Welcome to Shoujo, an anime podcast where I,
Sarah, introduce my good friend Joe to anime
from the Shoujo genre. We're currently covering
the Rose of Versailles, and this week we're discussing
episodes 31 through 33. But before we jump into
the drama, of the show. Let's catch up. Joe,
what have you been up to? Yesterday, I so I've
been showing my friends all of the Matrix movies
because they have not seen all of them. And I
like all of them. So I've been showing them them.
And yesterday was the culmination in the Matrix
four. Is that the new one? Resurrection. That's
what it's called. Yes, that is the new one. a
movie that seems to not enjoy its own existence
in a way that I find very fun, but not everybody
else loved as much as me. Bang. Bang. Stupid
fly in my apartment. Sorry. OK, now that's going
to be distracting. But that brings that little
exercise to a close, which is good. And no, it's
just good. I think it's fine. Yeah, so that's
been fun. I'm trying to think of what else that
I've done that's been noteworthy. The whole week's
a blur. I'll throw it back to you while I think
of more things. So I as soon as I heard this,
I was like, oh, my God, I must tell Joe. So I've
been I've been sitting on this. And so I was
at my mom's place and we were like talking about
my sister's wedding and stuff. My sister was
there. We were planning like the or getting.
the trip booked for her bachelorette trip and
she and she brought up a concern she had that
um because her fiance wants i think it's like
an uncle or something to be the what's the person
the person who marries them uh yeah yeah um and
he's done like other weddings in the families
before but she told us that he has an eye condition
that has worsened recently and that he now wears
an eye patch. Oh, wow. And she's like, I don't
know if I want a guy with an eye patch officiating
my wedding, but like, you know, her fiance like
really wants it to happen. And it's like, oh,
but what about the photos and this and that?
And I'm like, no, this is going to be sick. You
should definitely have him do it and let him
keep the eye patch on. That'd be so fun. That'd
be awesome. Yeah, that's really interesting.
So good. Oh, man. Let's see. What? I guess I'll
just do my. Yeah, same been playing Monster Hunter.
I haven't been gaming that much. I've been rewatching
Survivor, like I mentioned, and. But now on Tuesday,
Patch 8 of Baldur's Gate 3 comes out, which introduces
a bunch of new subclasses and this and that.
And I have multiple different groups of people
who are like, oh, yeah, we should play that.
And I've, you know, up to this point, I've been
like, oh, yeah. Yeah, you know, like whenever
that comes out thinking I had more time before
this happens, because now I'm like, oh God, I
haven't finished Monster Hunter. You have witnessed
what trying to play this game with me is like.
There's just no way you're going to be able to
do a multi -person playthrough. The scheduling
alone will be will be killer. Yeah, we'll just
have to see how it goes. Yeah, so that's a thing
on the horizon. I'm trying to think of anything
else of note is happening in my life. I feel
like it has not been very exciting lately. I
got a new pillow. Your new pillow? Yes. Well,
I just got it in the mail today and fluffed it.
And so I'll try it tonight and see how it is.
I just have terrible quality of sleep and, but
also it's, I don't know. Yeah. It's, here's hoping,
as I do with all my impulse purchases late at
night, that this one little purchase is going
to change my life for the better somehow. Oh
man. Speaking of buying stuff, I've been like
- Yes. I have been like, should I buy a dedicated
MP3 player or music? Was it DAP? Did I talk about
this last time? I feel like I talk about this
all the time with a bunch of people. And I feel
like I just have the same conversation over and
over and over again. What do you mean? I got.
What are those? There's like a type of earbud
or whatever that's like they use for like audio
testing. You can buy them very cheaply anyway,
so I got that and Now I'm like, ooh This is this
is wired. This is a wired thing That I have and
that doesn't really go into my phone anymore.
Like your phone doesn't know doesn't have a jack
anymore So I of course I'm like what if I got
like a you know Like just like an mp3 player
that I could just have and I could just dump
a bunch of music on it listen to it whatever
I want and And there is a market for that and
it is extremely expensive. It's so intense. In
terms of like all the different things you can
get. Yeah, but they make those, but they're like
audio file things, right? So there's like all
these different brands and they can range from
costing like, you know, $40 to like a thousand
dollars or like $2 ,000. It's wild. The like
extent. that you can go like hard on whatever.
So the thing I got was an in -ear monitor is
what they're called. So they're IEMs and they
sound good because they have like all the different
frequencies and they're wired. So they're like
intense. But I'm like not an audiophile guy.
So I like don't really understand And every time
I go to these websites because I'm like, what's
a good like entry level model to get read it
and it's like I'll go to these websites and they're
showing me like the circuit diagrams of like
the audio processor and I'm like, wow, this means
absolutely nothing to me What is any of this
stuff so I have been I've been having and of
course I'm doing this because I'm like well What
if tariffs happen they may never happen because
they seem to be just doing whatever they want
now electronics are Not included, but they're
gonna be included later who knows so I keep being
like I need to get this now Maybe but also maybe
I don't need to get this now. I don't know But
mostly I just want to stop using Spotify. I'm
tired of it. I'm sick of Spotify The quality's
gone down. Their, like, recommendation stuff
is not as good. I don't like all their little
AI -generated names of stuff. It's annoying to
me. It doesn't... I know it doesn't, like, pay
artists anything, so it's not like I'm helping
them at all by using this. So, yeah, I'm sick
of it. I'm tired of using services. I want to
have... I want to have everything... ...locally.
That's right. Yeah, I just only use Spotify for,
like... specific like what I know I want to listen.
I basically I just like songs that I know and
then just shuffle through the thousands of songs
I have on my light songs. I don't have like recommendations
or anything like that, really. But and then you
get ads for Amazon music or whatever. And it's
like one ad free podcast and like, well. Amazon
video isn't ad free anymore, so I'm like, surely
the Amazon music app will also have ads sometime
soon. Right. Yeah. I feel like it doesn't have
very good ratings. But yeah, I know I used to
I used to do the whole iTunes thing because I
was like because on campus it was like, if you're
caught hiring music. You'll be in big, big trouble.
And I was like, oh, no. I'll just buy my song
through iTunes. I can't get in trouble. Oh, man.
Yes. Yeah. Scary. Well, yeah. But yeah, so like,
it's just been a lot of that. It's been a lot
of like, I don't want to use any services anymore.
I got this Plex server that I've been setting
up, but it's like, I usually like to buy Blu
-rays. People don't even release Blu -rays anymore
and stuff like that. I'm just like, dang, I don't
know. You know what also is annoying to me? I
can't find a good way to like host or to have
ebooks. Like I don't have any, like there's all
these different ebook readers. I know people
like like all this stuff, but like Amazon has
just kind of locked down all of the stuff with
Kindle so I don't really want to get a Kindle
but then there's like all these other ones that
are like very it's the same kind of thing where
it's like there's if I look for an e -reader
it's gonna like give me the specs in like a way
I don't understand or it's gonna like do all
this stuff that I'm just gonna say all these
things about like ooh this is the different lighting
options here's all this other stuff and I'm just
like what are you talking about and also like
where do you even get ebooks? I feel like it's
not easy. You think this would be incredibly
easy, like an electronic version of a book. How
hard can that be? But it's like you got to go
to all these marketplaces may have all these
proprietary things you got to read from. So it's
like, where do I buy this stuff from? I think
bookshop now does it, but I don't know how they
do it. Because like I'm running out of book case
storage. I can't keep buying physical books.
You just start having just hoarder. Turn into
a book hoarder. I'm trying to read more books,
but I'm trying to be like, how do I do that?
