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vesseloftherevolution · 7 months

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On @keepthyfaithandthylight’s post on Farmer Refuted being Camille arguing with someone, myself and @idefilarate have been on and off rewriting songs from Hamilton to be about FRev, and thought I should post them here.

So! We haven’t been doing this in any order, and occasionally had to cut bits as they didn’t fit with the narrative, but it should still sound excellent. I’ll be posting these with the tag #Hamilton ReWrite: FRev Edition.

We start with a very Camille song - Nonstop!

Camille: After Aux Armes I went back to North Bank

Maxime: A-after all that I went back to North Bank

I finished up my studies and I practiced law

Camille: I began to write, Maxime worked next door

Maxime: Even though we started at the very same time

Camille Desmoulins began to climb

How to account for his rise to the top?

Man, the man is non-stop

Camille: Gentlemen of the jury, I'm curious, bear with me

Are you aware that we're making hist'ry?

This is the first murder trial of our brand-new nation

The liberty behind deliberation

I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt

With my assistant counsel

Maxime: Co-counsel

Camille, sit down!

Our client is innocent

Call your first witness

That's all you had to say

Camille: Okay

One more thing–

Maxime: Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?

Soon that attitude may be your doom!

Why do you write like you're running out of time?

Write day and night like you're running out of time?

Every day you fight, like you're running out of time

Keep on fighting, in the meantime-

Camille: Corruption's such an old song that we can sing

Along in harmony and nowhere is it stronger

Than in St Germaine

This country's economy's increasingly stalling and

Honestly that's why he's just public service seems

To be calling me

I practiced the law, I practically perfected it

I've seen injustice in the world and I've corrected it

Now for a strong central democracy

If not, then I'll be Socrates

Throwing verbal rocks at these mediocrities

Maxime: Camille, at the National Convention

Camille: I was chosen for the National Convention!

Maxime: There as a Cordeliers junior delegate

Camille: Now what I'm going to say may sound indelicate

Maxime: Goes and proposes his own form of government (What?)

His own plan for a new form of government (What?)

Talks for six hours, the convention is listless

Lafayette: Bright young man

Brissot: Yo, who the eff is this?

Maxime and Danton: Why do you always say what you believe?

Why do you always say what you believe?

Every proclamation guarantees

Free ammunition for your enemies (Awww!)

Why do you write like it's going out of style? (Hey)

Write day and night like it's going out of style? (Hey)

Every day you fight like it's going out of style

Do what you do

Maxime: Camille?

Camille: Maximilian, sir

Maxime: Well, it's the middle of the night

Camille: Can we confer, sir?

Maxime: Is this a legal matter?

Camille: Yes, and it's important to me

Maxime: What do you need?

Camille: Maxime, you're a better lawyer than me

Maxime: Okay

Camille: I know I talk too much, I'm abrasive

You're incredible in court

You're succinct, persuasive

My client needs a strong defense

You're the solution

Maxime: Who's your client?

Camille: The new Old Cordelier?

Maxime: No

Camille: Hear me out

Maxime: No way!

Camille: A series of essays, anonymously published

Defending the document to the public

Maxime: No one will read it

Camille: I disagree

Maxime: And if it fails?

Camille: Maxime, that's why we need it

Maxime: The meaning's a mess

Camille: So it needs amendments

Maxime: It's full of contradictions

Camille: So is independence

We have to start somewhere

Maxime. No, no way

Camille: You're making a mistake

Maxime: Good night

Camille: Hey

What are you waiting for?

What do you stall for? (What?)

We won the war

What was it all for?

Do you support this pamphlet?

Maxime: Of course

Camille: Then defend it

Maxime: And what if you're backing the wrong horse?

Camille: Maxime, we studied and we fought and we killed

For the notion of a nation we now get to build

For once in your life, take a stand with pride

I don't understand how you stand to the side

Maxime: I'll keep all my plans close to my chest

(Wait for it, wait for it, wait)

I'll wait here and see which way the wind will blow

I'm taking my time, watching the afterbirth of a nation

Watching the tension grow

Lucile: Look at where you are

Look at where you started

The fact that you're alive is a miracle

Just stay alive, that would be enough

And if your wife could share a fraction of your time

If I could grant you peace of mind

Would that be enough?

