#frev adjacent

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Most of the Rousseau quotes are taken from Confessions. I've modernised some of them to make it more difficult, but the meaning is left unch

Made a thing. Come on. You know you want to play. Though be warned, it may be more difficult than it looks!

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"We are products of our past. We cannot exorcise the ghosts of the past any more than we can forget our own identities, because who we are is made up of these ghosts."

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Average reading The Social Contract experience:

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Based on the dubious results of an earlier poll, let's try to replicate it for a larger sample:

(I put my trust in you beloved mutuals!)

J-J Rousseau was a(n)...

Alpha (have you read Confessions?)

Beta (unlikely)

Omega (there you go)

Voting ended onDec 16, 2024

*haters will say that it's a leading question, I say I'm just giving people the necessary background to make an informed judgement.

**Should you need more info to decide, feel free to go through the tw: jj tag

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On this blog, we stan Denis Diderot for respecting women. A true feminist ally. (Need to read more on him still so please don't burst my bubble. Also the bar I set for 18th century men is basically on the ground)

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may your headcanon also get affirmed by an academic article ✨

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Look, my favourite frenemies, side by side!

(to be clear, frenemies here stands for 'French-speaking enemies')

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...because I've finished Confessions but JJ/Denis Diderot wouldn't leave my brain...

Poem & the rest of the fic is under the cut! The poem itself is mildly nsfw-ish? As with everything though, that's up to interpretation

(bonus points if you catch the Voltaire reference!)

For those of you who bared with me til the end - thank you, you're the real ones! ✨

(also obligatory everything except the opening quote by Diderot and Dieckmann's name is made up, but also canon, you know?)