And it's like, you know, try to get them for
the library. They have all those weird stuff
around it. It's just like it's constant. It's
terrible. The easiest thing, the thing that should
be the easiest to get is somehow the most complicated
one. Like how hard should it be to get a PDF?
It should not be hard. It should be incredibly
easy. Yeah, that's true. Yeah, I guess I haven't
been reading outside manga as much lately, but
I like. Don't there's only select books that
I actually keep most of them all just after I've
read them I'll just either Give them to someone
I recommend it to and then it's their problem
to deal with the physical book but yeah, I Yeah,
I've already got I'm already at past capacity
on the bookshelf situation Yeah, and I'm now
I'm doing the new collecting which is just vinyl
records, which are so expensive. Why are they
so expensive? But I got last week or maybe like
two weeks ago, I got Linkin Park's Meteora album,
and then I got Evanescence, whichever the one
with like Wake Me Up and stuff is. So I just
like collecting things, I guess. But I have systems.
It's not like hoarding up to the walls and creepy
dolls I collect, you know, it's it's organized
and yeah, I don't know. And then no one's here
to appreciate my sweet collections. It's just
me. Right. I'm just impressing myself. I did
recently just watch a movie starring dinosaurs.
I don't know if we should talk about that. I
guess we shouldn't. Are we talking about the
one we're recording tomorrow? We're going to
be recording a bonus episode. Yeah. On the second
Jurassic Park movie. Yeah. That is not called
Jurassic Park 2. Well, I wish they just wouldn't
have called it Jurassic Park 3. You got like.
Oh, but you're always like about the you're always
about the titles being like, I don't like these
titles that are complicated. Well, either. Well,
like either it's one thing or another, but like
if it. But the lost world came out first. So
that setting the standard that shouldn't then
become JP three. Like you got it right. Because
like Jurassic World isn't like that either. So
Jurassic Park three is the outlier of having
a number. Yeah, it's the worst one ever. And
there's someone I know right now who are the
person I went to the. movie on the lake thing
and we watched the first movie and they're like,
oh yeah, I remember Jurassic Park 3 being my
favorite. I was like, have you watched that recently?
I would like you to rewatch it and then come
back to me. It's like that's still the best.
I do feel like the naming convention for Jurassic
Park 2 is weird because it's the lost world colon
Jurassic Park, which is like you're putting the
the series. on the right side of the colon, instead
of the left side. All of the Jurassic World,
it's like Jurassic World, colon, dominion, or
whatever. So like none of them follow the same
pattern. I guess in Michael Crichton's, well,
the movie might be different than the book, but
it wasn't planned that there was going to be
a sequel. It's supposed to just be one book.
But then when Steven Spielberg is like, hey,
my guy, I want to make another one of these movies.
Can you make another book that I can base it
off? You can't say no. The Steven Spielberg.
Yeah, you can definitely tell. But then you scramble.
That it was not supposed to have a sequel in
Jurassic Park 2, a movie that I would argue doesn't
have a plot. Well, even the movie is very different.
So, but we'll talk about that later. OK. Oh,
my God. We'll talk about this. No, just wait
till we watch JP3. What? Oh, I'm going to be
horrified if you like it more than the second
one. OK. All right. I don't know anything about
three. I feel like I watched it a lot because
I had it on like DVD or VHS or something. So
I've seen that one more than two. I don't think
I've ever like I don't remember anything about
tail So we'll see we'll see what we feel about
that But also in terms of bonus episodes because
you know, I do now have all of the Rosa Versailles
manga Viz offers a thing we can read all the
key. Maybe we'll start banging out some of the
the manga versions of stuff that we've watched
so far so you have enough of a You have community,
okay? Viz has that as part of their subscription
thing, so it's like three bucks a month or something,
so you could probably just bang through that.
You're using bang a lot in the last two minutes.
That's because it's... Bang it out. That's right.
Just banging it out. We're doing that. Oh, goodness.
I don't know. It just happens. Listen, some stuff
explodes these episodes, so I've been thinking
about explosions. Oh, dang. Ah, yes. Yeah, I
guess on that note should we? Talk about I feel
like there's some other stuff that I had to say
I was thinking too hard about all the different
things No, I was really hoping to finish gears
tactics by now, but I saw like two missions left.
So rip to that. Well, well, stay tuned, folks.
Well, we'll get to the end of my evaluation of
the Gears of War franchise. But yeah. All right.
Let's go into it then. Okie dokie. So episode
31 of the Rose of Versailles is called Lilacs
Bloom in the Barracks. I believe Lilacs is the
metaphor we're using for men. Yes. Right. Yeah.
Yeah. Disappointing. I was like, I don't know,
the title implied that it was just going to be
like we're shutting down being a lady all together.
But I guess that's what Oscar said. That's what
she said she was going to do. Let's see what
happens. We haven't even gotten to that. Let's
see what happens in this episode. We open on
a bakery being looted as the narrator tells us
that bakeries are being looted all around Paris.
Lawlessness is breaking out as heavy taxes fall
upon the commoners. The younger generation has
begun engaging in terrorism to fight back, especially
guys like Saint -Just, our favorite little terrorist
guy. Saint -Just. Yeah, Saint -Just. We also
learned that Oscar has been in her new post for
only a month as the OP plays. We return to get
a scene where Alon's sister brings him some fresh
laundry. He gives her a new batch of clothes
to wash along with his earnings for the month
so that they can buy their mother's medicine
because moms are sick. If you're a commoner,
your mom is sick. 100%. All the boys at the barracks
love Alon's sister and think that she's very
cute. They all want to date her, but are too
afraid of Alon. There's a guy who, like, rips
his nose hair out while they're talking. It's
disgusting. Why would you do that? You don't
think they're good enough to bury Diane, Elan's
sister? No, I've got more to say about her in
a bit. Okay. While leaving, Oscar runs into Elan
and his sister, who's named Diane. She greets
them, and everybody has a good time, because
we're all on good terms with each other now.
Everybody's friends. Oscar goes to her office
to find General Buell. She apologizes for her
stunt at the marriage ball last episode because
he was hosting that ball, so I guess she was
kind of insulting him by doing all that. Buell's
like, ah, it's cool. Like, I'm friends with your
dad. We get it. You know, whatever. That's also
not why I'm here. He says he's here for work.
And then he explains that he needs her troops
to guard Duke Ardellos from Spain while he's
here on a goodwill trip. Oscar is like, shouldn't
the royal guard deal with like... Guarding emissaries
and stuff like that, but well tells her that
they're too busy and no other commander knows
how to handle Royals properly, but her so she
has to do it We cut to a troop lineup where Oscar
tells everybody what the job is while explaining
What the job is she sees a soldier without a
rifle. She's like, hey Soldier, where's your
rifle? And he's like, oh, I don't know and she's
like you don't know You're in the royal you're
the French Guard like your rifle is your most
valuable possession They execute people for losing
their rifle you need to figure out where your
rifle is But he just apologizes and says that
he really just doesn't know where he left it
And I guess he'll just have to be punished and
she's like, okay. What's your name? And he says
his name is Lazare, and she tells her lieutenant
to find Lazare another rifle as Elan looks on.
They ride out to guard the Duke's procession.
She's got a lot of guys, but there is also like
a lot of different angles that terrorists could
attack from because they're just going out to
the countryside. So she splits her troops into
two columns and start patrolling the area. Elsewhere,
Sanjist is planning to kill the Duke and his
family. He's like, we're going to kill them all
because the shock factor... of the murder will
discredit the monarchy and further the cause
of revolution in some vague way. His underlings
tell him that the Duke's procession has moved
out, but they're under heavy protection from
the French Guard. So maybe we shouldn't do this.
