#versailles 2015

[spending-life-pretending]

i love insane gay people

#me #versailles 2015 #interview with the vampire #iwtv #monchevy #loustat #look i know it's problematic to have philippe and the chevalier be as fucked up and toxic as they are #bc they are the only gay rep on the show and theyre treated like a spectacle compared to all the het pairings #but consider this: #they are the most interesting part of the show #also love the irony that in some ways lestat is more justified here #since philippe didn't actually fuck thomas he's just going along with chev bc he's The Drama #but also #the day before this scene lestat asked for an open relationship #so...in some ways he is not justified at all #i am rotating these bitches in my mind so much

[perioddramapolls]

Period dramas dresses tournament: Red dresses Round 2- Group B: Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII and his six wives (gifset) vs Maria Theresa of Spain, Versailles (pics set)

#period drama dresses tournament #tournament poll #tumblr tournament #polls #fashion poll #anne boleyn #henry viii and his six wives 1972 #henry viii and his six wives #maria theresa of spain #marie therese of austria #versailles #versailles 2015 #red r2

[chestnut-undertow]

huh. i thought maintenon was louis XIV's secret final love

#versailles 2015 #so this is the historically inaccurate part?

[tiodolma]

Louis XIV is whoring Monsieur lmao

#versailles 2015

[selfproclaimedunicorn]

Love watching very inaccurate period dramas. A real "Yes And" approach to history

#personal #this is about me having just finished the white queen #but honestly it can apply to anything #Versailles (2015) #the borgias (any series) #vikings #probably tlk too but i hated uthred too much to get real far in that one

[harrietvane]

Gaia Weiss as Madame du Barry & James Purefoy as Louis XV (Marie Antoinette, 2022)

#marie antoinette 2022 #james purefoy #gaia weiss #im pleased to report that purefoy is everything i expected of him as XV #like when you think ‘i wonder what purefoy would do as louis quinze?’ and you get a delightful image: that’s exactly what he delivers #less pleased to admit that this series is not quite as fun as versailles 2015 #i mean points for effort but it’s also fighting in the shadow of the sofia cuppola and not quite breaking free tbh #it’s an uphill battle on both fronts but like it is trying #it’s still a reasonably fun constume romp (unless you’re a capetian dynasty scholar) #anyway these 2 are having fun #genuinely his mel brooks good-to-be-the-king vibes are immaculate #him trying to explain the birds and the bees mechanics using a tomato was a highlight

[princesssarisa]

Sometimes I feel nostalgic for the LA Opera's "Figaro Unbound" series back in 2015. Essentially, the whole second half the season was devoted to the Figaro operas.

Barbiere, Nozze di Figaro, and The Ghosts of Versailles were performed on the main stage, while two lesser-known operas were staged in nearby smaller theatres: Mercadante's I due Figaro, a sequel to Nozze that ignores Beaumarchais's third play, and ¡Figaro! (90210), an English-language version of Mozart's opera set in modern Beverly Hills, which portrayed Figaro and Susana (note the Spanish spelling) as undocumented Latino immigrants working for a rich couple named Paul and Roxanne Conti.

I wish one of my current local opera companies, either San Francisco or San José, would do something similar.

@tuttocenere, @leporellian

#opera #il barbiere di siviglia #the barber of seville #le nozze di figaro #the marriage of figaro #the ghosts of versailles #i due figaro #¡Figaro! (90210) #los angeles opera #figaro unbound #2015

[lacnunga]

Eating my medicine hidden in a ball of peanut butter (watching bad shows with awful people bc the costumes are cool)

#this is the 2015 versailles mood #my toxic trait is i will consume terriblw soap operas a slong as they are disguised as period dramas

[luxiiien]

paint and gold

#my pics #i'm gonna start posting pics i took in 2015 that i never shared for whatever reason :-) #i think these are from.. #versailles #palace of versailles #the louvre #louvre #france #gold #art #fresco #ceilings #architecture #royalty #europe #travel

[fructidors]

GRAND LEVER IN VERSAILLES (2015) LET'S GOOO the description of it (and louis' daily routine at versailles) was maybe my favorite part of the biography i read HOWEVER it's weird that they pretend it was philippe's idea?? iirc it had been tradition for centuries and centuries but i'm still so excited they put it in the show

#versailles (2015)

[spending-life-pretending]

listen I know absolutely no one here is looking for Versailles content but all I can think about rn is philippe telling the guards “he missed. Story of his life” after chevalier tries to shoot himself and then like 3 episodes later when philippe is nearly killed by thomas and chevalier goes after thomas and kills him with a single shot

#me #Versailles #attempted suicide mention #attempted suicide tw #versailles 2015 #montchevy #adhd brain is really not letting me have a fun popular relevant hyperfixation huh #I gotta be like 8 years late to the party

[perioddramapolls]

Period dramas dresses tournament: Red dresses Round 1- Group B: Hatice sultan, Magnificent century (gifset) vs Maria Theresa of Spain, Versailles (pics set)

#period drama dresses tournament #tournament poll #tumblr tournament #polls #fashion poll #hatice sultan #magnificent century #muhtesem yuzyil #maria theresa of spain #marie therese of spain #marie therese of austria #versailles #versailles 2015 #red r1

[withered-rose-unbreakable-lotus]

Masterpost: Visual Kei movies & other types jrockers were involved

So, it came to my attention some of you want to watch more visual kei movies so I thought of listing what I know, in case you've missed any of those. Please feel free to add anything I've missed with reblogs or in the comments.

