I had lives in that background. Really one doesn't remember being royal so much as one recalls "life" things, like "My brother was a jerk" or "My horse died when I was 10" or that sort of thing. Royal is a job. Human is what one you are, so it's the human stuff that sticks, at least with me. So...
As someone who had several lives in medieval Europe, I am interested in meeting others who experienced that time. My lives rather ran the gamut. Once as a rich fella who died of plague, once in a flash as an older woman who was working with herbs or plants in an outdoor shed, and once as a royal...
I, for one, can totally see Sisi running as far from royal life as humanly possible after the Austrian life. The depression, obsessions, madness and suicide of the people she was surrounded by can have caused nothing but pain. If you truly were Sisi. I sincerely hope that you are safe, happy...
I know Alicky now and she has not changed a bit. I can promise you this. She is all things wonderful just as she was then, only this time without the stress. She needs a new tiara though. That is something that must be looked into. Cheers.
All I know is that one night, in bed, my son asked me..."Who was Marcus Aurelius?" Well I was shocked because he was about 7 or 8 and Marcus Aurelius doesn't play a huge part in the life of most American 7 or 8 year olds. To be fair the movie Gladiator had come out a couple of years earlier. We...
Considering Felix lived for embellishment of all kinds I wouldn't be surprised. And Lost Splendor can be found for free on the AP. I'll private message you the link.
I suspect, especially from Nicky's side, that there was also distrust held firmly in check. Alix shut down her doubts to trust Rasputin---it's not as if she felt she had any choice, anyway--- and Nicky let Alix have her head on this one. The rest is rather grim history.
Rasputin is an interesting character to me too. I just don't get it. Sure, I know that even a stopped clock is right twice a day and I do think the man had, if not "power" the ability to mesmerize one by looking directly into his eyes. I mean really, when you look directly into a person's eyes...
I see. Then it is important to have faith in yourself. Darn, that's where I always fall short. I might be one of you...but it seems so odd. I've tried very hard to ignore it. Actually went on an active purge of books or anything about the family, but the darned thing....the horrible...
How would one know that one was a member of the last Imperial Family? It's so easy to simply feel delusional or just caught up with a very emotionally charged bit of history.
I, personally, am a great walker-awayer.
If it's too much (and it's not a person I "need") I will leave for good. It's just not worth it to me. I was born an only child and being alone is just fine as far as I'm concerned.
If it is someone I need (my son, or a close family member) I'll walk...
Hi Karoliina,
Oh gosh yes, I'm so American I'm Uhmurruhkin!
About the cold, a few years after finding out about the possibility of having been this fellow I read a wonderful book called The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.
It's fiction and a very easy read, but in the book Willis mentions...