FleurduFeu

Emily, 30’s, she/her This is primarily a fandom blog, expect Star Wars, Tolkien, history, and a great deal of whatever I'm watching/reading at the moment

[meanbuddhist]

*turns my attention inwards* mmmmm. no *turns my attention back outwards* oh god

[jennelikejennay]

turn your attention to The Character

[bonesbuckleup]

#Cast your gaze upon this wretched thing - tags from @destinyandcoins

[dduane]

[qin-shi-huang-di]

your honor you can make all executions gay executions if you come out as gay!

i don't see what being jovial has to do with executing people but i will give it a try!

[king-sejong-the-great]

"Gay" is what you ancients used to call "cut-sleeve love," your Imperial Qin-ness.

[qin-shi-huang-di]

hi vassal, thanks for reaching out! his royal highness has no experience with such matters 😊 so i will have to defer to the expertise of the pretender @emperor-gaozu-of-han ✂️👘

[emperor-gaozu-of-han]

can you imagine being such a loser you think feeling love strong enough you’d cut up your best clothing as to avoid disturbing your lover from his sleep is something to make fun of? lmao

Men are great, women are great, but my wife is the best

[qin-shi-huang-di]

#I say this of my own free will and under no duress <- methinks this traitor doth protest overmuch

[emperor-gaozu-of-han]

does hamlet speak to you because you also end up murdering everyone you care about and then yourself orrrr

[qin-shi-huang-di]

I KNOW HE DID IT!!!!!!! I KNOW LÜ BUWEI KILLED MY FATHER AND GRANFATHER I JUST CAN'T PROVE IT!!!!!!! GRANDAD LITERALLY DIED WITHIN A YEAR OF ASCENDING THE THRONE AND MY DAD DIED JUST 3 YEARS LATER AND I COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I WAS ONLY 13 WHEN I BECAME KING AND LÜ BUWEI HAD THE WHOLE COURT IN HIS POCKET AND MUMMY WOULDN'T EVEN HELP ME SHE NEVER LOVED ME SHE ALWAYS TAKES HIS SIDE!!!!!!!!

[emperor-gaozu-of-han]

“the lady doth protest too much, methinks” is also famously the line spoken by gertrude when she’s projecting her own guilt and insecurity onto a character in a play.

of course, this could mean nothing

[qin-shi-huang-di]

FAKE NEWS FAKE NEW FAKE NEWS! MY GUILTY CONSCIENCE DOES NOT PLAGUE ME BECAUSE ALL MY ACTIONS ARE JUST AND ALL MY INTENTIONS ARE NOBLE! THE PEOPLE WHO WERE STUPID ENOUGH TO BE EXECUTED HAD IT COMING!!!!! I AM THE REAL VICTIM HERE! I WOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED TO KILL ANYONE IF THEY HAD JUST BEEN A LITTLE MORE GRATEFUL AND A LITTLE MORE LOYAL TO ME! THE TERRIBLE GHOSTS WHO HAUNT MY DREAMS AND CREEP OUT OF THE DARK CORNERS OF MY PALACE WHEN I AM LEFT ALONE FOR TOO LONG ARE 100% REAL!!!!! THEY ARE NOT FIGMENTS OF MY IMAGINATION. ALL I NEED IS ONE MORE EXORCISM AND ONE MORE EXTRAVAGANT SACRIFICE AND THE GODS WILL FINALLY GRANT ME PEACE

[qin-shi-huang-di]

I AM PROMOTING YOU TO IMPERIAL SECRETARY

[msvelawciraptor]

Thinking about this moment in 1776 for no particular reason today.

