#montjoie

[philoursmars]

Je reprends mon projet de présenter la plupart de mes 52377 photos.

1999. Voyage scolaire à Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), en Allemagne.

Ici, on fait une incursion au village ultra-typique de Monschau (Montjoie)

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Monschau September 2019

[princess-of-france]

MONTJOIE (Bardic Asks)

[BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT!]

This reply marks my 1,415th post on Tumblr. 

1415 CE is, of course, a very important year (and one that is very close to my heart) and it seems only right that I honor that number with this particular set of responses. <3

“Then call we this the field of Agincourt, fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus...” (H5, 4.7)

❤️ why I love this character

Because Montjoie always comes back. Always. There’s always one more appearance, one more appeal, one more heady confrontation. Henry just can’t shake him off, and Montjoie just can’t leave the king well enough alone. They are the ever-attracting North and South poles of a magnet.

💙 why I hate this character

He only has 53 canonical lines of text in the First Folio.

That is not nearly enough for my angst-loving soul, Will!

⁉️ what initially drew me to this character

The fact that he shifts seamlessly from prose to verse the moment he realizes King Henry is addressing him in iambic pentameter. Talk about smooth.

Also, he wastes no time in taking Henry’s sassy cue and using “thee/thou” (which is to say: informal) pronouns with the KING OF ENGLAND, which is such a complete boss-bitch move, I can’t even—

💕 who do I think this character is in love with (if anyone) and why

I mean, he fights his way to Henry’s side in the middle of monstrously bloody battle against his own countrymen just to beg the king to exercise his empathy, if he has any, and to cease fighting.

That’s just...not a herald’s job. There are retreat horns for that.

And yet...

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 what do I think this character’s feelings about their family are

I think Montjoie’s family IS the French army. 

I get the impression from the text of the Folio that he’s a bit like the Constable: he’s been in the army for at least a decade, his whole life is wrapped up in the military, and he has little in the way of a personal life outside his royal duties.

I tend to think Montjoie was raised by moral, upstanding, hardworking Frenchpeople...probably minor nobility, or some such. But he wasn’t the eldest son, so inheritance was never really on the table. And he found his calling and true vocation in serving as messenger/herald for King Charles. 

It suits him to serve France as a peace-sower, rather than as a warrior. Killing people is just not one of Montjoie’s interests or skills.

🕰 what do I think this character enjoys doing in their free time

I think Montjoie is a voracious reader. French, English, and Latin. Like, dozens of books a year. How else do you explain the easy phasing in and out of English verse?

👿 who does this character hate more than anyone else

Montjoie reaaaallly doesn’t strike me as the kind of person who “hates” people. I mean...dislike people? Sure. Distrust people? Comes with the job. But hatred? Actual loathing? That just doesn’t seem like a ready-made emotion for a guy whose literal job entails seeking peaceful accordance with enemy forces.

(That said, I’m sure he agrees with the Constable that the Dauphin can be ridiculous at times.)

🌈 what is their relationship like with their romantic partner(s)

If his romantic partner is Henry, then I’d say their relationship is the Facebook Fraternity Brother Profile definition of the phrase, “It’s complicated.”

🌕 happy headcanon

Montjoie and the Constable are longtime friends and they enjoy playing chess together over fine brandy. (Montjoie nearly always wins.)

🌑 sad headcanon

Montjoie leaves the white rook from his chess set on the grave of Charles d’Albret, after he’s buried. It was always d’Albret’s favorite piece in the game.

📂 random/obscure headcanon

Montjoie has an exceptional memory, and he’s memorized the birthdays of every single child of King Charles and Queen Isabel (including all the ones who passed away). The royal children love him for this and look forward to hearing his well-wishes on their special days, year in and year out.

(When he goes to wish the golden-haired Princess Catherine a happy 14th birthday, however, Montjoie can’t help but break down in tears. It’s only been 48 hours, after all. And she’s so young. So innocent. And now her fate is sealed. And his king is irrevocably gone.)

📱favorite/personal modern interpretation

The world needs more fem!Montjoies. That’s all I’m going to say.

📺 favorite film interpretation

??? This is the same problem I had with Hotspur. Not enough films.

I do think it’s worth noting that Jessica Ko was SUBLIME in Rosa Joshi’s minimalistic, monochromatic production of Henry V, however.

(Oregon Shakespeare Festival // 2018 season)

🎻 a song I associate with this character

“Incomplete” by James Bay

📕 my ideal epilogue for this character (if they survived)

Ideally? His friends would’ve survived Azincourt. Especially the Constable.

However, although it’s probably treasonous to say so, I can’t un-wish Henry’s victory in that battle because it’s too endemic to why I love him and Henry V (the play) in the first place.

“The day is yours.” 

I mean, wow.

My life was over the day I read those words for the first time. The rest of my life will be haunted by them.

📗 what I think would’ve happened to this character if they HAD survived

He did survive. That’s the tragedy.

@skeleton-richard

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Montjoie / Aveyron

photo: Pascal Maire

[philoursmars]

Je reprends mon projet de présenter la plupart de mes 52377 photos.

2002 , voyage scolaire en Allemagne: 

- les 5 premières : Aix-la-Chapelle, la cathédrale et des fontaines

- le reste : Monschau

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Monschau September 2019

die Rur

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Monschau September 2019

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Monschau September 2019

Feierabend mit Zwickelbier

“Zum Haller”