![]() ![]() Nothing remains but for the two couples to traipse back out of the forest and take control of the respective kingdoms, and to rule in peaceable friendship for the rest of their days (after Aladin and Flerida convert to Christianity, natch, because obviously the good Muslims can’t remain Muslims at the end of the story). In the meantime Aladin’s dad has died of depression. We are saved from further wandering in the woods by the timely appearance of the girls, who fill the boys in on all that’s happened in their absence: Flerida, after being kidnapped by Aladin’s dad, says, “um, no thanks, gross almost-father-in-law,” peaces out to Europe, and, with a single well-placed arrow, rescues Laura from captivity and certain violation at the hands of Adolfo (who is on the run after being routed from his captured kingdom by Florante’s loyal childhood friend). Finally, not to be outdone, Aladin relates his own arguably even harder-luck story (minus the whole childhood/school days section–Aladin is brief and to-the-point, which makes me like him all the more): his dad stole his girlfriend and was going to kill him until she interceded and got his sentence downgraded to exile. Aladin chews on that story for five months as the two men wander through the woods together, crying. Florante rewards his rescuer by pouring out his entire life story, in which Adolfo, his boarding-school rival, tries to kill him during a school production of Oedipus Rex, then (eventually, after many intervening and not strictly relevant heroics by Florante in battle with the Turks) kills Laura’s and Florante’s fathers, tricks Florante into returning from the front and ambushes him with an army, and then steals Laura for himself. Who, me?Īladin’s Good Samaritan gesture surprises Florante and teaches him a Very Important Lesson about how Muslims are people too. There are a lot of tears and moaning before Aladin saves Florante from the lions and nurses him back to health. However, things aren’t going well for either these dashing heroes, and at the opening of the story Florante is tied to a tree in a dark Albanian forest, bleeding, and about to be attacked by lions, and Aladin has been exiled and is wandering aimlessly through the same woods. Aladin, his Persian opposite number, is in love with Flerida. The story goes: Florante is a member of the Albanian nobility, in love with a princess named Laura. I kind of loved this, for lots of reasons. Recommended for: imprecise Romanticists and their kick-ass girlfriends.I actually worry that Tony is too good to be true.The History of Florante and Laura in the Kingdom of Albania: Adapted from some “historical pictures” or paintings of what happened in early times in the Greek Empire, and were set to rhyme by one delighting in Tagalog verse, Francisco Balagtas, 1861 “Tony lives in California and is in dental college. We just really connected,” she noted at the time. “I did actually end up meeting someone online. Laura revealed during a May episode of 90 Day Fiancé: Self-Quarantined that she was dating again after moving to Ecuador. They split in October 2019 after airing their grievances during the tell-all special. The pair, who wed in July 2018, appeared on season 1 of 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way. They all thought he was really rich because the TV cameras coming to Tunisia to film our second wedding. He had a lot of girls there in Africa that were quite interested in him. “Did he sleep with somebody when I traveled to New York City to do my tell-all? Maybe. So, in that regard, he wasn’t the most faithful man, you know what I mean?” she said. I mean, he was already engaged six months after our tell-all. … I’m not gonna go on TV with you if you are going to eventually leave me for somebody younger more beautiful,’” she recalled, claiming that he “promised” he would not cheat on her. “When we both agreed to go on the show, one thing I said to Aladin prior was, ‘Please don’t do me wrong. The reality star then addressed whether she believes her ex was faithful. “I think he needs it more than me.” Hollywood's Ugliest Divorces “He can keep his 30 bucks,” she insisted. Laura alleged that the divorce papers, which were in Arabic, stipulated that Aladin pay her $30 per month, though he has not followed through. ![]()
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