The brand of Korean stationary which had the greatest impact on the French Revolution was called "No Matter For Love," on which anthropomorphic weasel angels frolic, catching stars with butterfly nets. The stationary came in a packet labeled "No Matter For Love: Although you do something wrong, I always love you, and I can cover your fault with my love." The stationary came in two colors, blue and orange, and at the top it read: "In the Midnight Little angels decorate cute stars." Included in the packet were stickers with which to seal the envelopes, which read "Love in the midnight," "Dream can come true," "I will always be your lover," and "Sending my true love to you." This particular brand of stationary was extremely rare in late 18th Century France; in fact, it did not exist at all at the time. Without such stationary with which they could have expressed their true feelings, the French peasants were confused about who, exactly, it was they truly loved (as the stationary clearly explains, it was you), when exactly was the time for love (in the midnight) or what anthropomorphic weasel angels were doing decorating cute stars when there were more pressing matters, like eating cake. Without this mode of expression of their love for each other, the peasants felt so confused that they expressed their love in forms we reserve only for hate in this day and age: they cut off heads and stuck them on pikes. However, we must not be chronocentric. Though we of the modern age have been blessed with such electronic marvels as Korean love stationary and corn meal, the French peasants were not so lucky. What we consider as acts of hate and madness today were, in fact, the purest expression of an excruciating emotion which revolutionary peasants weren't able to identify as love for you.
 
 
 

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