Maxime: Camille joins forces with George’s Danton

And Fabre D’Eglantine to write a series of essays

Defending the new Convention

Entitled Le Vieux Cordelier

The plan was to write a total of 25 essays

The work divided evenly among the three men

In the end, they wrote 85 essays

In the span of six months

Fabre got sick after writing five

Georges Danton wrote 29

Camille wrote the other 51

How do you write like you're running out of time? (Running out of time?)

Write day and night like you're running out of time? (Running out of time?)

Every day you fight, like you're running out of time

Like you're running out of time

Are you running out of time? Awwww!

How do you write like tomorrow won't arrive?

How do you write like you need it to survive?

How do you write every second you're alive?

Every second you're alive? Every second you're alive?

Danton: They're asking me to lead

I am doing the best I can

To get the people that I need

I'm asking you to be my right-hand man (Secretary or Accountant?)

I know it's a lot to ask (Secretary or Accountant?)

To leave behind the world you know

Camille: Sir, do you want me to be your Secretary or your accountant?

Danton: Secretary

Camille: Let's go!

Lucile: Camille

Camille: I have to leave

Lucile: Camille–

Camille: Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now

Lucile: Helpless

All: They are asking me to lead

Look around, isn't this enough?

He never will be satisfied (What would be enough)

He will never be satisfied (To be satisfied)

Satisfied, satisfied

History has its eyes on you (Look around)

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? (Non-stop)

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room? (History has its eyes)

Why do you fight like you're running out of time? (Non-stop)

Why do you fight like

History has its eyes on you

Camille: I am not throwin' away my shot (Just you wait)

I am not throwin' away my shot (Just you wait)

I am Camille Desmoulins

Desmoulins, just you wait

I am not throwin' away my shot

#frev #french revolution #frev community #hamilton the musical #Hamilton ReWrite: FRev edition #camille desmoulins #maximilien robespierre #georges danton #other bit parts

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frevandrest · 1 year

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Question for all the frev community: have any of you learned French or plan to or already knew it before?

Ha! Ahahaha😭 I am definitely trying, but I am so bad at languages. I do think it's worth to at least learn to read French, because like 90% of good sources about frev are in French, including all of the primary sources. Reading =/= knowing the language but will help with frev stuff.

#if you can't #at least machine translate stuff #it is not an adequate substitute but it's better than not using those sources at all #because english language sources on frev are mostly bad #there are some good english language sources but nothing you can't get in french ones #or almost nothing - there is some good stuff in english but it's not enough for full understanding #and so much of french stuff is not translated #not saying that any french source is a good one #there is a lot of trash there too #but you cannot do any research or understanding of this if you don't engage with french sources #so at least machine translate tf out of them #ask #anonymous #frev

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werewolfetone · 2 years

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Hey!

I do reviews for Frev and Napoleonic communities. Are there any media pieces you can recommend? You seem to know a lot about England of the Napoleonic era.

Oh boy. Yes.

The Young Mr. Pitt is a wwii era propaganda film about William Pitt The Younger, the pm during the first bit of the Napoleonic Wars. It shamelessly uses him as a very obvious allegory for Winston Churchill and it's extremely entertaining. It's on youtube!

Prince Regent isn't exactly about the Napoleonic Wars, but it's about George iv, the man who was the crown prince and then the Prince Regent while the wars were going on. It also includes depictions of many prominent politicians of the day, including Fox, Pitt, Liverpool, and Grenville. It's also on youtube.

Peterloo 2018 is a movie about the period right after the wars, depicting, as the title suggests, the Peterloo massacre. It goes into some details about English radicalism of the era, which I find pretty interesting.

I cannot for the life of me find it online but there's a 1934 movie called The Iron Duke that's about Wellington and contains what might be the only screen depiction of Lord Castlereagh. I have a dvd in my possession and I'm planning on uploading it to youtube at some point so it's hopefully going to be more accessible soon.

I haven't read it yet but there's a historical fiction novel called Of Honest Fame that I'm pretty sure is about England's spy network during the war. By the same author there's also May 1812, which is about Perceval's assassination in 1812, which I have also not read.

It isn't really about Frev but Caleb Williams by William Godwin is a book set (and written) in 1790s England that illustrates some of the ideas shared by the Frev-inspired English radicals of the 1790s. It's like a mixture of political treatise and gothic novel and it's very interesting, especially if you know about the wider context.

