teapotsahoy:

pilferingapples:

amelancholycharm:

pilferingapples:

fizzygingr:

So what I’m getting from this is that French romantic poets really identified with Leda in that they, too, wanted to fuck swans. I’m not even surprised.

Quick Guide to Potential Love Interests in French Romanticism: 

-Is it alive?
-Was it alive once?
– Is it Nature?
– Is it Architecture? 

If the answer to any or all of these is yes, then Congratulations! There is a poem about making out with it somewhere in French Romanticism. 

IMPORTANT EXCEPTION: 
Is it Neoclassical and/or The Bourgeoisie? Then DO NOT LICK. Do Not! You will start wearing your collar high and dressing appropriately for your station and then all is lost. 

Does Gautier’s Tapestry Lady count as Once Being Alive?  Or is there a separate category for Classically Themed Works of Art?

You are right and I was already regretting my incomplete questionnaire

it should really be phrased as “ if the answer to any or all of these is Yes, or, indeed, No” , there is a poem and/or you should make out with it!

I forgive myself on the point of Art only because, come on, surely you’ve already made out with the art. You don’t need to be told to do that, right? Come on, friend, DO YOU EVEN LANGUISH.

(still don’t lick the Bourgeoisie or the Neoclassical. They have Respectability Cooties.)

They really wanted to fuck The Sublime/heroin

(not heroines. they were pretty lukewarm on ladies.)