But Sanjus is like, hey, don't worry about it,
man. I've got an inside man in the guard. He's
going to he's going to get us in. Can we talk
about St. Just has very pretty eyelashes. Yeah,
pretty boy. He's a pretty guy. He does like a
whole ass Phantom of the Opera thing later in
this episode. Oh, yeah. Mm hmm. It's pretty good.
Yep. We cut back to Oscar and Company B. They
reach a chateau out in the fields that I guess
is abandoned. I don't know what this is or why
they're checking it out, but they check it out.
Oscar takes Andre to lawn to search it with her
while the rest of her men are to stay behind
and keep watch. We cut back to Sanjus riding
to the duke's procession. He tells his guys that
the spy is supposed to kill his commander and
create confusion so Oscar is gonna Is under death
threat again back at company B. We see a big
guy We see the big guy who dueled Oscar like
a couple episodes ago walk to the chateau Inside,
Oscar, Andre and Alon have split up to search
for clues and Oscar is going up one of the towers.
Suddenly, the big guy comes up from behind her
and she's like, hey, man, I told you to stay
back there. But he's like, I'm here to help you.
And she's like, whatever, and continues to search
because she is not on guard at all. No, she should
know better. It's embarrassing. She walks out
to the balcony when suddenly the big guy points
his rifle at her. He's like, haha, I wasn't actually
here to help you. I'm a spy. And Oscar is like,
you're a spy? How could I have known this would
happen after you defied orders and I just didn't
care. He fires at her, but unfortunately for
him, this isn't her first quick draw. She dives
out of the way to avoid the shot while shooting
him in the shoulder with her pistol. He's left
with just a knife in his offhand and he tries
to stab Oscar, but like, She can easily get around
him. This is not really a threat to her. Yeah.
Speaking of the Matrix, this is some Matrix stuff
here when she did the dodge. This is great. I
love Oscar just being like, I've been in a duel
before. I know how to get out of the way. She
tells this guy to surrender so she can interrogate
him, but he does not because he says he's committed
to the cause with his life. Just then, Andre
and Oscar rush to a nearby balcony after they
hear some commotion, and they see that Oscar's
being attacked, and they shoot this big guy dead
before Oscar can stop them. Outside, Sandjust
and his crew realize that the spy has failed,
but they're going to continue with their plan
anyway, so don't worry about it. Later, Duke
Ordelos arrives at the village of Hollincourt
for the night. Company B stands in patrol. In
the dark of the night, Andre and Alon are on
patrol as they stop to take a break. Alain tells
André to give up on Oscar. She's an impressive
woman for sure, but she's also like clearly running
away from something. I don't know, man. Seems
like nothing but trouble. You'll get caught up
in it and maybe get injured. That would be bad
if you got injured being caught up in Oscar's
stuff, wouldn't it, André? And André's like,
I'm way ahead of you, man. Alain tosses his flask
at André, whose vision hasn't improved and he
misses the catch. Along goes and picks it up
and hands it to him, but he's like, You're really
going to commit your life to her, huh, Andre?
Does she even know about your eye, like your
vision's failing? And Andre says that she doesn't,
but don't tell her anything about it. Elsewhere,
Oscar is patrolling the grounds. Son just gives
the order. Sorry. Son just gives the order to
his men to start the operation, and they shoot
arrows tied with dynamite at the Duke's parked
carriage outside, and it causes an explosion
and a fire. Oscar rushes to the Duke's room to
find two of her guards that are standing watch
dead, and she rushes into the actual room that
the Duke is in and sees Son just in a mask moments
away from stabbing the Duke and his family. This
is like where the Phantom of the Opera thing
happens, because he like puts on a mask and then
like rides down a rope and then like rushes in.
It's like ridiculous. Yeah. Yeah. We can still
see his beautiful eyes through the mask. That's
right. We can. San just sees Oscar and makes
a break for it. He runs away and mounts his horse,
along with some of his goons. Alon and Andre
show up with a horse, and they pick Oscar up,
and the three of them ride in pursuit. San just
sees that it's just three of them, and orders
his men to shoot dynamite at them, and they do,
which blows up everything in front of them, throwing
them from their horses, and then knocking them
all out. We see a pass out, Oscar, Andre, and
Alon lying on the grass as the sun rises. Along
gets up first and sees Oscar and Andre lying
on the ground. Oscar's, no, Andre's hand is grasping
Oscar's wrist and he laughs and tells Andre to
do his best and then starts doing some stretches
as Andre and Oscar both wake up. I love a lot.
He's ridiculous. Yeah, I'm glad the horses didn't
get hurt. They were all totally fine. Yeah, they
just got thrown. I think they like must have
shot like in front of them. So it's just like.
spooked them all and the the dynamite situation
is crazy like it looks like a volcano going off
massive explosions this seems like a very effective
thing i'm surprised people are not doing this
more uh back at the barracks general buwell congratulates
oscar on protecting the duke uh however there's
another matter to attend to One of his men shows
her a rifle. The general says that this gun was
found in a pawn shop. The serial number indicates
that it's from her company and Oscar immediately
thinks of Lazaray. Remember that scene that was
out of place earlier? In the pouring rain. Three
cloaked military police come and seize Lazaray.
They place him under arrest. We cut to Oscar's
office as Alon and Andre come in. Alon is like,
hey Oscar, what do you think if I had Andre marry
my little sister? And Andre's like, what? But
Alon's like, hey, I'm doing a thing. Oscar, I
knew he was going to do that. I knew I did. It
was the earlier note where I was like, he's going
to try and set him up with the sister when they're
on the bridge. I was like, he's going to try
and give him a different option because his sister
is pretty. It's true. Oscar's like, I don't know
what you're talking about. Andre's business is
his own. So he's free to do whatever he wants.
Alana is like there. See, see that, Andre? See,
I knew it. She doesn't know anything about you.
She isn't piecing together anything. It's crazy.
So that means there's no need for you to stick
her neck out for her. Andre's like, OK, but even
if I'm not sticking my neck out for her, I still
don't think that she would have done this. But
Alon turns and orders Oscar outside, and she's
like, why? And he tells her that Lazaré was taken
because she sold him out. She must have sold
him out. Otherwise, how would they know that
he sold his rifle? Oster starts to object, but
Elan hits her and drags her outside. In the pouring
rain, Elan tells Oscar that he's disappointed
in her. He was just starting to like her. She
says that she didn't sell Lozare out, but he
doesn't believe her. He tosses her her sword
and says that they're going to duel. The two
of them unsheathe their swords as we cut to credits.
Very dramatic in the rain showdown at night.
Yeah, this is a good ending. Yes, you see how
much larger he is then. Oscar is a big dude.
Yep. Big old dude. That's right. Yeah. So we're
in the barracks. So I'm just doing a little heist
that Oscar barely foils. Mm hmm. It's pretty
good. Yeah. Well, yeah, because basically this
episode was very much depicting that Alon is
kind of in the little group now and they're all
getting along good and kind of in sync with their.
Actions and then this happens. Yeah. And next
episode's title is incredibly ominous. Yeah,
I do. I do like the basically confirmation is
episode that a lot is like a cool guy, essentially
like he's not going to be like super weird. He's
just like a fairly normal upstanding guy who
likes his friends and his sister. I was worried
because when they shot the guy trying to like
assassinate Oscar. I was like, oh, she said,
don't kill him. But if he's also in on this,
then it makes sense to kill the guy so he can't
squeal on who. So I was like, maybe he's like
a part of it, too. Oh, I guess not. Yeah, I don't
think the other represents normally bear that
out at all. I was like when they shot him. I'm
like, I don't know if I really want Andre with
his eyes shooting that stuff. For real, he could
have hit Oscar and then the amount of blood gushing
out that guy's arm. I'm like, we do not see blood
very much on this show. It's just going in that
scene. That guy's messed up. Yeah, I'm pretty
straightforward episode. I feel like again, we're
planting flags. We're replanting flags, right?