In terms of books written at the time and about English Frev-inspired radicalism, there's also Maria: or, The Wrongs of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft. It's an early feminist work considered a Jacobin novel, though I have to warn you that it's incomplete and also not really about Frev.

#these are all very england-centric #i wish i could rec some things about ireland as well but i haven't looked into media about ireland at that time #i've just read nonfiction things so far #asks #mutuals #napoleonic wars #french revolution #frev

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usergreenpixel · 2 years

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MALMAISON MEDIA SALON SOIRÉE 1: THE PURPLE MASK (1955)

1. The Introduction

Greetings, dearest Neighbors, and welcome to the first soirée held within the walls of Malmaison Media Salon.

Now, I wish to preface this review with the fact that, as of now at least, I’m not officially a part of the Napoleonic community. Rather, I am a friendly ambassador from the neighboring French Revolution community, yet I am more than willing to learn about your era so any factual additions are more than welcomed.

Oh, and while we’re at it, please leave your opinions on the French Revolution at the door right there, with coats and umbrellas. We’re here to talk about a movie, not fight over potentially differing opinions on politics of days past. I hope we can have a civil conversation without bickering like that as pissing off your community is about the last thing I wish to do.

Anyway, with all that out of the way, allow me to commence our little soirée. “The Purple Mask”, directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and released in 1955, became a blip on my radar entirely by accident.

I have made posts explaining how, but for those who haven’t seen them, I make reviews for my own community and I was scrolling through IMDb the other day in hopes of finding more Frev movies for future reviews. But, along with Frev movies, pieces of Napoleonic media appeared on the list, which is not that surprising from the chronological and historical prospective.

What WAS surprising to me was this particular movie, as its premise reeks of awfully familiar and repetitive anglophone propaganda more than sulfur smells of rotten eggs. I didn’t even have to have profound knowledge of the Napoleonic era to spot anglophone propaganda, as my own community fights it on a daily basis.

So, as with all things that have to do with smearing campaigns against particular time periods, I got morbidly curious and decided to see for myself how bad this movie really is.

Believe me, Neighbors, it gets pretty bad so I highly recommend you strap in, enjoy tea and cookies and listen carefully so you know what media to avoid.

Let our first soirée begin!

2. The Summary

Has anyone here ever read/seen “The Scarlet Pimpernel”?

Both the original novel and its multiple adaptations are quite known and very infamous in my community for being full of bullshit English propaganda, but the premise is that there’s this hero called The Scarlet Pimpernel whose face hasn’t been seen by anyone.

He rescues nobles from the guillotine in order to transport them to England, leaves calling cards, always has a plan, is persecuted by a persistent cartoonishly evil and dumb arch nemesis, never ever loses and masquerades as a boring noble English fop called Percy Blakeney by day.

Now let’s see what the premise of “The Purple Mask” has to say.

The screenshot is of the movie’s IMDb page as I had a feeling it sums up everything we need to know better than my own words could ever hope to do.

Notice any similarities between this movie and The Scarlet Pimpernel? I’m sure that you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to spot the fact that the former is almost a carbon copy of the latter, with minor tweaks along the way.

That said, there’s nothing inherently wrong with having similar premises as long as the creators make the story theirs and are honest about taking inspiration from the predecessor if such inspiration is indeed taken during the creative process.

But does this movie show enough originality and honesty to be saved from the label of a boring copycat? Let’s have a closer look at its various elements in order to find that out.

3. The Story

Here’s a confession for everyone who doesn’t know this about me already: I LOVE me a good swashbuckling story and reading books of that genre is something I was fond of doing as a child. I’d be lying if I said that I outgrew my swashbuckling phase so I did have some hopes that this movie would at least be good on its own, as a swashbuckling adventure that one simply has to watch with their brain turned on and be aware of its historical inaccuracies.

Sadly, my hopes were doomed to end very soon.

One thing I will give to the plot is the fact that, at least in the beginning, things seemed to be heading in an interesting direction, what with a group of royalists (who used to be nobles before Frev) planning to overthrow Naps and restore monarchy in France. And their plan to throw Naps off the trail of the mysterious Purple Mask by using a decoy impersonator so that the real Purple Mask stays unharmed does have merit.

