Post by LIBERTE on Sept 8, 2015 19:57:12 GMT
Let them eat cake
Remember that saying about what happens to the best laid plans?
Well unfortunately for King Henri it seems to be coming true lately. It’s tough being a kid after all — but even tougher when you’re actually supposed to be the one in charge and no one listens to you. Henri’s gilded cage doesn’t keep him from seeing the obvious problems within his country not to mention within Paris. However, as he’s grown older, Henri has wanted to thwart the Chouannerie more and more. Though they put him on the throne, this group of aristocratic government officials likely only picked him because he was a young enough claimant that they could run things the way they wanted too — which meant taking revenge against all the revolutionaries and idealists who sent their families to the guillotine during the Revolution. Henri has plans of his own, however — like a toy army modeled after Peter the Great’s and intent to try to get rid of the Chouannerie if he lives long enough to do it. A broad education and an open mind means that the young king hopes to make compromises to allow both sides of the heated political spectrum to be happy as well as the everyday person too.
But he’s learning quickly that acting on any of those ideas is going to be harder than he thought.
When he brought up the idea of throwing a grand fete to which anyone was welcome to come no matter their class or wealth as a way for people to put aside their cares for just one night and enjoy themselves, he hadn’t planned on the Chouannerie running on his idea but with the only people invited being the rich. Apparently only the aristocratic members of society have problems they’d want to escape for a night — if you asked the Chouannerie anyway.
To make matters worse, Robespierre — always looking for a way to stir the pot ever closer to another revolution — decided that he would throw a party as well. His party will be in the streets of France for only those of the lower classes.
Now there are going to be two parties on the same night and more tensions than ever have arisen over people’s feelings about the parties as they’ve now been announced and word is spreading rapidly throughout France.
And what’s going to happen the night of the parties when angry rioting citizens swarm the Palais des Tulieries angry, hungry, and not in a good mood? What will the king do? Why what better to do than to say “Heck with it!” and throw his -own- party the way he wanted it in the first place with anyone invited to join.
However.. there will still be people to be angry. Robespierre and the Chouannerie certainly won’t like it that a thirteen year old has outwitted them and now it’s more clear than ever where the true colours lie.
Well unfortunately for King Henri it seems to be coming true lately. It’s tough being a kid after all — but even tougher when you’re actually supposed to be the one in charge and no one listens to you. Henri’s gilded cage doesn’t keep him from seeing the obvious problems within his country not to mention within Paris. However, as he’s grown older, Henri has wanted to thwart the Chouannerie more and more. Though they put him on the throne, this group of aristocratic government officials likely only picked him because he was a young enough claimant that they could run things the way they wanted too — which meant taking revenge against all the revolutionaries and idealists who sent their families to the guillotine during the Revolution. Henri has plans of his own, however — like a toy army modeled after Peter the Great’s and intent to try to get rid of the Chouannerie if he lives long enough to do it. A broad education and an open mind means that the young king hopes to make compromises to allow both sides of the heated political spectrum to be happy as well as the everyday person too.
But he’s learning quickly that acting on any of those ideas is going to be harder than he thought.
When he brought up the idea of throwing a grand fete to which anyone was welcome to come no matter their class or wealth as a way for people to put aside their cares for just one night and enjoy themselves, he hadn’t planned on the Chouannerie running on his idea but with the only people invited being the rich. Apparently only the aristocratic members of society have problems they’d want to escape for a night — if you asked the Chouannerie anyway.
To make matters worse, Robespierre — always looking for a way to stir the pot ever closer to another revolution — decided that he would throw a party as well. His party will be in the streets of France for only those of the lower classes.
Now there are going to be two parties on the same night and more tensions than ever have arisen over people’s feelings about the parties as they’ve now been announced and word is spreading rapidly throughout France.
And what’s going to happen the night of the parties when angry rioting citizens swarm the Palais des Tulieries angry, hungry, and not in a good mood? What will the king do? Why what better to do than to say “Heck with it!” and throw his -own- party the way he wanted it in the first place with anyone invited to join.
However.. there will still be people to be angry. Robespierre and the Chouannerie certainly won’t like it that a thirteen year old has outwitted them and now it’s more clear than ever where the true colours lie.
