Why Didn't François-Marie Arouet Grow Beard? (Part Two)

Monsieur Voltaire did grow beard ✅

The biological mechanism was attached to him naturally.
But he regularly shaved the beard ✅

The Trope of Two

Angles and Saxons in Britain.
Franks and Gauls in France.
Yan Di and Huang Di in pre-dynastic China (Flintstone phase of China).

"Unspoken", because Chinese historiography was centralised and Confucianised early on. Meaning, messy tribal drama? Bad optics.

"Chapter 1: Two tribes had a slap fight in a rice paddy — the winner renamed the river." ⬅️ Bad optics.

Instead,

"Harmony emerged from ancient wisdom."

Sima Qian School of History approved-stamped-shouted from balconies.
Pandavas and Kauravas (Mahabharata) in Indian mythology.
Plato and Aristotle in a Greek-themed boxing ring.
Romulus and Remus in Rome story.
Horus and Set in Egyptian lore.
Thor and Loki in Norse mythology.
Cain and Abel in Genesis.

(Fades in.)

Cain kills Abel.

God kicks him eastward to wander the land of Nod.

And in Genesis 4:17:

And Cain knew his wife...

🙋‍♂️ But... you said, Karen the Genesis, the Adam and Eve family... No one else. Where... How?

It's the moral of the story that counts.

🙎‍♂️ No, it does not. You're not in Scheherazade's situation. Consistency and details matter, it's not a bloody drunk parable ululation. Here's a dust, dust kicks dust, dust finds dust, another pint — that's gobbet. I demand...

(Fades away.)

👀 Karen? Oh well...

Moral... of... the story... Yes.. Moral. Moraaal. (Karen's voice obviously.)

👂 More ale? Oh, that Karen. I hope she paid the ales.

🤔

Nothing wrong with it, it's fascinating. I think Karen said more ale. 👀 Hm, no Karen. A toast. 🍺

Que votre journée soit bénie.
De moi et Monsieur Voltaire.

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