And now for the fun stuff!

Last week we covered the ascension to the throne and the beginnings of inner turmoil, but now we get to the gory awesomeness…Eventually. We must discuss certain things first. You remember those nasty issues we discussed last week and I asked what you would do? Well here’s what Marie did. She spent and spent…aaaaand spent. I guess shopping really does heal all wounds. No wait, that’s time…HA, but time only gave her bigger wounds and no head. So yeah, shopping helped her cover problems up. She was rather frivolous with money. She had the best of everything flown in from everywhere while the people of France entered a time of great poverty. Her hubby didn’t help matters much either. He spent money France didn’t even have to go help Americans fight the British off.  Men. *shakes head*  I think we all know why they were acting out. *cough*  As you probably guessed, the rumors got worse as did the whispering. It was so bad, the people were even calling her names. Names which are not appropriate for GBD. Sorry, peeps; I know how much you love a good verbal assault. No? Good. Don’t you dare change!

Right-o.  So Marie and Louis FINALLY…came together…*cough*….*cough*…

…and made three blond babies, one of whom died shortly after birth. One of my friends thinks the second child, a boy (zomg, they finally made a male heir!) was actually the product of one of Marie’s affairs, but ya know what? I don’t think that. It’s a moot point though, because he died in captivity and never got to the throne anyway. Tear, tear. Now who’s ready for some revolution?! That’s the spirit!

The Revolution didn’t just happen overnight. It was a a whole bunch of things. The spending of the royal couple while the people of France couldn’t even eat, the way the people viewed Marie Antoinette, an ordeal concerning a necklace which, to condense the story, did not end well for the king or the queen and knocked the monarchs down a peg or two in the eyes of the people. Plus, there was a little thing called The Enlightenment going on. This little thing was an entire movement in which the less educated people were having their eyes opened to the deceitful ways of royalty and The Church. Some say The Revolution was avoidable, but I don’t think so. Like come on, the powerful families were always looking for more power. Especially when the king and his advisors were totally incompetent.  So who do you think took advantage of this? The noble families of France.

OK, so this is like so deliciously evil I have to tell you. The people gathered on the royal tennis courts and signed an oath to fight for France. Awesome is it not? I think it is. Btw, this is also known as The National Assembly. Moving on…after the oath, the people rallied together and stormed the freaking Bastille. The Bastille! This thing was a bad-butt fort during The Middle Ages and was turned into a prison that was like Alcatraz.  On July 14th, The Bastille was taken in the afternoon and the weapons were now the property of the people. Target number two: Versailles, the palace. The majority of the royals quickly fled in fear of their lives, but not Marie and Louis. They stayed and they faced it. It was a very noble thing, but a very stupid thing. They eventually tried to flee and were captured by the party that was currently in control of The Revolution, The Jacobin Party.  Louis lost his trial a week later and also lost his head. Roll, baby, roll! Some time after, our dear Marie also had a trial and guess what…she lost and you know what that means! BEHEADED! The end of an era. Poor gal. Or did she have it coming? What do you think?