Let the Revolution begin!

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

Hey! :D

As your esteemed bloodthirsty dictator moderator, I would like to kick things off here with a welcome and a few suggestions.

WHAT UP. Huzzah, hurrah and even hurrooh, a French Revolution community finally exists. Let's have a blast~

As far as suggestions, well, actually, I've only got two...

~Would anyone be up for creating a reference post? What I mean is, a list of movies, books, websites, and other things that concern the French Revolution. I don't think my knowledge is quite extensive enough (In other words: I BE A N00B). But if anyone else's is...yeah.

~What if we had, like, a quarterly icontest? Or a fiction or art conest? Would anyone actually contribute? (Of course, maybe I should wait until there's more members to ask this. XD)

Does anyone else have any other ideas?

Comments

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

As your esteemed bloodthirsty dictator moderator

And that's why we love you <333

FOR SUGGESTION NUMBAH ONE! (like Marat, I like to be dramatic ~<3)

I'd willing, not at this precise moment, but I have seen quite a few good things and I wouldn't mind sharing (and I've got a couple listed in my LJ)

FOR NUMBAH 2

I would contribute art, but nothing more merely because my writtings in english are pretty bad. And I have no talent for icons, but art, I would be ready and willing!

Oh! Right now I'm translating's Marat's "L'ami du Peuple" and I wouldn't mind posting it here :3

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

Yay!~ Great! So maybe what we should do is have someone make the post, and then have everyone post in the comments all the different things they know of. Then, the post could be edited to add them.

Oh! Right now I'm translating's Marat's "L'ami du Peuple" and I wouldn't mind posting it here :3

Please do! :D That'd be awesome.

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

See, that was also an idea I had because I'm quite sure most of us have probably seen and read a mass of different things (like I know I watched and read lots in french) so, a good collection would be great, I'll try and start it up this week!

I will! I'll post it by articles merely because their is a LOT to translate and it's hard to find the english word equivalent to his exceedingly angry french words (I'm broadening my vocabulary! :D)

[cachecache.livejournal.com]

Some suggestions to be added to the comm's interests: Sieyès, tricolour, bleu blanc et rouge, supreme being, third estate, estates general, ancien régime, enlightenment, national convention, tennis court oath, the great fear, vendée, Declarations of the Rights of Man and Citizen, cockades, reason, french republican calendar, metric system, festival of federation, october days, Lafayette, assignats, 10 august, 9 thermidor, 18 brumaire, jacques-louis david, la marseillaise, committee of public safety, jeunesse dorée, ça ira

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you! :3 I knew there was a lot I have to be missing.

[jesta-ariadne.livejournal.com]

Hey~ :)

I definitely would love to chip in to a reference list thingummy, though I haven't read thoroughly enough to do a decent job of it on my own. I do sort of have possibly the world's most insanely long list of websites with even the vaguest relation to the revolution. Um. If that would be helpful? XD

As for the second -- ohh, I really want to write rev fic, and maybe a challenge would even make me, but... blah, can't write anymore apparently. Maybe I'd try, and anyway I would LOVE to read anything anyone else writes. And see anyone else's art. Icons I can (sort of) do!

...Also. Danton picspamming a rating comm? That would be excellent.

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

I highly encourage the writting of a rev fic - I'll add some accompagning art if you like :3

...I think *every* community secretly WANTS a Danton picspamming

ANdthisiconissoawsome *lovelovelove*

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

Yes, it definitely would! Like I said above, perhaps we should have someone make the post, and then have everyone put all the things they know of in the comments, to be added to the post.

Ooooh, dooo iiit! :D I'd like to read it. Personally, I think I'm slightly too neurotic about getting every!single!detail!right to do much historical writing. XD;

Wouldn't it, though?~ I wish someone would try to advertise here right now, just because I so want an excuse to do that.

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

Personally, I would LOVE a Dantonpicspamming....Yeah, I would. ~ <333 It would make me giggle!

[ex-indefatig78.livejournal.com]

I'd contribute to the best of my ability. I'm not particularly skilled in any one area, though, alas. *is also bit of a noob, don't tell anyone*

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :3 (Secret's safe with me; we n00bs must stick together)

[gogo-sakura.livejournal.com]

You know how in the rules you put that people can upload music videos? Someone should totally make an AMV type thingee with the History Channel's FR special.

It'd pwn.

[jesta-ariadne.livejournal.com]

...I do actually have that in .avi format sitting on my hard drive ^^;;;;;
Song suggestions, anyone?

[gogo-sakura.livejournal.com]

Oh my God...that's awesome.

I'm going to think of songs now.

[kurotoshi.livejournal.com]

Headless Waltz - Voltaire! ~<3

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

YES. <3

Unfortunately, I don't really have any song ideas either.