In this universe nobody knows what exactly PM looks like so a decoy doesn’t have to even resemble the real deal in appearance, which makes the job that much easier. People in real life have faked their deaths to avoid actually meeting The Grim Reaper so it did sound like a decent plan to me.

But the problem is that the movie hits too many points that Pimpernel hit beforehand which made it boring and so predictable that my interest got shot and killed on the spot.

(Spoilers ahead!)

I’m by no means a professional author, but having a rich fop moonlight as a superhero is already an extremely boring and obvious cliché. Sure, it was pioneered by the original Pimpernel, but I really doubt that it was just as original in 1955, given the popularity of the novel and the fact that even Batman is based on that same archetype. Considering that, I really wish the writers didn’t repeat the same old plot point again.

Of course the real hero pretends to be a stupid dandy and of course he will win, get the girl (Laurette in this case) and outwit everyone! Many people have seen the story before, so is it too much to ask to subvert expectations at least once?

Another issue I have is that the villains here seem to suffer from classic villain stupidity, like in a scene where PM has a sword duel with Rochet, the Minister of Police, in front of guards armed with swords and muskets of their own yet NONE of the guards just shoots him on the spot to get it done with! Come on, guys!

This kind of stupidity just...it kills suspense, pisses off me personally and makes it a bit too obvious who will win, which is one of the fastest way to make your audience bored.

But enough about the story, let’s talk about the characters and see if they can become a saving grace for this “masterpiece”.

4. The Characters

(Spoilers ahead!)

The main character, René, aka the decoy PM, aka secretly the real PM, masquerades as a classic witty fop but in reality is PM - witty, brave, smart (unlike the villains) and an ardent royalist. Also a womanizer.

So yeah, he pretty much plays the old trope to a T and, unfortunately, never gets proper character development. Aside from one throwaway line that his father’s execution during Frev is what prompted him to adopt his alter ego, we never learn much about him, which doesn’t give us that many reasons to root for him.

His father was killed. Okay, and how did it affect him aside from his decision? Does he have other motives? Is he fully devoted to the cause or does he have an agenda? Has he always been a royalist or maybe switched after his father’s execution? All these questions are left unanswered. All the potential for creating a compelling character goes to waste. Truly a shame...

Laurette, believe it or not, actually gets more character development here than most female leads at the time. She wants to save her father. This is her motivation and we’re actually shown her worry and her actions that are taken to achieve her goal so her character motivation works much better than René’s.

I still didn’t like the plot point of her loving PM but not knowing that he has been beside her the entire time until it’s spelled out to her by a different character though, as this is a bit too reminiscent of the Pimpernel’s female lead, Marguerite.

(Spoilers ahead!)

Napoleon, the First Consul, is the main antagonist and the ONLY historical character in the movie. And he pretty much plays the role of a classic Bond movie villain, sitting in his lair, barking orders and yelling at his minions for failing.

He is also incredibly stupid here, as he lets the heroes escape to England in the end, which was their plan all along so he practically enables the conspiracy to continue! 100 IQ move right there, Naps... But hey, at least he is portrayed as having some sense of honor and keeping promises, so props for not making him a complete monster.

Rochet, the main antagonist and the Minister of Police (Where the fuck is Fouché, guys?!) is pretty much a classic dumb cartoonish villain who will definitely lose in the end. Not much else to say about him, to be very honest.

Basically he is the resident knockoff Citizen Chauvelin from The Scarlet Pimpernel. Nothing new here.

5. The Acting

Not bad, actually. Especially when it comes to the leads. They did what they could with the characters they were given so credit where credit is due. At least the actors here do their best.

6. The Setting

The settings aren’t particularly elaborate (I assume the budget wasn’t too high) but actually it wasn’t bad either. The decorations, the clothes, etc seem pretty accurate to me so kudos.

7. The Conclusion

Overall, not a terrible movie by any means but its anglophone propaganda and the fact that it’s basically a Scarlet Pimpernel knockoff with almost zero originality just makes it boringly meh.

The authors clearly didn’t care enough to insert other real people like Fouché or Talleyrand (both of whom would be good villains) instead of their dumb OC villains or at least come up with a story that’s not boring, which really shows.

Please skip this movie unless you really want to waste your time.

