be - Michel Lepeletier as a class traitor, which goes against the misconception that the revolution exclusively targeted nobles. Even Hérault, who was less principled and not a regicide (and generally more loved by royalists) is kind of forgotten, let alone someone like Michel Lepeletier. He simply doesn't fit the narrative we have of the revolution.

So yes, that theory makes sense to me, but I admit I did not read about any specific work/sources on the topic. Maybe there are other factors (I've read about Michel's daughter being a royalist and wanting to destroy traces of her father's revolutionary image, including destroying David's painting about his death). So maybe there was a conscious attempt to erase Michel from revolutionary memory? I admit I don't know how his legacy was handled during the 19th century. If anyone knows, please share! As for why he isn't talked about more around here... I think there are some posts from time to time but true, he is not featured prominently. (Which needs to change, imo. I am first guilty as charged for kind of ignoring him previously. Which I intend to change).

It might be that he died relatively early, so most of his contribution is about early part of the revolution, which we discuss less on frevblr. For example, his work on the Penal Code of 1791. It could also be - and I don't know how else to put it because I know it's not always a factor here, but it definitely is a factor at least some time - he wasn't particularly good looking, and there are no "fun" scandals surrounding him. So, not easy to make shitposts. (Nothing against shitposts! My blog is half those, half srs discussion). So maybe he is perceived a bit boring/uninteresting?

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i choose to believe that maxime looked like this and not that ugly ass facial rendering from his death mask 😭😭

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Incorruptible pt 18

Old friends meet in the makings of a new world~

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Do you think things would've been different had Louis and Marie Antoinette accepted constitutional monarchy.

Oh, definitely. I am bad at alternate history (which I dislike about myself, because it is super interesting), so I can't guess how, but it would sure be a very different situation if they honestly accepted constitutional monarchy.

There is this misconception of the French revolution as the "mob"/revolutionaries jumping at the first opportunity to crush royals, but in reality, Louis and MA were given so many chances and things dragged for several years until it became clear that they were uninterested at being constitutional monarchs. Then and only then the republic was founded and monarchy abolished. (And all of this before any of them lost their head).

We know is that the people of France - revolutionaries at least - wanted constitutional monarchy more than Louis and MA did. National Constituent Assembly prepared everything for it to be put into place, all while the royal couple pretended they wanted to play along. In the writings and speeches of many prominent revolutionaries, there is a clear will and hope for constitutional monarchy. Only a minority (mostly among Girondins) called for a republic. Still, the project of the constitutional monarchy was well underway and constitution prepared when Louis and MA decided to flee the country.

It became clear in the summer 1791 that Louis never really supported the idea of a constitutional monarchy. And yet, they did not proclaim the republic then and there - Louis got another chance. So things dragged for another whole year, but this is where the idea of a republic was truly born: through Louis' actions and treason.

So given that the king's treason and unwillingness to accept the constitutional monarchy led to the proclamation of the republic (and (in)directly, other things, such as the war with foreign powers and a surge of counter-revolutionary efforts to name a few), I can definitely say that things would've been different if he and MA honestly accepted constitutional monarchy.

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frevblr

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french revolution discourse in 1850: was Robespierre really as terrible as his political opponents claimed?

french revolution discourse in 1900: was Robespierre really as terrible as his political opponents claimed?

french revolution discourse in 1950: was Robespierre really as terrible as his political opponents claimed?

french revolution discourse in 2000: was Robespierre really as terrible as his political opponents claimed?

french revolution discourse in 2024: was Robespierre UGLY?

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Vampire AU but nobody is hurt because the only vampire was Billaud all along and nobody ever thought of inviting Billaud into any place. Robespierre lives happily ever after

oh but you forget.......

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reading Vinot's biography on SJ and im like

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A little piece of music which I’d like to share with everyone who’s interested. It’s a piano music sheet of Henry Litolff’s «Ouverture to Maximilian Robespierre» which is basically one of my favorite compositions ever. It came to me by pure coincidence so I really proud to have it in my collection. The reprint is Russian and dates back to 1928. The first page is a bit damaged but the rest is almost perfectly fine.

Especially I like the La Marseillaise fragment here. Also it’s for four hands so I have literally no one to play it with lol.

If you never listened to this ouverture I highly recommend.

Bonus: a postcard with Maxime from the movie «Napoléon» 1927. The music sheet was released a year after the movie was made.

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What a talented young man. Surely nothing bad happens to him

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Just sillies

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mini Maxime again

(and attach: my little doodle on class)

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Hhshsjahahahaha

(Disclaimer: I don't know why Tumblr killed the quality. I tried several different things and none of them worked. Let me know if you have any ideas. They ruined my formatting.)

Did I reuse this joke? Yes. Does it matter? No, because I drew it better this time. Although I'm choosing to ignore anyone who comes between Danton and Desmoulins alphabetically, it doesn't matter because Danton lied about sharing a quote with Camille anyway.

Well. Here you go.

Edited to add: Maxime’s quote is “My back hurts from carrying this convention.”