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by Unicario » Sat Apr 23, 2016 9:29 am
by Qianrong » Sat Apr 23, 2016 11:50 am
by Unicario » Sat Apr 23, 2016 1:50 pm
Qianrong wrote:On mobile right now so I can't respond in-depth, but minor quibble: Edward VII was not Victoria's eldest child; he was Victoria's eldest son. Victoria's eldest child was Victoria, the Princess Royal.
by Ruridova » Sat Apr 23, 2016 7:46 pm
Unicario wrote:Uni's response to me
Unicario wrote:Uni's response to Shrill
by Unicario » Sun Apr 24, 2016 11:59 am
Ruridova wrote:It could easily be argued that Edward VII did fuck up that badly. He engaged in numerous extramarital affairs and frequently visited brothels (in one Paris brothel, he had a love seat specially designed for sexual intercourse), he acted very decadently (in the aforementioned brothel, he had a bathtub he would fill up with champagne instead of water), he had several public falling-outs with friends and was known to have violent spats of anger, he was involved in the royal baccarat scandal and several others...
Parliament flipped over Edward VIII's one comparatively slight scandal (wanting to marry a divorcee)
Furthermore, if my memory serves me correctly, while Parliament has to approve a change, the monarch is the individual who's supposed to propose it, so if Victoria proposed making VIctoria, Princess Royal heir instead of Edward VII, their choice would not be between Edward VII and all of his eight other siblings- just Edward VII Victoria, Princess Royal. And I continue to think that Victoria, Princess Royal would be one of the most probable candidates.
Furthermore, Parliament- at least in my knowledge- has neither the legal authority to refuse to recognize a British monarch (meaning they would lack the legal justification to refuse to recognize WIlliam V/Wilhelm II and then name Ernest Louis of Hesse or Princess Helena or Ernst Augustus to the British monarchy) nor to force a monarch's abdication (the Parliament must accept their abdication, but they cannot force it).
Essentially, the most Parliament would be able to legally do would be to pull a Mitch McConnell or a Ted Cruz and just give William V/Wilhelm II political hell. Now, in theory, Parliament could violate British law and risk starting a civil war, but I just don't think that's very probable.
Unicario wrote:Uni's response to Shrill
In my understanding, the reason that Wilhelm II did a lot of the things that created German-British tension was because of poor relations between himself and his uncle, Edward VII.
Victoria loved Wilhelm II and doted on him heavily, describing him as "a clever, dear, good little child, the great favorite of my beloved Vicky", and Wilhelm II desperately craved her love and approval; he was even present at her bedside when she passed. By contrast, Wilhelm II had a terrible relationship with his uncle, Edward VII. Edward VII viewed Wilhelm II as arrogant, brash, and short-sighted; Wilhelm II felt like Edward VII treated him rudely and dismissively.
As a result- at least in my understanding- Wilhelm II and Edward VII began carrying out a weird geopolitical version of "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" in which Wilhelm II attempted to prove to his uncle that he was just as capable and worthy of respect. Wilhelm II wanted to prove that he could be just as strong, just as defiant, just as bold. Wilhelm II wanted to prove that he could manage a large-scale fleet just as well as Edward VII, so he created the Hochseeflotte. Wilhelm II wanted to prove he could manage a colonial empire just as well as Edward VII, so he began trying to create a German colonial empire. So many of the things that Wilhelm II did that hurt German-British relations were attempts to win the personal approval of his British relatives.
But if Edward VII never becomes King, then... well, what happens to all of those incidents you listed? Because if Wilhelm II is also William V, then he has no motivation to do any of those things- and while Wilhelm II acted incredibly brashly, he did not act without reason. So if Wilhelm II is also William V, chances are British-German relations don't deteriorate like they did OTL simply because Wilhelm II doesn't do as much stupid shit.
by Unicario » Sat Apr 30, 2016 8:05 am
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by Shrillland » Sat Apr 30, 2016 6:06 pm
by Unicario » Sat Apr 30, 2016 6:19 pm
Shrillland wrote:Akikosburg's the capital of Nebraska, named for Meiji rather than Lincoln.
by Unicario » Tue May 03, 2016 11:29 am
by Unicario » Sun May 08, 2016 7:55 am
by Shrillland » Sun May 08, 2016 1:19 pm
by Unicario » Sun May 08, 2016 2:27 pm
Shrillland wrote:I like it myself.
by Shrillland » Sun May 08, 2016 2:48 pm
Unicario wrote:Shrillland wrote:I like it myself.
There's also a version of the flag I made for a timeline I'm writing; this one draws on Canada's mutual ancestry in a way. It uses the colors from General Revis' banner in the old old colonial days (yellow/black) and has a blue Pearson maple leaf on it.
What do you think?
by Unicario » Sun May 08, 2016 2:58 pm
Shrillland wrote:Unicario wrote:
There's also a version of the flag I made for a timeline I'm writing; this one draws on Canada's mutual ancestry in a way. It uses the colors from General Revis' banner in the old old colonial days (yellow/black) and has a blue Pearson maple leaf on it.
What do you think?
Honestly, it's not bad.
by Luziyca » Sun May 08, 2016 4:03 pm
Unicario wrote:Shrillland wrote:
Honestly, it's not bad.
Let me know which Canadian flag you want to use and I'll have that one added to my database; I'm compiling all the flags of the world in-RP.
Also, does Britain keep Northern Ireland or does it fall to the Falangists? I forgot about Ireland being a fascist state; and I'm about to add the British flag to the archive, and I don't want to run afoul with the particulars.
by Unicario » Sun May 08, 2016 5:33 pm
by Unicario » Sun May 08, 2016 6:15 pm
by Unicario » Sun May 08, 2016 6:36 pm
by Unicario » Sun May 08, 2016 7:09 pm
Qianrong wrote:CSA uses Bloodstained Banner, not the Stars and Bars, ATL.
by Ruridova » Sun May 08, 2016 7:20 pm
by Luziyca » Sun May 08, 2016 8:10 pm
Unicario wrote:My Scots-Irish ancestors are insulted by your settlements, you rapscallion! Ulster is British, now and forever!
/scion of multi-generational Ulsterian Scots
But who am I to talk; I'm the guy keeping Korea firmly under Japanese dominion.
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