We're going to we got the sister. She's in the
mix now. We got. So I'm just doing some stuff.
Not really sure how it's going to turn out, to
be honest. I do I do enjoy a lot of being like,
hey, man, I don't think you should be in the
Oscar. The vibes seem bad. But then Andre is
like, no, I'm doing it. And Alon's like, all
right, that still seems bad. But I go for it,
I guess. Very same. I am the same way a lot.
I'm looking at the relationship in the exact
same way. Yep. More to say. But yes, I. It just
seems like a real downer, their whole dynamic
Oscar and Andrei at this point. Yeah, it's just
very funny to have a new guy come in and be like,
ooh, this is weird. Like, this seemed kind of
fun for a little bit. Now that I've seen you
together, this is this is bad. But we'll see
how it develops in the next episode. So you want
to move on? Yeah. Episode 32 is called Prelude
to the Storm. We open on Oscar and Alon drawing
their swords to duel. We see that Alon fights
with one sword in his right hand and his sheath
in his left hand, which is awesome. He's like
duel wielding, it's sick. The duel begins. Alon
is very good, but Oscar is no slouch herself.
Suddenly, one sword breaks the other as the OP
plays. We return to see that it's Alon's sword
that's been snapped. He now holds a broken sword
in a sheath. Oscar tells him to give up, but
he refuses. He's like, the battle has just begun.
They continue fighting with a lot of becoming
more acrobatic as this goes on because we love
doing flips and stuff and jumps It's so good.
Yes He sends a pretty like hefty jab down into
Oscar's elbow causing her to drop her sword They
sit there for a while as the men kind of egg
him on to like finish her but he kicks the sword
back to her before throwing down his own sword
and sheath. He reveals to the onlookers that
she actually got a hit on him while he was doing
that maneuver and declares that he loses. He
then tells Oscar that she should pity Lazaray.
Everybody needs money. Even Alon has sold his
gun once or twice before. I mean, you know, I
did it in a way that I wouldn't get caught immediately
because I'm not a moron, but everybody in the
garden secretly sells their stuff. They don't
get paid and even though they're risking their
lives and stuff, it's still not enough. Oscar
is like, all right. We cut to Oscar meeting with
General Buell. She asks him to acquit Lazare
as a thank you for their work with the Spanish
Duke. Buell's like, oh man, all right, well,
I'll see what I can do. We jump to Alon and Diane
meeting up again. She tells him that she's gotten
engaged to a tall and kind man. She's so happy
she's brought to tears. Alon is like, oh, that's
surprising, but that's great. I'm so glad you're
getting married to a guy that you're in love
with. He's like, I'll be sure to go home and
see you as soon as I can. to meet this guy, and
they part ways. While leaving, Diane runs into
Oscar. She's like, oh, Oscar is like, oh, did
you meet up with Alon? And she says yes. And
then Diane adds that her brother told her that
Oscar means God and sword in Hebrew. Then she
adds, God, sword and blonde hair. Am I right,
ladies? Just like how God is depicted, she says
to Oscar unprompted. And then she's like, yeah,
anyway, I'm going to go now. Bye. OK. I don't
know if you noticed this. It was so like caught
my attention, but she only moves in slow motion.
His sister all like she does not move at a normal
pace. It's all slow, like dramatic, like leaving
her brother and then running into Oscar and then
parting ways with Oscar. It's just like. I didn't
notice. Yeah, I was like, she's the only character
in the whole show to be walking slow -mo and
I don't know why. Well, she's like kind of ethereal.
She's a little out of place, you know what I
mean? Yeah, I guess so. She's like much more
of a callback to the early parts of the show,
right? This is like she's acting the way like
Marie was introduced when she was like 16 or
whatever, right? Yeah. Oh, maybe this is just
a whole, like, a nice, innocent gal who just
can't cut it in the new Paris or something. Yeah,
I mean, like... Well, part of this episode is
talking about how, like, the times have changed,
and this would be like, oh, if this was the beginning
of the show, then she would have a whole thing.
And by the end of the episode, she doesn't make
it. So, times have changed. I guess I'm giving
away what happens. Spoiler alert. Yeah. Back
at the barracks. Oh, yeah, back at the barracks,
Andre congratulates Alon on his sister's engagement.
Alon seems stoic about it, but says that it's
just weird how fast his sister is growing up.
Suddenly, one of the guards run up and tells
him that Lazaré is back. They didn't execute
him. He's banged up pretty bad, but he's free.
They go to see him and Lazaré tells Alon that
Oscar asked him for a favor to get him released.
Alon smiles and looks over at Andre because he's
like, dang, that commander of yours is really
something. Alon goes to see Oscar in her office.
He apologizes to her and then jokes about how
they can all sell their guns now without any
fear of reprisals. Oscar's like, what? He's like,
I'm kidding. But she seemed to be warming up
to him, so that's fun. Later that evening, Oscar
tells Andre to come with her to thank General
Buell. They get in a carriage and ride to the
opera house in Paris where he's watching the
opera. Back at the barracks along gets word that
Andre went with Oscar to Paris and comments that
if they're in a noble carriage That would be
like super dangerous because the mom has been
really unruly lately. Yeah stupid again Why wouldn't
she like for real? You would think Oscar would
know this Oscar's losing it French a commander
of the French Guard that like this stuff would
happen But you know just like last episode where
she's like, hey, you're not supposed to be here
And then she's like, ah, whatever and then immediately
ovals get shot like come on Oscar Looks like
her touch. Yeah. For real. The carriage drives
through Paris, but suddenly gets surrounded by
a mob that ambushes it. A ton of men and women
with pitchforks and torches rush the carriage.
They beat the driver and bodily drag Andre and
Oscar out of the carriage. The mob shouts to
kill the nobles while Oscar yells that Andre
is not a noble. They get beat up while the carriage
is lit on fire. OK, this is almost like a zombie
movie scene. Like mindless, just like. People.
Yeah. Oh my gosh. Yeah. This sequence is genuinely
kind of scary. It's pretty impressive. Yeah.
Shoujo taking a dark turn. There we go. This
show's got it all. At the Opera House, General
Buell is told about a riot that's happening and
that he needs to slip out back. He asks a colonel
that's with him if his men can handle the right
and the colonel agrees The colonel is briefed
that a carriage with a blue with the crest of
a blue lion holding a sword was attacked The
camera pans up to see that the colonel is Furson
and he recognizes the crest of George's family
crest He's like it could it be Oscar? Is it her?
He rallies his men and they ride out. Okay, we
gotta talk about Furson's hot again They made
him ugly for a second and now he's gorgeous The
first is back to being hot, baby. Oh, no. His
eyes are so pretty. It's just like, I don't know
what they're doing with the first one, but he's
like, he's back. He's gone. He's back. He's here.
He's gone. He's not here. Him and Oscar part
ways. Him and Oscar are reunited in the worst
possible circumstances you could ever be reunited
in. That's right. It's a lot. Oh, God. Back at
the riot all hell is breaking loose Oscar has
managed to get on her feet and tries to make
an effort to break for it But she falls right
there, but she falls But then right then the
first thing and has been right up under the crowd
scattering them First and carries Oscar to an
alleyway and she panics asking where Andre is
first and earth No, she I'm sorry. She says specifically
asking where her Andre is first and is like You're
Andre. They both look surprised that she said
that, but first and says he understands. He swears
he'll save Andre and he rushes off, leaving Oscar
alone, who repeats the words she said. My Andre.
