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[montagnarde1793]

There's apparently a town a bit to the South-East of Paris called "Saint-Just-Sauvage" that has a Rue Robespierre. Actually, there are a lot of towns around Paris with one. So why not Paris, eh? EH? None of the others have such interesting names though. I fail to understand why they would name their town Saint-Just-Sauvage," though... O.o Maybe there is a Saint-Just-Apprivoisé someplace.

It would seem for the most part, to continue on the theme, that there are several towns with Rues Robespierre in Nord-Pas-de-Calais (unsurprisingly), several towns around Paris also do, and then randomly one near Brest and another few near Lyon. But that's it. 

And meanwhile, they still refuse to name any street in Paris after him. Most likely on the grounds that he was OMGTEHBLOODTHIRSTYDICTATOR!!!111!!1! Which I find truly ironic, since there is a Rue Bonaparte in Paris and Bonaparte actually *was* a bloodthirsty dictator. (Or if he didn't have a direct thirst for blood his thirst for personal glory definitely spilled a lot of it.) What's up with that? I don't understand why they don't just give him one of Haussman's; after all he doesn't deserve isn't using it. 

And WTF, there's a Rue de Médecis?! And damn, La Fayette's got a huge boulevard! Are the people who decide the street names in Paris completely unaware that he tried to set himself up as military dictator twice and massacred innocent Parisian citizens?! Then again, since there's a Rue Bonaparte, I suppose they don't care.

....I give up. ;______;

Actually, I spoke too soon: there's an Avenue Robespierre in a town near Toulon called La Garde.

Comments

[josiana.livejournal.com]

It might. Maybe they have an embarrasing speech impediment that makes it impossible for them to say his name.

I don't want to hurt his feelings. ;-; It's not his fault Victor Hugo wrote him like that.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. "I live on the Rue R--the Rue Rob--es--Robe--the Rue Robbedsperri Ahhhhh! *runs away crying*" You mean like that?

That is very true. Victor Hugo, why did you make Marius such a dolt???

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Yes. :( Then they'd die of shame. It would be tragic. I guess we'll have to wait until he rises from his grave as a zombie to find out.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Or comic, depending on perspective.

We could do that....right?

[josiana.livejournal.com]

>__>;;

I suppose if we tried hard enough. Perhaps if I draw R/Gavroche S&M, or something. That's likely to at least get him to turn in his grave.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

It would at least be ironic...

O.o The mental images! Yes, I can imagine *that* would make him start spinning in his grave.

[josiana.livejournal.com]

^__^ ...It could be worse. Trust me. ^__^ But I wonder what would take to actually get him to rise from the grave.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Do we want to know that? O___o

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Well, I want to. >__> I like warped things.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

So how do you propose to find out then? Experimentation?

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Hmm. That could work! :D What should I try first?

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

I fear my imagination may prove too limited; I'm sure various disturbing pairings and orgies have already been tried without the effect of Hugo's rising from the grave....yet. Surely you must have some ideas?

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Er. Gothic Lolita!Thenardiess/Bahorel? Considering things involving her are more disturbing than they would be ordinarily.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

LMAO. That would certainly be a start...

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Muahaha. >:3 I'll try that when I'm done with all the random stuff.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Great! Then maybe we'll finally get to meet zombie!Victor Hugo...

[josiana.livejournal.com]

He'll have a long way to go, though. >_> I wonder if they let zombies on planes.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Who knows....the scenario seems awfully familiar, at least...

[josiana.livejournal.com]

XDD We'll also have to keep him from eating us.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Would Victor Hugo do at thing like that?

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Well, you never know with zombies.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Yes. I'm sure death and un-life are somewhat altering experiences.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Yes. I'm sure death and un-death are somewhat altering experiences.

[josiana.livejournal.com]

Yes. They probably are. >_> Obviously there need to be more experiments in that area before we know for sure.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Hopefully not starting with Victor Hugo...?