[peachyblkdemonslayer]

A compilation of Bipoc lead fantasy series made by my mutual themightyzo on Instagram

Where to watch the ones available

I am Frankelda

The Glassworker

Iyanu the child of wonder

The Ebony Witch

[assiraphales]

anyways (I say this as someone who is deeply critical of the united states government, military, unchecked capitalism, police, etc) I am SICK of people treating america as if it has no cultural value or positives so….. I love u 85 million acres (bigger than italy) of national parks. I love u harlem renaissance. I love u groundhogs day. I love u sweet tea and fried chicken and jambalaya. I love u apple cider donuts and maizes on crisp autumn days. I love u 95k miles of coastlines and new england fisherman and hand knitted sweaters. I love u halloween where millions of people dress up and give candy to strangers and carve jack o’lanterns. I love u small talk and small towns and potlucks and bringing over casseroles to your struggling neighbors. I love u cowboys and ranch hands and arizonian cactus. I love u appalachian trail and dirtbikes and divebars. I love u sparklers and fireflies. I love u mark twain and toni morrison and emily dickinson and henry david thoreau. I love u rock n roll i love u bluegrass and hippies i love u jimi hendrix and nirvana and CCR and janis joplin. I love u victorian houses and jonny appleseed and john henry and mothman and bigfoot. I love u foggy days in the pacific northwest and neon signs and roadside attractions. I love u baseball and 1950s diners and soft serve. I love u native american art and pop art and poptarts. I love u blue jeans and barbecues and jazz musicians 

[fleurdufeu]

Fix-it AU (especially in response to a character death)?

A+ if the character in question is my blorbo and I disagree with their death.

[lazy8blog]

Give me a fanfiction trope and I’ll grade it:

A: Love it. Spend my time combing AO3 for it.

B: Like it. Not one of my bigger cravings, but it can scratch a certain itch if I’m in the right mood.

C: Neutral. A good author might be able to sell it, but a bad one will kill it deader than dead.

D: Not my favorite. I avoid it if I can, but it won’t necessarily put me off reading something.

F: Hate it. Will immediately make me nope out of a fic.

[historical-fashion-polls]

which outfit would you rather wear? (1898)

left 💛🖤

right 🩶💚

Voting ended onJun 20

[skaldish]

I think about this a lot.

[computationalcalculator]

may I add also “butt dial” vs “booty call” vs “bottom text”

[clitorius-maximus]

Hand job vs manual labor

[ohgreatblackbunny]

Tags deserved to be seen

[alltherestofus]

Seeing the diminishment and erasure of the legacy of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series occur in my actual lifetime is mind-boggling.

You've got people out here making youtube videos about the legacy of dragons and dragonriding in fantasy fiction without talking about the dragonriding Grand Master of SFF herself Anne McCaffrey.

This isn't some obscure thing where I'm trying to promote someone who is only kind of known because of forgotten representation. Anne McCaffrey was A HOUSEHOLD NAME when I was a kid when it comes to fantasy literature. She's the first woman to win a Hugo and to win a Nebula. In 2002 there was a TV pilot filmed for Dragonriders of Pern.

Eragon, Temeraire, Toothless, and the dragons of Fourth Wing exist because these people grew up on the blueprint set by the Pern novels. Talking about dragons and not mentioning Pern is like talking about Orcs and not mentioning Lord of the Rings.

Y'all need to read your fucking classics before you go talking like an authority on a topic. Jesus Christ.

[unwastelandunbaby]

[buffycaps]

Rest in peace to the incredible Anthony Stewart Head (20th February 1954 - 1st June 2026)

RUPERT GILES in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (1997-2003)

[uservik]

- v. hugo

[theswampghost]

happy barricade day to george blagden specifically

[threadbaremillionaire]

POV you have one minute to live

[bunniesandbeheadings]

Uh-oh! Someone just demolished your republic and declared himself emperor! Who would you rather it be?

Napoleon Bonaparte

Sheev Palpatine

Voting ended onJul 8, 2025

You can provide propaganda if you’d like

[bunniesandbeheadings]

So most of you voted for Bonaparte

But not all. This wasn't 100%. Not...all of you chose to not vote for the guy who shoots lazers out of his fingers and collects Death Stars like Pokemon Cards

[bunniesandbeheadings]

I think about this a lot.