Why would I say that? The vibes are bad. I hate
this so much. I am just it makes me mad. It's
like I don't know where. He just assaulted you.
I don't love that we're like rewarding that with
return to affection. She said she wasn't mad
and then she forgot and then several months passed
and it's like it didn't happen. It is the most
like it didn't happen. It's ever been. Hate this.
Hate it. Wild. Oh my God. In person. Don't be...
But also first in. Why you gotta be showing up
now looking so fine? And then Oscar's like...
Look, I'm not into you anymore. Oh, it's so good.
Especially like pulls her out of a riot. And
the first thing she says is like, oh, where's
my Andre? And he's like, oh, you're not into
me anymore. Dang. But don't worry, I got it.
Nah, Furson's a cool guy here, though. We like
Furson. Furson writes back to the crowd to see
that Andre is about to be lynched. Furson fires
his gun in the air and declares that he is Hans
Axel von Furson. It's me. The crowd's like, Hans.
Axel Von Fersen. That name sounds familiar. Why
would I know that name? And then they're like,
wait a minute, he's the guy that was having an
affair with the queen that we all hate. Remember
that from forever ago? Forget this random guy.
Let's go kill Fersen. And then they all chase
after him while Fersen books it, leaving Andre
alone to escape. I was very worried. I was like,
great, now they're going to kill him. Now that
it's been confirmed, Oscar's not into him anymore.
Queen Marie done with him. And then he was just
good. I thought he was going to get killed by
the mob like right then and there. First, jumping
to extremes. Yeah. Good guy first and stay saving,
saving Andre. His his friend, question mark.
Were they friends? I don't know. They romped
on horses together. That's true. There's a apples
together this episode of the next episode real
question of who's Andre actually friends with?
Back at the jar Jays Manor granny brings Oscar
some hot chocolate She's like things are rough
out there, but I'm glad you got out of there,
you know more or less intact Oscar asks how Andre
is but granny tells her that he's just bruised
up, but he's you know, he's alright He's not
like super injured or anything He's got 26 bruises.
Can you believe it? It turns out Oscar has like
11. Yeah, she's in a similar state. Mostly just
bruised up. She thinks about how she called him
my Andre as Andre walks up to her. He tells her
that he got word that first had made it back
to the palace without any problems. So everybody
got away. Oscar offers Andre some hot chocolate,
but he refuses and leaves. Oscar thinks to herself
that she definitely would have gone to save first
if the roles were reversed. Yeah, I... God, I
can't, I will have to talk. The conflicting,
I don't know. I just don't know how I feel. I
think I don't like what's happening, but like,
I don't know that I have a good enough reason
that too, but it's just like, ugh. It's several
weeks later and everybody is talking about how
Lon hasn't returned from his leave yet. It's
been like two weeks. Where has he been? Oscar
and Andre decide to go give Alon's pay to him
personally and see what's up. They go to his
apartment, but on the way up his neighbor stops
them to tell them that if they're gonna go see
Alon, tell him to like take care of whatever
the smell is coming out of his apartment. It's
been like that for days. He probably just bought
like bad meat or something, like tell him to
get rid of it. Andre knocks on Alain's door,
but there's no answer, so he just walks in. The
smell is terrible. Inside, they see Alain's mother
looking extremely depressed. She says that Alain
is with his sister, that he loved her so much.
Andre walks in to see Alain sitting next to a
dead Diane laying on the bed. The mother explains
that the day before her wedding to a noble man,
he got a proposal from a wealthy family and dumped
her. Heartbroken, she hung herself, and that
he threw her away like she was nothing. Alain,
clearly in shock, tells André and Oscar that
he won't be going back for a while. Until he
can come to terms with the fact that his sister
is gone, he can't go back. In the streets, protesters
demand for a meeting of the Estates General.
The narrator tells us that the Estates General
is a meeting where all three estates get representation
in the legislation. Then the narrator tells us
that Oscar's mind is faced with the foreboding
that this coming era might be a tragic one as
we cut to credits. Oh, man. Well... All the Andre
stuff doesn't super get addressed in the next
episode. So what do you think, Joe, with how
she's now all of a sudden? Well, let me tell
you, throwing your entire person into your work
to become a true man and not think about romance
or emotion definitely hasn't worked. I feel like
both her and Andre think about romance and their
feelings all the time in their job. Well, now
I'm worried that it's like, oh, she's been messing
up lately. It must be because she's just thinking
about romance and now she's incapable of leading
and blah, blah, blah, because she's just got
girly thoughts in her head. She's been like,
not that anyone's calling her out on the bad
judgment call she's been making lately. Yeah.
The thing about it is like Oscar has been taking
L's, but she's been taking L's in the same way
she's been taking L's the entire series. You
know what I mean? Like it is not particularly
out of character for her to like have one of
her men be like, oh, I came here to help her
and her just be like, yeah, whatever. I feel
like she gets blindsided a lot. I remember early
on being like, how come she's not suspicious
of this? How come she's not like doing this other
thing? I feel like that's just an aspect of Oscar.
I don't feel like that is that is her doing worse.
Yeah, it shows the kind of sheltered upbringing
where she hasn't had to like distrust people
like these other people around her. Yeah, have.
Her mind doesn't go to worst case. Both of those
things are the same level as like, I'm going
to go get Jean alone. And I definitely won't
get ambushed because there's two people in there
or I'm going to go to Duke Orléans cellar by
myself in the parlor where everybody hates me.
It's like both in line with those things. So
I don't really... She could also just like be
over confident in herself, like overestimating.
her abilities to handle any situation by herself.
It definitely feels like that. So I don't I don't
think I'm not viewing this as like, oh, Oscar's
been worse at her job because she's too busy
thinking about other stuff. I think that's just
she's just like that. Yeah, I do think a lot
is right, though, it's like Oscar just seemed
like she's running away from something like,
again, she's just not processing her emotions,
which is why, like, she's so freaked out when
she calls him my Andre. Because like, where's
that coming from? Who knows? I could know if
I thought about it, but I'm not going to think
about it. We're going to shove it down as deep
as possible so we don't have to think about what's
going on. I don't have to process my extremely
complex emotions about this guy who I know is
in love with me, but also refuses to acknowledge
that he's in love with me. And then there was
that one thing we all decided to forget about.
And also, yeah, I just like. Yeah. Yes. It's
her responsibility now. I well, like with first
and it was very subtle, like build up of realizing
emotion and we saw it, you know, and then but
like this is just out of nowhere. It feels like
like, yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, she is kind of
isolated. She's gone to a situation where she
is pretty isolated, right? Trauma bonding. A
little bit. Yeah. I mean, yeah, for the most
part, especially in this situation where they're
all going to be like, he's going to get killed
by a mob. You know what is weird? Or I guess
I wonder, right. This is a shojo, but no one
blushes like blushing is such a like iconic anime
shojo thing these days, but it doesn't exist,
I guess, at this point. Yeah, that's not like
a trope, I guess. No. So then I can't be like,
oh, look, they they're feeling, you know, also,
I guess people back then just didn't like. A
moat as much openly as they do now, but. Well,
I feel like the different like it is instead
of blushing, it's like you staring at somebody,
right? It's like, who are you looking at is like
the indicator of that, because we see like a
lot of shots where like Oscar was looking at
person or like. Andre is looking at Oscar. So
I guess that's the that's the indicator instead
of blushing. Yeah. But yeah, what do we think
about Alon's dead sister? That was really short.