Thank you @kirk-goes-to-gallifrey for the three movie links! ^^ And thank you @waretamado for helping with the titles of Plastic Tree's movies! Btw most of the vkei only movies must still be available on YT guys, however not all of them will be on HD.

Visual Kei movies:

Seth et Holth (1993) (Hide) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx_laJCEpew)

Moon Child (2003) (Gackt & Hyde)

Verte Aile/Bel Air (1997) (Malice Mizer) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdd58pTaK8A)

Bara no Konrei/Bridal of the Rose (2001) (Malice Mizer) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1d_cFRnxs)

BeatRock☆Love (2009) (Takeru ex.SuG)

Number Six (2006) (Alice Nine)

Yuku Pura Kuru Pura... Edokawa Puranpo no 「Ougon otoko」~「Visual bako no bijo」 (Plastic Tree) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Bb-3L4l2E)

Yuku Pura Kuru Pura... Edokawa Puranpo no 「Onan tokage」~「Bishounen wo kuu bijo」 (Plastic Tree) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAha6vDCE0Q)

Yuku Pura Kuru Pura...Edokawa Puranpo no「Angura Kaijin」~「Remon no bijo」 (Plastic Tree) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzt3ai5LSXc)

Ascendead Master (2009) (Versailles)

Onegai Kanaete (2011) (Versailles)

Oresama (2004) (Miyavi) YT link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcBvKQfVKNM)

Non Visual Kei movies jrockers acted in:

Kagen no Tsuki (2004) (this is a live action of a manga) (Hyde)

There is a movie that Takeru of SuG had played in for only a couple of scenes that was his first ever role, but I forget the name. I remember sth about "blue generation" or sth. If sb remembers it, please put it in the comments. Most people might remember the scene with the fluffy coat, him with blond hair turning to the protagonist with a menacing look, from the distance.

Paracelcus' Homonculus (2015) (this is an artsy film based off a photographer's exhibition) (Takeru of SuG)

Midori: the Camellia girl (2016) (live action of a manga) (Takeru of SuG)

Bunraku (2010) (Gackt)

Akumu-chan (2014) (Gackt)

Karanukan (2018) (Gackt)

Tonde Saitama 1 (2019) & 2 (2023) (Gackt)

Moshimo Tokugawa Ieyasu ga Sori Daijin ni Nattara (2024) (Gackt)

Furin Kazan (2007) (Gackt)

Mr. Brain (2009) (it must have been 1 episode or 2) (Gackt)

Tempest (2011) (Gackt)

Sengoku Basara (2012) (Gackt)

Time Spiral (2014) (Gackt)

BLEACH (2018) (live action) (Miyavi)

Hell Dogs (2022) (Miyavi)

Familia (2023) (Miyavi)

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) (Miyavi)

Kate (2021) (Miyavi)

Stray (2019) (Miyavi)

Unbroken (2014) (Miyavi)

There's a movie with either gangs or bands that Chiyu of SuG played after the disband. Papiko, shed your light cause I don't remember the title.

Other

REPO! The Genetic Opera (2008) (Yoshiki was involved with the music production of this film. Personally I learnt it years after I'd watched it)

Death Trance (2005) (It features many Dir en Grey songs in its soundtracks)

I hope you can find anything you like and enjoy!

#visual kei #vkei #visual kei movies #hide #x japan #versailles #malice mizer #gackt #miyavi #takeru #hyde #l'arc en ciel #vamps #alice nine #plastic tree #chiyu #sug

[twyllodrus]

Evan Williams & Alexander Vlahos as Chevalier de Lorraine & Philippe I, Duc d'Orléans in VERSAILLES (2015-2018) – 2x04 Miasma

#chevalier de lorraine #philippe d'orléans #versailles #monchevy #versaillesedit #perioddramaedit #weloveperioddrama #userrobin #my gifs #feeling unwarrantedly delulu unhinged after tonight's shift #so here have this 👁👄👁

[aarontaylorsjohnson]

We took our Carol trip!

December 10, 2023, my good friend Sarah and I piled in my small Kia and made the 1 hr 40 min trip from Indianapolis, IN to see Cincinnati and Chevoit, Ohio shooting locations from 2015's "Carol." It's the only winter movie that matters to me. Here are some of the key locations we visited.

Tagging: @belivet, @pacinos, @lesbin

Shillito Center and art deco exteriors in Cincinnati.