Well, that would be all for our first soirée, my dearest Neighbors. I hope you like my first ever review of a piece of Napoleonic media and more reviews might come your way pretty soon.

Stay tuned and stay safe!

Love,

- Citizen Green Pixel

#napoleonic media #napoleonic movies #history #french revolution #frev #napoleonic art #napoleon bonaparte #the purple mask 1955 #movie review #review #I still refuse to make a fouche tag #talleyrand #napoleonic era #the scarlet pimpernel #malmaison media salon

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theravenclawrevolutionary · 2 years

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I haven't given a novel update in a while so I felt like you guys deserved one if anyone's even been curious.

I'd fallen off quite a bit for a while. Things were getting stuck, I was super busy with school and sports, and then I realized I had an error with the year of a historical date that couldn't be changed (Camille and Lucile's wedding). Their romance subplot had been building and the past 4 chapters had mentioned a lot about their wedding and the events leading up to it so I had to rewrite large parts of all four chapters. That low-key took ages and made me have more than one mental breakdown. It's the only real major historical era I've made that I can find so far though so yay for me making it this far before I messed up really bad!

We've finally made it to 1790 so the action will really start to pick up! Maximilien is literally being elected president of the Jacobin club as we (metaphorically) speak. Four of the 'Frev main five' have been introduced. We're still waiting on Saint-Just though. I also only need about 2,000 more words to hit 100k which is exciting! Fingers are crossed for that milestone hitting either tomorrow or Wednesday.

Additionally, the first draft should be finished by the first week of February if not earlier! My mom and I, both knowing that I work better under pressure, worked together to set weekly goals. If I don't write 3,500 words a week I get my phone taken away for the weekend or longer (depending on how close to my goal I was). With the rest of my chapters planned out and an average of 2,500 words per chapter this goal should be easily attainable. I'd really appreciate it if one of you would be interested in reading the first draft to verify the historical accuracy of the timeline and characterization of some people when the time comes so it'll be historically correct when I get an editor. But if none of you want to that's fine too.

Lastly, I've done some more math (ew) and realized that the novel will be pretty much equal, just like I'd originally hoped. The first half about Max's childhood until he graduates school is likely going to be about the same length as the second half which is the actual revolution. Honestly it'll probably be a little shorter then the second half which is great. I was worried when I started the revolution half that it would end up too short for some reason (probably because the number of years is far, far less) but I didn't know how I was going to fix the potential issue. Thankfully it corrected itself!

Ok, thanks for your time guys. Idk who actually still reads these or is still interested in my book since it seems like I've been working on it forever, but if you do care I really appreciate it!

~Dara

#french revolution #frev #robespierre #maximilien robespierre #creative writing #writing #robespierre novel #frev wip

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thevagueambition · 3 years

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For the story ask, I'm going for a non-specific ask: can you talk about your research. Take that any direction you like, either in general or about specific stories.

On the Path to Elysium is by far the story I’ve done most direct research for. Both in terms of the time period and various niche aspects of what Grantaire runs into and in terms of Classical references and the like.

I actually bought Queer Sites: Urban Gay History Since 1600 before I started planning Elysium, but with the knowledge that I at some point wanted to use the Paris section in writing Les Mis fic. Apart from that book, though, I have a tendency to do most of my research by furious googling lol. Wikipedia’s references section has been invaluable.

Also @pilferingapples has tags on various Canon Era subjects and I went through a lot of those early in the process lol. Pilf also recommended the podcast Revolutions for an overview of the Frev since my education in that area is rather limited -- I have yet to finish that, but still, what I did listen to did help give me a much better sense of things. Ofc, the two of us have also discussed various topics that have been relevant to Elysium. Oh, also, a LOT of looking at Paris on Google Maps, lmao.

Aside from Elysium, frankly I often do things backwards: I research a subject or an era because I find it interesting and then at some point I get an idea for a story that utilises some of those ideas. I frequently use ideas/inspiration from Scandinavian ballads or fairy tales and Norse Mythology and obviously the things I’ve research about queer history has made me want to write historical fiction about queer people :P There are certainly elements of Elysium based on Berlins Drittes Geschlecht (and to a lesser extent Forschung über das Räthsel der Mannmännlichen Liebe) which I wasn’t reading explicitly as research for Elysium, but simply out of general interest.