Well, I was surprised Oscar and Andre don't recognize
the smell of decaying. It looked like she had
like some stuff on her, like she had some like
flowers or something to mask it. Oh, yeah, I
guess so. Because she looks like blue. like coated
and she's like white. She's like white. But there's
like flowers on her. So I think that's probably
like. Some kind of flower to mask the scent.
Yeah, it's a bummer. Or a lawn just trying to
be. Oh, and then we find out in this next episode,
but it's just this. He pulled it together fairly
well, but I yeah, just a lot of bad stuff happening
to a decent guy here. Yeah. I mean, again, the
tone shift, we introduced this, we introduced
this like young woman just to kill her. Yeah,
for real. To demonstrate how the times have changed.
Remember how this almost happened to Rosalie?
Remember how this happened to Charlotte? And
then this almost happened to Rosalie, although
it was kind of different. Just being like treated
like. Although we never found out the details.
Yeah. Yeah. With Rosalie. Man. OK. All right.
You want to go to the next one? Yep. Here we
go. Before we talk about all three of them. Episode
33 is called In Twilight, the Funeral Bell Rings.
We open on the pirate man lamenting that everything
has gone bad. This the CNCNA, the river, you
know, the river that they had to clean up for
the Olympics. It turns out it was polluted back
then too. And all the people are ravenous. Everything's
gone wrong. The narrator tells us that the French
financial situation is busted, new taxes are
being levied all the time, and no one knows what's
happening and everybody is pissed off. We cut
to what I think is the assembly of notables where
a bunch of powerful people in France come together
and try to pass new financial reforms. One of
the nobles insists that if they're going to pass
totally new taxes, that they're going to have
to convene the estates general so that all of
the estates can approve it because they're supposed
to be doing that. They're kind of not doing that,
but they're supposed to be doing that. Several
other nobles object, saying that the commoners
are too dumb to understand finance, but it looks
like the majority supports the motion as the
OP plays. We return to Andre listening to Bernard
give a speech about how the King must call the
Estates General so they can all be treated as
equals. Afterward, Andre catches up with Bernard
and they both act like one of them didn't blind
the other. Bernard invites him over to his house.
I guess they're friends now. I guess so. I guess
so. Andre comes to Bernard's house and find that
he and Rosalie are married now. Bernard's like,
oh yeah, after the whole Black Knight thing,
we really hit it off. Cool that it worked out
for me. Ha ha ha. Right, Andre? called it out.
I called that. I knew it. Andre tells Rosalie
that Oscar is doing well and tells her that nothing
has changed, which. OK, Andre, sure, nothing
has changed. OK, I I just realized we have never
gotten to watch a like successful relationship
really in the show. Like we've never seen like
a happy couple and like the build up to that.
It's got. Bernard and Rosalie, it's the best
we got. Nothing to get excited about. I mean,
we like Bernard and Rosalie. Watch it! I know,
but we just skipped to it. It's the most bummer.
Rosalie used to be so important, and now she's
so, like, throwaway character. Like, what about
all the cool sword fighting you learned, girl?
What happened? She's not going to sword fight
anybody by the end of the show. It's going to
get to the end, and she's never going to have
to fight anybody. Bummer. I know. This is the
most I've been, like, bummed out, being like,
ah, man, I wish we got more time with Rosalie.
Yeah. Duh. Rosalie has to go to her new job working
for Robespierre's organization to make pamphlets.
Bernard tells André that he should join up with
them. Why else would he be attending a rally?
But André deflects saying that he just happened
to be there. Suddenly some men come to Bernard
and tell him that the king has decreed the meeting
of the estates general for the first time in
200 years. This is a big deal because it allows
the three estates to meet as equals along with
the king. This could fix everything. We cut to
Oscar riding out to the castle of Mueldaan. I
don't know how to say this. where Marie and her
son Joseph, the first prince, are staying because
he's gotten super ill. Oscar goes and sees Joseph
who really wants to see her because he likes
her a lot. Marie tells Oscar that he maybe has
six months to live with his condition and it's
getting worse so who knows if even that is enough
time. We also learn that he's only seven years
old. In his sick bed, Joseph protests that he
wants to get out of bed. Oscar comes to see him,
and Joseph is happy to see her. He wants to go
ride a horse with her, like the old times. A
crying Marie says it's fine, they should just
go. Like, just go have fun with him, it's cool.
Oscar and Joseph ride around on her horse. Joseph
says that he wishes he could ride like this forever
before falling asleep. They take a break, and
Joseph asks Oscar about the Estates General.
He wants to be in Versailles for it. Because
he should be there, right? He's going to be the
King of France one day. And Oscar's like, yes,
of course, you are going to be the King of France
one day. Joseph, who absolutely knows that he's
going to die, leans up and kisses Oscar saying
he loves her. He'll definitely grow up to be
a fine young man. So wait for me, OK, Oscar?
And Oscar is like, yeah, OK. She's like 30 years
older than you, my guy. Also, everyone just loves
Oscar. Everyone loves Oscar. Who doesn't love
Oscar? Who doesn't love a the what is it? Sword
and Shields that means in Hebrew and also gorgeous
blonde hair. We never talked about how Diane
just hits on Oscar in the middle of last episode.
Oh, yeah. Yeah. It's so funny. It's just strange
that they like set up for them to have an interaction
that doesn't really go anywhere. and Oscar doesn't
take away anything from seeing like what happens
to her and stuff. Everybody loves the ideal night.
Everybody loves the idea of Oscar being the ideal
night. Too bad the ideal night can't actually
do anything to resolve any situations, but she
sure is nice to look at. No, that's right. In
the chapel, Marie prays for Joseph to live as
long as possible. Count Furson sees her and is
about to go in and join her, I guess, when King
Louis comes up from behind him and joins Marie
instead. Furson takes this as his cue to leave
and goes. Back in Paris, Alain finally returns
to the barracks. The men comment that it's been
six months and they heard that both his sister
and his mom have died in that time. Alain plays
it off saying that he needed to return because
the Estates General is happening. This is a huge
deal and he wants to be there for it. We cut
to André telling Oscar that apparently Fursten
took that cue to leave France entirely, so I
guess he's out of the story now. Yeah. Again.
We thought he was gone for good before. I'm like,
now I'm like... Who knows? Is he going to make
some crazy? Like, what is happening with the
story of Furson, you know? The last we see of
Furson is him considering going to comfort the
woman he loves the most about her dying son and
then not doing that because her actual husband
shows up. So he goes home. Pathetic. Yeah, weird.
Just very just off. You know throw away comment
on the fate of first not only that Oscar does
not seem to care at all And instead says that
they need to do special security training for
the Estates General. Yeah Just no reaction. Well,
I'm assuming Andre would have been like, oh,
she's still totally into that guy. So I was expecting
her to have more of a reaction. I mean, Andre
is always delivering the news about first and
like he delivered this news. He delivered the
news that he came back from the Americas. He
delivered the news that like he made it back
to Versailles last episode. Totally fine. He's
like torturing himself by doing that, man. I
don't know why he does that on May 4th. 1789,
the day before the opening of the Estates General,
a grand mass was held for all of those in attendance.
I mean, mass as in like the religious ceremony
or the, yeah. May the fourth be with you. Mm
-hmm, also Star Wars is happening. The French
Royal Guard and the Swiss Royal Guard are here
to do security. I don't know how much this is
gonna matter, but using foreign mercenaries was
extremely common back then, but having a bunch
of foreigners point guns at people in your own
city is bad for popular opinion. This comes up
in, like, the Revolutions podcast, so just keep
that in mind, I guess. We'll see if it matters.
Oscar thinks that Joseph should be in the building
right over there, watching the mass procession.
