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[unborn-of-this.livejournal.com]

Camera, lights, ACTION -

Okay, maybe not quite like tha -

...oh... kay. So, there's the Versailles curse coming up this weekend, and of course that meaaaaaaaans: drama. Costumes. And exceedingly pink pastries (among other things).

So just comment with whatever plans you have for your characters: will they be part of the grand aristocracy, the working staff, revolutionaries, mere courtiers working their way through ranks, ambassadors? What are their plots and plans, and more importantly, whom else can you drag into it? Put down if your character needs some help (a lady might need a personal attendant, for instance, a palace guard commander might require his subordinates, etc) as well!

Just have fun with it, hur hur.

Oh, and something to keep in mind for this Sunday at 20:00 / 8 p.m. EST:

A GREAT BALL @ THE VERSAILLES PALACE

THE WORLD'S FINEST NOBILITY IN ATTENDANCE

CITIZENS CORDIALLY INVITED

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Re: Foreign Entourage, Assemble!

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

It's sad, I made it through about half and then I was just like "oh, shut up, Machiavelli and skipped ahead looking for the good stuff. I'm kind of a fan of his "never be generous, except with stuff that's not yours" thing, though.

Okay, so setting aside the fact that I'm tempted to make all of those examples her ACTUAL TITLES, I need two quick clarifications, please?

1) Is "de l'Orange" in your example her family name, a location...what?
2) Is she a Crown Princesse if she's out of the line of succession to be king, by virtue of her brother's existence? Or does the "crown" part just signify that she's the actual direct daughter of a king?

YOU ARE MORE EXPERT THAN I AND I LOVE YOU FOR IT.

Re: Foreign Entourage, Assemble!

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

Oh, hurr, mind how you go with that one: one is Daventry, that we well know, the next one is "England" with the letters mixed up, the next is a reference to The Crying of Lot 49, and the last is a riff on "Brightlingsea."

o1. I was kind of thinking of "de l'Orange" (which I think is actually grammatically wrong-o) as her family name, though I was thinking of it being territorially or locationally created (Dupuis = of the well or pit; Dubois = of the woods). But, really, Princesse Rosella, Princess of Daventry, &c &c works too.

o2. I'm going to have to check this (once this cat gets off my lap), but I was under the impression (potentially wrong) that there could be both princes and princesses as well as crown princes and princesses. Normal princes and princesses are ones by title, probably in areas long held by someone with the title of "prince," or potentially someone like the king's brother, say. But a crown prince or princess is a child of the king and queen, specifically.

Re: Foreign Entourage, Assemble!

[agoodchild.livejournal.com]

Okay, I was wrong about the crown princess bit: her brother would be the crown prince, because he's the heir, and that's what the title refers to, really. She would still be a princess, though.

Re: Foreign Entourage, Assemble!

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, the King's Quest Omnipedia gave me a bunch of random names of other things to use, including an existing Duchy in the world, so woo for me.

1) Actually, a little bit of thinking reminded me of another ridiculous in-joke in King's Quest canon--there are some characters named as being from a land called Bruce, which is notable for many things but most know for one incident involving the Banner of Bruce, during which a rather unpleasant green monster arrived out of nowhere to destroy the Bruce Banner and left again without a trace.

...Yeah. The Incredible Hulk is King's Quest Canon. I CAN'T EVEN.

Soooo, thanks to this in-joke (and the fact that "De Brus apparently is an old French SCOTTISH-NORMAN, I CAN READ, WHATEVER IT'S A PUN name), She will now be Rosella de Brus, Princesse of Daventry, Duchess of Cumberford, Marchioness of Serenia, Countess of the Green Isle, &c. And thank YOU again, a million times, for all the help.

2) That's what I thought, that it signaled the heir apparent or whatever. But righto! o/

Re: Foreign Entourage, Assemble!

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

...walking away, walking away...

AWESOME. WORTHY NAMES, ALL OF THEM.

Yeah, there are times when I'm just tripping.

Re: Foreign Entourage, Assemble!

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

THE BRUCE BANNER. A CAUTIONARY TALE. These writers are my heroes.

There is probably something seriously wrong with us when we just spent several hours trying to figure out a correct name for a fictional character for a make-believe hobby on the internet.

There's probably something seriously wronger with me, because I AM SO GEEKED OUT WITH NEW KNOWLEDGE RIGHT NOW.