Avoiding the French Revolution Possible?

Was there much that could have been done by the French monarchy to avoid the French Revolution from occurring altogether? Perhaps there could still have been many angry, impoverished people, yet suppose the realm of France could remain mostly stable, or at least enough so that the Royals had the militaristic edge and support from powers that mattered, against a popular revolt by the Revolutionists? Which conditions would have been necessary for King Louis XVI to retain his position, and his life? Do we have to go all the way back to the beginning of the King's reign in order to witness the problems that essentially needed to be resolved?

Wrong picture. Meant to show this more relevant excerpt from the manga Versailles no Bara.

It could have been avoided if the new king wasn't a spergy retarded manchild.

>new king wasn't a spergy retarded manchild.
Jesus might have turned water into wine but even he can't do that.

It could have been avoided if they deemed him to be legally retarded or something and let another relative take over. I don't know the logistics of how it could be done, but literally anyone besides Louis the dicklet would have been better. It was like giving a valuable family heirloom to a toddler. The toddle doesn't care for it and so it gets damaged and eventually lost.

Maintain a better, more disciplined army. Many army units joined the revolution and they utterly failed to protect the royal family and keep Paris secure. The French Revolution was a military failure, among other things.

Divorce Marie (which means going Protestant)

>Was there much that could have been done by the French monarchy to avoid the French Revolution from occurring altogether?

Honestly... there are so many elements that led to the French Revolution that it's impossible to say that something could have been done.

If Louis XVI had pushed through his early financial reforms rather than letting himself be bullied by the Parlement into withdrawing them because they were painting him as a tyrant, hen many of the problems that people listed in the cahiers prior to the Estates-General may have been resolved. On the other hand, tax reform would not have stopped the 2 brutal winters during the 1780s which decimated crops and led to near-famine situations for many Parisians. Still, perhaps his reforms (most of which were "forced" through by the demand of the people in 1789, to Louis' delight) would have prevented the exceptional anger and bitterness that led to the events of 1789.

If Louis XVI had understood the importance of reputation, he would have: insisted that he and his wife go through with the etiquette and rituals considered essential by both nobles and the people; quashed the slanderous pamphlets published about his wife; ensured that both he and his wife behaved "properly" instead of like private citizens. Maybe there would have been no Affair of the Neckalce, which absolutely destroyed Marie Antoinette's reputation. And if he and Marie Antoinette had been ultra-respected in 1789, things may not have turned violent. Perhaps there would have been no march on Versailles, and thus no forcing the royal family to Paris.

The only thing that may have quashed it is if Louis agreed to let the armed forces of Europe and the emigre armies invade the county, take back Paris, and execute the reactionary factions of the Assembly. But then Louis would have been forever considered a bloodthirsty tyrant, and revolution would never be far from the people's mind.

>depicting Marie Antoinette as too paralyzed to stop them from taking Louis Charles

Riyoko, noooo.

Why do shoujo manga artists still love the French Revolution?

Rose of Versailles is from the 1970s. The artist read an illustrated biography about Marie Antoinette translated into Japanese which inspired her to create her own manga. Rose of Versailles was initially supposed to be focused on Marie Antoinette, but the supporting character of Oscar was immediately popular and she shifted the focus to make it Oscar's story instead. The artist did still work in several references to the illustrated biography that inspired her in the first place.

Marie Antoinette in particular is very popular in Japan, where she's portrayed as a romantic figure. There have been multiple musicals, plus the endless Marie/Fersen versions of the Takarazuka RoV musical, plus multiple exhibitions throughout the years, plus lots of biographies, manga, etc. The Chateau de Versailles in France even commissioned a Japanese artist to write a biographical manga about her which was published in Japanese and French.

Why would you want to avoid it?

>trying to stop the inevitable
The dialectics must flow. Praise Hegel

The Revolution was the beginning of the end of French dominance and the beginning of the eternal Huns rise to power.

>trying to force france protestant
bro that would have caused world war i back then

The French Revolution is what sparked the momentum of western degeneracy.

>liberals want to murder this bae
Explain yourselves.

> start of the french revolution
> french army is weak and corrupt, more officers than the rest of europe combined
> all money goes to officers, soldiers are under-payed
> good soldiers aren't promoted because there are already too many noble 'officers'
> all the soldiers are pissed
> kings administration: time to reform!
> kick out loads of useless officers
> decide the army needs a military aristocracy to combat corruption
> makes it even harder for non-nobility to raise up the ranks
> new discipline forbids soldiers from drinking on duty
> new discipline enforces stricter dress codes and general
> soldiers even more pissed off than before
> gleefully betray their '''king'''

count of artois was right,
storming of the bastille was the king's last moment to avoid it all
he pussied out, the emigre's began and his fate was sealed.

>Louis agreed to let the armed forces of Europe and the emigre armies invade the county

he absolutely wanted this, as shown in his correspondence during his trial, it's one of the main pieces of evidence the revolutionaries used to show his treason and it's why he supported war with Austria in the first place.

Louis was a good king for another era of French history. If he had been born in the next generation he would have flourished as a true people's king. But my god, he was not a good king for a nation on the brink of revolution. Even his sister knew that violence was necessary in order to save the throne. This was written during the Estates General:

>My heart is so full of the king's troubles that I cannot write to you of other things. All goes worse than ever. The king alone seems satisfied with the turn that things are taking. Few sovereigns in his place would be; but he has about it all a manner of seeing which is too lucky for him. The deputies, victims of their passions, of their weakness, or of seduction, are rushing to their ruin, and that of the throne and the whole kingdom. If at this moment the king has not the necessary sternness to cut off at least three heads, all is lost.

>he absolutely wanted this, as shown in his correspondence during his trial, it's one of the main pieces of evidence the revolutionaries used to show his treason and it's why he supported war with Austria in the first place.

he did not agree to an armed invasion until about 3 months before the invasion of the Tuileries, when he and his family had been yet again threatened by a mob of people--this time to thoroughly that Louis realized that neither the guards at the palace or the new government would take steps to prevent assaults on him or more importantly, his family.

Do you know which illustrated biography that was? I'd be curious to know if it is still obtainable today.

>The King awake some day in the morning
>FUAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
>He talk to the only people he can trust, send them to kill all the corrupt noblemen, officials and so on.
>Killing all the masonic and secret logies
>Wipe out the fucking Parlament
>I'am the state.jpg
>Allied with Spain and help them to attack United Statest from New Spain (a.k.a. Mexico + Central America + The Carribean + Texas, California and Lousiana)
>Tell the British to invade so they can caught a bit of land too
>3 European Superpowers destroy forever United States
>The Revolution and Decadence of the Western Civilization state gone forever.