Joseph is there, and he wonders where Oscar could
be. Andre tells Oscar that the men are in position
and Oscar tells him that she almost became the
queen. That's like a little joke. Yeah, that
was fun. We come back to Oscar having humor.
We come back to Joseph and he tells his younger
brother, Louis Charles, to go watch the meeting
up close. After all, he might be the first prince
one day because I'm super going to die. The processions.
To the mass starts with the third estate, all
of the third estate representatives wear black
and their ranks include guys like Robespierre,
he's there, and also some disaffected nobles
elected by their own constituents. Partway through
the procession, Joseph passes out. The next day,
the Estates General opens. The opening ceremony
involves both the King and the Queen walking
out to preside over the meeting. King Louis is
announced and comes out to applause and takes
his seat. Queen Marie is announced and comes
out to dead silence and takes her seat, realizing
that she has lost the support of absolutely everybody
there, meaning that the people might not really
hate the entire royal family. They might just
actually hate her. She thinks to herself that
she's going to have to stay strong to get through
this. Girl, I can't believe you're only just
now figuring this out. Like, it's been years,
years and years that people have felt like this.
Yep. Oh my god. People were feeling this way
in like episode 20. Yep. A month passes and nothing
happens. Outside the Estates General, Andre and
Alon talk about how they've been meeting every
day, but they seem to be in an impasse. Andre
is like, or no, Alon is like, too bad I can't
get in there and start, you know, making some
speeches. Oscar comes up and Elan asks her how
it's going. She says it as disorderly as usual.
And then she apologizes to the men for having
to like for having them work every day without
any breaks. When the general ends, they all get
time off. She notices a bottle on the ground
and is like, hey, guys, didn't I ask you to pick
up the trash around here? Like, you know, it'd
be bad if somebody like slipped on this or something.
And Andre is like, oh, my bad. And she's like,
yeah, it's cool. Can you just throw this out
for me? She tosses the bottle to Andre, whose
eye starts acting up and he misses of the very
easy catch, and the bottle shatters. Alon's like,
oh, Andre, you're such a butterfingers. I'll
clean this up. But Oscar's like, hey, Andre,
is your vision OK? Like, is your eye OK? But
Andre and Alon both cover it up. We get a scene
of the King and Queen rushing off because Joseph
is in bad condition again. Back at the Jarjeys,
Andre tells Oscar that apparently the Estates
General adjourned so that the King and Queen
can go visit their dying son. Oscar says that
he's had episodes like this before and has pulled
through. So, you know, hopefully this time won't
be any different. Then Oscar takes out a knife
and holds it up to Andre to ask him if he knows
that she's holding up a knife to him. She's like,
can you see this? And Andre is like, yeah, of
course I can see it. It's like two inches away
from my face. Come on, Oscar, I'm not blind.
There's a very visual indication that there's
a delayed reaction to his eyes seeing it. Like
we see that. Oscar, you should be able to see
that too. And through lies, my god. Yes. Oscar
returns to her seat, but hears something and
goes back to the window. It's the church bells.
That must mean that Joseph is in critical condition.
The narrator tells us that those bells signal
a 40 -hour vigil because the prince might die.
In a sickbed, Joseph asks why the representatives
at the Estates General aren't able to make a
compromise. Marie is like, you don't need to
worry about that. You're only seven years old.
Joseph says that he wishes he could make it back
to Versailles one last time, and King Louis is
like, of course, you'll definitely get better
and we'll go back there, and you can even go
writing with Oscar again, just like before. And
Joseph is like, ah. Oscar, that would be great.
And then he dies. He dreams of a white horse
before fading to black. Marie and Louis are left
to mourn. The narrator tells us that Joseph died
on June 4th, but maybe his early death, which
left him unaware about the future fate of the
family was a blessing in disguise, which, oh,
what a thing to say. Yeah. Yeah, well, yes. E.
Yes, probably, but also grand. Probably. Oscar
rides off to give the royal family her condolences.
The narrator tells us that an ominous that tell
us ominously that is unclear what the future
of France holds as we cut to credits. Bum, bum,
bum. OK, OK. Like stuff is happening. These next.
Episodes are going to be so crazy. Breakneck
speed. Yeah, I'm excited. And I'm also concerned.
Oh, man. Like, God. OK. All right. How do we
feel about this? What are we talking about first?
Do we want to we want to do our final farewell
to Ferson? If it's the final farewell is right,
like he can't come because the thing is the amount
of time, like the amount of literal time between
the state's general convening and the royal family
being executed, I don't think is that long. Well,
maybe he'll come back to grieve Marie Antoinette.
Oh, yeah. Like, we'll get one final say with
him. At the very end or something. Yeah. Uh -huh.
Maybe. Let me look up a French evaluation timeline.
Yeah, well, tragic that you're hot again and
now you leave. Like, you should have just gone
away when they were animating you not hot and
then let us see more of you when you did look
good. Because I feel like I remember, like, when
we... God, you know who's gone through it the
most? Andre visually. Like he looks so different
and so down and like gloomy and the emo cover
my eye with my hair and this and that. Like he
used to be so jolly. I guess maybe Oscar's just
into that more and that's why she's into him
now. She's into the more doom. I don't know.
I mean, she's like in a totally different spot,
right? She lives for the drama. She lives for
the drama. Yeah. All right. So let me, let me,
okay. August 8th, the Royal Treasury declared
entry and the King calls the Estates General.
Okay. So that's August 8th, 1788. Let's see.
And then Marie gets executed on October. 16th,
1793. So it's four years in between those things.
So I think we're at the Estates General. We're
about to do the tennis court oath. So that's
when things are really taking a turn. That's
in 1789. So she's got three years left. So we're
going to cover three years and seven episodes,
which is plenty of time for person to come back.
Yeah, he could totally come back. Well, I guess
we'll see. OK. What do we think? I'm like. Oscar,
I'm still convinced Oscar is going down with
the ship. So close to not. Is Andre going down
with her or is he going to pull her out of it?
Because he's very clearly leaning more towards
the revolution, but his loyalty to Oscar is keeping
him from aligning with. what he agrees with.
It's going to be so tragic if like us or if Andre's
love for Oscar is what gets him killed. I mean,
that's what they're all setting up. This is what
Alon is saying every episode. Sounds about right.
He's just like, dude, you need to let her go.
Like this is going to you're going to get caught
up in something. Is that what's going to happen?
Maybe Andre dies and that's what it takes for
Oscar to like cut ties fully and and side with.
the revolution and then she's just going to be
bombed out forever. You think so? Or like disappear
after the after Marie. I don't know. I but then
like she's not that she has a close relationship
with Marie anymore, but like how is her death
going to? I don't know. It's so it's so Oscar's
very dramatic, so who knows? It's so good how
unclear this is, right? Because it's like. There
are many threads pulling Oscar to the revolution
at this point, right? Like, Alon likes her and
would definitely gear her towards that. Like,
she's hanging out with the man. Like, she helps
Lazaray in this episode. Like, she knows what's
up. Like, she understands the situation more
than she ever has in her position now, right?
And she also is experiencing violence firsthand
at the mob. So I think she understands what that
means as well. So I still feel like there's room
for her to basically get exiled at the end, which
is the ending I was wanting for her. She gets
convicted of siding with the royal family, but
because of her relationships with Bernard and
those guys, they get it reduced to her just being
exiled. I still think that could be what happens.
Rosalie appeals to Bernard, who gets him to commute
some of the sentence. I'm still I'm still pulling
for that ending, but I don't know. I mean, it
seems like she's going to die and also going
to drag Andre down with her. Yeah, that seems
that's just going to be a very tragic end to
the show. It's not like we've had like excessive
happiness ever. This show does not for any punches.