Shillito Center was a department store with art deco features including the beautiful clock pictured above. This was the exterior of Frankenberg's in the film. The Shillito's department store has closed but the beautiful building has been turned into luxury loft apartments!

The other buildings of note were the Bell Telephone Company's "Cincinnati Bell" building--my friend noticed that the decorative border on the building is comprised of a stone pattern of old rotary telephones! The exterior of the now-Hilton Cincinnati is another Carol shooting site, which doubled as New York City's Drake hotel.

This is the exquisite Hilton Cincinnati at Netherland Plaza. As you can see, the art deco influence is strong and the rooms are gorgeous and grand. We were hungry and wanted to have lunch but the only available menu was the Dickens breakfast buffet, priced at a formidable $89! So we enjoyed a drink and a bowl of peanuts at the bar. A quartet of professional singers in Victorian costumes sang Christmas Carols beautifully in the background. The bartender was dressed like they used to dress, in a beautiful tailored slacks, shirt, and vest uniform. He did not work at the Hilton in 2014-2015 but was delighted by our quest. The entryway to the hotel is known as the "Hall of Mirrors," inspired by Versailles.

This is the stone bathroom structure at Eden Park, which was the setting for the Christmas tree farm impromptu photography session. My friend watched Carol to prepare (she called it "fun homework") and I prepared by finding a tam o shanter hat at a thrift store. My parents had the scarf, blonde fur coat, faux fur hat, as part of their repository of items from doing over 25 years of community theater together. The rest of my clothing items are a regular part of my wardrobe. I vacillate between eras but I love 40s, 50s, and 60s best of all. I also think it's likely they filmed the scene of Therese and Richard on bicycle going through a park at Eden Park as well, but can't be totally sure.

Finally, Maury's Tiny Cove Restaurant in Chevoit, Cincinnati is the setting of the first lunch between Carol and Therese. The booth they used for shooting has been preserved and I reserved it ahead of time, although surrounding booths also have pictures from filming hanging over them. It's been long enough that the server didn't know much about the film but told us that a group of excited college students ate there once and requested the same meal Carol and Therese ordered in the movie. I had lasagna as we had not eaten much all day, and a Santa Cosmopolitan from their holiday menu. The food was wonderful and it was obvious a lot of people are regulars. We noted that there are glass windows over the booths now, unlike in the movie, probably added during the height of Covid.

Bonus, but a disappointment:

Carol & Rindy's beautiful house at Grandin Rd has been completely re-done and now looks nothing like in the movie:

And, "that's that"! A truly special and memorable experience.

Here is a link to a Google Drive with all of the unedited photos and videos we took if you want to see anything in original quality/detail. We shot video of the photography scene but it was mostly goofy and unusable haha.

We talked about the movie some and Sarah asked me which character was the best fit for my personality. Hands down, Abby. I was wide-eyed Therese once, never glam enough for Carol, but Abby will tell you the truth and not blush from it. My hero!

#caroledit #carol 2015 #cate blanchett #rooney mara #todd haynes #period drama #historical costuming

[best-habsburg-monarch]

Marie Antoinette in The Chevalier: While there is no shortage of bad portrayals of Marie Antoinette, this one is particularly confusing. The movie seems to imply that she is at fault for *checks notes* not solving France's racism problems (the movie does not acknowledge how much she was a target of French sexism and xenophobia.) It seemingly faults her for choosing her family's safety over a friendship that is maybe an emotional affair. It also introduces Mozart as an entitled dickhead in the first scene for some reason.

Marie-Theresa of Spain in Versailles: While this show certainly does some things well (the costumes are wonderful, Liselotte, Princess Palatine gets a reasonably good portrayal), it fumbles Marie-Theresa rather badly. She is introduced giving birth to a black baby fathered by a court dwarf (yes really.) She spends the rest of the series being swarthy, judgemental, and strictly religious, because that's just what Spaniards do in period dramas.

Archduchess Sophie in Die Kaiserin: Technically she is a Wittelsbach, but given that this show seems convinced that she was puppeteering the whole Habsburg state after 1848, it feels like it deserves inclusion on this list. While giving Franz Joseph no personal agency is not exactly a new take, nor is making Sophie an evil mother-in-law, this show ramps it up, invents affairs, makes Franz Joseph a bastard, and implies some very strange psychosexual stuff with her and her sons.

Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria in Maria Theresa: If you, like me, were excited to actually get a show about the most iconic female ruler in Central European history, you were also disappointed. Do you enjoy the insistence in Sisi media that she had an affair with Andrassy? No? Well, too bad, we are doing it again with Esterhazy and Maria Theresa. They can't possibly portray a strong woman without making her marriage garbage and showing affairs that didn't historically happen. (I also will not shut up about how bad that wig is)

These are the admins opinions and you're free to disagree

#best habsburg bracket #bonus polls #we can have more rounds if you want to add more bad portrayals