I think is also why the way research tends to go for me is researching enough to have an overall sense of something first, then doing the rest of the research as specific things come up in my writing. Which, you know, I’m sure ideally you’d do more research before you start out, but that’s simply not how my mind works. If it’s not driven by pure ADHD Need To Know something incredibly specific, I need a specific context for why I need a piece of information to actually go through with researching it.

Anyway, thanks for asking~

#saintabberoger

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usergreenpixel · 3 years

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Frev writing prompts, Part 5! Seriously, I have no idea how I keep coming up with these. 😅

36. The protagonist was born and raised by a troupe of traveling performers. For as long as they can remember, they have been traveling from place to place, never staying anywhere for a few days at most.

The protagonist’s father is the troupe’s flutist and singer while their mother is a puppeteer so the youth has always had a passion for the performing arts and dreams of traveling all over Europe with their big happy family.

Nicknamed “L’œillet rouge” (The Red Carnation) by the troupe as an homage to their father’s favorite flower, the protagonist enjoys playing the flute and singing with their father, as well as putting on puppet shows with their mother.

With a song in their heart, a smile on their face and their father’s precious flute in their hands, the protagonist travels all over the country with their family, entertaining the people of France but never settling down and they like it that way.

But one day, while the troupe is staying in Paris and putting on a rather satirical puppet show which mocks the current regime, the protagonist’s parents are suddenly arrested by the police. Apparently, the father is a dangerous rebel while the mother is guilty of having sheltered said rebel years ago.

The protagonist is convinced that there must be a mistake and decides to rescue their parents with the help of all the other troupe members, including the protagonist’s older maternal half-brother and their maternal grandparents, all of whom are eager to help.

The time is limited and the rescue will be far from easy, but the protagonist will be damned if they don’t at least try to succeed. So, with that in mind, the young flutist and their family start to concoct the rescue plan...

37. Rumors have it that people who have been murdered tend to become vengeful ghosts and haunt their killers to exact revenge.

This is certainly true for Robespierre and his supporters. Unable to find peace, their souls are brought back to the realm of the living, seeking revenge on the Thermidorians.

This particular circumstance is quite convenient for the protagonist, a spirit medium who summons these ghosts and intends to use them as tools in their plan to torment the Thermidorians and avenge their family that got massacred in Lyon, skillfully using the revolutionaries’ restlessness and anger to achieve their goal.

However, soon certain events make the protagonist question the morality of using these spirits. Perhaps the protagonist is no better than their enemies if they are not above manipulating others. Perhaps there’s another way… Nonsense! It’s not manipulation if the other people also want revenge and are dead anyway...right?

38. The heroine of the story, like many other girls of the noble class, grew up and got her education in a convent in her hometown of Caen, France.

As a result of this upbringing, the young woman is rather used to a sheltered life, her idealism is through the roof and she is rather nostalgic about her life in the convent and her friendship with another noble girl, Charlotte Corday, who is the heroine’s closest friend and confidant.

At first the noblewoman wants to stay out of the events of the revolution, dreaming of taking her vows as a nun and living a quiet life in the convent, but those plans are abruptly thwarted by Corday, whose influence slowly gets the naïve heroine deeper and deeper into the mess that is the French Revolution.

Being idealistic, easily trusting, quiet, pacifistic and devoutly Catholic, the heroine initially follows her best friend’s lead and trusts her judgement since Corday is the closest thing to a big sister that the young woman has.

However, when Corday tries to convince her to kill Jean-Paul Marat and end the revolution, the heroine starts having mixed feelings about her friend’s decisions, despite being angry with Marat for her own personal reasons. After all, her faith teaches to forgive, not to judge and take revenge, so now the heroine must make a choice.

Will she betray her best friend and ruin the plan or will she cast aside her morals to help Corday and, presumably, the rest of the country? Is Marat really the bloodthirsty monster that Corday says he is? Is there another way to deal with the situation at hand without any casualties? And what consequences will the main character face for the choice she makes?

39. The main character is an illegitimate son of a Russian noble and a serf (yes, serfs were still a thing in Russia) who got taken in by his father as a “ward” and sent to France to get a good education, as everything French was very fashionable in the Russian Empire at the time.