Like if any show is going to kill its main character
at the end, it would be this one. Yeah. I don't
know. We'll, we'll freaking see, I guess. Do
you think, do you think Andre would join the
revolution? Just like as it stands now? I mean,
he was hanging out with Bernard. Maybe. Oh, OK.
What if it's like Oscar somehow gets punished
for having like what? OK. What if Oscar gets
killed by the Royals for like some kind of, I
don't know, having loose ends or like she could?
side against us to take her out now before she
does and then that pushes him to become more
radical and side with them to like avenge Oscar
maybe? Yeah, maybe. There's also a third thing
that could happen because I don't think this
will, but it could, which is that France is going
to go to war with Austria and Prussia, I think,
during this time. like in between the years when
they. So the timeline is a little weird for the
French Revolution, because it's like we always
talk about this domestically, but then there's
the stuff internationally, which is like all
the other powers of Europe are looking at France,
like devolving and being like, yeah, this is
great. Our hated enemies, France, are devolving.
And then they see that they're going to form
like a like a representative government and get
rid of the king. And they're like, oh, shit.
If our people realize they could do that, that
could be a problem for us. So then they all like
try to invade France. So like during the French
Revolution, France is constantly at war with
everybody around them. So it could also be disaster
could also get dragged off to war. I don't think
that would happen because I wouldn't make a very
good story, but that is an ending for Oscar potentially.
Like she gets put on the front lines away from
everything as she sees. Marie one last time and
then here is the matter getting executed later.
That's another thing that could happen. Yeah,
that sounds like a possibility. I guess we're
just going to wait and see, but not for too much
longer. OK, so making the revolution seem like
a real bummer. We have we have three more episodes
next week. We're going to watch thirty four,
thirty five and thirty six. And then we're going
to watch. 37, 38, and then 39 and 40 as two separate
episodes. So we'll have three left just because
we want to have time. We don't want to put all
four episodes into one last episode of the podcast
because that would be, we're going to have, I
feel like we're going to have a ton to talk about
in the show overall. So we're going to have one
full episode next on like maybe a shorter one
after that or who knows, maybe we have a lot
of stuff to talk about in that one. And then
one final wrap up episode where we kind of go
over the whole series. and do our end of show
stuff. You know, where we do the rankings and
stuff like that. I am fascinated to see what
our rankings is of all the shows we've watched.
Oh, yeah. The show is going to have a big impact.
This one's going to be wild. Oh, boy. Yeah, that's
going to be fun. We've been behind the scenes.
We've been working out kind of the next shows
we're going to watch as we wrap up the Rose of
Versailles. Um, what are we going to do for the
movie? We haven't really talked about that. Oh,
yeah. Uh, I guess do it immediately after our
show coverage ends. But do we have that be like
a normal episode instead of a bonus? Uh, yeah,
I feel like we should cover it as a normal episode
because that is like part of the content of the
show. But do you want to do it immediately afterwards?
Yeah. I think so. That way it's all together.
And then we can have, unless, no, cause we like
this. So it's not like we need a break from it,
you know? Yeah. And it's been like, you know,
we haven't watched the first 10 episodes in two
months or whatever. Sometime. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. It'll be cool to see. So I think
that's what we'll do. And yeah. So this is think.
Excellent choice, Joe. Excellent choice. And
it's going to be hard finding things that get
us this invested moving forward. Yeah. I mean,
I guess we can go ahead and say we are the next
thing we're going to do is we're going to we're
going to do season two of Chiayi Fury. So we're
going to go back to that and finish that up.
And then we're... Go back to feeling bad for
Tai Chi. Go back to normal stakes for a show.
And being mad at Chi Hai. Where the stakes of
the show aren't gonna be like, hey, is the entire
government gonna fall apart? It's gonna be like,
can I make rank whatever, eh? Yeah. Uh -huh.
Yeah, so... It'll be a nice palette cleanser,
maybe, a little bit. Quite the shift in tone
once we get to that. Uh -huh, yeah, for sure.
Oh, boy. OK, well, I guess as we're coming to
an end for the Rose of Versailles, hopefully
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Yeah, for sure. No guessing about it. For sure.
All right. Well, we should have an episode. We
should have a bonus episode out sometime in the
near future when you're hearing this. Yeah, probably
a few days afterwards. Something like that. And
then we're going to finish up the show. Watch
the movie. Yeah. Yep, yep, yep. Excited. We're
reaching the end. We're rushing to the end to
watch Marie get her head cut off. I can't wait
for that. I mean, my hatred isn't as passionate
as it used to be because we don't have to see
her as much. Did you like it when she came out
to total silence? Well, it's like. Yeah, it's
the most like I'm like, it's over for you. You're
so done. I mean, does the king think nothing
of it? Or is he aware, like, have they not made
public appearances before this? You know, what
have they been doing? Yeah. Should be more aware.
They should be more aware. But yeah. Yes, have
have. Remember, have awareness of. Things happening
around you, please. Remember to pay a little
bit of attention to your polling numbers. You
know, you don't want to be walking out to complete
silence. That's bad. Yeah. That's a pressure
to get tomatoes thrown at or something. I guess
they would have gotten killed for that. Probably.
These are like nobles and stuff. They're not
going to be like this is like walking out in
front of Congress. Well, like they're not going
to be throwing tomatoes. Now, the mob will be
throwing tomatoes. We're finally going to see
for sure. Yeah. Well, if I see the return of
God, what's his name? First bad guy? Ducor Leon?
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Because he's been gone. It's
yeah, the pacing of this show has been the time
it covers and the coming and going of characters,
you know, as the stakes have gotten higher, the
less like intimate moments we're getting with
our side characters that we used to get. We don't
get sendoffs like we did with Madame Dewberry.
Ah, she got out of there. My good time. Bad news
about her because she's going to come back in
a very bad time. I don't know if the show is
going to cover it, but historically, yes. Yeah.
OK. All right. OK. All right. Remember. Thank
you, everyone. What are you remembering here?
If the woman you love is praying for her son's
recovery and her husband goes to pray with her,
maybe you should just leave the country. Maybe
it's time to get out of there. Know when the
going gets good that you should get gone. The
first time he's ever seen them interact as a
couple. Yeah. Good, good time to leave first.
Honestly, like just get out of there, man. If
you see dynamite just run for the hills. That
stuff you underestimate the power of dynamite.
If one of your underlings starts acting very
suspicious and wants to follow you, don't just
let them. Don't just let them do that. Yep. Yep.
Yep. OK. So many lessons learned. We should get
a sword fight. I'm mad that we don't get a sword
fight. Oh, my God. We're going to get one. We're
going to get to the end of this story and I'm
not going to happen to Rosalie. It's going to
be sad. She could have been. They could have
been like a vigilante couple. It would have been
so cool. I'm just imagining like a better reality
where Andre became the Black Knight and Rosalie
is also there. They all just became the Black
Knight together. You know what I mean? Like they
all have the outfit and they're all like tag
teaming and they're all just swashbuckling and
cool. Imagine. Yeah. Imagine. He was really good
at it. He had fun with it. Oh, goodness. OK.
All right. We're wrapping it up here, Joe. Thank
you, everyone, for listening. We appreciate it.
We hope to hear from you guys and we'll catch
you. We'll catch you next time with our bonus
episode and then the end of The Rose of Versailles.
Three episodes left of the podcast. We'll catch
you guys. Yes, forever. The end of Shoujo. We're
done. Forever. We're calling it done. We've covered
all of Shoujo after this show. It's like what
else can we possibly do? The show can't be topped.
Yes. It can't be bested Yeah, all right. See
you guys later