There, in Paris of 1789, the young man absorbs all the knowledge he can, learning languages, reading the prominent books written in the Enlightenment era and even befriends a man by the name of Maximilien de Robespierre, a lawyer from Arras and the representative of Artois.

Considering that Robespierre was almost born illegitimate, he is the first person in a long time who doesn’t judge the protagonist for the circumstances of his birth and accepts him for him. Excited to be accepted at long last, the young man begins to look up to Robespierre as a mentor and an older brother of sorts, quickly absorbing his ideas and supporting him.

So, naturally, when the revolution begins and the young man finds himself trapped in Paris, he joins the revolutionaries to fight alongside his mentor.

Thus begin his adventures.

40. The protagonist is a child of criminals forced to survive on the streets after losing their parents until they’re eventually taken in by a seemingly sympathetic Jacobin, given a new name, a home and a fresh start in life. The protagonist essentially becomes the revolutionary’s ward and their guardian even takes them to the Convention so the youth can observe the meetings.

All seems good for the protagonist...almost too good to be true. But eventually certain events force the protagonist to wonder if their new guardian truly cares about them.

Could it be that their Jacobin guardian has some sinister motives? And will the protagonist be able to move away from their “bad” heritage and live an honest life at last?

41. Barras is in love. Again.

Head over heels over a pretty servant he recently hired and she even seems to like her employer back. Even her suspiciously strong resemblance to a certain Jacobin who got executed in 1794 isn’t a dealbreaker for Barras and the smitten man writes said resemblance off as a coincidence.

The other Thermidorians, especially Fouché, are not that blind and they fear that a relative of that particular executed man is here to seek revenge. Fouché decides to investigate this seemingly ordinary and harmless young servant, suspecting that she has quite a few skeletons in her closet.

Are these suspicions going to be confirmed or is Fouché simply being paranoid?

42. Thermidor has just taken place. The Jacobins are imprisoned and it seems like the traitors are going to win. All hope is lost for the Jacobins and their enemies rejoice.

But little do the Thermidorians know that by betraying and imprisoning all the men who stand in their way, they have just acquired new enemies - women.

Revolutionary women.

Wives, daughters, sisters, nieces, goddaughters, lovers, wards, friends and sympathizers of the captured Jacobins who are not going to sit back and give up.

Seeing how bleak things are, these women, led by a mysterious woman who conceals her face behind a mask and calls herself “Citoyenne Liberté” (Citizen Liberty), decide to rescue their imprisoned loved ones from the clutches of the Thermidorians.

They’re running out of time, they’re outnumbered and not equipped with proper weapons, but that is hardly a problem they can’t solve and they’re willing to fight against the odds regardless of the obstacles.

After all, Heaven hath no fury like a woman scorned, which is what the Thermidorians are about to learn the hard way.

43. A singer and actress who used to perform in Venice flees to France after a scandal demolishes her reputation. Having only her voice and her acting to make ends meet, for a while she tries to find work in Paris but barely makes enough money for her and her son to survive.

Her only friend and confidant in this bleak situation is a future revolutionary who happens to admire the heroine’s singing and strongly believes that she deserves better. He even bonds with the actress’s toddler son and is willing to step up and become a proper father figure for the child.

Thanks to said revolutionary, the heroine’s life begins to change for the better and she decides to settle down in Paris. Even when she learns about the approaching revolution, she chooses to stay in the only place where she feels like she can belong.

What’s more, the actress finally finds her new purpose in life. She too can fight for the cause of her new partner and his friends, in her own way.

How is a woman whose main talents are acting and singing supposed to be able fight, you may ask? Why, by becoming a spy for the Jacobins and the singing voice of the revolution of course!

And she might just be able to prove that anyone can be a revolutionary and one doesn’t need to be a fighter nor an orator to help a noble cause.

44. A female servant working for Georges Danton has to practically flee the house of her employer after the latter crosses all the possible boundaries while drunk.

Fearing for her safety and profoundly traumatized by the event, the servant is found and taken in by a seemingly sympathetic man who sees Danton as a sworn enemy for his own reasons. Considering that both have a grudge against Danton and the man is a journalist, he and the servant team up to bring Danton down.

Will they succeed? Why does the journalist hate Danton? And is his desire to aid the heroine genuine?

45. Paris, France. The revolution is in full swing.

The Committee of Public Safety has to deal with multiple issues, the ongoing war is depleting France’s resources and the situation seems dire.

What’s more, a new newspaper, “La Voix de la Justice” (The Voice of Justice), began to circulate in the city. While this particular fact isn’t that surprising by itself, the thing that sets this newspaper apart from the rest is the fact that its author is anonymous.

Nobody knows who writes this newspaper but the articles are quite good and this mysterious person has already exposed several people who were using the Reign of Terror as an excuse for their atrocities.

Naturally, all these details catch the attention of Jean-Paul Marat and Camille Desmoulins, two of the most prominent journalists of that time. Intrigued by this new newspaper and its author, the two revolutionaries team up to track that person down, if only to find out who they are and thank them for helping their cause.

46. The protagonist grew up believing that Robespierre is single handedly responsible for the execution of their beloved aunt and uncle and, as a result, believes that the man deserved to be executed for that betrayal.

However, the protagonist is soon forced to question their judgment when their older cousin, Horace Desmoulins, reaches out to them in a letter, inviting them to Paris and claiming that he found evidence proving that in actuality Robespierre attempted to save Camille and Lucile Desmoulins, Horace’s parents.

Although the protagonist is skeptical at first, since Horace has always defended his godfather, they are still intrigued by their cousin’s invitation and leaves Guise to join Horace in his investigation.

Together, the two cousins are both determined to clear the names of Horace’s parents and figure out what role Robespierre actually played in the family tragedy.

47. The five protagonists are all members of a heavy metal band whose name and songs are an homage to the French Revolution.

Previously little more than a quintet of college misfits determined to rehabilitate this particular event and tell the real story through music, the band finally starts gaining popularity after a successful concert at a music festival in Marseille.

And then things take a turn for the unexpected when the band gets into an accident on their way home, only to wake up in Revolutionary France. Naturally, they now must survive and return home but this adventure might just become the inspiration they needed so much...

48. After the protagonist’s father leaves them and their blind mother behind to move to Paris, the protagonist is naturally upset. Year after year, they wait for their father to return but he never does.

In 1789, after losing their mother to an illness, the protagonist decides that enough is enough and travels to Paris to confront their father. To their disgust, they soon find out that their father is now remarried, with a new family and quite rich while the protagonist is basically a pauper. Moreover, the father seems to have joined the revolutionaries, which is something that the protagonist cannot approve of either.

Now the protagonist wants to make sure that their father faces the music for his betrayal so they contact a journalist who is about to expose said father in an article.

A story of one of his enemies leaving behind his first family will be a nice addition to the already existing accusations of corruption, but the protagonist and the journalist soon realize that they are not immune to the consequences of their actions either and this article might cause more damage than they think it will.

49. (A reimagining of Aladdin) After their flute is broken beyond repair, the protagonist goes to a pawn shop to find a replacement for their practice.

It is there that an old ivory flute catches their attention so the protagonist purchases it, has it professionally restored and decides to keep it, ignoring the warning of the shopkeeper that it’s cursed and the suspiciously low price.

The protagonist is a skeptic and never believed in magic, curses and other occult things.

That is until they play the flute for the first time and a man poofs into existence like a genie from a lamp. Introducing himself as Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, he informs the protagonist that he used to be the owner of the flute but is now trapped in it because of black magic.

Despite their skepticism, the protagonist cannot logically explain anything that’s going on but wants to help so they strike a deal with Saint-Just - he is going to help the protagonist win over their love interest in exchange for freedom.

As for how the spell is supposed to be broken, the protagonist is completely clueless but their mysterious neighbor with a knack for alchemy and the occult might be able to help…

50. Lyon, France.

The future Thermidorians mercilessly massacre innocent people and rule with an iron fist. Just today they massacred several prominent noble families of the city for defying them.

However, what the tyrants do not know is that they didn’t massacre everyone, for the daughters of the executed nobles are currently living at a convent to get education, as was common back then.

Upon receiving the tragic news and fearing that these young girls are going to end up on the death list, two nuns, the heroines of the story, come up with a plan to escort the girls out of the city and get them to a different location where they would be safe.

The plan is daring but the risk is too high to sit there and do nothing. Will the nuns be able to keep their students safe?

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